Hercules in the Underworld Page #3

Leave my family be.

I can't.

- ( Footsteps )

- Deianeira, what are you doing here?

I've come to warn you.

Thank the gods, you're all right!

Warn me? What are you talking about?

You've been tricked.

We've both been tricked.

You know this medallion, the one

Iole gave me? She's Nurian Maiden.

Deianeira, I know. I've known

since she first arrived.

- And you're still going with her?

- It'll be all right.

But she'll take you away from us

and we'll never see you again!

Please, please, come home.

She has these powers.

and she'll make you fall in love,

and you'll be willing to die for her.

All this talk about powers

and dying, it's nonsense.

There's only one person in the world

I'd die for, and that's you.

Let me go and go what

I can for Iole's people.

Then I'll hurry right back home

to you. I promise.

At the very worst, I'll have

a new scar or two to show you.

Now get yourself home.

Nessus will go with you to

make sure you get there safely.

We better get going.

Good-bye.

Funny, isn't it? You travel all this

way because you love him so much.

And still, where are you? Alone.

Watching as he leaves with

her for a second time.

Nessus, be quiet.

Hercules has a job to do.

But why this job? Ask yourself that.

Why has he chosen to

abandon his family...

and go off risking his life

for this stranger?

Could it be. Because she's a young,

beautiful virgin?

Mmm? Look at the way he carries her.

The way he holds her, it's tender.

Like a lover.

He used to carry you that way.

Do you remember? Hmm?

Or is it too long ago?

It's time to go. ( Gasps )

If you were mine, Deianeira,

You'd never be alone.

Let's go of me right now,

or when Hercules gets home I will

tell him about this and the other night!

There's only one way

to get through to you.

- One way to make you see things clearly,

like I do. - Nessus, stop it!

I should have done this

a long time ago.

There's no escape, and you know it.

So relax. You just might enjoy it.

Hercules! Help! Hercules!

What are you screaming about?

DEIANEIRA:
Help! Help!

There is no Hercules!

- Hercules, what is it?

- Keep quiet.

- DEIANEIRA:
Hercules!

- NESSUS:
He's gone.

- He's as good as dea--

- ( Arrow Thuds )

( Grunting )

( Gasping ) Hera.

I'm dying.

You were supposed to protect me.

( Thunderclap )

Deianeira. What vile thing have

I become to have done this to you?

To end up like this. ( Gasps )

It was only because I love you.

I couldn't stand knowing the pain,

the unhappiness he'd bring you.

But he won't, he'll be true to me.

- There is a way you can be sure of that.

- But I am sure.

Listen to me.

My blood is a powerful potion.

( Choking )

Give the cloak to Hercules.

Once he puts it on, he'll

never be unfaithful to you.

I told you, I don't doubt him.

But you do!

Be sure. Give it to him.

( Gasping )

Deianeira! Are you all right?

I'm fine.

- This is my fault.

- No, everything's okay.

- We'll head back hom tonight.

-No, you just go on.

- Deianeira, I'm not.

- No. You must go on.

Hercules?

And then take this.

And when it gets cold at night, I want you

to wrap this around you and think only of me.

I'll think of nothing else.

( Rumbling, Howling Sounds )

( Roaring Sounds )

I'm tired of talking about me.

I want to hear more about you.

Tell me some stories

about the great Hercules.

Ah, there's not that much to tell.

I just do what I do.

Besides, I want to know more about

your being a Nurian Maiden.

You haven't told me why you

decided to become one.

Well, it wasn't really my decision.

Before I was born,

my mother had a vision...

that I'd be called upon

to save my village.

- I was wearing a blue stone medallion.

- Hmm.

So she and my father sent me off

to train as a Nurian Maiden.

And here I am.

What about the stories I have heard

of your special powers and all that?

That's nonsense. Fools' talk. you,

of all people, must know how that is.

According to the stories about the

great and powerful Hercules,

- You're supposed to be ten feet tall.

- Hmm.

Some of the crazy things

they say you've done!

Do you know that you supposedly

slew a two-headed giant?

You killed the Lernaean Hydra

by yourself.

Or best of all, someone once told me...

that you killed Anienormous sea monster by

squeezing its heart until it stopped beating!

But those stories are true.

No. I-- I mean it.

I really did all those things.

So maybe Hercules does have

a tale or two after all.

Come on. Tell me a few more.

( Chuckles ) That's enough stories.

We'd better get to Gryphon.

Oh, look. There's an inn.

We can get something to eat.

( Man Growling, Dog Barking )

I think you'd better stay out here.

( Growling Continues )

- ( Crash )

- ( Growling, Snarling )

( Woman Screams )

- What happening here?

- I don't know.

Came in, set down his soup; then out

of the blue he starts screamin'!

He just went crazy!

Started smashing the place up.

- Did he say what he was mad about?

- No! He didn't say anything.

( Snarling )

Hey! Now, that's enough.

- ( Snarling )

- Stop!

- Iole, what are you doing?

- You're only scaring him.

Scaring him? He's gone crazy. He'll turn

this place into splinters if I don't stop him!

No, please. Put the club down.

Let me talk to him.

Hercules! Put the club down.

It's all right. I'm not gonna hurt you.

It's all right.

There, there. What's the matter?

( Whimpering )

I think he burned his mouth

on his food.

He would have said something,

but he can't speak.

Can someone get him some water?

Not everything needs to be killed.

Sometimes kindness can work too.

- ( Gasps )

- Oh! Be careful.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah. Thanks.

IOLE:
Come on.

IOLE:
It's beautiful, isn't it?

Yeah. A lot of stars out tonight.

Myrea and Martumus.

Every time I see them,

it makes me sad.

- Which ones are they?

- Right up there.

- Right where?

- Right up there.

Here, I'll show you.

They were lovers once--

or would have been.

Their families were at war

and kept them apart.

They were never allowed

to see each other,

never allowed to touch.

- Why didn't they just run away?

- They were going to.

They had it all planned out. They were gonna

meet in the meadow and finally be together.

Myrea's father found out.

He was so enraged.

When Myrea refused to denounce

her love for Martumus.

He was so filled with spite

that he killed her.

- He killed his own daughter?

- Uh-huh.

He tossed her body into the heavens.

See? That's her, reaching out.

HERCULES:

And what happened to Martumus?

Well, he wnet down to the

meadow to wait for her.

Naturally, she never came.

And then, by chance, he looked up

into the sky, and there she was.

What did he do? Did he get revenge?

Did he kill her father?

No. He was so wracked with grief...

That he drew his dagger

and cut his own heart out.

He had to stop the pain.

Luckily, the gods saw what happened.

Out of pity, they drew his body

up into the heavens.

See? That's him, reaching out

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