The Scorpion King 4: Quest for Power Page #5

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But this map is a one

of a kind, my friend.

How much do you want?

Gold only exists to satisfy the flesh.

That is the nature of

my business, my other friend.

What are you saying?

The girl fights for the map, my friend.

- Not gonna happen.

- No, no, no.

MATHAYUS:

She's not fighting for the map.

Valina!

- I'll fight.

- No.

(LAUGHING)

Call Chancara!

(CROWD CHEERING)

You don't have to do this.

We need that map.

Then kick her ass.

A special treat tonight, my friends!

A special fight tonight!

We have before us,

the challenger, Valina.

What do you fight for,

Valina, my friend?

(CLEARS THROAT) A map.

And challenging Valina

is the lovely and sweet

Chancara!

(CROWD CHEERING)

What do you fight for,

Chancara, my friend?

To kill Valina.

Great.

You may begin, my friends.

Lovely to meet you.

- Valina!

- Kick her ass, sugar love!

MATHAYUS:
Get up, Valina.

Valina!

Come on, sugar love.

SORRELL:
Valina!

No.

(GROANS)

Come on, Valina!

(YELLS)

(SCREAMS)

I might eat you after you're dead.

Come on, Valina.

How's that for an appetizer?

Perhaps you'd prefer the main course.

(BONE SNAPS)

(SCREAMING)

Thank you.

Awesome.

Yes.

You're a skilled fighter, my friend.

But you have damaged my

favorite wife and business.

For that, there will have

to be more gold, my friend.

I am not your friend.

MATHAYUS:
It's the Tugarin Forest.

There's a dragon that

guards these lands.

According to the map,

this is where we enter.

May the will of the great goddess

watch over us in our journey.

That, and the will of my sword.

Bend the trees. Don't break them.

What, are you afraid

of hurting a few trees?

No, I'm afraid of being tracked.

Do you hear something?

No, it's just a feeling.

There's something out there. Let's move.

(TWIG SNAPS)

It's fresh.

They may be a half a day ahead of us.

This way, men. Onward.

Am I speaking in a foreign language?

I said, onward.

Sire, that's the Tugarin Forest.

We'll never get past the

great dragon, nor will Mathayus.

Then we'll die trying,

just like Mathayus.

Now move!

Still feel something out there?

Dragon, perhaps?

Dragon, Drazen, Gorak.

We've got a lot of

enemies to choose from.

Yeah, no kidding.

So?

What?

Ah! The fight.

I've been preparing for

this for a long time.

My destiny.

I understand that.

So?

What?

Why do they call you the Scorpion King?

Because I'm as charming

as a poisonous insect.

Honestly.

Well, if you can believe it, years ago,

I was on the run from another evil warlord,

who also wanted me dead.

Somehow, I can believe it.

There was a battle,

and I was hit by an arrow that

was tipped with scorpion venom.

And I should have died,

but there was a sorceress

that brought me back to life.

She told me that the

blood of the scorpion

would forever flow through my veins.

And for that, I owe her.

She was special to you.

Yes.

Cassandra became my wife, my queen.

And then she died.

Like everyone else that's close to me.

Guess you can say that's my destiny.

Destinies can change.

If you really want them to.

(FAINT SCREECHING)

That's not a bird.

- What is it?

- Shh!

Hello?

- We're just travelers passing through.

- Shh!

(WHISPERING) We don't want any trouble.

(SIGHS)

Nothing.

(ALL GROANING)

(LAUGHING) We can take these guys.

(ALL ULULATING)

Well, at least you can't

blame me for this one.

I'm sure I'll come up with something.

The tall guy must be their king.

I serve King Zakkour of Al-Moraad.

You are a mighty king,

but you have made a mistake.

Yes.

We have gold, worthy

of a king such as yourself.

Yes.

(LAUGHING)

Why are you speaking

to my little brother?

I am Chief Onus,

leader of the Tugarin tribe

and protector of this forest.

Praise the great spirit of this forest.

We give you the souls

of these trespassers

so that you may smile down

upon us with all your bounty!

What are they doing?

Preparing us for sacrifice.

To what?

I'm guessing whatever's in that box.

Father! I love you!

I love you, too, Valina.

(SCREAMING)

(YELLING)

- (DRUMMING STOPS)

- (CROWD HUSHES)

They heard you.

All praise he who speaks to

the creatures of the forest.

All praise!

ALL:
All praise! All praise!

All praise!

Years ago, there was a king

who united all the nations

of the world under his reign,

because he conquered them all.

On the top of that mountain lies a crown

that guarantees the power

rest with me in Norvania.

I would gladly give

my life for Norvania.

And when the time comes,

I expect you to do the same.

(ALL CHATTERING)

(ALL LAUGHING)

Yes, yes.

So, you believe in magic now?

It's not magic. You've all

heard of the horse whisperer?

This is very similar. It's an

advanced form of communication.

That's all.

(BELCHES)

(ALL CHEERING)

Clearly, it's a tribal custom that

means they've accepted us.

Clearly.

(SIGHS)

(CLEARS THROAT)

(BELCHES)

(ALL CHEERING)

Oh, no, no.

- Not me.

- Yes, yes, yes.

Do you really wanna offend our hosts?

Of course not.

(CHUCKLES)

- (BELCHES WEAKLY)

- (ALL LAUGHING)

(BELCHES LOUDLY)

(ALL CHEERING)

I knew you had it in you.

We've looked over your map.

The only way to reach

this mountain's summit

is to pass through the lair

of the Tugarin dragon.

I thought you were the Tugarin dragon.

We look like dragon?

We protect our forest

home from strangers.

The dragon protects the

mountain with equal passion.

But I assure you, he is very real.

Then I shall be meeting him soon.

You believe there is palace up there?

Palace full of witchcraft and wizardry?

Well, for all of our sakes,

we better hope so.

This is it, lair of the dragon.

You still don't believe?

In man's ability to fool himself? Yes.

In dragons?

No.

Father, please.

(LAUGHING) Poo!

Whoo!

You see? Nothing.

(TAUNTING)

Hello, Mr. Dragon.

(RUMBLING IN DISTANCE)

What's that?

It's just your imaginations gone wild.

There's no such thing as big,

old, scary dragons. (LAUGHING)

Oh, come on. You're trying to tell me...

(LOW GROWL)

- (DRAGON SCREECHES)

- (SCREAMS)

Run!

Run!

Still think it's just a campfire story?

Hell, no. I just got roasted

by a fire-breathing dragon.

VALINA:
Any of you have ideas?

What, how to kill a dragon?

Yes.

I have one.

What?

(INAUDIBLE)

(YELLS)

Last chance to walk away.

That's one skill I've never mastered.

You're not gonna splat me

against that wall, are you?

Well, by my calculations, no.

(VALINA CHUCKLES)

Pardon me, Sir Dragon.

Could you please look this way?

(LOW RUMBLE)

- Go.

- Wait for it.

Wait for it.

Now!

(YELLING)

(COUGHING)

SORRELL:
Sorry!

I forgot to carry the one.

(DRAGON ROARS)

Go, go, go, go.

They say, the second time's the charm.

Never heard that one.

They say it.

All right, big boy. Here comes dinner.

You really have to put it that way?

Now!

(YELLING)

Yes!

(SCREECHING)

Mathayus! Be careful!

Puncture the ocular cavity!

That means "eye"!

I think he knows what it...

VALINA:
The eye!

Yes, yes.

Yeah.

You got him.

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