Troy the Odyssey Page #5

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[spits]

[distant creature growls]

[heavy footfalls]

We should leave.

Cyclops. Run!

Hide yourself quickly!

[panting]

What do we do?

[rubble crackles]

[gasps]

[Cyclops roars]

I cannot abide

any more suffering.

Your man is lost!

We must use this

chance to escape.

[Cyclops growling]

I have a plan.

[panting]

Here.

Eurylochus!

Wait, mighty Cyclops!

I have heard that you despise

all of the gods in Olympus.

Then you shall not

want to eat me,

for I am cursed.

Eating me shall only

please the gods.

But I have brought you

a great offering.

It is an elixir that is

so powerful, it is said

that not even the gods

know of its existence.

It is a potion so potent

that anyone who should drink it

will be imbued with

enough strength

that they can knock Zeus

straight from the heavens!

Quick!

I'm not sure how much time

we have with

a creature of that size.

[grunts]

What did you give him?

It's extract of

a poppy flower.

We give it to soldiers

who've been injured in battle

to help sedate them.

I gave him enough for

an entire battalion.

We should go now.

[growling]

Come on.

Bats.

We're on the right track.

I see light!

Thank the gods.

It's our ship!

Thank you, Calypso,

for keeping your promise.

Penelope, I can finally

return to you.

When I am king,

my first deed will be

to tax everyone and everything

until we are all rich!

[cheering]

Telemachus, tell me of what

contest your mother has planned.

I don't know.

My Queen! Your ears must

have been burning.

Now you can tell us yourself.

What game do you have

in store for us?

A race perhaps?

Or a wrestling match?

This is my husband's

hunting bow.

It represents the skill

and strength with which

he used to rule this city.

The first to string it

and shoot an arrow

through five golden rings

will win the right

to share this kingdom with me.

If there be a just man

amongst you,

may this challenge

reveal him.

Do you not wish

to see who wins?

The winner makes no

difference to me.

CIRCE:
Land!

[panting]

Beautiful Ithaca!

I am home!

I am home.

[crying]

- Congratulations, Odysseus.

- You deserve your homecoming.

You can make this

your home as well.

You are welcome.

- I have no home.

- That is my curse.

I will continue

to journey the sea,

travel from place to place,

having adventures,

saving lives...

I'll be like Hercules.

- Circe?

- I will miss you.

I will miss you too,

good King.

Fighting by your side

has been the greatest honor,

King of Ithaca.

You are my friend.

I will not wed another.

I will die first.

I will die.

[knocking on door]

Come in.

You sent for me, Mother?

My son...

Today I will

take a new husband.

Mother, you can't

marry any of them.

My father is still alive.

I know it.

Let me fight them.

Let me defend your honor.

You are a warrior already,

even so young.

But I'm afraid there are too

many for you to fight alone.

Am I to stay silent?

No.

I want you to leave Ithaca.

What?

I want you to go and

find the fastest ship

and go to Menelaus

in Sparta

and get safe haven.

Here, take this.

This is a ring of

your father's kingship.

If you wear it,

Menelaus will recognize you

as the King of Ithaca.

Build an army and

regain the throne.

Go now before those brigands

do any more damage.

[crying]

My city has changed.

Are you lost, old man?

No. I have been gone

for some time.

Here. Get yourself

something to eat.

These wicked suitors

pursue the queen,

and forget generosity is

the key to Athenae's favor.

Speak again

about your queen?

She intends to remarry.

Penelope, wife of Odysseus?

Odysseus never returned home

from the Trojan War.

Most people presumed

he is dead.

What is your name?

I'm Telemachus.

Telemachus?

Son of Odysseus and Penelope?

I should have known.

You share her kindness.

You know my mother?

I knew her well

many years ago.

You have her heart.

Tell me of the man your

mother wishes to marry.

Does she love him greatly?

She despises him.

And what of your father?

Has she forgotten him?

No.

Then tell me,

young Telemachus,

will you do me one favor?

What is it you ask?

Will you help me regain

the throne of my city?

Who are you, stranger?

I am Odysseus...

King of Ithaca.

I have dreamed many years

that I would return home

and meet my son.

[crying]

My son.

We shall retake this throne.

[both grunting]

- Enough!

- Give it to me!

I will solve this problem

once and for all.

They attempt to string

your old hunting bow

so they may be

worthy to be king.

It's just another trick!

No one can string that bow!

I can.

How dare you, beggar!

What are you even doing here?

This man is my guest, which

is more than I can say of you.

- Throw this scum out!

- Now!

Are you afraid that a beggar

may succeed where you fail?

Of course not!

Then allow me

to string the bow.

If I should fail, then

you can throw me out.

Unless you fear me.

[scoffs]

I do not fear you.

But if you fail I will not

just cast you out,

I will cut off your tongue.

Very well.

[grunts]

This cannot be.

I demand to know who you are!

Who are you?!

I am the King of Ithaca.

Impossible.

You're a liar.

Kill this liar!

Soon we'll be together,

my pirate.

[distant clatter,

shouting]

My son...

[swords clash

in distance]

[shouting]

Aaaaaah!!!

Whatever happened to

the legendary Odysseus?

The years have weakened you!

[clang]

Ah! Aaaaaah!

[screaming]

[shouts]

[shouts]

How many times

did I warn you, imp?

I would die for you.

[shouts]

Circe!

- Telemachus!

- What happened?

We return the rightful king

to his throne.

Oh, dear me.

Who are these people?

Odysseus?

[crying]

My Bastet cat.

I have not heard you call me

that since the day you left.

My love. My king. My husband.

My husband.

You're here.

[crying]

[roaring]

- [Kraken roaring]

- What is that sound?

It is the Kraken.

It still lives.

What is this monster?

- It has followed me from Troy.

- I must end this.

Yes, but you'll die!

Let me fight with you.

- No.

- It is me the creature wants.

But you'll die.

If I do not do this,

it shall follow me

for the rest of my days.

I will stay by your side.

I refuse to see your world

destroyed as I saw mine.

[crying]

[roaring]

[arrows flying]

Come, beast!

I am the one you want!

- [grunts]

- Odysseus!

Give me your cape

and bow quickly

so that I may look

to be an Ithacan!

- No.

- The beast will kill you!

- You'll die before he dies.

- My plan is sound.

I am the destroyer

of the Trojans.

I am Odysseus,

your most hated foe!

But before you look upon

my face, despair!

Behold the sword of Troy!

For I am the last Trojan,

and I fight for Ithaca!

No, Circe!

No!

Leave her!

[Kraken shrieking]

Circe!

Odysseus, I've paid

my debt to you at last.

- No!

- I will get you a healer!

It's time for me to join

my people in the afterlife.

They wait for me there.

I have been gone too long.

Farewell, sweet Odysseus.

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