Hercules Page #4

My Lord, Rhesus is coming.

I vouch my life on it.

The longer Rhesus lives,

the more villages will be burnt and

the more innocents will be killed.

Assemble your men. We march tomorrow.

Hercules, the gods have

offered us a gift.

We must not squander it.

Are your gods going

to be fighting with us?

No. The son of Zeus will.

I've seen how you

watch over Hercules.

Tell me,

how did a woman,

beautiful woman,

fall in with these hardened men?

Killers?

Son of Zeus need a

woman's protection?

I don't protect him.

I protect you from him.

Hmm.

General, from now on, maybe you

should favor the company of your men.

- He pulled a knife?

- It was only a small prick.

Your mother told you to

stay away. You should listen.

What's wrong with him?

Tydeus is my most loyal warrior.

He was born in war. When I found

him, he was more animal than human.

He never speaks of what he saw.

He never speaks at all.

But he relives it every night.

Come. Let's find your mother.

When I grow up, I want to

be a great hero like you.

- Like me?

- No hero is greater than Hercules.

I know all your Labors. Like the Cretan

Bull, you wrestled it for seven days

- and seven nights.

- Uh, that's a bit exaggerated.

- And struck it 49 times with your club.

- Maybe not quite that many.

Until it fell dead and Crete was saved.

It's my favorite Labor.

Also Queen Hippolyta's Belt, with its

buxom Amazons and exciting bondage.

- Do you even know what that means?

- No.

- Mother.

- Arius.

You're supposed to be in bed.

- Why are you in the hospice?

- My mother saves people's lives.

Many of our physicians

were killed during battle.

So, out of necessity, I taught

myself the art of healing.

If I could be like you, I would protect all

of Thrace and no one would ever get hurt.

Here.

I was going to give

this to someone else,

but I never got the chance.

Only a hero may wear this.

But to become a hero,

you must grow strong.

Is this the Nemean Lion's tooth?

- It is.

- Thank you.

- Thank you.

- Good night.

Good night, Hercules.

Have no fear.

If you fall in the service of a just

cause, your souls will go to Elysium,

where they will dwell forever

among the shades of heroes,

- like Theseus.

- Odysseus!

And the great Achilles.

Or if you're lucky, you'll go to Hades,

where all the fun people are.

Iolaus. Your place is beside

Lord Cotys, where it's safe.

I've been giving it a lot of thought,

and I really feel I'm ready to fight.

You're a storyteller, not a warrior.

- We share the same blood.

- And I will not see it shed. Chariot.

Now.

Thracians, the shield wall

is your home. Your shelter.

When you sleep,

the wall is your blanket.

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