1 00:00:25,692 --> 00:00:28,195 M'benga: Previously on Star Trek strange new worlds... 2 00:00:28,278 --> 00:00:31,448 I've read that the aenar have a form of precognitive ability. 3 00:00:31,532 --> 00:00:32,908 I knew you were going to ask that. 4 00:00:32,991 --> 00:00:35,911 Spock: Hemmer may not be able to see, but his other senses compensate. 5 00:00:35,994 --> 00:00:38,288 Una: You're keeping something in the pattern buffer. 6 00:00:38,372 --> 00:00:39,998 Rukiya. My daughter. 7 00:00:40,123 --> 00:00:42,668 A year ago, she was diagnosed with cygnokemia. 8 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:44,127 Story time? 9 00:00:44,211 --> 00:00:45,462 You bet. 10 00:00:45,546 --> 00:00:47,965 You've read this, like, a hundred times. 11 00:00:48,048 --> 00:00:51,843 That doesn't mean that the ending couldn't miraculously change. 12 00:00:57,266 --> 00:00:59,476 M'benga: Chief medical officer's personal log, 13 00:01:00,143 --> 00:01:03,146 stardate 2341.6. 14 00:01:04,398 --> 00:01:07,859 The enterprise is conducting a routine survey of the jonisian nebula. 15 00:01:08,902 --> 00:01:10,988 There isn't a great deal for sickbay to do, 16 00:01:11,655 --> 00:01:13,824 so I've been continuing my own research. 17 00:01:14,825 --> 00:01:16,785 The patient's condition has not improved. 18 00:01:17,869 --> 00:01:20,289 Months have become days and have become hours. 19 00:01:21,081 --> 00:01:22,916 Every minute has become invaluable. 20 00:01:23,584 --> 00:01:25,210 She has so little time left. 21 00:01:26,295 --> 00:01:27,296 Ru kiya: Daddy. 22 00:01:28,005 --> 00:01:29,256 Finish the story. 23 00:01:30,132 --> 00:01:32,009 I like it when you read the ending. 24 00:01:33,510 --> 00:01:35,262 You need to go back in, rukiya. 25 00:01:35,345 --> 00:01:36,722 Just finish it with me. 26 00:01:37,556 --> 00:01:38,557 Please? 27 00:01:46,732 --> 00:01:48,567 "King Ridley scanned the battlefield 28 00:01:48,650 --> 00:01:51,570 "as queen neve's forces approached the border of his kingdom. 29 00:01:53,071 --> 00:01:54,281 "Things were dark. 30 00:01:55,157 --> 00:01:57,451 "The king's Chamberlain, sir rauth, 31 00:01:57,993 --> 00:01:59,369 "had turned against them. 32 00:02:00,370 --> 00:02:01,705 "Their only ally, 33 00:02:03,332 --> 00:02:04,499 "Princess Thalia, 34 00:02:05,208 --> 00:02:07,294 "had fallen to the evil queen. 35 00:02:07,377 --> 00:02:08,629 "And now king Ridley 36 00:02:08,712 --> 00:02:11,340 - "was gravely outnumbered and..." - I hate this part. 37 00:02:12,049 --> 00:02:14,885 - But you wanted me to read it to you. - I know. 38 00:02:14,968 --> 00:02:18,805 It's just I always wish the huntress would come along and help. 39 00:02:18,889 --> 00:02:20,849 You know, like get together with sir adya 40 00:02:20,932 --> 00:02:23,560 - and rescue the king. - But that's not what happens. 41 00:02:23,644 --> 00:02:26,229 King Ridley is forced to choose. 42 00:02:27,397 --> 00:02:29,650 - Give up his greatest weapon... - The Mercury stone. 43 00:02:29,733 --> 00:02:32,235 Or rescue Princess Thalia. 44 00:02:33,070 --> 00:02:34,196 I know. 45 00:02:34,279 --> 00:02:36,406 But what if we could change the ending? 46 00:02:45,957 --> 00:02:47,334 Someday, 47 00:02:48,251 --> 00:02:49,252 when you're a grown-up, 48 00:02:50,837 --> 00:02:52,255 you'll write your own stories. 49 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,842 And you can have any ending you like. 50 00:02:55,926 --> 00:02:58,970 But I have to get better first, right? 51 00:02:59,054 --> 00:03:00,055 Yes. 52 00:03:02,766 --> 00:03:05,102 When I'm better, can I see your quarters? 53 00:03:05,686 --> 00:03:08,021 I'll take you to see the whole ship. 54 00:03:11,983 --> 00:03:13,026 I love you, daddy. 55 00:03:15,112 --> 00:03:16,113 I love you, too. 56 00:03:19,825 --> 00:03:20,826 Always. 57 00:03:29,084 --> 00:03:30,127 Good night. 58 00:04:12,878 --> 00:04:14,963 Computer: Chemical 3-qnd contained. 59 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,057 Doctor, the shuttle crew landed several hours ago. 60 00:04:26,141 --> 00:04:28,701 Was there a reason they haven't been cleared for active duty yet? 61 00:04:29,186 --> 00:04:30,187 I'm sorry. 62 00:04:30,562 --> 00:04:33,690 I must have gotten a little lost in my research. 63 00:04:35,358 --> 00:04:36,401 I'll get right to it. 64 00:04:37,486 --> 00:04:39,070 Are you getting any closer? 65 00:04:40,655 --> 00:04:43,241 The last thing I tried literally blew up in my face. 66 00:04:43,325 --> 00:04:45,202 Maybe you're pushing yourself too hard. 67 00:04:47,913 --> 00:04:50,373 Rukiya has been living in that transporter for too long. 68 00:04:51,333 --> 00:04:53,168 Much longer than I anticipated. 69 00:04:54,336 --> 00:04:55,337 And even so, 70 00:04:56,671 --> 00:04:58,048 her time is now running out. 71 00:04:59,299 --> 00:05:00,509 There has to be a cure. 72 00:05:01,968 --> 00:05:03,220 I just need to find it. 73 00:05:06,389 --> 00:05:09,726 I sympathize with your duties as a father. 74 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:11,478 But I also have to remind you 75 00:05:11,561 --> 00:05:13,772 of your duties as our chief medical officer. 76 00:05:15,190 --> 00:05:16,233 Understood, commander. 77 00:05:18,693 --> 00:05:21,571 I will ensure that the landing party is cleared for duty immediately. 78 00:05:21,655 --> 00:05:23,490 But first, why don't you get some rest? 79 00:05:23,573 --> 00:05:25,092 You can see to the landing party 80 00:05:25,116 --> 00:05:26,716 - when you're feeling better. - I'm fine. 81 00:05:26,743 --> 00:05:28,578 Take it as an order then, doctor. 82 00:05:29,454 --> 00:05:30,872 The crew isn't going anywhere. 83 00:05:31,873 --> 00:05:33,250 And neither is rukiya. 84 00:05:40,590 --> 00:05:41,967 Thank you, una. 85 00:05:51,393 --> 00:05:52,686 Cadet uhura informs me 86 00:05:52,769 --> 00:05:54,604 that all data buoys have been retrieved. 87 00:05:54,688 --> 00:05:56,523 And with that, our survey of the nebula 88 00:05:56,606 --> 00:05:57,607 appears to be complete. 89 00:05:59,025 --> 00:06:00,277 I could get used to this. 90 00:06:01,319 --> 00:06:03,113 - Sir? - Pike: This. 91 00:06:04,906 --> 00:06:06,324 No battles. No chaos. 92 00:06:06,408 --> 00:06:09,077 Just scanning a nebula and focusing on the science. 93 00:06:10,453 --> 00:06:12,205 Nice change of pace, wouldn't you agree? 94 00:06:12,289 --> 00:06:14,207 Captain, you have repeatedly told me 95 00:06:14,291 --> 00:06:15,750 that humans have a superstition 96 00:06:15,834 --> 00:06:17,460 against calling attention to good things 97 00:06:17,544 --> 00:06:18,670 by saying them out loud. 98 00:06:19,588 --> 00:06:20,714 Why, Mr. Spock, 99 00:06:21,965 --> 00:06:23,758 I never took you for the superstitious type. 100 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,220 Hmm. Erica, 101 00:06:28,013 --> 00:06:30,098 set a course for mcnair starbase. 102 00:06:31,558 --> 00:06:32,601 Drinks are on me. 103 00:06:33,393 --> 00:06:36,229 Course set and ready for warp on your Mark, sir. 104 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:38,857 You gonna say the thing? 105 00:06:40,650 --> 00:06:41,651 Hit it. 106 00:06:47,157 --> 00:06:48,241 I said "hit it." 107 00:06:49,159 --> 00:06:51,828 I'm hitting it, captain, but... 108 00:06:52,162 --> 00:06:53,413 - We're not moving. - Mitchell, 109 00:06:53,496 --> 00:06:54,831 what's going on with my ship? 110 00:06:54,915 --> 00:06:56,416 All systems are in the green, sir, 111 00:06:56,499 --> 00:06:58,209 but we're frozen in place. 112 00:06:58,293 --> 00:06:59,294 Mr. Spock? 113 00:06:59,377 --> 00:07:01,087 Scans indicate a minor synchrotron flux 114 00:07:01,171 --> 00:07:02,714 emanating from inside the nebula. 115 00:07:02,797 --> 00:07:05,216 Perhaps that has affected our warp capabilities. 116 00:07:06,509 --> 00:07:07,886 Or? 117 00:07:07,969 --> 00:07:09,846 Perhaps you did, indeed, jinx it. 118 00:07:11,097 --> 00:07:12,909 Let's hope that's all we have to worry about, Mr. Spock. 119 00:07:12,933 --> 00:07:14,100 Pike to engineering. 120 00:07:14,184 --> 00:07:15,578 We still got a warp core down there? 121 00:07:15,602 --> 00:07:17,771 Despite our lack of motion, the warp core 122 00:07:17,854 --> 00:07:19,856 seems to be functioning within normal parameters. 123 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:21,775 Perhaps the nebula has merely affected 124 00:07:21,858 --> 00:07:24,194 our ability to achieve a static warp bubble. 125 00:07:24,277 --> 00:07:25,677 Suggest we engage impulse thrusters 126 00:07:25,737 --> 00:07:27,948 until we are clear of its gravitational influence. 127 00:07:28,031 --> 00:07:29,824 Hemmer: / concur with Mr. Spock's plan. 128 00:07:30,700 --> 00:07:32,118 Great. Let's do it. 129 00:07:32,202 --> 00:07:34,122 Transferring power to impulse. 130 00:07:34,162 --> 00:07:36,456 Ortegas? Get us out of here. 131 00:07:37,374 --> 00:07:40,627 Kissing this nebula goodbye, take two. 132 00:07:48,885 --> 00:07:50,553 Bridge to Dr. M'benga. Emergency. 133 00:07:50,637 --> 00:07:52,055 Lieutenant ortegas is injured. 134 00:07:52,138 --> 00:07:53,223 On my way, captain. 135 00:07:54,975 --> 00:07:55,976 Bndge. 136 00:08:19,624 --> 00:08:21,251 - Hi. - Move! 137 00:08:28,341 --> 00:08:30,510 All hail the king! 138 00:08:31,428 --> 00:08:32,470 All: The king. 139 00:08:37,058 --> 00:08:38,059 What the hell? 140 00:08:44,524 --> 00:08:45,525 Pike: Space. 141 00:08:47,527 --> 00:08:48,903 The final frontier. 142 00:08:51,906 --> 00:08:54,492 These are the voyages of the starship enterprise. 143 00:08:57,078 --> 00:08:58,288 Its five-year mission, 144 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:01,624 to explore strange new worlds, 145 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:05,837 to seek out new life 146 00:09:07,338 --> 00:09:08,965 and new civilizations, 147 00:09:10,967 --> 00:09:14,345 to boldly go where no one has gone before. 148 00:10:35,635 --> 00:10:36,803 I came to see ortegas, but... 149 00:10:36,886 --> 00:10:39,055 Ortegas? 150 00:10:40,890 --> 00:10:43,226 I... you mean sir adya. Come, come. 151 00:10:44,394 --> 00:10:46,604 Sir adya? From the book? 152 00:10:48,815 --> 00:10:51,151 The book, sire? 153 00:10:52,402 --> 00:10:54,028 Is this some kind of a joke, captain? 154 00:10:54,946 --> 00:10:56,614 If it is jokes you desire, 155 00:10:56,698 --> 00:10:58,449 I could summon the courtjester. 156 00:10:58,533 --> 00:10:59,909 - Summon the courtjest... - No. 157 00:11:01,244 --> 00:11:02,662 Hold the Jester! 158 00:11:02,745 --> 00:11:04,164 M'benga: It's just... 159 00:11:04,247 --> 00:11:05,727 You're all dressed up like characters 160 00:11:05,790 --> 00:11:07,458 from the book I've been reading to my... 161 00:11:09,961 --> 00:11:12,547 Well, ortegas is sir adya. 162 00:11:14,132 --> 00:11:17,093 And you are clearly sir amand rauth? 163 00:11:18,887 --> 00:11:20,555 Your loyal Chamberlain. 164 00:11:23,516 --> 00:11:25,018 Was this your idea? 165 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:28,438 My idea to what, sire? 166 00:11:30,231 --> 00:11:31,941 Mmm, perhaps it would be best 167 00:11:32,275 --> 00:11:34,235 if you took a seat, king Ridley. 168 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:36,905 Maybe I should sit. 169 00:11:39,782 --> 00:11:41,868 Perhaps your highness is parched. 170 00:11:41,951 --> 00:11:43,786 A sip of wine would refresh you. 171 00:11:43,870 --> 00:11:45,330 Ortegas: What are you doing? 172 00:11:45,413 --> 00:11:48,625 I'm just trying to help our poor, tired king. 173 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:51,044 Where did the wine come from, rauth? 174 00:11:51,127 --> 00:11:53,296 Let's see. It came from beside the carafe. 175 00:11:53,379 --> 00:11:55,715 It is my sworn duty 176 00:11:55,798 --> 00:11:57,467 to tend to the king's well-being. 177 00:11:57,550 --> 00:12:01,304 He shall drink nothing I have not tasted first. 178 00:12:01,596 --> 00:12:02,847 And as Chamberlain, 179 00:12:02,931 --> 00:12:05,099 the king's health is my greatest concern. 180 00:12:06,976 --> 00:12:09,479 Your words could Polish the finest of apples, sir rauth. 181 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:11,522 Perhaps they are better suited... 182 00:12:12,732 --> 00:12:13,775 To the kitchen. 183 00:12:14,651 --> 00:12:16,236 I need a moment. 184 00:12:16,319 --> 00:12:20,240 Computer, are you registering any abnormal readings on the bridge? 185 00:12:20,657 --> 00:12:24,744 - "Computer"? - He obviously means the oracle. 186 00:12:24,827 --> 00:12:25,828 Computer? 187 00:12:36,464 --> 00:12:37,465 The explosion. 188 00:12:38,841 --> 00:12:41,761 Perhaps the 3-qnd is causing me to hallucinate. 189 00:12:43,179 --> 00:12:46,099 - I need to get to sickbay. - To sickbay. 190 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:48,268 Uh, sorry, your highness. Where is this bay? 191 00:12:48,351 --> 00:12:50,395 And, ooh, do I need to commandeer a ship? 192 00:12:52,814 --> 00:12:55,858 I knew this dreadful fog was a bad omen as soon as it appeared. 193 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:58,987 What fog? 194 00:12:59,070 --> 00:13:02,031 A mysterious smoky wall. 195 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:05,034 It has engulfed the entire kingdom, sire. 196 00:13:06,286 --> 00:13:07,996 Poisonous air. 197 00:13:08,079 --> 00:13:11,749 I wager it's a curse sent by queen neve. 198 00:13:11,833 --> 00:13:14,002 Sorcery is a coward's weapon. 199 00:13:14,085 --> 00:13:16,713 Give me a clean kill by sword any day. 200 00:13:17,922 --> 00:13:18,965 Really? 201 00:13:20,008 --> 00:13:22,302 - Uh... - Where are you going? Sire? 202 00:13:22,385 --> 00:13:23,845 I'm going to get a medical... 203 00:13:26,389 --> 00:13:27,640 A magical device. 204 00:13:28,099 --> 00:13:29,600 Called a tricorder. 205 00:13:29,684 --> 00:13:31,060 It will give me some answers. 206 00:13:33,438 --> 00:13:34,772 Just stay here. 207 00:13:34,856 --> 00:13:37,233 Both of you. 208 00:13:56,586 --> 00:13:58,254 - My king. - My liege. 209 00:14:09,515 --> 00:14:12,018 It is wonderful to see you, king Ridley. 210 00:14:12,852 --> 00:14:14,771 What brings you to my sanctuary? 211 00:14:18,107 --> 00:14:19,275 I'm looking for this. 212 00:14:21,110 --> 00:14:22,236 Some sort of 213 00:14:23,696 --> 00:14:24,739 healing stone? 214 00:14:26,157 --> 00:14:28,910 M'benga: Its readings indicate I'm perfectly healthy. 215 00:14:28,993 --> 00:14:30,161 Readings? 216 00:14:32,622 --> 00:14:34,290 Allow me to examine you. 217 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:46,636 So much pain. 218 00:14:47,678 --> 00:14:49,680 It weighs down your spirit. 219 00:14:49,764 --> 00:14:51,599 You should have come to me sooner. 220 00:14:56,270 --> 00:14:59,315 And what does your device say of me? 221 00:15:00,691 --> 00:15:03,236 It seems your dopamine levels are highly elevated. 222 00:15:03,319 --> 00:15:04,320 Dopamine? 223 00:15:07,365 --> 00:15:10,201 My king. I know you said not to follow, 224 00:15:10,284 --> 00:15:12,995 but Princess Thalia insisted. 225 00:15:25,716 --> 00:15:28,428 My dear, brave king Ridley. 226 00:15:28,511 --> 00:15:31,139 I'm so grateful to have finally found you. 227 00:15:31,222 --> 00:15:34,892 Queen neve has invaded my kingdom. 228 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:37,937 She's obsessed with the Mercury stone. She thinks I have it. 229 00:15:38,020 --> 00:15:39,272 Her crimson guard 230 00:15:39,355 --> 00:15:42,650 captured my throne and imprisoned my subjects. 231 00:15:42,733 --> 00:15:44,360 I mean, I scarcely escaped with my life, 232 00:15:44,444 --> 00:15:47,405 not to mention my poor little runa. 233 00:15:47,488 --> 00:15:49,323 - Isn't that right? - That, uh... 234 00:15:49,407 --> 00:15:51,487 - La'an: Mommy loves you so much. - That is terrible. 235 00:15:51,534 --> 00:15:52,577 La'an: I know 236 00:15:52,660 --> 00:15:55,705 you have the Mercury stone safely in your keeping. 237 00:16:03,921 --> 00:16:04,922 Sure. 238 00:16:05,756 --> 00:16:06,757 Yes. 239 00:16:07,425 --> 00:16:08,551 The stone is safe. 240 00:16:09,343 --> 00:16:10,386 Heed me. 241 00:16:11,429 --> 00:16:13,973 If you do not harness the stone's powers 242 00:16:14,056 --> 00:16:16,476 to capture and stop queen neve, 243 00:16:16,559 --> 00:16:18,686 she will have all of us in chains. 244 00:16:18,769 --> 00:16:21,063 Your kingdom will fall as mine has. 245 00:16:24,025 --> 00:16:25,943 Uh, what is this? 246 00:16:26,944 --> 00:16:29,489 This does not look like the Mercury stone. 247 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:31,574 You are very perceptive. 248 00:16:32,366 --> 00:16:33,367 It is not. 249 00:16:33,910 --> 00:16:35,578 Oh! 250 00:16:35,661 --> 00:16:38,247 Oh! 251 00:16:40,082 --> 00:16:42,168 You have another weapon in your mighty arsenal. 252 00:16:42,251 --> 00:16:43,252 Oh! 253 00:16:43,336 --> 00:16:46,506 Brutal queen neve stands nary a chance, runa, does she? 254 00:16:46,589 --> 00:16:49,217 My Princess runa applauds you. 255 00:16:52,595 --> 00:16:56,224 What are her dopamine levels? 256 00:16:57,892 --> 00:16:59,352 Also higher than normal. 257 00:17:00,811 --> 00:17:01,854 La'an: Is that bad? 258 00:17:01,938 --> 00:17:02,939 Is it good? 259 00:17:03,564 --> 00:17:04,732 It's curious. 260 00:17:06,150 --> 00:17:08,903 It's a sign of heightened neurological activity. 261 00:17:10,154 --> 00:17:12,949 My king, the Princess is right. 262 00:17:13,282 --> 00:17:16,369 If you're not prepared to use the power of the stone, 263 00:17:16,452 --> 00:17:20,623 then allow me to lead an attack against the crimson guard. 264 00:17:21,207 --> 00:17:23,626 Their heads will roll. 265 00:17:23,709 --> 00:17:27,630 Perhaps we could refrain from any unnecessary head chopping. 266 00:17:29,006 --> 00:17:30,776 That's disappointing. 267 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:32,778 Hemmer: Lieutenant Mitchell, take your hands off me. 268 00:17:32,802 --> 00:17:34,512 I'm your superior officer. 269 00:17:35,763 --> 00:17:38,140 The crimson guard. 270 00:17:38,224 --> 00:17:40,935 Let me go. I'll have you court-martialed. 271 00:17:41,018 --> 00:17:44,647 Silence. Did you think your crimes would go unpunished, wizard? 272 00:17:44,939 --> 00:17:47,400 I'm not a wizard. I'm the chief engineer. 273 00:17:47,483 --> 00:17:48,859 You wear a wizard's robes. 274 00:17:48,943 --> 00:17:49,986 Hemmer: This is absurd. 275 00:17:50,069 --> 00:17:52,363 I don't know where these came from. They just appeared. 276 00:17:52,446 --> 00:17:54,907 Proof of your powers, wizard. 277 00:17:54,991 --> 00:17:58,828 La'an: Halt your dark deeds, accursed crimson guard! 278 00:17:59,870 --> 00:18:02,665 Your hour of cruelty is at an end, 279 00:18:03,499 --> 00:18:07,587 for king Ridley is here to strike fear in your evil hearts. 280 00:18:19,181 --> 00:18:21,142 Uh, release castor the wizard at once. 281 00:18:22,310 --> 00:18:24,687 We don't answer to you, false king. 282 00:18:24,895 --> 00:18:28,107 Unless you're here to surrender the Mercury stone. 283 00:18:29,317 --> 00:18:31,193 But what about the letter of accords? 284 00:18:32,403 --> 00:18:36,282 Are not lady Audrey's woods neutral territory by royal agreement? 285 00:18:37,491 --> 00:18:38,993 You have no rights here. 286 00:18:40,244 --> 00:18:41,746 The king speaks the truth. 287 00:18:42,371 --> 00:18:45,916 Queen neve no longer acknowledges the letter of accords. 288 00:18:46,459 --> 00:18:48,461 These are now her woods, 289 00:18:48,544 --> 00:18:51,505 and it won't be long before your kingdom is hers, too. 290 00:18:59,889 --> 00:19:02,183 - Hemmer. - Dr. M'benga, please, help me. 291 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,268 Everyone else has lost their minds. 292 00:19:07,897 --> 00:19:12,401 My king, perhaps it is time to unleash the stone's power. 293 00:19:13,152 --> 00:19:15,696 I don't actually have the stone. 294 00:19:16,072 --> 00:19:18,783 - What? - M'benga: But I know who might. 295 00:19:18,866 --> 00:19:21,202 That wizard, castor? 296 00:19:22,286 --> 00:19:23,537 He knows where it is. 297 00:19:25,331 --> 00:19:26,499 We must rescue him. 298 00:19:30,127 --> 00:19:31,754 Absolutely. Good plan. 299 00:19:32,588 --> 00:19:33,589 Fantastic. 300 00:19:35,091 --> 00:19:37,635 Pike: Queen neve will be keeping wizard castor here, 301 00:19:38,427 --> 00:19:40,096 in the deepest part of her dungeon, 302 00:19:41,138 --> 00:19:42,765 at the center of her realm, 303 00:19:42,848 --> 00:19:46,143 surrounded by her most powerful forces and weapons. 304 00:19:46,769 --> 00:19:48,396 My good king, you mustn't go. 305 00:19:48,479 --> 00:19:52,149 You will surely fall victim to her most terrible magics. 306 00:19:52,233 --> 00:19:55,027 The Princess is shrewd, as always. 307 00:19:55,945 --> 00:19:58,197 Staging a rescue would be unwise. 308 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:01,117 Diplomacy might be more prudent. 309 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:04,453 I'm sorry, but we need the Mercury stone. 310 00:20:04,537 --> 00:20:07,623 And it's hard to hear over the sound of your trembling boots. 311 00:20:07,707 --> 00:20:08,999 That's enough. 312 00:20:10,126 --> 00:20:11,836 We're going to try diplomacy. 313 00:20:13,796 --> 00:20:16,507 If that doesn't work, then you can cut something in half. 314 00:20:17,466 --> 00:20:18,884 Thank you, sire. 315 00:20:18,968 --> 00:20:20,386 Starfall is thirsty. 316 00:20:20,469 --> 00:20:22,763 - Ridiculous name for a sword. - You're ridiculous. 317 00:20:22,847 --> 00:20:25,182 You are both going to escort me to queen neve. 318 00:20:26,642 --> 00:20:29,770 With as little bickering as possible, please. 319 00:20:31,647 --> 00:20:33,190 And what of me, my lord? 320 00:20:34,150 --> 00:20:35,985 And runa? 321 00:20:36,068 --> 00:20:37,153 She should stay here. 322 00:20:38,863 --> 00:20:41,031 And, um, you should stay to protect her. 323 00:20:42,700 --> 00:20:47,329 Oh, a wise plan, my king. We shall await your return. 324 00:20:48,622 --> 00:20:50,458 And if you should fall in battle, 325 00:20:50,791 --> 00:20:52,001 I will sing 326 00:20:53,627 --> 00:20:55,963 an epic song... 327 00:20:58,007 --> 00:21:04,847 Of mourning 328 00:21:14,148 --> 00:21:15,149 Great. 329 00:21:16,609 --> 00:21:17,610 Okay. 330 00:21:18,360 --> 00:21:19,361 Let's go. 331 00:21:20,154 --> 00:21:22,698 I think I might be more useful staying... 332 00:21:22,782 --> 00:21:24,241 - M'benga: Come, man! - All right. 333 00:21:25,367 --> 00:21:27,953 Ortegas: This forest is full of crimson banners. 334 00:21:28,037 --> 00:21:29,997 Queen neve grows more brazen by the day. 335 00:21:36,045 --> 00:21:37,296 We are not alone. 336 00:21:43,886 --> 00:21:45,054 Step fonnard. 337 00:21:45,846 --> 00:21:46,931 Slowly. 338 00:21:52,186 --> 00:21:54,563 Please point that elsewhere. 339 00:21:59,276 --> 00:22:00,778 Pollux the wizard? 340 00:22:01,362 --> 00:22:02,446 King Ridley. 341 00:22:03,531 --> 00:22:04,990 I'm surprised to find you here, 342 00:22:05,074 --> 00:22:08,369 though I cannot say if I think it foolish or brave. 343 00:22:09,078 --> 00:22:10,079 Right. 344 00:22:10,871 --> 00:22:12,832 Well, we're looking for the wizard castor. 345 00:22:13,958 --> 00:22:15,876 Ah. A fool's errand, then, 346 00:22:16,418 --> 00:22:18,462 for he is now in the hands of queen neve. 347 00:22:18,546 --> 00:22:21,090 And what is to keep us from simply marching in there 348 00:22:21,173 --> 00:22:22,299 and taking him? 349 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:24,885 The swamp of infinite deaths. 350 00:22:25,261 --> 00:22:27,012 Oh, that is not a good swamp. 351 00:22:27,596 --> 00:22:30,182 Alas, the only way to her kingdom takes you straight through it. 352 00:22:30,850 --> 00:22:33,352 Oh. Oh, turn back then? 353 00:22:33,435 --> 00:22:34,520 Yes? No? 354 00:22:34,603 --> 00:22:37,773 I would die infinite deaths to no longer hear your whining. 355 00:22:39,024 --> 00:22:40,359 Are you sure, pollux, 356 00:22:41,402 --> 00:22:43,696 that there is no way for you to help us? 357 00:22:44,238 --> 00:22:48,409 - Why should I help you? - Because castor is your brother? 358 00:22:49,076 --> 00:22:50,536 - He is? - I had no idea. 359 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:51,954 How did you know? 360 00:22:52,621 --> 00:22:53,622 I read it in a book. 361 00:22:54,790 --> 00:22:57,251 And you would help castor? 362 00:22:58,002 --> 00:22:59,837 Not merely use him for his power? 363 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:01,630 If you lead us through the swamp, 364 00:23:03,215 --> 00:23:04,425 I promise to free him. 365 00:23:06,427 --> 00:23:07,428 Hmm. 366 00:23:09,763 --> 00:23:10,890 I shall aid you, then. 367 00:23:11,599 --> 00:23:13,642 There is a way around the swamp. A secret way. 368 00:23:14,727 --> 00:23:15,728 A dark way. 369 00:23:16,562 --> 00:23:17,605 Follow me. 370 00:23:25,654 --> 00:23:28,073 Queen neve has my brother castor in her dungeons. 371 00:23:28,157 --> 00:23:29,491 This tunnel should lead us there. 372 00:23:32,161 --> 00:23:34,246 Are you sure we can trust him? 373 00:23:36,790 --> 00:23:38,375 I'm sure we can't trust him. 374 00:23:39,209 --> 00:23:40,377 But that's okay. 375 00:23:40,461 --> 00:23:43,172 This is still the only way to get to castor. 376 00:23:44,548 --> 00:23:45,799 Ortegas: If you say so, sire. 377 00:24:12,159 --> 00:24:14,370 Welcome to my kingdom. 378 00:24:14,453 --> 00:24:17,414 Now, kneel before me. 379 00:24:18,874 --> 00:24:19,875 Yes, of course. 380 00:24:22,044 --> 00:24:24,505 Ortegas: My king, we have been led into a trap. 381 00:24:24,838 --> 00:24:26,465 I suspected as much. 382 00:24:27,257 --> 00:24:28,258 You knew? 383 00:24:28,968 --> 00:24:29,969 Loosely. 384 00:24:31,053 --> 00:24:33,263 In any case, I knew queen neve should be entering 385 00:24:33,347 --> 00:24:34,848 the story right about now. 386 00:24:34,932 --> 00:24:37,101 And I knew I should have stayed in the castle. 387 00:24:37,601 --> 00:24:39,436 It's always safer at home. Ow. 388 00:24:40,771 --> 00:24:42,564 Welcome, king Ridley. 389 00:24:43,482 --> 00:24:46,735 Now, where is the Mercury stone? 390 00:24:49,613 --> 00:24:51,782 Could be anywhere, really. 391 00:24:54,118 --> 00:24:55,494 Fine. 392 00:24:55,577 --> 00:24:58,747 I'll let my torturers drag its location out of you, then. 393 00:24:58,831 --> 00:25:00,499 They love their work. 394 00:25:00,582 --> 00:25:01,709 They're very 395 00:25:02,751 --> 00:25:03,794 thorough. 396 00:25:05,087 --> 00:25:06,755 They look everywhere. 397 00:25:08,382 --> 00:25:11,593 I promise you'll be compensated well for your loyalty, sorcerer. 398 00:25:12,970 --> 00:25:14,596 Thank you, queen neve. 399 00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:16,390 You wanted to see my brother? 400 00:25:17,558 --> 00:25:18,934 Now you can join him. 401 00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:20,936 In the dungeon. 402 00:25:30,154 --> 00:25:32,072 I can't take it anymore, I tell you! 403 00:25:32,906 --> 00:25:33,949 The walls! 404 00:25:34,825 --> 00:25:37,202 The walls are starting to close in on me! 405 00:25:37,286 --> 00:25:39,288 Hemmer, am I glad to see you. 406 00:25:39,371 --> 00:25:41,391 Are we the only two crew members who are unaffected? 407 00:25:41,415 --> 00:25:42,791 It would appear so. 408 00:25:42,875 --> 00:25:45,836 Do you have any idea why everyone's acting so strangely? 409 00:25:45,919 --> 00:25:48,088 They're all playing characters from a children's book 410 00:25:48,172 --> 00:25:50,174 called the elysian kingdom. 411 00:25:50,257 --> 00:25:51,425 A children's book? 412 00:25:51,508 --> 00:25:54,470 - How do you know this? - Because I read it to my daughter. 413 00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:57,181 It's a long story. 414 00:25:57,264 --> 00:26:00,476 The important question to ask is why you and I aren't affected 415 00:26:00,559 --> 00:26:01,810 and why they are. 416 00:26:03,145 --> 00:26:04,980 I thought the important question is, 417 00:26:05,606 --> 00:26:06,982 where is the Mercury stone? 418 00:26:08,150 --> 00:26:10,319 - Stone? - M'benga: It's a weapon. 419 00:26:10,486 --> 00:26:12,946 But it's fictional. From the book. 420 00:26:13,030 --> 00:26:14,406 Where is this weapon? 421 00:26:14,490 --> 00:26:18,202 Well, in the book, castor helps king Ridley to find it. 422 00:26:18,619 --> 00:26:20,287 I have no idea how to find it. 423 00:26:20,370 --> 00:26:22,081 I know. I came to rescue you 424 00:26:22,164 --> 00:26:24,583 because you're the only other person unaffected, 425 00:26:24,666 --> 00:26:27,127 which means you can help solve the real problem. 426 00:26:27,336 --> 00:26:29,171 How do we undo all of this? 427 00:26:30,089 --> 00:26:31,924 Where were you when it started? 428 00:26:32,007 --> 00:26:33,383 In engineering. 429 00:26:33,467 --> 00:26:36,345 I had just checked the warp engines, and I suddenly felt, 430 00:26:37,304 --> 00:26:38,639 I don't know, 431 00:26:38,722 --> 00:26:41,016 a consciousness press against my own. 432 00:26:41,100 --> 00:26:42,976 Luckily, my years of telepathic training 433 00:26:43,060 --> 00:26:44,436 allowed me to block it. 434 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:45,604 Consciousness? 435 00:26:46,688 --> 00:26:47,940 Coming from where? 436 00:26:48,023 --> 00:26:49,463 I didn't have time to figure it out. 437 00:26:49,525 --> 00:26:51,610 I assume I'm able to keep my memories 438 00:26:51,693 --> 00:26:53,529 because of my telepathic abilities. 439 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,406 Have you considered, doctor, the entity I sensed 440 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:58,617 might have pulled the story from your mind? 441 00:26:58,951 --> 00:27:00,202 But why? 442 00:27:00,536 --> 00:27:02,371 Impossible to know without asking. 443 00:27:02,788 --> 00:27:03,789 Hemmer, 444 00:27:04,790 --> 00:27:07,793 do you think you can make contact with this entity again? 445 00:27:07,876 --> 00:27:11,171 Contact with it is unpleasant. That's why I blocked it. 446 00:27:12,214 --> 00:27:15,425 It felt as if my brain were being squeezed through my nose. 447 00:27:15,509 --> 00:27:16,718 I did that to a man once. 448 00:27:18,220 --> 00:27:19,638 I was, however, 449 00:27:19,721 --> 00:27:22,141 able to sense that the entity's not on another ship 450 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:25,018 but rather a part of the nebula itself. 451 00:27:25,102 --> 00:27:27,312 Do you think if we access the ship's scanner array, 452 00:27:27,396 --> 00:27:29,148 we can learn more about this entity? 453 00:27:29,231 --> 00:27:30,232 It's quite possible. 454 00:27:31,066 --> 00:27:32,234 Engineering is close by. 455 00:27:32,317 --> 00:27:34,236 I can control the ship's systems from there. 456 00:27:34,319 --> 00:27:36,488 We have to find a way out of here first. 457 00:27:36,572 --> 00:27:37,698 And fast. 458 00:27:37,781 --> 00:27:41,243 Maybe I can get us out of here with the help of some powerful magic 459 00:27:41,326 --> 00:27:42,411 called science. 460 00:27:51,128 --> 00:27:52,963 What would a human magician say? 461 00:27:53,046 --> 00:27:54,381 Abracadabra. 462 00:27:54,631 --> 00:27:56,800 Abracadabra. I like it. 463 00:27:57,759 --> 00:27:59,178 Don't look. It'll blind you. 464 00:27:59,261 --> 00:28:00,679 What about you? 465 00:28:00,762 --> 00:28:02,598 I am a wizard. 466 00:28:15,110 --> 00:28:16,361 Oh, thank goodness. 467 00:28:16,445 --> 00:28:17,613 Oh! 468 00:28:25,037 --> 00:28:26,747 Not bad, wizard. 469 00:28:28,123 --> 00:28:29,333 I like this 470 00:28:30,125 --> 00:28:31,293 science. 471 00:28:40,260 --> 00:28:43,764 What do you mean that the prisoners have escaped? 472 00:28:44,890 --> 00:28:47,851 The wizard conjured his way out of the cell. 473 00:28:47,935 --> 00:28:51,521 And yet you stand here cowering 474 00:28:51,605 --> 00:28:54,608 - instead of going after them. - I was about to. 475 00:28:54,691 --> 00:28:56,109 Uhura: You were about to? 476 00:28:57,653 --> 00:29:00,656 You were about to lose your head. 477 00:29:03,659 --> 00:29:06,370 Be grateful your queen is feeling merciful today. 478 00:29:07,329 --> 00:29:09,706 I will give you another chance to earn my favor. 479 00:29:14,503 --> 00:29:16,004 Pollux, 480 00:29:16,088 --> 00:29:18,632 would you be so kind as to take my crimson guard 481 00:29:18,715 --> 00:29:20,467 and bring back my prisoners 482 00:29:20,550 --> 00:29:22,678 before I toss you in the dungeon in their place? 483 00:29:23,637 --> 00:29:24,805 As you wish, my liege. 484 00:29:36,858 --> 00:29:39,236 Once inside, I can block the door. 485 00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:42,614 That should give us time to access the ship's scanner array. 486 00:29:42,698 --> 00:29:45,200 And what ship, pray tell, are you speaking of? 487 00:29:46,368 --> 00:29:47,369 Spock. 488 00:29:48,287 --> 00:29:49,329 M'benga: Pollux. 489 00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,084 Get out of our way. 490 00:29:54,167 --> 00:29:56,503 Or what? You're unarmed. 491 00:30:04,177 --> 00:30:06,054 I have armed myself. 492 00:30:11,685 --> 00:30:13,812 It would seem adya has this fight well under control. 493 00:30:13,895 --> 00:30:16,295 Perhaps I would serve you best from the safety of the castle. 494 00:30:17,357 --> 00:30:19,568 - M'benga: Sure. - Thank you, sire! 495 00:30:21,320 --> 00:30:22,321 Really? 496 00:30:22,404 --> 00:30:25,157 Sir rauth isn't exactly known for his bravery. 497 00:31:10,577 --> 00:31:11,787 This isn't over. 498 00:31:12,162 --> 00:31:13,163 Una: Yes, it is. 499 00:31:15,082 --> 00:31:16,792 What's happening? Who is this? 500 00:31:17,459 --> 00:31:19,378 Z'ymira the huntress. 501 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:23,298 She's an ally. 502 00:31:26,343 --> 00:31:28,011 - Z'ymira. - Adya. 503 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:33,975 You said you would call on me. 504 00:31:34,059 --> 00:31:35,560 Been a busy time. 505 00:31:35,644 --> 00:31:37,521 A raven would be too much trouble? 506 00:31:37,604 --> 00:31:38,730 Can we not do this now? 507 00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:40,899 I saved your life. That's something, right? 508 00:31:40,982 --> 00:31:44,027 As grateful as I am for whatever this is, 509 00:31:44,111 --> 00:31:46,279 we really should be hurrying on to engineering. 510 00:31:46,363 --> 00:31:49,491 Yes. We should put an end to this fantasy 511 00:31:49,574 --> 00:31:51,660 before someone seriously gets hurt. 512 00:31:53,328 --> 00:31:55,372 This is most unusual. 513 00:31:55,997 --> 00:31:59,251 When I scan the nebula, I find evidence of a single life form, 514 00:31:59,334 --> 00:32:01,420 including brain activity, and yet 515 00:32:01,503 --> 00:32:03,839 there is no sign of a physical body. 516 00:32:05,173 --> 00:32:07,300 A consciousness without a body. 517 00:32:07,968 --> 00:32:09,761 Floating in space. 518 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,682 With the power to create a new reality? 519 00:32:14,433 --> 00:32:16,685 Sounds almost like you're describing a god. 520 00:32:17,894 --> 00:32:21,815 Doctor, are you familiar with the theory of the boltzmann brain? 521 00:32:22,566 --> 00:32:25,110 I recall learning something about it in university. 522 00:32:25,777 --> 00:32:26,862 A boltzmann brain 523 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,906 is a theoretical, spontaneously generated consciousness. 524 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:34,119 It may be we have just encountered one. 525 00:32:36,329 --> 00:32:37,539 So one day, 526 00:32:38,874 --> 00:32:40,041 out of nothing, 527 00:32:40,876 --> 00:32:42,878 an all-powerful being just 528 00:32:43,879 --> 00:32:44,880 appears? 529 00:32:47,299 --> 00:32:51,219 And this consciousness has somehow trapped our ship in the nebula? 530 00:32:51,303 --> 00:32:54,389 And turned the crew into the characters from a book I've read? 531 00:32:55,348 --> 00:32:56,808 At least it made you the hero. 532 00:32:59,311 --> 00:33:00,770 Let's say you're right. 533 00:33:00,854 --> 00:33:02,355 How do we get it to stop? 534 00:33:03,356 --> 00:33:04,483 Because until we do, 535 00:33:05,192 --> 00:33:06,735 we are stuck here. 536 00:33:06,818 --> 00:33:08,403 Perhaps you are the problem. 537 00:33:09,070 --> 00:33:11,573 It's recreating a story you read. 538 00:33:11,656 --> 00:33:14,409 It is possible the entity is reading your brainwaves. 539 00:33:14,826 --> 00:33:17,996 If we can find a way to sever that connection, 540 00:33:18,079 --> 00:33:19,789 like by hurting you, 541 00:33:19,873 --> 00:33:21,666 the entity might let the enterprise go. 542 00:33:21,750 --> 00:33:24,544 You dare to threaten my king? 543 00:33:24,628 --> 00:33:26,254 Stand down, adya. 544 00:33:26,338 --> 00:33:28,423 I can shoot him with an arrow if that helps. 545 00:33:30,091 --> 00:33:31,885 I don't really understand what's going on. 546 00:33:31,968 --> 00:33:33,845 I thought the point was to hurt the king. 547 00:33:33,929 --> 00:33:35,305 What's wrong with you? 548 00:33:35,388 --> 00:33:37,682 I have sworn an oath to protect him. 549 00:33:37,766 --> 00:33:39,684 You'll just never understand that, will you? 550 00:33:39,768 --> 00:33:42,062 I am huntress of the forest. 551 00:33:42,145 --> 00:33:44,189 I swore my allegiance to no one but her. 552 00:33:44,272 --> 00:33:45,398 You know that. 553 00:33:45,482 --> 00:33:48,026 Sometimes I wonder if we have anything in common. 554 00:33:48,777 --> 00:33:51,571 Perhaps it is your differences which drew you together. 555 00:33:53,114 --> 00:33:54,366 M'benga: Hold on a second. 556 00:33:55,617 --> 00:33:56,952 Something's wrong here. 557 00:33:57,786 --> 00:33:59,204 Your majesty? 558 00:33:59,287 --> 00:34:01,081 This is not how the story goes. 559 00:34:02,123 --> 00:34:05,752 The two of you. Adya, z'ymira, you don't even know each other. 560 00:34:06,461 --> 00:34:09,798 Not to contradict you, but we know each other quite... 561 00:34:10,465 --> 00:34:11,466 Quite well. 562 00:34:12,509 --> 00:34:13,510 Quite well. 563 00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:15,762 But you're not supposed to. 564 00:34:17,013 --> 00:34:20,600 The two of you never actually meet in the book. 565 00:34:22,936 --> 00:34:25,397 Except... rukiya. 566 00:34:27,399 --> 00:34:29,985 Rukiya? Is she a character? 567 00:34:30,068 --> 00:34:31,861 She's my daughter. 568 00:34:33,280 --> 00:34:37,158 She has always hated how the story ended. 569 00:34:37,826 --> 00:34:40,579 She wanted sir adya and z'ymira to team up. 570 00:34:40,662 --> 00:34:43,206 I told her when she grew up she could 571 00:34:43,290 --> 00:34:45,834 become a writer and give herself the ending she wanted. 572 00:34:45,917 --> 00:34:47,335 Are you suggesting 573 00:34:48,128 --> 00:34:50,005 the entity did not take the story from you, 574 00:34:50,088 --> 00:34:51,423 but rather from your daughter? 575 00:34:56,136 --> 00:34:57,554 Where is rukiya? 576 00:35:18,033 --> 00:35:19,075 She's gone. 577 00:35:37,719 --> 00:35:41,056 She was beamed out of the buffer at 08:45 hours this morning. 578 00:35:43,183 --> 00:35:45,560 To somewhere on the ship. 579 00:35:46,728 --> 00:35:48,855 But it won't give me her exact location. 580 00:35:49,564 --> 00:35:51,399 That's very odd. 581 00:35:51,483 --> 00:35:52,484 Hemmer. 582 00:35:54,069 --> 00:35:55,528 My daughter is very sick. 583 00:35:56,279 --> 00:35:58,573 The longer she stays out of the buffer, 584 00:35:59,157 --> 00:36:01,242 the faster her illness will progress. 585 00:36:02,869 --> 00:36:05,080 - She's dying. - I'm so sorry, doctor. 586 00:36:06,915 --> 00:36:07,916 Let me help. 587 00:36:10,001 --> 00:36:11,670 M'benga: We have to find her. 588 00:36:11,753 --> 00:36:13,213 I'm starting to think she might be 589 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:15,507 the only one who can put an end to all this. 590 00:36:25,809 --> 00:36:27,769 The Mercury stone is a girl? 591 00:36:36,611 --> 00:36:37,862 If this is true, 592 00:36:38,947 --> 00:36:40,031 I shall take her from him 593 00:36:41,032 --> 00:36:42,575 and make her my own. 594 00:36:43,743 --> 00:36:45,120 How will you do that, my liege? 595 00:36:48,498 --> 00:36:49,999 No. No, no, no, no. 596 00:36:50,083 --> 00:36:51,960 Unhand me, you brute. Ow. 597 00:36:52,043 --> 00:36:55,130 No, no, no, no, no, no. I'm too young to die. 598 00:36:55,672 --> 00:36:56,673 Oh! 599 00:36:58,049 --> 00:36:59,426 Please. 600 00:36:59,509 --> 00:37:01,803 I beg you, spare me. 601 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:09,144 Whether you live or die depends entirely on you, sir rauth. 602 00:37:10,353 --> 00:37:11,688 What do you want from me? 603 00:37:13,148 --> 00:37:14,482 Your loyalty. 604 00:37:42,594 --> 00:37:44,095 Ortegas: The forest calls. 605 00:37:52,562 --> 00:37:53,563 M'benga: Damn it! 606 00:37:54,814 --> 00:37:55,815 Hemmer: Doctor? 607 00:37:57,650 --> 00:37:59,277 I take it you've had no luck finding her. 608 00:38:00,987 --> 00:38:03,448 No. I have not. 609 00:38:04,908 --> 00:38:05,909 Someone... 610 00:38:08,828 --> 00:38:09,829 Something 611 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:13,166 took her out of the buffer and hid her. 612 00:38:13,374 --> 00:38:16,377 Perhaps we are thinking of this the wrong way. 613 00:38:17,253 --> 00:38:19,088 Where would your daughter want to go? 614 00:38:24,219 --> 00:38:25,386 My quarters are down here. 615 00:38:26,179 --> 00:38:28,139 Rukiya always said she wanted to see them. 616 00:38:28,223 --> 00:38:31,392 Your majesty, I am so glad to see you alive and safe. 617 00:38:32,268 --> 00:38:34,479 No thanks to your cowardice. 618 00:38:34,813 --> 00:38:35,814 I lament. 619 00:38:36,481 --> 00:38:37,524 I am not a fighter. 620 00:38:38,358 --> 00:38:40,078 But what purpose would my death have served, 621 00:38:40,109 --> 00:38:42,153 if it merely led to king Ridley's downfall? 622 00:38:42,445 --> 00:38:44,739 You would worm your way out of anything, wouldn't you? 623 00:38:44,823 --> 00:38:47,325 Please, now is not the time to fight. 624 00:38:47,742 --> 00:38:49,911 We need to get into my quarters right away. 625 00:38:53,289 --> 00:38:54,290 Open. 626 00:39:04,008 --> 00:39:06,302 I am sorry, my liege. 627 00:39:14,686 --> 00:39:17,856 Did you really think I was going to let you destroy 628 00:39:17,939 --> 00:39:20,733 everything I've worked for, king Ridley? 629 00:39:28,908 --> 00:39:31,160 Ortegas: I should have known you would betray us, rauth. 630 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,331 Truthfully, I should have known it as well, 631 00:39:36,624 --> 00:39:39,210 since that's what he does in the book. 632 00:39:39,294 --> 00:39:40,879 Don't beat yourself up about it. 633 00:39:41,212 --> 00:39:42,755 I am sorry, your majesty. 634 00:39:42,839 --> 00:39:45,258 But she promised me your kingdom, and 635 00:39:45,341 --> 00:39:46,926 who could turn that down? 636 00:39:47,010 --> 00:39:49,053 All right. 637 00:39:49,137 --> 00:39:51,389 As you were not willing to bend to my will, 638 00:39:51,639 --> 00:39:52,974 I found someone who would. 639 00:39:53,474 --> 00:39:54,601 Give up, dear brother. 640 00:39:54,684 --> 00:39:56,477 Your powers are no match for mine. 641 00:39:56,811 --> 00:39:58,479 There is no reason you have to die. 642 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:00,148 Pollux is right. 643 00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:02,901 All I want 644 00:40:02,984 --> 00:40:04,944 is king Ridley's secret weapon. 645 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:08,948 This so-called Mercury stone. 646 00:40:11,326 --> 00:40:12,660 The girl in his quarters. 647 00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,580 Let us have her, and I'll let you and castor live. 648 00:40:18,791 --> 00:40:20,501 You shall not touch my daughter. 649 00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:23,755 Or I will bring the might of my kingdom 650 00:40:23,838 --> 00:40:25,340 down upon your heads. 651 00:40:27,383 --> 00:40:28,718 Hemmer: He's right, queen neve. 652 00:40:32,889 --> 00:40:33,890 Turn away now, 653 00:40:34,766 --> 00:40:37,810 or I'll unleash the full power 654 00:40:37,894 --> 00:40:40,355 of my powerful wizard... 655 00:40:41,856 --> 00:40:43,024 Powers. 656 00:40:50,031 --> 00:40:51,824 Send you to the event horizon. 657 00:40:52,533 --> 00:40:56,454 A dark realm full of chaos and monsters and... 658 00:40:59,540 --> 00:41:01,459 There is no such place, my queen. He's bluffing. 659 00:41:09,717 --> 00:41:10,760 What are you doing? 660 00:41:13,179 --> 00:41:14,806 Abra 661 00:41:15,348 --> 00:41:16,668 cadabra! 662 00:41:25,441 --> 00:41:27,276 M'benga: Nice wizard powers. 663 00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:28,611 I found this in sickbay. 664 00:41:29,529 --> 00:41:31,072 I set it to trigger the transporter. 665 00:41:31,155 --> 00:41:32,532 They're in cargo bay 12. 666 00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:37,370 Once again, the magic of science prevails. 667 00:41:38,871 --> 00:41:40,039 Too much? 668 00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:41,207 I know. 669 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:43,710 M'benga: Sir adya, guard my quarters. 670 00:41:47,046 --> 00:41:48,464 With my life, sire. 671 00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:57,515 Daddy, you made it! 672 00:42:22,665 --> 00:42:24,542 There's no trace of cygnokemia. 673 00:42:25,668 --> 00:42:26,794 You're healthy. 674 00:42:29,922 --> 00:42:30,965 How? 675 00:42:31,049 --> 00:42:32,508 My friend made me better. 676 00:42:33,593 --> 00:42:34,635 Your friend? 677 00:42:35,803 --> 00:42:37,555 She woke me up, and we've been playing. 678 00:42:37,638 --> 00:42:39,015 I could see you, daddy. 679 00:42:39,098 --> 00:42:41,476 You did such a good job. Did you have fun? 680 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:43,269 I did. 681 00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:46,647 But it's time to stop playing. 682 00:42:46,939 --> 00:42:49,275 Can we put everything back the way it was? 683 00:42:49,358 --> 00:42:51,986 Why? My friend said we could play as long as I want. 684 00:42:52,987 --> 00:42:54,363 Your friend doesn't mean to, 685 00:42:55,323 --> 00:42:56,908 but she's hurting my friends. 686 00:42:57,909 --> 00:42:59,911 They need to return to their lives. 687 00:42:59,994 --> 00:43:02,663 Do I have to go back into the buffer, daddy? 688 00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:05,833 I don't know. 689 00:43:08,336 --> 00:43:10,630 Frankly, I don't understand what's happening. 690 00:43:13,382 --> 00:43:14,467 Rukiya. 691 00:43:16,344 --> 00:43:17,553 Can I talk to your friend? 692 00:43:17,970 --> 00:43:20,389 It doesn't really work that way. 693 00:43:20,473 --> 00:43:21,641 Hemmer: Perhaps 694 00:43:23,518 --> 00:43:25,478 I can be of some assistance. 695 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:28,940 You said if you tried to connect 696 00:43:29,023 --> 00:43:31,067 to the consciousness again, it could kill you. 697 00:43:31,150 --> 00:43:33,069 I know, but 698 00:43:33,152 --> 00:43:35,780 maybe if rukiya told her friend we need to talk, 699 00:43:36,364 --> 00:43:38,866 the entity might be more inclined to cooperate. 700 00:43:43,496 --> 00:43:45,623 They'd like to talk to you if that's okay. 701 00:43:47,041 --> 00:43:49,418 If you would like, you may speak through me. 702 00:43:51,170 --> 00:43:52,630 Please be gentle. 703 00:44:00,555 --> 00:44:02,557 You must not take the child. 704 00:44:05,434 --> 00:44:07,228 We don't mean you any harm. 705 00:44:07,311 --> 00:44:09,605 But I need you to stop this fantasy. 706 00:44:11,023 --> 00:44:12,650 You're putting my crew in danger. 707 00:44:12,733 --> 00:44:15,027 The needs of your crew are inconsequential. 708 00:44:15,111 --> 00:44:16,988 You must protect the child. 709 00:44:17,989 --> 00:44:20,241 You have an attachment to rukiya. 710 00:44:20,324 --> 00:44:21,409 We are alike. 711 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:23,536 She was lonely. 712 00:44:25,037 --> 00:44:26,080 Like me. 713 00:44:28,082 --> 00:44:29,083 Lonely? 714 00:44:31,460 --> 00:44:32,587 How did you know? 715 00:44:32,670 --> 00:44:34,088 When I probed your ship, 716 00:44:35,089 --> 00:44:37,550 I felt her imprisoned in your machine. 717 00:44:37,633 --> 00:44:39,218 I sensed her loneliness. 718 00:44:39,927 --> 00:44:41,137 It matched my own. 719 00:44:42,013 --> 00:44:43,931 I created this world for her. 720 00:44:44,265 --> 00:44:48,644 To give her a piece of her childhood you didn't allow. 721 00:44:49,228 --> 00:44:50,771 I was trying to protect her. 722 00:44:51,939 --> 00:44:54,400 Everything I did was to keep my daughter alive. 723 00:44:55,943 --> 00:44:57,195 I was looking for a cure. 724 00:44:57,904 --> 00:44:59,822 But I'm all better now, daddy. 725 00:44:59,906 --> 00:45:01,449 And I thank you for that. 726 00:45:02,074 --> 00:45:05,912 But whatever you are doing to create this fantasy, 727 00:45:07,038 --> 00:45:08,831 the crew cannot live like this. 728 00:45:09,415 --> 00:45:10,875 You have to let them go. 729 00:45:10,958 --> 00:45:12,251 If I leave, 730 00:45:13,085 --> 00:45:14,420 the child will die. 731 00:45:15,296 --> 00:45:17,340 My being near her cures her. 732 00:45:18,132 --> 00:45:21,219 If I release the ship and the child goes with you, 733 00:45:21,302 --> 00:45:23,304 she will grow sick again. 734 00:45:23,846 --> 00:45:25,514 The ship cannot stay here. 735 00:45:25,598 --> 00:45:27,308 Then you must make a choice. 736 00:45:27,934 --> 00:45:30,061 The crew or your daughter. 737 00:45:31,562 --> 00:45:33,064 You can't ask me to do that. 738 00:45:34,232 --> 00:45:35,483 I had fun out here. 739 00:45:36,359 --> 00:45:39,195 But I'll go back into the buffer if you want me to, daddy. 740 00:45:41,656 --> 00:45:42,990 There must be another way. 741 00:45:43,950 --> 00:45:45,326 There is. 742 00:45:45,493 --> 00:45:47,995 You could leave and she could stay. 743 00:45:49,956 --> 00:45:51,207 How would she live? 744 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:54,418 It is her body that is ill. 745 00:45:54,502 --> 00:45:57,088 But her consciousness could join with me. 746 00:45:58,297 --> 00:46:00,466 She would be free of sickness. 747 00:46:01,509 --> 00:46:03,177 She will never know death. 748 00:46:06,555 --> 00:46:07,556 Ru kiya: Daddy? 749 00:46:14,397 --> 00:46:15,398 Your friend, 750 00:46:17,024 --> 00:46:18,484 she wants you to go with her. 751 00:46:18,859 --> 00:46:20,361 Can you come, too, daddy? 752 00:46:24,699 --> 00:46:26,450 You know how in the story 753 00:46:26,534 --> 00:46:28,661 king Ridley has the Mercury stone? 754 00:46:29,078 --> 00:46:30,246 He wants to keep it. 755 00:46:31,539 --> 00:46:32,665 It protects him. 756 00:46:33,332 --> 00:46:34,333 Makes him happy. 757 00:46:36,335 --> 00:46:37,628 Until he learns 758 00:46:38,462 --> 00:46:39,797 that it has a soul. 759 00:46:41,299 --> 00:46:42,550 And that it will die 760 00:46:43,801 --> 00:46:45,219 if he holds onto it. 761 00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:53,561 He has to let it go. 762 00:46:56,188 --> 00:46:57,315 Even though it means 763 00:46:58,774 --> 00:47:00,151 he won't be happy anymore. 764 00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:06,741 You're my Mercury stone. 765 00:47:10,369 --> 00:47:13,122 Remember I told you you could write your own stories someday? 766 00:47:14,081 --> 00:47:15,499 Maybe that someday is now. 767 00:47:18,085 --> 00:47:19,295 But it's up to you. 768 00:47:26,302 --> 00:47:27,511 I want to. 769 00:47:32,308 --> 00:47:33,559 Okay, brave girl. 770 00:47:34,518 --> 00:47:35,770 I love you, daddy. 771 00:47:39,607 --> 00:47:40,941 I love you, too, baby. 772 00:47:42,651 --> 00:47:43,652 Always. 773 00:48:06,759 --> 00:48:08,260 It tickles, daddy. 774 00:48:49,969 --> 00:48:50,970 Rukiya? 775 00:48:52,138 --> 00:48:53,222 Hello, daddy. 776 00:48:55,266 --> 00:48:56,267 Thank you. 777 00:48:57,017 --> 00:48:58,227 For everything. 778 00:48:59,186 --> 00:49:02,356 You were right. I've been creating my own adventures. 779 00:49:03,149 --> 00:49:05,234 I wish I could tell you what I've seen. 780 00:49:06,068 --> 00:49:08,487 Seen? You just left. 781 00:49:09,071 --> 00:49:12,700 Moments for you have been years for me and Debra. 782 00:49:13,659 --> 00:49:14,660 Debra. 783 00:49:16,328 --> 00:49:18,622 - You named the entity after... - Mom. 784 00:49:31,969 --> 00:49:33,053 You look 785 00:49:34,054 --> 00:49:35,222 so much like her. 786 00:49:35,806 --> 00:49:36,849 Do I? 787 00:49:40,352 --> 00:49:41,687 I'm happy. 788 00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:43,564 I'm safe. 789 00:49:44,315 --> 00:49:45,649 You did the right thing. 790 00:49:46,901 --> 00:49:48,527 Someday we'll see each other again. 791 00:49:48,611 --> 00:49:50,362 I know we will. 792 00:49:51,280 --> 00:49:53,407 But you have to live your own life now. 793 00:49:53,824 --> 00:49:55,284 Create your own stories. 794 00:49:57,077 --> 00:49:58,579 Promise me you'll be happy. 795 00:50:01,081 --> 00:50:02,082 I promise. 796 00:50:22,853 --> 00:50:24,813 I have the worst headache. 797 00:50:28,442 --> 00:50:29,443 Doctor, 798 00:50:30,444 --> 00:50:31,820 am I in your quarters? 799 00:50:33,739 --> 00:50:34,740 You don't remember? 800 00:50:35,449 --> 00:50:36,951 The last thing I recall 801 00:50:38,410 --> 00:50:41,163 is becoming stuck in the jonisian nebula. 802 00:50:44,792 --> 00:50:48,337 M'benga: Chief medical officer's personal log, supplemental. 803 00:50:48,963 --> 00:50:51,173 None of the crew remember what happened. 804 00:50:51,257 --> 00:50:52,633 The entity's doing. 805 00:50:52,716 --> 00:50:55,678 My daughter's doing, I'm sure. 806 00:50:55,761 --> 00:50:57,555 The surveillance logs are blank. 807 00:50:57,638 --> 00:51:00,140 It's as if every one of them lost five hours. 808 00:51:01,433 --> 00:51:02,810 Except for me. 809 00:51:02,893 --> 00:51:03,894 Una: Joseph? 810 00:51:13,612 --> 00:51:15,614 - Rukiya? - She's fine. 811 00:51:18,659 --> 00:51:19,827 She's alive. 812 00:51:23,080 --> 00:51:24,123 She's safe. 813 00:51:26,208 --> 00:51:27,209 But, una, 814 00:51:28,335 --> 00:51:30,337 I have been through something 815 00:51:32,256 --> 00:51:33,257 extraordinary. 816 00:51:33,924 --> 00:51:35,509 And no one on the ship remembers. 817 00:51:40,848 --> 00:51:43,183 You know what happened in the missing five hours. 818 00:51:46,520 --> 00:51:47,855 Sounds like a hell of a story. 819 00:51:48,981 --> 00:51:50,024 It is. 820 00:51:53,569 --> 00:51:54,695 It begins, 821 00:51:55,821 --> 00:51:57,156 like all good stories, 822 00:51:58,741 --> 00:51:59,950 once upon a time.