[dramatic electronic music]
♪
General Dessai, Lazaro, he's--
I know.
Is there any word from Captain Volun?
No, General.
♪
Prepare the battalion.
We have no choice now...
♪
...but to bomb our own city.
-♪ Hey -[upbeat electronic music]
♪ Hey
♪
[crowd screaming indistinctly]
[dark music]
[bulb flashing]
[music crescendos]
Where are you?
[guard] Eldaya Al Fayr!
[quietly] Shit...
[guard] Drop your weapon.
[guard] I have eyes on the queen.
The queen is alive.
I really wish you hadn't done that.
[Elida grunts]
Have a nice trip.
[gun zapping]
That was a good one.
[upbeat electronic music]
[guard] Follow me,she should be around the corner.
There she is!
A shocking and horrifying scene here today,
where multiple world leaders have apparently
killed themselves on palace grounds.
-Whoa! -[reporter] With the leadership
-of so many worlds now gone... -That shit is crazy.
[reporter] Do we rebuild our planets as individuals,
or do we look to the visionary mind
of the Grand Supreme Leader, Lazaro, for a new beginning?
Oh!
Now, is everything prepared for my trip?
[guard] Yes, sir.
Your belongings are all packed,
your uniform is cleaned and pressed,
-fresh underwear and-- -[guard clears throat]
--your special videos are loaded.
That is all.
[sinister music]
There is still time to watch a little more of this
new beginning before I depart.
[crowd screaming in distance]
-[guard] Sir! -[Lazaro] Mm-hmm.
[guard] The queen, she's alive.
Right here in Arriopa.
What?
She escaped palace grounds, she's currently in the city.
We have every available unit searching for her.
Check on the mother.
-Sweep for Loyalists! -Yes, sir.
[glass breaking]
Now I'm missing the show!
If you want someone to die right,
deal with it yourself.
[dramatic music]
[sinister chord]
-[music dies] -Ah...
memories.
[Amae sighs heavily]
I don't miss the smell.
Officers up ahead.
You two have done this before?
Successfully?
[Isaac] Eh.
[dramatic music]
Xevelyn...
As in Elida's mom?
She's alive?
Oh, crackers.
[whispers] Let's go.
[Isaac, deep voice] Let's go, prisoner.
[guard] Who are you transporting?
[Amae, deep voice] The upper levels were ambushed.
We lost a lot of good men up there.
This filthy prisoner is all that's left.
We're taking him to these levels, because, as you know,
-they are much more secure. -[guard] No point.
She's the only one down here and we're taking her up.
May as well just kill this one now.
-[Isaac] No! -[gun zapping]
[guards screaming]
[Volun] Xevelyn!
They're with me.
[Xevelyn panting]
I'm Amae, this is Isaac.
We're friends of Elida's.
Eldaya.
She changed her name.
[Isaac] To stay hidden, apparently.
Trust me, I told her it needed work, but she's a stubborn one.
She's alive?
[somber music]
[king] And this is a special present from daddy.
Happy Birthday, Eldaya.
What is it?
You'll have to open it.
Oh...
A Seely!
Thank you, Daddy!
-[king chuckling] -You're welcome, sweetheart.
[Young Elida] Hey, Hath, I got a Seely!
[king] I know we said no pets,
but Hath'll help her take care of it.
It's not that.
The protests on planet Huya Prime?
Albor, please do not send in our soldiers.
It'll cause war.
That is exactly what I'm preventing.
If we don't act now, we senda message throughout the kingdom
that mutiny will not be punished.
Xevelyn, please,
I don't want to have this conversation again.
Striking Huya Prime will anger neighbouring star colonies
already vying for independence.
Planet Pallas and Vorr are already in--
Enough!
[laughs nervously]
It is done and I need my wife by my side.
My love, can we just put politics aside for the day?
It's our daughter's birthday.
Let's enjoy it.
[Young Elida] I called him Zebby.
That's a wonderful name.
[indistinct talking]
-[crowd yelling in distance] -[Xevelyn] What you hear
is my city in chaos, burning to the ground.
[Isaac] Definitely a party that isn't giving me FOMO.
And now you tell me Dessai will help him destroy our home?
General Dessai believes there are no other options
against Lazaro. We must reach her now,
before the battalion releases the bombs.
She needs to know you're alive.
I promise, we will find Elida as soon as we make contact.
[Amae] I just have to say I care about your daughter.
Of course, we haven't really had the chance
to talk about what we are exactly, but,
it's not a-- you know, a fling
or anything like that, it's just--
[Volun coughs]
[Isaac] Meeting the parents is tough.
[gun whirring on]
♪
[dark music]
Block the destroyers.
Prepare for launch.
Begin the countdown.
[panel beeping]
[dramatic music]
[Volun] I have a connection.
General... my old friend.
[pensive music]
It can't be.
It's me.
We got to you in time.
Call off the fleet, my friend.
I cannot do that.
[haunting music]
General?
I'm ordering you to stand down.
Countess Dessai, it's been a while.
General?
[Lazaro] Now, turn those ships away from my city
and towards each other.
[climactic music]
[Lazaro] When in position,
use that ammunition...
against each other.
General!
[epic, dramatic music]
-Launching. -No!
[explosions blasting]
No!
[man] It's the end of the world!
Nah, it's just getting started.
Our entire fleet.
[explosions blasting]
[crowd screaming]
No.
[comms device beeps]
It's Elida!
El, you okay?
City's crazy right now.
-How are you? -We're fine.
Listen, you're not gonna believe this, but--
[Elida] Listen, I had to leave the palace.
Just-- just meet me back at the store, okay?
We'll head to you.
[Amae] Be safe.
We have her, El.Your mother, she's here, she's--
[man grunting]
Ugh, again?!
El?
[man groaning in pain]
Well, she's in the city.
-She'll be fine. -[laughs nervously]
[dark music]
[Volun] This way, Your Majesty.
The king is on Sestus,but even so we cannot stay long.
What's the update on Huya Prime?
Numbers are coming in.
But casualties are in the thousands.
Planet Vorr is sending aid.
Angering Vorr is the last thing we should be doing.
Xevelyn, you must speak to him.
I've tried.
He's convinced beyond reasonable doubt
that it's the right thing to do.
Reach out to our Huya Prime contacts,
ask them to stand down on the protests.
We will fix this.
There is a smaller matter to address.
It's from the monarchist consulate on Huya Prime.
[Xevelyn] They're Arriopans.
Children.
[Dessai] Teenagers.
They were arrested at the protest
on the grounds of anarchy.
The king has ordered all sympathizers to be executed.
[dramatic chord]
[Xevelyn] Well...
The king is not here.
Have them brought back to Arriopa.
We do not have a stronghold over the consulate.
Then send more men.
That is Ori Lazaro, the Marquis' son.
They're not our enemy.
[sinister booming]
[short guard] The prison cells were attacked, sir.
[tall guard] She's gone.
[sceptre zapping]
[rocks clattering]
I know what she wants.
[inhales sharply]
So, let her come to me.
[music crescendos, cuts out]
[short guard] Holy shit, dude.
I thought that was it.
Like, I've always believed it's not about the length of life,
but the depth, you know?
But wow, time is finite, right?
[tall guard] Totally, man.
[civilians screaming]
Shit.
♪
Ha!
[squelching]
[dramatic electronic music]
♪
Mom?
[reflective music]
[Isaac] Surprise, buddy!
How?
My Eldaya...
My love.
[Xevelyn gasps breathlessly]
Hey!
Do you mind?!
Trying to have a moment here.
[whispers] Mom...
Mom.
[stirring, emotional instrumental]
[sinister music]
♪
[Lazaro] Is it ready?
Yes.
The ship is prepped above on the docking platform.
The final configurations to the controls have been successful.
[ominous echoing]
[controller whirring]
How far?
With the Sterzaad powering the ship,
you can instantaneously hop anywhere.
[discordant music]
[Isaac groaning]
I got chafes.
[Xevelyn] You're so... grown up.
[Isaac snorts]
You were here this whole time?
The Council of Admirals kept me alive.
Apparently I didn't deserve a quick death.
I thought you were dead for so long.
But then I thought you were alive again.
[Isaac] And then... dead again.
An unfair journey, really.
The Loyalists made a mistake telling you that story.
[Elida] Hath didn't think I would go to Wix otherwise.
But he was right.
I didn't want the Sterzaad, or anything to do with Arriopa.
This is your home, your legacy.
[reflective music]
♪
This isn't my home anymore, Mom.
But I won't see it destroyed and millions killed.
He must be stopped.
He will.
I'll kill him, okay?
Maybe, uh, you could clear something up for us?
Elida, the Sterzaad, she's immune, right?
I wish I could say with confidence that you are,
but the truth is, the Sterzaad hasn't been used
by the monarchy for a thousand years.
I don't know, my love.
It's still the safest bet.
[Xevelyn sighs frustratedly]
He's been developing the Sterzaad's powers
in a hidden lab.
He plans to destroy order across the universe.
He's an ambitious asshole, isn't he?
Well, then I need to get back to the palace and find him now.
[Amae] We'll search out this secret lab place,
find out what we can about the tech.
Great. I'm thinking Monkey and the Wrench?
Monkey and the Wrench is solid.
-That'll work well. -[Amae laughs]
Oh, uh, I'm gonna lure him away.
You know, perfect bait right here.
I'm coming with you.
Mom, no.
I can't risk that, okay?
Eldaya.
Elida.
I've been imprisoned for eight years.
We must end this together.
Once you retrieve the Sterzaad,
we can right all wrongs, my love.
Mom.
I'm gonna destroy the Sterzaad.
Destroy it?
It's the only way to restore
balance and peace to the galaxy.
No, it's a deadly weapon
and no one should have that much power.
All it does is cause death and destruction,
and it will continue to do so.
It's the only option.
She's right.
[Xevelyn sighs heavily]
For you all,
Volun and I will help you find the lab.
Okay.
So...
-shall we try this again? -Second time lucky.
-[laughs]
♪
There will be no convincing her otherwise.
[Xevelyn] One day, my love,
this will all be under your rule.
[Young Elida] Nah, you can just do it, Mom.
[Xevelyn] I cannot lead, my love.
-I am not of royal blood. -[Young Elida] Well, as queen,
I can just say you have royal blood,
-and it will be so. -Eldaya...
as a leader, you'll often be faced with difficult decisions.
What's right for the individual is often
what's wrong for the whole.
'Kay, cool.
[dramatic music]
Zebby!
Hath, he can't be out of his water tank, he can't breathe!
[Xevelyn] Eldaya, wait!
The lake is a whole ecosystem,
but no Seelies.
Do you know why?
Their ink is poisonous.
It would destroy the entire ecosystem.
Not just the creatures inside the lake,
but the land creatures who depend on
this lake for their food.
But he's going to die!
[Xevelyn] You have to think about the greater good, Eldaya.
♪
You're doing the right thing.
[music crescendos]
♪
[Xevelyn] There will always be consequences
for your actions, Eldaya.
I don't ever wanna be queen.
[Xevelyn huffs]
[Hath] She's a tough one, at least.
Give her time.
She's too young.
She doesn't have time.
[Hath] They're...
not poisonous, right?
[Xevelyn] No.
All it's going to do is destroy my flower garden.
[dark electronic music]
Huh? Ugh!
[guard groaning]
-[gun zapping] -[guard grunts]
The throne room is separate from the palace.
Best way to draw him away from you all.
We'll search out the tech.
Yep.
Let's figure out a way to kill this infinity stone.
[music dies]
-What? -All right,
I guess that wasn't a fair comparison.
The Sterzaad is a crazy power source
and the stones are like, what, magic?
Whatever. I think we can all agree
that it's legally distinct.
Be safe.
You're saying that to me?
When you're about to face the most dangerous force
-in the universe? -Well, to me
he's just a creep in a bad outfit
who didn't age well.
I've been in worse scraps, Mom.
Yeah, tell her about that time we took out the--
Shh.
I think they're having a moment.
[gentle, reflective music]
♪
Second time lucky?
[Isaac] All right.
It's Weird Science time.
[dramatic music]
[crowd yelling]
[rioter] Ah!
All old things must pass!
[bullets firing, rioter laughing maniacally]
[gunshot echoes, rioter grunting in pain]
Take back the city!
Ah!
[rioter groans]
Please.
This is Xija, punk.
[epic music]
Come and get me!
[gun zapping]
Nope.
Not you.
[music surges]
You want me, Lazaro?!
Huh?!
Well, here I am!
[electronic music]
[Isaac] Ugh, not to complain,
but that was, like, the tenth room that we checked.
Sounds quite like complaining.
I'm just saying, we might be looking in the wrong area.
If I was gonna build a secret science lab for evil doings,
I mean, having it underground would be a total cliche, right?
[music dies]
Never mind.
[Amae] No one's here.
[ominous music]
That's odd.
You?
You're alive!
-Oh, my... -[laughing]
Ow, oh, hey.
-[Isaac grunts in pain] -She's a friend.
[scientist] Are you crazy?
Why are here?
To rescue you!
Okay, fine, we also have other things to do while we're here.
We're going to destroy the Sterzaad.
Then you really are crazy.
Wow, you've, uh, been busy.
Harvested Qrudustia.
And these are the conduit components I'’m assuming?
Where is it?
The ship he built?
In a hangar above us.
[Xevelyn] And that's the collector?
It channels the energy?
You're an Aszagerologist?
I've just studied the Sterzaad meticulously.
Well, that won't help you now.
This part is being sent upstairs, and with it,
the Sterzaad can create enough power
to travel anywhere in the universe.
[dramatic chord]
I'm sorry we failed you before, but help us now.
What CAN destroy it?
Please?
[scientist exhales sharply]
An incredible amount of energy.
More than any of you can create.
Well, then we just destroy these controls, right?
Then he can't go anywhere.
This ship can travel anywhere in the universe.
You are from another galaxy, are you not?
[Xevelyn] Don't you want to go home?
Elida wants it destroyed,
and she's right.
This is bigger than me.
Well, as touching as that is, you can't destroy it anyway.
[pained voice] I won't let you.
[suspenseful music]
I know he's making you do this.
[scientist struggling]
[Chaz] On your knees.
This side is secure.
[music swells]
[gun zapping]
Ah, love that sound.
Right, lower them.
Thank you.
Lucky timing.
Been after one of these Pascalian blasters for years.
[scoffs]
[man] West side of the cityis under control, boss.
Nice job.
All right. Time to go find my sister.
[dramatic thumping music]
[music slowly fades out]
[voice echoing] Hello?
Where are you, you old creep?!
[retro electronic music]
♪
[Amae] Elida! Elida!
Amae, Amae, what's wrong, what's wrong?
They attacked us in the lab. We need you.
[tense music]
♪
Amae?
Amae, what's-- what's wrong?
[discordant, eerie ringing]
[Elida gasping]
[cackling]
[Lazaro] Oh, as frustrating as it was to hear
that you were still alive and kicking,
this makes up for it.
You know, this little scene, quite a tricky one to sort out.
I had to ignore your heroic calls from the throne room.
But you know what they say...
patience is a virtue.
[stuttering] Let them go.
Mm, no.
You see, I've already done that.
And if we don't learn from our mistakes, we never prosper.
Take it upstairs.
[Lazaro] You know, one of the many things
I've enjoyed since being home?
Honest conversation.
Wouldn't you say so, Mom?
[eerie music]
[Lazaro] Oh, and she has one particular story
she wants to share with you.
[Dessai] Pallas and Vorr have doubled their military force.
There is nothing more we can do, Xevelyn.
War is upon us.
She's not ready.
[whispers] She will be.
For the greater good.
[thunder rumbling]
[fire crackling]
[footsteps approaching]
You worry too much, my love.
Everything will be okay.
Balance does not come quickly or easily.
[Albor clears throat, inhales]
Lay with me?
[Albor's heartbeat thumping]
[heartbeat quickening, Albor wheezing]
[heartbeat slowing]
[heartbeat stops]
[Xevelyn whimpers]
[Lazaro] Steelvok dust. Smart.
Leaves no trace in the blood, signs of a heart attack--
lord knows, he was under a lot of stress.
Nobody batted an eye.
[dark music]
[Lazaro] I felt...
so much anger towards you all these years.
I mean, it was easy for me to blame you
for all my frustrations, when in actual fact,
much like me, you were just a pawn being used.
Not that that means that I can let you live.
Take out the knife.
[Sterzaad humming]
[ominous echoing]
♪
Ah!
[Elida panting]
Put it to your neck.
♪
Like all old things,
you too must pass.
♪
[pained breathing]
Slice your throat.
[epic music]
[heavy thuds]
Ah!
[scientist] Destroy the vessel!
[Lazaro grunting]
-[gun zapping] -[scientist screams]
[Volun] Without the Sterzaad in place, he's weak.
-[Amae] I'm sorry, I'm sorry. -I know.
Everything's gonna be okay.
Oh, silly man.
I'm dying, I'm not an idiot.
I have to go after him.
-No! -[whimpers]
It's a flesh wound, child.
Here, it's no good to me.
[Amae] Wait.
Okay.
[Elida groaning]
What are you waiting for?
[exhales in pain]
[scientist] I don't have any last words of wisdom.
Go and kill the son of a...
[somber music]
[Xevelyn] My love...
He'll have the Sterzaad in place any moment.
-[Elida grunts] -Don't follow me.
You heard her.
Find the ship, destroy the vessel.
[electronic music crescendos]
[gun zapping]
[guns zapping]
Take them out!
[dramatic drumming]
[gun zapping]
He's heading outside.
I'll cover you, my queen.
[gun zapping]
[Volun grunting]
Go, my queen! Go.
[Volun panting]
[guard] Looks like I've found myself some Loyalist scum.
[gun zapping, guard screaming]
Now we're even.
Lazaro!
[ominous booming music]
[electronic-rock music]
♪
Toys away. It's grown-up time.
[Lazaro groaning, grunting]
♪
[Elida screams]
You will always be weak.
'Cause you don't know what you're fighting for.
But I know what I'm fighting.
A narcissist
with bad hair.
[dark music]
♪
Wow.
That is a beauty.
[gasps excitedly]
Right, uh, not the time for admiration, Amae.
[Amae exhales in awe]
♪
[Xevelyn] It's the collector.
It channels the Sterzaad's energy.
It's what powers the ship for intergalactic travel.
It can power a hop anywhere in the universe.
[Isaac] Well, what do you say, huh?
We should take a baseball bat to this thing and decimate it.
That won't destroy the Sterzaad, though.
The scientist said only a huge amount of energy
can destroy it.
The charge needed for an intergalactic hop
would have to be colossal.
The ship could make one hop.
And we could potentially use the feedback from that charge
to destroy it.
[Isaac] What are you saying?
I think maybe...
Isaac, I think I can destroy the Sterzaad
and send you back home at the same time.
[stirring electronic music]
[Elida growling]
[Lazaro grunting]
[pulsing electronic music]
Ah!
♪
We were dealt similar hands in life.
Our fathers crafted legacies
and we were expected to carry on.
Yeah, but you didn't give me much of a chance
-to craft my own, did you? -[Lazaro yelling]
[Lazaro breathing heavily]
That's where we differ.
Because you represent oppression.
While I...
represent freedom!
Rich, from someonewho's mind-controlling everyone.
[Lazaro] Never the people.
I let them decide for themselves.
That is my gift to them!
Remind me to never invite you to a birthday party.
'Cause your gifts suck!
[both grunting]
[Elida grunting]
[dramatic music]
♪
[Elida screams]
♪
[Lazaro laughs]
You were merely a cog in this machine.
You played your part to get me here.
This...
is your legacy.
[Elida grunts]
-Ah! -[Lazaro screams]
[haunting echoing]
[Elida breathes heavily]
[gun whirring on]
No.
Wait.
[gun zapping]
[epic electronic music]
You talk too much.
Okay, this conduit channelsthe Sterzaad's power.
It's what powers the ship.
But, I've reconfigured the feedback loop out here,
where I can charge the ship.
[Amae] I just need another Sterzaad conduit
to collect all the built-up energy.
Will this help?
[stirring music]
Elida!
[Elida breathing heavily]
He's... gone?
[Isaac] Oh, hell yeah, buddy!
I wanna hear all the gory details about his death.
Dude, I had so many great one liners.
-[laughs] -Oh, yes! Like what?
Like, uh,
no toys, grown ups!
And-- and, uh--
birthday gifts suck!
[music dies]
Context is everything.
Yeah, you had to be there.
I believe you.
[Amae sighs]
You did it.
We also might have figured out how to destroy it.
We? That was all you, buddy.
And in destroying it...
we may have found a way to send me back to Earth.
That's...
that's great.
♪
With this, I can essentially build
an extension of the control unit.
And once the ship hops, the feedback from the charge
will be set to flow back through this conduit and boom--
no more Sterzaad.
[tense electronic music]
I mean, it's impossible to predict exactly,
but worth a shot.
It's a great idea.
[soft, climactic music]
♪
Might not work.
I hope it does.
I'm finally getting rid of you, don't get my hopes up.
Elida?
A moment?
I'll go set the coordinates in the ship.
Okay.
♪
Mom. Can we just...
talk about it later?
Everything I've done for this monarchy, for our people...
Look, it's okay, okay?
It's over now.
We cannot destroy it, my love.
[dramatic chord]
Think about everything we've lost.
The damage done is too great.
This is our only chance to make it right, to restore peace.
No-- no weapon can bring peace.
In the wrong hands, yes, it's a weapon.
In the right hands, it's a tool.
For greatness.
And that's the problem.
Everyone thinks they'll do the right thing with it.
We end this.
Now.
[ominous echoing]
[panel beeps, winds down]
[Elida sighs deeply]
[Elida] Man.
I feel like I'm the parent right now.
Yeah, it's scary when that happens.
You grow up your whole life thinking
these people know everything.
-Mm-hm. -Turns out
they're just as clueless as we are.
[Elida chuckles]
♪
You'll be fine.
Yeah.
I've done enough space travel now
to know I need to buckle in.
No, I meant as a dad.
You'll be fine.
[soft, dreamy music]
♪
So you and Amae, huh?
[Elida chuckles]
You know I saw it all along?
-Oh, really? -Yeah.
You know, you might wanna wait a while
before you leave your underwear around.
And tone down on the belching after meals.
And maybe...
don't say everything that comes to your mind all the time.
Well, you know, if I'm taking relationship advice from you,
I'm already screwed.
[both laughing]
♪
[Isaac sighs]
I'm gonna miss you, El.
♪
Uh, all right, come here.
[ominous music]
♪
Volun?
Hey.
[dramatic music]
[panel powering on]
[dark chord]
Mom? What are-- what are you doing?
I'm sorry, my love.
I sacrificed too much.
I will rebuild.
No!
[ship warping]
[dramatic music]
They're gone!
Amae was on that ship.
[Chaz] Where'd they go?
Earth.
♪ Hey