Stop!
Now quit toying with me.
I'd just as soon kill you and find her on my own.
Fine!
Come on.
What in the name of the demon serpent is going on?
You got the serpent part right.
Mathayus, meet Cobra.
It wasn't a dream.
More like a nightmare.
All right, let me get this straight.
You are Cobra,
and you got captured as Silda and you freed yourself as Cobra?
Staging my capture allowed me to search Talus' entire camp at night,
until I found my medallion.
Then you two came along and blew a plan that took weeks to execute.
Well, perhaps if your father had told us your true identity,
you wouldn't have had this problem in the first place.
King Ramusan, my father, does not know my secret.
Come, Olaf. Let's take leave of this woman.
She does not even have the medallion.
I'm tired of this upside down country and its ill-mannered rulers.
Stop. Or what?
You'll say "stop" again?
Your pajama-cloaked army is not here to help you,
and despite your obvious talents,
besting Olaf and I is a bet that will not pay.
Wait. Please, wait.
Give me one good reason why I should.
I'll give you many.
After Talus burned their village by the river,
they took refuge here in the forest.
They can't survive here much longer.
Why do you show us this?
Because I need your help.
Woman, I'm a soldier of fortune.
How could I possibly help them?
There's much you can do.
After all, you are the great Scorpion King.
What did you say?
What did she say?
You heard me.
You killed the evil king, Memnon,
and saved the sorceress, Cassandra.
You made her your queen, and freed a nation.
Freed a nation? It's pure fantasy, I can assure you.
More like legend. Legend?
My father told me this story when I was younger.
Sounded like a fairy tale.
She heard about you from a fairy tale.
Quiet.
Why so defensive?
Is it true?
I'm tired of this nonsense.
Let's go.
You may have heard this fantastic tale,
but how would you know it's him if you've never seen his face?
That he is Akkadian is obvious.
As for being the great Scorpion King, I suspected,
but wasn't certain.
Until now.
Mathayus is a mercenary, not this king you have him confused with.
Right?
Sire, we are prepared to attack.
A spy has returned, but he could not locate the Book.
We suspect that Ramusan has hidden it.
Of course he has.
Catapults, fire!
At last, victory is ours.
Death to the invaders!
Fight to the death !
Protect the Book at any cost!
If we are to believe his servants, King Ramusan has fled.
Without the Book of the Dead? Never.
When we find the secret chamber,
we find the Book and its keeper.
We are warriors, Ramusan.
Stop hiding like a quivering handmaiden and bring me the Book.
This may be my final breath,
but the people of this land will rise above my failures as a king.
And you will need much more than the army you brought to break them.
You know, you might be correct.
Now if only I had a weapon
at my disposal
that would rid me of these pests.
Terribly sorry.
You know, it's heavier than I thought.
Simply a guide, collection of words is all.
The text is useless. . .
Without the medallion, I know.
Hathor! Yes, Sire.
Huzzah.
You know, I find it so ironic
that soon he too will become part of this text.
Very humorous.
It's the Book of the Dead.
Akkadians are good for but one thing.
Destruction.
l know you're the Scorpion King.
You can say anything you like, but your eyes say it is true.
I may have been, but that man is dead and buried.
Many names can be shed and forgotten in this life, Mathayus.
King is not one of them.
Please. Help us.
If you truly want to help your people,
you'll find a man that did not fail his.
The gods have their way,
and not even the mightiest of men can stop it.
There are more than 500,000 people in this country.
Talus will not stop until he enslaves them all to build his empire.
Then he will march on Horus' kingdom
with the largest army anyone has ever seen before.
Fight with me and we can stop him.
And maybe, in some small way, you can forgive yourself for the past.
I will never forgive myself for the past.
Then you will never have a future.
Mathayus!
Where in Odin's codpiece have you been?
I needed to think.
And drink.
Do you know how long I've been slogging around this forest,
fighting off ravenous beasts, looking for you?
Why don't you quit your bellyaching?
So is this quest over?
Even though every fiber in my being is against it,
I shall stay and fight.
But for my reasons.
When we have crushed Talus and sent him back into the dust,
that is where it ends for me.
Well said, Your Highness.
You call me that again,
and you will never have that son.
You're gonna need a bigger dagger.
You're gonna have to let go of everything you know
if you're gonna fight with us.
Look at Yin.
You, watch me!
Go, Yin !
You see?
Right!
Swatter for insects would be of more use.
That's good. Now, what if you are the insect?
You defy gravity, anticipate, predict the movements of your predators.
Get under your enemy's skin.
I'll show you how we do it where I'm from.
That was a great move, Olaf.
Thank you ! Thank you very much.
Can we please continue?
Let's continue.
I think it's your turn, Akkadian.
Let's see what you got, pretty boy.
If you are the insect, what are you?
Scorpion.
Not bad.
You try.
Look at me! I'm a ninja! I can fly!
Not bad.
Good job. Not too bad.
Let's see what you've got.
He challenged the princess. Whoo!
You're gonna take on the girl again, Mathayus?
Huh? She kicked your butt once.
Take him down !
I don't know whose hair is prettier.
Go, Silda!
You can't scare the princess.
Oh, here it comes.
Teach him a lesson, Silda.
That was a good one.
Did you see that?
You gonna dance all night, or do you want to fight?
That's got to hurt.
The Cobra will bite you.
How's the view, Princess?
He loses!
Let me guess.
I take your breath away.
Now that's what I call a courtship.
The mighty Olaf.
My brother!
My Lord, I am Zulu Kondo, lion spirit from the land of the burning sky.
Command me!
Lord, I am Agromael, noble destroyer.
It is an honor to join you in battle.
What mortal dares to awaken the warriors of the Book?
It is I, Lord Talus, who summons thee back to earth to do battle!
I am Tsukai, shadow warrior from the land of the rising sun.
What is your will, My Lord?
"Will, My Lord?" I believe a demonstration is in order.
Kill them all !
Well, there's that.
Very well. Agromael will stay here and guard me
while your cohorts go and kill a snake.
Tsukai, I want you to search the ether for my prey, Cobra,
and reveal to me his hidden refuge.
And when the refuge is found,
you will slaughter Cobra and his army without mercy.
Well, you're up with the mist.
In my vision, I saw a slaughter so vile, it made my stomach turn.
As far as the eye could see
were the staring gaped-mouth corpses of men
cut down to pieces in the muck.
And what of us?
Oh, our heads screamed silently on wooden spikes.
Our bodies burned in a ritual pyre.
We still looked fierce though, right?
Are you in this for the fight or for her?
Both.
I cannot lie. She is. . .
She is under my skin, and crawling deeper every day.
Do you question my judgment because a woman is involved?
On my unborn son, I am with you, Mathayus.
To the end. Whatever that may be.
To the end.
Go to the north side of the camp now.
You, get them out of here. Come on. Hurry! Hurry!
That can't be good.
Silda, what's happening?
Talus awakened the ghost warriors.
Ghost warriors?
The Eye of Gods medallion has great power.
If the owner reads from the Book of the Dead,
it awakens the warriors from the underworld.
The Book of the Dead has been lost for thousands of years.
Not lost. It has been with our royal family for many generations.
Your father.
He would've given his life to protect it.
Then he died well.
Let it not be in vain.
Olaf, we fight!
You don't actually believe all this fantastic gibberish, do you?
Cobra!
I am here!
Get you and your people to safety.
We'll hold them off as long as we can.
Time to crack some heads!
I've seen you in my vision, Scorpion King.
Look at what you have become.
You are a disgrace to your people and your queen.
Your queen rules from the underworld. You like to join her?
I would be happy to reunite you.
I'll be joining her soon enough,
but it won't be because of your cowardly witchery.
Cowards!
Come on !
Is that all you got?
Come on, everybody. Hold those children tight.
One step at a time!
That's it. Move. Move!
Oh, Silda, where are we going?
Hold him !
Despite your glorious efforts, dear heart, Cobra is still at large.
So now your only mission,
your only task is to guard the Book.
Do you think you can manage that,
oh warriors of the etheric hoo-hah?
The Book is to only be touched by me. Me alone.
Sire, I fear your enemies remain powerful.
You underestimate them at your own peril.
I feel they are close and plotting.
Hmm.
Hmm, I feel something, too.
I feel
that this kingdom. . .
This kingdom,
it is mine.
And it is cause for celebration. So come.
A celebration, Lord Talus, is premature. We must remain at the ready.
The only thing that you must do is obey me, slave.
We are warriors of the Book, My Lord. Not slaves!
You are!
You are what I say you are. Slave!
Unless you want to return to your sarcophagus,
I suggest you hold your tongue and you hoist your chalice
and prepare for celebration !
Slave!
Slave, slave, slave! Slave!
♪ Slave! ♪
Mathayus.
Surprise, surprise.
You know you can't get rid of me that easy.
I thought that one day my people
and I'd be free to escape this jungle,
return to the land that is rightfully ours.
Yet with Talus' monsters waiting to devour us,
I fear it will be here we perish.
It's always better to fight and be devoured,
even if the chance of freedom is slim.
What now for you?
Do what I always do in these situations.
Oh, yes? What's that?
Well, return with my prize, collect my bounty, of course.
Bounty?
Still in it for the money, I see.
Well, let's hope Talus thinks so, too.
I don't follow.
You will. I have a plan.
Oh.
And now that Ramusan's men are fleeing for their lives,
we will soon have the head of Cobra!
And from here we will build an empire
that will stretch all the way to the desert.
Who goes there?
Inform the king that we have returned with his prize!
Sire, you have guests.
Bring them in. Come forward.
What a pleasant surprise.
I thought you were lost in battle along with your objective.
Caution, Sire. The. . . Silence!
Very impressive!
And so is that, if that is what I think it is.
Our task was made a bit more difficult
with your creatures from the underworld
killing everything that breathes.
I know. They are not very particular.
You just point them in a direction and you let them go.
Apologies for any hardship.
Well, now that you have Princess Silda and the head of Cobra,
you can apologize with more gold.
Of course, and well-earned.
Plus, an invitation.
To a wedding !
Or an execution.
Either way, it's a feast.
What shall it be then?
Wedding it is. Fantastic.
First thing in the morning.
And I don't think we need wait for wedding spoils.
Do I have a choice in that matter?
No.
I mean. . .
Play along there, brother.
We knew this was going to happen.
We have to focus on the task at hand.
Yes! Yes!
Olaf, is this how you focus?
Oh, Mathayus.
So Silda was right.
The Book is in the treasure chamber under lock and key.
And judging by the looks on the guards faces,
I would say that thing is in there with them.
Oh, don't brood, brother.
It was your plan after all, and a great one at that. Look at them.
Don't worry. He hasn't tried to bed her yet.
You've seen her. Would you wait?
Excellent point.
We'll toast to her then, for her sacrifice in the line of duty.
May I? Ahh. Woman.
Not me.
Olaf, it's time for battle.
Olaf!
Olaf.
Oh, God ! I hate you, Mathayus.
You get the Book, I'll get the medallion. Go!
What could possibly be taking so long?
How much more beautiful can you get?
Oh ! That much !
Kindly pardon my exuberance.
You're excused.
Where are you, Mathayus?
So much for pleasantries.
Now that the sword is unsheathed,
it is time to pierce the flesh.
Pure poetry, My Lord.
Yeah, I know.
Let us not rush through this important eve.
We should really enjoy the remainder of the day.
Mathayus!
After all,
this will be my last day as a maiden of purity.
Mmm.
Take me now, My Lord.
Take me!
Hurry up! Now would be a good time.
Well, have patience, My Lady.
It will all be over soon enough.
Did you touch her? Did you let him touch you?
Best I ever had.
Tsukai !
Nighty-night!
Adventure of a lifetime. What a farce.
Give me the medallion.
The signal ! Attack!
I command you to obey me.
As you say, My Lord.
No! You have to recite the incantation to switch their allegiance.
What?
Oh, women !
Now you tell me.
Now that's what I call treasure.
I want the medallion. Now!
Don't follow me! Finish them !
With pleasure.
Go get Talus. The medallion is our only chance.
Leave this witch to me.
Okay.
Okay. Come to papa.
Oh, it's heavy.
Good.
Not good.
Hi.
Talus wanted the Book.
No?
MAN: You can't do that!
He's not!
You fight well, mortal. Perhaps we'll take you with us.
Spend eternity with two mindless brutes and their pet witch?
No thank you !
You want Mathayus, but he will never stay with you.
He is one of the darkness, like us!
He only wishes to die.
And you are Cobra.
Your deception is the poison that is killing your people.
Move it! Missed me!
The Book!
You sure you don't want to go that way?
You might have a chance.
You should know better than to back an animal into a corner.
Who's gonna save you now?
You know what?
The Book of the Dead already courses through my body.
I don't need this trinket.
Go ahead. Let them have me. Let them devour me.
I will rise again like a bad idea, and you will be crushed.
You first.
You've been a worthy adversary.
Olaf.
Well, come on !
My Lord, the warriors of the Book
are at your service.
I'm sorry I deceived you.
Please forgive me.
There's nothing to forgive, Cobra.
I am proud of you, my daughter.
With honor, we join you in battle.
This battle is over.
At least it is for me.
My people are in good hands.
Father?
Father!
My champion.
You've done well.
Is there a problem?
Do you need more gold? Consider it done.
It's not that, Your Highness.
I actually have some gold for you.
These are the fortunes of your brother, Talus,
minus the expenses it will cost to repair this land.
They're rightfully yours.
I don't understand.
I could've easily retrieved it from the palace myself.
Probably not a good idea.
Meaning?
With all due respect, Your Highness, you're not welcome here.
These people will no longer accept foreign rule.
Now, they are grateful for everything you have done
to help them to be free,
but they are willing to fight to stay that way.
Will they now?
Well, since they have sent you as their messenger, tell them this.
It's not their decision to make.
I have not come as their messenger, Sire. I have come as their king.
You expect me to accept your claim to the throne, uncontested?
I expect nothing more than your respect.
For myself and for the people of this land.
Now, if it is a fight that you are looking for,
then you shall have it.
You surprise me, Akkadian.
I thought that you had traded in your royal nobility for a few sacks of gold.
I had.
But now, if need be, I'm willing to trade my life to get it back.
I believe you.
And whether I give you my blessing or my blade,
I respect you.
But I must confer with my generals.
When you are the king,
the concerns of the realm come first and foremost.
But you already knew that, didn't you?