01x09 - Hope, for a Destination

[bunniefuu]

[theme music plays]

[Teela]
Citizens of Eternia,

we're in dire need
of your help.

Please,

hear my message and...

[gasps]

You gotta keep trying, T.
You've got this.

I know this was my idea,

but maybe there's some other way
we can send this message.

Evil-Lyn is blocking all
conventional broadcasts.

If there was a way to break through,
I'd have found it by now.

Face it, Miss Magic,
you're all we've got.

[Teela]
I know what I have to do.

But it's like trying to put together
a puzzle without the pieces.

If you had some kind of
mystical training...

I don't need training!
I need a working transmitter.

A big one, with buttons.

Instead of all
of this magic stuff.

[Randor] The "magic stuff"
in these mountains

is older than time itself.

And more powerful than
any mere transmitter.

We just need someone to
figure out how to use it.

I'm sure there are people
all across Eternia

that would join the fight
if we could just reach them.

The Sorceress
could've reached them.

But I'm not the Sorceress.

It was the
Mystic Mountains themselves

that called you across
the world to bring you here.

You, Teela.

If anyone can
commune with that power

and use it to reach out
to everyone on Eternia,

it's you.

We believe in you, Teela.

All of us.

[deep breath]

Wait. Where's Adam?

[Adam] Well, this is new.

You're actually scared
of Evil-Lyn, aren't you?

I admit that I've never shied
away from taking a life.

But it has always been
as a means to an end.

To attain that
which was denied me.

I wanted to rule.

And look where that got us.

When I wielded the sword,

I had but a taste
of what's to come.

And once the Apex is reached,

her power will increase
a thousand times over that.

You think she means
to destroy Eternia next?

Think bigger, boy.

Preternia was just
her opening act!

She'll have the power to end
the entirety of existence.

And the will!

I made sure of that.

But it's not over yet.

We still have a chance.

And... [clears throat]

I can't believe I'm
even saying this out loud.

If we work together,

I can get us close to her.

And if we're to survive,

you're going to have
to call down the power.

I don't have the sword.

I saw you do it
without the sword.

What you saw was
the power, untempered.

You saw a mindless,
dangerous w*apon.

And the only thing powerful enough
to stand a chance against a god.

I will not give
that thing life again!

It nearly k*lled the king.
I nearly...

No. Never again
without the sword.

If you were truly born to
save the universe, He-Man,

how now can you refuse its cry?

I think I know
how to stop Evil-Lyn.

But it starts with us
going to Grayskull.

Well then,
what are we going to do?

Ask her nicely to, "please, stop
destroying the universe"?

Oh, my god, we are.

[hissing]

[eagle screeches]

[hissing]

[bleats]

[screeches]

What did you see?

Blood. Zoar's blood.

I witnessed the death of God
at the beginning of time.

We have always been alone.

The more I see and feel
the fabric of all things,

the horror, the pain
that ties us together,

the more convinced I am
that it should, all of it...

...burn.

I don't think anyone's supposed
to see the entire universe like this.

Oh, is that what you think,
Beast Man?

Which is it, by the way,
man or beast?

One can rarely be both.

This isn't you talking.

It's the power.

What do you know
of power, mongrel?

I should point this silly
sword in your direction

and turn you into
my little battle dog,

saddle and all.

You sound just like him.

[energy crackling]

[horn blows]

[horn blows]

Should I sound the alarm?

No. I've seen this play.
I know how it ends.

[Andra] I know he's, like,
the champion or whatever,

but I'm not so sure
about Adam's plan.

What about your whole
mystical message-y thing?

Do you think that it worked?

There was just a quick second
when I felt something.

But it doesn't mean that
anyone's coming, Andra.

So, if it's just us,

well, we may have the drive,

but Evil-Lyn's got Grayskull,
the sword, and the power.

I mean, what if we're walking
into a trap... [gasps]

[growls]

Oh, look, Lyn-y. It's Panthor.

I've always been
more of a dog person.

Told you.

Evil-Lyn.

Your eminence.

You're armed
with pleasantries?

Oh, don't tell me
you came here to talk.

I know! It's ridiculous, right?

You're now the most powerful
being that ever lived.

Fighting you would be useless.

But so much more fun!

I think she's distracted.

Let's keep it that way.

Adorable.

[Adam gasps]

Mine's bigger.

[gasps, screams]

[grunts]

[groans]

[Teela grunts]

[rumbling]

[Orlax screeching]

[Man-at-Arms] Well...

Are you coming or not?

[grunts]

[grunts]

[groans]

Where is your Teela?

She'll be here!

[roars]

[groans]

[gasps]

[moans]

[grunts]

[moans]

[roars]

Naughty kitty.

I will k*ll you for that!

[Teela] The dungeon?
How did you escape?

With the Orlax's slime.

It's viscous and gross,

but highly conductive.

He got his
tentacled pal back there

to short out the primary relay.

Exactly what I
would have done, sir.

Dad, I came here to...

Adam, the king,
queen, even Skeletor...

they're all up there
risking their lives right now

- so I can...
- I know, Teela.

It's time.

Ugh. Orlax ooze.

- [snorts]
- Hey!

Is that Pigboy and Goat Man?

When it comes to henchmen,

they've breached
the bottom of the barrel!

Yeah? Well, you're...
You look like a...

We don't do puns. k*ll him!

[snorts]

Get back!

Five hundred meters that way
is a large iron door.

- Run!
- What about you?

My place is out here.
Yours is through that door.

Now, go, Teela!

Dad...

I don't know if I can do this.

Everyone thinks I'm supposed
to be the Sorceress.

I tried to send a message to every
living soul across Eternia,

a call to arms,

but it didn't work, Dad.

I'm not suddenly a Sorceress
just because I was related to one.

My message didn't work
because I don't work.

I know for a fact
that it worked, Teela.

- Because I heard you.
- You did?

As loudly and clearly as
I hear myself speak right now.

All of Eternia heard it.

It was... well, magical.

And when it happened,

all I could think of was...

it reminded me of your mother.

I love you, Teela.

Thank you for being my daughter.

Now, you need to be
something greater than that.

Nothing in this universe
will ever be greater

than being your daughter.

Huh?

- [coughs]
- [snorts]

[screams]

[Goat Man]
You guys are so dead!

- [snorting]
- Get back here!

[metallic noise]

Teela should be inside by now.

If Adam was able
to keep Evil-Lyn busy,

our new Sorceress might
just give us a fighting chance.

If not, Eternia may have
seen her last sunrise.

As if.

If my death is coming...

then I vow I will waste
no more of my life.

Marlena, my love,

I am so, so sorry.

No. I'm sorry, Randor.

We will live for each other
as we always have.

[distant rumbling]

What in the universe did
Teela put in that message?

A little magic.

I know you're my mother.

Of course you do.

Your whole life I've wanted
to tell you, Teela.

But now we're out of time.

My daughter,

this is the tide
of transformation.

In its embrace,
I sacrificed my mortal life

to be reborn
in the light of Zoar,

as will you,
when you are ready.

The universe is about
to blink out of existence,

so I don't think it cares
if I'm ready or not.

Teela...

you cannot
commune with the power.

until you are prepared
to give up your life

and let go of all those
who live in that life.

Is that what you did?

It is the duty of the Sorceress
to forego all mortal attachments

in service of Zoar,

which has always been regarded
as the highest of callings.

But to me, Teela,

there is no higher calling

than to love you.

You don't get to say that!

You abandoned me.

Never!

I have been with you
every second of every day,

as you have been with me.

Our bond is unbreakable.

And I was happy, always so happy
to let it be my undoing.

Even if this is all true,

why are you only telling me now?

So you will understand

that to step into the waters
is to be tethered to this place

for all eternity,

unable to leave the
castle grounds in human form.

I never wanted you to know
the isolation I felt, Teela.

Ever.

My story is written.

But there's still
time to write yours.

You can do what I never could.

You can save
the entire universe.

But only if you're
stronger than I was.

And that means you have
to be strong enough

to let them go.

Yah! Ah!

[grunts]

[Adam screams]

[groans]

You asked me,
am I man or beast.

Today, I am beast.

[moans]

[roars]

[growls]

[moans]

[growling]

[groans]

Don't k*ll me, Lyn.
Don't k*ll me.

k*lling you isn't enough.

I k*lled you ten thousand times
in ten thousand ways

over and over in my head,

from the day you lifted me out
of that Zalesian gutter

to the second you
walked into this room.

I thought it through.

And there isn't enough blood in your body
to wash my hands of you.

Is that what this is all about?

Revenge against me?

I saved you, woman!

I handed you a life you never
would have known without me.

So I should be grateful?
For what?

For the tirades, the verbal abuse,
the physical abuse?

[grunts]

I gave everything of myself,
and you gladly took it.

And after I was
sure you were dead,

and I was finally free of you,

you invaded my body,

you attached yourself to me like
a tick and drained me of my life,

so you could
win yourself another.

No, please.

I saw your existence
after I was gone.

You call that a life?

I had a life without you.

[Skeletor groans]

At least I thought I did,
but it turned out you never left.

You live on.
You survive like a virus.

And I will play host
to you no longer.

This is unbelievable.

I rewarded you.

I gave you all of this!

I took all of this from you!

Just like you
took everything from me.

And now you know that I'm not
something for you to use

and misuse for
your own ends.

I am my own.

But I... I loved you, Lyn.

You can't love.
You merely crave.

And now, everything you
ever wanted is mine to destroy.

Grayskull, Eternia,
this wretched universe.

Even myself.

But since you've shown us
that k*lling you doesn't actually k*ll you,

then I'm just going to have
to k*ll everything, aren't I?

I will unmake it all!

All Eternians have buried
their differences

in an effort to join
together to stop me?

That would be so inspiring,

if it wasn't so stupid.

if you two will excuse me,
I have to stomp out a planetary uprising.

You and what army?

You destroyed Preternia
before their very eyes.

There's barely a soul alive
who'd fight for you now.

Um... [giggles]

[army shouting]

[roaring, growling]

[growling]

For death! For Subternia!

For the everlasting power

of Dark-Lyn!

[dramatic music plays]