02x04 - A Very Hungry Dragonfly

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What's that, Skeletor?
You want a piece of this?

Maybe some of this?
Oh, no, it's Beast Man, too!

Oh, except I've got enough to go around!

Whoa! Sorry, King Grayskull!

Guess you didn't need
to practice fight King Hiss, huh?

You probably didn't make
as many mistakes, either.

- He-Man!
- Ahh!

I don't have much time.

Sorry, you just startled me.

I know. I'm getting really good at this.

- Where's Eldress? I want to show her.
- Oh, uh...

She's... busy. What's up?

Evelyn's making a play
for the final sigil piece,

and I'm secretly following her.

Then who's watching my dad and Ork-O?

- They're with Manny.
- Who's Manny?

- Depends on the day, really.
- What?

The point is, they're fine.
That isn't why I called.

If we get to the final sigil piece first...

We can bait Skeletor with all three
and bring him to us!

Where we can break his staff
and save Eternos.

So get everyone into the Wind Raider.

Head for the coordinates
I'm about to send you.

Uh, actually,

uh, Duncan is busy helping
Eldress with a thing.

Okay, so you, Cringer, and Krass...

Krass had to head back
to the tribal village

for some secret project
she wouldn't tell me anything about.

Whatever, just hurry!
Can't wait to see whoever I get to see!

Oh, get her!
Somebody stop her!

Sleep tight.

Are you sure you know what you're doing?

I am applying science to a magical object

to try and bring a ghost back to life.

So no, then.

The energy that Eldress used
to displace the Castle to Avion

is very similar to the Proto-havoc
bleeding off of the sigil piece.

But Havoc is bad.

I know! That's why this is so interesting.

It's like Proto-havoc and Grayskull energy
are two sides of the same coin.

So there's money involved now?

All I have to do is trick the Castle

into thinking I'm Eldress
using the same power.

Then I can re-displace us and scoop her
back up from wherever we left her.

One assumes I can get
a more succinct explanation

from Eldress once we've found her.

- Did you speak with Teela?
- Yeah.

And she needs backup to get to
the final sigil piece before Evelyn does.

Then let us make haste.

So I should just keep working on this
and, uh, not help Teela with you?

Finding Eldress helps Teela.

You still haven't told her yet,
have you?

Not exactly, no.

Well, don't worry.

I'll get Eldress back somehow.

Probably.

How hard could it be?

I've waited a long time to say this,
Evelyn.

You're...

Having a team is making you soft,
Hand Witch.

The street urchin I knew
wouldn't have fallen for a decoy,

much less have trailed someone
so obviously.

I'm not letting you get away
with a piece of that sigil.

Much as I would relish a fight to
the finish, our efforts would be wasted.

The piece was gone when I got here.

- Where was it?
- Presumably in the half that got eaten.

Eaten? By what?

Oh.

What was that?

Some kind of psychic as*ault,
but from whom?

That's a big bug.

I hate you, Teela.

I have the Power!

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oul ♪

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our so-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-oul ♪

♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ Hey, we'll find our purpose ♪

♪ 'Cause we know we're worth it ♪

♪ And we'll be remembered ♪

♪ We are the defenders, defenders ♪

- ♪ Oh ♪
- ♪ We fight for the win ♪

♪ We fight till the end ♪

- ♪ We fight for the win ♪
- ♪ The Power is ours ♪

♪ It's in our soul ♪

You know, Eldress is the closest thing
Teela has to family.

You disagree with my decision
not to tell her?

The longer you wait,
the harder it will become.

Yeah, well, being a leader
isn't about doing what's easy.

I had to kick Stratos off the team, right?

Not easy, but for the good of the mission.

I certainly hope so, Adam...

for Teela's sake and for yours.

Me, too.

How'd you know to look inside the statue,
anyway?

Research.

Orko the Great used an artifact
"swelling with ancient power"

to help the Trollans ascend.

The descriptions in the text matched
what we know of the sigil.

This dragonfly business is an unfortunate
and disgusting complication.

- Diffin...
- Don't!

We can't hurt him!

Ow!

You may want to rot in the belly
of a large insect,

but I have had enough.

Look, clearly this dragonfly monstrosity

was mutated by Havoc, by your boss.

- Former boss.
- Guilt by association.

You might as well have done it yourself.

Taking the blame won't get me
out of here any faster,

unless you have any bright ideas?

Well, we could always just leave
the natural way.

Nope.

Well, you're gonna wanna
close your eyes then.

Why?

By the Power of Grayskull!

You should've let me carve my way out!

Now my sigil piece is still up there...

...banging around in his smelly innards!

I couldn't let you k*ll
a beautiful piece of nature for no reason.

Besides, we aren't even sure
he actually ate it.

Let's ask, shall we? Loquere!

Ahh, wow!

That is some bright purple, uh, something!

That voice is hideous!

It's your handiwork... again.

Hey, why are you on the ground?

I'll be on the ground, too!

I'm Sorceress. Nice to meet you.

Um, hey, I'm, uh, Gary.

Gary the Dragonfly!

Or I think I'm still a dragonfly.

What does it even mean to be a dragonfly?

Oh, great, a philosopher bug.

Oh, that reminds me of a song!

♪ I used to be a little guy ♪

♪ A lot less dragon, a lot more fly ♪

♪ So what do you know, here I am ♪

♪ The biggest dragonfly in all the land ♪

Still think he's beautiful?

♪ There's not a foot on the ground ♪

♪ When I'm around ♪

♪ I'm just your normal average ♪

♪ Supersized guy ♪

"He's Gary...?"

♪ I'm Gary the Dragonfly! ♪

Oh, that's enough!

I don't care who you are or what you are.

I just want what's mine.

Did you eat the sigil piece or didn't you?

It was delicious.

Oh, I knew it!

Laminae!

He was probably just hungry. Right, Gary?

He had no idea
what he was getting himself into.

Nah, I ate that thing way on purpose.

After I woke up inside that dinosaur,
I was just so hungry.

I mean, have you ever been so hungry
you could eat a horse?

- What's a horse?
- Well, don't worry.

I didn't eat one but only because,
wow, they are fast!

I did eat some trees though.
They're not as fast at all.

I smelled something tasty
at that mountain that looks like a snake,

but by the time I got there,
there was nothing to eat.

Then I followed my nose
to some sort of wrecked train.

Snake Mountain and the train?

He's attracted to the sigil pieces?

But that was just some rusty train bits,

which let me tell you,
went right through me.

But as soon as I gobbled up whatever was
in that food holder, I was finally full.

- Eww.
- Ugh.

Yeah, imagine that!

I'm very happy you found a way to deal
with your digestive issues, Gary,

but, um, I'm gonna need to use
a little magic to remove that snack.

I'm finally full,
and there is no way I'm giving that up.

I promise I'll be gentle.

Hey!

No!

If you even try to go after him, I'll...

Maybe after some rest.

I've been a little weaker
since Skeletor took my Havoc away.

When's the last time you ate something?

I don't want your pity or your...
bleh, kindness.

Well, I'm not offering either, but I won't
be able to track Gary by myself,

and you're useless to me
if you're too weak to cast a spell.

Why can't you just kaboom
and use the Power of Grayskull?

The Havoc in Gary's body must be
interfering with the cosmic link

between my Power weapon and...

And then you'll get it,
and you'll say your little words,

and you'll try to fight me and maybe even
get the sigil piece for yourself,

even though you don't really need it,
and blah, blah, blah!

Why is getting the sigil's power
so important to you anyway?

You can't possibly want to lead an army
of snake zombies.

Bah, of course not.

If I get even one of those pieces,

I might be able to use it
to rekindle Havoc in my person...

on my own terms, not Skeletor's.

Does having that power
really mean that much to you?

Doesn't your staff? Doesn't Grayskull?

We aren't as different as you think.

Maybe that's how we wound up
master and nemesis.

I'm the master. You're the nemesis.

Is there any more bonding you need
before I can get some sleep?

You trust me enough to sleep?

I sleep with one eye open.

Well, that's unsettling.

He's come back to eat us!

- The Wind Raider!
- The Dread Wing!

- Dread Wing?
- We're evil.

By the Power of Grayskull!

No, wait!

Meat stick?

What?

I see Duncan took it upon himself

to redecorate.

Yeah, isn't it great?

I hate it.

- Where is the whelp, anyway?
- Yeah, where is Duncan?

He's working on something.

Hey, where's your staff?

Please don't tell Eldress.

I kind of lost it.

If anyone is interested,

there's a giant green glow just ahead.

Whoa.

What is it?

It's Gary.

What kind of bug are you? Hmm.

Whoo!

Whoa!

Thanks for the lift! Ad Caelum!

No!

- Huh?
- Hm?

- Ahh!
- No!

Whoa!

Ad Caelum!

Laminae!

Can you reach the controls?
'Cause I don't know how to fly this thing.

Not in my present state, no. Hmm?

No, no, don't do it!

Ha!

So I guess this means
the truce is over, huh?

And I'll take that sigil piece
and whatever Havoc he can spare!

Not you two again!

Ah! Ow!

Ow.

Whoa!

Whoa!

I don't feel so... not so good.

I think I'm gonna...

Whoa!

Oh!

Ready for round two?

You cannot keep protecting him, Witch.

Clypeus!

I really don't want to get involved
in whatever this is.

Ahh!

Anteluem!

Aha!

Hm?

What? Oh, come on, we were just up there!

I really don't want to get... ahh!

Ahh!

Exemplum!

Hey, now.
I'm getting pretty tired of this.

You know what?
I'm getting very tired of this.

I'm getting angry, and when I'm angry,

I'm hungry!

Looks like the only way to stop you
might be to eat you!

No!

No!

You might not make it back out
a second time.

Why do you care?

I'm not evil.

Nothing personal, big guy!

Ow!

Yeah!

You may have the sigil piece,

but this fight is far from over,
Sorceress!

So we're on a first-name basis now?

It means nothing.
One Witch to another, however?

Your precious He-Man is lying to you.

About what?

Couldn't I have
just one teeny-tiny little bite?

Your appetite has done enough damage
for one night, Gary.

The Mystic Mountains might provide
a more fertile feeding ground

for our winged friend.

I'd sure appreciate it!

See you later, Gary!

What aren't you telling me?

Uh, well, the thing is...

What happened to Eldress?

Uh...