Chapter Ten - The Unseen Peril

Zarkov arrives slightly earlier than before and says, "I'll kill the Dragon with this grenade!" (What the hell? Where did Zarkov get a grenade?). The High Priest is pretty upset and accuses Zarkov of sacrilege but no-one pays any attention.

Zarkov realises that Flash has been drugged with something mysterious and orders him to be taken to his laboratory. He says he can revive Flash but doesn't know if he can do anything about the drug. Aura smiles, evilly.

At the Bride Choosing Ceremony, Aura tells Ming that Flash still can't remember anything. Sure enough, when asked to choose a bride he says, "I have no wish to choose a bride...amongst strangers". Dale looks gutted, or as gutted as she can manage. Aura whisks Flash off to 'explain'.

Vulcan protests, alleging witchcraft. He gets thrown into jail. Ming eyes up Dale again. (There also seems to be some continuity error as it looks as if Barin is also entitled to a bride and a kingdom, despite Flash totally bitch-slapping him in the Arena of Death. At any rate, he doesn't get to make a choice).

Barin tells Zarkov about the Forgetfulness Potion and Zarkov says he can counter-act it, despite not having counter-acted it a few minutes ago when he revived Flash in his lab. Make your mind up, Zarkov.

A classic opportunity for a cat fight is wasted when Aura and Dale both try to help Flash regain his memory. Aura tells Flash he came there to meet her right in front of Dale and instead of slapping her, Dale just sits there, open-mouthed. When she finally speaks all she says is, "Flash - don't you know me?" Aura tells Flash that Dale is one of Ming's wives and she still doesn't argue with her! Dale hugs Flash and cries. Aura sends her away.

Barin arrives and tries to take Flash to Zarkov. Aura tells Flash that Barin is her enemy and Flash and Barin have another swordfight, a pretty good one. They put a lot into it, anyway. Then Zarkov arrives and pins Flash's arms while Barin knocks him out. They take him to the lab and try to revive him.

Meanwhile, on Earth, Professor Gordon has a new Communications Device that is -gasp!- nine times more powerful than the old model. The stupid thing is, even though Earth can hear Mongo and Mongo can hear Earth, neither of them actually talk to each other. Earth loses contact.

Ming has had enough and tells Officer Torch to find Flash and execute him immediately. Aura protests, as usual.

The officers burst into the lab and tell Flash they are here to execute him. Zarkov makes Flash stand against the wall and, just as the soldiers are about to shoot, Flash disappears! Dale screams.