Just

remember…

You
started
this.
 Hrrrk.

Aaagh!

Now then.
That ring...
Where did
you get
it?

…
Do you have a
Bart Benson in
custody?
Binsaan?

Can’t
say that
we do.

{sigh} Dagar. Right. Do

Let’s see, you have a Dagar
what does here?
he call
himself He’s
again? here for–uh–
questioning.
Has he been
charged with
anything?
Depends.
Who’re you? I’m his
lawyer.

Take a
I have seat.
no time for
this.

Look.
I get it. You’re
worried about
your client, but we
got procedures,
yaknow.

Oh,
it’s not him
I’m worried
about.
 Lifted the ring from Uh, uh, There was this
some weird skinny great big older guy with
guy… didn’t catch mustache… him… His uncle, I
his name. wore a think. Maybe his
fez… father…

Kept bragging
about getting
some sheikh
out of the
way.

That’s it?! Give That’s it, Who is He was from

me a name! I swear he? an elite team of
Something I by Allah, He soldiers trained
can work that’s– took out for combat in
with. three men extreme desert
Wait. by himself? conditions.
There was We need to
someone move him to
they men- a different
tioned… cell.

Yeah…
Good luck
with that. You
Heard stories only got him in
’bout him but never there because
believed he was real… he let you.
You can’t be
serious… you’re
saying he’s a--
 “A Desert
Hawk. Yes.”

Chuck?
is that
you?
What’re
you doing
here?

Getting you out of

jail, what does it
look like?
I could
have
managed.
…and
yet I have
the key.
 Don’t tell me you came
all this way to try and
convince me about
going back home
again.

No.
I–uh–
came for
something
else.

Look. Seeing that I’m the You know, I was

one getting you out of never much a
here, can you at least swigger, Chuck,
humour me by having especially
a drink with now.
me?

Your
old man was
right then…

You really
have become a
Mohammedan. Hmph.
it’s more than muslims.
just dressing like
the locals.
it goes
beyond that,
doesn’t it?
 Next time you
see him, tell him
we’re called
Muslims.

That’s
not my name
anymore.

Okay, fine.
Dagar, then.
Don’t snap
your cap.
Look…
Thanks
for get-
ting me out
of jail, but
I really
have to
go.
Wait!
Bart!
We really
need to
talk!
I won’t try
to guilt you into
returning back
home.
I didn’t
come for
that this time.
Promise.
Then
what did
you come
for?
GhaAah!

Bart!

You.
Why did
you--
 dagar?
dagar?

Hey, aaah!
look, mister,
I–
 Leave
him be.

Hnngh.

See that
Dagar gets the
medical attention
he requires.
 I will tend
to the snake-
charmer.
 Sure. Which one
would you like That one
to read this again? Why not
time? Jack and the
How about Beanstalk?
the one with
the genie and
the lamp?

Can
you read
me a story,
Dad?

Where am You were trained You’re

I? What is to understand your about to
this? body in so many ways. croak.
Haven’t you realised
it yet?

’Cause
the Giant
is scary.

I didn’t want to... Wait. What are you I’m a guide.

You’re a horse. A talk- then? From your
ing horse. subcon-
is this scious.
what people Why do
see when they you look like
die? Talking Didn’t a horse?
horses? say you
were
dead.

You
tell me.

Not yet
anyway.
 What is it that we uh–Are you
are watching really going
here? if you’re from spend your last
my subconscious, few breaths
how come you don’t questioning an
already know? imaginary
horse?

Fine…

That’s is there is any par- You think he would

me when ticular reason why have told you them
I was ten... you’re thinking about if he knew you what
That’s my this moment? kind of life you
father. would end up
I guess living?
my father’s stories
are the reason I’ve taken Probably
to a life of wandering not.
the deserts.
Dreamed Whatever
of doing it happened
since I was between you
a kid. and him?

Once
upon a
time…

it’s comp–

The poison is
spreading--
--Not
long now, I’m
afraid.
 “not long
at all.” hnnn.

Didn’t come
this far to
see you die,
ol’ pal. You’re gonna
make it. isn’t he,
Dr. Pasha?

The
best we
should hope for
is a quick
death. Excuse
me?!
The
dead snake
you brought in
was a bronze
bendar.

I’m sorry to be the

Yes. one to tell you this,
So? Mr. Day… but after
They’ve the hallucinatory
been extinct stages are over, With-
for years. he will die. out a live
specimen…
 “…There’s no way we We were both Looks like
can extract antivenom.” eleven. he’s going to
get quite a
beating.
So this Not how
is the fel- I remember
low who came it.
all the way
from America
looking for
you?

Yes…

Hey,
Greg, you got
a problem with
Chuck--

This is how it began.

Our friendship, He
I mean. would help
me study. I would
make sure no one
bothered
him.

Now
what?

–you got
a problem
with me.
 My
Desert Hawk
training.
is there
a reason why
you dress like
this now?
I don’t
like talking
about it.
 Whoa! What
was that?!

An incom-
ing memory…
from today.

it can only mean…

we must be getting
closer to the end.

Think. is
there something
here? Something
else you need
to remember?

Wait...
I under-
Think. stand.
Bar–
Dagar.
I–
The
pouch…
Get the
pouch.

Stupid,
Stupid.
Of
course
he’d have
it with
him.
 it was here.
Hey Right here!
Boss! What Where’d
gives? it go?
The
antidote…
the antivenom.
Whatever it’s
called.

Tell me you His bag!

brought it He’d never {Ahem}
with you. handle a snake
Sir? like that. Not Looking
unless– for this?
Uh…
Boss.

a n hour
later

You
let her
just get
away?
Quite the crack shot
What was too… she saved me
I supposed from that--
to do? She had She
a weapon, you also let Not on
know. him get purpose, I
away. don’t think.

You need all the allies you

can get, Dagar. You’re skilled,
I’ll give you that. But even you
have your limits. Today was
proof of that.
How do
you think this I could
odd lifestyle of die anywhere,
yours will end? Chuck. if Allah
Have you ever had willed, I could
thought about have died sitting
that? in my father’s
mansion.
Your
father’s-- are
you even listening to
me? Where are
you going? To change.
Can’t go to the
library dressed
like this, can I?
 Dagar.

Need
to find out
what I’m up
against.

Dagar. Stop.
I came here
about your
father.
What
about
him?

He’s
dead.

–How?
He
had a heart
Wait. attack more
What did than a month
you— ago.
I came
here as your
father’s attorney...
Dagar. to discuss your
I’m sorry, inheritance.
I—