EXT. BEACH - CORNWALL - MORNING
LADY LUCK and LANCELOT arrive on the beach of the Celtic Sea. Ahead of them they can see the Isle of Lost Souls, covered in a thick fog of mist.
LADY LUCK
There it is - The Isle of Lost Souls.
LANCELOT becomes nervous. LADY LUCK notices it.
LADY LUCK
Are ye scared?
LANCELOT ignores her question and notices a man wearing a hooded cloak standing by the shore, a boat next to him.
LANCELOT
Who's that man?
LADY LUCK
I haven't the slightest idea. Let's find out.
LADY LUCK AND LANCELOT approach the HOODED MAN, who turns to greet them as they edge closer.
HOODED MAN
Why are you humans so eager to come here? I've taken so many of you across this sea in the last month, than I have in centuries.
LANCELOT
My brothers, the Knights of Camelot, you saw them?
HOODED MAN
Yes, I saw them.
LANCELOT
And did they ever come back?
HOODED MAN
If you too wish to cross, then you will soon find out.
LANCELOT becomes hesitant but has he ponders in silence, he finds his resolve.
LANCELOT
Take us across.
LADY LUCK and LANCELOT get into the boat and the HOODED MAN rows them across the Celtic Sea. When they pass through the fog, the sea becomes cloudy, a mystic grey. The sounds of crying and screams echo in the wind, the helpless calls of the souls of the dead.
HOODED MAN
Many have come here but most for the same reason. You two don't seem desperate to see those who you've lost to an untimely death.
LADY LUCK
Everyone who I care about is alive.
HOODED MAN
Are you sure about that?
LADY LUCK narrows her eyes puzzled by the HOODED MAN's answer. LANCELOT becomes curious.
LANCELOT
Who are you?
HOODED MAN
Some know me has Azrael, others call me Nephthys. I have many names but one purpose. I'm sure you're not that naive to know what that is.
LANCELOT chuckles to himself.
LANCELOT
Then this won't be the last time we meet, won't it?
HOODED MAN
I'm afraid not.
EXT. THE ISLE OF LOST SOULS - MORNING
The boat arrives on the shore of the isle. LANCELOT and LADY LUCK bid the HOODED MAN goodbye.
The first thing that draws their attention is the black sand. LADY LUCK picks some up in her hand and her skin immediately turns blue.
LADY LUCK
(shaking her hand)
Bloody hell, that's cold!
LANCELOT
What the hell is this place?
An open, black gate ahead of them sparks LANCELOT's attention, a vast forest behind it. He heads toward it but the piles of corpses that lay in front of the gate stops him in his tracks.
LANCELOT notices some of the bodies, some of them wore the emblem of King Arthur. But when he sees one holding onto a shield with three griffins he breaks down.
LANCELOT
(running to Gwaine's corpse)
Gwaine!
Cradling Gwaine's body in his arms, LANCELOT can't hold back the tears.
LADY LUCK surveys the dead bodies.
LADY LUCK
They didn't even make it through the gate.
LANCELOT
They were all so young, they had their whole lives ahead of them yet this is how they'll be remembered - names on a list of those who didn't return from this forsaken island.
LADY LUCK stares at the gate, it's open bars taunting her forward.
LADY LUCK
I'm going to change that.
LANCELOT
Stop!
LANCELOT gets up and grabs LADY LUCK's arm.
LANCELOT
Why are you so eager to die, huh? Are these corpses not proof enough that you'll not make it passed that gate?
LADY LUCK
Why are ye so eager to go back to Camelot empty-handed? You've been waiting for an excuse to return and now that ye have one you're so quick to turn back. Well not me, I'm not going back without that sword!
LANCELOT
Are you crazy? What makes you think that you'll make it through?
LADY LUCK
Haven't you heard, Lancelot?
LADY LUCK twist her arm out of LANCELOT's grip.
LADY LUCK
(winks)
I'm lucky.
LANCELOT watches horrified has LADY LUCK approaches the gate. LADY LUCK is even slightly hesitant to walk through it as she nears closer. But closing her eyes she takes a huge step and pass through the gate alive.
LADY LUCK dances with joy and relief at the realisation that she's still alive.
LANCELOT
You're still alive?
LADY LUCK
I'm still alive.
(offering her hand)
You coming or not?
LANCELOT ponders for a moment, still shocked by what he just witnessed. He looks at the bodies of his comrades on the ground.
ARTHUR (V.O)
If you don't come back with Excalibur, Lancelot. Don't come back at all.
LANCELOT clenches his fist at the memory of ARTHUR's warning.
Taking a deep breath LANCELOT brings himself to a tranquil state before taking LADY LUCK'S hand as she guides him safely through the gate.
LANCELOT
I'm alive.
LADY LUCK
See wasn't that bad, was it?
LANCELOT
Who the hell are you?
LADY LUCK
A lying, backstabbing, manipulative thief.
LANCELOT smirks at her response.
LADY LUCK
Now lets go and get what we came here for.
LANCELOT
Wait. I want to bury them first.
LADY LUCK
All of them?
LANCELOT
I can't just leave them here, they deserve a proper burial.
LADY LUCK huffs in annoyance has she watches LANCELOT uses his hands to dig up cold sand. When his hands go blue with cold, he opts to use his Gwaine's shield. But then something in the distance catches her eye, a small light in the forest. She can't make out what it is but when she rubs her eyes to clear her vision, the light is no longer there.
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