Episode 1: Dream Zone

After the events of "Yo Way Yo," Xev and Stan search for a new home. A life-supporting planet is detected by the Little Lexx and contact is made with a research scientists who welcomes them. Meanwhile, Xev has strange visions of Kai.

Opening Narration: I am the new Lexx. I am still small, but I am the most powerful vessel in the Dark Zone.

The events of "Yo Way Yo" have left the Earth and the Carrot mothership destroyed. Stan and Xev have left behind the battered remnants of Earth's star system in search of new home. They continue to traverse the Dark Zone in the Little Lexx, the offspring of their original ship. We rejoin our story's protagonists several days after Kai's sacrifice, the extermination of the Carrot probes, and the defeat of Lyekka's sinister sisters.

We find Xev and Stan asleep in their chosen rooms of the Little Lexx. Little lexx has noticeably grown in its first few days of life but still dwarfs in comparison to the original Lexx. While smaller than its adult predecessor, Little Lexx provides much more room than a crew of two would even need. Xev's room is not unlike the one she had onboard of the the original Lexx albeit a bit smaller. She sleeps in a familiar round bed. Rather than the remains of a moth, Stan sleeps on a structure reminiscent of a daybed or padded bench. In her room, Xev thrashes in her bed, clearly having a vivid dream.

Xev dreams of Kai and sees scenes of his life and living death. Xev sees Kai's judgement at his trial for disobedience on Brunnis-2. She sees when he laid dying at the feet of the Divine Shadow. She sees when his memories are restored by crushing the brain of a Divine Predecessor. She sees them kissing after the destruction of the Gigashadow, when she was Zev. This morphs into Kai kissing her as Xev before their battle with the Carrot probes. Xev then sees Kai lying in the Carrot mothership next to the hadron collider moments before his death. The flash of the explosion startles Xev enough to wake her up. As her eyes open and her vision focuses, she sees a figure in front of her. It is Kai.

Kai: Xev!

Kai vanishes, leaving a visibly shaken Xev stunned in her bed. The scene then changes to Xev and Stan eating breakfast in the galley of the Little Lexx. This galley is smaller than the previous one and food seems to be dispensed by an organic cone. Stan obviously dislikes the substance they are currently subsisting on.

Xev: I'm telling you Stan, I saw him!

Stan: Come on Xev it was just a dream.

Xev: No, this was AFTER the dream. When I woke up FROM the dream.

Stan: Look, I miss Kai too. But it couldn't have been real. We saw that asteroid get vaporized. Between Fire, Water, and Earth we have been through a lot recently. Maybe that is what is going on here?

Xev: Are you saying I'm crazy? *cluster lizard growl*

Stan: No, no! Just stressed. *Sets down the plastic-looking sheet holding his food* And this chow probably isn't helping. He's not much better than his parent was at making food that tastes good.

Xev: Well, Little Lexx has only had the remains of the planets Lyekka and her sisters left behind to eat. Maybe he will make better food if we find him something more nutritious.

Stan: I'm wondering if Lyekka left ANY planets behind at all. Xev, we might be the last two people in the universe...in TWO universes! Which gets me thinking…

Xev: No Stan.

Stan throws up his arms in frustration.

Stan: What else is new?! Y'know...

Stan is cut off by Little Lexx.

Little Lexx: Captain...captain?

Stan: Yes Little Lexx, what is it?

Little Lexx: There's a planet nearby. I think there might be life on it. It looks tasty.

Xev: A planet with life? We should check it out.

Stan: Let's see what it looks like first. Little Lexx is still a baby and might not know what he is seeing. Also remember that this is the darkest part of the Dark Zone and Prince is still out there somewhere. The chances of this being a BAD planet are very, very high.

Xev: Oh come on Stan. There might be food we can eat. And men. Maybe even a nice lady for you to get to know.

Stan: Fine, but don't say I didn't warn you. Little Lexx? *His hand glows blue with the energy of the key*

Little Lexx: Yes Captain?

Stan: Let's get a closer look at this planet. And don't eat it…*looks at Xev*...yet.

Little Lexx: As you wish, Captain.

Stan walks out of the galley. Xev rolls her eyes but follows him. On the bridge they can see what Little Lexx sees through the many windows in front of them that represent his eyes. The planet whose orbit they are approaching is clearly composed of a large ocean with multiple continents of land visible. The planet is distinguished by a ring surrounding the planet's middle.

Xev: It's pretty.

Stan: Yeah, so was Earth at first glance.

Xev: Well I think it looks more like Water did than Earth, and Water wasn't bad. Weird, but not bad. Wait, what's that?

Stan: What?

Xev: That speck there near the edge of the ring. *Points at screen*

Stan: Little Lexx, zoom in on that speck by the ring.

The image is isolated and magnified until it is clearly viewable by Stan and Xev. The object appears to be a large, artificial satellite orbiting the planet.

Stan: What is that?

Little Lexx: I do not know Captain. I am young and still learning.

Xev: I think that might be a space station.

Stan: Oh, like the Luvliner back in the Light Zone. Remember how that turned out?

Xev: Well I doubt Schlemmi will be running this one. And this at least looks more advanced than what they had on Earth. So this is probably not another type 13 planet. We might…

Xev is cut off as she notices the colors of her surroundings getting lighter and the light within the bridge getting slightly brighter. She turns to look at Stan, but Kai is standing in his place.

Xev: Kai? Is that you? *Her voice has a slight echo*

Kai: Yes Xev. It's me. *His voice shares the same echo*

Xev runs across the bridge to him, embracing and kissing him.

Xev: You're...real. Solid.

Kai: Yes. I am not a spirit.

Xev: And you're warm. So you're not dead again?

Kai: No, I believe that I am still alive.

Xev: What is this place? Is this the Dead Zone you met Prince in when you played that game against him?

Kai: No, this is something different. I believe this is another pocket universe called the Dream Zone. Beings like the Time Prophet would access it to gain psychic knowledge. I believe the destruction of the hadron collider brought me here.

Xev: Dream Zone? Then I did see you earlier. How am I here?

Kai: We kissed right before I left to attack the carrot asteroid. The DNA from your saliva must have linked us when the collider broke open the dimensional barrier.

Xev: Kai, how do you know all of this.

Kai: Even though I am now alive, I still retain the memories of a Divine Predecessor and those he stole from others.

A ripple goes through the air around them as if it was water.

Kai: Our time here is closing for now. I think you and Stan are in danger. I don't know what threatens you or why, I can just feel it through this place.

The air around them ripples more.

Kai: I'm sorry, I will try to reach out to you again later!

Zev: Kai!

Stan: Kai?

Xev looks at Stan. She is standing where she was on the bridge before entering the Dream Zone.

Xev: Stan, we need to….*Xev is cutoff by Little Lexx*

Little Lexx: Captain, I am detecting a message transmission from the space station.

Stan: Oh? Maybe we can get some information about whether this planet is any good or not. Let's hear the message Little Lexx.

The message is patched through. No video accompanies the man's voice, but a computerized soundwave dances across the Little Lexx's screens.

Haviz: My name is Dr. Haviz. Greetings from the Vulcan Research Space Station and from the planet Habuvis.

Stan: We read you loud and clear. I am Stanley H. Tweedle, captain of the Lexx.

Haviz: The Lexx? So you're on a ship then. Our sensors were reading biological data. We thought that a giant alien insect was passing through the system.

Stan: Well, it's a ship AND a big bug.

Haviz: Interesting. You sound human.

Stan: We are human. For the most part anyway.

Haviz: We?

Stan: Me and my friend Xev.

Haviz: Interesting.

Stan: We're looking for a new home. On a good planet. Is Habuvis a good planet, or a bad one?

Haviz: I'm not sure what you mean by good or bad?

Stan: Well, is it full of evil men in balloon ships? Or does it have lots of food and nice women?

Haviz: *Laughs* We definitely don't have evil people flying around in balloons down there. We do have have plenty of food and nice people. My assistant Dražen and I can accompany you two to the surface. We would like to meet you and maybe get a tour of your ship first though, if you are okay with that.

Stan: Um…*looks at Xev and shrugs his shoulders* sure.

Haviz: Excellent, we will rendezvous with the Lexx on our scout ships shortly. Over and out.

Stan: Over and…..out?

Xev: We need to be careful Stanley. Something doesn't feel right.

Stan: Xev, what gives? You're usually the one that is excited to meet new people and explore new planets. You were just talking about how this planet might be nice and have nice things on it. And Dr. Haviz and his assistant are coming here to us first. They'll be on our turf when we meet.

Xev: Something about Dr. Haviz's voice. It sounds familiar and something about that makes me very uncomfortable.

Stan: Oh. Maybe he is reincarnated from someone we know, like the people on Earth. Okay, we'll keep our guard up when they are here.

Xev: And I just saw Kai again just now on the bridge. I was definitely awake this time. He warned me that we're in danger.

Stan: Oh Xev, I don't know how to respond to that.

Xev: Didn't you notice I was gone right before we got that transmission? I was with Kai.

Stan: What are you talking about? You have been with me since breakfast time and you haven't left the bridge yet. Xev, I am really starting to worry about you.

Xev stares at Stanley as the scene shifts to the Vulcan research space station. Dr. Haviz and his assistant are in the command bay. They are seated in front of a large computer and video screen array. Dr. Haviz is identical to Dr. Khazan from the MedSat in the Light Zone. He wears a lab coat over a blue t-shirt and khaki-style pants. Dražen, meanwhile, is identical to the mercenary the Lexx crew encountered on Luvliner. He wears a black and silver paramilitary outfit.

Dražen: Are we really going over to that bug, Doctor?

Dr. Haviz: Absolutely. The trajectory of the alien ship matches the line of disappearing planets our computers detected. The two must be linked.

Dražen: You think that they destroyed those planets?

Dr. Haviz: That, or they stopped whatever was destroying them. Remember that we lost track of that giant asteroid emitting weird signals before they showed up here. Either way, that ship must be powerful and I want it.

Dražen cocks a weapon that resembles a large black handgun, stands, and holsters it at his waist. A few moments later a round, silver capsule style craft carrying Haviz and Dražen departs the space station for the Little Lexx. Stan and Xev watch the departure from the bridge.

Stan: Well, that looks more advanced than the shuttle used on Earth. Definitely not a type 13 planet.

Xev: That doesn't mean they're not bad.

Moments later, Stan and Xev are in the bay of the Little Lexx. Like other areas of the ship, it resembles that of its parent but on a smaller scale. Haviz's capsule sits between the last two moths produced by the original Lexx. The seal of the capsule hisses as the front of the sphere containing its window opens to reveal Haviz and Dražen sitting within. Stan looks at Dražen whose image briefly morphs into that of the Luvliner mercenary. Xev looks at Haviz whose image briefly morphs into that of Dr. Khazan.

Stan: You!

Xev: Khazan! *Cluster lizard growl*

Haviz: Pardon?

Xev: *Takes a step toward the capsule* You're Dr. Khazan! You killed me!

Haviz: I, uh...what?

Dražen hops out of the capsule and draws his weapon, pointing it at Xev. Xev growls again in return.

Stan: *Pointing at Dražen* Hey! That's not something someone from a good planet does!

Dr. Haviz hops out of the craft and places himself between Dražen and Xev, a hand held up toward each one.

Haviz: Now now, there's no need for that Dražen. *Turns head to Stan and Xev* I'm not sure who you think I am or what you mean about me killing you. But I am sure we can be civil about whatever is going on here. I would enjoy a tour of your ship. Afterward we will accompany you to Habuvis as YOUR tour guides. But if you feel in danger by us at any time we will leave. Deal?

Stan: *Moves close to Xev* Xev, we do need supplies the Little Lexx doesn't have yet. What if one of us gets sick or hurt? The Little Lexx doesn't have a protein regenerator. And Dr. Haviz might just be an archetype and not have anything in common with Dr. Khazan *Looks at Haviz* Yeah okay, we'll show you around.

Dražen holsters his weapon and Xev composes herself. However, she still glares at the two as they all leave the bay. Some time passes and the groups enters the bridge of the Little Lexx.

Stan: And this is the bridge.

Haviz: Interesting. This is where you steer your ship? I don't see any dashboard or computers. How do you control the Lexx?

Stan: Honestly I'm not comfortable revealing that just yet.

Haviz: Well, our scanners on the space station showed a small, unique energy signature within your ship. *Pulls out a small device resembling a smartphone from his lab coat and looks at the screen* This energy signature seems to be associated with you.

Stan: That's...that's right. I hold the key to the Little Lexx within me.

Haviz: I bet I can find a way to seperate it from you.

Components of Haviz's device shift around until it resembles a taser-like weapon, an electric charge crackles across two prongs on its top. Stan holds up his hands and steps back.

Xev: I knew it was you! *Growls and moves towards Haviz*

Haviz: Dražen!

Dražen grabs Xevs wrist while unholstering his weapon once again.

Dražen: Uh uh uh sweetheart.

Kai's image appears in front of Xev.

Kai: Xev!

The air around Kai, Xev, and Dražen ripples and they are brought to the Dream Zone. Instead of of being reminiscent of the Little Lexx's bridge, it now appears as a shadowy, misty area. Dražen lets go of Xev.

Dražen: What's happened, what did you do?!

Dražen points his weapon at Xev as Kai lifts his arm and fires his brace. It's familiar sound cries through the air as the brace slices into Dražen's chest. Dražen's now lifeless body falls to the ground and his weapon clatters out of his hand.

Xev: Kai, you saved me.

Kai: Yes, and now we must save Stan Khazan's reincarnation.

Xev: We? You mean…

Kai: Yes, I can leave this place now that I have someone I can trade places with *Looks at Dražen's body*

Kai then takes takes Xev's hand and the air ripples around them again as they are brought back to the bridge. Upon seeing Haviz threatening Stan, Xev emits a cluster lizard roar and lizard-rolls at a now confused Haviz. Xev slaps Haviz's weapon out of his hand before opening her mouth and grabbing his shoulders. Stan winces as a crunching sound signifies that Xev is devouring Haviz. Xev lets go of Haviz's now headless body which flops onto the floor of the bridge.

Stan: Oh, that was just….*Looks at Kai* Kai?!

Kai: Hello Stan, it is very good to see you again.

Xev: See? I told you I wasn't crazy.

Stan: How are you here? Are you alive or alive-dead?

Kai: I am very much alive and I will explain everything to you.

Xev: And now that you're here Kai, you can help us explore this new planet.

Stan: You want to go down there after what just happened?

Xev: You said it yourself Stan, we need supplies that the Little Lexx can't provide. And we do need to find a home at some point.

Stan: Yeah, okay. At least we have our crew back together. Minus one homicidal robot head.

Xev: Well, let's head down and see what Habuvis has to offer.

The scene pans down past the three and the floor of the bridge to show 790's deactivated head still within the depths of the Little Lexx. The left corner of the robot head is missing but otherwise is still intact.