On the other hand, Kai lands on a floating city on the Water planet. After the hard landing, Kai stretches himself back into alignment. After that, he checks out the city and finds that the city had been attacked, cause all the people were dead and parts of the place was in flames and smoke. He follows the sound of a song. A song played by a flute. He sees that it's a tall, young blonde in a long blue dress.
In the meantime, Stan and Lazenby were brought into Prince's quarters, blindfolded, but then a Priest removed their blindfolds and Stan's happy to see Xev. Xev gives him a hug, glad that he's alive. Both making sure that they're okay and well. Not Lazenby, whom collapsed on the floor below. Stan rushes to his aid and carefully positions his head on his lap. Xev assumes that the other guy, in the security guard outfit, is her son due to the way Stan rushed over to him.
Prince: Congratulations, Stanley.
Then Prince walks over toward Stanley and Xev, with a little water bottle in his hand. Stan is sure not happy to see Prince.
Stanley: Prince!
Prince: You passed the test.
Prince gives Stanley some water and Xev tells Stan that it's okay, so Stan takes the water and tries to give it to Lazenby. It's clear that Lazenby needs it more, cause of his condition.
Prince: I am not your enemy.
Stanley: Yeah right. What did me and my son ever do to you?
Xev, of course, jumps in to defend Prince.
Xev: Stanley, listen to him. He needs our...your help.
Stanley lashes out to that.
Stanley: Me help him? Do you know what me and Lazenby just been through?
Xev: No, what?
Stanley: First, we were on the Lexx and then they took us and put us in this thing...
Stanley was interrupted Prince trying to calm him down and by Xev.
Xev: It was a test.
Stanley: He tried to kill me and my son.
Prince: You showed great courage.
Stanley retorts back at Prince.
Prince: This planet is called Fire.
Stan lashes back out at Prince.
Stanley: Well, that's original.
Xev, again, defends Prince.
Xev: Show some respect, Stan.
Stanley: To him after what he put me and my son through. In his condition, I'm surprised he didn't die right there and then.
Prince ignores the fact that his son didn't look that important to care about, so he keeps changing the subject.
Prince: I am it's Prince.
Stanley: Well, I'm a Captain.
Prince starts explaining his situation to Stan.
Prince: We are at war. A war against planet Water. It's getting too hot here to sustain human life. We have no water and they have no end of water and will not give us a single drop. But, we will defeat them and our suffering will end.
Prince looks back at Stan and Xev.
Prince: I need your help, Stanley. You command the Lexx and I have learned that the Lexx is a great weapon. A weapon that will finally tip the scales.
That's when Stan realizes that Xev must have filled in the blanks for Prince, as she walks right past him. Xev looks dreamy at Prince. She sees him as a man that she feels a strong connection with. Prince directs his attention back to Stan.
Prince: You can end this war. Are you willing to help us?
Stanley: Why should I, after what you did to mean my son?
Prince: If you will use your weapon, on your ship, to help us, I will be eternally grateful.
Stanley: Yeah right! So, what's in it for me?
The Xev enters the conversation. But, only to defend Prince.
Xev: Stan?
Stanley: Forget it, Xev. Why should I help him?
Xev: Because you should.
Stan folds his arms and responds back sarcastically.
Stanley: Make me laugh.
Xev: If we don't help, his people will die.
Stanley: Who's side are you on?
Stan was quite taken that Xev seems to be favoring Prince over her own flesh and blood.
Stanley: What's with you? You seem to show more compassion for people you don't know over your own flesh and blood. Ever since we got here, you didn't ask once about why our son isn't looking too good.
Xev: Okay, fine. How is he?
Stanley: His heartbeat is faint. We gotta get him back to the Lexx.
Stanley: Okay, I'm waiting. What's the deal?
Prince: As I said, I will be eternally grateful.
Stanley: I'm not helping you until I get help for my son first.
Prince walks over to the door and opens up the blinds. Apparently, he see a balloon and smiles as if he is expecting something to happen. Or, that he has a plan in the works.
Prince: It really is a matter of life and death.
That's when an arrow, from a crossbow, shoots him right in the chest. Holding his wound, he collapses to the floor in pain. In agony, Xev rushes over to Prince's side and pulls out the arrow from his chest. Stan carefully places Lazenby's head down on the floor and rushes over to the window and notices that one of the people, in the balloon, is Kai.
Stanley: I think it's Kai. Wait, it is Kai.
After Xev pulls out the arrow, she throws it aside and attends to Prince. Apparently, Prince has some last words.
Prince: Promise me something, Xev.
Xev: Yes, what?
Prince: Promise me that you won't let Water destroy us.
Xev is holding back some tears.
Xev: I promise.
And leans down to give Prince a kiss on the lips, as he struggles to raise his head up and kiss her back. Then the kiss breaks.
Prince: I wanted you to love me.
Xev: I do. I know this doesn't make any sense, but I do too.
Stan rolls his eyes at that. Stan looks over and sees Xev crying over Prince's dead body.
Xev: He's dead.
Xev says in tears. That's when two priests come in and sound the alarm for reinforcements. That is when Kai comes in and saves the day. Stan goes up to Kai to ask him about Lazenby.
Stanley: Kai, something is wrong with Lazenby. Can you tell what's wrong with him.
Both walk over to Lazenby's body. Kai could see that Lazenby has lost some body mass and could already tell what's wrong.
Kai: Stan, it appears that Lazenby is starving. It's clear that he hasn't had anything for weeks.
Stanley: Will he make it?
Kai: His organs could be shutting down. He may have, at least, a day or so to live.
Stan, sadden, looks down at his ill-fated son and tries not to cry.
Kai: We should leave him here. There's nothing we can do for him and he's pretty much dead.
Stanley: I'm not leaving my son down here to die. If he's gonna die, then he should die on the Lexx.
Kai: Then, I will help you carry him onto the balloon.
Before Stan assists Kai to carry his son, Stan has a hard time convincing Xev that she should leave Prince and come with him an live, as Kai holds off the guards. Just the crew were getting ready to leave, a woman named May jumps out of the balloon and introduces herself.
May: Hi, I'm May.
Stanley: I'm Stanley Tweedle.
May: Let's go.
Stan and Xev get onto the balloon with the help of May. Kai gets on a minute later. For some reason, the priests of Prince City hold a ceremony to resurrect Prince. On the gondola, Xev is very saddened that May had killed her Prince. Stan is saddened that his son only has hours to live. Xev keeps her cool until they reach the Lexx. On the bridge. Now, on the bridge, the crew and May conclude to what's going on. On the bridge, Stan has kneeled down to Lazenby, with May stands behind him.
May: So Stanley, will you help me?
Stanley: Yeah, if I can.
May: Then destroy Fire and end the war.
Stanley: Blow up Fire?
May: Yeah, cause it's an evil place. Destroy it and end it's evil.
Then Xev enters the conversation and adds her input and to defend Prince as well.
Xev: How do you know it's evil?
Stanley: One visit and I'm sure left with that impression. Look what happened to Lazenby. Evil Prince, clearly, took him down there and made him work in the bellows in his condition.
Xev: Prince was not evil.
Stanley: Yes he was.
Xev: I could see through him and could see something you clearly couldn't.
Stanley: Oh please, Xev, your a love slave. You just had the hots for him. Your judgment was impaired.
Xev: It's not that simple.
Stanley: It was fancy talk to get into your pants.
Xev: You don't know anything.
Stanley: Other than the truth, Xev.
Xev: The truth is that Prince was a great man and she killed him.
Then Xev walks away, leaving Stan and May to talk about destroying Fire. More like, May is trying to persuade Stanley.
May: Destroy the planet, Stanley. It's the right thing to do. Do what's right for your son.
Then Stan includes Kai in the conversation. More like asking for Kai's opinion.
Stanley: Kai, what do you think?
Kai: About what?
Stanley: Should I destroy the planet?
Kai: Why would you want to destroy it?
Stanley: Because it's an evil place.
Then Xev cuts in the conversation again.
Xev: So she says.
Stanley: It is an evil place.
Xev: Stanley, maybe you don't quite get it. These planets are at war. One planet has everything and one planet has nothing. Who are we to judge a whole world?
Then Xev confronts May, giving her a sneer.
Xev: I think you're the evil one telling Stan to do that. Plus, we already know that you're a murderer.
May: You don't know anything. Prince destroyed my city and took my whole world away from me.
Xev: You're a liar.
May: It's simple. Water is good and Fire is evil.
Xev, again, walks off.
May: You can end the war, Stanley.
Stanley: I don't know if the Lexx's weapon works any more.
The Stan faces Kai.
Stanley: How long were we frozen?
Kai: Answer, 790.
790: I calculate about 4,332 standard years.
That was a big number. It was a big surprise for Stanley.
Stanley: Woh! 4,000 years?
Stanley climbs up on the pedestal to talk to the Lexx.
Stanley: Lexx, are you still there?
Lexx: I'm here, Stanley. I am very hungry.
Stanley: Does your weapon still work? If I asked you to blow up a planet, could you do it?
Lexx: I think my weapon still has enough charge in it, Stan. Which planet would you like me to destroy?
Stanley: None just yet. Just wanted to make sure.
Then Kai makes it clear that the Lexx's main drive still doesn't work. Which means that the Lexx can't destroy a planet without pointing at it. While the Lexx is in a figure eight orbit, around the two planets, there is only a limited about of time that the Lexx is pointed at either planet.
Stan, then, figures something out while he looks over to Lazenby.
Stanley: Kai, if you think we hook the protein regenerator to Lazenby, we can save him?
Kai: If the protein regenerator works.
Stanley: Well, it's worth a shot. I haven't known Lazenby long enough to see him die on me.
Kai: We can try.
Kai helps Stan move Lazenby to the cryo-chamber, lays him against an open pod and hooks him up to the protein regenerator. When Stan starts up the regenerator, it falls apart on him, leaving Stan dumbfounded and face-palmed. Stan is now, too busy trying to help Lazenby, that he forgets about May's persuasion to blow up Fire. Kai walks over to Lazenby to inspect him.
Stanley: How long does Lazenby have?
Kai: Hours. Not long at all.
Stanley: We can fix him up, can we?
Kai: Yes we can - if the protein regenerator were working.
Stanley: Well, then we'll, we'll freeze him in the cryopod until we can get the protein regenerator fixed.
Xev: We can't because the control unit is broken.
Stanley: Kai - tell 790 to fix the protein regenerator.
Kai: Repair the protein regenerator, 790.
790: I cannot repair it.
Stanley: Why not?
Xev: Because he doesn't have hands.
Stanley: I'll be your hands, you just tell me exactly what to do.
790: It's precise and delicate work. You are far too clumsy.
Stanley: Okay, then Kai can do it. You can do it, can't you, Kai?
Kai: If 790 instructs me. But there are many small parts, and it will take time.
Stanley: Okay, let's just get going.
Stan checks on Lazenby, then looks at Xev.
Stanley: Well, aren't you gonna help?
Xev: He's gonna die anyways, so what's the point.
Stanley: How can you say that?!
Stan is now appalled by Xev's behavior and confronts her.
Xev: I'm sorry, but Kai's right. He's as good as dead anyways.
Stanley: That's our son you're talking about. I can't believe that you're not even putting out an effort to try and save him.
Xev: No, he's your son. I never wanted a child with you and that's just how I feel.
Stanley: That's how you feel? Well, this is how I feel.
Stan grabs Xev by the throat.
Stanley: You cruel bitch! Just because Prince died, does not mean you gotta take it out on our son.
But she quickly has him by the throat instead. Kai just watches.
Xev: Lazenby was a mistake, so as far as I'm concerned he can die, and that's just how I feel!
Xev lets Stan go, then walks away.
Stanley: Well, just - just go Xev, just leave. I can fix it without you. I can fix it. I know I can fix it.
On the bridge, Xev blows off some steam by taking a few deep breaths while looking at the view screen. She walks over by the pedestal and sees May's flute hanging on one of the arm rest. As she flicks it with her fingers, she thinks about why Prince's death changed her decision making and mood. She later comes back into the cryo-chamber to help Stan. They both apologize to each other around the same time Kai finishes getting the protein regenerator together.
Stanley: Look, this, this must be all of them. I can't see any more parts.
790: You do not have the cooker. You cannot proceed any further until you have it.
Stanley: But this is all there is. There aren't any more parts.
Kai: What does it look like?
790: Green, with a yellow stripe.
Stanley: OK then, you're just gonna have to make it work without the cooker.
790: Not possible.
Stanley: But - it's not here now, so it couldn't have been here before.
Xev: Here it is.
She is standing behind Stan. Stan reaches for the part, but Xev gives it to Kai.
790: Now - insert the tubular casing into the enzyme pack - the green plug goes on the end.
Xev: I'm sorry Stan. I know how much our son means to you.
Stanley: Yeah, well, I'm sorry too Xev. Thanks.
Kai switches on the protein regenerator, but it doesn't work.
Stanley: What's wrong?
790: I'm not sure. It should be working.
Stanley: You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?
Kai: No he's not.
790: We must disassemble it.
Stanley: But we can't, we don't have time, I mean, just look at him. No Kai, don't, don't, it's a robot trick.
790: This machine has not been operated for thousands of years. One or more of its sub components are not functioning properly. We must disassemble it, find the non-functioning part or parts, perform any necessary repairs and then return to this process.
Stanley: No.
XEV: Stan, listen to 790.
Stanley: No, no, look, we don't have time, just, just look at her. Lazenby?
Stan starts shaking the protein regenerator.
Stanley: Is it working now? Come on, robot head, tell me, is it working now?
790: No.
Stanley: Is it working now?
790: No.
Stan kicks the protein regenerator.
Stanley: What do we do?
790: Whatever you want, it doesn't matter.
Stanley: What do you mean, it doesn't matter.
790: We lost him.
Kai goes to check Lazenby's pulse.
Stanley: No.
Kai: Lazenby is dead. I'm sorry, Stanley.
Stanley: No - you can't know that.
Kai steps down from the cryopod, and starts removing the sensors from Lazenby's body.
Kai: I am good at determining the state of death. It was a required function for assassins of the Divine Order.
Xev holds Stan's hand.
Stanley: It's okay, just, you can go away, okay, just lave me alone, please, please just leave me alone.
Xev: All right.
As everyone left the cryo-chamber, Stan leans against Lazenby's pod and starts sobbing. Stan realizes that he's missed out on a lot of Lazenby growing up. The chances of getting to know his son more, has parished. Stan stood beside him and cried he fell asleep.
In the moth breeding chamber, Kai and Zev are watching the mothbreeders peel a membrane off a new moth.
Kai: Stanley's behavior should not be unexpected. Both of you have had only limited contact with real human beings for a long time. I believe you are emotionally vulnerable.
Xev: I know I am. And I've never had much contact with real human beings - living ones, that is.
Meanwhile, in the cryo-chamber, Stan is awakened by voices and is startled to see Prince.
Prince: He's here for you Stanley, if you want him to be.
Stanley: Prince, I thought you were dead.
Prince: Do you want your son alive, Stanley?
Stanley: What are you talking about?
Prince: Do you want your son alive or not?
Stanley: But, he's dead.
Prince: He doesn't have to be. You saw me die, didn't you? Do you want your son alive or not?
Stanley: Yes, I want Lazenby to live.
Prince: Then you and I should make a deal. I will agree to bring your son back to life if you use your ship to blow up the planet Water.
Stanley: No, I can't destroy a planet, with a lot of people, for just one person.
Prince: That's a good decision. Then you passed the test.
Stanley: So, Lazenby will live now?
Prince: Your son would stay as he is.
Stan looks over at Lazenby's lifeless body and gives Prince's deal a second thought. Once he noticed that Prince was out of sight.
Stanley: Prince? I agree. I'll use the Lexx to blow up Water if May can live. I agree! Prince? Prince!
He agrees to the deal by shouting it out for Prince to hear. He heard it, cause Lazenby opens his eyes and reaches his arms out for his father.
Lazenby: Father?
Stanley: Son? You're alive.
Stanley walks up to him and gives his son a long and deep smile.