The Colossaeus, Part III

**The Colossaeus, Part III** is the nineteenth episode of *Primal* and the nineth episode of the second season.

## Synopsis

Spear, Fang and Mira lead a daring escape from the Colossaeus.

## Plot

Following their failed escape attempt, Ima proceeds to have Kamau execute the runaways in front of her entire army and Fang's offspring. As Kamau takes the axe and raises it, he remembers when he and his people first met the Queen.

Kamau and his people were peaceful giants who lived a life of herding and farming in their quaint village. As two giants were busy harvesting corn, nets appeared and ensnared them. Masked men armed with khopeshes and spears began threatening the people who began to surrender despite having the capability to overpower them. As Kamau closed the door to his hut, the warriors appeared from the windows and surrounded him. Fearful of his daughter's safety, Kamau began to fight the warriors, slaying many of them in the process. However, as he let out a battle roar, he accidentally dropped her, allowing the Queen to get ahold of her and threatened her with a khopesh, forcing him to surrender.

Realizing that his daughter and people would never be free if he continued serving the Queen, Kamau lowers his axe onto Fang's chains, releasing her from her bindings. He then throws his axe straight at Ima, who is shocked and barely manages to avoid getting cleaved by it. This also causes her to drop the chain holding Fang's Offspring as they go to their mother and share a tender moment before a spear impales Fang, causing her to roar.

Spear proceeds to remove the stone embedded in the wood chaining him and begins swinging it around wildly, killing many warriors who attempted to get close to him. Mira manages to narrowly avoid getting battered by the stone and releases Spear from his bindings before grabbing a bow and arrow. Kamau's daughter tries to reach her father but is grabbed by Ima. However, Kamau manages to reach and fling her backwards before carrying her on his back. As Ima witnesses her strongest captives defying her, especially Fang, she notices a massive crossbow on her ship and decides to use it against her. Kamau heads to the ship's hull while the other three continue fighting.

Ima tries to fire the massive crossbow at Fang, but her initial shot misses as the massive tyrannosaur ducks down, narrowly missing her head. Ima loads a second bolt, but Spear notices her trying to kill Fang and confronts her. Elsewhere, Kamau shares a tender moment with his daughter before heading to the ship's hull, where he becomes terrified upon learning of the fate of the rest of his people - enslaved to row the Colosseaus.

Back at the top, Spear fights lma, but agility and skill makes her a strong opponent as she injures him. As Mira engages in a shooting battle with some Egyptians, one of the archers strikes the red-striped rex, causing it to cry in pain, alerting Mira and Spear. As the infant cries in pain, Fang becomes enraged and rams into a group of archers shooting her. Mira, realizing that the infants would die if they continued fighting, grabs the injured infant before Spear grabs the other one. Fang looks at them but appears to realize the same and the five jump overboard into the water, much to Ima's chagrin. Despite this, they still run the risk of getting splattered by the massive oars rowing the boat.

At the hull, several guards try to stop Kamau, but he easily overpowers them and begins throwing some of them off, causing the slaves below to take notice of what's going on. Seeing Kamau fight, one of the slaves stops rowing and looks up at him. An overseer tries to whip the slave back into compliance, but the slave grabs the whip and pulls the overseer towards him with a massive punch. The other slaves, noticing this, are riled to fight. As Kamau continues fighting up above, one of the guards crashes into another from below as the two look and see their people finally mustering the courage to fight back, with Kamau being noticeably moved by the scene.

Spear, Fang, her offspring and Mira watch as the giants revolt from the water before noticing another ship. Spear goes inside and slaughters the guards there before giving the keys to the slaves, who jump ship.

The Queen recovers what's left of her warriors when she hears rumbling and prepares to face whatever new enemy awaits her. The new enemy are instead the giants who charge towards her group. She lets out a battle cry to order her warriors into battle, but they're easily overpowered by the hulking giants and are all slain. While she manages to injure some of them with her khopeshes, they fail to deal any significant damage. She then confronts Kamau and tries to fight him. Despite her impressive agility, he easily swats her aside and disarms her of her khopeshes; unfazed, she notices a spear and throws it at Kamau, but it simply impales his chest and he removes it. Ima is left stricken with terror as Kamau grabs her, futilely trying to break free before Kamau heads to the side of the ship and throws her off to her demise.

As the five recuperate on their ship, the Queen crashes into theirs, completely mangled as they look up to see who was responsible for it; Kamau, who smiles down on them with his daughter. As the five set sail, Kamau shares another moment with his daughter before noticing a burning entity at the distance; the Viking Chieftain, now a massive fire demon, who is hunting Spear and Fang down.

## Characters

* Spear
* Fang
* Mira
* Fang's Offspring
* Vikings
	+ Viking Chieftain
* Egyptians
	+ Ima
* Kamau
* Kamau's Daughter
* Kamau's Tribe
* Other slaves

## References

 "Sea of Despair" • "Shadow of Fate" • "Dawn of Man" • "The Red Mist" • "The Primal Theory" • "Vidarr" • "The Colossaeus, Part I" • "The Colossaeus, Part II" • "**The Colossaeus, Part III**" • "Echoes of Eternity"