At dawn the following morning, as the rebels gather in an abandoned temple to prepare for another raid, Syrus bursts in with his troops. Hercules and Iolaus jump into the fray but when Vericles is killed and Rheanna taken hostage, all are forced to surrender. The real traitor turns out to be Hephates, Rheanna's sister-in-law, and the woman Iolaus "saw" in his vision. King Melkos decrees that the rebels and Hercules will be found guilty and executed after a trial the next day. But when morning comes, Hercules and Iolaus cleverly trick their prison guards and free all the prisoners. Hercules, Iolaus and Rheanna make a dazzling escape
