Hercules and Iolaus help a man being beaten up by some thugs, but are them ambushed by Demetrius' men. Iolaus tells the man to take of his mask but he does not. Hercules asks if he would prefer to fight a monster, Iolaus asks if there are any left. In the cave, Echidna uses her powers to create some archers and she tells them that Demetrius is not enough because he is a mortal challenging the son of Zeus. She says they are to kill Hercules, but she wants Alcmene to see it, so she can know the suffering Hercules inflicted on her by killing her children.