Free Flash Gordon 5 - The Witch Queen of Mongo by Alex Raymond

But evil and dangerous.
    “Well, we must bring you out of your stupor, lovely Flash,” Queen Azura murmured, again moving her hand to Flash’s face and touching his cheek. “Then we shall see what happens to the brave Earth visitor.”
    She turned and clapped her hands loudly.
    An oval aperture in the wall opened and a group of four bespectacled individuals came into the room. They stood around the gravity sled without further orders.
    “Bring the big one to consciousness,” snapped Azura.
    “What about the small one, oh, Queen Azura?” asked one of the men.
    “Put him in one of the suspension vaults, for the time being,” the queen said after a moment’s thought. She gestured vaguely toward the wall.
    “Yes, Your Majesty,” said another of the workers.
    They approached the gravity sled. One of them peered through the thick lenses at Flash’s face. He reached into his skintight leotard and removed a small box. It was full of capsules. He lifted one and brought it close to Flash’s face.
    “That’ll be enough, Dr. Kluf,” said Queen Azura. “Take care of the youth and leave me.”
    Dr. Kluf waved his hands at the others and they lifted Willie from the sled and carried him on his back over to one of the boxes lining the wall. Carefully, they turned him upright, and then placed him in the box. He stood there serenely, staring out into the chamber.
    “Don’t wake him,” Azura snapped thinly.
    “Yes, oh, Queen Azura,” Dr. Kluf said, bowing, his eyes narrowed behind the lenses of his glasses.
    What kind of eyes, Flash wondered, must these people need to see in this half-dark kingdom?
    Azura clapped her hands and stamped her foot. “Out,” she said.
    “Me too?” Qilp asked with a leer.
    “No,” Azura said slowly. “You stay; I may need your help.”
    The two of them stared at Flash on the gravity sled.
    “He should be coming around now,” Queen Azura mused lazily. “Maybe this will speed up matters.”
    She leaned down over Flash and touched his lips with hers.
    Qilp giggled.
    Quickly, Flash grasped her wrist and held her tightly, so she could not move.
    “Let me go,” gasped Azura.
    “You want to play games with me?” Flash asked roughly. “Then let’s play.”
    Azura’s face turned red. “Flash, I’ve been good to you. I gave you the antidote to the nerve gas. Now you be good to me.”
    Flash sat up slowly on the seat of the gravity sled and held her tightly against him.
    “Don’t joke with me. You haven’t done a thing for me. You’re still holding me captive.” Flash smiled at her briefly. “Or possibly, I’m holding you captive.”
    Azura’s face stiffened. “You’re hurting me, Flash. I’ll remember that when—” Azura fell silent.
    “When what?”
    She shook her head.
    “All right,” Flash said, shaking Azura’s wrists and giving her a twist. “Give the antidote to Willie.”
    Azura’s face was blank. “Who’s Willie?”
    Flash nodded his head toward the suspension vault where Willie had been placed.
    “In that coffin you’ve got against the wall.”
    “Oh. You mean the silly little boy.”
    “Give him the antidote,” Flash snapped. “And be quick about it.”
    “Is he your son, Flash?” Azura asked slyly.
    “He’s a good friend,” said Flash.
    “You’ve always played it so heavy with me, Flash. We’re here together. What’s wrong with relaxing a little? We can have a good time before I let you go.”
    Flash stared. “I don’t believe you will let me go, Azura.”
    Her face twisted. “You aren’t doing yourself any good grabbing hold of me like that,” Azura said.
    “I’ll let you go if you tell that dwarf of yours to bring Willie out of his paralysis.”
    “I’m no dwarf,” Qilp yelled indignantly.
    “He can’t do it, anyway,” Azura assured Flash. “Only I can, or my scientists.”
    “Then do it.”
    “How can I act when you’ve got hold of my hands?” Azura pleaded.
    “Tell me what to do,” Flash ordered her. “I’ll do