Atlantis: The Lost Empire Page #5

[Voices speaking Atlantean]

[Grunts]

[Sighs]

[Rumbling]

Hey, wait!

MILO:
Who... who are you?

Where are you going?

Come back!

[Grunting]

[Echoing]

Hey, wait a minute!

Who are you?

Sweet mother

of Jefferson Davis!

It's beautiful.

Milo, I gotta

hand it to you.

You really came through.

[Screeching]

SWEET:
Uh, I take that back.

Holy cats!

Who are these guys?

- They gotta be Atlanteans.

- What? That's impossible!

I seen this back

in the Dakota.

They can smell fear

just by looking at ya.

So keep quiet.

[Speaking Atlantean]

I think it's

talking to you.

[Speaking Atlantean]

[Haltingly

speaking Atlantean]

Ita, sum amice viator.

Dices linguam Romae.

Parlez-vous francais?

Oui, monsieur!

They speak

my language!

Pardon,

mademoiselle?

Ah, voulez-vous...

[Whispering]

Ooh, I like her.

Hmm! 'Bout time

someone hit him.

I'm just sorry

it wasn't me.

Buenos dias.

Guten tag!

[Atlanteans speaking

various languages]

How do they know

all these languages?

Their language must be

based on a root dialect.

It's just like

the Tower of Babel.

Well, maybe English

is in there somewhere.

We are explorers

from the surface world.

We come in peace.

Welcome to the city

of Atlantis.

Come. You must speak

with my father now.

Squad "B," head back to

the shaft...

and salvage what you can.

OFFICER:
Yes, sir!

ROURKE:
We'll rendezvous

in 24 hours.

OFFICER:
Let's move it.

You heard him.

[Sighs]

I'm so excited!

[Screeching]

MILO:
Now, what's

really amazing is that...

if you deconstructed

Latin, you overlaid it...

with a little Sumerian...

throw in a dash

of Thessalonian...

you'd be getting close to their

basic grammatical structure.

Or at least you'd be

in the same ballpark...

- Someone's having a good time.

- Like a kid at Christmas.

Commander, there were not

supposed to be people down here.

This changes everything.

This changes nothing.

MILO:
Take that, Mr. Harcourt!

ROURKE:
Your Majesty?

On behalf of my crew...

may I say it is an honor

to be welcomed to your city.

Ahem. Uh, excuse me?

Commander?

You presume much...

to think you are

welcome here.

Oh, sir, we have come

a long way looking for...

I know what you seek...

and you will not

find it here.

Your journey has been in vain.

But we are peaceful explorers,

men of science.

Heh heh heh.

And yet you bring weapons.

Our weapons allow us to remove

obstacles we may encounter.

Some obstacles cannot be removed

with a mere show of force.

Return to your people.

You must leave Atlantis at once.

Oh, Your Majesty,

be reasonable.

Sir...

Not now, son.

Trust me on this.

We better do as he says.

May I respectfully request

that we stay one night, sir?

That would give us

time to rest, resupply...

and be ready to travel

by morning.

Hmm. Very well.

One night. That is all.

Well, thank you, Your Majesty.

[Sighs]

Mmm. Your heart

has softened, Kida.

A thousand years ago...

you would have

slain them on sight.

A thousand years ago,

the streets were lit...

and our people did not

have to scavenge for food...

at the edge

of a crumbling city!

The people are content.

They do not

know any better!

We were once a great people.

Now we live in ruins.

The kings of our past

would weep...

if they could see

how far we have fallen.

- Kida.

- Lf these outsiders...

can unlock the secrets

of our past...

perhaps we can

save our future.

What they have to teach us...

we have already learned.

Our way of life is dying.

Our way of life

is preserved.

Mmm. Kida, when you

take the throne...

you will understand.

So, how'd it go?

Well, the King and his daughter

don't exactly see eye to eye.

She seems to like us OK,

but the King...

I don't know, I think

he's hiding somethin'.

Well, if he's hiding something,

I want to know what it is.

Someone needs to

talk to that girl.

I will go!

Someone with good people skills.

I will do it!

Someone who won't

scare her away.

I volunteer!

Someone who can

speak the language.

For the good

of the mission, I will go!

Good man, Thatch.

Thanks for volunteering.

[Sobbing]

Go get 'em, tiger.

OK, Milo, don't take

no for an answer.

"Look, I have

some questions for you...

and I'm not leaving this city

until they're answered!"

Yeah, that's it.

That's good, that's good.

I have some

questions for you...

and you are not

leaving this city...

until they are answered.

Yeah, well, l... OK.

Shh!

Come with me.

Oh, there is so much

to ask about your world.

You are a scholar, are you not?

Judging from your

diminished physique...

and large forehead...

you are suited for nothing else.

What is your

country of origin?

When did the flood

waters recede?

- How did you...

- Wait a minute.

I got a few questions

for you, too.

So let's do this, OK?

You ask one,

then I'll ask one...

then you, then me, then...

Well, you get it.

Very well.

What is your first question?

Well, OK, uh,

how did you get here?

Well, I mean,

not you personally...

but your... your culture.

I mean, how did all of this

end up down here?

It is said that the gods became

jealous of Atlantis.

They sent a great cataclysm

and banished us here.

All I can remember

is the sky going dark...

and people shouting

and running.

Then, a bright light,

like a star...

floating above the city.

My father said it called

my mother to it.

I never saw her again.

I'm sorry. If it...

if it's any consolation...

l-I know how you feel,

because I lost my...

Wait a minute. Wait a minute!

Whoa, back up!

Wh... what... what are

you telling me...

that you remember

because you were there?

No, that... that's impossible...

because, I mean,

that would make you...

you know,

Yes.

Oh, well, hey, uh, pfft!

Lookin' good.

Just, uh, ahem...

You got another question for me?

Yes. How is it you found

your way to this place?

Well, I'll tell you,

it wasn't easy.

If it weren't for this book,

we never would have made it.

OK, second question.

Legend has it

that your people possessed...

a power source of some kind

that enabled them...

You mean you can

understand this?

Yes, I'm a linguist.

That's what I do,

that's my job.

Now, getting back

to my question...

This, right here,

you can read this?

Yes, yes, I can read Atlantean,

just like you.

You can't, can you?

No one can.

Such knowledge

has been lost to us...

since the time

of the Mehbelmok.

Oh, the Great Flood.

Show me.

OK, uh...

[Reading in Atlantean]

"Follow the narrow passage

for another league.

There you will find

the fifth marker."

Yeah. Yeah, that's it.

How was my accent?

Boorish, provincial...

and you speak it

through your nose.

Yeah, gotta work

on that.

Here, let me

show you something.

What? It looks like

some sort of vehicle.

Yes. But no matter

what I try...

it will not respond.

- Perhaps if...

- Way ahead of you.

OK, let's see

what we got here.

OK. "Place crystal into slot."

Yes, yes,

I have done that!

"Gently place your hand

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