Atlantis: The Lost Empire Page #7

of a few countries...

who'd pay anything

to find out.

[Rumbling]

Hurry. Get on.

Jackpot.

Ohh.

The kings of our past.

[Speaking

Atlantean softly]

Thatch, tell her to wrap it up.

We got a schedule

to meet.

Um...

Kida...

I'm sorry.

[Voices murmuring]

Come on,

let's get this over with.

I don't like this place.

All right, Thatch,

what's next?

OK, there's

a giant crystal...

hovering 150 feet

above our heads...

over a bottomless pit

of water.

Doesn't anything

surprise you?

ROURKE:
The only thing

that surprises me...

Mahtim.

ROURKE:
That thing's

not on the truck yet.

Now move it!

I don't know

how to move it.

I don't even know

what's holding it up there.

Ahh.

Talk to me, Thatch.

What's happening?

Look, all it says here...

is that the crystal

is alive somehow.

It... I don't know

how to explain it.

It's their deity.

It's their power source.

ROURKE:
Speak English,

professor.

MILO:
They're part of it.

It's a part of them.

L... I'm doing

the best I can here.

Well, do better.

Oh, I know.

Why don't you translate...

and I'll wave the gun around.

What did she say?

I don't know.

L... I didn't catch it.

[Woman sings in Atlantean]

[Chorus singing]

[Rumbling]

[Thunder]

[Thunder]

[Rumbling]

[Low humming]

[Energy blasts]

[Noises stop]

[Energy blasts]

Hold your horses, lover boy.

Kida.

Kida.

[Rumbling]

[Rumbling stops]

MILO:
No, don't.

Don't touch her.

[People murmuring]

SERGEANT:

All right, step back.

SQUAD LEADER:
Sergeant,

keep those people back.

You heard him.

Step back.

SERGEANT:

I'm warning you.

So...

I guess this is

how it ends, huh?

Fine. You win.

You're wiping out

an entire civilization...

but, hey...

you'll be rich.

MILO:

Congratulations, Audrey.

Guess you and your dad

will be able...

to open up that

second garage after all.

And, Vinny, you can start

a whole chain of flower shops.

I'm sure your family's

going to be very proud.

But that's what

it's all about, right?

Money.

Get off your soapbox, Thatch.

You've read Darwin.

It's called natural selection.

We're just helping it along.

Commander, we're ready.

Yeah, give me a minute.

I know

I'm forgetting something.

I got the cargo,

the crystal, the crew...

Oh, yeah.

[Atlanteans gasp]

Look at it this way, son.

You were the man

who discovered Atlantis...

and now you're part

of the exhibit.

Let's move, people.

HELGA:
That was an order,

not a suggestion.

Let's go!

[Sighs]

[Inhales]

We're all going to die.

ROURKE:
Oh, you can't

be serious.

This is wrong,

and you know it.

We're this close

to our biggest payday ever...

and you pick now of all times

to grow a conscience.

We've done a lot of things

we're not proud of...

robbing graves,

plundering tombs...

double parking...

but nobody got hurt.

Well, maybe

somebody got hurt...

but nobody we knew.

ROURKE:
Well, if that's

the way you want it, fine.

More for me.

P.T. Barnum was right.

[Engine backfires]

We can't let him

do this!

Wait a second.

[Crowd gasps]

OK, now you can go.

SWEET:
Milo,

you better get up here.

MILO:

How's he doing?

Not good, I'm afraid.

Internal bleeding.

There's nothing more

I can do.

MILO:
What a nightmare.

And I brought it here.

Ah, don't go

beating yourself up.

He's been after that

crystal since Iceland.

The crystal.

Sweet, that's it.

These... these crystals...

they have some sort

of healing energy.

I've... I've seen it work.

KING:
No.

Where is my daughter?

Well, she... she...

Mmm.

She has been chosen...

like her mother before her.

What?

KING:

In times of danger...

the crystal

will choose a host...

one of royal blood...

to protect itself...

and its people.

It will accept no other.

W-Wait a minute.

Choose?

So this thing is alive?

In a way.

The crystal thrives...

on the collective emotions...

of all who came before us.

In return,

it provides power...

longevity, protection.

As it grew...

it developed

a consciousness of its own.

[Coughs]

In my arrogance...

I sought to use it

as a weapon of war...

but it's power proved

too great to control.

It overwhelmed us...

and led to our destruction.

That's why you hid it

beneath the city...

to keep history

from repeating itself.

KING:
And to prevent Kida

from suffering the same fate...

as my beloved wife.

What do you mean?

Wh...

What's going to happen

to Kida?

If she remains bonded

to the crystal...

she could be lost to it forever.

The love of my daughter

is all I have left.

My burden

would have become hers...

when the time was right...

but now...

it falls to you.

Me?

Return the crystal.

[Coughs]

Save Atlantis.

Save my daughter.

[Stops breathing]

[Horn blows in distance]

[Takes deep breath]

Hmm.

So, what's it going to be?

Excuse me?

I followed you in,

and I'll follow you out.

It's your decision.

Oh, my decision?

Well, I think we've seen

how effective...

my decisions have been.

Let's recap.

I lead a band

of plundering vandals...

to the greatest

archeological find...

in recorded history...

thus enabling

the kidnap and/or murder...

of the royal family...

not to mention

personally delivering...

the most powerful force

known to man...

into the hands

of a mercenary nutcase...

who's probably going

to sell it to the Kaiser!

Have I left

anything out?

Well, you did

set the camp on fire...

and drop us

down that big hole.

Thank you.

Thank you very much.

Of course,

it's been my experience...

when you hit bottom...

the only place

left to go is up.

[Sighs]

Who told you that?

A fella by the name

of Thaddeus Thatch.

Where are you going?

I'm going after Rourke.

Milo, that's crazy.

I didn't say

it was the smart thing...

but it is the right thing.

[Sighs]

Come on. We better make sure

he doesn't hurt himself.

Milo, what do you think

you are doing?

Just follow my lead.

[Engine revs]

Wow.

I'm impressed.

It's simple.

All you got to do...

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Shut up. We get it, OK?

No, no, wait!

[Thud]

[Atlanteans gasp]

Gently.

Just gently.

Hey, Milo,

you got something sporty?

You know, like a tuna?

How is this done?

All you got to do

is use the crystals.

Kida showed me.

Half-turn right,

quarter-run back.

Keep your hand

on the pad.

Saddle up, partners.

Bring jerky and ammo.

[Engines revving]

I'm so excited.

MILO:

All right, this is it!

We're going to rescue

the princess.

We're going to save

Atlantis.

Or we're going to die trying.

Now let's do it!

[Atlanteans cheering]

[Explosion]

I love it when I win.

OK, here's the plan.

We're going to come in

low and fast...

and take them by surprise.

Well, I've got

news for you, Milo.

Rourke is never surprised,

and he's got a lot of guns.

Great. Well, do you have

any suggestions?

Yeah.

Don't get shot.

There they are!

We've got company!

Take off!

Take her up!

[Gunfire]

Holy smokes!

You told me

he only had guns.

What I said was,

he's never surprised.

OK, now things

are getting good.

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