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for a night or two

for observation.

She's suffered

a cerebral hypoxia.

That's a deep water black out.

I've given her

a sedative,

so she'll be drowsy

for awhile.

Good thing this fellow

was around.

Another 30 seconds

and we'd be having

a different conversation.

Thanks, Wenson.

Dumb kid.

Ah, it was my fault.

She was telling me

about her free diving

and I asked her

to show me.

Nah, she doesn't listen

to anybody.

Nice try, though.

(Gull crying)

(Rasca whistling)

Don't worry, girl.

Alyssa's gonna be alright,

alright?

She's coming back

any time soon.

I'll be up there

if you need me, okay?

(Jet ski approaching)

(Soft music)

(Styles)

As you can see,

it's the same animal, sir.

The markings match.

The dolphin they called Rasca

is our Kate.

She was an integral part

of our marine mammal program.

After the training incident,

she probably got confused

and lost her bearings.

Training incident?

What training incident?

Operational details

are restricted

to Marine Mammal

Command personnel,

if you'd like, I can call

Admiral Black in San Diego.

That won't be necessary.

I've already talked

to Admiral Black about you.

Told me all about

the court martial proceedings

that ended your career

in submarine command.

Now they've got you

chasing animals.

Dolphins, sir.

Ah.

Oh, did it ever occur to you

to just ask for the animal back?

You've dealt with Harker.

Do you seriously think

he would voluntarily cooperate

with the Navy?

What's so special

about this dolphin?

With all due respect, sir,

this is no ordinary dolphin.

She's a major investment

in United States security.

Millions of dollars

have been spent training her,

and quite frankly,

a dolphin trained like this

is a threat to civilians.

So really, we'd be

doing everyone a favour.

Shall I call

Admiral Black, Sir?

(Blaine)

No.

Just keep me informed.

And no surprises.

No surprises, sir.

Dismissed.

(Styles)

Thank you.

(Rasca whistling)

(Rasca whistling)

(Ominous music)

(Whistling)

(Rasca whistles)

(Whistling)

(Rasca whistling)

(Rasca whistling)

(Rasca sounds distressed)

(Rasca whistling)

(Faint whistling)

(Boat motor humming)

(Rasca sounding distressed)

(Alyssa)

Please, can I go home?

I'm feeling much better.

(Doctor)

There can be delayed reactions

after something like this.

I need to keep you overnight.

lf all goes well,

you can go home

in the morning.

Now, I'll have to ask you please

to all say your good-byes.

(Nurse)

Dr. Harker,

you have a phone call.

Elizabeth Duvey?

(Doctor)

Alyssa, I'll see you

in the morning.

(Kita)

Well, get well, okay?

I will, see ya.

(Tamika)

Good night, Alyssa.

Good night.

(Craig)

See you in the morning.

(Alyssa sighs)

(Footsteps approaching)

(Hawk)

So, you get

some rest now, okay?

Is everything okay?

Sure, it's fine.

She just called

to check on ya.

Alright, see you tomorrow.

Good night, Dad.

Good night.

What is it?

Rasca.

(Footsteps approaching)

(Nurse)

Honey, are you alright?

Yeah, I - I'm okay.

You should be sleeping.

My Dad was really upset

about that phone call.

Oh, it's so sad.

And I wonder

who could do that

to an animal?

Well, get some rest

and I'll see you

in a couple of hours.

Okay, thanks.

(Alyssa sighs)

(Alyssa)

Dad?

Is she gone?

(Hawk sighs)

Looks like it, yeah.

Wh - Why

didn't you tell me?

I wanted to be sure.

You gotta be strong,

girl.

(Alyssa sobs)

(Christina Thompson)

Rasca, the dolphin

that captured the imagination

of the Caribbean,

has disappeared,

and is believed to have

been forcibly taken.

A letter has been received

from an organization

claiming responsibility

for what it terms

the liberation of the animal.

I spoke earlier

with Dr. James Harker,

head of the International

Dolphin Research Center.

(Hawk)

There were some

threatening letters

and we took

extra precautions,

but, uh,

I guess they weren't enough.

(Thompson)

Asked what action he plans

to take to recover the dolphin,

Dr. Harker

had this to say:

I wanna promise you this,

whoever you are,

we're gonna find you.

No brag, just fact.

(Thompson)

This is Christina Thompson

reporting.

Back to you in the studio.

?

(Footsteps approaching)

?

Admiral Black

sends his congratulations.

Everything's going smoothly.

We just need you

to stick around here

for a little while,

'til things quiet down.

Okay.

What about you?

My job is done here.

We'll retrain the dolphin

and transport it

out of the area.

I'll deal with that,

you deal with this.

Right?

Then return to base.

Craig.

Yeah.

This operation is a success.

Do your job and make sure

it stays that way.

lf something goes wrong now,

youre gonna take the fall.

Court martials

can be quite messy,

I'd hate to see

your career end like that.

(Footsteps receding)

(Knocking on door)

(Alyssa) Hey.

(Craig) Hey.

How are you feeling?

I've been better.

Heard about what happened

on the news.

Yeah.

The police just left

and they are completely useless.

What I don't understand is

if these people wanted

to release her in the wild

like they claimed,

she would have just

come back home.

Doesn't make any sense.

Organizations like this...

what they do,

doesn't always make sense.

What kind of people

would do something like this?

(Craig sighs heavily)

Really sorry you're, uh...

you're going through this

right now.

I know it's hard,

but try not to think about it.

Try and get some rest,

and, uh,

I'll check up on you

first thing

in the morning, okay?

(Whispering)

Okay.

Okay.

Good night.

Night.

And thanks, Craig.

(Door opening and closing)

(Hawk sighs)

(Computer chimes)

(WLF man)

Dr. Harker,

I'm a representative

of the Wildlife

Liberation Front.

I know you've been attempting

to contact us.

We're aware of a dolphin

in your care

that was abducted.

We deny any involvement

with the abduction.

Go on.

We're both victims here.

It's obvious that someone

is trying to damage

both of our causes.

Any idea who?

I'm sure you know

that there's a marine mammal

holding facility at AUTEC,

the U.S. Naval base

on Andros Island.

Yeah.

Lately,

it's been abnormally active.

I'm sending you a document

that'll shed light

on this whole area.

We have no quarrel with you.

Good luck.

(Suspenseful music)

(Liz)

Hawk!

Hawk, come here.

Pull it back.

Yeah, right there.

Damn!

(Rasca whining)

Come on, Kate.

(Rasca whining)

Morning.

Coffee?

Thank you.

Island brewed,

shake the cobwebs out.

(Hawk)

Alyssa really

seems to like you.

I feel the same way.

So, you guys, uh,

having any luck

in finding Rasca?

Matter of fact,

we just got a lead last night,

I'm gonna run it down

this morning.

I'm sure Alyssa would like it

if you came along.

Yeah, of course.

Good.

I'll go wake her.

(Propellers churning)

We're going to Andros?

Yup.

Isn't there a naval base

out there?

A-U-T-E-C

or something?

That's right, AUTEC.

So, that would mean that these

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