Castle in the Sky Page #4

everybody feared it!

I wish it had never existed!

You're wrong.

I met you, thanks to that stone.

And thanks to that stone,

Laputa won't be lost.

All our progress with flying machines,

and no one's seen it but my father.

And what if Laputa

is really an island of terror?

It mustn't fall into the hands

of Muska and the others.

Besides...if we run away now,

we'll be chased forever.

But I don't want to make

you a pirate for my sake.

I won't become a pirate.

Even Dora understands.

I think she's really a good person.

When this is all over,

I'm sure she'll take you back to Gondoa.

I want to see it. The old house

where you were born, and the yaks.

What's that?!

Underneath the ship...there!

It's the Goliath. It's right below us!

Hard to starboard!

Muska, why aren't we chasing them?

They'll get away!

It's no use, in the clouds.

Anyway, they can't run far!

We're on course and

everything's going smoothly.

The course was more north.

Pazu, there's no time. Listen up!

If we don't shake off the Goliath, we're finished!

You have good eyes. I want you to stay in the lookout.

If we leave the clouds, they'll pursue.

What should I do?

That lookout post will turn into a kite.

There should be a handle inside.

Found it!

If you turn it clockwise,

the hook will catch.

If you turn the upper handle,

the wings will open!

When it's open, don't stretch the wire.

Remember to steer with your body!

Is Sheeta up there?

You better come back down!

Why?

WHY? Because you're a little girl!

Auntie, you're a girl, too! Besides,

I'm mountain-bred. I have good eyes, too.

Please...

Pazu agrees with me!

If you go up, don't use the voice tube.

There's an internal telephone.

Is this the phone you were

talking about, Auntie?

Wow.

Yes...we'll try. Let us up!

Go!

I can't see it.

They've dived into the clouds.

Be careful. They may not be in front of us.

Okay!

Hang on tight!

What's wrong?!

Turbulence...we're okay!

Just a little stirred up!

Yes! I'll continue the watch.

Scared?

I've gotten the hang of it now.

It's a little stormy.

Sheeta, get the rope out of my bag.

Tie us together with it.

Okay.

The barometer is falling fast, Mama.

A storm. What rotten luck.

How long until sunrise?

One hour!

It's dawn!

Pazu, that's strange.

The sun is rising on that side.

I see! We must be going north,

not east! Bridge!

We're going north, you say?!

The compass is pointing east!

The wind's changed. We're off course!

Look...there!

What's the matter...the Goliath?

The clouds. They're huge.

The clouds?

They're coming this way!

It's a sky castle...

THAT'S a low pressure center!

The ship won't stand the wind. Full power! Due north!

It's coming closer!

All right! We're trying!

The rudder won't move!

Always the damn power! What's wrong?

Dora! The engine'll burn up!

I don't want any complaints! Just do it!

Get out of the clouds!

Sheeta, it's the ocean!

The Dragon's Nest!

This...is the Dragon's Nest?!

The wind is blowing in the wrong direction,

just like father said.

It's a wall of wind!

Mama, we can't get out!

We're being sucked in.

The wind just won't quit!

Bridge! Laputa is in there!

What?

Father saw Laputa in the Dragon's Nest!

You're crazy!

If we go in, we'll be torn apart!

Over there!

Now, of all times...!

Let's go, Auntie! It's the way

Father took, and he came back!

ALL RIGHT! Let's go...

into the Dragon's Nest!

Yeah! We did it!

Our ship is in danger, too. We must retreat.

No! Carry on.

The light always indicates the

center of the whirling clouds.

Laputa is inside the storm.

Steady as she goes.

There must be an entrance.

Hang on, Sheeta!

Sheeta!

Are you okay?

Look...

Laputa...

Sorry!

Wait; it's still pretty tightly knotted.

My hands are shaking.

There are birds here.

What do you suppose happened to everyone?

It's coming to meet you, Sheeta.

But I don't have the Levistone.

A knife will free us.

What are you doing!?

Wait!

Please, don't break that.

We can't go back without it.

It's a Hitaki nest!

It came because of this?

Oh, good...the eggs aren't broken.

Not afraid, are they?

Let's follow it.

Do you know the words?

Don't worry about that!

It's a city!

We must be inside the buildings.

Sheeta, the sky...

It looked like stone walls from the outside.

But, if their science was

so advanced, why...?

It's a tomb, isn't it?

Forgotten writing...

Did you do this?

It's not the same robot as before!

It must be a gardening robot.

There weren't any people...

Who knows how long it's

been standing guard here.

You offered flowers before the tomb?

Thank you.

You're all alone?

Aren't there any other robots here?

Doesn't look lonely at all, does it...

It has friends.

Cares for the Hitaki nests, too. It won't die.

This way!

The floor has crumbled.

The Tiger Moth made it.

Auntie and the others are probably okay.

Sheeta...over there!

Everyone was caught!

They've tied them up.

Can't we rescue them?

Let's go!

We've opened a way into the city.

Look at this...

there's a mountain of treasure inside!

Wow.

Do you like this? Want it?

You'll all get enough...rope that is!

Did you notify our country of the discovery of Laputa?

I'll do it now.

Try to set up a difficult code.

HEY, NO STEALING!

Those fools are just blind enough.

Amazing, these roots...

Sheeta, you can climb trees, right?

Let's go.

What they're doing is terrible...

If they go to the upper gardens...

Sheeta, we've got to get the Levistone back.

Only that will protect this

place from those thieves.

Why have the clouds cleared?

If it hadn't been like this,

they wouldn't have been able to land.

The effect of my spell...

This must be what Muska meant

about 'the seal being broken'.

This castle is awakened, because the holder of

the Levistone approached, riding on the storm.

If we don't act, Muska will become king...

and, after the plunder,

terrible things will start to happen.

But how can I get the Levistone back?

Those words...

Those words?

Impossible...but...

We'll go around from below.

I'll jump first.

It's around here.

Dear God...

This is it!

It's that brat!

Damn!

Don't shoot. I'll catch her!

Well, well...a queen.

Captain, what's going on?

The rest of the pirates.

One of them is hiding at your feet.

Yes sir! Find him!

Hold it!

Get me a hand grenade!

It's Pazu.

What?

It's not what you think!

Guards, fall in! Hurry!

Auntie!

They have Sheeta. I'm going to rescue her.

After I cut the ropes, get out of here.

Get far away!

Hey, wait!

Take these.

Thanks.

That boy will go far.

What?! Muska broke all the radios?

Yes, sir. We caught his

men hiding inside the ship.

Many of the bridge crew are seriously wounded.

The Captain is inside the lower hemisphere.

Some of the men saw him go in.

Traitor! He's finally showing his true colors.

Gather the troops. This is a spy hunt!

Gather all squads! Hurry up, squad 3.

Muska and his men are to be shot on sight.

Rate this script:3.7 / 3 votes