Empire of the Sharks Page #3

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We're thieves by trade. Also, you're

gonna need that stuff as leverage.

They are going to kill the hostages!

They're bluffing.

You didn't see what they did on Korotoa!

They have an army of sharks!

If what you said is true,

when they get this stuff back...

...they will no longer need the hostages.

This cargo will make the machine

run without humans.

- What will they need the people for then?

- We are in charge of this operation.

We hired you.

- You are gambling with our people's lives.

- No! We're saving them.

I'm sure that was your motive.

You need to bring this cargo back right now!

- It's too late.

- What?

To give the stuff back, it's too late.

The mistakes you are making... will cost you.

Mr. Scrim, sir...

...I didn't know the cargo was removed.

This was not my intention.

This is some kind of fubar snafu

that we are rectifying right now.

Release the cargo...

...or the captives will die.

Don't do anything.

I'm getting your cargo back.

- This wasn't me.

- It's... it's too late.

- What are you talking about?

- Boom. Boom!

I put explosives on the boat, man.

That's what we're trying to do, right, guys,

I mean, overthrow the Warlord?

Look, you told me if an opportunity

presented itself, and I took initiative.

You need to get your people off the boat now!

- 5, 4...

- Move!

- Move! Get out!

- ...3, 2, 1.

Boom!

You're dead.

You're all dead.

Stand by for a message

from the Warlord Ian Fien!

People of Korotoa, you've chosen to defy me.

Now you must pay the consequences.

The ocean is my dominion...

...and now I shall use it...

...to smite my enemies.

Who's your Daddy?

Him.

What's wrong with the system?

- How do we get back online?

- Well, the connections are all good.

Something else is affecting the sharks.

Oh, take him out.

Bring him in.

Take her.

This was given to me by my father.

Now I'm giving it to you.

Take care of it and it will take care

of you and your people.

When you think of me,

I'll always be with you.

- Is the system working?

- Everything is a go.

It's her.

Bring her out!

Somehow you're interfering

with this, aren't you?

- Take her away.

- No!

- Willow?

- Timor?

- Willow!

- Timor!

Listen. I want you to bring back

all that was taken...

...or all your people will die.

- I will.

- I want you to meet Scrim...

...at Nauru in one hour,

and if you want your people to live...

...make sure all the cargo is intact.

I need everything back

that you stole right now.

Hawksbill...

...your cargo will be at Nauru docks

with the harbor master.

Everything will be there.

Is this everything?

That's it, then.

Any agreement or contract we've had...

...is dissolved.

Sion, let's go.

We're still with you if you want.

With what? There's nothing to be with.

We're giving up. Sion and I

are going back to Korotoa.

This whole thing was a mistake.

No, it wasn't.

I heard what they did over the radio.

Exactly. So you know why we have to go!

An hour ago, I would have agreed with you.

Not now.

Fine.

You have your little crusade

against the Warlord.

Leave us out of it.

Listen, you know when they get these parts...

...they'll have no reason

to keep the hostages alive.

They will use them for shark food.

They will be able to make

fresh water without human labor.

What use will you be of to them?

We have this one window now

to rescue your people.

And once that is done?

If we succeed...

...what then?

We fight, all of us!

We made the mistake of letting

the Warlord grow powerful.

We allowed this menace to grow while

everyone sat around and did nothing.

He couldn't have grown so powerful

without everyone turning a blind eye.

We have to get him now...

...while we still can!

Listen to them. They're right.

Okay.

If I agree to this, no more lone-wolf stuff.

We're a team.

We do this together...

...or not at all.

Nobody blows up anything...

...without my say-so.

No hidden explosives. No stealing.

Can we do that?

We are 24 nautical miles southwest.

I'm currently pinging at 2,576 fathoms...

...and that sounds...

...like a Xinjiang tropical coelacanth.

Nice.

We confiscate anything from the Warlord,

we split it after fuel and expenses.

Oi, Warlord wants to see her.

Now!

But if you don't want to talk...

...that's not gonna help anybody.

Now, you're from Korotoa, right?

But that is not your original clan, is it?

The world was hit with the flood

not long before your time.

People were scrambling

to get onshore of mountaintops...

...that you could still see

above the sea line.

The masters of the mountains pushed

the people back into the sea.

Battles were bloody,

and the blood drew the sharks.

I was trapped in a group

of thousands of people...

...and we were scrambling, trying

to get on that last piece of land...

...but it was already occupied,

and we were pushed back into the water...

...and the water was filled with sharks,

and it was a massacre.

But...

...there was... there was one man

who did something amazing...

...one man who crawled above.

And then with some power he had...

...some source of energy...

...he was able to turn the sharks back.

A few of us, a small group,

were able to survive.

It didn't mean anything, because when

the sea calmed and we looked around...

...everything had gone underwater.

I never forgot this man.

It was his ability that...

that inspired me to create...

...my system of dominion over the sharks...

...a system that I believed

was unique to the world...

...until today.

How do you do it? How do you stop the sharks?

I didn't do anything.

So how does it work?

It's nothing, it's only a keepsake.

Don't!

Okay.

If you share your information with me...

...the world is yours.

Tell me how it works...

...or I will send my sharks to Korotoa,

and they will destroy that settlement...

...and every living person in it.

Scrim, once you pick up the cargo,

I want you to head to Korotoa...

...and wait for my orders.

- Please don't do it.

- You can do it! It's easy!

- I can't.

- All you have to do...

...is give me what I want.

I can't.

My assistant just came up

with an excellent idea.

If we cannot get it from you directly...

...we can get it indirectly.

I'd like you to meet my favorite guest here.

Tiger shark. It's amazing what they can eat.

They've found things

like license plate, a reindeer...

...suit of armor in their stomach, so

I'm sure she'll have no trouble with you.

You know what I also heard?

That she's hungry.

It works at close proximity.

Now we just need to find out

if it works at a distance.

Take her off the float!

Bring her up here!

- I'm in position.

- Wait for my command.

Bring her here.

We're standing by on your command.

If you want to save your people,

you're going to have to do more.

Now's your chance.

Sir...

...I may have a way to uncover her method.

What is it?

If she won't freely divulge

the information we need...

...there are ways to get it out of her.

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