Free Willy 3: The Rescue Page #2

Underground?

You mean illegal.

It's $200 a pound, kid.

There you are.

It's time to learn the harpoon.

Means a lot to me, you being here.

- Me too, Dad.

- Get up to the bow.

Way to go, Jesse.

Thanks.

Who's that with Willy?

Looks like they know each other.

That's Nicky.

- Is that a boy Nicky or a girl Nicky?

- He's a girl.

All right, Willy.

Come on, boy.

Looks like they've got

better things to do.

I think I can get their attention.

Nicky and I spent some time together

at Puget Sound. We're old friends.

One day I dropped my lunch

in the water, Nicky ate it.

Also, she likes to play with her food.

There you go.

- Enough fooling around. Come here, girl.

- Okay, Willy. Tag time.

Now I'll always be able to find you.

- What's the matter?

- I'm not sure.

Is she sick?

- Either Nicky has two hearts or--

- Or she's gonna have a baby.

You're gonna be a mama, girl!

All right, Willy.

Can I be a lookout?

Captain's kid.

You can do whatever you want.

- You see anything, kid?

- Not a thing.

Kujira.

- What's kujira?

- Sound the horn.

- You ready, Max?

- Okay.

Let's go fishing.

I've got it, kid.

Aim through the crosshairs

down the end of the barrel.

- Like this?

- Aim where the target's going to be...

...not where it's at. If you aim

at the target, you'll miss.

Ready?

Wait.

Wait.

No! Hand me the next one.

- I got it.

- I got it.

No, Max. Let Sanderson do it.

- Keep still. Keep still.

- Hurry up.

- Don't move.

- Drop it.

- Just give it to me.

- Step aside.

Dad, a ship!

Captain.

Get below, kid. Move, move.

- Come on.

- Pick it up.

Is that a whaling ship?

No harpoon.

That's them, Randolph.

That's gotta be them.

Willy wouldn't do that

unless it was them.

- Call this in.

- There's nothing to call in.

Willy went after that boat. He was

defending himself. They attacked him.

- You know that for a fact?

- It's obvious. If you'd open up your eyes.

- Sir.

- Botany Bay checks out.

It's a registered salmon boat. Its captain,

John Wesley, his license is clean.

You're right. If they were whalers,

they'd say, "Arrest me, I kill whales.

I should call Marine Patrol and tell them

a whale told us there are whalers here?

You could hear their laughter without

using a radio. Set course for port.

You're gonna let them go.

We're due in port,

and port is where we're going.

- What would it take?

- Excuse me?

- For you to make the call.

- Proof. Show me proof, I'll call it in.

- That guy's a jerk.

- You're right. He's a jerk.

You just noticed this?

I thought you'd tell me

he's just doing his job.

- He is doing his job.

- The whalers are doing theirs.

We're gonna follow orders and do nothing

to stop them. It's not our problem.

You keep this up,

you're gonna get me fired.

If we can't follow the whales,

maybe we can get them to follow us.

Can't keep an eye on them all the time.

Today or next year...

...these monsters will find them. We

won't be there to do anything about it.

It's coming from that boat.

What is?

That sound that didn't

quite sound like a whale.

- What is it?

- I can tell you this:

Every time we find whales, that boat's

not far behind. There's that signal again.

They play the signal,

and the whales come.

- You have it on tape?

- Yes, sir.

So we could broadcast this

ourselves if we wanted to?

We'd have to go into port

for a few parts.

If they can do it, so can we.

You do what you have to do...

...to make that thing broadcast, and

we can make the whales come to us.

What's kujira?

- Where'd you pick that up?

- That's what Sanderson called the meat.

It's a kind of sushi.

It's a use for killer whales, Max.

We harvest the meat

and sell it to the Japanese to eat.

What?

You know what your grandfather

would say about that?

Is that God's work, son?

Sushi for the Japanese?

I don't get it.

God's work.

That's what Dad said whaling was.

For years, the whales they killed made

oil to fill the lamps that lit the world.

Whalers made light.

It was work that meant something then.

What does it mean now?

It means you have a light

to be what you are, to make a living.

That's what it means.

Hang on to it. It's going down.

- Hi. What can I get you?

- Two cups of coffee, please.

No sale. Coastal Marine Patrol doesn't

wanna know about a possible whaling ID.

- They say call when you have--

- Proof. I know. What do they call proof?

Short of actually catching them

red-handed, I have no idea.

- Can I get you anything else?

- That'll be all.

We have to get onboard.

Then we'd get the proof we need.

Onboard the Botany Bay?

A whaler ship, full of whalers.

Are you crazy?

I'm gonna check out some local

fish merchants, poke around.

See if I come up with

any hard evidence.

We stick out around here. That's

as dangerous as sneaking on their boat.

- That's why you're going back to the ship.

- I am?

- I've asked Drew to keep you busy.

- But--

I promised Ben and Annie, remember?

Now get going.

Drew's expecting you.

Nope.

Perfect. Great.

- Hi.

- You work on the boat?

Sure.

- What's your name?

- Max. What's yours?

Randolph.

So, what do you want?

- Well, I'm looking for work.

- Doing what?

I've done herring, mackerel, salmon...

- ...orca.

- What's orca?

Well, it's a type of whale.

I don't like them though. They stink.

Well, I kind of like them.

Hi, Dad.

- Who's your friend, Max?

- His name is Randolph.

How you doing?

- He's looking for work.

- Yeah.

- We're all crewed up.

- Okay.

Why don't you

show your friend out, Max.

He's not really my friend.

I'm gonna go see Mom now.

Sure.

See you around.

- I see you got Eddie working the hose.

- How you doing?

Just sign on the line.

What's going on?

- Hey, Max.

- I gotta go.

What's your dad really fishing for?

My dad's a salmon boat captain.

Yeah, well, he is.

- I lied to you.

- Big whoop.

- I'm not a whaler.

- So what?

Well, I'm sort of the opposite.

You're a whale?

No, but I'm trying to protect them.

- What he's doing is wrong. You know it.

- Who?

- Your dad.

- My dad's a salmon boat captain.

Why do you care, anyway?

If one of your friends was in trouble,

wouldn't you try to help?

- If I could.

- My friends are whales.

- I don't know what you're talking about.

- Sure you do.

- I'll show you.

- What?

The whales.

I'll introduce you. Come on.

Come here.

- That Game Boy shows where whales are?

- Not all. Just one.

Listen.

They're close.

- It's quite a sound, isn't it?

- Yeah.

- Do you know an orca is mostly water?

- Sure.

But did you know that when he sings,

you can feel the beat of his song...

...in time with the waves?

Why do they do that?

I say it's because

they're good musicians...

...but my friend thinks differently.

He says the whole earth is breathing...

...and that their song

is the earth breathing.

There they are.

- Can I look?

- Yeah. Here.

Oh, yeah.

Hey, boy.

Where'd he go?

He likes to play games.

What games does he know?

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