Journey 2: The Mysterious Island Page #4

above the water.

- What about the other half?

- It's called tectonic recurrence.

The ocean bed buckles

due to volcanic activity...

...pulling land to the surface.

Then the entire island

sinks back to the bottom of the sea.

Nobody's ever seen it

on this big of a scale.

This is amazing.

Come with me.

I've been looking for this

piece of paradise for 30 years.

I promised your old man

that we'd find it together.

But he's not here to enjoy it...

...so I made sure that his son would be.

That is why I encoded that message.

I wanted an Anderson to see this place...

...before anyone else.

Some men get to put their names

on stars, species...

...plants. We get to put our name...

...on this gorgeous island.

In two weeks, we'll contact the authorities

to pick us up...

...and in three weeks, we'll be

on the cover of TIME magazine.

Guys.

We got a problem.

What?

You see this? It's saltwater.

The only way saltwater gets this far inland

is if it enters the subsoil from below.

So?

This island's about to go under.

The only saltwater here

is on your brain.

I've analyzed the samples...

...and I've calculated the numbers.

This island isn't due to sink

for 14 years.

Alexander, your numbers are wrong.

- And how would you know that?

- I've come across this...

...as we build over runoff areas.

It's called soil liquefaction.

Look, you can see it in the cracks in the

confining beds all along here, along here...

...over there, back here.

Okay, you made your point.

Well, how long do we have?

If I had to guess,

based on all this water...

...two, three days max.

Then what? Because I ain't

no flotation device, man.

You will be,

we don't figure this out.

There must be some way

off this island.

We could build a boat.

The storm around this island

will chew it up, spit it out.

I've got something.

What about the Nautilus?

How is an exercise machine

gonna help us get out of here?

No, no, the Nautilus.

Captain Nemo's submarine, built in 1870.

Well done, Sean.

Chapter 16, Verne wrote

it is hidden on the island.

If we can make it there in time, we can

ride it under the hurricane back to Palau.

Okay. One question:

Where is it?

There's only one man

who can tell us that...

...and that is Captain Nemo himself.

The Dakkar Grotto.

The final resting place of Captain Nemo.

Legend has it

his crew buried him there.

I'll tell you what had better be in there:

Nemo's journal.

It could tell us the location

of the Nautilus.

I've never been able to crawl in there

on my own. Too many fried eggs, I'm afraid.

I'll go.

I'm the only one who can fit.

No way. It's too dangerous.

Sweet, but I don't need

your permission.

Honey?

- Papa loves you.

- You remember the drill.

Be careful.

Who knows what's down there.

Honey? Honey? You okay?!

I'm fine.

I'm inside!

What was that?

So that's what a sinking island

sounds like.

Hank!

Hurry!

Pull her out! Pull her out!

Hi.

Man, that guy had some

terrible handwriting.

- Looks like Sanskrit.

- Close. It's Hindi.

Yeah, Nemo's from India.

It says here...

...that the Nautilus is in a basalt...

...cave on the other side

of the island, just...

...under Poseidon's Cliffs.

I know...

...this place.

That's where we gotta go.

What's the best way there?

Well, now, that depends.

The safest way

is around the shoreline...

...but the fastest way

is across the heart of the island.

What do you think, Hank?

- I think we got no choice. The quickest way.

- He's right.

- I'm in.

- Yeah, but...

...let me warn you.

The heart of this island...

...is full of jagged mountains,

dark jungles and terrifying creatures...

...who will give you nightmares.

So...

...who's up for an adventure?

Are we there yet?

We get there when we get there, Gabby.

What was that?

The tectonic plates are starting

to pull apart underneath the island.

We gotta move.

Let's go. Move.

Move.

Wait, what is that?

Volcanic ash?

It looks like...

Gold.

Pure gold.

The treasure Stevenson...

...talked about in Treasure Island.

Volcanoes are made of what they erupt.

So if that thing's erupting gold, then it's...

A mountain of gold.

Must be massive gold deposits.

Let's go check it out.

Hold on. That'll take us days

out of our way. We don't have the time.

Let's make the time. Volcanic gold?

That's a huge scientific breakthrough.

I understand,

but we gotta get to the Nautilus.

Hank, I'm not just a little kid. Okay?

I get a say in this too.

Sean, I am responsible for you.

I'd never take a chance with your life.

Hey, hey, you can't tell him what to do.

- You're not his father.

- From what I hear...

...you haven't been

much of a grandfather.

I have given him something to live up to.

Science, adventure, wonder.

What have you ever given him?

I've given him a lot of things,

a sense of responsibility being one of them.

Something clearly you don't have.

You're not going.

We're getting out of here.

End of discussion.

Sean, please.

We have to get off this island.

Bye-bye, gold.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah. Fine.

It's just, you know, I don't need Hank

trying to tell me what to do all the time.

My dad's always trying to get involved too,

but he usually ends up embarrassing me.

Yeah? How?

Last summer I was trying to get a job...

...so he flew all over Palau dropping thousands

of copies of my rsum from his helicopter.

That's embarrassing.

Isn't that the worst when they try so hard?

No.

I mean, the worst would be

if they didn't try at all.

Alexander, are you sure

your compass readings are correct?

- Of course I am. Why?

- Why? Because we're down here...

...and we need to be all the way up there.

- To every problem, there is...

...a solution, my large friend...

...and I think this might be a fun one.

You think this might be a fun one, eh?

Does anybody have an umbrella?

Because Mary Poppins is gonna

fly us up to the top of the cliff.

I knew you'd be good for something.

Better wait here, Henry.

Where's he going?

I don't know,

but that guy's out of his mind.

Whoa! Ha, ha!

Oh, I most certainly am.

It turns out that mounting the bee is easy

if you don't look into its eyes.

That is so sick.

Okay.

You get down now.

Why would I get down?

Well, because Medicare doesn't cover

old ladies falling off of giant bees. Get down.

Suit yourself.

But make sure you're wearing swimming trunks

when this place becomes the Pacific Ocean.

Whoa! Ha-ha-ha!

Sean.

Can we fly together?

This is amazing!

Like riding stallions

across the Serengeti.

This is beautiful! Talk about paradise!

Oh, man.

- Is that...?

- Bird poop?

Oh! Oh!

That must be one giant...

Bird!

Into the trees!

That thing looks hungry!

A white-throated needletail.

It feeds on worms, aphids...

...and, yes, bees!

There's another one!

Hold on!

Watch out!

Hey!

Stay in your own lane!

Are you familiar with Chicken?

These aren't chickens!

No, the game! Chicken!

Oh!

I like the way he thinks.

Charge!

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