Lea to the Rescue Page #5

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They got a truck full of animals

and they're gonna disappear!

Do you know where

they're headed?

Their warehouse

is just over there.

No, no, no, I'm not leaving

you out of my sight.

We've got no time...

Mom!

Mom, we don't have time...

Maybe we all go.

Come, let's go.

We're too late.

Well, they can't be that far.

Yes, they can.

I was kidding

myself to think that

I'd be the one

to finally catch them.

Listen,

the most important thing is that

you're here and you're safe, okay?

Zac.

I've got you.

Don't worry.

It's gonna be okay.

It's okay, I've got you.

Yeah, I've got you.

I promise. It's all right.

Everything is gonna be okay.

Is he okay?

His gums are pretty pale.

He's in pretty bad shape.

You'll be okay, Bailey.

I'll take him to the sanctuary.

You find those poachers.

I'll get you a ride.

Well, we can't just

let them get away.

It's over, Cricket.

Well, after everything

we've been through,

we can't, we can't

just give up now!

Guys, your dad's plane's

gonna be landing soon

and we've gotta be at

the apartment to let him in.

Is it still working?

The screen is cracked,

everything else seems okay.

What about boats?

Boats?

There's a photo here

of the shop owner on a boat.

The poachers use

boats sometimes.

Can you see

the name on the boat?

Achados.

Achados something...

Achados E Perdidos?

Yeah.

Yeah, that's it!

Finders keepers.

Yes.

It will have to

be bigger than these.

Big enough to take at least

two truckloads of crates.

Achados E Perdidos.

- Which one'?

- That one.

The shop owner.

He's getting away!

No, Zac!

It's okay.

We got him.

Score one for the Brazilian

Police Department.

You are the real heroes.

It was definitely a team effort.

I can't thank you enough.

The power of motherhood.

Hey, thanks for saving me.

Anytime.

Let's go home.

Yeah.

Anybody home?

Dad.

Hey!

Popcorn. Ooh!

Let me look at you.

You okay?

I'm good.

Good, good.

Wow. I thought you'd all

be in bed asleep by now.

Paula's just told me.

You can't even imagine.

But let's sit down and, uh,

grab something to eat.

Lea has something to say.

Ama's stories were true.

We met them.

The tribe Ama wrote about

What?

Paula and I followed a lead

from Zac's notebook.

We met a girl, Aki.

She found us in the rainforest

and took us to her village.

We spent the night

with them in their huts.

And there were bugs

the size of my fist.

You slept in the rainforest?

The tribal elder, he had

one of Ama's journals.

No way.

He sure did.

But if... If Ama's stories were true,

why did she say they weren't'?

To protect the tribe.

Ama was a hero.

Even more than we thought

You slept in the rainforest?

Yeah.

Uh...

I need to be able to trust

that when I ask you

to do something

or not do something,

you'll listen.

I know.

And I'm gonna do a better job

of listening to you, too.

Deal?

Deal.

I love you so much.

Oh. You're my girl.

Oh, Paula, Carol and I,

we'd like to thank you for...

Please, stop right there.

Zac would be halfway to

who-knows-where if it wasn't for Lea.

She's an amazing girl.

But it could have gone badly

at any stage, and it didn't.

I think Ama was

watching over us.

So, I told Mom and Dad

I'll be applying

to colleges in

St. Louis in the fall.

We could stay up late

and watch bad movies,

and you could drive me

to school in the morning.

Just like old times.

That sounds great.

But I don't think so.

Come on.

It's just

you've got a life here.

And I don't want to be the one

to keep you from living it.

How old are you again?

Plus, I think

Paula's pretty much

the coolest girl

you're ever gonna get.

Thanks, Cricket.

You know,

I'm done with

calling you Cricket.

That name's for kids,

and you're all grown up now.

Team Zea!

Team Zea!

Oh!

Good luck

with your exhibit, Lea.

Love you.

Zac and Paula.

Zac and Paula.

Lillian and Maya-Charles.

That looks delicious.

Come over here.

You can walk over here

and you can go over there.

Lea, these pictures are amazing!

Thank you.

You must have had

some adventure.

Just some birds and trees.

This could be anywhere.

And hardly an adventure.

Yeah.

I guess you're right.

But it wasn't just anywhere.

And the photos are a bonus.

The memories and experience

are all that really matter.

Perhaps she's right.

Maybe.

Hey'. it's going great.

How do you feel?

Good.

Yeah?

Yeah.

John.

Kylie.

I want you to meet

my daughter, Lea.

Our photographer.

Hi.

Hi, Lea.

Your pictures are amazing.

Thank you.

Lea, hi.

I'm doing a piece

for the Post Dispatch.

Are there any stories you'd like

to tell to accompany these photos?

Any encounters or surprises

in the rainforest?

Actually, yes.

But I think I'll let the

photos speak for themselves.

Okay.

I thought

my first trip to Brazil

was full of new experiences

and new friends,

but when t went

back a second time,

it was unlike any adventure

I'd ever imagined.

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