Lost City Raiders Page #4

Your father was one of my dearest friends.

Really?

Then how could you send him

after the damn scepter?

It's a fair question.

Please, open it.

Moses.

- So what?

- Look close, in Moses' hand.

That is the scepter of Sobek.

Sobek was the egyptian god of water.

Legend has it

the first egyptian pharaoh Thutmose,

use Sobek's scepter to drain the Nile valley.

As long as the Egyptians possessed the scepter,

they would control the fall and rise of the Nile.

Is there any proof for this?

No, scientific proof.

But, remember, most myths

begin with the simple truth.

Moses took the scepter from Ramses the second,

and he used it to part the red sea,

drowning the pharaoh's pursuing army.

it wasn't until you and your father

recovered the ledger from Los Angeles

that we ever had the real hope of finding it.

Let me ask you this.

If you find the scepter,

what are you gonna do with it?

If it's authentic, we will stop the rising.

magnificent!

Oh, it's Mercardier's personal account

of the crusade!

Anything on the scepter?

Yes.

Yes, here.

Mercardier felt the scepter was too important

for the templars to keep.

He did not trust them with its power.

- So, where is it now?

- With Richard the Lionheart.

- That complicates things.

- Why? What's the problem?

Richard's brain was buried

in Poitou's heart in Rouen

and his bones entombed in

Fontrevaud Abbey, next to his father.

In one of those three places

lies the salvation of mankind.

The question is, are you boys up to the challenge?

I'm sorry. I just can't believe

our father bought into this crap.

- Jack.

- No,

Thomas, i am getting us out of this mess

before we make the same mistake that he did!

Putting his faith in all the wrong people.

Jack, Thomas.

There's something else you should know

about your father.

Your father and I were recruited

into an ancient order,

affiliated with the church.

"The brothers of Oregol", searchers

of the sacred scepter.

Wait, pa, pa wanted to be a priest?

Yes. But John left the church,

while I scout the Vatican library

for clues to the scepter's whereabouts

John voyaged to salvage business that =====

allowed him to search the world for this artefact.

- But he never told us any of this.

- He had sworn to a vow of secrecy.

A vow I am breaking now only because

your real fathers

where also members of the secret order.

Your fathers worked as archaeologists.

Here they are in this photo.

About 25 years ago,

they discovered the first of several clues

But when a word leaked of their discovery =====

your parents were murdered.

Who killed them?

There are always being those who wish =====

to suppress the scepter or control it

Like Nicholas Filimonov.

he probably wanted to protect

his real estate empire

That I would understand

Mr. Filimonov though has divested

most of his land holdings in last week.

and he has invested his fortune in a new venture

to build floating communities

He's gonna flood the world

and force people to rent from him.

That's why pa set up those explosives. =====

"Only risk your life for something important."

Many have died in pursuit of the scepter.

It's a danger everyone in the

brotherhood understands.

No one more so than your father.

I know this is a great burden

but I must ask you boys to please consider

carrying on your father's work.

- You know what I was hate about pa? =====

- What?

How right he was about Giovanna.

You know what I hate?

How right he was about you.

Really?

I mean, he used to say to me..

he used to say to me

"Thomas your big brother is never gonna grow up"

Whatever, you're drunk,

he would never say that.

You are a tough talk and reckless but =====

Is not courage Jack, you just..

You don't take anything seriously

You know why?

Because you're scared

You're scared to grow up

And I think you're scared to continue pa's quest.

- Admit it!

- I'm not scared anything.

I just don't not believe in

this scepter story.

I mean, come on!!

A magic stick? That controls the water levels?

So what Jack?

We just go on and collecting junk for ever?

Got to pay bills friend. =====

You're always complaining we are broke. =====

No, as pa was always used to say

"There are more important things in life than money."

You are the last person I want to see right now.

I'm sorry about what happened to pa.

Save it, G, you won.

You got what you wanted.

Damn it, Jack! I did not want this to happen,

and I didn't come here to talk you out of anything.

Okay, fine.

What do you know about the scepter?

'Cause I heard the whole red sea story,

and I don't believe a word of it.

I was skeptical, too.

But Nicholas Filiminov is not a stupid man,

and he really believes in the scepter.

The only thing he believes in

is lining his own pocket.

He also believes the Vatican

doesn't want to stop the rising.

What does the church gain

if the whole planet's under water?

Who knows?

Control the water levels,

control the masses.

Selling hope for devotion.

Oh, come on!

I am so surprised you fell for his crap.

You should really check him out,

'cause he is not to be trusted.

Listen, I don't know what to believe,

but I do know that

my theories are proving to be right.

That's why I'm working for Filiminov.

Yeah, and selling your soul in the process.

Typical.

To you, there's only one way.

Your way.

Living la vida loca.

No concern for the future. For me.

- I would've gone anywhere for you.

- No, it wasn't like that.

You chose to go on the same as always.

Not a care in the world.

Your dad, he stood up

for what he believed in.

I'm also making a stand.

And one of these days, I hope

you'll learn to do the same.

Where'd you say Richard the lionheart was buried?

- What?

- You were right. We have to do this.

Yeah, but we can't run the boat

just the two of us.

Do that again, cyclops,

and you lose your other eye.

- Oh, I heard about your dad.

- I'm really sorry.

- Listen, we want to finish what he started.

- Cool. - But we need your help.

- Are you serious?

- Yeah, pa ran the engine room.

Oh, yes!

Thank you!

Thank you, thank you. You won't regret this.

And I'm not bad luck. I swear.

I don't believe in luck, but maybe I should start.

Come on.

- Benny?

- Yeah?

- I quit!

- What? Wait.. Where are you going?

Cardinal.

Scepter

W/Richard

Lionheart

You betrayed me, Giacopetti.

Look around you.

The world is ending.

Not even the church has been spared.

And you believe Nicholas Filiminov

can save us?

We're not meant to be saved.

The rising is punishment

for 2,000 years of sin.

Filiminov and I are helping

to finish what God has started.

The purification of Earth

for the Second Coming.

The end times.

The rapture.

May the lord be merciful on you.

Take him away.

He's out of our jurisdiction.

Call the authorities.

So, Mercardier left the scepter

in Richard's hands, right?

Right. And his hands, or what's left

of 'em anyway, are at the Abbey.

Well, then we're good to go.

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