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a team for extraction.

I brought my own men.

Just show me where they are.

I really think you

should let my men do this.

Well, that dagger is mine,

and I'm not gonna let some soldier

of fortune steal my birthright.

We don't know

that's what happened.

Sergeant McCall comes

highly recommended.

And I've seen better men

give up far more for far less.

Harry,

it's too dangerous.

We don't know

what's out there.

Just give us some time.

Carla, where are they?

Last position's six

kilometers due east.

Quadrant 64-N.

Thank you.

Wait!

Take this.

Hey, hey!

Look, I don't... I

don't mean you any harm.

Please just...

Just let me go and I promise

I will never come back, ever.

Ever!

Water.

What'd they do to you?

What'd they do to you?

Water.

I don't have any water.

Did you come here

to rescue me?

Rescue you?

No, I'm a...

I'm an archaeologist.

I was sent here

on an expedition.

By Harry Vargas?

Yeah.

Did you find it?

The dagger?

Who the hell are you?

Dr. Emma Kirpatrick.

Two weeks ago,

Harry sent us here

to find his priceless

family heirloom.

Wait, wait, wait. "Us"?

Are there more?

Where are they?

Dead.

I don't see him.

Wait here.

Do you think he's dead?

There's no blood, the rope's been

cut. My guess is they took him.

We can't just

leave him out here.

Base camp. Carla's got all our

watches locked into her GPS network.

Mr. Vargas,

you should rest.

I'll rest when I'm dead.

There.

They came through here.

You hear that?

Hear what?

The silence.

No birds, no crickets.

Nothing.

The air, it's so thick.

You can taste it

in your mouth.

No.

No, please.

Please, no.

What are you doing?

Hey, let her go.

Hey! Leave her alone.

Damn you!

Please.

What are they doing?

What?

Please let me go.

No!

Please.

What's he doing?

What's he doing?

Hey, you leave her alone.

Leave her alone!

Hey.

Hey, where you going?

No.

Where are you going?

Come back here.

Hey, hey.

You get her down.

Please!

No.

Hey, hey!

Hey, hey!

Help her. Help her!

Hey, help her! Help her!

What is it?

There.

Natives.

What did this?

Shh!

They know we're here.

Charlie!

Nick. Nick!

Hang on, Nick! Hang on!

Harry, get over here.

Harry!

Hang on, buddy.

You're gonna be fine.

Give me your shirt. We need

to put some pressure on this.

He's not gonna make it.

Yes, he is!

We just need to

stop the bleeding.

Told you he's not

gonna make it.

Don't.

Don't let your emotions

cloud your judgment.

You're a soldier.

Act like it.

I just don't see how the

Yamballi could survive

without anyone knowing.

They're not exactly letting

people go home to talk about it.

You blame them?

It's their territory.

We come in, disturb their

peace, trample their graves.

What is it?

This isn't Lin's.

Whose is it?

Harry, where are you?

We've just been attacked.

What? Are you all right?

Prepare the camp

for immediate evacuation.

No, this is crazy. I'm sending

in a team. We're pulling you out.

Go, now.

No, don't worry about me.

It's my job to worry.

Who attacked you?

Don't worry about me.

Harry, who attacked you?

Talk to me.

Harry.

You ever notice

the air out here?

Harry.

Is that blood on your face?

It's invigorating.

Harry. Harry!

You heard him.

Break it down. All of it.

Alert the choppers. We need

an airlift within the hour.

Let's go! Get up!

Look out!

Boats are trashed. How are

we gonna get out of here?

Let's worry about that

after we get our people back.

Well, it's at least

a week by foot.

Why would anybody do this?

Santiago was right.

We invaded their territory,

robbed their grave.

It's

more than that.

I've spent years

with indigenous tribes

and I've never seen

anything like this.

Attacking in disguise,

unprovoked.

Merciless. It's got to have

something to do with folklore.

The creature.

Oh, come on!

We've been over that.

You didn't

see it. We did.

You were under attack. Your stress

level was off the charts, okay?

Battle alters perceptions,

especially if you're not used to it.

Trust me.

I've been there.

He's never gonna

believe us.

Not until he sees

it with his own eyes.

I'm telling you,

and I know what I saw.

It doesn't matter.

It doesn't matter

who's out there.

It doesn't matter

what I believe.

We're stuck.

So you want to survive?

We have to focus.

Work together.

Okay? Let's do it.

Let me go!

Put me down!

Put me down!

No! Let me go.

No!

Hello? Hello?

Does anyone hear me?

Does anyone even

know we're out here?

I got it.

I need batteries or a

portable power supply.

How does it work?

The watches

Carla gave us.

They're all connected

to a master GPS network.

If I can get juice in this, we

can locate anyone wearing one.

Guys, look at this.

Looks like

Harry's been here.

How do you know?

Passport, laptop.

Great, he's probably

dead, too.

Oh, no. No.

No, no, no, no, no.

What?

Matt Baker, linguist.

Dayton Riley,

military specialist.

Dr. Emma Kirpatrick?

Archaeologist.

There was another

expedition team.

That explains

the bloody T-shirt,

and the boot print

in the mud.

Why didn't they tell us?

Because they're

probably all dead.

Lin.

Lin.

What happened?

Are you all right?

Not really, no.

No.

I thought the Yamballi

didn't exist.

Why didn't you tell me

about the other team?

What?

Emma Kirpatrick,

anthropologist.

She was here.

I watched her die.

What are you talking

about? Don't lie to me!

Just don't!

Those are her hands

over there!

You're sick.

You sent us all

in here to die.

Lin, please. Please

listen to me. Okay?

I swear.

I didn't know

anything about this.

You have to believe me.

I'm here just like you.

Please.

Well, then Harry

screwed us all.

This is it. This is where they found it.

"A great man lies here

with no limits but the sky. "

It's a funny thing, coming face

to face with your ancestors.

Yours is the glory.

Mr. Vargas, this is a

needle in a haystack.

We're never gonna

find them like this.

That dagger belongs to me.

I will find them.

Where did you go, huh?

There's fighting here.

And death.

McCall went that way.

Why is there such a struggle over here?

Take a guess,

Nostradamus.

Sergeant McCall

is smart enough

not to wave his

exit like a flag.

Listen.

The jungle is trying

to tell us something.

It's angry.

That

makes two of us.

Can you feel that?

Huh?

Feel that?

Feel what?

Help! Help!

Help!

Harry! Harry!

Harry, help me!

I should have seen it. It was

too easy and for too much money.

Vargas preys on weakness.

He set us all up.

We don't know that.

Those people could

be sipping margaritas

in Cabo right now

for all we know.

You believe that?

Harry's an opportunist.

He's not heartless.

His donations have kept my foundation

going for the last two years.

So why are you

defending him?

I'm not.

I just can't believe

he's that duplicitous.

Or we're that gullible.

It's like you said. He's a conquistador.

He'll do anything

for his treasure.

Well, he's not moving,

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