Nim's Island Page #5

Little boat go no farther.

Bad for motor.

Uh- Uh, you ca-

You can't be serious.

- Come on. Off you go.

- This is just-

This is-This is-

This is insanity.

I know- I know a little

thing about insanity, let me tell ya.

Oh, God.

Man with a helicopter live here.

He'll take you the rest of the way.

- But I-

- You find that man with the helicopter.

Oh, no, no, no. Wait, wait. Don't you know

what the safety ratings are on those things?

I can't take a helicopter.

I need to go back right now.

Come on. Right now!

- Hey! I-I'm reporting you to, uh-

- So long! Good luck!

someone!

Now you're up to

your waist in it.

- The beautiful ocean.

- Ah!

The salt water.

Doesn't it feel just great?

No. No. It doesn't feel just-

great.

It doesn't even feel good.

It feels like the wet, disgusting, fishy and-

Hey, hey, hey! Hey! Take me back!

Ach! Away with ya, Alexandra.

This is it!

You're tasting adventure.

It tastes bad.

What's wrong?

- Have you seen Edmund?

- No.

Edmund!

Eddie! Are you in there?

Play nicely now!

This is no place for games!

It's the perfect place

for games!

Edmund!

Look up there.

What's that?

Yes! Smoke!

Act like a volcano!

What is it?

Is it erupting?

Is that an avalanche?

Come on.

No. No. Wrong way!

Wow.

Shirley? Shirley!

Oh.

Whoa. Did I do that?

- Geez!

- Edmund!

Off we go! Don't panic.

It's part of the experience.

Back onto the boats.

- Edmund, hurry up!

- Let's move!

The-The thing's going!

Hurry up!

Who are you?

What were you

doing up there?

- Do you live here?

- Yes, I live here.

What are you doing here?

We're supposed to be on holiday.

Calm down!

Ludwig, get on the boat.

Get us out of here.

- Hurry!

- Shirley!

- Come on! Where's our boy? Get the boy!

- I don't know! Edmund!

Edmund, now!

You're different

than I imagined you.

You-You imagined me?

From the story,

Buccaneer Ship?

"The Oceanographer

and the Blue Whale. "

But I'm not from a story.

Edmund! Hurry up!

I'm from Brisbane.

- Edmund!

- Edmund!

- Ladies and gentlemen, do not panic.

- Edmund!

Edmund!

Edmund! Hurry!

- It's time for you to leave now.

- Are you coming with us?

- Why?

- It's not safe here.

- But it's safe for me.

- But you're all alone.

Hurry up!

Edmund!

Coming, Mother.

Edmund! Eddie?

Eddie, baby,

where have you been?

We've been looking for you everywhere.

We've gotta get out of here.

I met a girl!

Mum, I met a girl!

Met a girl on this godforsaken island?

I'm happy for you.

- A girl who lives here.

- Oh, you and your stories, Eddie!

This island is no place for human beings.

I promise you that.

Now, come on.

Wait for us! Please!

- Wait for us!

- We're coming!

My God! Look at that!

Move it faster! Come on!

How old are you now?

Eddie? Eddie?

No more Game Boy, no more

television for a month.

He's staying at home

forever.

Oh, no. Alex Rover, where are you?

What's happening?

Storm's changing course!

This is bad!

- What?

- This is bad!

Oh! Oh, this is it!

I'm gonna die!

- I gotta agree with you on that one.

- What?

Glass bubble hanging a hundred feet

above the middle of nowhere.

Oh, I hate helicopters.

It's my Achilles' heel.

You can't say that. You're a hero!

I'm not a hero. I wish I were.

I'm just a helicopter pilot.

- Oh!

- No, you're the hero, Alexandra.

You came all the way down here

just to answer a distress call.

You-You seized the moment,

claiming control of this part of your life!

- I'm gonna be sick.

- No, no. No, no, no, no.

- You can't. Oh!

- What's that?

I- I think

it's a cruise ship.

- I'm taking her down. We land there.

- There?

No!

South by southeast, full speed.

Captain, you might

want to see this.

Good Lord.

No more!

No more! No more!

Oh, thank you!

Who gave you permission

to land on my ship?

- Who are you?

- I'm Alex Rover.

Alex Rover? The adventurer?

No! The writer!

Come on now! Don't let me down here!

You're my last chance!

Come on! Come on!

That's it!

Come on!

You did it!

Whoo-hoo! Okay. Come on!

Take me home!

Come on, Mother Nature!

Take me back to Nim!

Whoo-hoo!

I know the coordinates perfectly well.

They're right in my head.

It is, uh, 20 degrees south,

162 degrees west.

There's a little girl there.

There's no girl for 200 miles.

Oh, but she's-she's

all alone on an island.

And but-but what-

Why is everybody looking at me

like I'm crazy?

We've just come from the nearest island.

Trust me, no human being could survive there.

Just take me to the island!

Young lady, we're battling

a bloody monsoon here.

Now, this ship is full throttle at sea and

we will not be coming about.

Uh, but- I-

Captain, she's not

playing with a full deck.

You should have the medic come

and give her a little sedation.

- Yeah, why don't you do that, huh?

- Yeah.

- Eddie?

- He's probably after the dessert tray.

I know she's there.

You know, I mean, I heard her voice.

I didn't really hear her voice.

I got her e-mails.

- You're not crazy.

- I'm not?

I know it. I saw her.

She's real.

- She-She's real?

- And she's on the island.

Oh. Thanks. Thanks.

The way you are handling it, the poise

with which you are handling this situation-

- Ship's medic is on his way, Captain.

- Thank you, Ensign.

- Hey! Hey! After her!

- Security!

Bingo in five minutes.

Oh!

Stop her!

Someone stop her!

Oh, stupid suitcase!

Oh, you dropped soup.

- I've got her!

- Come on! Down here!

Go, go, go, go, go, go, go!

There she isl

Don't let her go!

What on earth are you doing?

Just having

a nervous breakdown!

Whoo-hoo!

No, no, no, no, no.

No, don't do this!

I will not give up, Nim!

I will get back to you!

I promise you!

Daddy?

Jack?

Daddy! Daddy!

Are you all right, Daddy?

Jack!

Selkie, Selkie, come on!

Jack needs us!

We have to save him!

Nim? Nim!

No!

Nim.

Is that you? Nim?

Is that you? Nim.

Who are you?

Nim, I'm-

I'm Alex Rover.

Alex Rover?

Yeah, that's me.

But- No.

No, that's impossible.

Alex Rover, he's a man.

He's a hero.

He was gonna help me

find my dad.

He saves people.

He doesn't need saving.

I- I know.

I'm-I'm Alexandra Rover.

Alexandra?

I'm the writer

from San Francisco.

- The writer?

- Yeah. Well, you said you needed someone, so-

But I didn't say I needed you.

- You have to go.

- What are you talking about? I mean, I-

You can't be here. You have

to go before my dad gets back.

Before your dad-

This is our island, okay?

Our island alone.

And we don't want

anyone else here! Okay?

Please go. Go!

Follow her, Alexandra.

- You-You be quiet.

- No, I won't be quiet. She needs you.

What? She's- She's fine.

I mean, you heard her.

Apparently, she can do quite well.

She doesn't need me.

Of course she needs you.

And to be honest,

you kinda need her as well.

I mean,

where you gonna go?

But I- I'm gettin' outta here.

I'm gonna-

I'm gonna make a raft. I'm gonna,

like, make a little bonfire thing.

And-And then I'm gonna go home,

and I'm- I am never leaving.

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