Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow Page #4

I'm not. I'm landing it on that.

- What is it?

- It's a mobile airstrip.

Dex had a hand in designing it.

It's kind of a secret. You can keep

a secret, can't you, Polly?

Yeah.

I can keep a secret.

Two shots.

Permission to land on platform 327.

Maintain your present course.

Copy, 327.

Welcome aboard, captain.

Joseph Sullivan.

I was sure you'd be dead by now.

It's good to see you too, Franky.

This had better be important

or one of us is in trouble.

It's important.

What is that?

You be nice.

Commander Cook,

meet Polly Perkins.

Polly Perkins.

I've heard so much about you.

It's a pleasure to finally meet

the competition.

It's been a long time since Nanjing,

hasn't it, Joseph?

So, Franky, I hear you've been having

trouble with that number-three engine,

or at least you were last time...

Commander, we're tracking six

enemy submersibles

bearing 30 degrees northwest.

- Who wants to kill you now?

- Man your battle stations.

- All hands on deck.

- Follow me.

Take us to 10,000 feet

and deploy countermeasures.

Yes, commander.

Reconnaissance located an island

of our current position.

It is not, however,

on any of our charts.

- That has to be him.

- That has to be who?

What have you got me

into this time, Joseph?

Nothing you can't handle, Franky.

Polly, try not to touch anything.

Enemy warships bearing 316,

mark 4. Closing fast.

- Give me a visual.

- Launching radio imager.

We're receiving a signal.

On-screen now.

Totenkopf.

Commander, we've lost power to the

forward rotors. We're losing altitude.

All engines, reverse full.

Get us out of here.

Francesca, you've got to get me

on that island.

I'm not about to risk the lives

of my men for one of your silly antics.

He's got Dex.

Rescind order!

You'll never make it from the air.

We have to find you another way.

There's a tidal flow on the eastern face

of the island.

It's too deep.

We're not rated past 300 meters.

But...

...this area here,

there's an undersea inlet

at the southern tip

and it runs beneath the entire length

of the island. That is your only way in.

Everything else is sheer rock

to the edge of the water.

What about those machines?

How do we get past them?

Leave that to me.

Alert the amphibious squadron.

Report to main station carrier.

What?

Nanjing?

I can't hear you, Polly.

You'll have to speak up.

Keep your nose up, Joseph. You

always were bad at the short takeoff.

Keep up, Franky. I don't wanna

have to come back for you.

I thought your takeoff was just fine.

Thank you, Polly.

So you heard that, did you?

Manta leader to Manta team,

impact in ten seconds.

Switching to amphibious mode.

Impact in five, four, three,

two, one.

Franky.

You remember our milk run

over Shanghai, don't you?

We had the target buttoned up

and he was jinxing in the flak.

- Pops a rivet, thinks he's taken a hit.

- And started yelling:

- "Protect the rabbits!

- "Protect the rabbits!

- Protect the rabbits!"

- Protect the rabbits!"

Enemy target spotted four points

to the right. Depth, 1,600. Look sharp.

Joe, watch out!

- Joseph, there's the inlet.

- I see it.

Get ready to make a run for it.

We're about to clear you a path.

Hold on, now, Polly.

Hold on.

Manta leader to Manta team,

arm cluster torpedoes

and stick close to element formation.

Fire.

Joseph! Pull up!

Joseph, it's still alive. Disengage.

Do you hear me? Disengage.

Do you hear me?

- What is it?

- Do you hear me? Pull up!

- The rudder's jammed. I can't steer.

- Joseph!

Disengage!

- Thank you, Franky. That was close.

- Get ready to make a run for it.

You're only going to have

one shot at this.

Franky, what are you doing?

This is no time to show off.

- She's heading straight for it.

- On my mark.

- She's going to ram it.

- It's suicide.

Franky, pull up.

- Three.

- Pull up, Franky.

Two.

One.

You're all clear.

Good luck, Joe.

Thank you, Franky.

We'll take it from here.

She's some kind of girl.

Yes, I know.

I'm taking us up.

What?

- What is it?

- One of Totenkopf's creatures.

- You're not gonna photograph that?

- I've only got two shots left.

Who knows what's waiting for us

out there.

Suit yourself.

There's a clearing up ahead.

Totenkopf can't be far.

Run.

There.

Polly!

Oh, great.

Come on!

Polly!

Come on!

Are you mad?

Are you completely insane?

You could have gotten yourself killed!

- It's okay.

- No, it isn't.

- I didn't mean...

- I shot the ground!

- What?

- When we were running,

I shot the ground.

It isn't funny.

I only have one shot left.

One shot!

What is it with you

and that stupid camera, anyway?

You gave it to me.

You don't even remember, do you?

You were flying with the American

volunteers in Nanjing,

I was covering the evacuation

of Shanghai.

- I remember.

- Joe, I wanna ask you something

and I want you to tell me the truth.

I don't care one way or the other,

I swear. I just need to know.

The girl in Nanjing was Franky,

wasn't it?

- Polly.

- How long were you seeing her?

Look me in the eyes.

I never fooled around on you.

Never.

I sabotaged your plane.

- Three months.

- I knew it!

I can't believe I ever trusted you,

you lousy...

He's here.

You all right?

Through there.

Through there.

My God, Joe.

It's an ark.

He's building an ark.

What are you doing?

You honestly think you're gonna

find something more important

than every single creature on Earth

being led two by two

inside a giant rocket ship?

I might.

- Like what?

- I'll know when I see it.

- Ten minutes to liftoff.

- They've started the countdown.

We have to find Totenkopf.

You've got a gift.

- Dex!

- Hurry, get in!

Einsteigen. Komm, springt!

Are you all right?

How did you find us?

We escaped into the tunnels

once the countdown started.

Some of the scientists were caught.

They didn't make it.

The machines that were guarding us

are loading everything on this island

into that ship.

We've got about ten minutes

to stop that thing from blasting off.

Dex! Get us out of here!

Good boy, Dex.

Thanks, Cap.

- Who are they?

- They're Unit 11.

Or what's left of them.

They were brought here to finish

what they started 30 years ago.

Finish what?

Tell them.

Totenkopf believed that humankind

was doomed to extinction,

so he proposed the unthinkable:

To build a vessel that would carry

the building blocks of a new civilization

into space.

He used his machines

to collect specimens

representing all life on Earth.

What Totenkopf called

"The World of Tomorrow. "

Those vials that Dr. Jennings

gave me, what were they?

Adam and Eve.

Totenkopf's masterpiece.

Seeds of a technological utopia.

We smuggled them off this island,

knowing Totenkopf

would never leave without them.

But now that he has them again,

there is nothing left to keep him here.

Then let him go. Let him go

where he can't harm anyone.

No, no, no, that ship

must never leave this Earth.

Why? What haven't you told us?

When the rocket reaches 100

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