The Land That Time Forgot Page #3

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...that it comes from the ground.

Fire from the ground.

Could be volcanic or natural gas or...

Oil.

Herr kapitaen.

Ja, ja.

Ja, oil.

Oil.

If you know where there's

enough oil, we can refine it.

We've got all the equipment we need.

Nein, nein, nein. This is crude oil.

This is no good for my engines.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

It might knock the guts

out of our engines, but...

...it could get us all home.

Yes, I think it is worth a try.

Good old ahm.

Come on, ahm.

I said, come on.

Sto-lu. Sto-lu.

Ahm...Bo-lu.

What's the matter?

Ask him.

Sto-lu.

Sto-lu.

Sto-lu botu ahm.

Ahm Bo-lu.

I think he's saying that a Bo-lu...

...can't go beyond this point.

Yes. And this marks...

...the boundary of his territory.

Family tree.

Ahm...

Dietz. Come on.

Ugh.

Sto-lu. Aah.

Aah.

Ugh.

Quite right, miss Clayton.

Yes, he's different from the Bo-lu.

His species is more advanced.

Sto-lu.

Sto-lu.

Ahm Bo-lu.

Bo-lu.

Bo-lu.

Ahm Bo-lu.

Ahm sto-lu.

Sto-lu.

He's saying that he'll be a sto-lu.

Ahm ga-lu.

Lisa.

Ga-lu.

I think ahm believes that one day...

...he will become like us

and be known as ga-lu.

It's not an uncommon belief

that the soul of the dead...

...is reincarnated, each

time on a higher level.

No, he thinks he will

actually change, physically.

No, no. No, that's impossible.

Perhaps it's just marsh gas.

No. No, it's oil.

Oil.

Oil.

Bradley, get everyone

back to the submarine.

Man the gun.

Go on, ahm.

Borg, fire two rounds.

Can you see anybody?

Yes, they're watching.

Get out.

Your Mr. Bradley is taking his time.

Shh. Don't worry about Mr. Bradley,

just keep an eye on those monsters.

'Use searchlight...'

Give me the searchlight.

'Watch for...Mr. Tyler.'

It's a styracosaurus of

the cretaceous group.

You know, there is a secret to this island,

something that we haven't

been able to fathom yet,

and whether we stay or get away...

...may depend on it.

Come.

Ahm. Ja.

Nein, ahm. Nein, nein. ...

...Nein, nein, nein, nein.

It's the same in the microscopic world.

Creatures at every stage

of evolutionary development.

The same with the men,

the same with the animals.

Millions of years of evolution

embraced on this island.

Von schoenvorts was right. ...

...The creatures of caprona

were like those...

...that existed in prehistoric times. ...

...And the further we

followed the river north,

the more highly-developed

they became.

Yes.

What do you make of it?

Well, the further we go upstream...

...the fewer the organisms there are...

...and the simpler.

Well done, Mr. Bradley.

Let's just hope it works.

So do I, Mr. Tyler.

Ready, Mr. borg? Ready, Mr. Bradley.

Sinclair, start pumping.

Well done.

Well done, Mr. borg.

Very good.

Excellent.

Look at that. Excellent.

You know, it could be more difficult...

...to leave caprona than it was to land.

We'll have that current with us...

...going out through the tunnel.

It'll be very difficult to navigate.

Kapitaen Von schoenvorts

will take us through.

I was with him when he took our u-33...

...down the Norwegian coast in winter...

...to sink a British cruiser.

Storms and ice flows did not stop him.

He's not very good...

...against lifeboats, though, is he?

Punch him.

Punch him. Punch him.

Ooh.

Hey. Dietz. Hey. Hey.

Hey.

Belt him, Olson.

Do you want to remain on this island...

...for the rest of your life?

We must work all together.

Those two won't.

Then we must keep them apart.

Mr. Tyler, I suggest...

...that we divide the men into groups,

and each group takes turns...

...hunting, building, refining.

Good idea.

They're just blowin' off a little steam, Lisa.

Well, ahm, we'll be going home soon.

Ship, ship.

Ship?

Going home. Ship.

Submarine.

Ga-lu.

Ga-lu.

Botu.

'Botu,' I know what that--...

...yeah, I know, I know.

That means death.

Where's our friend ahm?

He usually eats with us.

Ahm.

Miss Clayton.

Well, it's your turn today, huh, Mr. Tyler.

How many more barrels...

...do we need, captain Von schoenvorts?

Oh, I would say another day might do it.

This might be your last hunt.

Auf wiedersehen. Wiedersehen.

Each time we've had to go further...

...and further north to find game.

That's exactly why I came.

I think we're getting nearer...

...the source of life on caprona.

Lisa, this might be your lucky day.

It's a sto-lu encampment.

Hey, look--...

...look at the women in that pool.

What are they doing?

Do you remember those samples...

...we took from the river?

Yeah.

And the spawn we looked at

under the microscope?

This must be how life begins on caprona.

That's the secret.

Every creature must lay eggs in this way.

They flow into the river...

...and develop through

every stage of evolution.

Again and again a time must come...

...when they must go forward.

Nothing on caprona can ever go back.

Mr. Tyler. Aah.

Come on.

I'm gonna draw them away from us.

Now, stay here.

Botu.

Aah.

Ahm.

Ahm, no.

Ahm, look out.

Aah.

Kapitaen, the last barrel has been filled,

and we have a stock of

food and water aboard.

May I request permission

to withdraw from the stockade...

...and rejoin with the u-33?

But Mr. Tyler and the others aren't back yet.

So? We're better off without them.

Aah.

Aah.

We cannot wait any longer, kapitaen.

At least let us get aboard the ship.

Very well, Dietz.

They must be ga-lu.

Ga-lu?

We... We ga-lu.

Botu.

Aah.

Aah.

Aah.

Lisa.

Bradley.

Von schoenvorts.

How much longer do we give them?

As long as we have to.

I don't like the look of the lake, kapitaen.

It's getting worse every minute.

If we stay here much longer--...

...we're not leaving without them.

Look out, skipper.

Don't be a fool, Dietz.

Aah.

Get them below.

Slow ahead both engines.

Leaving?

We are leaving?.

Bradley.

Von schoenvorts.

Give me the searchlight.

You cannot.

Dietz.

Von schoenvorts, wait.

Wait. Help.

No.

Good-bye, miss Lisa.

Wait. Dietz.

Bradley.

Von schoenvorts.

Dietz.

Wiedersehen, Mr. Tyler.

Wiedersehen.

Stop. Dietz.

Wait.

Wait. Stop.

Von schoenvorts.

I hope you enjoy your stay.

Von schoenvorts. Stop.

It's too late. It's all too late.

Submerge. Dive. Dive. Dive.

We cannot breathe.

The heat, the smoke-- get below.

Dive. Dive. Dive. Borg.

I told you to submerge.

Get back to your post.

It's all too late. Caprona has won.

You cannot go back...

...to the...

...beginning.

With the sinking of

the submarine, ...

...all our hopes of getting

away from caprona...

...have disappeared.

We are alone...

...Spurned by even the

highest--the ga-lu. ...

...So we have to go on

in the way of caprona...

...till we find peace.

I would rather live here with Lisa...

...than to live elsewhere

without her. ...

...And she says the same of me.

If God wills it,

we shall live our lives here.

However, we are determined...

...to move ever northward,

ever forward, ...

...toward the greater mysteries

that lie ahead

of this land that time forgot.

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