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gets like really, really hot?

Pcheeew!

Exactly.

So I think we gotta

give this place a lot of room.

And I think

we should work in 2 minute shifts.

And that starts right now. Pick a partner.

- So, everything is ready.

- Lonzo.

Guys.

Guys.

Danke shn....

We had to move

this thing away from the

camp...

...and now we are

completely exposed to,

like everything.

You know, maybe,

maybe you might want to

go with the others...

...at least until I'm--

I'm sure that this thing works.

We make sure together.

Wow.

Ja, wow.

[ WAVES CRASHING ]

[ GERMAN ]

All Right....

You got the honors.

May God be with us.

Yes

With music anything is bearable,

even weeks below the ocean.

[ CHAMBER MUSIC PLAYS ]

What would it take to get

that submarine to run again?

It would take

many more gallons than we use

for this small generator.

Well, suppose that we

could get the fuel?

Some basic repairs.

Judging from the moon,

the tide is gonna peak in about,

umm, 2 weeks.

You want us to try

and sail away on a submarine?

It might be

the best opportunity

we have.

First...

... we have one

large problem to deal with.

The Schrumf raptor

- Sehrschrumpfter

Isn't that what I said?

Shurschrampter.

- I understand. It's okay.

[ PHONOGRAPH MUSIC CONTINUES

-VIENNESE WALTZ ]

Why don't we hunt the T-Rex

like we do other animals?

We tried.

Our firearms do very little damage,

especially at a safe range.

Wounded,

they only become

that much more dangerous.

It would take a cannon

to bring them down.

How long will it take

to get the big son-of-a-b*tch?

[ GUNSHOT AND ECHO ]

You know...

I got an idea.

When I was a kid,

my dad used to use M-80's,

you know, 'cherry bombs?'

...to scare the deer

out of the hay fields.

Now, I know scarring a T-Rex

is a hell of a lot more dangerous...

than trying to

run a white-tail out of a hayfield, but...

we can use whatever

gunpowder, smoke, explosives, any

thing we can put together that makes a big noise,

we got a chance.

We just gotta take a tip

from our primitive ancestors.

You know, how they

used to push Mammoths off the

edge of cliffs?

We would do the same thing.

Using our explosives

to drive the T-Rex through the ravine,

...somehow, away from

his lair and all that petroleum, and

onto the beach.

There is only

one thing on this island that can bring down

something as big as that...

We have to be lucky, precise.

But if we do,

we'll have access to all the petroleum

we could ever use.

We just have one problem,

how do you get the T-Rex started

in the first place?

He's right.

You use the explosives to

initially drive him from his lair...

...you set that petroleum on fire.

We're never gonna make it.

That's true.

Getting him out will be my job.

Come on, you big ugly lizard.

[ LOUD ROAR ]

[ ROAR AND HEAVY FOOTSTEPS ]

Lonzo, now!

[ EXPLOSION AND ROARS ]

[ EXPLOSION AND ROARS ]

[ EXPLOSION AND ROARS ]

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ GERMAN ]

[ EXPLOSIONS ]

Hey!

Hey, keep coming!

Lindsey!

Now!

[ SCREAMS ]

[ LOUD ROAR ]

No, Cole!

No Cole!

[ SCREAMS ]

Come on!

- Come on!

- Nooo!

[ ROAR ]

[ EXPLOSION ]

Hey.

I know that you

want to be alone right now, but

you have to be careful...

...walking around here

by yourself, it's dangerous.

He was the only one

in this whole world who made me feel

like I wasn't alone.

I don't know, I just...

...I can't believe he's gone.

It doesn't make sense to me.

It's not fair...

... but he's opened the door for us, Linds;

just like he's always done.

Everybody has to work hard

for us to pull this off.

You have to do your part.

I need you for this.

You're not alone.

I'll wait for you outside.

[ WAVES BREAKING ]

We're gonna have to dig,

We're gonna have to dig, dig, dig.

I mean it's going

to take a lot of digging.

We gotta remove

sand from the base of the hull at the bow,

all the way to the stern.

[ GERMAN ]

He said, he would dig

to Hades itself, if it meant getting back

to his girlfriend.

So, if we can remove enough sand,

and get enough water under

the base of the hull,

high tide, we should

be able to slip her free...off this sand,

and get her outside

With the engines running,

we could empty the ballast tanks,

make her more buoyant.

Um, his girlfriend... she...ah...

...she may have gotten really old.

She may...even be dead.

It's a different world than

the one you left.

I have a wife and child of my own.

There are many

great mysteries, Captain.

We must not lose the opportunities

that others have given us.

Lonzo, Lukas, faster!

You got an extra shovel?

[ BUBBLING ]

[ GERMAN ]

[ GERMAN ]

( You did a good job big man, yes, Frost,

a good job, yes? ) [LAUGHS ]

Yeah...yeah!

Oh, my God.

- All right, I think I can handle it,

let me just show you something.

Frost, Frost, here, here.

[ FIRE CRACKLING ]

Come on.

[ SIGHS ]

Can we make it on time?

Yeah, yeah, I think so.

It's gonna take a lot of fuel.

We're gonna need every drop once

we slip her off the sand...

...and get her out to sea.

We are only gonna get one chance,

when we blow those ballast tanks.

[ SIGHS ]

Other than that,

I wouldn't worry about it.

[ WAVES BREAKING ]

All the supplies are loaded;

food, water, everything we can think of.

Listen Frost,

once we blow the ballast tanks,

there's no turning back.

We got it.

It's high tide now, it's...

we got 30 minutes!

But they are bringing the

fuel right now.

Get them on the boat!

We just have to hope

that what we have right now is

going to be enough fuel.

The tide waits for no one, man.

[ GERMAN ]

[ BUBBLING ]

[ ROAR ]

[ THUNDEROUS FOOTSTEPS ]

[ FOOTSTEPS CONTINUE ]

[ GUNSHOTS ]

[ ECHO OF GUN SHOTS ]

[ ROAR ]

[ GERMAN ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ SHOT THEN EXPLOSION ]

High tide, it's now or never.

Let's get the boat off the sand.

Blow the tanks!

Blow the ballast!

Wait.

Wait, wait, they're

not back yet.

Lonzo!

Come.

[GERMAN] ( WHAT'S WRONG? )

Lonzo!

We have to go to the submarine.

Come on!

[ GROUND-SHAKING FOOTSTEPS ]

Well, fire the engines!

[ GERMAN ]

[ GERMAN ]

[ ENGINE WHINES ]

We got reverse!

[ ROAR ]

[ EXPLOSION ]

[ ALL EXCLAIMING ]

We did it!

What?

What did he say?

Frost may not have made it back.

I think we lost him.

- Karen! Karen!

- She was--she was

just here a minute ago.

Frost.

Hey.

You okay?

It's too late,

it's gone.

Why weren't you on it?

Not without you.

[ FIRE CRACKLING ]

I may never know whether

the attempt was successful...

...and the submarine was able to

escape this place.

Maybe, someday,

others will come here,

just as we did,

...and we can hope again.

In the meantime,

life continues to move forward.

Time passes,

even in this wild place,

forgotten by the world.

We've managed to make a home.

As I end my story,

and send it out to whatever

fate it may find,

it reminds me that

we are always at the beginning.

God bless us on this journey.

Frost Michaels.

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