Zeus and Roxanne Page #3

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he's a little Rusty.

More than

a little.

Yes!

Woof, woof,

woof, woof, woof!

Hey!

Shh!

Shut up!

Get outta here!

You get, get!

Get out!

Stop it, stop it,

stop it, stop it!

Woof, woof, woof,

woof, woof!

Zeus!

Zeus?

Damn.

Okay, here I come.

Zeus.

What are

you doing?

Okay,

You're a weird dog.

It's the creature

from the black lagoon.

Yeah, dressed

like Dr. Carver.

Get me a towel!

Creature, sir!

I think

they hear you.

That's where

Roxanne should be.

With them.

Cool fish.

I think you've

got yourself a band.

Good job, mates!

Rehearsal tomorrow,

same place, same time!

Everybody sober!

You know

dolphins.

Yeah.

I don't wanna

lose you, Terry.

I don't wanna

lose me either.

When are

you leaving?

I gotta go

to Boca Raton...

For a week,

mix my tracks,

Then it's off

to Boston

And a regular job,

Jordan's in school.

How 'bout you?

I'm here through the Summer

if I get my grant.

And if you don't

get the grant?

Minnesota aquarium

tour guide.

Ugh!

Mary Beth won't share,

will she?

Neither will I!

Inter-species

communication.

I'll show her

inter-species communication!

Let's start with her.

She looks sickeningly

cute enough.

See ya.

See ya.

I'd like to

thank you.

Really, for what?

'cause we're going

down in the sub?

I should be

thanking you.

No, I mean thanks

for helping Terry.

He hasn't been able

to write in a long time.

Roxannes

so graceful.

oh, cool.

uh-oh, drift nets.

They kill thousands

of dolphins every year.

Where do they

come from?

Illegal fishermen.

C'mon, let's lead

Roxanne outta here.

we're gonna have to

leave next week.

There's a new

family moving in.

You could stay

at our house.

What about my dad?

we have two extra rooms.

Perfect.

Hey girls,

what brings you here?

You've burned

the school down.

Then, why are

you here?

Thank you.

Thank you.

This looks good.

Thank you.

Okay, why are you two

eating salads?

You always

eat salad, mom.

Why can can't we

eat salad?

I'm sorry,

no satellite dish.

They're too expensive,

we can't afford it-

No, mom,

it's not a satellite dish.

It's really that

Terry and Jordan

Need a place

to live for a while.

We want them at our house.

We have two extra rooms.

Yeah,

c'mon, mom.

Whoa, whoa.

Why do you think they're even

interested in staying at our house?

Well, Jordan does.

And so

does Terry.

Says who?

Jordan told us.

He told us

lots of stuff.

Curious

to know, mom?

What exactly

did they say?

Okay, well-

It started out...

The rest of

the Summer?

You sure this was

Mary Beths idea?

And where are

my Twinkies?!

I made you

a fruit salad.

It's in

the refrigerator.

And of course,

it was her idea.

You're sure.

Absolutely.

And dad,

use a spoon?

Mm-hmm.

Right here,

I knew that.

Now, before

we do this,

There's a few things

you gotta know about me.

Uh-oh.

You one of these guys that

howls at the full Moon?

I'm afraid so.

Oh, dear.

It's a little late

to be reticent now.

After all,

this was your idea.

My idea?

Mm-hmm.

Jordan said

it was-

Jordan said

it was your idea for-

No, the girls told me

that you said-

No, I-

We've been set up.

By world-class

professionals.

Well?

What are we gonna do,

professor?

Well...

I suppose...

If you stayed that I could

continue my work with Zeus.

Mm-hmm, and...

I could finish

my second act.

So, I guess we'll

just have to

Make the best of it.

Man, we're good.

Woof, woof!

Should I take this stuff

next door now?

Just put it

outside first.

Why?

'cause I said so.

Jeesh!

Lemonade?

No, thank you.

What happened?

Nothing.

What didn't happen?

Jordan?

It's gone south.

What are we doing this for?

Are we doing this for us?

Are we doing this for

the Rockland foundation?

Are we doing it

for the kids?

What?

All of the above.

I don't know.

I don't know.

It's okay, just-

Take as much time

as you need.

it's time

to go, Zeus.

I don't

understand.

If a dog and a dolphin

can get along

Why can't our mom

and his dad?

Woof, woof!

Zeus, please.

I feel

badly enough.

Then why don't you

turn around?

I wish I could.

I don't see

anyone else driving.

Jordan!

Hey,

good morning, boss.

Hey, you alright?

What's wrong?

They're gone.

So is Zeus.

They're just gone.

Men and dogs, huh?

C'mere.

It's okay.

Oh.

I could almost cry.

Tears of Joy.

That dolphin

is fair game now,

Track her.

C'mon, Zeus.

Zeus, c'mon.

Zeus.

C'mon.

What is she doing?

I don't know.

She's running away.

She won't let us

near her anymore.

So much for inter-species

communication.

That's what happens

When you work with these

animals in the wild.

They can walk out on you

whenever they want to.

If we can bring Roxanne

back into the lab-

Dr. Carver,

It's illegal to catch

a dolphin in the open sea.

Excuse me, Phil.

You know

he's right.

I'll replace Roxanne

with one of the simpletons,

Perhaps even two.

As scientists

we have to circumvent

These ridiculous

bureaucratic regulations.

Girls, dinner!

Feeding time at

the enrichment program.

I resent that.

Why do you treat us

like your little Einsteins?

What do

you mean?

Did your parents

ever send you

To an enrichment

program?

No.

C'mon, mom,

it's the Summer.

Enjoy it!

You're right.

I guess I'm just trying

to rush everything too much.

I'm trying to rush you

into being little adults,

I'm rushing Roxanne

back to the wild.

Probably rushing Terry into

I don't know what.

Oh, no, mom,

We'll take

Some of the blame

for Terry.

Actually, mom...

We'll take

most of the blame.

alright,

all of the blame.

I was so close.

I was so close

To reintroducing

Roxanne into a pod.

And then-

What happened

to Roxanne?

She's gone.

She'll be back,

don't worry.

No, she won't.

She misses Zeus

too much.

Mom.

Zeus!

Zeus!

Hello?

It's me.

Yes?

I see.

anything?

Nope, nothing.

I just know he's

trying to go back.

That is

unbelievable.

That's like scary.

I think it's time to take

Jurassic measures.

I agree.

What do we have to lose?

Alright,

who is that?

Hi.

Can you please

hold on a second?

Dad.

It's for you, mom.

Who is it?

It's Jane freeman

From the

record company.

It's somebody selling

cemetery plots.

Mom, get the phone.

Hello?

Hello, gorgeous.

I had a dream about you

last night.

You did?

Oh, yeah.

We went all the way,

positively platinum.

Oh.

I had a dream about

you too last night

And we went

resoundingly tin.

Hello, Terry.

They don't give up

too easily, do they?

No, they do not.

I heard about Zeus.

I heard

about Roxanne.

She's pretty hurt.

So is he.

I mean, I think

she'll get over it.

Maybe...

We can give it

a little more time.

We'll talk.

Yeah.

Tomorrow?

Yeah.

Yeah, tomorrow

would be great.

Alright.

Okay.

Bye.

Hello?

Hello?

Goodbye.

Okay, bye.

Hello.

Alright,

you hang up first.

Mm-mm.

How 'bout we

hang up together?

I'll say bye

And on one, two, three,

we hang up.

Okay, bye.

One, two,

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