[tense music playing]
[pants, groans]
- [Soldier 1] I saw her up ahead! - [Helena groans] Go!
[Soldier 1] Don't let her escape!
[groans]
- [Soldier 2] I heard something! - Over here.
We know you're getting weaker.
[grunts, groans]
[Meiyin] Hmm.
[groans]
[Soldier 2] Give up now,
and maybe General Nerva will grant you a swift death.
[groans softly]
- [sword slicing] - [Soldier 1 grunts]
[gasps, exhales]
[Deborah] Hey, it's okay, possum.
[indistinct clamor]
- It's okay to be afraid. - [pensive music playing]
Mummy, why are we here?
We're here to fight for our future.
Tommy's dad said that it's hopeless.
That we'll never win.
I know you're worried. But this is important.
And I want so much more for you.
If we can't fly, we run. And if we can't run?
[exhales] Then we walk.
[Deborah] And if we can't walk?
We crawl.
No matter what, we keep moving forward.
There. Beautiful.
[crowd] Always was, always will be, aboriginal land!
Always was, always will be, aboriginal land!
- You ought to be grateful! - Go home, for your own good!
[crowd] Always was, always will be, aboriginal land!
[all] Always was, always will be!
Always was, always will be!
[crowd] Always was, always will be, aboriginal land!
[exclaims, groans]
[screams] Helena!
[whimpers, cries]
[sighs]
[crowd] Always was, always will be, aboriginal land!
[breathes heavily]
[gasps]
- [Scary growls softly] - [groans] Hello?
Is anyone there? Scary?
- [Scary growling softly] - [gasps]
[grunts, exhales] General Nerva's secrets, huh?
[sighs]
[suspenseful music playing]
Hmm.
What are you really?
- [growls, chomps] - [chomps]
[grunts, screams]
[breathes heavily, grunts]
[exclaims, chuckles]
- [squeals] - [gasps]
[squeals]
Here. Here, little guy. You're a troodon, aren't you?
- [squeals] - [Helena] Go on, take it.
[gasps]
[troodons squeal]
[exclaims]
[grunts]
- [troodons groaning] - [Helena grunts]
- [growls] - [Helena grunts] Good boy!
[breathes heavily, screams]
[groans, screams]
[groans]
[growls]
- [growls] - [gasps]
[groans]
[dramatic music playing]
- [roars] - [breathes heavily, grunts]
- [growls] - [groans]
- [growls] - [breathes heavily]
- [growls, groans] - [exclaims, breathes deeply]
[heroic music playing]
[grunts, breathes heavily]
- [roars] - [grunts]
[whimpers]
- [sabertooth groans] - [exhales]
- [grunts] - [squelching]
- [exhales] - [Meiyin grunts]
[in Chinese]
[in English] Huh? You... you speak Chinese?
[in Chinese]
[exhales deeply]
[in English] My English is better than
whatever you call that. [exhales]
Thank... thank you?
I'm... I'm Helena. [inhales] Who are...
Meiyin.
I only had one rope.
- Too bad I wasted it on you, eh? - [Helena grunts]
There is something in this cave that is of great value to me.
You may not be of much more use than a broken rope,
but you can come with me if you wish,
or you can stay here.
Uh, one second.
Scary? Stay put! I'll be back for you.
[Scary growling]
[Helena grunts]
You saved me back in the jungle.
The last thing I remember is Nerva's riders.
[Meiyin] Half the island is looking for the woman
who robbed that butcher
and turned his own beasts upon him.
Word has it that he promises a princely reward
to the one who brings her to him.
But, instead of turning me over to him,
you treated my wounds.
And eliminated the scouts who pursued you.
No! Look carefully.
[chittering]
- [exclaims] Arthropleura. - [Meiyin] Fireworms.
Their venom burns like acid. Now come.
Where, uh-- When did you come from?
Long before your time.
Aren't you worried that by helping me, you'll...
[exhales] ...I don't know, bring Nerva down on you?
[grunts, exhales]
When I bring Nerva down,
he'll be choking on his own blood
with my spear sunk to the hilt in his throat.
Oh. Oh, wow. I, uh... I see. [exhales] Well, then.
Uh, Meiyin?
[gasps]
[Meiyin] We need to rest.
I explored this cave once, years ago.
There will be many perils.
Help me prepare dinner.
[grunts, chuckles nervously] You want me to skin it?
[exhales] Don't you know how?
You want to learn?
[soft music playing]
[Meiyin] Everyone here has one.
No one knows what purpose they serve,
nor why any of us is here in the first place.
[inhales] Perhaps we are being punished,
and the shadows of our deeds in life have followed us here.
[exhales] There must be an explanation for all of this.
We have to find it.
Where you come from? You are a scholar?
- A scientist. - Scientist.
This is a... a seeker of truth?
[chuckles] Not exactly, but I'll take it.
I think you know what I'm carrying.
What I stole from Nerva.
You need it too.
Why didn't you just take it from me?
At this moment,
you are the only person on this island
who does not despise me.
[exhales]
Mum! I came as soon as they called me.
[kisses]
I didn't want to worry you.
Your treatment is annihilating the cells in your body.
You need rest.
And instead, you're out marching.
Are you even listening to me?
We have to fight, Helena.
If not for ourselves, for the future generation.
You collapsed at a protest! They said you were unresponsive.
I'll always be with you, possum. You know that.
You can never lose me.
But I could.
Mum,
this isn't something you can cure with positive thinking.
The work I've done has been for you,
it always has been.
Yeah, and a lot of good, it's done.
[sighs] I... I should get back to the lab.
You could join me. Just like when you were a kid.
I'm studying to become a scientist, Mum,
not an activist.
I'm trying to make a difference in my own way. I'm not you.
[chuckles] I should hope not!
- [coughs] - Oh!
[sighs]
Life is for living, Helena.
And while my heart beats, I will fight.
And, to you, it may seem like a losing fight,
but a battle can turn when you least expect it.
Hmm.
[kisses] I love you, Mum.
[inhales deeply, cries]
[breathes deeply] Hmm?
Ready to go?
- Mm. - I made breakfast.
Mm. [munches]
Hmm. It's passable.
Mm!
[dramatic music playing]
- [grunts, exhales] - [grunts, breathes heavily]
[Meiyin] You asked why I want to kill Nerva.
We tried, and nearly did. Left unopposed, evil will grow.
Today a weed, tomorrow a forest.
So, we formed an alliance to stop him.
From the North, Kor and his Sky-Riders.
From the West, John and his scouts.
And I and my warriors from the South.
[grunts]
We rode against Nerva and his legions of conquerors,
ready for steel, for blood, and death.
And with our Great Alliance,
we were all but assured of victory.
And then, we were betrayed.
I was betrayed.
That Green Artifact you carry,
the legends of this island say that it is one of three,
and that when all are used,
an immense power will be granted.
The Red Artifact belongs to Kor, the so-called "Prophet."
And it may as well be on the moon
for all the good it does us in his hands.
- Woah! Oh! - [grunts]
[sighs]
Thanks, uh, again.
So, what about the third Artifact?
The third Artifact, the Blue. I possess.
You are capable and sharp of mind.
You could help in the fight against Nerva.
[exhales] I wasn't a fighter.
- In my time. - [Meiyin] And what are you now?
- [bats squeal] - Hmm?
And what happens when someone has all three Artifacts?
[Meiyin] The legends say
they shall then be able to leave this place.
They shall be able to go home.
[mysterious music playing]
- [spear clanks] - And here we are at last.
It's some sort of gate.
[chimes]
I have not seen it do that before.
[spear clanks]
A locked gate requires a key, does it not?
[clanks, chimes]
[in Chinese]
[chimes]
Hmm.
[Meiyin] Hmm.
[Helena grunts softly]
[in English] I think...
in order to know what's coming next,
we have to look at the pattern that's come before.
[beeps, chimes]
The same object, in a new shape...
for a new purpose.
A wise scholar indeed.
[chimes]
[hopeful music playing]
[gasps]
Spiders. I hate spiders.
Who could have built this?
I've never seen anything like these.
[suspenseful music playing]
[chimes]
[groans]
[gasps] It's like
some kind of operating system, or an interface.
Uh, Meiyin?
I think this might be...
[gasps] A trap.
[both groan]
[chirps]
- [grunts] - [breathes heavily, grunts]
- [chirps] - [groans]
[breathes heavily, screams]
Nope! Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope!
[breathes heavily, grunts]
[gasps, whimpers]
[chitters]
[groans, gasps]
[gasps]
[grunts]
[screeches]
- [chirps, growls] - [grunts, groans]
Meiyin! [breathes heavily]
[grunts]
[groans]
- [chirps] - [groans]
- [grunts] - [screeches]
[groans]
[gasps]
[Deborah] If we can't fly, we run.
[groans, grunts]
[Deborah] And if we can't walk, we crawl.
No matter what, we keep moving forward.
[grunts]
[intense music playing]
- [growls] - Whoo-hee!
Over here, you overgrown tarantula!
- [spider growling] - [gasps]
[gasps] Hmm.
[screeches]
[groans, grunts]
- [chitters] - [grunts]
- [squeals] - [breathes heavily]
- [grunts] - [inhales] Hmm.
[grunts, sighs]
Why did it have to be spiders?
Lots of these cheeky buggers where I come from.
Though... [grunts] ...they're not usually this big!
[chittering]
I've got an idea.
I have no doubt you do.
Think you can go another round with that thing?
I'm just getting started.
[growls, screeches]
Just keep it occupied!
[growls]
[grunts]
- [chitters, squeals] - [groans]
[breathes heavily, grunts]
[squeals]
It's getting weaker!
[grunts]
- [growls, squeals] - [gasps]
[Helena grunts]
[growls]
- [groans] - [growls]
- [grunts, exclaims] - [chimes]
[chuckles, gasps]
[chimes]
[gasps]
[exclaims]
Huh? [gasps]
Hmm.
[chimes]
[Meiyin] What is this device?
- A cannon? - Something like that.
Huh? Hmm.
[chimes, whirrs]
You've got to turn it on. May I?
Woah!
[heroic music playing]
[Meiyin] Whoa! Incredible!
With weapons of such power, I could reform the Alliance.
Destroy Nerva and end his conquest,
now and forever.
[birds cooing]
[grunts] Huh?
- [grunts, sighs] - [grunts] Hmm?
- Hmm. - Hmph.
[sighs]
It's wonderful to see the sky and green things again.
Hmm?
[bright music playing]
[Meiyin] Speaking of things that are green...
You are a fighter.
We could be formidable allies, you and I, Helena.
We could. Of course, I'd have conditions.
What this world doesn't need any more of...
is killing.
From time to time,
blood must be shed to protect the innocent.
I can only hope you will not have
to learn these things as I have.
[exhales deeply]
[growls]
[Meiyin gasps]
Scary? [laughs]
- [Scary coos] - How did you find us?
- [coos] - [leaves rustling]
[John] We followed your trail from your camp.
[gasps]
[Scary growling]
The gigantic glowing obelisk didn't help conceal you,
if you were wondering. You've got a lot of grit
showing your face around here again, Meiyin.
[exhales] Hello, John. It's been a long time.
[theme music playing]