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Ani.

Ani.

Bye.

But the shape, it definitely was similar to a Cahokian monument. It could have

been, but then it could have been just some sort of eroded stone. It wasn't

defined enough. Sydney, you saw the journal. The eyes of Toklamani are down

here, and we're getting closer. We just have to keep looking.

Adam, you're one of my best graduate students, and I realize how important it

that you find this relic, but Rome wasn't built in a day. This could be the

important relic of Native American history ever found.

It's part of my heritage.

You just have to have patience. I just didn't want you to come all the way out

here for nothing.

I didn't come out here for nothing.

You've made some great progress, and I'm impressed with the work you've done.

When you get a little closer, I could come back and... Hey!

What are you doing down here?

Big guns.

Transit authority?

Breathe, or we'll shoot!

You! Hold it!

Doesn't look like transit authority to me.

They're in here somewhere.

Check over there.

All right. This will take you up to the street, but you watch out.

There's jarheads all over the place. Hurry!

Base to three. Do you see them?

Three to base. You're in the air, chap.

Hands up.

Why were they shooting at us?

I don't know, but it's safe to say they're way over the top with their

here.

I'm Moore, the site manager.

Police will be here in a minute. Oh, good. Then maybe you can explain to them

why your guards were shooting at us with machine guns in the tunnel.

What are you talking about? Your goons tried to cut us to pieces down there. My

crew only carries sidearms.

I know it might be a foreign concept to you, but we try to obey the law around

here. And I haven't had a crew down there in six hours.

Well, maybe somebody didn't get the word because they... No, I got a good idea.

Let's let the police handle it. They're on their way.

What is it about this site that brings out all the nutcases?

Lucky they weren't in the main tunnel. They could have been killed by a deep

digger. Who are they? I don't know and I don't care. Just get ready.

That Raymer.

What's she doing here? What the hell is she doing here?

You know her?

Sidney Fox.

Sidney Fox.

She's a history professor.

And a relic hunter. A very well -known relic hunter.

Who's she?

An archaeologist.

A famous one.

You know her?

No, I know of her. I studied her work when I was a student. How well -known?

Archaeology journal.

Magazines. She makes the papers from time to time.

Bill,

pull the police back. Tell them we're not going to press any charges. They

have to send anybody out.

Right away, sir.

All right, talk to them. Find out what they're doing here, and then you'll get

them.

Long way from Chaco Canyon.

Yes, it is.

And your reputation precedes you too, Sidney.

Which is why I'm surprised you're trying to ruin it.

As an archaeologist, I'm sure you realize there are always obstacles to

important discoveries.

Adam Grant, one of my graduate students.

Oh, and you're conducting a seminar on what? The finer points of trespassing?

We didn't get very far through the usual channels.

I signed off on that project.

I can't imagine what you think you're going to try and find.

You're positive that there's nothing of historical value down there? That's

right. Nothing unusual.

Just a few mittens where previous generations dumped their garbage.

What if I told you that I have reason to believe the eyes of Toklamani are down

there? Toklamani?

Two mysterious disks of enormous power.

They're a fabled piece of prehistory Americana.

And a wild goose chase for relic hunters.

Now, that myth is about as bogus as the existence of the ghost dancers of the

Plains Indians.

The eyes exist.

They're buried within a sacred mound near the river.

And why hasn't anyone found them before now?

Well, maybe because it's a major city of two million people built on top of it.

Well, you certainly don't disappoint.

We have proof.

Wait. You said we wouldn't show it to anyone until after we found the eyes.

Adam, it's just a copy. And if anyone can appreciate your journal, it's Dr.

Raymer. What journal?

It belonged to a French explorer dated 1605.

Has it been authenticated?

It's out for C -14 dating right now.

Security, could you please escort Ms. Fox and her friend out of the front

Thank you. You're not even going to take a look at the journal? I'm going to let

you go.

On the condition that you do not come back.

I believe there's an important relic buried down there. Well, the site

archaeologist report says there's not.

And if I do come back?

You don't look stupid to me.

Neither do you.

That went well.

Do you find it strange that a world -renowned archaeologist wasn't even

to take a look at a journal that might lead to a major historical discovery?

Kind of seems to me like her adventure days are over. I mean, she's doing work

for a city construction project.

Well, maybe.

What

are

you doing?

Some kind of bone fragment.

That pile's from the subway.

So this definitely came from the tunnel.

When we get back to the university, I'll see if I can get it tested by the

archaeology department.

Good idea.

Moore.

Here we have them here.

Now let them go.

She's a big -time relic hunter.

The last thing you need is something like that all over the media.

No, no, they didn't see anything.

I'm sure they weren't anywhere near it.

Look, everything's under control.

Okay.

Claudia, I'm expecting a call from Sydney at any minute. Did you get the

results back from Adam's journal?

Oh, yeah, they should be ready any time.

I'll just give them a call, give them a little push.

Good idea.

Sometimes a C -14 dating gives a little backlog due to all the other lab work.

Something

wrong?

You just said C -14.

Did you just say C -14?

Well, of course I said C -14.

That's what you sent it out for.

What?

Not exactly.

Well, what exactly did you send it out for?

Well, see, um... That is actually a very funny story.

Well, how funny is it?

Well, see, um, I met this guy who said that you can tell a lot about someone

uh, by their handwriting.

And, well, I had all these letters, so I, uh... You sent Adam's journal out to

have the handwriting analyzed?

Dan, this is my professor, Sidney Fox.

Sidney, this is Dan Bernstein, my office mate. Hello.

52 and 58 degrees.

Why the convergence poles at variable angles?

They're supposed to be 45 symmetrically to maximize the magnetic field.

Dan.

Hello.

I'm having impedance problems.

Okay.

Pretty decent -sized space they give you grad students here.

It actually belongs to some junior professor, but he's on sabbatical for a

months. Nice of him to let you use it.

They didn't exactly let me.

Adam? I'll be out before he comes back. He'll never even know I was here.

Hey, are these a ceremonial mound?

The Cahokians were amazing.

They had a calendar like the Mayans and mathematics like the Aztecs.

What exactly were the eyes of Toclamani youth for?

No one really knows.

Legends just tell of them being a powerful force in the community, revered

a god.

They were said to provide food, help the crops grow. I wonder how they did that.

Maybe we'll get to find out soon.

Oh, can I use your phone?

Oh, it was a slight mistake.

A slight mistake is ordering blue pens when you should have ordered black pens.

This is an absolute catastrophe.

Ancient studies.

Nigel, how's the carbon dating going?

Sid, hi.

How's St. Louis?

Have you seen the arch yet?

I understand there's a really nice little rib place down by the river.

the journal. Is it being tested?

The journal.

Right.

Of course. Well, there's a funny thing about that.

Funny how?

Well, it is being tested, in a sense.

And I'm sure the results, when they come through, will be very, very

interesting. You don't have it, do you?

It got mixed up with Claudia's handwriting analysis.

Sorry.

Okay, just get it back. However you do it, get it to the lab ASAP.

Right.

Slight delay in the carbon dating of the journal.

All right.

Too bad.

What is that?

What is that? What is going on? What is this?

No, no, no, no.

Don't bang. Never bang.

What is going on?

Look, there's probably a very, very simple explanation for all of this. I

figure it out. So just leave me and my equipment alone.

Hold on.

What is that?

We found it at the construction site this morning. What are you trying to do,

fry us? What are you talking about?

There's only one reason that my meters would go into the red like that. That

thing is radioactive.

Radioactive? Yes.

You know, like Chernobyl or Hiroshima.

Cell phones.

Not lead, but it'll have to do.

I thought it was a relic from a project I'm working on. I was hoping I'd have it

tested. I know some nerd over in the physics lab who might be able to do a

compositional analysis.

What if I'm not glowing in the dark by the time I get there?

Guys with machine guns.

Radioactivity. What's going on down there?

I don't know, but I have a hard time believing that Bette Raymer overlooked a

possible radiation source.

Can you get on the web here?

Yeah.

I'd like to take a look at a report.

See if there's any mention of radiation in it.

City of St.

Louis.

Works.

Rapid job.

There's nothing on the city site about an archaeological survey.

There's a link to the construction company's homepage.

Password protected.

I don't know whether to be impressed or frightened.

Don't worry. We'll be off before anyone can see us.

Oh, that makes it better, then.

There it is.

Well, that's a rather concise report for such a large project.

No evidence of significant historical or archaeological findings.

What about radioactive ones?

Doesn't exactly look like Miss Raymer went over the place with a fine -tooth

comb. No, it does not.

I think I'll pay her a visit.

See what else you can find out about the project.

I'll call you later.

You know, she's not going to be any different than she was before.

Yeah.

Hey, Adam, what was it that made you want to get into archaeology so badly?

I don't know.

I started reading some things about some ancient sites, and that got me reading

some more.

Before I knew it, I was all fucked in and whacked out.

I never quite heard it described like that before. Yeah.

I'll tell you a secret.

It never goes away.

Not if you're doing it right.

I'm sorry to drop by unannounced.

Perhaps I didn't make myself clear the last time we spoke.

I will leave and I won't come back if you just take one look at the journal.

No first -hand account of the eyes exists in the literature of Native

The legends are all oral history.

The journal was written by a French surveyor. He made it all the way back to

France after having witnessed the eyes of Toklamani first -hand.

That combo's going to take a few days.

Typical.

It turns out we'll live to see the results.

The radiation levels were pretty much harmless.

I just wondered what it was down there that caused it.

Could have been a small uranium deposit in the soil.

Natural source.

Or maybe it was the CIA alien plot to develop a subterranean arsenal, overtake

the country, and use human glandular fluid as a hyper -efficient alternative

fuel source.

You've been drinking Yohimbe tea and watching X -Files marathons again,

you?

Adam traced it through the Court of France records. It not only describes

eyes, but the cultural advances of the Cahokians. The mound builders of the

Mississippi Valley.

They built using the same techniques as the Mayans.

An oral migration legend of the Natchez Indians.

You believe only primitive savages inhabited North America prior to the

Europeans. One civilization always builds upon the previous one. If there'd

any evidence, I would have found it.

This subway project poses absolutely no threat to anything of archaeological

significance.

Adam found something that came out of the tunnels.

It's radioactive.

Was it the money?

Why did you just get tired of fighting the fight?

More. Our security's been breached.

Someone's hacked into the files.

We need to speed things up.

We're not ready to pour concrete.

Get ready.

Covering up that radiation source is not as simple as you think. Here's simple.

There's a lot at stake.

Of course.

Deals have been made.

Favors owed.

You know what I'm saying?

Yeah. I've got everything under control.

I thought you would.

Even if someone got down there, they wouldn't be coming back.

Let's hope so.

For both our sakes.

Looks

like

we're going in the front door.

There's got to be another way down.

Okay. And where?

I don't know.

I'll bet he does.

That's the guy who helped us in the subway.

I don't know how it works in your trailer, but in my office, the

known as knocking.

Oh, I'm sorry.

What do you want?

It's a Pearson, huh? 45, 50 feet.

Yaw, double mast, calf rigged.

That's pricey.

It's a good thing your career's going so well.

But that's the problem with your job, is you work so hard, you don't have any

time to enjoy it.

You know, I think you should, uh... Start spending a little more time in

boat.

You'd be amazed at what two weeks off can do.

Keep an eye out for security.

Last time they came out of nowhere.

We have to get lower.

Ladies first.

Thanks, Harry.

This must be part of an old sewer system.

Take a look at this pipe fixture.

Turn of the century.

The deeper we go, the closer we'll get.

The work crews must have put this up.

Why?

I don't know.

Could be dangerous or unstable.

Maybe they're trying to keep people out for another reason.

This is new.

It's been blocked off recently.

Whoa.

I'm getting some radioactivity here.

You okay?

Yeah. You?

Well, you wanted to get lower.

There's more radiation down here.

But we should be okay for a while.

Look at these.

Yeah. And they grow down here with absolutely no light.

Well, wherever we are, it looks like some kind of natural rock formation.

Or it was hauled out a long time ago.

Doesn't seem to be any evidence of the Coakians here, though.

Wait a minute.

That wasn't a sinkhole we fell through.

It was a floor trap of some kind.

I've seen the same design in Mayan temples. This means we're getting

Let's see what else is around here.

If it's anything like the temple at Teotihuacan, the most important chamber

down at the bottom.

I'm not seeing any way down, though.

There's something over here.

Adam?

Adam?

Found another opening.

Unfortunately, it goes up.

Looks like it's the only way out.

Don't worry, you were right. We are getting closer.

What was that about?

I don't know.

From his drone.

Get your hands off me!

Let's get out of here.

Follow me.

This way.

Back through here. Watch your head.

All right.

Gotta move, because they are coming.

How long have you been living down here?

A week?

No. Maybe two.

Of course, I can't stay in one place too long, not since they started coming

down. No, I mean down here under the ground.

Since the sun went bad.

You can't lay out in it no more. It'll poison you.

Of course, I know they did it on purpose so that I'd come down here.

Oh, yeah. Yeah, they knew I'd come down.

They?

Yeah.

They wanted me to find paradise.

The drillers are trying to destroy me and all of them. Yeah, the drillers.

what are they doing down here?

I can hear them in the tunnels.

And pretty soon, they're just going to wipe it all out.

Wipe out what? How?

They're coming again.

It's not safe here. We've got to go.

No, no.

You take the first stairs you come to.

That'll take you out. And hurry.

They're almost here.

Sorry about the mix -up, but I got them to put a rush on it.

Let's see 14 results.

Claudia, if I find Gene Dixon's astrological predictions for Leo

Nigel, they're in there. I checked them myself. God, you know, you make one

little mistake.

This is unbelievable.

I still don't understand how the plant could flourish with no light.

Well, the Geiger counter readings went up as we dropped. Now, I remember

something about radiation stimulating flora growth.

But that still doesn't explain all the drilling.

Drilling, radiation, the plant's heavily armed security.

If all this is connected to Toklamani, there must be one spectacular relic.

That's why we have to go back. There has to be something on the other side of

that blocked up area.

Well, with all the added security, we better be really careful.

Hello. You alone?

No.

Adam there?

Yes.

We just got the results back from the lab.

And?

It's off by about 400 years.

The journal's a total fake, Sid.

What?

Sidney, it's not what you think. You said you got it from the relative of the

explorer's servant. You said that it was lost and forgotten in France for years

before you found it.

Okay.

I did it.

I created the document myself.

Unbelievable. Look, the journal's a fake, but Toklamani is real. You know

Sidney. I don't know that.

I don't...

The academic world gives no credence to the Natchez legends.

It's an oral history, and it's viewed with the same kind of derision that

scholars view the Kabbalah. So to prove your point, you decide to make things up

to fill your agenda? No. My research was genuine.

There was a servant who survived the 1605 expedition.

His stories of Kahokian culture were recorded in court of France legends. You

could look it up. Please, don't be angry.

I'm more disappointed than angry, Adam.

You didn't trust that I would believe you if you brought me the oral histories

and the facts about the French explorer.

You might have.

But would you have dropped everything to come all the way here to check it out?

I couldn't find it by myself.

I needed you.

I understand if you don't want me involved.

But there's so much at stake now.

We have no idea what's down there, but it must be something important.

Right under the Mississippi River.

We're going to need tools to break down that wall.

Anything else down there?

I see him.

There's got to be something.

What do we do now?

Find another homeless guy?

Make sure you got your light on down there, all right? Maybe we can try to

back in through the site.

Yeah, with their lax security, I'm sure it's no problem.

Maybe I could help you out.

Don't worry, I'm not going to turn you in.

It's very impressive. It's quite a piece of forgery you have here, Mr. Grant.

How did you know without...

Sending it to a lab.

Yeah, how did you know?

I was in China once on a dig.

We were looking for the last golden Buddha.

I had an idea as to its location that conflicted with those of the lead

archaeologists.

You wouldn't even look at my evidence until I showed him a piece of statuary

that confirmed my opinion.

Did you ever tell him it was a fake?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

But not until after we located the relic.

Come on.

Let's go find your eyes of Toklamani.

You'll see it was set up just like a Mayan pit trap.

Once we're in the subway, there's an access to the old sewer level. That's

led us to it.

If we see any security, keep your head down. Let me do the talking.

You're right.

Just like the traps in the Jaguar template.

You've never been down to this level?

Well,

we're here now.

Okay.

Let's see what's behind that wall.

Hey, you're right. Raymond didn't leave. She took him down the tunnel.

Where are they now?

They're at the sewer level and they're trying to get down below.

You want me to take them out?

No.

Let's see if they can get to where our situation is.

Then we can pour the concrete and take care of both problems.

Okay.

Let's definitely go again.

It's probably the entrance into the main temple mount.

These levels are getting a little high.

We should keep an eye on it.

I wonder he didn't want it destroyed.

Some of these plants are earths.

You know, it's possible they could have been planted for medicine.

All this has been here for 400 years.

How does it survive?

Radiation.

The level's much higher in here than it was in the tunnel. We shouldn't be here

much longer.

The heights of Toklamani have to be near. We can't go back now.

Through here.

Adam, the radiation.

Adam!

Adam, I know you want it.

The eyes of Toklaman.

This chamber's got to be at least 50 feet high.

It's as massive as the inside chamber of Teotihuacan.

We'd better document this quick. These levels are starting to worry me.

They must be the source of the radiation.

That's what's making all the plants grow.

Look at the sphere in his hand.

Shaped like the atlatl throwing spheres of the Mayans.

Look.

Look, this one depicts a shaman and two discs.

This isn't just ceremonial.

The eyes are placed with some other purpose.

It looks like they're emitting some sort of energy. Energy to destroy an enemy?

What is going on?

Earthquake. There's no active fault anywhere near here.

Whatever it is, it's activated, whatever that is. A reactor?

They've developed a primitive nuclear reactor. There must be some kind of

uranium source inside of this.

Cahokian's trade routes gave them access to it as well as carbon and copper.

Maybe we can discuss this later.

They're pumping concrete into the mountain.

They're trying to cover it up, just like in Chernobyl.

They must not realize the disks are a reactor.

They try to seal it in.

Explosion? Big.

I'm shutting down construction, Moore.

On whose authority?

As site archaeologist, I'm declaring this an historic site.

All activity will be suspended until an independent review is completed.

It's not going to be a review.

Not now, not ever.

I have a great idea.

Why don't we let the police sort it out? They should be here any minute.

what I pay you for.

I don't even want my name mentioned in the same edition of any paper that

this mess.

FBI.

We'd like to ask you a few questions, Captain.

Oh, hi, Adam.

How did it go in St. Louis?

That was like a pit bull with the city officials.

I'm so happy for you. It's all your research. You deserve all the credit.

The Kohokians deserve that.

And I wouldn't be anywhere without your support, Sidney.

I know Bette feels the same way.

You saved her reputation.

Just got your photos back from the lab, Adam.

Unfortunately, film didn't react too well to radiation.

There must have been enough down there to forget your camera.

There was enough to melt his camera.

That's not all we got back.

Due to Claudia's mix -up, we have something very interesting to tell you

your personality based on your handwriting.

That's not fair!

I was trying to simulate the style of a 17th century French servant.