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SONG: # Children of the sun

# See your time just begun

# Searching for your ways

# Through adventures every day

# Every day and night

# With the condor in flight

# With all your friends in tow

# We search for the Cities of Gold

# Ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

# Wishing for the Cities of Gold

# Ah, ah-ah-ah-ah

# Some day, we will find the Cities of Gold. #

VOICEOVER: 17th century.

While man explores the world,

craving adventure and conquest,

a legend of seven ancient cities guides the steps of three children

in quest of their origins.

But others are on their trail,

willing to do anything to get their hands on the powers and riches

of the Mysterious Cities of Gold.

NARRATOR: Spain, 16th century.

Barcelona Prison.

(PANTING)

- (GROWLS) - (GUN CLICKS)

Esteban!

(GUNSHOT)

NARRATOR: Six months earlier, in the Andes jungle...

(SQUAWKING)

(HISSES)

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS)

Aah!

(BIRDS SQUAWK)

Oh...

I-I just can't.

It's a sacrilege!

Obey, Myuca! You've got no choice.

(GROWLS)

Aah... Oh...

(RUMBLING)

Aaagh! Look out!

(LOUD BANG)

(MYUCA SHUDDERS)

Only the Incan will come down with me.

Hmm? No...

Tell me what is written there.

(SHUDDERS)

Oh...

"Around the world,

"mankind will never stop looking for the seven cities of gold

"that hold in their bosom

"the seven greatest secrets of Mu."

I know all that already. What else does it say?

- Ohh... - Speak!

"The sun will guide the way."

Hmm.

Yes.

(RUMBLING)

- Ohh... - It's empty!

What was in this chest?

Uh, a map.

Who took it?

If you wish to save your village, tell me what you know.

(GROANS)

Three children came here.

Children! Like in the legend.

They've already found one city of gold,

but it was destroyed.

Ah.

I want to know everything about those children.

Everything!

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Huh?

MYUCA: No! Please! I told you everything I know!

No! No!

Close it back up.

(GRUNTS)

NARRATOR: Barcelona, six months later.

(SAILORS SING NEARBY)

# It's the jig of the seven seas

# Sailing on to our destiny... #

Go home, you two. It's midnight.

I'm closing.

# It's the jig the seven seas

# Of the sailor man who ought to see

# It's the jig of you and me

# As thirsty as can be

# Oh-oh-oh... #

(SIGHS)

Hmm? Hmm? (WHISTLES)

(PANTING)

(PANTING)

It's time.

(GRUNTS)

Tao, what's Rico's map say?

The tower on the right.

Esteban!

Don't worry, Zia.

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- (SNORING) - (RATS SQUEAK)

Hey... (GRUNTS)

(SCREECHES)

Aaaaagh!

Hey!

(SQUEAKING)

So, it's rats we got now. You hear that, Mendoza?

Rats.

Why don't you want us to talk to Zares?

He...he p-promised to let us out.

Yeah. He's right. Plus, the kids aren't in any danger.

They're probably having fun right now,

while we are cooped up in here with rats!

MENDOZA: Have you already forgotten that Zares is the one

who confiscated all our gold and had us locked up in here?

Huh? Gold?

Yeah, all that gold.

that w-we brought back from the New World.

Oh, and w-w-we were rich.

And now we're p-p-poor.

Shh!

(STRAINS)

Aaagh!

- Tao, he's going to fall! - Oh, no!

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS)

(STRAINS)

(EXHALES)

(STRAINS REPEATEDLY)

(GASPS)

(STRAINS)

Huh... Ah.

(SCREECHES) Bravo, Esteban! Bravo!

Shush!

(LAUGHS)

Hmm. You guys are lucky.

At least Zares knows you're alive.

I...

I've been locked up in here for years.

Oh!

P-P-Pedro, I don't want to end up like him.

Yeah. Maybe we could have just a little talk with Zares.

MENDOZA: No. A man like him cannot be trusted.

As soon as he finds out what he wants to know, he'll kill us.

- Aaagh! - Shh!

MAN: Who goes there?

Uh...

KOKAPETL: (SQUAWKS) Who goes there?!

Kaaa! Who goes there?!

Phew.

This way.

- My turn now. - Hmm.

Cover your ears!

(EXPLOSION)

Hmm? Maybe I got carried away with the gunpowder.

MAN: Stop right there!

Don't move! Who are you?!

I... I... I'm just a...

..a poor little girl who's lost.

- (CREAKING) - Aaah! No!

I think he's down for the night.

Maybe, but other guards will be here soon. We must hurry.

Wait a second.

- Ha-ha! - Yeah!

ALL: Mendoza! Sancho! Pedro!

It's the kids!

What are you doing here? We've come to set you free.

- Yahoo! - Yes!

Yes!

How did you find out we were here?

Rico. We went to his tavern, looking for you.

And he told us everything.

MAN: Hey, kid?

You're gonna set me free too, right?

GUARD:" The explosion came from over there! Hurry!

Oh...

Now, stay calm. You can do this.

Aah!

(BOTH SHUDDER)

(GROWLS)

- Ah! - This way! Hurry!

Hey, what about me? Get me outta here!

I can show you the way to escape.

I used to be a warden here, before Zares locked me up.

A warden?

So, then, you must know which key opens up your cell.

Uh... This one.

(CACKLES)

(STRAINS)

(GRUNTS)

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Aagh!

Hmm...

The coast is clear.

Huh? You're not coming?

(LAUGHS) Don't worry about me, kid.

I'll lock the gate down below

so the guards won't be able to get out.

And then - phhht! - I'm outta here!

(CACKLES)

MENDOZA: Esteban? Hurry!

(ZIA GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

- (GUNSHOT) - Oh!

Aaah...

Attack!

Hey, get lost!

- Stupid bird! - Hmm.

(GUNSHOT)

Ohh...

Faster!

(PANTS FEARFULLY)

Hey! Halt!

Halt! Yaaaah!

(SHOUTING AND GRUNTING)

(ROARS)

Aaagh!

(SHUDDERS)

- Esteban! - BOTH: Come down!

Yaah! (GROWLS)

(ROARS)

Huh?

Hmm-hmm.

(CACKLES)

Aaagh!

(SHOUTING NEARBY)

Come on!

(STRAINS)

Watch out.

Huh? Esteban!

Go down, now!

No!

(GUNSHOT)

Huh?

(GRUNTS)

SANCHO: I want to go back to my cell! I prefer rats!

Eeee!

- (BOTH SHOUT) - (LOUD THUD)

(BOTH GROAN)

Heave-ho! Heave-ho!

(GUARDS ROAR)

MENDOZA: Aah!

GUARD: Fire!

(GUNSHOT)

(SQUAWKS) Take cover!

You fool!

You were given specific orders.

- (GUARDS ROAR) - Faster!

Come on!

Mendoza, that man with the hooded cape, up there, on the ramparts.

Who was he?

He's the one who had us brought in for interrogation.

Some call him the Man without a Face.

His real name is Zares.

But why did he have you arrested?

He never really said why.

But I know he's looking for...

..the lost Cities of Gold.

- (BOTH LAUGH) - What? Him as well.

Which means he knows who you are.

RICO: Children! Mendoza!

I just can't believe you guys actually did it.

Why did you come back to Barcelona?

Uh... Oh...

Esteban needs to speak with you.

Is it about the other Cities of Gold?

Huh? Hey, did you find them?

GUARD: (OUTSIDE) Keep looking for them!

They couldn't have gone too far!

- Huh? - RICO: Come on.

This way. Follow me.

With this secret passageway, you can get out of the city.

Thanks, Rico.

Good luck.

(OWL HOOTS)

SANCHO: Oh, no-o!

PEDRO: Ow-ow-ow-ow-ow-ow!

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(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(THUNDER CRASHES)

We'll be safe here.

I propose we spend the night.

And tomorrow, at the crack of dawn,

we fly out on the great Condor.

Like the good old days.

Yeah.

And, so, where did you hide the great C-C-C-C-Con...?

It's not far from here.

Hmm.

ZIA: We discovered, in the middle of the jungle,

a temple with an enormous statue of the feathered serpent.

And underneath it, a secret underground.

And in a chest, we found a strange map.

- Can I see it? - (TAO GRUMBLES)

Go on, Tao. We went over this.

Mendoza can help us.

Phh! Hmm!

PEDRO: With maps, he's an expert.

He'll figure it out, no problem.

SANCHO: Cities of Gold, here we come!

MENDOZA: Mm-hm.

I've never seen anything like it.

Oh, no!

I figured this map was different from all the others. Hmm!

With a little bit of time, I might be able to decipher it.

Until then, you should get some sleep.

I'll stand guard.

(YAWNS AND SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY)

Hmm?

MENDOZA: You wanted to talk to me, Esteban?

Yes.

Do you remember when we discovered the first city?

There was that high priest wearing a gold mask.

Yes, of course. I remember.

Just before he died,

his final words were very strange.

I can still feel the warmth of his hand against my cheek.

- Esteban... - Huh?

Do not be sad, and you mustn't worry.

You too have your own path to follow.

In order to become truly great, my child,

a son must surpass his father.

By the way, do you know who named you, Esteban?

It really is a beautiful name, you know. "Son of the sun."

Oh...

Almost every night, I have a nightmare where I see him die.

- Mendoza... - Hmm?

Was that man my father.

Hmm.

You spent time with the other priests.

Maybe they said something.

If you know anything, please tell me!

I'm begging you!

That man was known by many

as the Travelling Prophet.

Yes.

He was your father.

Thank you, Mendoza.

Huh?

No...

(SNIFFS)

(ALL CRY)

(FROGS CROAK)

Brrrr! Wake up!

Wake up! Wake up!

What's wrong, Kokopetl?

Esteban gone!

What?! Ohhh!

(GASPS)

- Huh? - KOKOPETL: Esteban gone!

Esteban has disappeared.

VOICEOVER: Why is the mysterious Zares so interested in our heroes?

And is he responsible for Esteban's disappearance?

Will Zia and Tao succeed in finding him?

Come on. We gotta think of Esteban!

A...family?

VOICEOVER: You'll find out in the next episode

of The Mysterious Cities of Gold.

Esteban!

NARRATOR: The adventure begins in Spain.

Let's follow our hero's footsteps.

Already in the 16th century,

Barcelona was a major port, thanks to sea commerce.

(SINGS) # It's the jig of the seven seas

# Sailing on to our destiny... #

NARRATOR: Later, Kokopetl.

KOKOPETL: Really?

NARRATOR: In the heart of Barcelona,

cars cannot circulate in the ancient and narrow streets

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We get the impression we might just run into Esteban, Zia and Tao.

We could also see them climbing the Fortress of Montjuic

that overlooks Barcelona.

Today, you can visit the chateau that was once a prison.

But I don't wish you to join Mendoza,

his friends and Kokopetl.

(SLAMMING DOORS)

Brrrr! Prison! No! Save me!

Well, you know how to find Rico's tavern?

Whoa!

Rico's tavern must have been located

in the old district of Barrio Gotico.

And what if we tried to find it?

Perhaps it's this one here.

No, it's too small.

Or this one here.

No way! I think it's more like...

Anyway, if you find it, don't hesitate to go in.

Rico is surely waiting for you.

Here it is! Found it!

# It's the jig of the seven seas... #

Uh, that's all for today.

Really? Oh, what a shame. Bye!