Original subtitles

Bush-bashing's my least preferred form of transport.

Really?

Don't mind the bashing, hate being ghosted.

Especially when Raquel's the one who demanded we meet.

Yeah, who calls an urgent meeting,

and then doesn't show up?

[Lila grunting]

Well, hopefully her cover hasn't been blown.

[Meesha] Yeah.

Officially restating my opposition to this plan.

Raquel's not a fan of surprises, or us.

If she doesn't answer when we knock on the door,

we'll head straight back to the BQ.

Great. We came. We tried. We go now.

[loud crash inside house]

That doesn't sound good.

We need to make sure she's alright.

We can't go in uninvited.

Well, we're not vampires!

Come on.

[Meesha] It's open.

-Raquel? -Hello?

-Anyone home? -You home?

Raquel?

You better not have stood us up to clean the house.

-[quiet growl] -What was that?

It didn't sound human.

Possums?

-Possums are nocturnal. -[Meesha] Okay.

I hope.

Well, the place looks less chaotic

than when we were last here.

[ominous music builds]

[loud bark]

[all gasp]

[dog whines]

And parenting a pooch.

Aww.

How could we not know Raquel has a fur baby?

Probably because she's more of an enigma than a friend.

Yeah, it's not like she's joining us

for shakes at the Shack.

Everyone, meet Charles.

-[whimpers] -Wait.

What if Uncle Charlie came back to the island in canine form?

Uh... no, I doubt it.

Maybe she just missed Uncle Charlie so much

that she named her pooch after him.

[Ellis] What is it, Charles?

[barks]

Oh. There you are, Raquel.

Er, what's going on?

[yelps]

[Lila gasps]

What happened to her?!

It's like her skin has turned to... crystal?!

♪ It's a curious situation ♪

♪ A strong case of speculation how ♪

♪ It takes more than intuition ♪

♪ To work the situation out ♪

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it?♪

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it ♪

♪ So look until you find all of the pieces ♪

♪ Put them together ♪

♪ Now you see it ♪

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪

Poor Raquel!

Raquel?

Can you hear us?

-[Nori] Is she breathing? -[whimpers]

Yeah, her chest is rising, but only slowly.

This stuff could be constricting her blood flow.

How's her pulse?

Stop!

The substance could be poisonous or contagious.

We need to know what it is before we touch it.

Could it be Omnia?

Does she even have access to that yet?

I've never seen Omnia behaving like this.

-Plus it's not blue. -[yaps]

Argh!

[Lila] Ellis, careful!

It's sticky! And icky!

I need to wash this off!

Aaargh!

-[door closes] -Well, if...

anyone knows how to scrub away a potential contaminant

with thorough hand-washing skills,

it's Ellis, right?

Maybe there's something in her notes

that can explain all of this.

[Lila] Someone's here.

Grab it all. Quick!

Here.

You don't think this is overkill?

She hasn't shown up at work or returned my calls.

So, who knows what she's up to?

[Nori] Guys. Bad news.

Darius and his science guy Greig are here.

-I reckon we take 'em. -No.

They're gonna want to know why we're here.

We have to hide. Quick!

[Ellis] Raquel's water pressure is amaz--

-[Lila and Meesha] Shh! -[Ellis] What?

What's going on?!

[tense music builds]

[exhales sharply]

Wait, where's Nori?

Raquel?

What's the deal, Raquel?

Why are you not returning my calls?

-[Greig] Darius. -Huh?

-Look. -[Darius] What is it?

[Nori, whispers] Hey.

Whoa. What is wrong with her?

Wait. Could Omnia have caused this?

No. No. She doesn't have security clearance.

I don't know what this is. We need to get her to a hospital.

No. No way. No.

We don't want to give the locals ammunition to close the mines.

We have to do something.

[Charles growls]

Ugh! Get this mutt off me!

-[Charles whimpers] -Easy.

Hey, it's okay, buddy. Hey, we'll help her, alright?

Look, forget about the dog.

We need to dispose of Raquel.

[exhales in disbelief] What?

Bathrooms trigger my need to pee. Can we get out of here?

We can't just leave Nori and Raquel behind.

We need to find a way to get them out.

I have an idea.

You can't get rid of her. People will notice.

She has a habit of going AWOL.

Okay, no one will suspect a thing.

-[crashing outside] -What was that?

Someone's outside.

[Ellis] Our plan didn't work.

His science guy is blocking the door.

[Darius] Must have been the crows.

Where's Nori?

Oh!

I'll head back to the lab, then.

[chuckles wryly]

No, you won't. Come on. Let's go.

No.

You know what? I'm done.

I'm not going to be a part of this anymore.

Fine.

I'll do it myself.

[door closes]

Surprise.

Oh...

What are you doing here?

I'm here to... walk Charles. [chuckles nervously]

I'm Raquel's dog walker.

Why didn't I see you arrive?

Ah... Raquel likes me coming in through the back.

Otherwise, Charles barks too much.

He's a spicy little guy.

Oh. Hm.

What about the gloves?

Oh. Pre-emptive. To, uh, pick up what Charles puts down.

If you know what I mean. [chuckles nervously]

Uh...

Why are you here?

I'm checking in on one of my employees

who didn't turn up to work.

Have you seen her?

Oh, no, I don't think she's home today.

Mm.

Anyway, I'm just going to use the bathroom.

[door closes]

[thumping and clattering in bathroom]

Stop him!

You guys go back to the BQ. I'll help Nori.

[security guard] Oi! You! Come back!

Whoa! Hey!

Ow!

Can't believe you fell for that!

You didn't have to wind them up!

-You know I did. -[security] You'd better run!

[Meesha] We lost them.

[Nori] They must be going back to help Darius.

I heard him say they were going to dispose of Raquel.

What?!

And you let me lose them?

We need to stop them, find out where they're taking her.

I know. That's why I put my phone in Raquel's pocket.

We can track its location.

'Hide my phone' is starting to become your signature move.

-[clicks tongue] -I like it.

Um...

-Alright. Got it. -[phone beeps]

-They're on the move. -Then so are we.

[Lila] Raquel keeps a lot of notes.

Nothing on crystallised skin,

but I've made some interesting personal discoveries.

Such as?

Well, Raquel loves novelty socks.

And...

she's obsessed with Charles.

That somehow makes her more terrifying.

Huh.

Raquel's kept a log of Darius's movements.

Huh. But unlike Raquel, Darius is very predictable.

A lot of trips to the carwash.

Oh. Er, here's something.

A growing stone.

Let me see.

It's called the Paradox Stone.

And it has a crystal-like appearance.

Maybe she believes this Paradox Stone

could help us create a crystal

to get Taylor and Uncle Charlie back.

And instead of creating a crystal,

she turned herself into one!

Why didn't I grab a sample when we were back at the house?

We can find our own sample. Does she mention the location?

Uh, uh...

Zephyr's Inlet. A secluded cove on the east coast.

It should take us about three hours to get there on foot.

Okay.

What's with the hold up? Just take a run at it.

Look, the rock is not an obstacle.

It's a stepping stone to your destination.

Is this really the best time for a parkour lesson?

Only if you're a fast learner.

Darius's car has gone off-road.

Huh. They're taking Raquel to the middle of the island.

Why? There's nothing there.

At least if they're off-roading, it means it'll slow them down.

Come on!

No... No, no!

Phone signal's gone.

Could your battery have died?

It was fully charged. Darius might have found it.

Or they're somewhere out of mobile range?

Maybe Lila and Ellis can help.

-[line ringing] -[Lila] Meesh.

Lila, bad news. We just lost Nori's phone signal.

Raquel's been tracking Darius's movements.

Where was the phone's last location?

Maybe something in her logs will help.

Good idea. The signal, it was cutting in and out.

And dropped out just before--

-[Ellis shrieks] -[birds screeching]

[gasps]

Was that one of Ellis's

"I've just made a breakthrough" shrieks?

No! It's the complete opposite.

Guys, get to the BQ - now!

Of all the ways I thought I'd perish,

crystallisation wasn't even in the top 100.

Well, at least you now have a crystal to examine.

I knew I shouldn't have touched her.

Why didn't I scrub my hands for longer?

At least we know it's contagious.

[gasps] You need to get out of here - now!

Ellis, I am not leaving you.

No arguments. This is officially a quarantine zone.

[imitates alarm whooping]

Okay! I'll just keep researching the Paradox Stone.

And maybe whatever helps it grow will help us fix... this.

[imitates alarm whooping]

Okay, I'm leaving!

[Nori] Hey. How's Ellis doing?

Well, he's enforcing a strict quarantine

while he tests this... crystal stuff.

Where's Meesha?

-Oh, still looking for Raquel. -Oh.

How's it coming with the research?

Well, she had two obsessions - uh, the Paradox Stone and--

-Her dog? -Correction! Three obsessions.

The other one is tracking Darius's movements.

Maybe she was exposed to it while following him.

Or it could show us where he's taking her.

[Ellis] Fungus!

-Let's... -Okay.

Ooh! Ugh.

Hyphae, spores, conidiophores!

It looks like crystal but it's not crystal.

It's a fungus.

So it's just a quick trip to the chemist

for some anti-fungal cream?

I wish it were that simple.

It's going to take a lot more to treat me and Raquel.

My vitals are already slowing down.

If they continue at this rate...

But it's just on your arm.

So what does that mean for Raquel?

My guess? She'll have a few hours, at best.

I'm too young to die!

You know, sometimes when our dive gear gets too wet,

fungus grows on it.

So what did you do to fix it?

We use our own mix of algae and sodium chloride.

We just spray it on, and it disappears right away.

Great! Let's go to the Dive Shop!

Ah, we just ran out of our last batch of it.

We haven't mixed any more yet.

Okay. So we need algae and salt?

Yeah.

But there's thousands of algal species. Which one do you use?

Uh, not sure, but...

we discovered it on a dive

when we found out what it did to our wetsuits.

Okay, so where do you get it from?

The sea caves around Spark Ridge.

Great! I'll let Meesha know. Let's go.

-[Nori] Okay. -[Ellis] Okay.

[Meesha] Oh, still no signal from Nori's phone.

Look, even if this algae trick works,

how are we going to save Raquel when we can't even find her?

Well, you never said where Darius was heading

when you lost the signal.

He went off-road, toward the middle of the island.

[Meesha] Does that ring any bells?

Well, Raquel's been following him for weeks.

But he just goes all over the island.

[sighs]

We need to narrow it down somehow.

Off-road!

She made a note of times his car came back dirty.

What if we just... look at those trips?

It's a start.

Maybe we should, uh... split up.

[Meesha] It's spreading.

-Ellis, does that hurt? -Oh, no! Lila!

[yelps]

[panicked breathing]

I don't understand. I didn't touch Raquel!

It must've happened when we were in the BQ...

before I knew I was infected!

I'm so sorry, Lila.

It's not your fault, E.

So if it's contagious before it even presents...

Then Meesha and I are probably infected too.

We can't split up.

Besides, we're almost at the sea caves. Come on.

[exhales heavily]

Are we sure it's down here?

Oh, Silas and I usually reach the algae pools from the water.

Well, we can reach it this way.

Well, let's hope you're right.

Raquel doesn't have time to waste.

Come on. We need that algae.

[gasps] Oh, no!

Fungus. Everywhere.

[dramatic music swells]

This is definitely the same thing that's messing

with my carefully balanced skincare regimen.

If the fungus is here,

doesn't that mean the stuff that kills it isn't?

No. Look.

Everywhere the fungus is growing in different patterns,

but there it stops.

Like a barrier is preventing it from going further.

Like a barrier of algae mixed with salt water?

Look at the reflections.

[Meesha] It must be through there.

So, how do we get there?

Um... well, some of the rocks are fungus-free.

Like stepping stones. I can get through.

No! This is a fast-spreading infection.

If you fall in,

you'll only have seconds before you're covered completely.

Just like Raquel!

I will not fall.

I've got this.

[Lila exhales heavily]

Oh, no, I can't watch!

[dramatic music]

[Ellis] Meesha, careful!

[Nori] You're almost there, Meesha.

The algae pool! I can see it!

[Meesha grunts]

-Meesha! -Be careful!

-[Nori] Hold on! -[Meesha] Oh, no.

I think I'm okay.

Maybe not. I can feel everything tingling!

Common signs of infection.

Quick - put your hands in the water!

Okay.

[tense music builds]

I can feel it. It's working.

-[choking] -[Lila] Ellis?

Meesha! Hurry!

Heads up!

Ellis.

[sprays]

[relieved sigh]

Nori?

-[sprays] -[Lila] Hurry.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

-Thank you! -[Lila chuckles]

Alright. I think I grabbed enough.

Let's get out of here and find Raquel.

Hey, tyre tracks stop here.

Don't suppose my phone's location showed up

since we last checked?

Nope. You might need a new signature move.

But this matches Raquel's records

of Darius's driving routes and car cleaning schedule.

This has to be it. It's the right distance from the mine.

And it's... remote.

And muddy.

-Yeah, and plus I have no bars. -[phone beeps]

This is an official dead spot.

[Nori] Looks like we've found Darius's secret dumping ground.

Please tell me Raquel isn't down here.

This used to be a lush rainforest.

Well, it's more evidence

that mining Omnia is bad for the island.

Hey, what's that?

Raquel!

[Meesha] Um... here. Take this.

Take this.

Spray her. Now!

[all spraying]

[Lila] Raquel!

[splutters weakly]

-You're okay! -What do you need?

[coughs]

I need... a shower.

[Charles yapping]

[affectionately] Yes! I'm back! Hello, Charlie.

Awww.

Hello, my darling.

[chuckling] I know.

Oh.

-Thank you. -Thank you.

[chuckling] Um, this may be a silly question, but...

that's not Uncle Charlie, is it?

[laughs]

-Absolutely not. -[sighs]

No, it's just a happy little coincidence, isn't it?

Go on, off you go.

So I thought studying the Paradox Stone was the key

to growing a crystal to bring Taylor and Charlie back.

But the Paradox Stone only looks like it's growing

when covered in Rock Island fungus.

And I had no idea.

How on earth did you figure out a cure?

Well, turns out we have a couple of fungus experts in the group.

[surprised chuckle] Okay.

But I think you were right about one thing.

Growing a crystal is definitely the best way

for helping them get home.

But what are you going to do about Darius?

He just left you.

And we still need to shut down the mine.

I might have a plan.

[heavy machinery whirring]

[Darius] Okay. You know where it is.

And great work. Keep it up.

-Appreciate that. -Very good, man.

[splutters]

Ah, ah...

Raquel.

Wow. Um...

-Sorry, I thought-- -You'd disposed of me?

What? No. Uh...

Look... [sighs]

...you should know...

That it was your security team?

And you had no idea what they did to me.

So, what now? What, you going to quit too?

[phone buzzes]

Wow.

What, so this is your play? To expose me online?

Why would I do that?

I know how much money we could make here.

I'm invested in this Omnia mine just as much as you are.

Hm.

Look, there's a gap in my team. Okay?

I need someone with grit. Someone I can trust.

How does a promotion sound?

I think you've earned it.

[chuckles dryly]

As long as I can trust you.

[phone buzzes]

Lila, your pics of Darius's dumping grounds

are going viral all over the island.

Let's see if Darius can smooth talk his way out of this one.

Darius has updated Raquel's security levels!

Our plan worked.

Uh, Darius also says Raquel should fire her dog walker.

Hey, Charles never really liked me anyway.

[both chuckle]

Well, after overcoming a skin-eating fungus,

growing a crystal to open a portal

doesn't seem like such a challenge.

Well, whatever we put our minds to, we can make happen.

I never thought I'd want to hear the word crystal again,

but this is the right kind.

A crystal that'll bring Taylor and Uncle Charlie home.

Anyways, I saw this really cool thing...

-[Lila] What is it? -[Nori] Really?

[theme music]

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪