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Volcanos,
the foundries of the earth,
ladies and gentlemen.

Where the very wheels
of planetary evolution

still turn.

And where,
I am here to tell you,

you will find the
only viable doorway

to the Inner World.

Doorway to what?

The Inner World!

Egyptians, Greeks,
the Norse, Romans,

all told of vast,
inhabitable regions

beneath the Earth.

The same people who gave us
science, logic, astronomy.

This volcanic bubble,
if you will,

is just one of thousands
that weave a path

to the Earth's core.

Estimated at over
3,000 miles across,

and as high in places
as 5,000 feet,

you could slide the entire
United States into it.

If one had proper craft,

it could descend
into a live volcano.

Is this a joke?
No, they could descend
into a live volcano...

...where enormous
temperatures,

where enormous temperatures
weaken the geological crust,

just the solid side of liquid.

Then, a sonic blast
of suitable amplitude

could open a momentary doorway
to the Inner World.

It's, it's very clear.
It's possible.

It makes me crazy when
they call you a lunatic
or crackpot, dreamer.

Why won't they believe?

Closed minds can't
be forced open.

Put a move on it.
I've got a surprise for you.

They really call me
a dreamer?

Put... Wherever you want.

Ah!

Behold,

the Geo-Explorer.

Will it work?

There's only one way
to find out.

Forward, ever forward.

T-minus
52 minutes and counting.

Confirm?

The rate of lava shift seems
like it's rising fast.

That's a roger, mountain base.

Confirm on lava shift,
Firebird.

No question, chief.

Lava flows over to north base.

Check, check.

And we're showing
a new breakup

near the south wall, Firebird.

Can you check it out?

Acknowledged.
On our way to confirm now.

Don't know how close
we can get with these
temperatures but--

Center dome
is letting go, people.

Repeat, center dome
is now letting go.

Oh, my God,
it's gonna blow!

Control to Harlech.

It looks like it's got be
now or never, Jim.

Your call.

This is Firebird. That's a
roger on south wind break-up.

I'm going in closer
to eyeball on the dome.

Ooh, it could be
any minute now.

Chris! Collins!
Put a move on!

It's happening now!
This is it.

This is it!

I'm telling you, Collins,
all you got do is just wait.

My uncle will
go along with it.

No, Chris. Once your uncle
sets his mind on something,

that's it.

All non-essential personnel

must clear the area.
Repeat, all--

We're going in, Collins. Now!

Uncle Jim, take me instead.

No! We have been
through this.

No, wait.

If we wait any longer,
nobody will go in.

But Collins says
the decision is yours.

He'll stand aside if--
Buckle up, Collins.

Aye, aye, sir.
Sorry, Chris.

I need you here.

You know all
the work I've done,

all the research.

You're the only one
who understands,

who believes like I do.

If something happens,
I need to know

there'll be someone
who'll carry on,

maybe come and get me
if I get lost.

Wait.

Hand here!

T-minus 20--

Take this.

Now you gotta come home,
'cause I want it back.

Forward.

Ever forward.

This is Control
to Geo-Explorer.

Jim, do you read me?

Roger, Control.
Report now.

Confirming launch coordinates.

The sooner
the better, boys.

Comin' hot and heavy
down there, now.

Thank you, Firebird.

Raise Geo-Explorer
into launch position.

T-minus 60 seconds.

Mobile units,
this is Control.

Confirm telemetry and tracking
from your position, please.

T-minus 45.

We got him. It's working.

That's a roger.
Thank you. Jim?

Coordinates confirmed.

Beginning engine
reignition check now.

Control, this is Robin Hood.

Seismic activity
increasing fast.

Suggest you launch
as soon as possible.

Repeat, as soon as possible.

It's gonna blow!

T-minus 15 seconds.

Control,
our readings indicate

the eruption has started.

Can you confirm, Firebird?
Affirmative.

Eruption has begun. It's gonna
rip wide open any second now.

No, it's too soon.

No! No!

Jim, we're not
sure you can launch in time.

I won't turn back now.

We're going in, damn it.

All units,
evacuate now.

Prepare to fire engines,
on my mark.

Central crater's
going down, Control.

You've got 10 seconds,
maybe less.

Geo-Explorer,
this is Control.

Final countdown, engage.

Ship turning in the final
launch angle now.

All systems are go,

and you are ready for release.

Good luck, Jim.

Now!

Ship is away.
Repeat, ship is away.

Geo-Explorer,
this is Control.

Do you copy? Over.

Jim, this is Control.
Come in, please. Over.

Firebird, this is Control.

Can you confirm
ship status? Over.

Negative, Control.

Not a chance in hell.

Geo-Explorer,
this is Control.

Do you copy? Over.

No way
they lived through that.

I'm sorry, Mr. Turner.

Chris?

Chris?

Mr. Turner?

Mr. Wentworth will
you see you now.

Yes, yes.

Yes, he is.
He'll have to call you back.

Mr. Turner,
would you follow me, please?

Mr. Wentworth is
ready for you now.

Welcome, Mr. Turner.

Thanks for coming.

Thank you, sir.

Your uncle's theories
are a hobby of mine.

Brilliant man,
Jim Harlech.

Unorthodox,
yet a free thinker.

Priceless commodity,
a mind like that.

Which is why you are here.

Exactly. Now, sir, I have

factored out my uncle's
seismic predictive methods.

We're aware of your results.

Excuse me.

Uh, Christopher Edison Turner,
Dr. Margo Peterson.

Oh, I'm sorry.
You know one another?

We've met.

Dr. Peterson and I come from
opposite sides of the, uh,

scientific tracks.

Why is she here?

Dr. Peterson is head of
my research division.

I thought you were
aware of that.

No, sir. I, uh, I wasn't.

I'm a futurist, Mr. Turner.

I'm concerned with
where we're going.

And we're rushing
headlong into oblivion.

Pollution, overpopulation,
apathy.

We live in a planetary
community, Mr. Turner.

While my father
was making billions

destroying the surface,

I used my, uh, allowance

to tunnel under it.

Life in outer space
is centuries off.

Inner space is not.

You are not the only one,
for varying reasons,

who is intent on going under.

Whereas I am the only one

rich enough to risk
paying for it.

And that's why
I'm here, sir.

And this is how
I'm gonna get there.

Four crew, powered by
thermo-steam turbines,
once we're under.

And this is gonna render
all previous tunneling
technology obsolete.

Sonic blaster.

Behold,

the Avenger.

A hundred and
eighty-two feet long,

two hundred times fully loaded
with a four-inch thick,
solid titanium hull

on a triad of
all-terrain threads,

seven crew with
room for three more.

Self-generating fuel supply.

It's completely
omniphibious in nature.

The sonic bore
units are incorporated in...

You stole my designs,

my research!

Liberated your ideas,
Mr. Turner.

Expanded them
and started construction
almost two years ago.

Sue me...

or come on board
as a full partner,

Captain Turner.

There's just one condition.

What's that?

Dr. Peterson goes with you.

What?
As my personal
representative, if you like.

Well, she's been with
the program from the beginning.

She'll co-supervise
mission preparations

and you will, of course,
be in command, Captain,

once the mission is underway.

It's an irrevocable condition,
Mr. Turner.

Decide.

I'm an insanely busy man.

For what it's worth,
Turner, you've made
the right choice.

Now, should we discuss
the rest of the crew?

Fine.
Who'd you have in mind?

Dr. Tesue Ishikawa of the
Bio-Botanical Institute.

She's the world's
foremost authority
on plant-based food sources,

and the ship's
medical officer.

Good. Done.

There's the rest
of the crew.

Unacceptable, unacceptable,
unacceptable.

Ms. Peterson,
when's the last time
your life was in danger?

I mean, besides some
virus jumping out of
a petri dish at you?

What does that
have to do with--

Assembling this team
is about balance.

We can't go poking around
worlds unknown

with a bunch of lab coats.

There's an inherent
risk factor.

I'm well aware of the risks.

No, not risk.
Risk factor.

A statistical variable
defining response to danger
and the unknown.

The stuff that attacks
the lizard brain in all of us,

and then either cripples you
or makes you stronger.

Lab coats have never
been exposed to that.

These people have.

In fact, they like it.

These three fit
every conceivable
physical situation

we could possibly encounter.

Sandra Miller,
psychologist and
champion rock climber.

Also spelunker.

Master caver.

Anthony LaStrella.

World's youngest
jet aircraft test pilot

and video game champion?

Has the world's fastest
hand-eye reaction time.

Joe Briggs?

Ex-Navy Seal.

Still holds the all-time
solo descent diving record.

This only makes
six crew members.

What about the seventh?

Well, I haven't got
a recent photo, but it's
Dr. Cecil Chalmers.

What?

The decision's already made.

There's nothing you
can do about it.

You can't be serious.

What possible function could
that supernatural crackpot--

Dr. Chalmers is
the categorical expert

on legendarology
and all mythic lore
dealing with the Inner World.

So what?

Of what there is to know

about where we're going,

he knows everything.

He advised my uncle.

Did your uncle
a lot of good.

Closed minds.

Ms. Peterson,

every great civilization
has stories of a vast

and magical Inner World.

My uncle believed that.

Chalmers knows it

and that is why
I'm going down there,
to prove it.

You haven't sold out, Chris.

Now, now, now,
not another word.

You made the right decision.

Besides,
Wentworth may have
stolen your ideas

but once we're under,

we will have effectively
stolen his ship,

so to speak.

By Jove, it's brilliant.

I'll be with you Monday week,
as ordered, Captain!

Oh, no, no.
Not, not to worry.

It's just turkey
expanding.

Yeah, well,
I got this one.

There you go.

I think I'm in love.

Hey, hey!
Can't you read?

You touch this stuff
the wrong way,

boom!

All they find
is a shoe heel.

Thank you, my man.

Now, it's critical
you all appreciate
the danger of this project.

Constituting a risk
factor 10 times that
of any NASA mission to date.

Now if you decide to sign on,
you'll be paid
one million dollars in cash.

The mission should
take six months.

Hey, not that I couldn't
use a cool mill,

maybe get me
a Porsche or two,

but Captain, I couldn't
help but notice,

we're sitting on the edge of
one of nature's time bombs.

Is there something
you're not telling us,
Captain?

Everything you need to know
is detailed in the manuals,

once you've signed
the contracts and
secrecy agreements.

According to our data,
within a year,

Mount Oliver is due
for a major eruption.

Now, our training
and preparation

is scheduled to be
completed in six months,

well ahead of the window
of opportunity.

Now, at that time,
we will launch,

administering a sonic blast
to the molten lava,

opening a momentary doorway
to the Inner World.

That about
wraps it up, Turner.

I'll take that
return ticket, now.

You haven't heard
everything yet, Mr. Briggs.

I heard enough.

Now, I've dived everything
from oil to toxic waste.

Even did a gig
in a nuclear reactor once,

'cause some fool dropped
his Walkman in it,

but I have never heard
of anybody diving
through solid damn rock.

Not solid, liquid.

Right, liquid damn rock.

Do you know what
kinda temperatures
you're talking about?

We're not free diving
through magma, Briggs.

Well, then how in the hell
are we supposed to
get down there?

In a sub?

Not exactly.

Welcome to your new home.

The Avenger.

Oh, Margo,
it is incredible!

You gotta be kiddin' me.

Whoa.

A tad large.
Don't you think, Chris?

Reminds me of myself
in many ways.

Ah!

Geez!

You broke it.
No, next time I break it.

The systems,
Mr. Chalmers,

required a housing
of this size.

No more, no less.

What if we encounter
a subterranean sea?

The Avenger is completely
omniphibious in nature.

Like a frog.

No, that's a dual
environment species.

This is omniphibious.

Not all-terrain,
any-terrain.

We're gonna fly this.

Yes, Mr. LaStrella, we are.

We're also gonna drive it

and tunnel it
through the Earth.

What's the power source?

It's in the reactor chamber,
back this way,

just ahead of
the main thrusters.

Nice.

Sixty pounds of synthetic,
fusionable self-regenerating
material.

Has indefinite range.

No stops at Texaco.

Damn straight.

Well, I still don't get it.
It's so big.

How can we possibly
move around down there?

I mean, what if we
run into like,

like a really small
cave or something?

I thought
you'd never ask.

That's why I designed
the sonic blaster.

And why I perfected it.

We've prepared
a small demonstration.

With your permission,
Captain?

Absolutely.

It's over this way,
people.

Commence with
the sonic bore test, Tom.

Now hear this. Now hear this.

Sonic bore firing
in 20 seconds.
Everybody ready?

Clear the area.
All personnel, clear the area.

Power grid engaging.

Target coordinates,
locked and final.

All systems green
and ready to fire on command.

Prepare to fire.

Fire!

Way to go, baby!
Way to go.

It's fantastic.

We've tested the sonic bore
on every existing geo-structure
known to man.

Nothing withstands it.

When do we go inside?

Right now. If anyone has any
reservations about the project,

now is the time to decline.

I wouldn't miss it
for the world.

Well, all right.

Come on!
We got a lot of work to do.

To be honest about it,
I was still burning inside

from Wentworth
having stolen my work,

but that first day when
the crew all signed on
and came aboard,

I realized that if this
whole crazy project
was gonna get off the ground,

I'd have to put that
behind me now.

For reasons I can
only guess at,

Wentworth
had put me in charge.

I was their captain,

and it didn't take long to see
that was bound to be
as much of an adventure

as getting to the center
of the Earth.

Don't even think about it!

Like cramming
seven type-A gonzos

in a titanium tin can
for the next six months

and keeping them from
blasting holes in each other.

Not that the Avenger didn't
have its creature comforts,

but it was clear my job was
gonna be looking past

even what Margo's
whiz-bang computer
could see.

Whoa.

We're outfitted for every
possible circumstance
that DEVIN could anticipate.

Hey, you know, Captain.
I think I'll bunk right here.

I don't think that
would be appropriate.

Who's Devin?

Sounds like a babe to me.

Digital Electroplasmic
Virtual Intelligence
and Navigator.

DEVIN for short.

Good morning, DEVIN.
Good morning, Captain Turner.

Is this the crew?

Yes, it is.

This is Dr. Tes--
Tesue Ishikawa.

Your work precedes
you, Doctor.

I've so looked forward
to meeting you.

And you, Dr. Chalmers.

I hope we have time for
lengthy conversation.

Indeed.

She controls every system
on the ship, Cecil.

I wouldn't mess with her.

DEVIN, if you please.

The upper deck stations,
control the geo-science
evaluation systems,

while all other mechanical
and operational modes,

from sonic bore deployment
to flying,

are controlled from
the flight deck.

Navigation shares
a redundant link
with Dr. Peterson...

I had to admit,

DEVIN gave new meaning
to the word "database."

But I still wasn't about to
just follow the bouncing ball,

no matter how many
megabytes she had
up her sleeve.

At least, not when
hanging ten on the edge
of an active volcano,

which I knew could have
the nasty habit of ignoring
everyone's projections.

And all the more reason
to get right down to business.

Step one was to have
Margo familiarize our crew
with the ship.

Of course, knowing LaStrella,
he was in a hurry to just get,
well, familiar.

And the truth was,
Margo did seem more at home
programming DEVIN.

When it came to anything
hi-tech, no question, Margo
was in a class by herself.

But, somehow, she couldn't
seem to cut much slack
for us mere humans.

Fortunately, I knew Sandy
and her smile would be as good
at pulling us all together

as she was at
scaling mountains.

Not to mention the famous
Dr. Tesue Ishikawa,

who had her own curious
formula for uniting the crew.

Oh, Margo was right.
Tesue was first-rate
as a medical officer,

but she hauled all of us in
for so many tests,

Briggs took to calling her
"Marcus Welby".

I don't think he
meant anything by it.

Hell, within the first week,
Briggs had picked
a nickname for most of us,

so I'm sure it was
just a coincidence,

but when the time came for us
to gather in the galley

and try out some of Tesue's
more bionic grub,

well, for some reason,
she seemed to think Briggs
was the man for the job.

Mmm.

Meatloaf.

I'm not sure, but I don't
think he ever called her
"Marcus Welby" after that.

I mean, it didn't take
a rocket scientist to know
it would be tough enough

learning to get comfortable
in such tight quarters

without looking to rattle
each other's cages.

And that, I'm afraid,
included Chalmers'
beloved Briar number 12.

Not exactly a big hit
with fitness freaks
like Briggs and Sandy.

So, I had no choice but
to tell him, "Cecil, where
there's smoke, there's mutiny."

Besides, where we were going,
there was likely to be enough
smoke even for his taste.

And one good look at
the volcano cookin' outside
was all it took

to settle that question
and remind everyone that we
were training on borrowed time.

Two months, 15 days
till operational readiness.

I knew DEVIN could
keep good time,

but wary of putting all
our eggs in her basket,

I had Margo build us
a holographic navigation unit

so we could eyeball our way
through the Inner World
if it came down to that.

And I started drilling
with LaStrella,

until he could not only
fly the Avenger without me,

but deploy and fire
the sonic bore blindfolded,
if necessary.

I needed to be sure,
this ship and crew
could survive,

even if, for some reason,
I didn't.

Briggs was assigned
with ship security
and backup on navigation

and I told Margo
to program a series
of emergency drills for us,

running the gamut from
an onboard fire
to an all-out crash.

Like my uncle's Geo-Explorer,

the Avenger was
one-of-a-kind.

While we could guess
how the ship might react
if things got gnarly,

what the crew would do
was another story

but whether Margo and I chose
well or we just got lucky,

I was glad to see
they all came through it
like the pros they are.

And then there was the
so-calledBook of Knowledge.

I thought I'd recognized
a picture of it
in Wentworth's office,

and I was sure
Chalmers could fill me in
if anyone could.

Well, he did one better
by revealing what he claimed

was an actual piece
of this magical book,

supposedly coughed up by
Vesuvius over a century ago.

And, frankly,
I had trouble keeping
a straight face about it all

but Chalmers, well,
he wasn't laughing.

According to DEVIN,
the eruption was
still months off...

but it didn't look that way
when I'd go out and walk
the rim alone at night.

I knew this ship and crew
were ready for anything,

but then it never fell to me
to be the captain of a mission
like this before.

So, maybe what was troubling me
was whether or not I was ready.

Dr. Chalmers,
Erin Wentworth.

Very nice to meet you.

I'm a great enthusiast
of your work, Dr. Chalmers.

Hey, Mr. Wentworth.
Tony LaStrella.

Mr. LaStrella.

Hi, Sandy Miller.

Charmed.

A vessel and crew
worth drinking to,
eh, Mr. Wentworth?

Mr. Wentworth,
fungal champagne.

One of my more
favorite synthetics.

Hey, not too shabby.

I say, Doctor, well done.

A speech, a speech.

Ah, Chris?

Yes, Mr. Turner,
inspire us.

The past 24 weeks
haven't been easy
on any of us,

but your hard work
and dedication have paid off.

Tomorrow,
we're fully operational.

One final week of tests
to flush out the gremlins
in the system,

and then we'll just
sit on our hands and wait
for Old Faithful to blow.

Now, I'm not gonna stand here
and tell you that none of us
is in any danger,

and that everything will be
smooth sailing on the journey,
because,

well, that might not
always be true,

but I will say
what we're doing
has got to be done.

The potential of
what we discover

could be the salvation
of our planet Earth.

Thermal energy sources,
pure air that could
revitalize our atmosphere.

The good doctor here might even
discover a cure for cancer
and who knows what else?

I am so proud
to be part of it

and I couldn't have a better
crew if I'd hand-picked
every single one of you,

which I did.

So, here's to us

and whatever lays before us
or beneath us or whatever.

We are a team, a unit.

We are...
The Descenders.

The Descenders.
Descenders.

The Descenders.
That's cool.

Captain Turner, I detect
an unsettling development.

Oh, forgive me, DEVIN,
we didn't mean to forget you.

You're as much
a part of this ship or crew
as anyone. To DEVIN!

To DEVIN.
I... Captain, I...

Well, now don't just
hang there, babe,
say somethin'.

The volcano
is about to erupt.

What?

When?

How much time?

According to my calculations,

we can make it
if we launch in
30 minutes.

This is no drill.
Everybody, man your stations.

Man your stations. Let's go!
I want that canopy
back in, T-minus ten.

LaStrella, we're going
to full power as soon as
your butt hits the seat.

If anybody's
got any questions,
ask 'em on the run.

What about the systems checks?
We need a week of tests
on almost every--

I can't think of
a better test.
Can you, Doctor?

Let's go, people. Put a move on.
We're a minute behind already.

Unless you plan on getting your
hands dirty, Mr. Wentworth,
I suggest you get off my ship.

My ship, Mr. Turner!

My ship.
Right.

I love it.
God, I love it.

Keep an eye out.
Cross your fingers.

Prepare launch sequence,
on my mark.

Forward scanners
five-by-five.

Now.

Launch code initiated.
Clear the flight deck.

DEVIN, give me heads-up
display, eruption status
and countdown readouts.

We are in pre-programmed
launch sequence, Captain.

Cancel program and
transfer launch control to
the helm. Do you read me?

Affirmative.

All monitors up and active.

Project full eruption
in three minutes,

and we are at T-minus 2.24
and counting.

Dr. Peterson,
give me fuel
and booster status.

Boosters armed
and fueling.

We clear the hangar
in five seconds, Captain.

Prepare for
hydraulic lift.

Prepared for lift.

Activate lift.

We are now
at T-minus 136 and counting.

Stand by to fire main
boosters in four seconds.

Buckle in, everybody.
We're going ballistic.

Two, one.

We have ignition, Captain.

Now approaching
optimum release angle.

I need to know
there'll be someone to come
and get me if I get lost.

Take this.

Now you gotta come home,
'cause I want it back.

Repeat,
we are ready for launch,
Captain.

Captain? Captain?

Escape velocity now
three kilometers per second
and rising.

Deploy sonic bore.

Sonic bore, Captain,
deployed. Fire at will.

Now at minus two
kilometers and descending.

Minus 10 kilometers.

Twenty kilometers.

Forty kilometers.

Eighty kilometers.

One hundred and fifty
kilometers.

Two hundred and twenty
kilometers.

Three hundred and twenty-five
kilometers and descending.

We're in a ghost spin.
Activate side thrusters.

Negative.
Helm not responding.

Hit the backup gyros,
now!

We're coming in too fast.
Get her nose up.

Hang on.

We're gonna hit.
We're gonna hit.

Are you all right?

Sound off.
Anybody injured?

I think I'm all right.
- I'm okay.

I'm feeling in
one piece, Captain.
Talk about a neat ticket.

How bad?

Can't tell.
What does DEVIN say?

DEVIN?

I detect seven
carbon-based life forms.

I presume
the crew is intact?

Yes, everyone survived.

Get these alarms off
and then I'll need
a complete damage report.

All major systems
appear to be functional.

The sonic bore unit
is impacted, but repairable.

Surface communication is out.

I'll need time for
further determination.

Have you run
self-diagnostics?

I'm battered,
but not broken.

I'm gonna shut you down
to sleep level for a while

until I can factor out your
potential for error rate.

Maybe you're right.
A little rest might be just
what the doctor ordered.

DEVIN?

I shut her down, but her
data systems are available.

Well, can you rely
on her to run an
atmospheric analysis?

We gotta
check the hull.

Chris, Margo, I'm afraid
some of the food has,
well, it's blended itself.

It's ruined.

You're breaking
my heart.

I should really
gather some specimens.

Uh, Captain, if you
don't me asking,
what do we do now?

Well, we compile
a detailed damage report

and effect whatever repairs
are necessary for the continuing
of the mission.

Continue the mission?
Are you all blind?

Mission over.
Briggs.

We're finished.
Briggs.

No, I say we get back
to the surface and--
Briggs, at ease.

Hey, relax, all right?

According to DEVIN,
the atmosphere is breathable.

And what if she's wrong?

It's the hatch.
Give me an outside camera.

Sorry for the alarm.
You must come
and see this, Chris.

Talk about breaking
through to another world.

Invaders from the Over World
with the book.

They have a piece
of the book.

Impossible.

The book belongs only
to the center realm.

If what you say is true,
then bring it to me now.

Just one more piece
added to my own

and I will be free
from this living death.

Hey, just look over here.

Briggs, take point.
LaStrella, watch our backs.

Behold, the Inner World.

How can there be light?

Actually, a self-suspended,
subterranean,

bioluminescent
mineral source,

to be precise.

Living rock?

There may be more
than just rock.
Look at that lake.

Where there's water,
there's life, right?

And who
knows what forms of it
we might find here.

How 'bout we start
by being grateful that
we're still alive. All right?

I'll second
that emotion.

A stunning sight
if ever I saw one.

Agreed,
but we won't be able
to explore it

unless we get started
on some repairs.

Turner, the ship.

Well, the design worked.

No major structural breach.

I sure hope somebody
popped for the insurance.

What the hell was that?

Intruder alert.
Intruder alert.

Chris?

I hope you're satisfied,
both of you.

What the hell
happened here?

Did I miss something?

Oh, just Briggs
here shooting up
our main control link

and a few other
miscellaneous but
vital relays.

I was shooting
at someone.

Something. It was
in the crew quarters.

Doing what?

I don't know what.

Maybe we should
check our gear,
see if anything's missing.

Now, wait a minute, wait,
wait a minute, wait.

Let's get this squared away.
Did anybody see anything?

Just what or who were we
supposed to see, Briggs?

We're the only
ones down here.

Yeah? Well, then who
blindsided me over
the back of the head, huh?

How do you explain this?

Oh, come on, man,
that's nothing. Look at this.
I've got one, too.

Yeah, check this out.

All right, all right,
let's go. We got work to do.

I trust it's repairable?

I think we can crawl,

but flying might
take a little doing.

LaStrella, Sandy,
Briggs, you're with me.

I want to send Homer in.

Were you trying
to go somewhere?

You bring me words
about strange spirits
and this ship of theirs.

But you were
sent for the book.

Do not anger me
with your excuses.

It is clear you
must have help.

Go into the maze and find
Kateeok of the Trogs,

and bring him to me.

That much I know you can do.

Briggs, be cool, okay?

Now listen up, everybody.
Try and stay
inside of the ship.

We're gonna
rendezvous here
in 30 minutes.

Then what?

Then we eat.

Maybe I should
keep an eye on her.

Not to worry.
I'll go with her.

Here, this way.

Oh, isn't this amazing?

Yes, indeed.
Oh.

Secure.

Activated, Captain.

All right,
Homer's in place.

Just in case we
wanna get back.

Say the word.
I'm ready.

What was that?
It came out of that cave.

Chalmers and Tesue
are in there. Come on.

Just when I was
starting to think Briggs
might be seeing things,

but it hadn't made
an aggressive move
since we found it.

With all due respect,
Captain,

are you out of your mind?

First this thing breaks
into the ship, then it
knocks out Chalmers.

Actually, it was my fault.

It's bigger than any two of us,
and you bring it onboard ship.

You're out of order,
Briggs.

The creature's obviously
harmless. Now stow the weapon
and sit down.

You understand
what he's saying?

No, but it sounds similar

to a Tibetan dialect found
in the high Himalayas.

I can't believe this.

We found
the Abominable Snowman.

You mean like a Bigfoot?

Please,
some respect.

You're standing in
the presence of a lifeform
believed to be extinct,

or even non-existent.

If only we could talk to it.

Try this.

A Walkman?

An A.I.T.
Aural Impulse Transducer.

It scans the incoming sounds
for patterns of intelligent
communication

and translates them
into something maybe
we can understand.

I didn't get a chance
to test it before we left,

so don't expect
any miracles.

Who are you?

It works.

How did you get here?

Keep, keep talking.
It adjusts for pitch.

How did you get here?

We came here through
a volcano,

in this ship,

to explore beneath
the surface of the Earth.

Are there more like you?

I am of a race that lives
within this planet.

Where do you live?
Where are your people?

I live here, in the maze.

The maze?

I think he's referring
to the puzzle of the deep.

According to ancient mystics,
a portion of the Inner World

is a tangled web of passages
that constantly shift
and change direction.

Please, Mr. Chalmers,
this is no time
for hocus-pocus theories.

Oh, really?

But it is not
my choice that I
dwell alone in the maze.

I must tell you of my crime.

I knew it.

It was him
attacked me on the ship.

What were you trying to steal?

Briggs.
Chill, man.

Enough. Sit down.
Put that gun away.

Just let him talk.

My people are a gentle race.

We live by two commands.

First one is, no harm.

We cannot hurt
any living thing,

but we also live
at the hand of fate.

It is forbidden to interfere
with it in any way.

Even saving a life is taboo.

A girl was praying

at the bottom
of a rocky slope.

The stones gave way.

I grabbed her,

saving her life.

It just happened.

I saw the boulder,

I grabbed the girl.

I don't know
what came over me.

It is for this

that I was banished to the maze.

I shame you with my presence.

No.

On the surface,
we consider the saving
of a life to be a sacred act.

Your deed
was one of profound courage.

You are jesting.

No, it's true.

Oh.

Hear me, creature,

there are strangers
among us now.

Come in a great ship
from the Over World
to destroy you all.

But do as I command,
and your people will live.

Soon I will cause this
great ship of theirs
to become lost at the Arc,

and then you and your warriors
will find them.

Before we theorize
on the future,

perhaps we should make
decisions about the immediate,

such as what to do
with your friend here.

You know my vote.

I say we video it,

take some blood
and tissue samples,
and put it back.

I think he'd make
an invaluable addition
to the crew.

I agree.

We can't take on everything
we find down here.

This isn't Noah's Ark.

She's right.

We know nothing
about this thing.

It could be a man-eater.

My people are vegetarian.

That's even worse.
It's a liberal.

Would you like to join us?

Become part of our team?

Oh, yes.

Well, now that that's settled,

what do they call you
at home, big guy?

Huh?

What... What is your name?
How do others recognize you?

Ah, my sounds.

We are each given
one at birth.

Mine is...

Ow!

Pinto.
Well, Bob's good.

Bubba, Ed, Jack, Bob,
anything.

How's Rocky?
George.

Chalmers, you found him,
you name him.

Well, there is a name
I always wished
my parents had called me.

Yeah, with a name like Cecil,
I'm not surprised.

What is it, Chalmers?

Daedalus.

Daedalus is the Greek
god of labyrinths and mazes.

Father of Icarus.

Everybody, say hello
to Daedalus.

Yeah, that really rolls of
the tongue, doesn't it?

Daedalus, Deedle,
Daddle, Dallas.

Dallas, yeah.
That's close enough for me.

Dallas...

welcome to the crew.

All right,
let's run your checks, people.
We're goin' mobile.

Tony, we're gonna wanna
tractor clear of this debris.

Take her around.
180 hard right.

Aye, aye, Captain.

Briggs, initiate
forward scanner.

Margo, set DEVIN
to standby and activate
holograph navigations.

- Scanners up.
- Setting DEVIN
at standby

and HG navigations
activated.

Okay, let's truck her
out of here, LaStrella.

Tread circles on
and rolling.

DEVIN,
prepare to fire main engines
in maximum lift mode.

Firing sequence engaged
and at your controls, Captain.

Engines on.

Scanner shows us
clear for lift-off
in three seconds.

Activate side thrusters
at full, LaStrella.

- Side thrusters on.
- DEVIN?

We have lift-off,
Captain.

Yes! All right!

Steady
as she goes, Tony.

All right, Margo,
find us a course out of here.

Looks like there's
an opening to another cavern
bearing 2-2-7.

2-2-7. I got it.

Scanner says we're clear.
Could be a mile, maybe more.

It'd been a rough
start for all of us,

but my uncle had been right,
there was an Inner World.

And even at a crawl,
I was determined
to give it our best shot.

I knew Briggs was against
keeping Dallas,

but for all our hi-tech toys,
the truth was,
we were flying blind

and if Dallas could help
us get through this maze,

then it was worth the risk,

but then who or what really
did attack Briggs back there
and why?

Scanner shows us clear
for that passage.

High, and two.
Wait, check that.

What the...

That's impossible.
It's sealing itself off.

And damn fast, too.

If the sonic bore
was operational,
we could blast our way out.

Full reverse.
We're outta here.

Reversing engines now.

DEVIN,
you got some way
to analyze this,

just feel free to jump
in any time here.

Processing now, Captain.

Wait, Chris,
kill that reverse, man,
and check your aft monitors.

Look, it's closing off.
DEVIN?

Hull sensors indicate
the passageway is now
constricting on all sides.

Is she saying
we're gonna be crushed?

Extend hull
stabilizers, now!

Stabilizers extending.
Maximum reach.

Divert power from
main engine to stabilizers
and cut off side thrusters.

You're with us, LaStrella.
Briggs, buckle in.
Everybody brace yourselves.

DEVIN, give me
a hull pressure readout.

Hull pressure now
at 12,000 pounds and rising.

Pressure now at 18,000
and still rising.

Margo,
what's our maximum?

That was the maximum.

We're not gonna make it.

Anticipate
hull collapse in 30 seconds.

Twenty-nine, 28...

DEVIN,
drop ballast and increase
internal air pressure.

Negative, Captain.
Circuits not responding.

Do not steer it away.
It will end soon.

We're gonna die.
He's sayin' we're gonna die.

No, the way,
the way of the ways.

Path closed, path opened.

What the hell's
he talking about?

That!

Transfer full power
back to main engines

and prepare to release
the stabilizers. On my mark.

Thrusters, LaStrella.

Vectoring thrusters now.

We don't know
if we can clear that, Turner.

We can't
stay here. Mark!

Releasing stabilizers.

Now ahead full
for 30 meters,

then 90 degrees
hard to port when I holler.

Got it.

Come on!

Turn it, LaStrella.

- Hard to port.
90 degrees.
- Briggs?

The opening's
expanding, but I can't
tell you we're gonna fit.

- DEVIN?
- Pressure now
at 19,000, Captain,

but if kept at full power,
the engine vibrations

will cause a hull rapture
in nine seconds.

Eight, seven, six...

Make a break and
turn starboard and
cut engines for one-third.

Turning to starboard.

Hull rupture
in four seconds.

Cut the power,
LaStrella.

I can't. The switch
is jammed on full.

Rupture
in three seconds.

DEVIN,
reverse engines, now.

- But Captain...
- Just do it!

Reversing engines.
Negative.

Low back failsafe
triggered full engine
shut-down.

- Yes!
- And the hull?

Vibrations falling back
within normal tolerances.

No rupture.

Nice move.
Way to go.
Way to go, guys!

DEVIN, restart engines.
Power to one-third.

And when Briggs
says it's clear,
prepare to take the helm.

Oh, and thanks for listening.

Any time, Captain.

Now that they fear
the maze,

their ship will keep
to the great canyon even
as it brings them closer.

Go and silence the voice
they left to call them back

before I give
them to the Trog.

Scanner shows
we got a clear channel

for as far as you can see,
Captain.

All right, then I want
you all to grab some rest
while we got the chance.

I'll keep watch up here.

I was hoping
without the crew around

I could think through
what had happened.

One instant this world seemed
to want us by the throat

and the next it was as gentle
and amazing as Dallas.

But was it really this world
or was there something else
I just couldn't see yet?

It's beautiful, isn't it?

Yes, quite.

Uh, what's your heading?

What's your hurry? Enjoy it.

Mr. Turner, do I have
to remind you

that at this moment
we have lost all relays
with our base above?

She had a lousy way
of saying it,

but I guess that meant Margo
was scared of something, too.

What? What did I do?
Did I say anything?

What the...

No.

I've lost Homer.

So have I.

We'd better go back.

And miss a chance
to maybe find out who's been
after us since we landed?

After us?
Turner, you don't think--

I don't think it's safe
to assume our problems

are just happening
at random, Doctor.

Look, just keep us
on this course for now,

and tell the crew
break time is over.

I want everyone
back up on the bridge.

Yes, the invaders
draw close.

I can feel
the presence of the book

within their ship now.

Then it is time
for their journey to end

in the fires of the Trog.

Continue bearing
on course 1-9-5 for--

No, wait. Something's--

Full stop. Full stop.
I see it. I see it.

Reverse forward
thrusters, LaStrella.

Let's try and put down on that
shelf we just passed before
this cavern shifts anymore.

Roger, Captain.
Reversing and preparing
to land.

All right, full stop.
Ease her down.

Landing sequence
engaged.

Reducing main engines
to one-eighth

and beginning descent
at 50 meters per second.

Switching forward
scanners to ground view.

Touch down
in four seconds.

Three, two, one.

We have touchdown.

Margo, as soon
as we're secured,

I want the sonic bore
back in operation.

If these walls get pushy,
I'd like to know
we can push back.

The rest of you,
come out with me. I wanna
check our antenna to Homer.

All right, let's hope
it's only the antenna.

Sandy, LaStrella,
check it out.

Briggs, keep an eye out,

but Briggs,
be cool, all right?

If I could offer
my assistance?

It's not needed.

Oh, really?

What possible help could you
be to me, Mr. Chalmers?

Well, let's see.
I should remind you
I have doctorates

in electro-magnetic theory,
charmed quark physics,

and applied systems
engineering,

along with
advanced degrees in
18 other varied subjects.

Voila.Care to close, Doctor?

Listen, Professor, I need
to say something to you.

I apologize.

Whatever for?

I've always rejected

anything or anyone connected
with the supernatural,

and it's affected
the way I thought of you.

My dear Miss Peterson,
you're simply confused.

Let me explain it this way.

I believe that science
and magic represent

mankind's highest aspirations.

While at first they seem
like opposing forces,

at some point
their paths coverage.

All right,
come on, everybody,
bring it in. Let's go.

My God, look.

Hold your fire,
hold your fire.

My people are familiar
with these beasts.

What are they?

If I'm not mistaken,
they're Troglodytes.

The evolutionary transition
from ape to man.

Some of the species
must've found
an amiable environment

below the surface,

thereby avoiding extinction.

You mean missing links?

Speaking of missing links,
where's Tony?

LaStrella?

This is the scientific chance
of a lifetime.

Sight on. LaStrella?!

We have
to gather data
on these creatures.

They could prove
invaluable in our search
for habitability.

LaStrella?

Look at this.

Wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait, hold it, hold it.

Just stay here.
Just stay here.
Just stay here.

I've got the uncomfortable
feeling they've already
made contact.

All right.

Margo,
run a geo-stability scan.

I'm goin' after him.

DEVIN?

I need you to run
a geo-structural analysis
of the surrounding area.

We might have to be
here for a while.

There is a disturbing number

of serious deep level
geo-structural faults

in the immediate area.

I do not suggest

remaining here for
more than two hours.

Even that may be pushing it.

I'll let the captain know.

Let me go with ya, Cap.

No, I need you here.
They need you here.

Besides,
when we find LaStrella,

Chalmers here is the only one
who might be able to talk them
into giving him back.

DEVIN says two hours,
maximum.

Well, then if we're not back
in two hours or haven't made
radio contact,

you do whatever you do
have to save the Avenger.

What?

I say, Chris,
is that absolutely necessary?

For the good
of the many, Professor.

Captain, Captain.
That's an order.
We're clear?

Looks like
we're not the first.

Not even close.

My God, Chris,
look at this.

This might be
their history.

How they came to dwell
below the surface,

through a volcano.

Uncle Jim was right.

Look, there's more.

It appears the Trogs
don't like visitors.

My God, you don't think
LaStrella is...

I'll try and talk to them.

Cecil, guaranteed they know
how to use these things.

Then what do
we do now, Captain?

I'll let you know
when I think of it.

Repeat.
Access not authorized.

Dallas?

It's cold in here.

We have to keep it cool
to protect the
computer system.

I do not mean
that kind of cold.
My people are used to that.

I am talking about woman
who lives within this wall.

She has no heart.

What do you suppose
that was all about?

Maybe he meant DEVIN?

How long they been out?

A little over an hour.

Forget this.
I'm goin after 'em.

Sit down and relax,
Mr. Briggs.

That's an order.

Captain?

Chalmers.
Tony.

You all right?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine,

but that's more than
I can say for the company.

They're offering us food.

Always a good sign.
Let's sit.

Chris,
do you read me? Over.

Dr. Chalmers, this is Margo.
Come in, please. Over.

Anything?
No.

They've still got
20 min... minutes.

Oh, God,

I can't eat any more
of this crap.

Force yourself. Smile.

They want to have us
for dinner.

Well, why are they
feeding us now?

You don't understand.
They're fattening us up.

They are having us
for dinner.

What?

You have only three?

You were sent
to take them all.

Silence, animal!

Don't talk to me
of white fur demons.

I am the demon you must fear.
Damn you!

No, let 'em go for now,

but see to it their ship
is watched.

I must think.

It's been two hours.

Well?

Well, what, Mr. Briggs?

Are we just gonna leave 'em
out there, or what?

I don't know about you,

but I had a real hard time

understanding the captain's
last order.

Well, you know,
I couldn't make it out,
either.

Yeah,
I didn't hear a thing.

I heard him. He said,

"If we're not back
within two hours,"

we're supposed
to leave without him.

Oh.

Gear up.
We're goin' after 'em.

You stay here.

Oh, I think
we should take him with us.

He would make an
excellent guide.

I like it.
DEVIN, I'm putting you
on full security alert.

What are you doin'?

You gear up,
I gear down.

Yeah, whatever.

Security program
loading now.

Now activating
ship security.

Warning, main hatch closing
and hull electrified
at 500 megawatts.

What does this mean?

It means trouble.
Come on, let's go, go.

Then it is as I thought,
the others follow.

And the book?

This man keeps cargo
within their ship

that prevents our entry.

Then quickly bring Kateeok
back so I can warn him
of their approach.

No way.

Nothing there.

So where are they?

They may have gone through
that passageway beyond.

What damn passageway?

The one beneath
the boulder.

Come on.

Can you not feel it?
The path, it's still warm.

But it's a dead end.

No, look further.

There.

Get down. Lights out.

They're ugly,
but they ain't stupid.

They got sentries
all over the place.

We've got to find a way
over that ridge.

Eyes up.

Okay, go.

They're gonna
burn 'em alive.
Oh, no.

Oh, there's one more thing.
They've got these two big
stone heads.

They look
just like Dallas.

Trogs are deathly afraid
of my people.

They think we are demons.

How come it's like pulling
teeth to get anything
out of you?

Miller, help me rig
a harness and tackle
for the big guy.

You got it.

Huh?

You worthless slime.

You were told
to bring him,
not kill him.

He's useless to me now.

Go. Tell me if the Trog
have taken the others.

Quickly!

For three millennia
I have been left to suffer
in this hell,

but freedom
reaches for me now.

But why are you
doing this?

Because you're gonna
help us get our friends
out of this.

Huh?

We strap you in a cradle,
hang you on a roller,

sail you across
the rope.

Uh, oh.

You fly over the Trog-la-Links,
scare the hell out of 'em.

They run for cover,

we duck in
and grab the captain
and the others.

I'll get sick.

Good, go ahead and puke.

That'll scare 'em even more.

Don't you see I...
I can't.

You either do it on a rope

or you do it free fall.

It's all the same to me.

I won't allow any threats.

I've seen guys like him.
They just need
to be convinced.

You've seen guys like him?
I don't think so, Briggs.

I thought we were
your friends.

My first.

Then why won't you help us?

We believe that
a friend is more
important than any law.

When you get
straight over the village,
you drop these.

They detonate on impact.

No. No harm.

They won't hurt anyone, Dallas.
They're just fireworks.

Yeah, you'll be the
bright spot of their day.
You ready?

No!

Good.

Give 'em hell, big guy.

I'll do the captain.
Get Chalmers.

Come on.
We ain't home yet.

Let's force our
way out of here.

They're saved?

I don't care how,
damn you,

but they run
for their ship, yes?

Okay, big guy,
let's find some cover.
Come on.

Okay, big guy,
do your thing.

That's no way
to treat a demon.

Great.

They cannot be
allowed to leave.

I have no choice now.

Prepare yourselves
to ensure my return.

I can venture from here,
but no more than
a handful of minutes,

but I must have their
piece of the book.

Damn, the gun's jammed.

I guess they've
come for us.

Yeah! Yeah, yeah!
Yeah!

Come on, Dallas.
Let's get outta here, man.

Let's go,
let's go, let's go.

It is time.

Go now, all of you,
and be there when I call.

LaStrella, DEVIN,
initiate emergency
take-off protocol.

Let's get this
thing in the air.

Side thrusters
going to full.

E-lift protocol
engaged. Main engines
firing in eight seconds.

Margo? Briggs?

Activating
HG navigation now, Captain.

Scanners up
and sweeping.

We have ignition
on all main engines.

Prepare for lift off
in 10 seconds.

Nine, eight...
Time to strap
yourselves in, people.

Four, three, two.
We have liftoff, Captain.

Assume stable
hover at 18 meters.
Prepare for level flight.

Approaching
stable hover, 18 meters.

You're clear to take it
out that hole you blew to
get us out, Captain.

Ahead one quarter
and turn us to port,
12 degrees.

Engines ahead
at 2.5 V, Captain.

And bearing 169,
just below that
cliff ahead, LaStrella.

Danger,
forward hull anomaly.

Primary grid overloading.

Circuit relay
failure imminent.

Initiating fire
control system.
Ah!

My book!

The book!

Give me your piece
of the book.

I beg you...

Life support
reaching critical.

Somebody wanna
tell me who or what
the hell that just was?

Well,
I can't swear to it,

but I think that's
who's been hounding
us since we got here,

and I think this is why.

For this?
But what is it?

That piece is only
a small part

of the Book of Knowledge.

Doesn't look like a book.

It's more like
a puzzle, really.

It's a cosmic force that
makes the Holy Grail
pale into insignificance.

Just before the demise
of Atlantis,

the high priests of
the city used a craft to
descend into a volcano.

Sound familiar?

Mythology states that
the priests then built
deep within the Earth

the legendary
library of Atlantis.

A library?

Probably destroyed.

What we saw were only
a few pieces of the puzzle.

It's a spiritual
circuit board of sorts.

It contains a mystical
energy that could
enlighten mankind.

Well, if it were to fall
into the wrong hands,

it could be a source
of evil power.

It could enslave
the human race forever.

He wasn't lying.
Who?

Wentworth. He knew
all about this puzzle.

I was supposed to let
him know if we found it.

Looks like
your billionaire has
a hidden agenda.

World dominion,
if you will.

How many of these
pieces are there?

No way of knowing
till they're all assembled.

It's biased on a technology
that doesn't yet exist,
or rather used to.

It was lost with Atlantis.

It's a crossing point.

The bridge from this world
with its finite knowledge

to the next one,
to the infinite.

So it must store...

If I'm not mistaken,
the combination to the maze.

Without it, we may
never get out of here.

I know this journey has
not been a smooth one.

There's not one of us who
hasn't had second thoughts

and fears about
what may lay ahead,

but down here,
we and only we
control our destiny.

Our strength is in us,
as one,

and as one,
we will survive.

Let's do it.

With you, Captain.

DEVIN, status on
the helm control, if you please.

Maintaining
level flight at 50 meters.

Forward scanners read
all clear, and the helm
is yours now, Captain.

Full ahead, LaStrella.

Forward...

ever forward.

I guess it wasn't
until then I realized

there exists a strange
and unknown place
like this in all of us.

For me, it was
becoming Captain,

but I'd looked into
that darkness now

and seen more than
I ever thought possible,

and the journey
was just beginning.