Original subtitles

[ominous music]

[woman singing Arabic]

This is madness.

The union of the sun and the moon comes what, once in a lifetime.

We should be using the eye to locate the treasure,

instead, he leads us to our doom.

But the gods have chosen each of us for this mission.

[scoffs] Just as they once chose these poor souls?

We will not fail.

And when it's done, we shall be rewarded.

With what? You heard him.

Even if we succeed,

he intends to destroy the scepter and toss it into the sea.

Then the treasure will remain lost forever

while we remain as peasants.

Our reward shall be much greater.

The fates will see to that.

It is written in the stars.

If you believe that,

you're as great a fool as he is.

[foreboding music]

Courage, my sons.

And remember,

even in the coming darkness,

the gods will be watching over us.

[chanting Arabic]

[all chanting Arabic]

[chanting Arabic]

[all chanting Arabic]

[chanting Arabic loudly]

[all chanting Arabic loudly]

[creature roars]

[foreboding music]

[creature snarls]

[chanting Arabic]

[rumbling]

[rumbling continues]

[chanting Arabic continues]

[snarling]

[growling]

[man speaks Arabic]

[roaring]

-[screaming] -[snarls]

[all clamor]

[shrieks]

[creature growls]

-[snarls] -[grunting]

-[screams] -[growls]

[all clamoring]

[grunts]

-[snarls] -[yells]

[shudders]

-[screams] -[wallops]

[grunts]

[growls]

[yelps]

-[growls] -[shrieks]

[man chanting Arabic]

[shrieks]

-[man chanting Arabic] -[creature squeals]

[rock crumbling]

[yelps]

[ominous music]

[car engine revs]

[Egyptian music]

[background chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[man] They, uh…

call this the Eye of the Medusa.

Apparently, around 242 B.C.,

this desperate king gave up all his last remaining gold

so that an Assyrian alchemist could forge this scepter.

And apparently, this blind prophet led his tribe

against this powerful forces of evil that were threatening his kingdom.

All this time and I didn't know

you were into that hokey-pokey kind of stuff.

I'm not.

Which is why we have to decipher these symbols

to see what they really mean.

We're all out of TP in the bathroom, by the way.

Look at these. This looks familiar.

Remember that, uh, scroll we found last year?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

The one that's sitting in your office waiting for you to restore it, right?

-The one with mold all over it. -Yeah, the same thing.

Why don't, uh, you keep the scroll

and I'll take this 24-karat staff with the big, fat rock on top?

-Yeah. Keep dreaming. -Come on, let me hold it for a second.

[mysterious music]

[man 1] You know, I'm thinking this is either Etruscan,

or it's an Osama Bin Laden blow-up doll.

[both laugh]

No way.

Look at this carving style.

It's so lifelike.

Etruscans weren't doing sculpture like this during this period.

[man 2] She's right.

Nobody was.

[woman] This material is like limestone only more durable.

I've never seen anything like this.

[man 2] Well, that makes two of us.

[horses clop approaching]

Did you order take-out?

[ominous music]

Something tells me these guys aren't with the Chamber of Commerce.

It's okay, I've dealt with this kind of situation before.

It's just a matter of how you talk to them.

[man 1] I didn't know you were so fluent in angry, bad, ugly guy.

I'm not. She is.

Sierra, you're up.

Assalamu Alaikum.

[speaks Arabic]

He says that we're trespassing.

Oh, no, no. Tell him it's okay.

We, we got the big thumbs-up from his government.

[speaks Arabic]

[man 3 speaks Arabic]

[speaking Arabic continues]

[Sierra] This land has been poisoned. Much blood has been spilled here.

Ours will be too

if we do not leave this place behind and all that we find here.

I, I, I knew it. He's here for the scepter.

He's here for the scepter.

Just tell him that we're from an American university.

We're here on a sponsored dig. We're historians, not grave-robbers.

We mean no disrespect.

Harry, he doesn't look like he gives a damn.

Tell him, Sierra.

[speaking Arabic]

[speaking Arabic]

Once this was the land of his tribe…

[speaks Arabic]

No man lives here now.

[speaks Arabic]

Only a great evil.

[speaks Arabic]

This is the dwelling place of Satan.

[speaks Arabic]

Uh… [puffs]

What? What is it?

I don't recognize the word.

[speaks Arabic]

If we value our lives…

-[speaks Arabic] -we will leave this place…

[speaks Arabic]

[Sierra] …as it's been for centuries.

[all sigh]

-Well, that was fun. -Yeah.

[all exhale]

You could really charmed him right out of his turban.

What do you think? Warning or threat?

I'm not sure, but I can tell you one thing.

Whatever he thinks is buried out here…

-he doesn't want us to find it. -Yeah.

[foreboding music]

[background chatter]

[mysterious music]

[wind gusting]

[man on walkie-talkie] Dr. McColl.

Dr. McColl!

I found something.

-[static noise on walkie-talkie] -What is it?

[man] I don't know, but it's big.

-It's really big. -[static noise]

[mysterious music]

He's an ugly son-of-a-bitch, ain't he?

Yeah.

You know, whoever carved these

must have carved those Berber statues as well.

The material's the same,

so is the style.

[Sierra] Hey, Doc, check it out.

[Harry] What is it?

I think we found the tail.

[man] Whoa. That's big, isn't it?

-[Sierra chuckles] -[man] Big is nice.

Big is nice.

[light music]

[man] I must say, Harry, it sounds all very exciting.

Gods, monsters, the keys to a lost civilization.

-You've really outdone yourself this time. -[clicks tongue]

Well, there's still a lot about the Order of the Sun

that we don't understand.

We're still putting all the pieces together.

Ah, the sun, the sun…

I just worship the sun.

And you think this might be one of them?

Well, it's clearly from the same period.

Once we finish restoring it, uh, it should tell us a lot more

-about the tribe. -[sighs]

You know, my idea about having this exhibit coincide

with Friday's eclipse was just brilliant.

It's created quite a buzz and benefactors love buzz,

which means they're very pleased, which means I'm very pleased.

And I plan to offer you John Baldwin's position this fall.

Oh, uh…

Well, you know, sir, we've only discussed the possibility

of me becoming co-chair with John.

Oh, posh, posh, posh. That was before he decided to retire.

And besides, I never liked him anyway.

Oh, well, thank you. [soft chuckle]

I don't know about you, but I am just beside myself.

Well, I guess now I'm gonna be forced to have to track down my good suit, huh?

The good suit. Harry, I love it. I love it.

[tranquil music]

You know, my only regret is that

this Friday doesn't fall on the 13th, you know,

because with the eclipse and everything,

that would make it just that more spine-tingling, don't you think?

You know, awoo. [chuckles]

-Oh, Miss Donegan. Miss Donegan. Hi -[Miss Donegan] Oh, hi.

Getting a jump on the Fall semester, I see…

I'm just moving some things into my office.

-Uh-huh… -Let me, please.

Oh, no, it's okay. I can… Oh, no, really, I…

-Thank you. -I'll help you. You got it?

[man] Okay, fine. That's perfect.

[Harry] Oh, uh… Rude.

Um, Harry. Uh, Harrison McColl.

Uh, everybody calls me Harry.

Oh, I know. I've heard about you.

-Good things, I hope. -[chuckles]

This is Rachel Donegan.

and she is gonna be taking over your 100-level classes.

-[man] Isn't that exciting? -[Harry] Oh, really? Oh, great.

Well then, you and I have a lot to talk about.

Yeah.

Indeed. Indeed. Indeed. So, I'm gonna let you two get to it.

-This is exciting, isn't it? -[chuckles]

-Welcome aboard, Miss Donegan. -Thank you.

-This is exciting, isn't it? I love it. -[chuckle]

[Harry] It is.

Um, so where to?

Um… upstairs.

Yep, after you. [sighs]

[puffs]

[Harry] Bulfinch's Mythology.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

The Occult Throughout the Ages.

Wow.

You're really into this stuff, huh?

[Rachel scoffs] You could say that.

I studied History and Cultural Mythology at Cornell for four years

and I've spent the last two at Whittendale, in Arizona, teaching it.

[Harry] What, history and myth?

That's quite a contrast, don't you think?

Mm, I find the two go hand-in-hand more often than not.

Witches, ghosts and dragons?

I mean…

you do realize this is the Science Department, right?

Witches and ghosts are symbolic representations

of mankind's ongoing quest to offset the ordinary of this world

by seeking the supernatural and the extraordinary in another.

Hmm. Oh, but dragons exist?

Uh, uh, what? What's, what's…

You're trying to tell me this is from a dragon?

[chuckles] I, I hate to break this to you, lady,

-but, uh, this is-- -A Tyrannosaurus Rex.

-Yeah. -But…

if you were an ancient Sumerian circa 2000 B.C.,

or say, a Tudor knight without the benefit of centuries

of scientific knowledge, yeah, it's a dragon.

I call that science.

I get it. You're one of those "got to believe it to see it" people.

-Right? -No.

I am just interested in exploring the fine line of truth

between those who actually lived history and those who seek to re-discover it.

Hmm. Wow, Whittendale.

Hm, wow, right on. [clicks tongue]

I hear those, uh, college kids down in Arizona

really know how to throw a bash.

I wouldn't know.

I teach my students. I don't party with them.

Yeah, well, how do you feel about fellow faculty?

Did you just ask me out?

I don't know. It depends.

Who's the guy in the photo? Current or ex?

Current.

-Oh… -[thuds]

Brother.

Oh. Excellent.

Then, in that case, Friday.

They've got this little… [sucks teeth]

…thing at the museum.

-And I… -Hmm. Yeah, I know about your…

exhibition at the museum.

According to Dr. Carlton, my presence is more or less mandatory.

That's great. And what time can I pick you up?

You know, I'm really busy.

I, I have a lot of work to do.

You know, I, I just don't think

it's a good idea, you and I going out on a date.

Um. Who said anything about a date?

Well, you…

Hey, it's just two colleagues hanging out,

and swapping war stories.

I think I've heard more than enough about your stories.

Ah, yeah, yeah, but, you know,

I really do tell them better. I do.

I'll see you on Friday, Dr. McColl.

Fantastic.

[Rachel] Hmm.

[scoffs] Yeah.

[classical music]

[background chatter]

[indistinct chatter]

[woman] I'm very excited about…

[classical music continues]

[indistinct chatter]

-[man 1] Uh, Harry? -[Harry] Please.

[man 1] Harry? Harry?

[man 2] Yeah. Well, I'll see you there.

What is it?

Harry…

we have a problem.

What, they run out of souvenir T-shirts already?

[man] Do you remember the statue of the hollow one-armed man?

Yeah.

He's not solid all the way through.

The CAT scan picked up bones and some other biological material.

-Human? -[man] Yeah.

The exterior is a mix of limonite and carbonate silicates

and that is two inches thick.

I think we're looking at some kind of mummification process here.

[Sierra] Basically,

we just disturbed and robbed a 2000-year-old gravesite.

[mouths] Hey.

What?

Now I'm gonna have nightmares for a month.

-[man] Harry… -Uh…

I think we're gonna have to contact that tribe.

I think we're gonna have to return those remains, right?

I certainly hope he's not talking about our remains.

[Carlton chuckles] Harry.

I want to introduce you to Hannah Carmellina Tulini Frankman

and her lovely husband, Biff.

-Brock. -Brock! Sorry.

Enchanté.

Oh.

Likewise.

[Carlton] With their donations,

the Frankmans have been funding your project in Libya.

Oh. Oh, wow. Um, sorry. I…

Wow, we could not have done this without you.

Ah, just as they say, only money.

-I like money. -[Hannah] Yes.

People collect all sorts of things.

Objet d'art, houses, cars.

I only collect supermarket coupons.

[Sierra chuckles]

Huh.

We simply share the same fascination as yourself, Dr. McColl.

History.

Tell me.

Being an archaeologist must be very exciting, yes?

Like, uh…

Indiana Jones, no?

More rocks, less whips, but it has its moments.

More rocks. Great, Harry. I love it.

Alan showed me what you brought back from your last trip.

Absolutely marvelous.

My husband and I very much look forward

to what treasures you've brought back to us this time.

[shouts] What?

Uh… We are ready for you, sir. [chuckles]

Oh.

[Carlton] It's showtime. [chuckles]

And I want you and your lovely husband…

Brock, to come join me right up front

so you can get a bird's-eye view of the, the whole thing.

It's gonna be very exciting for the unveiling and I'm also speaking.

It's…

It's been a pleasure, Dr. McColl.

[classical music]

[Sierra chuckles]

Easy, boys. They weren't real.

Yeah. Neither were those jewels.

Hmm. But they're real enough for me.

[Carlton] I'd like to thank you all for coming and joining us here today.

As we celebrate not only the power of history,

but the timeless beauty of art.

[Carlton] We also celebrate the milestone of the relationship

between the museum and the university,

now entering it's tenth year.

-Oh. -[crowd applause]

Thank you.

[Carlton] Thank you.

Thank you.

If this were the Oscars, they would've gone to a commercial by now.

-Wow, you look really nice. -Thanks.

[Carlton] …to a lost civilization that existed…

I'm surprised, man of the hour,

I thought you'd be the one up there making speeches.

-[Carlton] …when men worshipped the sun… -Nah, it's not really me.

-[snorts] -[Carlton] …and its sister, the moon.

Either is the spinach dip.

-[Carlton] Backwards in time… -What?

-There's spinach dip on your tie. -Oh. Thanks.

-Saving it for later. -[both chuckle]

Ladies and gentlemen, I give you

The Order of the Sun.

[epic music]

[crowd gasp]

[crowd muttering]

[Carlton] Well, folks, we're less than two minutes away,

and if you haven't gotten your glasses yet,

-get them from one of the volunteers… -Is that the…

[Carlton] …passing them out…

-The Eye of the Medusa? -[sighs]

It's impressive, huh? Well, have you heard of it?

Well, yeah, I've heard the legend surrounding it, but I never thought…

[chuckles]

[Carlton] So, don't forget to get your glasses. Okay.

Now, I would be remiss if we didn't mention Harry McColl,

who is responsible for this wonderful exhibit.

Now, Harry has devoted his entire life to digging up old garbage in the desert.

Uh… [awkward chuckle]

[crowd laugh]

Harry and his team have unearthed some of the most amazing treasures,

which you know as, uh… What? What?

-[beeps] -[Carlton] Oh!

Folks, it's almost time. We're almost there.

So, remember to put on your, your solar shades,

so you can look at the eclipse and here we go, and…

-[all] Five… -…four, three,

-two… -Two…

…one… eclipse.

[all gasp]

[indistinct chatter]

[mysterious music]

Huh.

[all gasp]

Wow.

Well…

how about that, folks?

Isn't that amazing? [awkward chuckle]

What the hell is going on?

[suspenseful music]

[crowd gasp]

[snarls]

-[growls] -[screams]

Remain calm, everybody. Everything's fine. Remain calm.

[shrieks]

[creature snarls]

[all clamoring]

[woman yells]

-Come on. Let's go. -[gasps]

[creature snarls]

-[man 1] Go! Go! -[man 2] Get out of the way.

-The Basilisk is real. -No, it can't be. Go.

[Basilisk growls]

[all clamoring]

[Basilisk roars]

-[Basilisk snarls] -[all clamoring]

[man 3] Get out. Get out.

-[man 4] Go. -[man 3] Go, dive. Go. Go.

[screams]

[squeals]

[all shrieking]

Brock, the scepter. Now's our chance.

[Brock] Hello? Did you just see what that thing did to those people?

Where the hell is she going?

[grunts]

Harry, where the hell are you going?

Get back.

[gun fires]

[Basilisk snarls]

[both grunt]

-[yells] -[shattering]

-[Basilisk growls] -[both panting]

[Sierra] Not so fast, Zsa Zsa.

[both grunting]

Get your hands off of it. I paid for it.

You should have spent the money on better boobs instead.

[growls]

[both grunt]

-[gasps] -Sierra!

-[groans] -[Basilisk snarls]

-[Basilisk squeals] -[Sierra screaming]

-No. -[Sierra crying]

She's gone. Come on.

[Harry] Come on. This way.

There's a shortcut to the basement.

-My God… -[Basilisk growls]

[siren blaring]

[tires screech]

[crowd clamoring]

[fire truck siren blaring]

[all screaming]

No. I want these back a hundred feet.

-[explosion] -[all yell]

-[electricity crackles] -[gasps]

[exhales]

[pants]

[coughs]

Dr. Carlton.

Dr. Carlton, are you okay?

Oh, my God.

I don't suppose you could hurry things up a bit?

We are trying to make a getaway here.

You're the one who decided not to go out the front door like everyone else.

Darling, thieves can't be choosers. Sometimes you have to improvise.

You know what? After all that planning to try to break into this place,

who knew that, that thing would actually wake up

and make our jobs that much easier?

-[Brock grunts] -[door lock clicks]

[exhales]

-Thank you. -Don't mention it.

[panting]

-[Harry] Hey. -[Rachel gasps]

Are you all right?

-Yeah. -Are you really?

Yeah.

Is anybody else alive down here?

Yeah.

Barely.

Can someone tell me what the hell just happened up there?

I'll fill you in on the details later. We…

We just need to find a way out of here.

[rumbling]

[Rachel] Look.

[Rachel panting]

I think it's some kind of drainage tunnel.

You're not actually gonna go crawling around down there, are you?

[scoffs] Well…

-[Basilisk snarls] -[Rachel gasps]

Okay, follow me.

[indistinct chatter]

Now remember, priority number one is survivors.

Finding them and getting them the hell out of there, all right?

Yes, sir. Let's go.

[car approaching]

[tires screech]

Lieutenant Bradley, Pueblo Springs P.D.

Colonel Douglas, Colorado National Guard, 88th Troop Division.

We were notified you have some sort of terror incident here?

Not exactly. What we have is multiple reports about a hostile,

but my men haven't encountered it or even seen it.

-It? -[Bradley] Yeah.

To be truthful, we're not even sure what we're dealing with here, Colonel.

The best as we can figure out,

somebody must have accidentally let loose some kind of big reptile.

Sounds like you called in the wrong outfit, Lieutenant.

My men are highly armed, highly trained emergency responders.

-We don't do animal control. -Colonel…

Look, you got a fix on this large reptile?

No. What we're doing now…

In that case, I need you and your men to set up a perimeter.

I want this entire block cordoned off. We'll take it from here.

[puffs]

[ominous music]

-[Douglas] Hey. -Ah! Don't kill me.

What the hell are you still doing in here, son?

Uh… [gulps]

I was…

-[radio static] -[man 1] Colonel Douglas.

Talk to me.

[man 1] It's gonna take days to sift through all the debris down here.

I've counted 19 bodies so far and not a single survivor.

-[beeps] -Come on.

[man 2 sighs] Be alive, Harry.

Look, any sign of anything else down there,

maybe, uh, some kind of animal or something?

[man 1] Well, that's the thing, sir. We don't know what it is.

What?

[Douglas] Come on. Talk to me.

[man 1] Whatever else is down here, I think it's gone.

[Douglas] Gone? Gone where?

[man] There's no reception. We're under too much concrete.

If we make it out of here, remind me to switch cell phone companies.

I'm telling you, I've watched a lot of Animal Planet

and that was one big mother of a snake.

Me and my partner loaded 12 twelve rounds into that thing

and they just bounced off him like they were peanuts,

for crying out loud.

Well, it was a statue when we first brought it here.

We didn't know what it was or that it was alive inside.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Wait a minute.

Are you trying to tell me that you brought that thing here on purpose?

It's called a "Basilisk". It's an Egyptian word.

[Rachel] It means King of the Serpents.

It's a creature the ancients believed could paralyze its victims

with its venom and…

turn them to stone with its glance.

There are passages in the writings of Pliny The Elder and the Bible,

which tell how the first Basilisk was born of a chicken's egg,

hatched by a snake during the solstice

in which the stars of Sirius and the sun are closest together.

I guess that explains why snake meat tastes so much like chicken.

So, how do we stop it?

[man] No. no, no, wait. No offense here,

but I just want to get the hell away from this thing.

The legends vary.

Some say that loud noises can drive it back into the darkness.

Others have suggested that the sight of its own reflection

can turn it into stone, but…

Apparently, the only sure-fire way to defeat it is with the Eye of Medusa.

[man] Oh, great.

Well, since no one seems to have a boom box,

or a big-ass mirror.

By the way, do you have that, that eye thing that you just mentioned?

Do you?

No. But I know who does.

Did you see it, Brock? The way it sparkled?

No, I didn't.

I was a little busy watching that monster eat people and turn them to stone.

Baby. Baby. Shh,

Don't look so concerned.

The hard part's over. We're practically home free.

Are you crazy?

We're still down here in the dark, that thing is on the loose,

and we still don't have the map.

But Brocky…

that's why we have this.

Which means you're going to make me a very happy woman

by using it to translate the map.

And when I'm happy,

believe it, baby, you are going to be very, very happy.

[in soft voice] Just think about it, cowboy.

So, all we need to do now is get over to the university

and retrieve that map while people are distracted here, right?

[Brock sighs]

[exhales]

It's that way. I remember now.

Are you sure?

Oh, yeah, it's all up here, like a steel trap.

There's an old subway tunnel ahead. We can use it to reach the surface.

[Brock moans]

Heigh ho, Silver. [giggles]

Brock. Brock!

You said it was this way.

[sighs]

Idiot.

If I didn't know any better,

I'd say you planned this whole thing

just to get me alone in the dark.

-I'm good, but I'm not that good. -[chuckles]

[man] Hey.

Look, up here.

[both sigh]

Might be a way out.

[water sloshing]

[Rachel sighs]

Hey.

-Here. -[Rachel gasps]

-[Rachel] Oh. -Yeah.

-[water sloshes] -All right.

[pants]

Oh.

[grunting]

-[Rachel] Oh. -Ah. I think it's welded shut.

-Great. Now what? -[Harry grunts]

[Rachel pants]

Help! Hello! Can somebody help us? Anybody.

Oh. Hey, I've got my cell phone.

[Harry grunts]

Oh, come on, baby. Come on.

-Can you get a signal? -[Harry] I have one bar.

Oh, come on, baby. Come on. Let me hear you ring.

-Let me hear you ring. Oh, hey, it did. -[line rings]

Yeah.

-Hello? -[man on phone] Hello.

-Rudy. Oh, my God. -[Rudy] Hey.

[Harry] Listen. Oh, dude, I love you.

[Rudy] Oh, I wish I knew how to quit you, Harry.

[suspenseful music]

Harry?

[Harry] Rudy.

[Harry] Rudy, over here.

[Rudy cackles]

Hey, ya, Har.

[Douglas] Captain Garcia, take care of this young man.

-[Garcia] Yes, sir. -[Rudy] Where is my camera when I need it?

[Harry] You brought the Army with you?

Ooh. Uh, Harry. Harry!

Hey, Harry. I'm gonna get you out of there.

[Rudy] Hey, he's… I need…

National Guard. We're here to get you folks out.

[Harry] You guys didn't happen to bring any howitzers with you, did you?

Son, the 88th is Engineering, Artillery and Public Affairs.

We've got the military police and a few U units based out of Denver.

We even got the Army band.

[Harry] But no howitzers?

Stand back and let my men do their job.

[Basilisk snarls]

What was that?

[water sloshing]

Wait right here.

[water sloshing]

[suspenseful music]

Harry?

[suspenseful music continues]

-[Basilisk roars] -[man grunts]

[man screams]

Simms.

-[Simms grunts] -[Basilisk roars]

Ah. Get up…

[Rachel grunting]

Harry, come on.

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk hisses]

[Harry] Oh.

[Harry panting]

[Harry exhales, heaves]

That thing's still down there. He got him. That thing killed Simms.

[Douglas] You heard the man. Take care of it.

What? You can't do that.

You can't send them down there. They'll do absolutely nothing.

We'll see about that.

That's stupid. [panting]

[Harry whispers] Weekend warriors.

[tense music]

[sloshing]

[tense music continues]

[Garcia] All right, Peterson, you take the right.

Me and Michael, we'll take the left.

[suspenseful music]

[water sloshing]

[suspenseful music continues]

-[Basilisk snarls] -[yelps]

[both yell]

[Basilisk squeals]

-[muffled screaming] -[muffled gun shots]

-[Basilisk roars] -[both shriek]

-[Basilisk snarls] -[grunting]

[pants]

[yelps]

[yells]

-[explosion] -[all gasp]

[shrieks]

-[shrieking continues] -[Basilisk snarls]

Damn it, don't just stand there. You've got weapons. Use them.

[soldier] Sir, yes, sir.

[gun firing]

Fire in the hole.

I think it's gone, sir. It's either dead or we scared it off.

-It's not dead. -How in the hell do you know that?

'Cause it's survived worse.

[panting]

I want two more units mobilized immediately

and ground-penetrating equipment up and running in five.

If this thing is on the move, I want to know where it's going.

[soldier] Yes, sir.

Apparently, you two know what you're talking about

more than anybody else around here, so damn it, start talking.

[suspenseful music]

What's it like to work with a living legend?

I can't imagine studying mythology

allows for too many opportunities for field work.

[chuckles]

Actually, there are crypto-zoologists who spend their entire lives tracking

what the general public thinks is pure fantasy.

Like, uh, the Tasmanian Tiger, or Nessie, or… Sasquatch.

You know, things that might not even exist.

Yeah, I guess tangling with a Basilisk and living to tell about it

-has got to stand for something, huh? -[Rachel] Yeah.

I should at least get a cover of a tabloid or a sit-down with Katie Couric finally.

I'd tell you one thing, you do know how to show a girl a good time.

[scoffs]

Wait till you see what I've got lined up for our second date.

[sucking teeth]

[whispers] Hey, Doc.

Can you, uh…

come with me over here? I wanna show you something.

I found this inside, okay? And check this out, okay.

[grunts]

Whatever this thing is, it's made out of some serious body armor.

Look, I don't think protection is the only thing this is designed for.

What do you mean?

How does the scepter work?

Oh, uh, it's pretty simple, really.

The light from the eclipse hits the diamond atop the scepter,

-wakes the creature up. -[Rudy exhales]

And causes a seriously deadly case of morning breath.

Can we go over here?

[Hannah] Brock, how much farther, honey?

[Brock] I don't know. Maybe I should check my GPS.

[Hannah] Brock, I don't like sarcasm. [grunts]

[Harry] I'm not talking about myth or legend here.

I'm talking scientifically, right? What causes the reaction?

[sighs]

I don't know.

There's got to be some way for us to use this thing against it.

I hope it doesn't involve a solar eclipse,

because I did some googling on my Blackberry,

and I don't want to be the one to piss in the pool here,

but the next solar eclipse isn't for another four years.

[Harry sighs] Well, just take this thing to the lab

and study it from every conceivable angle.

Everything we know about this thing is, is, is predicated on mythology.

We need something biological.

You're in luck because biological is my middle name.

-It's actually Herman, but, you know, I-- -[Harry] Rudy.

[Rudy grunts] I'm on it.

-[sighs] -He's great.

I'm sorry about Sierra.

It's my fault.

I wish I hadn't been trying to keep Hannah from stealing the scepter.

Should have gotten out of there like everybody else.

-Like us. -Harry, you can't blame yourself.

Why not?

I dug it up.

I'm the one responsible for bringing it here.

And you can stop it. And I'm gonna help you.

-[rats squeaking] -[approaching footsteps]

See? See, I promised you a way out and here we are.

Four-and-a-half hours later.

You know, let me know when I do something right for a change.

Oh, I'm sorry, darling. It's just that we are in a bit of a tight schedule here.

[lock clatters]

Great. So close and yet so far. Now what?

[metal clanks]

See? I don't do two hours a day at the gym for nothing.

And here I thought you were studying for the bar.

[Hannah sighs] Ugh.

[Hannah groans] Brock. Brock, I can't see.

[Harry] Her name is Hannah Carmellina Tulini Frankman.

Uh, at least, that's what she's going by.

I'd be willing to bet

that it's probably just as phony as the rest of her.

Let me get this straight.

First, my men got to come down here in the middle of the night

because you let some kind of monster loose beneath the streets?

Now, you want us to take a time out

to hunt down some woman who stole one of your relics?

That scepter is the only reason that the Basilisk woke up in the first place.

We think that there's a pretty good chance

that we might be able to use it to put it back to sleep again.

[Douglas] You think?

Look, lady, I've got guys out canvassing the street

for giant mirrors and a Psy-Ops unit

working double-time out of Fort Carson to put something together

based on your acoustic shock and awe theory.

Now, you're telling me that you need some kind of golden rod too?

[Rachel] Listen, Colonel.

Nobody's an expert on this creature

because no one's seen one for nearly 2,000 years.

Until we know more about it, what it's capable of,

all have to go on are myths and legends,

and hope that there are some grain of truth to them.

Yeah, well, you stick to your legends, Miss Donegan.

I put my faith in good old-fashioned man-made firepower.

[soldier] Sir, tracking teams report the creature is moving into the subway.

There's a subway here?

Construction began in 1929 under Herbert Hoover

and ended six months later when the stock market crashed.

They only managed to complete this short tunnel here,

connecting a couple of hotel basements.

Look, we don't need a full history lesson, Captain.

-Where is the snake? -Somewhere around here, sir.

The tunnel drains into the sewers here and here,

which is probably how it got in there.

If that thing gets out,

half of Pueblo Springs is gonna be turned into a stone garden.

You have to contain it until we get that scepter back.

Look, I give the orders around here, Dr. McColl, if you don't mind?

Now, this here,

that's the only way out.

Yes, sir. I've got a team of men on perimeter evac duty

in that vicinity now, sir.

Well, get them in there and tell them to seal it off ASAP.

That thing doesn't see daylight, understood?

[Douglas] Once we get it cornered, we throw everything we got at it.

Sir, yes, sir.

You two experts ride with me.

Colonel, I think one of us should stay here just in case.

[Rachel] In case what?

I'm no good to anybody here.

Rachel, I was just trying to…

I appreciate your concern.

I'm going with you.

-[Harry sighs] -[Douglas] Hmm.

She's a feisty one, huh?

You have no idea.

[tense music]

[panting]

[sniffing]

Smell that, Brock?

Well, I'm sorry.

I didn't expect to be crawling around in a sewer tunnel.

That's freedom.

[soldier] Hold it, right there.

Huh? Goodness.

Looks like we got off at the wrong stop. [chuckles]

[soldier] What the hell are you people doing down there?

-Well… -Uh…

[stammers] We were…

We're helping the homeless, of course.

See, my husband and I believe that it's our duty

to help the less fortunate and undesirable people of the world.

Brock, money. Money. [chuckles]

See? Money. [awkward laugh]

Yeah, okay.

[Hannah] Uh, yeah. Here.

Money. Good money. Yeah. Yeah.

-[Hannah] Okay. -[dog whimpers]

Oh, doggie, arf, arf.

[chuckles] Yes. Yes.

Come here, Brock. Wave to the nice soldier man. Yeah. Money.

[siren blares]

[tires screech]

-[radio beeps] -Any sign of that thing yet?

[soldier] No, sir,

but we did see a man and a woman with a large stick.

That's her. That's got to be Hannah.

Have your men arrest her, Colonel. We need that scepter.

-[beeps] -Detain them.

[soldier] You two, come with me.

Uh, excuse me, sir,

but are we in some sort of trouble here?

I'm not at liberty to say, ma'am.

Right now, you just need to come with me.

-[rumbling] -[both gasp, scream]

[clinks]

[Basilisk snarls]

[man] Grab the wine.

[Basilisk roars]

[soldier] Colonel Douglas, sir. Target is confirmed and free.

Please advise.

-[Basilisk roars] -[guns firing]

-[chomps] -[soldier shrieks]

-[soldier screams] -[gasps]

[yelling]

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk growls]

[guns firing]

[Basilisk snarls]

You see how it reacted to this thing? It's like it was almost scared.

-Hannah, let's go. -[Basilisk growls]

Somebody answer me. Where did this thing go?

-All units, report status immediately. -[radio beeps]

-[cell phone chiming] -Sorry.

-[chiming stops] -Uh, hello?

Doc, it's Rud.

[Harry] Rudy. How's it going with that scale?

Oh, it's coming all right.

Uh, the best I can figure is

it's made of some kind of fibrous material

with organic components,

but then there's also these silicate components as well.

[Rudy] It looks like a lot of spider silk and then it's woven together with…

I don't know, it's like asbestos or something.

It's very tough, Doc. Uh…

It tore your diamond saw to shreds when I was trying to cut through it.

I'm sorry, by the way.

Hello?

Wha… what about fire? Would that have any effect on this thing?

Or uh, like electricity?

Well, we are talking about an insulator here, Doc.

I mean, maybe…

Maybe if you had something capable of producing a very high temperature,

or a really, really high voltage, it might do something,

but we don't even know what this thing is made of

underneath the scale, you know?

Well, according to Professor Donegan, this thing's got a thing about mirrors.

Does that mean anything to you?

Uh…

the Basilisk is very sensitive about the way he looks?

Unless you're thinking in terms of shooting this thing with X-rays,

or with gamma rays, and then in that case,

you'd have to filter it through something with a very…

high refractive index.

Like a diamond?

Like the diamond. The scepter. Yeah, that would make sense.

Did you guys recover that eye yet?

Yeah, well, we're working on it.

Oh, oh, there's something else.

-Um… -[beeps]

I went back and I looked at that toxin I told you we found on the one-armed man,

and it is a 100 percent match

for similar material I found on that scale.

Any idea what it is?

-It's venom. -[clicking]

And it's highly paralytic from the looks of it.

[sighs] Doc…

This thing is, like, the perfect animal.

There's no such thing. Every animal can be killed.

Just keep looking, all right?

You got it.

[phone beeps]

[suspenseful music]

Hannah, where are you going?

Well, to see if I can exchange this thing without a receipt.

Where do you think I'm going?

We've got to give that beast alternative dining options.

We've got to lose him.

-What we need to do is get that map. -[groans]

If we don't use that thing to decode it by sunrise…

Yes, the moon's realigned and all of this was for nothing.

I'm fully aware of that, Brock.

[Basilisk snarls]

If it's so afraid of that scepter…

then why is it still after us?

Honey, I don't know.

But I'm not gonna stay here and find out. Let's go.

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk squeals]

[yells]

[Basilisk snarls]

[man screams]

Sir, the spotters placed the creature right outside the Staver Center.

All units to the Staver Center Mall immediately.

I want that place evacuated,

but don't, I repeat, do not cause a panic.

I also want the Immobilization Units in place.

And where are my mirrors, damn it?

That thing decides to go shopping,

I wanna be ready to fortify the perimeter with them.

[car engine revs]

[foreboding music]

Great plan, Hannah.

They'll never notice us in here.

Well…

Uh. Just try to, um…

Uh, try to blend. See?

See? Shopping.

Blend.

-[clears throat] -[Brock] I'm blending.

[rock music plays on headphones]

[woman on PA] The mall is now closed.

Please move to your nearest exit.

We hope you enjoyed your shopping experience

here at Staver Center Mall.

[Basilisk growls]

[Basilisk snarls]

-[Basilisk growls] -[gasps]

[man screams]

[people shriek]

[all clamoring]

So much for not causing a panic.

You two stay here. Let's go.

What are we supposed to do?

Have an Orange Julius and try to stay out of harm's way.

If I need you, I'll call for you.

Oh. I'm afraid you just landed in the Swamp of Sorrows.

That's minus six health and minus three strength.

What?

It's only minus four health and two strength, you Dungeon Nazi.

The quest master has spoken.

Dude, it's a dragon.

[Basilisk snarls]

It's not a dragon, stupid, it's a Basilisk.

[scoffs] You two dorks are both wrong.

That is clearly a Wyvern.

Now take your turn.

[all clamoring]

Harry, look.

-Son-of-a… -Bitch.

Where are you going?

Crap.

[tense music]

[rustling noise]

[screams]

[rattles, thuds]

[gasps]

-[growling] -[yelps]

[shrieking]

[Basilisk snarls]

[rattling]

[Hannah] Get out.

Move.

-[Hannah] Oh! -[Basilisk growls]

[people screaming]

-[soldier 1] Let's go. Let's go. -[sirens blaring]

[soldier 2] Bring it over here. Over here.

[soldier 3] Hurry up.

Move it. Move it.

Bring it here. Over here. Over here.

Garcia, status report.

[guns cocking]

[beeps]

Sir, mirror shields are nearly in place at both the main and south entrances.

Liquid nitrogen tanks are also ready.

We're still waiting on the acoustic set-up.

[Basilisk snarls]

Okay.

Okay, according to our two experts,

you're not supposed to let this thing get a fix on you, so…

Don't worry.

It'll never get the chance.

[Basilisk squeals]

[gun firing]

[Basilisk snarls]

[grunts, thuds]

[Basilisk growls]

[screaming, thuds]

[all clamoring]

How did we lose her?

Okay. You take sportswear, I'll take accessories.

[foreboding music]

[foreboding music continues]

Looking for this?

-[thuds] -[grunts]

Hmm. You go down even easier than his other assistant.

I am not his assistant. We're colleagues.

[groans, grunts]

-[grunts] -[Rachel] Oh.

[both grunt]

I have waited way too long for this, sister.

The scepter's mine and so's the map.

[grunts] What map?

The map that my generous donations helped your colleague to procure.

After all, what's a 100,000 dollars

when you're this close to being a billionaire?

[grumbles]

[both grunt]

Hannah, stop fooling around. Let's go.

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk hisses]

[grunts] Get back. Get back.

-[grunts] -[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk squeals]

-[grumbles] -[Basilisk growls]

[grunting]

[Basilisk squeals]

-Brock! -[Brock screams]

[Basilisk squeals]

[Basilisk growls]

[grunts]

[tense music]

[panting]

-It's just me. -[gasps]

[snarls]

[Basilisk hisses]

[rattling]

[Basilisk growls]

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk sniffing]

[Basilisk sniffs]

[growls]

[Basilisk sniffing]

[rattles]

[Basilisk snarls]

[whispers] Rach…

Let's go, Rach.

Let's go.

Excuse me, ladies.

[tense music]

[Harry gasps] The scepter's gone.

She must have doubled back for it.

That cheap, tacky, silicone-infested bitch.

God. I don't think she paid for those shoes, either.

Come on. Let's go.

-[Harry gasps] -Where in the devil have you two been?

They were having a huge white sale. [panting]

Come on.

Trust us.

[foreboding music]

[snarls]

[growls, munching]

-[snarls] -[thuds]

I've got men waiting outside those doors waiting to put Plan A into effect.

This thing suddenly decides it's got a hankering for Nachos Supreme?

Definitely doesn't look like it's going anywhere fast.

I have an idea.

We need find the control room for this place.

Control. The keyword with this one.

Yeah, I know what you mean, brother.

-[Rudy hums] -[keyboard clattering, beeps]

Ah. It's about time. [sniffs]

[keyboard clacking]

[beeping]

-[sighs deeply] -[line rings]

-[man] Lab. -Hey. Yo, Pete, it's Rud.

-[Pete] Hey, Rudy. -What's going on?

Uh, I just picked up these X-ray scans you just sent me,

they're specifically number 109,

and 112.

What do you guys got going on over there, a smuggling operation?

-[chimes] -A little china white maybe?

No way.

Rudy, I was just kidding.

[cell phone beeps]

[cell phone thuds]

[ominous music]

You really wanna drive that thing crazy, pop in some Ashlee Simpson.

[chuckles]

I think this'll do the trick.

-[clattering] -[beeps]

[sighs] I hope your men are ready, Colonel.

[country music plays]

Standby at the south entrance.

I'll be damned.

[country music continues playing]

[Garcia] Take cover.

[Basilisk snarls]

[growls]

[roars]

[squealing]

-[growls] -[shattering]

[Rachel sighs]

Huh, so much for Plan A.

[sighs]

[gun firing]

[squeals]

[Douglas] Where the hell is my liquid nitrogen, Garcia?

We need to freeze this or we'll leave the Basilisk.

-[Basilisk growls] -[grunts]

-[gas hissing] -[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk squeals]

[soldier screams]

-[grunts] -[Basilisk squeals]

Shooting at this thing is not gonna stop it, Colonel.

Your men are just hurting themselves at this point.

Come on. You've got to pull them out of there.

Captain, I'm giving you the order to fall back.

The operation has been compromised.

-[Douglas] I repeat, fall back! -[beeps]

[sighs]

Where the hell is she going?

[gasps]

Oh, oh, she said something about a map.

She said that you found some kind of map on one of your digs.

Map? I didn't find a…

-The scroll. -What scroll?

Uh, I'm restoring it at the university.

All this time, I thought it was a, a tapestry or something.

Well, whatever it is, Hannah thinks it's gonna make her one rich bitch.

[car engine revving]

[Basilisk snarls]

[man screams]

[all clamoring]

[man] Run for your lives!

[Basilisk snarls]

[yells]

-[tires screeching] -[crash]

[screams, grunts]

[snarling]

-[Basilisk growls] -[screams]

[cell phone chiming]

[Harry] Uh, hello?

[Rudy] Climb or lean, where have you been, Doc?

I've been calling you for the last half an hour.

[sighs] I've been kinda busy, Rudy.

[Rudy] Well, Doc…

bust out the cigars.

It looks like our Basilisk is about to be a Daddy.

Uh, well, technically, he's gonna be a mama.

Uh… what are you talking about?

I just got the scans back I had done on the Basilisk

when it was still a stiff and it's carrying like 18, 19, 20 eggs.

She's pregnant?

That means we have to stop it before it finds a place to nest.

[Rudy] I also got some new information for you on the petrification process.

The victims, or the statues, whatever you care to call them,

their surface tissue is actually being converted to silicon.

How?

It's a nuclear fusion reaction.

It's set off by some sort of particle emission.

[Rudy] Uh, if I don't work up the chemical bonds real fast,

we're talking about instant death here.

And then, the resulting material which you have left, the stone,

it's a silicated organic resin.

It's very similar to amber or petrified wood,

which is extremely similar to the make-up in the Basilisk's own scale.

-[sighs] -[Rudy] This thing is incredible, Doc.

It's amazing.

I've never seen anything like it before.

You know, we'll have all the time in the world

to admire it whenever it's dead.

[Harry] I need you to do me a favor.

Hannah's on her way over to PSU right now.

She's after that map.

Wha… what map? Uh…

It's, it's the scroll, the one in the restoration lab.

The scroll is not a map.

[Rudy] A… Are you serious?

Are you talking about like a real buried treasure,

X marks the spot, "Argh, matey"

-kind of map? -Would you just listen to me, Rudy?

Look, we don't know what's she's up to.

All right? That's why I need you to get to the restoration lab before she does.

Oh. Oh, right. Yeah.

I can, I, I can do that.

Look, we're on our way to you, okay?

Just, uh, make sure you call me when you get it, okay?

Okay. Yeah.

[Harry] All right. [sighs]

That scroll is a map?

Contact Fort Carson.

Tell them to get their asses up here pronto.

In the meantime, I want all artillery units mobilized.

And tell our snappers to get our last resort prepped and hot.

[soldier] Yes, sir.

Wait, wait. Wha, what's the last resort?

That's classified information and the last time I checked,

the two of you were both still civilians.

What are you gonna do, nuke it?

Oh, my God.

Colonel, from what we've observed about what makes that thing tick,

attacking it with anything nuclear is a really bad idea.

Well, we'll just see about that.

The moment that thing clears the downtown area,

I'm gonna hit him with the big guns.

Her. It's a her.

Right. The big problems usually are.

Well, one of those big problems right now is headed for the university.

That staff.

Getting it back from her is the only way we're gonna stop the Basilisk

from either petrifying or eating half of Colorado.

Look…

I'm sorry you lost your magic wand, Doc.

Now, I've been extremely patient indulging the two of you,

but I can't afford to lose any more time

or any more men on your cockamamie theories.

[soldier] Colonel, Tracking teams are reporting

that the creature's moving south.

Yeah, what's in the nearby vicinity?

The hotel district, the university, and the nuclear power plant.

Yeah, look.

[Douglas] Expand the evacuation radius by another ten miles.

-[soldier] Another ten miles, sir? -[Douglas] Yeah.

Sir, yes, sir.

[Douglas] Let that staff know they might be next.

Look, we need to keep this thing where we can get at it,

but I want those people ready to move

just in case this thing starts to head in their direction.

Sir, yes, sir.

Well, it looks like you two get your ride to the university after all…

Damn it.

[groans]

Son of a…

[car engine revs]

-[puffs] -Just so I'm clear on this, uh,

did we just steal a government vehicle?

Hey, we're both upstanding, tax-paying citizens.

The way I see it is we're uh, borrowing it.

[both sigh]

The big question is, why is the Basilisk following Hannah?

It's not following Hannah, it's following the scepter.

But if you knew someone could potentially turn you into stone,

wouldn't you do your best to stay as far away from it as possible?

Now, the alchemist who forged the scepter

was charged with creating the most dazzling, beautiful object

known to man or beast.

Something the Basilisk couldn't help but be drawn to.

For all we know, it might have even enchanted it somehow.

Cast a spell, or…

Look, I don't have all the answers, okay?

I've got five years,

158 credits,

seven digs on four continents and you're still a gofer.

So, I mean, why is it always,

"Rudy, do this, Rudy, do that."

"Rudy, why don't you crunch an entire thesis worth of data for us

in half an hour?"

"Hey, Rudy, you know that crypt we just dug up?

Why don't you crawl around inside, take a little look-see?

Watch out for the dung beetles."

Just once.

"Good job, Rudy.

You really saved our butts on that one, Rudy."

Just once.

"Thank you, Rudy."

Thank you, Rudy.

Oh.

Hey, keep that thing. We might need it.

[tires screech]

My translator suffered

an extremely unfortunate accident

earlier this evening.

So…

if you know how to read these symbols,

now would be a good time to start.

Uh, believe me. I'm sorry. I'm just an assistant. I swear, I don't…

[screams] Okay, lady.

Okay, okay, this is…

-I'll take a look. -Okay.

That's some kind of an eye.

And over here, it is again. It's another eye, a seeing eye. And uh…

-Yes? -I see…

you.

I scream.

You scream.

-We all scream for ice cream. -[yells]

Stop playing the fool.

Yes, but I do it so well.

[Basilisk growls]

Okay. Okay, pick up the map. Pick up the map!

Okay. Come on, come on. And the scepter. Let's go.

Let's go.

[Hannah] That's a good assistant.

Come on, move it, you four-eyed slug.

-Hannah. -Ah.

[Hannah] Hmm.

I guess this is the part where you say

"You're never gonna get away with this."

No, this is the part where I tell you "If you don't let go of my partner,

I'm gonna put a bullet in you."

[chuckles]

Partner? [gasps]

Harry, are you serious? Who's gonna be the assistant, man?

Shut up, fool.

Just give us the scepter.

[Hannah] Harry.

Harry, half your life spent looking for buried treasure,

and all this time, you didn't even know what you had in your hands?

[clicks tongue]

It's over, all right?

Yeah.

And now it's mine.

Look, it's not too late.

Or you can help us stop that thing.

It's already killed Dr. Carlton, Sierra, Biff.

-Brock. -Brock.

Don't blame any of this on me, puh-lease.

I'm rich and crazy.

What's your excuse?

I want to thank you, Doctor, for all your hard work.

You're a good little worker bee.

And a very sound investment.

Keep the chick. She goes down easy.

Oh.

I'll be sure to send you a postcard from Libya

when I'm done digging up your or shall I say, my treasure.

-[laughs] -[Basilisk snarls]

[Hannah gasps]

[Hannah screams]

-[Basilisk growls] -[Hannah screams]

[yells]

Hey…

That was original Versace, you son-of-a-bitch.

Oh.

-[growls] -[Hannah screams]

Turn your head away. Don't look in its eyes.

[Basilisk growls]

[grunts]

[gun firing]

[Rudy] Come on, get to the lab!

Get to the lab!

[tense music]

Come on. There's an eyewash station in the lab.

Ugh, I can't feel my arm.

-[Harry grunts] -[Rachel] Come on.

[Harry groans]

Oh, my eyes. Oh.

[Harry grunts]

[Rachel] Come on.

[Harry] Oh.

[Rachel] Okay.

Here we go.

[Harry grunting]

[Rachel] Here. Here.

-[Rachel] Oh, God, can you see? -Barely.

How's your arm, huh?

It's getting really stiff.

[Basilisk snarls]

[all gasp]

[all panting]

[Harry grunts]

-[Basilisk snarls] -[Harry] Oh.

-[Rachel pants] -[Harry groans]

Go. Get out of here.

-[Basilisk snarls] -[cracking]

[pants] Rudy, what are you doing?

-[Harry] Rudy, come on. -I got it.

-Don't worry about me. I'll be fine. -Don't be stupid. Come on.

-[Rachel] Rudy! -I'll be fine. Get out of here.

-[Basilisk yelps] -[cracks]

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk growls]

[Basilisk roars]

[Basilisk snorts]

[screams]

[Basilisk snarls]

-[yells] -[explosion]

[Rachel gasps]

[grunts]

[Rachel] Rudy!

Rudy. Rudy, are you okay?

-What? -[Rachel] Are you okay?

All I hear is ringing.

[exhales, pants]

-How are your eyes? -[grunts]

They're fine.

It's a little blurry, but the swelling's going down.

I'm getting the feeling back of my hand. It's a little tingly, that's all.

I'll be all right.

I thought you brought the roof down on that thing.

[Harry grunts]

We did.

My men didn't find it.

Not one scale, not one drop of blood.

So, any more brilliant ideas that don't include

stealing my ride or blowing up a building?

[Rudy] Yeah.

I got one.

Now, I was trying to work out the whole eclipse-diamond-scepter situation,

and it just came to me.

It was, like, one of those eureka moments, you know?

Where else can you see the same light

and get the same sort of effect as during an eclipse?

Tell me.

The power plant.

A nuclear power plant to be precise,

specifically the cooling tanks that hold the spent fuel rods

at a nipple-ly minus 45 degrees inside the reactor's containment vessels.

And then, when the light hits the ancient bling-bling,

it will do its whole reflection-refraction thing-thing and…

Are you sure this can work?

[Rudy] Doc, trust me.

I did not spend the last five years at this university not getting laid

to not be sure about something like this.

[chuckles]

So, I guess all we need to do now is convince that thing

to pay a visit to the nuclear plant.

We don't have to. We've got this.

Yeah.

So who's the unlucky bastard who gets to go in there

and use it on that thing?

I think the unlucky bastard should be the one

who dug it out of the ground in the first place.

[mysterious music]

-[camera shutter clicks] -Rudy. Come on, man, my eyes.

Doc, it's for the scrapbook. Come on.

[Harry sighs]

How does that feel?

It's a little heavy. My arm's still pretty numb.

Spotters have located your snake down by the river.

Looked like he's headed right this way.

[Harry] Oh, good.

All right, is this thing really gonna work?

Absolutely. We use this apparatus all the time.

Yeah, but I bet you guys don't have to use one of these all the time, huh?

Or a watch by Geiger?

Best we could do on a short notice.

Don't worry. We'll be able to see everything that you see.

Just… well…

It's all right.

I'm getting better. My eyes are just a little blurry.

Yeah?

How many fingers am I holding up?

-Are you holding up fingers? -[Hannah sighs]

I'm kidding.

[Douglas] All right, look alive, you two. Our dinner guest just arrived.

[ominous music]

-[soldier 1] Come on, hurry. -[soldier 2] Let's move it.

-Let's move it. -[soldier 3] Go.

[Douglas] All right, listen up. Listen up, gentlemen.

Remember, avert your eyes and shoot to contain, not kill.

[soldier 1] Fire!

[Basilisk howls]

[guns firing]

-[soldier 1] Close that down. -[soldier 2] Move it.

-[soldier 1] Hurry up. Move it. -[soldier 2] Close the gate.

-[soldier 1] Move it. Move it. -[soldier 2] Hurry up.

-[soldier 1] Go. -[soldier 2] Hurry. Hurry!

[Basilisk snarls]

-[Basilisk growls] -[soldiers grunting]

Huh, I guess that take care of Phase One.

[both exhale]

[Harry gasps, laughs]

Just…

be careful.

I will.

[Rachel] You sure you wanna do this?

I guess we'll find out.

I'll be watching.

[tense music]

[car engine revving]

All right, Harry, there's a corridor in front of you

according to the floor plan that I'm looking at.

You're gonna want to head down that way.

[Harry] Yeah, I know. I got it.

-[metal clanks] -Oh. Oh.

-[chuckles] -[Harry] Okay.

Just keep looking, okay?

Any sign of the Basilisk?

[Rachel] Mm. No, not yet.

[Basilisk snarls]

[Harry] I can hear it.

[pants] I'm heading towards it now.

[Harry] All right.

I've reached the cooling tanks.

[Harry] Uh, I think, uh…

Harry, the scepter.

[Basilisk snarls]

Move towards the tanks.

Oh, the light is beautiful.

[suspenseful music]

Harry, look out. It's right above you.

[Harry gasps]

[Basilisk snarls]

[Basilisk growls]

[Basilisk roars]

[Rachel] Harry, it's working. It's turning back into stone.

[grand music]

[mouths] Great.

[Basilisk squeals]

[roars]

[thuds]

-No! -[Harry grunts]

[machine whirring]

[Basilisk roars]

[tense music]

[Basilisk squeals]

[Basilisk snarls]

[machine whirring]

[growls, squeals]

[sloshing]

[Rudy] Harry.

[laughs]

[laughing] Yo. Yo!

[Rudy cackles]

-Did you blow it up? -Oh, man.

-Did you blow it up? -Oh. It's just a little matter of physics.

A little, uh, hot stone, a little ice-cold water.

Bye-bye, Basilisk.

Yes, and in simple nuclear physics,

hot stone plus irradiated cooling rods equals Chernobyl.

-Yeah. -But…

I sort of bluffed my way through that one. It's okay.

[Rachel] You know, science beat magic. You must be proud.

Although, you might have to revise your opinions on magic and myths

and legends now that you are one.

-Well… -I mean, you are the blind prophet

that saved us all from the Basilisk, right?

I don't know about that.

I'm just a guy.

And if I'm not mistaken, you're a guy who owes me a date.

A real date.

Hmm?

-Really? -Yeah.

[Rudy clears throat] So. Ah…

-[hisses] -Oh.

Anybody up for a little, uh, treasure hunting?

[sighs] Not really.

[hissing noise]

Well…

it was nice to be rich for like, ten minutes.

[sighs]

-[children laughing] -[sheep bleating]

[indistinct chatter]

[epic music]

My people thank you for returning the Eye of Medusa to us.

In the name of Allah,

you're now one of the Order of the Sun.

Well, it was our pleasure.

[Harry] Believe me.

Oh, cheer up, Rudy.

It's all right, man, hey.

And like the guy said,

at least we're all right with the man upstairs now.

[roars]

You realize that the scepter is just gonna be sitting in some museum

collecting dust, waiting for the next solar eclipse--

Which gives us four years to find the treasure

before anybody else does.

Find it with what, Rachel?

With this.

I've got a pretty good idea where to find this thing.

So, uh…

what do you say…

partner?

[sniggers]

-[whoops] -[laughs]

[Rudy] Okay, partner,

now what exactly does that mean in terms of shares?

I mean, are we talking about a 33 percent split across the board,

or I was thinking that maybe you two could pull together,

split your half of the treasure,

-and then I could take 40 percent-- -[Harry] Rudy.

[Harry] Let's just worry about finding the treasure first, okay?

[Rudy] All right. Of course. Of course.

But when we do find the treasure,

I would be so happy with the 60-40 split.

[Harry and Rachel] Rudy…

[heroic music]