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Gently...

gently...

See?

Told you it'd work!

Okay.

Point taken.

It'll be perfect for the Minerva job.

( inhales )

Oops.

Ant!

We can't go and salvage delicate things

from a sunken ship if you're just gonna squash them.

Hey - lots of the stuff on the Minerva

is probably old junk anyway.

The Minerva is full of priceless - lost - artwork!

So... paintings and stuff?

Art that's been missing for over 60 years!

Missing Pissaros!

Early Rembrandts!

A bunch of pre-Raphaelite paintings by Holman Hunt!

So...

paintings and stuff?

And 'Child With Kraken'!

Probably the most famous lost painting ever.

Child with Kraken is a painting of a question mark?

I don't get art.

It's not...!

Ugh!

The question mark is because it was never photographed!

Ohh!

So it could be terrible?

Something's coming.

A sub?

And another one!

Both big.

Mom, are you seeing this?

There are multiple objects coming from all directions.

They're heading straight for us!

Get back to the Aronnax!

We're coming.

We're gonna make it!

Okay. Maybe not.

Attention Nektons.

This is Commander Pyrosome.

By order of the World Ocean Authority,

you are all under arrest.

My family are explorers.

We have been for generations.

While others look up to the stars...

...we know there are an infinite number of things

that shine in the darkness below.

There are things lurking in the seas

that long ago vanished into myth.

My family are explorers.

And we explore...

THE DEEP!

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Hey, you can't just -

We are taking control of the Aronnax

until an investigation is completed.

Investigation into what?

We didn't do anything!

We believe that at least one Nekton was involved

in stealing a recently-discovered sunken ship.

Not The Minerva?!

You're familiar with it.

A salvage company has asked us to help raise it.

A convenient excuse for being in the area.

Are you calling us thieves?!

Nobody's calling you anything yet.

But the Minerva has been stolen,

along with its priceless cargo.

This is crazy, Pyrosome.

You know that we'd never do this!

I have my orders.

A crime has been committed.

We need to undertake a thorough investigation.

Nobody boards our ship and accuses us of a crime

without evidence.

Only one person wears that distinctive wetsuit.

Antaeus Nekton.

That's not me!

It wouldn't be difficult to fake one of our wetsuits.

Who wouldn't want to wear our uniform?

It's a timeless classic!

Look there's an easy way to settle this.

The Aronnax tracks everywhere we go -

I will access the tracking logs.

To prevent evidence-tampering.

Hmm, the Aronnax visited the site yesterday.

At the time of the theft.

That's impossible!

You leave me no choice.

Search the ship!

We're not here to steal cookies.

I'm not stealing it.

I'm confiscating it.

( sigh )

There's nothing in there.

Well, safes can contain all sorts of secrets.

Now, this is interesting.

Stay focused.

Well I just think--

It's irrelevant.

It's not a painting or a sculpture.

And it's mine.

Are you done turning our home upside down?

I'm doing my job.

You should see this, Commander.

'Child With Kraken'.

I've never seen that before.

I'm afraid this confirms it.

That's been planted here!

The Nektons are thieves.

Where are the other paintings?

Where is The Minerva?

I don't know!

Someone is trying to frame us,

to destroy our reputation!

Take their communicators.

Place the children in custody

and keep these two here for questioning.

Why am I being put in the kitchen?

Your room is too close to your brother's.

We don't want you two talking.

We've been framed!

I've been framed!

I'd never steal art.

I have absolutely no appreciation for it.

Ask my sister!

Jeffrey!

Stuck in my room!

What about you?

Fontaine gets to be in the kitchen?!

The kitchen is where the cookies are!

We need to clear our name.

I'll get us out.

Be ready.

Get us out?

How?

Welcome to the Swamp Knight.

Your new, totally amphibious Knight.

Unlike other Knights,

the Swamp Knight can walk on land.

The kids voice from the moon-pool room.

Makes no sense.

I'll investigate.

You check his room.

Ha!

Ant!

HEY!

Now I'm ready.

Cookie?

Aaah!

( laughs )

Officers, status report.

( putting on a deeper voice ) Uh, everything's fine.

( putting on deeper voice ) Uh yep. All good here.

Good.

Oh yeah!

Mmhmm.

Mmhmm.

Mmhmm.

Ugh.

So, how do we clear our names?

Easy.

Find the sunken gallery, and return it!

As long as your engines are off and I'm in stealth mode,

we won't show up on their instruments.

I think.

Uh, what about their eyes?

They can still see us with their eyes, right?

We're nearly through.

Oh no!

We're not through.

What do we do now, Ant?

Spiral!

Follow my lead!

Fontaine, is it working?

I think so!

Evasive maneuver, on my mark.

Ready.

NOW!

AUGH!

( groans )

( groans )

Yes!

Hahaha!

Where are they?

Did you lose our kids?

Temporarily.

Didn't you have highly-trained WOA guards watching them?

( sigh )

Check on the guards, Captain Hernandez.

Yes, Commander.

But don't trust a word they say.

You people seem awfully quick to make accusations.

A crime was committed.

Someone is guilty.

And if you can't find a scapegoat,

you'll just create one?

Are you accusing me of planting evidence?

It's the only logical explanation!

I'll be back to continue your questioning

when you've calmed down.

( sigh )

Maybe next time, I'll do the talking.

Well these are the coordinates...

there's certainly not a ship there anymore.

We need to approach this logically.

We can't just -- ugh, rush into everything.

Hmm, drag marks.

So it was dragged...?

Why drag something underwater?

Right.

Moving something that big takes a lot of power...

...so, it'd be easier just to raise it.

The drag marks are a decoy.

They went in the opposite direction!

You think the WOA is setting us up?

Who else has the resources?

What do you think they want?

Hernandez seems awfully interested

in our piece of the Ephemycron.

You think he knows what it is?

Even if he knows that it's part of

an ancient navigation device, ours is only one piece of it.

Without the rest it's useless.

Wait! Is that a lift bag?

Exactly the kind of thing you'd use to raise a sunken ship.

...so they must have put the ship down

somewhere near here.

Hmm.

Nothing the size of a ship nearby.

But caves, chasms, craters?

Check for somewhere to hide a ship.

Bingo.

There it is!

The Minerva!

Should we call World Ocean Authority?

If they come and the art is gone,

they might still think that we stole it.

I have to check inside first.

I'll stay here and keep a lookout.

Please be careful.

You can use my Knight's onboard camera to see what I see.

It's all here.

Now we should call the Aronnax.

Okay.

But maybe...

open a crate first?

I just want to see one piece!

You wanted to call the Aronnax to begin with!

I know, but -

One crate!

They're right there!

What's under that sheet?

( chuckles )

Wow.

It simply must be here somewhere.

( gasp )

( whimpers )

Ant!

Who was that?!

What's happening?!

Have you checked all the crates?

Still workin' our way through 'em.

Do you smell that?

( inhales )

That's the smell of rarity.

Antiquity.

It's magnificent.

( sniffs )

Ugh, smells like mouldy old boxes.

I suppose it would, to some.

Keep looking.

We won't leave until we've inspected

every corner and crevice.

Conger!

( quiet moan )

Can anyone read me?

Hello?

This is Fontaine Nekton, come in.

Fontaine?

This is Captain Hernandez.

Where are you??

I need to speak to my parents.

You may speak with me or nobody at all.

You've already placed yourself and your family

in more trouble by escaping your house arrest.

The best thing to do now is cooperate.

Fine.

We found the ship.

But the real thieves are in there!

Send through the coordinates and we'll send our subs.

Boss?

This what you were looking for?

Yes! This is perfect.

Perfect and priceless.

What is it?

An ancient navigation device.

Or part of one, at least.

But...

It's broken, isn't it?

It is.

And yet it is probably the most valuable item

on this entire ship.

Conger?

Speak to me, Hernandez.

Huh?!

The Nekton children have found the Minerva!

What?

You were supposed to keep them occupied.

And you were supposed to move the ship

to somewhere it wouldn't be found.

Now ensure that the artifact is secured,

or our employer will be very unhappy.

Order the crew to take the subs and grab those children.

Now.

Uh oh.

( growls )

Ugh!

Can't I go one day without getting into a high-speed chase?

Commander Pyrosome, we've been thinking,

and we don't want to accuse anyone without evidence -

We'll leave that to you!

I'm doing the talking now, remember?

Commander, doesn't it strike you as odd that the person

who retrieved the tracking logs that put us at the site

of the theft is the same person who found the stolen painting?

What are you suggesting?

( alarm wailing )

What is that?

Something's wrong.

The bridge!

Wait!

You're all still under arrest.

If something's wrong, you're going to need us.

You can arrest us again later.

Ugh, woahh!

( alarm continues to wail )

( sigh )

A false alarm.

What would set off an alarm like that?

Not "what".

Who.

Who was the last person on the bridge?

Captain Hernandez.

( rumbling )

What was that?

No, no!

The Ephemycron!

There must be a reason Hernandez made his move now.

Check the last transmission.

There!

Coordinates for something.

The Minerva?

Look at the intricate sculpting along the edges,

the hand-cut precision --

Yeah.

I like that it's kinda, uh...

shiny.

Shiny.

What incredible insight.

I don't really 'get' art.

Clearly.

If our employer just wants this thing,

what happens to the rest of the stuff?

The rest of this spectacular collection is mine to keep -

or sell for millions.

Ohh...

now I appreciate art.

Fontaine.

Ant!

What's happening?

I'm still on the Minerva with the thieves.

Hernandez is working with them!

What?!

UGH!

( chuckles )

( screams )

Fontaine, are you okay?

( yells )

Yeah. Just fine.

Ant. Behind you!

Huh-?

Gah!

No!

No sign of Hernandez.

Radio your fleet.

We'll converge on this position and--

You do not issue orders to my people.

I am--

wasting our time arguing!

Our kids are out there doing your job!

Okay.

Let's go.

You made that fake video, didn't you?

You're the one trying to frame me!

And the salvage company that hired the Nektons?

Moi!

Hmm, having a bad day, aren't you?

You're a thief!

Is it really stealing if people

had all but forgotten that these artworks existed?

Uhh yeah, it is.

Agree to disagree.

I shall be leaving here,

with all of this marvelous artwork in tow.

My vehicle should be here in three... two...one.

We'll take the Minerva aboard my ship,

strip it of everything valuable,

then deposit it somewhere far away.

Whoa.

That can't be good.

Hmmm.

Augh!

Ah, ah!

Grab him!

Woah!

Agh!

AUGH!

Augh -

Oof!

Hup!

Oh... dear.

Ahhh no!

I'll take that, thank you!

You give that back!

I'm warning you!

Ant, do you read?!

I need a little help out here!

Ugh!

Ant! Heads up!

I see you!

Hernandez!

They've taken the Ephemycron piece.

Stop them!

They won't get away!

UGH!

No!

Stop them!

I'll get the cables.

You handle them.

Ugh, ha!

He's on your tail!

Surprise!

You are useless!

I'll capture the boy myself at any cost!

Uhh, what's the cost of a broken windshield?

( banging )

No, you fool, stop!

Ugh, woahh!

Last one!

Woohoo!

WOAH!

Could've warned me!

Sorry!

( moans )

Haha!

Better hurry, you're leaking!

You will pay for this!

I'll tell the World Ocean Authority.

They're arriving any minute.

( whimpers )

Hey! What about me?!

That's it, run away!

Da da da, oh yeah, oh yeah!

Ugh.

It's good to see you safe.

Do you have any idea where Conger was going?

....Uh, I'm happy to see you safe as well.

Of course.

And with The Minerva recovered,

WOA will see to it that the artwork is properly protected.

Commander!

We've recovered this from the Minerva!

The painting Hernandez planted was a fake,

this is the real 'Child With Kraken'.

That's 'Child With Kraken'?!

Can I see it?

( gasp )

We've cleaned and replaced everything that was disrupted

during our search.

Everything?!

We, uh...

( chuckles )

there was this one cookie that we couldn't replace.

One cookie?

Uh... Six cookies.

Thank you, Nektons.

WOA apologizes for the misunderstanding.

The Nektons might sometimes be troublemakers,

Commander...

...but we're not thieves.

Next time you think we might be involved in something...

just call us.

Wait!

Can I take a photo of 'Child With Kraken' before you leave?!

You okay?

( sigh )

We lost it, Kaiko.

Without that piece of the Ephemycron,

we may never find Lemuria.

Oh yeah!

I managed to liberate this from a master criminal.

Ta-da!

That's amazing!

So we lost a piece - -

and gained a piece!

And now we know other pieces still exist.

Maybe we can find them all!

Um...

guys?

I kinda just did.

It's the Ephemycron!

All of it.

Huh?

What are you all staring at?

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