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Smile!

[shutter clicks]

Oh, wow. That is not your best side, Shark.

It's OK; I won't show this to your friends.

Where did you... ?

Ah. That's where you're hiding.

What is that?

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What on earth?

... fourteen...

... fifteen...

... sixteen...

... seven-

... three hundred and seventeen...

three hundred and eighteen... three hundred and nineteen!

Ant, have you seen my camera?

I've seen many things in this room, Fontaine.

Some I never see again.

[thud]

Heh, heh.

You know, you can actually clean this mess.

I could. But I like mysteries.

And currently, my room holds mysteries.

It also holds smells.

Mystery smells.

Hey! Be careful with - AH!

[thud]

[groans]

Ant?

I'm OK.

Lucky you landed on your head instead of something important.

Wait! That fall dislodged a memory.

Mom borrowed your camera!

Well, if Mom has my camera then at least I know

it's in good hands.

What were you even doing up there?

This isn't another one of your dumb

'grow faster' schemes, is it?

I've grown another centimetre in the last week alone!

[scoffs]

With just a two-centimetre margin of error.

I'll probably be the tallest in the family

before you know it.

Woman's voice on radio: Come in!

Mom?!

Whoa!

Come in, Aronnax [crackle]

Mom! You're breaking up. Say again!

They're closing in! [crackle] ... deadly.. [crackle]...

Mom? What's closing in?!

[crackle] They're ... alive! [crackle]

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 the Nektons. And we explore... THE DEEP!

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[growl]

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Come on. Where are you, Kaiko?

[panting]

I'm trying to locate your mother's communicator

but I can't get a signal.

What was the last thing she said before you lost contact?

Something about 'deadly' and then she said

'They're... alive?'

Hmmm.

Oh! Here we go...

Bah! Nothing.

Fontaine: If Mom took my camera with her...

... we could check to see if the photos

were being uploaded automatically.

Then use them to locate her! Good thinking, Fontaine.

Commencing sonar grid search.

Ant: WAIT!

What is that?

A chasm?

If that's where she is, then she's close.

But we can't fit in that opening with our knights.

We have our location. Let's move!

[engine hum]

♪ [electronic music] ♪

Mom? Are you reading us? We're coming...

OK, let's go!

Huh?

I need you to stay here and mind the boat, Ant.

Uh, I'm not a 'stayer' by nature.

Your mother used the word 'deadly'.

So, until I know exactly what's down there...

You're too small, Ant.

I am not small! I've possibly grown a full centimetre!

Wow. Amazing.

I'll call you both, when and if it's safe.

If I get into trouble, do not follow me, OK?

[splash]

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This is definitely the spot.

Come in, Kaiko? Kaiko, are you there?

Kaiko!

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What's that?

Dad? Can you see Mom?

No. But I can see something...

incredible!

Ant: What is it, Dad? What do you see?

Unbelievable.

Dad?

It's some kind of ancient temple structure,

possibly Greek,

though I've never seen statues quite like these before.

Ant: Could it be Lemurian?

Not sure.

Kaiko, are you here? Please come in.

There's an inscription here. Definitely Ancient Greek.

"To all who enter here uninvited...

beware the sentinels?"

[shifting rock]

Huh?

Whoa!

This place is booby-trapped.

Kids, don't come down here..

Kids... [crackle]

Say again, Dad? You're breaking up.

[crackle] Come down here. [crackle]

He needs us!

Ant! I don't think that's...

[splash]

Ugh! Ant, Wait!

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Kaiko, are you in there?

Whoa! Creepy!

Huh?

Ant? Fontaine! This place is unstable!

What are you doing down here?!

Uh, you called?

I called to tell you this place is booby-trapped.

I want you and your sister

to head back to the boat right now.

Oh. But booby traps are sure-fire evidence

of deep-sea mysteries.

Ant, don't touch anything.

That goes for all of us.

The statue's shield! It moved!

Or maybe it was just a reflection off my mask.

Oh, Fontaine! Scared of a statue!

We all know statues don't move.

See? Nothing to worry about.

There! Again!

[growls] Huh?

AHH!

[snarls]

Gah! [gasps]

-Will! -Kaiko!

Mom!

Has anyone been stung?!

Stung?

Yes! The shields are covered in huge, poisonous...

Stonefish!

[growls]

Into the temple! QUICK! There are no stonefish inside.

Ahhh!

[growls]

Don't let them cut you off. They'll try to surround you.

We'll be safe in here... for now.

But... why? Why aren't they...

... Following? I think it's to do with light.

The entrance to the chasm out there is so narrow

that sunlight only reaches down here for a few hours.

So, unlike normal stonefish, these guys have evolved,

over centuries maybe, to sleep when it's dark...

and hunt when it's light.

Which means that right now,

Will: ...when there's a bit more cloud cover...

Ant: It's bedtime!

OK. We might not get another chance at this. Let's go!

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Fontaine: Dad, look!

Oh no...

We're not going to make it! Back into the temple!

[growls]

Those stonefish. So pushy.

Is it worth radioing for help?

Well, we didn't hear much of your first call.

Then nothing after that.

After that, I was behind several metres of stone walls.

Maybe if I get closer to the entrance...

Mayday! Mayday! This is Will Nekton of the Aronnax.

Does anyone read? This is Will Nekton of the Aronnax.

I repeat... Mayday!

♪ [intense music] ♪

[plop]

y the only vessel for 100 miles.

If the stonefish don't like the dark,

why don't we just wait here till nightfall?

That won't be for another five hours.

And our re-breathers will barely make it past two.

So we need to make the sunset come faster!

Hmm?

Using what, Ant? A time machine?

Uh, no, by using the Aronnax to cover the crack

and block out the sun!

All we'd need to do is use the Aronnax's

remote piloting system!

That would be a great idea

if the Aronnax had a remote piloting system.

Oh, right.

If just one of us could get up there to pilot the Aronnax...

I'll do it!

Ah-ah-ah. No, you won't.

[grumbles]

Dad's gonna say you're way too small.

Am not!

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Your sister's right, Ant.

I know you've possibly grown a whole centimetre

but those fish have enough venom

to paralyse a fully grown adult.

Pfft. Stupid facts.

I'm the strongest swimmer and the hardest to paralyze.

Imagine if there was a sporting event

that combined those two things!

My point is, it has to be me.

Will, look!

The light's gone. The cloud cover must have returned.

It's now or never.

♪ [dramatic music] ♪

Mom...

I know, Fontaine. But your father didn't wear

Olympic medals for trampolining.

What the... ?

Fontaine: Mom!

[grunts] Kaiko?

[grunts] Don't panic. I'm OK. [grunts]

[grunts] Well, I think I'm OK but my arm is stuck.

Didn't I say not to touch anything? It's booby-trapped!

[grunts] Well, no one told me.

[grunts]

It's not [grunts] budging! [grunts]

Will?

Dad!

[grunts]

OK. No more touching anything. Starting now. Agreed?

All: Agreed.

Will! Your leg!

Huh? Oh.

Not good.

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And... there's the pain.

Like when you were stung by the box jellyfish?

[grunts] Worse.

Uh, more like those sea-urchin spines?

Like both of those put together. Urrgghh. Ahhhh.

We need to reduce your dad's pain.

If we could just heat the wound...

I could use my laser cutter.

To cut his leg off?!

To heat the stone block under his leg for warmth!

Huh. OK. That's a less terrible idea.

The stonefish.

They're attracted to the light of the laser!

Shut it down, Fontaine. I'll manage.

[growls]

Ow! OW! [groans]

Easy there.

[groans]

The spines didn't go that deep;

it could've been a lot worse.

[grunts] If we don't get some anti-venom soon, Kaiko,

you know it will be a lot worse.

Fontaine: Guys!

Stonefish!

Ant: But there's no light in here!

Get behind me!

Wait, Mom! Cease flipper attack!

[gasps] Jeffrey!

No. Way. But how'd he even get in here? U-unless...

Unless he found another way in! Oh! Good boy, Jeffrey!

He's not a dog, Ant.

I know; he's even better. He's a fish!

[grumbles]

OK, guys. Find out where Jeffrey entered the temple.

It may be our only chance of getting out of here.

No! We're not leaving you alone!

I'll only slow you down. You can come back for me

when the Aronnax is safely blocking the light.

Your father's right, Fontaine.

Hang in there, Will. We'll find another way out.

[grunts]

Lead the way, Jeffrey.

Mom? What exactly do you think this place is?

I'm not sure.

These walls look like they might be made of gold.

Whoa. How come no one's ever found this place?

The chasm entrance is tiny.

And if anyone or anything did manage to swim in here...

Well, let's just say those stonefish

don't take prisoners.

Just keep swimming, Jeffrey. Show us where you ...

WHOAHHHHH!

What is it?

It's... a coffin!

Not quite the omen I was hoping for.

I get it! This is a booby-trapped tomb!

Designed to trap tomb robbers! Awesome!

You and I have very different definitions of 'awesome'.

Who could afford to be buried in a solid gold coffin?!

It says, "Here lies the 'great' one.

May he always walk... in the light?"

Remember King Midas?

Everything he touched turned to gold?

But no-one's ever discovered where his tomb w...

Ohhhh. You think that... ?

"... .the great one... in the light."

If they wanted light,

they should have added a few windows.

With all the gold surfaces,

I think this room was designed to be illuminated...

Ant: Whoa! Amazing!

... when the sun is in the right position!

And that's our exit!

It leads out!

Will?

[panting] I can hear you.

I'm going to head up to the jet-boat from here.

Ant and Fontaine will come back to you and...

W-w-wait. I'm not going? But that exit is tiny.

[grunts] It's not that... small. I can easily [grunts]

[huffs] OK, Ant, it's up to you.

Hmmph! I'm on my way!

Will: Ant, stop!

The stonefish are everywhere!

If you're going to have any chance,

I'll have to create a diversion first.

"Designed to be illuminated"

King Midas was both charmed and cursed by gold.

I think I have an idea.

Dad? Duck!

[zap]

[growls]

[snarls]

Will: It's working!

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Ant? Go!

I'm going! I'm going!

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Hey! Like ants to a picnic!

Will: Keep going, Ant. Don't look back.

On it!

Ant, are any stonefish following you?

Not one! They didn't even notice me!

Well, you are very small.

What? He is.

[buzzing]

Uh oh. The battery... it's dead.

Ant, tell me you're at the exit!

Almost? Why?

ARGHHHH!!

[grunts] Come on!

Take your battery out... now.

Swim for it, Jeffrey!

Ahh!

[growls]

Whoa! Wuh... AH!

[grunts]

Oops!

Let it go.

Here, take this one.

C'mon!

[clanking metal]

[gasps] What was that?

Another booby trap?

We're good. Stay focused.

Whoa! Stay back!

Or I'll flipper you! Ah!

[grunts] Guh!

Oh no!

Gah! I'm stuck!

Ant! Come in, Ant!

Oh no.

[panting] It was just my flipper.

I'm OK.

[snarls][growls]

Ah!

Another one!

Ant, you're breaking up. Are you stung? Ant!

♪ [dramatic music] ♪

Oh, please work.

That's right! Fear the flipper!

Great idea, Jeffrey.

Huh?

That can't be good.

Ant? Did you make it out?

[grinding stone]

Oh boy. Someone touched something again, didn't they?

Uh, technically no.

The temple is collapsing! We have to go, now!

Ant, if you can hear us, swim!

Whoa.

[crashing]

This is more than a booby trap.

No kidding!

Mom?

Just keep going!

Just keeps getting better!

[crashing]

Will! Time to go.

[grunts]

Will: Stonefish!

We'll take our chances.

Well, that was too clo...

The statues are turning!

We have to swim for it. Move, move, move!

Oh no. Look!

Ant's flippers!

Will, did you see if Ant made it out All right?

No. I didn't see.

No. Ant!

We're surrounded!

W-w-whoa!

Gah!

Whoa!

Gah! Oh no!

[grunts]

Huh?

The Temple! It's resetting!

Unbelievable.

[crackle] Aronnax to Nektons -

Uh, this is your captain speaking.

Is everything OK down there?

Your timing is impeccable.

Keiko: You look much better, Will.

Thanks. The anti-toxin is working just fine.

Do we think that really could have been the tomb

of King Midas himself?

Didn't take any chances...

guarded by water, stonefish and booby traps.

Warning beacon launched!

That should keep recreational divers away from here.

What message is it broadcasting again?

Danger: stonefish nest.

It's a bit... short. But effective.

Short and effective. Perfect combo if you ask me!

You're deluded.

So are we to take it you've given up

on your attempts to grow faster, Ant?

Yeah. After all, if it wasn't for the smallest member

of this crew, who else would have saved the day?!

OK Ant, we get it. Thank you for saving us!

Not me! Jeffrey!

Say 'thank you'.

Heh heh, I don't thank fish! It's, like, a rule I live by.

She'll thank you later, Jeffrey.

Ah, I won't, you know.

She will.

I promise I won't.

Ah, she'll melt eventually, Jeffrey.

No one can resist those eyes of yours.