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00:00I don't think we can put this off any longer, Marguerite.
00:09The challenge has gone off exploring for the day,
00:12and Veronica will be in God in another hour at least.
00:17So you are right.
00:20This may be the last chance we have for a very long time.
00:30Just promise me one thing.
00:33Anything, John.
00:36Don't laugh.
00:40Okay.
00:45Yours is the first move.
00:54One, two, three.
00:56One, two, three.
00:57One, two, three.
00:58One, two, three.
00:59One, two, three.
01:05John!
01:08Ow!
01:10What?
01:18Whatever's going on up there, at least they're laughing.
01:20One, two, three.
01:28One, two, three.
01:32Oh!
01:36Maybe we should start with something simpler.
01:38No, I think I know what I'm doing.
01:39So do I.
01:41So do I.
01:41Everything.
01:42First, you have to hold your place, sir.
01:47It's generally considered polite for the gentleman to let the lady breathe.
01:52Ah, yes, but the waltz is supposed to be deliciously improper.
01:56And it should leave both dancers completely.
02:02Breathless.
02:05John?
02:05Mm-hmm.
02:06You could dance all along.
02:14Yes.
02:15I was born to dance.
02:17Ha!
02:17Oh, my God.
02:47Something's wrong with the windmill again.
02:53It's the electric fence.
03:11Oh, no.
03:13She must have touched the fence.
03:15Veronica knows better than that.
03:17What have you found?
03:31Nothing.
03:35Someone out there?
03:36No, of course not.
03:37But you better get her up to the tree.
03:38Yeah, I got her.
03:38At the dawn of the last century,
03:53a band of explorers search for a prehistoric world.
03:57Driven by ambition, secret desires, a thirst for adventure,
04:03and seeking the ultimate story.
04:05They are befriended by an untamed beauty.
04:09Stranded in a strange and savage land,
04:13each day is a desperate search for a way out of the lost world.
04:18And I'm going to go to the last century.
04:19I'm going to go to the last century.
04:20I'm going to go to the last century.
04:21I'm going to go to the last century.
04:22I'm going to go to the last century.
04:23I'm going to go to the last century.
04:24I'm going to go to the last century.
04:25I'm going to go to the last century.
04:26I'm going to go to the last century.
04:27I'm going to go to the last century.
04:28I'm going to go to the last century.
04:29I'm going to go to the last century.
04:30I'm going to go to the last century.
04:31I'm going to go to the last century.
04:32I'm going to go to the last century.
04:33I'm going to go to the last century.
04:34I'm going to go to the last century.
04:35I'm going to go to the last century.
04:36I don't know what knocked her out.
04:58She has no bonds.
05:01Doesn't look like she touched the fence at all.
05:03I don't know what happened.
05:05I didn't suggest you did.
05:09I'll go get Challenger.
05:10No, no, no. You stay here with Veronica or I'll get Challenger.
05:12No, John. Whoever stays has to repair the fence before the raptors start coming around.
05:17You know how to fix it.
05:18Very well. We'll be back before sunset.
05:21Don't worry. I know who the rules.
05:31Oh.
05:32Oh. I thought you could get away from me, did you, eh?
05:40You, my friend, are as contrary as my old colleague, Somali.
05:45Come to think of it, you even look a little like Somali.
05:54Definitely of the family Scarabea, eh?
05:57Smaller than a Goliath, but larger than a Cielo Aegean.
06:02Oh, you do look like Arthur.
06:04No. Not even on this plateau is a transmogrification of that magnitude possible.
06:13Oh, sorry.
06:15What?
06:16Ah!
06:16I know you're out here.
06:24I got your bloody calling card!
06:30Zan?
06:34Zan!
06:34Master Zan.
06:40Approach!
06:42As you commanded, Miss Smith has arrived.
06:46Excellent!
06:46Miss Smith, your presence honors my unworthy establishment.
07:03You've got a funny way of making a girl feel welcome, sir.
07:06And you have an equally amusing manner of treating your business partners, Miss Smith.
07:16Or perhaps we should call you by the name you used to purchase your ticket for tomorrow's sailing.
07:22From here, in Shanghai, to Marseille, in only 28 days.
07:32What an age we live in.
07:36Thank you, Calum.
07:41We took the liberty of removing this from the safe at the Hotel Astor, Miss Marguerite Montclair.
07:52One name's as good as another.
07:56An odd sentiment for one such as you.
08:01What is that supposed to mean?
08:04Would you care for some tea?
08:08Why don't you get to the point?
08:12In my culture, it is considered rude to discuss business before sharing hospitality.
08:20In my culture, it's considered rude to snatch a woman off the street, shove her in the back of an auto, and haul her off to the docks.
08:27So I guess we're even.
08:28Miss Smith, we are anything but even.
08:32You see, we gave you the gold bullion.
08:38Yet you have not yet given us the diamonds.
08:45I told you, Zan.
08:47That little uprising in Russia's thrown off the delivery schedule.
08:50We both knew there would be problems like this.
08:53There are problems.
08:56There are also attempts to leave Shanghai under an assumed name, without honoring one's debts.
09:05The diamonds are on their way, Zan.
09:07No, Miss Smith.
09:08They are not.
09:10All right.
09:10If you're impatient, I'll give you back your gold.
09:14And how is that possible?
09:17Considering that somehow the gold in question has found its way to an agent from a certain foreign power.
09:25Know this, Miss Smith.
09:26Many men have died for not meeting lesser debts.
09:31Could this day get any better?
09:44Callum.
09:45Miss Smith.
09:48I know why you think you are here, but you are wrong.
09:51That's true that I've wasted five long years of my life following a trail.
09:55It is true.
09:56Shanghai to Constantinople, to Paris, Berlin, Leningrad.
09:59Every mile a waste, Callum.
10:02I doubt that very much.
10:08Master Zan does not permit such misuse of his resources.
10:12Oh, Zan's a madman.
10:13You believed him once.
10:15Never.
10:15You believed him enough to steal from him.
10:18That's a lie.
10:19If you do not return what you stole from Master Zan, then all your friends will pay the price.
10:26What happened to the yellow-haired woman and the red-headed man?
10:28Is your only warning.
10:30Tell it you want to keep talking in.
10:32Follow the path and you'll find out soon enough.
10:34After that, keep in mind that you have only until sunrise tomorrow.
10:39Return what you stole from Master Zan.
10:42Else lose everything.
10:43Now, how did you get here?
10:57How are you feeling?
11:00Like I went ten rounds with the trials and lost.
11:02Do you remember what happened?
11:04Somebody hit me.
11:05I don't know who.
11:06I thought as much.
11:07I think the same person may have used this cord to short out the fence and start that fire.
11:13Why would they do that?
11:15Disable our defenses.
11:16Make us more vulnerable.
11:18Maybe the fire was just a distraction.
11:20A distraction from what?
11:21Nothing's missing.
11:24Unless.
11:26Unless.
11:29Marguerite.
11:29All right, you go back up to the treehouse and lock the elevator.
11:34Where are you going?
11:35To find Marguerite.
11:36And you're in no condition to argue.
11:41Challenger!
11:45Answer me, damn you!
11:46Oh, down the dry, I'm so sorry.
11:55No.
12:00Calum.
12:02The next time you see Master Zan, you'll both be in hell.
12:09Hold.
12:11Little jumpy Marguerite.
12:12Where's Challenger?
12:17I...
12:18I don't know.
12:19He was working here, but...
12:22From the way his gear's scattered everywhere, I think it's fair to say there was a fight.
12:27And it's quite possible it was the same intruder who attacked Veronica.
12:31What?
12:32Well, just before the fire was set, Veronica remembers someone coming up from behind and hitting her.
12:39Does she know who?
12:40No.
12:41Do you?
12:43How could I?
12:44That's what I'd like to know.
12:48But right now, finding Challenger comes first.
12:52Looks like one person walked through here, dragging something heavy behind her.
12:57Dragging Challenger.
13:00Oh, no!
13:02Challenger?
13:04Challenger!
13:07He's still alive.
13:09Cut him down.
13:09Oh, no!
13:10Careful.
13:14Careful.
13:15I've got him.
13:16I've got him.
13:16I've got him.
13:18Oh, no.
13:21What is this?
13:31You recognize it.
13:32Don't you?
13:34Don't you?
13:35You know what's going on here.
13:38You know who did this to Challenger.
13:40And you know who attacked Veronica.
13:42Yes, I know!
13:43It's all my fault.
13:44Isn't it always my fault?
13:46What?
13:46I can't hide this from them any longer.
13:52I have to tell you.
13:53Tell me what?
13:56You answer me!
13:59I have to tell you the real reason I funded this expedition.
14:03What?
14:04The real reason I came to the Plateau.
14:14He's got a couple of cracked ribs.
14:16The bruises aren't anything serious.
14:19I'll sit with him while I'm letting him sleep.
14:21Very good.
14:24We have a discussion to continue.
14:27Outside.
14:31All right, let's start from the beginning.
14:33Now, who's after you?
14:36His name's Calum.
14:39He's a soldier, I guess you'd call him.
14:41A soldier?
14:43All right.
14:44For which country?
14:46Maybe mercenary's a better word.
14:48He's half Asian, half Scottish.
14:51Half I don't know what.
14:52He doesn't exactly follow a flag.
14:54Who does he follow?
14:57Shanghai Zan.
14:59The crime lord?
15:01More of a war lord.
15:02From the old school.
15:04Oh, you try the school of Genghis Khan, Marguerite.
15:06Now, the Zan dynasty controls a veritable league of walled crime.
15:09They traffic in stolen archaeological treasures, opium guns,
15:13and are tangled with their brothels everywhere from Kenya to Tibet.
15:15Okay, okay.
15:16So it's no surprise that they're here, too.
15:19Look, there are things about you that I don't know.
15:21That I have no right to know.
15:23And to be honest, I don't want to know.
15:24But how in God's name did you get mixed up with the Zans?
15:28It started when I heard about this plateau for the first time.
15:31What, three years ago?
15:33When Challenger first gave his lecture at the London Zoological Society?
15:36No, John.
15:37I first heard about the plateau five years ago.
15:45I was in Shanghai.
15:46I was an interpreter for some private companies trying to keep business as usual during the war
15:58when the Russian Revolution broke out.
16:01One of the negotiations I was involved in took a turn for the worse.
16:07And to make up for his losses, Zan made a counterproposal to me.
16:13Behold, the Ouroboros.
16:16More like half an Ouroboros.
16:20You know the legend?
16:22A snake that eats its own tail.
16:25A representation of birth, death, and rebirth in a dozen cultures at least.
16:32That so many people are aware of it suggests
16:35that there could be some truth in the legend.
16:38You believe the snake isn't real?
16:42We believe in the legend of this medallion.
16:45When the two halves are joined,
16:48the people who possess it will unlock the key to the mystical powers
16:52to control space and time.
16:55Are you serious?
16:57We have dedicated our life and fortune to attain the missing half.
17:01Everyone needs a hobby.
17:02Our agents have narrowed down the possible resting place
17:08to a remarkable plateau deep within South America.
17:12Why remarkable?
17:12It is considered to be a nexus for supernatural forces and mythical creatures.
17:18Creatures like the Ouroboros.
17:19And others.
17:20Many brave men have traveled to this lost world,
17:23and few have returned.
17:25Oh, I can see where this is heading,
17:26and it isn't going to happen.
17:28Indeed.
17:29First, I want no part of supernatural forces and mythical creatures.
17:34Second, I am not going to South America for you.
17:38And you, I'm debted to us.
17:42You have no further choice in the matter.
17:45If it's gold you want, it's gold I'll get.
17:48You know I can.
17:49So if this is just about money...
17:51It is never just about money, Miss Smith.
17:55Yeah, but we all have our price.
17:58Exactly.
17:59And in your case,
18:01we know precisely what the price is.
18:06How can you?
18:09We know the value of a name.
18:13Do you?
18:16Excellent.
18:19We sense that some agreement has been reached.
18:21Keep talking.
18:28Your first task is make contact with one of our agents,
18:33an American scientist.
18:35His name is William Maple White.
18:37William Maple White.
18:42But the man whose journals led Challenger to this plateau was in Shanghai, Zan's employ.
18:47He wasn't employed by Zan.
18:49He owed Zan a debt and needed to repay it.
18:51That's how Zan operates.
18:53Oh, I see.
18:53So you thought you'd repay your sordid little debt by folding us all into your personal quest to find the missing half of the medallion.
18:59I did not force any of you to come here.
19:01Now, all Challenger needed was money.
19:03Between the Zoological Society, Malone's newspaper, and the odd university or two, he would have raised enough funds.
19:09I sped up the inevitable.
19:10Well, look, I don't care how you justify it to yourself.
19:13The fact is, you lied to us all.
19:15And I still think you're holding something back.
19:17If you'd let me finish.
19:18Oh, please do.
19:19But let's get to the point for a change now.
19:21What could possibly account for Zan being so fanatical,
19:23he would have someone pursue you all the way to this plateau?
19:28He thinks I have something that belongs to him.
19:30And do you?
19:31No.
19:33No.
19:35All right, very well.
19:37We'll start fresh.
19:38I'll accept your story.
19:40And we'll put it behind us.
19:42And as long as you're part of this expedition, for whatever reason,
19:46I'll do everything I can to help you, and the others, be safe from Kaloom.
19:54Longer ease!
19:55Guns are a coward's weapon.
20:12Fair enough.
20:14Try this the personal way.
20:28John, no!
20:31I presume you're Lord John Roxton.
20:35What if I am?
20:37Then I believe you've studied at the Jokong Temple in Tibet.
20:40I was there for a while.
20:42So you'd know the Buddha's four noble truths.
20:45I'd be happy to teach you a few lessons from the Buddha.
20:48Teach them to Miss Smith instead.
20:51Especially the fourth path.
20:52Otherwise, when I return, you all will die.
20:57Sunrise.
20:58And no later.
21:04Dare I ask what the fourth path is?
21:07Part of the Buddha's guide to peaceful and harmonious behavior.
21:10Why does Kaloom want you to teach that to me?
21:13Well, you're familiar with one part of it.
21:15Margarita shall not steal.
21:19Damn it.
21:22What did you take from Zan?
21:40What did you take from Zan?
21:53I'm sorry.
21:53I'm sorry.
21:53I'm sorry.
21:54Oh!
21:55I'm sorry.
22:02Oh!
22:07Oh!
22:08Oh!
22:09not only did you steal from xan it was his greatest treasure to boot no wonder he's moved
22:18heaven and earth to hunt you down i had my reasons or more secrets if that's possible
22:23well should i just accept that everything you've told me since the first day we met is just a lie
22:28not everything john all right no more games no more lies i want the truth and the whole truth
22:32for nothing i don't know what's going on up here but you two are disturbing challenger
22:36yeah well he will be considerably more disturbed when he finds out marguerite's friend is coming
22:41by in the morning to kill us what are you talking about oh ask miss smith that's a real name all right
22:49stop if you two are having a lover's spat that's none of my business he's not i don't care nobody
22:56does yeah well i certainly don't but if we're in some kind of trouble that i do care about now what
23:03you two grow up and tell me what's going on
23:06the man who attacked us is after me because i stole a simple little medallion from his employer
23:20all right that's a good start i take it he wants it back would he ever roxton where's the medallion now
23:30now is not the time for a coffee break marguerite
23:36yes i have it since the day we left london i have always had it
23:56and i swear to you i will die before i give it back to sam
24:00marguerite what we have to do is obvious
24:08i agree when callum turns up in the morning we have to make him disappear
24:15no we will give back the medallion
24:18no we will not no i spent my last count funding this expedition i have endured almost three years
24:24of raptors cannibals and challenges bloody shifting planes of reality over this
24:29there is not enough gold in that medallion to buy dinner at the ritz what makes it so damn valuable
24:40it's not valuable on its own john
24:43i have to find the missing half
24:46suppose you do what then
24:49well
24:50then i give both halves back to sam
24:53this isn't about repaying a debt to sam is it
24:57this is about something else
24:59everything i've told you is the truth
25:02but it's not everything that we need to know
25:04you have to trust me
25:07i really wish i could
25:09but
25:10veronica
25:13give it back
25:14you know what you have to do veronica
25:17this is a snake biting its own tail
25:26it's called a noroporris
25:29i don't care what it's called i've seen it before
25:31what
25:32it's carved into the wall of a cave
25:34that i used to play in when my parents still lived here
25:37what
25:38a cave where
25:39halfway to the zanga village
25:41it's not far at all
25:43well if you told us the truth from the beginning
25:46you would have found that cave years ago
25:50i still don't think we should leave veronica here to take care of challenger on her own
25:57the looms after you remember veronica and challenger will be just fine
26:00marguerite and roxton have had arguments before
26:11but i've never seen them go at it the way they are now
26:14marguerite's never been caught in so grand a deception before
26:18well she's lied and been caught at it it's not like that's new challenger
26:22marguerite has led an unusual and daring life and done things in the past that i suspect she regrets today
26:28well hasn't everyone
26:29well to a degree
26:31but marguerite's past actions are no longer just her concern
26:36why not they were her actions it's her life
26:38i believe she's thinking about sharing that life
26:42share her life with roxton you mean
26:46i have never seen two people so much in love and yet so determined to refuse to admit it
26:52care to check the compass roxton the zanger village is that way
27:00if you want to lead kalum directly to veronica's cave you be my guest
27:05he's following us
27:07well what did you think marguerite
27:09he said he was going to kill us if you didn't get back the medallion
27:12so i'm certainly sore asleep the treehouse
27:14just as i'm sure he thinks you'll lead him right to it
27:17you do care about me finding the missing half
27:22i'm doing this for challenger veronica and myself
27:25and what happens to you
27:27well that's not up to me anymore is it
27:29john
27:30you're on your own marguerite
27:32which is where you obviously wanted to be all along
27:44what's this
27:57i've seen this before too
28:09so have i
28:12it's the chinese morpheme for the element fire
28:15it's also the symbol of the zhang dynasty
28:19no not this
28:21this
28:22that doesn't appear to be any language that i am familiar with
28:28did you see this symbol in the same cave where you found the araboros
28:32it's in my parents journal
28:34the one malone found in the hollow earth
28:35there
28:42it's most curious
28:45why would it be written alongside these unusual caltic grooms
28:51look
28:54monica
28:55what's the symbol of the zandai dynasty doing in my parents journal
28:59oh i don't like the look of these old bones
29:06don't worry it's not a dinosaur graveyard
29:08just the remains of one unlucky diplodocus
29:11but that opening
29:13is definitely veronica's cave
29:15it can be
29:16veronica said she played in it as a child
29:18that cave's volcanic
29:20the directions were clear enough
29:21i'd say that ten years ago or more
29:23this whole area probably wasn't volcanic at all
29:25but it's going inside while it's still safe
29:34he says it's safe now
29:36i have seen this before
29:42what this unusual mask that was given to summerlee
29:47by the zanga sharman
29:49look
29:54it's a zanga symbol
29:58no no it came from a different village
29:59but it's utterly fascinating isn't it
30:02it's as if there's a connection between
30:04the zan
30:05your parents
30:06and this other tribe
30:07the same connection that was responsible
30:11for bringing marguerite
30:12and therefore the rest of us to the plateau
30:14challenger
30:16you and my parents
30:18you've wondered about all the plateau's mysteries
30:20having only one answer
30:22oh my dear
30:24we may just have stumbled onto the first clue
30:27of what that answer is
30:29this looks like the main cavern up ahead
30:33this is where veronica used to play
30:38i don't see any dollhouses
30:40unless of course she made them out of these
30:42which wouldn't surprise me
30:44veronica what was the purpose of your parents expedition
30:49scientific research
30:51or nothing more specific than that
30:53i mean from their journals
30:55we learn your mother was a
30:57is a talented botanist
31:00and your father a man of great scientific
31:02and engineering expertise
31:03but what exactly brought them here
31:06i don't know
31:08unless
31:11like maple white and marguerite
31:13they were forced to work for the zan somehow
31:15well don't you even think that
31:17your parents expedition had more than 30 members
31:20and enough equipment and supplies
31:21to maintain them for years
31:23believe me they came here for more than a missing medallion
31:26then how did they find out about the plateau challenger
31:29how did they know to come here in the first place
31:33i don't know the answer to that mystery yet
31:36but i assure you
31:38nothing i have learned thus far
31:40suggests the answer that you fear
31:43well
31:50i guess we have to cross this bridge
31:53of course we do
31:55otherwise it'd be too easy
31:57well it looks solid enough
32:09feel solid enough
32:11let's go on carefully
32:13i start now
32:15well i have figured that pot out for myself thank you very much
32:34can you grab this
32:37i'll leave you care to share a nice hot lava bath with me
32:41get back now marguerite
32:49another tremor like the last one
32:52could settle your side of the bridge
32:53i'll shake you off your side
32:55i'll be fine
32:57i just need to find a few more handles
33:00don't you ever get tired of looking after everyone like yourself
33:03no
33:04well did you ever stop to think that
33:07there's maybe why
33:09i didn't tell any of you about sand and the aurora forest
33:12are you saying you're protecting us
33:13none of you needed to know about sand
33:17once you start dancing to the devil box
33:19and you can't stop
33:20but then again
33:22you were born to dance
33:24so
33:25maybe the devil just leaves you alone
33:28that bone will never hold
33:32don't you dare marguerite
33:40too late to complain
33:43if you don't trust me this time
33:49then we're both dead
33:51you are infuriating
33:53you're insufferable
33:55well get me off this
34:12all a good time
34:15come on
34:22thank you
34:38you're welcome
34:40don't move
34:44well now what are you doing
34:45according to the legend
34:51having half an aurora forest
34:55makes it easier to find the other half
35:00we're heading in the right direction
35:05at last
35:16the aurora forest
35:26it's in there
35:41i know it is
35:44it is
35:49i'm not doing you dirty work
35:52i'm not doing you dirty work
35:52here
36:07i know it is
36:21it is
36:25it is
36:30I've done it.
36:50Well, take it.
36:52Go on, that's what you came here for.
36:55It's...
36:55But, um...
36:57There's more to the legend, John.
37:01I don't know how it's done.
37:03But whoever touches the restored Ouroboros
37:06gains the power to be translocated to any place they most want to be.
37:13It's kind of like a genie granting a wish.
37:16And you believe that?
37:18Well, I'd like to.
37:22Go ahead and make your wish, Margarita.
37:24Go back to London.
37:28Or Shanghai.
37:30Or wherever it is you most want to be.
37:34Because I sure as hell know it isn't here.
37:38Is that what you want me to do?
37:42Don't stay on my account.
37:45We could all do with a little peace and quiet around here.
37:47This concludes our dealings, Miss Smith.
38:08Since you aren't able to complete your half of the bargain,
38:14I'm certain Master Xan will burn the birth certificate
38:16you were so eager to trade this for.
38:20Busted.
38:27They didn't vanish.
38:28That part of the legend was wrong!
38:30No!
38:30It's over, Margarita.
38:46It's over.
38:46I'll only be gone a few weeks.
39:03And there'll be enough warriors at the Zynga party
39:04to keep any raptors away.
39:07If your journey with the Zynga
39:08can lead you to discover the connection
39:10between your parents
39:11and the tribe that made this mess
39:13and everything else,
39:14then it will be a trip well worth undertaking.
39:16Stay out of trouble while I'm away.
39:20Of course I will.
39:29Same goes for you, too.
39:33If you can.
39:34Yes, I and you're the best.
39:37I will.
39:42We'll be back before we know it.
39:43See you soon.
40:04You know, I...
40:05I found this remarkable beetle.
40:07I think I might go down to my lab
40:12and prepare some collection jars.
40:14And then I might try and pick up its trail again.
40:17Sounds like a fool there, George.
40:18I've got idle hands.
40:19I'm sorry I have to ask,
40:43but the birth certificate that Coulomb mentioned...
40:47I know what you're going to say.
40:50You're right.
40:53The birth certificate was mine.
40:57I was going to trade the Orboros for it.
41:03You've never seen your own birth certificate, have you?
41:09You don't know who you're...
41:09I don't know anything.
41:16In the cave.
41:18What you needed was right in front of you.
41:20You could have just picked it up.
41:22Finding that medallion was the sole reason you came to this plateau.
41:29That's not the reason I stayed.
41:30Whenever you're ready.
41:41All your secrets will be safe with me.
41:43I don't know if you were to.
41:44I don't know if you were to.
41:48I don't know if you were to.
41:48I don't know if you were to.
41:50I don't know if you were to.
42:52We're right back.
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