Here Be Dragons (episode)/Transcript

Scene opens on a storm, where a boat full of fish pulls up next to a jetty.

Fisherman: Ugh! Quickly! Help me unload! I need to get back out there!

''The Fisherman throws a rope to the Docks Man. He catches it and tries to keep the boat steady.''

Docks Man: Are you crazy? You can't go back out there! That storm—

The fisherman jumps onto the jetty and grabs another rope to pull the boat in.

Fisherman: Forget the storm, something's happening! The sea is full of fish!

Docks Man: The sea is always full of fish!

Fisherman: No, no, it's like every fish in the ocean is... is right out there!

Docks Man: Look out!

''A wave of water rises high above the boat, two green eyes glowing in it. The wave snarls and crashes down on the docks. When the water level lowers again, the Fisherman and docks man are grabbing onto a post each. They pull themselves up.''

Docks Man: (coughs) did you see...

Fisherman: My... my boat! Where's my boat?

A large bite has been taken out of the jetty, between the two fishermen.

Docks Man: It was huge!

Fisherman: No! My boat!

Intro.

''Scene opens in the Moonpool room of the Aronnax. Fontaine is walking towards Ant, who is kneeling at the water's edge with a fishbowl.''

Fontaine: Ant, what are you doing?

Ant: I'm training him.

Fontaine: You're training a fish?

Ant: Yep.

Fontaine: To do what?

Ant: To fetch.

Fontaine: You're training your fish to fetch.

Ant: Yep.

Fontaine: You're deluded.

Ant: it could be very useful.

Fontaine: How, Ant?

Ant: It...

Fontaine: How?

Ant: I'm not sure yet, Fontaine. But once I've trained him, I'm sure I'll find all sorts of practical applications!

Fontaine: A fish has, like, a three second memory. So in the highly unlikely event that you manage to train the fish, it'll forget what it's learnt straight away.

Ant: That's not true! You know it's not true! Have faith in my fish.

Fontaine: You are deluded.

Ant: Huh, I'll prove it! Get into the Moonpool.

Fontaine: I'm gonna humour you, but I'm also gonna mock you when this doesn't work.

''Fontaine dives into the Moonpool. When she resurfaces, Ant throws a glow stick to her. She catches it. Ant grabs the fishbowl and tilts it towards the Moonpool.''

Ant: Alright. Here's our chance, Jeffrey!

Jeffrey jumps into the Moonpool.

Fontaine: You named your fish Jeffrey?

Ant: Ignore her, Jeffrey. She can never understand us. Now fetch!

''Jeffrey stays where he is and smiles absently at Ant. Fontaine waves the glow stick behind him.''

Ant: Fetch!

Fontaine: You're deluded.

''Scene cuts to the bottom of the Moonpool looking up at Fontaine treading water. A 'fin' glides across the bottom of the shot.''

Fontaine: Can I get out now, Ant? Or do you and Jeffrey have other failures to show me?

A 'fin' breaks the water in front of Fontaine.

Fontaine: Agh!

''Kaiko comes up, holding a flipper. She takes her rebreather off.''

Fontaine: Mum!

Kaiko: [laughs] That never gets old.

''Kaiko swims to the edge of the Moonpool and climbs out. Fontaine follows.''

Kaiko: What's up?

Ant: I'm teaching my fish to fetch!

Fontaine: No, He isn't.

Kaiko: Ant, you should know not to involve your sister in these things. Fontaine, have faith in the fish.

''Ant makes a face at Fontaine. Fontaine makes one back and tucks the glow stick into her pocket.''

Kaiko: Where's your dad?

Fontaine: In the study, staring at some old map.

''Scene cuts to the study. Kaiko walks through the door, which closes automatically behind her. She walks towards the centre of the room where Will is sitting at a desk and looking at an old map.''

Kaiko: We have newer maps.

Will: I know, Kaiko.

Kaiko: We have satellite maps. All sorts of technology went into them. [conspiratorially] Some of them aren't even drawn in pencil!

Will: [chuckles] I know, Kaiko.

Kaiko: Then why—

Will: There are parts of this map that are surprisingly accurate. There are parts marked, 'Here Be Dragons.'

Kaiko: Will, we have newer maps.

Will: A week ago, there was an earthquake off the coast of Greenland. Since then, there have been some strange reports.

Kaiko: What sort of reports?

Will pulls up a screen showing Fisherman talking to a news reporter's microphone and gesturing to a huge bite mark in a jetty.

Will: Sightings. Monster sightings. Plus, a fishing boat went missing. [pulls screen down and turns to the map] This is a map of the exact area. I was just thinking, what if there were?

Kaiko: [cautiously] Were what?

Will: Dragons.

Ant and Fontaine are standing at the door of the study, listening in.

Ant: Yes!

''Ant runs towards his parents. Fontaine follows more slowly.''

Kaiko: It's probably not dragons.

Will: [chuckles] Probably not, but that's never stopped us before.

Fontaine: So we're going to Greenland to search for dragons. What do you think normal families do on a Sunday?

Ant: who cares? Dragons!

Scene cuts to several overlapping shots of the Aronnax travelling from Florida to Greenland, both on a map and physically through the ocean.

''Shot changes to the bridge of the Aronnax. Kaiko is sitting in the Pilot seat. Fontaine is to her left, looking at the satellite navigation systems. Will is on the right, looking at his map. Ant looks very bored. He is sitting on the floor, as close to the front of the Aronnax as possible.''

Ant: Are we there yet?

Kaiko: [sighs] We're exactly two minutes closer to Greenland than the last time you asked.

Will: Which means I have time to fill you in on what we're looking for.

Ant and Fontaine walk over and stand behind Will.

Will: in 1734—

Ant: [groans] Dad! Only you could take something as awesome as dragons and turn it into history.

Will: [rolls eyes] In 1734, something was sighted off the Greenland coast. The founder of Greenland's capital city and all of those aboard his ship reported seeing a Sea Serpent larger than their whole ship. There have been Sea Monster sightings like this throughout history. In fact, my parents swore they encountered one in their search for lost Lemuria.

Kaiko: Really? I didn't know that.

Fontaine hears a beep and looks to the starboard side.

Fontaine: Full stop!

Kaiko: What is it?

Fontaine: I saw... something. Bring us about.

''Kaiko brings the Aronnax about. Fontaine, Will and Ant are all standing at the front of the Aronnax, searching for the 'something' that Fontaine saw.''

Will: What are we looking for?

Fontaine: I'm not entirely sure... wait! There!

Ant: What is that?

Will: I'd say that's the missing fishing boat.

''Shot is now from the Aronnax's POV, approaching the object slowly. the boat is on the edge of a small trench.''

Fontaine: We're still 20 kilometres away from the Greenland coast. What's it doing out here?

Will: I don't know.

Ant: Well, let's go take a closer look!

''Ant hums as he approaches the White Knight. He climbs in and it closes around him.''

Fontaine: How is it your turn in the White Knight?

Ant: Remember when you went to see that 'fascinating' deep sea cucumber last week?

Fontaine: Ugh! It was a cucumber!

Ant: it was a turn.

''A claw arm picks the White Knight up and places it in the water. Jeffrey jumps in the water. Ant turns the White Knight to face him.''

Ant: Are you ready, big guy?

Fontaine: You're taking your fish?

Ant: He needs the exercise.

Fontaine: But he got all that exercise playing fetch!

Ant: Don't mock me! Have faith in the fish.

''Jeffery and Ant exit the Aronnax and swim towards the fishing boat. The other Nektons are watching from the bridge through the camera on the White Knight.''

Will: Anything strange?

Ant: You mean aside from a fishing boat being miles away from where it went missing? Actually, I call this strange. Half of the fishing boat is just... gone. And it's still full of fish! I'm going in for a closer look.

Kaiko: Be careful.

The White Knight moves closer to the fishing boat with Jeffrey.

Fontaine: What's that? To the left, Ant.

''The Knight's camera pans to the left. Something is stuck in the wood of the boat.''

Ant: It looks like a tooth.

''Ant pries it free of the boat. It's as tall as Ant.''

Fontaine: It's too big to be a tooth.

Will and Kaiko look at each other, then back to the screen.

Kaiko: I think you'd better get back to the sub, Ant.

Ant: Uhh, yeah. I mean, I'm fine, really, but—uh—Jeffrey's getting a bit nervous.

''Something beeps on the bridge's sonar. A large red dot is heading straight for the Aronnax.''

Will: Ant! Get out of there, now!

''There is a snarling noise behind Ant. The White Knight and Jeffrey turn around together. A Plesiosaur glides out of the trench and roars at the White Knight.''

Ant: Ahh!

''The Plesiosaur grabs the half of the fishing boat and eats it. It moves down so its head is level with the White Knight, still snarling.''

Ant: uhh...

Fontaine: Ant, get out of there!

Kaiko: No! Don't move. Stay very, very still.

''The Plesiosaur moves its head right up to the White Knight. Ant closes his eyes. Jeffrey hovers right next to the White Knight, shaking in terror. The Plesiosaur's eye narrows. Ant opens his eyes. The Plesiosaur moves away from the White Knight, turns around and swims away.''

Fontaine: Ant! Speak to us!

Ant: Well, my wetsuit just got warmer...

Scene cuts to the jetty, where the Fisherman and the Docks Man and are arguing with a Young Man.

Young Man: The fishing is the best we've ever seen!

Docks Man: You go out there and you won't be coming back.

Young Man: Ha! There's no such thing as Sea Monsters!

Voice: I saw it!

''The Fisherman, Docks Man and Young Man all turn towards the voice. It is Nereus, walking down the jetty, waving his staff.''

Nereus: Heh heh. I was young, but I saw that beast as clear as day! It could swallow your boat whole! Here be dragons, boy.

Young Man: There's no such thing.

Nereus: Oh! Then why aren't you on your boat, boy? Why are you still arguing if the... fishing's good?

Young Man: You're right. I'm going out. You superstitious lot can stay here and stay poor! I'm coming back with enough fish for the whole—Ahhh!

''The water on the end of the jetty is rising. The Young Man runs back up the jetty, screaming, and jumps into Nereus' arms.''

Nereus: Erm... what are you doing, boy?

Young Man: Huh?

Nereus: You never seen a... submarine before?

''Nereus smirks as the Aronnax surfaces at the end of the jetty. A gangway opens in the front and the Nektons, all in civilian attire, walk out. Ant stops at the bite mark and examines it. The other Nektons look at the bite, but continue walking. Will waves to the four on the jetty.''

Will: Hi. I'm Will Nekton, this is my family. We hear you may have some monster trouble?

Nereus: Oh, heh, the dragon's no trouble. We'll just stay out of the water for a little while. He'll be gone soon.

Will: You... have a young man hugging you.

Nereus: Why, so I noticed, yes.

''The young man stops hugging Nereus and steps to the side. Nereus frowns at him, then smiles at Will.''

Will: You were talking about the dragon?

Nereus: Aye, I've seen him before, 40 years ago. I know he was around 40 years before that, and 40 years before that. It's been the same every time. An earthquake, then a monster, then another earthquake and no monster.

Will: Why every 40 years?

Nereus: How should I know?

Will: You... seem familiar.

Nereus: yes, I... I get that a lot.

Docks Man: It's real, isn't it? I saw it.

Kaiko: Yeah, we saw it too. It's definitely real.

Fisherman: It took my boat! Can you find it?

Fontaine: Well, we found half of it.

Fisherman: Half of it!?

Will: Yes, uh, sorry. Half of your boat was eaten.

Fisherman: What!?

Fontaine: Actually, then the other half of your boat was eaten.

Fisherman: What!?

Nereus looks and walks over to Ant, who is now kneeling at the missing chunk of jetty.

Nereus: Hello, Antaeus Nekton. My name is Nereus.

Ant: How do you know my full name?

Nereus: Antaeus, the others won't understand. You see, the dragon isn't important.

Ant: Uh, trust me, it's important. I was almost eaten by it.

Nereus: The creature is nothing compared to the secret it guards.

Ant: I'm listening.

Nereus: This was no random earthquake. Somewhere out there, a trench has opened, and soon it will close again. Inside the trench lies the creature's lair, inside the lair lies the secret.

Ant: What is the secret? How do we find it?

Nereus: you'll know you're there when you can... breathe beneath the waves.

Ant: Wha? What's that supposed to mean?

Nereus: Oh, you'll find it. I have great faith in you, Antaeus Nekton. In fact, I think it could all come down to you.

''Nereus pulls an envelope out of his pocket and hands it to Ant. He examines it closely.''

Nereus: If your family need persuading, give this to your father. Remember, the sea is the key.

Ant: The sea is the key. Wait. Why? Huh?

''Ant looks around but Nereus has disappeared. He goes to join the others.''

Fisherman: I'm not insured for sea monsters!

Ant: Mum, Dad, we gotta go.

Kaiko: What is it?

Ant: I'll explain once we're moving. If we don't go now, we'll have to wait another 40 years, and I am way too impatient for that!

''Kaiko and Will look at each other. Kaiko shrugs. ''

''The Aronnax submerges. ''

''The Nektons are gathered around Ant, who is on a computer next to the tooth they found. the computer shows a map with a red dot near a corner. Ant gestures to it.''

Ant: It makes sense for the trench to be somewhere around here, where the earthquake is strongest.

Fontaine: This makes no sense. Trenches don't just open and close every 40 years.

Ant: According to Nereus, they do.

Fontaine: And we just blindly believe strange old men on piers now?

Ant: Does it matter? What's the worst that could happen?

Fontaine: Well, it sounds like a trench could close on us, or we could be eaten.

Ant: Have you ever eaten a submarine? Not the tastiest.

Kaiko: Ant, your sister's right. We have no reason to trust this man.

Ant looks down, pulls the envelope out and hands it to Will.

Ant: Dad, he said to give this to you.

''Will opens the envelope. It contains a picture of Nereus with his parents, all smiling and holding a large tooth.''

Kaiko: What is it?

Will: He knew my parents...

Kaiko: Oh, Will...

''Will hands the photo to Ant. He and Fontaine look at it.''

Ant: The tooth. Our grandparents knew about the creature too.

Will: I have a lot of questions for this Nereus.

Ant: Dad, Nereus said the trench was going to close!

Will: Questions can wait. Fontaine, set a course for the hypo-centre of the quake.

''The Aronnax moves quickly through the water. In the bridge, Fontaine is looking at a satellite map with a red dot to represent the hypo-centre of the earthquake.''

Fontaine: The earthquake originated from somewhere around there, but I don't know what we're looking for—never mind.

Ant: What is it?

Fontaine: The seafloor just disappeared.

Ant, Will and Fontaine all go to the front of the Aronnax to look at the trench.

Will: Incredible. This trench isn't on any map I've ever seen.

Fontaine: Yeah Dad, but you look at some pretty old maps.

Will: No, I mean no maps at all. This trench doesn't exist.

Ant: I think this proves we can trust the old man.

''Fontaine rolls her eyes and grimaces. Kaiko pushes her joysticks forwards and down.''

Kaiko: Taking us in.

The Aronnax dives into the trench.

Fontaine: According to the 3D scanners, the walls of the trench just keep going down. This trench is deep. Very deep. There's something, it looks like a hole in the wall up ahead.

Ant: There! [gasps] The Dragon's Lair!

The Aronnax moves closer to the hole.

Kaiko: But the scanners don't detect any creatures present.

Ant: Then let's go snoop around!

''The outer doors of the Moonpool open and the Rover exits with the White Knight. They both go into the lair. Inside, there is a skeleton of some sort. Both vehicles stop to look at it.''

Ant: Wow! Something has been feeding here.

Kaiko: Stay close, Ant.

The Rover and White Knight move further into the cave.

Ant: There's something up ahead!

''The Rover and White Knight surface in a cave. Will pulls up a screen.''

Will: I don't know how, but the air in this chamber is breathable.

Ant: That's what he said!

Will: Who?

Ant: Nereus. He said we'd be able to 'breathe beneath the waves'.

Kaiko: Shall we go for a walk?

''Kaiko presses a button and the Rover's windscreen opens. A torch shines along the walls, illuminating crystals in them.''

Fontaine: Okay, this was totally worth it.

Ant: Mum! Dad!

''Fontaine turns to Ant, who is shining a torch at something. Kaiko and Will come running.''

Will: Incredible!

Will walks up to the stone.

Will: The inscriptions... they look Lemurian.

Ant: Look here. See these lines running down the sides? It looks like this thing opens up.

''Ant presses a hand to the front of the stone. A beeping noise starts.''

Ant: The ancient stone is alarmed?

Kaiko: No, it's the Rover! The creature is coming!

A monitor on the Rover shows a large dot heading towards it.

Will: Move! Move!

Ant: Hang on! There's something...

The Nektons stop and turn back to Ant.

Kaiko: Ant! Come on!

Ant walks up to the stone and sees all the lines converge at a hollow in the centre of the top.

Ant: the sea is the key...

''Ant runs to the water's edge and scoops some water into his hands. He runs back to the stone.''

Fontaine: What are you doing!

Kaiko: Ant, we need to go, now!

Ant: I think I worked it out!

''Ant stops at the stone and pours the water into the hollow. It starts glowing and running down the grooves in the sides of the stone. The others run back to look at the glowing stone.''

Ant: The sea is the key.

''The water finishes running into the grooves. The entire stone starts glowing. Ant looks very excited. The stone breaks into chunks. Inside is the Chronicle.''

Ant: Yes! This is the secret.

Ant tries to pick the Chronicle up, but he can't.

Ant: Ugh! A little help?

''Will lifts the Chronicle easily. The Nektons run back to their vehicles.''

Kaiko: Hurry!

''The White Knight and Rover accelerate towards the opening of the Lair. The entrance is clear and the Aronnax is close.''

Ant: No sign of him yet.

The Plesiosaur appears and blocks the Lair, snarling.

Ant: I take that back! Woah!

''The Plesiosaur tries to bite the White Knight and Rover. They both go in opposite directions. Ant and Jeffrey make it into the Moonpool. The Rover circles back. They narrowly avoid being eaten.''

''The White Knight is picked out of the water by a claw. Ant gets out hurriedly and looks to the Moonpool.''

Ant: No!

Ant runs over to a screen.

Ant: Aronnax to Rover! Aronnax to Rover!

The screen lights up, showing the Rrver's interior and the other Nektons.

Fontaine: Ant!

''The Plesiosaur snaps at the Rover again. The Rover dodges and heads for the Moonpool.''

Kaiko: Keep the Moonpool open. We're almost there! Hold on!

The Plesiosaur's tail knocks the Rover away, into a trench wall.

All: Woah!

''The Rover hits the wall and bounces off with a spark shower. The screen in the Moonpool shows them all screaming, then static as they hit.''

Ant: Aronnax to Rover!

''The Rover falls onto a small plateau platform of rock. The Plesiosaur follows it down.''

Ant: Mum! Dad!

''The Rover skids to the edge of the rock platform. The Plesiosaur brings its face right up to the Rover so it can see inside. Fontaine whimpers. Kaiko turns to her.''

Kaiko: Stay calm, stay quiet. There's no reason for the Creature to attack. We're not a threat to something that large, and we are not food.

The Plesiosaur pulls its head back.

Fontaine: How are we not food? Sure we're a round piece of metal and glass, but we have a soft, juicy inside!

Will: Shh—Hold on!

''The Plesiosaur snarls and uses its nose to bat the Rover away. It hits the trench wall and flips upside down. It examines the Rover. The Rover begins to shake.''

Will: A tremor?

Nereus, still on the jetty, turns towards the location of the trench alertly.

Nereus: It's closing.

The Plesiosaur snarls at the Rover and swims quickly away.

Fontaine: Why's it leaving?

Kaiko: Maybe it knows something we don't.

Fontaine: Let's get out of here.

''Fontaine takes her seatbelt off and falls onto the windscreen. Kaiko copies.''

Will: We can't. The power's out.

Will takes his belt off and falls to the windscreen, still holding the Chronicle.

Fontaine: What about the homing beacon?

''Kaiko looks out the windscreen to the back of the Rover, where the homing beacon should be. The snapped off wires spark.''

Kaiko: It's gone. Must have been knocked off by the Creature.

Will: Alright, breathe calmly. Without power we only have so much air. Ant will find us.

Fontaine: Without the homing beacon?

Will: Ant will find us.

On the Aronnax, Ant is panicking.

Ant: No. No! NO! What happened to the homing beacon? I can't find you without the beacon!

He turns from the screen to the Moonpool worriedly and his gaze falls on Jeffrey, now in his fishbowl again.

Ant: That's it! Where's that tracker? This just has to work, there's no other way... yes!

''Ant rummages in a duffel bag, eventually pulling out a small circular object. He runs to Jeffrey.''

Ant: Okay, I put the tracker on you, and you fetch my family. Got it?

''Ant puts the tracker on Jeffrey's tail. Jeffrey looks at it, confused. Ant brings the fishbowl to the water's edge and Jeffrey jumps in the water. Ant points.''

Ant: Fetch!

Jeffrey looks at Ant, confused.

Ant: I need you to fetch. Please! Please? Fetch!

Jeffrey doesn't move but looks like he's trying to understand.

Ant: My family needs me. Please.

''Ant closes his eyes, fighting back tears. Jeffrey finally gets the idea and disappears. The splash makes Ant look up and smile.''

Ant: Huh? Jeffrey?

A focused Jeffrey swims downwards.

''Ant runs to the bridge and jumps into the pilot seat. The screen shows the tracker on Jeffery. Ant steers the Aronnax to follow it.''

Ant: We're coming!

Kaiko, Will and Fontaine are still in the Rover.

Kaiko: The Rover door has a manual release.

Fontaine: And you want to drown instead of being crushed?

Will: There's one suit here capable of surviving at this depth.

''Will holds the suit out to Fontaine. She looks back at her parents, horrified.''

Fontaine: No! No, I won't put it on! I won't live you!

Kaiko: Fontaine, we don't have time. Just take it.

Will: Please.

Fontaine takes the suit, looks carefully at it, and breaks it against the top of a seat.

Fontaine: There. Now it's no good to anyone.

Will: You know, when we survive this, you and I are going to have a serious talk about acts of defiance that don't destroy very expensive equipment. Huh?

''The Nektons all look out of the Rover, where a small fish with a tracker on its tail is swimming towards them. Jeffrey swims right up to the glass and smiles brightly.''

Kaiko: Isn't that Ant's fish?

Fontaine: No way.

''Fontaine pulls the glow stick out of her pocket and waves it at Jeffrey. Jeffrey follows it and bumps his nose against the glass.''

Fontaine: No way!

Kaiko: Have faith in the fish.

Large pieces of rock are falling near the Rover

Kaiko: Oh no.

Will: The trench is closing!

A huge piece of rock falls and knocks the Rover to the edge of the platform.

All: Woah!

''The Rover tips and suddenly jars. The Nektons bump against the glass. Fontaine looks up to try find the source of a whirring noise.''

Fontaine: Huh?

Ant is controlling the Moonpool claw from the bridge.

Ant: Need a lift?

Kaiko: It's Ant!

Will: Ha ha! I told you he'd find us!

''The Rover is finally pulled into the Moonpool. Jeffrey swims after and it closes.''

Fontaine: Ant, we're clear! Punch it!

Ant: Holld on to something! We're gonna have to move fast!

''Ant pushes the joysticks forwards and the Aronnax accelerates, heading rapidly for the top of the trench. The starboard side hits the closing wall, and Will, Kaiko and Fontaine are all knocked over in a corridor. The Aronnax only just gets out of the trench before it closes behind them.''

Ant: Woohoo! We made it!

''Fontaine walks into the bridge, holding Jeffrey in his fishbowl. Ant leaps out of the pilot seat and runs to them and grabs the fishbowl.''

Ant: JEFFREY! [to Fontaine] I think someone is owed an apology.

Fontaine: Okay, you were right, Ant, I should have had faith in your fish. I'm sorry.

Ant: Not me. Jeffrey.

Fontaine: You want me to apologise to a fish?

Jeffrey blows some bubbles out of his gills and smiles winningly.

Fontaine: [sighs] Sorry, Jeffrey.

''Will walks into the bridge, holding the Chronicle. Kaiko follows. Will puts the Chronicle on the table. The corner of a piece of parchment is sticking out of it. Will turns the Chronicle on its side and pulls at the parchment. A scroll slides out.''

Ant: Is it?

Will: Yes. It's written in Lemurian. I'm sure of it.

Ant: I knew it!

Kaiko: Will, are you okay?

Will: I'm fine, Kaiko. I just wish my parents were still here to see this. Our family has been searching for Lemuria for so long, and this could be it. The key to the sunken world. This could hold the answer to the biggest mystery on the planet.

Ant: Amazing! Can you read it?

Will: Not a word.

Nereus is still standing on the jetty.

Nereus: And it begins. This should be... interesting.