Script – Season three ===================== Episode 22 ---------- :Neri: I am so glad you have returned, sister. I need your help. :Mera: Our people sent help. Many years ago. :Neri: Yes, we search for the synchronium. But it is not easy. :Mera: So much depends on finding it. :Neri: You are certain, then? What happens in our seas, will… :Mera: …Will not just destroy earth, but put the whole universe in grave danger. :Neri: Even our own planet. :Mera: But I’m here now. We will recover the synchronium and we will make it work. --------- :Dave: Here’s your latest exam results. :Sallyanne: No. I blew it for us again. :Jason: Hey, it’s a pass. :Sallyanne: Yeah, just. I’m sorry. :Jason: It’s cool. :Dave: Look, there wasn’t anything wrong with your theory. :Sallyanne: Yeah, I just couldn’t put it into practice. I froze. I’m really sorry. :Jason: Stop saying that. It happens. :Sallyanne: Not to you, if you had a decent partner. Let’s just face it, Jason, you’re better off without me. ---------- :Man: Farewell. The day is ending. We must be gone. :Woman: We will return for you in 12 morrows – whether your mission is complete or not. :Neri: It is little time. :Mera: It is all we have. --------- :Neri: Now much is on our shoulders. --------- :Jason: Mera’s back? Fantastic. I’ll grab Brett and the zodiac and we’ll… :Neri: We’ll meet later at island. --------- :Brett: Mera. You’re supposed to be happy to see us again. :Mera: I am, Brett. But what I’ve seen out there, it is so bad. So much has already gone. :Jason: Look, I know it’s taken more time than we’d like, but I swear we will get the rest of the pieces somehow. :Brett: Including the ones that UBRI’s got. :Jason: And then it’ll just be a matter of finding the trigger that makes them all work together. :Mera: Find? But you already have it. :Brett: We do? Where? :Mera: Right out there. :Brett: Charley? Charley’s the trigger? :Mera: The synchronium will respond to the frequencies of his song. :Brett: Weird. :Jason: No, it kind of makes sense. :Brett: You reckon? :Jason: Well, there had to be a bigger reason, right? For Neri and Charley. The way they can communicate. This is it. :Neri: I did not know. :Mera: It was a secret, trusted to me alone, on the planet of the oceans. :Brett: So, the sound of Charley’s song is the only thing that can trigger the synchronium? :Mera: Yes. :Brett: Wow. --------- :Lena: Neri’s sister. What is she like? :Dianne: Just as extraordinary, in her own way. :Lena: I can’t wait to meet her. :Jason: Oh, have you got that uniform off Cass yet? :Brett: Oh, no. :Jason: Well, you better hop to it. Mera will be needing it when she comes aboard tomorrow morning. :Brett: Okay, okay. :Lena: Goodnight. :Jason: ’Night. --------- :Neri: Look, the good berries are ripe. :Kal: We need more, now Mera here. I go fish. :Neri: We eat together when Mera and I come back from ORCA. Kal. You do not feel bad that Mera comes? She is sister, but we are still friends. :Kal: And I be at both your service. --------- :Hellegren: The whale song. So that is the trigger. Good, Kal. We have tape upon tape of that creature. :Kellar: But first we would have to determine the correct pitch. That could take time. :Hellegren: Simple process of elimination. Even a child could do this. :Kellar: A child like this Mera? :Hellegren: Yes, and what has spurred her return, I wonder? :Kellar: So will our backers. They become impatient for results. :Hellegren: Perhaps Kal’s news will return them to good humour, no? :Kal: Will you make me ruler of island now? :Hellegren: Patience, my boy. You must continue to wait and watch. Follow these girls, listen to what they say. One slip might reveal where they’re hiding the other components. When I have all of the synchronium, then you will have earned your prize. --------- :Brett: Come on. It’s about time. I got another uniform. :Neri: Good. :Neri: Remember, say nothing of synchronium to mother. --------- :Dianne: It’s so wonderful to see you again. :Mera: And you, mother. :Winston: Ha, ha. The lark sings sweetest when all her chicks are home. :Mera: It’s good to be back. :Dianne: We can certainly do with your help. :Mera: I wish that you did not. Your people have caused this. The sea is dying and other worlds will die with it. :Neri: Sister. :Mera: I do not blame you, mother. But there is so much to lose. :HELEN: Attention, all personnel. Incoming seismic disturbance. :Dianne: Hold tight, darling. It won’t last long. Darn UBRI. ---------- :Hellegren: As I am sure you will understand, identifying the trigger to the device takes us quite a long way down the road to our goal. :Guy: Does it? When these children have five components of the synchronium and you have only two. :Hellegren: Two more remain to be found. When we have them in our possession, then we will be ready to retrieve the others. :Guy: Time moves on, Hellegren. :Hellegren: I am aware of this. :Guy: And we, as yet, have no control over the seas. Nor do we govern shipping, or the navies of the world. :Guy: There are fortunes to be made, Hellegren, and power beyond your wildest imagining. :Hellegren: I will not be long now, I assure you. Please, be patient. :Guy: We are not, by nature, patient men. Results, Hellegren, results. --------- :Jason: Benny, Cass and Lena. :Mera: It is good to meet you all. My sister and I need your help. :Cass: Hey, that’s what we’re here for. :Mera: What has been done to get back the pieces from UBRI? :Cass: Well, we tried a raid on their headquarters. :Benny: We got one component. But the alarm in the strong room went off. :Mera: Isn’t there a key somewhere? Something that would let us in without alerting the guard? :Lena: Yes. :Cass: Great. So why didn’t you tell us that before? :Lena: Because there is no way we can get it. :Neri: But if there is a chance. :Lena: My father wears it on a chain around his neck. It’s impossible. :Cass: Yeah, you would say that. :Jason: Not now, okay? Later. :Mera: We must talk with Lena. :Neri: Yes. --------- :Neri: Lena? Mera and I, we have a plan. :Mera: To get the key while your father sleeps. :Lena: Go to the house? No. :Mera: It will only be a small party. Just us. :Lena: It’s too dangerous. I couldn’t. :Mera: I know it’s hard, but you can’t put loyalty to him ahead of the destruction he’s causing. :Lena: I can’t. ---------- :HELEN: Reports from kuangchou also indicate first seismic activity detected in mainland china. Stand by for further information. :Commander: It’s getting worse. Every time we have a quake, it’s felt further and further north. :Dave: According to Dr. Bates, that fault line is just going to continue to open. :Commander: And the local intensity is steadily increasing. :Dave: Have you considered evacuation of non-essential personnel? :Commander: I’d like to hold on a bit longer. Yes, cadet? :Sallyanne: Um, may I speak with Mr. Hartley, please, sir? :Commander: Hartley. :Dave: Sallyanne? :Sallyanne: I just wanted to give you this. :Dave: What is it? :Sallyanne: It’s my resignation. --------- :Kal: Big fish. Is good dinner. :Mera: Save some for us, yes? :Neri: We must go, Kal. It is important. ---------- :Benny: Have the veggie combo. It’s good. :Lena: I can’t. If your mother asks, I’m staying in Kylie’s cabin tonight, okay? Tell her it’s a pyjama party or something. :Brett: Hey, hey, hey, hey, where are you really going? :Lena: Just do it. Please. :Brett: You owe me. :Lena: Thanks. :Cass: You know what? I still don’t completely trust her. – Hey, get out of it. --------- :Jason: Sallyanne, wait up. I want to talk to you. I heard you’re quitting on me. Resigning from the cadets. :Sallyanne: I bet you’re cheering. Who wants to be partnered with a klutz like me? :Jason: You’re not a klutz. :Sallyanne: Whatever you reckon. :Jason: Sallyanne, you’re a good cadet. You’re a whiz at theory. :Sallyanne: I can’t even make a decision to save my life, or anyone else’s. :Jason: Give yourself a break. It takes time. :Sallyanne: Yeah, well, I’ve wasted enough of that trying to be something I can’t. My time and yours. So just drop it, okay? --------- :Lena: I was getting worried. :Neri: You have trouble getting away? :Lena: Not really. I don’t like having to lie, though. :Neri: We go. :Mera: How far? :Lena: It’ll take about one hour if we go by the bush track. But nobody will see us. :Mera: Good. It’ll be dark by the time we get there. :Lena: This way. ---------- :Lena: It’s not too much further. :Neri: Shhh. Someone comes. :Lena: Kal. :Mera: Why are you here? :Kal: I want to know where you go. Maybe I help. :Mera: You were asked to stay on the island. :Neri: Mera. He wants to help. Let him come this once. :Mera: If you say. Perhaps he may be of use. :Kal: What we do? :Lena: We’re going to get the key to the strong room from my father. :Kal: This is stealing? :Lena: We don’t have a choice. ---------- :Jason: It’s not all life and death, you know? Some duties are downright simple. :Sallyanne: Like me, right? Give it a rest. :Jason: You’re making a big mistake. :Sallyanne: Wouldn’t be the first time. ---------- :Commander: Turn that off. Damage report. :Dave: Sectors one, three, seven and eight, clear. :Morgan: Two and five clear. ---------- :Jason: Sounds like that’s it this time. You all right? :Sallyanne: Yeah, can we just get on with this? :Jason: Would you just listen for a minute? :Sallyanne: No. :Morgan: Storage pod rupture, sector four. :Sallyanne: Quiet. :Morgan: Sir, we’re taking in a lot of water. :Sallyanne: There’s water in there. A lot of it. This door won’t hold. :Dave: Wait. Sallyanne and Jason are on patrol in four. If you seal it off and the pod gives way, they’ll be trapped down there. :Commander: And if we don’t, we’ll have the ocean in ORCA herself. We can’t wait much longer. :Sallyanne: Just run. :Dave: Jason, Sallyanne. Good man, you got her out. :Jason: She got me out. :Sallyanne: Well, after the quake I remembered the procedure. Always check the doors before you open them, and I could hear the water and… :Jason: …And you saved my life. :Sallyanne: Yeah, I did, didn’t I? :Dave: And you want to resign. --------- :Mera: Which way? :Lena: Up the stairs, second bedroom on the right. The security system’s off. :Neri: You will lead us? :Lena: No. He’s my father. I’m sorry, I can’t. :Neri: She has done enough. Come on, Kal. :Hellegren: You! Stop! :Lena: This way. ---------- :Jason: So, Lena didn’t say where she was going? :Brett: Nope, and she wasn’t where she said because Kylie came down to watch the video with the rest of us. :Jason: Very weird. :Sallyanne: Hey, guys. :Jason: Hey. :Brett: Hey, it’s the big hero. :Sallyanne: Don’t. :Brett: Yeah, well, you did save his life, didn’t you? Personally, I wouldn’t have bothered. :Sallyanne: Um, I don’t know what you’re going to think of this, but after last night, and what Dave said, I’ve decided not to quit. :Jason: Ah, good one. :Sallyanne: So, I guess you’re stuck with me, then. :Jason: Well, I reckon I can handle it. :Sallyanne: Do you want to go through the exercises, or what? :Jason: Sure, but, uh, maybe later. We’ve got something else to do. :Sallyanne: Yeah, right. So what else is new? :Jason: See ya. ---------- :Brett: What did you take him for in the first place? :Mera: It wasn’t our idea. He just turned up. :Kal: I have said sorry. :Jason: Yeah, fat lot of good that does now. :Brett: What if the girls had got caught? You could have blown it totally. :Kal: I do not mean to make noise. Was accident. :Neri: Please. I could have happened to anyone. Do not blame Kal. There is something I must show Mera, alone. You will stay with him while we are gone? :Jason: Yeah, sure. No worries. :Brett: And from now on, Kal, I think it might be better if you don’t try to help. --------- :Mera: You have done well, sister. :Neri: But we must do more if we are to save this world and our own. Come, we call to Charley. Hear his song. ---------- :Hellegren: They are getting very bold, these ORCA children. :Kellar: And who lead them to your home? Who disarmed your security system? :Hellegren: Dim the lights. Start the whale song. Progress at last. ---------- :Mera: I’m certain now. :Neri: With Charley we will gain control. :Mera: If we can get back all of the synchronium. :Neri: We can only try. :Mera: Will that be enough? :Neri: Do not fear sister. Together we are very strong, together we cannot fail.