(STEAM HISSES) (POLICE WHISTLE) Moorgate Passage! (POLICE WHISTLE) Moorgate Passage! Over there! (ALL YELP) Bleeding ratbags! What's gotten into them? What in God's name is that?! Halt! Halt! Blimey! Go! Come on! Halt! In the name of the law! (SCREAMS) Halt! How the hell do we stop this thing?! I said halt! Argh! (GUNFIRE) 'ere. Careful, mate. There's men inside! Please! (RAIN LASHES) Come on! Bring the scientists with us. Kill any who resist. Do we have him? Karl Draper at your service, sir! The world, Herr Draper. I want the world! Really? That's so frightening. (CICADAS CHIRRUP) Don't wander off. Where's Quartermain? Ah! That gentleman at the back. Do I have the pleasure of addressing Allan Quartermain? Er, yes, you do, sir. Indeed you do. You're not... what I expected. And I presume you're another traveller who got it in your head to sample the Dark Continent. And while you're at it, hunt down old Allan Quartermain, and have him tell his adventures. Well,... Well, you just fill a seat, sir. You can fill my glass. Bruce? A double. And I'll regale you with how I found King Solomon's mines, or I could relate my - It is not your past that interests me. Erm... My name is Sanderson Reed. I am a representative of Her Majesty's British government. The Empire needs you. But the question is, do I need the Empire? Perhaps I should toddle off, should I, Allan? Yes, of course, Nigel. You toddle off. Toddling. Nigel is useful for keeping the story seekers at bay. I'm Quartermain. The Empire is in peril. (SCOFFS) You're probably too young to know, but the Empire is always in some kind of peril. We need you to lead a team of unique men like yourself to combat this threat. Regale me. There is great unrest. Countries at each other's throats. It's a powder keg. The trouble of which I speak could set a match to the whole thing. War. With whom exactly? Everyone. A world war. That notion makes you sweat? Heavens, man! Doesn't it you? This is Africa, dear boy. Sweating is what we do. Where is your sense of patriotism?! God save the Queen! God save the Queen! God bless her. (ALL) God save the Queen. That's about as patriotic as it gets around here. But you're Allan Quartermain. Stories of your exploits have thrilled English boys for decades! That I know. And Nigel has done a grand job reminding me. But with each past exploit,... I've lost friends. White men and black. And much more. And I'm not the man I once was. The gentleman over there. So you're in it for the long haul. Exactly. Exactly. Mr Quartermain? Why, yes indeed, sir. (GROANS) Wrong Quartermain! That's him! Get down! They're indestructible! No, just armour-plated. Automatic rifles! Who in God's name has automatic rifles?! Dashed unsporting! Probably Belgian! Allan! Wicked waste. Look out! Argh! Rule Britannia(!) Wasn't there another one of these buggers? Mr Quartermain! Bruce! Matilda. Our friend might have some information. (TICKING) But... he's so far away. Yes, I thought he was. God! I hate getting older. Hmm. Did you mean to just wound him? Obviously. (GROANS) Stop him! I need information! Bloody poison! You may have no love for the Empire, but I know you love Africa. A war in Europe will spread to its colonies It appears the war has arrived. Very well, Reed,... I'm in. Excellent. Pack for an English summer. (THUNDER) You made good time getting here. Not as good as Phileas Fogg. Around the world in 80 days?! Huh? (THUNDER) Where are we going? Australia(?) And here we are, sir. (BOLT LOCKS) I don't like theatrics. After Africa's veldts, London's weather isn't helping your mood, I see. Identify yourself. I'm known by many names, Mr Quartermain. My underlings call me "sir". My superiors call me "M". M? Just... M. I must say the delight is mine, meeting so notable a recruit to this newest generation of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. League of what? There have been other times when a danger to the world required the services of singular individuals How very curious. This museum is full of the curious. Allan Quartermain, Captain Nemo. I know of Mr Quartermain. And I know of you, Captain. Rumour has it that you're a pirate. I'd prefer a less provocative title. Oh, I'm sure you would. Gentlemen, please. Nations are striking at nations. Every attack marked by the use of highly advanced weaponry. These attacks are the work of one man who calls himself the Fantom. Very operatic. And what's in it for him? Profit. Those machines are his creations. The work of scientists he holds imprisoned. His attacks have nations clamouring for the weapons that assail them. Then it's a race for arms. And millions will perish. There's one last chance to avert war. The leaders of Europe are to meet secretly in Venice. And do you believe that this Fantom will attack that conference? If he can find it. We need a team to get to Venice and stop him. This team will consist of six members. You have four days. Four days to get to Venice? It's impossible. Let me worry about that. Well, now,... extraordinary gentleman indeed. One of them is late. Harker, chemist. Oh, chemist, eh? Do we get to blow something up, then? My eyesight must be worse than I thought. No, your eyesight's fine. (GASPS) No games, M. Sometime ago, a talented, misguided, man of science discovered the means to become invisible. I recall the tale. But didn't he die? He did, but his process didn't. You see, I stole it and here I stand for all to see. Is this some parlour game? Believe it! Easy now, Allan! I'm feeling a bit of a draft in my nether regions. And I must say, it's quite refreshing. Allow me to introduce myself. Rodney Skinner, gentleman thief. Now, I thought invisibility would be a boon for my work. Well, you can imagine, it was my undoing. Once you're invisible, it's bloody hard to turn back. We finally caught him. And they'll provide an antidote. Well, that's if I'm a good boy. And are you a good boy? I guess you'll find out, won't you? Am I late? A woman's prerogative, Mrs Harker. Please tell me this is Harker's wife with a sick note. Sick would be a mild understatement, my husband's been dead for years. Gentlemen, Mrs Wilhemina Harker. Mina's prior acquaintance with a reluctant league member may prove useful. I'm waiting to be impressed. The fate of the world is at stake. There are still two members to recruit. The clock hands turn, gentlemen. Kicking us out already? A moment ago it was sherry and giggles. * (RAIN LASHES) What in God's name is that? I call it an automobile. Yeah, but what is it? The future, gentlemen. The future. This is my first mate. Call me Ishmael. Please. (THUNDER) So,... how did M get you? None of your business. You're a little testy, Mr Q. Mrs Harker, I doubt if you measure danger the way I do. And I imagine you with quite the library, Mr Quartermain. All those books you've read merely by looking at their covers. I've had women along on past exploits, and found them to be at best... a distraction. Do I distract you(?) My dear girl, I've buried two wives and many lovers, and I'm in no mood for more of either. Send them my way if you like. Skinner,... shut up! (BELL) Shall I wait, Captain? No, bring my lady to me. This is a charming spot(!) Does Jack the Ripper live here(?) (THUNDER) Good evening. Mr Dorian Gray? I am indeed. We came by way of M. Ah,... M for mystery. Well, I've told him and I'm telling you, I'm not interested. Dorian. (THUNDER) Mina? Charming decor(!) You're missing a picture, Mr Gray. And you don't miss a thing, do you, Mr Quartermain? Oh, sometimes. Scotch, anyone? Please, help yourself(!) Don't let it ruin your make-up. I'm impressed, Mr Gray, you take Skinner's uniqueness in your stride. Yes, well, I've seen too much in my life to shock easily. Although, I must say, I was surprised to see you again. When our last parting was such sweet sorrow? Oh, so you're nothing more than an enticement. Nevertheless,... your presence intrigues me. They say you're indestructible, Quartermain. Well, a witch doctor did bless me once. I had saved his village. He said... Africa would never allow me to die. But you're not in Africa now. No. I confess a curiosity as to what the files say about Mr Gray. We all of us have trades useful in this endeavour. A hunter, scientist, even Skinner has stealth. Cheers. What have you? I have... experience. Gray and I have met before. Many years ago at Eton College. A lecture, no doubt. You the nation's hero, Dorian the eager listening boy. Quite the reverse. It was Gray visiting Eton... ..and I was the boy. What is it? (CHAMBERS CLICK) Gray? They are not mine. They're mine! First meetings... usually warrant introductions. Of course. I am the Fantom. You are the League of so-called Extraordinary Gentlemen. Introductions made. Oh, and I'm scarred, Mr Quartermain, not blind. Drop the gun. Your mission is to stop me. That, of course, I cannot permit. So I give to you all a special one-time invitation. Join me. You think we'll help start a war to consume the planet? While you profit from your arms race? I cannot deny that fortunes are made in war. Imagine the riches a world war will yield. He's not wrong. Hmm. Speak for yourself. Yah! Draw your pistol! I walk a different path. Run, James! Hang on. Ooo! Night, night. Dorian! Yargh! (WHIMPERS) What are you?! I'm complicated. (GROANS) Damn! I thought I was special. You're invulnerable to harm. I don't like to boast. What happened to Mina? Oh, she's probably hip deep in some sort of trouble. Don't be such an alarmist, Mr Q. And my hips are none of your business. Shoot! Go on! I guessed as much. That they would do anything to protect you. Now that's your biggest mistake,... thinking that I need them to protect me. Extraordinary. Boy! They told me European women had funny ways. (PANTS) You missed a spot. Excuse me. And you are? Special Agent Sawyer of the American Secret Service. Then America is aware of the situation? Well, if war starts in Europe, how long is it gonna take until it crosses the Atlantic? I followed ya. I knocked out a straggler and I took his place. Very noble. But this is a private party and you're not invited. Actually, Dorian has declined. So, we are one shy of a full deck. On the contrary, the battle was just the spur I needed. That and the thrill of a friendship renewed. Hmm. So, you're not needed. Winchester. That's right. It's modified. American style. American-style shooting, too. (LAUGHS) Well, whatever it takes. If ya like it, I brought two. You're in. (BELL) So, what's the next port of call? Paris. Just one last member to recruit. Capture is more the word. And it will be quite a hunt. You make him sound like some kind of animal. Oh, speaking thus, Mrs Harker, your conduct er... a moment ago? Indeed. We were all aquiver with curiosity. Well,... ..my husband was Jonathan Harker. Together with a professor named Van Helsing, we fought a dangerous evil. It had a name. Dracula. He was Transylvanian. Mmm! European? One of those radicals the newspapers love to report on? I don't know, Mr Skinner. Is the vampiric sucking of people's blood radical behaviour? (WATER LAPS) Ah! Our transportation is forthcoming. A boat? It travels on water, if that's what you mean. And... beneath it. Whoa! Behold, Nautilus! The sword of the ocean! Next stop, Paris! * I don't see what we need a big monkey for? Well, this big monkey has terrorised the Rue Morgue for months. Imagine the mayhem he'll give the enemy. (LAUGHS) Missed! I'm not trying to hit him! Turn left, Mr Hyde. Make him turn left, boy! If you can't do it with one bullet, don't do it at all! He's doubled back! Precisely. Come on! Look out! Oh! (GROWLS) That was naughty. (CHUCKLES) Thanks. Eyes open, boy. Hmm? I can't protect you all the time. (GROWLS) (SNIFFS) He's afraid. (SNIFFS) I can't smell anything. (HOWLS) Perfect. Welcome aboard, Mr Hyde. (HOWLING) (MIMICS QUARTERMAIN) "This hunt's too dangerous for a woman." "Even one such as you. Leave it to me." Good God! (GROWLING) Hello, Dorian. The great white hunter's bagged his prize. Argh! Or the prize bagged him. (SHOUTING) Stay back, if you value your life. (GROWLS) Around the head! Come on! Argh! (GROANS) (SCREAMS) Ow! You scratched me. Better me than him. (GROWLS) (SCREAMING) Well, this is nice. Mr Hyde. You've done terrible things in England. So terrible that you fled the country. (ROARS) And I'm ashamed to say that Her Majesty's government is willing to offer you amnesty in return for your services. Do you want to go home? Home. Home's where the heart is. That's what they say. And I have been missing London so. Its sorrow is as sweet to me as a rare wine. I'm yours. Hmm. (GROWLS) Don't be afraid. Who says I'm afraid? (ROARS) Oh! You stink of fear! (GROWLS) Quite the parlour trick. You wait till you see my next one. (ROARS) (ROARS) (GASPS) (PANTS) Dr Jekyll... at your service. (PANTS) So,... the League is set. So is the date for the conference. We have three days. Three days?! (LAUGHS) Can this canoe do that? You underestimate the Nautilus, sir. You underestimate her greatly. Fortune rewards the bold. If you require any help during the voyage, Mrs Harker, just let me know. I'm curious how you think you'll assist me, Agent Sawyer. Heavy lifting. (GROANS) The plans the Fantom stole from the Bank of England. These are copies. Da Vinci's blueprints of Venice. Its foundations... and waterways. So, he'll attack the conference by sea? (TAPPING) (GROANING) (GLASS SMASHES) Easy, Allan! Easy! Skinner! I want you dressed at all times, hear? Argh! Or it's my boot up your arse! Dinner is served, Mr Quartermain. I can offer you a jacket if you require it. Oh, thank you, no. But thank you for your contribution so far. I may have been overly rude earlier when I called you a pirate. And I may have been overly charitable when I said I wasn't. But I try to live in the now, where the ghosts of old wrongs do not abide. What of you? Oh, I don't believe in ghosts. Although I've seen my share. Your past haunts you? Vanity. Pride. Mistakes that... cost me someone dear. So, now you throw yourself in harm's way. Oh. Old tigers sensing the end are at their most fierce. Hmm? And they go down fighting. (WIND HOWLS) I know how I left 'em, Captain. That's all I'm saying. Hmm. Powder?! You think sabotage? We ain't that far off course. (CREAKING) Chilao! Did you want something? No. I was just wondering why you signed up for all this? Nemo told me you hate the British Empire. They called and I answered. That ain't all of it, is it? Chilao! Sorry I asked. A few years ago, the British approached me with a mission for Queen and country. That sounds like the morning ride to work for you. I signed on... without hesitation. I even took my son along. I led, my son followed. He died in my arms. After that, I washed my hands of England, and the Empire, and er... the legend of Allan bloody Quartermain. I can already. Oh, I saw. Very American. Fire enough bullets and hope to hit the target. Sawyer, I'm talking about pipping the ace at 900 yards. Try. Easy. Easy. Chilao! Aim. That's easy. Allow for wind and target movement. Yeah, that's easy, too. This is the part that's not. You have to feel the shot. Take your time with it. You have all the time you need. All the time in the world. Take... your... Too soon! But that was bloody close. And at 500 yards, too. (LAUGHS) Again. Chilao! Did you teach your son to shoot like this? Quartermain? That's Kali, Goddess of Death. Nemo worships death. Can we trust him? He's not the one I'm worried about. Mina? I'm identifying a powder that Nemo found. Magnesium phosphorus. Photographers use it to create a flash. A camera perhaps? It appears that someone wishes to capture this vessel's secrets. You know, I was surprised you ultimately joined the League. I mean to undo the flaws in my character. I want to face my demons. And what do you know of demons? (SIGHS) Do you recall a space on the wall of my home? A picture was missing. Although the picture is my portrait, I doubt you'd recognise the face upon it. Every year that passes, my portrait ages... instead of me. When did you last see it? I dare not look upon it myself, or the magic of the painting would be undone. (SIGHS) Nightcap? I'm not much of a drinker. Just a small one then. How clumsy of me. We don't want blood everywhere,... do we? No. Not blood. Mmm! Yes, Henry, look but don't touch. (CHUCKLES) That's your way. Just shut up! I won't be tricked again. Tricked?! You've known what I was about each time you drank the formula. Liar! I'm a good man! A good man! Who's lying now? You want it even more than you want her. No! You can't shut me out forever. Drink the elixir! No! She barely even looks at you! Be quiet! She'd look at me! (GASPS) (GROWLS) Contain your evil, Doctor! (GASPS) I'll not have the brute free upon my ship. Must I take drastic steps? I am in control. I very much doubt it. Your talk is all well and good, sir, but your own past is far from laudable! (PANTS) Let me out. (SIGHS) If I didn't know better, I'd swear I already had. One of the vials is missing! Oh, God! So it's clear. With Da Vinci's blueprints and enough explosives, he could set a bomb that would blow Venice's foundations to rubble. He's going to sink the whole city. Yes. And spark off his world war. I'm afraid that's not the sum of our problems. Skinner. He's taken a vial of my formula. Are you sure? Who else? You've seen the way the sneaky blackguard operates. * (SONAR SOUNDS) (HUBBUB) It's the Carnival. My God! We must locate that bomb! (TICKING) (MUSIC) (LAUGHTER) We can go no further, Cap'n. All ahead stop. (MAN SHOUTS IN ITALIAN) Deploy the divers beneath the city. The explosives must be found! Aye-aye, sir. This city is vast. He could be anywhere. What about Skinner? I'd be alert for his treachery. (EXPLOSION) (GASPS) (CHEERING) Bloody carnival! God, I feared the worst. It's alright. We still have... (EXPLOSION) The buildings are falling like dominoes! We're too late! There must be more than one bomb! Nemo! The bombs are at the city centre. Stake out one key building. Yes! Get ahead and destroy the next building! We can interrupt the destruction! With a beacon. A rocket could take out the domino! That's ridiculous! We'd never get there in time. I tell you, it could work! No! Gray's right! I'm an immortal, sir, not a gazelle. How can we outrun this?! (ENGINE REVS) Care for a spin? Come on, Jekyll, get in! I'll need coordinates! Can you track this? Of course. Then the car will be your target. Launch when you see the flare! Right! Jekyll, come on! We'll need Hyde! No! Hyde will never use me again. Then what good are you? Straight ahead then turn left. No! No! Take a right after the canal forks! We must turn left to get ahead - (GUNFIRE) Yargh! Snipers! Damn Skinner! He must have told them we were coming! Dorian! I can't get a clear shot! Then take the wheel! Yargh! Argh! Sit down, you buffoon! I don't know how to drive this bloody thing! Sit down! Got it! Save your bullets. These men are mine! Did you see that?! Did you see what she just did? Keep your eyes on the bloody road! Whoa! (TYRES SCREECH) It's a gauntlet! The vampire lady has us covered! (SCREECHING) Argh! (SCREAMING / WHIMPERING) (SCREAMS) (SCREAMING) The collapse has reached the carnival, Cap'n. Time's running out. Tune the tracer to the car's frequency. The rocket must be ready to launch. Aye-aye, Cap'n. (METAL BUCKLES) Come on, Sawyer, come on! Captain, we must pull out! No! We stay and do our job! Remember the flare! I'm off! What?! Don't forget you're the target! Whoa! (SCREAMING) We'll be smashed apart! If Nemo says we staying, we stay! He has overtaken the collapse! Be ready to launch! Launch! (GRUNTS) Bravo, boy! Shh...! He's done it! (HUBBUB) (MAN SHOUTS IN ITALIAN) Venice still stands. You've failed. You see yourself as the brave John Bull,... but you're weak. You run from the memory of your son's death. You should have trained him a little better. You may as well have put the gun to his head and pulled the trigger yourself. Oh, yes, I know all about you. I know all about your spy. Do you? Mr Gray. What happened? Misadventure. Have the others returned? You're the first. Hopefully not the last. That bastard Skinner has a lot to answer for. Skinner? No. Me! (GUN COCKS) You?! You don't know the half of it! (GROANS) The Fantom is M! And the hunt is still on! What are you talking about? The Fantom is M! The very man who recruited us. Let me see that. No. But how? We'll get our answers. Where are the others? Dorian's missing in action. And Mr Skinner must have fled when he realised we knew. And Sawyer? He'll live to fight another day. Don't worry. I've had my fill of throats for this evening. Cap'n! (GASPS) It was Gray! Not Skinner! (PANTS) Gray's tricked us all! (CLANGING) What is it? The sound of treachery! What is that thing? My exploration pod! We can track it. I intend to catch it! Colossal Mascara from Maybelline New York. Lashes go 100% colossal instantly. Colossal collagen. Mega brush. 100% colossal volume. Nothing less. Colossal Mascara from Maybelline New York. * That is us. That is the Nautiloid. We will be upon them soon. You OK? Er... just a little shaken. (BEEPING) Nemo? (BEEPING) It's nothing of mine. Captain, the noise came from this. A recording disc? (WOMAN) Ready, Professor? Recording. (THUNDER) Gentlemen, if you're hearing this, then every step leading up to it has gone as planned. And I've been true to the goals set to me. Yes, it's me, Dorian. As you know by now, I'm no loyal son of the Empire. In fact, my loyalty to Mr M comes in no small part from his possession of something I hold very dear to my heart. Something I would do anything to regain. Are you alright? My ears hurt. It's nothing. Everything so far has been misdirection. Sanderson Reed, the assassins in Kenya, your recruitment and mission, the secret conference, a myth. Even the League itself. There is no League. There never was. It was a ruse to get me closer to my goals. He likes the sound of his own voice. You see, I want you, each of you. Even tired old Quartermain, because he'll capture Hyde. The question is why? Why all this mask and mystery? Because in the war to come, I intend to wield the greatest weapon of all, the power of the League itself. (GROANS) Turn it off, 'enry! Please! Turn it off! To that end, I set my wolf among you sheep. (SNIFFS) Growl. Who'll gain your trust and quietly lead you astray. And all the while I'll collect you. The parts of you I need. Nemo's science. Magnesium phosphorus. Skinner's skin sample. Ow! You scratched me! Jekyll's potion. And Mina's blood. He's stolen us. And we let him! If you fail to save Venice, then I get my war. If you succeed, well, it's a small price to pay for Gray to go about his task. War will come sooner or later. As inevitable as summer into autumn. Now some of you, perhaps Quartermain, if he isn't dead, will pause to ask why I'm letting you know all this. What fool reveals his strategy before the game is over? (GROWLS) It is over. For you. Because my voice isn't the only sound being made. While I've rambled on, a secondary layer of inaudible sound, higher than humans can hear, audible to dogs and lower animals, has been heard by crystal sensors dotted about your vessel. Sensors attached to bombs. (GROWLS) Bomb voyage! (TICKING) Argh! (KLAXON) Out of the way! We have to surface! (GASPS) The controls are not responding! Primary engine room almost full! The aft bulkhead is open! Pump valves are jammed! Seal it off! But there are men in there! For the greater good, we must seal it! (ALL YELL) We can do it, Henry! What are you talking about?! You know we can do it! Together! (ALL YELL) Seal it! Seal it off! Hold it! Don't close it! What are you doing? It's our last chance! I have orders to close it! Then close it! (ALL YELL) Seal it up! Argh! (GROANS) (ALL YELL) (GROANS) Bravo, Edward! Bravo! Let's not make a saint out of a sinner. Next time, he may not be so helpful. Can we er... still follow Gray? We were the faster, but now we're the tortoise to his hare. So we're done? No,... we're alive. If M has any ideas to the contrary, that gives us an edge. We're getting a signal! Morse code. What's it say? "Hello, my freaky darlings." Skinner? "Hiding on board little fish with Gray and M." "On way to base." "East by northeast. Follow my lead." (HAMMERING) Hey. Good work. All of you. Captain. All ahead, full! (NEMO) If Skinner's headings are correct, we will pass through the treacherous Straits of Tartury and enter the Amur River, which empties out into the frozen lakes of Mongolia. Virtually inaccessible to outsiders. (ICE CRACKS) Peasant settlements. They're all deserted. Why deserted? Fear, no doubt. M's summer retreat! This is where Skinner signalled he'd meet us. So we wait. (WIND HOWLS) (RUSTLING) Skinner? (GROWLING) (GROWLING) We heard a noise. It was nothing. Just an old tiger sensing his end. Perhaps this was not his time to die after all. (GASPS) I've been waiting all week to do that. Get a grip, man! Well, I thought I just did. Ooh,... Mina! Report! Well, hello to you, too(!) And need I remind you, I am naked in the snow. I can't feel any of my extremities. And I mean... any of them. With all the suspicion on the ship, I knew you wouldn't believe I wasn't the spy. Well, I thought it was best to disappear. So, what are we dealing with? The fortress is vast. Furnaces produce iron for making M's weapons of destruction. They're pieced together on the factory floor by a private army of ruthless men, who share his vision. But the worst was to come. In the dry dock, M's best minds pervert Nemo's dream. The Nautilus?! Nautili. There's eight for now. The kidnapped scientists? M holds their families hostage. The men work or the women and children die. Monstrous! Well, that isn't the half of it. The scientists are forced to work night and day to make new versions of us. Invisible spies, an army of Hydes, vampiric assassins. M leaves for Europe today with a sample case of the chemicals to sell to the most eager nation. I'll not let my evil infect the world. Do you think any of us feel differently? Chimney pipes lace the buildings, and bombs in the furnaces would make quite a bang,... but someone needs to blow that place to hell and I am least likely to be seen. Skinner, I didn't know that you were such a barefaced liar. All that time pretending that you weren't a hero. Shut up or I'll come to my senses. Besides, any more like me and I'll lose the franchise. No. This cannot be a hunt to the death,... more's the pity. We must take M alive if his secrets are to be uncovered. Not Gray. He's lived long enough. Oh, I'll handle him. No. Nemo, you and Hyde will free the prisoners. Sawyer and I will deal with M. Then the game is on. Do you mind? (GROANS) Night, night. Huh? (GROWLS) Your painting's in your room. In return for the League. That was our deal, and I'm glad to see you honour it. So what now? London. I've had my fill of violence, now I'm in the mood for vice. You could stay and share my dream. I have lived long enough to see the future become history, Professor. Empires crumble. There are no exceptions. You think you're better than me. You forget,... I've seen your painting. Skinner said turn right at the column. Oh, great(!) Which one? This way. You lead and I'll follow. (GLASS CLINKS) The scientists! They're for Nemo. "Attention. Prepare the armaments for shipment." "Prepare the armaments for shipment." They're moving out! Let's hope Skinner's up to the task. (MAN SHOUTS) You! Help him out! (PANTS) (TICKING) Hurgh! Hurgh! Release them! Quietly! Get them back to the ship. Ow! You there! You there! James! Here's your box of tricks! (SIGHS) The brute's potion, the vampire's blood, the Indian's science, and mounted samples of invisible skin. They'll be all the rage in Europe. The Nautiloid is fuelled and ready. We have trouble. Trouble? I call it sport! Intruders! Indians! I think it's Captain Nemo and his men! The prisoners are escaping! How many times do I have to kill these cretins? Make this the last! Damn them! (GUNFIRE) (HACKLES) Nemo, get the scientists! Is that all you've got?! Do not move, M. Or would you prefer... Professor James Moriarty? Hmm? James Moriarty? The so-called Napoleon of Crime? That man died at Reichenbach Falls. He died, and I was reborn! Watch out! Eyes open, boy. I can't protect you all the time. Hello, lover. Mina. You're alive. It's possible I can't die. The same could be said of you. Let's put it to the test. (ROARS) Argh! Minx! Do you realise what you've done?! What you've let out of me?! A woman's wrath? Oh, I'm petrified! We'll be at this all day. Ah, the bedroom, Mina! Does it give you memories? Or ideas? Ideas. (GROANS) If that had been permanent, I'd have been very upset! The painting! (GASPS) I hoped I'd get to nail you one more time. Didn't think it'd be literally. * Argh! Skinner? It's OK, it's Skinner! What the hell are you doing here? What makes you think I'm Skinner? Whoa. Argh! (PANTS) Whoa! Sawyer! Run for it! Argh! Keep moving! Go over! Go! Quickly! (GASPS) (LAUGHS) (ROARS) Come on! You want more?! No! Not the whole thing. Yargh! (SCREAMS) You were so lovely. Argh! Thank you. You broke my heart once. This time you missed. You spoke once of wanting to meet your demon. (GROANS) Here... he is. (SCREAMS) (PANTS) Skinner? (WHIMPERS) That's the last time I play with matches. (GASPS) (GULPS) (WIND HOWLS) End of the line, Moriarty. To the death. But you'll need Hyde to make it mine. He'll be making his own fun. (WHIMPERS / GROANS) Nemo! (GROANS) Nemo, run! (ROARS) What is that thing? It's me on a bad day. (BOTH ROAR) He's too strong. We're trapped! No. He's burning through the formula at an accelerated rate. He'll soon change back. Nemo! Nemo! (ROARS) Argh! I hope I've got your fire when I'm your age. You will not live beyond today! That I promise you! Hyde! (GROANS) Come on! My formula's done. Watch out! You think you're gonna wreck all this? We'll just rebuild it! (TICKING) There'll be others like me, Quartermain! You can't kill the future! (ROARS) (ROARS) Do you ever get tired of being wrong? The League, me, Skinner. Wrong. Wrong about your little American friend as well. You really think he's ready for action? I think you've trained him about as well as you trained your son. Get him! It's too far! Take your time. You're ready. Take... your time... (PANTS) I got him! May this new century... be yours, son,... ..as the old one was mine. (CHANTS) (BIRD SCREECHES) You remember, he swore Africa wouldn't let him die? I wish the old boy had been right. What's next? I have long hidden away from the world, now I wish to see it anew as the century turns. You're all welcome to join me. We've all been hiding in one form or another. The Nautilus awaits. So, who's coming? So long, old chap. Goodbye, Allan. Goodbye. (GUN COCKS) Thanks. (CHANTS) (ROARING) (CHANTS)