Unnatural History s01e05 Episode Script
Fountain of Truth
I thought we were studying for the Euro quiz before school.
Jasper had to stop for candy.
It's protein.
These bars are the key to my new bulk up diet.
I eat one of those every forty-two minutes and follow an extreme crunch and curl routine, coach says that I will be a Varsity basketball god.
Or a sick to your stomach.
Protein comes from real food.
Like turkey legs or trout.
Definitely not rocky road s'mores.
Yes, but turkey legs and trout do not come in a convenient pre-packaged 12 pack.
Okay, every forty-two minutes starting now.
I suppose you making the team means we have to go to the games? Starting with our annual pre-season tournament against the Eagles.
It's a huge cross-town rivalry - it's the best out of three.
You guys are now officially in the posse of the jock.
Actually - that's a jock.
With quite a posse and that's still a candy bar.
Come on guys, this is the last school sport I got a chance with.
I've already at failed at football and baseball and soccer.
Then there was that ridiculous attempt at curling.
I thought you were very good with that brush.
I didn't know being an athlete was so important to you.
Does this body look like it wants to be a jock? It's my dad, I mean he's always wanted to be one of those parents cheering from the sidelines and crying at the Olympics.
I mean really how does it look for the dean's son to be so completely inept at school sports? The whole school is inept at school sports; the Tornado's haven't even had a winning season.
Well that's good right; if the team is so bad then Jasper won't stand out so much.
Oh I'll stand out because I will own the court.
My new 42-minute diet is going to guarantee my success.
Oh hey Henry, I am going to need to borrow you for a couple of hours this morning - off campus meeting.
But I have a Euro quiz.
Well I will arrange for you to make it up tomorrow.
It's important.
Can I be needed in the meeting too? Just him, but I will see you at the first tournament game.
Go Tornados.
Dean Bartlett, boys, I presume you won't be late.
I would like to get this over with as soon as possible.
Nice breakfast Jasper.
We will see you there Julian.
Come on, I'll explain in the car.
Wait, why are you and professor darkness going to an off campus meeting together? Guess I am about to find out.
Good luck with the quiz.
Good luck with him.
Chewy.
Nutty.
[.]
We are here for the reading of the last will and testament of Dr.
Dante Morneau.
This is a family matter; I don't see how that concerns anyone but me.
As beneficiaries Dr.
Ortese and Mr.
Griffin are legally permitted to be here.
But I am the sole heir of my father's estate.
Yes Julian, he left you everything he owned; his home and all its contents, all financial accounts, all motor vehicles including the tug boat kept moored in the Aleutians and the flatbed truck in Panama.
Fine, sell them both.
What? I spent a month on that tug boat with Dante.
I never set foot on it.
Dr.
Ortese, as partners with Dante Morneau you published several research papers together.
All proceeds from these works are now solely yours.
And we were also working on a book several years ago together.
A book that was never published, so I believe that all of my father's notes on it are property of the estate which is now mine.
Are we done? I believe Henry was included in the will.
Yes, I was asked to collect some items for him with instructions.
To my godson Henry Griffin.
We have shared many adventures together and I hope to spend the rest of our lives sharing more, but upon my untimely death I will entrust with some things of mine that I know you will take care of.
Keep them private; they are between you and me Henry, no one else.
I am eternally proud to be your godfather.
That's all he said? Not enough paternal outpouring for you? I meant there were no other instructions? That's all that's here in the will.
Why am I not surprised; my father is dead and he is still keeping secrets with you.
It's probably just his booty.
I beg your pardon? It's what I used to call the souvenirs he brought back from his trips; you know, like pirate booty.
No, I don't know.
My dearest Henry: If you are reading this it means I am no longer with you and that you are now the keeper of my most important secret, something dangerous that must never fall into the wrong hands and there are those who will want to take it from you.
I cannot even take the chance of explaining what it truly is in this letter lest anyone else get a hold of it.
So follow my words carefully.
First learn, then protect.
I know this is puzzling but when you are open to discovery the answer will be left.
I trust you above all others because you never leave anything incomplete.
[alarm.]
A plant? Someone almost burned down the doom rooms to steal shrubbery.
Dante's letter is what was important.
I didn't even finish reading it.
What else was in the box? Knowing Dante there could have been a false bottom or maybe something important woven in the rattan sides - a message in the design of theI do not know.
All that was left was this.
Hm, P2003, that's random.
Henry, this wasn't your fault.
Look at all the stuff you saved in the warehouse.
But I lost the one thing that was important.
You didn't lose it - someone stole it from you.
Someone who knew I would never let Dante's box out of my sight, unless they literally set fire to me.
And tampered with the extinguisher and added oil to that bucket of water.
Professor darkness.
You really think Julian Morneau would go this far? Julian has always been jealous of you because Dante treated you more like a son than him.
And plus you did say he gave you the stink eye when dad handed you that box yesterday.
Stink eye? You know Looked like a meer cat about to be eaten by a hyena.
Henry you have to tell them who did this; that it wasn't an accident An accidental fire, I know - we have been inspecting the damage.
Someone was using open flames and disposed of let's say a lemon verbena peace candle they might have used for mediation, into the trash can and nearly burned down thousands of years of uncatalogued history.
I know; it was my fault.
I can't believe I did something so stupid.
I can't believe you did something so brave.
Most people would have just run.
But not Henry Griffin; he reached right into those flames and prevented a national catastrophe.
He could get some sort of presidential medal for this.
Whoa, whoa, okay.
Let's just call it an unfortunate intern incident and leave it at that.
I'm good with that.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to connect a high school to a museum anyway? I believe it was president Truman.
Try not to set anything else on fire while I file the report.
All right let's go.
Why didn't you tell him Jilian Morneau did it? Because there's no proof.
Dante said there are those who would try to take it from me.
Julian isn't the only one who knew I had the box.
There was Dr.
Ortese.
And a lawyer and everyone else who saw you carry it down here.
And dad.
[.]
Okay don't tell him I said that.
He is going to be disappointed enough when he sees me play basketball.
[beep.]
Snack time.
[.]
Dante said he trusted me above all others to keep it safe.
Henry you were set up.
I know; I am just trying to figure out by who.
Mm - vanilla bean with a hint of nutmeg.
Maybe, I just mix whatever comes in the box with water.
Oh, don't forget to cheer and do the tornado spin during halftime.
Uh-uh, players only.
Hurry the game has already started.
[.]
Henry? She's right; the game has already started.
I know and we're late.
Not the basketball game; Dante's game.
Dante loved puzzles and riddles.
He even said he left me a very puzzling message in his letter.
I need to figure out what his letter was trying to tell me.
And you think if you decipher the secret it will help you find out who stole the box.
First learn then protect it.
It's the only lead I have.
[.]
Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm Tornado's welcome to the Eagles for our annual pre-season tournament.
Go Tornados.
[.]
[cheering.]
[.]
Look at the Eagles soar.
That's another two points on the board.
[.]
[cheering.]
At least you have a lead.
It's not even the first quarter and we are getting crushed.
[.]
We are down by ten, there are only 20 seconds left and even the parents are leaving.
Why won't the coach put Jasper in.
Pecking order.
In the wild junior members of the tribe are forced to take a backseat while the ones with seniority take the lead.
[.]
[cheering.]
[.]
Ow, my ankle O'Herlihy is down.
Looks like his ankle.
Shooting foul, #54 Eagles.
Give it up for your team captain ladies and gentlemen.
[cheering.]
[.]
Get in there Bartlett, yeah come on.
All right Jasper! Number 13, Jasper Bartlett! Then there is the moment when the young male gets his chance to rise to the occasion earning his rightful place in the order.
[.]
Go Jasper! [cheering.]
[.]
[buzzer.]
[crowd reaction.]
Or not.
Game one goes to the Eagles.
Join us tomorrow for game two and a possible game three.
Go Tornados! Alright Jasper! Way to go guys! Have a muffin.
Here you go, good job.
Here take a muffin.
Good game.
Way to go Jasper! Take one.
[.]
One, two, three, Eagles.
OoohPoor Hunter! It's okay.
[.]
Does it hurt? You played a really good game.
[.]
Maybe Jasper can help us with the letter; his is more brain than brawn anyway.
Well Jasper really gives it all he's got doesn't he? A lesser man would have been too afraid of failure to take a shot like that.
Speaking of not being afraid, your uncle told me about your doom room heroics today.
Dante would have been really proud of you for keeping everything save down there.
I tried.
And Henry, let me know if you have any problems with Professor Morneau; he can be quite combustible when it comes to his father.
Encyclopedia; I haven't seen one of those since the pre-laptop era.
What can I say; I am just an old school kind of guy.
Well discovery awaits.
Felix, I didn't know you were such a hoops fan.
Don't know the first thing.
I just come to watch one of my interns.
What did he say? That professor Morneau is combustible.
Even Dr.
Ortese thinks he did it.
And what did Uncle Brian say? It's written right here on the cover.
World Look Encyclopedia Discovery awaits.
Dante said when I am open to discovery the answer will be left.
There is something here in Dante's handwriting.
P438.
There is no page 438! He said he trusted me above all others because I never leave anything incomplete.
Yeah, unlike me; one lousy shot and I couldn't even make that.
Some replacement I turned out to be.
Jasper, you bounced the ball, you shot it at the basket and you didn't trip.
You also just told me what the next clue means.
Okay, I am officially clueless.
When Dante said I never leave anything incomplete, he wasn't complimenting me; he was telling me what to do.
When Jasper called himself replacement I knew what Dante meant.
There is an encyclopedia out there missing its P and he wants me to replace it.
Well why are you so sure it's in his office? Dante respected books; he would never take one from anybody, especially part of a set.
Unless it was his set.
Wait, I thought we were going to Dante's office.
We are.
Oh no.
Oh no? We are going in the hard way.
Julian convinced the museum board to give him Dante's space.
We can't let anyone see us going in or her may find out.
You know this didn't exactly go so well for us the last time we tried it.
We solved Dante's murder.
In a very life endangering way.
So where do we go now? Up.
Oh man, I think I pulled a hamstring the last time we did this.
Embrace the thrill Jasper.
Don't worry about me, I got this.
You might need a little help.
That was easier than my thighs remembered.
That's because you are the kind of guy who gives it all he's got.
Oh no, my dad did not say that to you.
How did you know? Because I heard it at every little league game, every pop Warner Saturday.
Really gave it all you got Jas.
That's sweet; he was proud of you.
Clearly you don't speak parent.
That's code for my kid is the biggest dork on the field.
I think you are overreacting.
[beep.]
I think I am muscle building.
No more dork-dom - I am getting stronger every 42 minutes.
True power lies not within strength but in knowledge.
[.]
Let me guessBuddha? Not Buddha.
Actually an encyclopedia salesman Dante and I sat next to on an all-day bus ride to Mumbai.
Dante back ordered ten year's worth just to stop the guy from talking.
How do we even know the right set of encyclopedias is in here? Because in Dante's letter he said he trusted me, above all others.
Well that's you.
And those are the others.
[.]
The set isn't missing a book.
Wait, look at the year.
You are right; the set is from Is that another clue? A swap.
The P Dante left for me in the box is from 2003.
So what if you put the right P back where it belongs? Can we stop talking about P, I am nervous enough as it's.
Please don't be anything dead! Wow, you don't see that every day.
You okay professor? I was just trying to find the right key.
It's Julian; we're the ones who are dead.
Quick take it.
Close the bookshelf and let's go.
Hurry! Talk about important secrets; this stuff looks real.
These things could be worth a fortune.
Dante said the secret was dangerous, not priceless.
I think this armor is our next clue.
Yeah you are probably right.
I mean this sword looks hundreds of years old.
This is hundreds of years old - 500 to be exact.
See this; this is a Spanish coat of arms with initials and a date in Roman numerals PDL 1521.
Initials.
Hey what if that's what the P book is about? Henry already looked; there is no page 438 in the P book.
Wait! There was no page 438 in the first P book but what about the one I swapped it for? That's the same sword and shield we just found.
So who is the dude with the puffy pants holding them? One of the most famous conquistadors of all time.
PDL, Ponce de Leon.
I think we just closer to solving Dante's secret.
Goodbye Henry.
Ponce de Leon led an expedition to the new world.
In search for gold for the Spanish crown.
But that wasn't his real mission.
How do you know; that was not on the euro Quiz? Sometimes legends can tell you more than facts, especially when Dante tells them.
Let me see those pictures.
This is us on the island of Bimini.
Dante said that Ponce de Leon was sent there on a secret mission by the king of Spain himself to find something more valuable than gold; something that could change the course of the world.
[knock on door.]
Taquitos For dinner - you know, to eat.
Sure / Yeah / Yeah.
Ah, ten minutes.
And Maggie, I got rice and beans, only we are out of hot sauce.
Thanks Mr.
B, I'm good.
[doorbell.]
I'll get it; you guys finish your homework.
You know most teenagers hide normal stuff from their parents like, I don't know; detention slips, bad grade, junk food - not priceless conquistador armor.
We have to get this stuff out of here.
I really don't think we are going to be able to slip this past your dad before taquitos are done.
What was the secret mission? Ponce de Leon was on a quest to find something so valuable and illusive, something that men had killed and died over for thousands of years.
The fountain of youth.
They sell that on infomercials.
Yeah, it's supposed to keep your skin all dewy and wrinkle free or so I have heard.
But Ponce de Leon was after the real one; the one that gave you eternal life.
Oh come on! We have heard this story since we were kids.
It's not true; it can't be.
Nothing can make you live forever.
It's just a myth.
What if it's not? What if Dante's secret was immortality? Bartlett I need to see your nephew and your son! What's he doing here? The armor; we can't let him know we have it! Julian please! Henry, where is he? He went out.
To the store.
For hot sauce.
He knew I really wanted some.
Can someone tell me what is going on; he was just here? He, uh Julian if you can't tell me what you are looking for I am going to have to ask you to leave.
Yeah I already told you, he went out.
He just likes to use the window.
[.]
Does this have something to do with the box Henry received this morning? You will have to ask your nephew when he gets home.
Professor, since you are here maybe you could help us better understand the pelican skeletal structure.
We have a bio test tomorrow.
See the bone at the distal end of the Carpal metacarpals.
Does that have one phalanx or two? Because we have been at each other's throats for hours about that.
One phalanx.
And I believe this is yours? [.]
That was close! [.]
Jasper look out! I can't hold on any longer.
[grunts, effort.]
Thanks.
Julian would have heard me fall a mile away.
Not to mention the fact that you would have been impaled when he came back to find you.
I didn't know you could handle all that weight.
I know right; it's like one of those mothers who lifts cars to save their babies.
Forty-two minute man.
That was too close! Professor Morneau was not fooling around.
He must have stolen that box and read his father's letter and now he knows we are on the clue trail.
Okay guys, taquitos.
We can't let these out of our sight.
It was a great dinner; thanks dad.
As usual Uncle B.
Why don't you let us finish cleaning up and go relax? Great, I can catch the Nationals game.
Upstairs.
Because we were going to study down here.
But the big screen.
My father doesn't like me in boys' bedrooms after dark.
Oh, right, of course.
Well I will just throw in a load of laundry so you have a fresh I can take care of that.
You don't want to touch my uniform in its current condition.
Is there anything else you want me to wash? Who are you and what have you done with my son? [laughs.]
That's a good one.
You don't want to miss the opening pitch.
[.]
Okay, so what's the deal with the mini-me sword? It's a blade release mechanism on the handle.
So you are a macho Spanish conquistador in the middle of a life or death battle and you think that's going to do more for you than a three foot steel shaft? A sword can only win one battle at a time; what if this unlocks the secret to winning them all? It's a key? It's another puzzle.
Dante said once I had all the pieces I would have a clear picture.
Look right here, above the coat of arms.
I saw this before.
There's a narrow slit.
What if this fits in here? [mechanism unlocking sounds.]
[.]
It's the plan from Dante's box and if my basic understanding of the Peruvian dialect is correct 'Puquio Mozo' means fountain of youth.
Wait a minute.
So the fountain of youth isn't some kind of magical hot tub; it's a plant that gives you eternal life? I know the one person who can help us find out.
How about the head of the division of explorers, Dante's former partner.
Dr.
Ortese? He mentioned some kind of research that Julian didn't want him to have.
Maybe it was about this.
Okay, so Dr.
Ortese is our strategy play.
This is war.
The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy? We will go so Ortese before school tomorrow.
No wait, I got a morning game; it's the Eagles versus the Tornados.
We are going to suck them up and spit them out and I think the Okay, okay, after the game.
Okay, we are so going to see Ortese after the game.
Tornados! Yea [.]
Congratulations to our very own Tornados.
Join us for game three.
[cheering.]
That was like Christmas and my birthday and a perfect SAT score.
We blew the Eagles out of the sky.
We are one and one.
Did you see me score? I took air.
You are a regular glaucomys volans.
That better be something awesome.
It's a flying squirrel.
[cheering.]
Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos! [cross-talk.]
Yeah we're category five.
Huh? You know like a tornado.
Tornados are hot! Okay.
[cheering.]
Jasper you were like super-di-duper today! Super di duper? Who says that with a straight face? Every forty-two minutes.
[giggles.]
Oh, isn't she adorable? Your ankle seems to be better.
Yeah, better than new.
Oh coach was right; I feel like a god on this diet.
What you got in there Jasper; a body? Actually Actually what we have in that bag is the personal armor of the great conquistador Ponce de Leon, captain of the Spanish Armada, and royal servant of Ferdinand, King of Aragon.
But you guys know all that from the Euro quiz, right? What? Tor-na-dos Tor-na-dostor-na-dos! You are like the jock whisperer.
I speak cheerleader.
Big words really confuse them and reset their minds back to blank.
Speaking of blank I think Jasper is taking this jock thing way too far.
I liked him better a little wimpy.
Tor-no-dos, tor-na-dos Jasper, it's time to go.
No, no, but we won.
We never win, we neverbye guys bye.
[cheering.]
[.]
You are right; these things you found belong to Ponce de Leon himself and you discovered all this from the letter that Dante left you? Dante loved puzzles, secrets inside secrets.
He always said that real history was written in between the lines.
Quite an historical detective Henry.
How about his plant, is it really the fountain of youth? Dante and I were researching the Ponce de Leon legend for a book.
It led us to the remnants of a tribe of fierce warriors off the island of Bimini.
It was said that their success in battle was attributed to a mythical berry called the 'Puquio Mozo' The fountain of youth.
Yes, but not in the traditional sense.
It did not grant you eternal life; merely strength in battle.
Kind of like a super food or a supplement.
It gave these warriors strength over others so they couldn't be defeated, earning them the title of the immortals.
So they didn't really live forever.
Not in any magical way.
Dante theorized that it must have been some sort of organic stimulant.
Like a drug? Possible, but we could never find a plant to actually prove it.
But what if Dante did? There was a plant just like that in the box that was stolen from me; the same exact one that's on the shield.
[flying buzzing.]
This thing won't leave me alone! Jasper, quit it with the macho.
I hate flies, okay.
It is troubling.
I know; do you have any idea how many diseases they carry? I meant it's troubling that your plant has been stolen from you.
Oh, how dangerous is it? No one knows, but I am afraid of what might happen if the wrong man has it.
Or the wrong Morneau If it was Julian I can guess where he might have kept it.
So now that we have learned it's time to protect.
[.]
Why are we doing something this risky.
You said Julian Morneau just inherited this house; what if he catches us sneaking in? We're not sneaking into his house.
Well we're not exactly ringing the doorbell.
We're sneaking into his greenhouse.
[.]
Well, it's not breaking and entering if the door is already unlocked, right? Let's just find the plant and get out of here; this gives me the creeps, all this dead stuff.
I guess no one is taking of it since Dante died? What was that? What; did you see something outside? [.]
That's just Dante's tropical humidifying system.
He developed to simulate the exact temperature and moisture levels of the rain forest.
Now I could have sworn I saw something outside.
Just keep looking for the plant.
I just got a headache and I want to go.
Dr.
Ortese said to look thoroughly, it could be hidden.
Okay but this stuff is really starting to make me gag.
My head really hurts.
Oh wait [coughing, gasping.]
If the humidifier is working why is everything dead? [.]
This isn't water? It's poison.
[.]
Guys! [coughing.]
[.]
What happened in there; what was that stuff? [coughing.]
Pesticide.
We need to get it off of you.
No, we are good; we just need to breathe.
I wouldn't call you good, sneaking around my office, my property and now this! Could have been killed in there.
Isn't that what you wanted all along? Henry, he saved us.
What are you doing; setting up some kind of a booby trap for me, maybe one of your little games or secrets you kept with my father? Somebody locked us in there and turned on the poison.
Do you think we would have done that to ourselves? I don't trust anything about you Griffin.
You are here for something, just like you stole something from my father's office.
You are the one who stole the box from me in the doom rooms.
Somebody took what my father gave you? Oh don't pretend you don't know.
Dr.
Ortese told us everything.
You're involved with Felix Ortese; what did he tell you? Enough to know that I cannot trust you either, just like Dante couldn't.
Then you are a fool and you deserve what you get; all of you.
I will see this through, I am not about to let you die of pesticide poisoning - it's all over your skin.
[splash.]
That was just cruel and gratuitous.
You're the one who said he saved our lives.
And enjoyed every freezing minute of watching us squirm.
Do you know I found it invigorating.
You sure you're going to be okay to play basketball? I still have a headache.
I'm fine; I don't think I got as much pesticide as you guys did.
I am starving though.
It's only been 36 minutes.
We'll meet with Dr.
Ortese like we planned and then we'll see you at the game.
Oh shoot I'm late I gotta go, gotta kill, kill, kill, tor-na-dos.
Come on guystornadosokay Please tell me basketball season will be over soon.
I'll get you some more hot tea then we got to get back to the doom rooms.
We are late for Dr.
Ortese.
[.]
[buzzing fly.]
Close the door, the flies - don't let them out.
What are you.
.
? A swarm of killer flies! Killer flies? I think you are exaggerating.
I managed to catch these two.
Two flies? All this drama over two little flies? I told you! He's right; it's like the flies that attacked Jasper.
Oh, kind of cool and kind of gross at the same time.
That's one.
There were two.
Two? Look, I killed at least a dozen of them before I trapped those two for study.
There must be some insane domestic hybrid that stowed away in come crate or laid larvae in some unknown object.
Oh man, and we are supposed to be the front line of defense for when something like that happens? They could be poisonous for all we know.
I could be dying from some exotic incurable disease right now.
Or they could be perfectly normal house flies who just proved a very old legend was true.
[.]
What is that? A tribe of aggressive warrior flies compliments the 'Puquio Mozo' berry.
It must have fallen off the plant when it was stolen and the flies have been feeding on it ever since.
What plant; who stole it? Has Dr.
Ortese been here looking for us? I haven't seen him.
But Dr.
Ortese insisted that we come back and tell him what we found at Julian's house.
Why wouldn't he show up? Well either something happened to him he never expected us to come back.
You think he was the one who tried to kill us in the greenhouse? What kind of extracurricular are you guys signed up for? I know which one Ortese's intern is signed up for and I bet he's at the basketball game.
Wait a minute; don't leave me alone with that! [.]
You're good.
[.]
Ortese is here but I don't think he's seen us.
[.]
[cheering.]
Another basket for Great game huh? They never play like this.
Fouls every five seconds but we are up by 8 points; we might just win the tournament this year.
[.]
[cheering.]
Where's Jasper? Locker room, busted a lace before the game even started.
Here he comes now.
Go Jasper.
[.]
[cheering.]
Looks like Dr.
Ortese wasn't expecting Jasper to play.
Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos! Somebody's got something to hide.
[.]
Look Jasper's going in.
[.]
Not expecting to see us here? I'm late for an appointment.
Selling the 'Puquio Mozo' to the highest bidder? Julian didn't steal it from me, you did.
You don't understand.
[.]
[cheering.]
I trusted the wrong person.
You are the one Dante was warning me about.
It was Julian, not me.
Jasper, give it all you got! [.]
What? [commotion, yelling.]
What do you want huh? [.]
What is wrong with him? The water! It must be full of berry juice.
It is a drug.
And Dr.
Ortese is experimenting with it on the team.
Make sure nobody drinks anymore.
I have to stop him before he gets away with the plant.
[.]
Felix you are not making any sense.
You don't know what you are dealing with Julian.
I don't have it.
You took it; no one else knows how valuable that plant is.
Dante did.
That's why he did not want either one of you to have it.
Just tell me where it's and how much of it you put in the water.
Water; what are you talking about? I didn't do anything.
I stole the plant from you but then Julian took it from me.
He is the one you can't trust.
But you sent us into the greenhouse.
I needed to scare you off.
That poison would not have killed you; I just needed to buy some time and if Julian was to blame then maybe I had a chance of getting the plant back.
But now it's too late; he sold us both out.
If neither one of you has it then somebody else does and they are using it on the team.
It's one of the most powerful and addictive organic steroids ever discovered.
Who in their right mind would ever give it to a kid? In the wrong dose it could sent them into cardiac arrest.
Jasper.
He has already had too much of it.
Who else had access to the plant after you stole it from me? No one, it was locked securely in my office.
Well somebody got in; a janitor an assistant, an intern? Which one of your interns is on the team? [.]
My intern isn't on the team.
[.]
[commotion.]
Everybody calm down.
Please calm down.
I told them not to drink the water but I think it's too late.
Where is Shelly? Shelly, the cheerleader Shelly? She is Ortese's intern; we have to find her.
[.]
Over here, over here.
Listen carefully.
These kids have been given a potentially lethal organic steroid that could sent them into shock or worse.
We need a sedative to counteract their adrenalin, okay? You're going down Bartlett! We were killing them until you started that fight.
You started a fight, category one Category five.
Category one isn't even a thunderstorm.
Quit being so smart.
Quit being so dumb! [.]
Where is the plant Shelly? You stole it from Dr.
Ortese and juiced the team.
I don't know what you're talking Quit playing dumb; we know what you did.
Look at them.
Everybody calm down! They were the worst team in the league; they were never going to win without help.
Just tell me how much of the berry you put in the water? It's not in the water.
Forty-two minutes, I got to eat now.
No, I've got to eat.
No, I've got to eat.
Give me those weapons! I've got to eat! I've got to eat.
No don't eat them, they are full of steroids; they could kill you.
They can also make you girls think you are ugly and your dad think you are a dork.
You speak jock.
Yeah, also a little bit of insecure teenage boy and a little bit of sumo wrestler.
[.]
[struggle.]
I could lift a car off a baby! [.]
Or sleep like a baby.
I suppose you can tell me what this is all about? Shelly Wagner, captain of the cheer team.
She admitted to stealing the plant and Dr.
Ortese's notes about it in order to juice the team.
But she is so anti-smart.
She is a national merit scholar; scored over 2200 on her SATs.
She's a brainiac? Let me guess; AP bio, Spanish? [inaudible.]
on both; she was planning on majoring in sports medicine.
The cheerleader was a brilliant intern capable of following complex scientific notations in Spanish? Sometimes people aren't always what they seem.
Well rotten is rotten no matter how smart you are.
Henry, I can let you keep the letter but I am going to have to turn the plant in as evidence.
No, you can't.
Can't? Dante didn't trust anyone else with this.
Just one berry in the wrong hands can start an entire crop.
Would you be willing to accept that kind of responsibility? Keeping that plant is an enormous responsibility for someone your age Henry.
Respecting my father's wishes is of utmost importance to me.
I am more than happy to help him keep it safe.
Judging by the events of the last few days I would guess you'd welcome the assistance.
Well I think Dante would like knowing you two have finally agreed on something.
[.]
Shelly? Don't think we are going to be friends now just because you know I am smart.
Don't worry; I just wanted to know if you're not dumb, why would you pretend to be and why would you do that to the team? One dream; that's all I ever had.
A cheerleader at Notre Dame - I had the grades, I had the scores but I didn't have a national championship and I was never going to get one with this lame team.
I had to make them win or I was going to lose.
But that still doesn't explain why you pretended not to be smart.
Cute guys don't date smart girls.
No, dumb guys don't date smart girls.
And maybe you are not so smart after all.
I'm really, really strong.
I swear I am just really tired, you know or really hungry.
Give me that! No.
How about some real food tonight? Turkey legs and trout? With hot sauce.
Jasper? No.
Dad, don't say it.
Please, II heard those words at every game, every match - I never want to hear them again.
Well I am sorry; I am never going to stop saying them.
I am proud of you.
Huh? You gave it all you got and I am proud of you.
That's what that means? You could have saved me a lot of time if you just finished the sentence [snoring.]
I knew what you meant.
See you at home Uncle B.
See you.
[snoring.]
How did you get down here? I have an office in the museum now, remember? Your boss is intimidated by authority.
Well Dante taught me that when faced with an intimidating obstacle it's better to collect your thoughts and your fears.
Although my father may have shared many things with you, I was still his only son.
Why didn't you talk to him for so many years? Some secrets are still my own.
So about the plants; as you admitted to your uncle, it's too big a responsibility for you.
You're right.
So you will let me take it for safekeeping? Actually I had another idea.
I read the rest of Dante's letter; he said that if the secret of the fountain of youth was ever revealed the temptation would be too great for others and they would try to abuse it.
And by others you thought he meant me; that I'd betray him? Now you know that isn't true.
I am not really sure what I have learned about you Julian.
But Dante trusted me to protect this; not you and I know that you wanted to make sure that we respected his wishes.
You just made a big mistake Henry.
That plant could have been an enormous scientific discovery.
My father would have wanted it studied, not destroyed.
It's too late now.
It's gone, forever.
Science will get this Dante - when the right people are ready for it.
Jasper had to stop for candy.
It's protein.
These bars are the key to my new bulk up diet.
I eat one of those every forty-two minutes and follow an extreme crunch and curl routine, coach says that I will be a Varsity basketball god.
Or a sick to your stomach.
Protein comes from real food.
Like turkey legs or trout.
Definitely not rocky road s'mores.
Yes, but turkey legs and trout do not come in a convenient pre-packaged 12 pack.
Okay, every forty-two minutes starting now.
I suppose you making the team means we have to go to the games? Starting with our annual pre-season tournament against the Eagles.
It's a huge cross-town rivalry - it's the best out of three.
You guys are now officially in the posse of the jock.
Actually - that's a jock.
With quite a posse and that's still a candy bar.
Come on guys, this is the last school sport I got a chance with.
I've already at failed at football and baseball and soccer.
Then there was that ridiculous attempt at curling.
I thought you were very good with that brush.
I didn't know being an athlete was so important to you.
Does this body look like it wants to be a jock? It's my dad, I mean he's always wanted to be one of those parents cheering from the sidelines and crying at the Olympics.
I mean really how does it look for the dean's son to be so completely inept at school sports? The whole school is inept at school sports; the Tornado's haven't even had a winning season.
Well that's good right; if the team is so bad then Jasper won't stand out so much.
Oh I'll stand out because I will own the court.
My new 42-minute diet is going to guarantee my success.
Oh hey Henry, I am going to need to borrow you for a couple of hours this morning - off campus meeting.
But I have a Euro quiz.
Well I will arrange for you to make it up tomorrow.
It's important.
Can I be needed in the meeting too? Just him, but I will see you at the first tournament game.
Go Tornados.
Dean Bartlett, boys, I presume you won't be late.
I would like to get this over with as soon as possible.
Nice breakfast Jasper.
We will see you there Julian.
Come on, I'll explain in the car.
Wait, why are you and professor darkness going to an off campus meeting together? Guess I am about to find out.
Good luck with the quiz.
Good luck with him.
Chewy.
Nutty.
[.]
We are here for the reading of the last will and testament of Dr.
Dante Morneau.
This is a family matter; I don't see how that concerns anyone but me.
As beneficiaries Dr.
Ortese and Mr.
Griffin are legally permitted to be here.
But I am the sole heir of my father's estate.
Yes Julian, he left you everything he owned; his home and all its contents, all financial accounts, all motor vehicles including the tug boat kept moored in the Aleutians and the flatbed truck in Panama.
Fine, sell them both.
What? I spent a month on that tug boat with Dante.
I never set foot on it.
Dr.
Ortese, as partners with Dante Morneau you published several research papers together.
All proceeds from these works are now solely yours.
And we were also working on a book several years ago together.
A book that was never published, so I believe that all of my father's notes on it are property of the estate which is now mine.
Are we done? I believe Henry was included in the will.
Yes, I was asked to collect some items for him with instructions.
To my godson Henry Griffin.
We have shared many adventures together and I hope to spend the rest of our lives sharing more, but upon my untimely death I will entrust with some things of mine that I know you will take care of.
Keep them private; they are between you and me Henry, no one else.
I am eternally proud to be your godfather.
That's all he said? Not enough paternal outpouring for you? I meant there were no other instructions? That's all that's here in the will.
Why am I not surprised; my father is dead and he is still keeping secrets with you.
It's probably just his booty.
I beg your pardon? It's what I used to call the souvenirs he brought back from his trips; you know, like pirate booty.
No, I don't know.
My dearest Henry: If you are reading this it means I am no longer with you and that you are now the keeper of my most important secret, something dangerous that must never fall into the wrong hands and there are those who will want to take it from you.
I cannot even take the chance of explaining what it truly is in this letter lest anyone else get a hold of it.
So follow my words carefully.
First learn, then protect.
I know this is puzzling but when you are open to discovery the answer will be left.
I trust you above all others because you never leave anything incomplete.
[alarm.]
A plant? Someone almost burned down the doom rooms to steal shrubbery.
Dante's letter is what was important.
I didn't even finish reading it.
What else was in the box? Knowing Dante there could have been a false bottom or maybe something important woven in the rattan sides - a message in the design of theI do not know.
All that was left was this.
Hm, P2003, that's random.
Henry, this wasn't your fault.
Look at all the stuff you saved in the warehouse.
But I lost the one thing that was important.
You didn't lose it - someone stole it from you.
Someone who knew I would never let Dante's box out of my sight, unless they literally set fire to me.
And tampered with the extinguisher and added oil to that bucket of water.
Professor darkness.
You really think Julian Morneau would go this far? Julian has always been jealous of you because Dante treated you more like a son than him.
And plus you did say he gave you the stink eye when dad handed you that box yesterday.
Stink eye? You know Looked like a meer cat about to be eaten by a hyena.
Henry you have to tell them who did this; that it wasn't an accident An accidental fire, I know - we have been inspecting the damage.
Someone was using open flames and disposed of let's say a lemon verbena peace candle they might have used for mediation, into the trash can and nearly burned down thousands of years of uncatalogued history.
I know; it was my fault.
I can't believe I did something so stupid.
I can't believe you did something so brave.
Most people would have just run.
But not Henry Griffin; he reached right into those flames and prevented a national catastrophe.
He could get some sort of presidential medal for this.
Whoa, whoa, okay.
Let's just call it an unfortunate intern incident and leave it at that.
I'm good with that.
Whoever thought it was a good idea to connect a high school to a museum anyway? I believe it was president Truman.
Try not to set anything else on fire while I file the report.
All right let's go.
Why didn't you tell him Jilian Morneau did it? Because there's no proof.
Dante said there are those who would try to take it from me.
Julian isn't the only one who knew I had the box.
There was Dr.
Ortese.
And a lawyer and everyone else who saw you carry it down here.
And dad.
[.]
Okay don't tell him I said that.
He is going to be disappointed enough when he sees me play basketball.
[beep.]
Snack time.
[.]
Dante said he trusted me above all others to keep it safe.
Henry you were set up.
I know; I am just trying to figure out by who.
Mm - vanilla bean with a hint of nutmeg.
Maybe, I just mix whatever comes in the box with water.
Oh, don't forget to cheer and do the tornado spin during halftime.
Uh-uh, players only.
Hurry the game has already started.
[.]
Henry? She's right; the game has already started.
I know and we're late.
Not the basketball game; Dante's game.
Dante loved puzzles and riddles.
He even said he left me a very puzzling message in his letter.
I need to figure out what his letter was trying to tell me.
And you think if you decipher the secret it will help you find out who stole the box.
First learn then protect it.
It's the only lead I have.
[.]
Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a warm Tornado's welcome to the Eagles for our annual pre-season tournament.
Go Tornados.
[.]
[cheering.]
[.]
Look at the Eagles soar.
That's another two points on the board.
[.]
[cheering.]
At least you have a lead.
It's not even the first quarter and we are getting crushed.
[.]
We are down by ten, there are only 20 seconds left and even the parents are leaving.
Why won't the coach put Jasper in.
Pecking order.
In the wild junior members of the tribe are forced to take a backseat while the ones with seniority take the lead.
[.]
[cheering.]
[.]
Ow, my ankle O'Herlihy is down.
Looks like his ankle.
Shooting foul, #54 Eagles.
Give it up for your team captain ladies and gentlemen.
[cheering.]
[.]
Get in there Bartlett, yeah come on.
All right Jasper! Number 13, Jasper Bartlett! Then there is the moment when the young male gets his chance to rise to the occasion earning his rightful place in the order.
[.]
Go Jasper! [cheering.]
[.]
[buzzer.]
[crowd reaction.]
Or not.
Game one goes to the Eagles.
Join us tomorrow for game two and a possible game three.
Go Tornados! Alright Jasper! Way to go guys! Have a muffin.
Here you go, good job.
Here take a muffin.
Good game.
Way to go Jasper! Take one.
[.]
One, two, three, Eagles.
OoohPoor Hunter! It's okay.
[.]
Does it hurt? You played a really good game.
[.]
Maybe Jasper can help us with the letter; his is more brain than brawn anyway.
Well Jasper really gives it all he's got doesn't he? A lesser man would have been too afraid of failure to take a shot like that.
Speaking of not being afraid, your uncle told me about your doom room heroics today.
Dante would have been really proud of you for keeping everything save down there.
I tried.
And Henry, let me know if you have any problems with Professor Morneau; he can be quite combustible when it comes to his father.
Encyclopedia; I haven't seen one of those since the pre-laptop era.
What can I say; I am just an old school kind of guy.
Well discovery awaits.
Felix, I didn't know you were such a hoops fan.
Don't know the first thing.
I just come to watch one of my interns.
What did he say? That professor Morneau is combustible.
Even Dr.
Ortese thinks he did it.
And what did Uncle Brian say? It's written right here on the cover.
World Look Encyclopedia Discovery awaits.
Dante said when I am open to discovery the answer will be left.
There is something here in Dante's handwriting.
P438.
There is no page 438! He said he trusted me above all others because I never leave anything incomplete.
Yeah, unlike me; one lousy shot and I couldn't even make that.
Some replacement I turned out to be.
Jasper, you bounced the ball, you shot it at the basket and you didn't trip.
You also just told me what the next clue means.
Okay, I am officially clueless.
When Dante said I never leave anything incomplete, he wasn't complimenting me; he was telling me what to do.
When Jasper called himself replacement I knew what Dante meant.
There is an encyclopedia out there missing its P and he wants me to replace it.
Well why are you so sure it's in his office? Dante respected books; he would never take one from anybody, especially part of a set.
Unless it was his set.
Wait, I thought we were going to Dante's office.
We are.
Oh no.
Oh no? We are going in the hard way.
Julian convinced the museum board to give him Dante's space.
We can't let anyone see us going in or her may find out.
You know this didn't exactly go so well for us the last time we tried it.
We solved Dante's murder.
In a very life endangering way.
So where do we go now? Up.
Oh man, I think I pulled a hamstring the last time we did this.
Embrace the thrill Jasper.
Don't worry about me, I got this.
You might need a little help.
That was easier than my thighs remembered.
That's because you are the kind of guy who gives it all he's got.
Oh no, my dad did not say that to you.
How did you know? Because I heard it at every little league game, every pop Warner Saturday.
Really gave it all you got Jas.
That's sweet; he was proud of you.
Clearly you don't speak parent.
That's code for my kid is the biggest dork on the field.
I think you are overreacting.
[beep.]
I think I am muscle building.
No more dork-dom - I am getting stronger every 42 minutes.
True power lies not within strength but in knowledge.
[.]
Let me guessBuddha? Not Buddha.
Actually an encyclopedia salesman Dante and I sat next to on an all-day bus ride to Mumbai.
Dante back ordered ten year's worth just to stop the guy from talking.
How do we even know the right set of encyclopedias is in here? Because in Dante's letter he said he trusted me, above all others.
Well that's you.
And those are the others.
[.]
The set isn't missing a book.
Wait, look at the year.
You are right; the set is from Is that another clue? A swap.
The P Dante left for me in the box is from 2003.
So what if you put the right P back where it belongs? Can we stop talking about P, I am nervous enough as it's.
Please don't be anything dead! Wow, you don't see that every day.
You okay professor? I was just trying to find the right key.
It's Julian; we're the ones who are dead.
Quick take it.
Close the bookshelf and let's go.
Hurry! Talk about important secrets; this stuff looks real.
These things could be worth a fortune.
Dante said the secret was dangerous, not priceless.
I think this armor is our next clue.
Yeah you are probably right.
I mean this sword looks hundreds of years old.
This is hundreds of years old - 500 to be exact.
See this; this is a Spanish coat of arms with initials and a date in Roman numerals PDL 1521.
Initials.
Hey what if that's what the P book is about? Henry already looked; there is no page 438 in the P book.
Wait! There was no page 438 in the first P book but what about the one I swapped it for? That's the same sword and shield we just found.
So who is the dude with the puffy pants holding them? One of the most famous conquistadors of all time.
PDL, Ponce de Leon.
I think we just closer to solving Dante's secret.
Goodbye Henry.
Ponce de Leon led an expedition to the new world.
In search for gold for the Spanish crown.
But that wasn't his real mission.
How do you know; that was not on the euro Quiz? Sometimes legends can tell you more than facts, especially when Dante tells them.
Let me see those pictures.
This is us on the island of Bimini.
Dante said that Ponce de Leon was sent there on a secret mission by the king of Spain himself to find something more valuable than gold; something that could change the course of the world.
[knock on door.]
Taquitos For dinner - you know, to eat.
Sure / Yeah / Yeah.
Ah, ten minutes.
And Maggie, I got rice and beans, only we are out of hot sauce.
Thanks Mr.
B, I'm good.
[doorbell.]
I'll get it; you guys finish your homework.
You know most teenagers hide normal stuff from their parents like, I don't know; detention slips, bad grade, junk food - not priceless conquistador armor.
We have to get this stuff out of here.
I really don't think we are going to be able to slip this past your dad before taquitos are done.
What was the secret mission? Ponce de Leon was on a quest to find something so valuable and illusive, something that men had killed and died over for thousands of years.
The fountain of youth.
They sell that on infomercials.
Yeah, it's supposed to keep your skin all dewy and wrinkle free or so I have heard.
But Ponce de Leon was after the real one; the one that gave you eternal life.
Oh come on! We have heard this story since we were kids.
It's not true; it can't be.
Nothing can make you live forever.
It's just a myth.
What if it's not? What if Dante's secret was immortality? Bartlett I need to see your nephew and your son! What's he doing here? The armor; we can't let him know we have it! Julian please! Henry, where is he? He went out.
To the store.
For hot sauce.
He knew I really wanted some.
Can someone tell me what is going on; he was just here? He, uh Julian if you can't tell me what you are looking for I am going to have to ask you to leave.
Yeah I already told you, he went out.
He just likes to use the window.
[.]
Does this have something to do with the box Henry received this morning? You will have to ask your nephew when he gets home.
Professor, since you are here maybe you could help us better understand the pelican skeletal structure.
We have a bio test tomorrow.
See the bone at the distal end of the Carpal metacarpals.
Does that have one phalanx or two? Because we have been at each other's throats for hours about that.
One phalanx.
And I believe this is yours? [.]
That was close! [.]
Jasper look out! I can't hold on any longer.
[grunts, effort.]
Thanks.
Julian would have heard me fall a mile away.
Not to mention the fact that you would have been impaled when he came back to find you.
I didn't know you could handle all that weight.
I know right; it's like one of those mothers who lifts cars to save their babies.
Forty-two minute man.
That was too close! Professor Morneau was not fooling around.
He must have stolen that box and read his father's letter and now he knows we are on the clue trail.
Okay guys, taquitos.
We can't let these out of our sight.
It was a great dinner; thanks dad.
As usual Uncle B.
Why don't you let us finish cleaning up and go relax? Great, I can catch the Nationals game.
Upstairs.
Because we were going to study down here.
But the big screen.
My father doesn't like me in boys' bedrooms after dark.
Oh, right, of course.
Well I will just throw in a load of laundry so you have a fresh I can take care of that.
You don't want to touch my uniform in its current condition.
Is there anything else you want me to wash? Who are you and what have you done with my son? [laughs.]
That's a good one.
You don't want to miss the opening pitch.
[.]
Okay, so what's the deal with the mini-me sword? It's a blade release mechanism on the handle.
So you are a macho Spanish conquistador in the middle of a life or death battle and you think that's going to do more for you than a three foot steel shaft? A sword can only win one battle at a time; what if this unlocks the secret to winning them all? It's a key? It's another puzzle.
Dante said once I had all the pieces I would have a clear picture.
Look right here, above the coat of arms.
I saw this before.
There's a narrow slit.
What if this fits in here? [mechanism unlocking sounds.]
[.]
It's the plan from Dante's box and if my basic understanding of the Peruvian dialect is correct 'Puquio Mozo' means fountain of youth.
Wait a minute.
So the fountain of youth isn't some kind of magical hot tub; it's a plant that gives you eternal life? I know the one person who can help us find out.
How about the head of the division of explorers, Dante's former partner.
Dr.
Ortese? He mentioned some kind of research that Julian didn't want him to have.
Maybe it was about this.
Okay, so Dr.
Ortese is our strategy play.
This is war.
The enemy of my enemy is my frenemy? We will go so Ortese before school tomorrow.
No wait, I got a morning game; it's the Eagles versus the Tornados.
We are going to suck them up and spit them out and I think the Okay, okay, after the game.
Okay, we are so going to see Ortese after the game.
Tornados! Yea [.]
Congratulations to our very own Tornados.
Join us for game three.
[cheering.]
That was like Christmas and my birthday and a perfect SAT score.
We blew the Eagles out of the sky.
We are one and one.
Did you see me score? I took air.
You are a regular glaucomys volans.
That better be something awesome.
It's a flying squirrel.
[cheering.]
Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos! [cross-talk.]
Yeah we're category five.
Huh? You know like a tornado.
Tornados are hot! Okay.
[cheering.]
Jasper you were like super-di-duper today! Super di duper? Who says that with a straight face? Every forty-two minutes.
[giggles.]
Oh, isn't she adorable? Your ankle seems to be better.
Yeah, better than new.
Oh coach was right; I feel like a god on this diet.
What you got in there Jasper; a body? Actually Actually what we have in that bag is the personal armor of the great conquistador Ponce de Leon, captain of the Spanish Armada, and royal servant of Ferdinand, King of Aragon.
But you guys know all that from the Euro quiz, right? What? Tor-na-dos Tor-na-dostor-na-dos! You are like the jock whisperer.
I speak cheerleader.
Big words really confuse them and reset their minds back to blank.
Speaking of blank I think Jasper is taking this jock thing way too far.
I liked him better a little wimpy.
Tor-no-dos, tor-na-dos Jasper, it's time to go.
No, no, but we won.
We never win, we neverbye guys bye.
[cheering.]
[.]
You are right; these things you found belong to Ponce de Leon himself and you discovered all this from the letter that Dante left you? Dante loved puzzles, secrets inside secrets.
He always said that real history was written in between the lines.
Quite an historical detective Henry.
How about his plant, is it really the fountain of youth? Dante and I were researching the Ponce de Leon legend for a book.
It led us to the remnants of a tribe of fierce warriors off the island of Bimini.
It was said that their success in battle was attributed to a mythical berry called the 'Puquio Mozo' The fountain of youth.
Yes, but not in the traditional sense.
It did not grant you eternal life; merely strength in battle.
Kind of like a super food or a supplement.
It gave these warriors strength over others so they couldn't be defeated, earning them the title of the immortals.
So they didn't really live forever.
Not in any magical way.
Dante theorized that it must have been some sort of organic stimulant.
Like a drug? Possible, but we could never find a plant to actually prove it.
But what if Dante did? There was a plant just like that in the box that was stolen from me; the same exact one that's on the shield.
[flying buzzing.]
This thing won't leave me alone! Jasper, quit it with the macho.
I hate flies, okay.
It is troubling.
I know; do you have any idea how many diseases they carry? I meant it's troubling that your plant has been stolen from you.
Oh, how dangerous is it? No one knows, but I am afraid of what might happen if the wrong man has it.
Or the wrong Morneau If it was Julian I can guess where he might have kept it.
So now that we have learned it's time to protect.
[.]
Why are we doing something this risky.
You said Julian Morneau just inherited this house; what if he catches us sneaking in? We're not sneaking into his house.
Well we're not exactly ringing the doorbell.
We're sneaking into his greenhouse.
[.]
Well, it's not breaking and entering if the door is already unlocked, right? Let's just find the plant and get out of here; this gives me the creeps, all this dead stuff.
I guess no one is taking of it since Dante died? What was that? What; did you see something outside? [.]
That's just Dante's tropical humidifying system.
He developed to simulate the exact temperature and moisture levels of the rain forest.
Now I could have sworn I saw something outside.
Just keep looking for the plant.
I just got a headache and I want to go.
Dr.
Ortese said to look thoroughly, it could be hidden.
Okay but this stuff is really starting to make me gag.
My head really hurts.
Oh wait [coughing, gasping.]
If the humidifier is working why is everything dead? [.]
This isn't water? It's poison.
[.]
Guys! [coughing.]
[.]
What happened in there; what was that stuff? [coughing.]
Pesticide.
We need to get it off of you.
No, we are good; we just need to breathe.
I wouldn't call you good, sneaking around my office, my property and now this! Could have been killed in there.
Isn't that what you wanted all along? Henry, he saved us.
What are you doing; setting up some kind of a booby trap for me, maybe one of your little games or secrets you kept with my father? Somebody locked us in there and turned on the poison.
Do you think we would have done that to ourselves? I don't trust anything about you Griffin.
You are here for something, just like you stole something from my father's office.
You are the one who stole the box from me in the doom rooms.
Somebody took what my father gave you? Oh don't pretend you don't know.
Dr.
Ortese told us everything.
You're involved with Felix Ortese; what did he tell you? Enough to know that I cannot trust you either, just like Dante couldn't.
Then you are a fool and you deserve what you get; all of you.
I will see this through, I am not about to let you die of pesticide poisoning - it's all over your skin.
[splash.]
That was just cruel and gratuitous.
You're the one who said he saved our lives.
And enjoyed every freezing minute of watching us squirm.
Do you know I found it invigorating.
You sure you're going to be okay to play basketball? I still have a headache.
I'm fine; I don't think I got as much pesticide as you guys did.
I am starving though.
It's only been 36 minutes.
We'll meet with Dr.
Ortese like we planned and then we'll see you at the game.
Oh shoot I'm late I gotta go, gotta kill, kill, kill, tor-na-dos.
Come on guystornadosokay Please tell me basketball season will be over soon.
I'll get you some more hot tea then we got to get back to the doom rooms.
We are late for Dr.
Ortese.
[.]
[buzzing fly.]
Close the door, the flies - don't let them out.
What are you.
.
? A swarm of killer flies! Killer flies? I think you are exaggerating.
I managed to catch these two.
Two flies? All this drama over two little flies? I told you! He's right; it's like the flies that attacked Jasper.
Oh, kind of cool and kind of gross at the same time.
That's one.
There were two.
Two? Look, I killed at least a dozen of them before I trapped those two for study.
There must be some insane domestic hybrid that stowed away in come crate or laid larvae in some unknown object.
Oh man, and we are supposed to be the front line of defense for when something like that happens? They could be poisonous for all we know.
I could be dying from some exotic incurable disease right now.
Or they could be perfectly normal house flies who just proved a very old legend was true.
[.]
What is that? A tribe of aggressive warrior flies compliments the 'Puquio Mozo' berry.
It must have fallen off the plant when it was stolen and the flies have been feeding on it ever since.
What plant; who stole it? Has Dr.
Ortese been here looking for us? I haven't seen him.
But Dr.
Ortese insisted that we come back and tell him what we found at Julian's house.
Why wouldn't he show up? Well either something happened to him he never expected us to come back.
You think he was the one who tried to kill us in the greenhouse? What kind of extracurricular are you guys signed up for? I know which one Ortese's intern is signed up for and I bet he's at the basketball game.
Wait a minute; don't leave me alone with that! [.]
You're good.
[.]
Ortese is here but I don't think he's seen us.
[.]
[cheering.]
Another basket for Great game huh? They never play like this.
Fouls every five seconds but we are up by 8 points; we might just win the tournament this year.
[.]
[cheering.]
Where's Jasper? Locker room, busted a lace before the game even started.
Here he comes now.
Go Jasper.
[.]
[cheering.]
Looks like Dr.
Ortese wasn't expecting Jasper to play.
Tor-na-dos, Tor-na-dos! Somebody's got something to hide.
[.]
Look Jasper's going in.
[.]
Not expecting to see us here? I'm late for an appointment.
Selling the 'Puquio Mozo' to the highest bidder? Julian didn't steal it from me, you did.
You don't understand.
[.]
[cheering.]
I trusted the wrong person.
You are the one Dante was warning me about.
It was Julian, not me.
Jasper, give it all you got! [.]
What? [commotion, yelling.]
What do you want huh? [.]
What is wrong with him? The water! It must be full of berry juice.
It is a drug.
And Dr.
Ortese is experimenting with it on the team.
Make sure nobody drinks anymore.
I have to stop him before he gets away with the plant.
[.]
Felix you are not making any sense.
You don't know what you are dealing with Julian.
I don't have it.
You took it; no one else knows how valuable that plant is.
Dante did.
That's why he did not want either one of you to have it.
Just tell me where it's and how much of it you put in the water.
Water; what are you talking about? I didn't do anything.
I stole the plant from you but then Julian took it from me.
He is the one you can't trust.
But you sent us into the greenhouse.
I needed to scare you off.
That poison would not have killed you; I just needed to buy some time and if Julian was to blame then maybe I had a chance of getting the plant back.
But now it's too late; he sold us both out.
If neither one of you has it then somebody else does and they are using it on the team.
It's one of the most powerful and addictive organic steroids ever discovered.
Who in their right mind would ever give it to a kid? In the wrong dose it could sent them into cardiac arrest.
Jasper.
He has already had too much of it.
Who else had access to the plant after you stole it from me? No one, it was locked securely in my office.
Well somebody got in; a janitor an assistant, an intern? Which one of your interns is on the team? [.]
My intern isn't on the team.
[.]
[commotion.]
Everybody calm down.
Please calm down.
I told them not to drink the water but I think it's too late.
Where is Shelly? Shelly, the cheerleader Shelly? She is Ortese's intern; we have to find her.
[.]
Over here, over here.
Listen carefully.
These kids have been given a potentially lethal organic steroid that could sent them into shock or worse.
We need a sedative to counteract their adrenalin, okay? You're going down Bartlett! We were killing them until you started that fight.
You started a fight, category one Category five.
Category one isn't even a thunderstorm.
Quit being so smart.
Quit being so dumb! [.]
Where is the plant Shelly? You stole it from Dr.
Ortese and juiced the team.
I don't know what you're talking Quit playing dumb; we know what you did.
Look at them.
Everybody calm down! They were the worst team in the league; they were never going to win without help.
Just tell me how much of the berry you put in the water? It's not in the water.
Forty-two minutes, I got to eat now.
No, I've got to eat.
No, I've got to eat.
Give me those weapons! I've got to eat! I've got to eat.
No don't eat them, they are full of steroids; they could kill you.
They can also make you girls think you are ugly and your dad think you are a dork.
You speak jock.
Yeah, also a little bit of insecure teenage boy and a little bit of sumo wrestler.
[.]
[struggle.]
I could lift a car off a baby! [.]
Or sleep like a baby.
I suppose you can tell me what this is all about? Shelly Wagner, captain of the cheer team.
She admitted to stealing the plant and Dr.
Ortese's notes about it in order to juice the team.
But she is so anti-smart.
She is a national merit scholar; scored over 2200 on her SATs.
She's a brainiac? Let me guess; AP bio, Spanish? [inaudible.]
on both; she was planning on majoring in sports medicine.
The cheerleader was a brilliant intern capable of following complex scientific notations in Spanish? Sometimes people aren't always what they seem.
Well rotten is rotten no matter how smart you are.
Henry, I can let you keep the letter but I am going to have to turn the plant in as evidence.
No, you can't.
Can't? Dante didn't trust anyone else with this.
Just one berry in the wrong hands can start an entire crop.
Would you be willing to accept that kind of responsibility? Keeping that plant is an enormous responsibility for someone your age Henry.
Respecting my father's wishes is of utmost importance to me.
I am more than happy to help him keep it safe.
Judging by the events of the last few days I would guess you'd welcome the assistance.
Well I think Dante would like knowing you two have finally agreed on something.
[.]
Shelly? Don't think we are going to be friends now just because you know I am smart.
Don't worry; I just wanted to know if you're not dumb, why would you pretend to be and why would you do that to the team? One dream; that's all I ever had.
A cheerleader at Notre Dame - I had the grades, I had the scores but I didn't have a national championship and I was never going to get one with this lame team.
I had to make them win or I was going to lose.
But that still doesn't explain why you pretended not to be smart.
Cute guys don't date smart girls.
No, dumb guys don't date smart girls.
And maybe you are not so smart after all.
I'm really, really strong.
I swear I am just really tired, you know or really hungry.
Give me that! No.
How about some real food tonight? Turkey legs and trout? With hot sauce.
Jasper? No.
Dad, don't say it.
Please, II heard those words at every game, every match - I never want to hear them again.
Well I am sorry; I am never going to stop saying them.
I am proud of you.
Huh? You gave it all you got and I am proud of you.
That's what that means? You could have saved me a lot of time if you just finished the sentence [snoring.]
I knew what you meant.
See you at home Uncle B.
See you.
[snoring.]
How did you get down here? I have an office in the museum now, remember? Your boss is intimidated by authority.
Well Dante taught me that when faced with an intimidating obstacle it's better to collect your thoughts and your fears.
Although my father may have shared many things with you, I was still his only son.
Why didn't you talk to him for so many years? Some secrets are still my own.
So about the plants; as you admitted to your uncle, it's too big a responsibility for you.
You're right.
So you will let me take it for safekeeping? Actually I had another idea.
I read the rest of Dante's letter; he said that if the secret of the fountain of youth was ever revealed the temptation would be too great for others and they would try to abuse it.
And by others you thought he meant me; that I'd betray him? Now you know that isn't true.
I am not really sure what I have learned about you Julian.
But Dante trusted me to protect this; not you and I know that you wanted to make sure that we respected his wishes.
You just made a big mistake Henry.
That plant could have been an enormous scientific discovery.
My father would have wanted it studied, not destroyed.
It's too late now.
It's gone, forever.
Science will get this Dante - when the right people are ready for it.