Relic Hunter s03e13 Episode Script
Fire in the Sky
Relic Hunter [chanting.]
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(syd:)somewhere in the early 15th century, Something cataclysmic happened To the mondagan indians.
Overnight, their traditional clan symbols The wolf, the bear, And the eagle Vanished To be replaced by what? It's coldly modern, Geometric, Antiseptic And at complete odds With their naturalistic environment.
Why? What influence arrived To make the mondagas change? We know it wasn't the european expansion.
This sketch attributed To a 15th century missionary Is our only clue.
Unfortunately, When the missionaries arrived to "remake" the new world, Their influence was to burn mondaga totems And destroy sacred sites.
As a result, one of ancient studie'' Greatest mysteries remains unsolved.
So if anyone wants to bring In a mondagan totem, I'll give you a hundred On this year's midterm.
See you next week.
(bobby:)professor fox? You look familiar.
Do I know you? Then if this can wait, I've got another class in Cancel it.
Where did you get this? A geologist surveying In the okanagan mountains discovered it.
That's mondaga country.
I had it carbon-dated By two independent labs And they both place it in The early 15th century.
Why would you have it carbon-dated? My geologist didn't know what she had.
I do.
I brought it for you.
What did you say your name was? Bobby green, White star aviation.
That make you a lot of money? Tons.
Well, it's been nice meeting you, bobby, But like I said, I'm a little late.
What was that all about? You're a private collector, right? I dabble in it But not the way you mean.
Look, I don't believe a people's History belongs to any man, No matter how much That man is willing to pay.
I didn't come here to hire you.
Whatever you find I intend To return to my people.
That unprivate enough? If you're the kind of man That means what he says.
Aren't you late for a class? There aren't many of us left Who actually care about The history of the mondaga.
But I have a grandfather That I promised I wouldn't just Let it fade away.
Okay.
You got yourself a relic hunter.
I'm not here for my health.
Green's on the move.
East coast university.
No intercepts.
Look inside his head if you have to.
I want to know who He's seeing there and why.
Have you heard of the legend Of the fire in the sky? I can't say I have.
It says the mondaga were witness To a spectacular event Where a ball of fire fell from the sky And landed on earth.
A meteor.
So after this event, They refashioned their mythology And rebuilt their totems to face skyward.
We sometimes call that cargo culture.
As my grandfather tells it, They also built a sanctuary Where the fire in the sky landed.
Church archives of the time Speculated that the mondaga Built a secret sanctuary, Upon the arrival of the black robes, To house their most Sacred religious icons.
That would include an original Mondaga totem.
That would be an incredible find.
You could start the search Where they found the symbol.
In a few weeks.
Nigel and I are leaving For egypt later today.
Did I overhear you say "leaving"? I just got off the phone With ahmad bekar in cairo.
The permits have been delayed.
He asked us to wait a while.
Hillhurst.
Yes, sir? Have we got a problem? Uncertain.
We're tracking green via cell phone.
He just left trinity university.
Who'd he speak to? We're checking on that.
At the moment, he's on his way To the airport where His private jet is standing by.
Has he filed a flight plan? Not yet.
Flew in this morning From salt lake city Where he had a piece of wood Carbon-dated.
What's that all about? We're not sure.
There seems to be a lot You're not sure about.
Bobby green is a loose canon.
He's a real security threat.
I know that.
He worries me.
The man's rich.
He has unlimited resources.
What scares me most: He's got a cause.
Yes but You understand this: Nia was created to ensure That the secret is kept.
And it's not going to be Exposed on my watch.
Understood, sir.
Maybe we should just pick him up now.
I think there may be others involved, sir.
If you just give me more time To track them down, I think I can expose them all.
I have an instinct.
I'd like to run with it.
The longer he's out there, The more people will be involved.
No loose ends.
Yes, sir.
Is that clear? Yes, sir.
Keep me apprised.
Oh, hillhurst, anything goes wrong, It's your head.
(syd:)what did you think of him? Green? I don't know.
Tall, dark, handsome.
Why? Do you fancy him? No.
I meant Did he seem trustworthy? I guess.
Something's been bothering me about him.
Why would a geologist, Much less one surveying an entire forest, Stop to pick up a piece of wood The size of a chiclets box? Seems unlikely, doesn't it? She was obviously working for green.
Yes.
Then why didn't he Say that in the first place? Makes you wonder what Other secrets he's keeping.
Maybe we'll find out more from miss shaw.
She said we'd meet somewhere we could talk.
On second thought Couldn't she have picked somewhere With a little quieter ambience? Like a monster truck pull? Do we even know what this person looks like? No.
(nigel:)then how do we find her? We don't.
She was worried about being followed.
She finds us.
(nigel:)you don't suppose this is her undercover? Hello.
So you're a sweet, Little thing, aren't you? That's no way to talk to a lady.
I was talking to you.
How'd you like a ride on my hog? I think he means his motorcycle.
I'm flattered, really, but I I don't think Come on.
Don't worry, sugar.
I'll let you wear my helmet.
All right, fun's over, muffin.
You okay? Yeah.
That was awkward.
(shaw:)professor fox? Mr.
Green said I'd know You when I saw you.
He wasn't lying.
.
Sorry again about the choice of venue.
Not many options around here.
Mr.
Green said you would show us Where you found the wood fragment.
Right.
Okay.
You'll start by heading east on the 90.
It's right here.
(nigel:)I'm sorry, We were under the impression That you were going to escort us To the spot yourself.
No way I'm going back there.
There a problem? Not if you don't mind being Hunted down like wild game.
Tried it once, didn't like it.
Neither did I.
Let's just say some of the locals Don't take too kindly to non-natives Who come poking around.
Is that what you were doing? Poking around? My permits from The band council were in order, If that's what you mean.
I mean: What did green have you looking for? An impact site, From some legend about An unidentified e.
T.
Phenomenon.
E.
T.
? As in "phone home"? As in deep impact.
Probably a meteor, comet fragment.
Did you find it? No.
So why the hassle If your permits were in order? I had to cross disputed Reservation land.
The warrior society And the elders don't agree on that.
The elders give you the permits But you have to take your chances.
And there's this one guy, dark feather.
He's the head of the welcoming committee.
Got this three- inch scar Running down the side of his face.
Heard he got it when a bear clawed him.
He survived a bear attack? The bear didn't.
Are we sure this is a good idea? That bear had a look of Pain on his face.
What? We picked up a tail.
Can you lose them? (syd:)in this thing? I got a better idea.
(nigel:)you're going to let them catch us? (syd:)we can't let 'em intimidate us.
Uh-oh.
(nigel:)guessing this is the welcoming committee.
I knew he had friends.
Just didn't know how many.
(nigel:)dark feather? Shaw's description Didn't do him any justice.
You guys must be lost.
Holiday inn's that way.
Dark feather? My name's sydney fox.
Good for you.
Look, we have the approval Of your band council to To what? I'm the law here.
All right, a few weeks ago, A very unique piece of tribal art Was found in this forest.
And you're coming to put it back? I'm a professor of ancient civilizations.
This is my assistant nigel.
We're looking for evidence Of the people who might have carved it.
You're not the first fortune hunters We had come poking around on our land.
We're not fortune hunters.
We're relic hunters.
Then you probably know How our ancestors dealt With intruders on their land.
Some traditions never die.
(syd:)if you wear a badge, dark feather, What kind of policeman are you? The kind you don't want to mess with.
(nigel:)what are you doing? (syd:)taking the back roads.
We didn't come this far To turn around now.
That way.
Shaw found that fragment Just over the ridge.
[phone ringing.]
(karen:)ancient studies.
(nigel:)hi.
Karen? Nigel, how's it going out there? Two days.
All we found Are some cooking utensils And a few arrowheads.
Still, sydney's pretty hopeful We'll find the sanctuary yet.
What about the flying saucers? You find that? Very amusing, karen.
I'm sorry.
I just don't understand How a guy so loaded Could believe in such stupidity.
It's not called a "flying saucer.
" It's called an "extraterrestrial phenomenon.
" Uh-huh.
Well, call me If you bump into any aliens.
(nigel:)got a pen? Uh-huh.
Hit me.
Got it.
What do you want me to do with them? They're our coordinates.
Get in touch with professor lyons, The department of american native history.
What exactly am I asking him for? To confirm that this was not at any time An active mondaga village.
(karen:)why? Because the mondaga would never Build a hidden sanctuary Near the place they lived.
Got it.
I will call you as soon as I know.
(nigel:)all right.
Thanks.
Nigel.
(nigel:)it's so smooth.
The way it reflects the light, I've never seen anything like it.
Look at the engraving.
(nigel:)it's the symbol, But not quite.
It's similar But there's more detail.
The mondaga were wood carvers.
They wouldn't have had the technology To create anything like this.
You don't think [cell phone ringing.]
Yeah? Nigel, it's karen.
No, I can't hear you.
You've got to get a better signal.
How's that? Better.
I just heard back from professor lyons.
What did he say? Good news.
According to his records, The closest mondaga village Was sixty miles from those Coordinates you gave me.
Okay, good.
We'll keep in touch.
Thanks.
(karen:)okay.
Give me the phone.
(syd:)yeah, we uncovered the shard About a hundred yards from the wood fragment.
You're absolutely sure it's metal? Yeah.
It's almost Like a polished silver.
It's unlike anything I've ever seen.
I have to see it.
We took pictures.
Nigel's e-mailing Them to you right now.
Yeah, yeah.
So I'm like, "girl, you are hot" And she's like, "right on" And I'm like Uh-oh.
Later.
Get me hillhurst.
We have a problem.
What can you tell me about the symbol? (syd:)unfortunately, not much.
The mondaga were wood carvers.
They didn't have the skill to forge metal.
Yes.
We're aware of that.
Look, we haven't even dated the metal yet.
How did a five hundred year-old symbol Get engraved in it? I don't know.
I do.
What? (bobby:)I'm going to change course.
There's an airport just outside of town.
I'll meet you there in an hour.
(syd:)whoa, slow down.
Good research takes time.
You're closing in on the sanctuary.
I can feel it and I intend To be there when you do.
(syd:)I think it'll be better Bring the shard.
I'll have it investigated Right away.
(syd:)what's with all the Rush? Damn.
I lost the uplink.
Give me a status.
Echelon red- flagged A wireless transmission.
It's civilian, low- level encryption.
Let's see what you got.
Get that into focus.
Have we acquired the targets? The sender is still dark But we have a lock on the recipient.
He's airborne, Routing to washington state.
How long until we get the location of the sender? A few hours.
Mobilize my team.
I should have finished searching The site before I called green.
This is ridiculous.
What does he expect us to do? Just drop everything At his beck and call? Well, we didn't have much of a choice.
He got us here.
[horse whinnying.]
What? You hear that? Go! You all right? Yeah.
It's a shame the horses got away.
They would've gotten us back To the car a lot quicker.
Yeah, well, I can't ride and I'm allergic.
Nigel.
I never thought I'd actually say it, But I'm actually quite glad to be back.
Don't get too comfortable.
We won't be here long.
I just managed to escape With my scalp the last time.
You know, you do need a little off the top.
What the Looks like he's being arrested.
Those look like cops to you? Freeze! Run! Go! Sydney, who are those guys? I don't know.
Why don't you ask them? Where are they, people? Use any means necessary To recover the symbol.
(syd:)this way.
Get in.
Right now, you have two options: Them or me.
Your choice.
Okay! [gun fire.]
Does either of you have a cell phone? Yes.
Turn it off.
Turn it off now.
They can track you by the signal, Even if it's in standby mode.
Not to seem ungrateful, But why did you save us back there? The question is Why were those agents shooting at you? Agents? They don't include us reservation Cops in their need-to-know So I've been monitoring Their walkie- talkie traffic.
Must've changed frequencies.
This is crazy.
All we're looking for Is a totem pole.
The man who is after you Is major james hillhurst.
He heads the field unit of echelon.
Echelon? High-tech eavesdropping technology.
Monitor telephone calls, Faxes, your e-mail.
You two must have done something To trigger an investigation.
The shard? We e-mailed photographs to green.
They must've followed him to us.
What shard? We found it at a dig site.
(agent:)this is a very Serious matter, mr.
Green.
You received a photograph Of a highly-classified article.
It's a piece of metal with markings on it.
How can it be classified? What is your relationship To sydney fox? We tracked the rental car.
We know you had a meeting with her in town.
Was she bringing you the object That was pictured in the photograph? Tell me why this is a matter Of national security.
We know certain things about you That you may not want to become public.
I have nothing to hide.
I have a hunch that professor fox Doesn't even know the reason She's looking for the symbol, Does she? Tell her your theory about Little green men abducting you? You and the rest of the freaks In your group? As far as I can tell, I haven't broken any laws And this is harassment.
That's where you're wrong.
A respected leader of industry like yourself, I would think, Would want to avoid any negative publicity That would jeopardize his standing In the business community.
What would happen to your share price If word got out that you were A ufo-loving kook? Are you done? (dark feather:)the symbol first came To government attention In 1927 after it was discovered At a meteor impact site in tunguska, siberia.
Our government convinced the russians That the patterns must've been formed after The meteor entered the earth's atmosphere And started to burn up.
But in 1947, the symbol popped up again.
Where? Roswell, new mexico.
Area 51? This is crazy.
Are you saying there's actual Proof of a government cover-up? All I'm saying is that every time That symbol surfaces, The nia makes it their business To get their hands on it.
Trust me, They'll stop at nothing to recover that.
And how do you know all of this? I used to be one of them.
I saw lives ruined, Innocent people, People who just happened to be In the wrong place at the wrong time.
We have to get back up there And finish our work while we still can.
Yeah.
Otherwise, go home And forget everything you saw up there.
Oh, but we lost all our gear with the car.
There's no way we can pull it off.
You can If I help you.
(karen:)nigel, how's it going out there? (nigel:)two days.
All we found are some cooking utensils And a few arrow heads.
Still, sydney's pretty hopeful We'll find the sanctuary yet.
(karen:)what about the flying saucers? You find that? I'll bet you are one cutie-cutie.
(nigel:)got a pen? (karen:)hit me.
(nigel:)048-044- (karen:)got it.
What do you want me to do with them? (nigel:)they're our coordinates.
Get hillhurst.
Tell him I found the sender.
The coordinates correspond To a remote spot in the okanagan range.
I have to go now, mr.
Green.
Boss is yanking your chain? Wait an hour and let mr.
Green go.
Goodbye, mr.
Green.
Get a bird overhead.
Tell the office to scramble the cleaners.
Choppers, and dusters Right away.
(syd:)I unearthed the shard over there At the excavation site.
(dark feather:)you guys have any idea What the sanctuary's supposed to look like? Not really, but it would have To be big enough to accommodate One of those totems.
Perhaps an underground cavern Or a crypt of some sort.
Guys.
Where'd she go? Syd? (syd:)in here.
(nigel:)syd? This way.
These tunnels were manmade.
Sydney, look at this.
(syd:)yeah.
(nigel:)it's the same symbol As on the shard.
Just like the fire in the sky.
Looks like the natives Saw something up in the sky And then it crashed to the ground So they sent scouts out to retrieve it.
It's the legend of the fire in the sky.
Green was right.
But look, the ending has a twist.
(nigel:)is that supposed to be a spaceman? Yes.
They were greeted by magnificent creatures Not animal, not human.
Go on.
According to the legend, The scouts returned With stories of their encounter.
But the next day when the mondaga people Returned to the site, The vessel was gone.
Visitors had managed to repair it.
The mondaga came to believe The visitors were messengers From the creator of the great mystery.
And so they rebuilt their mythology, Refashioning their totems to look upward.
(feather:)towards the visitors, Praying for a return.
It's a good story, but I'll get some photographs.
(syd:)good idea.
Sydney, more symbols over here.
It's a pictograph.
A star.
A star would represent something Of great importance.
What about the torch? A great torch, an important torch? In the mondagan language, The word for a torch is "ta.
" Ta also means "inside.
" It's a homonym.
Something of great importance inside.
Welcome to the mondaga sanctuary.
You know what this means? Green was right.
Yes, this was carved pre-fire in the sky.
No sign of the symbol on it.
Your theory about the mondaga was right.
Let's hurry it up.
Hillhurst and his men are probably On their way here right now.
Yeah.
We've got to figure a way to get This thing out of here.
(agent:)no one's going anywhere just yet.
Put the gun down.
Them first.
Isn't this cosy? You should have left When you had a chance.
Aren't you supposed to be Protecting this stuff? What are you doing helping them loot it? You've got the wrong idea.
(syd:)what interest do you have In a bunch of indian relics? Well, hey, doesn't this one prove That the mondaga saw something in the sky, A celestial event? So somebody's been doing his homework.
Frankly, professor fox, You haven't.
For starters, I bet you didn't know your bubby green Was a ufo freak, that this little relic hunt Is an aid in proving what He's been telling his shrink Privately for years That he's an abduction victim.
An abduction victim? Little green men, the mothership.
Oh, so that's the plan.
Discredit him, then destroy any evidence That this ever existed.
Is that right? It troubles me that you would think I would destroy such beautiful trinkets.
What about it, chief? Anything in here that belongs to you? Just one thing: Bullet with your name on it.
All right, if you two are through Tossing testosterone You're free to leave, You and your associate.
(syd:)what about the relics? Anything without the symbol on I could give a rat's ass about.
Now I'm not leaving until you agree To safeguard everything in here.
Oh, no can do, professor.
Oh, yeah, he stays.
And the shard I know one of you still has it.
Which? Agents are on their way.
What's it going to be, professor? I'm not leaving So you can destroy everything in here.
I don't see that you have much of a choice.
I'll be all right.
He's going to kill you.
He can try.
Go on, sydney.
Not in a million years.
Anything with the symbol on it stays.
My orders are crystal clear.
Or? Whoa, whoa.
Wait.
Don't think we don't Appreciate the offer.
We do, don't we? Your play, professor.
All right.
Get a phone.
I want to talk to one of your superiors.
There's no one to talk to.
I have complete autonomy.
The symbol, professor.
Just give it to him, sydney, and go.
(indian:)put down your weapons, boys.
Do it.
Indians arrive to save the day.
It's usually the cavalry.
Not in my version.
I guess that's check and checkmate.
(agent:)there are dozens of agents On the way here.
It's just a matter of time.
You're never going to get Away with this, professor.
Not even close.
No matter where you go with that symbol, No matter where you run, I'll be there.
You hear me, professor? I'll find you.
(nigel:)come on, guys, that's it.
Let's move, let's move.
What's wrong? Why have we stopped? Howdy, boys.
Trying your luck at the casino, are you? (agent:)ah, it's just a bunch of indians.
All right, have a good one.
Pencilneck.
(syd:)they what? (bobby:)you heard me.
Cave paintings have all been sandblasted.
All the relics you left behind are gone.
Were you able to recover anything? There is no trace that The sanctuary ever existed.
Now wait a minute.
Nigel uploaded pictures We took of the cave drawings.
They and the shard should Prove the legend is true.
Have you found a home For that totem pole yet? Well, I'd What happened? I found it like this.
Somebody broke in.
Hillhurst.
(nigel:)the digital camera's gone, The photographs I stored on the computer: Deleted.
The shard.
Subtitle by: Kiasuseven
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Here.
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(syd:)somewhere in the early 15th century, Something cataclysmic happened To the mondagan indians.
Overnight, their traditional clan symbols The wolf, the bear, And the eagle Vanished To be replaced by what? It's coldly modern, Geometric, Antiseptic And at complete odds With their naturalistic environment.
Why? What influence arrived To make the mondagas change? We know it wasn't the european expansion.
This sketch attributed To a 15th century missionary Is our only clue.
Unfortunately, When the missionaries arrived to "remake" the new world, Their influence was to burn mondaga totems And destroy sacred sites.
As a result, one of ancient studie'' Greatest mysteries remains unsolved.
So if anyone wants to bring In a mondagan totem, I'll give you a hundred On this year's midterm.
See you next week.
(bobby:)professor fox? You look familiar.
Do I know you? Then if this can wait, I've got another class in Cancel it.
Where did you get this? A geologist surveying In the okanagan mountains discovered it.
That's mondaga country.
I had it carbon-dated By two independent labs And they both place it in The early 15th century.
Why would you have it carbon-dated? My geologist didn't know what she had.
I do.
I brought it for you.
What did you say your name was? Bobby green, White star aviation.
That make you a lot of money? Tons.
Well, it's been nice meeting you, bobby, But like I said, I'm a little late.
What was that all about? You're a private collector, right? I dabble in it But not the way you mean.
Look, I don't believe a people's History belongs to any man, No matter how much That man is willing to pay.
I didn't come here to hire you.
Whatever you find I intend To return to my people.
That unprivate enough? If you're the kind of man That means what he says.
Aren't you late for a class? There aren't many of us left Who actually care about The history of the mondaga.
But I have a grandfather That I promised I wouldn't just Let it fade away.
Okay.
You got yourself a relic hunter.
I'm not here for my health.
Green's on the move.
East coast university.
No intercepts.
Look inside his head if you have to.
I want to know who He's seeing there and why.
Have you heard of the legend Of the fire in the sky? I can't say I have.
It says the mondaga were witness To a spectacular event Where a ball of fire fell from the sky And landed on earth.
A meteor.
So after this event, They refashioned their mythology And rebuilt their totems to face skyward.
We sometimes call that cargo culture.
As my grandfather tells it, They also built a sanctuary Where the fire in the sky landed.
Church archives of the time Speculated that the mondaga Built a secret sanctuary, Upon the arrival of the black robes, To house their most Sacred religious icons.
That would include an original Mondaga totem.
That would be an incredible find.
You could start the search Where they found the symbol.
In a few weeks.
Nigel and I are leaving For egypt later today.
Did I overhear you say "leaving"? I just got off the phone With ahmad bekar in cairo.
The permits have been delayed.
He asked us to wait a while.
Hillhurst.
Yes, sir? Have we got a problem? Uncertain.
We're tracking green via cell phone.
He just left trinity university.
Who'd he speak to? We're checking on that.
At the moment, he's on his way To the airport where His private jet is standing by.
Has he filed a flight plan? Not yet.
Flew in this morning From salt lake city Where he had a piece of wood Carbon-dated.
What's that all about? We're not sure.
There seems to be a lot You're not sure about.
Bobby green is a loose canon.
He's a real security threat.
I know that.
He worries me.
The man's rich.
He has unlimited resources.
What scares me most: He's got a cause.
Yes but You understand this: Nia was created to ensure That the secret is kept.
And it's not going to be Exposed on my watch.
Understood, sir.
Maybe we should just pick him up now.
I think there may be others involved, sir.
If you just give me more time To track them down, I think I can expose them all.
I have an instinct.
I'd like to run with it.
The longer he's out there, The more people will be involved.
No loose ends.
Yes, sir.
Is that clear? Yes, sir.
Keep me apprised.
Oh, hillhurst, anything goes wrong, It's your head.
(syd:)what did you think of him? Green? I don't know.
Tall, dark, handsome.
Why? Do you fancy him? No.
I meant Did he seem trustworthy? I guess.
Something's been bothering me about him.
Why would a geologist, Much less one surveying an entire forest, Stop to pick up a piece of wood The size of a chiclets box? Seems unlikely, doesn't it? She was obviously working for green.
Yes.
Then why didn't he Say that in the first place? Makes you wonder what Other secrets he's keeping.
Maybe we'll find out more from miss shaw.
She said we'd meet somewhere we could talk.
On second thought Couldn't she have picked somewhere With a little quieter ambience? Like a monster truck pull? Do we even know what this person looks like? No.
(nigel:)then how do we find her? We don't.
She was worried about being followed.
She finds us.
(nigel:)you don't suppose this is her undercover? Hello.
So you're a sweet, Little thing, aren't you? That's no way to talk to a lady.
I was talking to you.
How'd you like a ride on my hog? I think he means his motorcycle.
I'm flattered, really, but I I don't think Come on.
Don't worry, sugar.
I'll let you wear my helmet.
All right, fun's over, muffin.
You okay? Yeah.
That was awkward.
(shaw:)professor fox? Mr.
Green said I'd know You when I saw you.
He wasn't lying.
.
Sorry again about the choice of venue.
Not many options around here.
Mr.
Green said you would show us Where you found the wood fragment.
Right.
Okay.
You'll start by heading east on the 90.
It's right here.
(nigel:)I'm sorry, We were under the impression That you were going to escort us To the spot yourself.
No way I'm going back there.
There a problem? Not if you don't mind being Hunted down like wild game.
Tried it once, didn't like it.
Neither did I.
Let's just say some of the locals Don't take too kindly to non-natives Who come poking around.
Is that what you were doing? Poking around? My permits from The band council were in order, If that's what you mean.
I mean: What did green have you looking for? An impact site, From some legend about An unidentified e.
T.
Phenomenon.
E.
T.
? As in "phone home"? As in deep impact.
Probably a meteor, comet fragment.
Did you find it? No.
So why the hassle If your permits were in order? I had to cross disputed Reservation land.
The warrior society And the elders don't agree on that.
The elders give you the permits But you have to take your chances.
And there's this one guy, dark feather.
He's the head of the welcoming committee.
Got this three- inch scar Running down the side of his face.
Heard he got it when a bear clawed him.
He survived a bear attack? The bear didn't.
Are we sure this is a good idea? That bear had a look of Pain on his face.
What? We picked up a tail.
Can you lose them? (syd:)in this thing? I got a better idea.
(nigel:)you're going to let them catch us? (syd:)we can't let 'em intimidate us.
Uh-oh.
(nigel:)guessing this is the welcoming committee.
I knew he had friends.
Just didn't know how many.
(nigel:)dark feather? Shaw's description Didn't do him any justice.
You guys must be lost.
Holiday inn's that way.
Dark feather? My name's sydney fox.
Good for you.
Look, we have the approval Of your band council to To what? I'm the law here.
All right, a few weeks ago, A very unique piece of tribal art Was found in this forest.
And you're coming to put it back? I'm a professor of ancient civilizations.
This is my assistant nigel.
We're looking for evidence Of the people who might have carved it.
You're not the first fortune hunters We had come poking around on our land.
We're not fortune hunters.
We're relic hunters.
Then you probably know How our ancestors dealt With intruders on their land.
Some traditions never die.
(syd:)if you wear a badge, dark feather, What kind of policeman are you? The kind you don't want to mess with.
(nigel:)what are you doing? (syd:)taking the back roads.
We didn't come this far To turn around now.
That way.
Shaw found that fragment Just over the ridge.
[phone ringing.]
(karen:)ancient studies.
(nigel:)hi.
Karen? Nigel, how's it going out there? Two days.
All we found Are some cooking utensils And a few arrowheads.
Still, sydney's pretty hopeful We'll find the sanctuary yet.
What about the flying saucers? You find that? Very amusing, karen.
I'm sorry.
I just don't understand How a guy so loaded Could believe in such stupidity.
It's not called a "flying saucer.
" It's called an "extraterrestrial phenomenon.
" Uh-huh.
Well, call me If you bump into any aliens.
(nigel:)got a pen? Uh-huh.
Hit me.
Got it.
What do you want me to do with them? They're our coordinates.
Get in touch with professor lyons, The department of american native history.
What exactly am I asking him for? To confirm that this was not at any time An active mondaga village.
(karen:)why? Because the mondaga would never Build a hidden sanctuary Near the place they lived.
Got it.
I will call you as soon as I know.
(nigel:)all right.
Thanks.
Nigel.
(nigel:)it's so smooth.
The way it reflects the light, I've never seen anything like it.
Look at the engraving.
(nigel:)it's the symbol, But not quite.
It's similar But there's more detail.
The mondaga were wood carvers.
They wouldn't have had the technology To create anything like this.
You don't think [cell phone ringing.]
Yeah? Nigel, it's karen.
No, I can't hear you.
You've got to get a better signal.
How's that? Better.
I just heard back from professor lyons.
What did he say? Good news.
According to his records, The closest mondaga village Was sixty miles from those Coordinates you gave me.
Okay, good.
We'll keep in touch.
Thanks.
(karen:)okay.
Give me the phone.
(syd:)yeah, we uncovered the shard About a hundred yards from the wood fragment.
You're absolutely sure it's metal? Yeah.
It's almost Like a polished silver.
It's unlike anything I've ever seen.
I have to see it.
We took pictures.
Nigel's e-mailing Them to you right now.
Yeah, yeah.
So I'm like, "girl, you are hot" And she's like, "right on" And I'm like Uh-oh.
Later.
Get me hillhurst.
We have a problem.
What can you tell me about the symbol? (syd:)unfortunately, not much.
The mondaga were wood carvers.
They didn't have the skill to forge metal.
Yes.
We're aware of that.
Look, we haven't even dated the metal yet.
How did a five hundred year-old symbol Get engraved in it? I don't know.
I do.
What? (bobby:)I'm going to change course.
There's an airport just outside of town.
I'll meet you there in an hour.
(syd:)whoa, slow down.
Good research takes time.
You're closing in on the sanctuary.
I can feel it and I intend To be there when you do.
(syd:)I think it'll be better Bring the shard.
I'll have it investigated Right away.
(syd:)what's with all the Rush? Damn.
I lost the uplink.
Give me a status.
Echelon red- flagged A wireless transmission.
It's civilian, low- level encryption.
Let's see what you got.
Get that into focus.
Have we acquired the targets? The sender is still dark But we have a lock on the recipient.
He's airborne, Routing to washington state.
How long until we get the location of the sender? A few hours.
Mobilize my team.
I should have finished searching The site before I called green.
This is ridiculous.
What does he expect us to do? Just drop everything At his beck and call? Well, we didn't have much of a choice.
He got us here.
[horse whinnying.]
What? You hear that? Go! You all right? Yeah.
It's a shame the horses got away.
They would've gotten us back To the car a lot quicker.
Yeah, well, I can't ride and I'm allergic.
Nigel.
I never thought I'd actually say it, But I'm actually quite glad to be back.
Don't get too comfortable.
We won't be here long.
I just managed to escape With my scalp the last time.
You know, you do need a little off the top.
What the Looks like he's being arrested.
Those look like cops to you? Freeze! Run! Go! Sydney, who are those guys? I don't know.
Why don't you ask them? Where are they, people? Use any means necessary To recover the symbol.
(syd:)this way.
Get in.
Right now, you have two options: Them or me.
Your choice.
Okay! [gun fire.]
Does either of you have a cell phone? Yes.
Turn it off.
Turn it off now.
They can track you by the signal, Even if it's in standby mode.
Not to seem ungrateful, But why did you save us back there? The question is Why were those agents shooting at you? Agents? They don't include us reservation Cops in their need-to-know So I've been monitoring Their walkie- talkie traffic.
Must've changed frequencies.
This is crazy.
All we're looking for Is a totem pole.
The man who is after you Is major james hillhurst.
He heads the field unit of echelon.
Echelon? High-tech eavesdropping technology.
Monitor telephone calls, Faxes, your e-mail.
You two must have done something To trigger an investigation.
The shard? We e-mailed photographs to green.
They must've followed him to us.
What shard? We found it at a dig site.
(agent:)this is a very Serious matter, mr.
Green.
You received a photograph Of a highly-classified article.
It's a piece of metal with markings on it.
How can it be classified? What is your relationship To sydney fox? We tracked the rental car.
We know you had a meeting with her in town.
Was she bringing you the object That was pictured in the photograph? Tell me why this is a matter Of national security.
We know certain things about you That you may not want to become public.
I have nothing to hide.
I have a hunch that professor fox Doesn't even know the reason She's looking for the symbol, Does she? Tell her your theory about Little green men abducting you? You and the rest of the freaks In your group? As far as I can tell, I haven't broken any laws And this is harassment.
That's where you're wrong.
A respected leader of industry like yourself, I would think, Would want to avoid any negative publicity That would jeopardize his standing In the business community.
What would happen to your share price If word got out that you were A ufo-loving kook? Are you done? (dark feather:)the symbol first came To government attention In 1927 after it was discovered At a meteor impact site in tunguska, siberia.
Our government convinced the russians That the patterns must've been formed after The meteor entered the earth's atmosphere And started to burn up.
But in 1947, the symbol popped up again.
Where? Roswell, new mexico.
Area 51? This is crazy.
Are you saying there's actual Proof of a government cover-up? All I'm saying is that every time That symbol surfaces, The nia makes it their business To get their hands on it.
Trust me, They'll stop at nothing to recover that.
And how do you know all of this? I used to be one of them.
I saw lives ruined, Innocent people, People who just happened to be In the wrong place at the wrong time.
We have to get back up there And finish our work while we still can.
Yeah.
Otherwise, go home And forget everything you saw up there.
Oh, but we lost all our gear with the car.
There's no way we can pull it off.
You can If I help you.
(karen:)nigel, how's it going out there? (nigel:)two days.
All we found are some cooking utensils And a few arrow heads.
Still, sydney's pretty hopeful We'll find the sanctuary yet.
(karen:)what about the flying saucers? You find that? I'll bet you are one cutie-cutie.
(nigel:)got a pen? (karen:)hit me.
(nigel:)048-044- (karen:)got it.
What do you want me to do with them? (nigel:)they're our coordinates.
Get hillhurst.
Tell him I found the sender.
The coordinates correspond To a remote spot in the okanagan range.
I have to go now, mr.
Green.
Boss is yanking your chain? Wait an hour and let mr.
Green go.
Goodbye, mr.
Green.
Get a bird overhead.
Tell the office to scramble the cleaners.
Choppers, and dusters Right away.
(syd:)I unearthed the shard over there At the excavation site.
(dark feather:)you guys have any idea What the sanctuary's supposed to look like? Not really, but it would have To be big enough to accommodate One of those totems.
Perhaps an underground cavern Or a crypt of some sort.
Guys.
Where'd she go? Syd? (syd:)in here.
(nigel:)syd? This way.
These tunnels were manmade.
Sydney, look at this.
(syd:)yeah.
(nigel:)it's the same symbol As on the shard.
Just like the fire in the sky.
Looks like the natives Saw something up in the sky And then it crashed to the ground So they sent scouts out to retrieve it.
It's the legend of the fire in the sky.
Green was right.
But look, the ending has a twist.
(nigel:)is that supposed to be a spaceman? Yes.
They were greeted by magnificent creatures Not animal, not human.
Go on.
According to the legend, The scouts returned With stories of their encounter.
But the next day when the mondaga people Returned to the site, The vessel was gone.
Visitors had managed to repair it.
The mondaga came to believe The visitors were messengers From the creator of the great mystery.
And so they rebuilt their mythology, Refashioning their totems to look upward.
(feather:)towards the visitors, Praying for a return.
It's a good story, but I'll get some photographs.
(syd:)good idea.
Sydney, more symbols over here.
It's a pictograph.
A star.
A star would represent something Of great importance.
What about the torch? A great torch, an important torch? In the mondagan language, The word for a torch is "ta.
" Ta also means "inside.
" It's a homonym.
Something of great importance inside.
Welcome to the mondaga sanctuary.
You know what this means? Green was right.
Yes, this was carved pre-fire in the sky.
No sign of the symbol on it.
Your theory about the mondaga was right.
Let's hurry it up.
Hillhurst and his men are probably On their way here right now.
Yeah.
We've got to figure a way to get This thing out of here.
(agent:)no one's going anywhere just yet.
Put the gun down.
Them first.
Isn't this cosy? You should have left When you had a chance.
Aren't you supposed to be Protecting this stuff? What are you doing helping them loot it? You've got the wrong idea.
(syd:)what interest do you have In a bunch of indian relics? Well, hey, doesn't this one prove That the mondaga saw something in the sky, A celestial event? So somebody's been doing his homework.
Frankly, professor fox, You haven't.
For starters, I bet you didn't know your bubby green Was a ufo freak, that this little relic hunt Is an aid in proving what He's been telling his shrink Privately for years That he's an abduction victim.
An abduction victim? Little green men, the mothership.
Oh, so that's the plan.
Discredit him, then destroy any evidence That this ever existed.
Is that right? It troubles me that you would think I would destroy such beautiful trinkets.
What about it, chief? Anything in here that belongs to you? Just one thing: Bullet with your name on it.
All right, if you two are through Tossing testosterone You're free to leave, You and your associate.
(syd:)what about the relics? Anything without the symbol on I could give a rat's ass about.
Now I'm not leaving until you agree To safeguard everything in here.
Oh, no can do, professor.
Oh, yeah, he stays.
And the shard I know one of you still has it.
Which? Agents are on their way.
What's it going to be, professor? I'm not leaving So you can destroy everything in here.
I don't see that you have much of a choice.
I'll be all right.
He's going to kill you.
He can try.
Go on, sydney.
Not in a million years.
Anything with the symbol on it stays.
My orders are crystal clear.
Or? Whoa, whoa.
Wait.
Don't think we don't Appreciate the offer.
We do, don't we? Your play, professor.
All right.
Get a phone.
I want to talk to one of your superiors.
There's no one to talk to.
I have complete autonomy.
The symbol, professor.
Just give it to him, sydney, and go.
(indian:)put down your weapons, boys.
Do it.
Indians arrive to save the day.
It's usually the cavalry.
Not in my version.
I guess that's check and checkmate.
(agent:)there are dozens of agents On the way here.
It's just a matter of time.
You're never going to get Away with this, professor.
Not even close.
No matter where you go with that symbol, No matter where you run, I'll be there.
You hear me, professor? I'll find you.
(nigel:)come on, guys, that's it.
Let's move, let's move.
What's wrong? Why have we stopped? Howdy, boys.
Trying your luck at the casino, are you? (agent:)ah, it's just a bunch of indians.
All right, have a good one.
Pencilneck.
(syd:)they what? (bobby:)you heard me.
Cave paintings have all been sandblasted.
All the relics you left behind are gone.
Were you able to recover anything? There is no trace that The sanctuary ever existed.
Now wait a minute.
Nigel uploaded pictures We took of the cave drawings.
They and the shard should Prove the legend is true.
Have you found a home For that totem pole yet? Well, I'd What happened? I found it like this.
Somebody broke in.
Hillhurst.
(nigel:)the digital camera's gone, The photographs I stored on the computer: Deleted.
The shard.
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