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Uncle Charlie?

Hurry, Taylor.

- They're coming! - Who?

Don't look back! Follow me.

- Who are we running from? - Come on!

Taylor.

- Uncle Charlie! - Taylor!

It's okay! It was a dream.

We're home, having a sleepover.

A dream?

I think you were having a nightmare.

What was the...

What was the nightmare? Chihuahuas?

My worst nightmares are always about chihuahuas.

That's what happens when you let Lila

use you as a make-up guinea pig.

Hey! You all volunteered to try my new beauty products.

'Volunteered' is pushing it.

How long was I asleep for?

Not long.

But you were kicking and muttering.

I was with Uncle Charlie. We were running away.

Look, it was just a dream.

It was more than that. He was being chased.

I think he's in trouble.

♪ A strong case of speculation how ♪

♪ It takes more than intuition ♪

♪ To work the situation out

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it? ♪

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it ♪

♪ So look until you find all of the pieces ♪

♪ Put them together

♪ Now you see it

♪ Rock Island Mysteries

I've had dreams that felt real before.

This was different.

How late have you been staying up

researching the energy source?

Past midnight. Most nights.

I'm trying to stop the island from vanishing.

Weare trying to stop them.

I'm primed to kick some bad-guy butt.

Look, you spend every waking moment

thinking about Uncle Charlie and 'them'.

No wonder you're dreaming about it.

You know what'll relax you? A top-up of my serenity mask.

- Not likely. - Doubtful.

Yes! Sure! Of course!

I need to get back to him. Maybe if I fall asleep again.

Uh, Meesha, reapply my foot balm too.

Is there any science to your products, Lila?

Or have you just been randomly combining ingredients?

There's nothing random about my skincare range.

Every ingredient's been carefully selected

and ethically sourced from the island.

Can you please shoosh?!

I need exactly 9.2 hours of sleep to function

and it takes me 17 minutes and 11 seconds

to fall asleep.

Can't relate.

I nod off the second my head hits the pillow. So...

Huh. I smell a challenge.

First to fall asleep wins.

You're on!

Seriously, Ellis? White noise?

It's crucial to my sleep regime.

I'm getting sleepy, Nori.

If Ellis just turned that off...

- Will you two be quiet?! - Silence!

Hurry, Taylor!

They're completely natural, really good for the skin.

Earth to Taylor.

Our clients expect

premium customer service from my employees.

That means you!

Lila, why am I here? I have to get back to Uncle Charlie.

Taylor, please don't interrupt me

when I'm with a loyal customer.

Her bee venom anti-aging cream is to die for.

Something's after him. It's urgent!

The only thing urgent is you getting back to work!

Sorry, guys.

My face mask!

Eugh! That was my only batch.

I was trying to turn off Ellis's speaker.

Taylor! Just keep it down, please.

Sorry, Mum! All sorted.

Guys! It happened again. I was back with Uncle Charlie.

Then I ended up in the Milk Shack,

which had been transformed

into Lila's Lotion and Potion Emporium.

I think maybe you're right. It was only just a dream.

No... way!

Shh! I know. Surreal, right?

Ultra-surreal.

Because I had that exact same dream.

It was probably similar

because we were just talking about your skincare products.

Let's check details.

Taylor, was there anyone else you know in the dream?

- Only one person. - Same! Who was it?

Gillian.

And what was her favourite product?

Wait! Both of you say it on the count of three.

One... two...

Bee venom cream.

- Whoa. - Whoa.

It's like Taylor said, the dream felt so real.

The sights, the smells, the taste of corporate power.

I want to go back to sleep again.

Me too.

I'm now staring at eight hours and 48 minutes of sleep.

I'm red-zoning, people. Stop talking!

Bee venom?

I don't know.

Uncle Charlie?

I'm back. Are you there?

- Where are...? - Taylor! Shh!

It's you. It's really you!

- We don't have long, kiddo. - What's happening? Is this real?

It's real enough. It's the only way I could talk to you.

Come on. We need to move.

Wait, how is this happening?

What's going on? Who's after you?

They've heard us.

Huh! Huh!

Mercy is for the weak! Kiai!

Kiai!

Shhh!

Meesha, what are you doing? Where's Uncle Charlie?

They're coming! First rule of war, be prepared!

Kiai!

What... is... going... on?

Not again.

I was just with you at the beach.

This is what I was talking about.

It's intense, right?

Do I pay you two to gossip?

No, I pay you two to Lila-fy our clients.

But I have to get back to Uncle Charlie.

And I'm meant to be training.

Is Uncle Charlie a customer? No.

Is karate one of my

five principles of customer service?

No! Urgent staff meeting!

♪ music crescendos

Please take a seat.

Please welcome the Institute's new CEO,

Doctor Ellis Grouch.

Thank you.

It's been a lifelong goal to become CEO.

Now, in my first speech as head of the Institute

I'd like to address...

Ah-ha-ha!

Argghhh!

I know!

I was doing karate with Taylor, then working for Lila,

then I was a board member

at your meeting with Emily and Fallon!

- Same! - Really?

You both saw me in my undies?

We should focus on how we're in each other's dreams.

Maybe some kind of door's been opened up between us.

There's gotta be a perfectly rational explanation.

Or a complex scientific one.

If we're sharing dreams, does that mean

Taylor's sharing a dream with Uncle Charlie right now?

She said he was being chased by 'them'.

This is the beginning.

Maybe 'they' are invading our dreams right now!

- Uncle Charlie! - Leave me! Save yourself!

No!

- Taylor! - Taylor, wake up!

What? No! Why am I back here?!

You were kicking and punching in your sleep so we woke you up.

I was with Uncle Charlie.

He said it was real and the only way he could talk to me.

I know it feels real. Ellis is still freaked.

But are you sure it wasn't just wish fulfilment?

No. It wasn't that. He was being attacked.

That's not wish fulfilment.

You saving him is wish fulfilment.

So is Lila running a business,

Ellis being CEO of the Institute

and Meesha defending Rock Island with karate.

This is not normal dreaming.

This is the first time we've slept in close proximity.

Maybe our combined electromagnetic radiation

has triggered collective dreaming.

There you go. Complex yet rational.

By that logic, Dad and Emily would share dreams.

But they're always saying how different theirs are.

Something similar to this has happened before.

I saw something that turned out to be true.

Remember those symbols

that allowed us to jump around the island?

You'd drawn them before we entered the cave.

Well, it actually wasn't from the archives.

I'd seen flashes of it.

And when we were on the ledge.

That's how you knew which one to pick?

You see visions?

I don't know how else to explain them.

When did they start?

After I went through the portal and saw Uncle Charlie.

I'm thinking this could be a vision too.

Okay, but that still doesn't explain

how you can hop into other people's dreams.

The first time I started in my dream

then jumped to Lila's then Meesha's.

Then it went Meesha's, Lila's then Ellis's.

That's the order everyone fell asleep, right?

- Yeah. - Think so.

Maybe we can control whose dream we end up in

by going to sleep in the right order.

That actually makes sense.

Uh... no, it doesn't.

It's worth a try.

To save Uncle Charlie, I need to fall asleep

and the rest of you have to stay awake and not wake me up.

But if it is real and he's in danger,

won't you be too?

He needs me.

Promise you won't wake me?

Yep.

Thank you.

Stop staring. It's too much pressure.

I don't think I can hold on.

We need to find a way to help Taylor sleep

and keep Ellis awake.

Taylor... Hard to breathe.

They keep tightening.

Can't get them loose!

While much of quantum physics focuses on matter and energy...

This is seriously boring.

Focus!

They just keep coming. I just can't get them off!

Look for symbols.

- Leave me. - No.

What symbols?

By that logic we come to the conclusion that quantum...

Uh... We should wake her up.

We promised we wouldn't!

Look at her arm. That's a bruise!

I don't care what we promised! This isn't right!

- Taylor, wake up. - Taylor, wake up!

I told you not to wake me.

I didn't save him. I need to go back!

Taylor, your wrist.

It's from a vine that grabbed me.

But you're not in the dream anymore

and you're still injured.

So if you're hurt in the dream, you're hurt in real life.

Okay, now I believe you. And it's time to stop.

I need to help Uncle Charlie. He's in serious trouble.

But if you go back, you could be too!

I can't abandon Uncle Charlie. He couldn't breathe properly.

Ellis, more science genius talk, quickly!

Happy to be intellectually soothing.

If you're going back into the dream,

we're coming with you.

No. I can't risk you pulling me into yourdreams.

You can't fight those vines alone.

What if I fall asleep last? That way you can all join me.

We can rescue him from the vines

and get him to the other side of the island.

I'll fall asleep first.

Then Lila, Ellis, Nori and Taylor.

Then we can all help you rescue him.

Someone should stay on watch

so if anyone gets hurt in their dream, they can wake us up.

Can it be me?

I don't want to go back to my undies dream. Ever.

It's nothing to be ashamed of. It's just like wearing swimmers.

I hate wearing swimmers.

Okay, Ellis is on watch. Meesha, get sleeping.

Bring on the scientific mumbo jumbo, Ellis.

Joke's on you.

Because the things we learn right before we fall sleep

are the things we retain the best.

- Ha! - Whatevs. Just geek me out.

Let's start with Schrodinger's equation.

A linear partial differential equation

that governs the wave function of quantum mechanical...

Huh! Huh! Kiai!

Come on!

Did we wake up?

Must have. Where are the others?

♪ You say you love me...

Why is April Shon singing in your house?

♪ It's only been three weeks ♪

Must be because of that guy.

♪ You can't live without me

♪ Better wipe the tears...

- This is what you dream about? - Shhh. Don't interrupt.

Normally I wouldn't. Sorry, April.

But we need to be ready for Taylor

to fall asleep and fight the vines.

- What?! - Don't worry, you'll catch up.

Dr Grouch, they're waiting for you.

It's just like wearing swimmers.

Okay, I get it. This is beyond vivid dreaming.

This is super weird.

What are we doing here?

We're supposed to be in Taylor's dream!

Any questions?

I mean...

Any questions?

Ellis, you're supposed to be on watch.

What are you doing dreaming?

Who will wake us up if we're in danger?

You're here! Quick, he can't breathe!

- Ellis! - I warned you I was red zoning!

Quick! Help me get him free.

They want me. They control the vines.

- Who? - We've got to leave.

Too late. We're cut off.

Into the BQ! Quick!

I sent... symbols... to all of you.

Why?

In 20 seconds they're gonna surround the whole plane.

Uncle Charlie, you need to escape.

We can all wake up from this dream, but you can't.

We've got about 15 seconds!

Go through here! It's a hatch!

Just wait for my signal.

Taylor, what are you doing?!

Vines! Over here!

- Over here, vines! - Get us, vines!

Over here, vines!

Now, Uncle Charlie!

Symbols will...

...will help you find... the energy source.

How?

There's a gap! Go! Go, go, go!

Okay. He got away.

- We should follow him! - We won't all get out in time.

Our only way out is to wake up.

How?

We've always had someone outside the dream to wake us up.

The air's running out?

It's like... there's no air.

What if we don't wake up?

Falling... wakes me.

But what happens here... happens in real life.

You fall here and you could really hurt yourself.

But... I could... wake up.

If I don't... we... never wake up.

Taylor!

Taylor, don't!

- Taylor! - Taylor!

Wake up!

You did it!

Are you okay? Did you get hurt?

I woke up just before I hit the ground.

But there wasn't enough time.

What did Uncle Charlie mean by symbols?

Maybe you can go back to sleep and try talking to him again?

No!

We rescued Uncle Charlie but we almost got trapped in there.

No more dreaming tonight

and no more struggling to breathe.

And no more beauty product trial.

You don't even know how long

this dreaming thing will last for, Taylor.

Or what triggered it.

What exactly did you put in this mask, Lila?

Why?

You put it on all of us just before we went to bed.

Uh... well, it's made of avocado,

sea salt

and the root of that giant white aloe vera plant

near the Bermuda Queen.

Aloe vera plants aren't white. And there's none near the BQ.

Eh.

But there is an Artemisia Douglasiana plant.

Some think it can cause lucid dreaming.

I'll be avoiding that from now on.

I need to reapply it. I need to find the symbols.

They could lead to the energy source.

Sorry. I'm all out!

Can you make some more?

How about tomorrow?

Kids! Back to sleep!

I don't think Emily and Sunny would okay an expedition now.

Besides, would Uncle Charlie even be there?

At least he's safe.

Remember, I need 9.2 hours' sleep,

so no-one wake me sooner.

Unless I'm in nightmare town.

I can't stop thinking about Schrodinger's equation.

Vindication!

My heart's still pumping.

I'm gonna need some music to fall asleep.

How about some April Shon?

♪ You say you love me

♪ Even though it's only been three weeks ♪

♪ You can't live without me... ♪

We looked,

but the Artemisia Douglasiana plant's all dried up.

I'm sorry, Taylor.

I'll never find out what symbols Uncle Charlie sent us.

Maybe it'll come to you.

Like the ones in your vision?

Or...

I remember seeing this in my dream.

Could be a symbol.

It was on April's T-shirt.

Oh! Oh!

This... was on my karate uniform.

In my dream.

Oh! The logo for my cosmetics company!

That was on the wall at the Institute,

back when I was CEO.

Man, I miss those days.

They look like the symbols that took us around the island!

Maybe they could open more portals?

Symbols could mean anything.

From an ancient language to scientific code.

I don't know what they mean.

Uncle Charlie sent them to us to help find the energy source.

And that's what we're going to do.

- Yeah. - Yeah. Sounds good.

Before we get started...

Does anyone want to try my new beauty products?

No!

♪ Rock Island Mysteries♪