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Did you see that?

See what?

It looks like... Ah, forget it.

But you! Who are you?

Who are you?

I am the future.

I am Captain Nemo.

Come on out, Hatteras. It's only lightning. There's nothing to be afraid

of. Come on.

Don't make me beg.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

Good boy.

What a courageous dog.

Great.

Now we have a dog that is scared and sick.

I almost managed. If it weren't for...

Amelie, fantastic.

You're already here.

What... what happened to Hatteras?

He was showered with love.

I have good news.

The Academy of Meteorological Sciences in Philadelphia has invited us to help

out with an important experiment.

Philadelphia? But it's on the other side of the ocean.

That'll cost us...

I can't even get the words out.

But we won't be going to Philadelphia, Monsieur Delany.

At least, that's not our final destination.

The experiment will take place in the skies of Arizona, aboard an ultra-modern

blimp.

Arizona?

Travel fees?

Room? Board?

An ultra-modern blimp? Wow!

What kind of experiment is it?

An analysis of the origin of electric charges between two points with

different electric potential.

Wow! Basically, we'll be flying!

Right through lightning!

Oh, once again we've found an original way to put ourselves in danger!

With this, you won't see or hear any more lightning. Fantastic, isn't it?

And we were so delighted.

Well, I'll say!

Is this your dog?

Excuse me.

Hatteras! Hatteras, come back here!

It's amazing!

Mr. Lucas, Henry Jameson. Director of the Academy of Meteorological Sciences.

These are my colleagues.

Thank you for the invitation, Professor.

It's an honor to participate in this experiment.

The Academy invested a lot of money in this blimp. It can sail the skies,

withstanding the most violent storms.

Please, come on board.

Positions, everyone.

We're taking off.

Loosen the ropes. We're off to hunt down some lightning.

We're climbing higher.

What's that button for?

Emergencies. It makes the blimp descend rapidly.

And what's under here?

Don't touch that.

Please.

Huh?

Don't bother them, Jules.

Remember, we are guests on board.

It's not a bother.

Curiosity is a characteristic of intelligent people.

And he looks like a bright kid.

I wasn't trying to bother Professor Jameson. I was only curious. I know.

But I don't think these men are who they claim to be.

Huh? Shh.

Not a word.

We'll just play along with them for now.

Oh, why thank you.

How much?

How much is a cup of tea?

Nothing. You're our guests.

Well, if that's the case, you can leave the whole pot.

Emily, sit properly.

Hey, look out there at those clouds.

Calling all crewmen.

Turbulence in sight. Make all preparations.

Sit down and put your seatbelts on.

What on earth is going on?

We struck lightning, Jules.

But that's something else.

Huh? Oh, dear!

What?

That thing!

Albatross is written on it.

And it's heading straight for us!

We're done for!

Professor Jameson, what is that aircraft attacking us? I'd explain everything,

Monsieur Lucas, but not now.

Just know that this storm is not a natural phenomenon. This lightning is

like real missiles fired by the Albatross.

Captain, should we open fire?

If they hit us, the whole blimp will explode.

Not yet.

Let's just keep our distance right now.

They're letting out the shuttles.

That can't be.

Mr. Lucas!

Jules! Look at the uniforms those men are wearing.

Those are Nemo's men!

When I give the signal, open fire.

But remember, we must force it to land, not destroy it.

Fire away!

Keep a safe distance.

They don't have long-range cannons.

Prepare another attack.

Aim for the balloon this time. We've already wasted too much time with that

blimp.

Fifteen seconds to fire, sir.

Redirect your aim.

Damage the flight control system.

But don't destroy the blimp.

So they can tell everyone how dangerous it is to cross my path.

Target recalibrated! Fire!

We're going to crash!

I'll try an emergency landing. Hold on!

Go away!

Go away!

Come to me, boys!

I'm ready!

Afraid of Tomoki, are you? Uh-oh!

Jules, give me a hand here.

Jameson, your colleagues are hiding arms under their jackets. And when that giant

aircraft appeared through clouds, not one of you seemed even a little bit

surprised. Who are you really?

Do you recognize this?

A Secret Service agent. I have a friend among you.

Mr. Nichols, yes, I know.

I found out about your relationship with Nemo from your mission files.

Is that why we're here?

For Nemo? Your experience with Nemo makes you a very precious element for

our mission, Mr. Lucas.

Why didn't you tell me in the first place?

I would have agreed to collaborate if only you had explained. We couldn't risk

your refusal.

Or if you refused to bring the boy along.

Who, me? From the reports we read, it seems Nemo has great respect for the two

of you. And we need someone who can speak to that man.

You've used us like puppets. I will not allow you to put Jules in danger to

capture Nemo. We don't want to capture him. We just want to negotiate with him.

His inventions could be very useful for our government and... Seeing as my

father knows Nemo, why not use him for your schemes?

The kids must have no part in your crazy undertakings, Jameson.

Dad!

And who are you?

You saved Demoke from becoming dinner for hungry cougars. Until you get your

flying machine working again, you're a guest at my village.

Apaches! Let me handle this.

Ugg, great chief wise bear.

We French from France. We fall from sky in flying machine.

We save Tamaki from ferocious cougars. Why does your friend speak like that?

We've known white faces for some time now.

And we have always communicated with them in their language. Whatever

language that was.

For you, this makes you one of five.

These continuous attacks on trains caught our attention.

That's how we found out Nemo was behind all of them. All the money he steals

allows Nemo to finance his projects. Nemo has always had a hard time finding

financing. Ever since we had finished university, Dakar and Elizabeth had

married, and I had been far from Paris for one whole year.

Artemis! Dakar!

Wow! Dakar, it's beautiful.

Thanks to Elizabeth.

She knows how to make me feel at home, even far from my homeland.

The curtains are from India.

I'm so glad you decided to stay in Paris, my friend. And I'm glad you've

returned. Artemis!

Elizabeth!

And this must be the master of the house.

So many surprises.

Follow me.

There's another surprise I want to show you.

Remember my coal experiments?

Sure. Have you finished them?

Kind of.

I've come to the conclusion that there is no future for coal.

I can see the future, Artemis. Sooner or later the coal supply will run out and

man must invent a new form of energy.

Renewable and infinite energy.

And this is where it will be created.

Look here, my friend. This is only the first spark towards the city of the

future. Towards the kingdom of infinite energy.

An accumulator?

And these are conductor filaments.

Made of pure gold.

Where did you get the money for all this stuff?

Money is nothing compared to what's at stake.

Even if my parents don't feel the same, they paid for all this.

You and Nemo were such good friends, and he was even a dad. I would never have

guessed seeing him today.

And yet it's true.

For years, Dracar was my best friend, even if sometimes my job prevented us

from seeing each other for months.

One day, however, after having returned from yet another trip, I realized that

things had changed.

Artemis, thanks for coming. What's wrong, Elizabeth?

Where's Dracar?

In his laboratory.

He refuses to come out.

It's been days now.

Please, Artemis, we have to help him.

Hey, man of the future. What's going on?

Your parents have decided to stop financing your research?

But why? My parents have been asking me to return to India for months now. But I

have always refused.

All this is my life now. Elizabeth, my children.

I can change the world with my ideas, and I should give that up to follow my

father in his small enterprise?

They've betrayed me, Artemis.

Betrayed me.

We'll find a solution.

You'll see.

Elizabeth convinced Dakar to swallow his pride and present his ideas to her

father, Count Duval, president of the Bank of Paris.

I truly thank you, monsieur.

You won't regret this.

This invention is revolutionary.

The world as you know it today will have a peaceful and affluent future. And the

bank will reap great profits.

From that day on, Dekar was never the same.

Maybe because he was in debt to his father-in-law.

Maybe because he was on the verge of giving up his dream.

He was absorbed by his work to the point of neglecting himself, his family, his

friends.

He's not the same man he once was.

We need to stop him.

Jules, Amelie, you're here. Come, I want to show you something.

Of course, go on. We'll start working out a plan.

Here we are.

Look.

Is this what you wanted to show us?

Yes. Your flying machine made me remember the legend of the great eagle.

That defeats the Raven of Light by absorbing the lightning the Raven hurls

at it.

It's a very old legend.

Hatteras, this isn't real lightning.

Lightning, of course.

What a brilliant idea.

Do you know about this legend?

He doesn't, but I sure know that look.

The idea of attracting Nemo's attention with a fake train is fantastic, but how

do we protect ourselves from his lightning shooting machine?

I'll take care of that.

Tomoki showed me something that gave me an incredible idea.

That's right. One of his usual bizarre, but effective ideas.

There it is.

The soldiers at the fort say they will prepare a fake train with the valuables

tonight. And when Nemo comes to steal the load, we'll be ready and waiting.

The news of the special train will be transmitted by telegraph.

Nemo has informers everywhere.

It won't take long before he finds out.

I need those iron rods.

But leave the control room intact. Is there any other metal on board?

There's some copper wire stored below.

Excellent. We'll use that too.

May I ask what you plan to do?

Make a Faraday cage.

A system that will block the lightning and protect the gas contained inside the

balloon.

We're ready. We need to be quick. When Nemo's men realize the crates are empty,

they'll flee.

Don't worry about that.

Wise Bear and his people are on our side.

It's a trap! Back to base!

Take

your

positions. We're on.

Let's hope the modifications we made to this blimp are enough to stop Nemo's

lightning.

It'll work. You'll see. The copper wire will conduct the electric charge to the

ground. The albatross's lightning will not harm us.

Artemis, this time I will show you no mercy.

Fire away!

They've shot us! Don't worry, we're safe!

Don't worry, Hatteras.

The lightning can't reach us here.

It didn't work, Captain.

A Faraday cage.

Continue to fire. To the shuttles. The blimp may be protected from lightning,

but certainly not from our harpoons.

Surround the blimp and shoot harpoons at the balloon!

Open fire!

Now, wise bear, now!

You won the battle, but not the war.

Nemo is trying to get away!

Down there!

Stop that shuttle!

Look!

Nemo's jumped!

Hurry! We need to land!

Stop the descent!

Nemo is still on the shuttle!

It was just a trick. He got away.

He managed to get away again.

But his aircraft has suffered serious damage. He won't be attacking trains

anytime soon.

Let's go back to the village.

We need to rest.

There's nothing more we can do right now.

You'll see.

Sooner or later we'll stop him.

The next time we can be of use to this secret service, please just call and

don't mislead us. I hope to see you again, sooner or later. Tell Nichols I

said hello.

Bye!

Emily,

I just finished my story about the trip.

And you've convinced Hatteras he can't be hurt by lightning.

How did you do it?

Actually, I didn't do anything at all.

I think this whole adventure was like shock treatment for him.

What kind of shock treatment do we use this time? Close him up in a basement

with giant spiders?