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Secure those plates!

That's it, lower away.

Watch out below!

Give me a hand with these, will you? The sun

is even worse than usual today.

Have a drink or you'll pass out.

It's... it's them!

They're back!

The raiders!

It's the raiders!

Hurry up! Run!

Watch out!

Run for your lives! Burn

down

the tents, quickly!

Let's go!

Shake my butt!

Ho ho ho ho ho ho!

Look how good you've become.

If you could do that on top of a rolling pin, you could help me roll out the

pasta when I make it.

Hatteras, careful.

You're going to get hurt.

Good girl.

Excellent, Sophia.

Esther, kids, let me introduce you to Monsieur Staines. Which one of you are

yearning to go on a small trip? A trip is always good news here, Monsieur

Lucas. Where to?

To the Sahara Desert, kid.

Wow!

Goody, goody, goody! I'll go and start packing the bags!

I've figured out the budget. As long as we don't take any trips for the next six

months, the company's economic position will be restored.

No, we're about to go on another...

Very expensive trip, are we? We're off to the desert, my dear Delonwee.

Why do I even bother?

Can I have one too,

Mommy?

Hey!

We could at least make them all buy tickets if we were charlatans.

So the navigable canal joins the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea together.

The benefits for trade will be enormous.

And what's this?

A basin to hold back the waters from the Gulf. It prevents the water from flowing

into the canal while it's still being built.

You are a true pioneer, Monsieur Staines. Our article will give all the

visibility you need to this project.

Don't let it go to your head now.

Again, please do it again.

Looks like you couldn't wait for bath time today, huh Hatteras?

Come here, Hatteras. I'll help you.

How do I stop?

Maybe he's in a hurry to get there?

Delennuy, wait for us!

Oh, my bottom is dreadfully uncomfortable.

This project is just amazing.

And it cost the French government a lot of effort and money.

But all this work will certainly pay off.

No. I can't believe they've done it again.

Staines, finally.

It happened again, last night.

I knew it. I shouldn't have dragged all of you here.

It's too dangerous. What are you talking about?

What happened here, Monsieur Staines?

Are you okay?

I know just what to do in these cases.

Desert raiders have been attacking the worksite for some time now.

My colleague Hadar and I don't know how to stop them. We're engineers, not

soldiers. And after each attack, many of the men don't return to work. They're

afraid. They ruin everything and disappear into the desert.

Staines is right.

We shouldn't have brought you here.

This opportunity to take part in such a magnificent enterprise is worth far more

than a few setbacks.

No! The tent with all the materials!

Hadar, don't tell me they've... Luckily, we were able to put out the fire before

it all went up in flames.

And this is all that was saved.

And they never steal anything.

Nothing. Not even the safe that holds the funds for the project. And the

workers' pay.

It looks like they want to sabotage the project.

Don't worry.

We'll try and help you while we're here. Thank you.

Thank you so much.

Staines will show you where the artificial canal will be built. I'm

never getting up on one of those animals ever again.

To the camels. Let's go.

I think we're going to wait here for you.

The canal will run through these dunes. It's the straightest route to the Red

Sea. Aren't you tired of hearing about excavations and canals, Jules? We're in

the middle of the desert.

What would you suggest talking about?

A race.

First one to those dunes over there wins.

All we have to do is keep the group in sight so we don't get lost.

And you always have your compass in your belt, right?

Okay. On three.

One, two...

What a cheater!

Good job, Jules!

Great move!

What fun!

Huh?

But this is a... I got you!

Hey, what are you doing?

Stop! Stop!

Hey! Samahara!

How marvelous!

A village in the middle of the Sahara desert!

Thanks to this oasis.

Come with me and I'll show you.

Jules, did you make it in one piece?

Amelie, this is Saphira. She lives in the village over there.

Hi. Your dog and my Samahara have already become friends.

The oasis allows my people to farm this piece of land.

And the goats provide us with milk, wool, and meat for the winter.

And we obviously have eggs from the hens as well.

Saphira, where are your manners?

Offer your new friends a cup of tea.

There you are.

Mmm, it's wonderful.

I didn't know you could drink hot tea in the desert. If heat comes inside, the

cold remains outside.

My grandfather is the head of the village.

No one does anything around here without asking for his advice.

Then I have a question. Can I have more tea? I absolutely love mint.

We rarely have visitors around here. Where is your caravan? We're journalists

from Cog de Voyage, a travel magazine.

We're doing a piece on the canal that will pass through this area.

The canal?

You should have said so at once. Go away!

You are no longer welcome here.

Oh, Grandfather, calm down. What's wrong?

Did we say something wrong?

These men don't like the French, Emily.

Only French liars like yourself, Staines.

It must be the lies that make you go red, not the sun.

No one can ask us to leave our home.

What is this all about?

Our village is located in a natural depression. Staines wants to run his

canal through here.

He says it's the shortest route to the Red Sea.

You want to destroy this village so the canal can pass through?

Not just the village. He wants to destroy our only source of water for

miles around.

Nonsense. Soon thousands of merchant ships will pass through with water,

milk, tea.

Everything you can dream of.

That's enough. Get out of my sight, you cowardly liars.

Take your concocted stories and your friends and get out of here!

Or you'll get much worse than a beating from my father's cane!

So... You want to expel those people from their village.

We offered them a lot of money. A new village and free use of the water from

the canal whenever they want.

But what they want is to keep their village.

And we're trying to bring them progress.

At least we've never reacted violently.

Do you think they're the masked raiders?

Who else could it be?

Welcome back. I've set up tents for the night. And Madame Esther has been kind

enough to cook us dinner.

You're still thinking about Sephira's village, aren't you? I just can't

believe they can't build the canal anywhere else.

The desert is enormous.

Raiders! The Raiders!

The Raiders are here!

There are more of them please stop you can't leave us like this

It's all over for you Get

ready

Raiders here we come We

can't go on like this don't leave we'll find other workers things aren't so bad

We've limited the damages. We can find all the workers we want, but those

villagers will be back.

We know it.

I spent years studying desert people,

and I guarantee you those raiders are not from that village.

But... but... what do you mean?

Of course they are. I'm sure of it. We'll see, Monsieur Staines.

And I can assure you all this will be written about in my article, including

the Oasis that has been threatened.

I don't think you understand what's going on here, Monsieur Lucas. Just

think. Come on, calm down.

Let us all calm down.

We'll talk about it tomorrow, Monsieur Lucas. Right now, we're upset and we all

need rest.

My dad is right. I don't like their attitude towards that Oasis.

And maybe there's even more to find out.

Let's meet back here in half an hour. I need to show you something.

So, what did you find out?

Shh! Over here.

Those are the crates Monsieur Staines showed us this morning.

And these are the others.

I don't get it.

Those were supposed to be all the materials that were left, right? That's

what Stain said.

Monsieur Stain said the worst thing the raiders do is cause damage to the

materials. But there are no materials.

You could have taken things a bit further this time. We didn't expect

those journalists to react.

Why were you getting hurt?

You're right.

We've almost come to the end of our game. You wanted those journalists to

feel our existence firsthand, and that's what we did.

Your work isn't finished yet. You need to help us with a small problem over at

the work site.

I'm listening.

Dad! Wake up!

I just can't sleep. I was thinking about the Artica. We must inform everyone of

what's going on here. Then you'll definitely be interested in what we have

to show you.

May I?

Uh, sure. Come on in.

Is there anything wrong?

Anything I can do for you?

Yes, actually there is. Why don't you explain why the materials you say the

Raiders are constantly destroying don't really exist at all?

What? I don't believe I know what you're talking about.

The crates in the storage tent are empty. You showed us the only ones that

actually had anything in them. I'm not sure I understand your plan, but I'm

sure it has something to do with that safe.

Incredible. Truly incredible.

What can I say? You found us out. Get them.

Give me back my spoon, if you have the nerve.

It's easy to pick on an unarmed cook.

Are we all here?

Ladies and gentlemen, I do beg your pardon, but actually this part of our

plan didn't originally include you.

You were only supposed to go back to France and tell everyone that you saw

the materials had been destroyed by the Raiders' attack.

But seeing that you don't want to collaborate, it is my pleasure to invite

you to the grand finale.

Take them outside.

We'll be at the dam by the time the sun comes up.

Samahara?

What has gotten into you?

It's the middle of the night.

Hatteras? What are you doing here?

Okay, hang on.

Father, wake up. I think something has happened to Jules and Amelie.

We've been walking for hours.

What do you plan to do with us?

The French government has allocated a lot of funds for the construction of the

dam and the canal.

Fancy that.

The accountant has reawakened. Money that Staines and Hadar only spent a

portion of for the initial construction of the dam.

Of course.

If the worksite were to be destroyed during an attack, the project wouldn't

be completed.

And everyone would think we were dead.

Now we could just disappear with all that money in the safe.

Those empty crates were just a trick. The materials had never even been

purchased. And our article would have been proof of the attacks, creating an

alibi for you to get away with.

Ah!

Leave me alone, you beast!

Someone here needs to calm down.

Don't you dare hurt her!

You're all just ruthless mercenaries!

Calm down.

Getting upset won't get us anywhere.

Because of you, the farmers at the Oasis will lose their village.

Precisely the plan.

They will be the first suspects when something happens down at the dam.

It's immense.

They've taken them away.

Yousefi, along the canal there are tracks that go east.

We need to hurry. They are not that far ahead of us.

As soon as I blow up this dam, the water will destroy the canal.

Blow up?

Tie them up!

Don't get yourselves all worked up. In just a few minutes, it'll all be over.

Quick! We've got to get out of here!

My only regret is not having been able to read the article about my project.

I guess you just can't have everything.

Au revoir!

We're done for!

Whoa! Good doggie! Hatteras!

Sephira!

Hatteras! There's no time!

Undo these ropes!

No!

We can't reach the dynamite without a ladder!

We need to get out of here.

You take care of the Raiders, I'll take care of the dynamite. What are you

trying to do?

Maybe, just maybe we can get to that dynamite. How much more time do we have

on that burning fuse?

Whatever it is you have in mind, please do it quickly.

Hurry up! This whole place is about to blow!

Jules!

Quick! We're going to get out of here!

Let's go!

This way! We'll move faster over the wood!

They're getting... running away!

Dad, help me!

I'm not the one you need to thank.

Hatteras is.

Thanks, boy.

We would never have been able to do it without you.

No canal will be built through your village. Thanks to you, this morning the

French authorities arrested Staines, Hadar and the raiders. And got back the

safe filled with all the money they wanted to steal.

Well, seeing as you've decided to go back tomorrow morning, let the

celebrations begin!

No, Hatteras. You know ball games aren't your forte.

But you're good at this one, though.