I guess one good thing came around from Marcus
getting his creep on.
Wait, no, don't.
Let's read it back at the house.
We've already been here long enough,
and the damp's making my skin shiver.
I don't want people thinking I'm a tortoise like Tammy.
[boys chuckling]Come on.
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[Kate] Evie, honey, ten minute warning!
Hey, all right.
Brush and floss your teeth for the dentist, please.
Where is everybody?
And why is my knitting stuff there?
Uh, for flossing my teeth?
Honey, you know we don't floss with string.
You'll pull your teeth out.
I mean... kidding!
I'm playing Rapunzel.
In the fireplace?
Uh, I mean, I was playing Rapunzel.
Now I'm playing Cinderella.
All right, well, Cinderella, please...
stop cleaning the library
and start cleaning your teeth.
[door closes]Whew!
Unh!
You took forever.
Didn't you go to Diane's house?
Yes, we did.
Turns out this tunnel leads exactly there.
Wow!
And...
we found this... [breathing deeply]
inside the tunnels.
Extra wow.
Wait, hang on.
Yeah... unh!
[gears grinding]
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[Anika] "I am hiding place where nothing is hidden.
"A home for sticks, but stones are forbidden.
"Nurture my children and they shall grow tall.
The fruits of these labors lie within these walls."
Okay, classic Riddle Meister.
[Sal] Any ideas?
Hey, what else is in the bag?
Just a lot of dust and a pretty nasty smell.
He must've had this for years.
12 years in fact,
if these receipts are anything to go by.
Wait, why would he carry around the riddlestone for 12 years?
Maybe he used it as a doorstop.
And why would he dump it down there?
Well, he saw us coming. That probably scared him off.
I think there's something stuck in the lining.
What is it?
There's a hole.
Huh!
What is that?
It's a film roll. From an old camera.
So, film like in video?
No, before cameras were digital, they used film.
My mom still has one of those cameras.
She loves dragging it outside and taking pictures of me
because I'm her favorite subject.
And she develops them all herself.
Great! So let's develop it.
You know, maybe there's a--
Maybe there's a clue in one of the photos.
Well, I've seen my mom doing it a few times,
so I might be able to remember how,
but we need special equipment and chemicals
to develop the photos,
and I don't know where to get them.
Unless...
Unless... Go on.
Unless we ask my mom
if we can borrow her equipment?
Seriously? Yeah, you do that, Oliver.
You go ask your mom.
And while you're at it, why don't you ask your mom
why she gave me away?
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[traffic passing outside, birds chirping]
[knocking on door]Hey.
I'm sorry.
No, you startled me. That's all.
No, not just about that.
Also for being thoughtless back there.
And for thinking that Kate and Erik
might have faked your adoption papers.
I don't wanna fight with you, Nika.
I only just found you.
I don't wanna fight with you either.
And for the record, my adoption was legal.
Diane confirmed it.
I was just trying to make sense of things.
Same as you. I'm really sorry.
It's okay.
Sorry for snapping at you.
My head, it's...
so messed up right now.
I mean, I can't even imagine how hard this is for you.
Did you just eat candy out of your hair?
Not my hair. My head wrap.
It's great for stashing stuff.
Here.
Hey, twin.
I'm glad, you know, that we're twins.
But... I just...
can't stop wondering why Dottie gave me away.
I don't know.
But...
I'm sorry she did.
[cell phone ringing and buzzing]
Hey, keep your voice down.
I'm not supposed to have this phone.
Wait, where are you?
Don't ask. Okay, good,
'cause we don't have time to talk about it anyway.
Guess what?
We found the next riddle.
What? How?[footsteps approaching]
I thought it was missing. I-- No, no, no!
Give it back! This was confiscated.
Oh, hello, Salvador.
Uh, it's Salvatore. And I prefer Sal.
Well, I prefer my daughter not to break the law.
But we don't always get what we want, do we?
Jasmyn is indisposed right now
and will be for the foreseeable future.
Dad!Yeah, so...
we-- the conect-ion-- is-- bad.
[imitating static]
Uh, you do know I can see you, right?
Well, see this. Goodbye!
Dad, why did you do that?
Now I have to add pickpocket to your criminal career.
That's not fair!Neither is stealing your phone back, Jas.
Or breaking into a secure research facility
and putting yourself in danger,
which is why I confiscated this in the first place.
Okay, that is fair.
But why do I have to crawl around
in Dottie's disgusting pipes?
Well, you did pretend to be her son,
and I imagine if he were here,
he'd be doing this instead.
Now, let's get this done before Dottie gets back.
And remember, Jas,
righty tighty, lefty loosey.
What about yucky grossy?
Hey, guys. Oh, sorry, am I interrupting?
No, join the fun.
Jasmyn's incommunicado, so it's just us.
You guys wanna help me solve the riddle?
We only have like a week to find all the objects,
figure out how they work, and find the treasure.
Sounds like the perfect distraction.
What? Yeah, I know.
My hair dries super fast. Crazy, huh?
Okay, rapid-fire.
Say the first thing that comes to your mind.
"A hiding place where nothing is hidden."
A snow globe.Pockets.
Uh...
It doesn't even make sense.
"A home for sticks where stones are forbidden."
A hockey field.A fireplace.
Uh... the woodshed.
Only it... has a stone floor.
"Nurture my children and they shall grow tall.
An ice cream store!A school!
Uh...
The crib in the attic!
"Fruits of my labor within these walls."
A fruit market.A fruit bowl!
Uh...
Uh... I guess...
it could be buried
behind the walls.
Like with... fruit-patterned wallpaper?
Okay, so we got...
The objects are
in a snow globe, on a hockey field,
in an ice cream store, in a fruit market.
Possible.
In a pocket, in a fireplace,
in a school, in a fruit bowl.
Okay, I'm not even gonna pretend like that one makes sense.
In a woodshed, in a crib,
behind some fruit-patterned wallpaper.
I've got it! We need snacks.
Right, where we at?
Two maps and two pyramids.
One map and one pyramid.
A location finger, three riddles.
A pair of jaguars, a pair of monkeys.
A date, next week.
And enemy, Marcus.
A house we're about to lose.
[all exhale deeply]
Guys, Hunters never lose.
No matter where we are, we always have each other.
What about the eclipse?What about it?
Well, we know there's an eclipse next week.
We just don't know how it fits in the rest of all this.
Or even if it does fit in.Well, it's got to, right?
I mean, the date of the eclipse
was on the bottom of the pyramid.
There's lots of stuff about eclipses in here.
Even rare eclipses like the one next week,
but nothing about the Aztec treasure.
I've searched the whole entire Internet,
and the only thing I could find
was that it was happening, but that's it.
So, if there's nothing in the book,
nothing online,
where else can we search?
I know exactly where to search.
The planetarium!The planetarium!
Planetarium!
Why didn't I think of that?
What a waste of time.What?
That place was a gold mine of information.
[Oliver] Yeah, just not the information we need.
Hello. What was it you were interested in?
The Moon, the Sun?
Don't tell me. Mars.
That's all you kids are interested in these days.
Mars, Mars, Mars.Well, actually we were--
What about all the other planets?
The great gas giants.
No, actually, we were hoping to find out more--
Goldilocks.Pshh! Goldilocks?
What does she have to do with space?
The zone, not the fairy tale.
The very key to habitable life.
[shouting] Is there anybody out there?
Well, actually, sir,
we were looking for information about eclipses.
Yeah, and we're kind of in a hurry, so sorry.
Eclipses, you say? Well, that's very interesting.
Because if you really do want to learn about eclipses,
then I'm-- I'm the guy you-- you're looking for.
All right?
Wait! You dropped--
Uh... Dad?
Dad?Mmm.
Look. What on Earth?
Oh, my magic trick! That's where it went.
Magic trick?Yes!
Yes, for Oliver's eighth birthday.
I couldn't afford scarves, so I used my old tights.
I hid it in the sink and then must've forgot.
I wondered why it was draining so slow.
For six years?
Well, patience is a virtue.
[ring clattering]
Hey, is it a wedding ring?
No, no, don't touch!
A lost wedding ring is a very bad omen.
Is it yours? Wait...
Were you married, Dottie?Don't be nosey, Jas.
Now, let's put this all back together.
[Kate] Hi, guys.
Hey.
Um, Anika...
would you have change for a ten?
Oh, yeah, uh...
My wallet, it's-- it's gone!
You owe this gentleman
a big thank you for finding it for you.
You dropped it at the planetarium.
I didn't want to snoop, but I had to look inside
to see where you live.
Oh, well, thank you so much.
My pleasure.
I didn't even notice it was gone.
While, I'm here, I hope you don't mind,
but you mentioned before that you're, uh,
looking for information about eclipses.
Uh, yeah.
Eclipses?
Oh, it's vacation homework.
If I may be so bold,
I'm something of an expert on the subject.
Really?
Allow me to introduce...
Ernest's Portable Planetarium.
Or as I like to call it...
the Janitorium.
[snickering]
Sorry.
If you're amenable, I'd happily shed
some corona on your investigations.
I've spent the last 40 years
compiling this presentation.
It's my life's work,
and you, my friends, will be my inaugural audience.
Introducing "1001 facts about Eclipses."
[record scratches out]We're gonna be here for hours.
Well, yeah, but at least our minds will be blown.
Slide number one. This is the Sun.
Slide number two. This is the Earth.
And slide number three. This is the Moon.
Slide number four.
This is what happens when all three align
and the Moon's shadow is cast over the Earth.
It's called...[kids] An eclipse.
Yes, or... syzygy.
An alignment of three celestial bodies.
Huh! I did not know that.
See? Ka-boom!Okay...
Partial eclipse,
total eclipse, annular eclipse.
Like the one next week.
[Ernest] Number 19, corona.
Number 20, solar flares.
Number 198, Saros Cycle.
This is when a near identical eclipse
appears approximately every 18 years
in the same location.
[clock ticking loudly]Number 601, Umbra.
Number 680.
[overlapping dialogue]
[Ernest] ...the Emperor Montezuma.
Now, next slide--
Wait, wait, wait! Can-- can-- can you go back?
We have two more hours
before we get to the exciting part
No, no, no, just do that last bit.
You mentioned Montezuma.
Yes, the Monte, as I like to call it.
It's next week's eclipse.
So, next week's eclipse
is connected to the Montezuma treasure?
So I was told.By who?
An expert in all things Aztec.
We met in Mongolia in 2004,
and that's when we realized I was the only person
in the room to have seen the Monte.
Wait, you've seen it?
That was the expert's reaction, too.
This particular eclipse is something to behold.
It only appears every 52 years,
which, according to the expert,
is a significant number in Aztec culture.
Yeah, that's what it said
in the book I was reading.
That's why it's linked to the legend of the treasure.
And why I gave it that name.
The expert called it something differen.t
The Butterfly Sun.
The expert was working on a theory,
but it was never published,
so I left it out of my presentation
because of academic reasons.
Can we, uh, can we get a--
Could we get a couple of that?Of course.
Hey, what was the expert's name?
Was it Rex Legend?
I don't recall. It definitely wasn't Rex.
The expert was a young lady, a very nice young lady.
Uh, that was amazing. Thank you, Mr. Ernest.
This was so awesome. Thank you very much.
It was a great presentation,
but we have to get going now, you know,
because, you know, work calls...
But we didn't do the audience interactive part.
Yes, but, um, we just remembered something.
Something that I can't remember.
Um, we've got to go to the dentist,
and we're all late.
Yep, that's it!
Darn! If only we flossed more.
One-- one last thing.
If you're planning on viewing the Monte,
make sure you wear protective glasses.
Never, ever look directly at the Sun--
All right, yeah!Mm-hmm, yes, thank you!
Bye! Okay!
[all breathing deeply]
All right, I'll grab the book.
I'll get the printout.
And I'll get the, uh...
the enthusiasm! Let's go!
The butterfly, Aztec symbol of renewal.
Hey, guys, listen up.
Some Aztecs believed that an eclipse
signified renewal or rebirth.
52, the Aztec number of renewal.
The Butterfly Sun appears every 52 years.
[Sal] "The Eclipse Monster can be defeated by the Butterfly."
[Oliver] The book also talks about the Eclipse Monster.
Wait, during the Butterfly Sun,
ills are temporarily healed.
"Curse and hexes temporarily lifted."
Next Butterfly Sun, 2019.
[all] Next week's eclipse is the Butterfly Sun!
It's the only time when the treasure isn't cursed.
And safe to handle.
This is great, this is really great!
Too bad we still don't know where the treasure is.
[Rex] Wow! You've knocked my socks off.
Keep me posted, guys.
And I'll see you tomorrow for the appeal. Bye!
Bye, Rex!Bye, Rex! Thank you, bye!
Oh, I can't wait to tell my mom.
You know, after so many years, I can finally just tell her
she doesn't have to worry about curses.
Well, at least temporarily, of course.
Because honestly, Nika, one day of listening
to my mom freak out about curses and everything
and you'll be glad she gave you up for adoption.
Nika, I'm-- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to--
Yeah, it's okay.
Uh, I think I just need a time out, if that's okay.
My tummy hurts.
Yeah, yeah, sure.
Nika.
[exhales deeply]
How did you feel when your mommy left you?
[Evie] She didn't leave me.
Huh?
Don't you miss your brothers and sisters?
I didn't have any brothers and sisters,
but now I have two sisters and four brothers
and all the lettuce I need.
Yum yum yum!
Fooled ya!
Nika, why are you sad?
You know what, Evie?
I think that's something even I'm too young to understand.
[Dottie's voice] Now that you're here you can stay for a minute.
All right, the recorder
is also known as the English flute--
[giggling] Kitten, stop licking my ear!
Shh!
[Sal, yawning] Why'd you guys wake me up?
I was having the most amazing dream.
Yeah, about kittens.No.
Guys!
I woke up early this morning to go to the bathroom.
I looked at the bed. It was empty.
I woke up just now. It's still empty.
So? Where's Nika?
I don't know, I've looked all over the house.
There's no sign.
She's gone.
♪♪