The riddle...
it's gone.
Markus must have taken it.
We have to go after him.
Maybe we could track his footprints or something?
What footprints? He hasn't left a trail.
Ugh! There must be some way we can catch that dirty thief.
Sorry...
I didn't mean to call your father a thief...
or dirty.
I'm sure he's very clean.
It's okay... I think.
Haven't had much of a father anyway.
[gasps]
Hang on.Oliver?
What?
What is that?
Deer poop.
Ew! No. Not-- What? This!
[Oliver] Wait...
The riddle, it's still here.
Markus must have dropped it.
[both laugh]
We obviously scared that thieving low-life away
just in the nick of time!
Sorry! I mean... that man with unknown intentions
who could just be extremely misunderstood.
It's okay. Let's just go home
and focus on the riddle.Yes! Let's do that.
Yes!
All right, let's do this.
What should I do with these?
Still pretty soggy and stuck together.
Just... hang 'em out over there to dry.
Okay. Uh...
So, um, this woman,
how are we ever gonna find her?
Easy. Using a little something
I like to call...
the internet.
Also known as the...
"Wild, Wild, Web."
That's W-W-W.
With the internet, you can find whatever you W-W want.
Well, what are you W-W-W waiting for?
[laughs][sighs]
I don't know what to search for.
We don't have much to go on,
and Sal usually does this stuff.
He's the techy one...
How hard can it be?
What do we know?
[Sal scoffs]
[Oliver] So, what does it say?
"Look at the start and fill with fright.
"One stone starts the trail just out of sight.
Search near a bridge. There's a beam of light."
[clearing throat]
Kate.
Wow, you look so...
so in tune with nature!
You must have really enjoyed your time in the forest.
Have you two seen or heard anything from Anika yet?
Er... yeah.
She's back in Amsterdam with Jasmyn.
What?!
I've been out here in these woods looking for her,
worried sick, and she is in Amsterdam?
Why didn't she mention it to me?
Why wasn't she on that first bus?
She shouldn't have been here in the first place without telling me.
Does she know how dangerous it is
to just go somewhere without anyone knowing?
We are going back to Amsterdam.
We? As in all of us?
No, not Oliver and Dottie obviously.
You get your things.
The sooner we're ready to go, the better.
[hushed] I can't leave now, we just found the next riddle!
Okay.
If this is your mom, like you think it is,
than it's also Oliver's mom.
So... wouldn't her last name be Peters?
That was the name on the hospital certificate.
So... yeah.
"D. Peters."
Whoa, that's a lot of D. Peters.
Uh, maybe we should narrow it down.
"D. Peters, brunette."
Red sweater.Oh.
"Red sweater."
[gasps] I've got it.
"Brunette, red sweater, lovely smile."
Enter!
This isn't working.
Maybe there's something else?
Wait... what's that on her sweater?
Amsterdam University.
Maybe they have some information there.
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[Sal] There must be something we can do so I can stay.
It's okay. We can keep in contact?
How?
There's no internet or phone signal.
Remember?
[sighs]
I can pretend I'm sick.
Then she'll definitely take you back.
What if I say the forest is calling me?
That's a little weird.
The forest needs me?
That's a-lotta weird.
I can say I got confused!
That doesn't even make sense.
I could stop making sense?
Wait, now I'm confused.
[sighs]
I'm all out of ideas.
Maybe you could just ask politely?
Pft! [scoffs]
Ha! That'll never work.
Bye-bye!Bye-bye!
Take care.Have a safe trip.
Bye, guys.Buh-bye.
See you soon!
See, Sal?
Sometimes it works just to ask politely.
Yeah, you know, we Hunters tend to have more
of a "ask permission later" policy.
Maybe it's time to revise that.
Well... better set an extra place for supper then.
Lucky for you, Sal, I made enough for three.
Oh, great, I'm starving!
We're having my special nettle and cabbage soup.
You know, maybe it's not as bad as it sounds?
No. No, it's not.
It's worse than it sounds.
[Anika] Oh, the university is closed.
But we could go early tomorrow morning.
It's getting kind of--
[Kate] Anika?Kate!
[laughing]
I have been so worr--
We were worried sick, young lady!
You should never, ever, ever just go off like that
without telling me or Kate!
Do you realize how dangerous it is
to just go off without anyone knowing?!
I know, I know...
But we're glad you're okay.
I'm sorry.
What she said.
Oh, hello.
I guess you're staying over as well.
Slumber party!
[rooster crowing]
[Oliver, yawning] Good morning.
Did you sleep well?
[scribbling]
Or at all?
Huh?!
Well, it looks like a "no."
Well...
I've been thinking about the riddle all night.
It's really difficult without the internet to help me.
Where is it? Ah! Here.
"Look at the start and fill with fright
"when stones start to trail just out of sight.
"Search near a bridge; there's a beam of light.
"Enter carefully and you just might
reach the treasure, but not quite."
It sounds different than all the other riddles.
What did you come up with?
Well, "look at the start and fill with fright,"
that obviously has something to do with the Big Bang.
Yeah.
Obviously.
Wait... what?!!
Because that's how everything got started.
Right? And the small bridge
of light could be the sun?
And the trail of stones could be the planet.
Are you-- you sure?
Maybe you're overthinking this.
No, no... I wrote it down somewhere.
I have proof. Here.
So... all right, it says here...
[muttering gibberish]
It all made sense at the time.
Okay, let's just think rationally for a sec, okay?
What if the start of everything is the forest's edge?
Oh... yeah.
The start of everything's the... forest edge.
Everything starts with the forest edge.
No, nothing starts at the forest edge.
The start... the start of the forest...
Sal, are you okay?
Yeah. I mean...
[Dottie] Boys! Breakfast!
Great. Some breakfast will, uh, will do you good.
Uh... I don't know about that.
[Dottie] I've made omelets!Oh.
[Dottie] With bacon!Ah!
Birch bark bacon! With "essence of forest" spices!
Do I have to?
[Oliver] Sal, come on.
[Anika] I want to go to a university when I grow up.
Me too.
I want to study biology or something like that.
What about you?
I'd like to study myself. Get to know me better.
I think there's a lot to be discovered there.
I think they call that psychology.
Well, I'd call it "Anik-ology"!
Do you think she studied here?
Let's go see if we can find out.
Wow. It's grand.
Are you sure we're in the right place?
Well, according to the University plans,
this building is supposed to house the student archives.
Jasmyn...
Look over here.
[huffs] It's locked.
And we need a key card.
Wait...
I have a plan.That was quick.
[Anika] We ask some students if we can borrow their books.
Then we take the books and spell letters on the floor.
As the old lady reads them, she'll wonder what it says.
Confused. I'll slide in and help her read it.
But the truth is, the letters don't make any sense at all.
But while she's distracted,
you sneak up and grab her keycard.
Wow. That's an elaborate plan.
But the card is connected by a string, so...
I'd need scissors to cut it.
Oh, yeah, scissors.
Maybe they have some in here?
I thought that was locked?
I may not have tried pushing it... oops.
Still a great plan though.
Wow.
So many books.
You look there.
I'll start over here.
These are just filing cards for the books,
not the students.
Anika, maybe over there?
[softly] Yearbooks.
Okay, what do you think?
Class of 1998?
Jasmyn.
She looks kinda similar, right?
I'm not sure. Could be.
Top row, second right.
Got it.
Dominique Peters.
Yes!Yes!
D. Peters.
Really think she's my mom, Jasmyn.
Which would also make her Oliver's mom.
So the name on the certificate that Jake found
wasn't Dorothea, it was Dominique.
Now that we know her full name,
we could probably find her page.
Got it.
Dominique Peters.
Studied Archaeology.
Special interest: Meso-American culture.
That can't be a coincidence.
No.
[woman] What are you doing in here?
Well?
Um...
We're students.
You look a little young to be students
at this university.
Well, we skipped many, many grades.
Mm-hm. Yeah. We're in the special... "genius" program.
I've never heard of that program.
And you can't be in here without permission,
so down you come.
[sighs]
[Oliver] One stone starts the trail just out of sight.
Church near a bridge...
I know these woods but this does not make sense.
This food doesn't make sense.
You're the clever one.
How do you usually solve these?
[yawns] Well...
lack of internet is really slowing me down.
Yeah.
More like lack of sleep is slowing you down.
If we had the internet, we could maybe get a lead.
But no internet, no signal, no clue.
Well, maybe we should try and get that phone tower back online then?
Oh, yeah. Good idea.
May-- We--
Dude, how do you drink that?
Yeah, okay, but if we see Lyman,
we gotta be careful because otherwise, he'll tear it down.
I know my way around these woods, trust me,
I know the best route to stay out of Lyman's way.
Okay.
So you can navigate
just by looking around.
And actually, you only need a good pair of eyes
and then you will always know
where you're going.
I need more information about my mom.
I'm sorry, but this is not a day care center.
I can't have young kids just running around the place.
Can you just please give me a teensy, tinsy bit of info
about this lady?
Dominique Peters...
is your mother?
Yes.
Then...
Then you're one of the twins.
Yes! I'm Anika.
I knew it!
Well, what are you two doing here?
We were, uh...
Looking for potatoes!
We found them!
If you're thinking about repairing that phone mast--
No no no. We were just..
'Cause I've got plenty on my plate at the moment,
what with Jasmyn being missing and all.
Oh, well Jasmyn isn't missing.
She's in Amsterdam with Anika.
What is she doing there?
She's never been to the city!
The crowds, and the streets,
the dangerous traffic!
I need to contact her.
Well, if the phone tower was working,
you could have borrowed Sal's phone.
You know what, Oliver...
Hm?
That's a great plan.
We gotta fix the phone mast. Let's do it!
Take that.
So... you used to teach my mother?
Yes. I'm Mina.
I was her personal tutor here.
[sighs] She was a marvelous student.
Very bright.
Very ambitious.
Very adventurous, too.
I took that photo actually.
Really?
[laughs] Yes.
The day she came to pick up her honorary Masters degree.
The university was so proud that she was a student here.
She was incredibly happy that day, showing off her twins.
Do you know where my mother is now?
Well...
your mother is...
all around us.
Her thoughts.
Her ideas.
Her inspiring words.
Her adventures.
I don't understand...
Dominique fell ill after one of her travels,
a tropical disease.
She thought she felt so sick because of her pregnancy.
Unfortunately, it was something far more serious than that.
I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, Anika,
but your mother passed away a few weeks
after this photograph was taken.
Dominique was a very inspiring lady.
And I like to think that she lives on
in the stories other people tell.
Anika, losing someone is hard,
but you can always find parts of them
in what they leave behind.
Here, take this.
Thank you.
I always wondered how her twins were.
Is your brother well?
You know, you look a lot like her...
The same innocent
yet adventurous twinkle in your eyes.
I see her in you, my dear.
[Sal] It's tight?[Oliver] It is.
Lyman?Yes.
This better work.
[cellphone warbling tone]
Uh, the solar panels aren't working.
[sighs]
We need a different power source...
Okay...[electronics powering up]
I present to you...
the potato-powered
Sal-tower.
[both laughing]
Impressive.
[weak warbling sound]And we've got a signal...
but it's not good.
More potatoes?
I mean, if you can spare a few more, yeah.
Anything to get in contact with Jasmyn,
You two wait here. I'll be right back.
Hey...
This area is kind of the start of the forest.
Where are you going?
Over here.
One stone forms a trail just out of sight.
Look, it's got an Aztec crocodile symbol on it.
How come we never seen it before?
I mean, we just never looked.
That's weird.
I think that's another one down there.Lyman told us to wait.
Yeah, while we're waiting we can check out the stone trails, right?
And there's another one over there.
Oh, look! Another stone.
And there is a bridge.
I never noticed it before.
[laughs]
[bridge creaking]
Are we sure this is right?
It must be.
[trolley bell rings]
[Jasmyn] Hey.
Thanks.
She was so pretty.
Yeah, she was.
You know, I barely knew my mom either.
I wish there were as many stories about her.
My Dad's always been a great parent...
like a mom and a dad at the same time.
Worries like two parents, too.
I bet he's worrying about me now.
I've always had Erik and Kate.
But...all this...
I'm sure they're proud of you
and will always be there for you.
And I'm sure Dominique would have been very proud of you, too.
[Oliver] So we have to search near the bridge now?
Yeah.
For a, uh, beam of light.
[Oliver scoffs]
Wait, something's not adding up here.
I think we should go back.
No, come on.
I got this, like, terrible sinking feeling that something...
What's going on?!
[Oliver grunts]
I can't move my feet.
Me neither.
I'm stuck!I'm stuck!
♪♪