- Good morning. - Hello.
Who do we have here?
He belongs to Robert Wade, the new president of the giant mine.
He's just cleared quarantine and he's going up with the rest of the cargo with you.
Okay. Well, you are a beauty?
We don't get breeds like this up here. There you go.
Chinook. That's an interesting name.
Okay, I'll bet your family's gonna be glad to see you. Right, let's get him aboard.
- Hi, there. - Hi.
I'm Mandisa. And you must be Ryan? And you must be Emma.
- Yep. - We've been expecting you.
The plane is being loaded and you will be leaving very soon.
- Okay, cool. - Tell me, how do you find Africa so far?
- Well, I haven't seen that much yet. - I think it's awesome.
Well, come with me.
Hey, Kruger.
These are the Croft children. Ryan and Emma.
- We're not children. - Ryan. Don't be rude.
Okay. Mr. Croft, sir, what say we get your bags onboard.
There's a giant dog in the back.
He's beautiful. He looks like a husky.
Actually, he's a Malamute.
Cool. Hey, boy, how are you?
Kruger.
We've had a report come in about possible rebel activity along the border.
Maybe you should delay the flight until tomorrow.
I think we'll be okay. I'll get up there and then I can steer clear of the border.
Okay. Just make sure you keep constant radio contact.
I will do. I'll see you in four hours.
- Are you kids ready to see some wildlife? - Yeah. You bet I am.
Yeah, awesome. What will we see?
Just sit tight, Africa always offers a few surprises.
- Don't forget clean underwear. - Yeah, yeah.
Don't "yeah, yeah" me, mister. The van's going to be here in a few minutes.
- I'll be ready. - Clean socks, too?
Man.
- Be nice to your sister while you're away. - Yeah, yeah.
What did I just say about the "yeah, yeahs"?
- Hey. How's it going in here? - Great. I'm almost ready.
Honey, you know you're just going for the weekend, right?
I know, but I still need a lot of stuff.
Okay. Well, hopefully you can get it all in.
And try to get along with Ryan.
He can be such a dweeb, Mom.
Hey, come on. None of that kind of talk.
Hey, is your name really Kruger?
Yes. It's Roger Kruger. Everyone just calls me Kruger.
Cool. Just like in the movies.
Cut it out, Ryan. No one wants to hear about those stupid horror movies.
They're not stupid. I like them.
You also like pro wrestling.
Okay, kids, look down to the right of the plane
I'm going to try and come in a bit lower for you.
Oh, my gosh, look at that.
Did you know elephants can go through up to six sets of teeth in their lifetime?
I didn't know that.
If Ryan doesn't start brushing his teeth more, he'll need another set of teeth.
Okay, now look down the left side of the plane. Giraffes.
They're so neat! They're amazing-looking.
So cool.
And did you know, even a giraffe's tongue is long? About 21 inches.
That's so interesting. Hey, Ryan, why was the giraffe late?
I don't know.
Because he was caught in a "giraffic" jam.
Lame. So lame.
So you kids are gonna go see your dad?
Yeah. He's one of the vice-presidents at the mine.
- Big wheel? - I guess you could say that.
Well, that's the new president's dog back there so you better be nice to him.
- What's his name? - His tag says Chinook.
I wish we had a dog.
Oh, my gosh, look at the zebras! There are so many of them.
Beautiful creatures?
Do you have any facts to tell us about zebras?
Not really. Horses with stripes, that's about all I know.
They're running with their friends, the wildebeest.
Hey. Why don't you tell us another one of your lame jokes?
I don't know any zebra jokes.
Hey, Mr. Kruger, look at that.
Yeah, looks like a bit of bad weather up ahead.
We're gonna have to change our course slightly just to avoid it.
This time of year the weather can change in a heartbeat.
What was that?
Mayday! Mayday! This is flight 280...
Kruger! Kruger! Come in, please!
- What is your position? Over. - Mayday! Mayday!
Put your heads between your legs. Brace for impact.
Flight ZS280! Position please!
Kruger! Kruger! Come in, please.
What is your position? Over.
Emma! Emma! Wake up, there's a fire.
Emma, wake up. There's a fire.
Mr. Kruger! Mr. Kruger!
Come on, we need to get you out of here!
Okay. Mr. Kruger, we need to get you out of here.
Emma, help!
Careful. Careful.
Ryan.
Ryan, the dog.
Emma, catch these packs!
Come on, we gotta get you out of here!
Come on!
Go. Come, go.
Ryan.
- Ryan? Ryan! - I'm okay.
Ryan.
- I'm okay. - What happened?
I heard a loud explosion and we were crashing.
We need to check on Mr. Kruger.
Mr. Kruger, are you okay?
My head. My leg. I'm in a great deal of pain.
Mr. Kruger, what should we do?
Quickly make a fire from the burning debris before it goes out.
Gather wood and sticks. Hurry.
Good. Good boy. You must keep the fire going.
It's the only way to fend off lions. They'll come tonight.
Lions? Ryan, he said lions.
Mr. Kruger, when will the searchers come for us?
I have no idea. I tried to send out a mayday...
- What should we do? - Keep the fire going, like he said.
And see what's in the packs and stuff I threw out.
I'll find more wood.
Okay. But don't go too far.
- We have no idea what's out there. - Don't forget we have Chinook.
Yeah. He looks like he'd be pretty good in a fight.
- I'm Jennifer Croft. Are you Mandisa? - Yes, ma'am. Please take a seat.
No, I can't sit. So what's the latest?
As I told you on the phone,
we think the plane went down somewhere close to this area,
based on the last radar coordinates.
Okay, so what do we do? Has a helicopter or a plane been sent out there?
The civil defense authorities will be here soon.
They'll take over the search operation.
Oh, my God.
Did you manage to speak to your husband?
Yes, he was getting on the plane to head down here.
- More cans. - What's in that one?
- Cave-i-ar. - I think it's caviar.
That's gross, it smells!
Here, Chinook, you eat it.
- Well, at least he likes it. - Yeah. He can have it all.
Now here's something I can eat...
beans.
I hope you have a can opener.
It's not that hard to get into a tin can.
Okay, so what else do we have? Is there anymore water?
Well, I guess we have whatever we put in the packs.
That's okay. There should be a stream near here or it will rain soon.
Yeah. We won't be here long. They're coming for us.
I hope so. How will they know where to find us?
They use computers and satellites and stuff to find lost planes these days.
I've seen it on TV.
I think we should give Mr. Kruger some water.
Yeah, I'll do it.
He's hurt so badly, Ryan.
I don't know much about first aid, you know.
Well, I know we have to get these wounds cleaned and bandaged.
Otherwise, he's going to get an infection.
We need a clean cloth or something like that.
All I have is this spare T-shirt.
That'll work.
You tear it up into strips and I'll wash out this wound.
Okay, here we go.
Help me lift his head.
It looks really good. You know, you could be a nurse.
Well, I hope it works. It seems to have stopped the bleeding at least.
Colonel Ibori, welcome.
This is Jennifer Croft, the mother of the two children.
Yes, Mrs. Croft. So sorry to be meeting under these circumstances.
Please be assured the Civil Defense Authority
is conducting a complete search of the area.
That's wonderful news. Thank you, Colonel Ibori.
How long before you think you find the plane?
Mrs. Croft. We're not receiving a signal from the ELT.
- The ELT, what is that? - It's the Emergency Locator Transmitter.
It sends out a signal upon impact so we can locate a downed plane by satellite.
Okay, so why are we not getting a signal?
Well, when an ELT is destroyed or burnt up on impact,
then there's no signal.
Oh, my God.
- I got here as quick as I could. - Mr. Croft...
I'm Colonel Ibori of the Civil Defense Authority.
We've set up camp about 3 miles from here. Please come with me and I'll brief you.
- Please. - All right. Thank you.
I'm so scared.
What if a lion comes tonight?
Mr. Kruger said the fire would keep them away.
What are you doing?
Making a torch, just like they do in the movies.
We might need it.
Thought you said they'd be here by now.
Well, I'm sure they'll be here in the morning.
What was that?
Lions. Ryan, lions.
Quick, the torch. Yours is there. Light it!
It's coming, Ryan, it's coming.
It's over there!
It's a tortoise.
Oh, my gosh. I was so scared.
It's kind of cool-looking, anyways.
It is kind of cute.
If that tortoise is all we're going to have to deal with tonight, I will be very happy.
I can't spend another hour out here.
Let alone the entire night.
Search plane should see our fire any moment.
I'm so scared.
Colonel Ibori, our children can't spend the night out there.
- We've got to find them, right away! - Calm down, Mrs. Croft.
Search and Rescue work at night is dangerous. From the air and the ground.
So we're just going to sit around here?
Mr. Croft. Roger Kruger is an expert on surviving in the bush.
- The children are in good hands with him. - And that's provided he survived the...
At dawn, we have a huge number of aircraft and ground personnel
searching the entire area.
Okay. Great. Well...
let's just hope we find them in the morning.
Jennifer, Robin Wade's dog, Chinook, was on that plane.
Is that supposed to make me feel better?
Well, Robert says he's a big dog. He's very protective of children.
Mrs. Croft, if the children have a big dog with them that's a good thing.
Many of our local tribes use dogs for protection.
They protect livestock, people, they're even used for hunting lions.
And food, water? What if they're hurt?
It's a supply plane for the mine, Mrs. Croft.
It should have enough supplies on it to last until we find them.
Mr. Kruger. Mr. Kruger.
Emma, wake up. Emma! Emma!
Mr. Kruger, he won't wake up.
Did you give him some water?
Yeah, okay.
Not too much.
Mr. Kruger.
Mr. Kruger!
He's hurt real bad, Emma.
I tried my best to help him. He needs to be in a hospital.
I know, Emma. I know.
You did a great job fixing his head wound.
What are going to do? He could die.
You know what? We're not that far away from the giant mine.
I could hike there.
- I don't know, Ryan. - We've got to find help right away.
I bet I could be there in a couple of hours.
I'm not staying here by myself.
Well, then we'll go together.
We won't be long anyways.
We'll leave a bottle of water for Mr. Kruger in case he wakes up.
Okay. As long as you're sure we're not that far from the mine.
We can't be. We flew for so long. It has to be just up ahead.
- Really? - Yeah.
Mum and Dad must be worried sick about us.
Well, we'll get to the mine and they'll tell them we're okay.
- It shouldn't be that far away. - Okay.
As long as you're sure.
- Come on, Chinook. Come on. - Come on.
- Mr. and Mrs. Croft, good morning. - Morning. Colonel, do you have any news?
We have launched 15 different aircraft to search the area, helicopters and airplanes.
Well, that's great news.
Robert Wade is putting all the resources of the mine into the search.
We also have a number of teams searching on the ground in vehicles.
Yeah, if only we had an ELT signal.
Yes, Mr. Croft, that would be wonderful, but we don't,
so there's no point in concerning ourselves with it.
Emma and Ryan must be scared to death right now.
We're going to find them.
You and I both know how smart they are.
I'm just so scared.
I can't stand the thought of losing both our children.
I know.
- This way. - Chinook, let's go, come on.
Oh, my gosh, Ryan, it's so hot.
- I'm boiling. - Yeah, I know. Let's take a little drink.
Not too much! Not too much!
- I hardly had any. - Well, it has to last. Give me some.
What are you doing?
I'm keeping it. I don't trust you.
What about Chinook?
Well... you said the mine can't be that much further,
he'll be okay 'til we get there. Right?
- I'm sure it isn't. Come on. - Wait. Do you hear that?
- Hear what? - Listen.
- Where is he going? - Chinook, wait!
Hey, it's an elephant!
We have to help him.
Yeah, come on.
Here he comes.
- He sure is cute. - And very friendly.
What shall we name him?
Name him? He's not our pet.
He thinks he is.
Oh, my goodness, first a dog, now an elephant.
What will travel with us next, a baboon?
Yeah, that'd be pretty cool.
- I'm so thirsty, I'm dying here. - Okay, just a bit.
He must be so thirsty. Who knows when he drank last?
We're not giving him our last drop of water.
The mine can't be far. It should be just over that hill.
I hope you're right.
Besides we still have to name him. I think we should call him Rumba.
Rumba? Where did that come from?
I don't know. It just popped in my head. Weird.
Maybe it's 'cause one of my friends back home dances the Rhumba.
All right, then Rumba. It's actually a pretty good elephant's name.
But it doesn't mean we're keeping him.
I know. I know. I just wish he was ours.
Well, he lives in the African wild, this is his home.
- Okay. Bye, Rumba. - Bye.
Ryan, it looks like Rumba's following us.
Oh, boy...
this is just like why they say never let a stray cat in.
Well, he thinks we're his new family. What should we do?
I don't know.
Emma, look at this. Looks like some sort of trail.
We must be getting close to a village now or something.
Let's follow it.
We still have to find Chinook. Where did he go?
Chinook!
Attaboy.
Come on, Chinook.
Well, this looks like a good place to camp.
What?
I'm starving. We should get a fire going and eat.
Camp? What do you mean camp? I thought you said the mine was close by.
Well, maybe we'll have to spend another night out here.
What? No way. No way. The lions will get us. What about Mr. Kruger?
Maybe they found him by now.
What? If they did they would have found us too.
I can't believe I ever let you talk me into leaving the plane.
Well, I don't know.
It made perfect sense that the mine was close by.
That's it. I'm making the decisions from now on. You're fired.
- Yeah, right. - Seriously.
I can't spend another night out here.
Well, it's not my fault.
I thought we would either have been found by now or found the mine.
Now things are worse, Ryan, way worse.
What are you doing?
Trying to get a fire started. What's it look like?
Do you still have that bug kit Dad gave you?
- Yeah. Why? - Can I see it?
Look, fire. The sticks, get the sticks.
I don't believe this.
We need to get bigger pieces.
There's one thing that we will never run out of around here. Which is dry wood.
Time for some beans.
I hope you brought a pot. And how are you going to open that?
Easy... just smash it on a rock.
That's the funniest thing I've ever seen.
Yeah, yeah, very funny. Hilarious.
Rumba's leaving.
We can't keep him. Maybe he's going back to his family.
Rumba, don't go.
Yeah, maybe. I just wish he could stay.
- Anything? - I am sorry, Mr. Croft, not a trace.
How can that be? The plane can't just vanish.
Mr. Croft, it's a huge wilderness out there.
The vegetation is very thick in some areas.
Our pilots could have flown over it several times without noticing it.
What about the ground searchers?
We have teams out carefully searching in a grid pattern, Mrs. Croft.
Most of them have agreed to camp out in the bush at night,
at great personal risk.
Pers... personal risk? What do you mean personal risk? Lions?
Yes, Mrs. Croft, that is a concern, I'm afraid.
Oh, my God, Paul, we might never find them.
Hopefully, they've started a fire.
Most wild animals will avoid contact with humans if there's a fire.
Our kids have only been camping with us a few times. They're not survivalists.
I appreciate that, Mrs. Croft. We're doing the best we can.
As I've said, Roger Kruger will know what to do in a situation like this.
Here, you do a couple.
We might need them.
I don't think there's a creepier place to have to spend the night.
Maybe nothing will come.
Maybe the fire will keep the animals away.
And we won't have to worry.
Plus, we have Chinook.
- Who wants to toast a marshmallow? - Me.
So what happened to super fishermen today?
I thought you boys were supposed to be bringing home dinner.
Yeah, they just weren't biting.
More like you just couldn't catch one.
- Yeah, I'd like to see you try. - Ryan, we'll try again tomorrow.
I've got some great tips on the best place for bass from the guy two RVs down.
All right, as long as you boys aren't out all day.
This is supposed to be a family vacation, remember?
Maybe we should also get the address of a good restaurant.
Nice one, Emma.
We'll see about that tomorrow.
What was that?
It could be another tortoise.
What was that? Something's out there.
Light the torches. Hurry.
They're everywhere. What are they?
Hyena!
Get away.
Emma, the bushes!
Set the bushes on fire, it's our only chance.
Ryan, we're in so much trouble.
We're going to die out here.
- We chased them off. - They'll come back!
And no one will ever know what happened to us.
They'll eat us.
Please, don't cry, Emma.
I'll stay up and keep the fire going.
- And you can sleep for a while. - Sleep?
I don't think I'm ever going to sleep again.
I'm going to have nightmares for the rest of my life.
- I guess we'll stay up together. - I don't get it.
You watch horror movies all the time and you still manage to sleep.
How do you do it?
- Aren't you scared? - Of course I am.
I wish we were with Mom and Dad right now too.
But...
they'd want us to keep it together. Until we're found.
We have to.
Emma!
- Emma, why did you run off on me? - I didn't run off, I've been right here.
It's dangerous. We need to stick together.
- I had Chinook. - What about me?
Dear, Ryan Croft, soccer star, can't look after himself.
- I just about got eaten by a giant chicken. - A giant chicken?
Yes. A giant chicken walked into the camp and pecked me.
- You mean an ostrich, perhaps? - Whatever. It was huge.
We could have made two thousand chicken fingers out of it. Now we need to keep going.
- Go where? - The mine. It's just over that ridge.
No, not this again. I'm staying right here.
We can't stay here, it's dangerous. We don't know what's going to come tonight.
And do you really want to go through another night like last night?
- No. - Exactly.
So let's fill the water bottle and go.
Come on, Chinook, his highness has spoken, we're leaving now.
Oh, my gosh, it's hot.
See, I told you we should have stayed at the water hole.
Be quiet! We've been through this.
- Ryan, do you hear that? - Hear what?
Ryan, look.
What is that?
Run!
Croft!
- News, Colonel Ibori? - Mr. and Mrs. Croft...
I've received a radio message from one of the outer villages.
A hunting party of bushmen have found the plane and the pilot.
That's great news. And our children?
I'm sorry to report the children were not there.
Not... what do you mean not there? Where are they?
At this stage, Mrs. Croft, we have no idea.
The pilot is suffering from extreme dehydration and heat stroke.
- He doesn't know where the children are. - So what do we do now?
We continue to search until we find them.
I am afraid I have some rather bad news.
What?
The plane was found...
here.
The pilot went off course by many miles and went too close to the border.
We have numerous reports of rebel activity along the border.
Okay. What does all this mean?
Well, I can't order my helicopters and ground crews close to that area,
it's far too dangerous.
So you're going to leave our children out there?
We might not have much time.
Mrs. Croft, the children could have wandered off in any direction.
If they've gone across the border...
Well, that's great. That's just great!
Jennifer!
Hey, Jennifer.
We have to do something. We've got to do something now.
I know. I know. I just feel helpless.
All right, what about Robert, your boss, what is he doing?
Yeah, I talked to him this morning,
he said the company's doing everything that they can on their end.
What's that even mean?
Well, mainly flying over the possible crash zones.
Now that we've found the wreckage, that will narrow the search area.
Okay, I'm sorry. I don't...
I don't want to sound like I'm blaming you or the company or anybody, I'm just...
I'm so angry and frustrated and scared...
So am I, Jen, so am I.
What do we do now? Chinook is gone.
Chinook!
- Chinook! - Forget it.
He was trampled and we didn't even help him.
Come on, we can't just stay here.
What are we going to do now, Ryan?
We have to keep going and get over that ridge.
That's just great! Just great!
What are we supposed to do now?
I can't believe this! Like...
I'm so tired, Ryan, I can't go on anymore today.
Yeah.
Mom and Dad must be worried sick about us.
How come we haven't seen a plane or anything?
I don't know, I guess they must be looking in the wrong spot.
Poor Chinook. I can't believe he's gone.
- Me neither. - It's okay to cry, you know, Ryan.
You don't have to be all boy out here, none of your friends are around.
Yeah, I know.
I'm so hungry. We need a fire and some beans.
Okay. I'll go find some wood.
Yeah, wow, is right. Look at all the stars.
That's what we've been missing as city kids.
- You know, I have an idea. - What?
That's where we're going to spend the night, the tree.
Sleep up there?
Yeah, well, it's safer than being on the ground.
Birds do it, why can't we?
Yeah. That's the best idea you've had so far.
- Hey, you can lie down. - Okay, I'll try.
- Comfy. - Really?
No, not at all. Do I ever miss my bed.
I want to try sleeping like a cat.
- Ryan? - Yeah?
Can lions climb trees?
Well, I don't think so.
That's reassuring.
Well, I'm not an expert on Africa, you know.
- Ryan. - Yeah?
- I have a visitor. - Really? What?
I don't know, but it's small, furry,
and very funny looking.
Cool. What is that?
I don't know. A monkey of some sort?
Yeah, that thing is cool.
I bet we could make millions selling those to kids back in the States.
I think it's the cutest thing in the world.
I hope it comes back.
Good night. Don't let the furry tree-dwelling animals bite.
- Ryan? - Yeah?
Thanks for taking such good care of me and being a good brother.
You're welcome, Emma.
It's going to be okay, all right?
Yeah. I just have to keep reminding myself that.
It's hard though.
I worry that they'll never find us...
and Mom and Dad will never know what happened to us.
Yeah. I've thought of the same thing, Emma.
It scares me.
But somehow we just need to keep believing that
tomorrow will be the day that they find us and we'll go home.
Yeah, you're right, Ryan. I'll try.
Ryan!
Is your furry friend back?
No, much bigger. Much, much bigger.
- It's a giraffe. - Really?
That's so awesome.
Emma, watch this.
You see that? Do you see that?
Yeah.
You're like some sort of animal magnet. They all love you.
It's so cool.
I wish Mom and Dad were here to see this.
Yeah, you like that, don't you?
You like that? Did you see that?
Yeah.
- Over there. Over there. - Over here. Hey... hey, giraffe.
No one will ever believe this.
Man, we have to find some water soon.
I've never appreciated water more in my life than now.
There has to be a stream around here some place.
Let's keep heading the way we've been going.
That way we know that we aren't walking in circles.
- How do you know we haven't? - Come on.
Yeah.
- Okay, thank you. - What'd he say?
He said there's very little the US government can do. It's not their jurisdiction.
He says the embassy will continue to monitor the situation, whatever that means.
Well, surely the US military can help with extra helicopters or something.
- Governments help each other all the time. - He said the only way for that to happen
is for the local government to make a specific request.
This is so frustrating. We're just helpless.
I haven't given up, yet, Jen, not by a long shot.
- We have two very smart kids out there. - We should have found them by now.
We're running out of time, I know it.
We need water, Emma, water.
I just drank the last bit.
You did? What about me?
There was only a little tiny drop left.
Well, you should have shared that with me.
I'm sorry.
So hot.
We've gotta find water.
There has to be some around here someplace.
A water hole, at least.
Emma.
Mom?
Emma. Emma.
Mom?
Check that out. Clear beautiful, rain water.
I'm so glad you did that. You're a good smart brother.
- Thank you. - We almost died, Ryan.
But, you know what? I was calm. I wasn't afraid.
- Mom came to me. - Mom? Mom was here?
Yeah. Yeah, I saw her. She called out to me.
Then the rain came.
What are you talking about?
I'm not sure...
but I saw her.
I think your brain's playing tricks on you.
Yeah, maybe.
Maybe not.
Come on.
Ryan.
What do we do?
Come on.
- I think it's gone. - I'm not moving.
- It's gone, Emma. - Why'd it want to kill us? What did we do?
I don't know. This one was a lot meaner than Rumba.
Good afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Croft.
Colonel Ibori, my wife and I have been talking, we just can't sit around any longer.
We have to get involved in this search.
I'm sorry, that's against regulations.
We don't care about the rebels. Okay, we'll take a jeep into the area.
- I cannot allow that. - All right, how about one of the choppers.
- We can go up in one of the choppers. - I'll give it some thought.
- Typically I wouldn't allow such a thing. - We can't stand around here doing nothing.
Mrs. Croft... hunters from several villages have agreed to assist
in the search for your children. They often track game for days.
Right. That's great news. Thanks, we appreciate it.
Now we're going to attempt to reach out to the rebels and explain the situation to them.
They may agree to give my team safe passage in the disputed zone,
- given the circumstances. - How long will that take?
Mr. Croft, you don't just make a cell phone call to a rebel commander,
they're not easy people to reach, but we will try our best.
- Ryan, do you hear that? - What?
Listen.
- Water! Come on. - Emma.
Oh, my gosh. This is the best water I've ever tasted.
I'll get the water bottle.
Check it out.
Amazing.
Now we have one big problem.
Getting across?
- Yeah. - Let's walk along the bank a bit.
Okay.
Well, this is how we get across.
But it's so old...
and there's boards missing and stuff.
Well, if we go one at a time to keep the weight down, I bet we'd be okay.
- I'll go first. - No, I'm the lightest, I'll go first.
Okay. Just hold onto the ropes at all times.
You should be fine.
You're looking good.
It's working fine.
- I did it! - I knew it would be okay.
Here I come.
Slowly, Ryan.
Maybe you should go back.
- Ryan! - Don't come out here.
Try and pull yourself up.
Ryan!
Ryan, below you!
- Get out of here. - Ryan! Ryan!
Help!
Chinook. Ryan, you won't believe this.
Chinook. Help me, Chinook.
- I was so scared. - Yeah, so was I.
I can't believe Chinook's here. He saved you.
Thank you, boy.
The mine's just over the next hill, right?
Yeah.
Once we get to the mine I'm never having another bean for the rest of my life.
- Me neither. - So much has happened to us.
Yeah, I know.
Africa has tried to kill us like fifty times.
We're still going.
Yeah, thanks to Chinook here.
Mom and Dad would be so proud of us if they knew what we've been through.
I miss them so much.
- Mom must be freaking out. - Yeah, me too.
What, you miss Mom or you're freaking out?
- I miss Mom. - Chinook's owners must be worried about him.
What was that?
- I don't know. - Lions.
Lions. They found us, Ryan.
The torches!
Where are they, I can't tell.
- Maybe the fire shall protect us. - I'm so scared.
Lion!
What are you doing?
Make that fifty-one times.
I want Mom, I want Mom. I want Mom.
They didn't get us. They're scared of the fire just like the hyenas.
Now, look, we need to make more torches now before they come back.
Maybe we should make another fire.
Good idea.
- What are you supposed to be? - I'm a warrior now.
If that lion wants to kill us, he's going to have to go through me first.
Okay. I swear I'll never understand boys.
- It's him. - Get ready.
He's coming.
You want us! Come and get us!
- What are you doing? - I'm trying to pick a fight with him.
- Are you crazy? - You stupid coward!
Great, now you got him doing it.
Get away!
Give me yours.
Leave!
Get away!
Leave!
Yeah, that's right, Mr. Lion.
You better run.
Ryan.
We scared him away. He's not coming back.
He could come back any time.
And we will be ready.
Okay, you can drop the whole Rambo act, okay?
And wipe that stuff off your face.
Yeah, okay.
I don't think we're going to be able to sleep tonight.
What is it, boy?
Ryan, wake up. Ryan.
What a night, man.
I feel like I could sleep for another 10 hours.
Well, we can't. We need to keep moving.
- I'm not sticking around here much longer. - Yeah, me neither.
Hey, at least Chinook can take a shift as a watchdog for us.
Come on, boy. Come on.
Come on. Come on. Come on, boy.
- Chinook, come on. Come on. - Come on. That a boy.
- You have news, Colonel? - Yes, Mr. Croft.
Earlier today a group of bushmen found the remains of a camp fire.
- And you think it was made by our kids? - We're quite sure it was.
There was a shoe print by the fire clearly made by a running shoe,
worn by a boy about your son's age.
That's... that's great. They're alive.
Okay, so where was this camp fire found?
Right there. About ten miles from the crash site.
Ten miles, how could they walk so far?
We are going to focus our search here.
Hopefully they kept heading in the same direction.
This is the best news we've had. Can we please join the search now?
Yes, Mrs. Croft, that'll be fine.
The good news is they're moving away from the border.
Come on, boy, come on.
Hey! Look at that!
No, the poor thing.
- What day is this? - Good question. Friday?
Gosh, it seems like we've been out here forever.
The mine just has to be close by now.
We've been walking for days.
Yeah.
How do we know it's been in a straight line?
I wonder if we'll ever get there or we'll just die out here.
Don't say that. We survived everything so far.
I'm getting weaker, Ryan.
I'm so hungry, so tired, I could just lie down right here.
We'll get back to Mom and Dad,
a plane or helicopter will see us soon.
I hope you're right. I can't last much longer.
Yeah, I know.
We'll be ready when that lion comes back.
We're not going to have any of the macho warrior stuff again, are we?
Maybe.
Give me a break. You think girls like that kind of stuff?
Well, back home they do.
Yeah, who?
All your friends. They totally gawk at me when they come over.
In your dreams, macho man.
Hey, why did you do that?
Do what?
Hit me with this.
- I didn't throw anything. - Yeah, right.
Hey!
Ryan, look.
It's a monkey. Maybe he thinks you're a long lost relative.
It's okay, Chinook.
- Maybe we're trespassing, Ryan. - Well, I'm not moving.
Emma, you should get some sleep.
I'll sit up.
Chinook is a pretty good watch dog.
- I don't know. After last night... - Don't worry. We'll be okay.
Okay, I'll try.
Emma. Emma.
- Is the lion back? - I think so. Get a torch.
Get away!
He's not gone. He's not gone, I know it.
My torch is out!
- We can't keep this up all night. - We will if we have to.
I want to get out of here.
Me too. Me too.
Emma, what's wrong?
We're still here.
I just keep hoping that this is a nightmare I'll wake up from.
I'm sorry, Emma. It's all my fault.
I just kept thinking the mine was so close by.
We could be anywhere.
Well, I think we've been walking in a pretty straight line.
That's all we have left.
- A sip for me and a sip for you. - We better find more water today.
- We will. - Better yet, that stupid mine.
That lion could be around here anywhere.
Let's move out.
It is so, so hot...
Just try not to think about it.
Come on, Chinook. Come on, boy.
Run!
Water.
Ryan, look out!
- Ryan, what are we gonna do? - I don't know.
We can't go up and we can't go down.
- The lion's still out there. - We could send Chinook for help.
Give me a break, Emma.
Did you hear that?
Yeah, sounds like another big elephant. Just what we need.
Ryan, it's Rumba.
Rumba, come here. Come here, Rumba.
Attaboy, Rumba.
Come on, Rumba.
Thank you, Rumba. Help her.
Come on. Come here, Rumba.
Thank you.
Thank you, Rumba. Thank you.
Bye, Rumba.
- I'll never forget you. - You saved us, Rumba.
- Ryan, do you hear that? - Yeah.
A jeep. Come on!
Stop! Stop!
Mr. Kruger. We need to find him. We left him, Dad.
No, it's okay, son. He's been found. And he's recovering just fine.
Oh, God, Emma, Ryan, are either of you hurt? Are you okay?
- I'm fine, Mom. - I'm okay too, Mom.
You know, we've been searching for days for you two.
How'd you end up all the way out here?
We thought your mine was close by and we really needed to help Mr. Kruger.
So we just started walking and then we got lost.
We saved an elephant and then he saved us.
An elephant saved you?
Yeah, Dad. And we got chased by a lion.
- And a hyena almost ate us. - How did you survive?
- We built fires. - Yeah, and Chinook helped us a lot.
But then he got lost for a while after the zebra stampede.
Zebra stampede. Paul...
You guys are going to have to write this all down in a book.
- Maybe they'll make a movie about us. - Yeah, right, Ryan.
Right now I just want to get you two home safely.
Come on, you.
And Ryan got pecked by an ostrich. And a monkey threw fruit at his head.
- I don't believe that. - It really did happen, Dad.
Okay, you can tell us all about it in the jeep. All right?
I just want to get you two home, safe and sound.