01x19 - The Ballad of Belle Bonnet

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Hyah, hyah!

[horse galloping]

[g*n firing]

- Hyah.
- Hyah.

[g*n firing]

[horse galloping]

Eh!

[g*n firing]

Hyah, hyah!

[horse neighing]

That's their horse canyon.
I ain't going in there.

Uh, don't turn yellow
on me now, Jack.

I want that gold!

Hyah!

- Hyah!
- Hyah!

Whoa!

[horse neighing]

[intense music]

[g*n firing]

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[rocks rumbling]

Ah-h!

[horse neighing]

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[rocks rumbling]

[screaming]

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[beeping]

[country music]

[rocks rumbling]

Ah!

[Dr. Quest]
'The signal just spiked.'

It's almost as if it's reacting
to your presence in the cavern.

You must be nearing
the signal source phenomena.

- 'Be careful.'
- No problem, Hadji.

It's hard to believe
that those signals

could be caused by a ghost

or any other
supernatural phenomenon.

Well, that's why
we're here, Ames.

To find out.

[Race]
Come on, Jonny.

Let's check out
the far side of the cave.

Whoa! Look at this place.

'Race.'

[Jonny]
'The ceilings have life.'

[crackling]

Whoa!
Ah.

[bat screeching]

Idiot, Rawlings.

[bat screeching]

[screaming]

Jonny!
Got you.

Move it.

[screaming]

A-ah!

Whoa!

[Benton]
'Come in, Jonny. Come in.'

Race!

- Jonny, what's happened?
- We got a problem, dad.

'Race just took a big fall.'

I'm going after him.

[Benton]
'Jonny, you've got
an experienced guide with you.'

'Jonny, wait.
Do you read?'

You're not paying me enough
to risk my neck, Quest.

'Rawlings, do you read me?
Rawlings?'

[Rawlings]
'Sorry, Quest.
Equipment failure.'

[grunting]

Uh!

- Race. Race, are you okay?
- Jonny.

Oh, I'm glad that
wasn't you back there.

That makes two of us.
I guess it's not my time yet.

- Are you alright?
- I'll live.

'Hey, that's a pretty
old cartridge.'

I wonder if this
is responsible for that?

Maybe or maybe Mr. Bones
and I had to say

the climbing instructor.

Is it my imagination
or did it suddenly get cold?

Wow! Look at this!

[intense music]

[Belle Bonnet's ghost]
'The gold is for the children!'

'The gold is for the children!'

[wind blowing]

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[screaming]

[Belle Bonnet's ghost]
'The gold is for the children!'

[panting]

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[barking]

[Hadji]
This requires
hospitalization, Race.

Later for that, Hadji.

No one ever died
of a busted shoulder.

If I had landed on my head,
I'd reckon it was a delusion.

Obviously it was no delusion.

Whatever you saw is the
the source of the signals

we've been recording.

Let us hope we'll find the final
proof tomorrow morning.

'The ghost kept repeating,
"The gold is for the children."'

If you ask me,
the whole story is a crock.

I've been exploring
these caves for 15 years

'and the kid's story
is baloney.'

How about my story, Rawlings?

Reckon you banged
your head, Bannon.

Seeing things.

Frankly, Mr. Rawlings,
we no longer need

either your opinions,
or your services.

That's a polite way to say,
you're canned.

Hmm, suit yourself.

[engine revving]

Hey, Ames, I hear you ain't
gonna make the taxes this year.

'Darn shame.'

What's your point, Hank?

You can always count on me
to lend you any money

you might be needin'.

No, thanks, Hank.
I know the price of your money.

Let me know if you reconsider
my loan, you hear?

[cricket chirping]

[breathing heavily]

[horse neighing]

[dreaming]
You cannot close us down.

Right now, I got no choice.
Orders is orders.

It would be a crime
against these children.

I'll get you the money, Kate.

[horse galloping]

[g*n c*ck]

[g*n firing]

[dramatic music]

[rocks rumbling]

[horse neighing]

[screaming]

thud

[cricket chirping]

[intense music]

Huh? It's you.
You startled me.

I had a bad dream.

And she was in it.
Who is she?

That's my great grandmother,
Kate Runningstar.

I saw her
with some children.

She was this school's
first principal.

Seems like I'll be the last.

'She built this place.'

'It was her dream
to preserve our culture'

and pass it on
to the next generation.

'She spent
her whole life fighting'

'to keep the school open.'

[horse neighing]

You cannot close us down.

It would be a crime
against these children.

Orders is orders, Ms. Kate.

If you pay the requisite taxes
and land fees

I might be able
to look the other way.

Right now, I got no choice.

And these children?

This place is the only hope
they have of learning

about their culture.

That school was a bad idea
from the get go.

You've got two days
to pay the fees, Ms. Kate.

Or the Indian
Preservation School

becomes the property
of the government.

[horse galloping]

[Indian folk music]

And they're still trying
to shut us down.

It's no easier now
than it was then.

What, with the cutbacks
and the taxes

'this will be our last year.'

Who is this women?
She was also in my dream.

She's the women in the cave.
This is the ghost I saw.

Her? Oh, she was
just a common thief.

Her name's Belle Bonnet.

[glass shattering]

Hah!

[fire blazing]

[fire blazing]

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[engine revving]

What in Sam Hill!
Fire!

Get the Quest Stream
out of there.

Jonny? Jonny?

[screaming]

thud

Jonny. Ames.
Jonny, are you okay?

[fire blazing]

It's over. They've won.

I don't think so,
Mr. Runningstar.

- What you need is--
- Jonny, this is not the time.

What I need
is another Belle Bonnet.

Much as I hate to admit it.

Belle Bonnet? The ghost?

Of course, she's
the missing link here.

Would somebody mind telling us
what's going on here?

Yes, who is Belle Bonnet?

She had a good heart,
but basically she was a thief.

[Ames]
She lived over
a hundred years ago.

Belle was a friend of my
great grandmother, Kates.

And Belle had very strong
opinions about right and wrong.

You've got two days
to pay the fees, Ms. Kate

or the Indian
Preservation School

becomes the property
of the government.

What am I going to do, Belle?

Our world is dying
all around us.

'My only hope was to keep
some part of it alive'

'in this school.'

- I'll get you the money, Kate.
- 'How?'

The less you know,
the better.

[horse galloping]

Hyah!

[Ames]
Belle got it into her head
that she personally

was going to get the money
for the school.

But apparently, she
had some competition.

[horse galloping]

Bandits!

[g*n firing]

thud

[horse galloping]

Stop the stage if you
value your life, driver.

Hold.
Hold it.

Hold.

[horse neighing]

thud

bang

Oh, devil take me, Jack.

There's enough gold here
to sink a ship.

We're the richest sons
and Gods in the territory.

Maybe in the whole dang world.

[horse neighing]

Sorry, boys,
but I got here first

and this gold's bespoke.

It's for the children.

[g*nf*re]

[horse neighing]

thud

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Get her, Jack.
Get her!

Hyah!

[g*n firing]

[horse galloping]

[Ames]
They say that Belle rode out
to rob that stagecoach.

And no one ever saw her again.

Most folks believe she took
the gold and hightailed it East.

But she didn't go East.
I know she didn't.

Jonny, what are you
talking about?

I'm talking about the final
resting place of Belle Bonnet.

The voice in the cave.
The ghost.

The dreams I had.

The gold was for the children.

I know what happened to it.

I know what happened
to that gold.

[Jonny]
Belle Bonnet must have been
chased into the cavern.

[horse neighing]

There must have been
a g*n battle.

[g*n firing]

clink

I have proof of that right here.

But then the cave
were collapsed.

The same thing
happened to Race.

[screaming]

splash

'There's an underground lake
in that cavern'

and my guess is
there's a lot more

than just water down there.

[rocks rumbling]

Race, this is Benton.
Do you copy?

Loud and clear, Benton.

We're preparing to dive.

- Remember--
- No heroics.

I've become that predictable?

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Hadji, look,
there it is.

What is it, Jonny?

[Jonny]
'I knew it.
I knew it would be here.'

We found it, pop. Belle Bonnet's
stagecoach. It must be.

We're talking serious gold here.
Let's get it to the surface.

splash

We did it.
We got it. Pop?

Oh, this is not good.
Come on, Jonny.

Dr. Quest?
Dr. Quest?

Dad?

Oh, I do not like
the look of this.

Dr. Quest?

He's over here,
and if you want to see him again

'bring me the gold.'

You'll never get out of here.

[Jonny]
'Race and Ames Runningstar's
up there.'

'That's the only way out.'

I don't think
they'll be doing anything

to put your
precious lives in danger.

Now, get me that gold.

Ames ain't the only one
that knows the legend

'of Belle Bonnet's gold.'

You've done
real good finding it

and I'm gonna do
real good keeping it.

[wind blowing]

[coins clanking]

Gold!

It's happening again.

[intense music]

thud

[horse neighing]

[Belle Bonnet's ghost]
'The gold is for the children!'

'The gold is for the children!'

[horse galloping]

[screaming]

thud

It's just a ghost, Hadj.
It's not real.

[horse galloping]

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[screaming]

[fire blazing]

- Is he dead?
- Yes.

But what's odd is that
there's not a mark on him.

The gold is for the children.

Pop, I think
we're making a mistake here.

Belle Bonnet made it
pretty clear

that the gold
was to go to the children

not some bank.

Belle had good
intensions, Jonny

but she still broke the law.

That gold belonged
to the bank and in turn

to the hard working people
who made deposits in that bank.

On behalf of the Board
of Trustees

we'd like to thank you
for your honesty.

What, no reward?

Actually, reward was posted
for the gold.

$500, if I'm not mistaken.

Well, that oughta
cover the gas.

The reward was $500
in 1872.

Now, if we allow for interest
and compound interest

we end up
with over $500,000.

So, who gets the cheque?

Mr. Runningstar.

I'll build a new school complex.

The money will go
to the children.

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