Creature from the Black Lagoon Page #3

chances of finding anything are remote.

But science always

takes remote chances. Why not try it?

- We might still turn failure into success.

- There's just one thing, Mark.

Going into unexplored territory

with a woman.

I'm not afraid, David,

and we've come this far.

I know, but... I keep remembering

what happened to Carl's men.

That doesn't sound like

the dedicated scientist talking.

Dedication doesn't mean

risking the lives of others.

I've always found

Kay was able to take care of herself.

We know nothing

about this lagoon.

I can tell you something about this place.

My boys call it the Black Lagoon -

a paradise.

Only, they say, nobody has ever

come back to prove it.

We'll do it.

Oh!

- Oh, David.

- I didn't mean to startle you.

I don't know what made me do that.

- That howling out there doesn't help any.

- Ah, those are Guariba monkeys.

Are you sorry now that we came?

You don't understand the species

very well, Doctor.

Give me time. I thought I was doing well,

considering that we've only

been together for six months.

How much time do you think you'll need?

From where I'm sitting, I'd say...

a lifetime.

That's the right answer.

We may not even have a lifetime.

In that case...

You mean this thing really works?

Oh, yes.

It's a very positive weapon,

the spear gun, Lucas, and easy to use.

All you do is aim it and squeeze.

What are you gonna shoot at?

Make any difference?

Hey!

- Can you take it any slower?

- Ease her off, a little bit. Not too much.

- Give me that hook.

- We may just make it on this side.

It's tight over here.

Is impossible!

But I, Lucas, will do it! Eh?

The Black Lagoon.

Beautiful lagoon.

Another world.

A little farther.

Then get the net over the side.

You expect to catch a fish?

We might as well see

what species are here.

We're not interested in fish.

We're after the rest of that fossil.

I need rocks

from the bottom of the lagoon to test.

- But we just got here.

- Why waste time?

If any of the wall that contained the fossil

is here, the rock test should prove it.

- I'll get the aqualungs.

- Be careful, David.

We don't know what's down there.

- I hope you're afraid for me too, Kay.

- Of course, Mark.

A little faster! Come on!

Faster! All right! Let it down!

All the way! Come on! Down, down!

All the way!

All right, hold it!

Here we go.

- We got the net down, David.

- Good.

This is crazy kind of fishing.

Who eats rocks?

I do, in a manner of speaking.

I crush them, and they tell me things.

Now you be careful.

What these rocks tell you, anyway?

How old they are.

It's called the uranium-lead test.

What do you wanna know that for?

So we can match 'em against the sample

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