The Adventurer: The Curse of the Midas Box Page #3

- FELIX:
Mariah!

- Get off me! Felix!

No! No, Felix!

- No, Mariah, no!

- Get off me!

(CRYING) Please!

Mariah! Mariah!

(BOTH PANTING)

(GROANS)

Who are you?

Captain Will Charity.

I fought with your father

in the Abyssinian War.

You can trust me, Mariah.

CONDUCTOR:
Last call!

All aboard!

(BLOWING WHISTLE)

CHARITY:
The man behind the

disappearance of your parents and Felix

is someone called Otto Luger.

Luger has made it his life's mission

to acquire some of the most powerful

and dangerous artifacts in the world.

- What are you? Spies?

- In a way.

Your parents and I work for a

secret department of the government

called the Bureau ofAntiquities.

We stop the plundering and theft

of powerful historic relics

from around the world.

If we are to find

your brother, Mariah,

you must trust me.

My father says that

trust is earned, sir.

Consider what I am about to

tell you a down payment.

We believe that Luger has discovered

the hiding place of the Midas Box.

The Midas Box?

Records dating back

nearly 3,000 years ago

describe a box that can turn

whatever you place inside to gold.

For one man to have such power would

be an incredibly dangerous thing.

He could virtually print money.

Gold, the very foundation of our

banks, would become worthless

and the world would

collapse into chaos.

I believe there is a

traitor inside the bureau

who has been feeding

Luger information.

For this reason, we

have to work in secret.

(TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING)

I've arranged for you to work as a

Porter at the Prince Regent Hotel.

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

Luger bought himself the hotel.

You see, he would never

make himself so vulnerable

unless the box was in

or around that hotel.

You're going to spy for me.

Spy?

My priority, sir, is

finding my family.

And find them, you will. Leave your

parents to me. I'll track them down.

You, my friend, must focus

on finding your brother.

Now, here's your ticket and

letters of introduction.

I'll meet you once I

find your parents.

(PEOPLE TALKING INDISTINCTLY)

- (BELL DINGING)

- MAN:
Excuse me.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

- Hey! Who are you?

- I ain't causing no trouble.

Hey! What?

MAN:
Shall we, dear?

CHARITY:
You must remember,

Mariah, Luger is a dangerous man.

Not everything will be as it seems.

The box has been hidden

away for centuries,

lost in time, never

meant to be discovered.

If he thinks he has

found its location,

then you are heading towards truly

treacherous waters, my friend.

(PEOPLE CHATTING INDISTINCTLY)

- MAN:
It's a boy.

- WOMAN:
No.

WOMAN 2:
It's a boy.

MAN:
Ladies and gentlemen,

the Prince Regent Hotel...

Excuse me, sir. I'll be

working at the hotel.

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