This is paradise.
No festering swamp.
No frozen glacier. No blazing desert.
- You sure you set the right coordinates? - For once I knew where I was going.
GUS: Welcome to M'riana. SEATTLE AND STACEY: Wow.
GUS: I've read the reports, but I never got to come here myself.
I figure we're a couple of jumps ahead of the Tlak'kahn...
...so we can have a little R and R, unless there are any objections.
- Are you kidding? - Ha.
Oh, man, what's the quickest way to the beach?
Aah! Whoa!
[SEATTLE & STACEY YELLING]
Earthquake.
[YELLING]
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
[ALL YELLING]
[GASPS]
[GROANING]
[GRUNTS]
Draga, look out.
[GASPING]
[SCREAMING]
Where's Harrison? Harrison!
He was standing right there.
Harrison, can you hear me? What's your status?
[STATIC]
Huh?
Ec'co, stay with Draga and guard the vehicles.
Stacey, you and Seattle are with me. Let's move.
Hold it. You just got flattened by a mountain.
Don't you think you should take it easy?
I must go. If Harrison is injured, I help.
Hmm.
[GASPING]
[COUGHING]
[GRUNTING]
[YELLS]
[HARRISON YELLING]
Huh?
[GRUNTING]
[COUGHS]
[COUGHING]
Ah, thanks.
Major, do you read me? Over.
Does anyone read me? Over.
Busted. Guess that's what happens when a few tons of water...
...slam it into a few more tons of rock.
Guess I'm lucky I'm still working.
Don't talk much, do you? I'm Harrison.
A'abay. I, Makua, from M'riana. You, from Earth.
Hey, that's right. You know my language.
Others come once. Long time ago. Through Apai'i.
Sure, through the stargate.
Listen, thanks for jumping off that waterfall and helping me out.
- I owe you one. - I was jump anyway.
On purpose? Why?
All Makua must do. To prove courage. We call it "Kamanu."
Like an initiation. I know about those.
Before joining the swim team, I jumped off the high board.
Then they shaved my head and painted my rear end blue.
- Ah, those were the days. - That prove courage?
Okay, not really. But it did prove how much you wanted to be on the team.
Unh. I've been separated from my friends.
Do you think you could show me the way back to the stargate?
- The Apai'i? - I go up mountain.
If wish, you follow.
Yeah, yeah, tha--
[ALL GRUNTING]
- It's Harrison's jetpack all right, but-- - No Harrison.
Draga, can you fly downstream and look for him?
[GROANS]
Wing injured. I cannot heal self.
Then we'll have to search on foot.
EC'CO [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: Major, this is Ec'co. We've a problem.
I know, Ec'co. We can't find Harrison.
EC'CO [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: No, major.
- I mean we have a serious problem. SEATTLE: Oh, no.
I've taken more readings, and based on seismic activity...
...gas emissions and surface swelling...
...I believe this island volcano is going to explode.
GUS [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: You mean erupt, right?
No. I mean explode.
[OVER COMMUNICATOR] With a blast powerful enough...
...to destroy the entire island...
...and everything on it.
[A'ABAY GRUNTING]
[HARRISON GRUNTING]
A'abay, is this the only way up the mountain? Aah!
Unh. There are many ways. But this way is most dangerous...
...for the Kamanu.
To prove you're brave. Yeah, I get it.
Don't take this the wrong way, but in your language...
...do you use the same word for brave and stupid?
HARRISON: Whoa.
Huh? Aah!
[GASPS]
[GASPS THEN GRUNTS]
[YELLING]
[GRUNTS]
Huh?
A'abay, take my hand.
Unh. I must do Kamanu without help.
Don't be a fool. Take my hand.
[GRUNTING]
Unh. Next time, I'm taking the stairs.
EC'CO: In a normal shield volcano...
...magma collects in a chamber beneath the cone.
When the pressure gets too great, it rises up a vent...
...and breaks the surface in a flowing eruption.
But sometimes, the chemical composition of the magma changes.
It gets sticky and doesn't flow as well.
The vents get plugged. That's what's happening here.
Molten rock and gas can't escape...
...and pressure builds up until the mountain blows apart.
That's what happened on Earth at Krakatau and Mount Saint Helens.
How long till it blows?
Twenty-four hours. Give or take 24 hours.
The safe thing to do would be to go back through the stargate now.
Yeah, except we can't leave Harrison behind.
If there's anyone living on this island, they have to be told of the danger.
Ec'co, you stay here and monitor the volcano.
Stacey and Seattle, you guys warn any islanders about what's gonna happen.
[IN UNISON] Hmm.
Draga and I'll search the river for Harrison.
Knowing him, he's probably relaxing on the beach.
[GRUNTING]
Ah. Whoo.
[PANTING]
What are you doing, A'abay?
This cairn of rocks will show I have done Kamanu.
One rock for each year of my age.
My cairn will be the smallest.
Whoa. These earthquakes, do they happen all the time?
More now than in past.
I'm no expert in geology...
...but these quakes could mean the volcano's waking up.
If it blows, the whole island could be toast.
Never trouble before.
Huh? Just the same, maybe your people should think...
...about moving to another island.
Leave M'riana?
No. This is the island of our ancestors.
I think your ancestors would understand.
We don't know other islands. Could be great danger.
So you'll jump off waterfalls and climb up cliffs...
...but you're afraid to explore the unknown...
- ...even if it might save your lives? - Huh.
- Apai'i, stargate, is that way. - What?
Hey, hold up. Where are you going?
Final task of Kamanu.
I must enter cave of Halaka, unarmed, and steal egg.
Do I even wanna know what a Halaka is?
Huh?
A'abay, does anybody ever start the Kamanu and never come back?
Yes, many. Goodbye, Harrison.
Strange kid.
Still though, wish him luck.
Anybody who'd tackle one of those Halaka things needs all the luck he can--
Yo, A'abay. Wait up.
If Harrison went over this....
He live. I know.
If the kid's alive, we can find him.
You don't have to get eaten by a giant bird...
...just to show how brave you are.
My friends have done. I must do.
What for? Why risk your life just to prove something to other people?
To fail Kamanu is disgrace.
My friends, my family, all Makua, would treat me like a ghost.
It's better than being a ghost.
When I was about your age, my family moved to a new neighborhood.
HARRISON: To be accepted by the other kids...
... you had to sneak into this junkyard...
...and steal a hubcap from a wrecked car.
But first, you had to get past this mean old junkyard dog.
That's what made it dangerous and stupid.
But it wasn't just dangerous and stupid. It was wrong and really stupid.
It was trespassing and stealing.
But it took more guts to say no to the other kids than to face that dog.
I guess most dares are like that.
- You said no? - Well....
HARRISON: I wanted to say no.
[GRUNTS]
HARRISON: But I just wasn't brave enough.
[CHUCKLING]
[YELLS]
When I had to explain what I did to my parents, it sounded really dumb.
Plus they grounded me for two months.
You say it is brave to say no to Kamanu.
Perhaps it is so. But I cannot.
If I can't talk you out of it, at least let me help you.
No, I must do this alone or it is not Kamanu.
Huh?
[SNORING]
[GRUNTS]
[ROARING]
Aah! Get down, A'abay.
[ROARING]
You're grounded, turkey.
Oh, man, nothing works.
[GRUNTS]
Whoa!
[HARRISON GRUNTING]
- Harrison. - Aah!
[YELLS]
[ROARING]
[YELLS THEN GRUNTS]
Halaka, here, your egg. This is what you want.
I give it back.
Take it, you ugly buzzard.
I guess I owe you another one, A'abay. Thanks.
Of course, I was trying to save you, but I still appreciate it.
Halaka will be watchful now. I cannot complete Kamanu.
I have failed.
Hey, cheer up, A'abay. It could be a lot worse-- Whoa!
Any sign of Harrison? These quakes are getting stronger.
No. We're gonna have to widen our search area.
We're running out of time, major.
I've taken new readings that indicate pressure is building up...
...in the magma chamber even faster than my original estimate.
Stacey, Seattle, do you read me?
GUS [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: We're pressed for time.
STACEY: Found a village. We'll get back after we explain.
Ec'co, I want all equipment stowed and the MORV ready for immediate evac.
Yes.
STACEY: Don't you understand? It's not safe here.
You have to move to another island.
What if others there? What if not friendly?
Maybe plants different. Animals too.
How we know what to eat? How do we live?
They've never been to the other islands. They're afraid to go.
I am not afraid. I do not fear volcano.
Being brave doesn't mean you're willing to throw your life away for no reason.
It means you're ready to do the right thing even if it's hard.
Even if it scares you.
[CHATTERING]
We should never leave. This is our place here.
CROWD OF MAKUA: Huh? What?
MAKUA: Stay here.
- Hey, I found you. SEATTLE: This is no time for jokes.
This whole island is gonna blow.
We've got to get these people to move to another island...
- ...and get back to the stargate. - Huh?
Uncle Gus, it's Stacey. We found Harrison.
Get back to the stargate ASAP, Stacey.
- Ec'co says there's not much time left. - We've got a problem.
We also found a village, but the people are afraid to leave the island.
It may take time to convince them.
GUS [OVER COMMUNICATOR]: That's one thing we don't have.
Do what you can, but get back to the stargate.
Where is the egg of Halaka?
I.... I have failed Kamanu.
You are not a Makua. You are my friend no longer.
HARRISON: Hey, wait a minute.
The only reason he didn't get the egg is he gave it up to save my life.
He had the courage to sacrifice what he cared about most to save a stranger.
- That is not part of Kamanu. - It doesn't matter.
The volcano's going to blow any minute and take all the Makua with it.
And us too if we don't get back to the stargate.
Come with us, A'abay. We'll take you someplace safe.
No. I am Makua.
I have not done Kamanu but I am not afraid.
I will go to other islands, make a new life.
Who will come with me?
[CHATTERING]
CROWD: We can't leave. MAKUA ELDER: I will go.
The strangers speak truth.
I am afraid to leave M'riana but it is foolish to stay.
Just as it is foolish to risk so many lives on the Kamanu.
It is time for the Makua to change.
To face the unknown. That is what it means to be brave.
[BOTH YELLING]
Go. To the canoes.
Thank you, Harrison.
Yeah, just don't go egg hunting on the new island, okay?
Look out!
[SEATTLE GRUNTING]
- The soil's liquefied. I'm stuck. - Hang on, Stace.
Take this.
Seattle. Cut down that tree.
[YELLS]
Enjoy your vacation, Harrison?
I think I need a vacation from my vacation, major.
GUS: Let's go.
We have lost the land of our ancestors.
But we will build a new life.
We must be brave.
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