42. A RUNAWAY IN SICILY
Lydia and her friends are in Sicily, the biggest island in the Mediterranean Sea.
- Wait for me! - Be careful!
Wait for me!
Don't close the door, it's dangerous!
Get out of there!
- I can't open it! - Step aside and let me try!
- It won't open! What do we do? - I am scared!
If we don't get her out of there, she will suffocate!
Help! Please, help us!
Come quick! Help!
A girl locked herself in a fridge and I can't open the door!
- The door is stuck! - What will we do?
Poor girl! She must be frightened!
Help! I am suffocating!
Didn't you open it yet? Hurry, or she will...
Calm down, little girl.
You are saved!
Amazing!
She looks like...
Did you see it?
Gina! Gina!
- Gina, my dear! - Mommy!
Gina, my dear little girl! Thank you very much, Miss!
I only shouted for help. It was this gentleman who saved her.
Where did he go? This is surprising!
I would have liked to thank this kind man
He was astounded when he saw your face. Didn't you notice?
He was astounded? But why?
Why are you wasting time, Boris? Your mission is to follow Lydia!
- Yes, I know. - What are you waiting for, then?
Before leaving, can I taste a glass of this hotel's fine wine?
- It looks really delicious. - You better go to work!
OK, OK... She is so stingy! I will offer myself a glass of wine.
Aren't you ashamed?
I can't see a thing!
Boris! What are you doing? Now it's not the time to sleep!
Yes... At your command, Miss Sabrina!
I am sure that Boris is behind us!
Don't worry. Act like you didn't saw him.
Watch it!
Sorry!
Can't you watch your step?
Is it you?
The girl from before!
- Is everything OK, aren't you hurt? - Ni, I am all right.
What's this?
My wife and Maria, my daughter, are in this picture.
Unfortunately, both are dead.
I have lost almost all their photos in my wanderings.
This is the last one I have left.
When I saw you for the very first time, I thought that you were my daughter.
You look very much like her.
- Would you like to dine with me? - Yes, it would be my pleasure!
- Good evening, Dario. - Caruso!
I was looking for you for a long time.
Lydia, go and buy a bottle of wine for my friend.
I'm going!
Caruso, you promised that you will never come to my house!
You have a nice way to greet friends! Don't forget that we used to strong rooms together.
Would you want to work together with me again? This time, it's a big hit!
I think I can break into the vault alone, but, if something would go wrong,
I would need your help. Do you understand me, Dario?
No bank vault is strong enough for you!
If you agree, we can do it tonight!
- I refuse. - You refuse? You seem to be short on money.
Get out and never come back here!
All right, I understand.
This kooks promising! Maybe it will bring money in my pocket!
Why is Boris following that man?
I have found out about Dario. Come down here, so I can tell you.
Dario is a strong room breaker.
Dario, a strong room breaker? I don't believe it!
I left the pendant there!
Weird! Maybe it fell under the bed.
- I don't understand! - Have you lost the pendant?
- Have you seen his pendant? - That man took something.
- Maybe it was the pendant. - He stole it!
- It was precious for poor Dario! - I will take it back!
Dario!
You are burning!
This is the room!
Who's there?
- Good evening! - But I haven't asked for anything!
I must talk with you, Caruso, the strong room breaker.
- What? - We will work together, all right?
- You want me to "sing", right? - You understood quickly!
But this is a badger! I have a nice little job for you!
Who are you? And what do you want?
Dario lives here? I am inspector Franco.
Are you a police inspector?
Dario, you helped today a girl trapped in a fridge.
I came here to thank you.
You lived in Naples once, didn't you?
Yes. Why do you ask?
I lived there too. You remember the Bank of Naples robbery?
I worked on that case, but I didn't found out who did it.
I was demoted and sent to Sicily.
The statute of limitations expires today, at midnight.
But I will not stop looking for the robbers until the last minute.
I have a clue. The robber always left a cross mark on the vaults' doors.
I have found a similar mark on the fridge opened by you today.
Can't you see he is sick, inspector? Let him rest.
He is sick, indeed. Please excuse me.
- This is impossible! You can't be... - Yes, I was one of those robbers.
It's an ugly story, which began earlier.
We were an united and happy family. I was a strong room maker.
The business was good, but Maria suddenly fell ill with her heart.
She needed immediate surgery. I went to my friends for help,
but I couldn't raise enough money for the surgery.
Then I met Caruso. He proposed to rob banks.
I got the money for the surgery, but to no avail.
Maria died anyway.
My wife was hit hard by her death, and then she found out I was a robber.
She died also, very soon after our daughter.
Since then, I have been moving from town to town, feeling the guilt.
In a few hours it will be midnight and my worries will be over.
The statute of limitations will expire and I will no longer be a wanted man!
I will not have to run from the police.
I will be able to return to Naples,
and take care of my wife and daughter's graves.
I will finally have a calm live.
He's the agency's manager.
- The game is about to begin, my friend. - Do you think we can pull it off?
No problem. After we open the vault, we will leave Dario's pendant there.
While the police will chase him, we will have enough time to leave the country.
We will leave with the dough split fifty/fifty, right?
Of course. What are you waiting for? Go!
OK, boss, it's a deal!
- Don't forget to leave the medallion there! - Yes, yes!
They want to set up Dario!
I won't let them!
Watch out, it will explode!
- Bring the dynamite sticks! - All right!
This way!
It wasn't easy to get the lock combination!
In a few minutes, we will be millionaires!
Flower! Flower! Flower!
This is it!
Cador and Cathy, set free the guard!
OK!
Wonderful! It's full with new bank notes!
Don't move! Hands up!
Get out, both of you! And don't try any tricks!
Lydia!
There are people locked in the vault, right?
- It isn't moving! - It can't be opened from the inside.
This can't be!
It can't be opened, the lock is damaged.
In this case, we must break the lock using explosives.
No, it's too dangerous. We risk wounding the people trapped inside.
- We have no choice. - Look at the oxygen level!
It's dropping fast!
We must open the vault. If not, they will die!
I see only one solution, to break the door with a cutting torch.
If we don't make it, they will die!
- Its scorching in here, like in a sauna! - The air is smothering!
The oxygen is consuming quickly. When it will run out, we will die!
- There's nothing we can do. - Get us out of here! Help!
If we don't open the vault quickly, Lydia will die!
- We must bring Dario here! - Dario! Good idea!
*No bank vault is strong enough for you!*
Hello, the TV station? A girl named Lydia is trapped
inside a bank vault in Sicily, with bandits.
Hello?
Lydia will not come back, I'm sure of it. She found out that I am a vault breaker.
Breaking news! A girl named Lydia
is trapped in a vault with two bandits, in a Sicilian bank.
The police does everything in its power to save the trio,
but the vault's door refuses to open.
We are worried especially for Lydia's life.
Lydia?
*Grandpa, grandma, maybe I will die in this vault.*
*I can easily break into that vault!*
*It's better to hide until midnight, until the prescription.*
*Then I will be a free man.*
*But I should...*
After an hour, they will have no oxygen left.
- Dario still hasn't come! - The situation is desperate!
*If I don't help her, she will die. But if I go there...*
*What should I do?*
*Help me, father!*
*I have decided. I'm going!*
He came!
Dario is here!
They have only 10 minutes left! Let me do it.
In two minutes, the oxygen will run out.
Haven't you broken it yet? They are out of oxygen!
Calm down, please! It's the last operation.
It's open!
Let's go in!
Lydia!
- I opened it just in time! - Dario!
Your pendant.
- Smile, Lydia! - Thank you!
We were losing hope.
Your courage was a beautiful example for our bank!
No, sir. You should thank Dario.
Where did he go?
Inspector?
- Do it now! - Dario!
Lydia, I must pay first for what I did.
Only then I will be a free man.
I found out that my daughter lives on in my heart and soul.
For her, I never want to be a coward again.
I want to live in dignity.
Please, inspector, the handcuffs.
You have already paid for your old mistakes. Besides, is past midnight.
You are a free man.
Thank you, inspector.
I am happy for you, Dario!
Good bye, Dario! Take good care of yourself!
Thank you, Lydia. I hope that you will soon find the Flower in Seven Colours.
- Good bye! - Good bye, Lydia!
Please, take these flower seeds
and plant them on your wife and daughter's graves.
Soon, the seeds gave beautiful purple heliotropes.
Dario took care of them with great love,
just like he cared for his wife and daughter.
Looking at the flowers, he felt relieved and happy.
It was the same happiness he felt when he exposed himself to save Lydia.
In the language of flowers, the purple heliotrope signifies "devotion".
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