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Here, this box is hiding a trap door.
I figure we have to go down those steps.
I don't know if what we'll see will be suitable to your stomach, Thomas.
Don't worry about me Tex, by now I'm ready for anything to get to the bottom of this story.
A happy little place, isn't that what they say.
My God what a stench.
The two cages are the last ones.
Well, this is the place in which they kept the man-apes hidden.
Before a robbery or attacking a stagecoach they would come to get them...
...and put them in a wagon constructed especially because they wouldn't be seen until they're in position...
...to free them for the hit. A heck of a gang! You can say that again old camel.
And Dr Stevens was in the dark about all this, right Sammy?
Yes, he gave the order to Valance to get rid of them but he didn't know that instead they were being trained for crimes.
You said the man-apes were the result of the Dr Stevens' experiments, right?
That's right. What kind of experiments were they? Ah, don't ask me that. I don't have the slightest idea.
Maybe they have something to do with the bizarre theory of Dr Stevens to separate good from bad.
The theory that your father, Dr Ferguson, openly objected to according to what you said.
That's right. My father was convinced that man has some unconquerable limits by nature and divine will.
Don't talk about your father in the past tense Thomas. Something tells me that soon we'll have some news.
Heaven willing! Here we are. Those are the cages.
One is here. Where? In this darkness I can't see anything. There in the corner, don't you see him?
Devils in hell! In the dark you can barely distinguish him. Can't you make him come closer? Wait, I'll open the cage and try to make him come closer but be ready. Those beasts are unpredictable.
Come on Jonath. Let us see.
Don't be scared. Today I won't use the prod. Look at those teeth! They're bigger than those of a puma! And the claws are big too!
Come on Jonath, come a little closer. Don't open the door too much Sammy. I don't think you're welcome there.
He probably remembers when I used the prod to control him. Come on Jonath, come here.
Watch out!
The man-ape got him! Damn, we can't shoot because we risk hitting Sammy.
He's at his throat!
He's a wild beast! Watch out! He's coming at us, shoot! My God! He has multiple lives!
He's done.
Sammy, how are you feeling? It's useless Thomas. He's dead. Don't you see that his neck is broken?
What the heck! Did you see how quick he shot out from his corner and grabbed him?
I know. Look at the kind of tool that was used on him. This is the famous prod, a kind of harpoon and it's really sharp.
There's another man-ape letting us know he's here but this one seems calmer.
Take the body of Sammy and let's take him up. It's time to speak with Dr Stevens.
And what will you say to him? I want to put the monster in front of him without warning so that we can see his reaction.
Are you sure that's the right thing to do? Have you forgotten the words of the man who just had his neck broken?
You mean the fact that these poor beasts half-way between man and ape were the result of Dr Stevens' experiments? Exactly, he's the one responsible for all this. It was only later that Valance and his gang decided to exploit these poor things for their dodgy purposes.
Ok, here we are. Now let's take him into the living room where we were seated yesterday morning.
Nobody in sight. Let's go.
Nobody here either.
Come on. Place the stretcher with the body in front of the sofa where we met Dr Stevens. Be careful not to let him be seen.
The big dance is about to begin.
Thomas, go tell Alfred to have the doctor come down even if he doesn't feel well. Wait Willer! Are we sure that there's not another way to straighten this out with Dr Stevens?
After all we're talking about a sick man. Trust me. Okay. I'll be back in a minute.
You wanna make him have a heart attack? Take it easy. Dr Stevens isn't as sick as he wants us to think he is.