Al barely makes it back inside the battleship after being shot at by Kazim’s helicopter.
Al
Next time, you go [outside]!
Dirk
What took you so long?
Al
(taken aback)
What? I stopped for coffee.
Eva
Hey, guys.
Dirk
Did you get a receipt?
Al
Yeah I got a receipt, and I got you one too.
Eva
Guys!
Dirk
You’re the best, Al.
Al
Yeah, you know what, I’ll even get you the money from Sandecker.
Eva
Guys!
Dirk/Al
What!
She indicates out of the gunport. They look out and see several of Kazim’s tanks and APCs closing in.
Al
Oh great! Now we’re really in trouble.
(pause, a tank fires)
Incoming!
Dirk Pitt
I'll meet you at the boat
He hits Al on the arm, gets up and leaves.
Al Gordino
Ow.
(pause)
Nope, I got the check, don't worry about it. I'm serious, I know I get it all the time. Sit down, I'll get the check.
Al Gordino
Alright! Rudi, you gonna run the, ah, sonar on the riverbed?
Rudi Gunn
Come on, I was hoping to meet a girl on the Australia trip.
Al Gordino
No, African warzone, ship of death!
(Al gives a thumbs up)
Al, Rudi and Dirk leap off their boat shortly before it sails between two Malinese gunboats, exploding as a cigar burns down far enough to ignite the fuel and destroy the gunboats. The scene cuts back to Admiral Sandecker on the other end of a satellite phone.
Sandecker
(the phone goes dead)
Crap. They did a Panama.
(shakes head)
They did a Panama.
Back to Dirk, Al and Rudi treading water in the river looking at the aftermath of the explosion. Dirk high-fives Al.
Rudi
Cool. Is that how it worked the first time?
Dirk
Well, it didn't really work the first time.
Dirk
Al, did you bring any of the explosives from the charge?
Al
Couldn't find 'em.
Dirk
Al!
Al
I didn't have time.
Dirk
Al!
Al
Of course I brought the explosives!
Dirk
Eva, I hope you don't throw like a girl.
Inside the civil war 'ironclad' battleship Texas after being shot at by Kazim's helicopter.
Dirk
Al.
Al
Yeah.
Dirk
You didn't see any extra fuel tanks on that bird did ya?
Al
No, I didn't see any.
Dirk
That means he only has 20-30 minutes left of flight time. These walls are two-feet thick with a double steel coating so there's no way his bullets can get to us. We sit tight and wait him out.
Gunfire rages and bullets rip through the hull likes it's made of paper. Dirk, Al and Eva dive for cover.
Al
Hey, Dirk.
Dirk
Yeah.
Al
You wanna talk me through that again?
Dirk finds a cannon and clears stuff off it.
Dirk
Hey, Al.
Al
No, Dirk.
Dirk
Oh, yeah.
Al
No, it'll never work.
Dirk
Why not?
Al
It's 150 years old.
Dirk
Yeah, it's hardly been used.
Al
It'll probably blow us to bits.
Dirk
Yeah, but at least we'll die fighting, huh?
Al
Yeah, that's comforting.
Dirk finds a cannon and clears stuff off it.
Dirk
Hey, Al.
Al
No, Dirk.
Dirk
Oh, yeah.
Al
No, it'll never work.
Dirk
Why not?
Al
It's 150 years old.
Dirk
Yeah, it's hardly been used.
Al
It'll probably blow us to bits.
Dirk
Yeah, but at least we'll die fighting, huh?
Al
Yeah, that's comforting.
