Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Tell me a story.

Hey, hang on! I hear something!

There's a clearing! There's a...

I hear a car!

Oh, Jesus. Stop!

Stop! - Jill!

- Help! - Stop, please!

Stop! Help!

Stop! Oh!

Help!

We've lost someone!

Have you seen her? Is she okay?

- Oh, my God, Bree! - Alice!

Did Alice make it out? Is she here?

We need to get to a hospital fast.

It's my sister. She got bitten by a spider.

We need to get her to a hospital right now.

Let's get her in the car. Get her in the car.

Alice!

- Hello? - Aaron?

- Alice? - Aaron?

Hello? Alice?

Hello? - Oh, thank God.

Can you hear me? - Are you okay?

- Daniel knows. - What?

No, they know. They know.

So, Daniel came out and... - Hello? Can you talk up?

- It's bad. - Yeah, just...

Hello? Alice?

Shit.

Hi, Alice. It's Aaron.

I couldn't understand what you were saying.

Could you give us a call as soon as you can

or send a text if that's possible?

Thanks.

What else you got hiding in there?

Ha.

Wouldn't you love to know.

Giralang.

Yeah, it's a bit remote for a corporate retreat, isn't it?

I think that's the whole idea

behind that kind of thing, isn't it?

What, just take people out of their comfort zone, I guess.

But it's also convenient if you want to make someone disappear.

Alice sounded pretty scared, Carmen.

Is there a chance she could have been faking it

and just run away?

Nah. We know how much she loves her daughter.

I pushed Alice too hard.

Well, it is what we do.

We have to, to get results.

Yeah, I know it's what we do, but when you push them too hard,

that's when they make mistakes.

Aaron, what do you think?

This one. Here.

That's my boy.

Are we about to get some rain?

Yep.

It's nothing compared to the storm front

that's coming in from the west, though.

When's it gonna break?

I'd say two days.

Three days, max.

If it starts to flood out there, she's got no chance.

Took statements from the women.

Not much help there.

You're welcome to have a look back at the lodge.

Have yourself a warm shower and check your emails.

They reckon they did eight or nine hours of what they called

"hard walking due north" before they hit the road,

which means that Alice has now been on her own

for more than 30 hours.

Why did she call you?

000 would be where I'd start.

Alice Russell is helping us.

I thought Bailey Tennants was untouchable.

Too many friends in high places.

I assume they don't know they're being investigated.

We don't believe so, no.

They will now.

Couple of Feds out of their natural habitat.

Follow me.

Aaron, I can't... I can't even get close to the files you want.

- Alice... - They're all Daniel's clients.

He handles them himself, all 12 of them.

Yeah, the dirty dozen. We know 'em.

Look, you just help us with this one last thing,

you're never gonna hear from us again.

Oh, you expect me to believe that?

The judge signed off on immunity for you,

but you have to help us.

They're all hard copies. They're deep in the archives.

I start scanning them, it's gonna draw attention.

These guys, they're big fish.

I don't know what they're capable of if they find out.

The money that Bailey Tennants

helps hide overseas every year...

do you have any idea what that stuff's used for?

Evading international sanctions,

money laundering, slavery, arms deals.

$15 dollars a year

gets wiped off global economies by people like this.

I mean, I... - I can't.

I can't.

Not this time.

They followed a valley north somewhere there,

and we're trying to work out which one.

So, how long do you need?

For one square kilometer,

it takes around about four hours in medium-density bush.

Much longer if it's steeper or thicker, which it is here.

We can't get a chopper in,

but we are trying to locate a hut.

Now, the women found refuge in this hut.

That was the last place they saw Alice.

Really spooked the women out.

Any particular reason why?

You remember Kovac?

Kovac the serial killer?

If he still alive? - Just.

But all of his murders were committed in this region,

and some of the bodies were never found.

Why are they so convinced that it's Kovac's base?

Just outside the door there was a grave.

A dog's grave.

And Kovac loved his dog.

The missing teenager was last seen in the Giralang Ranges.

With the police invest... - Let's go.

Here you go.

Thanks.

Watch your head.

- Carmen. - Ian Chase.

- Aaron Falk. - G'day.

So, you're the boss around here?

Well...

Can you give us a bit of background?

Yeah, well, there were two groups that went out.

One men's, one women's group.

I picked them up earlier from the city.

The weather was always gonna be a problem.

But they were committed,

particularly the women.

Well, this is it, everyone.

First group back gets pick of the room on Sunday night.

Yeah! Too easy!

Ohh, just watch...

- Oh, shit. - Sorry. Sorry.

- Ugh. Huh? - Did it soak through?

No, no, no.

Come on, guys.

- So, here we are. - It's beautiful.

Lovely, eh?

Ohh.

- Ohh. Here, let me help you. - Sorry.

Let's make sure it's fitted correctly.

- Thank you. - Yeah, that should do the trick.

Hey, um... no smoking.

It's a vape.

Well, it's a smoke-free zone, so no smoke,

and vape's included.

Hey, Lauren, can you give me a hand?

I've got... Yeah, I can't get...

Excuse me. I'm being summoned.

Hello.

- That's mine. - Thank you.

Here, let me help you there.

I've got it. I've got it.

So, you want to take off or wait for your husband?

Daniel's a big boy.

We could surely get a head start.

Oh, love your enthusiasm, Alice.

Let's get started.

We don't have to wait for Daniel.

- Daniel Bailey? - Yep.

Well, when did he arrive?

Ohh, very late.

It set the men back a few hours.

But they made their camp on time.

Righto, then, ladies, let's get going, eh?

We're really doing this.

I'll come back for the boys later.

Let's do it.

I'll take you down to the waterfall.

Good luck, boys!

So, we leave food, water, and tents

in lock-boxes at all the campsites

so the groups don't have to carry everything.

But, you know, when the girls didn't come out,

we went in the second and third campsites.

Nothing. It was like they'd never even been there.

So that's when I called the local cops.

- Wow! - Oh, my God.

- Good, eh? - That's incredible.

Wow.

Oh, my God!

- Wow. - It's so beautiful.

Love it.

Alright.

Before I let you go, there's one more thing.

No mobile phones.