Lost at Sea The Next Step

Previously on The Next Step...

From this moment forward, you will now be known as Sir West.

You may stand.

Oh. An arcade token.

It's actually an English pound.

Let him be. He'll figure it out one day.

Oh, I'm so excited to go to Miami.

I'm trying to go to the Everglades.

You know, the Everglades are actually the only place

where crocodiles and alligators exist side-by-side.

This is my lucky coin.

With this coin, I know that...

I'm already going to have more luck than I did with my last coin.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome.

-Wow! This is just incredible.

-It is.

It's so strange being here before the competition actually starts.

I know, right?

'Giselle and I are here registering The Next Step for Internationals.'

It is the Americas Day.

And we are just so excited

and cannot wait to be officially registered for Internationals.

-Hello.

-Hi.

-We're here to register.

-Your team name?

-The Next Step.

Are you sure you're in the right place?

-Yeah!

-Yes. See? TNS - The Next Step.

Your team is not listed.

-Um, I think you should check again.

-Yeah!

-No, it's not there.

There is no way our name is not there. She needs to check again.

-No, please, check again.

-We're for sure there.

No, it's not. Sorry.

We flew all the way to Miami and we're not even registered?

This is not good for The Next Step.

# We...

# We are gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# Stand up! #

We're here today to take a tour of the Everglades.

I'm really excited.

Where's the tour guide at? Like, he's supposed to be taking us soon.

I don't even know. West organised all of that.

I'm annoyed that West is late.

He's been talking about going to the Everglades for EVER.

Let's do this already.

Today's going to be a bad day. I can feel it.

How can you just feel that?

My lucky coin senses are going off.

Lookie, lookie, lookie here! You know what I got?

-I got myself an alligator.

-Where did he get an alligator from?

He needs to just chill with that, though. He needs to back up.

I'm not too much of a fan of alligators.

-You want to touch it?

-No.

-Yeah.

-You all right, James?

I'm holding this alligator,

because this is my life's dream, and it's beautiful.

-Surprisingly soft, right?

-Yeah.

Something peaceful about it.

Relaxes me.

You guys my next tour?

-Yes.

-All right. You want me to take him from you?

-Of course.

-All right.

We meet Jesse. He's our boat captain.

Or at least, that's what it says on his shirt.

-Ready to go for your tour?

-Yes, we are.

-Let's go.

-You know what?

I've got a million questions about alligators.

-We'll try and answer most of them for you.

-OK.

# She'll be coming round the mountain when she comes

-# She'll be coming round... #

-PHONE RINGS

# The mountain when she comes... #

Hello, you've reached The Next Step.

-'Phoebe!'

-Kate?

'We're here and we just tried to register,'

and, apparently,

The Next Step doesn't even EXIST at Internationals.

That's impossible. We clearly exist.

Yes, no, I know. I know.

I'm freaking out a little bit.

Whenever I'm in a crisis, I call Phoebe.

Um, listen.

I forgot to do something before you left.

'I wasn't going to tell you unless something happened

'and, obviously, it's happening.'

But I forgot to cleanse the team,

'I forgot to cleanse the studio, and I'm really sorry.'

Don't worry, Kate.

This is my fault and I'm going to fix it.

Seriously. Why do I even bother asking Phoebe for help?

-Are you sure it's not here? I mean...

-No, that's it.

Maybe check underneath the tables.

Is there a box or something?

This is us. This is us.

-The Next Step. Yeah.

-This is an incomplete list.

Incomplete? What do you mean?

Because you needed 12 signatures.

-You only have 11 in there.

-Who are we miss...?

Of course! I am not surprised.

It's always James.

If we give it to you today, is that all right?

-Yeah. You have until the end of the day.

-The end of the day?

-Yeah.

-Perfect. Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.

-Miss Kate, Miss Kate!

-Hold on one sec.

-We're missing James' signature.

-James didn't sign?

-No.

Phoebe, OK, listen. I need you to focus here.

James didn't sign his form.

-We have an extra copy in the filing cabinet.

-Perfect.

So I need you to scan that and e-mail it to me ASAP.

-'Got it?'

-Yep, sister to the rescue.

Good. 'I am so relieved.'

I know we have it back at the office.

She can scan it to me and life will be good.

Guys!

We're on the airboat and we're on our way to the Glades

and we come across an alligator, and I might tell you,

it's kind of frightening.

And they're so creepy because they never move.

They just...wait.

The Everglades? I mean, it's cool, but it's kind of weird.

It's like someone grew out their lawn...

and then flooded it.

-All right. So, why'd we stop here?

-Right in front of you,

see that little island called Coco Plum Island?

Coco Plum!

Coco Plum.

Why's it called Coco Plum?

Well, it was named after a girl who was the only one to survive

the night of the horror of the alligators.

-Wait...

-What?

Jesse stops the airboat

and he tells us this very frightening and weird story.

Well, there was a 12th grade prom group out here at night-time.

Next thing you know, they were lost, couldn't find their way back out.

So, they end up finding the island.

They went on the island, figuring they'd be safe there for the night.

Little did they know that the island was surrounded by alligators.

This is the most frightening story I've ever heard in my entire life.

Tell me why a guy that's supposed to be going around

promoting the Everglades

would tell me a story

that's probably going to scare me for the rest of my life.

Uh... Are you serious?

-This guy's scary, though.

-Wow.

The tour started out fun, but now? No.

PHONE CHIMES

-OK. Here we go. Here we go.

-Hi! We're back.

-Hi! There you go.

We get the e-mail. I finally have James' signature.

It's time to register.

We need an original. Not scanned.

No, no, no, see, it's an original that is scanned.

Doesn't matter. Doesn't work that way. Sorry.

I have to try to keep my cool.

All we have to do is get James to sign the form

and then we'll be registered - simple as that.

Jesse the boat captain,

I mean, seems like he's been doing it for a while.

Definitely seems like he knows a lot about the Everglades.

But I'm kind of nervous about him.

There's just something missing. I'm not too sure about him.

I'm not totally feeling it.

ENGINE SPLUTTERS

What...? What's wrong?

I don't know. We got a slight problem.

-Something. Let me see what it is.

-What?

Perfect(!) First the scary story, now the boat breaks down.

So does...does that mean that we're stuck?

Ah, for the moment, we are, if I can't find the problem.

Man, how often does this happen?

Well, maybe every 10, 15 years. Not that often.

What is happening? This is not the trip I saw in the brochure.

OK, there's an island over there about two miles away.

I'll have to walk over there. You guys stay and wait here.

-OK, how long are you going to leave us here?

-About two hours.

-ALL: Two hours!

-You're going to leave us here for two hours?

-Unless you want to walk with me.

-Oh, no chance.

No. No. No. Yeah. These seats are cushions.

You'll be fine. We haven't lost anybody in a long time.

We're in the middle of the Everglades with alligators

and nothing to protect ourselves.

Perfect(!)

You don't have, like, a phone that we can call you at?

-We don't have towers that work out here.

-What?! Come on.

-Oh, so there's no reception?

-Yeah, there's no reception.

I'll be back in about two hours, then.

OK.

-So... So, you're just going to get in the...?

-Yeah.

-Wow. He...

-He just walked... He just...

What kind of person has absolutely no problem

walking on out into the Everglades into all the alligators

with nothing to protect himself, searching for tools?

There's definitely something sketchy about this trip.

We all watched Jesse walk away into the distance.

When we turn back around...

-Where did he go?

-What?

He's gone.

-He actually just disappeared.

-You know what?

I think we're being played.

-What?

-He's gone.

Something's not right here.

Why'd you want to see us, Phoebe?

OK, girls.

-We have a bit of an emergency right now.

-Oh, no.

The scan I sent to Kate failed, so here's what we're going to do.

I've called Skylar and Richelle into my office

to tell them they have a mission.

The team down at Internationals is having trouble with registration.

I feel partially responsible,

because I did not cleanse the team or the space before they left.

So, we're going to put a duet together to cleanse the space.

-OK.

-How is doing a duet with Skylar going to help anything?

To be honest, I don't really think that Phoebe's cleansing duet

is going to do anything.

I just want to be a team player.

-How can we help?

-You're going to put this duet together

and it's going to break apart this chaotic chi

that has permeated our studio, OK?

-OK.

-Great.

The studio will be so clean that they will be registered in no time.

You're welcome, Kate.

-Have you heard from anyone?

-No. No-one's answering their phones.

The kids are all off sight-seeing,

and I'm not having any luck tracking down James.

I've sent him, like, 20 texts.

I'm starting to panic.

If we don't get James' signature by the end of the day,

we'll all be disqualified.

We have been here for over an hour.

-I have a tiny bladder.

-Just go in the water.

Dude! This is a nature preserve protected by the US government.

OK, you know what?

I think he left us here as a sacrifice to the alligator gods.

-What? Tell me you're joking.

-All these alligators.

There's an alligator god that's going to eat us.

Tell me you're playing with me.

-I'll bet this boat is not even broken.

-Yeah.

If I can get this boat started,

then that proves my theory that there is an alligator god.

No, the only thing it will prove is that you have sunstroke.

If I can get this boat started, that means we were left here on purpose

and the boat captain definitely left us here

as a offering to the alligator gods.

If that's the case, we need to get out of here as quick as possible.

All right, boys. ENGINE STARTS

Ahhh! Yeah!

Up top!

-The alligator gods are coming for you.

-That means nothing.

OK, props to West for getting the boat going.

Let's go.

Maybe Jesse did do this on purpose. I don't care.

I'm done with this stupid little trip and I'm going back to shore.

Riley will know where he is.

-It's like she's got a tracking device on him.

-That's true.

James still isn't back.

Giselle and I have both been trying to call him

and there's been no response.

Riley, Riley, Riley. Where's James?

Wait, what? They went to the swamp?

I don't know what I'm going to do.

-There is no way that we can get hold of him out there.

-OK, bye.

-They drive me crazy.

-I know.

-They drive me crazy.

-I know, I know.

-Why would you go to the Everglades?

-Because they're boys.

I'm not worried that James is lost at sea.

I'm not worried that James got eaten by an alligator.

I'm worried for his life when he sees me.

OK, we got the boat working. We're driving along.

I'm just going to be happy when we hit shore

and I can put this whole day and the alligator god behind me.

I got the boat started. Do you know what? My theory was correct.

And it's true - we were an offering to the alligator gods.

And we gotta get out of here, fast!

ENGINE FADES

Er... West, what happened?

ENGINE SPLUTTERS

This was definitely the boat captain's Plan B.

He knew I was going to start the boat again.

And he knew it was going to break down again.

You know what this is?

This is the alligator gods telling us that we can't go anywhere.

That want a sacrifice. I don't want to be a sacrifice.

I... I don't... Not doing it.

Wait!

I have my lucky coin.

Eldon realises...

that he has his lucky coin that he got from Ella.

I tell him that he needs to offer that to the alligator god

in order for us to live.

Make it heartfelt. Make it something that you really feel.

OK.

Oh, alligator god!

Above or...or below.

I don't really know.

Anyways, um, I offer you...

SPLASH

You dropped it.

My coin falls in the water.

Now I have no lucky coin for the competition

and we're going to be eaten by alligators.

This is probably the worst day in my life.

Now we're getting eaten. Now we're getting eaten.

-Someone's getting eaten. One of us.

-OK.

-It's going to happen.

Calm down, calm down, calm down. There's ways around this.

West and James seem to be completely fine.

They're talking to each other.

Maybe they're talking about who they're going to sacrifice first,

and it will probably be me,

because I'm the one who dropped the coin

that could have saved us from the alligator god.

I don't know what to do.

OK, we gotta do something to get his coin back, man.

I have a pound. It looks exactly like his lucky coin.

Ella gave me a coin, too, very similar to Eldon's...

So me and James come up with this plan

for James to jump in the water and "retrieve" Eldon's lucky coin.

-Oh, no. No chance. I'm not going in the water.

-Why not?

Because, man, this is alligator-infested water.

That's ridiculous. There's no way that I am going in that water.

You know what? I can't swim. So I can't.

You just won't. I can't.

I have to be the hero, I have to be the brave one

to hop in the water and fake get that coin.

Hey, Eldon. Eldon!

Hey. Hey, buddy!

-Hey!

-What?

-Guess what James is doing for you.

-What?

James is going to jump into the water for you and grab your coin.

-You are?

-Yeah, bro.

-Yeah, he is.

James always pulls through. Always pulls through.

My boy. Let's go!

-Chill.

-OK. OK, I'll chill.

What if there's alligators swimming deep down there in the water

that I can't even see right now, right?

All I know is, I need to do this quick, because I want to live.

I really hope that Richelle and Skylar's duet

has the energy that we need to cleanse the team.

I can feel the negative energy dissipating through the room

as we send our good vibes to the team.

-Like it?

-Yeah, that was good. It was really good.

Well, I think we've done all we can from this end.

-Yeah.

-Oh, come here!

All we can hope for

is that we weren't too late to save the team for Internationals.

-On the count of three, all right?

-OK.

-Got it. You got it, bro.

If I die, tell Riley I love her.

'I tell West to tell Riley that I love her,

'because I don't know if I'm going to make it out of this water.'

-On the count of three.

-You got this.

-One...

-Ahhhh!

-Come on, you got this!

-You got it!

-You got it!

-For Eldon.

-Come on, bro.

-One, two, three...

OK, so it's not as deep as I thought it was.

But there still could be little alligators up in there.

-It's right there. I see it.

-Go around there.

-Right there, yeah.

-You feel it, right?

There it is. Your lucky coin.

I am so relieved. I have my lucky coin.

We can get rid of the alligator god.

We can put this day behind us.

-You're welcome!

-You're the man! You're the man! Yeah!

-ELDON EXCLAIMS

-Oh, my...!

Where did you come from?

Where you guys been? I've been having a hard time finding you.

Jesse shows up out of nowhere and he has a tool box.

And he's mad. He's so mad because he spent hours

walking round the Everglades to try and find us.

-Let's see if we can get this fixed.

-All right, let's do that.

PHONE CHIMES

Is...? Is that your phone?

-All hail alligator god!

-Whoo!

-We can never speak about that again.

Michelle texted me, and so did Miss Kate and Riley and Thalia.

What does it say?

"James, if you don't register by six o'clock,

"we're going to be disqualified from Internationals."

What?

# Crystal force We feeling like a boss

# Shine all night so we never get lost. #

OK, I took her lunch and her keys. We're running out of options.

James still hasn't arrived and the registration desk is about to close.

So we've resorted to stealing their things so they stay open longer.

Excuse me. We are closing.

Oh.

But I need my briefcase.

What are you talking about?!

Right there. She's hiding.

No, no, no. See, this is...

-This is my baby that I carry around.

-That's MY bag.

Giselle, hand it over.

Sorry.

We're closed. Sorry.

That's it. She's going to go home

and we're not going to be able to register for Internationals.

We're going to be disqualified.

That means all this hard work we've done for Internationals

was for nothing.

Now what?

Guess we go home. That's it.

Guys! Guys, guys, guys! Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

-You. Now. Right there.

-Sign the form.

-Sign. Sign.

-Let's go. Come on.

-You got it. Yeah, there you go.

-Whoo!

-Did we make it?

Yes.

-Yes!

-We're in. We're in. We're in.

We are finally registered for Internationals.

Yes! Thank goodness.

I don't know what I just did, but I did it.

That was the best worst day of my life.

After this, dancing is going to be easy.

OK, now that we are officially registered,

it looks like the male solos are first.

Are you ready, Eldon?

Well, thanks to these guys, I got my lucky coin. I'm ready.

Wait. This is the wrong coin.

This has the wrong date on it.

Who knew he was going to check the date on the coin?

We are so in trouble.

# We...

# We are gonna show the world

# Everything we're made of

# We're gonna tear the roof off this place

# You...

# You can never fade us out

# Don't even ask the DJ

# Everybody knows we own this land. #