Abominable/Transcript

==Transcript==
[At a lab, we’re in a POV of a creature about to escape the lab. It enters a room where zoologist Dr. Zara was talking on the phone.]
Dr. Zara: (on the phone) Yes, Mr. Burnish, the venue is completely sold out. This is the most important discovery of the century, and everyone wants to see it. Yes, the press will be there. This is your big day, Mr. Burnish. You won't be disappointed. I promise.
[Her jerboa, Duchess, squeaks to see the creature and Zara turns around and spots him.]
Dr. Zara: (gasps) Easy. Easy, boy. (pushed a red alarm button on a pillar) Code Red! (as guards come in) Who left the enclosure open?
Goon Leader: (points his electric baton at the creature) Stay back!
[The creature starts running down the halls as doors are closing. It bursts through one as we get a little glimpse of the being. It appears to be a big creature with white four running on all fours. The creature runs into an electric fence in the path and sees that it was surrounded by guards. Out of its POV...]
Dr. Zara: All right, move in slowly. No sudden movements.
[As they slowly approached the creature, it started to hum and its white fur was glowing.]
Dr. Zara: What's happening?
[It then roars and sends down lightning bolts to destroy the searchlights around them. The creature jumps over the fence to escape.]
Goon Leader: Um... who's telling Mr. Burnish?
[The zoologist stares at the city of Shanghai, China, in the distance. There, the creature was running down the street, but then stopped and became scared. Suddenly, it was hit into an alleyway by a passing truck. With its left arm wounded, the creature retreated in the alley when he saw a billboard for Mount Everest hanging up above. He climbs up a nearby building and sits on top to get a better look. He stares at the billboard, feeling homesick. As we zoom into the billboard, it transitions us to the title card. The next morning, we see Peng playing basketball as life thrives in China.]
Man: On your right.
Peng: Hey, want to shoot some hoops?
Kid: Maybe later.
[A guy serves a woman her order.]
Server: Number two, extra spicy.
Woman: Xie xie.
[We see Jin chatting to some girls.]
Jin: Nah. Nah, I'm going out with Peilin, but, uh... eh, maybe I'll stop by.
Teen Girl: Aw, it would be so fun if you could come.
[We come inside the home of Yi. Her mother is ready to leave for work.]
Yi's Mother: Yi! I'm leaving for work. Yi? Are you awake?
[She looked in Yi’s bedroom, but she wasn’t there. Yi was actually leaving the bathroom, wearing some sunglasses as she hurried off.]
Yi: Bye, everybody. Have a great day.
Nai Nai: Eh. What are you supposed to be? A famous person now? 
Yi's Mother: Uh, where are you going?
Yi: I've got stuff to do.
Nai Nai: Stuff? What is this stuff? It's summer holiday. Either be busy, or be on holiday. That is what I say.
Yi's Mother: Be careful out there.
Yi: Of course.
Nai Nai: Be back before dinner.
Yi: I'll try.
Yi's Mother: Warm enough?
Yi: Toasty.
Nai Nai: No boys.
Yi: What? No, no boys.
Yi's Mother: Do you need any money?
Yi: Mom, Nai Nai, I've got it covered. Bye.
[She leaves the apartment and closes the door, only for her backpack to get caught. She reopens the door to let her backpack out.]
Yi: Okay. Bye. (leaves)
Nai Nai: (to Yi’s mother) What on earth do you think she does all day?
[We then see Yi busy with her job: dog sitting. She was having a tough time trying to walk some dogs as they ran about while she held on to their leashes.]
Yi: Whoa! Sorry, sorry. Sorry. Heel. Hey! Would you guys give me a break? Hey! 
[They return to an apartment...]
Yi: Whoa, whoa!
[…where Yi returns the puppies to an old woman.]
Old Woman: Oh, my babies. (holds up her phone) Money transfer? 
Yi: Sorry. It's cash only.
[After the old lady hands her some dollar bills, Yi moves on to her next job: babysitting.]
Mother: We’ll be back in a few hours.
[The mother and father leave their apartment.]
Yi: (to an offscreen child) Hey, cutie. 
Child: (offscreen) You're not my mom! (throws a bucket of soapy water at Yi)
[Next, Yi was dumping rotting fish at the dumpster outside a restaurant. She was about to throw some in, only to slip and get some fish on her head. Her boss then signals her to dump out all the other trash bins full of rotting fish. Moments later, she was done with her job, though she was smelly as well. She walks down the sidewalk, where Jin and his friends are chatting.]
Teenage Girl: So, Jin, are you going to Shuo's this weekend? 
Jin: No. No, I'm heading to Beijing to check out my school. I'm, uh, premed.
Teenage Boy: Nice. 
Teenage Girl 2: Oh, med school? 
Teenage Girl: That's so hot. 
Jin: I know, right? 
[They walked past Yi and caught her awful fish smell. Yi puts her shades on to hide her embarrassment while in slow motion. ]
Jin: (in slo-mo) Ugh. What's that... smell?
Teenage Girl: She looks like she slept in a dumpster. (Jin and the teens laugh)
Teens: Selfie!
[They all take a selfie. Later, Yi arrives at her building, where Peng was busy playing pretend basketball.]
Peng: He breaks left. He breaks right. He's going in for the dunk! (slams the ball into a trash bin and falls back) Whoa! Hey, Yi. Come shoot hoops with me. Come on. 
Yi: Sorry, Peng. I don't have time. Wh-Why don't you ask the other kids? 
Peng: (as they enter the building) The other kids are too little. And some of them are freakishly good. Come on, Yi, you never play with me anymore. 
Yi: Peng, I've been busy all day. (sees Jin leaving his room) Hey, hey, your cousin will play with you.
Jin: (on the phone) Yeah, yeah, I'll pick you up tomorrow. Light show starts at 8:00. Uh, buh-bye. (hangs up)
Peng: As usual, he's got a date. Wait, wait. Yi, watch. (hides behind a corner as Jin walks) Here we go. Three, two, one. (Jin stops to check himself on a reflection of a fire hose glass) Stop and check. (the two chuckle)
Jin: Hey, Yi, you know I can smell you from all the way over here, right?
Yi: Like you can talk. I'm sorry, is there any aftershave left, or did you use the whole bottle?
Jin: Why? You hoping to borrow some? Oof, not sure it'll help. 
Yi: Very funny.
Peng: You guys want to work out some of this tension on the court?
Yi: (as she walks upstairs) Forget it, Peng. We wouldn't want to mess up Jin's hair.
Jin: (refers to his sneakers) And the new kicks. No basketball for these babies. (snaps a picture of his sneakers) Another time, okay, coz? 
Peng: That's what you always say.
Jin: (checks on his phone) 48 likes. Sweet!
[In Yi’s apartment, her mother and aunt are cooking up dinner.]
Yi’s Mother: Don't. I know what you're thinking, so just don't say it.
Nai Nai: She's never at home anymore.
Yi’s Mother: Ma.
Nai Nai: That's all I'm gonna say. Not another word. (a beat; then) So, that's it? We're just going to give up on her? 
Yi’s Mother: I'd never give up on Yi. Look, we both know what she's been going through. She misses her dad. We all do.
[As she talks, Yi enters the apartment and tries to sneak past them.]
Yi’s Mother: If we're patient and don't push her, then just maybe...
[As Yi sneaks, she steps on a loose floorboard, which creaks and gives away her position.]
Nai Nai: Yi, is that you? We've been waiting for you to eat.
Yi: Oh, I-I ate on my way back, so I'm good. 
Nai Nai: Either eat here or there, but never on the move. That is what I say.
Yi’s Mother: Hey, Yi, why don't we all sit down together tonight as a family?
Yi: (sighs) Family.
Nai Nai: You need to eat. You don't want to be so short like your mother.
Yi: Oh, I'm-I'm okay. Thank you, Nai Nai.
[Yi walks into her room.]
Yi’s Mother: Yi, wait. What would you say to playing a little violin for us after supper? Remember when you used to...
Yi: I-I can't.
Yi’s Mother: Can't? Why?
Yi: Uh, because I... I-I sold it. I, uh... I'm sorry.
[Disappointed, her mother walks away and Yi closes the door.]
Yi: (sighs) No.
[Later that night, as Yi was asleep, her mother comes in to tuck her in bed. When she leaves the room, Yi wakes up and climbs out her window. The teenage girl climbs to the roof, where she enters her own makeshift cubby house. In the cubby house was a map with photos of exotic sights in China such as the Gobi Desert and the Yellow River.]
Yi: (sighs) I will take this trip. (looks at the money she’s made and sighs) Someday.
[She moves aside some pillows and grabs a violin case. After setting it down on a platform, she opened it up and inside was her violin and bow, along with a picture of her and her father. Yi picks up the violin and tunes up the instrument while she plays a few notes. She then gets up on a platform, takes a deep breath, and starts playing a tune. It was a calm and soothing tune that Yi played. But as Yi makes some music, she notices a helicopter flying above her and gets blown down to the ground as it passes by. She spots her violin near some hanging blankets and goes to pick it up. However, the wind blows at a blanket to reveal a big hand behind it. The startled girl jumps back from seeing the hand. After catching her breath, she tries to grab it by using the bow. Yi manages to grab it, and she sighs in relief. However, the violin slides down the bow, uttering a loud note. This causes the creature to wake up and walk about, growling. The teenager crawls back as the creature crawls toward her. He then sees a helicopter in the sky and fearfully shrinks away.]
Yi: Huh?
[She looks back at the helicopter and then to the hiding creature. She realizes that he was hiding from the copters. Yi has an idea. She gets some big sheets of tin metal to hide the creature behind. The helicopter then appears by the building.]
Goon: Hold up. Spotted something at two o'clock.
[He looks through his binoculars to check, only to find nothing on the roof.]
Goon: There's nothing there. Moving on.
[The helicopter flies away from the apartment building. Yi gets out from under a crate and looks at the creature, who is now sleeping. She nervously walks back and points her violin bow at it, deciding to keep an eye on him. The next morning, she was getting droopy eyed from staying up all night watching the creature. Just when she was about to sleep, the creature moaned, and she woke up. With the bow in hand, she carefully approaches the shelter. She moves the covers back to reveal the furry monster turning over in his sleep. The teen notices that he has a gash on his left arm.]
Yi: (concerned) Oh.
[Yi grabs some money under a flowerpot, hides her violin case under some pillows, puts on her backpack, and climbs back into the house. She runs past her mother and aunt.]
Yi: Hi, Mom. Bye, Nai Nai.
[She runs out of the building and down the sidewalk.]
Yi: (trying to move by a passerby) Excuse me.
[She enters the pharmacy to buy some bandages and ointment. As she leaves the store, she notices a truck driver talking to Dr. Zara and the troops. His truck appears to have a huge dent on it, like a creature came and hit it.]
Truck Driver: Bam! It came out of nowhere. Then it was gone. 
[Yi hides behind some trash bins.]
Dr. Zara: (inspecting the dent) Did you see where it went? 
Truck Driver: Lady, I just told you. It was gone. What, uh... what was it anyway?
Dr. Zara: Um, let me take care of the repairs to your truck.
[The zoologist nods to the goon leader, who comes over to the driver. One of the goons gets out a briefcase.]
Goon Leader: A little compensation for your silence. 
Goon 2: (opens a briefcase full of money) It's a bribe.
[Hearing this, Yi realizes that the creature she encountered had the wound from its run-in with the truck. “Could they be looking for that creature?” she thought. She then runs back to her apartment, where she sees a plate full of pork buns on the table. The teen decides to grab them for the monster, so she dumps them all in her backpack. Suddenly, her aunt Nai Nai was behind the plate, startling Yi.]
Yi: Nai Nai, that's weird.
Nai Nai: Oh, so you're hungry now, hmm? 
Yi: Oh, yeah. (chuckles) Starving. 
Nai Nai: Let them cool. You'll burn your mouth. (puts a pork bun on the plate) I keep telling your mother you need to slow down. 
[Yi grabs the steaming hot pork bun and puts it in her backpack. Her aunt sets down another and she tries to grab it, only for Nai Nai to slap her with chopsticks.]
Yi: Ow!
Nai Nai: Spend more time here, at home with your family.
Yi: Ow. Ow.
Nai Nai: (puts another pork bun on the plate) Mrs. Lui called me today. Says you're fixing her computer. And Mrs. Yuan in 4-B says you're going to trim her poodle's toenails. I like that you're ambitious. No one wants a lazy granddaughter. (as Yi grabs the pork buns) But, uh, busy, busy, busy. What do you need to do all that for?
Yi: (walks to her room) I guess I just like being busy. 
Nai Nai: (offscreen) Yi. 
Yi: Can we just talk about this later, Nai Nai? You don't have to worry. (closed the door)
Nai Nai: (offscreen) You should listen to Nai Nai!
[Later, Yi was on the roof, dropping off some pork buns near the shelter.]
Yi: Hey, boy. Or girl. Are you hungry?
[She dumps all of the pork buns out of her backpack and the creature’s hand grabs almost all of them. He chows down on them and then burps out a mighty burp.]
Yi: (fans the air) Hoo! Yeah, you're definitely a boy.
[She grabs a blanket hanging on a line and looks inside the shelter. The creature turns and glares at her, but she assures him that she means no harm. She rips the blanket in half while he clutches his arm in pain. The monster holds out his arm and Yi places the two blanket halves on the wound. She then wraps some bandages around it and the monster sighs in relief. He was feeling better and started to sleep peacefully. Yi was amazed.]
Yi: Whoa. I don't know where you came from, but you... sure don't belong here. You stay in here, okay? There-there are people looking for you.
[She then begins to take parts of her cubby home and move them to the creature’s shelter. Soon, her entire home was now in the shelter with the creature inside. As Yi sets down her flowerpot, she notices that her flower is wilting. She comes over to the creature, who clutches his left arm and scooches away from her in fear.]
Yi: No, no, no, no, no. Okay. Okay. No. Please don't cry. Wait.
[She walks away then returns, playing the violin.]
Yi: My dad used to play for me. It always made me feel better.
[As she plays her peaceful tune, the creature starts to hum. Yi plays the violin to the tune of the creature’s humming. Its white fur glows a bright blue and rejuvenates the flower behind Yi. Soon, it was finished humming.]
Yi: All better, right?
[He sighs in confirmation and Yi puts her violin and bow back in the case. She then notices the flower now beautiful and well-grown. She was stunned to see this.]
Yi: Uh... The... Nah. Good night, sleepyhead.
[The creature pokes out of the shelter to look at the Mount Everest billboard. Yi sees this and looks at him quizzically.]
Yi: Wait. Do you know that place? Is that... is that your home? (the creature tilts his head) You know, uh, um, home. (forms a triangle with her arms above her head)
[He looks at her and nods, making a home symbol, as well.]
Yi: No way. (gets her phone out and starts searching) Okay. Come on. Creature from Mount Everest. (reads an article online) "Considered to be no more than fairy tale and myth, enthusiasts still hold out hope that these creatures actually do exist." (realizes) There's a yeti on my roof.
[Meanwhile, inside a big business building, a short old man was talking on the phone. This is Burnish, head of Burnish Industries.]
Burnish: (on the phone) Captain, I am holding you personally responsible for that abominable creature's escape. Now, you will get every car we have out there, or I will send you back to your job at the shopping mall.
[In the Burnish car...]
Goon Leader: (on the phone) Uh, yes, sir. Understood. (into his communicator) Attention, all units. We need every car out on the street.
[The Burnish car drives past the apartment building, where on the roof, the yeti wakes up to see Yi’s map of China. He looks at the photos of its locations and then opens the violin case to see the picture of Yi and her father. He then notices his bandage and tries to shake it off. It ends up on top of his head and he grabs and throws it away like a dog. He laughs and trots away, only to snag into a blanket. He shakes it off and sees an air conditioner running on the window. Inside, Yi entered the apartment while Peng was talking to her.]
Peng: I was dribbling, and the guy was like, "Oh, no," and I was like, "Oh, yeah." Want to play a game?
Yi: I can't. Nai Nai will, though.
Peng: (to Nai Nai) Hey, Nai Nai, want to shoot some hoops?
Nai Nai: You know I only play for money. 
[Peng notices that the air conditioner was gone from the window, only a cord showing.]
Peng: Uh, something's missing. 
Nai Nai: (notices the line leading up to the roof) What in the...? Peng, go get your cousin Jin and see who stole my air conditioner. Go. Go, go, go, go.
[Later, Yi goes up to the roof to see the yeti playing with the air conditioner.]
Yi: Hey. Uh, what are you doing out here? Someone's gonna see you. Where did you get that? No, no, no, no, no. Give it back now! (pulls at the cord but the creature wouldn’t let go) Do you hear me? Let go! 
[As she gets on top of him, Jin and Peng arrive on the roof.]
Jin: Peng, that does not make sense. Why would they take it to the roof? 
[They see what appears to be Yi being eaten by the yeti, and Peng screams like a lady.]
Yi: Guys, what are you doing up here?
Jin: (to the yeti) Hey! Uh, hey! Get away from her!
Yi: (gets down) No. No, no, no, wait. 
Jin: (gets out his phone) Okay, I'm calling the police. (calls 911 while holding a chair against the yeti) Hello? Hello? 
Yi: No. Jin, don't. 
Jin: (on the phone) Yes, uh, there's a... there's a wild beast on our roof. 
Yi: Hang up, Jin. 
[The yeti roars while Yi tries to stop him.]
Yi: No, no. Stop, Jin. 
Jin: (on the phone) Yes. Um... ...a wild beast.
[His call was being heard in the Burnish car.]
Dr. Zara: (to the goon leader) Turn up that scanner. 
Jin: (through the scanner) Yeah, yeah, on Heping Road. Please hurry. 
Dr. Zara: That's him. That's the yeti. Ring Mr. Burnish.
[Back on top of the building...]
Yi: Jin, what have you done? He's not dangerous. (the yeti roars at Jin) Look at him. He's a yeti. 
Peng: Cool.
Jin: What? No, y-yetis don't exist. 
[Suddenly, the helicopter appears by the rooftop.]
Yi: Oh, no. They're back! (to the yeti) You have to go. Go. Run. Now. Go.
[The wind from the copter blows away the violin case, along with the money and the photographs.]
Yi: Wait, wait. No, no, no, no, no. (grabs a few photographs from blowing away) No. No, no.
[Seeing the helicopter coming, the yeti grabs Yi, along with her backpack and violin case, and sets her on his back. He stands by the edge of the building...]
Yi: Wait. 
[...and then jumps down.]
Jin: Yi! 
[The two boys look out to see the yeti jumping from building to building with Yi on him.]
Peng: He stole Yi. 
Jin: More like kidnapped. (the helicopter flies past them) Come on, Peng. 
[While the yeti continues to run from rooftop to rooftop, the boys try to follow him.]
Jin: Yi! 
[But they were starting to go too far from them.]
Jin: (groans) We're never gonna catch up to them. 
[Luckily, two teenage girls on a motorcycle stopped by.]
Teenage Girls: Hey, Jin.
Jin: Hey, girls.
[We cut to Peng and Jin riding on the motorcycle with girly helmets on.]
Peng: Whoo! How many girlfriends do you have? 
[Jin smiles to himself. Yi and the yeti are still running away from the helicopter.]
Yi: (to the yeti) Hurry! They're gaining on us. 
[On the helicopter, one goon aims his tranquilizer dart gun at the yeti.]
Goon: Locked on target.
[He fires, only for the creature to go down, making the dart hit one of the goons instead.]
Goon 2: (shocked) Dude, you darted Dave. 
Goon: (nervously; into his com) Uh, yeah, we lost them. 
[The Burnish car was driving down the road of Shanghai, in pursuit of the yeti.]
Goon Leader: (into his com) I want eyes on that target at all times. It cannot leave the city. 
[Peng and Jin drive past the truck as they follow the yeti.]
Peng: Watch out! 
Jin: Hold on, Peng. 
Peng: (points up to Yi and the yeti) There! There they are.
[The yeti climbs up some construction girders and swings on a hook up to the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower.]
Yi: (panting) I think we lost them. (sees a boat in the harbor) Look, down there. That boat's leaving the city. You-you have to get on it. 
[However, the helicopter appeared in front of them as troops arrived at the tower below.]
Goon Leader: (into his com) Get into position. 
[Jin and Peng also arrive at the site.]
Jin: Oh, there she is! 
Peng: Oh, my gosh!
Goon Leader: (into his com) Take the shot. 
[As the goon loads another dart in his gun, Dr. Zara looks through her binoculars to see Yi with the yeti.]
Dr. Zara: What? There's a girl with him? 
Jin: Oh, no. How is she gonna get away? 
[Suddenly, the tower was beginning to light up.]
Jin: (remembers something) Wait, wait. What time is it?
Peng: (checks his watch) 8:00. Why?
Jin and Peng: (realizing) Time for the light show.
[Suddenly, the lights all set off on the tower, blinding the troops as the light show commences. The crowd was in awe.]
Citizens: (in awe) Ooh! Aah!
[A man, unable to stand the bright lights, puts on his sunglasses to make it feel better.]
Jin: Come on, Yi.
[Meanwhile, Zara tries to look for Yi and the yeti on the tower, but they aren't there.]
Dr. Zara: Where are they?
Goon: (into his com) They're gone. 
Goon Leader: (into his com) Copy that. They're gone. And I'm dead. (Duchess squeaks) Don't rub it in. (to another goon) Come on! Keep searching!
[Jin then spots the two running down the harbor.]
Jin: Oh! There they are. Come on, Peng.
[Yi and the yeti were down in the harbor, running to find the boat.]
Yi: Over there. That one.
[They then arrived by the boat as it was about to leave.]
Yi: You have to get on that boat. When that boat lands, don't stop. Don't stop until you reach your mountain. Don't stop until you're home. Okay? (forms the home symbol with her hands) Home. Oh, you-you have to go. Now! 
[The yeti jumps onto the boat.]
Yi: Hide. 
[He tries to hide behind a barrel, but it tips over and spills out oil on the ground. He tries to hide by some boxes and under a blanket, but none of them work.]
Jin: (offscreen) Yi! 
[She turns around to see Jin running for her.]
Jin: Yi, are you okay? 
[Yi looks at him then turns to the boat. Jin realizes what Yi was about to do.]
Jin: Oh, no. Oh, no, no, no, Yi. Don't you dare! 
[She decides to run towards the leaving boat.]
Jin: Yi!
[She leaps forward from the dock and lands on the boat.]
Yi: I guess I'm coming with you, huh... Everest?
[The yeti tilts his head and smiles, liking the name Yi gave him.]
Jin: Yi? Yi, are you crazy?! 
Peng: (running after the boat) Wait for me! 
Jin: Peng? Peng! No! 
[Peng jumps off the dock but sees that he was about to miss the boat.]
Peng: No, no, no, no, no, no! 
[Luckily, Everest grabs him from falling into the water.]
Jin: Peng! I'm responsible for you. Your mom's gonna kill me.
[He runs down the dock and jumps onto the boat, only to step into some oil. This messes up his sneakers.]
Jin: (gasps) My babies.
[Peng laughs at his misfortune.]
Jin: No, no, no. You think this is funny? Do you even know how much I paid for these? 
[Everest also laughs at Jin.]
Jin: (to Yi) What were you thinking, Yi? You have gotten me into so much trouble. I am so mad at you right now. You know what? I-I can't even talk to you right now! That's how mad I am!
[As Jin yells in the background, Yi looks back to see the colorful lights of Shanghai. They were a beautiful sight from the boat. The next morning at Burnish Industries, Mr. Burnish chastises Zara and the goon leader for their failure to capture the yeti.]
Burnish: The unveiling is in one week, Captain. Now, how am I supposed to prove the yeti exists when I don't have a yeti?
Goon Leader: Uh...
Burnish: No speaking! Only leaving.
[The goon leader leaves, muttering.]
Burnish: Dr. Zara, what am I going to do? The science community will be there. The press will be there. The world will be there, watching with their eyes. 
Dr. Zara: Mr. Burnish, there are many rare and exotic animals you have collected over the years. (some workers bring in a glass case full of snakes) These snakes, for example. You're the only one in the world to have a newly born clutch of rare whooping snakes.
[The whooping snakes whoop up and down in their case.]
Burnish: (smacking on the case with his pickaxe) Down, down, down! Go in your hole, you weird snakes. 
Dr. Zara: Sir, please. These creatures are to be respected. 
Burnish: Hmm. They would make a lovely belt. 
Dr. Zara: Mr. Burnish, they are one of a kind. 
Burnish: A one-of-a-kind whooping belt. A belt that goes "whoop." Do I want that? I don't know. Take them away.
[As the workers take the case away...]
Female Worker: Wait, how many snakes are there supposed to be? 
Male Worker: Uh, why? 
[A whooping snake slinks up to the screen, having escaped the case.]
Burnish: We promised the public a yeti, and nothing else will do. Nothing! (smacks down a stone carving of a yeti footprint)  I don't care if the yeti is dead or alive. I just need him. (Duchess squeaks) Your gerbil is freaking me out.
Dr. Zara: Jerboa. Duchess is an albino jerboa, and she, too, is one of a kind. (puts the pieces of the stone carving back together) Sir, as a zoologist, it is my mission in life to make sure that all animals are protected, especially the rare and exotic ones. That is the only reason I agreed to find your yeti. 
Burnish: And you did. For a few short days, we had one, but I cannot go to that unveiling empty-handed. I will not be made into a laughingstock again. Not, not, not, not, not!
Goon Leader: (arrives) Uh, there's news, Mr. Burnish.
Burnish: News about you leaving?
Goon Leader: A dockworker saw a creature and some kids boarding a cargo barge last night.
Burnish: (to Dr. Zara) Dr. Zara, you are the best in your field. Please, help me get him back. 
Dr. Zara: Under one condition. We bring the yeti back alive. You have to promise me he will not be harmed.
Burnish: Fine. Fine, fine, fine, fine, fine. (pointing his pick-axe at the goon leader) Captain, where did that boat land? 
Goon Leader: Uh...
[We fade to the boat, where it sails down the waters. Jin walks by while answering the phone.]
Jin: (on the phone) Yeah, Ma. Uh, Beijing is, um... is great. And the dorms... the dorms are clean. Peng? Oh, Peng is, uh... 
Peng: (checks inside Everest’s mouth) Look at all those teeth. 
Jin: (on the phone) Peng's fine.
Yi: Hey, hey.
Jin: (on the phone) Oh, and Yi came, too. Yeah. Mm-hmm. She's, uh... she's checking out the university.
[Peng opens up a huge wooden crate to find lots of soda inside.]
Peng: Soda? Oh, yeah! Mom never lets me have any. 
[He gulps down one can of soda.]
Peng: Catch!
[He throws another can to Everest, who then drinks it down. The yeti proceeds to run around in a sugar rush. Yi finds a few rocks on the boat.]
Yi: Hey, Everest, come over here. 
Jin: (on the phone) How long will we be here? (Everest burps) Oh, uh, excuse me. Cafeteria food is a little rich. Well, I got to go, Ma. Bye. (hangs up) I cannot believe that you made me lie to my mother. 
Peng: (holding lots of soda cans) I love this stuff! (falls over)
[Yi uses a stone to draw some pictures of how they’ll get him to Everest.]
Yi: Hey, okay. Everest, look. First, you go over the Yellow Mountain. Then to the Yangtze River. And that river will take you most of the way to the Himalayas, and finally to Mount Everest. This is how you're going to get home. 
Jin: Whoa, wait. Mount Everest? No, no, no. That has to be hundreds of miles away.
Peng: (trying to balance a stack of cans) Actually, it's thousands.
Yi: I just hope he can make it all that way.
[As Everest drank another can, some plastic rings were caught on his tongue. He stumbles around with the rings on his tongue, wiping away the drawings in the process.]
Jin: He, um... he seems capable.
[Soon, they arrived at a port in southern China.]
Peng: Look at all those people. Hello! 
Jin: (pulls him down) Peng, get down! 
Peng: (offscreen) Ow!
[They hid behind a pile of pebbles.]
Yi: Yeah, we should hide.
[We then see a crane dropping a crate of cola onto the back of a truck. The truck drives off. In the back of the truck, we see the four inside with Peng and Everest drinking some cans.]
Jin: Wait. Why are we still moving?
Yi: Uh... 'cause we're not at the dock anymore.
Jin: What? No!
[While the truck drives off, Peng drops some empty cans on the road, making a trail. Yi looks out to see the beautiful landscape.]
Yi: You know, I've never been out of the city. Wow. I can't believe how beautiful it is out here. 
Jin: I can't believe I haven't eaten in 24 hours. I'm starving. (takes a sad selfie)
Peng: Uh-oh. Guys, I got to go. 
Jin: Just hold it. 
[But then, Everest also gets the feeling of a potty emergency.]
Yi: Oh, no. He's got to go. 
[We cut outside where the box was shaking.]
Jin: (inside) Get me out of here! 
Peng: (inside) I can't.
[The box then falls off the back of the truck and tumbles downhill. It crashed to the ground, releasing the gang and lots of empty soda cans. Peng and Everest ran off to pee somewhere private.]
Peng: Out of my way! Got to go! Got to go!
Yi: (moans) My head.
[Jin gets up and offers to pull her up.]
Yi: I'm good.
Jin: Okay. (gets out his phone) Come on. Come on, come on, come on. (one bar of wi-fi appears) One bar. Okay, that's good enough.
Yi: Good enough for what?
Jin: To buy tickets home. Okay, look, the next boat leaves around 5:00, so let's hope that's enough time to find our way back to the dock. (calls out to Peng) Peng, come on. We're leaving. 
[Soon, the two find Peng and Everest exhausted on the ground.]
Peng: (exhausted) Yes, waiter. I'm ready to order. I'll have some of Nai Nai's pork buns with extra pork. 
Jin: All right, get up, Peng. We got to go.
Peng: (exhausted) And a side of pork.
[Everest’s stomach growls, for he is hungry. So, he starts humming deeply.]
Jin: Is he... Why is he making that...
Yi: Shh, shh, shh. Jin.
Jin: Is he humming?
Peng: (gets up) What's going on? (sees Everest’s fur glowing) Whoa.
Jin: What is happening?
[Then, a blueberry sprouts out from a bush.]
Jin: Whoa. Is that a... 
Yi: A blueberry?
[Lots and lots of blueberries appear on the bushes and Everest chows down on some. ]
Peng: Food! (eats a blueberry) Guys, these are delicious. 
Jin: That doesn't make any sense. (looks at a growing blueberry) No, no, this is not possible.
[The blueberry pops on Jin, covering him in juice. The others laughed at this.]
Jin: It's not funny, all right? This is cashmere!
Yi: (sees something behind Jin) Uh, Jin?
Jin: Now what?
[They looked to see several blueberries growing huge in size.]
Jin: Oh.
Yi: Everest, do something.
[Everest starts running for his life.]
Yi: Run! 
[They ran down the forest as blueberries popped out and fired at them.]
Yi: Incoming! 
[The blueberries splat near them while they ran.]
Jin: Run! 
Yi: Go faster! 
[A blueberry manages to splat Everest in slow motion.]
Jin: (in slow mo) Oh, no! (gets hit by a blueberry)
Yi: (in slow mo) Save yourselves! 
Peng: (gets hit by a blueberry) I'm hit! Tell Nai Nai's pork buns I love them.
[Everest grabs Peng and they all run as a flying blueberry splats the screen. Soon, it was nighttime and everyone was away from the blueberry attack. They were all covered in blueberry juice.]
Peng: (holding a big blueberry) Hey, Jin, did you get enough to eat? 
Jin: (not amused) Let's just say I've got blueberries in places where blueberries should never be.
[He walks off with two big blueberries in his back pocket, as if he had a big butt.]
Peng: Come on, Everest.
[They run over to a part of the woods.]
Peng: Okay. Watch and learn. (Everest forms a hoop with his hands) Bank shot. 
[He dribbles the blueberry around like a ball and tries to throw it in, only for it to bump off and hit him in the face. Everest laughs loudly.]
Yi: I'm exhausted.
Jin: (gets the blueberries off his pants) What? Why are you stopping? 
Yi: Because, in about five minutes, we won't be able to see our hands in front of our faces.
Jin: (starts walking) And that is exactly why we've got to keep moving. All right? (to Peng) Come on, Peng. We need to get back to that dock. (notices some eyes in the dark and walks back) First thing in the morning.
Peng: Yes!
[Yi and Jin lie down on the grass. The former stares at the starry night sky while the latter is busy swatting at some bugs that flew by.]
Yi: There's so many.
Jin: Bugs?
Yi: Stars.
Jin: How come they're only swarming me?
Yi: Maybe they're ladybugs.
Jin: (chuckles) Lady... Not funny.
Peng: Well, my mom told me that the stars are our ancestors who always watch over us.
Yi: My mom says that, too. (Peng runs by and steals her backpack) My backpack? Peng! 
[Peng puts the backpack over his head and growls like a monster. Jin, however, was unable to get any wi-fi on his phone.]
Jin: Oh, no, no, no, no! Great. No reception. I'm entirely cut off from my social life. 
Yi: Mm. How traumatic.
Jin: Yeah, Yi, it is. Because, unlike you, I like having friends. I'm not some kind of a-a... 
Yi: Loner? Is that what you were gonna say? Well, for your info, I'm a self-proclaimed loner. There's a difference, okay? 
Jin: Fine, because in the morning, Peng and I are headed back to the city.
Yi: I-I can't leave him.
Jin: Yi.
Yi: You've seen what he can do. He's-he's amazing. He's... he's magical.
Jin: Oh, so now he's a magical yeti. Do you realize how crazy you sound?
Yi: Look what happened with the blueberries.
Jin: That wasn't him. That was a natural phenomenon. Just one that I can't explain yet.
[Peng was seen playing thumb war with Everest.]
Peng: One, two, three, four, I declare a thumb war. Go! 
[Everest sets his thumb down on Peng’s and laughs.]
Peng: Hey, you cheated! 
[He punches Everest on the arm, and the yeti punches him back. The two then tussle at each other like young children.]
Jin: Will you two please just give it a rest! Oh, my gosh, I'm beginning to sound like my parents.
Yi: That's it! That's why they get along so well. Everest is just a kid. He's probably, like, the same age as Peng but in yeti years.
Peng: (making Everest hit himself) Stop hitting yourself. Stop hitting yourself. 
Jin: Right. There's no way that giant thing is a kid.
Yi: Wait. I'll prove it to you. (to Everest) Everest, come over here. 
[The yeti spits Peng out of his mouth and walks over to Yi.]
Yi: (holds up a rock) This is you. (sets it down and brings in two more) And your parents. 
Peng: Aw. You have your mother's eyes.
[Everest grabs the rocks and cradles them. It was clear that he missed his family.]
Yi: Don't worry. I will make sure you get home.
Jin: What are you gonna do? Take him all the way back to Mount Everest?
Yi: Maybe I am. Jin, he needs to get back to his family.
Jin: And what about your family? Don't they need you, too? Always busy, never home. What's that all about, Yi? 
Yi: Don't talk to me about family. You have no idea. No idea. Your... Your life is so easy, Jin. Do you even... Do you even want to be a doctor, or do you just think that you'll... I don't know... you'll look good in white? 
Jin: All right. Call me shallow all you want. At least I'm not delusional.
Yi: I don't care if you think I'm crazy.
Jin: (sighs) You're impossible.
[They lied down on the grass and slept for the night. As time passes, Yi and Everest disappear, followed by Jin. Soon, Peng was the only one left. The next morning, Peng wakes up to hear a violin playing. He walks over and sees Jin watching.]
Peng: Is that Yi? (Jin nods)
[The two boys looked to see Yi playing the violin to Everest. The yeti was delighted to hear her music. Peng steps forward, only to snap a twig in half, alerting the two.]
Peng: Wait. Don’t stop. It’s really good.
[Yi quickly puts the violin and bow back in the case.]
Peng: Your nai nai said you stopped playing after your dad died.
Jin: Peng!
Yi: It's okay, Jin. Really.
Peng: Was this your dad's violin?
Yi: Mm-hmm.
Peng: You know, I really liked your dad.
Yi: Thanks, Peng.
Jin: Well, we better head out if we're gonna make it to the Yangtze River.
Yi: You're coming?
Jin: Yeah. I checked, and Dahe village has boats leaving for the city every hour.
Yi: Okay, well, when we get there, you and Peng can take a boat back, but... I'm going to take Everest home.
[Yi and Everest placed each other’s heads together. Meanwhile at the harbor, Burnish, Zara, and the goon leader talked to a harbor worker about the creature.]
Harbor Worker: Well, that boat pulled in yesterday morning, but we've unloaded all of the cargo and didn't find anyone. 
Dr. Zara: Would you mind if we search it again? 
[The goons began to look in some crates.]
Goon Leader: You got anything? 
Goon: No, Captain. 
[Zara finds a yeti footprint on the ground in dusting.]
Burnish: He was here?
Dr. Zara: Yes. And it looks like he fancies soda.
[The trucks follow the trail of empty soda cans on the road until Zara finds the trail ending near the hill.]
Dr. Zara: Stop! (the trucks stop) Down there. 
[As she goes down the hill, the snake whoops inside the leader’s truck.]
Goon Leader: (to Burnish) What was that? (Burnish shrugs)
[Down below, they were unable to find the yeti.]
Goon Leader: Sorry, Doctor. There's no sign of them anywhere.
[Burnish takes a deep breath and sighs in the clean outdoors.]
Dr. Zara: Sir, the yeti has disappeared.
Burnish: It has been so long since I've been out in nature.
Dr. Zara: Sir, if we...
Burnish: (points to a tree) Look at this tree. It's a wonderful tree. Look at the colors. I love this tree. (to a goon) You there, chop it down and put it in a bag, will you? 
Goon 2: Right away, sir. 
Burnish: I want it in my penthouse... to be with me. 
Dr. Zara: Mr. Burnish.
Burnish: Right. What? What is it?
Dr. Zara: (while a goon runs by with a chainsaw) We should divide the team and cover some ground. 
Burnish: Captain, let us fan out.
Goon Leader: Yes, sir.
[Back with the gang…]
Jin: (checks on his phone) Now, on the map, that village is only, like, a centimeter away. That can't be that far. 
Yi: It must just be on the other side of the... 
[They look ahead to find a big mountain and lots of steps.]
Yi: The Yellow Mountain. Wow. 
Jin: Wait. Wait. We are not going over that.
Peng: (running ahead) Come on, Everest. I'll race you.
[Yi and Jin follow as Peng and Everest race ahead.]
Jin: Hey, you guys, wait right there.
[Peng picks up a dandelion by the side of the road.]
Peng: Ooh. Everest, look. Make a wish. (the yeti eats the dandelion) No, no. They're for wishing.
[The others manage to catch up to the two.]
Yi: Leg cramp. Stop for a sec.
Jin: Okay. I mean, if you really need to.
Peng: (picks out another dandelion) I wish I was a basketball superstar.
[He blows on it and the petals scatter away into the air.]
Peng: Starting in the championship game, the mighty Peng!
[As he whoops and hollers, a drone suddenly appears.]
Peng: Wait, is that a drone? Cool!
[The drone flashes red and four more appear to surround the gang.]
Peng: Uh, okay. Not so cool. Not so cool.
[Yi looks down the cliff to see the goons controlling the drones with their remotes.]
Yi: Oh, no. It's those guys from the city.
Jin: I told you this was a crazy idea. 
Goon: (into his com) Captain, I have footage. 
[In the truck...]
Goon Leader: (into his com) Copy that. 
[He turns on the car screen to show video of the gang surrounded by the drones.]
Burnish: Those little thieves stole my yeti.
Dr. Zara: Get us there. 
Goon Leader: (into his com) Keep your eyes on 'em. We're on our way.
[Back with the gang…]
Jin: Uh, what now?
Yi: I wish there was a way out of here.
[Everest sees Yi holding a dandelion in her hand and gets an idea. He hums loudly and it starts to grow in size.]
Jin: Uh, what's going on? 
Yi: Whoa!
[The giant dandelion starts to float off with Yi on it.]
Jin: Yi, let go of that. It's dangerous. 
Yi: Everest, are you sure about this?
Jin: No! (Everest grabs Peng) Peng! Get down from there right now! (Peng and Everest hop on) Hey, Peng! 
[He tries to catch up to them.]
Peng: Jin, jump!
Yi: Jump!
Jin: No! Get down here! Give me your hand! (grabs Peng’s hand) Got you. 
[However, he bumps into a railing, making him let go of Peng’s hand. Jin watches as the others float away on the giant dandelion.]
Jin: Meet me at that village by the river!
Yi: We'll be there!
Jin: And take care of Peng!
[As the others float away, a drone appears in front of Jin. He runs away, only to tumble down the stairs. The drone then flies above his head. Meanwhile, the others are approaching a big mountain.]
Yi: Everyone, push!
[They push the dandelion away from the mountain, but Peng sees more trouble coming.]
Peng: Uh-oh.
[Four other drones were following after them.]
Goon: (to his partner) Are you catching this? 
Goon 2: Is that a giant... dandelion? 
Burnish: (into his com) Giant dandelions? Look, stop messing about and get my yeti! 
Goon: (into his com) Uh, yes, sir. Let's take 'em down.
[One of the drones flies into the petals, which releases them from the flower. The petals end up getting caught in the drones, causing them to crash into some rocks.]
Peng: Yeah! Take that, drones.
[The goon throws down his remote in anger and the others see the car drive up to them.]
Goon: So, who's going to tell Mr. Burnish?
Other Goons: (in unison) Not it!
[Meanwhile, with half of the petals gone, the dandelion was flying off elsewhere.]
Peng: Help!
Yi: Wait, where are we going?!
[As the dandelion sails off, we then see Dr. Zara talking to Jin.]
Dr. Zara: I hope you're not hurt. Let me introduce myself. I'm Dr. Zara.
Jin: I know who you are.
Dr. Zara: You do?
Jin: Yeah. You're the bad guys. (sees Duchess on Zara’s shoulder and screams) Aah! Your gerbil is freaking me out.
Burnish: A boy that knows his gerbils. I like him.
Dr. Zara: Bad? Listen, you've got this all wrong. That wild beast is unpredictable, even dangerous. We were trying to rescue your friend when the yeti kidnapped her.
Jin: He did kidnap her.
Burnish: Listen, you twit! I own that yeti. He is my yeti. I want my yeti back! (pokes Jin with his pick-axe) Right? Just nod. 
Dr. Zara: Mr. Burnish, please.
Jin: Ow. All right, look. I-I just need to find my cousin and my friend and get 'em back to the city in one piece.
Dr. Zara: I can get all of you back to the city, but the only way I can help your friends is if I know where they are. Do you know? That yeti is the pinnacle of my research. I really need him back. 
Jin: I don't know where they are, but I do know where they will be.
[Somewhere in a desert, four tortoises were about to eat a lone dandelion when they heard screaming. They all turned their heads to see a giant dandelion coming for them.]
Yi: Brace yourselves!
[The tortoises all hide in their shells while the gang crashes down in the sand. The impact causes the dandelion to be blown away, much to the tortoises’ dismay. Everest was seen lying on the ground.]
Peng: (offscreen) Everest. (the yeti looks under his feet) No, over here. 
[Everest stands up to look for Peng, unaware that he was on his back. He then falls off the yeti.]
Yi: That was amazing, Everest. You saved us, and now we're... we're... we... Where are we?
[They find themselves in the middle of the desert.]
Peng: All I know is we're a long way from Jin.
Yi: Yeah, well, that's his fault. He should have jumped. I mean, why... why doesn't he ever just jump?
Peng: He did. He jumped on that boat back in the city. That's what got him on this trip in the first place.
Yi: Yeah, but that's because he was worried about you. You're his family.
Peng: Yi, he thinks of you as family, too.
Yi: Wh-What?
[Everest picks up three of the tortoises and when they popped out of their shells, he exclaimed in surprise. He then looks inside one of the shells.]
Peng: (to another turtle) Hey, little turtle. (picks it up) Everest, Jin said Yi was like his little sister when they were kids. She was always doing something crazy that would get her into trouble, so he had to watch out for her. And he still does. 
Yi: I... I-I think we should get going. But don't worry. I can get us out of here. Let's go. 
Peng: Put 'em down, Everest.
[Everest sets the tortoises down, though one of them was lying on his shell. Luckily, Peng runs back to set it on its feet and the tortoises look at the giant dandelion stem. It was big enough to feed them for an entire day. As the gang walks down in the desert, we transition to nighttime, where the goons have set up camp by the Yellow Mountain. Burnish was seen telling Jin a story of how he first encountered a yeti.]
Burnish: Suddenly, I saw it. A yeti. A real yeti. Cold eyes staring. It tried to kill me! I needed to protect myself. I swung my ice ax... and it was gone. No footprints. Nothing. I rushed back to tell the world what had happened, but without proof... They laughed at me. They laughed at me.
Jin: You spent all these years trying to get your proof?
Burnish: Mm-hmm. I'm so used to looking down on the world, (looks up at the sky) it's amazing how small one feels just by looking up.
Dr. Zara: Mr. Burnish, we need to get an early start. Thanks to Jin, we've learned the yeti's whereabouts.
Burnish: Yes, yes. (to the jerboa) Duchess... is that your name? You're kind of cute, you know, in your own ugly, beady-eyed kind of way. 
[Jin went inside Burnish’s RV and relaxed on the soft beds. Back with the gang, they were all lying down on the cold ground, exhausted from walking around.]
Peng: I can't feel my feet.
Yi: "Don't worry. I'll get us out of here." What was I thinking? We are completely lost. Everest is nowhere near his mountain, and for all we know, Jin... Jin could be in trouble right now, and it's... It's all my fault. Jin said this trip was a crazy idea, and... I don't know, maybe... maybe he's right. I mean, but... we could sure use him right now. 
Peng: Yeah. And the map on his cell phone.
[Suddenly, a koi fish jumps out and hits Everest square in the face.]
Yi: (as the fish jumps back in the river) It's okay, Everest. It's just a koi fish. 
[The three see some koi fish swimming up the river.]
Peng: That's weird. Why are they swimming against the current?
Yi: They're actually trying to get back home.
Everest: Ooh.
[Everest grabs another koi fish and makes a popping face at it until it slaps him and flops to the ground.]
Yi: Yeah, let's just put him back. (puts the fish back in the river)
Peng: Do you think he'll make it?
Yi: Well, he's sure gonna try. You know these fish are the symbol of perseverance?
Peng: What?
Yi: It's, uh... it's just something my mom told me. It means that, when things get really tough... ...They never give up. You know what, guys? We have to keep going. Come on. Come on, you guys, let's go. 
[As they prepare to head out, Everest grabs another koi fish.]
Yi: Everest, put the fish down. (the yeti sets it down) Into the water.
[The yeti pushed it down into the water and they all went off. Back with Jin, he got up from the beds and saw a whooping snake pop out and appear. He nervously backs away from the weird snake until a pick axe stops him.]
Jin: Ow.
[It was Burnish acting out in his sleep.]
Burnish: (in his sleep) Get back, you abominable creature. Back!
[After the old man goes back to sleep, Jin quietly exits the RV. However, he steps in some mud, making his sneakers dirty.]
Jin: (sarcastic) That's great. Of course.
[Just then, he heard a voice behind a Burnish Industries car. Jin snuck to the back of the car to listen. We see that Zara was talking to the goon leader, only she wasn’t using a British accent.]
Dr. Zara: He said in the sweetest little voice, "You're cute in your own ugly, beady-eyed kind of way." (scoffs) I tell you, he's going soft. We need to act fast. If that kid is right and we find the yeti at the river tomorrow, use any means possible to take him down. 
Goon Leader: I thought we had to keep the yeti alive.
Dr. Zara: The buyer won't pay us unless he's still breathing, but if he's a little banged up, who cares? They're just gonna chop him up into little pieces for their experiments anyway.
Goon Leader: Well, what do we do with the kids?
Dr. Zara: If you want your ten percent, you'll get rid of them... for good!
[Jin gasps in shock.] 
Dr. Zara: (refers to Duchess on her shoulder) Oh and get rid of this rodent I've been carrying around. Do you know how hard it is to keep up this British animal-lover act? I'm done!
Goon Leader: Duchess? But she's a one-of-a-kind albino jerboa. 
[He wiggles some keys near Duchess, who then grabs it.]
Dr. Zara: She's just a rat, you idiot!
[She throws the jerboa away. It was still holding the goon leader’s keys.]
Goon Leader: (offscreen) Hey. My keys.
[Jin picks Duchess up, opens the RV window, and places the jerboa down on Burnish.]
Jin: Here. I think you're better off with this guy.
[Duchess scurries to the sleeping Burnish and nestles up on his neck.]
Burnish: (in his sleep) Mmm. Not now.
[Jin, on the other hand, has the keys in his hand. He looks through them while he sneaks by.]
Jin: All right, let's see. (checks one key) SUV? Too loud. (checks another key) Transporter? No. (checks another key) What's this one? 
[He pressed a button, and it turned on a Burnish Industries motorcycle in front of him.]
Jin: Sweet.
[He gets on the bike and looks at himself in the mirror.]
Jin: Check the hair. Looking good, Jin. Thanks, Jin. All right, let's do this. 
[He inserts the key into the hole and the motorcycle revs up. Jin prepares to ride out of camp, only for the bike to drive away without him and fall downhill.]
Jin: Oh!
[So, he ran into the woods, using his phone light to run through the dark. He stopped for a moment to breathe and then resumed running. Next, he used some huge leaves to cover his head from the heavy rain.]
Jin: (cradling his sneakers) It's okay, babies. It's okay. I got you. 
[After a moment of running, he arrived at a lake to get a drink. Unfortunately, he quickly find out that it was a dumping hole for animals to do their business. Later, as Jin ran through the woods, his vest was snagged and torn off by a branch, so he had to use it as a headband. After hours of running around, he comes to a river, where he was about to hand his phone to an old man, only to hesitate at the last moment.]
Jin: Nope. Nope. I can't do it. (then gives it to the old man) All right, fine, just take it!
[As Jin pushes the boat down into the river, the old man uses the phone to take a selfie. The camera’s flash transitions us back to the gang, where they were getting tired from all the walking.]
Peng: Be the koi fish. Be the koi fish.
Yi: That's it, Peng. You keep swimming.
[Suddenly, they hear a train roar in the distance.]
Yi: What was that? Come on!
[They ran down to a rock to see a train chugging in the distance.]
Peng: All right! No more swimming! 
Yi: Yeah, but how are we gonna catch it?
Peng: Whoo-hoo! Now, this is the way to travel. (to Everest) Ready, Everest?
[The two play Rock, Paper, Scissors in Chinese. Peng makes scissors while Everest makes rock.]
Peng: (groans) Again.
Yi: You know, Everest, I... I can't figure you out. I mean, how... how do you do that?
Peng: Ah. Maybe it's his gift, like when you play the violin or when I play basketball. Everest talks to nature. 
Yi: Now, that... that is a gift.
[Soon, they arrived at a town on the banks of a huge river. It was crowded with people and yaks. To avoid being seen, the gang used big wooden planks to hide behind while they went down the alleyway.]
Yi: Well, this is the village.
Peng: Do you see Jin?
Yi: Through that mob? Are you kidding me? We need to both look for him.
Peng: What about Everest?
[Yi looks around and then finds some yaks.]
Yak Leader: (to some yaks) Move it, yaks. 
Yi: Oh. Got an idea. (points to the rope nearby) Grab all of that rope. (pulls off part of a bike)
[Soon, Everest was disguised as a yak, walking among the other yaks. Yi looks around while Peng is on Everest.]
Yi: Can you see anything?
Peng: Nope. (spots someone) Yi, there he is! (calling out) Jin! Jin! (the person didn’t respond) We're gonna lose him. 
Yi: I'll run ahead. Stay there and blend in.
[While Yi runs after Jin, Peng come to the yak leader.]
Yak Leader: Oh, your yak is odd-looking. 
Peng: (offended) Hey, don't body-shame my yak. (Everest snorts in response)
[Yi runs after Jin throughout the town.]
Yi: Jin! Jin!
[However, when she reached him, it was just a grown man who looked like Jin.]
Jin Impersonator: Yes?
Yi: (shocked) Whoa. I am so sorry.
[To make matters worse, she spots the Burnish van driving around.]
Yi: (in fear) No.
[In the van...]
Dr. Zara: Keep looking. He said they would be here.
Goon Leader: I can't believe he crashed my bike.
[A yak pulls off Everest’s disguise, revealing the yeti to the villains.]
Dr. Zara: (points to Everest) Look! 
Goon Leader: (into his com) Target spotted. Move out. 
Peng: They found us. Let's go.
[Yi looks through the crowd to see Peng pushing Everest away while the goons are coming.]
Peng: Go! Go, Everest, go! Move it! 
Yi: No. Oh, no. 
Jin: (offscreen) Hey, you. 
[She turns her head and sees Jin and Lotta on the boat.]
Jin: Need a ride?
Yi: Jin? You showed up.
Jin: Of course I did. Wait. Where's Peng?
[Peng is busy trying to lead Everest away, only for the yeti to be stuck in the herd of yak.]
Peng: Everest!
[He looks under the legs to see the goons surrounding him.]
Peng: Oh, no. (gets a determined look on his face) Coming in at four-foot-ten and ready to take the game, the mighty Peng! (smacks the yaks’ butts) High five! Yeah! 
[The yaks charged down the town and the goons scramble to get out of the way. Peng cheered, for Everest was saved.]
Yi: Everest! Peng!
Jin: Peng, come on!
Peng: Jin, I knew you'd be here.
[The three, along with Everest, jumped aboard the boat.]
Jin: Good to see you, coz.
Ping: (gasps at Jin’s dirty sneakers) What happened to your babies? 
Jin: Well, Peng... my babies are all grown-up. (Everest jumps aboard) Hang on.
[He rides the boat down the river while the yaks ram by the black vehicles.]
Burnish: Captain, don't you dare let them get away!
Goon Leader: Hold on. This little lady has a few tricks up her sleeve.
[He drives the van into the river and as it flies through the air, he pressed a button, switching it to boat mode. It lands on the river with a huge splash and proceeds to chase after the gang.]
Yi: Go faster!
Jin: (trying to get the motor running) I'm trying! 
Yi: Everest, do something.
[Everest rolls his eyes, moves Jin aside, and takes the motor out like “don’t need that.”]
Yi: Hurry, Everest.
[As he touches the water with his hands, he hums while his fur glows and summons a small wave to travel on.]
Jin: Whoa. 
Yi: It's working. 
Peng: (looks ahead) Uh... Oh, no. Guys? Guys! 
[They look ahead to see that they’re heading for the fields.]
Yi: Turn! Turn, turn, turn! 
Jin: Turn! Turn!
[However, the motorboat zooms through the fields while the boat-truck pursues them. The snake was whooping inside. The boat-truck then hits a bump, causing it to spin in the air and crash down. Burnish, Zara, and the goon leader all got out to witness the gang riding on the fields like they were surfing on waves.]
Burnish: (in awe) Whoa. This is unbelievable. 
[On the gang, they surf down the fields.]
Yi: Peng, Peng, look. It's okay.
Peng: Wow! Whoo-hoo! Whoa! 
Yi: This is amazing!
Jin: This is impossible.
Peng: Come on, Everest. Make it go bigger!
[Everest touches the fields and hums to make them grow bigger.]
Yi: Ooh. Whoa!
Jin: Whoa!
Peng: Higher!
[He then makes the waves go higher and higher like a giant wave.]
Yi: Okay. Okay, that's enough.
Peng: Slow down!
Jin: Peng!
Peng: Slow down!
[They crashed in the wave of flowers and soon washed up near a forest. ]
Yi: (moans) Peng! (gets up)
Jin: Where is he?
[They see Everest moaning to a fallen Peng on the ground and run over to him.]
Jin: Peng?
[Peng gets up and coughs out some flower petals. Then, Everest starts to retch.]
Yi: Oh, no. 
Jin: Everest, no. Everest. (Everest’s mouth bulges) Hold it in. 
[The yeti then barfs out tons of flowers at Jin, much to the others’ amusement.]
Yi: Hey, Jin. You got a little something right here. 
[Jin was covered in flowers, and he shivers them off in disgust. As the gang laughs, Yi gasps. She sees her violin on the ground broken.]
Yi: No. Oh, no. No. No. No.
Jin: Yi?
[Struggling to fight off her tears, Yi retreats into the forest. Everest urges Jin to follow after her. The teenage boy walks inside the bamboo forest, where he finds Yi sitting on a rock.]
Jin: You okay?
Yi: Yeah, um... that violin meant everything to me. When we were little, you know my dad used to play all the time. Um... but every night, when he was tucking me in, he would play this one song just for me. And... I don't know, it-it made me feel like everything... was gonna be okay.
Jin: Yi, I'm sorry. I'm-I'm sorry for what I said. Too busy, never home. I... 
Yi: No. No, no, no, you-you're... you're right. I... I know I keep busy. I just... I don't know why. I mean, I... I-I... I miss him, and I don't want to miss him, but... I haven't even cried yet, Jin. And my family, we're all so distant, and I... I don't know. I don't... I-I... I don't know what to do.
Jin: Well, are you sure they're the ones who are distant? But you were right about me, too. Yeah, hate to admit it, but, I mean, that thought about looking good in the white doctor's coat, it did cross my mind. I am a horrible, horrible person.
Yi: Yeah, you are the worst. 
Jin: I really... I am. Yi, listen. If those people find Everest, we're all in danger. Wait, do... do they know where I'm taking him? 
[Back with the villains, their boat-truck was being sailed off by a towing ship. Zara was seen talking to Burnish.]
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) They are headed to the Himalayas, sir. And the yeti's powers will grow even stronger the closer he gets to those mountains. But there's still one more chance to capture your yeti. At the foothills of those mountains, there's a bridge. Once the yeti crosses it, he'll blend in, disappear. We will never find him again. 
Burnish: I've never seen powers like those before. It's intimidating.
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) Stay the course, sir. After this, no one will ever laugh at you again. 
Burnish: You're right. (to the goon leader) Captain, we are going to need reinforcements. Lots... of reinforcements. (walks away)
Goon Leader: Yes, sir. (to Dr. Zara) What do those powers mean for us? 
Dr. Zara: (sinisterly; normal voice) That yeti's price tag just doubled.
Goon Leader: (to his goons) Hey, you guys, did you find that thing? 
Dave: We're working on it.
Snake: (popping out of a box) Whoop!
Male Goon: (spots it) There it is. 
Snake: (popping out from behind the truck) Whoop!
Female Goon: (spots it) There it is. 
Snake: (popping out from inside the truck) Whoop!
Dave: (singing) There it is!
Other Goons: (unamused) Really, Dave?
[Meanwhile, Yi and Jin were leaving the bamboo forest when Peng ran up to them.]
Peng: Come on. Come quickly.
Yi: Everest?
[She finds Everest holding something in his hands.]
Yi: You okay?
[The yeti shows her her violin, now repaired with strands of his hair as new strings.]
Yi: (gasps) Is that...
Peng: Yeti hair? Yep. 
[Everest hands her the violin and Yi was amazed at the new and improved violin.]
Peng: See? It's as good as new.
Yi: No. It's better than new.
[She hugs Everest in gratitude and he hugs her back. As she puts the violin inside the case, Peng picks up the photographs from the ground.]
Peng: Hey. When did you buy these?
Yi: Oh, I-I-I didn't buy them. They were my dad's. He kept postcards of all the places he wanted to take us someday. The... the whole family. 
Peng: Yi, they're all of the places we've been.
[He hands her the photos, and she looks at them.] 
Yi: (shocked) What? No way. What... How... How is this possible?
Jin: That can't be.
Yi: We've been to all of these. All but one.
[Everest gives Yi a photo of the only destination they haven’t been to: the Leshan Buddha. He then moves out of the way to reveal the location. Yi was surprised to see that she was near the statue.]
Yi: (amazed) The Leshan Buddha. This is the place that my dad wanted me to see the most. This... this is incredible. (to Everest) You brought me here, didn't you? 
[The yeti smiles at her.]
Peng: Whoa.
Jin: Impossible.
[Soon, they arrived at the Leshan Buddha, where they climbed up on the stone hands.]
Yi: Whoa. Wow. I wish Dad were here to see this.
[Everest brings her violin case and opens it to show the photograph of her and her father. He urges Yi to play for him. So, she grabs the violin and bow, takes a deep breath, and starts to play. Her melodious play was witnessed by the gang as they sat down. While she plays, the strings start to glow, and she sheds a tear. It lands on the grass, causing it to sprout a flower. Just then, it starts to rain down. A tear appears to fall off the statue’s eye and when it lands in the grass, many flowers blossom all over it. By the time Yi was finished playing, she saw the Leshan Buddha being covered in flowers.]
Yi: It's beautiful. (to Everest) Thank you, Everest. 
Peng: You did that, Yi. You did.
Yi: I did that? (the yeti nods) Whoa. 
[Later, they start to walk upstairs.]
Peng: Come on, Everest.
Jin: Yi. We are so going to the Himalayas.
[He hands her a white flower, which grows bright like yeti hair. That night, they walk with Peng riding on Everest.]
Jin: Come on, you guys. Whoa, whoa! Okay, okay!
[Yi stares up at the starry night sky and smiles. Later, they rest under a big cherry blossom tree, where Yi makes the branches move by playing her violin. Fireflies flew by while the tree branches lifted the gang to the top of the tree.]
Jin: Hold on, Peng. Whoo-hoo!
[Later, they rested on the grass below.]
Jin: Come on. If we keep going, we'll get to the Himalayas by morning. Those guys are not gonna stop until they get... (the yeti grabs him and brings him in) Everest! 
Yi: Is that better?
Jin: Maybe. We still have to keep going, though.
Yi: I know.
Peng: Will it be the same? You know, when Everest goes home? With us, I mean. Like, will you guys still want to hang out? 
Yi: Of course we will, Peng.
Jin: (staring up into the starry night sky) You know, I'll sure miss seeing these stars. 
Peng: Yeah, but even though we can't see them, we'll still know they're there. So, that's kind of cool, isn't it? 
Yi: Yes, Peng, that's very cool.
[Soon, the entire team was heading towards the snowy mountains of the Himalayas.]
Jin: It's not funny. Loch Ness Monster? Chupacabra? I mean, what if they exist? Oh, my gosh. My whole life has been a lie.
[They see the mountains in the distance.]
Yi: Wow. The Himalayas.
Jin: Whoa.
Peng: Awesome!
Yi: Everest, look. Just across that bridge is home.
Peng: What are we waiting for? Let's go, let's go!
[They start to run down the trail and towards a wooden bridge.]
Yi: Everest! Wait up!
[But as they ran, the black helicopter flew by them.]
Yi: Oh, no.
[They see goons coming out of the black trucks in front of them.]
Yi: Go! Go back!
[They turn back, only to see the Burnish truck and a truck with a cage on the back.] 
Yi: Whoa!
Female Goon: Go, go, go!
[The guards surrounded them on both sides of the bridge.]
Yi: Whoa! Everest, run! Go to your mountain now, before it's too late.
[Burnish, Zara, and the goon leader hopped out of the truck.]
Burnish: Captain, hurry. Get my yeti! Get him now!
[As the leader aims his tranq gun at the yeti, Everest runs down the bridge.]
Yi: No, no, no, no, no, no, you're going the wrong way!
Goon: He's on the move!
[The yeti gets up to the top of the bridge with a small shockwave and begins to hum. His fur glows brightly while the skies darkened. A strong gust of wind blows down at the goons while lightning strikes down from above. Burnish was amazed at Everest’s magic powers.]
Burnish: It's amazing.
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) Mr. Burnish, we're missing our chance.
Goon Leader: (to his goons) Load tranq guns.
[The goons load their tranq guns and aim at the yeti.]
Burnish: Wait! Hold your fire!
[We then flashed to his past self seeing a yeti’s footprint on the snow. He looks up to find a yeti roaring at him.]
Past Burnish: (swinging his pick-axe at it) Get back! 
[The yeti was scared by his swinging, and we pan down to see that it was protecting its children. The yeti hums deeply and the wind makes the yetis vanish, along with the footprint. Burnish was surprised by this very encounter. Then, we flash forward to present day.]
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) Mr. Burnish! Take the shot!
[Burnish looks up at Everest, then down to the gang. He realizes that the yeti wasn’t trying to kill him. He was only trying to protect the kids.]
Peng: Oh, no.
Burnish: He's defending them.
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) Mr. Burnish. Mr. Burnish!
Burnish: Doctor, I was wrong. You were right. The yeti must be protected, and the best way to protect the yeti is to let him go. (Zara gasps) We must let him go. (throws his pickaxe away; to the goon leader) Captain, order your men to stow their weapons. Do it now!
[However, Zara glared down at the old man and signaled the goon leader. The captain fires his gun at Burnish, putting him to sleep.]
Dr. Zara: (in British accent) Quick! Mr. Burnish needs help.
[A few goons take the unconscious man away while Zara tossed her glasses aside and let her hair down.]
Dr. Zara: Captain.
[The captain nods and he fires a dart at Everest’s head. The yeti stops humming to notice this.]
Goon Leader: Fire at will.
[The goons fire more darts at the yeti. Soon, the yeti started to get drowsy and he was about to fall. He holds on to the tower.]
Yi: Everest!
[Then, the yeti falls down to the bridge, unconscious.]
Yi: No!
Goon: Get the kids! Go!
Jin: Everest!
[The goons take the trio away while the others chain Everest and drag him towards the cage.]
Yi: Everest!
Dr. Zara: (grabs an electric baton) I'll make sure the yeti's out.
Yi: No! No!
Dr. Zara: (to the unconscious yeti) You are never going to escape again.
[As she was about to electrocute Everest, Yi breaks out of the goons’ grasp and runs to Zara.]
Goon: Wait, wait, get her!
Yi: Stop it!
[She pushes the baton against Zara, dropping her backpack in the process. However, the poacher decides to push Yi off the bridge. Jin and Peng, trapped inside the car, scream out in horror.]
Dr. Zara: Well, that's one down.
Goon Leader: (to his goons) All right, move out.
Goon: Yes, sir. Copy that. Moving out. 
Goon 2: Yes, Captain.
[The cars drive away with the captured yeti. On the backpack, the photographs were blown out by the wind along with the white flower and the picture of Yi and her father. As the photographs scatter in the air, we see Yi hanging from a rope below the bridge. Yi starts to worry about her friends until the white flower lands on her, glowing in awe. Soon, determination in her comes in and Yi starts climbing up. As she gets up, she grabs her violin and walks to the other edge of the bridge to see the goons driving away. This was Yi’s only shot. She takes a deep breath, and plays her violin, summoning the Aurora Borealis. The Aurora then flies off into the cage where Everest is. But when it stopped… he snapped open and broke out of the cage! The yeti was free at last! As he roars, Everest summons some spiked ice around the road, crashing the black vehicles. Zara and her troops get out while Peng and Jin are overjoyed to see Everest.]
Peng: It's Everest.
Dr. Zara: No, this can't be happening!
[Everest roars at the villains, making some ice around them. They start to run away from the yeti. Inside the car, Burnish was starting to wake up with Duchess by his ear.]
Jin: Sir. Sir, wake up.
[Then, they got out to reunite with Yi.]
Jin: Yi! You're okay.
Yi: Everest!
[The yeti smiles, but then we see the black car driving through the ice. It was Zara and the goon leader driving towards the yeti.]
Goon Leader: I thought we had to keep the yeti alive.
Dr. Zara: Dead will have to do.
Yi: No!
[The car rams Everest into the snow.]
Dr. Zara: Yes!
[But the impact causes the snow above to fall down.]
Goon Leader: Uh...
[The avalanche sweeps the black car down the cliff, sending Zara and the goon leader to their doom.]
Dr. Zara: No!
[The gang looked down to look for their yeti friend.]
Yi: Everest?
[Just then, a pair of eyes opened in the pile of snow behind them and out came Everest.]
Yi: Everest?
[The gang ran up to hug the yeti.]
Burnish: Everest? You are by far the most extraordinary creature I have ever seen. That is exactly why the world... must never know you exist. They would not understand. I didn't. Now, can I please help you get back to the city?
Yi: Thank you, but... I promised to take Everest home, and he's not home yet.
Burnish: You're going to take Everest all the way to Everest? That is impossible.
Jin: Sir, with all due respect, when Yi sets her mind on something, nothing is impossible.
Burnish: Yes.
Peng: (shivers) It's cold. 
Burnish: (gets an idea) But there is something I have to insist that I give you.
[Later, they were given warm clothes from the goons to wear for the journey to Mt. Everest.]
Yi: Thank you. 
Peng: Thank you.
Jin: See you later.
Burnish: Don't worry. I'll be waiting right here.
[The three goons were shivering in their underwear.]
Male Goon: (to Dave) They just wanted our coats, Dave.
Peng: Guys, it sure is a long way up there.
Jin: Everest?
[Everest hums again to make koi fish out of clouds. The gang rides on them to ride to Mt. Everest! They flew against the clouds as if they were swimming against the currents of a river. Soon, they arrive on Mt. Everest.]
Yi: Everest, it's your mountain.
Peng: What do we do now?
Yi: I don't know.
[Everest starts to hum deeply, and we then hear more humming. Just then, stepping from the mist was the giant yeti clan, bigger than Everest was. They walk on two feet more than Everest does.]
Peng: Whoa.
Jin: Whoa.
Yi: His parents.
Peng: Wow. They'd be so good at basketball.
Yi: (walks to Everest) We're finally home, Everest. Home. I can't... I can't believe the journey's over.
[Everest gives Yi her old photo back, and she sees more to the photo than what she saw. In the picture with her and her father were her mother and her aunt. They were her family.]
Yi: You're right. It's not over. Thank you, Everest.
[The two touched their heads together in embracement.]
Peng: (runs over to hug Everest) I'll never forget you, Everest!
[Jin offers to shake hands with the yeti, but he brings him for a hug instead. He didn’t mind, though. Soon, Everest runs back to his yeti family. His giant parents picked him up and embraced this moment as their son came back thanks to his friends. As the yetis leave, their footprints magically disappear, showing that they didn’t see anything about their existence. Moments later, Burnish returns the kids to Shanghai, China after a long and dangerous journey ahead.]
Burnish: Goodbye.
Yi: Bye. Thank you.
[Yi runs back into the apartment, where Yi runs back to her home.]
Yi: Ma?
Yi’s Mother: Yi? You're back. How was the trip? (Yi hugs her) Aw. 
Nai Nai: Yi?
Yi: I missed you both so much.
Nai Nai: It's good to have you back, granddaughter.
[Later that evening, as her mother and aunt were cooking up pork buns, the doorbell rings.]
Yi’s Mother: Why don't you get that? It's probably the boys.
[She opens the door to find Peng and Jin outside.]
Yi: Who is ready for Nai Nai's pork buns?
Peng: (holds up a box) Look what I found on your doorstep. It's addressed to all of us. 
Yi: Shh! (quietly) Come over here. 
[They look inside the box to find some mountain climbing equipment and a picture of Burnish in the Himalayas. There was a note on the photo.]
Burnish: (voiceover) For your next adventure.
Yi’s Mother: (offscreen) Hey, kids, how was Beijing?
Jin: Peng! (as Peng hurriedly closed the box) Oh, it was, um, life changing. 
Yi’s Mother: Wow. That's great.
[They gathered at the dining table to eat some pork buns.]
Nai Nai: Everybody, dig in.
Jin: (eats a pork bun) Mmm. Wow. You know, I totally see what you mean about these pork buns. 
Peng: Uh-huh. There is no one in the world who likes these pork buns more than me. 
Yi: Well... maybe one.
[She looks at the violin, whose strings glow brightly.]
Nai Nai: Who? Who else like my buns? (the kids and the mother laugh) No laughing. I'm serious.
Yi: Oh, Nai Nai.
[The camera zooms out through the window and pans up to the sky to show a glowing blue star. It hums like Everest. Roll credits.]
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