Six years ago, after an attack by Black Manta, Tom Curry was rushed to the hospital. There, on his deathbed, he asked his son Arthur one last favor. He wants him to go to Atlantis and find his mother. He wants him to tell her that Tom never stopped waiting for her. On the day of his father's funeral, Arthur's lighthouse was surrounded by reporters, who wanted to know about the Atlanteans. Furious, Arthur leaves the lighthouse and jumps into the sea. As Arthur and Vulko travel deep across the sea, they finally reach Atlantis.