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[Zero] Previously on Prisoner Zero...

[Barqel] My name is Barqel.

[laughs]

You are my prime tactician and thinker.

-Ensure you recapture that ship. -[alarms blaring]

[Barqel] It's a delightful long leash I have to play with.

[Gem] The Imperium took away my parents, too.

And unlike yours, mine aren't findable. They're gone.

Without you two, I don't know how I would have got through

what happened to my home...

to my parents.

Just for a moment, I had my own family on my mind.

You have learned a lot since Dalsarius.

If your friends and family all had fought as well as you,

they might still be alive.

Don't you dare mention my family!

[Del sighing] Tag, quit fooling around.

Gem!

Let me go!

Get off me!

-[Del] Gem! -Let her go!

The deed is done. The game is upon us.

Game? What are you talking about?

Where have you taken Gem?

Gem? Oh, yes.

Useful little thing.

She's working for me now.

My goal is simple.

I hope you've enjoyed your time aboard Rogue

because shortly that vessel will be under my control.

Just as soon as sweet little Gem gives me the key codes.

Gem would never reveal the key codes.

I'm going to get her back.

You're going to regret this.

Am I? We'll see.

In any case, within two hours

your precious Gem will have betrayed you all.

-Just like that. -[snaps fingers]

Start the process.

[Zero] A decade ago, the Imperium created the Bioweve,

a digital nightmare they wired into our brains.

They locked me away, stole my memories, left me with nothing.

Then one day, I was rescued and taken aboard the Rogue.

Now my friends and I are going to shut down the Bioweve

and free humanity

because I am Prisoner Zero.

[theme music playing]

[pants]

You're awake at last.

Mum? Dad?

What's going on?

You've been asleep for a very long time, Gem.

Eight whole years.

Eight years?

That can't be right. I...

Asleep? Years?

Since the rebellion.

Remember that awful day?

I don't remember anything.

I just feel like...

something's not right.

Oh, shh. Try not to think about it, Gem.

Everything's okay now.

You're home.

We've got you back.

[Del] Oh, please tell me you're joking.

I never joke.

Except when I do.

This isn't a joke.

If Barqel gets his hands on the key codes, he'll control the ship.

He could suck out the oxygen

and pilot us into a black hole if he felt like it.

Gem would never give up the ship's codes to a third party.

[Del] Not willingly.

But you know Barqel.

That weasel will find some way of getting inside her head.

You're right.

Oh, of course!

That's what he meant by "the Game".

If Barqel accesses Gem's brain, he can manipulate her memory

and trick her into giving up the codes.

So what do we do?

I think I can use his message to triangulate his location.

-And then? -We go and get Gem.

Before it's too late.

Mum, Dad, I...

But no, this isn't--

I'm so sorry, Gem.

They stole you from us that day.

Stole me?

When they released the weapon.

You were just a little girl.

No, this is...

What happened to me?

[man] Rebels.

We'd known about them for a long time,

how they were plotting to destroy our way of life.

Destroy everything good and pure.

But we didn't know about the weapon.

Not until it was too late.

Weapon?

-[screaming] -[gunshots]

[fire crackling]

[explosion]

[man] They planned to use it against the people, Gem.

That's what put me to sleep for all this time?

[barking]

[mom chuckling] Oh, hey!

Mutt's come to see you.

[Gem] Mutt! Mutty!

Oh, I love you so much. All of you.

[Barqel] Excellent.

She's starting to believe.

It's amazing, the level of detail a computer simulation can achieve

if you don't mind ripping apart a mind to do it.

This is not going to take long.

-"We love you too..." -...sweetheart.

[barks]

Where's he going? Mutt!

Careful, Gem.

I'm okay. Mutt?

-Mutt, where are you going? -[barking]

Oh, yes!

Guardian, set a course for these coordinates.

Location identified.

Warning. This planet is under Imperium control.

I would advise we approach with extreme caution.

Advice noted, Guardian. And disregarded.

Let's go get Gem.

[Barqel] Ah, Zero.

I wondered how long it would take you.

Zero and his crew must not be allowed to stop me.

The Game must go on.

[Zero] There it is.

That's where Barqel's holding Gem?

Yup.

And it looks like he knows we're here.

[firing]

[grunting]

[Del] We're under attack! Shields, Guardian!

The shields are holding.

Evasive action, Del Rev.

Hold tight, people.

[Mutt barking]

It's weird, Mutt.

I still feel like I'm missing something.

Like there's somewhere I need to be, something I need to be doing.

What is that?

[Barqel] Yes, what is that?

I didn't put it there.

[young Gem] Mummy?

[Barqel] A repressed memory?

Interesting.

But potentially disastrous.

Create a distraction.

[girl 1] Look who it is!

Little Gemmy. Back from the dead.

We heard the rebels put you into bed.

Have a nice sleep?

-[grunts] -Ah!

[Mutt barks]

Mutt!

Do what you like to me, but leave Mutt alone!

You want some more?

Hey, what happened to that door?

[firing continues]

Jump us down, Guardian.

Be aware that the building is heavily guarded by--

Just do it.

-[grunts] -[explosion]

[electricity crackling]

For now, I might put you on pause.

I rather think you are about to become...

useful.

Begin phase two.

Gem.

[Tag] What's he doing to her?

I've used her memories to create a charming scenario

where she is reunited with her long-lost parents.

You can mess with her head all you like, Barqel.

Gem will never give up those codes.

Not willingly, I know.

She's hidden them somewhere deep within her mind.

Somewhere she thinks no one will ever find them.

But you know me, Zero.

I like a challenge.

[grunts]

Zero!

-[electricity crackling] -[fires]

[thud]

Can you save her?

I think so.

We've got her, Guardian. Jump us back.

[evil laughter]

[Del] Gem?

Gem!

[Barqel] It's no good, Del Rev.

You'll never wake her.

Thanks to your beloved Zero.

What?

Hasty.

Too hasty.

Poor impatient man.

He detached her from the Game, didn't he?

-So? -Well...

that could do any number of things.

It could corrupt her memory,

or even trigger a total mental shut down.

No.

Yes.

And do you know what's so wonderful about Zero's little blunder?

It has done nothing to stop me.

You might have the poor girl's body there with you.

But her mind?

That's still right here, with me, in my game.

Well done, Zero.

You're such a hero.

You remember what we said about the weapon, Gem?

The one the rebels were going to use against the townspeople?

We think we know where it is.

Really? Can you disable it?

With your help, yes.

Will you help us?

Let's go and find that weapon.

Perfect.

[cannons firing]

What do we do?

Zero, you're the man with the answers.

We can't just sit here and take Barqel's assault.

How do we get Gem back?

There's only one thing we can do.

We'll have to enter the Game ourselves

and convince her it's not real.

Is that possible?

[Librarian] Nothing is impossible if you have faith.

And we need to put our faith in you, right?

Hmm. I cannot take it.

I can only ask that you trust me.

[footsteps approaching]

The weapon's hidden in the safest place in town, Gem.

You know where that is, don't you?

"The safest place in town." Yes.

Yes, I do know where that is.

Under the Rocks.

If I had something to hide that's where I'd put it.

[gasps]

There'll be guards.

So, what's the plan?

Mum? Dad?

There's bound to be guards, aren't there?

Rebel guards.

Enough to make it believable. Now.

I expect so, Gem, but it's noth...

...nothing we can't handle, the three of us.

Those are the bad men, Gem. They're the rebels.

Memories make us who we are.

You must help Gem find herself again.

Okay, I'm pretending I understand.

How do we do this, Librarian?

You need to trust in her. Trust in her friendship.

Tie her to what is important.

Tie her to her memories.

And if we can't?

When has the answer to that question ever been good?

If you cannot, she, and both of you, will be lost forever.

Ugh, told you.

Okay.

Let's do it.

[beeping]

What have we here?

Uninvited guests?

This is Gem's home town?

A version of it.

Barqel's plundered her memory to create it.

So we're kind of inside Gem's memory?

Kind of.

Ew.

She'll have hidden the key codes in the safest place she could think of.

Where would that be?

Oh, the vault beneath the Rocks.

Not to sound like Del, but help me through your thinking here?

The Rocks have been a sacred place for Gem's people

since they first colonized the planet.

Growing up, it was the safest place she knew.

If her subconscious was going to hide information,

that's my best bet.

Well done, Prisoner Zero.

But there's nothing you can do about it, my friend.

Gem's on my side now.

[grunting]

Let's go!

That's a little unnerving.

We don't have time for this.

[both grunting]

The weapon's in there?

We have to get inside and shut it down.

So what are we waiting for? Let's do it.

Look out!

We'll hold them off. You open the vault.

-But-- -Open the vault, Gem.

Open the vault.

[Zero] Stop!

Please, Gem, you've got to remember.

No. Don't listen to them, Gem.

They're the ones that took you from us.

We'll deal with them. You open the vault.

Just open the vault, Gem.

Open the vault!

Don't do it, Gem.

Listen to me.

This isn't real.

These people here, they're not your parents.

What are you talking about?

Of course they're my parents.

I'm sorry, Gem, but they're not.

They're just characters in a game.

You're lying.

I'm afraid not.

I don't know what happened to your real parents, but this isn't them.

Why should I believe you?

I don't even know who you are.

We're your friends.

You're not my friends.

You're the ones who put me to sleep for all those years.

My mum and dad warned me about you.

I'm so sorry, Gem.

But it's not the real them.

They're not your parents.

They are.

Mom, Dad, tell them.

Please, make them stop.

Look.

Ha-ha! See that, Barqel?

She's done believing your lies.

Your creations are breaking up.

The game is over.

Not yet, it's not.

Just open the vault, Gem!

-What? -You heard!

Stop behaving like a silly little girl and do as you're told!

Would your father really speak to you like that, Gem?

But...

See that?

You're making that happen.

That's you, rejecting this lie.

It's not a lie! It can't be!

They are my mum and dad. They've got to be.

Gem!

Open the vault!

No!

If you want something done, do it yourself.

There!

Oh, go away.

-Gem? -What's that?

"Gem's room."

What?

I think you need to open it, Gem.

I'm scared.

What is it?

The truth.

Allow me.

[whispering] This is too weird.

Where are we?

Inside Gem's head.

What?

It's a repressed memory.

You mean, that's Gem?

Please! My little girl's upstairs!

-Mummy! -Run, Gem. Get out of the house!

[barks]

[crying]

Zero!

There!

[panting]

[crying]

Hey.

It's no good. She can't see you.

She's the truth.

I can see that now.

And it hurts.

At last.

It turns out okay for her in the end, you know.

Did it?

Look.

[Mutt barks]

[panting]

I remember them.

I know what happened next.

-Yeah? -Yeah.

They helped me.

They took me into the caves under the Rocks.

We were safe there.

It's good to have you back, Gem.

It's good to be back.

No. No.

No!

[Librarian] It would seem she is waking up.

Librarian.

Welcome home, Gem.

It's good to be back, Librarian.

Hello, Gem.

I'm glad you're okay.

-[rumbling] -[Del grunts]

Can we leave now? Let's go!

General Vykar.

While the experiment failed to secure the key codes to Rogue,

I was able to successfully complete the prime objective.

I now have a copy of Zero's cognitive map.

I have the blueprints to his brain.

Oh, good.

I know you're out there somewhere, Mum, Dad.

And I will find you...

One day.

[theme music playing]