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Mission logs confirm all commands. Software updates accurate and complete.

uplink. Standard memory load package 10 days ago.

1330 as scheduled.

Copy that.

Transmission interrupt. We've lost contact with the ELBA capsule.

Capsule life support systems.

Oxygen. Temperature. Holding at normal range.

Copy. All right, people.

Abraham's depending on us, not to leave him lost out there all alone.

I need an ETA to reconnect ASAP. Flight control trajectory.

Is Elba still on course?

DSN has zero navigational.

The capsule's missing.

DSN has picked up a faint carrier signal from Elba.

Elba signal very faint.

Sensor readings detect a large object falling away from the capsule.

The broadcast tubes are down.

Contact severed.

Elvis suffered hardware failure.

Who's lost Abraham?

NASA Intercom Department Report 04956.

Test subject, Abraham, primate, returned to Earth, showing increased size,

height, weight, a result of unknown extraterrestrial biosubstance ingested

subject and additional creature.

Conflict escalated to homeland security.

Ape moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico for further study.

Subject of study group, RKO Dynamics Research Division, defense contractors,

design and construction of mecha ape weapon system given green light to

perceive.

Volodreskin paramilitary group seized Mecca 8, targets Chicago with nuclear

payload on board.

Abraham released in the city.

Final strategic option to stop the weapon, a success.

Action taken.

Abraham moved to Watkins Island for further study.

Subject continues to increase in size.

This is his longest tantrum yet. Last one only lasted six.

I mean, something's got him really worked up out there.

Nothing strange detected?

Nothing I'm seeing. I mean, what do we got? Some birds?

Some feral pigs in the nearest zone this morning. But that's it.

Abraham's heart rate's still elevated.

We should call this in. No, no, no. Stand by.

Marina, the more agitated that he gets...

As I was saying, look, he's only become more erratic as he's grown. I'm just

concerned that he's going to become a danger to himself instead of just us.

He's got ten square miles of terrain to get out of his system.

We need to establish more behavioral patterns.

He probably is just going to tire himself out like last time. But last

last time he wasn't digging holes in the ground and showing unprovoked

aggression. He's getting more and more unpredictable with each of these

episodes. And the passionflower growing on the island seems to be the only thing

that's calming him down now?

Yeah, well, Abe's eating way too much of that lately. I'm starting to think he's

developed a dependency on it.

As much as I hate to do this, we have to cut the passionflower out of the

equation. I don't know what's triggering him out there.

I mean, look, we can...

We can start pruning it. He's not going to like it.

Yeah, well, we can't get an accurate baseline if he keeps self -medicating

there. No, look, you're right, okay? And we'll make it easy. We'll go, you know,

zone by zone. We'll start over here. We can start in zone Bravo.

He's eating pretty much everything around here as it is. It's not like, you

know, there's going to be much of it to chop down.

Hey, look at that.

Batteries are still working.

All right, I'm going to get the trimmers. Okay.

The Mega -8 Mark II.

It's not a weapon of war or conflict, but instead the way to help save lives.

Can you believe this? After everything that happened with the first mega -8,

they're still deciding to move forward with building a second one. I mean,

you know how this goes, right? I mean, they spent hundreds of millions of

dollars on that defense system, but on a rampage, and now they've got to do

something else with it to justify those kinds of costs.

And now look.

They've got this PR miracle. They've got themselves a first responder tool.

Wow.

Try slinging that nonsense to the people of Chicago.

And that is the purpose of the mechanized aid and the primary

vehicle. To save lives.

On this day, we honor those who lost in the great condo quake 100 years ago.

But we also look ahead on the centennial.

to heed the lessons learned from this tragedy and avoid repeating the mistakes

of the past.

I am proud to introduce the head of his design team, Raimoto Dynamic Systems,

supervised by Ryo Tsukamoto, the former first lieutenant of the

305th Tactical Fighter Squad.

Thank you, Prime Minister.

The Mecca 8 Mark II will save lives in the aftermath of the next earthquake.

Survivors trapped beneath rubble can be extracted in minutes.

The lift capacity of the Mecca 8 Mark II is 10 times greater than that of

standard cranes and lifts and reports to a quake site in half the time.

A world watched as a Mecca ape went on a rampage in the U .S. city of Chicago.

However, we can assure the public that building another Mecha Ape will not put

us at risk.

What we witnessed in Chicago was tragic.

That's why my team and I redeveloped the operating system.

The previous Mecha Ape had too many design flaws to exploit, and it was

with multiple destructive weapon systems.

The Mark II does not have any and requires a human pilot to operate.

And with these changes, I feel we are ready to meet the challenges to come,

whatever they may be.

I'll just call him back later.

I'd like to take a look at your notes.

You just start making an outline if you're going to make tomorrow's edition.

Yeah, yeah. I have it in here.

Somewhere.

Oh, there you are. Thanks.

You happy to be settled back in D .C.? I'm sure you'll find it just as exciting

as all those war zones you've been to.

Civil war in Somalia isn't exciting. It's horrific, Sarah.

Naomi, everything all right?

I, uh... It's one of my contacts in MDPC.

Harbor Patrol.

There's been a Coast Guard incident alert issue that... that...

Naomi, what happened?

The Starlight Dream.

It's a cruise ship.

My parents are on it.

It's gone missing.

No one... No one has... Mom,

it's me.

I'm worried that your phone is going to voicemail.

You and Dad, are you okay?

Please give me a call back to let me know you're okay.

Please, call me.

Dad, it's Naomi.

Please call me when you get this.

Why are both of your phones off?

I need to know that you and Mom are okay, all right?

They've been on that cruise a few days now.

I mean, I just talked to them the day before yesterday.

Is there anything that I can do?

I'm calling Harbor Patrol.

Get on the phone with Starlight Cruises. They have a direct line for

emergencies.

Hello. Can I please speak with Officer Davis?

This is Naomi Harper.

Yes, I'll hold.

Oh, she is?

Okay, well, if you could, can you please let her know that I called?

Yeah. I'll call back in a few minutes.

The Starlight main number is busy, but I'll keep trying.

The switchboard is probably getting overloaded.

The ship is assumed lost with no survivors.

The President expects the Navy to take point on recovery efforts.

I've been advised Starlight Cruises is running analyses of the last

communications from the ship.

I'm approaching the White House now.

Hello, everyone. The President has ordered P -8 Poseidon Naval Patrols to

establish a wide search perimeter for any wreckage.

At this juncture, international, maritime, and law enforcement agencies,

with merchant vessels, are all involved in the search.

I want full coordination with those entities.

All briefings and updates on your progress go through this office.

Folks, we don't know what this is.

If it is terrorism, we'll figure it out quickly, or else more American lives

could be lost.

I just came from my niece's birthday party.

What kind of world are we leaving that generation?

Stop the bad guys.

Let's end the suffering for everyone.

Am I clear?

Yes, ma 'am.

If we don't find the ship, we'll have an activation of the International Charter

of Space and Major Disasters.

That's all for the moment.

Let's get to work.

Naomi?

I... Are you okay?

I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.

What do you want?

Oh.

Sorry.

I... What is it, Sarah?

I got some data on the ship.

They were all up to date on all maintenance inspections.

No VSP violations.

I mean, the ship did hit bad weather, but it's...

162 ,000 tons, so built to withstand all weather conditions.

The ship's disappearance is breaking news now.

It's all over the news.

I'll meet you back up in the office. I'll be there in a minute.

LS, negative object detection.

Adjusting sonar marine data sets.

How do you lose track of a ship that size with that many lives on it?

Yes, I realized there was a storm.

That still doesn't explain how all communications were cut off from the

Yeah, well, the last known communication was at 24 degrees and

52 minutes north, so it could just be...

Severely bad cell service.

That's way out in the Pacific.

But even if cell service was weak,

the ship's satellite comms would still be functional.

Well, there is something in that vicinity.

A small landmass.

Watkins Island.

Watkins?

Dammit, that's that. Yeah.

That giant ape.

You think he had something to do with this?

We're gonna find out.

Marina, come in.

Is everything all right, Hank?

You've got to see this.

It's Abraham.

I'm in zone alpha.

Hank, what happened to him? What is that all over him?

I don't know. The way he's got it draped over his chest and shoulders, it kind

of looks like padding or protection, doesn't it?

What? How would he even know to do something like that?

He's been in two fights now. I mean, he knows where he's most vulnerable.

Innate survival instinct.

Then who's he fighting now? Because both his heart rate and his respiratory rate

just shot up.

Why don't you ring me?

I'm here, Marina.

Naomi Harper, Washington Globe. Just want to get my facts straight on port

security at the Starlight Dream, and your agency is listed on record.

I'm not here to blame, but a no comment will make it difficult.

One minute of your time, that's all I need.

Give grieving families a chance at closure.

I'm afraid we can't answer that question directly.

It's Harper.

Suzanne Bannon.

I'd like to speak to someone in charge of daily operations for ship security at

the terminal.

You can speak with me.

And what is your role?

In -house public relations and communications manager.

Miss Bannon, I'm not here to play nice with the company spin doctor. I am

to find out what happened on that ship.

Okay, and I can appreciate that, okay, but I'm sure you can understand our

office has been inundated all day with these questions.

Is this the part where you tell me all the prepared answers cleared by your

legal team?

Because we can skip that part.

Look, I'm happy to answer any questions that you have.

Our security personnel, they undergo extensive background checks.

They have training that far exceeds any government or industry standards.

Tell me about the check -in process for the ship.

Is it similar to the airlines?

Boarding passes are required.

Government -issued IDs are required.

Anything that's prohibited, we confiscate it.

Firearms, knives, explosives.

And the process for security boarding?

Every passenger is subject to metal detectors and all the luggage is x

We use handheld magnetometers.

Not walk -throughs?

That is at the discretion of the client.

Starlight, they choose to do handheld.

So they chose handheld instead?

Starlight Cruises won't have armed security on their ships. They believe

look of it will tarnish their image in the eyes of some of their passengers. So

that's part of the reason that they chose to have handheld.

So then what happens if there's a threat on board?

I can't comment on the cruise line safety policies. All I can offer is what

we've been hired to provide.

But you're telling me that if something were to happen on the Starlight Dream,

that the security personnel would be forced to rely on non -lethal measures?

Yes.

So that morning at the port, were there any incidents reported?

Weapons confiscated? Anyone detained?

Well, I'm not able to disclose any of those details, but I can tell you it was

pretty much an ordinary day. And what is an otherwise ordinary day at that

terminal? It could be that someone accidentally left pepper spray in their

purse. It could be that a tourist has a decorative knife that they bought at a

gift shop they accidentally brought on.

Then what happened?

It's confiscated at check -in, or it's handed over to security personnel for

safekeeping until the ship reaches the final destination.

Safekeeping? Well, the ship didn't make it.

Look, Miss Bannon, what I am getting at here...

is whether or not this was a terrorist attack.

Is it possible that someone got on the starlight that wasn't supposed to be

there? Could they have planted a bomb or caused harm because they knew the

protocols in place?

Look, it is too early for us to know any of those details yet. How thorough are

these checkpoints? You're saying it was just an ordinary day, that someone could

have left pepper spray in their purse, but you could have missed something.

We don't know yet what happened to the ship.

But jumping to any major conclusions is just going to confuse things even more.

Is there something you're not telling me?

There is still a lot that we don't know.

Our team is in constant contact with the cruise line. And just like you, we too

are waiting for more details.

Starlight Cruises plans to address the media within the hour.

We're hoping by then we're going to know more about what happened and how to

proceed.

That's not good enough.

I'm sorry, but I've told you everything I know. If you have any further

questions, feel free to address to Starlight Cruises.

But until then, that is all I can offer you right now. Sure.

Something's not right here.

Someone got past those mags.

And I will find out.

You can bet on that.

When Abraham went charging to the water, right?

It was as though he saw something and he really wanted to get at it bad.

So what was out there? I mean, did you see anything along the shore? Like a pot

of whales?

Anything overhead above the water?

No. Nope.

Honestly, all I can tell you is that he was super pissed.

And then he went straight back to his hole and started digging all over again.

So he put on all that padding.

grabs a tree limb, and then he just went back to digging holes? Yeah, and he

never took any of that stuff off, but he definitely was not after you.

I'm going to have to take your word for that, because when I saw him coming at

me, I just hit the dirt. I jumped out of the way.

It wasn't very scientific, but what can I say? It was terrifying.

This behavior he's displaying, it could be a traumatic stress response.

And I'm worried, what is all this anxiety doing to his mental and physical

-being? We could talk about putting him on psychotropics.

Maybe like haloperidol, diazepam.

We would have to talk to Langley about that. I mean, you and I can't make those

kinds of decisions.

I really don't want to do that to Abe, but you might be right. That might be

best thing for him right now.

If he keeps exhibiting this kind of aggressive behavior, he might not have

kind of a choice.

I mean, we've just got to figure out what it is that's triggering him.

Abraham!

Did you see him out there? No, but it sounded really close. I have never heard

him vocalize like that before.

I can't find him in any of the zones.

He's right here. He's on Bravo.

What's he doing out by the cliffs?

I don't know, but he's not digging anymore.

He's showing severe elevated signs of aggression out towards the water.

And it's not a pot of whales.

Don't go out there!

Abraham!

Marina, run! Run, run, run, run!

They're coming over there!

He's alive.

His pulse is low, but it's steady. Okay.

Put me through to Andrew Drake.

This is Hank Singer at NASA Watkins.

Hank, what happened?

The island was just attacked.

You need to listen to me.

Abraham needs immediate medical attention.

That itch, it just attacked him.

Watkins Station is gone.

It's gone. What happened?

Andrew, scramble the medevac transport for Abraham.

We need fire protection to send immediate ATG to Watkins.

It was taller than Abraham. It had these massive tentacles.

I'm sending you surveillance records right now from the island so you can see

what it looked like.

It came out of the water, and it just...

Destroyed everything in its path.

Send help now. Is he sending help or not?

Send the medivac, Andrew.

Right away. I'll have him airlifted out of there.

Medivac's on its way. Did you tell him it was an emergency?

Yeah. Abe's hurt really bad. He's fighting. He's fighting. His pulse

steady.

Hank.

Port Security Solutions, the firm that handles boarding for Starlight Cruises,

every passenger would have been subject to search by magnetometers.

Some small, like, restricted items, complicated.

Pepper spray, decorative knives, but nothing out of the ordinary.

Oh, also, I found out the ship doesn't allow armed security.

The Starlight policy states non -lethal measures only for onboard personnel.

Okay, well...

That is interesting to know, because check this out.

It's the AIS data.

It shows the ship's speed decreased at least 15 to 20 minutes before it

disappeared.

Well, that's because of the storm. Wouldn't that explain it? The AIS shows

were drastic shifts in speed, course, direction, all leading up to the ship's

last known transmission.

But their trajectories suggest that they turned into the storm on purpose.

suggesting maybe that it was hijacked?

Someone forcing them to go off course?

But if that were the case, what?

Hmm.

You got the manifest.

Where did you get it? From one of the ports along the Trans -Pacific route.

I had to get creative.

Find the one with the weakest firewall network and... You hacked it?

Well, you left it to me, and I wanted to make sure it didn't get traced back to

you.

I'll cross -check these names and see if there's any leads.

Oh, that's fair.

I searched the paper's archives to cross -reference the names in the manifest.

Not much came up for DC, Virginia, and Maryland Metro.

Then I found this.

Daniel Riggs was a passenger on the Starlight Dream.

Okay, who's he?

Dan Riggs was the mission control director for the ALBA project.

The ALBA project was the top secret space program between the United States

the Soviet Union.

They launched a space capsule with a primate inside that literally grew up

a 90 -foot monster.

Most of the mission had left, retired, or passed on.

But Andrew Drake?

He's the director of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA.

He'll talk to me.

He won't?

We've met on a number of occasions.

He was the only one at NASA who would talk to me after the Chicago incident.

Madam Secretary?

Director Drake. What is it?

I just received these surveillance records from our research facility at

Island.

When was this footage taken?

This occurred within the past hour. The past hour?

Well, does anybody know what this is? Has anybody been tracking this thing?

Yeah, this is Eve.

Yeah, I need to brief the president.

Yeah, it's undetermined whether it's related to the Starlight situation.

Okay, I'll be up in five minutes.

I'm heading to the Oval.

He might be taken to a separate location, but he might intend to come

instead. Who else has seen this footage?

No one yet. I received it. I immediately placed it on encrypted servers, which

the president can access through his normal security channels.

Our research personnel at Watkins Island witnessed this firsthand.

Watkins Island?

Where we study Abraham the ape in private.

Ah. Well, that creature came out of the ocean, attacked Abraham,

badly injured him. I've authorized a move to our biomed facility at San Diego

for the ape.

So now we have a gigantic ape on the mainland?

Badly injured.

I'm awaiting a medical update on his medical status. Oh, injured, wounded, or

dead is irrelevant.

It means that the gigantic ape is in a major American city.

This is

NASA Medevac B574. We have O -band and are on approach to NASA Biomedical

Facility.

Commencing examination,

patient has sustained blunt force trauma, first and second degree burns,

lacerations approximately two and a half feet in depth along the upper

extremities and chest area.

These appear to have been made by claws or nails, presumably in the course of

the fight with the assailant creature.

Patient has a foreign...

Viscous substance in his fur, green in color, slick texture.

Sample two.

Pulling five cc's of substance for further testing.

Forceps.

Surgical part.

Abe's critical condition.

And I found this in his fur.

It looks exactly like the substance we saw dripping from the tree back at the

station. I want to run some tests on it, but let's tell Drake what we found.

Yes, connect me with Director Andrew Drake, please.

Hank?

I'm here with Eve Lemuria, the president's national security advisor.

Marina has been working on Abraham, and she's found something. I'm going to let

her tell you about it. I'm texting you a photo now.

I pulled trace amounts of this from Abe's fur.

Wait.

You found this in Abe's fur?

Yes, and near the station after it was destroyed.

On Abe, it was around his wounds and on his chest and neck, so I'm going to run

some tests on it.

Don't, don't, don't touch it.

Capsule was covered in it.

It is definitely not a terrestrial machine.

This is the same substance found on the exterior of the Elba capsule when it

landed back on Earth, the substance that accelerated Abraham's extreme growth

cycle.

the alien DNA that made Abe bigger?

That's what happened to the millipede.

How do you know?

I was the comms officer on the ELBA program.

The capsule's missing.

We lost contact with the ELBA capsule for about 90 seconds, and then when it

reappeared, we detected that something had attached itself and then fallen away

from the craft.

Sensor readings detect a large object falling away from the capsule.

Now, whatever it was, the impact had destroyed all the communications

All contact was severed. Abe was gone.

Eventually, the program shut down.

When Abe returned to Earth with the ELBA capsule, he was still alive,

miraculously.

I authorized the remains of the capsule to be transferred to JPL, where we

studied and tagged all the samples.

Sample 7.

And that alone was enough to initiate a rapid growth acceleration for the onset

of gigantism?

Yeah, our studies show the substance posed such a significant threat to the

general public after what it did to Abraham. We have it under high -priority

biohazard storage. It's tagged for destruction.

And the thing that fell from the capsule when you lost contact?

Well, as far as we could tell then, it burned up on reentry.

But if you found more of Sample 7 in Abe's fur after the attack... Then

fell from the craft was a life form, and it survived.

Land in the Pacific.

It's been sleeping dormant at the bottom of the ocean for close to two decades.

That substance is responsible for Abe's transformation, and it must share the

same DNA as that creature.

The alien DNA is bond.

It must know that Abe's here. Why else would it target this specific region of

the coast of all places?

So what do we do?

We can't move Abe. If we disconnect him from his ventilators, from his

hemodialysis, that'll kill him.

We just have to protect Abe.

We resume surgery until we can safely remove him from the equipment, and then

can transport him.

We can mobilize air and sea defense out of Naval Base Point Loma and

Navabase Corridor. The response will be quick and decisive.

So, if POTUS grants immediate military authorization, our forces can

intercept the creature.

Before it hits landfall a combat alert can be issued to put this forces in

position and on standby

Miss Lemuria, we can't proceed with a military response.

Stand by to get Abraham emergency off -site transport.

As soon as I finish the procedure and have him fully stabilized, we can move

him.

The Pentagon has been in contact with POTUS. He's granted military

authorization. Naval battalions are prepared to engage.

That creature cannot be fired upon.

Under no circumstances can conventional weapons be used against that thing.

Nothing that will cause it to bleed or any other sort of tissue damage.

And why not?

Abraham, he turned from a normal -sized primate into this 90 -foot -tall giant

that we know now.

The substance that changed him is what that creature bleeds when it's injured.

If that substance comes into contact with any other sort of living tissue,

animal, vegetable...

Lizard, insect, it's going to suffer the same accelerated growth cycle.

And what do you suggest?

We already know what happened here in D .C. and Chicago.

If the military can't fire on this thing, you better come up with another

option.

Mr. Prime Minister.

Oh, yes.

We must dispatch the Mark II to the United States.

Make a Mark II. It's not an armed weapon.

It has been designed only for disaster response and recovery.

We need to provide help when we can.

If that creature isn't killed, it'll come to our shores next.

When we fail to act, it puts us all in harm's way.

The MOU between the Pentagon and the Minister of Defense explicitly restrict

Mark II on American soil.

There are strict mandates in place.

We can have the Mark II on U .S. soil in a matter of hours with its thruster

capabilities.

Understand, we would be risking an international instance.

The Pentagon forbids a second make -up on the street of another U .S. city.

But perhaps I could sway National Security Advisor Demuria, convince

grant an exemption.

Until that time, authorization is denied.

DVI, activate.

Activated. Navigation, activate.

Navigation activated. FMS, activate.

FMS now active.

Primary stage ignition thrust.

Ignition thrust.

Lieutenant, bring Mark 2 back at once.

Automation is denied.

And you left me no choice but to alert the Pentagon and NASA safety in the

mission assurance of this reckless action of yours.

Prime Minister, when you do, please tell them I'm on the way to assist.

If we don't, we are complicit in the aftermath.

I will return.

Over.

Listen. Rail!

Director Drake.

I'm headed back to Langley. You don't need me here anymore.

No, you're not.

I just learned that Japan's mecha ape has been commandeered by a pilot and is

its way to Southern California. And the memo of understanding is explicit about

another mecha ape on U .S. soil.

The agreement expressly forbids it. That's the only way DOD and NASA would

to this joint venture with Japan's self -defense forces in Jackson.

Yeah. Stick around. I might have some questions for you.

Minister.

Ms.

Lemaria.

Prime Minister, another mecha ape on American soil is absolutely unacceptable

and expressly forbidden as per the memo of understanding.

That action was not authored by me or my office.

Ms. Tsukamoto acted long on her own authority.

I don't care how or why it happened. This is a breach of the MOU with

consequences both legal and financial.

This is Director Drake Real. Is that you?

Director Drake, it is good to speak with you again.

Just unfortunate it's due to the current crisis.

I believe the Mark II can be of assistance in this emergency.

Real, the Pentagon has restricted Mega -Ape from entering U .S. airspace,

period. They'll consider this an act of unprovoked aggression.

I couldn't stand by any longer doing nothing.

That creature will wipe out all life on this planet.

Do you know what it is?

It's called Kulalu, a being that ancient civilizations believed to be a world

destroyer, among their oldest and most studied mythologies.

Benefits of having parents who taught anthropology and engineering in Osaka.

That creature will bleed a toxic substance if wounded. Do not engage.

Wait.

The Mark II is equipped with the triple ion thrust acceleration system, right?

Yes, sir.

You can grip the creature, and I mean physically grab it.

thrust into space and release it past the planet's atmosphere.

The Mark II has a computerized hydraulic metacarpus system. Both hands possess a

grip strength of 1 ,715 kilograms.

That should do the trick.

Admiral. We are reaching critical decision point for mission success.

The longer we wait, the more variables we face as it makes landfall. We have

to do something.

Admiral. Miss Lemuria.

I'm about to make a very important request.

The Mecha Ape. He can grip the creature, ascend at extreme speed, and send it

beyond our atmosphere.

We wouldn't have to fire a single shot.

Who are you talking to?

It's Ryo Tsukamoto. She's piloting the Mecha Ape. She is not authorized to be

our airspace. We didn't ask her for assistance.

If it sets foot on U .S. soil, she is facing criminal prosecution.

We can't risk a military engagement if there's a danger of that thing's blood

being spilled. I know it's a breach of the MOU, but we can use all the help we

can get.

Let me talk to her.

This is National Security Advisor Eve Lemuria.

You are denied authorization.

Did you get that? I strongly advise you to leave American airspace at once.

Miss Lemuria.

The plan that Director Drake has can work, and we can destroy the creature.

is your final warning. If you fail to leave American airspace, you will be

targeted. That creature is about to make landfall in San Diego.

You'd rather she retreat and let that thing kill millions of innocent

Yes, Mr.

President, I understand.

POTUS has given us authorization for Mecca Ape to proceed.

Despite a clear violation of international agreement?

Why would he authorize that?

To warrant our purpose.

Proximity alert. Manual control support system activated. Warning. Manual system

activated.

Impact

detected.

Digital voice input activated.

TV by activated.

Crossers activated.

Crossers activated.

We have to get out there on the scene. I'll drive.

The creature

is fighting.

Keep going. You should reach velocity parameter to take you past that. Oh, no.

I have no control over the metacarpus grip.

It's losing strength.

The arms are slowly releasing.

Manual control support system activate.

If you lose grip, you release the creature.

So send it somewhere where it isn't likely to survive. Away from the water.

The desert. You're not far from Nevada or Arizona.

The metacarpus grip should be locked in on DVI mode.

You'll need to repair the DVI coupling.

I'm responding to the DVI.

I'm working on manual control, but it's not responding.

I'm losing the creature.

Director Drake, it was no good.

I lost manual control of the upper extremities during battle.

I have no use of its hands or arms.

You're retreating? Hello?

You lost use of the hands, arms?

I've already sustained serious damage to the shell and hydraulics.

The comms are barely functional.

Took some hard shots.

I need to find a place to do some temporary repairs to the damage.

Damage? Did you say the mecha ape is damaged?

Yes, I need to make some repairs.

The closest option might be Edwards Air Force Base. Can you get there?

I'm down to two thrusters, but it should be enough to get me there.

Okay, I'll let him know you're coming.

Currently searching for creature's location.

Get me satellites, surveillance, camera footage.

A visual to confirm if we've killed it.

Eyewitness accounts claim the creature is wounded.

Federal and local authorities are advising the public to stay out of the

Andrew,

what's the status of that creature?

The fall must have killed it, right?

Marina's working with the surgical team, and they're going to get Abraham back

on his feet in no time.

We don't have confirmation yet, but NASA GLOBESAT imaging has found its

location, and it's not moving.

Yes! All right. Yeah, no, it had to be. The fall had to have done it in. The

mecha ape was 10 ,000 feet in the air when it lost its grip on that thing.

They're tapping us into the live link.

Put it up on the screen.

Becca A. bought us some time, but that creature is still alive.

He rams out of surgery.

We've taken him off most of the equipment.

I'll start prepping his remote IVs for transport.

He needs more recovery time.

I'm afraid we're just moving him way too soon after surgery.

He needs rest and meds, not more stress.

Look, we're out of options. If he stays here, we're putting everyone at this

campus at risk.

I know, but we have to take into consideration the risk to Abraham, too.

The iridium in his bloodstream, it could be fatal if his body's not healing fast

enough. And what about the sample seven, right? I mean, that accelerated his

growth and his healing processes.

But if he ingests any more of that, it could be toxic for him. Yes, it might

heal him faster.

It might be just too much for him to tolerate right now.

Let's just prep him for transport.

Okay, but where do we take him?

Put him on the medevac, but there aren't a lot of alternative accommodations for

a 90 -foot ape.

He's too big for his old containment unit at Langley, and Watkins is out of

question now.

So where do we land?

We don't.

We keep him in the air. The medevac has his full medical suite already set up

for him. We just keep him airborne until we've found a secure location.

Have Drake fuel up the medevac, but let him know Abe's condition. It's crucial

to his well -being.

Hank? Everything okay down there?

We're moving Abraham out of the biomed facility. I need that medevac prepped

ready to go now.

Where are you planning on taking him? There aren't other facilities that can

accommodate him.

It's not safe for him or anyone else here so long as that creature can get to

him. And Andrew...

We have other concerns.

The surgical team, they did tests on that metallic material they found.

Blood sample analysis is coming through, and it looks like there was iridium in

Abraham's wounds, and there were slight traces in his bloodstream.

Iridium? No, that can't be. It's an extremely rare metal as low as 0 .001

per million in the Earth.

Watkins Island is categorized as a rare earth metal deposit.

I'm telling you, Marina found some of it in his claw wounds. We need that

medevac prepped and ready to go now.

It'll be ready ASAP.

How do you know he's here?

Call it a journalistic hunch.

Andrew Drake is the director of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance.

was on the ALBA mission, which turned that ape into Mighty Joko.

And the OSMA is a division that was responsible for the creation of Japan's

Mecha -Ape, which just landed in San Diego, breaking a long list of federal

regulations to fight that creature.

He's not in Langley, Sarah. He's in D .C. I'll bet my career on it.

That's Director Drake.

Director Drake, Naomi Harper, Washington Globe.

I have a few questions for you about your former colleague, Daniel Riggs.

4 ,000 people from the Starlight Dream are dead, including Dan Riggs, who was

one of the passengers.

When was the last time you spoke with your former mission control director?

Naomi, I can't talk right now. That massive creature climbed out of the

only a day after the Starlight ship was destroyed, including Dan Riggs, who was

one of the passengers.

Look, I only have a couple questions, and we can speak off the record.

Are you here in D .C.? I think we're really on to something with this idea of

using a Sample 7 to help Abe heal faster. It's too risky, Hank.

Cal, look, hear me out, okay? Now, the published journals that were done on Abe

after he survived Chicago were widespread, right?

Okay, so his healing processes and his growth acceleration were tied together,

right? There was a ratio of 38 to 1. I know, and that's what I'm worried about.

How much more can his body take?

We did a series of neurological studies on Abe when he was still at Langley,

okay? And his neuro scores were through the roof, even though he had grown. And

the size, differentials, everything, it should have been a downward trend. He's

already outgrown two NASA facilities.

There's only one medevac that can even accommodate him. If he gets any bigger,

then what?

So even if it helps him heal faster?

Well, that remains to be seen.

But for now... We have other methods that will keep him safe and healthy.

Fair enough.

I don't have a lot of time. I'm sorry. Did you know he was on that ship, the

Starlight Dream?

I used to think Dan Rakes was a cranky old drunk who was angry he got pushed

of NASA.

So he found purpose chasing conspiracy theories.

He joined this so -called think tank, the Varda Group.

Who are they?

Well, he was very guarded about it, very secretive. But at the same time, he

kept trying to convince me to join. Said they were going to need the best and

brightest minds.

Physicists, engineers.

Need them for what?

To rebuild it all from the ashes.

A new world.

A great sacrifice, he kept calling it.

Said they were going to awaken the old one to bring about the end of mankind's

suffering. The old one?

To end what?

Right. I had the same response.

But the less I bought into it, the more he tried to convince me. To join the

Varda Group?

Naomi, I'm sorry. I really have to get to Edwards.

Andrew, I need to know. I just have a couple more questions. Naomi? The Varda

Group. Who are they?

One night, Riggs is loaded.

And he starts telling me about this ancient god that they worship to a human

sacrifice.

Believed it would bring about an apocalyptic age.

Didn't make any sense.

That's when we suspected that he was stealing volatile government property

NASA. What did he steal?

I told him. I thought it was time for him to finally get some help. He

threatened.

Said I needed to join Varda or face the wrath of Kualu.

Kualu? The ancient god they worshipped?

Yeah, I thought he finally lost it.

Then he said he was going to go on this cruise.

Starlight drain?

The ship went missing, and this creature emerged from the deep.

You knew this?

And you didn't think to stop him or warn someone?

Naomi, wait.

A form of human sacrifice to

bring that creature to life.

Oh, my God.

I didn't kill my parents.

Naomi.

How do we kill it?

That's why I'm in a hurry.

What?

Prime Minister.

Ms. Lemuria, I understand the mecha ape has been sent to Edwards Air Force Base

to conduct repairs?

That is correct.

The attempt at flying the creature above the Earth's atmosphere was a failure.

Mecha apes sustained serious damage, from what I understand.

Surely you're aware of the problem this causes.

The mecha ape contains classified technology.

I expect the White House would express the same concern.

Would the situation be reversed?

Go ahead.

Real. The creature's been gravely injured.

When the metacarpus grip dropped it, Kalalu plummeted to the ground and it's

badly wounded.

I'll speed up these repairs, get out of here, and we can take a second attempt

at taking the creature beyond the atmosphere.

Okay. Let us know when you're ready. It's injured, but it's not dead.

What we're dealing with here is an extraordinary being.

Iridium. You know what that is? It's a rare metal. What about it? Well, we

it in the claw wounds in Abraham's bloodstream from his first battle with

The creature attacked him on Watkins Island. The medical team found Iridium

his bloodstream. A rare similar structure, that very same metal, was

Earth's fifth great extinction event.

Extinction event?

The dinosaurs?

It wasn't the Chicxulub asteroid.

The Alvarez paper made that assertion because of the amount of iridium found

the Earth's crust after the impact.

But Dan Riggs believed it was something else that killed off the dinosaurs 60

million years ago.

He believed it was the arrival of the first great old one.

Dan Riggs believed that the Chicxulub asteroid was actually a chrysalis. A

chrysalis, like a butterfly.

containing an entity powerful enough to bring about Earth's fifth great

extinction event.

He even wrote a paper about the last great old one that had gone through a

transformation stage.

But if he believed that, why would he need those vials of sample seven?

The what?

Sample seven. The substance.

That made Abraham larger.

And as far as we know, Kowalu hasn't entered any sort of chrysalis stage.

But if it does, what then? The ape may want a second chance at it.

I don't know if Abraham would survive that.

Not by himself.

But all we're hearing is that the creature is dying.

Abraham is still recovering from his injuries. I don't want to put him in

way again. And the Mecha -Ape fought it off already once before.

Once Rio finishes her repairs, she'll take the Mecha -Ape to locate Kalalu and

send it back out into space.

Took some heavy damage, but I was able to do some repairs here at Edwards.

Character 3 is over.

I'm facing serious charges of treason in my country.

and federal prosecution here in the U .S.

I'll be ready to fight, but I'm to be taken into custody after.

Listen, I will do everything in my power to protect you as best I can, Rio.

You have my word on that.

Once I have the console reassembled, I can move out, find Kulalu, and finish

what we started.

Yes, sir. We have confirmation the creature has succumbed to its injuries.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Yes, but I need to be back at my niece's birthday party. I promised.

Yes, sir. I'll send you a piece of the cake.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Director Drake, I finished my repairs.

Ready to move out.

Bring up NASA globe set. We can locate its position.

Is that the creature?

What happened?

It looks different.

North American airspace has been ordered ground stop.

No flights except government, military, and medical.

That means we have 30 minutes to get airborne or we miss our window to get to

the west coast.

Close under the chrysalis stage in Arizona.

The Derringer crater.

That's how far from a field of dormant volcanoes.

If Riggs thought the first creature arrived in an asteroid and this one

a similar exterior material, then I think we may be too late.

Well, that's why we need both in heaps to attack and destroy it before the

chrysalis opens.

One of them may not be enough, especially since neither is at 100%.

kid, I remember that if you break open a chrysalis, you either kill what's

inside or at least very badly damage it. Well, anything that goes through a

major transformation is going to have its vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

But when it emerges, it's reborn and it's most powerful and evolved.

We can't let that happen.

And since the Bard Group still has all those files of Sample 7, we're still in

grave danger.

Are you going to answer that? Who's calling?

Eve Lemuria.

As in the National Security Advisor?

They want you back in the Situation Room to talk about the... Eve Lemuria is

part of the Bard Group.

What?

How do you know?

But I asked Dan Riggs why he wanted me to join the party group.

He said, to warrant our purpose.

That's their maxim.

They're presiding rule above all others.

She said the very same thing in front of me in the Situation Room.

She's a part of this.

The National Security Advisor wants us all dead.

Why? Who else in the government is involved?

There's no teller.

For all we know, there may be other players on the world stage.

We've landed in Arizona.

I'm heading to the safe house with Admiral Clear. We'll keep you updated.

The medivacs have arrived.

They're ready to take aim to the Derringer crater. Okay.

Let's get him rolled out to transport. I'm going to need to sedate him. Be calm

enough for the ride, but not too groggy for when we get there. I don't want to

put him in any more danger.

All personnel, report to the operating theater for patient transport

The NASA jet is on standby for Arizona.

Director Drake is on his way to Derringer's crater.

He's been more than useful.

keeping the military from attacking Kulalu for fear of spreading the sample

serum in its blood.

I did not expect the Japanese mecha ape. We should anticipate further efforts.

I can have another P -8 Poseidon in the air in mere minutes, fully armed with

anti -service ordnance.

Protect the chrysalis at all costs.

When I was first recruited by the Vardik Group,

We were less irrevocable in our ideologies.

Well, our mission statement has remained the same from day one of this campaign,

Admiral.

Digital voice input activated.

Navigation activated.

FMS activated.

Primary stage ignition thrust.

Five minutes away.

Initiate descent procedures for two -point landing.

We're approaching the crater site.

Let's ease him back into consciousness.

We're already putting him in the middle of a high -stress situation without

easing him into it.

I really don't want him to trigger any extreme thought.

Dial has dripped down by half.

Whoa. We're taxiing to the hangar. They got a truck waiting.

All right.

Let's get ready to disembark.

Use free right 18%. Engage shock absorption landing pads.

Affirmative. Rio, this is Marina in the medevac.

We've disembarked to Abraham, but he's still sobering up from the sedative.

Please understand, it may take him some time to fully comprehend what's

happening.

Over.

Copy that.

I'll do my best.

But we both should keep the main objective in mind and do all we can to

it. The world is at stake.

Over.

We have something that will help to calm him down.

You know him better than I do.

All non -essential air travel has been grounded, so you can't miss the private

flight headed westbound out of Virginia.

This will be the only plane landing. Primary is named Andrew Drake.

He must not leave the airport.

Aw.

Dan Riggs.

Always spoke so highly of Drake.

Always wanted to recruit him. Said he was a valuable asset.

Riggs fulfilled his role in the great sacrifice.

That's enough.

We apologize for the delay.

Safety is out of prime concern and the situation is beyond our control.

Abraham and Mecha Apes should have arrived by now. There it is. Now, when

to the crater, we can't trust anyone, not even Hank and Marina. I don't know

who's been compromised, not even at NASA.

Drake, hold on.

Drake.

No, no, no.

No, no, no, no, no. Drake, Drake, Drake.

But for three.

We're going to get in the car.

I'm going to drive, all right?

You ready?

One.

Two.

Three.

Dad, we don't know where we're going.

I have an idea. We have to find Eve Lemuria.

It may be the only way to stop this.

Eve Lemaria's number is in Drake's phone. Can you track her location?

Sarah, look.

Relax. Just take a breath.

Eve Lemaria's location.

We can track it in his phone.

Do you think I got it?

Now that Drake is out of the picture, all we have to deal with is that giant

ape.

And the mecha ape?

Took care of that at Edwards.

Miss Tsukamoto thought they would help her repair the damage. She's about to

discover why I sent her there in the first place.

Scramble the Poseidon.

Congress should have put that ape down years ago.

All right, we've got the passion flower crate open and ready for you.

Now, if Abraham lashes out at you, grab some of this stuff, because once he

smells it, that's all he's going to care about.

Read you loud and clear.

Extending the figure to Olive Branch.

Rio, are you there?

I'm here on approach to the site.

Manual control support system activated. Manual support activated.

Use it!

I don't want to hurt you.

Voice input activated.

Toolkit package activated.

Let's smash it! Come on, Abe! You and me! We can destroy the creature before

hatches!

System temperature rising.

You scream right into 30%. 30 % affirmative. We've broken the shell.

Struck mode activated.

Reactor's armed.

Approaching guarantee crater at reduced speed to altitude.

Prepare away with stations two and five on my mark. Prepare to fire on

assailants.

The neck ain't just exploded.

Rio. Rio, come in.

The Great Old One has emerged.

Transformed.

What have we done?

There has already been so much death.

The Great Old One brings with it unspeakable destruction and cruelty.

Hiro, this is what we've been working for. What we all envisioned. Why the

Varda Group exists.

And what is this?

You're having second thoughts?

Death to projection.

It's staggering.

It's monsters.

No. We've crossed the Rubicon. The Great Old One

has finally come.

Brain, are you okay?

Anything broken?

No. I'm okay.

How about you?

Are you all right?

Abe!

Abraham!

There he is.

He's down there.

The crystal is... It hatched. I don't see it anywhere.

Do you see it? We have to help Abe. Come on, this way. Abe!

Abraham!

Abram, the Mark II is completely destroyed.

The Chrysalis hatch is airborne.

We have to stop it before it destroys everything.

Marina.

Marina?

He's alive.

He's breathing.

We have to get him back in the fight. How can I help?

What if we're pushing him back into the fight too quickly?

We don't have a choice, Melina. He's our only hope. Then we need a plan.

Something to give him an advantage. How do we expect him to fight this thing if

he's already so badly wounded? Look, there's too much at stake, okay? That

creature is going to destroy everything in its path.

Fair fight.

He's not going to survive this.

Well, we're in a desert, okay? There's just nothing around.

What I would give for a gigantic tree or something that he can defend himself

with.

Like that one he grabbed.

Back at the island.

The passionflower. The vegetation.

That all got incinerated with the chrysalis. No, no, no, no, no, no.

when Abe put on all of the trees and branches when he thought that that

was going to come out of the water and attack us? Of course. We can protect him

much better here this time.

Abe! Abe!

Look, look, look at this. Remember?

Protect! Protect!

Armor!

I know you remember!

I know from Watkins! You did it before!

Protection. Remember, Rio, do what I'm doing. Show him. Show him. Put it on

this. Yeah. Your turn.

Yes, Abe. Yes. Yes. Yes. Put it on. You got this. Put it on the armor. Like

this. Yes. Yes. Yes. Show it.

Yes, Abe. You got this.

This is the location.

Same IP address, and it's identifying the same Wi -Fi network.

It's the cell number for nuclear.

See you there.

Phone in.

Let's go.

I don't see anybody around here.

The IP address matches and the phone traces back to this location.

Okay, well, stay low.

Be careful.

I'll take the lead.

You scared me.

My hands are shaking.

It'll be alright.

Don't shoot.

And the decay spreads across the tottering cities of men.

Whoa, wait.

The Great One, receive me.

The vials of sample seven that were taken from NASA must be around here

somewhere.

He gave us something.

Let's feed the simple seven -bile, Dan Rick's soul.

Let's get these in the car. Be careful.

Don't drop them.

Take this.

Safety's on if you need to use it.

Switch his neck to the trigger.

Whatever you do, don't spill his vials.

You're going to be okay.

We're going to be okay.

There they are! Stop the car!

Hey! Get in! Get in! Yes! Yes! Come on!

The seismic activity from the chrysalis explosion, it must have damaged the -

Help Abraham heal faster.

What? How do you think he's lived this long?

This alien DNA, it speeds up the healing processes at a cellular level. And

right now, it's our only shot.

When he wakes up, we'll be home.

When he wakes up, tell him it was an honor to fight by his side.

And I would do so again any time.

But I think Abe's fighting days are finally over.

At least we hope so.