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You may see a cup of tea fall off of a table and break into pieces on the floor. But you will never see the cup gather itself back together and jump back on the table.

You may see a cup of tea fall off of a table and break into pieces on the floor. But you will never see the cup gather itself back together and jump back on the table. Stephen Hawking

6 Episode

6 Episode Missing children case

Moscow 1995

I'm telling you he's got..

like such a rectangular thing..

like a small brick

He plugs it in in the morning..

..and have it with him all day -Does it really call? Like a phone?

It is a phone. Only a portable one

That's some bull Oleg. How can it get into the line? It's not a walkie-talkie after all. And the line is wires.

You know Sasha. I'm telling you what I was told.

He's doing some dark business at the Cherkizovsky Market with hucksters

So he's made of money

He's just showing off. Must be an ordinary walkie-talkie

There are no phones without wires.

Ok Sasha. Let's just take a shot...to lucky fishing

There's something...stuck in the ice

-Got an axe Oleg? -Take a break. Let's drink

No no. The axe

Holy crap

Pasha

What happened?

-Where are we? Why is it a daytime? -Pasha you ok?

Come on

Pasha what did you do to him?

Who?

That man. He got thrown right out of the window

What?

I..

I don't quite remember

Not quite remember?

He popped out like a cannonball

Seems not so high maybe he was fine after

Yeah he might have survived but it doesn't make it easier for us

No he didn't survive

-What? -I understood everything

Pasha

Remember? Clair's biography

Mentally ill father killed his wife right after childbirth and

the girl was sent to an orphanage but we saved her mother so she wasn't sent there and her life came about differently. She wasn't in the USSR she didn't become a terrorist. She didn't even know Kostenko

So she didn't die at the plant. That 'corridor' never appeared

We destroyed it and got thrown back? Right?

Pasha

Pasha where're you going?

Wait! Wait! Pasha!

-What'd you do? We don't even know where we are -That madness had to be stopped

Pasha. Why'd you do that?

We don't even know what time we are in now

What year it is

Are you sure we're in the future? sure we prevented the accident?

Yes we changed everything again

Isn't that what you wanted in the very beginning?

Pasha. What's with you?

I just want to live

not even my life

or anybody else's. Just to live

in any world, as long as it's all over. I don't care anymore

Pasha it's Clair -Clair?!

Could you tell us when the house was built

My parents bought it in 1955

At the time it was almost brand new

Since then there have been a couple renovations of course and also there's an extension in the back now

How old is it in total?

It was built in 1955. So it's 57

-57 years! -We did it! Hooray!

We are back!

Sorry it was a bet.

We're tourists. Just stopped by

Could you make a call for us please?

-Of course -But we don't know the number

Can you look up the phone number of the Embassy of the USSR?

-USSR -Yeah Soviet Union

-Ah I get it, you mean Russia -Russia?

But we don't have separate embassies for each republic

Pasha?

I'm afraid I have bad news for you guys

Chernobyl Exclusion zone 2

Washington. The District of Columbia

The Embassy of the Russian Federation

Pasha why are you quiet? At first you throw a man out of a window now this and you're quiet

-I didn't throw anyone -Doesn't matter. What's going on?

All this. What is it? What was that flag up there?

-That's the Imperial flag. Why the double-headed eagle? What's going on in here? Where's the hammer and sickle? -Hold on a sec

-Wait. Why did you tell us to throw away our passports? How're we coming back now? -How to explain? Your passports are kinda invalid now. -What?

Hold on. I can't explain right now. Hold on a sec.

Got it

Excuse me, which one of you is Vershinin Pavel?

It's me

Follow me

Everything is explained here. Read it.

I didn't expect it to happen this way. Sorry

Ok Pasha. Tell me how it came

across the ocean...without any IDs

-not to mention your foolish jokes -Jokes?

One of your friends called one of our officers 'white'

Sorry pay no attention

-He's working on coursework about the Revolution

I see

So..

It's not a very long story actually, rather a silly one.

We decided to go on a cheap trip, for the minimum money

hitchhiking all over America

The place we called you from is where we were robbed

They took everything, money, documents..

The tablet

Saw in the hallway

They just didn't find the tablet

So? Who robbed you?

N*ggers

I mean Afro Americans

Did you report to the police?

No. What's the point? They wouldn't have found them anyway

They would, seeing that there're very few black people in Lusby. Almost none at all

And the crime rate is low there

Lusby is a township next to the NPP

that is a city-forming enterprise back there in fact

We should have reported then

So

You decided the trip is over now

and you don't want any more adventures right?

Right

Excuse me. You mentioned the NPP. Can I ask you a question?

What do you know about Chernobyl?

What do you mean 'about Chernobyl'?

About the accident?

I see

-What? -No no nothing excuse me. I just remembered something. Not a big deal

-Is it possible to have our documents restored, or have temporary ones at least? -Pasha

I checked

There weren't air tickets in your name

You don't have visas

We crossed the border illegally

On a ship

Actually we are ready to be deported and prohibited from coming back ever again.

You'll have to wait

For us to make a decision

My assistant will escort you to your friends

And? That's all?

Yes

Pasha tell us how we can change everything back

Pasha say something. Answer him

Already

Already what?

Everything's back already

As it should be

I'm sorry

You're sorry?

But you never said anything about that

Now we have plenty of time to talk

There's nothing to hide anymore

I'll try to tell you, on one condition

You don't interrupt me and ask how and why. I'll just tell you as it is

Does anyone doubt I'm going to tell the truth?

You kidding? After all this..

Good

However strange it sounds, all this started about a month ago

My parents were going to buy a new apartment. There was a lot of money in the safe

We threw a party

The next morning the money was gone

It was stolen by a podcaster who was crazy about supernatural stuff and he went to Chernobyl with the money

I already told you all this last time but you didn't believe me

Anyway it was happening in another reality not the one you're imagining

There was no Soviet Union anymore in that reality

After the accident at the NPP and other problems it collapsed and stopped existing

Anya's father Sergey Antonov worked at the plant

But it was a miracle he didn't die because he swapped shifts with his colleague Vitally Sorokin

However after we went to the past the first time we changed something and he could have died

And we tried to change everything again

RPG Open it!

Kostenko died. That was what I thought

I was thrown back

But everything was different

There was the Soviet Union

It was your world

and you know what happened after

-But how..? -Sorry Lesha. No questions

No answers

Turns out you didn't know me at all

Nope

The other you

Well, tell me

It's still you

Somehow I feel it's the same you

And you're different

But I..

feel that it's you anyway

Maybe it's some pieces of us

Maybe

Get up

Who're you?

You know me

You remember me

Come on

Think

This is my wife Maria

-And this is my daughter Yulya -Yulya look! The cake

Beautiful?

Make a wish

Ready? Together

That’s my girl. Oh give it to me

The 25th of April was her birthday

She turned 6

Since it was my shift that night,

we decided to celebrate her birthday earlier

You're Sorokin

The engineer who died in the explosion at the ChNPP

You think so?

Look at me

Do I look dead to you?

I'm alive

We all are

Are you ready to meet an old friend?

Open the door

Kostenko

No! No!

It can't be! We changed everything!

Hey you!

Let us out seriously!

What happened?

-What time is it? -We slept all night

They locked us in

My father works in the City Committee of Moscow

No Gosha. He doesn't anymore

-But he must have some other cool position -He runs a flower stall

What?

Flower stall?

Forget it Lesha. They won't open

We shouldn't have told them our real names

The fastest way back didn't work

Why did they lock us in?

Maybe they contacted our parents

And what did they know?

I dread to imagine

Ok

I'm done with this bullshit

Comrades diplomats

I, Gorelov Alexey..

give you an ultimatum

Either you let us out

or I..

Look. How do I say 'take a shit' in legal terms?

'Commit an act of defecation'

Or I will commit an act of defecation right in the center of this hall

On your oak table

Ok

Turn away

Wow guys it's opening

Seriously? It worked? It's the stupidest plan that has worked ever!

Stay there!

Back off!

Stay there!

Back off!

-Guys he wants to kill us! -We don't want problems

What happened young man?

What did I do to you?

You don't know me?

Should I?

Why're you here?

To do what you asked

To take you back home

But we'll have to talk first

I am major general Kostenko. The investigative department of the Federal Security Service

You may address me by Sergey

I was already informed of your names

As soon as received a call about you I came here from Moscow

Why because of us? The parents are looking for us?

What is such an urgency about? A general of the FSB to restore 5 passports?

You almost attacked me back there

Do you have a reason to be afraid of a state security officer?

And you stop asking us questions and explain something

Yes

Why we can't go home

Why they sent someone after us, why we are talking here on the roof

The embassy is wiretapped all over despite the countermeasures. And here there's a slight hope for confidentiality

Ok

I'll try to speak the most frankly

It might bear fruit. There's a chance to catch up

'Catch up'? on what?

Missing children case

1995

In the Butakovsky Bay two ice fishermen discovered a child's corpse

Yeah but what do we have to do with it? It was a long time ago

Patience

Quite soon it became a series

Another child was found in 2 months

2 more children in 3 months

and the last child was found 6 months later

5 children in total

Who were those children? Whose?

That's the point

We didn't manage to determine that

No one reported any cases of missing children

As if they appeared out of nowhere and no one was looking for them

So creepy

Well, did you at least find those who did that?

I did

It was a killer from some dangerous criminal group

He did dozens of the biggest contract killings

Why would a killer kill kids?

Maybe they were demanding a ransom and then...

Yes we were considering it too. But the most important thing was he wasn't a maniac, he didn't do it for himself, he did it for someone. It was an order.

But whose?

Why?

What was it all about?

We tracked him down after all

His den was a cottage in the county around Moscow

Since we knew we were dealing with a very dangerous and well prepared man,

The troop 'Vympel' was sent to arrest him

The situation was even more complicated by the fact we had to take him alive to find out the client

We surrounded the territory and prepared for an assault

However a couple of seconds before it, the killer definitely noticed out presence

I don't know how but he must have had some scent of it.

Bitch, got away

After the explosion we searched through the house and never found him

I figured he got away through the cellar

I didn't have either resources or time to surround and search in the woods

So I had to improvise

The woods are surrounded

Resistance is futile

Come out with your hands up

In 5 minutes we release the dogs

This is the last warning

I repeat

The woods are surrounded

Resistance is futile

Come out with your hands up

Show me your hands so I can see them! Hands!

Don't shoot! Bring the medic! The name! The name of the client! Tell the name! What's the name!

Devil

Grenade!

Devil?

The guys heard the same and gave testimony but

the superiors decided it was a sign of madness

He was proclaimed a maniac, I was proclaimed a hero, almost a fallen one, in the line of duty

It was declared that

'Good beat evil'

Besides the killings stopped

And only I knew why

Wasn't that because you just stopped the killer?

No

Everything was just done. Completely

What do you mean?

I found this in his pocket

There is a hole from my bullet

3 boys

and 2 girls

Didn't you think it was a list for the future? Next victims. Maybe he just didn't have time

No

If you look carefully, there are lines from a pencil

All the names are crossed out, by the killer. One by one

This is a finished list

And this is the list you applied to the embassy

for document recovery

Familiar names, aren't they?

Guys

For God's sake

Tell me why you named yourself as these names

Agreement

What?

Take us back home, we tell you everything

Boy

Do you even realise, just a little, who you are trying to blackmail?

He told you, it's not blackmail, it's agreement

Ok we'll see

At first we need to have you washed and changed. At our expense

Why is the plane empty?

It's a diplomatic airplane

I don't want to fly on an empty plane. I...

What? Why?

Pay no attention. It's just his childhood fears

Yeah on our way. It's ok

We should be there in 8 hours

What is it?

What?

-What's wrong with you? You look scared -No no. Just tired a little

-What you got there? -Nothing is there!

Ok ok. Sorry. Don't be mad

Anya sorry. Anya

I'm just really scared

What happened?

Look

A fork

Look

Pasha

It's..

Is that you?

I saw such a thing in 1986

The boy, Derek

He could do that too but

But why can you do that?

I don't know

I just want it to move and it moves

Anya what's wrong with me. Why is it happening to me?

-Turns out I killed Clair's father -Wait but

But a person is not a fork. I don't think you could do that

Don't tell anyone ok?

Good day sir

Igor they are coming with me. We are not done yet

Where are we going?

Well.. it depends on what you will tell me in the car

Come. Don't be shy

Everything is so dirty

So much advertising

And no flags

So

I kept my word

Now it's your turn. What connection do you have with those kids from the list?

Isn't it obvious? They are us

No

They are not you. That's for sure

Why?

Who's that?

The kids from the list. They live, study, don't know a thing about all this

It's..

It's my parents but

Who's this?

It's my parents!

Yes you are partly right.

Those kids are really not their kids.

I took a DNA test

But they don't have a clue

Their own kids died in 1995

They were replaced after the birth with others

That were bought somewhere and killed

It's my only explanation for this riddle

Now there's another big question

If those kids are not real, the real ones were killed in infancy..

Who are you then?

We told you the truth

That was the agreement. It's us

Believe us or not but let us go

Alright

Suppose

Suppose you are telling the truth, and you are really their children

But where have you been these 18 years then?

Were you kidnapped? For what?

Quit it. It's been before

I could tell you but you won't believe me

'Been before?' What do you mean?

A long time ago. But you can't remember it. It was another life

Pripyat. '40 year old October' street, house 12, apartment 47. A guitar on the wall

A floor lamp with a red lampshade. A poster of Vysotsky.

How do you know?

Let us go. Keep your word

No

Everybody get out now!

-Run! -What about Gosha?

He's safe. He's different

-Who? -Kostenko. Come on

Turns out someone wanted to get us killed

In infancy

-Yeah another Herod the Great -Who?

From the Bible. "Kill your enemies when they are babies"

But whose enemies are we?

I don't remember doing anything bad

Pasha you said Kostenko was dangerous

Apparently I was wrong

First. He is different because his life is different

Secondly now I doubt that what I saw was real

I guess he wasn't the threat. I don't know what to believe now

Ok nevermind

What do we do now?

We don't have neither a roof over our heads, nor money, nor even food!

Yeah but it's not a reason for panic. We have to do something

'not a reason for panic?!' Shut your damn mouth up! Really!

-Excuse me, what? -Nothing! All this might be an exciting adventure..

You're an orphan, you don't have a family. You don't give a shit about all this! But we had our families, our parents and only now we're alone!

Nastya. Calm down

You have me

You still have me

Lesha's right

Now we only have each other

I'm glad we have reached something. What's the plan?

Let's go

At first we have to find out who wanted to kill us

Yes but the general couldn't, for 18 years. How can we do that?

He didn't know what we do

-In any case we'll have to contact him -'contact?' Why?

-First he can help us a lot and secondly.. -Gosha

Yes we have to rescue Gosha

What is it?

DNA test

What did you put me in jail for?

It's not a jail

It's a temporary detention center and I have the right to keep you here for 48 hours to establish your identity

Gosha I don't understand why you are resisting

I'm not your enemy. I want to help

I want to protect you

From who?

You tell me

If you are the ones they wanted to kill in infancy but missed

It means..

you were standing in someone's way. Someone big.

No it can't be

Tell me

You are talking about someone in particular? I feel it. You know who wants to kill us. So tell me. I see you that know.

There's an assumption

Actually

This is all I've managed to find out about this story

All the threads lead to the "Global Kintek" company

What the hell is that?

Well of course now it's a..

..huge corporation that deals with atomic industry, but at the time it was a tiny company

..and I suspected its founder..

..of having children contract killed

Kinyaev Dmitry

Who's he? I don't know him

And why does he want to kill us?

Gosha. Where have you been all these 18 years?

Listen. In fact we never went anywhere. We had a device that moved us back in time. It's some parallel universe

It's the other us. We survived, the other us died. Do you understand?

Sure

Ok. Take a rest

Maybe you'll remember something else

Put him in a cell

The window's open

Maybe I should drop by?

-What are you going to tell them? They won't even recognise you -Pasha where're we going?

We need to get some money to buy elementary cells and food

And how are we gonna get the money? By robbing a bank?

Not a bank

Steal?

-Come on. You're such a pioneer! -Actually we were all pioneers. Is it bad?

Ah right. I forgot

Anyway there is one person

I could take the last shirt from him and not even have any remorse after

Must be a real scumbag

Worse

A podcaster

Anyway there is one person

I could take the last shirt from him and not even have any remorse after

Must be a real scumbag

Worse

A podcaster

-That's the one who stole your money? -Yep

Not surprising. Look at his mug!

-Alright. Make it tough and cool? -You got it!

No. Hold on guys.

He's gonna get away

Leave it to us

What do you mean?

-Relax! -What are you up to?

Hey you, red haired!

Hi

-Cool bike! -Hello

Don't you remember me?

I'm Nastya you came to my place to change the router

And you're Igor?

-I was like walking with my friend and saw a familiar face -Anya

Igor

And you work around here?

Here...yes

Damn! I am just so into all that technical stuff

Maybe you could show me how it all works

Where? Down there?

But yeah

-We could drink some coffee -Coffee is unhealthy. I drink chicory

Perfect!

-Girls. Not fair. I treated you to chicory and you let some bandits in my place! -Who're you calling bandits?!

Podcaster. Have you heard the expression 'In the next life you will pay for everything you did'?

It's absolutely true. Trust me

Let me see

8000?

Have you no shame? You stole 8 million from me but you have only 8000 yourself?

-Are you on GHB?! -What GHB?!

-Look. What's GHB? -I'm going for the cells and groceries

Can I come with you?

Lesha you're in charge then

So

They'll be there for at least a half an hour

What? Right here?

Come on Nastya

Well..

He is looking

Right

Watch and learn

Kostenko

Hello Sergey Alexandrovich. It's Oleg from the office. Your prisoner is being taken.

-What prisoner? -The one you took. Petrishev Georgy

Oleg don't let them take him! No way! Do you hear? No way!

Hold them up for at least 5 minutes. I'm coming

I can't. They have sanction of the prosecutor

Hold them up!

Yes sir

You have to...

-Lisa -Yes

-I need a car -Roger that

Who are you?

What do you want from me?

Don't you recognise me?

You?

I've never seen you before

Yes you have

That's for sure. You just forgot

It was a long time ago

I must have changed a lot

But you haven't

Don't be afraid Gosha, it'll be over soon

In the next episodes

Are you drug addicts? Criminals trading human organs?

-If you want to meet in person, come to Pripyat -Pripyat?!

Listen to me carefully. You can't do it without us. I've been to that zone and know what it is like

Pripyat

Welcome home!