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Good evening. I'm Howard K. Smith, and this is the State of the War tonight.

In the Middle East, a dramatic breakthrough as the occupied city of

saw a combined force of Arab and Israeli commandos briefly liberate the Wailing

Wall before being driven back by counterattacking visitor troops.

Closer to home, the news comes from Los Angeles, California, that Nathan Bates,

the strongman, has solidified his position in creating what is being

open city.

Similar to Lisbon during World War II, Los Angeles has apparently agreed to

amounts to a separate peace, a peace the resistance has denounced as a sham.

From this vantage point, it must be said that Los Angeles' future remains in

doubt. And this week, the Freedom Network awards the Medal of Valor to 18

-old Kipper Cardesco of Cleveland, Ohio.

He organized members of his senior class into the George Washington Brigade and

led them into action at Bears Point, Kentucky.

where they routed an alien patrol as heavy fighting continued in the

Mountains. And that's where we stand tonight. From the Freedom Network in New

York, our hopes are with you.

Good night.

Stop shaking any time now, could you?

Very funny.

They're everywhere.

They're a church, what you expect?

What's going to happen to all these people?

What did you ask, Ben?

How far is your kid's school?

It's two and a half miles outside of town.

You ready when you are?

Let's hit it.

Stop that kid! Stop that kid! Get back here!

How's it look?

We're clear.

Both of you now.

Mom, it's okay. Annie, please. If they find you here, they'll kill us all.

Lady. Please go before it's too late.

No.

They're not going anywhere.

Not until it's safe.

Are you hungry?

Mm -hmm.

I'll fix you something to eat. Sit down.

It's going to be all right.

Is your mom going to be okay?

Yeah.

She's just a little paranoid.

Why should she be different than anyone else?

You're not from around here, are you?

Pretty sure.

It's a small town.

Everybody knows everybody.

We're from L .A.

Why would you come from the open city to a place where they eat people? That's a

pretty good question.

I'm looking for my son.

He's at the state academy.

What's wrong?

They took all the boys from the academy.

Took them?

Where? I don't know.

Nobody knows.

They just disappeared.

Anything on Robin?

No. There's not even any way of knowing if she's even in the city.

Like in the story, the poor little lamb's lost her way.

I think she's got a... Yeah, I've been meaning to talk to you about that.

Look, how long are you planning on stashing her here?

Wyatt!

Willie takes care of her when I'm not here.

Yes, I'm her guardian angle.

You're supposed to be my bartender.

Well, look, I am sorry for the inconvenience.

I just don't have all the answers right now, okay?

Look, you know what's happened. A week ago, everything was normal.

Elizabeth was a sweet, innocent little girl.

And now Robert is dead. Her mother's missing.

That sweet, innocent little girl is turning into a woman.

Very special woman.

Diana would just love to get a hold of.

Hang in there.

You always got to play the damn hero.

What was I supposed to do, let the kid get zapped? We didn't come here to save

the world. We came here to get Sean.

Okay.

Breathe! All right, hold him right there.

Don't move.

Hey, Dave, one more and we'll shoot.

All right, let's go. Come on, move it.

Call the mother ship.

Yes, sir.

You betrayed them.

We can't fight them, Annie.

Don't you understand? All we can do is try to survive.

This war is far from over.

What makes you think I'd be foolish enough to hand that child over to you?

Not to me, Nathan.

To her family.

For a few minutes.

All they want to do is see Elizabeth.

I'm sorry, Diana.

Nathan.

Imagine how you'd feel if you never saw your family again.

After all, Elizabeth's father was one of us.

Your son Kyle is such a handsome young man All

I'm trying to do is bring a family together I

Didn't know you had a sentimental side sentiment is often perceived as

Do we have an agreement?

I'll think about it Good day Diana

i want her sir we're doing everything we can to find her i don't want any more

excuses i want that girl right

Not many guards No fence It's just a sand moat

That thing hurts.

I'm Colonel Foyer, gentlemen.

Welcome to your final destination.

Building one.

Give me a bed with a view.

Don't you want to check out the accommodations?

Now I'm going to mingle and see if I can find some friends.

With your charm, that should be no problem at all.

You realize you'll never see your daughter again.

Stop saying that.

Just leave me alone.

Bet she's a beautiful child.

Looks just like you, doesn't she?

Or does she look like her father?

No, she doesn't.

It really doesn't matter, does it?

Our destiny has already been determined.

We don't know that for certain.

Tell that to Shelly Connell. They came and took her out last night. She never

came back.

I wonder if that wire's hot.

It's fun and games around here.

You got something against having a few laughs?

That's not what I meant, Ace.

Am I ever thinking about coming out of this place?

All the time.

Why don't you do something about it?

Why don't you... The

important thing, Isaac, is not

to give up hope.

I'm going to get out of here somehow.

There's only one way out of here.

Isaac, no!

God, suicide!

Robin!

Mike!

Mike!

How are you? How are you doing?

I'm okay.

What are you doing here? What's happened?

Have you seen my dad and Elizabeth? Is she all right?

She's... fine. She's just fine.

What's the story here? This is a prison camp. Doesn't anyone want to escape?

Our troops have entered Marseille, Jerusalem, and Ho Chi Minh City.

What about Houston?

Houston still under siege, meeting stiff resistance from the World Liberation

Front.

Patience, Lydia. You keep saying that, Diana, while a leader keeps asking for

results. Do you have the additional background information on Kyle Bates?

I wish I shared your understanding of how this pertains to the war effort.

The only way Nathan Bates will relinquish the Starchild is if he's

something of greater value.

I'm not certain that his son falls into that category.

Nathan and Kyle live apart.

Rarely speak and haven't seen one another since late last year when Kyle

expelled from Stanford University.

Since then, the younger Bates has devoted his time to racing motorcycles,

in Arizona and Nevada.

That certainly suggests he could be trapped behind our lines. He could even

in one of our internment centers.

What it suggests, Diane, is that your strategy is based on nothing but

speculation and wishful thinking.

If that's so.

When I want your opinion of strategy, I'll tell you.

Here's some more help for you. Now pick up the page. We've got a foundation laid

before noon.

So you're still with us, huh?

Thought you'd be long gone by now.

Like your ex -friend Isaac?

Look, in case you haven't heard, the lizards call them privets.

Once you hit that sand, you haven't got a prayer.

You heard the man.

We need cement.

Cement.

Robin, I'm... I'm sorry about your dad.

He died a hero.

I know.

The thing that terrifies me is what's going to happen to Elizabeth.

I should never have left her, Mike.

How could I be so stupid?

Rob, feeling guilty isn't going to change anything.

She's a baby, Mike. She needs her mother.

No. No, Rob. She's not.

She's not a baby anymore.

She's... You've got to get us out of here, Mike.

Nathan, I don't know what to say.

How about yes?

No one's more qualified to head up that project than you.

You certainly know how to drop a bombshell.

Julie, negotiating for Los Angeles to become an open city was not an

unconditional surrender.

It was a classic stall, a bid for time.

Time to help us develop a new infallible means of driving the visitors from the

planet. We plan on developing the new Red Dust right here with the greatest

possible speed and utmost secrecy.

I need someone I can trust.

Please.

Think it over.

I don't have to.

Got you, girl.

Excellent.

Normally, this would be cause for celebration, but unfortunately, we've

get right to work.

Well, where do we begin?

With the Starchild.

Her genetic makeup may well hold the key to developing an effective antidote.

You know her family.

I'm counting on you to help us find her.

Well, Nathan, I will, um... I'll do everything that I can.

That's what I love about this place.

You never know who you're going to see.

I wonder what they'll order.

Hopefully not one of us.

Bye. Bye.

How nice to see you. Hey, Elias, I don't want to hear you ever complain about

Lizard again.

Yeah, well, I must admit it has picked up since I started letting in the

lizards. The stroke of genius.

Why, thank you very much.

How do you like my new piano player?

What piano player?

She was here just a minute ago.

Willie, have you seen Elizabeth?

Wait a minute. You let Elizabeth play the piano right out in the open? She was

great.

I mean, will you relax? How's anybody going to know who she is anyway? He did.

They're going out this way.

But you know they didn't go through the front door.

in your usual line of work.

Don't worry.

We'll get down just like that.

I'm going to need a diversion.

What's the matter, old man? Getting tired?

for a man named Nathan Bates.

Yeah, so?

You remind me of him, and I don't like him.

Animal! I will not tolerate violence in my camp.

Take him away.

Let go.

Both of you.

Hey, watch it with that thing.

You come with me.

What detail?

Why is he so lucky?

Hey, I'm a lucky guy.

Way to go, Tiger.

We're going to get you home.

You having fun?

What'd they do to you?

Tried to turn me into a burrito.

How's your plan going?

Pack your bags.

We leave tonight.

You'd be surprised to just arrive.

Hello, Kyle.

I'm a friend of your father's.

Who is it?

It's your son, Kyle.

Put him through.

I hear you're a big man these days.

Where are you? Are you all right?

Of course he's all right, Nathan.

Aren't you, Kyle?

Absolutely.

I've never been in such stimulating company.

If you'd accepted my first offer, Nathan, none of this would have happened

the first place.

I'll be at your office noon tomorrow.

Either you have the star child or I'll have Kyle.

Sweetheart, I know you're scared.

We all are.

But we're in this together, you and me.

You and Elias and Willie.

Welcome back to planet Earth, kid.

Oh, maybe you better stay off your feet.

I'm fine.

I would like some water, though.

Coming right up.

Uh, Lyon, maybe you better bring me something a little stronger.

Oh, you got it.

Move it over, move it over.

Move it over. Move it over. Move it over. Move it over. Move it over. Move

over.

What do you want? I haven't done anything.

Ah, well, that's right.

You catch him. Hey.

Go.

I tried to stop him once. Oh, that's cool.

Buy you a drink? No, I never touch you stuff.

Perhaps a late supper?

No. Well, look, dude, then what the hell do you want, huh?

We got a tip for this joint. It's a hotbed for underground activity.

Know anything about that?

We're going to search this place from top to bottom.

Hey, hey!

Come on, we're going to my place.

The lady's fished with bait. She's going to look for dessert.

Whoa, Gooder, you better make your first choice the right one.

You better stay clear.

This could get hot.

As long as you can stay out of the credit patch, I'm free.

Watch me.

Come on, baby.

It goes nothing.

Send one up. We're going home.

All you got to do to slow down is just squeeze something, okay?

It would be such a pity if I actually had to kill you. Well, maybe I can

out a reason for you to keep me alive.

It would have to be a very compelling reason.

Why don't we sit down and talk about it?

Every prisoner will be found.

Shut up, you incompetent fool.

Nathan, what a surprise.

Julie, may I come in?

I'm not really prepared for company. I'll only be a minute.

I've made a terrible mistake.

I thought if Diana believed I had the star child, she'd give up her search for

her. Now she's called my bluff.

I don't follow you.

She has my son, Kyle.

If I don't give her Elizabeth, they'll kill him.

Julie, I know you used to be with resistance.

I promise you, up front, there'll be no reprisals. I just want my son back.

Isn't there anyone you can contact?

Hi.

Nathan, I'd like you to meet my cousin Betty. She just arrived from Tucson.

really bad there. Yes, it certainly is.

Julie, if you get any information...

Anything at all.

I'll be in your debt.

I really hope you get your son back, Nathan.

Aren't you even going to tell me your name?

I'll bet you miss your mom and dad, don't you?

I'm sure they miss you.

There's no sign of Robin.

There's no lizards.

It's time to go.

I'm not going back to L .A. Not yet, anyway.

Somebody's got to know where Sean was taken.

Listen to me.

We've got to go back.

Maybe Julie can talk to Bates and get something.

Boy.

He stays with us.

Nice try.

Tyler. What if we don't make it?

Somebody's got to take him.

I'll take him.

Come a long way from your little town. You know him?

Yeah.

I used to babysit for him. Didn't I, Billy?

Has he always been like that?

Yeah.

Ever since they took his parents away.

What are you going to do with them?

Well, I found a camp up in the mountains there where the red dust still works.

Lots of Billy's friends and neighbors are already there, so we'll take good

of them.

You're welcome to join us if you like.

Maybe next time.

I understand.

See you, kiddo.

You two take it easy.

Any final thoughts?

Do you really want to hear them? No.

Just don't screw up.

You can quit shaking now, Tyler.

You're improving better.

Well, better luck next time.

I had to see it with my own eyes.

The emperor of Los Angeles.

She let you go?

Diana doesn't let anyone go.

You should know that.

I escaped.

Well, it's good to have you back.

Uh, Kyle.

Where are you going?

It's like I've been telling you.

Everybody in town is looking for a little girl. She's the best kept secret

the city.

I don't know how long that's going to last.

I've been thinking about that.

She can stay here as long as she likes.

Well, thanks, Elias, but I don't know how safe it is after last night.

Look, they say it's the place until daybreak. They couldn't even find my

recipe for oysters.

Yeah, I'm going to go check on them.

It's a long story.

I've got time.

Nice place you got here.

Well, well, well.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Can I get you?

Anything that's on the house.