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There was a species here like you before.

Did you kill them?

Talk to them, whoever they are. They don't want you here. That's why they

killed your children.

That was a virus.

C-23.

You rarely believe that.

And if it is the host force?

Then we'll try to communicate with them. We need to make use of our AC friend.

Tate wants us to release him. Is that what you want to do?

I think it's time you start doing what you felt was right.

Who are you?

Who is Tom Starling? I can't tell you.

Please, please. You're the most beautiful girl in this city.

Can we go back to your place?

Both our peoples are threatened with complete annihilation. No, Richard.

Only yours are.

Alchemist, we have the Amiga report you requested.

Don't worry.

I won't tell anyone.

Just let me know if you want to do it again sometime, yeah?

It can't be.

Cass, find Tipper for me, please, and ask him to come here.

Tipper, Stella wants to see you.

Wake up your boyfriend.

He's not my boyfriend.

Your mum's not much of a morning person either.

Tipper, I'm not in a great mood myself. Don't make me come over there and drag

your sorry arse out of bed.

Tipper.

He's on an isolation ward. They're doing tests.

And the light above his head?

Exactly the same as with C-23.

What? We're giving him the same antivirals we used back then.

Well, that won't work, though. Not if we assume both viruses have been caused by

the host force. Yeah, but they won't do him any harm, and we can't be seen to be

doing nothing.

Well, C-23 stopped last time. Maybe this one will, too. Maybe.

We don't know what their aim is, though, do we?

I just heard.

Fleur, could you send Lily home?

What should we do now?

Start shouting in public places, the scogs? Let's hold off until we know

exactly what's going on.

Just what we need. Keep your cool.

Look, I'm sorry. What for?

Everything.

There's only one thing bothering me.

OK, yeah, I know, I wasn't trying to... It's the lies.

Nothing about you is what I thought it was.

Yeah, I get that, and I wasn't apologising for... ..any of the other

stuff that happened. Other stuff?

This is completely your business, Cass.

Last night I got drunk and slept with Jack.

Probably not my finest hour either, but that's for me to deal with.

Listen to me. It must be caused by the ACs. They reappear and we get viruses

again. We have one case. We don't even have a diagnosis yet. But they harbored

the virus that caused the last big plague. Don't use that biblical

terminology, please.

All the ACs tested positive, but they weren't the cause. We know that now.

Listen to me. Nine years ago, you ordered them all shot. That was probably

the last good decision you made. And having one of them lynched? A very bad

decision, Julius.

I hope you're not suggesting... I'm not suggesting anything. I'm explicitly

accusing you of it. That's ridiculous slander, and you're hardly in a position

to take the moral high ground. This isn't exactly helping.

If it's not the ACs, what's causing it?

We don't know. There are possible alternatives.

Such as?

We're working with.

What? It's Callaghan.

One of my guys have got it as well.

Callaghan. He's the one that interrogated the captured AC.

I'm going to the medicine too.

What's his condition?

He's in the pre-symptomatic stage.

Although the raging thirst associated with the last outbreak is starting.

Is it C23?

We don't know yet.

It's a different molecular structure.

We're calling it C24.

Seems logical.

The condition of the XP in the isolation unit is worsening rapidly though.

It's progressing at a much faster rate. It's progressing.

His internal organs are effectively devouring themselves.

We don't know how much longer he'll survive.

Life expectancy with advanced C23 was three to four days.

Alchemist to CT10.

We now have a health crisis which I can use to our advantage.

My people down here will be handling parameter coordinates for your entry

interface. Should have landing beacon lock once you've gated thermal shields.

I'm about to reveal the contents of the Omega file, which will finally turn the

population against Tate.

How's it going?

Your man?

He's getting worse.

Not worried about anything else?

Reaction to what Tate was talking about back there?

The killing of an AC prisoner.

Good. Well, we have an issue.

You're not kidding. A security issue.

I've been holding off till the right time.

Considering latest developments, it's rather pressing now.

What do you want?

Sorry, mate. Flesh is weak and all that.

Let's face it, who wouldn't?

What's that about?

Nothing important.

Jack, have you ever heard of the Omega Project?

No.

It's come to my attention recently.

I'm confident when you hear what I have to say, you'll agree.

We must act.

Quickly.

What?

Word's out.

Everyone's staying indoors.

Have you seen Lily yet? Not yet. She'll have been exposed by now anyway.

Well, thanks for that. That's really reassuring. No, that's, if it is,

directly contagious.

What do you mean? What else could it be? We don't know yet. Until we do, we're

going to proceed as if this is a regular health issue.

People have started to blame these seas.

That'll be Berger's congregation hard at work.

Shouldn't you be speaking out, then, if you think it's caused by something else?

People often prefer easy lies to difficult truths.

Say nothing, they'll not believe Berger. Well, we're going to have to go with

that temporarily until we know the truth, at least.

Because the truth might be too terrifying.

So we close public spaces.

And stay calm.

Sorry, we're closing public places due to the health alert. Just a precaution

and we'll probably reopen tomorrow.

Stock up on water and keep watching the bulletins.

Stock up on water.

Probably say that in every crisis.

Maybe not a sinking ship, I guess.

Earlier I was... Well, I said it was a bit... I'm quite tired.

Yeah, well, you had a busy night, didn't you?

No, that wasn't meant to sound...

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

Whoa!

I'll walk! I'll walk!

Stella, what's going on? The ex-prisoner just arrested Fleur!

Jack?

Jack!

What's this about?

I can't tell you.

You don't even have the authority to arrest me.

Jack!

Oh, that's great.

What happened to you're the most beautiful woman in the city, Jack?

Shag him in the evening, arrest him in the morning. Is that your idea of the

perfect romance?

Don't worry, you'll be getting a lot more detail if he doesn't tell me what's

going on.

And I've told you no. So get out of my office and tell Jack to set her free or

I promise you... What the hell is going on?

I'd like to review a privileged file. I'm not interested in files. I'm talking

about the illegal detention of Fleur Morgan by the XPs.

Relating to the Omega Project and Case Reference 91876.

Where is my officer?

Perfectly safe at the XP base.

This file concerns her detention.

You have not been authorized.

Oh, but I have.

Authorized by the Council Member for Justice, who also demands to see the

file. You can't do this.

I can.

Stella. You have to, Richard. This will be a disaster.

Especially now.

So, are you going to do your job or stand by your boss?

What is this about?

This is about secrets and lies and a direct threat to the security you claim

responsibility for.

You have to hand in the file. Will you arrest me? Yes. Then do so. He's not

getting it. You can't break the law and this won't help Fleur. You get the file

and then you let us bring Fleur to pass.

Of course.

Not so fast with the mocking jibe now, huh, Richard?

What will it get you? What do you want?

What do I want?

I'm not talking about reverend sessions in schools or persecuting the ACs.

What, you think I want that?

I don't know. You tell me.

This place represents the last hope for mankind.

I'm aware of that. And what have you created?

I arrive here, I look around and I think, this?

It's all been for this.

Don't you think your ambition is just... It's small.

Frayed at the edges.

Frayed at the edges.

You know, that'll do for me, actually.

As I say, your ambitions are small.

An intercontinental ballistic missile.

Tall, gleaming.

Almost noble, perfectly designed for its purpose, packed with uranium, filled

with its own deadly ambition.

Nothing frayed about its edges.

From one city to another, cross oceans over mountains, and then heat and death.

So just imagine, after such heat and death, what a prize Carpathia represents

now.

It deserves better trustees.

Conscience get the better of you.

I am sorry, you know.

Pass officers are coming to get you.

Jack, what's going on?

You have to ask Tate. I'm asking you.

You're in A.C.

Nobody ever told you that?

Really?

You and... Tate never discussed it, even when you were reporting back on your

little tete-a-tetes with the other ACs. Actually, it's all here. Tate is quite

the one for recording things. Did you happen to know that your parents were

not your biological parents?

They're just two omega scientists, Christian Miller, Julia Morgan. That's

not true. Maybe that's why you've always shown such an affinity for the ACs. I

wonder, how far did that affinity go? Right. Let's just leave it. Have you

been scheming with them this whole time?

You just want a scapegoat for your little campaign.

I know who my parents were, and they weren't what you said. You're smarmy,

you're fake, and you're a liar. And yet with all those grievous character flaws,

I'm still human.

Laces are humans, actually.

Get them away from me.

Willingly. Do you know even being in the same room with you is hazardous? You are

a contaminant. You caused this virus. All right, that's enough.

We've done what we had to do.

What you had to do.

Now it's down to the general counsel to decide now, all right?

Finally. Please get me out of here so we can run into this rubbish.

What's going on, Stella? Why did Berger say I was in AC?

My parents had photos. I remember.

I mean, growing up.

Holidays.

That isn't the way to pass.

I'm taking you to my home. Why?

Because you're safer.

Safer? This is crazy.

Epidemics evoke irrational behaviour in people. We've already seen it.

At least in a bad dream, you're still kind of aware it's a bad dream. I don't

understand.

Go to my home.

I will send Tate.

This isn't true, though.

All I know is that you were a part of a project called Amiga.

A project?

I'll stay with you.

I won't leave until you have the answers you need. I promise.

He died this morning.

Among the new cases is a child.

A twin. Her sister died in the first C23 epidemic.

I'd hope it would stay away from the children this time. I fear this could be

even worse than the last virus.

My staff tell me the ACs are to blame.

There's no proof of that.

What's the little girl's name?

Esperanza.

We mustn't lose her.

So I'm going to propose to council you be given permission to lead one last

expedition against the AC's Operation Public Health.

What about Fleur?

Well, for starters, we have to remove her citizenship.

What does that mean, Matt? We expel her from Fort Haven. Then you can deal with

her like she's any other AC.

I couldn't do that.

She's still different.

She's not human, Jack.

She felt human to me.

I just finished reading Fleur Morgan's privileged file. There's some very

interesting information regarding the death of Mitchell Hoban.

Now, I know you always suspected Cass Cromwell, right? Are you telling me it

was her? I'm telling you that Tate covered for her again.

Right.

I'm going to send some men to pass.

If I find out you're lying, I'm gonna take it out on you. I don't respond well

to threats, Jack.

First, we'll start with a censure motion against Tate, which I'm sure he'll lose.

But you and I have to stay connected.

We have the best hope for this place right now.

Where is he?

Cass is with her at my place. It won't take Berger long to notice that she's

not in pass.

I'll go speak to her.

Well, hurry then. If she goes into official detention, they'll accuse you

of interfering with the process.

He'll accuse you of that now. Don't worry about me. I can handle Berger

better than you can.

You shouldn't have to handle anybody.

C-24 could be taking us all out one by one.

You're the geneticist, Richard. I need your take on this as well. Okay, but I

need to speak to Fleur first.

You should have told me. I thought you had an idea, but never wanted it

confirmed. I knew about Omega, not about Fleur.

He's suspected, though.

All we can do is protect her now. She's in AC.

She's in danger.

Look what they did to the prisoner.

Does it really matter?

What does it really matter?

Well, my parents weren't my biological parents.

Well, see, for me, I'll be throwing a party about that one.

Next. I'm under house arrest and being blamed for everything by the White

House.

All right.

I'll give you that one.

A picnic being public enemy number one.

Thanks for being here with me.

What are friends are for, right?

Come on, I don't even know how they made me.

What was involved.

Tye will be here soon.

He'll tell you.

Yeah.

He's got all the answers.

Isn't that dangerous?

How are you feeling?

Thirsty all the time.

What's gonna happen?

You might get very sick.

C-23.

Will I die?

It's not C-23.

You are only one of a few cases.

How are the rest?

Good.

They're on the road to recovery.

We're optimistic.

All this time pretending I hated Carpe.

Because we tried to speak to it. I don't know. I'm working on it.

The four-letter language.

I think I know what it is.

I think it might be DNA.

I don't understand.

The sounds that we coded, A, B, C, D, we could have just easily have called them

1, 2, 3, 4, or W, X, Y, Z. Okay, yeah, I get the point. So what?

Well, it made me think of another four-letter sequence just that keeps

repeating and repeating itself in different combinations.

C, G, T.

The music of our bodies.

I think you're in trouble there.

Give yourself a slap on the wrist.

I have to go.

Find out what's causing this and try to protect us from it.

It's all you can do.

What are you doing here?

I came to see Tipper.

I was thinking of coming home.

Not if it's a problem, obviously.

There's someone using your room right now, but it's not a problem. You can

come and... Forget it.

Hey.

You OK?

All on your own now, your housemate's sick, huh?

I was going back to my mum's, but I'm not so sure now.

Oh, I'm sure she'd want you to do that.

I didn't seem too enthusiastic.

I said I'd wait until tonight. Some rubbish about somebody using my room.

Really?

Make sure and shout if you need anything at all.

I'll be okay.

She's not at pass.

Don't worry. I know where she is.

Grace. I've called an emergency council meeting. You will be given the go-ahead

to wipe out the ACs.

All of them.

Good. Right. The AC spy is currently being hidden in Stella Eisen's

apartment. I want you to go find her and make... Hey, listen.

I still give the orders around here, all right?

Oh, of course.

I apologize.

You go and get her. You bring her back here. You need to haul her in fast

before we go and chase down the rest of them, all right?

Yeah, so I'll just... Stay.

So what's special about me?

I can't see in the dark or run up mountains without stopping.

Well, the main AC programme was designed to develop the kind of characteristics

you describe.

An Omega?

It was a noose project.

Concerned only with the mind. You designed my mind.

Well, that would be overstating it. But there was an interest in how our ethics

and intelligence were shaped by both environment and genes.

So what I think, what I believe, they're not real. Of course they're real. But

not natural.

Human beings are not determined by one thing or another.

There's a constant interplay of factors.

You could develop as a person by attending a certain school, by exposure

to civilizing influences like music or books. There's nothing natural about

those.

On Earth, they were mostly driven by wealth and social status, and even if

they were natural, like genes.

What's so great about that?

We'd modify a gene that can cause cancer. If we can increase intelligence,

why not do so? What's so great about intelligence?

Well, see, that's a deeply moral question.

I mean, we did well.

Don't joke.

It was only partly a joke.

Why didn't you try and have me killed with the rest?

You were a child. I could still have... We had you tested.

There wasn't even a sign you were hosting C23 as with the other ACs, and

we kept you apart from them. But if there had been... There wasn't.

But if... No, because I loved you as if you were my own child.

Who am I?

You're everything.

You're yourself.

I've got to get out of here, I can't- Fleur.

Fleur.

You know what she's thinking.

They made her from some of your genes.

Is that true?

Where are you going? I don't know anywhere.

You can't walk around the streets.

Look, just come back inside and let him talk to you.

He lied to me all this time. Yeah, but he's a politician.

You show me one that's straight down the line.

But he died to save us, Fleur.

This place, us, it's all he cares about. That's one thing you should never doubt.

Quick, we've got to get out of here. Go!

Go!

Get out of here! Run!

Just go!

Now!

I'm not leaving you.

Go!

What are you doing?

Running away.

Only place I could think of.

You're saying a lot of bad stuff about you.

I know.

Wait here till it's dark.

Meet me at the water plant in three hours.

We'll take the tunnel the kids use to skip under the fence.

Lock this.

Tipper's gone into stage one.

Renal pain, disorientation, vision problems.

Can I see him? Not now, he's still doing some more tests.

DNA?

Whose is it? That's exactly what I'm trying to work out.

I need Tipper's genetic profile.

I don't understand.

Nor do I yet, but I think I'm getting closer.

Did you exchange fire with the XPs?

Yeah, well, least of our worries.

Be careful, though, Cass. Things are getting volatile.

Berger's put a censure motion against me to general counsel.

Who demands to know where she is?

Sometimes you have to sacrifice a piece to win the game.

What?

Don't you care about her at all?

Every single time your brain just does these cold calculations. But it's Fleur.

I know. And stop being so bloody laid back about it.

Make like you care for once. About people, not just your stupid ideas, your

grand plans.

This isn't about humanity.

It isn't about the future. And it definitely isn't about pieces on a

chessboard.

It's about Fleur, and it's about Mer.

She'll try to remember that, Cassie.

So go to Fleur now and make sure she's kept from harm.

Please.

I apologise for keeping you waiting, ladies and gentlemen.

C24 has become a constitutional as well as a health crisis, which is unfortunate

because it affects our ability to deal with it.

You have called me here to face a censure motion and also to discuss the

status and whereabouts of Fleur Morgan.

It would be undignified of me to deny that she is an Amiga AC or that I

protected her.

Or that I know where she is now.

But I will never risk her life or well-being by revealing that in these

circumstances.

In which case, I move the motion. Be quiet until I've finished.

To defy general counsel is a serious matter.

So it falls on me to relinquish my post as president of Carpathia.

We need proper leadership at this critical time.

And my presence here will only lead to conflict and division.

This has never been about officer status for me.

My only concern has been for the welfare of Fort Haven.

New elections will be held shortly, but it is my right as outgoing president to

designate an interim successor.

And at this time, that person has to be Jack.

Jack, I urge you not to pursue this cause of conflict with the ACs.

We must rather learn to relate not only to different humans, but also to

different species.

On Earth, we failed grievously at both.

On Carpathia, we can't afford to make the same mistake.

We should focus our energies on combating the real source of the virus.

That is all.

Well, I suggest...

We pursue the vote.

Operation Public Health think we should move for a censure vote considering the

President refused to divulge information to General Counsel.

Well, you're full of surprises.

If I'd warned anybody, it wouldn't have worked. Well, it was dramatic.

I'm not quite sure if it worked.

We have two emergencies here. C-24 and Fleur's safety.

Neither was helped by my remaining President.

You thought you might lose?

It was certainly possible, but depriving Berger of victory was more important.

Jack may still do Berger's bidding. I wouldn't be so sure.

Like it or not, Jack is effectively the armed forces now.

But he is not and never has been stupid. Our task now is to drive a wedge between

him and Berger.

Well, for somebody who's just resigned, you don't seem to be heading off to

Tender Garden.

Well, remember the Russians?

Tear down your factories, retreat and wait for winter?

Or canteen at my equivalent of the Urals. Come and see me there if you need

me.

It's DNA, Richard.

The code we've been listening to, it's DNA. I'm sure of it now.

Not only can they build copies of us, they can send viruses to attack us. We

have to find a way of blocking them.

What will you do?

If they're planning a full-on attack against the ACs, I have to get outside

and warn them.

I've always envied you, you know?

Really?

So show off yourself.

What you believe, where you belong.

Just look at me now.

Still, they made you, they made you pretty well.

My mum thinks you're the best thing since... Stella likes most people.

For one exception.

Things will be okay.

Between you and her, give it time.

She doesn't love me. She's learning to love you.

You were both trying to run on a broken leg.

Lily.

You have to get to the medicenter.

You're not in your office?

You think I don't know why Tate chose me over you?

Tie me down in his office dealing with drainage and sanitation.

Plus I would have been seen as his stooge and rendered useless.

Yeah, I got that one too. I'm not stupid.

No, I've never treated you as such.

So Mitchell never killed himself?

I think we both knew that.

You made me pretty angry.

I mean, that wasn't our deal, was it?

You gave them their choice.

Maybe.

I miss him, though.

Crazy bastard, I know, but we had some good times out there.

Maybe you were a little in love with him.

What?

You've got some balls when you're saying that.

You don't really care about Fleur being an AC, do you?

We're all made of the same stuff, after all.

Adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine.

You've lost me, Stella. DNA sequences. It's the recipe book inside each and

every one of us that decide whether our eyes are blue or green or whether we're

tall or short.

And other more controversial things, perhaps.

Where's it coming from?

The atmosphere.

We think there's some kind of host force on Carpathia that's listening to us and

making copies of us. Listening?

For want of a better word, yeah.

I mean, but where is this host force?

Where's it keeping all this information?

We don't know.

That sequence matches Tip and Malone's. I think we could hear Josie Hunter if we

tried.

Why are you telling me all this? Because for whatever reason you're acting

president.

Who else knows?

Tate.

What is it?

Billy's got C-24.

I'd invite you to have a coffee, but all the canteen staff are staying at home.

You resign to savour.

It's like chess.

You have to contest the space.

Think about more than your next move.

All right, then. It's a bit like chess.

As long as you remember it's people, not bishops and horses.

Knights.

Get Fleur out safely tonight.

She must warn Rudy and stay with him until this is over.

Kaz, we all have different ways of hiding our terrors.

How is she?

We can save her.

I know we can.

But if it's reading our DNA and using ultrasound to transmit virus codes at

specific targets, we're completely helpless.

Remember bats from Earth?

What about them? Bats were more powerful than the moths they preyed on.

A bat armed with echolocation, what chance does a little moth have?

Not a very big one. But still a chance.

The weaker species can develop its own defense strategy.

Or there would be no weaker species.

You think that we can develop a defense strategy against them?

I'd like to create an ultrasonic ceiling over Fort Haven of such a distorting

force that it stops them from being able to see us.

Like little moths.

Just like little moths.

We'll set up transmitters around Fort Haven and send out a jamming signal.

See, this is great. You're like one of them queens on the run from the angry

mob. They usually got caught and had their heads cut off, Cass. Because they

weren't with me.

Are you nervous?

I see my veins. I just don't care about myself.

That's true. Believe it or not, I just don't care.

I believe it.

I just don't want to see you hurt.

I know, thanks.

Make another rubbish joke now or I'll get emotional.

No, I can't think of any jokes.

I'm really in trouble.

Let's get out of here.

Any sign of Fleur Morgan?

I've got people out looking.

Patrolling all known exits, official and unofficial. You should detain Cass

Cromwell for abetting her. I'll leave that for now.

No, I really think... Look, I said leave that.

Where are you going?

Back to my base. Your base is that office, right?

You use it. Help yourself.

I'm going to go and get my men ready for tomorrow morning.

Jack. Look, I'm no politician.

And this isn't where I belong.

I'm going to go and resolve the AC problem once and for all.

This isn't my place.

Got that right.

Next, please.

Yeah.

I feel like we're teenagers.

Get back inside.

Alchemist CT-10.

Amendment to earlier instructions.

Alliance with XP leader Waring Finn.

Recommend Jack Holt to be added to elimination list.

Stella Eisen is to be spared. Repeat. Jack Holt to be added to elimination

list. Stella Eisen to be spared.

Affirmative, Alchemist.

We have perfect thermal shield reports and we're good to go.

Entry interface is 7 plus 2.

Tell me what happened.

What? Tell me now.

Back on Earth, I used to work for the cartels.

In the last years, the Mexicans and the Russians were running London.

Very brutally, by all accounts.

I was part of all that.

I killed people.

There was a family.

This kid came down.

Probably not in his teens.

He was in pyjamas.

I wasn't so much older myself.

They said, keep him quiet.

Put my hand over his mouth, you know.

Told myself I never meant to.

Back on Earth I saw some old news footage once.

One of those wars in Europe where they all just went crazy on each other,

village against village.

Anyway, they had all the men and boys herded together.

Terrified and...

One boy.

Can't have been any older than the one I killed.

You could see the fear in his eyes with all the soldiers and their guns and

everything, probably knowing he was going to die.

And he was holding this little white rabbit.

Stroking it.

It must have belonged to him, you know, a family pet or whatever.

So frightened, but all the time he was still petting this rabbit.

And when I dream about it, the face I see is that frightened little kid with

his little rabbit.

The one I never met from the news footage.

That was what turned me.

You know, I gave a lot of people up and in return I've got this. Ultimate

witness protection.

It's how you saved me.

Gave me my second chance to be decent, to be... Human.

I don't believe that humans are bad, Kath.

We're not prisoners of our circumstances.

Or even our genes.

Maybe not.

Maybe in the end we can still design ourselves.

Jamming signal's ready.

I want the wall transmitting at the same time.

Right, run a check on the leg floor.

Finally able to deal with the AC.

Thank you.

Fire a flare.

Come back when you see it.

Go.

Go.

How's my daughter? Still pre-symptomatic. We've had another

fatality. Not Tip? No, but he's in the last stages.

I came to offer some distant healing.

The XPs have gone to remove the source of the virus.

Do you really believe that, Julius?

Or do you no longer actually know what you believe and what you don't?

I know that I care about you.

And I know that I want you to make the right decisions. The right decisions

being the ones that are called with your own.

I've heard about this sonic shield idea.

Yeah.

We're nearly there. I think it's our only hope.

I think we should hold off on that just for now. What?

Just wait until the AC problem is resolved.

No, we don't have time for that. It'll use too many resources and could

interfere with other important signals.

What other important signals?

All I'm saying is once Operation Public Health is complete, we can revisit it.

People are dying. My daughter. And they're all in our prayers, but... It's

when you start praying that I trust you the least. What are you planning?

An end to the slack-veiled utopia Tate has created.

I meant what I said.

Carpathia has to change, Stella. I want you to be a part of that change.

You have to come. I need you. What's going on?

Berger's planning something. I don't know. He's trying to undermine the

ultrasound defense.

Call Jack. Get him to the comms room before Berger turns him around. Okay.

You're

one

of us.

Glad.

Are you?

Tate is a liar.

I hope he's the last to die down there, alone, with the ghosts of his past with

company. I wouldn't wish that on anyone.

I thought maybe I could stay with you until this is over.

It'll never be over, not until they're gone forever.

Soon I'll be a father again.

Others are bearing children.

We're growing in number.

For us, it's just the opposite.

Us?

Attacked by your soldiers.

The presence of children.

We have to move. Uncle, where?

We're planning a long journey. We can start again on our own.

We should wait.

There are far too many good people down there for this to happen.

You belong with us now.

Anybody down there has no hope.

Perhaps one day we can return.

I thought you were heading out.

Yeah, Stella called me in. Said she's got some idea about a sonic shield.

Oh, no, no, that's nonsense. Look, she just likes to play smart. You know that.

Jack, got the green light?

Go out, deal with our problem like you said you would. No.

She is small.

We should still try everything.

Jack?

There's another transporter coming.

Do you remember what you said to me once? You either work the mine or you

own the mine. I'm telling you right now.

You can own the mine.

Stop what you're doing. Ignore him. You no longer give orders around here.

This is our only hope of defending ourselves.

You can wait.

Seems like about the right time to mention the imminent arrival of CT-10.

A transporter carrying a new hope for Fort Haven.

That's ridiculous.

We would have seen it on our screens. They didn't want to be seen, Richard.

They are coming.

Been in contact with its commander. It seems your shield will interfere with

its landing.

Julius. The shield is our only hope against the virus. I really don't

believe that you are a bad person.

Bad?

Good. What, you really believe in moral absolutes?

He certainly doesn't. You know nothing of my morality, you insect.

People are going to die if we don't act soon. I gave you a chance, Stella.

Ignore this lunatic. Turn it on. You do what he says, you will pay a very heavy

price. I order you to wait for my instructions.

Aren't you forgetting something?

I'm still president.

What?

Why are you laughing?

Because everyone knows Tate did that as a strategy.

Maybe. Jack, I assure you... Stella didn't sneer.

She came to tell me about the DNA and the shield.

I'm not sneering.

On the outside.

Do you know what?

I helped to build this place. And got no recognition for it.

Look, I can still offer you far more than they ever can.

You know what?

Stella's right.

These guys coming in here aren't going to respect much.

But I can offer you your life, Jack.

If you betray me now, you will go the same way as the others.

You traitor.

Things aren't going to be pretty until order and discipline are restored.

But believe me, I'm not sneering when I say your life is what's at stake right

now.

I don't respond well to threats.

Too bad.

I'm taking you back to the XP base where you can't interfere anymore.

And I'm resigning the presidency now.

Have it back.

Whatever's coming, I'll take orders from you guys again.

You better make the most of this.

When the history of Carpathia is written, this won't be its longest

chapter. No, but it will be a fine one.

We better hope this works.

Turn it on.

LDP signal off to Alchemist, Captain. We've got some kind of ultrasonic

interference. Switch to emergency coordinates for entry interface.

We'll just have to risk it.

Poor miserable human.

Why are you torturing us?

We're searching you.

Living fossils.

Surely you can understand that.

Will you let us stay here? Live in peace? We could learn from each other.

We can overcome your defenses if we choose.

Then why don't you?

Because you're still interesting to us.

Gaze on our struggles and suffering with detached indifference.

Well, well.

Who needs God, eh?

Your species is a brutal and destructive one.

And less significant in this universe than a single bacteria on a coral reef.

Maybe. But we have one thing you appear to have lost in your evolution to

disembodied know-it-all.

We may be frayed at the edges, but we still have love.

And while we have that, we still have hope.

He's still very weak.

Hi.

I was eating ice cream with my sisters.

You're back now.

Thank you.

I'm really glad.