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I never really understood why I was given these powers.

Why me?

My foster parents disowned me when I was 18.

I had headaches when I was growing up.

And so I was never really good at anything.

I wanted to join the CIA and got rejected,

but then I was exposed to this red dust,

called "the ash".

The ash took over my friends, controlled them,

but somehow it gave me strength, reflexes, and more.

Then I met Alastair, the founder and leader

of the Earth Security Unit.

He taught me how to wield those powers

and tap into an energy, called "mana".

He was killed by Kinians, an ancient alien race.

Now, we're on the run.

Where to? I'm really not sure.

But I know Alastair has a plan.

Mayne, team is set at breach point.

Roger.

Cleared hot.

Roger, Mayne.

Clear hot.

Team, converge on my pause.

Standby for execution.

3, 2, 1.

Execute, execute, execute.

Mayne?

Target acquired.

Restrain with extreme prejudice and secure the area.

Cover me.

Don't move.

What the...

Light him up!

Two and four, cover the north.

Meet you on the other side.

Mayne, target hostile.

In pursuit.

Roger.

Action 13 reinforcements are on their way.

Over there.

Get him.

What the hell?

What faction are you?

53.

Who's the boy?

The younger brother of one of our team.

Where are they?

They'll live.

They're being e-vac'd to medical.

You're lucky that we heard your distress signal.

Mayne, team Cobra has gone down.

Checking for survivors.

Hurry.

Copy.

RTB.

ETA, one hour.

Three injured, three secure, six in total.

Dropping off three to quarantine.

Heading to medical with three injured.

I'm gonna do a quick scan.

Can you raise your right arm?

This is new.

I didn't know we had portable scanners.

It's about a month old.

98% accurate.

If the red particles of ash are active

in your liver, it'll let me know.

Why the liver?

It's the only organ in the human body

with regenerative properties.

The ash uses it to renew itself.

Destroy the source and...

There are red ash particles in your liver,

but they're clearly inactive, not reproducing, nothing.

Jim Yung?

- That's right. - Good to meet you.

Heard so much about you.

You did?

I just know you can communicate with aliens,

not to mention your strength, speed, abilities.

Watched all the training sims you've run.

Clear.

I'm Colonel Green.

Welcome.

You're just in time for the debriefing.

Outside.

At ease.

As you were.

That's Miller.

That's Harden.

What are these guys, Junior Varsity?

Okay.

So, what happened?

We were on a recon mission, killing infecteds,

when we got redirected here via an emergency protocol.

That's okay, Colonel.

We can practice liver shots here, too.

Miller!

Sir.

So, where's Alastair?

That was his aircraft that went down, correct?

He didn't make it out.

Our chief medical officer reprogrammed the robots

to target and eliminate humans.

And she murdered Alastair.

Do you have tai chi powers?

It's called "“mana"”.

Miller.

Harden.

You quit screwing around or I'll have you on KP

the rest of your life.

What the hell is that?

Hold on, can I see it?

Colonel.

That's Alastair's.

Jim, come with me.

Come on, then.

The AI team was working on this new tech.

Hopefully, Alastair had time to back up the data onto

this new storage device he carried.

It'll only plug into one type of CPU.

Hmm.

Now, the organics look incredibly lifelike,

but underneath there's an amazing microchip,

processing speeds light years ahead of what's available

on a consumer level.

My dearest agents, I regret that I could not

further guide you to lead the ESU.

I knew that I might not return, so I uploaded all

my memories here.

The Kinians are an alien race that settled on Earth

500,000 years ago.

They are back, Jim.

The tech billionaire did it.

He had a company called "“BrainFuse"” researching

an ultra-high bandwidth brain machine

that connects humans to computers.

We all thought it was just another one of his insane,

overly-ambitious ideas.

Brain machine.

This is Alastair.

It's not really him.

It's his memories, thoughts, ideas and logic digitized

on a storage device.

Well, good.

Maybe he can tell us what we're doing here.

Alastair, Colonel Green, Faction 54,

what is your directive?

If he's an AI, it might matter who.

Jim?

Umm, Alastair?

Yes, Jim.

Here, take this.

We're getting you out of here.

No.

Alastair, you gave the keys to the kingdom to this rookie?

Maybe he just wanted me to help transition.

Well then.

Alastair, why did you bring us here?

When our scanners detected a combined ash and mana surge,

we sent Faction 13 to do recon.

This nearby base was running tests on the ash-infected,

something we had never detected before.

Where is Faction 13 now?

Captain Rupert hasn't responded in a week.

I don't know.

I better shut him off until can find a better power source.

My team's gonna check that out ASAP.

All right, listen up.

This is a recon mission that could turn into a rescue.

Aaron, general equipment detail.

Combat gear only, nothing heavy.

We get in, we get out.

I would like to go, too.

You're new to ESU, aren't you?

How many combat missions have you been on?

Colonel, he cleared all the training sims

with flying colors, killed three Kinians

and four highly-trained infected soldiers all by himself.

I don't care if he's killed a million lizards disguised

as humans.

I've survived 54 combat missions.

The infecteds are ruthless, strong, and they're smart,

and you have to hit the liver to kill them.

We need a team that knows how to work together.

We cannot have a rookie on board.

You got that?

Sir.

Miller, Harden, ready the transport.

Copy.

I'll set up command center.

I wanna ready op ASAP.

Let's go, gentlemen.

- Ready? - Always.

1, 2, 3.

Jesus Christ.

I got it. I got it.

Didn't you get the memo?

We don't need your help.

You must have just slipped on the side.

Don't you have ash running through your veins?

How do we know you're not gonna go

all alien on us?

How do we know you won't?

'‘Cause I'm a 100% me.

Well, 100% of garbage is still garbage.

Oh!

Okay.

Hmm.

I don't need to smell it to confirm.

You're words ain't gonna help you in combat.

- We're all on the same team. - Get out of my way!

I will not attack you.

But I will protect my team.

Okay, kiddies.

Playtime's over.

We leave at 0200 hours.

Gear up.

You're coming with us.

You know, when you were around,

I gotta admit, I felt pretty invincible.

You were someone I could tell anything.

And now you're gone.

I was the last guy to be picked in gym class.

I'm a nobody.

I'm no hero.

Couldn't you have chosen someone stronger?

Better?

Jim, you were not chosen, you were called upon.

Jim, your weapon.

Ready to go.

Place looks empty.

Front door's open.

Let's get the eagle up.

The eagle is rising.

Zero movement detected.

Front entrance clear.

Team's entering barracks number one.

Now.

Clear.

Barracks two.

Place looks abandoned.

Sure does.

What's that over there?

Hold on. Zooming in.

Tanya, that panel, looks like something

we can interface with.

Jim, do you have that uplink?

Jim's on it.

Plug it in.

It works.

We've made contact and tunneling in.

I'm gonna try to copy the entire device.

Harden.

Harden!

Harden, what are you doing?

Movement.

I will plug you full of holes if you make the slightest move.

Harden!

Connection's unstable.

Damn it!

Stand by.

You okay?

It's Harden!

He's dead!

Jim, we gotta find this guy.

Copy that.

We've lost Harden.

I thought we scanned clear of hostiles.

Go for the kill shot, Jim.

Go for the-- Go for the liver!

Miller, damn it!

I'm gonna kill him some more!

Miller!

Stand down!

Miller!

Stand down!

We'll get him.

What do we do, Colonel?

Take the point.

Yes, sir.

Colonel, do you read?

Damn.

The Eagle's down.

What was that thing?

That was no infected.

I've never seen anything like it.

Two in the chest, two in the liver.

Had no effect.

Then what good are you?

Shut up, Miller!

What the...

They're charging us!

Hit '‘em!

They're getting up!

Miller! Where's he going?

Miller!

Hit '‘em in the liver.

Miller!

Damn it, Miller, get back!

Miller, where are you going?

No contact with the team, but I've managed

to connect with the uplink again.

Look at all that data.

Let's hope this device has something.

Can't cut through it.

Starve to death if we tried.

It's not gonna work.

Miller?

You copy?

Miller?

Oh, come on.

Miller.

Copy?

Miller, if you can read me, you get your ass back here.

Miller, I swear, if the infecteds don't kill you,

I will.

Miller, get back here.

Miller!

Miller, come back.

The leader didn't bleed.

They do.

When the, uh...

When the infecteds are trapped and starved like this,

they lose their power to mutate and impersonate us.

But they can still fight and heal.

We've run into a few of '‘em on some missions.

Mostly lost in the woods or trapped in basements.

But never so many.

Never so many.

Take cover!

Can you access the data?

Okay, I got it.

Of course, it's locked.

Higgins, we have work to do.

This passcode's gonna take forever to crack.

Unless we need the power of Alastair's CPU.

To fix him, we're gonna need spare parts.

Like a new battery.

Like the miniature nuclear core that the AI team developed.

But we can modify a battery to hold up.

That battery's gonna need a protective housing.

It needs to be customized to handle the terawatts

of power coming from the nuclear core.

Good going, kid.

Been keeping that safe.

Thanks.

Good work, team.

Hello, agents.

First, let's unlock the gate.

Yes!

Now we got it.

Okay, here we go.

Scanning for important files.

What's the holdup?

God, there are a million files in here.

Yeah, drill down on those.

These files are on the infected.

Do those file names look familiar to you?

What do you mean?

For one, it's not Kinian.

Okay, hang on.

Are you serious?

Yeah, you're right.

Look at all these clumped here.

Tanya, these are coded like classified military files.

Alastair, search Dulce Base, New Mexico.

Suspected infected testing.

Searching.

Understanding how the alien substance ash

changes emotions, anger, and anxiety

by bonding with mana, our human life force.

The Dulce Base was suspected of testing human and alien DNA.

Shh!

Check it out.

It's her.

Let's go.

There.

That group.

This looks like a journal entry.

Getting closer to finding a workable DNA sequence.

In the areas of strength, agility, healing and telepathy.

Now, our previous experiments on our test subjects

have been uninspiring, but we're getting close.

Ladies and gentlemen, we're really close.

This is our energy chamber.

Over here, utilizes the ash.

And this is a battery pack charged

with mana energy cultivated from infecteds.

Some religious zealots have called mana "“soul energy"”.

My research has shown that it's really just a very dense

form of energy.

That's why without mana, infecteds evolve into a,

um, zombie-like state.

Using mana in 3, 2, 1.

Lila?

Dad?

It's me.

Thank God.

How did you know?

That you joined ESU.

Yeah, I know.

Why didn't you tell us?

I'm sorry.

I should have told you.

Miller, Harden.

I should have told the team.

I would've still helped you.

Jim, that's why you're here.

You've gotta understand.

This is my daughter.

We'll talk about this later.

There's a button here.

There's another button here.

We gotta push these at the same time.

1, 2, 3!

Can't catch a break.

I'll buy you some time.

Yeah.

Hang on, champ.

I'll get you out of there.

We got company.

Dad?

How long was this testing going on?

I think these are their few logs.

Colonel, the reports of the human trials are...

Alastair, what's Colonel Green doing there?

Colonel Green, joined ESU one year after leaving

this covert operation.

This is not good.

You, sir, are a walking hypothesis.

I'm surprised you can speak.

It's been a while,

but I can stoop down to your level.

Are you an alien?

Are you some sort of Kinian?

Are you?

Do you think I am?

We're going to do a little experiment.

Do you hear that sound?

Go to it.

Hmm.

You really should answer it.

It might be Colonel Green.

Well, we've already started construction on

the new facility.

We'll be able to not only test, but train soldiers against

the infected.

This operation has to stop.

What if I could cure your wife, Colonel?

Do it for your daughter, Lila.

Infected or not, these are real people

you're testing on, Doctor.

Give me a shot at curing my kids.

Please!

It's not gonna cure your family.

You lost your wife to the Kinians.

My wife will never be cured.

I thought you, of all people,

would understand.

We have to do something about this.

I'm shutting it down.

The answer is staring us right in the face.

I'm shutting you down.

We're close.

We're really close.

Jim's in trouble.

We gotta go now.

Aaron, ready the helicopter.

Colonel Green and I have been having

a wonderful reunion.

Reunion?

What are you talking about?

He was head of this base until he ordered it closed.

How do you think he knew where to find his daughter,

Captain Rupert?

I knew her way back as Lila.

She's in a bit of trouble.

Her cell is wired with explosives.

That's a long distance between them.

You can't save them both.

What's the catch?

A little while ago, I was contracted

to develop a device that creates extreme emotion.

Paranoia, fear, anger, to elicit change in the DNA.

I was only having the best of intentions.

I can't really be too firm on my conclusions,

because we don't have a large enough test group.

In 30 minutes, we're going to try this out on Lila

and see if she can withstand the blast

while Colonel Green and I watch together,

just like old times.

What will our little mouse do?

You could try to save Lila or you could try

to save Colonel Green,

who's really good at sitting back

and doing nothing.

Jim, please.

Save my dad.

No! Jim, no!

Let's begin.

Jim, you do this, I'll kill you!

I'll kill you!

We can't for you to join the party, Jim.

You were not chosen, you were called upon.

Having fun?

Actually, I am.

You know, I like having people around.

Maybe we should make this permanent.

By making you family.

At least we'd share the same DNA.

Do I get a last request?

Are you asking me to be civil?

Because I don't really do civil.

What, are you afraid?

What are you asking?

How close is my daughter?

Very close.

Can I talk to her?

ETA, five minutes.

Who created you, Jim?

You will make me a God.

What?

Hmm.

Hoo.

His genetic structure is remarkable.

He's half Kinian.

Truly amazing.

So, you wanna talk to your daughter?

See, I'm not so cruel.

Champ.

Dad.

I...

After we lost Mom, there was nothing else

I wanted to do.

I know, Champ.

I...

I should have...

Why didn't I...

I'm such an idiot!

Dad, no, you're not.

I want you to know...

Dad, don't talk like that.

Jim's gonna save you.

He's on his way.

And then what?

I'm not afraid, Dad.

I'm not.

I know.

Champ.

GROANING]

Where is he?

I don't see him!

Well done, little mouse.

And now, for one final experiment.

Where's your dad?

I couldn't stop him.

Let's go.

Check signals!

I got signals just up on that ridge!

There!

I'm taking her in!

That's our bird.

Yeah.

Go!

I'll slow '‘em down.

With your DNA, it's just a matter of time

before I discover how to fully maximize

the mana's potential.

The greatest mind.

The greatest body.

The ultimate creation!

That looks like Captain Rupert!

I'm invincible, Jim.

I can't do this.

I'm no hero.

I'm nobody.

Jim, you were not chosen.

You were called upon.

Where's Captain Rupert?

She's fine.

Resting in the back.

What is it?

I'm going back for Colonel Green.

You're crazy.

You're in no shape to go.

You don't owe Colonel Green anything.

I have to try.

- Tanya! - Yeah, Jim?

I've still got 15 minutes on the timer.

If I'm not back, leave without me.

You got it.

Ground, meet at these coordinates.

Copy.

I added something special for you.

Press this button, it'll switch to energy blast.

Jim, don't lose this one.

Copy that.

Set me down there.

Alastair?

We thought you could use the help.

Nice suit.

Thanks.

Colonel Green's in there.

Then, let's get started.

Go Jim, I got this.

Seven minutes!

Jim, if you can hear me, hurry!

Colonel Green?

Stand back.

This thing's gonna blow any second.

He's gotta get out of there.

The greatest mind, the greatest body.

The ultimate creation!

Thanks.

It's great being unkillable.

I was the only way to save Lila.

And now, I have all the power...

Fight it.

I can't hold back any longer.

I'm sorry, Colonel.

You did good, rookie.

Here.

The tunnels will lead you out.

Don't let her see me like this, champ.

We need to stop this.

I have a nuclear reactor inside me,

the blast should kill them.

What about you?

Here, take my chip, it contains all of me.

- Now go. - Yeah.

Goodbye.

What happened?

He died fighting for what he believed in.

Hey, champ.

This is uh, Mission 15.

It's a-- a rescue.

I heard you made, heard you made second lieutenant.

Has it been that long since we've talked?

Hey, champ.

This is Mission 25.

I heard from Alastair, that you made first lieutenant.

That's--

That's amazing.

It's-- it's amazing

Wow, so-- so you're a-- you're a captain now.

Where's the time go?

Seems like only yesterday you were in Little League.

You remember how fast you used to run?

You remember the time you stole home?

The minute, the minute I heard that you hadn't returned,

I knew you were still out here, somewhere.

I'm coming.

I'm gonna get you, champ.

I'm gonna bring you home.

If it's the last thing I do.

Even if I have to steal third.

I just, I want you to know

how proud I am of you, I mean I'm so, so proud,

because you're living your life with a purpose.

I love you, champ.

I always have, I always will.

I'm not afraid, Dad.

I'm not afraid.

Alastair entrusted me to lead the ESU.

I always thought of myself as human.

But now I know, I'm half alien.

I'm half Kinian.

What kind of fight is this now?

Who is behind experimenting with ash and mana?

I need to go to the source.

I need answers.

I need to find out who my real parents are.

I'm going... home.