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- Even now... the nights... still terrify me.

Not the darkness or the solitude but... the quiet.

I can still remember that

sickening, dead silence.

-Grace! You have to watch your step!

You are a real menace with that cart.

- If they can't hear this rickety old thing a mile away, then God help them.

- Let me get that for you. - I'm the one who's old and blind.

-I'm sorry...

- October usually brings cool days and frost on the pumpkin,

but not here in the valley, where the heatwave is breaking record.

The thermometer could reach 94 late this afternoon...

- Grace! How's the most beautiful woman in the store doing?

- Oldest... more like. Better watch out for that one.

- Stay cool! - Who was that?

-Oh, uh, my second to third grade teacher.

-Oh, OK.

- I don't know, whatever she taught I probably failed it.

- Alright. Let's just get out of here before you bump into anybody from work.

- What? You don't think they bought my "On Death's Doorstep" voice?

- Yeah, well, I think the smell of sunscreen might give it away.

- on a work day was your idea.

-Out of sight.

♪ Rainy days... ♪

♪ Or rainy nights... ♪

♪ And happy days... ♪

- Hey Lauren. - ♪Sunny days... ♪

Lauren, Lauren. Pop quiz.

What's more likely? Chances there will ever be earthquakes in this valley,

or that their will be a Beatles reunion in the future?

- ♪Sunny days and rainy nights...♪ - I'll tell

you what it is. I'll tell you what it is.

- There's a greater chance that the four alive and dead...

and dead will come together and sing Yellow Submarine than

than there is of anything seismically interesting happening around here.

- Ethan, you actually wanna get caught in an earthquake?

- No. I actually wanna do something worthwhile in my career.

Fixing a bunch of seismic gear

in the middle of nowhere, is not my idea of scientific career advancement.

Meanwhile, I've got an assistant... - No, no...

The professor said I was to assist you. I am not your assistant.

-Well, officially, I'm Alan's assistant,

today he asked you to assist me, thereby making you

ipso facto ergo sum, the assistant's assistant.

-Such a meager existence.

- Especially when all we're doing is confirming

there will never be an earthquake in this valley.

- Never? - ♪Never. ♪

- Well, I'm just here for the paycheck, and besides, I'm thinking of becoming a singer.

What do you think?

-No!

-Is this...?

-This... is ironic.

Ow! - Are you OK?

-Oh damn it! Damn it!

-Ethan, come in.

Ethan, are you there? - We're here, Alan, can you believe this?

- Lauren. Yes, very unexpected, to be sure.

-Uh, Al... Alan...

Alan, I think we have been transmitting just before

it started. You should be receiving data from us now.

-I am. That was some luck.

Look, get back here right away. I'm triangulating

the epicenter now and we need to investigate ASAP.

-OK. Sounds... Sounds good. over and out.

-Over and out? Over and out? Ugh...

Huston, we have a problem.

- How does it look? - Uh, just a minute.

All set.

-Thanks.

-You're welcome...

-Is that it?

-Aftershocks, maybe?

-I've been coming here since I was a kid,

never heard of any earthquakes. - I've never been in an earthquake.

How strong do you think it was? - On the Richter Scale?

No idea.

Seemed pretty weak.

What the fuck?

-I think the lake is... draining.

- There's supposed to be all sorts of caves down there.

But the earthquake opened one up.

- Oh... unless... do you think this is one of

those giant super volcanoes like in Yellowstone?

-That seems unlikely.

I hope not. Yeah, 'cause that would suck.

-Totally.

This is awesome.

- You can still go swimming if you're hot.

-In the... super volcano lake?

-You know...

we should... we should get the hell out of here.

-Yeah.

- This is nuts! How is this happening? - I'm not sure yet. Certainly, uh...

I'm not sure; maybe we missed something.

What happened to your head? - Oh, when we were fixing the...

- Paige is pissed. - Paige is always pissed.

Sorry. -Why is she pissed about anyway? It's not like it's our fault.

No, but seriously... if this isn't one of our normal...

Alright, no. Uh...

- Paige..last week I suggested to her that she could let the board know that

we were 95% sure we'd be approving the CO2 sequestration.

- Well, the timing kinda sucks 'cause there's what? 0% chance now?

-I know.

Paige rang only a few seconds after the quake started.

-Oh, yeah? How's she taking it?

-Well, you can find out for yourself.

Our conversation was cut off almost immediately. Landlines were knocked up.

And of course that mobile she's always nursing doesn't work in

the valley, so I'd wager she's already on her way here now.

- OK, Paige's feelings on this whole thing aside, Alan...

What's going on? - Right, uh....

So, we'd been able to get a rough idea of the epicenter and it seems to be

one of the dormant or... not so dormant fault lines under lake caverns.

Lauren confirmed that the underwater caverns there descend

deep into the salt rock we've been studying beneath the lake.

And, as this imaging suggests, the fault line seems to pass right through them.

- How did this happen? You just said you were ready to give

a green light to psych meet being geologically inactive.

Who messed up?

How could a dormant fault line suddenly reactivate?

- I don't know yet, but the first step in

finding out is getting you into those caves.

Noah, assist Lauren with whatever she needs.

- You're welcome. - Alan, what the hell is going on?

Apparently I made an ass of myself last week

telling the board we were in the clear.

Do you know how stupid... - Yeah, Paige, he said 95% sure, not 100.

-Nice look. I think you should keep it.

I am not taking the fall for this.

You're getting in my car, we're driving back and

explaining to the board what the hell was going on!

- I can't leave right now. - They're ready to fire all of us.

- OK, uh... Ethan does about as much as I do at this point,

Ethan can go with you. - Whoa, wait a second. Alan!

- Ethan can... - Alan! Alan! Alan!

- Ethan can go with you. He'll explain the status.

I need to be here right now.

-Alright Ethan, let's go.

- I guess we're not going out anymore, huh? - Let's go!

- You're going to corporate or the plant?

- Everyone's at the plant, given the nonstop

since last week when I made an ass of myself.

So yeah, we're going down to the plant.

- So, what was the vibe down there after the quake?

They're not seriously blaming you, are they?

Are they? - Ethan...

How about we just get there, OK?

- Tanks... regulators... - Uh-huh.

Is there a tape and hot batteries in the camera?

-Define 'hot'.

I'll make sure.

I'll go inside and get the tapes.

- Well, we're not going that way! What's the plan now?

Look, if we can't make it in, I really need to get

back to help Alan. It's a very critical time for...

-OK... OK...

We have to get there.

We're walking. - Is that a request?

I guess not.

Look, Paige, if we're going down there, I need you to know

I'm not gonna be sugar coating the whole thing. This is bad.

Active fault lines means no geologic CO2 sequestration.

- That's your three years field experience talking?

-No, Paige. I know about this stuff.

The whole point of carbon sequestration is to keep

carbon emissions out of the atmosphere, right?

I mean, you capture CO2 from the smokestacks,

combine it with water and inject it deep into the ground.

In this case, we've... um... uh...

-Um what?

- Um... been searching for basalt rock, which

pretty much soaks up like a sponge. - Gee, Ethan, I guess

if I worked for a core energy company, I'll know all that.

- Paige, I'm just trying to... - You always talk down on me.

-OK, sorry.

What I'm getting at is they can't pair any carbon dioxide in an earthquake zone.

-Ethan, it was just one quake, a fluke.

Alan said himself that those fault lines have been dormant for a millennia.

- Hey, I was convinced about this bud site A, too, and

I have no idea how this earthquake occurred, I mean,

you can pretty much rule out human causes.

-Human causes?

For an earthquake?

- Well, the injection location of site A is just...

it's nowhere near the epicenter, it's like... there

really couldn't have been any lubrication.

- Lubrication... Ethan, what are you talking about?

- Well, there's only been a few cases, but

sometimes pumping fluid in the ground seems to kind of like lubricate at fault lines,

you know, which of course can cause an earthquake, but

that's just been in cases where the fluid's

been injected near the fault lines themselves.

Not applicable here, because Site A, where Bremish is now sequestering,

it's just....it's nowhere near the epicenter, it's like D.

-The point, Ethan?

What's your point?

- The point is, the whole reason for burying carbon dioxide

is for keeping carbon emissions out of the atmosphere

to slow climate change, right? Well, if this area is

geologically active which it certainly, apparently seems to be,

there's no guarantee that CO2 wouldn’t just leap right back out through

fishers, or shifting water tables, or who knows what else?

It would make all the burying part pointless.

No stable geology, no carbon sequestration.

-Yeah, we should get moving.

- Why don't you let me take care of that and... you can get into your wet suit?

-Right...

This is practically empty. Noah, you were supposed to fill the tanks last weekend.

- I did. - Then why is it empty?

- Hello... maybe it leaked out? - God, Noah.

- Come on. you guys, you hired me to update your computers, and now it's all.

"Noah, take out the trash.", Noah, fill the gear,", "Noah, get the tanks..."

- OK, forget it. put it in the back seat this time, that way you won't forget it.

Hold on.

-Oh, shit!

Are they OK? - They look like they just dropped dead.

They're thinking a little play... hypoxia, asphyxiation maybe, but

there are no marks on the neck or anything. Isn't

it supposed to bruise if you get strangled?

- I... I don't know, but we should get the fuck out of here.

-Yeah.

Yeah, we... we should get the cops.

- So, listen, about what happened today... - What, Ethan?

What do you want to say to me that you haven't already?

I can't deal with this now.

Let's just get down there and you can tell

them their entire company is out of business

and we'll never have to see each other ever again.

What?

-Noah, look at this. Inhale.

-No... what the fuck is going on?

- Something's in the air. The... I don't know, it

feels like when you breathe a bad mixture of..

- No. It was like getting strangled from the inside. That's what it felt like.

What are we gonna do?-

- It could be some sort of gas release from the quake.

There's a good chance that's what killed the people down at the lake.

- Oh, shit. - Maybe we were just lucky and

it had dissipated or the wind changed direction before we got there.

- Yeah, well whatever it is I say screw the cops, let's get the hell out of here!

- Hold on, if it is a gas, we don't know where

it's coming from or where it's going to.

We could drive right into it.

Although it did seem to be getting worse as we went downhill.

- Alright, so let's turn our asses around and get back up there.

-No. No, you're right.

It's at least a descent theory.

Oh, not now. - Oh... we're fucked.

-OK.

OK. We just have to keep going ahead into town.

-Oh... what do you mean "into town"?

That's probably where the all the shit's going down.

- We have to. - No way!

-Alright, listen.

If the lake area was toxic before, there's a good

chance it could be toxic again even right now.

We have to pass through that area to get back up to the lab.

We don't have enough air. It's too far.

This little bit left, ten, fifteen minutes maybe,

it wouldn't last. We need air. - But we... we

we gotta get... - Listen, Noah,

you know I'm right.

-I'm gonna try the lab on the radio.

-Well, Ms. Weiss,

Welcome to your first day at Brimmish Corporation.

Excited? - Yes, sir!

I'm sure this is a great mess... - That's, That's excellent, Paige.

Uh, you don't mind if I call you Paige, do you?

- Of course. - I did some checking on you and I

must say your former employer speaks very highly of you.

- Thank you sir. - Well, Bob and I go way back.

Let me be blunt with you, Paige.

Now, Bob indicated to me that you're bright,

and you have the ability to get things done.

But what I really need is someone who can make

the difficult decisions when called upon.

And I assure you there will be difficult choices to be made.

So what I need to know is: Are you up to the task?

Do you have what it takes?

- I appreciate your frankness sir, and I assure you

I do. - That's exactly what I wanted to hear.

Mary, will you send Chris in, please?

Now, you're gonna be working with Chris Baker.

Chris will... uh, show you around and get you situated.

Chris is a very good man but he lacks... I don't know, The Eye of The Tiger?

I'm hoping he can learn something from you.

- Sir, you wanted to see me? - Oh, yes, Chris.

Be a good man and show her to her office, will you?

Oh, and Paige?

Remember, I'm expecting big things from you.

-You won't be disappointed, sir.

- I couldn't get the lab on the radio. To be honest, anyone.

This could be really bad.

The lab's... probably just out of range, though. Can I try your cell phone?

No surprise there. I don't even know why you carry this thing about.

I'm thinking I should go and see if anyone's um...

if anyone's alive.

You wanna stay here? - No.

No. I'll come.

I should go, too.

- You don't have to, Paige. - I'm going.

-Ah, god...

-Where's the driver?

-Breathe.

-Let's keep moving.

It's so quiet.

Not even the birds. - This is fucked up.

Do you think it hit the town yet?

- Who are they? - Shh...

I don't know who they are. - How come they can be outside?

Can we go get mom now? What if she's scared?

-Maybe.

Stay here. I gotta go talk to grandpa.

-Fuck, this is taking forever.

I don't remember how far it is.

- Don't talk. this is barely leaking anything out.

Save your breath. - Uh-huh.

Alright. We're getting pretty close. If you

start... smelling anything like a sulfur smell,

like... uh..like rotten eggs, you need to let me know.

-Why? What's wrong with sulfur?

- It's just a theory. If you... if you smell it just let me know.

- You never thought I was smart enough to understand anything.

Like you're just like "Oh you wouldn't understand anyhow,

so just tell the expert if you smell... whatever."

-I'm sorry. I...

-Ethan, I feel it, too. What do we do?

-May... maybe a cloud or something?

Higher ground. Higher ground.

-Hurry. We're out.

Oh crap.

- Hey. - Hey.

-Hey...

-I need a minute.

What the... hell is going on?

-Before... the sulfur thing...

I was thinking... Hydrogen sulfide might have been what killed everyone.

-What are you saying? It's a poison gas?

Where would it come from?

- It's uh... it's... it's really not uncommon with CCS, I mean

have you ever wondered why they make you park faced

to plane exits and have your windows rolled up?

-I always wondered about that.

-It's uh...

that's a... protocol.

The sites where CO2 is being pumped underground,

yeah, they just use a waste product from the

bacteria that break down carbon dioxide.

Uh, occasionally some of the hydrogen sulfate

will find its way back to the surface,

pretty nasty stuff, it's invisible, almost instantly deadly and highly explosive.

Anyway, that's what I thought might have hit us down there, but

whatever it was wasn't hydrogen sulfate.

No sulfur smell, plus we're still alive.

-What then?

-I don't know.

But I know who will. we need to get back to the lab.

- I'm sorry, I always forget. What time did you get back to camp that night?

- Uh, I didn't. - That's right.

He camped all night out there with nothing but a water bottle and a flashlight.

- Well, and a USB drive. - Well, gentlemen I must say that... uh

you know that these psych tests are mandated by the government?

Given the expertise in the room and the frank nature of the discussion,

I'm sure it's gonna be a pleasure working with you

as you keep Brimmish Corporation in compliance.

- So, Ms. Weiss has made all the arrangement for

your stay, so she'll be showing you the way.

-We'll talk soon. Doctor.

-Nice meeting you.

- It's Ethan, right? - Yes.

- Uh, Chris, may I speak with you for a moment?

-Sure.

OK with that? Thank you.

- Paige, thank you for all your help today. - You're welcome.

- I'm beat. Good night. - Good night, Alan.

- Well, uh... it was really great meeting you, Paige,

uh... really look forward to working with you.

-Me, too.

-OK, cool. Good night.

- You know, things were so crazy today with you guys coming in.

I haven't eaten since breakfast. - uh, yeah, me neither.

Uh... I'd love to get something to eat. Is... is there anywhere open this late?

-I might know one place.

- Is it... uh, worth checking out? - Maybe.

-Warren, come in.

Warren?

Warren, if you can hear me, I want you to

take some samples from the lake water itself.

Just a theory.

-I tried the phones. There's nothing.

The power's out, too.

Is this the harness you wanted?

I think this thing's almost out. Is this all we're taking is these three?

- It's a hell of a lot more than we had an hour ago and it's enough.

- Look, alright, I know I forgot to fill the tanks

and that I'm just the gopher around here...

- No, No. It's not what I meant. I just... meant...

we're in good shape.

Hey, I think we should have a double on this one, anyway.

I think there's one in the back. Will you get it for me?

Noah...

I'm glad you're here with me.

I'd be freaking out if it were just me.

What are you doing?

- I can't see a thing back here. - Noah...

you can't light anything without oxygen in the air.

- So what do we do now? - Straight back to the lab.

Hopefully the professor can tell us what the hell is going on.

- Tye, go pack your bag and wait for me by the door.

- Are we going to get mom? - Yeah. I just gotta talk to grandpa first.

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at a local job fair. Find out how you can apply.

-Mom... his coffee.

-Good morning.

The news was broadcasting that Brimmish Corp is...

uh... opening new jobs. I was thinking about applying.

What do you think, Greg? - I think we've had this discussion before.

- I know, but it would bring in more money, and god knows that we need it.

- We need you here. Your dad needs you. Besides, Tye would miss you.

- I don't mind, dad. - Oh, I do.

-Please Greg, I really wanna do this.

-Tye, go get ready for school.

- I don't feel good, mom. - Maybe he should stay home today.

-He's faking it. Go get ready.

-It's OK, honey.

-You know I hate to say no to you.

But I hate to say no twice even more.

It undermines my authority with Tye.

We can't have that.

Nancy,

you know I love you, right?

-Y-yes...

-Come on.

Come on!

Put this on!

Come on! - What about mom?

What about grandpa? - We're coming back for grandpa.

Let's get mom.

I have oxygen, is this right?

-Are you OK?

- Yeah. You have oxygen. He needs to breathe.

Is this right?

-Yes. Yeah, oxygen.

Oxygen seems to stop whatever it is.

- Who are you and what the hell is going on here?

- Just... just follow us and we'll explain on the way.

Yeah?

Alright, let's go.

- Do you want me to drive? - No, I'm OK.

Do you really think the professor is gonna know what's happening?

-We'll see.

Hey, we should probably get that window checked

in case it passes another cloud of that gas.

- I will. I just need to have some air for a bit.

- Seriously, Paige, it's not safe. You could ride into it, you have no warning.

-OK.

-Crap.

What about that right hand turn a bit ago?

- That would take us longer, and we're low on gas.

-We don't have any other choice.

-How many are dead?

-We don't know.

I saw a couple at the lake and... a few on the way here.

Shit, we thought everybody, until you showed up.

- Whatever it is, it seems like it's heading for the town like a tidal wave.

We didn't see main street, though.

There may be some others like you, too, hold up, but I don't know.

The clock is ticking.

Most of those buildings look as leaky as green torches.

You know what happened? How did you survive?

-Hey kid, would you come over here?

-I don't know.

My house is pretty sealed up, my dad,

it's his asthma. Nancy, my wife,

she went off to work, I noticed just a few hours later when

people were dropping right in their tracks right in the streets and

it was... How much further is this?

Can we take the truck? - No bueno, big guy.

No oxygen, no internal combustion engine. We're walking.

-What the hell?

- Shit, you gotta be kidding me. Are we out of gas?

-No. It's just not enough.

What the hell are we gonna do? What if that poison's out there?

-Alright, hold on, hold on, I'm thinking.

Hey, that's Lauren's truck.

-So, where's Lauren?

That's a turn we need to take.

Should we walk?

How are gonna test the air? Ethan?

- I'll... I'll check it. - How?

-What?

- Well... - Yes.

Hey.

- You know how you've been giving me such a hard time about my work schedule?

- I'm not giving you a hard time, you just work so much.

-Well...

I have all of tonight off.

All... night.

And...

tomorrow.

-And the next day?

-We'll see.

-Whatever it is, it's right outside.

Try the engine again.

I'll check the vents.

- It feels like we've been buried alive.

- Hey... - Ethan, I don't know what I'm doing.

I don't!

I don't know what will happen to us!

I don't know! I don't know! I'm lost.

-We could try the lab on the radio.

Lab, come in.

Is anyone there? Alan?

Alan, it's Ethan. We're trapped in the car in country road 4. Please respond.

- Is there any chance the rain will wash it away?

How long do we have, before we run out of air?

-Uhm... if it's not too leaky...

for the two of us, two... maybe even three hours if we don't talk much, if we

try to breath kind of shallow.

Why don't we lay back? That will slow our breathing.

-I'm stating to feel it, I think.

-No, we should be OK for a while.

I think you're just nervous.

-Maybe I should call for a doctor.

-I'm glad... you're here with me.

-Can I borrow your dad?

-I'll keep an eye on him.

- Tye says you were his swimming coach? - Last summer, yeah.

He's a good kid.

-Can't swim a lick, though.

-But he tries.

Greg,

when we get to the lab,

I don't know exactly what the plan is gonna be.

I just want you to understand

that we're gonna do everything we can to get you and Tye out of here, but...

- Look, you take care of yourselves. I'll take care of my son.

-It's OK.

We're safe.

- Alan... - Oh!

Lauren, sorry, I nodded off.

I've been pouring over these stimulating streams of raw data.

Uh, I'm afraid I have more questions than answers at this point.

These aftershocks? Uncharacteristic, to say the least,

given the geology here.

You look like hell. - Have you heard back from Ethan yet?

Is he OK? - No.

He was gonna call after the meeting with... what's happened?

-Wait a second.

The car stalling.

The car stalling. It wasn't just bad luck.

It's because the same gas's poisoned the air.

This isn't some exotic toxic gas. Paige,

I don't think we can breath because the valley's filled with carbon dioxide.

-Everyone in town is dead.

-When you say everyone,

it couldn't possibly... - It's everyone enough!

-All right. go over it again with me.

You drove through town,

After we saw the bodies at the lake.

Noah, please. I'm trying to put a time line together.

-He'll know what to do?

- I should at least start heading out this valley to go get help.

With the phones down and no transportation, whatever this is, is coming from town.

- Lauren, we can't just react like...

if we don't understand what's happening,

you might be jumping out of the pot and into the fire.

You know? - Alright. Alright

We left for town to tell the cops about the bodies.

We started driving and that's when we stalled out.

- Where exactly? - Uh... that steep hill

about a quarter of a mile away from the lake pull-off.

You stalled at the bottom or near the top?

-Alan! -Lauren, please.

- We were just about at the bottom.

I... I know you wanna figure this out,

but I have to get going if we're gonna be able to...

-Lauren... I think I know what's going on.

And if I'm right, it's not just the town we need to worry about.

It's the whole valley.

-So then this is just a huge pool of CO2?

- Yes... - From where?

- It's the CO2 the coal fire plant's been burying underground.

The earthquake must have released it somehow.

I don't know how exactly, or,

hell, it could have even ruptured the above ground liquified CO2 tanks,

you know, the ones you guys store in before you pump it underground?

See, pure CO2 is denser, it's heavier than surrounding air.

So what's happening is, it's just displacing all the air in the valley,

filling it from the bottom up.

-OK, it's CO2 escaping, it's filling the valley.

Yeah.

How does this make our situation suck any less?

-Paige, we saw it coming down the hill. At the top of the hill,

the engine was still running. That means it's bringing both gas and oxygen. OK?

an hour ago, there was combustible breathable air at the top.

That's not that far.

- Alright, so the SCUBA tank used to get up here,

how many hours that you estimate are left in them?

All of them?

Enough for one person to get out of the valley.

I'm sorry. I thought that you would be safe here until I came back with help.

- Well, what if we divided that with the three of us?

With a little luck that should be

just enough to get us back to the dive shop

and pick up more tanks.

Then we should be able to get up to the ranger station

and with a little... little luck there should be some air up there, and

we can contact help from one of the ranger towers.

- That's a great idea, except for one small problem.

-No, that's too far!

-Hey, Paige, that is our only chance.

Nobody is gonna come to save us. If we're gonna get out of here, we need to do this.

- OK, here's the situation.

CO2 is filling this valley

and every breathing creature in it is gonna Ge dead by nightfall.

We need to get out of here, and to do that, we need more oxygen.

So, before we have a chance of getting out of the valley,

we have to get back to the dive shop and get whatever fill of tanks are left there.

But, Lauren's indicated there may only be a few we can use.

So you should know, even with the tanks,

this is gonna be very risky.

-Wait. I know where there's more of these.

My wife, she's a hospice nurse.

The lady she cares for, she's on oxygen.

- Yeah, but how much? We're gonna need a lot if we're all gonna get out of here.

-Well, she's up in the hills.

Really rough road over there. They don't even plow in the winter.

She'll have plenty stocked up. I'm sure of it.

- Sounds like we have our second destination.

OK, Noah, gather up all the tanks we have.

How heavy are these? Jesus!

We're gonna need to conserve energy, so no heavy backpacks.

But everyone grab water inside. I don't want anyone getting dehydrated.

We're leaving in five minutes.

-Alan,

what about Ethan?

They were headed down to the plant.

-Ethan's smart.

We have to hope he's figured this out on his own.

And we're headed in his direction anyhow, so

if he's OK, we'll

well, we can only hope.

-Don't run, but not a walk either.

Alright, exhale.

Deep breath in.

-Mind if I join you?

- Mr. Edwards. Sure. - Thank you.

- Can I get you anything? - Uh, no, no thank you.

I've never liked the food here.

- Sir? - Well, you look very nice today.

- Thank you. Is there something I can... do for you?

- Well, Paige,

you know we're under a lot of pressure to start pumping over at site B.

-Of course.

- And I'm afraid the science team is taking their own sweet time about this study.

So, while I hate to put you in this position

because I know this is really Chris' job,

- What? - Well.

I'm gonna have to ask you to see what you can do to move this study forward.

-But... I don't...

You asked me to just keep you informed of their work, Mr. Edwards.

Chris is supposed to...

I don't see how I could help speed things up.

- Well, Chris mentioned that you and... I believe his name is Ethan,

well, he mentioned that you might be able to exert a certain influence there.

- With all due respect, sir, I don't think that is any of your or Chris' business.

- Ms. Weiss, everything that goes on in this company is my business.

Now, when I hired you, you assured me that you could do what was required.

- Yes, but Mr. Edwards, - Was all that just talk to impress me?

Now, you listen very carefully to me, Ms.Weiss.

We need to start sequestering a site B immediately.

There's an enormous amount of pressure on that.

We're almost maxed out at site A, which you know,

and if we max out there, then we can't sequester.

And if we can't sequester, we're gonna have to pay through the nose for carbon credits.

Either that or stop burning coal entirely.

Until this... this overdue study is done,

many people are gonna lose their jobs.

Do you understand me?

Sir, I...

I... I don't want you to... to get the wrong impression here.

It's just that you've working really closely with these people.

You know them very well. You've been working for six months with them.

All I want you to do is see how things stand.

Maybe there's something you could do to, I don't know, help them out?

Maybe you can find out when approval is coming.

Maybe help them along.

We can even get a preliminary report,

and you know, dot the I's and cross the T's later.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Can you do that? - Yeah.

I suppose I could.

-Good. That's the girl I hired.

You're gonna go far in this company.

Make this happen.

-We should keep moving.

-Where are we headed?

-I don't know yet.

-You've been really good with Tye.

I never thought you and kids would be anything but a disaster.

- Great... - Well, the old woman there,

uh, when we get there, how much do you know about her condition?

-She's got pretty severe asthma.

Kind of like everybody... everybody else in this town.

Coal smoke, I guess. What are you asking?

- What I'm asking is do you think she's ambulatory?

Could she be moved?

We need to think about this before we get there.

It's possible that there are gonna be some hard decisions.

- Oh, finally. - Finally what?

Finally our luck's changed. Alan!

-Ethan!

Stay there. We'll come to you.

You made it.

Here.

-It's CO2, isn't it?

The fallback from the sequestration site? - Yeah.

I think so. - How?

I'm not sure yet. Doesn't make much sense.

Even if the quake is responsible, which it almost certainly is,

it's so far away from site A, it...

I don't see how it could just... hey, forget about that for now.

It's great to see you. How did you make it back?

- Let's just say I'm glad I never took up smoking. Where are we headed?

-Dive shop.

Alright, the air is not so bad here, so everybody... conserve your oxygen.

-Whoa!

She's alive!

Breath this. - What are you doing? Back off!

- It's air, you need this. Are you OK? - Come on.

- What's your name? - Ashley.

What's going on? - Breathe.

- We're not totally sure what's happening yet, but

- T... there's something in the air. It's sucking the oxygen out.

-Oh. I was driving and I felt so tired.

-It's alright. You'll be OK with us.

We're gonna go to the mountains.

- In any event, you're very fortunate to still be alive.

If you had your windows open or left the car's vents running,

well, you're OK.

-Alright.

Let's get moving.

-It's OK. Breathe.

Come on, it's alright.

-Thanks for noticing me back there.

-You know, I thought you were dead.

When you woke up, I nearly jumped out of my skin.

It's not every day that you see a dead person wake up.

-Still... I'm glad you stopped to notice me.

- Well, I do make it a habit to stare at beautiful women.

-Thank you.

Alan,

Alan, when you did your calculations there were only five of us.

-I know.

- Remember guys, try not to breathe into your noses.

-So, uh...

listen, um... when we finish the study,

um, I should be able to get some time off and I was...

really thinking it would be nice for us to go somewhere.

-Yeah, sounds great.

-Paige, are you even listening?

You've been so distant today; are you OK?

- OK... I need a favor. - Yeah, anything.

- I've been getting some pressure at work to...

they need to know what things are gonna be like on our approval for Site B.

When are they gonna start pumping? They're just pressing me.

- That's stupid. What good id pressuring you gonna do?

- Is there anything you guys could do so I can...

Chris was saying if it's... if it's headed towards a green light,

maybe if they knew, they could start making preparations ahead of time.

- Like what, start sequestering early? - No.

I don't know.

Maybe we can ween on Alan a bit, he's... - What's going on here, Paige?

-Nothing.

Never mind. - No. Wait.

Is that what all this has been about?

All this...

You're trying to influence the study through me?

- No, Ethan... - Yeah. Right.

You know,

hon, I always knew getting to the top was so important to you,

so... so let me just ask,

how many guys are you gonna fuck to get there?

Oh, you, you're gonna start the waterworks now? Nice touch.

-Goodbye, Ethan.

-Hey! We're over here!

- We can't stop. We have to keep moving! - Lauren.

- Listen, we don't even have enough air for the eight of us as it is.

We can't take anyone else. - Help, where over here!

- Ethan, get them moving. - We're here!

Hey, we're over here!

Over here! - Ethan, we can't do this!

- Yes, you can. - Over here...

-Come on, move!

Move! Goddammit, move!

-Help, we're over here!

-Go back inside your houses!

- Let's go! - Get... back!

- Let's go! - We're getting help! Go back inside!

-Get out of here!

-Let's go!

-Help!

-Alan?

You want to kill us all?

-Ashley. Ashley! Guys!

-Noah!

Get back! We are not stopping! Move!

Let's go, let's go, move...

- No, no! - I said... move!

-No!

- Tyler, go pack your bag and wait for me by the door.

I just gotta talk to grandpa first.

Dad...

-No, please, please... stop!

Please. - Lady, I'm sorry.

- There's low density here. You don't need the tanks as much.

- I can still feel it. - It's better, not perfect.

- Hey, Lake Cavernous. - Why is it steaming?

-Wait a second.

Of course, it's coming from the lake.

-The CO2 is all from the lake.

The underwater fishers, they're on straight down the basalt.

-What... what do you mean?

All this gas has just been hiding down there?

- This happened before. Cameroon. Mid 80's.

A lake released a giant flood of carbon dioxide.

The whole town was flooded.

There's no CO2 down there. We would have seen it.

In Cameroon there was a volcano.

It was a huge, natural underground deposit.

There's nothing like that here. - Ethan...

I think I know.

Chris and Bradley, they... they told me about

that there was a meeting

- You know, Paige. You're going places in this company.

You know that, don't you?

You're smart. You understand what it takes to get to the top.

But more importantly, you know how to play in this arena.

That's why I told them if this should ever come out,

it can't fall on us.

I stood up for us in that room and I said that...

-What are you talking about?

- So of course my position is you can't just

alter procedure in a 1044A form,

somebody’s gonna catch Weiss.

What about the interdepartmental records, you know?

- What are we talking about?

What do you think we're gonna be doing that's such a paperwork mess?

-That's the thing.

Edwards told me tonight.

They already started pumping CO2 into site B.

- Based on my report that Alan's likely to give a green light?

You didn't tell me that anyone was gonna act on this, Chris.

You said preparations, not pumping.

They're worried about having to pay for carbon credits

I can't even imagine what kind of fines we're going to pay

if he'll find out about this.

This is illegal.

How are they gonna hide this?

How long have they been pumping?

How much is down there?

-A lot.

He said they were under pressure.

Look... you and me, this shit can't fall on us. This is up for management.

As long as nobody finds out everything will be OK.

We'll be OK.

-No, Chris.

We won't.

-Why didn't you tell me?

- I don't know, I... I didn't know anything would happen.

I just... I thought they were bending the rules.

I didn't think...

-It... it looks like a giant hot tub.

-It's been carbonated.

More like a giant soda can. - And we shook it up.

- You bitch. - Hey!

-We have to keep moving.

-Is there anywhere else across it?

- Not really. Looks like 10 to 12 miles and then back.

-Oh, god damn it...

- This section of the bridge is still intact.

We can cross here.

- No way we can get the cart across that.

- Everyone check their tanks. we're only gonna take the fullest ones.

This one's almost out.

-I don't want to. I'm not going.

-We have to try it out.

Come on, Tye, how about you next? - No.

No. - It's not so bad.

-You have to.

-You'll be OK. See?

Ethan and Lauren made it just fine. You're even lighter than them.

-Noah, let him watch you.

-Why don't you show him how it's done?

No offense.

-Noah was just as scared. I'll show you.

One step at a time.

- You see that? That's almost as wide as the diving board at school.

-OK, Tye?

-Oh, forget it.

-Hold on, Tyler!

-Greg, we have to get him across.

Go get the ladder that's on the truck and bring it back.

Greg, go!

Alright. It's OK.

-OK, look at me, sweetie.

Your dad and I are gonna take you across. OK?

And you're not going to fall. Just keep looking at me.

Alan didn't know how crumbly the cement was.

We do.

We're gonna be much... more careful.

-I got your tank, let's go.

You can do this, Tye.

- Lauren! - Hey, we're gonna have to take this.

-We have you!

I won't let you fall!

We have you. Remain calm.

-Oh, god, Ethan...

- Noah...is the cave, probably. - We got you.

- Breathe please. Just breathe. - Oh, I can't even see. I...

-OK.

Noah, come on!

-No.

-Noah...

-I'm gonna go back and get Ashley.

We'll find another way around.

We'll meet up with you. - Noah, Ashley is dead.

And you know that.

Even if she were alive, you wouldn't have enough air for the two of you.

If you go that way, you're dead.

-You're wrong. She's alive.

-We'll find another way around.

-Noah, please.

-I'm sorry.

-Has he lost it?

I can't.

He hasn't lost it. He's afraid of heights.

Noah!

-Goddamn it!

- What are you gonna do? - He's walking to his death!

- You're gonna drag him all the away back here? How are you gonna force him across?

- So, what? We just let him die? We can't! - Ethan!

You can't save everyone.

I'm sorry.

- Greg, we're running low on air. How much further to the house?

-You know where I'm going.

-What the fuck is your problem?

- Fuck off! - Guys! Don't be idiots!

We're running low on air and you're wasting it.

Keep moving.

-Nancy.

-I'm so sorry, Greg.

- It's because of her! - Paige didn't do this, Greg.

She's not responsible for your wife. - She didn't know what was going on.

How can you blame her?

You think you're the only one who's lost today?

-She knew. She could have said something!

Anything!

I've lost. Everyone in the town has lost.

It's time she knew what it feels like!

-Ethan!

-What the fuck is that smell?

Rotten eggs.

-Ugh. Keep pressure on it.

-It's your own damn fault.

Go out back.

You need to get out of here.

You need to stop it.

-Go get the old woman's oxygen.

Come on.

- Hey, Greg. - Alright, now you're pushing it!

Drop your tank! - What the hell?

Ethan just saved your life, man! - Shut up!

You've done enough!

- If you do this, you won't ever be able to live with yourself, Greg.

You won't be able to look at your son without thinking of us.

What's more? Tye will know what you did.

He'll know every time he looks at you.

Is that what you really want?

-At least... he'll be alive.

Now drop the oxygen.

-It's over. it's over.

Oh my god.

You want my tank?

Come and get it!

Come on, Tye, it's alright.

-Stop!

-Let me go, Ethan. God.

- No, oh, god. - We're fine.

- Hold on, Tye. - Ethan, what did you do?

I smell sulfur, hydrogen sulfide gas. What does that mean?

- It means we need to get out of here. Right now.

The hydrogen sulfate should be burned off for a moment.

We need to make a run for it. Now!

Don't breath the hydrogen sulfate. Any of it.

Help me up. - Damn it!

There is no air left in here.

- We just have to make do with what we've got. Come on.

-No...

-It's OK...

-What do we do now?

- This looks like as good a candidate as any.

- Mayday, mayday, medic. We have an emergency situation.

One man seriously injured and a child.

Uh, we're in range of tower number 423... 423. Please respond.

-He's getting worse.

Watch him.

Maybe you need to say over and out a few times.

Fuck.

Oh, fuck.

Cell charger's disconnected. We have to wait till morning.

Hopefully the sun comes up.

- That's fine, that's fine. That's just as well.

I need... I need to rest.

-Paige.

I'm glad you're here with me.

I thought I'd just be here with you and...

and breathe...

-You'll stay there breathing, I'm sure.

- It's so easy to take the small things for granted.

I love you.

-I love you, too.

-Lauren.

Lauren, the radio.

-Mayday, mayday, mayday.

We are survivors from the valley.

We're stranded. One man wounded. Two women and a child.

We need immediate evacuation. Is anyone hearing this?

Over. - Copy of mayday.

What is you location and condition of wounded?

-Yes. Yes, uh...

one man wounded, a child and two women. Over.

- Copy that. One man wounded, two women ans a child.

Please confirm.

Please confirm. Come back.

-Uh, no, wait.

No wounded.

Two women and a child.

We're at Ranger Tower.

423

Over.

- Copy that ranger Tower 423 a chopper has a visual of your location now.

Hold your position. Over and out.

-Over and out.

-Only 27 people survived the carbon flood.

Not the rich, or the powerful,

Just everyday people.

They holed up, sealed in, prayed for the winds to blow it all away.

There were the novelty survivors of course. The ones that grabbed the headlines,

the octogenarian and her dozen cats,

the preper that held put in his sealed greenhouse fallout shelter.

One man drove right out of town using his electric car.

Of course, the singular child to escape the valley

was bound to capture the nature's attention.

And that's what I did.

That's what I was,

more so for the fate of my...

my mother.

Almost 500 children suffocated that morning.

In schools, in daycare,

in their mother's arms.

Every last one but me.

And the people looked to me to find solace,

to see meaning.

What meaning that was depended upon on who you asked.

But for certain, one thing can be said.

Things truly changed the day our carbon flowed back out of the earth.

The country, the world saw things differently.

No, we did not stop entirely and certainly not right away,

but we did begin to see that we needed to be smarter.

We needed to consider our actions and accept our responsibility.

We need to...

we resolved to find a better way.

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