The Bunker (2024) Movie Script
Yoooooo
Thank you.
A massive alien spacecraft has been hovering over downtown since yesterday.
And similar ships have been spotted across the world.
With the sudden appearance of alien spaceships.
Unexplained sightings and strange activity over military bases.
Have fueled anxiety about the alien's intentions.
Despite efforts by world leaders to reassure the public.
The situation remains tense. Protests have erupted across the globe.
Demanding that the US, China, and other world powers form a delegation to make peace.
Contact with the extraterrestrials. My fellow Americans.
I wanted to show you that our top priority
Excuse me. Hi.
Hell, Michelle, I need you here. We gotta all be together.
This thing gets out of control. Half the fucking world is shut down. Ben, watch your mouth.
Is this another government job?
Will you be safe?
Aren't I always? They don't matter. What matters is that you're here with us.
Your family
I have to go do this.
Always putting yourself and your career ahead of us every time.
I hope it was worth it.
Don't worry about us, all right? We'll be okay.
The thing I want you to know is
I am very proud of you, and I know your mother would be too.
I miss her. I miss her too.
I gotta go, Dad. Tell Ben I'll be home soon.
I love you. I love you too, sweetie.
You remember that you are Dr. Riley.
Don't worry, buddy. I won't.
Have we made contact?
Life Support Systems Online.
Okay, Doctor. Welcome to your new home.
Your teammates are working from identical bunkers spread across the country.
They've all been designed to keep a person alive in isolation for 12 months.
It's important I show you this first.
Okay, Dr. Riley, this is the comms room.
A closed network that allows you to communicate with your team.
None of you are allowed to contact the surface unless authorized for an emergency.
From this moment on, you and your team are essentially cut off from the world.
What's that thing?
That's going to keep you alive.
Travelers have been sending high-altitude craft to probe our nuclear and military facilities.
Their craft emit a high-powered beam that scans our installations. They can penetrate
nuclear submarines submerged at 300 meters. The military bunkers burned 500 feet up.
It's like nothing we've ever seen. Are they radioactive?
It's a little more complicated than that. The beams seem to have a hostile purpose.
And they pack a punch. They'll destroy you.
6Share is the best technology we could build to shield you from their scans.
Go on, Dr. Riley. Have a seat.
Let's give it a whirl. One, power switch.
2. Secure the head panels. 3.
Swing the torso panels in. If this alarm goes off, they're scanning for you.
You've got exactly 30 seconds to get in this chair. If you do not follow these procedures to the T.
They're in your head. Okay, so one switch
Initiating test mode.
Initiating test mode three.
Whatever these things are. Initiating test mode.
Is that right? No. Pull the torso panels in until they're secure.
You have to do this fast, and you have to do it right. You got it?
Yes. Okay, cool. Follow me.
Test mode complete.
So this is why we brought you here. You've got quite the reputation as a microbiologist.
Someone up top has placed a lot of faith in you. Door.
So this is your lab
You'll be working remotely with your team to create a biological weapon to neutralize the Traveler
Some politicians hope we don't have to use it
So I'm here to make a weapon. Travelers are here for peace
Kitchen, bathroom, I stopped 12 months of rest. Hardware maintenance, that
Everything you need to know is in here
Your project leader, Major Lawrence, will be contacting you soon
Good luck, Dr. Riley. Got it
Wait
What if there's an emergency? How do I get out of here?
Bye for now, Dr. Riley
Lockdown mode initiated
Welcome to Project Hatchet
The Earth is facing first contact with an alien civilization that has been destroyed
We have had no contact with them from other ships
but in the last 48 hours dozens of small scout craft have been spotted across
the globe. These scout craft have been probing key military facilities.
which has led to 57 deaths, all by suicide.
It is imperative for your safety that you maintain proper maintenance of your scan chain.
Take care.
Our contacts in China claim to have recovered the remains of a traveler at a crash site.
site outside of Guangzhou, and shared limited samples and details about the situation.
species. 1.
The travelers are humanoid, too. The travelers are unable to breathe or act.
atmosphere and must use a respiratory filtration system to survive. 3.
the travelers share a 98.7% match to human DNA.
Two teams of scientists will develop a biological weapon.
This bioweapon must be capable of infiltrating the traveler's breathing system.
and destroying their lung tissue.
The bioweapon must kill travelers without harming humans.
Mission brief concluded. Team introductions will commence tomorrow.
Good morning, everybody. Project lead, Frank Lawrence.
Tainami spent the last decade as a civilian GS-15.
Some of you are familiar faces.
Some of you are not. As you by now know.
with a contingency plan in case ET didn't come here just to shake hands.
Now, you've all been given your specific briefs and assignments, so
Please introduce yourselves.
Hi, I'm Dr. Denise Cooper. I did my primary work at MIT.
and my pioneering work in mechanosynthesis.
I'm working on the nanotech delivery pods.
And I'm the proud mom of a 12-year-old boy, Alo.
I am Dr. Jacques Besset.
And I actually don't have an accent. My parents are French and cursed me with this name.
I worked in nano engineering at the CNRS in Paris, and now I live as an undergraduate.
and fight aliens with all of you. I'm bioweapon team leader, Dr. Sam Ellis.
My background is in molecular microbiology, which I studied at Johns Hopkins.
I look forward to working with all of you.
I am Dr. Finley Barlow
Second command of the bio team, I have degrees in bacterial biology
from Harvard. I am working with Dr. Ellis on the biochemical
and I do hope that Dr. Riley catches on quickly
and doesn't slow us down
We wouldn't all be here if we weren't qualified
It's nice to meet you all. I'm Dr. Michelle Riley
I've been doing advanced research with pathogenic microorganisms at New Mexico State
which is where I did my doctoral work. Hold on
No, no, no, hold it, hold it, no. They actually
They ask us to save the world and they send us a professor from New Mexico
Mexico State?
I was about to say that for the last two years I've been doing research with Sandia Labs
DARPA. Good, because we don't have room for amateur mistakes
There are no amateurs on this team
Now everybody unpack your shit, get your equipment ready, we start working
tomorrow
Set me free
Let me sin, can't you hear?
Dr. Riley, it's Dr. Ellis. Can I join you on your monitor?
Um, sure. Uh, just a second.
Dr. Ellis. Dr. Riley, I wanted to apologize.
He's a longtime colleague.
A decent guy and a great scientist, but
He has a shit personality.
Thank you, Dr. Ellis. Please, call me Sam.
Sam, I know researchers like Dr. Barlow very well.
They're elitists and they don't believe I belong in the same room as them.
And that's fine. You absolutely belong here.
I know so, because well, can you keep a cigarette?
Wouldn't be here if I couldn't. I selected you for this project.
You did. Yes.
I was blown away by your research at White Sands and your publications.
Now, I've been following you, your work, for a few years now.
I wanted a woman like you.
A scientist like you on my team.
So, where's your bunker? Someplace close to El Paso.
I thought we weren't supposed to share where we are.
Just testing you. You passed.
Good. Wouldn't want to be fired on day one. Me neither.
Did you leave anyone special up top?
Husband, boyfriend, kids? Uh, just
My dad and my brother. Tough.
To leave them. My dad is sick.
My brother, he hates me right now.
He thinks I abandoned them.
I'm sure he would understand if he knew what kind of work you were doing out here.
I'm not so sure. He's really young.
And he thinks I'm the world's worst big sister, so
What about you?
Two beautiful daughters, and
One bitter ex-wife who isn't going to miss me while I'm down here
Well, I guess we all have family drama
It sucks, choosing between work and family
And I would do it in my whole life. Well
Big first day tomorrow. We're diving in headfirst
Have a good night, Michelle. Good night, Sam
What do you think about that guy, huh?
Kind of cute. Kind of weird
Warning! 30 seconds! Scan alert!
Warning! Scandal alert!
Warning. 10 seconds
Scan alert
Initiating scan mode
Warning! Malfunction detected!
Paul says he's going to call.
Thanks for watching!
All clear. All clear.
Scan mode complete.
Are you with us?
Incoming message, Frank Lawrence. Dr. Wiley.
Report her immediately.
I'll be right there.
Are you feeling alright? Yes.
Yes, I'm fine. I just I needed a moment alone.
Intense. What do you mean?
I felt a prickling sensation in my skull.
and full vibrations down my spinal column.
Let's get to it.
Security protocol. Have you been compromised?
I have to take you off the project. I want to ask you
Of course
dizzy or experiencing any disorientation
No. Are you hearing voices tonight there?
No. Take it off, please.
No, sir.
Last week.
I was at Warren Air Force Base. They were
the travelers that do their probes on our nuclear sites.
I ended up dragging three dead
engineers out of an ICBM silo.
Do you have any idea how they died?
No, no. How did they die?
have already killed over 100 people.
all across the country coast to coast and I am not
I'll let that happen.
Something's going on inside your head
No, sir. I'm fine. Really
The chair did its job
Get back in line
You're dismissed
Will you be safe?
You're selfish, Michelle
We can have a nation in profit
Welcome to the lab, New Mexico. Are you talking to the aliens yet?
Sorry to disappoint you, Dr. Barlow, but there are no aliens in my head as of yet.
And that is a good thing. We need to get you up to speed.
Finley? We've been editing the Traveler's genome.
Trying to identify and exploit a weakness.
So far, we've caused fatal reactions in the alien samples.
But we are also seeing feral reactions in the human samples.
Our most recent configurations are already queued up
We'd like you to test our current models. Okay. Try to keep up.
The traveler's tissue is in red.
That is a piece of tissue from something or someone.
From another galaxy.
Dr. Riley?
It's surreal seeing this for the first time.
Yes, we'll focus.
Now we need you to carefully pull out the R18 solution.
Marked in yellow.
You are now going to apply exactly one drop.
To the alien tissue.
What are your observations, Dr. Riley?
Local dermal inflammation, and spreading ebulism.
Resolved. Fatal. This confirms the lethal effect on alien flesh.
Which is why I believe R18's solution is headed in the right direction.
Go ahead and pull out the human sample in green.
You are now going to apply exactly one drop here as well
Resolve. Fatal
For my sake, Sam, did you see her hand shaking?
Decontamination in process
He's shaking during a test application
We don't have time for amateur mistakes
Dr. Riley. Don't let anybody push you
Thank you. Now you have a name
Hey, it's the one month anniversary in the bunker. Cheers, team
Or as they say in France, Sant
What do you guys think is going on up there?
Well, it's Monday, so I'm guessing the Travelers have conquered humanity and
destroyed civilization. Jacques
Why would an advanced civilization travel light years across the galaxy?
Just to kill us. Because that's what we would do
Space exploration doesn't have to be like 17th century colonialism
We might be the only intergalactic species they've ever encountered. And that
Makes us invaluable. They're probing military sites, Sam
There's a reason we're hiding in bunkers
I appreciate your optimism, Sam, but if they wanted peace, why haven't they made contact with us?
Maybe they're just disarming us. We must look like cavemen to them
Just taking away our clubs before we start an unnecessary fight
Michelle, you've been scanned. Did it feel like someone was taking away your club?
when I was scanned
It felt hostile. Another vote for murderous aliens
But Sam has a point. I mean
What if they're not aware of how harmful their technology is to us?
Maybe they're scanning for dangerous areas or resources
or just collateral damage. This is reality, Malibu Barbie
They are methodically harassing secret military locations
and killing highly trained scientists. That's not an accident
Believe what you see. Don't make excuses for hostile behavior
Well, I hope the politicians are more open-minded. They should give peace a chance.
I hope the president has everyone in her sights.
Trained on that spaceship, ready to blow them out of the goddamn sky.
Finley's right. Better them than us. Denise.
And here I thought you were a Christian!
God made us, not them. God is fiction. Their presence confirms it.
Michelle, do you believe in God?
Sometimes.
Some people see things as black or white.
I see things as gray. I guess I've always been like that.
Maybe the travelers aren't good. Maybe they're not evil.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you dodge a quest. Bravo, Dr. Ryan.
Did anybody get any booze stocked in their pantry? Alcohol is prohibited.
And we are always at work.
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity Alert Bunker 05!
Get yourself squared, Jock. I can't get a full power-up.
I can't move, can't question, I can't move, can't question what I do.
Thank you.
All clear. All clear. All clear.
All clear. All clear.
Can you zoom in?
Jacques, are you okay?
Stop playing around, Jock.
Jacques, say something.
Jock.
Jesus Christ.
Dr. Bessay's chair malfunctioned. Had he properly maintained it, he'd be alive today.
It's a tragic no doubt, but it's also a reminder that you all need to keep up maintenance of your chair.
Your work is too important. We're hurt, but we're still operational.
Good. I'd expect nothing less. There's news.
The travelers have made contact.
I transmitted a message with coordinates and symbols which we interpret as a time and place for a meeting.
A team of scientists from the United Nations and a military escort.
Preparing for the meeting three weeks from today.
The president wants your bioweapon ready for that meeting.
We hope it's peaceful, but we have to be prepared for violence.
I'll send further status updates as they come in.
Wish us luck up here. End transmission.
Three weeks, folks. That's it. Nano.
How close are you to completion?
Jacques and I were closing in on Phase 2 trials.
I could be ready in seven days if I don't have any setbacks.
Dr. Ellis, where's my bioweapon?
We've been working on the R18, sir, but we haven't gotten past phase one.
Still far too dangerous for humans. Why are you so far behind?
Because we're wasting our time getting Dr. Riley up to speed
instead of doing the real work
You got enough sleep, hun? Trying
in between all this work we're doing. Everything's going okay with the team?
Finley's okay with you? No, um
Well, Dr. Ellis seems fine so far
Dr. Barlow is somewhat of a challenge
How are you holding up without shock?
It's really hard. You know, I know I didn't know him very long, but
But I got a job to do, right? Yes, we do
I just want to get back up top and see my son again
I pray to God he's okay. I'm sure he is, Anne
I'm sure he's very ready for you to come home
Well, remember, it's just us two girls down here
So, if you need anything, you let me know, okay? Thank you
I really appreciate that. I mean it, Michelle
The guys are getting out of line, you're not feeling right
You tell me. I can keep a secret
I'll be sure to let you know
Well, I'd better get back to this
I'll catch up with you later
See?
Why don't you go burn it down?
No.
And I'll still see my face, you'll see
Let it all run down. There you go
Hello? See? Bye.
The girl is in over her head. Cut her loose.
We don't have time.
Dr. Riley, let the grown-ups do the work.
I know Finley doesn't like me, and to be honest, I really can't stand him.
Finley is an acquired taste. I just don't know.
I need him to be more open-minded.
I will say, I've been going over his work and
There's some really promising things there. Like?
Well, for starters, he discovered a mutation point.
Here. S-32.
Travelers have this enzyme, but we don't.
We gave S-32 a try. Uh, yeah, I read your report. You
Thought it was too volatile? Much too volatile.
It seemed promising, but nothing would hold.
R18 is a far more stable Ninja.
That has the potential for success. I'm not so sure.
I mean, S32 is the only divergent enzyme we've found between the travelers.
And humans. It seems like the safest way to target their respiratory systems.
Without harming us. I understand.
Might feel that way. I did too at first, but I'm telling you.
S-32 didn't work in the labs. I'd like to take a further look.
If you don't mind, R18 just isn't giving us the results we need.
The timeline is just so compressed.
S32, R18, the way we're working
It's just
Can I ask you something?
Okay. If we
ever get out of these bunkers alive. Can I take you out on a date?
They're in a movie.
I know it's inappropriate, but
Given our circumstances, I don't really care.
Incoming message, Dr. Finley Farlow.
Finley's messaging me. I'll be right back.
Michelle?
We did it, Michelle. Did what?
The bioweapon. It won't hurt humans.
No.
Sam, what are you doing?
It works, Michelle. You were right.
Michelle? You okay? Yeah.
Y-yeah, I-um
I'm sorry, I was just sorry about that.
Finley and I are going to run some model variations on the RAT.
Go ahead and keep looking into your S32 research.
Decontamination in process.
Okay, New Mexico, why don't you tell me why you think my S-32 will work now?
You underestimated its catalytic properties. No, I didn't.
We know it's an unstable enzyme.
I've ran the numbers for the last two days. It's worth the gamble.
Here. That data doesn't make sense.
The spacing sequence looks backwards. Let's see what her models produce.
Resolve unstable 97%
With permutations that's nowhere near the 98.5 threshold required for
Phase two. If we run the experiment, it could work. It's within the margin of error.
We don't have time or samples to waste on a long shot.
Actually, I disagree. Let's give her models a chance here.
I think we could use a specimen on this one. We're showing some promise.
Fine. Go ahead and run the experiment.
Thanks, Sam.
Mixing S32 compound.
Compound complete.
Local dermal inflammation spreading, ebulism. Resolve.
Fatal. Same as our R18 on traveler tissue.
Steady hand there, please, Dr. Riley.
30 seconds. It's holding. Come on.
45 seconds.
Resolve fatal. Damn it. I told you.
At 97%, S-32 won't work. No, we're not wasting time. It will work.
Let's do it again. Come on.
Sam, S32 has real potential.
We don't have much time left. This is not up for a vote.
We are done with S-32. I'm not chasing any more of your pipe dreams. Sail!
Sam, stop for a second.
You know as well as I do, we've got to look at every opportunity.
BiotTeam.
Why aren't you in the lab?
Just a hiccup, sir. It's my fault, sir.
We ran what I thought was a breakthrough sequence, but it failed.
Dr. Riley produced something really promising with the S32 serum, sir.
But we have far more promising options still with R18. No, I disagree with that.
Dr. Ellis on that. I said no. And I said yes.
This is a team.
Dr. Ellis, you still haven't gotten your team out of phase one yet.
If Dr. Marlowe says that Dr. Riley has made progress, why don't we just
Go with that. If we reverse Dr. Riley's sequence
We have a real chance here. Finley?
We're not here to stroke your ego. Dr. Riley, you discovered
Michelle, I miss you, sweetie.
I am so proud of you. So proud of you.
But they're right. You don't belong here.
You should have been here with me and Ben. We needed you.
You don't belong here.
and help him.
Let's roll.
I told you not to let them put you around.
But you didn't listen to me.
They don't respect you, Michelle. You let them control you.
Because who wouldn't? Now they're inside your head.
They're inside, Michelle. Something is going on.
inside of you.
Don't trust him. Don't trust your team.
They're lying to you
a way of getting in your head. They can fry it, they can make you look sleazy
until you just want to kill yourself
Here, you should go
I hope it was worth it. We're inside your head
Thank you. Talk to you guys
Are you alright?
Yes, um
I thought I left a report in here.
Don't trust your phone. They're lying to you.
Hold on 30 seconds. Stand alert.
WARNING! PANALERT! WARNING!
WARNING! FIRE!
Warning! Scan alert!
I'm hanging.
10 seconds
Warning, followed safety protocol. Finley, secure your head plate.
Follow safety protocol.
Warning! Scan alert!
Malfunction detected. Sidley Barlow.
All clear. All clear.
All clear. All clear.
All clear. Shell, thank God you're okay.
He's heading to his lab.
Finley, get back to the comps room.
Finley, talk to us.
I think he's got something in his hand. Bentley, what are you doing?
Endly.
I'm fine. Are you sure?
Yes, I'm fine, sir. Okay, so both shot.
And Finley died sitting in their chair, but somehow
You're still alive.
Do you suspect me of something, sir?
I'm just trying to figure out why we keep getting hit.
I don't know. The chair saved my life.
I'm not sure why it didn't work for them.
Let's go back to the group.
Joining group call.
With Finley and Jock dead, we have to assume the travelers know what we're working on.
It's only a matter of time before they find all of us.
We haven't heard from the outside world in 12 days.
Kill me.
Let's try.
Okay. Looks like we're fine.
It's too late. We're all dead now.
I hope it was worth it though.
Incoming message, Frank Lawrence. Dr. Riley, report to me.
the cause.
Twelve hours ago, the travelers attacked cities and bases across the United States.
DC and key military installations have been wiped out.
Did they attack Atlanta? Yes. Every major city.
Aiden We have no weapons that can effectively stop them.
POTUS has been left with only the nuclear option, but she refuses to use it on American soil.
What's the next move? You guys are the next move.
Probably the last move. We're getting evacuated now.
If we make it to our new command center, I'll be in contact with an update.
Get that damn weapon completed. Bury Six Alpha out.
My son is up there. I have to get out of here now.
We must have provoked him. But it just doesn't make any sense.
They're intelligent beings, they don't need to attack us.
Maybe 3-6 isn't telling us what's really happening up there
Maybe he's manipulating us. Sam, stop pretending they wanted peace.
This was always a war. You don't know that. We haven't seen any evidence.
Just a report from one agent that controls everything we know.
Evidence, or evidence that Findlay and Jock are dead.
Your job is to follow the president's orders, which means my orders.
Sir.
We need to get into the lab now and put all of our energy into S-32.
It is the only enzyme that differs between the travelers and humans.
R18 is a waste of time. No, Michelle.
R18 is the only stable enzyme.
I want you to take the lead on S-32. Sam, I want you to get your act together.
And assist Dr. Riley any way she wants. Nobody's getting any damage.
Sleep until you give me a weapon that stops the travelers.
Yes, sir.
Decontamination in process.
Sam, I'm sorry. How are you holding up?
Apparently, I'm losing my mind.
I didn't think I'd be this week under pressure.
I'm here to help you. What's our next move?
The last time I tested S32, the human sample held steady for over a minute before it died.
They have failed. The travelers are the only ones that have s32.
Why did the trial serum damage human flesh?
Maybe because they're carbon-based like us.
The last test showed that when S32 enzyme is not present, it will attack anything that
with similar carbon bonds.
So how do you propose stopping S-32 from binding to human carbon?
Incoming message, Dr. Denise Cooper.
Denise? It doesn't matter.
I did my part and it didn't matter.
Dr. Cooper, what are you talking about?
My son is dead. I can feel it.
Denise, your son is alive. He's waiting for you to come home.
You're not a mother, Michelle. You don't have a mother's intuition.
They're inside all of us. They're in our heads.
Denise, please, put the knife down.
Didice, put the knife down.
I'm not gonna let them choose for me.
I'm choosing for myself. I'm gonna be with my son.
No.
Denise was never scanned. She was a strong-minded woman.
Christian woman who had a kid up there.
She was totally convinced her son was dead.
She thought the travelers were in her head.
Maybe the alarm systems don't always work. Maybe she got scanned and we never knew it.
Maybe they're all in our heads, son. Maybe we're all getting played.
They're not gonna stop me. Where's Bob?
We haven't been able to progress beyond a 98% match.
Then 98% is good enough. We send what we have.
We can't do that.
What do you mean we can't? Do you understand what's going on out there? We need a weapon now!
At 98%, that virus will kill humans too.
Millions of them. Major, we need to run more models.
At minimum, a few phase two tests. There's no time.
It's an airborne virus, sir. Once it's out
There's no stopping it.
Well, if we don't send what we have now, there may not be any second chance. Do you understand what I'm saying?
I'm saying, it's up to the president.
to make up her mind whether she wants to use it or not. Now you send me
all the S32 data files that you have now.
Michelle, we'll access her in the last two weeks and encrypt your notes.
Ellis. I'm sorry, sir.
Dr. Ellis, send me the data.
Initiate Dallas data encryption. Dr. Riley.
I can't do that, sir.
Initiate Riley Data Encryption.
Please, sir, just give us 24 more hours.
This is a goddamn mutiny.
24 more hours, sir. And then we'll send you whatever we have.
Encryption complete.
Warning! Proximity alert!
Warning, proximity alert.
Warning, proximity alert.
Lawrence, get to your chair. Michelle!
This isn't a scan. It's something different.
There's somebody at the main door, our people
I don't think so.
Lawrence? Are you okay?
What's happening? Someone's attacked Lawrence's bunker.
Did you see that? Not very well.
Can you pull up any of his other cameras?
I'm not getting anything. His bunker was breached.
It could have been the military. A rescue?
They look like a damn rescue. Michelle, just let me try and contact.
Major, can you hear us?
Lawrence, can you hear us?
Any word from Lawrence?
That was them. They're hunting us. They know what we're doing here.
What do you want to do? I want to finish it.
Michelle, what is it?
We've been basing all of our sequences on the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen in humans.
But they're not human.
They're different, but also the same.
What if we reverse the oxygen to nitrogen ratio?
S32 Alpha sequence and S32 Bravo sequence activated.
S-32 Alpha and S-32 Bravo potential stability.
Sam. Sam.
Holy shit, two solutions at 99.8%
One of these could be the bio-agent. We gotta test them.
Mixing S32 Alpha and S32 Bravo compound.
Compound complete.
Traveler sample.
Local dermal inflammation spreading ebulism. Resolve.
Fatal. Okay, okay.
Human test.
15 seconds.
Come on.
30 seconds.
What 5 seconds?
Sixty seconds. Shallots, hold me.
S-32 Alpha sequence potential stability.
Sam, this is it. This is the one.
At least we have one potential solution that doesn't harm humans on topical contact.
But we need internal tissue testing to verify safety of the human respiratory system.
We don't have time for phase two trials.
And it's on to phase three. Human testing.
But Sam, it could kill us.
I already injected it.
You did what? It's risky, Michelle.
Why did you do that? It should have been me. You have children.
It's my duty as team leader.
Do you want to grab some dinner while we wait?
S32 alpha human test subject confirmed. Dr. Sam Ellis.
How are you feeling, Sam?
Slightly elevated heart rate. My face.
Feels a little flushed. Any discomfort?
Slight headache.
Can we talk about something else?
Sure. Tell me about your kids.
Twin girls. Eight years old. Lily and Veda.
Cute.
I hope someday they know what you did for them.
My girls have a bad disease. It's hereditary.
A bad disease. I'm not familiar with it.
It's a nervous system disorder.
My life expectancy is early teens.
Sam, I'm so sorry.
I believed the travelers would help us. Help my kids live.
They're so close to us genetically, yet so far advanced.
Why would they want to harm us? Still doesn't make any sense to me.
Oh. Sam, are you okay?
Something really bad for sure.
I put a lot of faith in the Travelers. They were hope.
For the first time in a long time for me.
What did you do?
I sent a beacon up to them, so they could locate our bunkers.
Are you serious? Yeah. Do our emergency comm signals.
That's why they were scanning us. I wanted them to find us.
to stop us from making this weapon.
32 minutes
My stomach is cramping badly.
How could you do that? Finlay and I wanted to destroy the Traveler.
They wanted to start a war.
You saw that logic dictated that they had to have come in peace.
You got everybody killed. They are going to make this world better.
I may not make it out of here alive.
My kids will have a chance.
S-32 Alpha, Phase 3 Results. Fatal.
This is Dr. Michelle Riley.
This is Dr. Michelle Riley. Can anyone hear me?
S32 Bravo test subject confirmed. Dr. Michelle Riley.
S32 Bravo is Phase 3 test initiated.
Do you think you can win this show?
Do you think you can succeed where everybody else has failed?
Feel the serum flowing in your veins
Tingling down your spine
This is the beginning of the end
Your lungs will tighten. Your skin will burn
You should never have come to this place. You will die like all of us
I hope it was worth it
S-32 Bravo human stability confirmed
You did it, Michelle. You trusted yourself
You found the serum
It's time to come home. Please come home
We've made it through here
Incoming message. Anyone there? Please respond
Major Frank Lawrence, in the weenus of Sly Mastercraft
Dr. Michelle Riley, Dr. Sam Ellis, is anyone there? Please respond
I'm here. I'm here
God. Greetings, Dr. Michelle Riley. Where are the others?
I'm the only one left
I hope you are in good condition. I am
I have the bioweapon. It's only been tested on me, but it works
There is no need to continue to work on the bioweapon. The situation is now under control
But I didn't. I can transmit the data now
Confirm data transmission. There is no need to transmit the data. I repeat
There is no need to transmit the data. Data transmission terminated
I don't understand
Attempt to resist. Thank you, Dr. Michelle Riley
You're right
Liquid to vapor process activated
Data file transfer initiated
Data file transfer complete
Liquid to vapor process complete
Can't you hear?
Now I'm taking a selfie
Warning! Perimeter breach detected!
Warning, perimeter breach detected.
Warning! Perimeter breach detected!
Warning! Breach detected! Intruder alert!
Intruder alert.
Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
Intruder alert. Intruder alert.
Intruder alert. Intruder alert.
Systems offline.
No, you don't.
Good, huh?
Michelle, are you okay? Sam?
I've come to take you home. To your father, to your brother.
No. No, I watched you die.
The S32A serum, it killed you.
That's what you thought you saw. They wanted you to think it wasn't safe.
I'm alive
You said you were the one who contacted them. You betrayed us
That wasn't real, Michelle. I took the serum
But I didn't die. It's this place
The bunker, the chair. That's what's doing this to you. I saw it
I know what I saw. You're dead
I am standing right in front of you. This is me
It's very real. We are holding them off above. The travelers
Michelle, my daughters
Your dad, your brother, they're all still alive
Do you have the S32B serum data?
Yes
It's safer with me now. Let me have it
Take off your helmet. Why would you want me to do that?
Take it off, Sam
If I can breathe in here, so can you
There are unsafe levels of toxins in here. That's why we need to leave now, Michelle.
This is me.
I'll take off my helmet if you give it to me.
Okay.
I wish time would pass with me.
To
I love you.
What is love?
Thank you.
A massive alien spacecraft has been hovering over downtown since yesterday.
And similar ships have been spotted across the world.
With the sudden appearance of alien spaceships.
Unexplained sightings and strange activity over military bases.
Have fueled anxiety about the alien's intentions.
Despite efforts by world leaders to reassure the public.
The situation remains tense. Protests have erupted across the globe.
Demanding that the US, China, and other world powers form a delegation to make peace.
Contact with the extraterrestrials. My fellow Americans.
I wanted to show you that our top priority
Excuse me. Hi.
Hell, Michelle, I need you here. We gotta all be together.
This thing gets out of control. Half the fucking world is shut down. Ben, watch your mouth.
Is this another government job?
Will you be safe?
Aren't I always? They don't matter. What matters is that you're here with us.
Your family
I have to go do this.
Always putting yourself and your career ahead of us every time.
I hope it was worth it.
Don't worry about us, all right? We'll be okay.
The thing I want you to know is
I am very proud of you, and I know your mother would be too.
I miss her. I miss her too.
I gotta go, Dad. Tell Ben I'll be home soon.
I love you. I love you too, sweetie.
You remember that you are Dr. Riley.
Don't worry, buddy. I won't.
Have we made contact?
Life Support Systems Online.
Okay, Doctor. Welcome to your new home.
Your teammates are working from identical bunkers spread across the country.
They've all been designed to keep a person alive in isolation for 12 months.
It's important I show you this first.
Okay, Dr. Riley, this is the comms room.
A closed network that allows you to communicate with your team.
None of you are allowed to contact the surface unless authorized for an emergency.
From this moment on, you and your team are essentially cut off from the world.
What's that thing?
That's going to keep you alive.
Travelers have been sending high-altitude craft to probe our nuclear and military facilities.
Their craft emit a high-powered beam that scans our installations. They can penetrate
nuclear submarines submerged at 300 meters. The military bunkers burned 500 feet up.
It's like nothing we've ever seen. Are they radioactive?
It's a little more complicated than that. The beams seem to have a hostile purpose.
And they pack a punch. They'll destroy you.
6Share is the best technology we could build to shield you from their scans.
Go on, Dr. Riley. Have a seat.
Let's give it a whirl. One, power switch.
2. Secure the head panels. 3.
Swing the torso panels in. If this alarm goes off, they're scanning for you.
You've got exactly 30 seconds to get in this chair. If you do not follow these procedures to the T.
They're in your head. Okay, so one switch
Initiating test mode.
Initiating test mode three.
Whatever these things are. Initiating test mode.
Is that right? No. Pull the torso panels in until they're secure.
You have to do this fast, and you have to do it right. You got it?
Yes. Okay, cool. Follow me.
Test mode complete.
So this is why we brought you here. You've got quite the reputation as a microbiologist.
Someone up top has placed a lot of faith in you. Door.
So this is your lab
You'll be working remotely with your team to create a biological weapon to neutralize the Traveler
Some politicians hope we don't have to use it
So I'm here to make a weapon. Travelers are here for peace
Kitchen, bathroom, I stopped 12 months of rest. Hardware maintenance, that
Everything you need to know is in here
Your project leader, Major Lawrence, will be contacting you soon
Good luck, Dr. Riley. Got it
Wait
What if there's an emergency? How do I get out of here?
Bye for now, Dr. Riley
Lockdown mode initiated
Welcome to Project Hatchet
The Earth is facing first contact with an alien civilization that has been destroyed
We have had no contact with them from other ships
but in the last 48 hours dozens of small scout craft have been spotted across
the globe. These scout craft have been probing key military facilities.
which has led to 57 deaths, all by suicide.
It is imperative for your safety that you maintain proper maintenance of your scan chain.
Take care.
Our contacts in China claim to have recovered the remains of a traveler at a crash site.
site outside of Guangzhou, and shared limited samples and details about the situation.
species. 1.
The travelers are humanoid, too. The travelers are unable to breathe or act.
atmosphere and must use a respiratory filtration system to survive. 3.
the travelers share a 98.7% match to human DNA.
Two teams of scientists will develop a biological weapon.
This bioweapon must be capable of infiltrating the traveler's breathing system.
and destroying their lung tissue.
The bioweapon must kill travelers without harming humans.
Mission brief concluded. Team introductions will commence tomorrow.
Good morning, everybody. Project lead, Frank Lawrence.
Tainami spent the last decade as a civilian GS-15.
Some of you are familiar faces.
Some of you are not. As you by now know.
with a contingency plan in case ET didn't come here just to shake hands.
Now, you've all been given your specific briefs and assignments, so
Please introduce yourselves.
Hi, I'm Dr. Denise Cooper. I did my primary work at MIT.
and my pioneering work in mechanosynthesis.
I'm working on the nanotech delivery pods.
And I'm the proud mom of a 12-year-old boy, Alo.
I am Dr. Jacques Besset.
And I actually don't have an accent. My parents are French and cursed me with this name.
I worked in nano engineering at the CNRS in Paris, and now I live as an undergraduate.
and fight aliens with all of you. I'm bioweapon team leader, Dr. Sam Ellis.
My background is in molecular microbiology, which I studied at Johns Hopkins.
I look forward to working with all of you.
I am Dr. Finley Barlow
Second command of the bio team, I have degrees in bacterial biology
from Harvard. I am working with Dr. Ellis on the biochemical
and I do hope that Dr. Riley catches on quickly
and doesn't slow us down
We wouldn't all be here if we weren't qualified
It's nice to meet you all. I'm Dr. Michelle Riley
I've been doing advanced research with pathogenic microorganisms at New Mexico State
which is where I did my doctoral work. Hold on
No, no, no, hold it, hold it, no. They actually
They ask us to save the world and they send us a professor from New Mexico
Mexico State?
I was about to say that for the last two years I've been doing research with Sandia Labs
DARPA. Good, because we don't have room for amateur mistakes
There are no amateurs on this team
Now everybody unpack your shit, get your equipment ready, we start working
tomorrow
Set me free
Let me sin, can't you hear?
Dr. Riley, it's Dr. Ellis. Can I join you on your monitor?
Um, sure. Uh, just a second.
Dr. Ellis. Dr. Riley, I wanted to apologize.
He's a longtime colleague.
A decent guy and a great scientist, but
He has a shit personality.
Thank you, Dr. Ellis. Please, call me Sam.
Sam, I know researchers like Dr. Barlow very well.
They're elitists and they don't believe I belong in the same room as them.
And that's fine. You absolutely belong here.
I know so, because well, can you keep a cigarette?
Wouldn't be here if I couldn't. I selected you for this project.
You did. Yes.
I was blown away by your research at White Sands and your publications.
Now, I've been following you, your work, for a few years now.
I wanted a woman like you.
A scientist like you on my team.
So, where's your bunker? Someplace close to El Paso.
I thought we weren't supposed to share where we are.
Just testing you. You passed.
Good. Wouldn't want to be fired on day one. Me neither.
Did you leave anyone special up top?
Husband, boyfriend, kids? Uh, just
My dad and my brother. Tough.
To leave them. My dad is sick.
My brother, he hates me right now.
He thinks I abandoned them.
I'm sure he would understand if he knew what kind of work you were doing out here.
I'm not so sure. He's really young.
And he thinks I'm the world's worst big sister, so
What about you?
Two beautiful daughters, and
One bitter ex-wife who isn't going to miss me while I'm down here
Well, I guess we all have family drama
It sucks, choosing between work and family
And I would do it in my whole life. Well
Big first day tomorrow. We're diving in headfirst
Have a good night, Michelle. Good night, Sam
What do you think about that guy, huh?
Kind of cute. Kind of weird
Warning! 30 seconds! Scan alert!
Warning! Scandal alert!
Warning. 10 seconds
Scan alert
Initiating scan mode
Warning! Malfunction detected!
Paul says he's going to call.
Thanks for watching!
All clear. All clear.
Scan mode complete.
Are you with us?
Incoming message, Frank Lawrence. Dr. Wiley.
Report her immediately.
I'll be right there.
Are you feeling alright? Yes.
Yes, I'm fine. I just I needed a moment alone.
Intense. What do you mean?
I felt a prickling sensation in my skull.
and full vibrations down my spinal column.
Let's get to it.
Security protocol. Have you been compromised?
I have to take you off the project. I want to ask you
Of course
dizzy or experiencing any disorientation
No. Are you hearing voices tonight there?
No. Take it off, please.
No, sir.
Last week.
I was at Warren Air Force Base. They were
the travelers that do their probes on our nuclear sites.
I ended up dragging three dead
engineers out of an ICBM silo.
Do you have any idea how they died?
No, no. How did they die?
have already killed over 100 people.
all across the country coast to coast and I am not
I'll let that happen.
Something's going on inside your head
No, sir. I'm fine. Really
The chair did its job
Get back in line
You're dismissed
Will you be safe?
You're selfish, Michelle
We can have a nation in profit
Welcome to the lab, New Mexico. Are you talking to the aliens yet?
Sorry to disappoint you, Dr. Barlow, but there are no aliens in my head as of yet.
And that is a good thing. We need to get you up to speed.
Finley? We've been editing the Traveler's genome.
Trying to identify and exploit a weakness.
So far, we've caused fatal reactions in the alien samples.
But we are also seeing feral reactions in the human samples.
Our most recent configurations are already queued up
We'd like you to test our current models. Okay. Try to keep up.
The traveler's tissue is in red.
That is a piece of tissue from something or someone.
From another galaxy.
Dr. Riley?
It's surreal seeing this for the first time.
Yes, we'll focus.
Now we need you to carefully pull out the R18 solution.
Marked in yellow.
You are now going to apply exactly one drop.
To the alien tissue.
What are your observations, Dr. Riley?
Local dermal inflammation, and spreading ebulism.
Resolved. Fatal. This confirms the lethal effect on alien flesh.
Which is why I believe R18's solution is headed in the right direction.
Go ahead and pull out the human sample in green.
You are now going to apply exactly one drop here as well
Resolve. Fatal
For my sake, Sam, did you see her hand shaking?
Decontamination in process
He's shaking during a test application
We don't have time for amateur mistakes
Dr. Riley. Don't let anybody push you
Thank you. Now you have a name
Hey, it's the one month anniversary in the bunker. Cheers, team
Or as they say in France, Sant
What do you guys think is going on up there?
Well, it's Monday, so I'm guessing the Travelers have conquered humanity and
destroyed civilization. Jacques
Why would an advanced civilization travel light years across the galaxy?
Just to kill us. Because that's what we would do
Space exploration doesn't have to be like 17th century colonialism
We might be the only intergalactic species they've ever encountered. And that
Makes us invaluable. They're probing military sites, Sam
There's a reason we're hiding in bunkers
I appreciate your optimism, Sam, but if they wanted peace, why haven't they made contact with us?
Maybe they're just disarming us. We must look like cavemen to them
Just taking away our clubs before we start an unnecessary fight
Michelle, you've been scanned. Did it feel like someone was taking away your club?
when I was scanned
It felt hostile. Another vote for murderous aliens
But Sam has a point. I mean
What if they're not aware of how harmful their technology is to us?
Maybe they're scanning for dangerous areas or resources
or just collateral damage. This is reality, Malibu Barbie
They are methodically harassing secret military locations
and killing highly trained scientists. That's not an accident
Believe what you see. Don't make excuses for hostile behavior
Well, I hope the politicians are more open-minded. They should give peace a chance.
I hope the president has everyone in her sights.
Trained on that spaceship, ready to blow them out of the goddamn sky.
Finley's right. Better them than us. Denise.
And here I thought you were a Christian!
God made us, not them. God is fiction. Their presence confirms it.
Michelle, do you believe in God?
Sometimes.
Some people see things as black or white.
I see things as gray. I guess I've always been like that.
Maybe the travelers aren't good. Maybe they're not evil.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you dodge a quest. Bravo, Dr. Ryan.
Did anybody get any booze stocked in their pantry? Alcohol is prohibited.
And we are always at work.
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity alert Bunker 05!
Warning! Proximity Alert Bunker 05!
Get yourself squared, Jock. I can't get a full power-up.
I can't move, can't question, I can't move, can't question what I do.
Thank you.
All clear. All clear. All clear.
All clear. All clear.
Can you zoom in?
Jacques, are you okay?
Stop playing around, Jock.
Jacques, say something.
Jock.
Jesus Christ.
Dr. Bessay's chair malfunctioned. Had he properly maintained it, he'd be alive today.
It's a tragic no doubt, but it's also a reminder that you all need to keep up maintenance of your chair.
Your work is too important. We're hurt, but we're still operational.
Good. I'd expect nothing less. There's news.
The travelers have made contact.
I transmitted a message with coordinates and symbols which we interpret as a time and place for a meeting.
A team of scientists from the United Nations and a military escort.
Preparing for the meeting three weeks from today.
The president wants your bioweapon ready for that meeting.
We hope it's peaceful, but we have to be prepared for violence.
I'll send further status updates as they come in.
Wish us luck up here. End transmission.
Three weeks, folks. That's it. Nano.
How close are you to completion?
Jacques and I were closing in on Phase 2 trials.
I could be ready in seven days if I don't have any setbacks.
Dr. Ellis, where's my bioweapon?
We've been working on the R18, sir, but we haven't gotten past phase one.
Still far too dangerous for humans. Why are you so far behind?
Because we're wasting our time getting Dr. Riley up to speed
instead of doing the real work
You got enough sleep, hun? Trying
in between all this work we're doing. Everything's going okay with the team?
Finley's okay with you? No, um
Well, Dr. Ellis seems fine so far
Dr. Barlow is somewhat of a challenge
How are you holding up without shock?
It's really hard. You know, I know I didn't know him very long, but
But I got a job to do, right? Yes, we do
I just want to get back up top and see my son again
I pray to God he's okay. I'm sure he is, Anne
I'm sure he's very ready for you to come home
Well, remember, it's just us two girls down here
So, if you need anything, you let me know, okay? Thank you
I really appreciate that. I mean it, Michelle
The guys are getting out of line, you're not feeling right
You tell me. I can keep a secret
I'll be sure to let you know
Well, I'd better get back to this
I'll catch up with you later
See?
Why don't you go burn it down?
No.
And I'll still see my face, you'll see
Let it all run down. There you go
Hello? See? Bye.
The girl is in over her head. Cut her loose.
We don't have time.
Dr. Riley, let the grown-ups do the work.
I know Finley doesn't like me, and to be honest, I really can't stand him.
Finley is an acquired taste. I just don't know.
I need him to be more open-minded.
I will say, I've been going over his work and
There's some really promising things there. Like?
Well, for starters, he discovered a mutation point.
Here. S-32.
Travelers have this enzyme, but we don't.
We gave S-32 a try. Uh, yeah, I read your report. You
Thought it was too volatile? Much too volatile.
It seemed promising, but nothing would hold.
R18 is a far more stable Ninja.
That has the potential for success. I'm not so sure.
I mean, S32 is the only divergent enzyme we've found between the travelers.
And humans. It seems like the safest way to target their respiratory systems.
Without harming us. I understand.
Might feel that way. I did too at first, but I'm telling you.
S-32 didn't work in the labs. I'd like to take a further look.
If you don't mind, R18 just isn't giving us the results we need.
The timeline is just so compressed.
S32, R18, the way we're working
It's just
Can I ask you something?
Okay. If we
ever get out of these bunkers alive. Can I take you out on a date?
They're in a movie.
I know it's inappropriate, but
Given our circumstances, I don't really care.
Incoming message, Dr. Finley Farlow.
Finley's messaging me. I'll be right back.
Michelle?
We did it, Michelle. Did what?
The bioweapon. It won't hurt humans.
No.
Sam, what are you doing?
It works, Michelle. You were right.
Michelle? You okay? Yeah.
Y-yeah, I-um
I'm sorry, I was just sorry about that.
Finley and I are going to run some model variations on the RAT.
Go ahead and keep looking into your S32 research.
Decontamination in process.
Okay, New Mexico, why don't you tell me why you think my S-32 will work now?
You underestimated its catalytic properties. No, I didn't.
We know it's an unstable enzyme.
I've ran the numbers for the last two days. It's worth the gamble.
Here. That data doesn't make sense.
The spacing sequence looks backwards. Let's see what her models produce.
Resolve unstable 97%
With permutations that's nowhere near the 98.5 threshold required for
Phase two. If we run the experiment, it could work. It's within the margin of error.
We don't have time or samples to waste on a long shot.
Actually, I disagree. Let's give her models a chance here.
I think we could use a specimen on this one. We're showing some promise.
Fine. Go ahead and run the experiment.
Thanks, Sam.
Mixing S32 compound.
Compound complete.
Local dermal inflammation spreading, ebulism. Resolve.
Fatal. Same as our R18 on traveler tissue.
Steady hand there, please, Dr. Riley.
30 seconds. It's holding. Come on.
45 seconds.
Resolve fatal. Damn it. I told you.
At 97%, S-32 won't work. No, we're not wasting time. It will work.
Let's do it again. Come on.
Sam, S32 has real potential.
We don't have much time left. This is not up for a vote.
We are done with S-32. I'm not chasing any more of your pipe dreams. Sail!
Sam, stop for a second.
You know as well as I do, we've got to look at every opportunity.
BiotTeam.
Why aren't you in the lab?
Just a hiccup, sir. It's my fault, sir.
We ran what I thought was a breakthrough sequence, but it failed.
Dr. Riley produced something really promising with the S32 serum, sir.
But we have far more promising options still with R18. No, I disagree with that.
Dr. Ellis on that. I said no. And I said yes.
This is a team.
Dr. Ellis, you still haven't gotten your team out of phase one yet.
If Dr. Marlowe says that Dr. Riley has made progress, why don't we just
Go with that. If we reverse Dr. Riley's sequence
We have a real chance here. Finley?
We're not here to stroke your ego. Dr. Riley, you discovered
Michelle, I miss you, sweetie.
I am so proud of you. So proud of you.
But they're right. You don't belong here.
You should have been here with me and Ben. We needed you.
You don't belong here.
and help him.
Let's roll.
I told you not to let them put you around.
But you didn't listen to me.
They don't respect you, Michelle. You let them control you.
Because who wouldn't? Now they're inside your head.
They're inside, Michelle. Something is going on.
inside of you.
Don't trust him. Don't trust your team.
They're lying to you
a way of getting in your head. They can fry it, they can make you look sleazy
until you just want to kill yourself
Here, you should go
I hope it was worth it. We're inside your head
Thank you. Talk to you guys
Are you alright?
Yes, um
I thought I left a report in here.
Don't trust your phone. They're lying to you.
Hold on 30 seconds. Stand alert.
WARNING! PANALERT! WARNING!
WARNING! FIRE!
Warning! Scan alert!
I'm hanging.
10 seconds
Warning, followed safety protocol. Finley, secure your head plate.
Follow safety protocol.
Warning! Scan alert!
Malfunction detected. Sidley Barlow.
All clear. All clear.
All clear. All clear.
All clear. Shell, thank God you're okay.
He's heading to his lab.
Finley, get back to the comps room.
Finley, talk to us.
I think he's got something in his hand. Bentley, what are you doing?
Endly.
I'm fine. Are you sure?
Yes, I'm fine, sir. Okay, so both shot.
And Finley died sitting in their chair, but somehow
You're still alive.
Do you suspect me of something, sir?
I'm just trying to figure out why we keep getting hit.
I don't know. The chair saved my life.
I'm not sure why it didn't work for them.
Let's go back to the group.
Joining group call.
With Finley and Jock dead, we have to assume the travelers know what we're working on.
It's only a matter of time before they find all of us.
We haven't heard from the outside world in 12 days.
Kill me.
Let's try.
Okay. Looks like we're fine.
It's too late. We're all dead now.
I hope it was worth it though.
Incoming message, Frank Lawrence. Dr. Riley, report to me.
the cause.
Twelve hours ago, the travelers attacked cities and bases across the United States.
DC and key military installations have been wiped out.
Did they attack Atlanta? Yes. Every major city.
Aiden We have no weapons that can effectively stop them.
POTUS has been left with only the nuclear option, but she refuses to use it on American soil.
What's the next move? You guys are the next move.
Probably the last move. We're getting evacuated now.
If we make it to our new command center, I'll be in contact with an update.
Get that damn weapon completed. Bury Six Alpha out.
My son is up there. I have to get out of here now.
We must have provoked him. But it just doesn't make any sense.
They're intelligent beings, they don't need to attack us.
Maybe 3-6 isn't telling us what's really happening up there
Maybe he's manipulating us. Sam, stop pretending they wanted peace.
This was always a war. You don't know that. We haven't seen any evidence.
Just a report from one agent that controls everything we know.
Evidence, or evidence that Findlay and Jock are dead.
Your job is to follow the president's orders, which means my orders.
Sir.
We need to get into the lab now and put all of our energy into S-32.
It is the only enzyme that differs between the travelers and humans.
R18 is a waste of time. No, Michelle.
R18 is the only stable enzyme.
I want you to take the lead on S-32. Sam, I want you to get your act together.
And assist Dr. Riley any way she wants. Nobody's getting any damage.
Sleep until you give me a weapon that stops the travelers.
Yes, sir.
Decontamination in process.
Sam, I'm sorry. How are you holding up?
Apparently, I'm losing my mind.
I didn't think I'd be this week under pressure.
I'm here to help you. What's our next move?
The last time I tested S32, the human sample held steady for over a minute before it died.
They have failed. The travelers are the only ones that have s32.
Why did the trial serum damage human flesh?
Maybe because they're carbon-based like us.
The last test showed that when S32 enzyme is not present, it will attack anything that
with similar carbon bonds.
So how do you propose stopping S-32 from binding to human carbon?
Incoming message, Dr. Denise Cooper.
Denise? It doesn't matter.
I did my part and it didn't matter.
Dr. Cooper, what are you talking about?
My son is dead. I can feel it.
Denise, your son is alive. He's waiting for you to come home.
You're not a mother, Michelle. You don't have a mother's intuition.
They're inside all of us. They're in our heads.
Denise, please, put the knife down.
Didice, put the knife down.
I'm not gonna let them choose for me.
I'm choosing for myself. I'm gonna be with my son.
No.
Denise was never scanned. She was a strong-minded woman.
Christian woman who had a kid up there.
She was totally convinced her son was dead.
She thought the travelers were in her head.
Maybe the alarm systems don't always work. Maybe she got scanned and we never knew it.
Maybe they're all in our heads, son. Maybe we're all getting played.
They're not gonna stop me. Where's Bob?
We haven't been able to progress beyond a 98% match.
Then 98% is good enough. We send what we have.
We can't do that.
What do you mean we can't? Do you understand what's going on out there? We need a weapon now!
At 98%, that virus will kill humans too.
Millions of them. Major, we need to run more models.
At minimum, a few phase two tests. There's no time.
It's an airborne virus, sir. Once it's out
There's no stopping it.
Well, if we don't send what we have now, there may not be any second chance. Do you understand what I'm saying?
I'm saying, it's up to the president.
to make up her mind whether she wants to use it or not. Now you send me
all the S32 data files that you have now.
Michelle, we'll access her in the last two weeks and encrypt your notes.
Ellis. I'm sorry, sir.
Dr. Ellis, send me the data.
Initiate Dallas data encryption. Dr. Riley.
I can't do that, sir.
Initiate Riley Data Encryption.
Please, sir, just give us 24 more hours.
This is a goddamn mutiny.
24 more hours, sir. And then we'll send you whatever we have.
Encryption complete.
Warning! Proximity alert!
Warning, proximity alert.
Warning, proximity alert.
Lawrence, get to your chair. Michelle!
This isn't a scan. It's something different.
There's somebody at the main door, our people
I don't think so.
Lawrence? Are you okay?
What's happening? Someone's attacked Lawrence's bunker.
Did you see that? Not very well.
Can you pull up any of his other cameras?
I'm not getting anything. His bunker was breached.
It could have been the military. A rescue?
They look like a damn rescue. Michelle, just let me try and contact.
Major, can you hear us?
Lawrence, can you hear us?
Any word from Lawrence?
That was them. They're hunting us. They know what we're doing here.
What do you want to do? I want to finish it.
Michelle, what is it?
We've been basing all of our sequences on the ratio of oxygen to nitrogen in humans.
But they're not human.
They're different, but also the same.
What if we reverse the oxygen to nitrogen ratio?
S32 Alpha sequence and S32 Bravo sequence activated.
S-32 Alpha and S-32 Bravo potential stability.
Sam. Sam.
Holy shit, two solutions at 99.8%
One of these could be the bio-agent. We gotta test them.
Mixing S32 Alpha and S32 Bravo compound.
Compound complete.
Traveler sample.
Local dermal inflammation spreading ebulism. Resolve.
Fatal. Okay, okay.
Human test.
15 seconds.
Come on.
30 seconds.
What 5 seconds?
Sixty seconds. Shallots, hold me.
S-32 Alpha sequence potential stability.
Sam, this is it. This is the one.
At least we have one potential solution that doesn't harm humans on topical contact.
But we need internal tissue testing to verify safety of the human respiratory system.
We don't have time for phase two trials.
And it's on to phase three. Human testing.
But Sam, it could kill us.
I already injected it.
You did what? It's risky, Michelle.
Why did you do that? It should have been me. You have children.
It's my duty as team leader.
Do you want to grab some dinner while we wait?
S32 alpha human test subject confirmed. Dr. Sam Ellis.
How are you feeling, Sam?
Slightly elevated heart rate. My face.
Feels a little flushed. Any discomfort?
Slight headache.
Can we talk about something else?
Sure. Tell me about your kids.
Twin girls. Eight years old. Lily and Veda.
Cute.
I hope someday they know what you did for them.
My girls have a bad disease. It's hereditary.
A bad disease. I'm not familiar with it.
It's a nervous system disorder.
My life expectancy is early teens.
Sam, I'm so sorry.
I believed the travelers would help us. Help my kids live.
They're so close to us genetically, yet so far advanced.
Why would they want to harm us? Still doesn't make any sense to me.
Oh. Sam, are you okay?
Something really bad for sure.
I put a lot of faith in the Travelers. They were hope.
For the first time in a long time for me.
What did you do?
I sent a beacon up to them, so they could locate our bunkers.
Are you serious? Yeah. Do our emergency comm signals.
That's why they were scanning us. I wanted them to find us.
to stop us from making this weapon.
32 minutes
My stomach is cramping badly.
How could you do that? Finlay and I wanted to destroy the Traveler.
They wanted to start a war.
You saw that logic dictated that they had to have come in peace.
You got everybody killed. They are going to make this world better.
I may not make it out of here alive.
My kids will have a chance.
S-32 Alpha, Phase 3 Results. Fatal.
This is Dr. Michelle Riley.
This is Dr. Michelle Riley. Can anyone hear me?
S32 Bravo test subject confirmed. Dr. Michelle Riley.
S32 Bravo is Phase 3 test initiated.
Do you think you can win this show?
Do you think you can succeed where everybody else has failed?
Feel the serum flowing in your veins
Tingling down your spine
This is the beginning of the end
Your lungs will tighten. Your skin will burn
You should never have come to this place. You will die like all of us
I hope it was worth it
S-32 Bravo human stability confirmed
You did it, Michelle. You trusted yourself
You found the serum
It's time to come home. Please come home
We've made it through here
Incoming message. Anyone there? Please respond
Major Frank Lawrence, in the weenus of Sly Mastercraft
Dr. Michelle Riley, Dr. Sam Ellis, is anyone there? Please respond
I'm here. I'm here
God. Greetings, Dr. Michelle Riley. Where are the others?
I'm the only one left
I hope you are in good condition. I am
I have the bioweapon. It's only been tested on me, but it works
There is no need to continue to work on the bioweapon. The situation is now under control
But I didn't. I can transmit the data now
Confirm data transmission. There is no need to transmit the data. I repeat
There is no need to transmit the data. Data transmission terminated
I don't understand
Attempt to resist. Thank you, Dr. Michelle Riley
You're right
Liquid to vapor process activated
Data file transfer initiated
Data file transfer complete
Liquid to vapor process complete
Can't you hear?
Now I'm taking a selfie
Warning! Perimeter breach detected!
Warning, perimeter breach detected.
Warning! Perimeter breach detected!
Warning! Breach detected! Intruder alert!
Intruder alert.
Intruder alert! Intruder alert!
Intruder alert. Intruder alert.
Intruder alert. Intruder alert.
Systems offline.
No, you don't.
Good, huh?
Michelle, are you okay? Sam?
I've come to take you home. To your father, to your brother.
No. No, I watched you die.
The S32A serum, it killed you.
That's what you thought you saw. They wanted you to think it wasn't safe.
I'm alive
You said you were the one who contacted them. You betrayed us
That wasn't real, Michelle. I took the serum
But I didn't die. It's this place
The bunker, the chair. That's what's doing this to you. I saw it
I know what I saw. You're dead
I am standing right in front of you. This is me
It's very real. We are holding them off above. The travelers
Michelle, my daughters
Your dad, your brother, they're all still alive
Do you have the S32B serum data?
Yes
It's safer with me now. Let me have it
Take off your helmet. Why would you want me to do that?
Take it off, Sam
If I can breathe in here, so can you
There are unsafe levels of toxins in here. That's why we need to leave now, Michelle.
This is me.
I'll take off my helmet if you give it to me.
Okay.
I wish time would pass with me.
To
I love you.
What is love?