The Monsters Without (2021) Movie Script
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[PERCUSSION IN THUNDER STORM]
[PROJECTOR WHIRRING]
[OMINOUS SYNTH MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: (VO) The Yablo,
or monsters,
were here before we were.
They came from another dimension
three million years ago.
Nobody knows what
they were running from.
When mankind came to be,
the Yablo were afraid.
Then, fear became war.
The wisest Yablo, Nameless,
wanted peace.
He thought we could
thrive together.
Neither Yablo
nor human listened.
When the war was over, there
was shame enough to go around.
The Yablo went into hiding.
WOMAN: Most folk today couldn't
find a Yablo themselves.
Never.
But they're there --
if you know
where to look.
That's why we're here now,
conquering the world,
forming governments,
and drinking beer
at 11:00 in the morning.
And what of The Unnamed
you ask?
Still, he waits.
That's...
pretty cool.
Yeah? Well, I've got a lot more
of those if you like.
Nice to meet you.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS]
[DRUMS AND FLUTES]
WOMAN: Hey!
Hey, are you my ride?
Name's Setsuko.
But we're not going to Almeria,
I need to be in Agpangi.
Light frame, blue cover,
fake antenna,
and no license, hmm.
Are you sure it can't go
a little faster?
Ah, ah, that's better.
The wind is great.
I couldn't even believe
how hot this place
was when I first
got off the plane.
[DRUM BEAT CONTINUES]
I'm here for my work
if you're wondering.
Of course, you were.
Drivers are the great
faceless spy force.
They go everywhere,
and they hear everything.
Useful.
Did you ever think you would
have to become
faceless yourself?
Nobody would have ever thought
you could swallow your dignity
like this for so long.
It's no wonder your enemies
haven't found you.
[IN TAGALOG]:
I've studied Tagalog
for two months now.
I understand it, but my accent
must be vile.
You speak plenty
of English though.
Here's the thing, Rommel...
Nobody can completely disappear.
Are you sure? Because-
Sigurado ka? Kasi-
Let me finish.
Nobody can completely disappear.
Not without our help.
O, hoy.
SETSUKO: Like I was saying.
Tie his feet and throw the rope
around that highest branch.
I want his guts to dangle
before I cut them out.
You were hiding well,
but there are only so
many rocks to check
before you'd scuttle out.
Isn't that right, Rommel Romero?
Wait, me first.
What?!
Tie me first or kill me,
whichever.
BOSS: Oh, pretty lady.
Yes, I will tie you up --
but not here.
[SCREAMS]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
No, put it down.
SETSUKO: Put it down.
I said put that down.
That's a Yablo, a monster.
This creature is protected
by the Paranormal Species Act.
Put it down.
Don't you point any weapon at
any innocent creature again.
Sorry.
I'm Sorry.
I'm just gonna shoot on
unprotected trees then, okay?
I'm not joking, buddy.
Okay, fine.
Good.
So, you do know the Yablo.
Like I've been saying,
Mr. Romero,
we're offering you a job.
Who's we?
PHASE.
PHASE?
[SOUND FADES OUT]
[ROAR]
ANNOUNCER: Nearly 50 species
of Yablo
have been discovered
around the world.
And though these species vary
wildly in shape and form,
they share
biological similarities
found nowhere else
in the animal kingdom.
Notably, every form of Yablo
has demonstrated
nearly human-level
intelligence.
It is because of that
dangerous intelligence
that the governments
of the world, those in the know,
have decided to keep
these discoveries
as a kind of a open secret.
The Yablo have even integrated
into Earth's ecosystems.
We rely on their
biological functions
for soil, water filtering,
and more.
Hi, I'm Giovanni Cortiz.
You will operate according
to three key directives.
Discover: find new species
and new information
on known creatures.
Document: keep extensive
record of all discoveries.
And to defend.
GIOVANNI (OS): Your deployment
to the island of Biliran,
home of PHASE Central
and headquarters
and key Yablo
population hotspot,
is one of the greatest honors
your government
can bestow on you.
We'll make our countries proud.
Go PHASE!
Okay!
Cadets, younglings, whatever,
I hope you don't have
any questions.
Great. So, I'm April,
I'll be keeping
you safe when we're
out on the field
which I believe
we will be today, so lucky you.
Uh, we don't get new people
very often.
I'm kind of making
all of this up.
APRIL: Richard? Talk to them now
RICHARD: Huh?
RICHARD: Yeah,
sure. Um, hi.
So, my name is Richard.
I'm an engineer for Yablo
specialized technology.
Like this.
This is the hydro frack.
It emits a one-inch beam
and when applied along the skin
thusly it can dry completely
even to the point of rupture
and on some species
of Yablo,
this is very, very dangerous,
even lethal to others-
WONDER (OS): Stand up, kids.
We're going now.
Give me that!
It's horrible.
This is Wonder
as she calls herself.
She's like a hippie.
APRIL:I mean "biologist."
WONDER: Yeah, that's right.
Anything we already know
about the Yablo,
I'm the one who knows it.
So, I guess we'll all be
working together.
MIRANDA: Well, I'm excited.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
RICHARD: Weren't we
supposed to have the day off?
Boss called us in.
He's the one that called it off.
Don't they have
something going on?
I'm suspicious.
I didn't know PHASE
was such a small group.
Uh, hey, tater tot,
how can you say that
APRIL: when we've got this guy?
RICHARD: Ha-ha.
MIRANDA:My name's Miranda.
APRIL: What was it?
Miran-
Eh, last more than a week
and I'll remember.
Hey, don't be mean.
Come on, \you gotta earn your na
you and this fart-tart both.
We can remember
each other's names.
I'm Benito.
Miranda. Nice fanny bag.
Nice eyes.
APRIL: Yo, Burrito, let's go!
Chop-chop.
Vmonos.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
MIRANDA: I am a human girl.
I am a girl.
I am a girl.
I am a human girl.
[MUSIC STOPS]
It's this way, Miranda.
I'm Richard.
Don't give up on yourself, okay?
I think you're gonna do great.
Thanks.
Uh, I'm not giving up.
WONDER: His old lady left him
at the altar.
He stood there for an hour
in his ridiculous suit.
[SOMBER PIANO]
They're still together
if you can believe it.
Wait, where were you?
Did you hear my joke
about his old lady?
RICHARD: About who?
APRIL: Come on, it's not
APRIL: that funny.
WONDER: His old lady.
MIRANDA: Whose old lady?
WONDER: My brother's.
BENITO: Who's that?
RICHARD: I want to hear it.
Nobody laugh.
Stifling is in full effect, sir.
Why are you wearing a suit?
This is a bad time
to be wearing a suit.
I don't have to answer
that question
when I look damn good.
[LAUGHTER]
So, who is that guy?
Sir, do these canceled plans
have anything to do
with us getting all sweaty
out here?
Like you had anything
better to do, Richard?
I'll have you know that I had
plans that involve a-
Okay, listen up.
This is a discovery mission.
I'll take point.
Richard and Wonder
will hold our back.
Do not shoot the Yablo
unless you absolutely must.
We've discovered some species
in the area
that absorb energy
as some sort of aphrodisiac.
Always double-check with Wonder,
or we might find ourselves
neck-deep
with the infant Tiyanaks.
Okay, commence.
BENITO: W-wait. What?
[OMINOUS DRONES]
[OMINOUS DRONES]
Oh, my God!
The poor thing.
It's been gutted.
What could have snuck up
on a Maagboar?
[Hissing]
Not many.
Let me take her out of here.
RICHARD: We have to clear
the whole cave before-
RICHARD: we can go home.
ROMELL: When we get back,
we can have
a rebirthing ceremony
once we're on base.
Let's go.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Sir?
What's the rebirthing
ceremony thing?
Ah, it's the
traditional consumption
of the recently deceased,
supposedly the next young
contains the soul
of the recently dead Maagboar.
Like that one.
So those photos from the videos?
Those were not real, right?
Yablo aren't really that big?
Ask Rommel.
Wait, so what was your joke
about the boss's old lady?
Oh, it's just that they kept
trying to get married.
You know, he's my brother,
he's so lame.
It wasn't really a joke though.
She's not old. She's kind of
funny, and a bit of --
Wonder?
Wonder.
Wonder, hello?
Wait, guys.
Everyone get over here
right now.
Wonder?
Hold this.
APRIL:Wonder?
ROMMEL: What happened to her?
[Beeps]
She i-is alive.
Her consciousness is sustained.
My guess is that she can
still see and hear us.
All right. Stand back.
RICHARD: Attach these
diodes, please.
Okay, where?
RICHARD: Temples.
Thank you.
APRIL: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you
just gonna electrocute her?
RICHARD: No.
[ZAPPING]
Huh, well, you know
what they say.
What do they say, Richard?
What?
Oh God, defensive!
[AGGRESSIVE MUSIC]
[BATS SQUEEKING]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[SCRAPING]
What did this to him?
I don't know.
Ask him.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[BAT SQUEEK]
WONDER: Guys!
Look at that!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What is it?
I could have sworn
it could-
Do you think I can get
one of these on my wall?
Look.
[DRONES CRESCENDO]
[ALL GASP]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
WONDER: Where are they?
It's okay Miranda.
It's okay.
The pictures are alive!
Move!
Is this some kind of joke?
You're scaring Miranda.
It's here!
[BLASTS]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
I'm so lost, guys.
[SCREAMS]
[CHAOTIC SYNTH]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[SYNTH STING]
Ow.
Come on, help guys.
Yeah.
Why didn't you catch me?
'Cause you're huge.
[PANTING]
[WHOOSHING, SHRIEKING]
[CHAOTIC DRONES]
[SOFT THUD]
[DISTORTED VOICES]
She's getting up.
Are you okay?
She saved the new guy.
Thank you for bringing
my friends.
Sorry, I hit you.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
RICHARD: I think I'm starting
to piece together
the mystery
of the canceled plans.
Why are you guys here?
I'm not done
with the inscriptions.
And I supposed you guys blasted
through everything in your path?
RICHARD: Well -
APRIL: Not everything.
WONDER: Only a little
This is the resting place
of Nameless the Wise.
Come on, you guys.
Do none of you know who that is?
RICHARD: Someone...smart?
BENITO: Uh, sorry.
Hi, Set.
Don't shoot.
I don't wanna have anything
to do with you.
Why did you buy that dress?
Momentary lapse in judgment.
A $1,000 lapse in judgment that
we've been planning meticulously
for two months --
two years even.
It comes and goes.
[CLICK]
Don't touch me.
I'm not touching you.
I just want to talk.
Okay,
talking.
I'm not running away.
I just really needed to look
at this cave right now.
Okay.
I've looked at it now.
Look,
I don't wanna
force you into anything.
If you don't want
to do this then-
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
Okay,
we're good.
Wait.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC BUILDS]
If we were to get married...
We have to do it here --
in this sacred place.
Sure.
Also, remind me
why I would marry you.
Because I am humble.
I'm -
I'm just so incredibly humble,
that I'm probably
the most humble person
that has ever been.
Guys, do we --
I mean us two,
the two of us make sense?
Damn it, Set,
I wanna go home!
Make up your mind this time!
This isn't
how I imagined it.
I didn't mean --
Marriage is compromise.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
Oh, brother!
You're married.
ROMMEL: I am, yes.
APRIL: I like it.
Wedding in a jungle!
I know a good swamp
for the honeymoon guys.
Oh, yes,
stay away from my wife.
APRIL: Going once.
WONDER: No?
APRIL: Going twice.
BENITO: Yes, sir.
WONDER: Is it really worth being
stuck out here all night?
RICHARD: How about you?
Any opinions?
Any strong opinions like mine?
[WHOOSHING, DISTORTED VOICE]
What the...
[DISTORTED VOICE]
Permission to fire?
Not on your life.
VOICE: I am delirious.
Huh?
[CHUCKLES]
What - what am I?
What am I?
You're the Unnamed and your
wisdom is needed in this world.
NAMELESS: Yes...
Yes, I am.
And I remember your kind
coming here before,
with the fire in your hearts
and then your hands
scorching the jungle.
My grandfather was Japanese.
His people invaded
this country long ago.
Oh, not so long to me, girl.
It's still in you,
whatever it is, waiting.
The rest of you
should watch this one.
You're right.
I am the Nameless.
I used to peddle wisdom,
but the truth is the world
doesn't need wisdom.
It needs justice.
You wouldn't mind pointing me
in the direction
of the nearest city?
Being nearly omnipotent
actually screws up
your simple sense of direction.
Thanks.
WONDER: What do you mean justice
Your world for you,
our world for us.
The way it used to be
when things were good.
When was that?
NAMELESS: Treachery! Treachery!
Don't touch her.
NAMELESS: There it is.
That anger is still inside.
Look at her, there's no need
to hide, my dear girl.
Why would you want to make
yourself so much less-
[WEAPON DISCHARGES]
RICHARD: Who fired?!
NAMELESS: Please listen.
RICHARD: It was a misfire!
Where's Miranda?
APRIL: Find her.
RICHARD: Hey guys, where'd
the wind guy go?
NAMELESS: Humans, calm down.
RICHARD: Hold your fire.
NAMELESS: I said calm down.
Miranda.
Miranda, I am coming.
RICHARD: Look for the
glowing sparkle.
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
MIRANDA: What's going on?
NAMELESS: You scared the Aswang.
Cool it, big boy.
NAMELESS: What did I do?
You will be coming with us.
[RINGING]
NAMELESS: Stop me.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[DRUMING AND CHEERING]
[WHOOSH]
[STATIC]
You'll have to do better
than that.
I know the Yablo,
better than you think.
Prove it.
MIRANDA: You found something
in there, didn't you?
In the cave.
It's what kept him in there.
I've always wanted
to join PHASE.
That's the one.
Never seen one that hadn't
turned to stone before.
Too bad you moved it.
SETSUKO: Suit up, you're
coming with us.
Your world for you, ours for us.
What does it mean?
The legends say
that Nameless is wise.
That he'll do whatever is best.
Unlike Talux the True
who always did what
was right.
MIRANDA: You know the legends.
I know trouble.
[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]
SETSUKO: We only have one lead.
He's on his way into the city.
RICHARD: The city you said?
APRIL: And by the city,
do you mean
another different jungle?
Perhaps a swamp?
ROMMEL: Nope.
Civilization, everyone.
RICHARD: No way!
Wow, with a real bed?!
ROMMEL: We even booked a hotel!
APRIL: No way.
RICHARD: No back sores tonight!
ROMMEL: Hell-yes-way!
And for your convenience,
you'll be billed
straight out of your pay.
APRIL: That's fair.
RICHARD: Convenience is great.
SETSUKO: We'll lay low
at the hotel for now.
We don't want Nameless to know
we followed him.
I'll reach out to our contacts
to see
if he's been seen anywhere.
We'll have an early
start tomorrow
so get to bed early tonight.
And stay out of each
other's rooms, Goddamnit.
RICHARD: Fair .
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
RICHARD: Nameless singled her
out for whatever reason,
then she happens to know
all about the sealing orb?
It's too much of a coincidence.
She seems nice,
but I think you're right.
This mission is trouble
and she can be a wildcard.
Don't look at me,
you two are the mutineers.
I saw her with my own two eyes.
That face was inhuman.
Isn't safety your job?
Did you think we'd be more safer
without any dangerous monsters
among us?
Maybe.
I don't want to hurt her.
I th--
I think she's scared of us too.
You know when she finds out
that half the team
wants her gone, she'll split.
So I think we should make
our intentions clear
and for sure
she'll do the rest for us.
She must be with
Wonder now.
BENITO: Right.
We need to separate them
and if Xena goes,
I think she can handle the beast
if things go south anyway.
Did you just forget my name?
Uh, oh.
No, it's April.
-Oh, yeah.
-April.
Wonder listens to you.
You'll be able to distract her
longer than the rest of us.
Wait, you -- you think
this is a good idea?
You guys, when she hit me
it was like getting checked
by a dinosaur.
I don't know if she's really
Yablo but something's not right.
Fine,
I will go distract Wonder.
Perfect.
Last, we need a plan
in case
she won't leave on her own.
Something that can handle
the wild monster.
I've got it.
The chair.
Go, my frightful Kafir.
Bring me the Aswang.
[SNARLING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Do what you like with the rest.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
I'm really sorry.
You're always there for me,
ever since I met you
on that tricad.
And I have so much trouble
doing the same for you.
I sound great.
I should marry me.
[CHUCKLES]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC FADES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Is there -
Is anyone else here?
No.
Good.
What are you doing?
Hey.
Stop it.
Hey, stop it.
Hey, Wonder.
Whoa!
[CHIRPING]
The f...
WONDER: 'Suko, Miranda.
Okay, you're gonna have to
tell me what the hell
APRIL: was that back there.
WONDER: I can explain, okay?
WONDER: 'Suko!
My God. Are you the one stealing
my clothes from the wash?
So that thing could be me?
No!
WONDER: Yeah, I did steal some..
APRIL: Whatever!
WONDER: of your jogging pants.
Whatever.
What was that?
It's a Kafir,
a shapeshifter.
Imitates the victim's wants.
Okay.
Oh,
I didn't know.
Hey.
There's nothing to be
ashamed of.
Right? I-
I'm not gonna tell anybody.
What makes you think that --
[Roar]
[SCREAMING]
Back to work.
[OMINOUS DRONE]
Hey, honey.
Did they give us more towels?
And corporate sent me a list
of stuff they want.
Uh, this is your department.
Could you take a look at these?
There is A-42, and a...
affidavit to travel.
A-42 B, right?
Mmm! Mm Hmm.
O-okay.
Hang on.
Don't forget, there's B93
right here
copies in triplicate --
triplicate.
BENITO: Guys, emergency!
There's a shapeshifting
sex monster in the area.
A shapeshifter you say.
Here's your hot dog, Set.
Yes.
Thanks.
If there's truly
a shapeshifter here
We're in terrible danger.
We need to get her out of here.
SETSUKO: Call a cab.
MIRANDA:I think --
SETSUKO: You will listen to me.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
WONDER: There they are.
APRIL: Miranda!
WONDER: Think that's really Set?
Fire first, think later.
[FIRING]
[ACTION MUSIC]
MIRANDA: Help!
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
APRIL: Richard!
RICHARD: Huh?
Scrap the plan.
There's an emergency.
Find Set, tell her
a Kafir impersonator
has taken Miranda.
WONDER: And Benito.
APRIL: And Burrito too!
[SOFT PIANO]
Oh.
How could you not have one?
I thought we were
on a warpath here.
Body armor, check,
laser gun, check.
Pen and stationery, no.
Stop waving those at me.
You look like
my nagging wife.
Okay, sure.
I'll take off my shirt
if you like?
Where is all the paperwork?
Here.
Do we really have to do this
right now?
No.
Of course not.
About a week ago.
Stop dragging me back
to reality.
I work hard to exist
in my fantasy world
where I research monsters for
a living and have self-esteem.
Okay, sure.
Uh, you got a key?
No.
Here it is.
Honey?
Hon?
Honey?
Hon?
[MUFFLED NOISES]
SETSUKO: Are you coming?
[SQUISHING]
[HORROR BEATS]
Go!
NAMELESS: This is the best
I can do for you.
History will roll over those
who were wrong.
I can say however that for you
I have respect.
BENITO: So you're a monster?
Yes.
BENITO: You are a gray, bat
thing with the rotting skin.
I am an Aswang.
That's why you look so good.
It's not real.
KAFIR: Please, kiss me.
BENITO: What?
MIRANDA: Who said --
KAFIR: And then take me
on the floor, oh!
I'd sooner kiss a toilet,
you freak.
MIRANDA: That wasn't me!
[KAFIR LAUGHS]
I love it when we talk filthy.
APRIL: Hey, you!
Give us our friend!
She's talking about you, yes?
You are friends?
You know this girl is
Aswang, yes?
[VILLAINOUS MUSIC]
Remind me again
what's this guy's deal.
WONDER: You're kidding?
APRIL: No.
It's a Kafir, shapeshifter.
"What's this guy's deal?"
Hey, Kafir.
Uh, why don't you
just talk to us, huh?
What do you want?
What do I want?
Um.
What are you even doing here?
You could be anything
you wanna be, literally.
KAFIR: I want --
WONDER: Walk the other way.
WONDER: Forget all of this.
APRIL: All of it.
WONDER: Do it for you.
APRIL: You.
WONDER: Love yourself.
APRIL: Eat, Pray, Love.
KAFIR: I want-
APRIL: Yourself.
[ROARS]
WONDER: You got this, April?
[ACTION MUSIC]
WONDER: Shoot him, April!
Come on!
[GROANING]
[GRUNTS, GROANS]
[MUSIC ENDS]
[SPY MUSIC]
[SNIFFING]
[LOW SNARL]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[FIRES]
[ROARS]
Oh, boy.
I will tear you limb from limb!
We got him!
Shoot him, April.
Let me go,
you traitor Aswang!
[FIRES]
[GROANING]
Don't shoot him!
Punch him!
[ACTION MUSIC]
KAFIR: Ow.
Aw, man.
Did you kill it?
NAMELESS: It'd be better if you
just let him bring me the Aswang
You really are one of them,
aren't you?
Yes, I am.
I thought maybe
you needed saving.
Please tell your friends
not to worry.
I will deliver
their truest desire,
the exodus of our kind.
We leave together back to our
own dimension, never to return.
Leave man to his rock.
Yablo have been here
for millions of years.
I know how long.
I was there.
I came over,
but I can get us back.
What about our homes here?
NAMELESS: Some people always
want the world
to be so complicated.
Where I found as I get older
that the simplest solution
always cuts to the quick.
You can't just take a piece
of this world
and expect no consequences.
Trifles really.
[GUN COCKING]
I really don't wanna
hurt anybody else.
Anybody else?
Your boy is scared.
Boy, talk some sense
into your fellows.
You know that the world will be
better with less-
Screw off!
I don't want any part of this!
You freaks can go on and-
[CHAOTIC CHIMES]
What is this?
Yes, actually,
I think he's right.
Our kinds can never get along.
He doesn't mean that.
You're just controlling him.
No, I'm not.
I mean, no, he's not.
This is our home.
We're part of this world.
We're not going to some
other dimension
just because you miss it.
Yeah, you heard her-
Enough, enough!
I've seen this whole world
from my cave.
It's survival of the fittest,
and there's no question
on this planet,
humans are fit.
We can try to be human,
like you are trying,
or we can return
where we belong.
Hey, floating God complex --
let there be light!
[SCREAMING]
Guys, come on!
Go, go, go!
Set-chan!
ROMMEL: Setsuko!
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
Set, go!
NAMELESS: This isn't how
I wanted it.
But take heart.
Together we will have
tremendous purpose.
What is he doing?
Feeding.
WONDER: What the hell happened?
SETSUKO: He cornered us
at the hotel,
a-absorbed us or something.
We were in his mind.
He still has Rommel.
What is this?
She isn't human.
I am Aswang.
Aswang, also called
as Manananggal.
Can split in half
at the waist and fly.
Very strong, devours blood.
I was going to tell you guys,
I swear.
I joined PHASE
to do something good.
That's all I ever wanted.
Someone like you could've done
a lot of good.
You should've told us.
We're just making nice with
the monsters
after she betrayed us?
SETSUKO: Making nice
with monsters
is what we do.
APRIL: He talks real big now.
He tried to get me and Richard
to get rid of her.
It's why we couldn't respond
properly to the crisis.
We're the betrayer.
Nameless wants to remove
all the Yablo from the earth
and return us to
whatever planet
we came from.
Could be worse.
No. You are PHASE.
Can't you understand why
this must never be allowed?
I'm new.
Balance.
What would happen if 10% of
our animals suddenly vanished?
Nothing at first.
But animals who ate
those animals would starve,
then those they eat
overpopulate, kill ecosystems.
then those they eat
overpopulate, kill ecosystems.
It could go on and on.
The Yablo are part of our world
now in ways we can't even see.
We could have peace but at
the expense of everything else.
If Nameless is killed,
will Rommel survive?
SETSUKO: We aren't
killing anything.
People are dying, Set.
SETSUKO:We aren't having
this conversation.
We don't kill.
Not humans, Yablo, or anything.
Then what do we do?
We get my husband back.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
RICHARD: Set?
Setsuko?
How could we lose her?
Mm-mm.
Set knows this area.
She lost us.
I guess that puts Wonder
in charge.
And where is she?
RICHARD: Wonder!
[SPITS]
RICHARD: Are you taking a crap?
No! Just give me a minute.
RICHARD: Oh, Wonder!
Come over here!
It's right behind you!
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[GRUNTING, BELLS JINGLE]
[EXHALES]
Thank you, wise creature.
GUIDE: We are the Demonde,
refiners of the watercourse.
You, human visitors,
are rare honored guests here.
I'm just glad Old Morales
found you.
Welcome to our village.
But why did Old Morales
go back out there?
Ancient tradition says
when they get old,
the elderly Demonde must go into
the jungle and starve to death
but Old Morales is tough.
30 years out there,
he hasn't starved.
We just leave him.
This is my home.
Will you come inside?
Yeah.
Sure.
[MUSIC PLAYING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
DEMONDE: Yeah!
Let the party start!
[CLUB MUSIC]
Yeah!
Let the party start!
Yeah!
You said party!
Here, drink this.
Okay.
What's wrong?
Demonde means wild monster
but not because they're violent
but because all they do
is party.
[CLUB MUSIC CONTINUES]
Whoa-ho-ho!
What's wrong, guys?
Uh, we're not really
in the party mood.
What was in that drink?
Well, that's a bummer.
We can't have that.
Right, guys?
CROWD: No!
No party!
But don't worry though.
Our special wine there gets
anybody into party mood.
No exceptions.
It's okay, sir.
We're fine like this.
It's no problem.
You party right.
For our honor.
To Yablo.
[CHEERING]
And to humans!
Together!
Together!
CROWD: Together!
Whoo!
[CLUB MUSIC CONTINUES]
Karaoke!
[MUSIC FADES]
[WHOOSHING]
Oh, oh, yeah,
oh-oh-oh
Yeah, go, sing!
Woo!
Woo-woo!
[CLUB MUSIC]
[WHISPERING]
DEMONDE: Drink, it is time.
RICHARD: Eww!
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
[PIANO MUSIC]
The sound
That saved
[FEEDBACK WHINING]
A wretch
...so much right now...
I hate your guts,
I hate
everything about you
and everything you stand for.
MIRANDA: Humans never come here.
They have an understanding
with the Demonde
who feed off the microorganisms
in the water,
naturally filter it.
The water flows from here
through every rice field
down to the sea.
How exactly
do they filter it?
[LAUGHS] What?
We have to get out of here,
guys.
Right now they're too drunk
to stop us from escaping
and we're sober enough
to do it.
MIRANDA: Richard.
RICHARD: Ow.
Talk to the guard
at my seven.
I've been watching him
and he's a friend of the guard.
Talk to him and try to get him
to come over here.
April, you'll need to walk
in a perpendicular path
when the guard
leaves his post.
Trip him into the alcohol,
chaos ensues,
and we all run out.
MIRANDA: Richard!
RICHARD: What?
When we escape,
you'll need to drag Wonder out.
Got it?
Got it.
Okay.
Wait for my signal.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[SNORING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[TRUCK ENGINE]
[GROANING]
[SCREAMING]
[SNARLING]
[SCREAMING]
[AGGRESSIVE MUSIC]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
AGENT: Hey, stop! Get her!
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[MUSIC FADE]
They must have found this place
after that ruckus in town.
This is your fault, Benito.
I didn't think there was
any organization
meant to deal with Yablo
besides PHASE.
Hey.
Who says there wasn't?
Rommel did.
Miranda?
[OMINOUS DRONE]
Move it.
Hurry up.
[SAD MUSIC]
I don't think they know
about Miranda.
How would they know?
Even the Demonde couldn't tell.
Well, that gives us
the advantage.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
NAMELESS: You lot again,
are you associated
with these kidnappers,
or have you taken yourselves?
I told you we were
on the same side.
We were not on the same side
as anyone who eats people.
I didn't eat them.
I have...
assimilated them.
And I'm sure
they're really happy.
I am, so they are.
Now, get me out of this,
and once I'm on the ground
I'll free you.
We are not going to do that
I think I can trick you into it.
Oh, I shouldn't have said that,
now I probably can't.
[CHUCKLES]
You have to give up now,
you're in danger.
Yablo have no rights
in human eyes,
you'll need PHASE's support,
or you'll spend
the rest of your life
as a lab rat, or worse.
I want you to hear me out,
there is no other way.
Our races depend on each other,
countless of humans
and Yablo will die!
Death can't be stopped.
NAMELESS: It's the terrible
truth of every moment,
that it must end, and soon.
It is the root of every cruelty,
desperate thrashings
before an inglorious end.
As mortals, there are so
many reasons to kill,
and so few to stand and endure.
And why should we
listen to you?
I am old.
If you're so wise, why are you
tied up in the back of a truck?
I have a message for the world,
these people didn't listen,
but the next, they will.
This doesn't stop me
from speaking, you realize.
WONDER: You hear something?
APRIL: No, nothing.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
Take that thing out.
This is your chance, kill it.
SETSUKO: Keep your mouth shut.
WONDER: How didn't I see it
before? These idiots are PHASE!
Get her out of here.
AGENT: Yo, go, go.
Go. Let us go.
Go, go. Go.
Let us go. Go!
So, PHASE sure is great.
AGENT: Atten-hut!
Why did you leave your base?
I'm sorry we don't an-
Shut up!
We were in pursuit
of a dangerous Yablo,
the one that you captured
and transported
in a truck here with us.
What is this creature?
Some kind of elemental being.
It's not aggressive,
which is lucky for us,
because it could certainly take
out this entire base with ease.
If it hasn't escaped containment
yet, it will and soon.
APRIL: Richard, what the hell
are you doing?
Girl,
you didn't think
I'd leave you all out there
in the sticks
without supervision, did you?
Richard's our boy.
Now, what do you think
it will take
to bring that monster
back stateside? Hmm?
You're holding my report, sir,
it's not in my current budget,
can't guarantee it.
You could build something,
you'd have everything you need,
no more digging through
the trash for parts.
I would like that.
COMMANDER: Take them away.
AGENTS: Go, go, go.
Go, go, go, move.
MIRANDA: Richard, stop Nameless!
You have to stop Nameless.
APRIL: You're one of us, Richard
COMMANDER: Don't be
cute, people,
he's not one of you r--
RICHARD: [Foreign]
Go, go, go.
I always hated that guy anyways.
Go, go, go.
RICHARD:I can't express how
sorry I am.
MIRANDALIt's fine, you did what
was right in the end
APRIL: Like Darth Vader.
RICHARD: No, I didn't.
PHASE doesn't protect Yablo.
We exploit them, however we can.
PHASE has gone bad,
but I'm one of them.
The next thing you know I'll be
trying to take over Poland
or reprogram Wonder
to like boys.
You told him?
No, I didn't tell thim anything.
RICHARD: I'm so sorry.
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
APRIL: Wait how,
how did you know?
I'm a spy, I know stuff.
I'm not in the habit of sharing
my preferences
with work friends,
thank you.
It's okay, I accept you, sister.
We all accept you, Wonder.
APRIL: Guys, lay off.
[SPY MUSIC]
So Nameless is solid now.
He's containable.
It's kind of a dumb move.
He's too smart for that,
he's here for a reason.
That's right, he claimed to have
a message for the world.
PHASE has an emergency
television override system,
in case of a countrywide
Yablo crisis,
they can take over every
channel.
How would he know that?
BENITO: When he gets in
our head,
he can read our minds probably.
He's an ancient,
legendary smoke monster.
Could be.
SETSUKO: They won't hold
him for long,
we have to stop him ourselves.
[MUSIC FADES]
[MUFFLED MUSIC]
[SQUELCHING]
[BEEPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Good evening, humans.
I've hijacked your airwaves
to make an announcement
that will benefit us all,
but first, you're thinking,
what the [BLEEP] is this?
I am Yablo,
a monster,
one of many,
and you've always known us.
You tell children we live
under the bed
or that we'll get them
when they're naughty.
You're not wrong,
but we are not under
your bed anymore,
we're in the covers with you.
We're real, and there are people
[UNITELLIGBLE SHOUTS]
who will prefer
you didn't know that.
They prey on us
and will continue to do so.
Humans are being naughty.
[SHOUTING]
NAMELESS: War is coming between
my kind and yours.
There will be death, and my
kind knows how best to serve it.
We are everything
you've ever feared,
we are the vision
of your very oblivion.
[RINGING]
EXECUTIVE: What do they want?
[INDISTINCT VOICE,
MAN SHUDDERING]
NAMELESS: Some of us
are so small
you'll never know
we're inside you
until you begin to change
and add ever more to our horde.
The hooves of the Tikbalang
will beat
upon your roads
and your women.
It goes on.
The horrors we will rain.
We know you have your weapons,
but those are meant for
NAMELESS: men...not nightmares.
ASSISTANT: It's everywhere.
So listen and listen well,
hairless monkeys.
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS THEN FADES]
I propose that all of my kind,
we can just leave.
We never wanted bloodshed.
We'll go home --
just don't stop us
and I'll make it happen.
And we've got our first caller.
You're on the air.
Can you -- can you repeat
what you just said?
Yes, sir.
If you will kindly
leave me alone,
specifically the top
three floors of this building,
I will prevent war.
I will take all Yablo
across the planet
and we will return
to whence we came.
We don't want war.
I'll cut you a deal: clear your
team out of here for a few days
and I'll make sure
there's enough deceased
Yablo material left over
for your research,
material that no other nation
will have access to,
because we'll be gone
after that.
Sir, the States will go for it,
maybe Japan will complain,
but if the materials
are good...
You have yourself a bargain.
And you have yourself a future.
[DEFEATED MUSIC]
[MUSIC FADES]
What would happen if 10%
of our animals suddenly vanished
The Demonde feed off
the microorganisms
in the water,
naturally filter it.
The water flows from here
through every rice field,
down to the sea.
The Yablo are part of our world
now in ways we can't even see.
[BANGING NOISE]
AGENT: Wake up.
Wake up.
PHASE is over.
[MUSIC BUILDS]
Are we really
letting him do this?
People have spoken.
And what about Miranda?
I'll go back,
With the others.
We can't let this happen.
Why don't you get on that?
We haven't forgotten
you were ready
to throw her under the bus.
So?
He was ready to throw us
all under.
And Setsuko freed that thing.
What about her?
That's your employer
you're talking about.
Not anymore.
How can you say that?
SETSUKO: PHASE, was a lie.
Peace and understanding?
Unity?
We threw that all away
when a good deal came along.
We don't care about
consequences,
we just know tomorrow
we'll be ahead.
That's what institutions
are like.
He made it easy for them
to look away,
and he was right to.
Because we know the truth.
We know all the harm
that could come to pass
from something as simple
as pulling people apart.
Yablo are people.
I can't order you guys
to do anything.
My authority,
PHASE,
it's gone.
So when I'm asking you to find
Nameless and stop him,
what I'm really asking,
is were you part of PHASE,
the company that signed you up
and paid your checks?
Or were you with me?
It's not just the Yablo
at stake,
the whole world could be.
We can't just let them be taken.
Why are you telling me?
I was already saying that.
Because it's fine if we
all argue and hate each other,
Benito,
just as long as we hate
the bad sludge guy more,
then maybe we're a team.
PHASE 2.0!
Who's with me --
SETSUKO: PHASE is dead.
APRIL: Okay
We're just us.
[ACTION MONTAGE MUSIC]
Well, this is all I have on.
[MUSIC ENDS]
Will we be able
to save Rommel?
He helped me escape
the creature's mind.
I'm sure he's still in there.
It's important that we don't
kill Nameless,
not that that's easy.
First, because of my husband,
and firster than first,
because we're not PHASE
and we don't kill, right?
Right.
Anymore, right?
We don't kill anymore?
I'm kidding.
Nameless' plan must revolve
around the captured Demonde.
There's nothing else here
he would want.
They will be kept in the Needle,
a few floors up.
[CROWD CHANTING]
Their team is much bigger
than ours.
Wonder,
take Richard and Benito.
Hold the gate, make threats,
pile furniture,
anything to keep them out.
April, Miranda, and I will
go up and stop that thing.
BENITO: I wanna go with you.
I've seen so much with you guys,
and all I have been is a burden,
and sometimes much worse,
but if I start right now
and give it my all,
I can be one of you someday.
So, please, let me help you
fight the big guy.
[CHORTLE]
[CLAPPING]
What?
You cynical bastards,
you didn't like that?
Come on, Jim, you're with me.
But get rid of that fanny pack.
April, go with Wonder.
RICHARD: I thought it was good.
I liked the speech.
Where did you say
Nameless was again?
The Needle.
[TENSE ACTION MUSIC]
This is where
they'll keep the Demonde.
We'll need you
once trouble starts.
Guns won't matter.
It's all up to you.
All up to me.
[HEROIC ACTION MUSIC]
Hold up, hold up.
Hold up.
[BEEPING]
I'm reading about 400 different
signatures, guys,
assuming 50% of those
are insects and animals,
and a generous
10% margin for error,
that's still 180 people.
Those guards aren't gonna be
holding them back for long,
I suggest we roll diplomacy.
Do we want to try and talk
the angry mob down?
Huh? Y-Ye-Yeah, talk.
Right.
Come on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
He's absorbing the Demonde.
He'll use the energy to open a
portal to our original universe.
[MECHANICAL WHINE]
Stop!
NAMELESS: Oh, my God!
Will you not just
leave me alone?
How can you still be
pestering me?
Where is he?
NAMELESS: Where is who?
Rommel Romero.
Give me back my husband.
Oh, that fellow
I got with you.
He's been in me a while now.
He's fully absorbed.
I'm sorry, you should have
stayed with him really,
you'd be together forever now.
[CHANTING]
Will everybody calm down.
AGENT: Who the hell are you?
We are here to help.
There are things in here
you don't want to deal with.
Listen you guys, we're gonna
clear everything up, all right?
Ow!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING,
CHANTING]
[CHAOTIC PIANO MUSIC]
[FIRES]
Look out!
[HISSING]
NAMELESS: I don't want to
rub it in,
but control doesn't work
on an Aswang.
You're so naive,
she betrayed you like-
Shut up.
I'm so sorry, Set.
Sorry for all of this.
I'm so happy you let me be
a part of your team.
But,
I realize now that humans
are the problem.
Not all of you, but enough.
So, please just let us go, Set.
You'll find something else.
NAMELESS: Control doesn't work
on an Aswang -- but this will!
[CLANG]
NAMELESS: I appreciate
the sentiment dear, Aswang.
We'll make it to
the promised land,
together.
Ow.
WONDER: Are you okay?
I was a second ago.
WONDER: Here, drink some water.
[COUGHING]
Oh, you're really
not good at this.
Are you okay?
Can you make through this?
Of course.
Can you still fight?
Nothing can stop me.
Here again?
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
BENITO: Hey!
Hey!
[SOBBING]
[TRIUMPHANT OCHESTRA MUSIC]
NAMELESS: Oh, what?
Why?
What are you going to do?
[TRIUMPHANT ORCHESTRA MUSIC]
NAMELESS: This is unexpected.
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMS]
MIRANDA: Set, I got you.
[DEAFENING RINGING]
[CROWD CHANTING]
[SCREAMING]
[HORRIFIC MUSIC]
I'm glad you could
all be here today.
I'm gonna need every one of you
to finish this job.
Let's get started.
Ah, little heroes
atop the mountain
with cardboard swords,
defenders of the status quo.
Well, are you gonna stop me
from saving the world?
[PANTING]
He won't kill us, even now.
I killed him.
You know you didn't.
I can smell him.
He's still growing.
You picked the wrong side.
Yeah.
Don't do it again.
'cause he tricked us here
so that he could eat us.
Yes, I did.
[RETCHES]
[SCREAMING]
Don't you wanna stop me?
SETSUKO: Nameless.
Aswang, you're more attractive
than ever, my dear.
Have you finally learned
to accept yourself,
or maybe it's new hair.
Don't leave me --
Last chance, Nameless.
You could still get out of this.
I know you can't see beneath
this lovely skirt of mine,
but I'm wearing boots,
and they are quaking.
Don't you ever learn?
Look at us.
Every time you had us beat,
we come back.
Every obstacle you
throw our way, we demolish.
You just signed your own
death warrant
because together, we-
Ah, shi-
NAMELESS: What's that?
"Together we shi--"?
Well, I am inspired.
Okay, Aswang.
What's it going to be?
[HEROIC MUSIC]
Where are we?
We're mind-controlled.
We are all in his head.
Or he's in ours.
BENITO: Or whatever.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[MUFFLED MURMURS]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
SETSUKO: We could have had time.
Marriage is compromise.
[BATTLE MUSIC]
They must be desperate if
they've taken you back already.
Do you really think that there's
a future together
for our two kinds?
MIRANDA: Maybe, we don't
know yet.
Maybe, we have to get there.
NAMELESS: Oh, so you're one of
those wait-and-see types?
When the world is a ruin,
at least you'll know
you tried, right?
[BLAST]
[SCREAMS]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[UNINTELLIGIBLE WHISPERING]
How?
Um...
[CLEARS THROAT]
Could you pass me that?
No! Stop relaxing!
We can't give up.
[RUMBLING]
Richard, lift me up.
Everyone!
Everyone, listen to me!
There's only one way out of
here, and that's together.
Use your emotions
and fight him out of your head.
Get angry, get sad,
whatever you've got.
If we do it together,
he can't keep control.
Like this.
[GROWLS]
[CROWD GROWLING]
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
[GROWLING, SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
BENITO: Come on, guys!
I've been here over and over.
I know this place backwards
and forwards,
and nothing can get you out,
not even your --
[GROWLING]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[NAMELESS GROWLS]
BENITO: Miranda!
Ow! Ooh!
[GROWLS]
[ACTION MUSIC]
[SNARLING, GROWLING]
[CROWD YELLING]
APRIL: It's working!
It's working!
Richard!
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[GASPS]
WONDER: Here, stick him
with this.
It will slow him down.
Great.
Don't stick yourself with it.
Got it.
Hey, man, you did it.
How did you know
he had a core?
What?
Squishy.
What?
Squishy.
RICHARD: You have to
destroy this.
[MUSIC BUILDS]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
[EXPLOSION]
[FIRES, CROWD SCREAMING]
[SCREAMS]
It hurts!
[WET BURST]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[CHEERING]
NAMELESS: Fools,
you are all fools.
Stick together for now
only to fight me.
Tomorrow, you will each turn
on the other, always.
Don't kill me,
and I'll let the girl go.
[CHEERING, TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[MUSIC CALMS]
[SENTIMENTAL PIANO]
[MUSIC FADES]
[CHEERING]
Miranda!
[SUSPENSEFUL DRONES]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
[INAUDIBLE]
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[ELECTRONIC WARBLING]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
NAMELESS: Aswang.
They aren't gone.
They missed you
at the hospital.
Please.
Don't destroy me.
Thank you.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[INAUDIBLE]
[TRIUMPHANT CRESCENDO]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC FADES]
[SOFT POP MUSIC]
[WOMAN SINGING IN FILIPINO]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
[POP MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC CONTINUEs]
And stop!
[MUSIC ENDS]
[PERCUSSION IN THUNDER STORM]
[PROJECTOR WHIRRING]
[OMINOUS SYNTH MUSIC]
ANNOUNCER: (VO) The Yablo,
or monsters,
were here before we were.
They came from another dimension
three million years ago.
Nobody knows what
they were running from.
When mankind came to be,
the Yablo were afraid.
Then, fear became war.
The wisest Yablo, Nameless,
wanted peace.
He thought we could
thrive together.
Neither Yablo
nor human listened.
When the war was over, there
was shame enough to go around.
The Yablo went into hiding.
WOMAN: Most folk today couldn't
find a Yablo themselves.
Never.
But they're there --
if you know
where to look.
That's why we're here now,
conquering the world,
forming governments,
and drinking beer
at 11:00 in the morning.
And what of The Unnamed
you ask?
Still, he waits.
That's...
pretty cool.
Yeah? Well, I've got a lot more
of those if you like.
Nice to meet you.
[JAZZ MUSIC PLAYS]
[DRUMS AND FLUTES]
WOMAN: Hey!
Hey, are you my ride?
Name's Setsuko.
But we're not going to Almeria,
I need to be in Agpangi.
Light frame, blue cover,
fake antenna,
and no license, hmm.
Are you sure it can't go
a little faster?
Ah, ah, that's better.
The wind is great.
I couldn't even believe
how hot this place
was when I first
got off the plane.
[DRUM BEAT CONTINUES]
I'm here for my work
if you're wondering.
Of course, you were.
Drivers are the great
faceless spy force.
They go everywhere,
and they hear everything.
Useful.
Did you ever think you would
have to become
faceless yourself?
Nobody would have ever thought
you could swallow your dignity
like this for so long.
It's no wonder your enemies
haven't found you.
[IN TAGALOG]:
I've studied Tagalog
for two months now.
I understand it, but my accent
must be vile.
You speak plenty
of English though.
Here's the thing, Rommel...
Nobody can completely disappear.
Are you sure? Because-
Sigurado ka? Kasi-
Let me finish.
Nobody can completely disappear.
Not without our help.
O, hoy.
SETSUKO: Like I was saying.
Tie his feet and throw the rope
around that highest branch.
I want his guts to dangle
before I cut them out.
You were hiding well,
but there are only so
many rocks to check
before you'd scuttle out.
Isn't that right, Rommel Romero?
Wait, me first.
What?!
Tie me first or kill me,
whichever.
BOSS: Oh, pretty lady.
Yes, I will tie you up --
but not here.
[SCREAMS]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
No, put it down.
SETSUKO: Put it down.
I said put that down.
That's a Yablo, a monster.
This creature is protected
by the Paranormal Species Act.
Put it down.
Don't you point any weapon at
any innocent creature again.
Sorry.
I'm Sorry.
I'm just gonna shoot on
unprotected trees then, okay?
I'm not joking, buddy.
Okay, fine.
Good.
So, you do know the Yablo.
Like I've been saying,
Mr. Romero,
we're offering you a job.
Who's we?
PHASE.
PHASE?
[SOUND FADES OUT]
[ROAR]
ANNOUNCER: Nearly 50 species
of Yablo
have been discovered
around the world.
And though these species vary
wildly in shape and form,
they share
biological similarities
found nowhere else
in the animal kingdom.
Notably, every form of Yablo
has demonstrated
nearly human-level
intelligence.
It is because of that
dangerous intelligence
that the governments
of the world, those in the know,
have decided to keep
these discoveries
as a kind of a open secret.
The Yablo have even integrated
into Earth's ecosystems.
We rely on their
biological functions
for soil, water filtering,
and more.
Hi, I'm Giovanni Cortiz.
You will operate according
to three key directives.
Discover: find new species
and new information
on known creatures.
Document: keep extensive
record of all discoveries.
And to defend.
GIOVANNI (OS): Your deployment
to the island of Biliran,
home of PHASE Central
and headquarters
and key Yablo
population hotspot,
is one of the greatest honors
your government
can bestow on you.
We'll make our countries proud.
Go PHASE!
Okay!
Cadets, younglings, whatever,
I hope you don't have
any questions.
Great. So, I'm April,
I'll be keeping
you safe when we're
out on the field
which I believe
we will be today, so lucky you.
Uh, we don't get new people
very often.
I'm kind of making
all of this up.
APRIL: Richard? Talk to them now
RICHARD: Huh?
RICHARD: Yeah,
sure. Um, hi.
So, my name is Richard.
I'm an engineer for Yablo
specialized technology.
Like this.
This is the hydro frack.
It emits a one-inch beam
and when applied along the skin
thusly it can dry completely
even to the point of rupture
and on some species
of Yablo,
this is very, very dangerous,
even lethal to others-
WONDER (OS): Stand up, kids.
We're going now.
Give me that!
It's horrible.
This is Wonder
as she calls herself.
She's like a hippie.
APRIL:I mean "biologist."
WONDER: Yeah, that's right.
Anything we already know
about the Yablo,
I'm the one who knows it.
So, I guess we'll all be
working together.
MIRANDA: Well, I'm excited.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
RICHARD: Weren't we
supposed to have the day off?
Boss called us in.
He's the one that called it off.
Don't they have
something going on?
I'm suspicious.
I didn't know PHASE
was such a small group.
Uh, hey, tater tot,
how can you say that
APRIL: when we've got this guy?
RICHARD: Ha-ha.
MIRANDA:My name's Miranda.
APRIL: What was it?
Miran-
Eh, last more than a week
and I'll remember.
Hey, don't be mean.
Come on, \you gotta earn your na
you and this fart-tart both.
We can remember
each other's names.
I'm Benito.
Miranda. Nice fanny bag.
Nice eyes.
APRIL: Yo, Burrito, let's go!
Chop-chop.
Vmonos.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
MIRANDA: I am a human girl.
I am a girl.
I am a girl.
I am a human girl.
[MUSIC STOPS]
It's this way, Miranda.
I'm Richard.
Don't give up on yourself, okay?
I think you're gonna do great.
Thanks.
Uh, I'm not giving up.
WONDER: His old lady left him
at the altar.
He stood there for an hour
in his ridiculous suit.
[SOMBER PIANO]
They're still together
if you can believe it.
Wait, where were you?
Did you hear my joke
about his old lady?
RICHARD: About who?
APRIL: Come on, it's not
APRIL: that funny.
WONDER: His old lady.
MIRANDA: Whose old lady?
WONDER: My brother's.
BENITO: Who's that?
RICHARD: I want to hear it.
Nobody laugh.
Stifling is in full effect, sir.
Why are you wearing a suit?
This is a bad time
to be wearing a suit.
I don't have to answer
that question
when I look damn good.
[LAUGHTER]
So, who is that guy?
Sir, do these canceled plans
have anything to do
with us getting all sweaty
out here?
Like you had anything
better to do, Richard?
I'll have you know that I had
plans that involve a-
Okay, listen up.
This is a discovery mission.
I'll take point.
Richard and Wonder
will hold our back.
Do not shoot the Yablo
unless you absolutely must.
We've discovered some species
in the area
that absorb energy
as some sort of aphrodisiac.
Always double-check with Wonder,
or we might find ourselves
neck-deep
with the infant Tiyanaks.
Okay, commence.
BENITO: W-wait. What?
[OMINOUS DRONES]
[OMINOUS DRONES]
Oh, my God!
The poor thing.
It's been gutted.
What could have snuck up
on a Maagboar?
[Hissing]
Not many.
Let me take her out of here.
RICHARD: We have to clear
the whole cave before-
RICHARD: we can go home.
ROMELL: When we get back,
we can have
a rebirthing ceremony
once we're on base.
Let's go.
[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]
Sir?
What's the rebirthing
ceremony thing?
Ah, it's the
traditional consumption
of the recently deceased,
supposedly the next young
contains the soul
of the recently dead Maagboar.
Like that one.
So those photos from the videos?
Those were not real, right?
Yablo aren't really that big?
Ask Rommel.
Wait, so what was your joke
about the boss's old lady?
Oh, it's just that they kept
trying to get married.
You know, he's my brother,
he's so lame.
It wasn't really a joke though.
She's not old. She's kind of
funny, and a bit of --
Wonder?
Wonder.
Wonder, hello?
Wait, guys.
Everyone get over here
right now.
Wonder?
Hold this.
APRIL:Wonder?
ROMMEL: What happened to her?
[Beeps]
She i-is alive.
Her consciousness is sustained.
My guess is that she can
still see and hear us.
All right. Stand back.
RICHARD: Attach these
diodes, please.
Okay, where?
RICHARD: Temples.
Thank you.
APRIL: Whoa, whoa, whoa! Are you
just gonna electrocute her?
RICHARD: No.
[ZAPPING]
Huh, well, you know
what they say.
What do they say, Richard?
What?
Oh God, defensive!
[AGGRESSIVE MUSIC]
[BATS SQUEEKING]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[SCRAPING]
What did this to him?
I don't know.
Ask him.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[BAT SQUEEK]
WONDER: Guys!
Look at that!
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
What is it?
I could have sworn
it could-
Do you think I can get
one of these on my wall?
Look.
[DRONES CRESCENDO]
[ALL GASP]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
WONDER: Where are they?
It's okay Miranda.
It's okay.
The pictures are alive!
Move!
Is this some kind of joke?
You're scaring Miranda.
It's here!
[BLASTS]
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
I'm so lost, guys.
[SCREAMS]
[CHAOTIC SYNTH]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[SYNTH STING]
Ow.
Come on, help guys.
Yeah.
Why didn't you catch me?
'Cause you're huge.
[PANTING]
[WHOOSHING, SHRIEKING]
[CHAOTIC DRONES]
[SOFT THUD]
[DISTORTED VOICES]
She's getting up.
Are you okay?
She saved the new guy.
Thank you for bringing
my friends.
Sorry, I hit you.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
RICHARD: I think I'm starting
to piece together
the mystery
of the canceled plans.
Why are you guys here?
I'm not done
with the inscriptions.
And I supposed you guys blasted
through everything in your path?
RICHARD: Well -
APRIL: Not everything.
WONDER: Only a little
This is the resting place
of Nameless the Wise.
Come on, you guys.
Do none of you know who that is?
RICHARD: Someone...smart?
BENITO: Uh, sorry.
Hi, Set.
Don't shoot.
I don't wanna have anything
to do with you.
Why did you buy that dress?
Momentary lapse in judgment.
A $1,000 lapse in judgment that
we've been planning meticulously
for two months --
two years even.
It comes and goes.
[CLICK]
Don't touch me.
I'm not touching you.
I just want to talk.
Okay,
talking.
I'm not running away.
I just really needed to look
at this cave right now.
Okay.
I've looked at it now.
Look,
I don't wanna
force you into anything.
If you don't want
to do this then-
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
Okay,
we're good.
Wait.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC BUILDS]
If we were to get married...
We have to do it here --
in this sacred place.
Sure.
Also, remind me
why I would marry you.
Because I am humble.
I'm -
I'm just so incredibly humble,
that I'm probably
the most humble person
that has ever been.
Guys, do we --
I mean us two,
the two of us make sense?
Damn it, Set,
I wanna go home!
Make up your mind this time!
This isn't
how I imagined it.
I didn't mean --
Marriage is compromise.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
Oh, brother!
You're married.
ROMMEL: I am, yes.
APRIL: I like it.
Wedding in a jungle!
I know a good swamp
for the honeymoon guys.
Oh, yes,
stay away from my wife.
APRIL: Going once.
WONDER: No?
APRIL: Going twice.
BENITO: Yes, sir.
WONDER: Is it really worth being
stuck out here all night?
RICHARD: How about you?
Any opinions?
Any strong opinions like mine?
[WHOOSHING, DISTORTED VOICE]
What the...
[DISTORTED VOICE]
Permission to fire?
Not on your life.
VOICE: I am delirious.
Huh?
[CHUCKLES]
What - what am I?
What am I?
You're the Unnamed and your
wisdom is needed in this world.
NAMELESS: Yes...
Yes, I am.
And I remember your kind
coming here before,
with the fire in your hearts
and then your hands
scorching the jungle.
My grandfather was Japanese.
His people invaded
this country long ago.
Oh, not so long to me, girl.
It's still in you,
whatever it is, waiting.
The rest of you
should watch this one.
You're right.
I am the Nameless.
I used to peddle wisdom,
but the truth is the world
doesn't need wisdom.
It needs justice.
You wouldn't mind pointing me
in the direction
of the nearest city?
Being nearly omnipotent
actually screws up
your simple sense of direction.
Thanks.
WONDER: What do you mean justice
Your world for you,
our world for us.
The way it used to be
when things were good.
When was that?
NAMELESS: Treachery! Treachery!
Don't touch her.
NAMELESS: There it is.
That anger is still inside.
Look at her, there's no need
to hide, my dear girl.
Why would you want to make
yourself so much less-
[WEAPON DISCHARGES]
RICHARD: Who fired?!
NAMELESS: Please listen.
RICHARD: It was a misfire!
Where's Miranda?
APRIL: Find her.
RICHARD: Hey guys, where'd
the wind guy go?
NAMELESS: Humans, calm down.
RICHARD: Hold your fire.
NAMELESS: I said calm down.
Miranda.
Miranda, I am coming.
RICHARD: Look for the
glowing sparkle.
[GRUNTING]
[SCREAMS]
MIRANDA: What's going on?
NAMELESS: You scared the Aswang.
Cool it, big boy.
NAMELESS: What did I do?
You will be coming with us.
[RINGING]
NAMELESS: Stop me.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
[DRUMING AND CHEERING]
[WHOOSH]
[STATIC]
You'll have to do better
than that.
I know the Yablo,
better than you think.
Prove it.
MIRANDA: You found something
in there, didn't you?
In the cave.
It's what kept him in there.
I've always wanted
to join PHASE.
That's the one.
Never seen one that hadn't
turned to stone before.
Too bad you moved it.
SETSUKO: Suit up, you're
coming with us.
Your world for you, ours for us.
What does it mean?
The legends say
that Nameless is wise.
That he'll do whatever is best.
Unlike Talux the True
who always did what
was right.
MIRANDA: You know the legends.
I know trouble.
[ADVENTUROUS MUSIC]
SETSUKO: We only have one lead.
He's on his way into the city.
RICHARD: The city you said?
APRIL: And by the city,
do you mean
another different jungle?
Perhaps a swamp?
ROMMEL: Nope.
Civilization, everyone.
RICHARD: No way!
Wow, with a real bed?!
ROMMEL: We even booked a hotel!
APRIL: No way.
RICHARD: No back sores tonight!
ROMMEL: Hell-yes-way!
And for your convenience,
you'll be billed
straight out of your pay.
APRIL: That's fair.
RICHARD: Convenience is great.
SETSUKO: We'll lay low
at the hotel for now.
We don't want Nameless to know
we followed him.
I'll reach out to our contacts
to see
if he's been seen anywhere.
We'll have an early
start tomorrow
so get to bed early tonight.
And stay out of each
other's rooms, Goddamnit.
RICHARD: Fair .
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
RICHARD: Nameless singled her
out for whatever reason,
then she happens to know
all about the sealing orb?
It's too much of a coincidence.
She seems nice,
but I think you're right.
This mission is trouble
and she can be a wildcard.
Don't look at me,
you two are the mutineers.
I saw her with my own two eyes.
That face was inhuman.
Isn't safety your job?
Did you think we'd be more safer
without any dangerous monsters
among us?
Maybe.
I don't want to hurt her.
I th--
I think she's scared of us too.
You know when she finds out
that half the team
wants her gone, she'll split.
So I think we should make
our intentions clear
and for sure
she'll do the rest for us.
She must be with
Wonder now.
BENITO: Right.
We need to separate them
and if Xena goes,
I think she can handle the beast
if things go south anyway.
Did you just forget my name?
Uh, oh.
No, it's April.
-Oh, yeah.
-April.
Wonder listens to you.
You'll be able to distract her
longer than the rest of us.
Wait, you -- you think
this is a good idea?
You guys, when she hit me
it was like getting checked
by a dinosaur.
I don't know if she's really
Yablo but something's not right.
Fine,
I will go distract Wonder.
Perfect.
Last, we need a plan
in case
she won't leave on her own.
Something that can handle
the wild monster.
I've got it.
The chair.
Go, my frightful Kafir.
Bring me the Aswang.
[SNARLING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Do what you like with the rest.
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
I'm really sorry.
You're always there for me,
ever since I met you
on that tricad.
And I have so much trouble
doing the same for you.
I sound great.
I should marry me.
[CHUCKLES]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC FADES]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Is there -
Is anyone else here?
No.
Good.
What are you doing?
Hey.
Stop it.
Hey, stop it.
Hey, Wonder.
Whoa!
[CHIRPING]
The f...
WONDER: 'Suko, Miranda.
Okay, you're gonna have to
tell me what the hell
APRIL: was that back there.
WONDER: I can explain, okay?
WONDER: 'Suko!
My God. Are you the one stealing
my clothes from the wash?
So that thing could be me?
No!
WONDER: Yeah, I did steal some..
APRIL: Whatever!
WONDER: of your jogging pants.
Whatever.
What was that?
It's a Kafir,
a shapeshifter.
Imitates the victim's wants.
Okay.
Oh,
I didn't know.
Hey.
There's nothing to be
ashamed of.
Right? I-
I'm not gonna tell anybody.
What makes you think that --
[Roar]
[SCREAMING]
Back to work.
[OMINOUS DRONE]
Hey, honey.
Did they give us more towels?
And corporate sent me a list
of stuff they want.
Uh, this is your department.
Could you take a look at these?
There is A-42, and a...
affidavit to travel.
A-42 B, right?
Mmm! Mm Hmm.
O-okay.
Hang on.
Don't forget, there's B93
right here
copies in triplicate --
triplicate.
BENITO: Guys, emergency!
There's a shapeshifting
sex monster in the area.
A shapeshifter you say.
Here's your hot dog, Set.
Yes.
Thanks.
If there's truly
a shapeshifter here
We're in terrible danger.
We need to get her out of here.
SETSUKO: Call a cab.
MIRANDA:I think --
SETSUKO: You will listen to me.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
WONDER: There they are.
APRIL: Miranda!
WONDER: Think that's really Set?
Fire first, think later.
[FIRING]
[ACTION MUSIC]
MIRANDA: Help!
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
APRIL: Richard!
RICHARD: Huh?
Scrap the plan.
There's an emergency.
Find Set, tell her
a Kafir impersonator
has taken Miranda.
WONDER: And Benito.
APRIL: And Burrito too!
[SOFT PIANO]
Oh.
How could you not have one?
I thought we were
on a warpath here.
Body armor, check,
laser gun, check.
Pen and stationery, no.
Stop waving those at me.
You look like
my nagging wife.
Okay, sure.
I'll take off my shirt
if you like?
Where is all the paperwork?
Here.
Do we really have to do this
right now?
No.
Of course not.
About a week ago.
Stop dragging me back
to reality.
I work hard to exist
in my fantasy world
where I research monsters for
a living and have self-esteem.
Okay, sure.
Uh, you got a key?
No.
Here it is.
Honey?
Hon?
Honey?
Hon?
[MUFFLED NOISES]
SETSUKO: Are you coming?
[SQUISHING]
[HORROR BEATS]
Go!
NAMELESS: This is the best
I can do for you.
History will roll over those
who were wrong.
I can say however that for you
I have respect.
BENITO: So you're a monster?
Yes.
BENITO: You are a gray, bat
thing with the rotting skin.
I am an Aswang.
That's why you look so good.
It's not real.
KAFIR: Please, kiss me.
BENITO: What?
MIRANDA: Who said --
KAFIR: And then take me
on the floor, oh!
I'd sooner kiss a toilet,
you freak.
MIRANDA: That wasn't me!
[KAFIR LAUGHS]
I love it when we talk filthy.
APRIL: Hey, you!
Give us our friend!
She's talking about you, yes?
You are friends?
You know this girl is
Aswang, yes?
[VILLAINOUS MUSIC]
Remind me again
what's this guy's deal.
WONDER: You're kidding?
APRIL: No.
It's a Kafir, shapeshifter.
"What's this guy's deal?"
Hey, Kafir.
Uh, why don't you
just talk to us, huh?
What do you want?
What do I want?
Um.
What are you even doing here?
You could be anything
you wanna be, literally.
KAFIR: I want --
WONDER: Walk the other way.
WONDER: Forget all of this.
APRIL: All of it.
WONDER: Do it for you.
APRIL: You.
WONDER: Love yourself.
APRIL: Eat, Pray, Love.
KAFIR: I want-
APRIL: Yourself.
[ROARS]
WONDER: You got this, April?
[ACTION MUSIC]
WONDER: Shoot him, April!
Come on!
[GROANING]
[GRUNTS, GROANS]
[MUSIC ENDS]
[SPY MUSIC]
[SNIFFING]
[LOW SNARL]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[FIRES]
[ROARS]
Oh, boy.
I will tear you limb from limb!
We got him!
Shoot him, April.
Let me go,
you traitor Aswang!
[FIRES]
[GROANING]
Don't shoot him!
Punch him!
[ACTION MUSIC]
KAFIR: Ow.
Aw, man.
Did you kill it?
NAMELESS: It'd be better if you
just let him bring me the Aswang
You really are one of them,
aren't you?
Yes, I am.
I thought maybe
you needed saving.
Please tell your friends
not to worry.
I will deliver
their truest desire,
the exodus of our kind.
We leave together back to our
own dimension, never to return.
Leave man to his rock.
Yablo have been here
for millions of years.
I know how long.
I was there.
I came over,
but I can get us back.
What about our homes here?
NAMELESS: Some people always
want the world
to be so complicated.
Where I found as I get older
that the simplest solution
always cuts to the quick.
You can't just take a piece
of this world
and expect no consequences.
Trifles really.
[GUN COCKING]
I really don't wanna
hurt anybody else.
Anybody else?
Your boy is scared.
Boy, talk some sense
into your fellows.
You know that the world will be
better with less-
Screw off!
I don't want any part of this!
You freaks can go on and-
[CHAOTIC CHIMES]
What is this?
Yes, actually,
I think he's right.
Our kinds can never get along.
He doesn't mean that.
You're just controlling him.
No, I'm not.
I mean, no, he's not.
This is our home.
We're part of this world.
We're not going to some
other dimension
just because you miss it.
Yeah, you heard her-
Enough, enough!
I've seen this whole world
from my cave.
It's survival of the fittest,
and there's no question
on this planet,
humans are fit.
We can try to be human,
like you are trying,
or we can return
where we belong.
Hey, floating God complex --
let there be light!
[SCREAMING]
Guys, come on!
Go, go, go!
Set-chan!
ROMMEL: Setsuko!
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
Set, go!
NAMELESS: This isn't how
I wanted it.
But take heart.
Together we will have
tremendous purpose.
What is he doing?
Feeding.
WONDER: What the hell happened?
SETSUKO: He cornered us
at the hotel,
a-absorbed us or something.
We were in his mind.
He still has Rommel.
What is this?
She isn't human.
I am Aswang.
Aswang, also called
as Manananggal.
Can split in half
at the waist and fly.
Very strong, devours blood.
I was going to tell you guys,
I swear.
I joined PHASE
to do something good.
That's all I ever wanted.
Someone like you could've done
a lot of good.
You should've told us.
We're just making nice with
the monsters
after she betrayed us?
SETSUKO: Making nice
with monsters
is what we do.
APRIL: He talks real big now.
He tried to get me and Richard
to get rid of her.
It's why we couldn't respond
properly to the crisis.
We're the betrayer.
Nameless wants to remove
all the Yablo from the earth
and return us to
whatever planet
we came from.
Could be worse.
No. You are PHASE.
Can't you understand why
this must never be allowed?
I'm new.
Balance.
What would happen if 10% of
our animals suddenly vanished?
Nothing at first.
But animals who ate
those animals would starve,
then those they eat
overpopulate, kill ecosystems.
then those they eat
overpopulate, kill ecosystems.
It could go on and on.
The Yablo are part of our world
now in ways we can't even see.
We could have peace but at
the expense of everything else.
If Nameless is killed,
will Rommel survive?
SETSUKO: We aren't
killing anything.
People are dying, Set.
SETSUKO:We aren't having
this conversation.
We don't kill.
Not humans, Yablo, or anything.
Then what do we do?
We get my husband back.
[MUSIC FADES OUT]
RICHARD: Set?
Setsuko?
How could we lose her?
Mm-mm.
Set knows this area.
She lost us.
I guess that puts Wonder
in charge.
And where is she?
RICHARD: Wonder!
[SPITS]
RICHARD: Are you taking a crap?
No! Just give me a minute.
RICHARD: Oh, Wonder!
Come over here!
It's right behind you!
[INSECTS CHIRPING]
[GRUNTING, BELLS JINGLE]
[EXHALES]
Thank you, wise creature.
GUIDE: We are the Demonde,
refiners of the watercourse.
You, human visitors,
are rare honored guests here.
I'm just glad Old Morales
found you.
Welcome to our village.
But why did Old Morales
go back out there?
Ancient tradition says
when they get old,
the elderly Demonde must go into
the jungle and starve to death
but Old Morales is tough.
30 years out there,
he hasn't starved.
We just leave him.
This is my home.
Will you come inside?
Yeah.
Sure.
[MUSIC PLAYING,
INDISTINCT CHATTER]
DEMONDE: Yeah!
Let the party start!
[CLUB MUSIC]
Yeah!
Let the party start!
Yeah!
You said party!
Here, drink this.
Okay.
What's wrong?
Demonde means wild monster
but not because they're violent
but because all they do
is party.
[CLUB MUSIC CONTINUES]
Whoa-ho-ho!
What's wrong, guys?
Uh, we're not really
in the party mood.
What was in that drink?
Well, that's a bummer.
We can't have that.
Right, guys?
CROWD: No!
No party!
But don't worry though.
Our special wine there gets
anybody into party mood.
No exceptions.
It's okay, sir.
We're fine like this.
It's no problem.
You party right.
For our honor.
To Yablo.
[CHEERING]
And to humans!
Together!
Together!
CROWD: Together!
Whoo!
[CLUB MUSIC CONTINUES]
Karaoke!
[MUSIC FADES]
[WHOOSHING]
Oh, oh, yeah,
oh-oh-oh
Yeah, go, sing!
Woo!
Woo-woo!
[CLUB MUSIC]
[WHISPERING]
DEMONDE: Drink, it is time.
RICHARD: Eww!
[SCATTERED APPLAUSE]
[SLOW MUSIC PLAYING]
[PIANO MUSIC]
The sound
That saved
[FEEDBACK WHINING]
A wretch
...so much right now...
I hate your guts,
I hate
everything about you
and everything you stand for.
MIRANDA: Humans never come here.
They have an understanding
with the Demonde
who feed off the microorganisms
in the water,
naturally filter it.
The water flows from here
through every rice field
down to the sea.
How exactly
do they filter it?
[LAUGHS] What?
We have to get out of here,
guys.
Right now they're too drunk
to stop us from escaping
and we're sober enough
to do it.
MIRANDA: Richard.
RICHARD: Ow.
Talk to the guard
at my seven.
I've been watching him
and he's a friend of the guard.
Talk to him and try to get him
to come over here.
April, you'll need to walk
in a perpendicular path
when the guard
leaves his post.
Trip him into the alcohol,
chaos ensues,
and we all run out.
MIRANDA: Richard!
RICHARD: What?
When we escape,
you'll need to drag Wonder out.
Got it?
Got it.
Okay.
Wait for my signal.
[CRICKET CHIRPING]
[SNORING]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[TRUCK ENGINE]
[GROANING]
[SCREAMING]
[SNARLING]
[SCREAMING]
[AGGRESSIVE MUSIC]
[FIRE CRACKLING]
AGENT: Hey, stop! Get her!
[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC]
[MUSIC FADE]
They must have found this place
after that ruckus in town.
This is your fault, Benito.
I didn't think there was
any organization
meant to deal with Yablo
besides PHASE.
Hey.
Who says there wasn't?
Rommel did.
Miranda?
[OMINOUS DRONE]
Move it.
Hurry up.
[SAD MUSIC]
I don't think they know
about Miranda.
How would they know?
Even the Demonde couldn't tell.
Well, that gives us
the advantage.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
[GRUNTS]
NAMELESS: You lot again,
are you associated
with these kidnappers,
or have you taken yourselves?
I told you we were
on the same side.
We were not on the same side
as anyone who eats people.
I didn't eat them.
I have...
assimilated them.
And I'm sure
they're really happy.
I am, so they are.
Now, get me out of this,
and once I'm on the ground
I'll free you.
We are not going to do that
I think I can trick you into it.
Oh, I shouldn't have said that,
now I probably can't.
[CHUCKLES]
You have to give up now,
you're in danger.
Yablo have no rights
in human eyes,
you'll need PHASE's support,
or you'll spend
the rest of your life
as a lab rat, or worse.
I want you to hear me out,
there is no other way.
Our races depend on each other,
countless of humans
and Yablo will die!
Death can't be stopped.
NAMELESS: It's the terrible
truth of every moment,
that it must end, and soon.
It is the root of every cruelty,
desperate thrashings
before an inglorious end.
As mortals, there are so
many reasons to kill,
and so few to stand and endure.
And why should we
listen to you?
I am old.
If you're so wise, why are you
tied up in the back of a truck?
I have a message for the world,
these people didn't listen,
but the next, they will.
This doesn't stop me
from speaking, you realize.
WONDER: You hear something?
APRIL: No, nothing.
[ADVENTURE MUSIC]
Take that thing out.
This is your chance, kill it.
SETSUKO: Keep your mouth shut.
WONDER: How didn't I see it
before? These idiots are PHASE!
Get her out of here.
AGENT: Yo, go, go.
Go. Let us go.
Go, go. Go.
Let us go. Go!
So, PHASE sure is great.
AGENT: Atten-hut!
Why did you leave your base?
I'm sorry we don't an-
Shut up!
We were in pursuit
of a dangerous Yablo,
the one that you captured
and transported
in a truck here with us.
What is this creature?
Some kind of elemental being.
It's not aggressive,
which is lucky for us,
because it could certainly take
out this entire base with ease.
If it hasn't escaped containment
yet, it will and soon.
APRIL: Richard, what the hell
are you doing?
Girl,
you didn't think
I'd leave you all out there
in the sticks
without supervision, did you?
Richard's our boy.
Now, what do you think
it will take
to bring that monster
back stateside? Hmm?
You're holding my report, sir,
it's not in my current budget,
can't guarantee it.
You could build something,
you'd have everything you need,
no more digging through
the trash for parts.
I would like that.
COMMANDER: Take them away.
AGENTS: Go, go, go.
Go, go, go, move.
MIRANDA: Richard, stop Nameless!
You have to stop Nameless.
APRIL: You're one of us, Richard
COMMANDER: Don't be
cute, people,
he's not one of you r--
RICHARD: [Foreign]
Go, go, go.
I always hated that guy anyways.
Go, go, go.
RICHARD:I can't express how
sorry I am.
MIRANDALIt's fine, you did what
was right in the end
APRIL: Like Darth Vader.
RICHARD: No, I didn't.
PHASE doesn't protect Yablo.
We exploit them, however we can.
PHASE has gone bad,
but I'm one of them.
The next thing you know I'll be
trying to take over Poland
or reprogram Wonder
to like boys.
You told him?
No, I didn't tell thim anything.
RICHARD: I'm so sorry.
[UNINTELLIGIBLE]
APRIL: Wait how,
how did you know?
I'm a spy, I know stuff.
I'm not in the habit of sharing
my preferences
with work friends,
thank you.
It's okay, I accept you, sister.
We all accept you, Wonder.
APRIL: Guys, lay off.
[SPY MUSIC]
So Nameless is solid now.
He's containable.
It's kind of a dumb move.
He's too smart for that,
he's here for a reason.
That's right, he claimed to have
a message for the world.
PHASE has an emergency
television override system,
in case of a countrywide
Yablo crisis,
they can take over every
channel.
How would he know that?
BENITO: When he gets in
our head,
he can read our minds probably.
He's an ancient,
legendary smoke monster.
Could be.
SETSUKO: They won't hold
him for long,
we have to stop him ourselves.
[MUSIC FADES]
[MUFFLED MUSIC]
[SQUELCHING]
[BEEPING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
Good evening, humans.
I've hijacked your airwaves
to make an announcement
that will benefit us all,
but first, you're thinking,
what the [BLEEP] is this?
I am Yablo,
a monster,
one of many,
and you've always known us.
You tell children we live
under the bed
or that we'll get them
when they're naughty.
You're not wrong,
but we are not under
your bed anymore,
we're in the covers with you.
We're real, and there are people
[UNITELLIGBLE SHOUTS]
who will prefer
you didn't know that.
They prey on us
and will continue to do so.
Humans are being naughty.
[SHOUTING]
NAMELESS: War is coming between
my kind and yours.
There will be death, and my
kind knows how best to serve it.
We are everything
you've ever feared,
we are the vision
of your very oblivion.
[RINGING]
EXECUTIVE: What do they want?
[INDISTINCT VOICE,
MAN SHUDDERING]
NAMELESS: Some of us
are so small
you'll never know
we're inside you
until you begin to change
and add ever more to our horde.
The hooves of the Tikbalang
will beat
upon your roads
and your women.
It goes on.
The horrors we will rain.
We know you have your weapons,
but those are meant for
NAMELESS: men...not nightmares.
ASSISTANT: It's everywhere.
So listen and listen well,
hairless monkeys.
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS THEN FADES]
I propose that all of my kind,
we can just leave.
We never wanted bloodshed.
We'll go home --
just don't stop us
and I'll make it happen.
And we've got our first caller.
You're on the air.
Can you -- can you repeat
what you just said?
Yes, sir.
If you will kindly
leave me alone,
specifically the top
three floors of this building,
I will prevent war.
I will take all Yablo
across the planet
and we will return
to whence we came.
We don't want war.
I'll cut you a deal: clear your
team out of here for a few days
and I'll make sure
there's enough deceased
Yablo material left over
for your research,
material that no other nation
will have access to,
because we'll be gone
after that.
Sir, the States will go for it,
maybe Japan will complain,
but if the materials
are good...
You have yourself a bargain.
And you have yourself a future.
[DEFEATED MUSIC]
[MUSIC FADES]
What would happen if 10%
of our animals suddenly vanished
The Demonde feed off
the microorganisms
in the water,
naturally filter it.
The water flows from here
through every rice field,
down to the sea.
The Yablo are part of our world
now in ways we can't even see.
[BANGING NOISE]
AGENT: Wake up.
Wake up.
PHASE is over.
[MUSIC BUILDS]
Are we really
letting him do this?
People have spoken.
And what about Miranda?
I'll go back,
With the others.
We can't let this happen.
Why don't you get on that?
We haven't forgotten
you were ready
to throw her under the bus.
So?
He was ready to throw us
all under.
And Setsuko freed that thing.
What about her?
That's your employer
you're talking about.
Not anymore.
How can you say that?
SETSUKO: PHASE, was a lie.
Peace and understanding?
Unity?
We threw that all away
when a good deal came along.
We don't care about
consequences,
we just know tomorrow
we'll be ahead.
That's what institutions
are like.
He made it easy for them
to look away,
and he was right to.
Because we know the truth.
We know all the harm
that could come to pass
from something as simple
as pulling people apart.
Yablo are people.
I can't order you guys
to do anything.
My authority,
PHASE,
it's gone.
So when I'm asking you to find
Nameless and stop him,
what I'm really asking,
is were you part of PHASE,
the company that signed you up
and paid your checks?
Or were you with me?
It's not just the Yablo
at stake,
the whole world could be.
We can't just let them be taken.
Why are you telling me?
I was already saying that.
Because it's fine if we
all argue and hate each other,
Benito,
just as long as we hate
the bad sludge guy more,
then maybe we're a team.
PHASE 2.0!
Who's with me --
SETSUKO: PHASE is dead.
APRIL: Okay
We're just us.
[ACTION MONTAGE MUSIC]
Well, this is all I have on.
[MUSIC ENDS]
Will we be able
to save Rommel?
He helped me escape
the creature's mind.
I'm sure he's still in there.
It's important that we don't
kill Nameless,
not that that's easy.
First, because of my husband,
and firster than first,
because we're not PHASE
and we don't kill, right?
Right.
Anymore, right?
We don't kill anymore?
I'm kidding.
Nameless' plan must revolve
around the captured Demonde.
There's nothing else here
he would want.
They will be kept in the Needle,
a few floors up.
[CROWD CHANTING]
Their team is much bigger
than ours.
Wonder,
take Richard and Benito.
Hold the gate, make threats,
pile furniture,
anything to keep them out.
April, Miranda, and I will
go up and stop that thing.
BENITO: I wanna go with you.
I've seen so much with you guys,
and all I have been is a burden,
and sometimes much worse,
but if I start right now
and give it my all,
I can be one of you someday.
So, please, let me help you
fight the big guy.
[CHORTLE]
[CLAPPING]
What?
You cynical bastards,
you didn't like that?
Come on, Jim, you're with me.
But get rid of that fanny pack.
April, go with Wonder.
RICHARD: I thought it was good.
I liked the speech.
Where did you say
Nameless was again?
The Needle.
[TENSE ACTION MUSIC]
This is where
they'll keep the Demonde.
We'll need you
once trouble starts.
Guns won't matter.
It's all up to you.
All up to me.
[HEROIC ACTION MUSIC]
Hold up, hold up.
Hold up.
[BEEPING]
I'm reading about 400 different
signatures, guys,
assuming 50% of those
are insects and animals,
and a generous
10% margin for error,
that's still 180 people.
Those guards aren't gonna be
holding them back for long,
I suggest we roll diplomacy.
Do we want to try and talk
the angry mob down?
Huh? Y-Ye-Yeah, talk.
Right.
Come on.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]
He's absorbing the Demonde.
He'll use the energy to open a
portal to our original universe.
[MECHANICAL WHINE]
Stop!
NAMELESS: Oh, my God!
Will you not just
leave me alone?
How can you still be
pestering me?
Where is he?
NAMELESS: Where is who?
Rommel Romero.
Give me back my husband.
Oh, that fellow
I got with you.
He's been in me a while now.
He's fully absorbed.
I'm sorry, you should have
stayed with him really,
you'd be together forever now.
[CHANTING]
Will everybody calm down.
AGENT: Who the hell are you?
We are here to help.
There are things in here
you don't want to deal with.
Listen you guys, we're gonna
clear everything up, all right?
Ow!
[INDISTINCT SHOUTING,
CHANTING]
[CHAOTIC PIANO MUSIC]
[FIRES]
Look out!
[HISSING]
NAMELESS: I don't want to
rub it in,
but control doesn't work
on an Aswang.
You're so naive,
she betrayed you like-
Shut up.
I'm so sorry, Set.
Sorry for all of this.
I'm so happy you let me be
a part of your team.
But,
I realize now that humans
are the problem.
Not all of you, but enough.
So, please just let us go, Set.
You'll find something else.
NAMELESS: Control doesn't work
on an Aswang -- but this will!
[CLANG]
NAMELESS: I appreciate
the sentiment dear, Aswang.
We'll make it to
the promised land,
together.
Ow.
WONDER: Are you okay?
I was a second ago.
WONDER: Here, drink some water.
[COUGHING]
Oh, you're really
not good at this.
Are you okay?
Can you make through this?
Of course.
Can you still fight?
Nothing can stop me.
Here again?
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
Hey!
BENITO: Hey!
Hey!
[SOBBING]
[TRIUMPHANT OCHESTRA MUSIC]
NAMELESS: Oh, what?
Why?
What are you going to do?
[TRIUMPHANT ORCHESTRA MUSIC]
NAMELESS: This is unexpected.
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMS]
MIRANDA: Set, I got you.
[DEAFENING RINGING]
[CROWD CHANTING]
[SCREAMING]
[HORRIFIC MUSIC]
I'm glad you could
all be here today.
I'm gonna need every one of you
to finish this job.
Let's get started.
Ah, little heroes
atop the mountain
with cardboard swords,
defenders of the status quo.
Well, are you gonna stop me
from saving the world?
[PANTING]
He won't kill us, even now.
I killed him.
You know you didn't.
I can smell him.
He's still growing.
You picked the wrong side.
Yeah.
Don't do it again.
'cause he tricked us here
so that he could eat us.
Yes, I did.
[RETCHES]
[SCREAMING]
Don't you wanna stop me?
SETSUKO: Nameless.
Aswang, you're more attractive
than ever, my dear.
Have you finally learned
to accept yourself,
or maybe it's new hair.
Don't leave me --
Last chance, Nameless.
You could still get out of this.
I know you can't see beneath
this lovely skirt of mine,
but I'm wearing boots,
and they are quaking.
Don't you ever learn?
Look at us.
Every time you had us beat,
we come back.
Every obstacle you
throw our way, we demolish.
You just signed your own
death warrant
because together, we-
Ah, shi-
NAMELESS: What's that?
"Together we shi--"?
Well, I am inspired.
Okay, Aswang.
What's it going to be?
[HEROIC MUSIC]
Where are we?
We're mind-controlled.
We are all in his head.
Or he's in ours.
BENITO: Or whatever.
[CROWD MURMURING]
[MUFFLED MURMURS]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
SETSUKO: We could have had time.
Marriage is compromise.
[BATTLE MUSIC]
They must be desperate if
they've taken you back already.
Do you really think that there's
a future together
for our two kinds?
MIRANDA: Maybe, we don't
know yet.
Maybe, we have to get there.
NAMELESS: Oh, so you're one of
those wait-and-see types?
When the world is a ruin,
at least you'll know
you tried, right?
[BLAST]
[SCREAMS]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[UNINTELLIGIBLE WHISPERING]
How?
Um...
[CLEARS THROAT]
Could you pass me that?
No! Stop relaxing!
We can't give up.
[RUMBLING]
Richard, lift me up.
Everyone!
Everyone, listen to me!
There's only one way out of
here, and that's together.
Use your emotions
and fight him out of your head.
Get angry, get sad,
whatever you've got.
If we do it together,
he can't keep control.
Like this.
[GROWLS]
[CROWD GROWLING]
[GROWLING]
[SCREAMING]
[GROWLING, SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
BENITO: Come on, guys!
I've been here over and over.
I know this place backwards
and forwards,
and nothing can get you out,
not even your --
[GROWLING]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[NAMELESS GROWLS]
BENITO: Miranda!
Ow! Ooh!
[GROWLS]
[ACTION MUSIC]
[SNARLING, GROWLING]
[CROWD YELLING]
APRIL: It's working!
It's working!
Richard!
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[GASPS]
WONDER: Here, stick him
with this.
It will slow him down.
Great.
Don't stick yourself with it.
Got it.
Hey, man, you did it.
How did you know
he had a core?
What?
Squishy.
What?
Squishy.
RICHARD: You have to
destroy this.
[MUSIC BUILDS]
[ROMANTIC MUSIC]
[MUSIC CRESCENDOS]
[EXPLOSION]
[FIRES, CROWD SCREAMING]
[SCREAMS]
It hurts!
[WET BURST]
[CROWD SCREAMING]
[CHEERING]
NAMELESS: Fools,
you are all fools.
Stick together for now
only to fight me.
Tomorrow, you will each turn
on the other, always.
Don't kill me,
and I'll let the girl go.
[CHEERING, TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC]
[MUSIC CALMS]
[SENTIMENTAL PIANO]
[MUSIC FADES]
[CHEERING]
Miranda!
[SUSPENSEFUL DRONES]
[SCREAMING]
[SCREAMING]
[CHAOTIC MUSIC]
[INAUDIBLE]
[SENTIMENTAL MUSIC]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[ELECTRONIC WARBLING]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[OMINOUS MUSIC]
NAMELESS: Aswang.
They aren't gone.
They missed you
at the hospital.
Please.
Don't destroy me.
Thank you.
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[PEACEFUL MUSIC]
[INAUDIBLE]
[TRIUMPHANT CRESCENDO]
[TRIUMPHANT MUSIC FADES]
[SOFT POP MUSIC]
[WOMAN SINGING IN FILIPINO]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SINGING CONTINUES]
[SONG ENDS]
[POP MUSIC]
[MUSIC CONTINUES]
[MUSIC CONTINUEs]
And stop!
[MUSIC ENDS]