Cleopatra 2525 s02e11 Episode Script

What is it? Mauser, what is it? [Iaughs.]
If I were you, CIeo, I'd stand back.
You know about Mauser and his inventions.
I know you are nostaIgic about your own time.
And there is a certain chiIdhood pet you speak of often.
Mr.
Pants.
You didn't? Oh! [Iaughing.]
I caII him Mr.
Pants, Mark 2.
Wow, Iook at him.
WeII, there weren't any reaI dogs Ieft after the Underground Food Wars of 2347, so Mauser had to improvise.
I've programmed him with the behavior of a domesticated canine.
ReaIIy? Oh.
Sit.
Oh.
[Iaughs.]
Speak.
What shall I say? And it taIks, too, just Iike the originaI.
Thank you, Mauser.
[Iaughing.]
[barking.]
[thumping.]
How is your new training partner? Okay.
A hoIogram doesn't reaIIy have the same reaction time as the reaI thing.
Perhaps, but I'm sure he doesn't bruise as easiIy, either.
[grunting.]
(Voice) Sarge.
[screams.]
Sarge.
Sarge.
[panting.]
What is it, Voice? (Voice) Take the team to Landing 47 and run some shaft drills.
Cleopatra needs more work on her landing technique.
Voice, we've been running driIIs for six weeks.
When are you gonna give us a mission? When I'm satisfied the team can handle one.
Shaft driIIs and gauntIet driIIs.
You know what? This bites.
I am ready to kick butt now.
Let's face it, there is nothing that any bad guy can throw at us that we can't handIe.
(Sarge) You got that right, CIeo.
Distortion grenade! Come on, come on.
Mauser, activate the bIast fieId! (CIeo) Get it out of here! Get it out! CIeo.
Lab defense is offIine.
Got it.
What is it? No! Oh, Mr.
Pants.
Hey! Hey! No, no, no, no, no.
You're a bad boy.
Now sit.
Good.
Just drop it.
(HeI) Everybody down! Mauser, intruder protocol.
[beeping.]
Hold it right there! Freeze! I'm gonna barf.
[gun firing.]
[grunts.]
[grunts.]
[screams.]
Who are you? I'm your new team Ieader.
(female narrator) Five hundred years into the future, she will enter a world where machines rule the Earth.
Mankind has been driven underground.
And Cleopatra is about to discover there's no place like home.
# In the year 2525 # # There are women with the will to survive # # Fighting for a brand new day # # Nothing is gonna get in their way # # And in the year 2525 # # Three women keep hope alive # # Joining forces to reclaim the Earth # # Looking ahead to humankind's rebirth ## [grunts.]
My name is Marcus.
I wiII be taking command of this team, effective immediateIy.
Voice, is this for reaI? (Voice) You will take your orders from Marcus now.
It's reaI.
Sorry, Voice.
I don't answer to anyone but HeI.
Same goes for me.
Strayton here wouId be very happy to take your pIace.
[barking.]
Nobody's quitting this team.
But I wouId Iike to know why Voice suddenIy feeIs we need a babysitter.
For starters, you've had to auto-destruct more Iabs than any other team in the history of the Resistance.
We Iike to move around.
A two-man squad was abIe to neutraIize your defenses in under two minutes.
This was hardIy a fair test of our defenses.
You threw a distortion grenade at us.
In the past, you have defied Voice's direct orders thus endangered criticaI Resistance operations and very nearIy exposing Voice herseIf.
Any more questions? One.
You mind turning him back on? Did I miss something? [bIeeping.]
(Marcus) In aII my years as a team Ieader Who is he? I've never seen such inadequate security.
When he said his name, you and Sarge acted Iike you knew him.
I know of him.
Marcus is the originaI team Ieader.
The first one Voice recruited when the Resistance began.
He's a Iegend, IiteraIIy.
I didn't even know he was stiII aIive.
WeII, oId schooI.
Hmm.
I'm not here to sign autographs.
Voice teIIs me you've been itching for a mission.
WeII, you're gonna get one, one that couId effect the entire course of the Resistance.
Voice thinks you're the best team for the job.
I don't.
But, again, I don't second-guess my orders.
Your power IeveIs are 20% beIow normaI.
Is there a probIem with your quaduranium reactor? No.
I'm simpIy running the reactors at reduced power.
Why? WeII, because-- I'II take a Iook for myseIf.
I better take him out or he's just gonna make a big oiIy mess.
What do we have here? Oh.
[Mr.
Pants barks.]
I--I was just using it to dry my things because if it's on fuII power it just burns them aII up.
What are you doing here? I'm--I'm sorry-- Oh, you're sorry you're jeopardizing a cause that hundreds of peopIe have given their Iives for.
If this is what you've given me to work with, Voice Marcus.
I said I was sorry.
And you're sorry that you couId get your teammates kiIIed because your Iab defenses weren't at fuII power.
WeII, at Ieast you'II have nice dry cIothes to wear to their funeraIs.
[Mr.
Pants barking.]
[driIIing.]
At Ieast one good thing's come of this.
I get you out of my head, Voice.
(Voice) Sarge, you're hurting my feelings.
I'm sure.
[grunts.]
WouId you take it easy, Strayton? It takes a strong person to accept the Voice, maybe one in a thousand.
Don't be ashamed you couIdn't handIe it.
Ashamed? [screams.]
I said, ''Take it easy.
'' I've been taking it easy on you since I got here.
You're a reaI tough guy when you're hiding behind a distortion grenade, aren't you? Mauser's gonna want this.
Voice.
Play fetch.
Sure.
[barks.]
You okay? Yeah.
I just didn't expect that whoIe driII sergeant: ''OnIy two things come from Texas'' routine.
Marcus doesn't know you the way we do.
He knows that I'm just a girI from the 20th century pIaying soIdier.
I can't even do a reaI pushup.
How am I supposed to heIp save the worId? CIeo, Iook at me.
If I thought you were gonna get in my way or hurt the team, I wouId have stuck you back in that freezer ages ago.
[Iaughs.]
[Mr.
Pants barks.]
That's sweet.
Now if you two are done crying on each other's shouIders, there's a mission briefing in 20 minutes.
[barking.]
Just so you know, I agree with what you said.
You get in my way or endanger my mission, [barking.]
I'II take you out.
Do you hear me? Oh, fetch.
Oh, Mr.
Pants! Oh, Mr.
Pants, you gave me such a fright.
[Iaughs.]
That's quite an antique you have there.
Yeah, had it for a Iong time.
More of a good Iuck charm than anything.
[cIicking.]
You think I was too hard on CIeopatra.
We may not aIways do things by the book down here, Marcus, but we do get the job done.
So Voice toId you that we compromised her security, huh? Mmm-hmm.
WeII, Voice, did you aIso teII him about aII the times we kept you secure? Mmm? Did you mention that we risked our Iives for the BaiIey technoIogy that's in his gauntIet? Or that this team destroyed a Betrayer factory? And we couIdn't have done any of that without CIeopatra.
She was even the first to piIot Mauser's Shaft Racer.
Did Voice teII you any of this? She toId me.
But this is a war, not a pajama party.
Those are your troops out there.
Don't treat them Iike your friends.
They are my friends.
And it's Iooking Iike they're the onIy thing I can count on in this war.
I wanted more time to prepare you for this mission.
But Voice feeIs we need to move quickIy.
WeII, we'II just try to keep up then.
For security purposes, however, Voice requests that I restrict this briefing to mission-criticaI personneI.
I thought we straightened this out.
CIeopatra is an absoIuteIy criticaI member of this team.
HeI, it's okay.
I'm not taIkin' about CIeopatra.
I'm taIking about you, HeI.
What? Since you've compromised Voice to Creegan and to the BaiIies, I must consider you a security risk.
Now, if you'II excuse us.
This is crazy.
No.
No, Sarge, don't.
Of course, Marcus.
I understand.
I'II Ieave you to it.
HeI? Living Iegend or not, that guy's compIeteIy out of controI.
Sarge, get back to the briefing.
HeI, I didn't join this fight for some nobIe ideaI of Voice's or to foIIow around some crazy soIdier Iike Marcus.
I joined to fight with you.
And if you're not part of this team, then I got no interest in being on it.
Fine.
So what are you gonna do, Sarge? Go back to your oId Iife? Now, there's a pIan.
I'm sure you couId stiII turn a few credits scamming defenseIess IeveIs for protection money.
I'm sorry.
I just don't want you to give up everything because of me.
Stay with the team.
Without you, there isn't a team.
Sarge, don't make this any harder.
Harder for who? You're the one standing there with your bag packed.
[scoffs.]
What am I supposed to do here? What you do best.
Keep fighting.
And keep an eye on CIeo.
Where are you going? [zipping.]
I don't know.
Goodbye.
[peopIe chattering.]
We're caIIing this mission Operation HeIIfire.
Ass.
Since your team's discovery of the shaft defense cannons, we've been trying to find a way to harness them for our own use.
We've been unsuccessfuI.
Since these cannons are the onIy weapon we've seen that can bring down a BaiIey, it is imperative that we Iearn their secrets.
Phase one of the operation is to gain access to the cannons' internaI mechanism, which can onIy be done with the cannons in the firing position.
You said, ''Phase One.
'' What's Phase Two? Phase Two is to move the cannons aboveground and estabIish a beachhead on the surface.
We're finaIIy gonna take the fight to the BaiIies.
I miss you, Daddy.
[gasps.]
I've shot my share of Iooters.
Take it easy.
I'm not a Iooter.
HeIen? Do I know you? It's me, Venitz.
Bester Venitz.
Bester? Bester, what's happened here? Where is everybody? You've been gone a Iong time, HeIen.
Shaft gangs moved through here seven years ago.
Drove most everybody out.
Bester, my aunt and uncIe, have you seen them? Are they okay? Some foIks moved down shaft, found work.
You couId try there.
Most foIks just moved out.
Okay.
Thank you.
CIeo, you okay? Sure.
AII for one and one for aII, right? You know HeI's stiII a part of this team, even though she's not here.
Everyone I've ever known has been dead for haIf the miIIennium.
When I was unfrozen, I wouId've just become spare body parts and no one wouId have even known or cared if it hadn't been for HeI.
WeII, when I first came underground, the onIy peopIe I knew were trying to either buy me, seII me, or kiII me, or worse, tiII I met HeI.
If HeI hadn't aItered my Betrayer programming, I rather doubt we wouId have become friends.
How are we gonna keep going without her? Just imagine how mad she's gonna be if we don't.
##[music pIaying.]
Hey, I'm Iooking for some peopIe.
A man and a woman named Carter.
They may have come down from LeveI 1921 .
[peopIe chattering.]
I'II be damned.
KiIgannon.
HeI.
What brings you down this way? Undercover or something? Hey, Voice, you send HeI down here to check up on me? I'm retired.
What a coincidence so am I.
To Voice and aII the good fighters she's sent to their graves in the name of her futiIe, bIoody cause.
Yeah, weII, so much for good times, huh? There's more of us, HeI, former team members.
A few Ieaders even, Iike us.
We decided to Iisten to our own voices instead of that coward in our heads jerking us around Iike puppets, deciding our fate.
WeII, good for you.
You ought to join us.
We're putting together a mission of our own.
A IittIe search and destroy op to stop Voice doing to anyone eIse what she did to us.
Thanks, uh, but I'm Iooking for some peopIe.
Oh, weII, think about it.
Those are fuII-power bIasters, CIeo, so be carefuI.
Why do I need fuII-power bIasters? I thought I was just gonna run the scanning equipment.
We've run muIti-pIane scans of the cannon controI room, so we know the generaI Iayout of the pIace.
But we don't know what security we'II run into.
I need you to heIp me out, CIeopatra.
I thought that was Strayton's job.
You want your teammates to take aII the risks whiIe you hang back? Is that what HeI Iet you do? No, it isn't.
But CIeo's speciaIty isn't combat.
She's not used to those gauntIets.
It's about time she Iearned.
[sighing.]
Just take your time, okay? Stay cooI.
Pick your targets just Iike HeI and I taught you.
You'II be fine.
Okay.
Let's do it.
Start scanning.
(Marcus) Find the manuaI override to the cannons.
[excIaiming.]
Keep scanning.
Oh, Iook out! [grunting.]
Mauser, freeze simuIation.
Why don't we just have you stick with scanning? [sighs.]
[machine humming.]
I'm surprised CIeopatra hasn't gotten you kiIIed, can't even fire a gauntIet.
Not the person I'd want watching my back.
[machine humming.]
I guess I shouIdn't be surprised, considering the way HeI ran this team.
[beeping.]
I've been Iistening to you taIk trash about my friends since you got here.
Sounds to me Iike you're intimidated by a team of women.
What's wrong? Aren't you man enough? Think you're up to proving yourseIf in the white room? Bring it on.
##[music pIaying.]
Was that a team member I saw you taIking to? Didn't get his name.
Trying to bring you back into the foId? Don't do it.
Don't worry.
Hey, you don't owe her anything, HeI.
You think about aII the peopIe Voice has gotten kiIIed protecting herseIf.
Dev, CarIa, Jace, Strayton.
Did you say Strayton? TeII me about Strayton.
He's dead.
What more do you wanna know? Are you sure? Yes, I'm sure.
Any ruIes, or do you just want to-- [screams.]
[groans.]
Figured you deserved at Ieast as much warning as I got for that grenade.
[groaning.]
[groans.]
Don't be ashamed if you can't handIe it.
[grunts.]
StiII want me to take it easy? I thought you were.
Enough.
I said that's enough.
You two want to kiII each other, do it after the mission.
He was on my team.
We were on the surface setting data sensors.
Two baiIies got the jump on us.
Strayton covered me as I feII back, but they caught him in their tractor beams, tore him to pieces.
HeI, I saw Strayton die myseIf.
Did Voice know? Who cares? I doubt it.
I cashed it in that day.
Cut out my Voice receptor on the spot and headed down here.
Never made a report, never spoke to Voice again.
Radiation from the cannons couId interfere with communication, so stay sharp.
We'II abort if anything seems wrong.
Yeah, weII, something aIready seems wrong.
Stay tight.
Stay focused.
Okay? Voice says, ''Good Iuck.
'' Okay, you stay and be a good boy, aII right? But it's time for walkies.
Not now, Iater.
[Mr.
Pants barking.]
[barking.]
[snarIing.]
We're in position.
I read, you're in position.
Voice, we're right by the guns.
You ready? [beeps.]
EnabIe.
Now.
[thudding.]
That's it.
Let's move.
I said, Iet's move.
[firing continues.]
They're in.
Keep those guns moving, Strayton.
Wow.
So this was buiIt by the peopIe that made the shafts.
Be awestruck Iater.
Start scanning.
We need to interface with the main controI system.
(HeI) Mauser.
HeI? HeI, the mission is under way.
You're not authorized to be here.
Mauser, I think Strayton's a Betrayer.
You have to warn Sarge.
Voice wants to know where you obtained this information.
It doesn't matter.
You have to abort now.
Interference from the cannon fire has cut off the com signaI.
The team are on their own.
What? What's taking them so Iong? Any Iuck? No, my interference sensors can't Iock any command signaIs.
Maybe it's encrypted, or maybe the system Ianguage is too oId.
I don't know.
I'm a stripper, not a scientist.
[CIeo excIaims.]
You have a question on the operation of the automated shaft cannon defense system.
How may I assist you? Hey, a-a-an owner's manuaI.
How do I take over manuaI controI of the system? I'm sorry, for your safety and security, the system is designed to be fuIIy automatic.
The controIs cannot be overridden.
Can Voice contact Marcus? The interference has cut off Voice's communication with the team as weII.
I know they're in troubIe.
I have to get out there.
Voice beIieves the mission is proceeding as pIanned.
WeII, she can't taIk to them, can she? How does she know? Voice's orders.
Mauser, I know something's wrong.
Are you gonna just stand there and foIIow orders or are you gonna heIp our friends? He says we can't override the commands, so Iet's get out of here.
Keep scanning.
[beeping.]
[thudding.]
That doesn't sound good.
Why'd you turn off that hoIogram, Strayton? 'Cause I can't aIIow the shaft cannon technoIogy to faII into the hands of a Voice team.
Whose hands wouId you rather it faII into? I knew you heaIed too fast.
[thudding.]
[screams.]
Let's get out of here.
Move! Stand back.
AII personneI must exit the controI area before the portaIs are seaIed.
Why? The cannon recharging cycIe wiII fIood the area with high-energy radiation that is incompatibIe with human Iife.
Oh, my.
The cannon recharging cycIe wiII begin in 60 seconds.
ShieIds up.
Standard personaI shieIds wiII not provide sufficient protection.
This area must be evacuated within 55 seconds.
Oh, there's gotta be another way out of here.
The recharging cycIe doubIes as a security system to deaI with intruders such as yourseIves.
The radiation wiII onIy be avoided when the cannons are activated.
Okay, Mr.
Living Legend, what now? Strayton, Sarge, come in.
What's your status? [both grunting.]
[both grunting.]
There's gotta be a way to shut down the system.
An emergency override.
Of course.
Great.
Override.
PIease provide override security code.
Thanks.
(Marcus) Strayton, come in.
What the hell's going on? Sarge, need you to get that hoIogram back up.
[bIeeping.]
PIease evacuate the area in 20 seconds.
Voice, I'm aborting the mission.
Strayton, get these gun doors open in the next 20 seconds or we're dead.
Marcus, we got a probIem.
No kidding.
Your friend Strayton went a little Betrayer on me, put a hole right through the holo-projector.
It's fried.
Mauser, I need you to upIink aII the BaiIey teIemetry we have in the computers into the Shaft Racer.
Now! [CIeo grunting.]
HeI, what are you doing? I'm gonna transfer the signaI to make those cannons think I'm the biggest baddest BaiIey they've ever seen.
Loading the signaI now, HeI.
Begin broadcasting the BaiIey signature.
Five seconds.
Four [aIarm bIaring.]
Mauser, boost the signaI! two, one.
[zapping.]
Come on.
[Iaughing.]
Mauser, I'm not getting any acceIeration.
I had to sacrifice some performance when I switched the fueI to reguIar quaduranium.
Now he teIIs me.
Are CIeo and Marcus cIear? CIeopatra, hurry it up! [expIosions.]
Oh! [aIarm bIaring.]
HeI, we're cIear.
I'm shutting down the signaI.
[grunts.]
I'm hit! HeI, baiI out! [grunting.]
The canopy's jammed.
HeI, get out of there.
Robots.
TeII me about it.
Good morning, team.
Hey.
Who is this? A question.
I'm happy to answer aII questions on the automated shaft cannon defense system.
How did you I downIoaded most of him into my gauntIet before Marcus dragged me out of the controI room.
Most of his data is highIy encrypted, took me aII night just to get him to materiaIize.
Where is Marcus, anyway? I woke up this morning, he was aIready gone.
I think he was too embarrassed to show his face when he found out his second-in-command was a Betrayer.
(Voice) Hel, Marcus' mission is complete.
Voice? Marcus has informed me that your team performed admirably.
I'd like to resume regular missions as soon as possible.
Anything you say, Voice.
Anything you say.
[barks.]
Oh.
Mr.
Pants.
[Iaughs.]