Earth: Final Conflict s04e01 Episode Script
The Forge Of Creation
Previously on: Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict It's Lili, we've got her! Lili! - Who fired toward us? - Taelons.
Then Zo'or knows we are here.
What he knows is that two Jaridians, both dead, tried to enter Earth athmosphere in the stolen shuttle.
My god, this could be the opening salvo of a Taelon-Jaridian War.
She is with child.
Captain Lili Marquette.
She's mother savior the the Jaridians.
Our child will be born.
She need Taelon energy.
Energy that allows them to live for centurys.
This child is Jaridian and human, he has to survive.
And Da'an must be sacrificed.
Augur, come in, please.
Or give me an alternate frequency.
Augur, are you receiving? Over.
Augur, come in, please.
Are you receiving? Over.
You were out to getting us a look? Some tuna fisherman, I had the robot pilot steer away from them.
Do you find Augur? I tried his master frequency, his resistance tech-frequency, and I tried his number in the phone book.
I don't get it.
Ordinarily, he'd be all over us to help Lili.
If he could autopilot my shuttle down here, we could get her to a hospital and take Da'an to the mother ship.
I set the robot pilot to take us to Guadeloupe.
That will have to do.
You know, the Jaridian won't want Lili to go to shore without her.
It has begun.
Vorjak, what's happening to Lili? Her time is here.
She's beautiful.
Our child.
Our salvation.
Hello.
Something is happening to Da'an.
He told us.
He said he was giving up his life to save Lili and that baby.
Da'an is dead.
They have come to Earth with the promise of peace an alien race called the Taelons.
But there are those who resist these alien Companions.
For the Taelon's true mission, the secrets they hide will forever altered our world.
Transcription: Internet + Team Trad.
EFC The fate of humanity now relies on those who dare challenge the future of Earth.
Season 4 Episode 01 " FORGE OF CREATION " Did you find the right customs guys? Piracy is alive and well in the caribbean.
Volunteers don't seem to be looking for us here.
So customs will hide you in a banana truck, and take you to a free portal.
I can get back here with a shuttle in 10 minutes, But I don't want to take Da'an's body I.
D.
His form is crystallized.
It might shatter.
It's a risk you have to take, Liam.
I'm sure Da'an would forgive you if he knew.
I couldn't forgive myself.
He wasn't exactly an ally but I understood him.
Heads up, that's our man.
Box him to the east end, take him down.
Volunteer investigations.
They want you at central, Augur.
Hold it! We need to talk.
Which one is he? Move in! Hey.
Looks like Sandoval remembered everything.
I've got clothes and diapers.
She is beautiful, So perfect.
- You're looking pretty good yourself.
- You're lying to me.
I look terrible.
At least my Jaridian transformation was just for the birth.
Come here.
I missed you so much.
I was so lonely and so afraid.
I needed you, Liam.
I wish I could have been there.
It wasn't time for introductions before.
I'm Renée Palmer.
Liam and I work together, informally.
Renée, thank you so much for everything you've done and everything you're doing.
Sure.
You and Vorjak, Lili I mean, was that your decision? You mean, did he force me? He led me.
On our trip here, to Earth I grew to understand him and to love him.
He's so much like us, Liam, So unlike the Taelons in every way.
He's passionate, he has a heart.
If that's what you want, you've got my blessing.
I'll do what I can to keep you safe, all of you.
That means a lot.
You decided on a name? Her name is Arial.
Lili and I decided that when we chose each other as man and wife by the ancient rituals of my kind.
I've always known it my beautiful golden child will be called Arial.
Explain.
My skrill took a lethal blast from an energy weapon, Zo'or.
Not your Skrill, where were you? Locating the traitor, Lili Marquette.
I found her with the third Jaridian she smuggled to Earth.
They escaped.
Leave us.
You told me I had paid for all the Jaridian bodies.
You also told me, Marquette was dead months ago.
We were both deceived.
Obviously, one of us was.
Release the restraints, please.
Your interrogation specialty is involuntary mental intervention.
Have you ever been a subject? No, Zo'or.
Mental interventions have - unexpected consequences.
- Fatal ones.
I am told for humans it is like having a rodent trapped inside your head, trying to escape.
You don't want to open my head, Zo'or.
Everything in here will spill out.
I have done far too many things for you that should remain locked away.
None of that matters if a Jaridian is found alive on Earth.
The Taelons will be in chaos, and I will lose a free hand.
I may lose everything.
Give me five days, and I will bring the Jaridian's head for your trophy wall.
With no one to wiser up.
If not his head then yours.
Her temperature is 102.
Liam, she was just fine an hour ago.
It's stifling in here maybe.
I should bring her up on deck.
She's half Jaridian.
Who knows what's healthy for her.
Why risk, having a hybrid baby? The Jaridian metabolism is out of control.
They die in their 20s.
They literally burn up.
Babies die in their mothers' wombs, Liam.
Vorjak and I thought that by blending the species we could create a new life form to give the Jaridians a future.
There's one thing I don't understand.
You gave them your shuttle, an inter-dimensional shuttle.
If they build more, that tips the balance of terror in a big way, maybe a final way.
Liam it doesn't matter, this war is so ancient, they've forgotten why they're fighting about.
Neither of them can reproduce.
But when the Jaridians find out that there's hope, this war is over.
They'll simply let the Taelons die.
Is that how Vorjak convinced you? I told you, Liam.
We're in love.
And I know in my Earth that I was born to be Arial's mother, and she was born to save Jaridia.
Did you know that Da'an had to die? Customs people are getting antsy.
We've got twenty minutes.
If I leave now that leaves me enough time.
This baby needs to be in a hospital.
Not on Earth.
Liam, he's got an I.
D.
Dart! Don't put your baby at risk Vorjak.
Let me take Arial to a hospital.
No.
When the Taelons discover who she is, they'll kill her.
Vorjak, I can take her.
She looks human, I can hide her.
You can't go.
The Taelons think you're a treator.
Lili look, maybe all she needs is Taelon energy to cool her off.
I can take her to one of our Taelon tech-plants, on Earth.
No, I am her father.
I will do what I must to save my child! Come.
I'm sorry, Liam.
Hey, boss, I've got 10 minutes left on my dime, do you want it? Leave us.
Oh men, it's worth she's got seven fingers on both hands.
Now, that's talent.
What's your status? I'm back on limited duty.
You know, this thing speeds up healing by a factor of five or six.
So, did Zo'or send me his very best? Zo'or has given us less than a week.
I don't want to run into Kincaid until I've taken steps to bolster my version of events.
Officially, I'm suspended for an overdue rest.
Yeah, I saw the staff's status report when I was around at the bureau.
Drop a few lines, no worry.
If we don't find Marquette, and that Jaridian neither of us is going fishing again.
Zo'or wants no trace of them left on Earth.
Duly noted.
So, why not give it up, boss, just cut your losses, write off the Jaridians? I need the Jaridians, Tate.
I need them to destroy my enemies.
That's your ***.
The freighter turned up on Guadeloupe in the Carabbean.
Empty.
But Marquette's D.
N.
A.
profile rang a bell in portal systems array, Three stops, terminating in Seneca falls, New York.
Seneca falls.
Good.
She was with another human who has no D.
N.
A.
on record.
And one other entity, not human.
Period.
Have the portal records erased.
Scramble the F.
B.
I.
world wanted profiles to give Marquette's D.
N.
A.
another name.
If she portals again, I don't want any red flags being waved.
Also, tell the navy to stand by to send ultra-long wave bursts.
In code, *** basis.
Ultra-long wave? That's used for the submarine fleet right? You don't need to know.
Augur? I think he's here.
I can smell expresso.
His security system is down, that's weird.
Well, if he has to disappear, he usually leaves a hologram.
Nothing.
So where would he go? I dont know, Augur get some friends on the fringes who owe him.
He can usually find a place to hide when he needs one.
I could use his brain right now.
Can you access his data? Some of it.
I can access the service staff roster.
Sandoval has been suspended for medically supervised R&R.
It's the smoke screen, he wants to go look for his missing Jaridian.
His aid, agent frank Tate.
I shot him in the shoulder, he's allready back on the job, working undercover.
Sandoval wants Tate eyes and ears inside the bureau.
Lucky for us Augur has a few worms inside the bureau's operation database.
I think we can find Tate.
Maybe he'll lead us to Sandoval.
Why don't you check that out.
In a hurry, pal? Hey, that's a buddy of mine! Leave him alone! My public.
Fringers are very spontaneous.
So, how are you doing? I've been better.
I'm just a little bit too much in demand right now, if you know what I mean.
I could have noticed.
You could use some major stress management.
No time.
Volunteer investigators are searching for me everywhere they've got roaming patrols flying all over the fringes.
They even locked on my global.
I need a new identity, everything.
*** ever you want, but *** cover can be a good thing.
Leave it to me.
You do a favour.
But I hope you can give me two.
My friends are searching for me, and I can't risk making contact.
I left them holding the bag in a big way.
They deserve better.
- I'll take care of it.
Don't worry.
- Good.
Why don't you just tell me who can help me with my baby? Look, we can't take her unless we code her D.
N.
A.
It's necessary? You can't break the rules? No, I'm sorry.
But, but They won't treat her until they code her D.
N.
A.
It's the law.
Don't touch her, please.
She's exhausted from the fever, she's dehydrated, she won't even nurse.
You tell me, are you well? I'm the same as I was before she was born.
Fevered flushed and my heart is racing.
Vorjak we have to call Liam.
I forbid it.
No human can protect a Jaridian from the Taelons.
Now, what are we going to do? Da'an's energy was supposed to help her.
Look at her! Her metabolism is gonna kill her.
She's ill because the Earth is killing her, killing all of us.
Earth is my home, why am I sick? You have my blood, my daughter has my gene you're both rejecting the Earth's environment.
Then we have to get out of of Earth.
We have to find a shuttle.
Yes, and we shall.
Vorjak what about your temperature? Do not worry about me, the baby is our first concern.
She needs Taelon energy to cool her, But I fear it is only a temporary cure.
Wait.
Security! My god, what was that? What's that? Boss, I've got something here you just take a look it.
*** but it would.
The Seneca falls cops took a robbery and assault report.
It happened tonight at the county hospital.
"Improbable extraterrestrial sightings.
" What does that mean? That means the locals authorities didn't know what they were dealing with.
*** left after broken locked in a narcotics cabinet.
You notice what was stolen.
I'm surprised the police had any doubts about your version of events.
They were county cops, I guess they won't take a story like that back to their superiors.
John's got a concussion from the fall, but he's got these burns too, how do you explain that? Well, something very unusual had happened here.
- What was stolen? - Taelon plasma.
We just started bring in for fatal cases.
It puts people in stasis you know.
They can live indefinitely until a cure is found.
Yes, I've heard.
Wonderful stuff.
Now, can the guard corroborate this? He's been unconscious since that happen, when he wakes up he'll tell you.
He saw it, whatever "it" was.
Could you work with a computer artist and create a composite image? I can do better than that.
Right over here.
John's video badge.
He wears it on his uniform as backup.
Nobody ever looks at it.
Okay.
Whatever blew out the lobby window, also took out our security system.
Okay.
It's a little jumpy, But it'll let them see exactly what happened.
Oh, my god! That's interesting.
Who has seen this? I just found it.
I was waiting for John to wake up to show him.
Thank you very much, you've been very resourceful.
I run down the F.
B.
I.
duty roster, and found Frank Tate.
What's his current assignment? Classified.
But he's cut temporarily from D.
C bureau, and attached to personal staff, of guess who Ronald Sandoval.
So where did you find him? Well, Augur's dossier was more than complete.
I spied him over at his favourite restaurant and trail him to a place, I think our friend Ronnie might like to go swimming.
Get on down here.
May I take you to your cubicle, Sir? Number card? We have some specials tonight, If you'd like to hear them.
That was smooth.
How did you get in? Makeup and costume rental.
It's a sex club, not a bank.
I used the employees entrance.
He's in the second booth.
This is your chance to reconsider.
You cross this bridge, it changes everything.
You know the saying.
"You have to change, to remain the same".
I'm not gonna give him much.
Liam you could have killed him once before and you froze.
You sure you want to go in there, alone? I can't relax.
I need a memory block an hour, perhaps two.
Now.
Sorry, It will have to wait.
You've been selling the Taelons a lie.
I want to hear it.
Eleven days ago you abducted Da'an from the embassy in Washington, and sold him to a Jaridian.
Da'an was abducted, that's true, but I found him in a pirate freighter with you, a renegade marine pilot, and a Jaridian spy.
I'm Da'an's protector.
I had a good reason to be there.
Ah, well, let's be careful about our facts, Major.
Protector records show, your whereabouts are unaccounted for whereas I was officially brokering a deal for the Taelon shuttle craft stolen by Captain Lili Marquette.
Stop lying, Sandoval.
I'm on to you.
You're conspiring with the Jaridians.
Tell me where to find Lili.
We haven't had contact.
I had a shot at you before.
I looked you in the eye and I flinched.
That's over.
If I don't find Lili, I will come back and kill you.
Rise and shine.
Blue algae Six kinds of omega fatty acids to run down those free radicals, and for flavour, a blend of cruciferous vegetables.
What, you couldn't have got a latte? Drink it, your system needs a boost.
Also, you need this.
A one way ticket to Singapore.
Diplomatic status.
No customs, no immigration.
I made it myself.
Street, you're the best.
Better than that, man.
Don't be so stingy with your compliments.
You know, I'm counting on you to take care of my friends, that's the finest compliment I can give you.
Whatever they need, Street, keep a list.
I'll make it all up to you, some day.
You got it.
I'm gonna miss your skinny little butt Marcus.
Hey, Augur.
Augur? It's about time, you showed up.
How did you get down here? Spare me the Q and A.
Augur gave you a personal pass phrase.
You use the damn thing.
I need to get busy.
So, I see you've met Jay Street.
She's here to help you as personnal favour to me.
You can trust her.
By the way her real name is Juliette, but don't call her that or she'll give you a bruise.
You better believe it.
Until you hear from me, it's all yours.
Tell Lili that I love her.
And I hope she got home okay.
Man, this mainframe is screwed.
You cross-linked his data with his volatile s-dram.
What we're now looking at an ex-computer.
Listen, If you're here to help, don't criticize.
Besides, what exactly do you do? Everything, all the time.
In your case, Whatever you need.
You're seeking Lili Marquette, Captain, Marine Corps detached? Right, the last time I saw her, she used a portal, but there's no D.
N.
A.
match is in the system.
I can do this.
She's cooler, now.
The Taelon energy in the plasma will stabilize her.
She will need it, almost continuously.
Well, it's something.
It is not a cure, Lili.
The plasma leaves a toxic residue.
She can only tolerate so much.
This is why I had you bring us here.
There is our hope.
Even if I do not survive, leave Earth.
I will die contented knowing both my wife and child will live.
Lili knows the only way to get off Earth, is in Taelon shuttle used exclusively by companions, but there are three more places where Taelon engineers are using them to supervise new constructions.
Of Taelon co-ventures, which means Taelon energy, which she could be on after for the kid.
No, there's too much security around there.
A desperate mother with a sick baby.
She'll do anything.
Okay, Check this out.
An old industrial site in Seneca falls.
The Taelons are clearing it off to build a cold-fusion reactor.
They built a shuttle landing pad to get their engineers in and out.
Last night, there was a theft of Taelon plasma in the hospital there.
Later on, the hospital blew up.
No, Lili wouldn't do that.
Although Sandoval might, if he was trying to cover it up.
Three days ago Thelma Portalis arrived in Seneca falls, by portal.
Who's Thelma Portalis? Got any idea, but she's on the F.
B.
I.
's world wanted list.
She's also got the same D.
N.
A.
as Lili Marquette.
The guard is gone.
Yes.
The guard post will be unmanned for 15 minutes.
- And no ****? - Yeah.
A new communication sent by long frequency sound waves propagate through rocks and water, your species will not hear from.
Was it from Sandoval? Yes, I know he is oddest to you, but he is our only hope.
He has placed a shuttle beyond the fence.
When you are aboard, give Arial the final energy from the transfuser.
You're coming with us.
Go! Take my weapons.
Go! Lili! Stay away from me, Liam.
Lili, did Sandoval send this shuttle for you? It flies, it's all I care! Her temperature is a 106.
Liam, I should have had her off this planet hours ago.
Where's Vorjak? Stay away! I swear, I'll do whatever it takes to save my daughter! You can't trust Sandoval Lili.
You don't fit his version of the truth.
He doesn't want you alive, you're a threat.
Sandoval knows your baby is sick.
She's not the solution the Jaridians need.
All she is now is a liability.
Stay out of the shuttle! Don't go, Lili! Listen to me.
Get back, Liam, I'm warning you, I'm taking off right now! Don't risk it! I'm gonna check the service hatch now.
If you energize the core, I'm dead.
And if I don't, my baby is dead, Liam! Don't make me do this! He's right Lili, wait wait for him to make sure it is safe.
Stay back.
She's energizing the core.
Its a bomb.
Get down! The core is safe, now.
Go with them, Vorjak.
No, my body is about to incinerate.
I will not endanger my wife and child.
Convert the Taelon energy in this power capsule.
It should give you enough time.
Now, get moving! Liam, I almost killed you.
Just go! Take them where they'll be safe.
You've got to understand.
.
You were protecting your child, that's the most primal thing there is.
It's creation.
Now get going, take your family where they'll be safe and send me a message when you can.
I figured I'd be gone long before you faded away.
I guess, in my heart I thought you'd live forever.
Maybe, next time around we'll get our chance, to work it all out.
You were the best friend you could be, Da'an.
Do not be alarmed, Liam.
Despite appearances to the contrary, I am quite well.
But I was touched by your sentiments, Just now.
I thought you were dead.
I was forced to save myself from certain destruction by the Jaridian.
I had no weapon.
Fortunately, the state of crystalline hibernation is unknown to them.
Or me.
My duplicity was unselfish.
Captain Marquette was giving birth to a hybrid.
I knew it would die, unless I cooled it with my energy.
How did you know that? Our eugenics work the Jaridian hybrids.
We have proved that crossbreeding with Humans or Taelons will not repair their flaw.
We have tried all combinations.
You used women from Earth in experiments with Jaridians? It is survival; we are at war.
That phoney human skin of yours keps fooling me.
Forget what I said.
You've done more harm than good.
A defective shuttle? Apparently it was a fireball of photon energy.
The staff at the landing pad saw the explosion.
But, no need for an investigation? Not at all.
Engineering is convinced this is within the purview of mothership security.
I assume then, you will return to duty.
You have had sufficient rest.
More than sufficient, Zo'or, thank you.
I was thinking, now that the Jaridian threat is removed, you must be relieved.
I was thinking just the opposite.
We intercepted a signal from inter-dimensional space, near the Jaridian sector.
It was in code.
It must be a spurious emission.
We have no shuttles that far away.
Scrambled transmission, permission to decode? Kincaid's eyes only.
Permission to decode.
Liam, I think someone wants to say hello.
We're nearly out of range for the transmitter of the shuttle.
So we jus wanted to say goodbye Because, who knows how long it will be? Thank you for Arial.
We love you.
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Then Zo'or knows we are here.
What he knows is that two Jaridians, both dead, tried to enter Earth athmosphere in the stolen shuttle.
My god, this could be the opening salvo of a Taelon-Jaridian War.
She is with child.
Captain Lili Marquette.
She's mother savior the the Jaridians.
Our child will be born.
She need Taelon energy.
Energy that allows them to live for centurys.
This child is Jaridian and human, he has to survive.
And Da'an must be sacrificed.
Augur, come in, please.
Or give me an alternate frequency.
Augur, are you receiving? Over.
Augur, come in, please.
Are you receiving? Over.
You were out to getting us a look? Some tuna fisherman, I had the robot pilot steer away from them.
Do you find Augur? I tried his master frequency, his resistance tech-frequency, and I tried his number in the phone book.
I don't get it.
Ordinarily, he'd be all over us to help Lili.
If he could autopilot my shuttle down here, we could get her to a hospital and take Da'an to the mother ship.
I set the robot pilot to take us to Guadeloupe.
That will have to do.
You know, the Jaridian won't want Lili to go to shore without her.
It has begun.
Vorjak, what's happening to Lili? Her time is here.
She's beautiful.
Our child.
Our salvation.
Hello.
Something is happening to Da'an.
He told us.
He said he was giving up his life to save Lili and that baby.
Da'an is dead.
They have come to Earth with the promise of peace an alien race called the Taelons.
But there are those who resist these alien Companions.
For the Taelon's true mission, the secrets they hide will forever altered our world.
Transcription: Internet + Team Trad.
EFC The fate of humanity now relies on those who dare challenge the future of Earth.
Season 4 Episode 01 " FORGE OF CREATION " Did you find the right customs guys? Piracy is alive and well in the caribbean.
Volunteers don't seem to be looking for us here.
So customs will hide you in a banana truck, and take you to a free portal.
I can get back here with a shuttle in 10 minutes, But I don't want to take Da'an's body I.
D.
His form is crystallized.
It might shatter.
It's a risk you have to take, Liam.
I'm sure Da'an would forgive you if he knew.
I couldn't forgive myself.
He wasn't exactly an ally but I understood him.
Heads up, that's our man.
Box him to the east end, take him down.
Volunteer investigations.
They want you at central, Augur.
Hold it! We need to talk.
Which one is he? Move in! Hey.
Looks like Sandoval remembered everything.
I've got clothes and diapers.
She is beautiful, So perfect.
- You're looking pretty good yourself.
- You're lying to me.
I look terrible.
At least my Jaridian transformation was just for the birth.
Come here.
I missed you so much.
I was so lonely and so afraid.
I needed you, Liam.
I wish I could have been there.
It wasn't time for introductions before.
I'm Renée Palmer.
Liam and I work together, informally.
Renée, thank you so much for everything you've done and everything you're doing.
Sure.
You and Vorjak, Lili I mean, was that your decision? You mean, did he force me? He led me.
On our trip here, to Earth I grew to understand him and to love him.
He's so much like us, Liam, So unlike the Taelons in every way.
He's passionate, he has a heart.
If that's what you want, you've got my blessing.
I'll do what I can to keep you safe, all of you.
That means a lot.
You decided on a name? Her name is Arial.
Lili and I decided that when we chose each other as man and wife by the ancient rituals of my kind.
I've always known it my beautiful golden child will be called Arial.
Explain.
My skrill took a lethal blast from an energy weapon, Zo'or.
Not your Skrill, where were you? Locating the traitor, Lili Marquette.
I found her with the third Jaridian she smuggled to Earth.
They escaped.
Leave us.
You told me I had paid for all the Jaridian bodies.
You also told me, Marquette was dead months ago.
We were both deceived.
Obviously, one of us was.
Release the restraints, please.
Your interrogation specialty is involuntary mental intervention.
Have you ever been a subject? No, Zo'or.
Mental interventions have - unexpected consequences.
- Fatal ones.
I am told for humans it is like having a rodent trapped inside your head, trying to escape.
You don't want to open my head, Zo'or.
Everything in here will spill out.
I have done far too many things for you that should remain locked away.
None of that matters if a Jaridian is found alive on Earth.
The Taelons will be in chaos, and I will lose a free hand.
I may lose everything.
Give me five days, and I will bring the Jaridian's head for your trophy wall.
With no one to wiser up.
If not his head then yours.
Her temperature is 102.
Liam, she was just fine an hour ago.
It's stifling in here maybe.
I should bring her up on deck.
She's half Jaridian.
Who knows what's healthy for her.
Why risk, having a hybrid baby? The Jaridian metabolism is out of control.
They die in their 20s.
They literally burn up.
Babies die in their mothers' wombs, Liam.
Vorjak and I thought that by blending the species we could create a new life form to give the Jaridians a future.
There's one thing I don't understand.
You gave them your shuttle, an inter-dimensional shuttle.
If they build more, that tips the balance of terror in a big way, maybe a final way.
Liam it doesn't matter, this war is so ancient, they've forgotten why they're fighting about.
Neither of them can reproduce.
But when the Jaridians find out that there's hope, this war is over.
They'll simply let the Taelons die.
Is that how Vorjak convinced you? I told you, Liam.
We're in love.
And I know in my Earth that I was born to be Arial's mother, and she was born to save Jaridia.
Did you know that Da'an had to die? Customs people are getting antsy.
We've got twenty minutes.
If I leave now that leaves me enough time.
This baby needs to be in a hospital.
Not on Earth.
Liam, he's got an I.
D.
Dart! Don't put your baby at risk Vorjak.
Let me take Arial to a hospital.
No.
When the Taelons discover who she is, they'll kill her.
Vorjak, I can take her.
She looks human, I can hide her.
You can't go.
The Taelons think you're a treator.
Lili look, maybe all she needs is Taelon energy to cool her off.
I can take her to one of our Taelon tech-plants, on Earth.
No, I am her father.
I will do what I must to save my child! Come.
I'm sorry, Liam.
Hey, boss, I've got 10 minutes left on my dime, do you want it? Leave us.
Oh men, it's worth she's got seven fingers on both hands.
Now, that's talent.
What's your status? I'm back on limited duty.
You know, this thing speeds up healing by a factor of five or six.
So, did Zo'or send me his very best? Zo'or has given us less than a week.
I don't want to run into Kincaid until I've taken steps to bolster my version of events.
Officially, I'm suspended for an overdue rest.
Yeah, I saw the staff's status report when I was around at the bureau.
Drop a few lines, no worry.
If we don't find Marquette, and that Jaridian neither of us is going fishing again.
Zo'or wants no trace of them left on Earth.
Duly noted.
So, why not give it up, boss, just cut your losses, write off the Jaridians? I need the Jaridians, Tate.
I need them to destroy my enemies.
That's your ***.
The freighter turned up on Guadeloupe in the Carabbean.
Empty.
But Marquette's D.
N.
A.
profile rang a bell in portal systems array, Three stops, terminating in Seneca falls, New York.
Seneca falls.
Good.
She was with another human who has no D.
N.
A.
on record.
And one other entity, not human.
Period.
Have the portal records erased.
Scramble the F.
B.
I.
world wanted profiles to give Marquette's D.
N.
A.
another name.
If she portals again, I don't want any red flags being waved.
Also, tell the navy to stand by to send ultra-long wave bursts.
In code, *** basis.
Ultra-long wave? That's used for the submarine fleet right? You don't need to know.
Augur? I think he's here.
I can smell expresso.
His security system is down, that's weird.
Well, if he has to disappear, he usually leaves a hologram.
Nothing.
So where would he go? I dont know, Augur get some friends on the fringes who owe him.
He can usually find a place to hide when he needs one.
I could use his brain right now.
Can you access his data? Some of it.
I can access the service staff roster.
Sandoval has been suspended for medically supervised R&R.
It's the smoke screen, he wants to go look for his missing Jaridian.
His aid, agent frank Tate.
I shot him in the shoulder, he's allready back on the job, working undercover.
Sandoval wants Tate eyes and ears inside the bureau.
Lucky for us Augur has a few worms inside the bureau's operation database.
I think we can find Tate.
Maybe he'll lead us to Sandoval.
Why don't you check that out.
In a hurry, pal? Hey, that's a buddy of mine! Leave him alone! My public.
Fringers are very spontaneous.
So, how are you doing? I've been better.
I'm just a little bit too much in demand right now, if you know what I mean.
I could have noticed.
You could use some major stress management.
No time.
Volunteer investigators are searching for me everywhere they've got roaming patrols flying all over the fringes.
They even locked on my global.
I need a new identity, everything.
*** ever you want, but *** cover can be a good thing.
Leave it to me.
You do a favour.
But I hope you can give me two.
My friends are searching for me, and I can't risk making contact.
I left them holding the bag in a big way.
They deserve better.
- I'll take care of it.
Don't worry.
- Good.
Why don't you just tell me who can help me with my baby? Look, we can't take her unless we code her D.
N.
A.
It's necessary? You can't break the rules? No, I'm sorry.
But, but They won't treat her until they code her D.
N.
A.
It's the law.
Don't touch her, please.
She's exhausted from the fever, she's dehydrated, she won't even nurse.
You tell me, are you well? I'm the same as I was before she was born.
Fevered flushed and my heart is racing.
Vorjak we have to call Liam.
I forbid it.
No human can protect a Jaridian from the Taelons.
Now, what are we going to do? Da'an's energy was supposed to help her.
Look at her! Her metabolism is gonna kill her.
She's ill because the Earth is killing her, killing all of us.
Earth is my home, why am I sick? You have my blood, my daughter has my gene you're both rejecting the Earth's environment.
Then we have to get out of of Earth.
We have to find a shuttle.
Yes, and we shall.
Vorjak what about your temperature? Do not worry about me, the baby is our first concern.
She needs Taelon energy to cool her, But I fear it is only a temporary cure.
Wait.
Security! My god, what was that? What's that? Boss, I've got something here you just take a look it.
*** but it would.
The Seneca falls cops took a robbery and assault report.
It happened tonight at the county hospital.
"Improbable extraterrestrial sightings.
" What does that mean? That means the locals authorities didn't know what they were dealing with.
*** left after broken locked in a narcotics cabinet.
You notice what was stolen.
I'm surprised the police had any doubts about your version of events.
They were county cops, I guess they won't take a story like that back to their superiors.
John's got a concussion from the fall, but he's got these burns too, how do you explain that? Well, something very unusual had happened here.
- What was stolen? - Taelon plasma.
We just started bring in for fatal cases.
It puts people in stasis you know.
They can live indefinitely until a cure is found.
Yes, I've heard.
Wonderful stuff.
Now, can the guard corroborate this? He's been unconscious since that happen, when he wakes up he'll tell you.
He saw it, whatever "it" was.
Could you work with a computer artist and create a composite image? I can do better than that.
Right over here.
John's video badge.
He wears it on his uniform as backup.
Nobody ever looks at it.
Okay.
Whatever blew out the lobby window, also took out our security system.
Okay.
It's a little jumpy, But it'll let them see exactly what happened.
Oh, my god! That's interesting.
Who has seen this? I just found it.
I was waiting for John to wake up to show him.
Thank you very much, you've been very resourceful.
I run down the F.
B.
I.
duty roster, and found Frank Tate.
What's his current assignment? Classified.
But he's cut temporarily from D.
C bureau, and attached to personal staff, of guess who Ronald Sandoval.
So where did you find him? Well, Augur's dossier was more than complete.
I spied him over at his favourite restaurant and trail him to a place, I think our friend Ronnie might like to go swimming.
Get on down here.
May I take you to your cubicle, Sir? Number card? We have some specials tonight, If you'd like to hear them.
That was smooth.
How did you get in? Makeup and costume rental.
It's a sex club, not a bank.
I used the employees entrance.
He's in the second booth.
This is your chance to reconsider.
You cross this bridge, it changes everything.
You know the saying.
"You have to change, to remain the same".
I'm not gonna give him much.
Liam you could have killed him once before and you froze.
You sure you want to go in there, alone? I can't relax.
I need a memory block an hour, perhaps two.
Now.
Sorry, It will have to wait.
You've been selling the Taelons a lie.
I want to hear it.
Eleven days ago you abducted Da'an from the embassy in Washington, and sold him to a Jaridian.
Da'an was abducted, that's true, but I found him in a pirate freighter with you, a renegade marine pilot, and a Jaridian spy.
I'm Da'an's protector.
I had a good reason to be there.
Ah, well, let's be careful about our facts, Major.
Protector records show, your whereabouts are unaccounted for whereas I was officially brokering a deal for the Taelon shuttle craft stolen by Captain Lili Marquette.
Stop lying, Sandoval.
I'm on to you.
You're conspiring with the Jaridians.
Tell me where to find Lili.
We haven't had contact.
I had a shot at you before.
I looked you in the eye and I flinched.
That's over.
If I don't find Lili, I will come back and kill you.
Rise and shine.
Blue algae Six kinds of omega fatty acids to run down those free radicals, and for flavour, a blend of cruciferous vegetables.
What, you couldn't have got a latte? Drink it, your system needs a boost.
Also, you need this.
A one way ticket to Singapore.
Diplomatic status.
No customs, no immigration.
I made it myself.
Street, you're the best.
Better than that, man.
Don't be so stingy with your compliments.
You know, I'm counting on you to take care of my friends, that's the finest compliment I can give you.
Whatever they need, Street, keep a list.
I'll make it all up to you, some day.
You got it.
I'm gonna miss your skinny little butt Marcus.
Hey, Augur.
Augur? It's about time, you showed up.
How did you get down here? Spare me the Q and A.
Augur gave you a personal pass phrase.
You use the damn thing.
I need to get busy.
So, I see you've met Jay Street.
She's here to help you as personnal favour to me.
You can trust her.
By the way her real name is Juliette, but don't call her that or she'll give you a bruise.
You better believe it.
Until you hear from me, it's all yours.
Tell Lili that I love her.
And I hope she got home okay.
Man, this mainframe is screwed.
You cross-linked his data with his volatile s-dram.
What we're now looking at an ex-computer.
Listen, If you're here to help, don't criticize.
Besides, what exactly do you do? Everything, all the time.
In your case, Whatever you need.
You're seeking Lili Marquette, Captain, Marine Corps detached? Right, the last time I saw her, she used a portal, but there's no D.
N.
A.
match is in the system.
I can do this.
She's cooler, now.
The Taelon energy in the plasma will stabilize her.
She will need it, almost continuously.
Well, it's something.
It is not a cure, Lili.
The plasma leaves a toxic residue.
She can only tolerate so much.
This is why I had you bring us here.
There is our hope.
Even if I do not survive, leave Earth.
I will die contented knowing both my wife and child will live.
Lili knows the only way to get off Earth, is in Taelon shuttle used exclusively by companions, but there are three more places where Taelon engineers are using them to supervise new constructions.
Of Taelon co-ventures, which means Taelon energy, which she could be on after for the kid.
No, there's too much security around there.
A desperate mother with a sick baby.
She'll do anything.
Okay, Check this out.
An old industrial site in Seneca falls.
The Taelons are clearing it off to build a cold-fusion reactor.
They built a shuttle landing pad to get their engineers in and out.
Last night, there was a theft of Taelon plasma in the hospital there.
Later on, the hospital blew up.
No, Lili wouldn't do that.
Although Sandoval might, if he was trying to cover it up.
Three days ago Thelma Portalis arrived in Seneca falls, by portal.
Who's Thelma Portalis? Got any idea, but she's on the F.
B.
I.
's world wanted list.
She's also got the same D.
N.
A.
as Lili Marquette.
The guard is gone.
Yes.
The guard post will be unmanned for 15 minutes.
- And no ****? - Yeah.
A new communication sent by long frequency sound waves propagate through rocks and water, your species will not hear from.
Was it from Sandoval? Yes, I know he is oddest to you, but he is our only hope.
He has placed a shuttle beyond the fence.
When you are aboard, give Arial the final energy from the transfuser.
You're coming with us.
Go! Take my weapons.
Go! Lili! Stay away from me, Liam.
Lili, did Sandoval send this shuttle for you? It flies, it's all I care! Her temperature is a 106.
Liam, I should have had her off this planet hours ago.
Where's Vorjak? Stay away! I swear, I'll do whatever it takes to save my daughter! You can't trust Sandoval Lili.
You don't fit his version of the truth.
He doesn't want you alive, you're a threat.
Sandoval knows your baby is sick.
She's not the solution the Jaridians need.
All she is now is a liability.
Stay out of the shuttle! Don't go, Lili! Listen to me.
Get back, Liam, I'm warning you, I'm taking off right now! Don't risk it! I'm gonna check the service hatch now.
If you energize the core, I'm dead.
And if I don't, my baby is dead, Liam! Don't make me do this! He's right Lili, wait wait for him to make sure it is safe.
Stay back.
She's energizing the core.
Its a bomb.
Get down! The core is safe, now.
Go with them, Vorjak.
No, my body is about to incinerate.
I will not endanger my wife and child.
Convert the Taelon energy in this power capsule.
It should give you enough time.
Now, get moving! Liam, I almost killed you.
Just go! Take them where they'll be safe.
You've got to understand.
.
You were protecting your child, that's the most primal thing there is.
It's creation.
Now get going, take your family where they'll be safe and send me a message when you can.
I figured I'd be gone long before you faded away.
I guess, in my heart I thought you'd live forever.
Maybe, next time around we'll get our chance, to work it all out.
You were the best friend you could be, Da'an.
Do not be alarmed, Liam.
Despite appearances to the contrary, I am quite well.
But I was touched by your sentiments, Just now.
I thought you were dead.
I was forced to save myself from certain destruction by the Jaridian.
I had no weapon.
Fortunately, the state of crystalline hibernation is unknown to them.
Or me.
My duplicity was unselfish.
Captain Marquette was giving birth to a hybrid.
I knew it would die, unless I cooled it with my energy.
How did you know that? Our eugenics work the Jaridian hybrids.
We have proved that crossbreeding with Humans or Taelons will not repair their flaw.
We have tried all combinations.
You used women from Earth in experiments with Jaridians? It is survival; we are at war.
That phoney human skin of yours keps fooling me.
Forget what I said.
You've done more harm than good.
A defective shuttle? Apparently it was a fireball of photon energy.
The staff at the landing pad saw the explosion.
But, no need for an investigation? Not at all.
Engineering is convinced this is within the purview of mothership security.
I assume then, you will return to duty.
You have had sufficient rest.
More than sufficient, Zo'or, thank you.
I was thinking, now that the Jaridian threat is removed, you must be relieved.
I was thinking just the opposite.
We intercepted a signal from inter-dimensional space, near the Jaridian sector.
It was in code.
It must be a spurious emission.
We have no shuttles that far away.
Scrambled transmission, permission to decode? Kincaid's eyes only.
Permission to decode.
Liam, I think someone wants to say hello.
We're nearly out of range for the transmitter of the shuttle.
So we jus wanted to say goodbye Because, who knows how long it will be? Thank you for Arial.
We love you.
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