" A relationship to do what?" " Come see what we're about." "We are making state of the art advances in scienceand technology." " I'm not interested." " Is there a romantic interestI'm not aware of?" " Only kyle." " Kyle?" "If you really sense that special bond between you and kyle," "you should act on it." "How did you know his name?" "I never mentioned it." "There's a lot of thingsI know about you,jessi." "A lot more than you think." "I think it's time I explained." "As long as you don'trat me out to mom and dad." " I won'T." " Fine." "Thank you,jessi." "I knew youcouldn't keep your mouth shut." "Jessi didn't have tosay a word." "I'm sure she wasa pillar of secrecy." " I thought you'd be with andi." " Her mom's extendedtheir vacation rental." " I really miss her." " Listen to me." " Adam baylin - what?" "What about him?" "Adam died today." "You may not realize it yet,but this changes everything." "How's the speech?" "Overwritten and tedious." "I doubt that." "Most of the speeches at the psychology conferenceusually are." "Thanks for coming,by the way." "Thanks for inviting me." "Well,I thought you could usea weekend away." "And I knew josh would lovethe free room service." "It's nice to see you smiling." "There hasn't been a lotto smile about lately,I know." " You ok?" " I think so." "It's ok if you're not." "When somebody you love dies it can take awhileto make sense of it all." "Yeah,especially since baylintechnically died twice." " Josh!" " Just saying." "Maybe we should ride for a whilein contemplative silence." "Suit yourself." "Let me knowwhen we hit the hotel." "I'll be the guy in theheated pool all weekend." "Nicole had suggested this weekend away as a chance to get away from everything that was on my mind." "We were miles away from home and it seemed my mind had brought my problems along uninvited." " Why're you moving adm around?" " We figured if latnok couldn'tfind him they couldn'tconvince him to come back." "They want me to comework with them." "With baylin gone they'll haveeven more reason now." " I won't do it." " Well,if theygive you the choice." "I was gonna tellamanda everything." "Kyle,you'll just be adding her to a list of people thatyou've already compromised." " Is that what my life is now?" " More than ever." "Kyle." " What's the matter?" " That sign we just passed,it says we're on route 41." "I must have takenthe wrong road." " What's going on?" " Sorry,I wasn'tpaying attention." "I knew I should have driven." "Very funny,but we needto get off this road." "I can turn at the next exit." "Watch out!" "" " Kyle!" "Nicole?" "I..." "I think I'm fine." "Josh?" " Josh!" " Seatbelts totally save lives." "How bad is it?" "It's pretty bad." " Do you have your phone?" " Yeah." "I got nothing." "You guys,I think I'm stuck." "The dashboard on my sideis cav in." "Let me help you." " No,no,no,stop." " Are you hurt?" "No,I'm fine." "I just can't get out." " Let me try the other side." "I don't think anybody's coming in or going out this way." "Hello?" "Are you all right?" " Did you hear that?" " Is everybody ok?" " You sure you're ok?" "Oh,no,I'm fine.I can justsit here until someone clmes." "I don't have any choiceabout it,do I?" "It's freaking me outthat nobody's answering." "Hello!" "I'll stay with mom." "We're fine." "Oh,my god." "I thought you guys were straight up toast." "Which would have been a downer." "The upside is,I have someone who can push my car out of the road, so thanks to you,I'm no longer a highway hazard." "Not counting the accident I just caused,of course." "By someone who can help I meant you." "Come on." "It'll only take a sec." "Geez,louise.Stare much?" "You're pregnant." "Holy crap.Really?" "I got it." "God,I hope somebody comes by." "No one ever drives this road." " See?" "That only took,like" " twenty sevenpoint two seconds." "But who's counting?" "Are you all right?" "It's all good." "Braxton hicks." "Is that your baby's name?" "Braxton hicks contractions." "It'll pass." "I think I'm gonna walk back a ways,see if I can'tflag somebody down." "But you're pregnant." "And you're repeating yourself,so either you're a dumblittle bunny,or you have a concussion." "Either way,you're gonnaneed some help." " You should stay here." " I'm not an invalid." " You won't see anybody for miles." " I'm fine." "What?" "My water just broke." " You left theseon top of the dryer." "I thought I'd bring them to you." "I just made that." "With military precision." "Don't want to wreckthe hospital corners." "You seriously don't want mesitting on your bed?" "I like to keep my room clean." "Totally get it." "Your space,your rules." "Is that my shirt?" "You never wear it anymore." "So,you just took it?" "You shouldn't wear this color." "It looks better on me." "Ok,so I can't sit on your bedbut you can just raid my closet?" "Jessi,that is 100 percent notcool of you." "That shirt is mine." " Did you buy it?" " No." "Then,technically,it's not yours." "Dad!" " Are we having this discussion?" " She's inappropriate." " She's mean to me." " I am not mean!" "You're only nice to mewhen you want something." " Both of you,give it a rest." " Just keep her out of my face!" "I already told herit's not her color." "You said you were comingright back." "I was hopingto get this car started." "If I had the right partsI could get you to the hospital before your baby was born." "Check it,bunny." "And,by the way,no offense,you're cute as a button, but I'm the reject fromthe macy's parade,all right?" " I think I'd know if I'm actually going into labor." " She's going into labor?" " Who's this guy?" " That's josh." " And bunny over there?" " Kyle." "Great.I'm gretchen." "I want you to both listen to mevery carefully,all right?" "I'm in my 35th week." "I'm not duefor at least another month." "But your water just broke." "You can expect to give birthing as few as two hours." "Or as much asa full day from now." " How do you know that?" " He knows a lot of stuff." "Ok,then." "Figure out how to get us out of herein under two hours so that" "I don't have to give birth in the woods like somecrazy wolf mother person." "Lucky for you,kyle'san expert at wood births." "I'll go talk to nicole." " And she would be?" " My mom." "Finally." "Someone who knowssomething about having a baby." "Get her up here." "I'll be right back." "So,your mom's ok,right?" "Yeah." "She's just stuck." "You hungry?" "I've got some smoking hotcheese crackles in the car." "Those things are disgusting." "And I love them." "Well,I tookbasic human biology,but as far asmy own experience goes, it's basically,breathe,push,catch." "What,like football?" "We're not gonna be ableto do this." "Sure,you can.You read the encyclopedia." "Which gives a brief overviewof the physiological process." "But it doesn't tell youhow to deliver a baby safely." "How's she doing now?" "She's trying to hide it,butshe's had a few contractions." "About 20 minutes apart,30 to 45 seconds each." "Ok,well,it does soundlike she's in labor." "The contractions are just her cervix dilatingso the baby can come out." "We still have some time." " I can go get help." " No,no,you shouldn'tleave her." " I'll go." " Walk three stepswithout limping." "Look,we may not like it,but we're just gonna have tosit tight until help comes." " Here's another thing." " About the baby?" "You can't delay laboronce it starts." "So,if the baby comesbefore help does?" "Then kyle will be delivering it,whether he wants to or not." "Holymother of macaroni!" "Wait." "I feel it." "A heartbeat." "Really?" "Show me." "Oh,my god." "You totally distracted me." "Swell job.Contraction's over." "I wasn't pretending." "Really?" "You have ultrasound hands?" "Any other superpowersI should know about?" "'Cause,I mean,if you couldfly me to seattle general********" "I think you could usesome water." "Wait,don't leave me." "She freaks me out!" "I have an idea." "I'm gonna try and reach jessi." "Don't you guys have to be in the same roomfor your mind mail to work?" "I have to try something." "Make suregretchen's comfortable." " I'll just be a minute." " Dude" "Try your cell again." "When we were touching,jessi and I could access each other's minds." "We could always sense one another if we were near." "But lost in the woods,miles from home,I had no idea if she would pick up what I was sending." "Or if she could understand that we needed help." " Father-daughter bonding?" " He's keeping meout of your hair." " You're welcome to play,you know." " Right.She probably cheats." "Accident." "What's happening?" "Sorry,I was tryingto reach jessi." " Are you ok?" "You..." " oh,I'm fine." "Did it work?" " I have no idea." " Kyle,get up here!" " I think gretchen needs your help now." " I don't know what to do." "Well,just tell her to push when she feels like it and trust herbody to do most of the work." "Is that all?" "There's nothing else I can do?" "All you have to do is keep her calm and focusedand encouraged." "Focused and encouraged." "Less than two minutessince the last contraction." " The baby's coming." " Then you'd better get to it." "Josh,grab a blanket." "Use a couple of bags as pillowsand set it up on that hillside." " There's one in the trunk." " We'll get you propped up." "Gravity'll do part of the work." "Ready?" " Come on." "Got one." "I think it's coming right now." "Can you see anything?" "If you're waiting for a handwritten invitation,it's gonna be a while." "Wait." "Risk of infection." "Nicely done,excitable,sidekick." "Ok,I'm ready." "I just lost my virginity." "I'm not ready for this." "He's a regularsanta's little helper,huh?" "It's ok.Go ahead and push." "Just keep pushing." "Oh,I can't do this." "We need help.We need serious help." "Don't worry.We're gonna get it." "Everything ok?" "Something's wrong." "What is it?" "I don't know." "That's not a word." " That's definitely a word." " Not accordingto the game dictionary." "How do you know that?" "Of course." "You read it." "" " I'll get it." "Uh,no.No,no,I'll get it." "I need a break." "Oh,look.We're out of my soda." "I wonder how that happened." " And yes,I bought it." " Now you're just being selfish." "I'm being selfish?" "You're the one who takes whatshe wants when she wants it." " That's called being assertive." " You are unbelievable." "Have you heard from your mother?" "No,but I'd like to have a fewwords with her right now." "Someone just called.Her speech is in half an hourand they haven't arrived." "They were supposed to be therehours ago." " I know." " Stephen." " Have you heard anything from kyle?" " I think so." "Look." ""Crash.Ravine." "" "Distress." "Dad,you don't think...?" "No,we don't know anything yet." "You try their cell phones.I'll try highway patrol." "I can't do it!" "You're doing great.Just keep pushing." "Just stop,ok?" "I'm tired of pushing andI just want this to be over." "What's wrong?" "Gretchen,I promiseI'll be right back." "I'm just going to the car,ok?" "Ok?" "Bring back drugs,please." "How's the baby doing?" "I was gettinga strong heartbeat earlier but it's fading fast andthe labor's not progressing." "I don't know what to tell you." "I could stimulate the babywith a little charge." " You don't think that would be dangerous?" " I've done it before." "What's wrong?" " You're warm." " I got banged up a little." "Nicole,you're bleeding!" "Oh,no,no,it's not that bad." " I gotta get you out of here." " The baby needs you." " You need help." " Somebody hasto help that poor girl bring her baby into the world, and that person is you." "Now,go!" "I'll be back for youas soon as I can." "Go." " anything?" " We know that they were headedeast on interstate 90." "Nicole used her credit card at a gas station about42 miles outside of seattle." "Narrows our route optionsdown to nine." "So they either took a wrong turn or maybe they decidedto take a scenic route." "They wouldn't have takena wrong turn." " You're right.Maybe...." " it's got to be oneof the scenic routes." "That narrows it downto rocky canyon road,silica heights and elk heights." "I'll try to get highway patrolto search those roads." " Officer,stephen trager once again." "Apparently,my family...." " wait." "It's route 41." "Hold,please." "That's not one of the routes." "I know but that's what it is." " Are you sure?" " Positive." "It's route 41." " Something's wrong.I know it." " No.Gretchen,I need your help." "Can you stay with me?" "Good." "You're gonna haveanother contraction in a minute." "And when it comesI need you to push." "Just close your eyesand focus,ok?" " Just think of something happy." "Smoking hot cheese crackles?" " Yeah,that'll work." " Ok." "Ok,it's coming." "Cheese crackle!" "Push." "Come on,one more." "Come on,you're doing it." "You're doing it!" "You're doing it." "Keep pushing." "Gretchen." "It's a boy." "I'm gonna name him"dumb little bunny" after you." "You will?" "Absolutely." "" " Keep screaming,little buddy." "Maybe somebody willfinally hear us out here." "I promise you,I'm gonna tryand be,like,the most rad mother ever,ok?" "" " It's ok." " I'll go tell mom." " No,stay here." " But I want..." " josh,stay here." "I hope he has an inny." "Outybelly buttons are just weird." "Just be glad he has one." "Nicole!" "Nicole!" "What's he saying?" "Is it good or bad?" "Maybe if you shut uphe could hear." " Your wife has...internal injuries." "Her organs are in distress." "She has a punctured lung and right now her conditionis critical but stable." "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "There's too much noise." "Well,she's out of surgery." "They were able to stop the internal bleedingbut there was some damage." " So,she'll be ok?" " Well,the doctors saythe first few hours will be critical." "She's a fighter." "And they're hopefulshe can pull through." "Of course she'll pull through." "She's mom.She'll be fine." " Can we see her?" " What are you crying for?" " Josh!" " We have to stay calm." "Visitors aren't allowedin the icu,- but once she feels better we'll be able to get back there." " We have to just sit here?" "I know it's hard." "But we have to put our trusting her doctors." "Now,they want me to fill outsome forms,so I'll be back." " Where's jessi?" " Outside somewhere." "I shouldn't have left her." "If I would havegot her out of the car,then... kyle,this isn't your fault." "I can't just wait hereand do nothing." "Then don'T." "You can help her." " But stephen said her doctors..." " forget her doctors." "All of them combinedaren't as smart as you." "You know I'd do anythingto help nicole." "But I don't know how." "And even if I did,they won't let me back there." "You can't let a little thinglike that stop you." "If you don't know it by now,you might as well give up." "Now I know it." "Come on!" "That's not gonna make it work." "I'm sure jessi could fix it." "You have to stopfighting with jessi." "Because she's the supernaturalgenius who saved the day?" "No." "Because you're betterthan this." "I sort of thought I wasthe one who picked fights and then stood around like an idiot whileeveryone solved the problem." "There is nothing you could do." "That's the point." "Jessi figured out where theywere,kyle delivered a baby." "Even josh was a hero." "And now mom's in there and there's not a thingthat I can do to help." "You help just by being here." "That's not much,dad." "It is more than enough." "It's helping me,ok?" "Ok." "Patient is male,23 year old mechanic,admitted non-responsive." "History of depression but no drug overdose." "Toxicologyreports are negative." "Patient was dehydratedand in metabolic acidosis." "Course of action?" "What do you got?" "He's a mechanic." "He may have injected antifreeze,which meanspossible glycol poisoning." "Impressive." "How is it possible we haven't worked a shifttogether all year?" "I wasn't supposedto be here today." "Keep up,gentlemen." "Femal,car accident." "Laceration to right torso,blood loss and acuteinternal injuries including rib fracture,subsequent pneumothorax." "Blood oxygen levels extremelylow,blood pressure is down." "What can we expect to see,moving forward?" " Possible sepsis?" " No sign of external infection." "Anyone else?" "If her heart rate continuesto fall,her kidneys will fail." "Other organs would follow." "Correct." "Unfortunately,the damage is extensive and her systems have alreadyshown signs of failure." " So,we do nothing?" " We've done all we can." "Our job now is to make sureshe's comfortable." "There has to be a wayto heal her." "Can we rebuild the cellsin her damaged organs?" "Forward-thinkingbut hardly realistic." "That sort of stem celltechnology is years away." "Now,let's move on." "Andi,hey,I keepgetting your voicemail." "Anyway,you know how you always tell me to charge my phonein case of an emergency?" "Well,you were right,I was wrong." "Now,I don't want you to freakout,but I'm at the hospital." " I'll try to talk quick so my phone doesn't cut off...." "Before I can tell you what happened." "I'm sorry I left you." "But I'm here now." "And I'm goingto make you better." "I promise." "Code blue,room 347,code blue,room 347." "" " What are you doing in here?" "A power surge must have set off the alarm." "Vitals appear stable." " Is she better?" " She'd have much better oddsif you weren't interfering." "If I catch you alone with her again I'll have you thrown outof the hospital." "I had saved one life today by helping gretchen's child into the world." "The birth in the woods was more natural and beautiful than anything I had ever experienced." "And so different from my own birth." " But it had also shown me how life and death exist in uncertain equilibrium." "Would I be able to save nicole and keep the scales balanced?" "Did supporting one life mean I had to lose another?" " Jessi." " Hi." "I never got a chanceto thank you." "You got my messageand sent help." "You heard me." "Is there any news?" "I couldn't help her." " With everything we can do,I can'T..." " kyle." "There must be something." "He's so beautiful." "And she's so happy." "We never had that." "No." "It's hard to believe he wasn'teven here a few hours ago." "He was still safe and protected." "And all he had to dowas get bigger and strger." "Now he's out here in the worldand anything can happen." "Do you think it's betterto stay in a pod for 16 years?" "I guess the important thingis what we do after we're born." " The fluid." " What?" "Adam's substitutefor amniotic fluid." "It's what nourished uswhile we were in the pod." "You think it could help nicole?" "Adam used it to heal himselffrom a gunshot wound." "It might help restoreher damaged tissue." "As far as nicole's doctors know,that fluid doesn't even exist." "There is one placeyou might be able to get some." "Jessi,I can't ask latnok." "How could you not?" "I know how you feel about them,but nicole is in trouble." "You have to ask for their help." "You have to try." "Josh told meI could find you here." "I've spent my liferespecting science and logic." "Rejecting religion." "But when it comes right down to it,I'm sitting here prayingfor a miracle to spare my wife." "It may not be a miracle,but I think I know a wayI can help her." "Adam baylin's formula." " From the pod.I can inject it..." " inject it?" "Into her iv." "The doctors don't havean alternative." "Kyle,you know that I..." " but this..." " is hope." "A real chance." "Let me do this." "Anyway,I hope you get this." "My cell phone's deadso I guess I'll try again later." "I don't know how you spentso much time in hospitals." "I mean,I know you had to,but they're creepy and weird." "I hate this waiting!" "I'm just...pretty scared." "Andi,please." "You get back." " Please deposit 85 cents." " Wait,wait." " Please deposit 85 cents." " Hold on,I'm not done yet." "Andi!" " Why are you still out here?" " The waiting roomis for family only." "You're family,sort of." "Not really." "Yes,you are." "As much as I try to convincemyself that you're not." "I'm sorry I make you miserable." "You don't make me miserable." "I'm just...miserable person sometimes." "Why?" "I don't know." "I just am." "I don't like fighting with you." " Yes,you do.You're good at it." " You're better." " I am?" " You always knowwhat to say to win." "And that's somethingto be so proud of?" "Still,it's impressive." "I feel like all I've been doinglately is fighting with people." "You should stop." "You're probably right." "Especially now." "Kyle will fix it." "That's what he's good at." "You gotta love kyle." "I mean in a platonic,brotherly sort of way." "I'm sorry I said all thosethings to you earlier." "I was panickedand I took it out on you." "It's just my family." "They mean everything to me." "They mean everything to me,too." "I know they do." "She's not doing well and the doctors don't thinkshe can make it." "The fluid that adam inventedhas regenerative properties." "I know latnok helped himwhen he was healing." "And you think we keptthe leftovers?" "My mother is dying!" "Please." "I have what you need." "I can get it to you." "Thank you." "But you have todo something for me." "Join us at latnok." "Participate." " You're using this situation?" " You are asking me to provide you with the thing that might saveyour mother's life yet you continue to see latnokas evil in some way." "We are all about scientificadvances like baylin'S." "All I'm asking you is,take part." "I can have that fluid herein 20 minutes." "It's your choice." "A chance to save the woman who had saved my life just by letting me into hers." "As far as I was concerned,my choice had already been made." "that's awesome news.She'll recover." "I don't likebeing dishonest with him." "Jessi,all you did was helplead him to the cure." "Gave him a nudgein the right direction." "And now nicole's better,right?" "I pushed kyleto go to latnok today because I knew it couldsave nicole's life." "Now if you everdo anything to harm him,or anyone in that family,I'll kill you." "I understand."