"About time you got back." "Hot run" " Cashmere and Swanson." "Sector Four?" "I ain't goin' all the way up there." "It's raining." "Is it raining in Seattle?" "Stop the presses." "What do you think you're doin'?" "Boss told me to get a locker." "This one's free." "No, it ain't." "Here, try one of these." "Take that, too." "Do not adjust your set." "This is a Streaming Freedom Video bulletin." "The cable hack will last 60 seconds." "It cannot be traced, it cannot be stopped, and it is the only free voice left in this city." "Since the early 1990s, billions of tax dollars have been diverted from government programmes to fund secret experiments in genetic engineering." " Cool." " Shut up, fool." "This covert operation is known as Project Manticore." "Its goal: to create the perfect soldier, genetically enhanced for superior strength and speed." "These children are subjected to relentless training and propaganda." "In the winter of 2009, 12 of them escaped from a facility in Gillette, Wyoming." "Some of them were captured, some of them were tortured, some gave their lives fighting to stay free." "Since these cable hacks began, Manticore has consolidated its activities to a secret location." "Eyes Only will find it, and those responsible for these crimes will be brought to justice." "This has been a Streaming Freedom Video bulletin." " Huh!" " Two!" " Huh!" " Three!" " Huh!" " Four!" " What's the matter, 452?" "Still recuperating?" " Bite me!" "Must have given you a lousy heart." "452!" "Director wants to see you." "State your designation." "My name's Max!" " State your designation." " Kiss my transgenic ass!" "How long can an X5 last without food or water?" " Six days, maybe." " Call me in a week." "X5-452!" "You don't fool me." "I know you're just playing along." "I wanna show you something." "Your brother Zack." "He's been so useful to us." "His liver and kidneys went to an X5 wounded on a mission." "His heart - of course, as you know - went to you." "X5-599, I've got a heart for you." "Here's your chance to say goodbye." "He's going to another facility." "We have some very interesting plans for him." "One thing that is for certain though is that you are the reason he is there." "Don't you see, 452?" "You're poison." "You destroy everyone that you love." "Zack, your brother Ben, your sister Tinga and him " "Eyes Only." "Now, I know that you've had some kind of relationship with him." "And I know that you're hanging on to the idea you'll see him again, but that won't happen." "He thinks you're dead, which is why he's causing so much trouble for us." " So we're gonna find him." " You'll never find him." "And we're gonna kill him." "You'll have nothing left." "And then, 452, you will be mine." "Lights out." "Lights out, 452." "Max." "My name's Max." "They designed her to be the perfect soldier, a human weapon." "Then she escaped." "In a future not far from now, in a broken world, she is haunted by her past." "She cannot run." "She must fight to discover her destiny." "No loitering." "Move along." "What can I tell you?" "You're not in the system." "I did my rehab at a VA in Gillette, Wyoming." "I was in Serbia in '07." "How do you think I ended up in this chair?" " There's nothing here." " Impossible." "Impossible?" "What, you never heard of the Pulse?" "That little nuclear airburst that fried all the satellites and crashed all the computers?" "And sent the economy into a tailspin." "It's why we need our VA ration cards so we can eat." " What do you want me to do?" " Find the piece of paper with my name on it." "Look, you want your ration card, it's simple." "I'll put you in the system." "That easy." "All right, people, we're the S1W." "We're here to set this thing straight." "Nobody is gonna get hurt or pay for what they already have coming." "And nobody is gonna leave here without their ration cards." "Get down!" "Gather round." "Thought you'd get in the file room pretending to be a vet?" " I took a shot." " So did I." " I appreciate you guys coming along." " You got what you needed." "We made a point." "Those clowns are gonna think twice before they shake people down again." "This is Manticore's Wyoming facility." "Requisitions don't add up otherwise." "Think they're running their budget through the VA's books, trying to cover their tracks?" "If I can follow the money, maybe I can find the main facility." "Logan, how many jobs do you think we've done for Eyes Only the past couple of years?" "I don't know." "Why?" "I've just never seen you get so caught up in an assignment before." "It's not an assignment." "Eyes Only is taking on Manticore as a favour to me." " You're messing with some powerful people." " I don't care what happens to me." "It said in his hack some of those kids escaped back in '09." "You knew one of 'em, didn't you?" "Her name was Max." "They killed her, didn't they?" "I watched her die." "The thing is I can't really believe she's gone." "I don't believe it." "And I know it sounds crazy, but I feel like... she's still out there." "Those boots look like they got shined with a bag of mud!" "Don't you have any respect for yourself?" "For the unit that you represent?" "Take 'em to isolation." "Eyes front!" "Eyes front!" "Lucky we hooked up." "Happy anniversary." "Just come back." "Max." " Ben?" " What?" "You look like someone I used to know." "My designation's 494." "His was 493." "You must be twinned." " 493?" "Your fellow traitor." "Went psycho." " What do you know about it?" "Cos of him I spent six months in Psy-Ops." "They wanted to make sure it wasn't genetic." " Ten years in the world finally got to him." " This place got to him." " Whatever." "Well, let's get this over with." " What are you doing?" "We've been paired off." "I'm your breeding partner." "My what?" "We're to copulate every night until you get pregnant." " That's sick." " It's your fault." "If you hadn't blown up the DNA database, they'd still be putting embryos in surrogates." " Take off your clothes." " Get out." "We've got our orders." " What the hell was that?" " The only physical contact we're gonna have." "This isn't exactly a plum assignment for me either." "You spent half your life out there in filth." "I could catch something." "Whatever you need to tell yourself, just so long as we understand each other." "Fine." "Don't freak out on me." "I took Common Verbal Usage when I got cleared for my solo missions." " You mean assassinations?" " It was my job." "You gonna bust my chops about it, go ahead." "He's reading love poetry, you know, to get me in the mood." "You got something for me?" "Beautiful." "Do me a favour." "Give these to Vic." "Tell him he can pay me later." " No problem." " Thanks." "He likes those vitamins they make us pop every morning." " I'm not even gonna ask about the cigars." " I got a few things workin'." "Listen, I got an hour to kill before I head back to the barracks." "Wake me up at 0100." " Lydecker." " Deck, this is McGinnis." " You're a hard man to track down." " I try to avoid people looking to kill me." "I have a proposition for you from the committee." " Go ahead." " They want Eyes Only." " We need you to set the meet." " Look, we both know what that means." "You do this and they'll bring you in from the cold." "Since you put it that way." " Report." " Successful copulation with X5-392, ma'am." "Excellent." " Report." " Copulation was unsuccessful, ma'am." " Explain." " X5-698 failed to achieve minimum mission requirements, ma'am." "Report." "Successful copulation between myself and X5-452, ma'am." "Twice." "Excellent, 452." "What would your boyfriend say?" "Tell me, did you receive any medical treatment when you were on the outside?" "No, ma'am." "Then how do you explain this?" "She's a younger version of you, but she's suffering from late-stage progeria." "Except for her X7-specific code sequences, her DNA is identical to yours." "So I'm gonna ask you again." "Did you receive any medical care that we should know about?" "No, ma'am." "I guess we're just gonna have to do spinals on you both, so we can run a DNA analysis." "Or maybe you've just been lucky." "For all we know, that could still happen to you." "Easy, easy." "Easy." "Relax, big fella." "You relax, little fella." "Wow." "You can talk." "Wow." "I didn't mean anything by it." "I've just never seen anyone that looks like you before." "So what happened?" "They throw too much canine DNA in your cocktail?" "Cat." "Cat in your cocktail." "Don't hold it against me." "I dig your teeth." "Can I see 'em?" "Come on." "Let me see." "It's OK." "It's all right." "Those are cool." " You're X5." " Yeah." "You can call me Max." "Max..." "Max..." "Max." " Father named you?" " No." "No father." "Just me." "Father named me..." " Joshua." " Father?" "You don't mean Lydecker?" "No." "Father..." "Sandeman." "Sandeman named you." "OK." "Guard!" "Guard." " So they don't know you're down here?" " No." "What about this Sandeman father of yours?" "Left me here." "Here I am." " He just left you here?" " Made me, then left me." "True enough." "That's pretty wack." "He made us all." "I was first." "Special." "Then more like me." "More like you." "More people." "Up there, people." "Father lost in all the people." "But I'm here... waiting." "It's too bad you don't have a room with a view." "A window." "I'm trying to find a way outta here." "Ah." "Wait." "Looks like this father of yours kept himself real busy." "Some like me." "Some not so good." " Hungry." " Well, maybe someone oughta feed 'em." "Mm." "They do." "Sometimes." "I do sometimes." "Room with a view." "This is gonna take a while." " OK with you if I slap an exit sign on this?" " No exit." " X7s in the forest." " How many?" "One." "Yup." "There he is." "I think I can take him on." " Come on, there's only one." " Lots of one." "Oh, I get it." "Lots of one." "Pretty wack." "What are they doing?" " Talking." " But I don't hear anything." "Oh, I do." " Must be up in the ultrasonic range." " Bat." "Bat in their cocktail." "Sun'll be up soon." "I gotta blaze." "Be back tomorrow, though." "Thanks for everything, Joshua." "You blaze." "No." "I wanna do it now." "Yeah, right now." "OK." "I'll meet you there." " Hey." " Oh, hi." "What's up?" " Going to Sector Three." "Can I stash this here?" " Sure." "What is it?" "It's something I don't want the police to see when I go through checkpoint." "It's a box of guns." "Right." "OK." "Look, I've gotta meet someone, so let yourself out." "OK." "I promise they'll be gone by tomorrow night." " You said you had some information for me?" " I did." " I'm trying to find Manticore." " Looks like Manticore found you." " Sorry, son." " So, this is the Great and Powerful Oz." "Hold on." "Let me get a good look." "I wouldn't do that, Jim." "Duck!" "Argh!" "Oh!" " You all right?" " You shot me!" "I told you to duck." "It just winged you." " We had a deal." " Renfro." "What's she doin' to the X5s?" "I don't know." "Argh!" "She murdered one of my kids." "That bitch murdered one of my kids!" "All right." "All right." "All right, Deck." "Now, don't play stupid, or I'll take your other eye." "All right." "The tank is some kind of extraction chamber." "She was trying to find out something in the girl's DNA." " What?" " I don't know." "Whatever she wanted, she wanted it bad, but it wasn't there." "Damn, Deck." "I'm gonna need some stitches." "Could you please take me to the hospital now?" "There's a problem, Jim." "You got a good look at my friend." "Oh, no, no, I didn't." "I hardly laid an eye on the guy." "My depth perception's all shot anyway." "Besides, all you white boys, you know, you all look alike to me." "Come on, Deck." "We're old friends." "What do you think?" "We never really liked each other, did we?" "So you wanna know about Manticore?" "Another night or two and we'll be in business." "Max..." " Outside?" " Max outside." "That's the plan." "Joshua outside." "That's the plan." "You wanna come with me?" " I don't know." " I know." "Max and Joshua outside." "The thing is..." "There's nobody like you in the world." "You know, people, they get scared real easy about things that are different." "I'm just saying that... you'll be trading one basement for another." "That's all." "Forget we had a date?" "So when do the storm troopers bust in?" "Don't worry." "I didn't send up the alarm." "Not yet." " What do you want?" " I'm not lookin' for trouble." "What you do is your own business." "Why do you want out of here?" "You got a roof over your head, plenty to eat, which is more than most people." "Think Manticore takes care of you out of the goodness of its heart?" " It's using you." " Nobody's using me." "That's what you don't get." "You're working for the bad guys." "I'm gonna be out of here in five minutes, go back to my cell." "And you'll get rid of me." "OK, 452?" " My name's Max." " Whatever you say." " You should have a name, too." " I told you." "My designation's 494." "It doesn't suit you." " I'm gonna call you Alec." " Alec?" "As in smart aleck." " I can live with that." " Good." "Cos my second choice was Dick." "Guard." "See you around..." "Max." " Lydecker double-crossed us." " He knows our location." "If Eyes Only broadcasts it, the committee will bury us." "Sir, over here." " What is it?" " Blood trail." "Couldn't have been one of ours." "None survived." "Take a sample and run a full DNA assay." "And get back here right away." "You don't understand what's at stake here, 452." "If Eyes Only isn't stopped, there are gonna be news vans parked outside the perimeter." "Committee is not gonna allow the existence of this programme to be exposed." "It'll jeopardise its other operations." "Guess I'm supposed to ask what that means." "It means that I lock down the cells and I burn this place to the ground, with you and everyone else inside." "What, you don't believe me?" "On paper this place is a VA hospital." "Anybody comes looking, all they'll find is the remains of a fire that killed all its patients." " It's called plausible deniability." " It's called bluffing." "Look, you need to understand something." "You are nothing but meat to me." "This..." "This... is what matters." "I can start over anywhere." "I just put all the data we have accumulated into my briefcase, lock the door, light the match and kiss your transgenic ass goodbye." "You make me find Eyes Only by myself, he is a dead man." "Help me, there's a deal to be made." "Think about it." "We ran the blood sample we found at the warehouse." "Huh." "Time's up." "You're going to help me whether you want to or not." "You OK?" " Finally got it out of you." " I don't know what you're talkin' about." "I heard they were sending an X5 to take out some reporter friend of yours." " I didn't tell them anything." " Are you sure?" "I gotta get outta here now." "You're in no shape to tangle with those X7s." "If you're lucky, they'll take you alive." " Then help me." " I told you." "I'm not lookin' for trouble." "This is your chance to get me out of your life for good." " If you escape, I'll get a new breeding partner." " Now we're talking." "Makes you wonder what else is down here." "I mean, did you get a look at this thing?" "He's not a thing." "His name's Joshua." "X7s in the forest." "Pretty wack." "Yeah, yeah, Sasquatch." "Why don't you make yourself useful and come and help us out with these bars?" "OK." "All right." "Everybody knows what to do?" "Hey!" "He's gettin' away." "Come on." "Sorry, kid." "Maybe I should just let you guys handle this." "Whoa." "Whoa, boys." "Hey." "No need for firepower, fellas." "Just tryin' to help." "You blaze." "Do not adjust your set." "This is a Streaming Freedom Video bulletin." "Your location has been revealed." "Ah!" "Max." "We gotta get you outta here." "They're coming to get you." "We gotta go." "They're coming to get you." " Who?" "Who's coming?" "How did you..." " I'll explain later." "Come on." " No, I have to finish my broadcast." " Forget it." "It's not important." " Agh." " What's wrong?" " I don't know." "I..." " Logan, what's happening?" "You killed him." "That's what's happening." "Nice job, 452." "Mission accomplished." "Stop touching him." "You're just gonna make it worse." " What are you talking about?" " A genetically targeted retrovirus." "You're the carrier." "Any intimate contact between you activates the agent." "You didn't kiss him, did you?" " You son of a bitch!" " Whoa." "Wait." "I'm just followin' orders." "Renfro said if you want him to live, bring him back to Manticore." " There's a cure?" " Yeah." "She'll give him the antigen if he tells her who he works with." " Why should I believe her?" " What choice do you have?" "Results of the DNA workup you ordered on 452." "Did you find anything to explain why there's no progeria?" "Maybe you better take a look." "I've never seen anything like it." "To be sure, I'll run another series when 494 gets her back." " Does anyone else know about this?" " No, ma'am." "Let's keep it that way." "Looks like we got ourselves a convoy." "Logan!" "Fine." "But when he's dead, can I go home?" "It's not gonna be there." " What are you doing?" " Ending this thing once and for all." "Do not adjust your set." "This is a Streaming Freedom Video bulletin." "Your location has been revealed." "Your secret is out." "Manticore will be held accountable for its crimes." " It's them." " Manticore's facility is an hour southwest..." " Renfro." " ...of Seattle." "Understood." "Lock down the barracks." "We're cauterising the site." "Don't move." "Put it on the floor." "Fine." "Have it your way." "I was just gonna put him out of his misery." "Nice piece." "We've got a security breach." "Someone's unlocking the cell doors." "Well, override the system." "Lock down those doors." "Can't." "Control conduits must be burned out." " They're heading for the fence." " Stop them." "No one gets past the perimeters." "Bring me 452... alive!" "Move!" "Move!" "Go!" "Free!" "Free!" "Security personnel, secure the perimeter!" " We need to evacuate." " Where's 452?" " Now, ma'am!" " I'm not leaving without her." "What a coincidence, cos I'm not leaving without you." " Where's the antigen?" " I don't know." "We gotta get out now, 452." "My name's Max!" "Now, where is it?" "OK." "OK." "OK." "No!" "I won't tell if you don't." "This virus you put in me." "How do I get rid of it?" "You can't." "You just ate a bullet for me." "Why?" "You..." "You are the one we've been looking for." "Sandeman..." "Father..." "Sandeman." "Find..." "Sandeman." "He's gonna be all right." "Welcome back." "You don't have to stand all the way over there." "Come closer." "Better not risk it." "We don't know how easily I can reinfect you, and that was the last of the antigen." "We're gonna find a way to beat this." "Yeah." "But you should concentrate on getting better." " I gotta go." " Things are different now." "Back when you first got out, it was just the 12 of you." "Now there's a lot more." "They're smart." "They'll lay low." "You don't want it getting around that you and yours are out in the world." "People tend to get scared of things that are different." "Keep your head down." "I always do." "Funny how from up here it looks like nothing's changed." "Only everything's changed." "Not just me and Logan." "Everything." "The whole time I was back at Manticore, all I wanted was my strange little life back." "Never figured it could get any stranger." "But I guess it's gonna." "And I guess I'm just gonna have to deal with it."