"So you're saying in some past life, you and Irisa removed the keys to the ship?" "Past lives... maybe our ancestors?" "I don't really understand it." "All I know is they scuttled the Kaziri and saved humanity." "Oh, stupid bags." "This is crazy." "Here, let me help." "Hey, what are you doing?" "What was that for?" "A savior ought to travel light." "I never claimed to be a savior." "These..." "Ow!" "These visions, they could be fantasies." "I don't think so." "That ship that's controlling Irisa is scared of you, which means you are a threat." "How could I be a threat to a big, scary spaceship?" "All right." "Having both the keys inside Irisa reactivated the Kaziri." "We need to separate the keys." "Separate?" "Separate how?" "Same your ancestor did." "By putting one inside me?" "No way." "Let me break this down for you." "You can come with me willingly, or you can come strapped to the hood of my roller." "Either way, you're gonna help me stop my daughter." "Stop her?" "I thought we were trying to help her." "Stop her from doing what?" "Here, you want this?" "Come and get it." "Here, here." "Andina, right?" "Yes, Favi Datak." "Welcome home." "Where is my wife?" "She's entertaining Favi Christie's mother." "If you think I'm gonna let some snooty shanje stick insect raise my family, you are crazy." "You gave up any claim to parenting when you left Defiance." "Is there a problem?" "Datak." "Welcome home, my love." "You remember Pilar, Rafe's wife." "I do." "She was something of a junkie for the mood stabilizers I would procure for her back in the old days." "That was a long time ago." "I'm much better now." "Good." "Well, I would hate to return after a long absence to find you insulting my wife in our own home." "It might lead me to extreme actions." "No offense was taken, my love." "Pilar was merely asking if we might allow" "Alak and Christie to live under her roof for a while." "I'm afraid my answer disappointed her." "Well, that is a shame." "Well, while I've been gone, you two have carved out quite the niche for yourselves." "I've asked around." "You know, some people find you scary." "I don't, of course." "I think you're a carnival act." "Funny little white-faced clowns." "I remember when Datak used to do card tricks for old-earth dollars." "You, Stahma, you were a housemaid." "Do you remember that one time when our regular maid was sick and you came over and cleaned my toilets?" "You had a gift." "As you say, that was a long time ago." "Now your beautiful home belongs to the Earth Republic, your wealthy husband is in prison, and your daughter's love is mine." "Nothing remains for you here." "Take your unfortunate son and leave our town." "I won't warn you twice." "You know, she blew my husband." "Just thought you should know." "She's lying, of course." "Of course." "Welcome home, hanizu." "E-rats a bit jumpy today." "New York's been radio silent all morning." "They're saying it's probably just a defective relay station, but it's got the E-rats spooked." "Animals." "Have you two really considered the future?" "In what way?" "Defiance used to be a free city." "Now it's a satellite of the Earth Republic." "Dad says that's temporary." "Dad's in an E-Rep jail." "Quentin, don't talk with your mouth full." "No matter what the propaganda says, the E-Rep has always been about Human primacy." "Mixed-species children are treated like second-class citizens." "The Votanis Collective isn't any better." "There are seven races of Votans." "They've been forced to deal with one another for thousands of years." "The Votans understand the value of assimilation." "I could show you." "Show us what?" "There's a Harmony Collective." "South of here, maybe 300 klicks past Cedars..." "Humans and Votans living side by side." "It's everything that Defiance was supposed to be." "Plenty of mixed-species children so the baby won't feel like an outcast." "Why have I never heard of this place?" "It's also a research facility." "Some of the tech they use there is classified." "For example, they breed horses there." "Horses?" "Seriously?" "That's impossible." "All the horses died in the plagues." "Indogene technology brought them back." "Six weeks ago, I rode a palomino mare." "Gorgeous, indescribable." "Do you want to ride her?" "I would love to ride a horse." "But I don't want to give you the wrong idea." "Our home is here." "Well, just for an overnight." "A visit." "And if you like it there, then we can talk about staying longer-term." "You expect us to, what, just abandon my mother?" "No." "I'm sure we could work something out." "And I assume your dad will want to come too, since he's moved back in." "He..." "Well, maybe your mother wanted to surprise you." "Excuse me." "Could you excuse us, please?" "Sure, honey." "I'll get the check." "There is no commune, is there?" "You made that whole thing up." "Pay the bill, genius." "Mmm..." "Why is he here?" "Your father and I have decided to move forward." "Together." "As a family." "After everything he's done?" "All my misdeeds are behind us, hanya tavo." "I'm not your hanya tavo." "Let us look to the future, one that would be incomplete without the family together." "Our family?" "You mean the one you scarred and tried to drown?" "Are you aware of how much pain you've caused?" "Well, it's not like I dropped a whore from the top of the gateway arch, now, is it?" "_" "_" "Christie." "I'm sorry." "That was... thank you for that." "Just..." "I appreciate it." "Father of the year." "Could you make this any more difficult?" "I meant it as a joke." "I..." "I thought it was funny." "You okay, boss?" "New York's gone dark." "The relay posts are receiving dead air." "There's no chatter of any kind." "We're hoping it's a technical glitch." "What's this for?" "Berlin, what is it?" "What's wrong?" "Tommy's dead." "What?" "How?" "Irisa." "She killed him." " She wouldn't." " Ho ho." "Nolan says it's not her fault, that she's not acting like herself." "But, see, I don't believe that because Tommy knew that she was dangerous and..." "He didn't want her anywhere near me." "He knew." "Sorry." "I don't know what to say." "I can't believe it." "And that's confirmed?" "What?" "What just happened?" "New York's gone." "Madame Mayor." "We got the news on the trip back to New York." "Defiance was the closest town." "We're setting up a command center in mayor Pottinger's office, and I'd like you to join." "Captain, have you been drinking?" "Yes, sir." "You might want to gargle." "Amanda, you're with me." "Something's up." "Come on." "Come on." "Nope, I don't believe it." "Only the Votanis Collective has the firepower to terraform the entire city." "Clearly, we're at war." "I'm telling you, Irisa is the key." "And that arkbrain that's controlling her has no intention of stopping with New York." "For the moment, let's assume we're buying your story." "What's your plan?" "We need to get this man next to Irisa." "This guy?" "He can extract the tech that's controlling Irisa." "Whenever I was near her, I could feel something pulling at me." "It felt as though one of the pieces of tech wants me." "I mean, to be inside me." "That's not coming out right." "I..." "Look, you know Colonel Marsh has a sealed file on Irisa." "Unseal it." "It'll back up everything I'm saying." "Classified files are kept in New York, which proves somewhat inconvenient." "Actually, I believe Mr. Nolan." "Votan-controlled Belize just went dark." "The Votans would never strike their own people." "What I have trouble believing is that you knew this girl was on the watch list, and you gave her a badge." "Would you care to explain that?" "He did it for me." "Jesus, Niles." "Can't you just pay for sex like a normal person?" "I did it because Amanda believed it was best for the town... and I trust her judgment." "And I would make the same decision again and again and again." "I think you should leave." "With pleasure." "Hold it right there!" "On your knees!" " Go!" " On your knees!" "Don't move a muscle." "There's no need to fire, boys." "I'm unarmed." "I need you to take me to your commanding officer immediately." "There's an extremely powerful sentient computer that intends to destroy the planet." "That's the bad news." "Good news is I know how to kill it." "Congratulations, Doctor." "You're no longer a war criminal." "Your turn now." "You believe you can stop Irisa?" "I've been inside the ship that's controlling her." "I got my hands on some higher cognitive data crystals." "I can introduce a virus that will order the arkbrain fragments inside of Irisa to self-detonate." " Is that gonna hurt her?" " Brief, intense flash of pain." " Her death will transmit the..." " Whoa, hold on." "Infected fragments back to the Kaziri and kill it." "You are not to go anywhere near my daughter." " Terraforming will end." " Do you understand me?" "Oh, I'm sorry." "I thought we were all serious about saving the planet." "My bad." "I can do this without bloodshed." "What do you need to make this happen?" "An hour in my lab." "Sir, this woman is a liar." "You can't trust her." "My plan will work." "Amanda, tell him." "If Yewll thinks that she can save her skin by killing Irisa and saving the planet, then that's exactly what she would do." "Amanda, escort the good doctor to her lab." "If she gets tricky, you can kill her." "No, hold on." "I said hold on!" "I hope you'll forgive me for this." "Forgive you for what?" "Nolan needs to be locked up." "He'll never let us do what has to be done." "No, no, no." "Hey, hey, hey, hey." "Sir, no, look." "I'm a realist, okay." "I understand." "I do." "I get it." "The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few and all that..." "I understand." "All right." "Now we walk out of here nice and easy." "Nolan." "Oh, come on." "Really?" "Is that a letter opener?" "It's a popular weapon in this office." "Don't make me use it." "Empty threat, sweetheart." "You'd never kill an innocent kid." "Sure I will." "I'll stab this kid in the throat, your rescue plan will go down the tubes, and you'll be forced to play it our way." "It's an attractive option." "It's up to you to come up with something better." "Take them both into custody." "Yes, sir." "I trusted you." "I know." " Why a rifle?" " Dangerous to get too close." "Irisa catches you sneaking up behind her, she'll bring an ark down on your head." "Our snipers are on the first transport out." "I'll radio for them to circle back." "I can do it." "Are you sure?" " I'm an excellent shot." " Better be." "Oh, you'll find out soon enough." "Okay, can I explain myself?" "You want to explain why you genetically modified a crazed Indogene to impersonate my sister?" " Yeah, I'd like to hear that." " Now is not the time for this." " We need to be focusing..." " Now is exactly the time." "Nobody wants to hear another word out of your lying mouth." "I have finished creating this superweapon." "There is nothing stopping Amanda from putting a bullet in my head." "I'll put one in you right now." "If there's an explanation, I want to hear it, now." "I was sick in Camp Reverie." "Starving." "The mayor here made me an offer I couldn't refuse, my freedom." "Remember what Nolan said." "She's a liar!" "I was to be a spy for the Votanis Collective, a double agent." "Is that true?" "Did you make her a spy?" "Hold on, now." "Now the cat's out of the bag." "Why don't you tell her the rest?" "Our plan worked." "Given my colorful wartime past, the V.C. were eager to work with me." "But then something strange happened." "Someone in the Votanis Collective, they never told me who, wanted leverage over you." "This unnamed individual forced me to build Kenya." "What I'd like to know is why you failed to tell me this." "None of this was mentioned in your reports." "Well, if you had known that I was creating that monstrosity, you would have forced me to stop, right?" "For Amanda's sake." "Of course." "Oh, come on." "You would have ruined an E-Rep sting just to protect my feelings?" "I've done worse." "I'm sorry if I caused you pain, but I had to save my own neck." "I hope you'll remember that later when you put a bullet in Nolan's little girl." "She's coming with us." "I'll grab the roller." "Thanks for that." "I expect you'll find a way to pay me back, Mr. Mayor." "We got two more." "In aaah!" "Ah-uhh-uhhhh..." "Ah!" "Oh." "Oh." "It's over." "Are you gonna fall?" "Think so." "Whoa." "If my parents find out about this, we're dead." "They won't find out." "You know my mom." "Look, we'll be back before they realize we left." "We owe it to the baby to at least explore the option." "And we need to protect her from your father." ""Her"?" "What makes you say "her"?" "I have a feeling." "Andina, I hope that we can trust you." "It's my sworn oath to keep family confidences." "Even from other family members." " Look, there it is again." " There!" "There." "Yeah, I see it." "What is that?" " Started about 20 minutes ago." " Another arkfall?" " What's going on?" " We should get moving." "What... hang on." "It might not be safe to travel." "We shouldn't go anywhere until we find out what's going on." "I think we'll be safer on the road." "Let's go." "Why are you pushing so much?" "I'm not pushing." "Yeah, you are." "You seem awfully anxious to get us in that car." "I want nothing more than what is best for both of you." "You're family." "Come on." "Alak!" "What is wrong with you?" "Get in the roller!" "Mommy's here." "Let go of me!" "And if you struggle, you'll hurt the baby." "Come on, get in the car." "Should I take the shot?" "I can do this." "Ah!" "Aaaah!" "Don't kill him!" "Freeze!" " Stupid bastard." " Aaah!" "Ugh!" " Nolan, you have to stop." " Come here." "Nolan." "Why don't you throw down the gun and we settle this like men?" "No." "Because you're a bully." "And bullies don't care much for fair fights, do they?" "We much prefer results." "Doc." "Sorry, I only brought one pair of cuffs." "You've been waiting for this moment, haven't you?" "I have." "Oh!" "Do you know what you've done?" "Dunno." "Not finished yet." "Nolan!" "Ugh." "You're too late." "This planet will feel the love of its devouring mother." "Stay away from me." "Stay back." "_" " _" " Get away." " _" " Just stay back." "Stay away." " _" " No." "No!" "No!" "No!" "_" " Uhh..." " Uhh!" "Hey, Irisa." "Hey." "Hey." "Come back to me." "That's it." "Come back." "There you are." "Hey, kiddo." " Hey." " Tommy." "That wasn't you." "No." "No." "No, that wasn't you." " Give me your gun." " No." "Stop it." "Give me your gun or shoot me yourself." " Not gonna happen." " It'll work now." " I can die." "Please!" " Never gonna happen." "Do you know how many people I have killed?" "Do you know how many people you can still save?" "Look at the sky." "Kiddo, look up." "That's it." "This thing's not over." "And the two of you may be the only people who can stop it." "Hey, look at me." "Look at me." "Look at me." "When this thing's over, you still want that bullet," "I will oblige you, I swear to you." "But until then, you stop this whining and get on your feet." "Come on." "Come on." "The lights are beautiful." "Do you suppose they bring death?" "Given the evil we've done and the people we've hurt, a blow struck from the heavens is better than we might have hoped for." "Always the optimist." "Favis!" "Favis!" "I've been looking for you everywhere." "Well, spit it out." "Our best hope is Rafe McCawley." "He knows that woman." "Knows where she might run." "He'll be able to get inside her head." "Getting inside her head will be easy, once I've blown a large hole in it." "Irina, come on!" "_" "Come on, move it." "We don't have all day." "Let's go." "Line up." "Line it up!" "Ready!" "And fire!" "Hey!" "What the hell is going on here?" "Have you seen the purple lights?" "Huh?" "The prisoners panicked and started a riot." "We don't have any back-up." "I'm taking matters into my own hands." "You make me sick, Sergeant." "You are relieved of your command." "Take those prisoners back inside." "Go!" "You filthy piece of..." "Ugh!" "I've been here before." " You and I were here together." " We scuttled the ship." "That's right." "We're going to do it all over again." "Sukar." "Well, that's a new look for him." "I take it we're looking for this arkbrain." "It's this way." "We should be able to control it with our keys, force it to send the terraspheres back into orbit before they blow." "What?" "Company." "No." "No, no." "No!" "No!" "No!" "No!" "So many ways to die in this new world." "Hellbugs, wulokot fever." "A firing squad feels..." "Quaint?" "Yeah, quaint." "Ready!" "And..." "Good evening, Captain." "We need this man." "Family emergency." "What's going on?" "Pilar has kidnapped Alak and Christie." "Oh, God." "Do you know where she might have taken them?" "I don't know." "I'll have to think about that." "You should've killed her all those years ago." "Yeah, well, live and learn." "Tommy?" "How are you here?" "Let me out." "I have to get back to the mines." "You're still in the mines." "A year ago, you let Kaziri inside you." "To save Nolan." "Yes." "But you let me die." "I didn't deserve it." "Nolan is the one you should let die." "You know what kind of man he is." "But you sacrificed everything to save him." "Where is my sacrifice?" "I deserve better from you." "I know." "I'm sorry." "Don't say you're sorry." "Fix it." "How?" "Kaziri can bring me back." "Just let her finish her mission." "The ship is scared." "She'll bring me back." "I can live." "We can live." "It knows we can stop it." "I can be with you." "Do you know none of this is real." "Wake up." "The Kaziri's messing with your head." "Ignore whatever it's telling you." "I can be with you." "You can be my beautiful wife." "All you have to do is say yes." "She obeys her programming." "She never falters on her promises." "She'll bring me back." "Just like Sukar and Nolan." "I just want my chance to live." "Please." "The Kaziri's trying to stall you." "I want to spend the rest of my life with you." "Listen to me carefully." "In you heart, you know this is not Tommy Lasalle." "Tommy is dead." "You have to let him go." "I know that's hard, but I raised you to do the right thing." "You know what's right." "I believe in you." "Please." "I'm sorry, Tommy." "The answer is no." "Why?" "It was horrible." "I saw my dead parents." "They said I abandoned them in Tallahassee." "What was that?" "Proof that the ship is scared." "She ought to be." "Okay, kiddo, do your thing." "Everything's riding on this." "The keys are overriding the system." "We should be linked now." "Can you hear me?" "Yeah." "It's a little weird." "Your voice is really loud." "Can you access the terraspheres?" "No." "The arkbrain's blocking me." "I'm shutting it down now." "I'm dying." "And it's your fault." "I have to complete my mission." " It's okay." " No, I have to." "No, it's okay." "You can go." "Okay, Kai." "She's gone for good." "You're clear." "The spheres are about to detonate." "Shoot them into orbit." "Okay." "Here goes nothing." "He did it." "He did it." "We're all going to live." "That's it?" "Looks like we just saved the world." "This whole place is gonna come down on our ears." "Come on, you go." "Come on, kiddo." "On your feet." "Come on." "Here." "That's it, all right." "All right, look at me." "Hey." "Look at me." "That's it." "That's it." "You're all right." "You're okay." "I love you, baby girl." "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "♪ I heard the voice of Jesus say ♪" "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "♪ I'm gonna pray until they tear your kingdom down ♪" "♪ pray until they tear your kingdom down ♪" "♪ I heard the voice of Jesus say ♪" "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "You are so grown up." "Hey." "Hey!" "To Tommy Lasalle." "To Tommy Lasalle." "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "Amanda." "♪ Satan, your kingdom must come down ♪" "♪ I heard the voice of Jesus say ♪" "Do you have any report back on the mine?" "Any word on Nolan?" "I'm afraid not." "He disappeared." "All of St. Louis is gone." "If Nolan was in the collapse, I'm afraid he's gone as well."