"It's Hal." "Where were you?" "Ben." "Ben?" "Uh, I'm up." "Come in." "How you feeling?" "I wanted to let you sleep, but Anne convinced me I should get you." " I'm fine." "What's wrong?" " The Overlord she interrogated escaped." "What?" "Anthony was guarding him." "He was chained." " I think Lexi let him go." " No." "Lexi was deathly sick." "Well, we gotta get him back." "We're doing a full perimeter sweep." "We need you." " What's wrong?" " They're looking for him." " Should I do something?" " They won't find him." "They're so afraid of him." "And I think they're afraid of me." "It doesn't matter what they think." " Maggie's with them." " She used to believe in me, but now..." " Everything's changing." " I haven't changed." "I never will." "Humans talk so much about change, but they're afraid of it." "Why?" "We're weak, afraid of the unknown." "Don't be afraid." "My father is returning." "I need to be ready." "Tom's coming here?" "I'd like to be alone." "Gotta be, what, six miles?" "No skitters, no mechs." "You sound surprised." "Even after what the mech hard drive confirmed." "Yeah." "Doesn't make any sense." "Why would the Espheni leave this place alone?" "Hey, did you see that?" " No, no." "Right there at the moon." " What?" "Right here." "I don't see anything." "Yeah, keep looking." "Drop your weapon." "We don't want any trouble." "We're looking for Lourdes Delgado." " We heard this was a place of safety..." " I said, drop your weapon." "Why don't you drop your weapon?" "Drop them." "I'm not gonna say it again." "Dad." "Matt?" "Matt." "Good to see you, Torn." "You got him." "Wow." "Looks like you got my message." "I know you said to stay put." " Aliens were on us." "We had to get out." " You did the right thing." " Agreed." "Very impressive, soldier." " Hal?" " Dad?" " Ben?" "Dad!" "Where have you been?" "How...?" "How did you...?" " Long story." " What is this place?" "Longer story." "Matt." "You look unbelievable." "You look awful." " Lexi?" " She's here." "She's changed." "I think we should talk alone." "Look at that." "Come on." "Show us around." "I brought you some tea." "Oh." "There's one for inquiring minds." "How the hell did this happen?" "Lexi happened." "Baby Mason took down a mech?" "What is she, Zeus?" "Sort of." "But she's not a baby anymore." "Welcome." "Please, have one of these." "Oh, would you like one?" "Please, take a blanket." "It'll keep you warm." "Hey, Tec." "Huh?" " Christmas." " Hey, they're starving, like we used to be." "Welcome." "Hi, it's so good to see you." "Come and eat." "Come in, come in." "We love to see you." "It's beautiful here." "I missed this." "I missed you." "I've missed you too." "I've needed you." "It took me months to find Lexi." " And now that I've found her..." " I'm here." "You're not alone anymore." "You are starting to scare me a little bit." "What aren't you telling me about Lexi?" "She's..." "Tom." "You're here." " Lourdes." " Lexi said you would be here and you are." "It's really good to see you." "I'm glad you're okay." " Is Lexi inside?" " Yes, but you won't believe it." "Something wonderful is happening." "Lexi?" "Lexi?" " Lexi?" " I don't understand." "Oh, my God." "Is that...?" "Yes, that's Lexi." " It can't be." " What is this?" "What happened?" "I don't know, but she said we shouldn't be afraid." "We have to let her be." "No, no, no." "Wait." " We have to get her out." " We will." " But not till we figure out what it's I don't care what it's doing." "You have to." "What if it's like Ben and the harness?" "You don't think I wanted to rip that off his back?" "It would've killed him." " She's not in any pain." "She's breathing..." " She's not okay, Tom." "She's been meeting with an Espheni Overlord." "She thinks he's her father." " What?" " We captured him, but then he escaped." "He's been feeding her all these lies." " What does he want?" " I don't know." "All he'd say is that he's protecting her." " But he's behind this, I know it." "We have to..." " We will." "But we're gonna do it right." "I promise." "Lexi." "Excuse me." "I'm looking for a girl named Maggie." " Do you know her?" " Hal!" "Mm!" "God." "God, I've missed you." "I know things were weird between us, but I want you back." " I won't do it again..." " Shut up, Hal." "Shut up." "Uh..." "Uh, Dad's looking for us." " Heh." " We'd better go." "I don't get it." "How is that Lexi?" "Looks like she's some sort of insect." "When Dr. Glass first brought me Lexi's DNA sample back in Charleston I discovered she had both human and Espheni DNA." "Somehow, the alien DNA remained inactive." "Think caterpillar and butterfly." "They're born with all the DNA necessary to create both insects, but the butterfly DNA remains inactive." "Slowly, it activates, encourages the caterpillar to create and enter a chrysalis." "Once inside, the butterfly DNA fully activates and when the cocoon opens, uh, the butterfly emerges." " What happens to the caterpillar?" " It's gone." "So Lexi's gone?" "Uh..." "All I'm saying is you can't cut a caterpillar out of its chrysalis without killing it." "Do the Volm know anything about these cocoons?" " How to get her out?" " They're an Espheni creation." "But we've never attempted to get one out alive." " Wait a minute." "She's not an Espheni." " As you say." "If you know anything, you have to tell us." "I have nothing more to share." "I'm sorry." "I must return to my men." "I've seen one of these before." "In the Espheni tower, Karen had you and Lexi in something very similar to this." " Do you remember how you got out?" " No." "But I have been having dreams about Karen." "Memories, I think." "I might be able to try something." "Repressed-memory therapy." "With the right medication, right circumstances it can be effective." " I don't know." "Look, somehow you got out of that cocoon alive, intact and human." "This will help you remember how you did it." "Okay." "I'll get you set up in my lab." "We should keep this between us." "People are already nervous about Lexi." "Things could get ugly if they find out." "People have the right to know." "What if she turns into something dangerous?" " What if she's like...?" " Karen." "She's not." "We can't jump to conclusions." "We need to give Dad and Anne a chance to help her." "If they can help." "Where'd you get all this stuff?" "There was a pharmacy in one of the offices." "I had to dig through rubble for days, but now I'm quite stocked." "Got some vintage Dilaudid, if anyone's interested." "Anyway..." "So this is a barbiturate derivative." "It's part hypnotic, part sedative." "It's not sodium amytal, but it'll do." "How much are you giving me, 6 cc's?" "No, 3." "You're sleep-deprived." "Probably why you're having the dreams." "If I give you too much, you might not wake up." " All right." "You comfortable?" "Mm-hm." "Okay." "Now, try to remember the time that you were with your child where you were, what was around you." "Any sounds." "The mermaids calling to the moon." ""Peter was not quite like the other boys, but he was afraid at last." "A tremor ran through him like a shudder passing over the sea." "But the next moment, Peter was standing on the rock again with a smile on his face and a drum beating within him." "It was saying, To die will be an awfully big adventure."" "No, don't stop." "He has to fight Captain Hook and fly away and..." "Tomorrow, okay?" "I'll read it to you in the morning." " But you need to get some sleep." " Okay." "May I have some water?" "Ah!" "Mommy?" "Sammy!" "Sammy!" "No!" "Oh!" "Oh, God." "Oh, God." "You told me to remember my child." "I assumed you meant Lexi, but that's not..." " The process is unpredictable." " Oh, God." "But anything you encounter that's painful, don't fight it." " It could be what you're trying to find." " No, this was a bad idea." " Your instincts were right." " I'm going back under." " I don't think that you should." " Then you..." "Then you can leave." "It was working, Tom." "It was real, like my memories of Karen." "My subconscious has held on to everything." "You woke up yelling Sammy's name." "When you told me to remember my child, my first thought was of Sammy." "I saw our last moments together." "It was awful." "But it made me wanna do this even more." "I couldn't save him." "I'm going to save her." "I need 600's." "Why are you looking at him?" "Dr. Glass." " I'm only gonna think about Lexi." " Dr. Glass..." "If he gives you too much, you might not wake up." "Anne, what are you doing?" "What are you doing?" " Dr. Glass." " What are you doing?" "Hey." "Don't." "Don't." "Tom, there's nothing really that you can do here." "I'll take care of her." "Fine." "I'll check on Lexi." "Hi." "You heard." "I'm sorry." "I wanted to be the one." "I was..." " I was gonna tell you." " No apology." "Ben told me." "How you holding up?" "You know, I was always afraid to have a daughter." "I couldn't imagine princesses and tea parties, boyfriends." "Well, you know, it's not so bad, the tiaras, the tea parties." "I guess we skipped that phase." "We skipped a lot of phases." "And now here she is, fully grown." "I barely know her." "And I know that if she poses any kind of threat to our survival I should be doing everything in my power to protect us from her." "But all I wanna do is protect her." "No matter how old she is, no matter what she looks like she'll always be your little girl." "We're gonna get her out of here." "We're gonna get you out of there." "You hear me?" "We're gonna get you out." " Whoa." " What happened?" "It's a little warmer than I expected." "Got people looking into ammo and supplies." "Should be rested and ready in 24 hours." "What's the plan?" "What happened to you?" "Huh?" "Nothing." "Plan's the same as it always was." "I'm gonna get your sister out of the woods find where they're making human skitters, and shut down their entire operation." "I think we ought to hit them at the source." "Find the closest ghetto, cut the tether, set the people free." "Then we take their best fighters and on and on and on." "I mean, if it's true that they really are skitterizing adults to use as weapons in a war against some other enemy, then we hurt them two ways." "We strengthen our numbers while we deplete theirs." "Ahem." "Yeah, that makes sense." "Yeah, we'll do that." "We'll do all that." "Stop them from making more human skitters, liberate ghettos rescue the kids from Matt's camp." "But not today." "I just got my family back in one place, in one piece." "I'm not going anywhere." "What should I tell the people?" "Take a breather?" "Pretend like we're not facing the extinction of humankind?" "Hey, what's the matter with you?" "You can tell them whatever you want." "I've given everything to these people and to this fight." "Today, I'm gonna be here for my daughter." "I'll admit the comfy vibe here is a hell of a temptation after years of war but it's a lie." "And I hate saying this, because I'd kill for Tom and Anne but that lie's been coming from their daughter." "A lot of people here think Lexi's some kind of savior." "She's not." "Lexi's developing these..." "These powers." "And she is a threat to everyone." "If we want to survive, we've gotta do something." " Hal." " Hal's here." " Hey, Hal." " Hal." "Well, go on." "I wanna know the truth." "Why is she a threat?" "What are these powers?" " What are they?" " Let's hear it." "We gotta know." "Whenever she gets angry or frightened it's like she's got command of the heavens." "At first it seemed involuntary, but she's getting the hang of it now." "And that is probably because she has been meeting with an Espheni." "Hold up now." "An Overlord's been here and Lexi's been meeting with it?" "We captured him but he escaped." "I know Lexi helped him get away." "You know, if we had any sense we would Jack Ruby her ass and eliminate any threat altogether." "Well, what's all this?" "What did you just say?" "I said what we're all thinking, Tom." "Your daughter, she's a liability." "So that's what you're doing out here in the dark?" "Working out a plot to kill her?" "What's the matter, I don't get a vote?" "I don't get a say?" "Maybe because you don't think I'm capable of an unbiased conversation about her." "No, sir, I do not." "It's what you might call a conflict of interest." "When have I ever shied away from making a tough call?" "I'm not blind to the situation, the risk she poses." "The truth is we don't know what Lexi is or what she's becoming." "And no one's gonna touch her until we get more information." "And I would say the same thing if it was any of you in the cocoon, and you know it." "No one comes near her." "Dad, wait." "You know what I was coming to do?" "Apologize to you for being short with you earlier." "And I come and I see..." "I can't even look at you." "We're just talking." "They have concerns." "We don't know what's going on." " So we should kill her." " You saw what happened to Karen." " They turned a sweet girl into a monster." " Lexi's not Karen." "We don't know that." "I was furious with you when you shot Karen." "I was convinced she could be saved, that she was gonna come back to us." "But you knew that wasn't the case." "The Karen we knew was gone." " You took the shot and made the right call." " She wasn't your sister." "Lexi is a 21-year-old half-Espheni having secret meetings with the enemy." "She's still my daughter." "Until we know what's going on in there, nobody comes near her." "Especially not you." " Heard you had a meeting about Lexi." " She's dangerous." "You're afraid of her." "Or maybe you're just afraid of yourself." " Yeah, that's it." "You got me figured out." " I'm serious." "When I first woke up, you were different." "You were happy." "I think you're afraid if Lexi stays around, you might be happy again." "I wasn't happy." "I was duped." "You told me that you walked the perimeter every day looking for a fight but there was no fight." "You weren't duped." "That was real." "That wall you work so hard to keep up, the one that keeps everyone away you were peeking out from behind it because of Lexi." "You were happy." "You were beautiful." "What do you want from me?" "I want you to consider another choice." "Do you remember what you told me when you showed me the downed mech?" "You said it was a miracle, that afterward you felt like anything was possible." " She's meeting with an Espheni." " I'm not defending that." "But think about it." "We don't know what those meetings were about." "Maybe she's manipulating them." "Maybe she's setting them up." "The point is before we just run in there and execute her shouldn't we give her the chance to prove she's on our side?" "That she's still one of us?" "I don't know." "Sounds like wishful thinking." "It's called hope." "That's what I want." "I want you to choose hope." "I'm sorry, Ben." "Give me my child, Karen." "She's beautiful, Anne." "She looks so human." "She is human." "Is that why you ran away from Charleston, the 2nd Mass?" "No." "You ran because you knew she was different." "She's my flesh and blood." "She's my creation." "And in time, she'll become just like me." "But better, much better." "Together we will end this war, change the face of history." "I'm her mother." "She needs me." "And that's why you're still here." "Humans need nurturing and attachment at her age." "But soon you'll serve your purpose and Lexi will be fully mine." "I will never let you take her from me." "Do you hear me?" "I'm going to save her." "Anne, you can't save her." "You can't even save yourself." "Dr. Glass?" "Dr. Glass?" "I saw Karen and Lexi in the cocoon." "She said it was irreversible that there's nothing we can do." "I couldn't save Sammy." "I can't save her." "Dr. Glass." "Dr. Glass, can you hear me?" "Dr. Kadar?" "It looks like the secret's out." "Everyone knows something big's about to happen." "Lines are being drawn." "I don't want this turning into a fight." "But I'm not letting anybody near Lexi." "If it comes to a fight, we're outnumbered." "So we're gonna need all the allies we can get." "I'm gonna get some answers." " Lourdes, you got a minute?" " Yeah." "I need you to be straight." "I'm hearing a lot of disconcerting things about Lexi." "And I need to know why you trust her." " What is this all about?" " It's about fear." "Do you remember how I was after you discovered I was the mole?" " Yeah." " I was consumed by fear." " Lexi made that go away." "She saved me." " You've seen what the enemy can do." "How can you trust her when she's working with them?" "She's not working with them." "She is them." "And she is us." "She's uniting us all." "That's what..." "That's what this is." "It's her symbol." "It represents unity." "Humans, Espheni and Lexi." "She's the one who will bring us all together." "She is the intersection." "One plus one equals three." "That's why I sent out the radio signal." "Once everyone is here, there will be peace." " You think Espheni are gonna honor that?" " They have so far." "They know we're here and they haven't touched us." "All because of Lexi." "You don't believe me." "I don't know." "But I do know that I'm gonna need your help because those people are afraid of her." "I'm afraid they're gonna try to get in here and hurt her." " And we're not gonna let them in." " No one is going to hurt Lexi." "I can't wait for her to come out." "Obviously I wanna side with my family, with my dad." "They think she can still be saved." "I'm not gonna be able to live with myself if she comes out and hurts the people I've been trying to keep safe." "I mean, they're my family too." "You're not saying anything." "Do you agree with my dad?" "No." "Do you agree with me?" "No." "Thanks." "That's very helpful." "I fix broken things, huh?" "Bring me a watch, radiator, washing machine, no problem." "People, families cocoons?" " Not an expert." " There aren't any experts." "That's not entirely true." "The Volm have some experience in these matters you may find worth considering." "You said you didn't know anything." "I said I didn't know anything about getting her out alive." "So you do know something." " Worst-case scenario, what happens?" " Worst case?" "She kills you all." "She's one girl." "When Espheni hatchlings first emerge and enter the world they're at their most violent, extremely dangerous and unpredictable." "We terminate any we encounter." "So terminate Lexi?" "Years ago, my unit came across a pod of cocoons and they cut one open." "The Espheni inside it was terminated." "But the other three sensed danger and began radiating intense heat." "You have no idea what they're capable of." "They attack body and mind." "You cannot stand against them." "I lost nine brothers that day." "Engaging her is a risk I am not willing to take." "We are retreating to a safe distance." "I suggest you do the same." "Well, what'd he say?" "That bad, huh?" "I gotta talk to my dad." "Guys, I need to do this alone." "Oh, yeah." "No, we understand." "We'll go with you." "It's gonna be all right." "We're not gonna let anything happen to your sister." "You really think Lexi's still in there?" "I know she is." "I know she is, Matt." " I know she is." " Jesus." "Why didn't you tell me it was so bad?" " It's not bad." " I gotta check on Anne." " I'll see if Kadar's got anything for that hand." " I don't need Kadar." "Mason!" " Dad, we have a problem." " Torn Mason!" "Dad." "It's Pope and Hal." "They're coming for Lexi." " Mason!" " Join arms." "Don't let them pass." "Form a line, guys." "I know you're in there, Tom." "Out of the way, Lourdes." " Step aside, you Espheni-loving little Put your weapon down, Pope." " I said get out of the way." " Everybody take it easy." " Lower your weapon." " Lourdes." "Lourdes." "Lourdes." "We don't wanna hurt anybody, but you gotta let me through." " Don't wanna hurt anyone?" "What about Lexi?" " Let us in, Mason." " Stay together." "Stay strong." " Torn, we're coming in." "That's not gonna happen." "You need to let me handle this." " Stand down." "Stay together." "Stay strong." " Mason!" " Don't do this, Lourdes." " We gotta hash this out, Mason." "I need you to be straight with me." "Am I doing the right thing?" "From a military standpoint Lexi's a known threat that should be eliminated." "But as a father I would die before I let anyone hurt her, Tom." "Let us in, Mason." " Stay strong." " Gotta hash this out." "All right, all right, all right." "Everybody stop." "No one takes another step." "Dingaan, Tector, don't let anybody through." " We just wanna talk." " Am I to believe that when you're armed?" "Well, I wanted to come alone." "I remember what you said when we were leaving the ghetto." "We have to trust each other." "We can't do this alone." "Yeah, yeah." "Enough already." "Mason, the verdict's in on Lexi, all right?" "She chose the enemy." "We gotta take care of her." "She hasn't hurt anyone yet." "She hasn't done a thing." " Weaver's hand?" " That was an accident." "Was it an accident she freed an Espheni Overlord?" "When she's out and can defend herself, I'll get to the bottom of that." "In the meantime, I'm not gonna let a permanent decision get made." "Especially on the basis of innuendo or rumor or fear." "Maggie, tell him what you told me, what you've seen." "Come on, Mags, tell him what you told us." "Tell him, Mags." "Look, I'm not afraid to kill, you know that." "But I try really hard to make sure I only kill those who deserve it." "I'm not ready to say that about Lexi." ""Not ready." Heh." "Boy, you are something else, Mag." "Dad, I talked to the Volm." "They're leaving." "They think Lexi's gonna come out more dangerous than we could've ever imagined." " We gotta do something." "We gotta leave..." " Or what, kill her?" "Yes, she could be dangerous." "I accepted that fact a long time ago." "I need you to accept that you may not know everything going on in that cocoon." "We know what she's done." "And yes, you're right, she hasn't hurt anybody yet." "Do you remember a couple years ago when you came off that Espheni ship?" "You told me to keep an eye on you and if you did anything strange, anything to endanger the people that I needed to stop you by whatever means necessary." "You wanted to protect your family." "You guys are my family." "And this is my family." "I gotta protect them by whatever means necessary." "Hal do you honestly believe I would let her hurt any of us, any of you?" " What if you can't stop her?" " I can stop her." "She's my daughter." "She's my responsibility." "I want everybody out of the courtyard, out of harm's way." " I'll stay inside with her." " As will I." " Me too." " And me." "I'm not going anywhere." "If she comes out and is the monster you all think she is, I'll take care of it." "By whatever means necessary." "Let's get them out of here." "Go on, take care of it." "I couldn't save Sammy." "I can't save Lexi." "Dr. Glass, can you hear me?" "Dr. Glass." "I couldn't save him." "I can't save her." "There's nothing we can do." "Speak for yourself." "I'm getting you the hell out of there." "Mom?" "Oh, God." " How are you here...?" " There isn't time to explain." "I'm here." "I'm with you and I love you." "I'm sorry about Sammy." "I know you wanted to save him, just like I know you wanna save me." "Take my hand." "There's something I need you to see." "What is this?" "It's my memory." "Lexi, it's time." "Are you ready to go?" " Where are we going?" " To your father." "We're going to end this war." "We're going to bring peace to everyone." "You don't need her anymore." "No." "Why are you showing me this?" "I want you to remember I needed you, not Karen." "I chose you." "I'm here." "I'm not going anywhere." "As long as you need me, I'm here." "I'll always need my family." "I'll always choose my family." " But you're in the cocoon." " Don't be afraid." "Metamorphosis is not a bad thing." "But how do I get you out?" "How do I save you?" "You don't have to save me." "I'm going to save you." " Mommy, wake up." " Wake up." " Wake up." " Wake up." "Dr. Glass?" "Are you all right?" "Tom." "Anne?" "Oh, thank God." "Are you all right?" "Do you remember anything?" "It's not what I remember." "It's what Lexi remembered." "She showed me her memory from when we were both on the Espheni tower." "She needed me then and she needs me now." "She's not going to hurt us." "Okay, so we wait." "She'll come out when she's ready." "And we'll be ready for her." "Anne." "Don't." "It's too hot." "It's okay." "She knows I'm not a threat." "Lexi, it's me." "I'm here." "I heard you." "I'm not going anywhere."