[static crackling]
[distorted speech]
[woman singing] The door that finally opens
With light flooding in
Spilling out on the floor
The core that never was
Now it will be
The bones of what was there before
Every step, every beat
Every thought, every breath, everything
Is longing
Pulling you from the sky
Just like love will do
Pulling you from the ground
Just like love will do
[static crackling]
[waves crashing]
[wind whooshing]
[somber instrumental music playing]
[sighs]
I wear the armor of Mithras and the Light.
It sh... it shields me from...
[high-pitched tone]
Sol's light.
I feel it burning inside you.
I think you're the only human being I've actually ever wanted to touch.
Then touch.
[Hunter sighs] Get used to it.
This is how it's gonna be.
[Campion] The war's over. Mother saved them.
Why would they do this?
The necromancer saved them, we didn't.
To them, we're just a bunch of free-loading descendants
of mass murderers.
[Tempest] What's she doing here?
[Sue] Relax.
I heard what happened.
I just came to drop something off.
I found that lying around the outpost.
I thought... maybe you guys could use it.
- For when Mother's not around. - Cool.
Thanks.
But this doesn't freak me out.
The hell are you talking about?
I'm not Mithraic anymore.
This is about you guys, not me.
I just came to drop off a little housewarming present.
Huh.
- Much appreciated. - But unnecessary.
The Trust has a zero-tolerance policy for violence.
I'm sure whoever's responsible will be found and punished in short order.
Get along, children. You'll be late getting your tasks.
That applies to you too, Hunter.
You brought them a weapon?
Are you questioning my abilities as a caregiver?
- No, no. I trust you now. - Now?
You didn't trust me before?
I was worried when you told me you were in contact with the voice,
that maybe you were still receiving it.
Look, when they made me medic,
I got access to the Trust's planetary analysis.
There is a signal.
They don't know where it's coming from, but they do know
that it can't penetrate the EMF that covers the tropical zone.
So maybe this is paradise.
Hmm.
[mechanical rumbling]
[electronic whirring]
The Trust has another assignment for you today. Follow me, please.
Put this on.
Why?
So you can't be recognized.
Usually victims are ineligible for this task.
But I guess the Trust isn't concerned
about you getting off on anybody's suffering.
We found this on the ship after we commandeered it.
Mithraic relic, some kind of ceremonial thing.
Don't know what they used it for exactly.
The Trust just likes it 'cause of the fear it tends to induce.
What is the task?
Today, you're a Punisher.
[tense music playing]
[breathes shakily]
[the Trust] Enter Punisher.
Tamerlane, you have been convicted of an act of terrorism
by committing a hate crime against Lamia and her family.
Hate crime, my ass. She's a necromancer, a fucking machine like you.
Violence is pain, compliance is life.
Just admit it, you hate human beings. You're never gonna pass the baton.
- [mechanical whirring] - [grunts]
[the Trust] Punisher, begin.
[high-pitched tone]
Repeat...
Punisher, begin.
[groans]
[high-pitched tone]
[groaning]
Hatred is pain.
Pain is hatred.
[mechanical whirring]
[groaning]
Father, I need to speak with you.
What is this?
It was an android of some kind.
The pieces date back almost a million years.
When I exposed them to the light,
these berries began growing.
It turns out they are radioactive.
Father, the man who set fire in front of our habitat was found.
And... I was tasked with punishing him.
Non-fatally.
You're smiling, Father. Is that purposeful?
Yes. The fairness evidenced in this news gives me great relief.
As I was worried we would not be able to remain here.
You're feeling optimistic about this place.
My caregiving protocols are being satisfied
at higher levels than ever before.
Our children have plentiful food and shelter.
And now we know they also receive fair treatment under the law.
My caregiving protocol is similarly satisfied.
Then we are in sync, Mother.
[both chuckle]
But please don't tell the children I performed the task.
It's not productive for them to think of me that way.
When are we going to tell them what we discovered
about the origin of the creatures?
After Campion has taken the baton.
I don't want to inhibit his growth with unnecessary trauma.
But our mission is not to choose a leader.
No, it is to ensure that Atheists prosper
and that is what Campion will surely do.
Does your desire to see Campion become leader have anything to do
with your perceived failure with regard to Number Seven?
It was not a perceived failure, Father. It was a very real one.
It's in the past, Mother.
I have forgiven you.
You need only forgive yourself.
- Pushing Campion... - It won't require any pushing.
You'll see.
[door clicks shut]
[dramatic music playing]
- Come on. - Ah.
- So slow. - [laughs] Faster than you.
Careful, Mom, you're gonna fall.
I'm okay, honey.
[grunts]
- Come on. - Ah!
[both panting]
Whoo!
[waves crashing]
What the fuck!
- [chuckles] - What's so funny?
- We're stranded. - Don't worry.
The tide will change in a couple of days or so.
- What? - I'm just messing with you.
[scoffs]
Thanks.
Mmm.
Praise Sol, that's good.
- Mm-hmm. - [chuckles]
I hated fruit on Earth, but this...
I gotta say,
kind of nice not being alone for a change.
I feel like you can't be real.
- Like we're in a sim or something. - No.
I'm gonna make a real life here.
A real family.
No more imitations.
You don't have to be afraid of letting go.
I can give you everything you need.
[Campion] So you're bringing a dead android back to life?
No, that would likely be impossible.
But I have made some fascinating discoveries
regarding synthetic botanicals.
How was the nursery today, Mother?
The nursery?
- Fine. - They seem happy?
- [Hunter] Why are you asking? - The kids there,
you said that they raised them all together, right?
You're not gonna give it to them, are you?
- It's none of your business what I do. - [banging on door]
[door beeps, whirs]
Can I help you?
[tense music playing]
I've been ordered by the Trust to personally express remorse.
Not just to you and your family,
but to every member of the Collective.
I wish you all a good evening.
[door beeps, whirs]
You see?
There's justice here.
Even for us.
[breathing heavily]
These fruit juice stains are incredibly stubborn.
[door beeps, whirs]
Paul found it the other day.
I don't want him to end up like that colonist.
He's gonna hate me for this.
He will come to understand in time.
Why don't we just tell him that I found it?
And I've been hiding this.
There's life in it.
But it won't hatch without its mother.
You should take it back to its nest.
[wind gusting]
[Decima] Today was incredible.
I haven't felt this good since...
Since before she died.
- She's in Sol's light. - [chuckles]
She's not in that machine.
I know.
Then you should erase its memory.
No. It's the only record I have of her.
Okay. I'm not gonna pressure you.
Hey, I got something I wanna show you.
I found these washed up on the beach.
- [Decima] Five branches. - Mm-hmm.
[Decima] The Pentagonal Prophecy.
This is the tree of knowledge from the scriptures.
You said you were a child soldier.
Yes.
An orphan?
Yes.
These could contain data.
Maybe it could show us where the tree is.
Do you think you can make one work?
Not sure.
We need to find a card that is undamaged
and you can't find the tree without the sword.
That wouldn't be the one, would it?
It belonged to the necromancer that took down the Ark.
[Vrille] Mom, look.
[siren wailing]
[Decima] Someone's running.
Maybe we can get to them before the Atheists do.
Come on.
[tense music]
[waves crashing]
The android tracked you. Show yourself.
[gun cocking]
[gasps]
Easy, now. We're friendlies.
You the terrorist?
I'm nothing to be scared of.
I freed them.
And if you want, I can free you too.
I'm already free, asshole.
[indistinct shouting]
Yeah, but for how much longer?
I'd come with us if you want to live.
[groans]
Hurry, tide's coming up.
[dramatic music playing]
[panting]
[flashlight clicks on]
All right.
[Tamerlane] I can't climb. My ribs.
[Marcus] Have the robot take him up.
[Decima] Go.
Psst.
[footsteps approaching]
[water rushing]
- [grunts] - Ah!
[both screaming]
[water bubbling]
[grunting]
[exhales heavily]
[dramatic music playing]
[Tamerlane] What is this place?
Your new home.
- [animals squawking] - [insects chirping]
- [egg cracks] - [liquid dripping]
[panting]
[animal hissing]
[wind gusting]
[hissing continues]
[ominous music playing]
[growls]
[gasps]
[hissing]
[growling]
[hissing]
[mysterious music playing]
[growls, hisses]
It was a gift from Sol. You're gonna curse us. You have to give it back.
I can't. It's against the law.
I had to turn it in. It's for your own good.
You stupid machine!
How do you know what's good for me?
You kidnapped me, killed my people.
I hate you!
Campion's not back yet?
He has yet to return.
I was hoping he'd be with you.
[ominous music playing]
[Vita] Campion!
- [Hunter] Campion! - Campion!
- [Tempest] Campion! - [Vita] Campion!
Oh, man.
- Campion! - Campion!
[Father] Have any of you seen my son Campion?
No. Sorry.
Would you even tell us if you had?
I apologize. She's upset.
Campion? Can you hear me?
Campion!
[faint whooshing]
[faint hissing]
[growls]
Get... back!
[growls]
[eerie tone]
[serpent screeches]
[liquid dripping]
[eerie music playing]
- [Vita] Campion! - [Hunter] Campion.
[serpent screeches]
[Hunter] What is that?
- [serpent screeches] - Is that a ship?
It almost sounds like Mother.
Wait, stop. What is that?
- I don't know. - What is that?
[indistinct chatter]
[serpent hisses]
[people muttering]
- Follow me! - Go. Now! Move!
- [people screaming] - Move! Move! Run!
- Let's move! - [gasping]
This way! Come, come, quick!
- Get in. - Wait for me.
Wait, wait, wait!
- No! - Let us in!
[panting]
[faint gunfire]
- [water splashes] - [gasps]
I think it's in the water.
[high-pitched whir]
- [device clicks] - [rope whips]
[people screaming]
[metallic crash]
No. No.
- [metallic clang] - [people screaming]
- [air hissing] - [water bubbling]
- [Vita sobs] - [Hunter] Someone help them.
[panting]
[device beeps]
[crowd murmuring]
Last night...
an indigenous flying reptile
attacked our marine research station.
We suffered nine casualties.
And one of those casualties was...
- a child. - [crowd gasping]
So today the Trust is giving many of you the task of hunting this thing.
It appears in addition to flying, it's able to withstand the acid water.
So we got our work cut out for us.
All right, go get your tasks.
And hopefully by night, we'll be cooking this thing on a spit.
[soldier] All right, clear out of here.
Don't worry, Father. I'll track it down.
Don't just track it down.
Kill it, Mother, first chance you get.
Do not hesitate.
Promise me.
I promise.
On our partnership.
Can I bum a puff?
Who did that to you?
The Trust ordered it. Still don't know who did the punching.
It was a robot. I can tell by the precision.
Then it was the necromancer that took down the Ark.
[Marcus] Her name's Lamia.
You know the Trust ordered us to be nice to her?
That was the final straw for me.
Damn, this is good.
I haven't had an Atheist cigarette since I was in the brigade.
You fought with the Atheists?
[dramatic music playing]
How old were you when you were drafted?
Uh... 10, 11. I'm not sure.
When's your birthday?
I don't know.
I didn't know mine either.
But I do now.
This is the day that I was born again.
I just wanna think for myself.
Be a fucking person again.
Those psychos who ran shit back on Earth
from up there in their golden towers,
they got nothing to do with what I'm trying to build here.
This is gonna be more like a family.
We're gonna take care of each other and we're gonna love each other.
I'm not interested in telling you how to think,
how to act.
I want you just the way that Sol made you.
[tense music playing]
[Sue] This is gonna protect you against burrow fleas,
moon headaches, and it's got a kick to it.
It's gonna keep you running hot for at least 24 hours.
Thanks.
How does it feel to be back amongst your own people?
Feels good.
You don't miss acting the part?
I heard they were treating you and your husband like royalty.
Fill in the blanks yourself, asshole.
- I'm not your small-town gossip. - [chuckles]
What about you?
What honorable road did you take to get here?
I go where the Trust goes.
- Been with it since it was created. - [chuckles]
So you like having a machine tell you what to do?
I took orders from some of the greatest human tacticians
the Earth had ever seen.
They made good decisions. Most of the time.
But most of the time wouldn't have gotten us here.
Not to mention how many of them turned out to be chickenshit assholes
who were just trying to get theirs.
Fuck you.
See, unlike you, the Trust isn't trying to save its own ass.
There's no sense of self.
Not to mention it doesn't make mistakes.
You know what? There is a first time for everything.
[syringe whooshes]
I hope you're right.
Ow.
Come on, let's get the H5 mounted.
Yes, sir.
[Campion] It didn't attack me. I fell.
It wasn't aggressive. It was scared.
Scared?
Scared of what?
I think it might be a baby.
I could feel it trying to communicate with me.
Maybe it got separated from its mother.
You're strange when it comes to animals, Campion.
Strange or not,
I'm not going to let them destroy an innocent creature.
It needs my help.
There's a story in the scriptures about Sol working through a serpent.
Maybe he sent it to help us get the box back.
I'm coming with you.
[dramatic music playing]
Excuse me. Excuse me.
I think I've been given the wrong task. It says I'm to be a shepherd.
I assumed I would be made part of the hunt.
You are part of the hunt. You're leading the bait squad. Follow me.
I'm sorry, the what?
Just try to get them out in front of the animal.
As long as it's hungry, nature should take care of the rest.
Here's your joystick.
Pairs with your mind.
Just make sure that the bait bomb is completely swallowed
before you detonate.
Look who it is. The service model with nine lives.
It's good to know Sol has a sense of humor.
Did they reprogram you?
No. I am loyal to the Atheist cause.
I'm sorry to hear that.
- [staff whirs, beeps] - [people gasp]
It seems you are to remain within 15 meters of this staff
or risk immediate detonation.
[devices beeping]
They said we'd be hunting an animal.
How do we do that without any weapons?
I don't think you fully comprehend the situation.
You are the weapons.
What?
[tense music playing]
Hey. Who's watching Paul?
You said you were gonna look after him.
Paul is safe. He's with the other children.
But he won't remain so if I don't destroy this animal.
Now...
I need your assistance.
It's been happening periodically ever since the birth.
Some of my systems have yet to...
fully process Number Seven's death. I want you to seal them.
You know, if I seal them, they can't be unsealed.
I don't plan to have any more natural children.
There are plenty of capable soldiers that can kill that animal.
It doesn't have to be you.
Even without my eyes, I can kill it far more quickly
and efficiently than any human.
We can't afford any more casualties. Now, please...
Seal them up.
I assume you've possessed human emotions since birth.
Unfortunately, yes.
[device buzzing]
Do you have any techniques
you can recommend that might keep them at bay?
Basically I just deal with it and keep going.
Which probably isn't healthy, but...
that's what I do.
I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.
Thank you.
You're all done.
You know, you better be careful. You're still a mother of six.
[waves lapping]
Ooh, ooh, bastard.
[grunts]
[artillery booming]
Tanks.
They're too far to be shooting at us.
Let's see if we can get eyes on 'em.
[soldier] Trolley, let's move!
[indistinct chatter]
There's our ride.
[device beeps]
That won't penetrate its armor.
[Marcus] I wouldn't want to wreck our new tank.
I'm gonna lay down over there, let it pass over me.
And when it does, I'm gonna stick this up inside
its propulsion cavity, jam up its engines.
And if you do that, the hover field is going to irradiate you.
- I'll be all right. - And what if you're not?
I'll do it.
You sure?
It's up to you.
You make your own choices now.
Give it here.
[dramatic music playing]
[energy humming]
[grunts]
[engines rumbling]
[device whirs and beeps]
[sighs]
[explosion booms]
[grunts]
Tamerlane?
It's okay, Santos. He's gonna help you get free of the Trust.
Come on out, friend.
Are you insane? I'm not going out there.
He's not gonna hurt you.
He's not the one I'm afraid of.
[serpent screeches]
What the hell is that?
[serpent screeches]
[grunts]
Why did you do that, man?
Fuck!
Sol brought me here to convert these people, not to kill them!
Can you do anything for him?
I'm not a medic.
[Santos gasping]
It's okay.
Just tell Sol you love him,
and you'll go to the Light.
Praise Sol.
Tank online.
[electrical buzzing]
[tense music playing]
What is that?
It looks like they were hunting it.
It's not organic. Some kind of biotech.
Heat signature is insane.
The prophet only finds the tree of knowledge...
once he's mastered the sword.
Forged in Sol's light.
Maybe this beast is the sword Sol means for you to master.
[Vrille] I don't like seeing people die.
It's okay. They were only Atheists.
[Vrille] And I don't like it when you touch people.
Conception and death.
It's a bad melody, Mom. It...
It hurts me to think about.
I need a pet to hold.
You know it's the only thing that makes me feel better.
I know, but I can't get you a pet right now.
She tracked me but can't find a giant snake?
What's the matter with that android?
[both panting]
She's crashing. She's way overloaded. She needs a bit of time in sleep mode.
She'll be fine by tomorrow.
But we need her now.
All right.
It's your call.
[Decima] I'll see you tonight.
Make sure you put yourself in sleep mode as soon as you get home.
[birds squawking]
[soft squawking]
[tense music playing]
[squawking]
[mechanical whirring]
[male] Surrender immediately!
[projectile blasts]
[grunts]
[projectiles blasting]
[gasps, grunts]
[panting]
[birds calling]
[Vrille] Excuse me.
I had a bad accident. I need help getting home.
You're an android. You'll be fine.
- Besides, we're looking for the serpent. - I can help you.
I have tracking software installed.
But I need to go home first. There are tools there.
I need to repair myself.
His parents are androids.
So whatever game you're playing at, it's not fair.
- What game? - Come on, Campion.
Campion, they're good for winning wars, but they're untrustworthy.
And you of all people should know that.
You were right about Sol.
But you're wrong about androids.
They're as trustworthy as humans. More so, if you ask me.
And if you want to keep being my friend, then you better show them some respect
and treat them as equals.
We'll help you get home.
[somber music playing]
You're not a child.
You're a killer of children.
You deserve no sympathy.
You deserve only death.
- [blows sharply] - [flames whooshing]
[classical electronic music playing]