Control Zeta

My father, Adrián, was a clockmaker.

He used to tell me stories about time.

About the first calls he dreamed of making.

He told me what life was like before...

before connectors.

He used to tell me that time is just an illusion,

something that human mind creates to withstand its own aging.

The lurking shadow of death.

He told me that this way, by quantifying it,

the daily agony that we call life was more bearable...

more livable.

I never fully believed him.

It was his dream to make a difference someday,

to create something better,

to repair everything, any mistake,

in an instant.

INCOMING CALL FROM THE FUTURE

Traffic accident between Villarino St. and Madero St.

The victim is a 20-year-old girl.

Death time:51.

Hey!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

HEY!

Please be more careful next time, miss.

Yes, sorry. Thank you. / Alright.

Good morning Maria. / Hi, good morning.

How are you? / Fine, and you?

I'm fine, thanks.

Maria, tell her to come in please, thanks.

Hello, good morning.

Garay, this is Ana Medina, new member of your team.

Sorry sir, but... / But what, Garay?

I wasn't notified that you were looking for a new member.

There's no need to notify you. I just do it.

Just so you know, she is Oscar's daughter, a great friend of mine.

We studied together in the academy

She just graduated and wishes to join our force, so I told her to come here.

Look sir, no offense but... / No buts, Garay.

You will tutor her as long as she needs and you both report directly to me.

The thing is that I don't know her and I'm too old to take care of a new girl.

Also, we can't patrol the streets knowing that... / Knowing what, Garay?

Nothing will happen to you or your team.

If you have any trouble, you just need to call me.

And that's it.

Can you deal with that, Medina?

Yes, sir. I'm willing to die as many times as it takes to protect the society.

There it is. She is a hero without ever having set foot on the street.

Please show her the facilities, introduce her to the group and help her in anything she needs.

Sir, if I may, I would like to take a moment and tell you that it's an honor

to work with the greatest and legendary time agent that...

Have you ever been on a mission?

Not yet, but in the academy we used to...

Yes, I heard you got the best grades. But the thing is that in the academy

the biggest threat you could face is a sharpener. That's the issue.

That's right, but if you knew me... / I know who you are, Medina.

But we were just introduced... / Ana medina.

Daughter of the legendary Oscar Medina, 25 or 26 years old, smart, intellectual,

upper middle class, which allowed you to graduate before your classmates,

you like to read, you can't see well up close, very athletic, you have a small dog, probably Terrier,

and your hobby is to play the guitar. Am I wrong?

But how did you know... / We'll talk later about that.

Now I'll introduce you to the team and give you the introductory talk.

My division is behind this door, the most trained and skilled in Buenos Aires.

I win!

Unit!

I'll introduce them. He is Mariano, second-in-command and the toughest.

He is Alex, the brain of this unit.

And he is Fede, in theory he does the logistics but he is here because he is occasionally funny.

They are my field agents. Let's see if you are up to the expectations.

Follow me.

Did you call security, Fede? / Yes David, those cameras captured it all.

Two thieves in a bike. They knew the victim had money in the briefcase.

They killed him instantly so that he couldn't fight back.

Exact time:12.

Alright Fede, thank you.

Gentlemen.

What? Damn it.

I'm sorry to inform you that you are under arrest.

Who do you think you are?

Do you think I care if this lady shoots me in the head?

You want to see who is faster?

Some of us have nothing to lose, man.

Look... we know how this ends. You are not going to shoot me today.

It hurts, right? / Yes, a little more than it did in training.

Think that we use to change one hour of the past events, and only we remember them.

We have to deal with both overlapping memories.

That's what we call overwriting effects... and it hurts.

It's harder to resist the pain every time. Do you think you could resist that?

Yes, I know what being an agent implies and I'm ready, it's my dream.

Good morning. / Good morning.

This is the security camera office.

She is Emilia Fischbein, monitoring manager, but we actually call it sentry.

She is Ana Medina, our new member.

It's a pleasure.

Security cameras are important because... / Security cameras are a big part of this system.

Connectors wouldn't be enough without them.

In this office we keep track of everything that occurs in the district.

If anything happens, agents will be notified and then they arrive to change the timeline.

Without this cameras, nothing would work.

Well, let's go to the last place.

OPERATIONS AND MONITORING CENTER

Well, this is time supervisor's office... / Garay.

These are the weekly forms to complete,

and don't forget to detail the time and the events in clear handwriting.

Last forms are a mess, a total mess.

I have to guess what is written... and I don't get paid to guess.

He is Victor Crane, time supervisor.

The best one I've ever met... but he is a bit short-tempered.

Time supervisors keep track of connectors so that they are not used for personal

or malicious purposes.

If what we do has unintended consequences in the future, they have all the paperwork at hand.

The technology of their computers is derived from the connectors.

They can see alternative timelines and know what would have happened if we hadn't intervened.

Goodbye.

Is he always this nice? / More or less, you will get used to it.

I wonder how his wife puts up with him. / His wife?

Yes, he wears an engagement ring, right?

No, no... his wife is dead.

No one told you?

No, no one. / His last family member is his daugher, Alma.

What are you doing man? / Sorry, I didn't see you.

Why don't you see where you walk?

Final Assignment - Drawing and Model Class Alma Garay

Excuse me, what's the time?

30. / Thanks.

David, how are you? / Hi, Julia. Fine, and you?

I'm fine. / Well, I'm glad.

You know, I just came in and Juan is still awake.

Call me if you need me, If anything, I'm over there.

Great, thank you so much as always. / A pleasure to see you.

Likewise. / See you.

Hello Juan.

How are you?

Sorry it took me so long to come here, I was a bit busy on the force.

A girl joined... a new girl.

Oscar Medina's daugther, you remember right?

And well... I'm tutoring.

That's weird...

Serrano, what happened?

Okay, I'm on my way.

There he is, let him in.

You know this place, right?

Yes, my daughter is a student here.

But I don't get why you called me.

This could be hard, sorry in advance.

Why are you sorry if...

What is this?

Why didn't agents save her?

I have no idea David, my five-hour version of the future found her.

He told me that the watchman saw her and ran away yelling and screaming.

I came but it was pointless, the body was already here.

So...

We can't save her...

five hours are not enough.

Can you notice anything else?

I haven't done this in a long time.

She is around 30 years old.

She is professional.

She is left-handed and writes a lot.

She got divorced not long ago, she still has the ring mark.

They killed her somewhere else and dragged her body.

And the guy who did it is big and strong.

Well, it looks that you didn't change much.

I called Serrano to tell him, I didn't know what to do.

He didn't believe me and thought I was talking nonsense.

He told me he would ask you to come.

Did he say anything else?

That after seeing this you should go to his office.

How can it be?

How can this be?

This can't be happening.

Yes it can be, I saw it.

Whoever did it has found a blind spot,

a system error that extended the five-hour period.

An error?

I spoke with university security.

There was a mistake in the cameras of the area.

They were out of order for a couple of hours.

Was it a coincidence? / There's no way.

Fischbein told me that the camera cut-off was not scheduled.

The murderer, who didn't kill her there,

had just enough time to leave her there knowing that we wouldn't make it

even if we did use the connectors.

This was not a coincidence, it was perfectly planned.

And what does this mean?

It means that there will be more.

What?

The killer could have disposed of the body, could have burned it,

buried it or thrown it into the river, I don't know.

He is giving a message.

He is challenging us, this will happen again.

This can't be happening, Garay.

If they find out about this they will kill us.

This would be a terrible issue for the government.

From now on, your team will stop patrolling

and will deal solely with this.

But why do we have to do this? This should be police duty.

And who should deal with it?