The Terror Within II

Lunch?

David Pennington to Rocky Mountain Lab,

listening 145.5, over.

This is David Pennington to Rocky Mountain Lab,

listening 145.5, over.

This is David Pennington to Rocky Mountain Lab,

listening 145.5, over.

- Von, I've got a weak signal coming in long range

from the outside!

I think it's Pennington!

- Screw it, we've got to get Phil inside.

- This is David Pennington to Rocky Mountain Lab,

listening 145.5, over.

Damn, I lost him!

Von, what is it?

Phil's hurt topside, get him down here!

What's the status, Von?

- He's been mauled, now standby to help out.

Phil's in the antechamber.

Kara, get to control, I need you, stat.

I'll be right there.

- Just give me this. - Excuse me!

I lost what I had.

It's just not enough.

Come on, let's get him out of here.

Let's get him in med bay, quick.

Oh!

- There wasn't enough to make vaccine for everyone.

I must have lost what I had.

I'm sorry, but...

He's dead.

Ling Su just died as well.

This sucks.

Butch, come.

- "I will ransom them from the power of the grave.

"I will redeem them from death.

"O death, I will be thy plague.

"O grave, I will be thy destruction.

"And he stood between the dead and the living,

"and the plague was stayed."

Amen.

Amen.

Dewitt?

Why don't we all take some time

to think about our options here?

Time?

We're out of time!

If we don't send a crew topside for raw materials,

we're dead!

We've been out of vaccine for five days.

We need those materials, Von.

- Come on Kara, tell it to us straight.

- The virus randomly attacks the immune system.

There is no way of predicting who is most susceptible.

It could happen at any day, at any time,

to any one of us.

So what's everybody lookin' at?

I'm sick, all right?

What do you want me to do?

You heard her!

So don't look at me like I'm some kind of goddamn leper.

Ernie, nobody thinks that.

Bullshit!

Maybe David Pennington will survive and get back here,

but I can't sit around here and wait.

I'm goin' up there!

All right, let's deal with it.

Kyle, you and Ernie take Sharon topside

and comb the northern shelf,

then get back here.

Kyle, no.

It's all right.

I don't recall putting it up for a vote!

We'll maintain radio contact.

Any Lusus sightings, you three,

get your butts back immediately!

Kyle, be careful.

Ah!

Aaron!

Can you walk on it?

Don't!

I don't know.

I'll help you.

Come on, hurry!

I can't go any farther, save yourself!

I'm not leaving you, come on!

Hide!

Take me, you bastard!

Take care of her...

Take care of Ariel.

Promise me!

Promise me!

She's my sister, take care of her.

I promise.

Where, where's Aaron?

He's dead.

No!

No, no!

He made me promise I'd take care of you.

We can't stay here, it'll be back soon with others.

Oh, he's my brother, I can't leave him!

He was all I had left.

We've gotta go now.

Come on.

Kyle, this is Von.

Come in, over.

I gotta rest a minute, guys.

Kyle, this is Von, over.

Kyle, this is Von.

Come in, over.

Yeah, Von.

What's your location, Kyle?

Over.

- Somewhere between very tense and scared shitless.

Any luck with surrounding plant life?

Over.

Negative.

I'll be in touch when we do.

Keep me posted.

Where you goin'?

- I'm, I'm goin' up there to get a better look around.

I don't think we should separate.

Why don't you worry about him?

Stay in sight, okay?

I gotta get out of this sun.

Feels like my insides are on fire.

There's a cave over there.

You can cool down until Sharon gets back.

Looks clear, you're good.

How you doin'?

I'm scared, man.

Hang in there.

We'll find something soon.

Kyle!

What was that?

Kyle, please respond.

Ah!

Kyle's in trouble, I know it!

You don't know that.

Any number of things could cause radio interference.

Heads up!

You all right?

Yeah.

Where's Ernie?

He's dead.

Kyle, is everything all right?

Please respond!

- We don't have a radio now, so what do we do?

We'll never make it back before dark.

We're gonna have to find a safe place to camp.

So what are you doing?

Let's go! - He was a friend of ours!

Don't you care about anything?

- Well, it's better that he should go like this

than by the plague.

It's a nasty way to die.

You're completely cold, aren't you?

Oh, not like Robin, huh?

You'll get tired of her.

This is where we lived.

Wait here.

It's safe.

We'll take the solar charger and canned goods,

anything else that's light enough to carry.

Do you have a pack of some kind?

Over there.

- All right, we'll camp here tonight, move out after sunup.

Any news?

Nothing.

Oh God, Dewitt, you think they're okay?

Hey, don't you worry.

They'll be back tomorrow afternoon,

our my name ain't Dewitt Thompson.

I hope you're right.

Well, I know I'm right.

I got a birth certificate to prove it.

Here, have a little nip of this.

It'll take the edge off of waitin'.

Well, was I right?

I told ya!

Uh huh.

Is that your brother and your parents?

Yes.

They die of the plague?

Look, I'm sorry.

Where did you come from?

I was with a group of scientists

based in an underground lab in the Mojave.

Until our crew was wiped out by Lusus.

Lusus?

Is that what you call them?

It's Latin.

It means a freak of nature.

Where are you taking me?

Northeast, to the Rockies.

Got a sister lab with other scientists like myself.

You'll be safe there.

Why don't you get some sleep?

We've got a long journey ahead of us.

Thank you.