After Earth Page #2

There's a utility compartment.

Inside,

there's an emergency beacon.

Silver. Like a saucer.

Bring it to me.

Consolidate inventory up.

General Cypher Raige.

Crash landed.

Two confirmed survivors.

Kitai,

the emergency beacon you brought me

will fire a distress signal deep into space.

But it's damaged.

There's another one

in the tail section of our ship.

This is us here.

That, is the tail.

Somewhere in this area.

It's approximately 100 kilometers from here.

We need that beacon.

You understand?

- Yeah.

Both my legs are broken.

One very badly.

You are going to retrieve that beacon,

or we are going to die.

Do you understand?

- Yeah.

Repeat what I just said.

I have to go retrieve the beacon,

or we going to die.

You have air-filtration inhalers.

You need to take one now.

The fluid will coat your lungs,

increase your oxygen extraction...

...allowing you to breath more

comfortably in the environment.

You have six vials.

In your weight,

that should be 20-24 hours

each. That's more than enough.

Your life-suit and backpack...

...are equipped with

digital and virtual imaging.

So I'll be able to see

everything that you see...

...and what you do not see.

I will guide you.

It'll be like I'm right there with you.

Take my cutlass.

It's the C-40.

Full, 22 configurations.

Kitai,

every single decision you make

will be life or death.

This is a class-1 quarantined planet.

Everything in this planet

has evolved to kill humans.

Do you know where we are?

No, sir.

This is Earth.

And... the Ursa?

There are three possibilities.

First and most likeliest,

it died in the crash.

The second and less likely,

is that it is injured very badly

and still contained.

The third and least likely,

is that it is out.

We will proceed, however,

in anticipation of the worst case scenario.

Every movement will be under

protocol 'escape and evade'.

If he's out there,

I will see him long before

he gets anywhere near you.

Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

Do exactly as I tell you,

and we will survive.

Kitai, calm down.

Take a knee.

Root yourself in this present moment, now.

Sight, sound.

Smell.

What do you feel?

My body feels heavier.

Very good.

Earth gravitational pull

is different than at home.

Very good.

Now, lets go.

What happened?

You didn't see that?

- Kitai, what happened?

I'm fine.

No change, I just slipped.

There's condensation on the stones.

I'm good to go.

General Cypher Raige.

Initiating remote probe recon.

Primary target:

Ursa.

I want to reiterate that your navi-band...

...is our sole means of communication.

Roger.

Temperatures in this planet

fluctuate dangerously, Kitai.

And most of the planet

freezes over completely at night.

But there are hot spots.

Geothermal nodes

between here and the tail...

...that will keep you warm

during the freeze-over.

You must reach one of these hot spots...

...each evening before nightfall.

Is that understood?

- Copy.

Standard operating procedure

till I give you further instructions.

Stand by.

Dad, are you there?

Hey, dad, are you there?

Dad?

Are you there?

Hello?

I'm here.

A boy I know had this.

It's a real book.

From a museum.

It's 'Moby-Dick'.

He said I can even hold on to it.

Hold on, to what?

The book, dad.

Do they really kill these whales?

We, Senshi, for their oil...

...and they almost disappeared.

Just before the age of carbon fuels.

Where's your brother?

Kit.

Hi.

Dad, are you there?

I'm here.

Where are you?

My suit turned to black.

I like it, but I think it's something bad.

Your suit is made of smart-fabric.

It has motion sensors.

I'm tracking a life-form

moving towards you from the west.

It's closing rapidly.

50 meters.

It is right there, Kitai.

Do not... move.

Recognize your power.

This will be your creation.

Stand down, cadet!

- Kitai!

- Go away!

Control yourself, cadet!

Kitai.

Stand down!

Get away!

- Get the hell away!

- Kitai!

To your rear.

Out to your rear.

There's a river,

250 meters straight ahead, go.

They are no longer in pursuit.

Cadet, you are not being followed.

I repeat, you are not being followed.

Kitai, you are running from nothing.

Kitai!

Kitai, put my damn cutlass away.

You are not being followed.

Take a knee.

Take a knee, cadet.

You want to die today,

that's fine,

but you are not going to kill me.

Kitai, I need you to do

a physical assessment.

You are showing rapid blood

contamination. Are you cut?

I'm dizzy.

Kitai, self-eval.

Good, god.

Dad, I can't stand.

Open your med-kit.

You are going to have

to administer the antitoxin in sequence.

Inject yourself the clear liquid first.

Do it now.

I can't see.

The poison is affecting

your nervous system. Stay even.

Dad, please come help me.

I can't see.

I can't do this without my sight, dad.

Please, come and get me.

Kitai, inject yourself

directly into your heart...

...with the first stage.

Do it now.

Now the second. ASAP.

To your left, Kitai.

Left.

I can't feel my hand.

Dad, I can't feel my hands.

Press it into the ground.

Roll over on it

and press it into the ground, Kitai.

Great work, cadet.

But you are going to have to lie there

for a moment.

The parasite that stung you...

...has a paralyzing agent in its venom.

So you are going to have to

lie there for a little bit.

While the antitoxin does its job.

It's time to wake up.

Son,

the temperature is dropping

five degrees every ten minutes.

You have got to wake up.

Can you blink your eyes?

Son,

I need you to, please,

blink your eyes.

Hey, Dad.

Hey.

That sucked. /

That is correct.

You got 9.7 kilometers to the hot spot.

How about you show me that

10k in 50 minutes, cadet?

Sir, yes, sir.

Two mikes out. All good.

Who wants to be a ranger?

Who wants it?

Watch him go.

Watch him go.

Five mikes out.

Come on. Lights out.

Happy 19th birthday, Senshi.

Dad, you help me.

No, Senshi. You go ahead.

You blow.

Come on, Dad. Blow.

Nah. You know there's no way

I can actually do that from here.

No. I think you can.

Faia, you're right there.

Help the girl.

You can do it.

I know you can.

Hot spot one arrival.

H plus 54 minutes.

Equipment check and consolidate.

Take your next inhaler.

Your... oxygen extraction is bottoming.

Take your next breathing fluid.

Second dose of breathing fluid complete.

Count off remaining.

Four vials remain, sir.

Repeat.

Four vials remain, sir.

Dad?

Dad!

I'm here.

How'd you do it?

How'd you first ghost?

Out for a run.

Alone.

Something that I wasn't supposed to do.

Ursa de-camos,

Right in front of me.

I go for my cutlass...

Shoots its pincer.

Right to my shoulder.

Next thing I know,

we're over the cliff.

Falling.

30 meters. Straight down.

Into the river.

We settle onto the bottom.

It's on top of me.

But it's not moving.

And I realize...

he's trying to drown me.

I'm thinking,

I'm gonna die.

'I'm gonna die. '

You cannot believe

this is how you gonna die.

I could see my blood bubbling up,

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