Air Page #2

sources from inside the government.

May not be official, but....

Now this isn't official, but we're hearing

that these attacks could be...

similar to the hybrid nuclear and

chemical weapon that devastated...

Tel Aviv earlier this year.

The president has now raised military

readiness to DEFCON One...

which is the highest threat level

this country has ever been in.

There you go.

You got six more months

to regret that move.

- Wait. I thought we had more time.

- Nope. Like sand through the hourglass.

- You check these diagnostics?

- Yeah, yeah.

Just about to make our sleep cocktails.

Good. I got a date with Miss 1979.

Back to sleep?

That's the routine.

We'll be together soon.

There's nothing to be afraid of.

I tell myself that every time.

My brain knows it.

But my body tells me that I'm about

to climb into a high-tech coffin.

- Have you forgotten already?

- Please, Abby, I've got work to do.

Think of how good

it would feel to touch me.

Oh, no, no, no...!

- Bauer! Bauer! Open the door!

- What the f***?

I need the fire extinguisher, please!

- Not a good time, buddy!

- Open the door! Come on!

I need the fire extinguisher!

There's a fire!

You didn't have to rip it apart.

- Yeah, well, I thought it would help.

- That's not right.

Hey, you were responsible

for checking the diagnostics!

Hey, you hurt?

- Let me see it.

- No.

Oh, come on. Stop being a baby.

- How'd you get that?

- From your stupid tank.

How am I supposed

to take care of myself now?

- Use the other hand.

- What if I need two hands?

Sh*t, we're out of air.

I don't know what we're breathing.

There's not much left of it.

- Come on, what does that thing say?

- One second, one second.

Bingo. "Emergency release

via Safety Reserve Cylinders."

Here, let me see.

You're gonna love this.

Looks like we gotta go up

the Airway Routing Chamber.

Come on, it's not any harder

than getting in your tank.

Exactly.

- Did the book say where it is?

- Somewhere in this jury-rigged operation.

Why don't you check over there?

- Wait, did you say red valve?

- No, don't touch that one.

Red's the air outside.

Hey.

Found it, over here.

Emergency air and power supply.

Yeah, here.

Is it working?

Shut up, man.

Save your air.

It's not working.

Still nothing.

- I had a wife.

- What?

Three little girls.

I thought "unmarried"

was one of the job requirements.

I lied...

to get the job, you know.

Who knew all this

end-of-the world sh*t was real?

Before they locked the doors.

Can you imagine what it was like

for them up there?

I'm sorry.

I had about a minute.

I could've gone up, been with them.

And they sealed us in.

There's nothing you could have done.

You don't understand.

You don't have a family.

I can imagine.

No, you can't.

It's just you and me now.

We're a family.

Reserved air just kicked in.

Time to make our next move.

Let's go, clock's ticking.

Where the hell are they?

It doesn't say.

Maybe you're looking

in the wrong section or something.

"Deep Sleep Vessel, Service and

Replacement Instruction," right here.

Man, I told you this

is a half-ass operation.

They don't even have spare parts for us.

No, the parts are down here somewhere.

They have to be.

You see, this is what happens when you

slap things together at the last minute!

This is not the only storage room.

Man, I know every inch of this place.

This blueprint isn't gonna help you.

Long-term storage.

It's just a load of crap

for when the sleepers wake up.

We're not maintaining that area.

- What are those numbers for?

- I don't know.

- It should be safe, right?

- It should be, it's within the main seal.

The only reason it's blocked off

is to save oxygen.

I bet the spare parts are in there.

All right.

No second chances.

All right.

This place is creepy.

- It's like a cave or something.

- Stop.

Scared, buddy?

Just feeling a little claustrophobic,

that's all.

Cut it out. Cut it out!

What was that?

- Maybe it's an animal or something.

- How?

- There hasn't been any oxygen in here.

- Oh, yeah, you're right.

Come on, let's try this door right here.

Come on.

Hey, Bauer, what's this?

That's a Jacuzzi. What's it look like?

What are these cameras for?

They don't show up on our monitors.

That's the old security system.

Watch out for Commies.

Do you think any of these still work?

No. There's nothing here. Let's motor.

- I'll start over here.

- All right.

All right, bingo.

Someone's record collection.

Abby, Abby, Abby.

Bauer! I found it!

I found it.

Oh, yeah.

All right, I think it's ready.

What do you mean, think?

I'm ready for bed.

I should go in first,

just in case something happens.

Nothing's gonna happen. We did it.

- Did we?

- Yeah.

Jump in. Gotta get back on the horse.

Let me just check something.

Just a minute.

Fine.

I'll pinch hit. You run the diagnostics.

No, I should do it. It's my tank.

I should go in first.

The sooner we do this,

the sooner we get some sleep.

- Sure about this?

- Yep.

If anything seems off, just give a sign.

- Zip me up.

- Okay.

- Ready?

- Yeah.

Hey!

- Yeah, what?

- You hear that?

- I don't hear anything.

- Sounds like a leak.

- Really?

- Yeah.

And the air is definitely

getting thinner in here.

- You sure?

- Yeah.

- Check the air pump.

- Okay, let me check.

Cartwright?

Hey, let me out of here.

I'll check it. I'll check it myself.

Cartwright!

Cartwright!

Cartwright!

Bauer!

I'm so sorry.

My God, I'm so sorry.

Are you okay? You okay?

Where were you? I was calling your name!

I was right here!

- What happened?

- I couldn't get the tank open!

- So I was looking for something to cut it.

- What took you so long?

I just told you.

The box cutter, I couldn't find it!

- What happened to the tank?

- I don't know.

Maybe I missed something.

- You missed something.

- It was an accident.

It would've been so convenient

for you, huh?

One tank between the two of us.

- All your problems solved.

- That's crazy! It's my tank!

I was supposed to be in there!

But you insisted.

- Did I?

- Yes, you did, remember?

Remember?

I did. You're right.

- I'm sorry.

- I'm fine.

This might be a stupid question,

do we have parts for that?

I don't know.

And that's all the reserve air we got.

All right, change of plans.

All right.

Which one looks good?

Good for what?

All right, maybe not that one.

What about this guy right here?

"Ichthyology."

I don't even know what that means.

We can't just open one

of the tanks and put me inside.

Yeah, why not?

What about the person

who's already in the tank?

What happens to him

when we pull him out?

- Well, I guess we kill him.

- What?

The only reason why we're here

is to keep these people alive.

They're the last remnants

of human civilisation.

F*** them.

We can't just decide

who lives and who dies!

You know what we can do?

Take care of ourselves.

No, you know what?

Take care of each other.

That's what families do.

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