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Now, you need to pick one right now.

All right.

All right.

Morphine, good idea. Ticket to paradise.

Give him a heavy dose

while he's still inside.

Don't do this.

What choice do I have?

- There's another way.

- We don't have time.

It's as simple as ABC.

Hey, what's the matter with you?

- I can't do this.

- Yes, you can.

No, I'm not doing this.

Fine. Give me the needle,

I'll do it myself.

Listen, listen, listen,

there's another way.

Look, I know this breaks

your soft little heart...

but sometimes you've gotta sacrifice

a pawn to stay in the game.

- Don't let him.

- I said, I'm not doing this.

- Don't you wanna live?

- It's murder.

- We're techs, Bauer, not murderers!

- Come on.

What happens if they find out

through the next facilities?

Take a look around, man.

We're the only ones here!

It's not murder, it's survival.

Listen, we have an obligation

to keep these people alive.

You're a piece of work, man,

you know that?

Did you feel that?

That's what it's going to feel like

when the air runs out down here.

Your lungs starving for oxygen

and there isn't any.

Look, someone's gonna die, I'm sorry.

But you are not leaving me here alone.

Please, don't do it.

You'll thank me later.

- That's enough.

- What are you gonna do with that?

You gonna stab me with it?

Go ahead, cut my throat.

- Solve all your problems.

- Listen.

Try to save a guy's life

and he kicks you right in the nuts.

- You don't understand. Listen.

- No, you don't understand.

These people,

they got their ticket to the future...

by stepping on people like you and me!

You wanna trade your life

for one of theirs?

I told you, I have an idea.

Now are you with me or what?

Yeah. Yeah, I'm with you.

What are friends for, right?

Man, I don't know.

But the codes match.

ABC 108 here.

And ABC 108.

I'm telling you, there's another facility,

right here, next to us.

- Maybe.

- Come on.

It's too dangerous, man.

We don't even know what's out there.

They checked in. Look at the monitor.

There are people in that facility

with spare parts.

You're gonna have to break the red seal.

- Okay. It's a risk.

- It's a huge risk.

This facility's a fragile bubble.

One wrong thing and this whole place

fills up full of contaminated air.

Then instead of just killing

one of them, we all die.

We'll just have to make sure

nothing happens.

Can you hear me?

All right.

- Bauer...

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, hugs and kisses.

Good luck, all that.

- Oh, sh*t!

- What? What is it?

- A dead body. A soldier.

- Ours or theirs?

I can't tell.

Lucky he didn't shoot out

the airlock door.

Better luck in the next life.

Come on, buddy, you're wasting air.

I'm waiting on the air filters.

Okay.

- Wish me luck.

- Good luck.

Okay.

Find anything good out there?

Just dust. Blue dust. It's everywhere.

Yeah, that's the airborne contaminant.

You got 31 minutes left, buddy.

If you're not back soon,

I'll see you in six months.

Trying to move people

as quickly as possible...

but there are rumours that

these public shelters are not safe...

against these chemical weapons.

Oh, hey. I got you.

Yeah, I see you on one of the monitors.

You're right, those old cameras

still work. Give me a thumbs-up.

All right, cool, keep moving.

All right, I'm just trying to figure out

where the hell you're going.

I think I've found it.

Oh, you were right.

It's stuck.

Come on, you big sissy. Give it a push.

I'm in.

All right, say hi

to the ABC people for me.

- Bauer?

- Yeah.

I think we got a problem.

It's not working.

- Did the green light come on?

- No, nothing's working.

Looks like you're locked out, buddy.

Hello! Hey!

Hey, stop, stop, you're wasting air.

Well, I was hoping somebody

could hear me.

Oh, sh*t, what do we do now?

Sit tight, buddy, I'm working on it.

Don't give up.

What if he's right?

What if there's no future?

You've always found a way for us.

I'd lose my mind without you.

Hey, buddy.

I think I found a way around it

but you're not gonna like it.

Just tell me.

Back the way you came, about ten yards.

- What am I looking for?

- You'll know it when you see it.

- You're joking.

- Nope.

There's no room up there.

Come on, buddy, I've crawled through

the exact same air ducts in our place.

If I can do it, you can do it.

Is there any other way?

Well, if you want those guys

to help you, that's your way in.

Come on, it's a good way

to cure your claustrophobia.

All right. I'm going in.

I'm coming to an intersection.

Which way?

Left takes you back here, so go right,

right into their main ventilation system.

- You okay, buddy?

- Yeah.

- This place is full of dead people.

- Which way are they headed?

Are they facing the same direction

you're going?

I can't tell.

- The good news is, they didn't break in.

- What?

If they died out there, then the main

ventilation system is still sealed.

Hey, you do not want

to throw up in your mask.

Thanks for the advice.

I got another idea.

You can take your helmet off...

join that little yard sale

they got going on down there.

Go to hell, Bauer.

Bauer...

the main filter?

What? You're breaking up.

- I said, can I bypass the main filter unit?

- Yes.

- Answer me.

- Yes!

Look, I'm gonna try to boost

our radio signal.

Don't worry about it.

I'll be right here.

Bauer.

Answer me.

Hey, Bauer, are you there?

Bauer, are you there?

Yeah, I'm here.

I'm at the filter bypass.

Hey, Bauer....

Do you hear me? I'm almost through.

Good for you, buddy.

- Wait, something's not right.

- You're telling me.

This must have happened a long time ago.

You're breaking up.

They're all....

They're all...

dead.

Unique and irreplaceable.

They were checked in today, ABC 108.

They checked in today

and every other time.

We saw it on the system.

Do you hear me, Bauer?

I saw it with my own eyes.

It's a lie.

The whole system?

All of it.

It's a lie.

Can't trust anyone anymore.

My God, Bauer.

There's no network.

No connection to other facilities.

Just us and some computer

telling us that we're not alone.

You're not alone, my love.

It's designed to keep us

from losing our minds.

Bauer, are you there?

Where else would I be?

If the system is a lie, automated...

how do we know

if there's anyone else out there?

We don't.

We don't know anything.

We might be the only ones left alive.

My God.

I'm running low on air.

- I'm on my way back.

- I'll be waiting.

As you always say, "Give it enough time,

everything's gonna break."

Guess where I found this?

I don't know, where?

In the toolbox, where I put it.

And I remember putting the toolbox...

right next to your sleep tank,

within easy reach.

Okay, so what is your point?

Yeah, I couldn't believe it either...

so I checked the video recording.

- Just a minute, let's talk about this.

- Don't bother.

You should see the look on your face.

You going nuts, buddy?

Or did you really try to kill me?

Just let me in. We can talk about it.

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