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shortly after you shot me?

- It was an accident.

- What happened?

I untied everyone, uh, a gun went off,

and then I woke up in bed next to you.

That's it. That's all I remember.

Sonny probably shot you.

Or maybe your boyfriend.

Grimm wouldn't do that.

Do you love him?

Grimm was the one who helped me survive.

I owe him.

So he's the reason

you joined up with the Bloc?

Five months in Torus custody

was pretty convincing.

Ren, it was my idea to rob you.

I was angry.

But I also wanted to see you.

To make sure you were okay.

That's the truth.

Hannah, just come with me.

Ren, there is a war on.

You come with me.

Oh, my God.

To the Bloc? Come on.

You say you wanna solve

the world's energy crisis,

- but you just wanna run away.

- Yes, with you.

No, it's time we end this.

Fine. Fine.

- Fine, shut down the ARQ.

- No.

No, not until we're in control.

If we shut down the ARQ

and Sonny kills either one of us...

- We're dead for good.

- Which is why we need to kill them first.

No. They're not murderers.

Sonny is. He will shoot me.

That's how it plays out.

Then I will make sure that he can't.

They're my subordinates.

Ren, they will do what I say.

Even Sonny?

Ren, please.

I don't want anybody else to get hurt.

This is gonna work.

Just not too tight, okay?

Trust me.

Hey, guys!

Get in here!

What's going on?

I know where his scrips are.

Untie me.

That was easy.

Does he have any more apples?

So you broke cover?

Betraying me for money?

You're pathetic.

I want him to know the truth.

Say cheese, bud.

Check 'em.

All right, let's move. I don't wanna

be stuck in Torus territory after dark.

What about lover boy?

He's seen our faces.

No, he won't say anything.

I guess it's your lucky day, champ.

Everyone search.

Take anything we can hock.

And look for air mask filters.

We're running low.

What about the Cuz killer?

We could probably strip it for parts?

Hey, genius.

What's that thing do anyway,

besides fry people?

That's right.

You were a military engineer at Torus.

So that's why it's

like a weapon or something?

We're taking it with us.

What's it do?

We'll find a use for it.

Listen to me, Ren.

I'm sorry, but it has to be this way.

She didn't tie your legs back up.

Do you know you're still on Torus payroll?

Torus didn't want word getting out

that you disappeared

with their most valuable possession.

Whatever the hell that is.

What's that thing run on, anyway?

Love.

My grams always used to say

that love made the world go round.

But then, she was sick in the head

with the kuru virus, so...

Mobius Common.

Identify yourself.

Ouroboros forty-six clear niner-four.

Request recon crush-down

for Operation Riverrun. Over.

Triangulating coordinates.

Stand by.

ZMP fiver-Delta is in proximity.

Drop time imminent.

Copy. Out.

Did Torus promise your freedom

if you found me?

You know they're lying, but I can help.

Is that the best you got?

Oh.

That'll smart.

How do I disable it?

I use that?

What's the login?

What's the login?

Hannah.

Hannah?

Seriously?

Well, I guess that's romantic.

I get paid whether I bring you back

dead or alive.

What's the login?

You're running out of time.

Is that the best you...

Hannah, wake up.

Sonny shot me.

- Sonny's a merc. Torus sent him.

- Torus?

What do we do?

Play along.

Did he just say "play along"?

I don't know.

I was asleep.

You idiots scared the sh*t out of me.

You're four hours early.

Cuz is dead.

He got electrocuted

by some crazy machine in the garage.

Grimm.

- Did you f*** him?

- No.

The plan, remember?

- Get Renton to let his guard down.

- Yeah, but not your guard.

Stop it.

We fell asleep after talking all night.

That's it.

Then... what?

Give me five minutes alone with Renton.

Leave you two alone together?

Yeah, that won't look at all suspicious.

Just go to the kitchen and eat.

That's believable.

We're not here to eat.

He has apples.

Nobody has apples anymore.

He does.

Okay. All right.

Go on.

Were you brats playing doctor?

Just leave us alone.

Give me your scrips.

You got five minutes.

You're not taking the ARQ.

We need to tell Grimm about Sonny.

I don't trust him.

I don't even trust you right now.

Renton, if Sonny's a merc,

we need all the help we can get.

The air is too toxic to breathe.

Our water, a poisonous ink.

Summer is cold. Winter's hot.

And now that the birds are extinct,

the only species left...

You know, I heard this broadcast before.

- Must be a repeat.

- That's because Torus have her.

You got a real negative attitude,

you know that?

...what happened

to continental Australia

will happen to the entire planet.

It will be 10,000 years

before anyone can step foot

on that radioactive rubble again.

What's that?

Kerosene.

It's ours now.

Torus will plunder.

The company will consume

until there's nothing left to consume.

Torus claims they're humanity's savior.

Take them true for what they really are,

our executioner.

You cut that into four pieces?

So?

So there's three of us.

- Yeah, well, Hannah makes four.

- Oh, don't say her name, dummy.

Where'd he go?

God!

He escaped while you idiots

were stuffing your faces.

- It was your idea.

- Yeah, well, you took too long.

He's probably long gone.

The scrips, too.

- Nah, he's still in the house.

- How do you know?

Hunch.

You two search the main floor.

Me and Grimm will take the basement. Go.

- We should stick together.

- Go.

- What are you doing?

- We need to kill Sonny.

Sonny?

Sonny?

Don't look at me like that.

Why would Torus care about

a few thousand scrips?

No, they don't care about the money.

They care about this.

What's special about this thing?

It's a time machine.

At 6:
11, Cuz was electrocuted,

which shorted the ARQ

and caused time to loop.

- A time loop?

- Yes.

And Torus sent Sonny to take the ARQ back.

- Hannah, Sonny's a friend.

- Some friend.

He's already killed you once.

Probably more.

Did you find him?

No... but he killed Brother.

He's lying.

Where'd you get that?

- Where is he?

- He's gone.

Aw, and he left you here all alone?

No. Renton only cares about himself.

And the ARQ.

Is it over?

Let's shut this damn thing down.

Is the ARQ spinning faster?

I have no idea.

September 19th.

That was the last time we saw each other.

If I could relive one day,

I'd...

Grimm.

Oh, my God. He's alive.

Grimm. Grimm, look at me.

Look at me. You're gonna be okay.

Get a first aid kit or something!

Okay.

F***!

Oh, f***!

- What are you doing?

- Stand back.

We don't have air masks.

- Why is this loop different?

- Sonny's aware of the time loops.

- Sonny's aware, how?

- I don't know. How did you become aware?

- I just woke up and remembered.

- Me, too.

- So is remembering just random?

- No.

No, no, no, no.

The ARQ emits electromagnetic frequencies

that could affect memory.

We're farthest away from the ARQ

when it resets.

Yeah, which is why

the effect wore off on us first.

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