Battalion Page #5

She's okay, she just woke up.

I'll organize you

some breakfast.

Try to relax, Miss.

Hey, hey, look at me.

Look at me!

You're here now,

we're safe, okay.

See?

Arms.

Legs.

All intact.

You did real good.

And we got promoted, both of us.

- Really!

- Yeah.

They made you Lance

Corporal for you know...

Getting shot, I guess.

That takes balls.

What'd you get?

I got Corporal.

I don't know why, I only

got a few cuts and bruises.

No, you deserved it.

You got us out of there.

Not everyone.

(sentimental instrumental music)

So, when do we ship out?

I sail north with the Shark

One Platoon in two weeks.

We're deploying just

outside of Darwin.

But your mission is

to get strong, Glees.

And after that, if you want,

you can stay right

here in Australia.

No...

There's a marine base here,

and they need all the

smart people they can get.

I talked to Jackson, he can

get you a position there.

They have computers and science,

all that nerd stuff you like.

- (shuddering)

- No, I wanna go back!

(sentimental instrumental music)

Just rest up.

Think about it.

We need these people ready

for air transport

in half an hour.

- Can you make that happen?

- Yes, of course.

- What's going on?

- They're here.

Report to your superior

immediately, Corporal.

Blake, what's happening?

They're gonna get you out.

Don't worry, everything's

gonna be fine.

(sentimental instrumental music)

See you soon.

(pensive instrumental music)

(weighty instrumental music)

(blasting)

(weighty instrumental music)

(gunfire)

[Chris] Thinking of

rejoining the fight?

I intend to, sir.

(gunfire)

(slow instrumental music)

Can you believe I found this

chicken just walkin' around?

There's food everywhere here.

Want some?

Hutchins, you

okay with all this?

I don't know, man,

Jackson's our CO.

Yeah, but he's f***in' nuts.

Same as the rest of us.

You should wear

your uniform, Lewis,

you're exposing

yourself to the enemy.

How's this for

exposing myself?

You see? Total disarray.

No one listens to me anymore.

Damn it's hot.

So, was this the

plan all along?

Find yourself a nice

tropical island?

Go AWOL?

It crossed my

mind once or twice.

I thought you of all

people would understand.

Once, maybe.

Not now.

You'll come around.

Don't shoot!

Dreyfus!

God dammit!

Is that chicken?

(laughing)

It's good to see you, buddy.

You too, Corporal Blake.

(slow instrumental music)

So, what happened?

Where'd you end up?

We landed, I don't know,

somewhere west of here.

We lost Lieutenant Macey.

He kept saying we had

to reach the objective.

I think he completely lost it.

Gleeson kept it together though.

She was always the smart one.

Gleeson?

Gleeson is alive?

Last time I saw her.

We got separated

up at the ridge.

Well...

By that I mean I ran away.

After she went ahead

to scout the ridge,

I scanned five drones

heading my way.

I had to get out of there.

(weighty instrumental music)

(gunfire)

(suspenseful instrumental music)

(gunfire)

I should have

stayed, shouldn't I?

I just got scared, you know.

I know we're not

supposed to be scared,

but I'm always scared.

How'd you find your way back?

Hey, you think we

can go find her?

I don't know.

We got so close

to the objective.

There are drones everywhere.

That's okay.

You know why?

Why?

We got this.

This is the machine killer.

This is amazing.

Where did you get it?

From a dead alien.

- What does it do?

- I don't know.

- Let's find out.

- What, right now?

Sure!

Why not?

You should be the

one to test it.

Keep it.

Leave your backpack.

We take rifles only.

We travel light.

Hey! Where are you going?

We're going to find Gleeson.

She might still be alive.

I told you not to

f*** this up, John.

You go out there,

you're not coming back.

God dammit Chris.

What ever happened to never

leaving a marine behind?

They left us all behind.

Why can't you see that?

You do whatever you want.

I'm still a marine!

Then you're a fool!

(pensive instrumental music)

Hey, Gleeson.

Go.

Get some rest.

(sentimental instrumental music)

(panicked shouting)

They're everywhere.

They don't seem

to care about us.

It's nice here.

Yeah.

It's quiet.

I heard about what

happened up north.

Yeah.

It got pretty hairy for awhile.

There's a mission coming

up, an important one.

I know you guys have

been through a lot...

I know.

I heard about it.

Jackson told you.

You wanna go?

Honestly, I'm scared.

But yeah, yeah, I want to.

Me too.

I'm ready.

I think we all are.

I got your back, Glees.

I know.

(weighty instrumental music)

(blasting)

(weighty instrumental music)

(beeping)

Clear.

- You said clear!

- They were sleeping!

Shoot the damn ray gun!

(blasting)

- (gunfire)

- Jesus Christ, it's me!

Blake?

(sentimental instrumental music)

Where have you been?

You! Bastard! Where

the hell did you go?

There was five

drones, I panicked.

Shh, keep your voices down.

All army of drones

up that mountain.

Let's go.

(slow instrumental music)

(gunfire)

Take cover!

[Gleeson] What the hell?

I told you not to

come back, Blake!

Chris, what the f***?

Leave, or we'll be

forced to take you down!

Dude, your brother's

gone completely sideways!

Ugh! What should we do?

Okay, so Jackson's

at the rear,

but they've put themselves

in a narrow spot.

We split 'em up, we

can narrow the odds.

Dreyfus, keep 'em occupied

while Gleeson and I flank 'em.

I'll draw Jackson away.

You get the drop on

the other three.

Sound good?

Yeah, I guess.

What are you gonna

do with Jackson?

Let me worry about that.

Ready?

Ready.

Okay.

Cover me?

Let's move!

(gunfire)

(weighty instrumental music)

Lewis, what the

f*** are we doing?

I don't know, man,

let's take a look.

- (gunfire)

- Ahh!

Hey!

Guns on the ground both of you!

Dreyfus!

Hey! You wanna

taste of this, huh?

Yeah, that's what I thought!

(weighty instrumental music)

(yelling)

(weighty instrumental music)

(suspenseful instrumental music)

(splashing)

(suspenseful instrumental music)

Hey, Chris!

Stop!

It's over, Chris!

We're continuing the mission!

[Chris] You can't

fix this, Blake.

We can if we win.

We can make it right.

What's the point?

I got nothin' left.

We got each other.

We're brothers.

I'm not your brother, John.

I never was.

No!

(gunfire)

No!

(pensive instrumental music)

(gunfire)

(pensive instrumental music)

Get back! Get back!

Go, go, go, go!

(yelling)

(blasting)

Hey, snap out of it!

You're in command!

(weighty instrumental music)

Okay!

Run back to the river!

Hutchins, Dreyfus, we're

holdin' the rear. Go!

(suspenseful instrumental music)

(gunfire)

(blasting)

No!

Go, go!

Go!

(weighty instrumental music)

Where's Hutchins?

He didn't make it.

Aw, sh*t.

So, what now?

There are gonna be drones

swarming all around

us any minute.

I don't care how

many drones there are.

We finish the damn mission!

Gleeson, you've

seen this thing

we're supposed to

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