Disaster L.A. a.k.a. Apocalypse L.A. Page #3

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...and assist family members or neighbors

who may be vulnerable...

- ...if exposed to extreme heat or cold.

- I think I see more people.

Locate a flashlight with

batteries to use until power comes back on.

- Do not use candles, as this can cause a fire.

- What was that?

The power clicked back on.

Check the breaker.

Turn off sensitive electric equipment.

Turn off major electric appliances

that were on when the power went off.

This will help to prevent power surges

when electricity is restored.

Keep your refrigerator and freezer doors closed

as much as possible to keep cold in--

- I think that's it.

- Yup, that's it.

Do not use the stove to heat your home.

Power's back on.

Is there anything we should be doing,

like trying to call police?

I tried that. It's not working.

Let's see what's going on.

If you're just joining,

reports are coming in over the waves...

...that thousands of people

are now becoming extremely ill...

...due to what is believed to be toxins

released from the glacial meteors...

Turn it up.

...that made landfall just a while ago.

Reports started coming in over the radio

that people were becoming sick...

...and forced the government to quarantine the

city until they figure out exactly what's going on.

We've been hearing

that people are becoming mentally ill...

...and in some cases,

showing extreme violence.

- Symptoms that can--

- What are they saying?

Is there something in the smoke

that's making people violent?

--began quarantining the city

just under an hour ago.

- Is that possible?

- We can't stress this enough.

Do not come into contact with anyone

who may show these symptoms...

..for they are considered

extremely dangerous...

...and not to mention, possibly contagious.

Baby, baby, hang in there.

We're gonna get you help, okay?

- How much further?

- Just a few more blocks.

Easy, easy, easy.

- Scott, get over here.

- Oh, my God, what happened?

We don't know. Just get over here and help.

- Easy, easy, easy.

- Watch it.

- Scott, she needs your help, man.

- I'm not a doctor.

Yeah, I know that.

Just do something, damn it, please.

Jesus Christ, she's burning up.

Somebody grab some towels.

- Put some water on them, okay?

- I'm on it.

My God, her heart sounds like

it's gonna explode.

Do we have any aspirin?

- Somebody get some aspirin.

- Scott, please help.

- Please help.

- Astrid, it's gonna be okay.

John, get a flashlight too.

Scott, what else?

I don't know, goddamn it.

Oh, please.

Please. Please help.

Please.

It's all right. Give me the aspirin, John.

- Here, here.

- Thank you.

- Baby?

- Hang in there.

How did this start?

She just was acting funny

and then she started bleeding.

- I don't know.

- Did she take any other kind of medications?

- Anything at all?

- I don't know.

- Come on, yes or no?

- No.

Here's the towel.

Okay. There we go.

All right, there. Take some of these.

- Try and swallow.

- Try to get some in there.

It's just like the TV said.

What? What are you talking about?

Something in the smoke,

it's making people sick.

Astrid's not the only one.

It's happening all across the city.

What's causing it?

They don't know.

It has to be some type of amoeba

or spore.

You know, something inhaled

through the smoke.

Wait, wait. If that's the case,

then why aren't we all sick, huh?

We've all inhaled some of that stuff, right?

Yeah, but from what I've studied,

if it's a respiratory virus...

...some show effects immediately

and it may not affect others at all.

What's happening?

She's convulsing. Hold her arms.

What? Wait, what?

Hold her arms down.

- Baby. Come on, baby.

- Astrid?

Hold on. Baby.

Do something, goddamn it.

Would you do something?

Is she okay?

It's okay.

Do something.

She's dead.

What?

Astrid?

Baby?

No.

No!

I need a drink.

No.

Okay.

Okay, we need to come up with a plan.

Plan? What kind of plan?

Plan to get out of here.

You did see what happened.

But you heard the TV,

they're quarantining Los Angeles.

- Where are we gonna go?

- I don't know.

But unless we wanna end up like Astrid,

we really don't have a choice.

Well, Scott, you said so yourself.

It can affect each one of us differently.

And that means any one of us

could start showing symptoms at any minute.

Now what can we do?

Who's got a plan?

We could all head to the coast.

Follow the beach up north.

It's actually not such a bad idea, you know.

The coastal winds will help dilute the air

so it'll be less threatening to breathe it there.

Okay, well, how will we get there?

I mean, who has a car close by?

My roommates.

It's in the parking garage on 28th.

It's a walk, but I think we can make it.

All right.

All right, that's what we're gonna do.

We're gonna take the car to the coast

and we're gonna drive ourselves out of here.

We're taking her with us.

Nate, uh....

You can't be serious.

I can't just leave her here.

Just look at her. She's gone.

I don't care, all right?

We're taking her with us.

Jesus, Nate, John's right.

Okay, man, listen to logic.

All right, I know it's hard

to accept Astrid's gone, okay?

For all we know, she may be contagious.

We can't take that risk. We have to go.

- And we have to leave her.

- No.

Yeah, man, just have a drink and calm down.

I don't want a goddamn drink, okay?

Look, either we're taking her with us

or I'm staying. Do you understand?

I'm not about to abandon her

like some kind of dead dog.

I'm not gonna do that.

Don't ask me to do that.

- Either we take her or I'm staying.

- She's gone.

We can't take a dead body with us.

We don't have room in the car.

Astrid?

Astrid?

Help! Help!

Astrid?

Get her off me! Get her off me!

Did that or did that not just happen?

Scott.

Is she all right?

She's dead.

She's freaking dead.

The whole city could be like this.

Anybody else think

it's time for us to get out of here?

Nate?

All right.

The sun's gonna be down soon.

So if we're gonna do this, we do it now.

Grab only what you need.

We'll leave this house in five minutes.

This is it.

- Come on, Scott, do you live here or not?

- You've got to--

I never used the back entrance.

I'm a little bit nervous.

I've never stolen a car before.

- Scott, stop talking and open the door.

- Okay, I got it.

So, what's the plan?

What roads are we taking?

I say we take Lincoln all the way to Wilshire

then hop on the 1 north up to Malibu.

We have to make a stop first.

Whoa, whoa. Wait. Wait a minute.

We're not stopping anywhere.

You're talking about Tori?

I have to make sure she's okay.

You have no idea where she is right now.

She could be in a car heading out of town.

- Or worse, she could be sick.

- It sounds risky.

I don't care what you guys think.

It's on the way.

And if you're adamant against it,

I'll go alone.

It's on the way?

Yes.

If she's not there, we go without her. Got it?

Yeah.

All right.

Let's go.

Guys. My roommate's car

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