Edge of Tomorrow Page #4

CARTER:
Okay.

So this is the first time

we've had this conversation.

- You should try this on him.

- What is that?

It doesn't work.

Has he had any visions yet?

Visions of what?

There's still time.

- Yes.

- Time? Look, I'm sorry.

Who is this? Who are you?

I'm Dr. Carter. Particle physics.

Advanced microbiology.

He's also the only other person who'll

believe what's happening to you.

No one understands mimic

biology better than him.

He's a top analyst at Whitehall.

Well, I mean, I was until I

met Rita and now I'm just...

a "mechanic with

psychiatric delusions."

Carter.

Show him.

Yeah, right.

Right. Well, first of all...

you're not fighting an army.

You have to think of this

as a single organism.

Now, these common drones,

they act like its claws.

And Alphas, like the one that

you killed, are much more rare.

CARTER:
Yeah. They're like one in...

- ...6.18 million, by my guess.

- RITA:
Yes.

They act as the enemy's...

They're like its central

nervous system.

But this...

is the brain.

It controls them all.

And this is the Omega.

And the Omega has the

ability to control time.

Whenever an Alpha is killed...

an automatic response is triggered.

The Omega starts the day over again.

But you see, this time, it can remember

what's going to happen just like you do.

CARTER:
It knows exactly what we're

gonna do before we're gonna do it.

- And an enemy that knows the future can't lose.

- It can't lose.

But if that's true, how

did you win at Verdun?

We were allowed to win.

This thing wants us to

believe we can win.

It wants us to throw everything

we have into the invasion.

Operation Downfall isn't our

endgame it's the enemy's.

CARTER:
The thing you've got to

understand is this is a perfectly evolved...

world-conquering organism.

For all we know, there are

millions of those asteroids...

floating around in the

cosmos like a virus.

They're just waiting to crash-land into

a world with just the right conditions.

All they need is for the dominant

life form to attack and:

RITA:
There'll be nothing

to stop the mimics...

from conquering the

rest of the world.

Unless you change the outcome.

Me?

When you killed that Alpha, you inadvertently

entered the enemy's nervous system.

Cage, you've seized control of the

Omega's ability to reset the day.

- How's that even possible?

- CARTER:
Perhaps this organism's...

only vulnerability,

its only vulnerability...

is humanity.

Regardless of that,

you control the power now.

Just as I did in Verdun.

So I'm resetting the day?

Okay.

How do I control it?

You have to die.

Every day.

Until the Omega's destroyed.

First of all...

this is a terrific presentation.

Terrific.

I know the general.

We should take this to him.

- You just tell him everything you told me.

- I went to see the general.

Any number of times.

Psych ward. Dissection. Remember?

What are you expecting from me?

Have you seen anything strange?

Is he shitting me?

Visions.

Visions. Have you seen

any visions like that?

The Omega senses when it's

losing control of its power.

Even now it's mentally

searching to find you.

RITA:
When it's close to finding

you you will start having visions.

- You'll start to see that.

- You'll even see where it is.

And you had these visions?

Yes.

But eventually you saw it.

I mean, you actually saw it.

Right?

Never in the flesh.

So this is all just some...

theory.

You don't know if this

thing even exists.

The visions showed me it was

at Verdun. I could see it. I...

I just...

lost the power before

I could get to it.

CARTER:

And by the time we took Verdun...

the Omega was gone.

Okay. So all I have to do is...

wait to have these visions...

and then tell you where

this Omega thing is.

No. Cage.

You're gonna get me there.

And I'm gonna kill it.

Get you there?

I'm not even trained for combat.

COMPUTER:
Reload.

Reload.

[GRUNTING]

Are you all right, Cage?

I think I broke something.

What?

My back.

The only thing I can

feel are my lips.

Now listen carefully. This

is a very important rule.

This is the only rule.

You get injured on the field,

you better make sure you die.

Why?

Last time I was in combat...

I was hit.

I was bleeding out.

Just not fast enough.

I woke up in a field hospital...

with three pints of someone

else's blood and I was out.

I lost the power. Do you understand?

Think we better start over.

- Don't you?

- What?

Aah!

FARELL:
No one knows what

happened to Private Cage!

You dumb-ass. He was

right next to you.

You don't know where that

slippery son of a b*tch went?

No, sarge!

All right.

Let's do another 50, shall we?

And one!

No, wait! Wait.

My name is Bill Cage.

I... We met on the beach.

We meet on the beach. Tomorrow.

I have what you had.

Ugh. All right, let's go again.

You don't have time

to think. Remember.

It's not enough knowing

where they're going to be.

You have to know how to kill them.

Hold on. Hold on. Listen. List...

Okay. Do it.

Unh!

On your feet, maggot!

CAGE:
Stop! Wait! Wait, wait, wait!

Stop! Wait! Wait a second!

Wait a sec. Wait a second.

You know, I've been thinking.

I mean, this thing's in my blood.

So maybe there's some way...

I can transfer it to you.

I've tried everything.

It doesn't work.

I mean, have you...

you know...

tried all the options?

Oh, you mean sex. Yep. Tried it.

How many times?

All right.

Left.

Left! Left, left!

Keep your eyes open.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Again.

Just wait! Wait.

I think I'm okay.

Unh!

On your feet!

Maggot! Maggot!

I'm trying to be nice

to you, maggot! Move!

RITA:
You okay, Cage?

Oh yeah, yeah! I'm good! I'm good!

Your leg's broken.

No. I can still feel my toes.

Oh, come on.

Aah!

CARTER:
Rita. Rita. What is this?

What are you doing here?

- Who's this guy?

- He's me...

- ...before Verdun.

- Before Verdun.

What do you mean? He's...?

- Yes. Yes.

- When did he die?

- Where?

- On the beach. Tomorrow.

I'm Bill Cage. You're Dr. Carter.

We've had this conversation before.

Two fingers behind your back.

I've had the visions.

I've seen the Omega.

CARTER:
Um...

It's pretty much game over tomorrow.

So can we move this along?

Okay. Where?

There's a dam.

It's in the mountains.

I saw German writing.

RITA:
Do you think you can

work out where that is?

I mean, there can't be... too many

places that fit that description.

I'll see what I can do.

Training's over.

I'll see you tomorrow.

We don't even know

where we're going.

We will soon enough.

In the meantime, you need to figure

out a way to get us off that beach.

RITA:
What next? Where are we going?

Which way? Focus. Which way?

- I'm thinking.

- Okay.

CAGE:
Oh, man!

RITA:
How far did we make it?

You know, it's hard to say, really.

CAGE:
Hold! Hold!

Okay, go!

Son of a b*tch!

I thought stepping left, ducking...

Just for the record.

- It was pretty specific.

- Stepping left, ducking right.

Stepping left,

ducking right. Move on.

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