Exploding Sun Page #12

We've got to be here for them.

It's, it's okay. We'll be safe here.

Shouldn't we try to find Uncle Robert?

Uncle Robert's not in his apartment,

honey.

We already checked.

We were supposed to go see my brother,

but I think he left

the building before we came.

A lot of people did.

Once the lightning started people

wanted to head to lower ground so,

so they left.

I'm JJ Elias. Bloody hand for you.

Amy.

Nice to meat you Amy.

This is Maya

Maya, it's a pleasure.

Are we going to be okay here?

Yes... we will.

My apartment is completely safe.

Okay. Ahhh!

I have an idea.

Why don't we have

an ice cream party, huh.

I have a freezer and it's filled with

ice cream and if we don't eat it,

it's going to melt. What do you say?

Do you have chocolate?

Okay, chocolate ice cream come right up.

Thank you.

I got England!

Who?

10 Downing Street.

Mr. Prime Minister,

this is President Mathany.

Mr. President.

What is your condition?

Most, if not all of the

country is without power.

We're re-establishing contact

with all branches of the military,

but it's slow going.

I'm afraid it's much the same.

We're tracking the situation.

I'm seeing the British relay stations.

They're going offline.

Mr. Prime Minister,

are you in a safe location?

We're seeing something

happening to you're relay stations.

I'm good as can be hoped for.

We'll try survive the night.

God bless us. God save the Queen.

It's gone.

You okay?

Has anyone heard from

Cheryl and her team?

No, Mr. President.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.. whoa, easy, easy

I'm Commander Don Wincroft

Stand down. Commander it's an honor.

We got a message from the

President saying you were coming.

Where's the base Commandant?

Before we lost contact

with command we heard that

what the earth was experiencing

was the beginning of the end.

A lot of people left to

be with their families.

So who's senior officer now?

At the moment, that would be you sir.

Open the gate.

I can't believe you guys, you shameless.

We made a few improvements,

leather bucket seats, mp3 player

That must be the command trailer.

Yeah, yeah. That's it.

Let's go check it out.

Where are you going?

Inside. I want to see what

a scalar bomb looks like.

Jesus...

the military would weaponize

a toaster if they could.

Oh hell.

Almost there.

Wincroft, we got a problem.

What?

What's military protocol for detonating

any high-powered strategic device?

It takes two command officers

turning two separate key switches

simultaneously located

more than six feet apart to... Oh hell.

Yeah, it's designed so that one

person can't flip both switches.

You can't do this alone buddy.

Can't you rig something

so that I could do it alone?

Not in the time I got.

Well, you're not coming.

Yeah, I am.

No, I don't want you to.

Yeah, me neither.

I'll take somebody else,

one of the guards.

Come on. They don't know the

ships systems the way I do.

Besides with that arm of yours,

you can barely put your clothes on.

It might be that you need someone

to actually do something a bit more

than flip a switch up there.

You're staying here.

Why's that?

So you can go out

the big hero alone again?

Put NASA back on the map, eh?

No, dammit! I need you here for Cheryl.

Anything happens to me...

you're the only person

I trust to look after her.

What? Do I strike you as

someone that needs taking care of?

I... -I got news for you buzz.

If anything happens to you,

it won't matter who

you leave to babysit me

because we're all screwed.

So park the testosterone

and finish suiting up!

I want the crate in

the air in 5 minutes.

You know on second thought,

maybe you should come along.

Maybe safer than staying here,

huh? Yeah.

Come on, come on.

Time to say good bye.

Commander? Doctor Bakus?

What's up Reggie?

We're losing satellites.

I don't know how much

longer I'll be getting telemetry.

Got it.

I Gotta go.

Come back soon, okay.

I'm sorry for yelling.

Come on, I had that coming.

I was acting like a jerk.

No, I mean ever.

Craig?

Yeah?

You want to know how you lost me?

By thinking you didn't deserve me.

You want to know how I let you go?

Cause I knew that I didn't

Do you ever get tired

of being wrong?

Here... -No...

Yes, for luck.

Thank you.

- You ready?

- Yeah, yeah.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

So you and Cheryl made up, huh?

Better late than never, right?

So what did she have

to say for herself?

Said that I'm a better lover than you

and while we're away I should

probably give you a few pointers.

It's going to be

a long flight this time.

Hell yeah

Gentlemen, you're cleared for takeoff.

Good luck.

Roger that.

It's taking way too long to

get to fifty-thousand feet.

The air is way too thin.

It's making it difficult for the

ship to achieve launch altitude.

We got to get to forty seven.

Roger that.

Forty-two thousand.

Craig, if we fail to

reach launch altitude,

can we still fire the nuclear

propulsion engine?

Detonating a nuclear device

in this volatile atmosphere

is a very bad idea.

Forty-three thousand.

Dammit! We're losing altitude.

Forty-two thousand five hundred.

Forty-two.

Craig I'm going to fire the nuke.

Wait!, just give me a chance.

Go... If this kills us,

I'm gonna kill you...

There goes

Five G's... six

Hold it!

X-57, this is control, can you hear me?

Come in X-57

Keep trying.

Dr. Wincroft,

just because I can't raise

them doesn't mean anything.

I mean we've lost just about

every major satellite we have.

I know.

You okay?

Yeah. You?

Yeah, I'm okay.

Okay, try again.

Yeah.

X-57, this is control can you hear me.

Come in X-57. X-57, come in.

It's getting worse.

Yeah. Yeah it is.

Before, when you said that

we were going to be safe here,

you were lying, right?

No, no, I was lying,

I was being optimistic.

It's different.

I'm sorry about your father...

The picture I recognize him

from the news.

You must have been

very proud of him?

You know it takes a very special kind

of kid to have parents like I did.

They weren't there. They were out there.

Helping others...

and I was getting older to live up

to that standard that selflessness.

I ah...

don't think I have it in me.

It's okay, honey.

Lie down, its nothing.

It's going to be fine.

Hey, just hang in there okay?

It's going to be fine.

You're being optimistic again.

It's all I got.

Don. Hey, hey!

How long have we've been out?

Remember that solar shield

you were bragging about?

Now would be a good time to deploy it.

Dammit! it's not responding.

What a shocker.

Daddy?

Hey, baby. How you holding up?

I'm scared. How about you?

Well let's not give up

on hope just yet, alright?

Tom,

Thomas, I'm sorry about before.

I didn't realize

how hard I was taking this.

That's understandable.

But I'm okay now. I'm good.

I'm good.

Don't shoot, hold your fire.

President Thomas Mathany

is no longer fit to serve.

I invoke the Presidential

Succession Act

and I am taking command.

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