Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Page #2

This took place three months ago

during a full-scale bombardment.

Please note the Phantoms outside

the meteor are destroyed.

However, inside, many that

were dormant come to llfe...

...and as you see, overall

Phantom density remains the same.

The newly risen aliens respond to the attack...

...by burrowing deeper into the Earth.

This is very interesting to me, Dr. Sid.

...because we see the same thing during surgery...

...when using bio-etheric lasers

on Phantom particles, do we not?

Yes, indeed we do.

The injured particles escape...

...digging themselves deeper into a patient's body.

When we increase the laser power

to destroy these deeper particles...

...we have had incidents of

further injury to a patient...

...and in some cases...

...death.

What exactly does that mean, Doctor?

It means there's a very good chance...

...the beam from the Zeus cannon

will burn the Phantoms in the meteor.

Exactly! Thank you.

However, it also means that

the beam energy may be too strong...

...injuring the Earth.

Injure the Earth?

You mean the Gaia.

-I mean--

-You mean the spirit of the Earth.

Yes...

...the spirit of the Earth.

Did he say what I think he said?

What are you doing?

I know what I'm doing.

Keep your mouth shut.

This is ridiculous.

With all due respect...

...did you come here to talk

about some Gaia theory?

To tell us that the planet is alive?

That it has a spirit?

That's a fairy tale. And I'm sorry,

but we don't have time for that.

It is not a fairy tale. It is true.

So if I point a gun

at the Earth and fire...

...I'm not just making a hole,

I'm killing the planet.

Dr. Sid, the Gaia theory

has not been proven.

Even if Gaia does exist, won't we

still have to remove the Phantoms?

If there's a chance of success,

we should take it.

-Don't you agree?

-Of course.

But there is an alternative

to the space cannon.

Another method?

-A means of disabling the Phantoms.

-Please.

As we know, the aliens display

a distinct energy pattern.

It is a fact that

two opposing bio-etheric waves...

...placed one over the other

cancel each other out.

It is theoretically possible

to make a wave pattern...

...in opposition

to the Phantom energy.

We are assembling such

a wave and are near completion.

Members of the council...

...gathering plants and animals from around the world...

...to fight the Phantoms

is utter nonsense.

The Zeus cannon is a proven,

effective weapon.

It will kill Phantoms.

Can we afford to wait

for some crazy invention...

...some army of

touchy-feely plants and animals...

...that offers no evidence

that it will destroy the aliens?

There is evidence!

Our partially completed energy wave...

...has successfully stopped

Phantom particles from spreading...

...through a terminally infected patient.

Doctor, do you claim to have evidence that

a terminal patient has been cured?

Not cured. The wave is not complete.

But we've succeeded in containing the

particles safely inside the patient.

Where is the proof?

Here.

You may have bought us some time, Aki.

But I wonder at what cost.

I can't keep hiding in the back

while you protect me.

I want what llfe I have left

to mean something.

When we find

the seventh and eighth spirits--

If we find them.

What we need now is luck.

Luck has nothing to do with it.

Faith and hard work, girl...

...because I'll be damned

if you're going to die before me.

The council decided to postpone

firing the Zeus cannon.

I guess I put on a good show.

Mind if I tag along?

You'll probably get bored.

So, what are you doing?

Oh, I see. You're giving me

the silent treatment.

I'm scanning the city

for the seventh spirit.

Hurry up, Neil.

-Almost got it.

-What are you doing?

We're gonna strand them for a while.

Hey, don't look at me. It was his idea.

This was your idea?

We're just helping the captain out.

Where's your sense of romance?

You've seen how

the captain looks at her.

It's amore, baby.

What's going on?

It's probably just a glitch.

-Listen, Aki--

-I'm still mad at you.

-You're mad?

-Leaving your helmet on.

Not telling me who you were.

That doesn't seem a little childish?

I was upset when you left for

the Zeus Station without a word.

-Now you know what was going on.

-Yeah.

My operation had

to be done in zero grav.

Fine.

I was there on a job

and you wouldn't even see me.

I was probably helping Dr. Sid collect

spirit waves.

-Now I know.

-I'm sorry!

Well, me too! We're both sorry.

Will you tell me about them?

About what?

About the spirits you've collected.

I was infected by a Phantom

during an experiment.

-Normally, no one could have survived.

-How did you?

Dr. Sid created a membrane around

the infection, keeping me alive.

So the first spirit wave was me.

The second was a fish.

A fish?

The third was a deer I found

in a wildlife preserve outside Moscow.

The fourth was a bird.

Ever tried to track a sparrow

from outer space? It's no fun.

-You'd probably love that.

-Right, I probably would.

And then there was that plant

I collected from Times Square.

-I thought that was number six.

-What?

You skipped one.

The fifth was a llttle girl dying

in a hospital emergency room.

I retrieved the sample

in time, but she....

I told her everything had a spirit:

Dogs, cats, trees, llttle girls.

Even the Earth.

I told her she wasn't dying,

but returning to the Earth's spirit...

...to Gaia.

She told me that she was ready to die.

She said I didn't have to make up

stories to make her feel better.

Only 7 years old and ready to die.

I'm sorry.

I have work to do. I have to find

the seventh and eighth spirits.

Don't, please.

You don't believe any of this, do you?

I just don't know, Aki.

Is this why you shut me out?

You should have told me.

I don't know

how much time I have left.

Who does?

I'd better get back to scanning.

Captain Edwards...

...you extracted a Dr. Ross from

Old New York several days ago?

-Yes, sir.

-What were your impressions of her?

She seemed very capable

and determined, sir.

You and the Deep Eyes are being

temporarily reassigned.

You will guard Dr. Ross

when she reenters the wasteland.

Understood, sir.

You don't understand yet, captain.

Report any aberrant behavior

in Dr. Ross to the major immediately.

Aberrant behavior?

The woman carries an alien infestation.

We don't know what it may be doing to her.

Alien presence might affect her judgment.

It may be manipulating the doctor for their very own purpose.

Is the general suggesting

that Dr. Ross is a spy?

The general is wondering why

he's explaining himself to a captain.

She's had prolonged exposure

to Phantom tissue.

If this begins to manifest itself in any way...

...Dr. Ross is to be placed under arrest

and transported here for observation.

It is, in fact, for her own good, Captain.

Of course, sir.

Major, send some of our men

to keep an eye on the good captain.

I'm convinced these dreams

are some form of communication.

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