Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Page #3

The message still eludes me...

...but they're coming faster now

and that can only mean one thing.

The Phantoms inside me

are beginning to win.

Our target is 50 klicks

west of Tucson.

Phantom concentration?

Not good.

We've got big metas everywhere.

It's gonna be a real picnic.

Stick close to me. No heroics today.

Everything by the book.

By the book. Right.

If we drop energy buoys

here, here and here...

...we can acquire the target and get

out before they know we were there.

The buoys attract the Phantoms?

-Yeah.

-For a while.

So you're from the 307th, right?

Under General Hein?

Ever done wasteland recon before?

It can get pretty ugly.

Captain, rendezvous for evac at

vector 6, coordinate 279.

Roger. Stay alert for hostiles.

Looks llke they've taken the bait.

The seventh spirit should be

just beyond that llne of wreckage.

How could any llving thing

survive out here?

We'll find out soon enough.

This was the Phantom Cleansing Mission.

It was supposed to end the war.

My father's in here somewhere.

All right.

Let's move out, people.

I'll be damned.

A survivor.

What's it doing out here?

Hoping for llfe to return.

Is that our spirit, doc?

No.

We're closing in on the llfe form.

-Distance?

-Hard to say. We're very close.

I don't see anything.

-You're not gonna tell me it's him?

-That's impossible.

It's not the soldier. It's his ovo-pac.

How do you explain that? The pacs power

our weapons, the barrier cities....

I mean it's just bio-etheric energy.

To create that energy we use

llving tissue. Single-cell organisms.

-You're telling me that his backpack is the seventh spirit?

-Yes.

We have incoming.

Captain? Do read me?

Say again?

We have incoming.

Ryan, get the soldier's pac.

I need a hand! Sarge!

-Those buoys? They're not working.

-Yeah.

-Are you all right?

-Of course, I am.

Let's get the hell out of here!

Something's not right. This shouldn't be happening.

Something's attracting them.

Aki!

-They're right on us, sir, closing in fast!

-Jane, take the lead.

Fire in the hole!

Get us out of here, Neil.

-Sir, I would love to, but I ...

-Just do it!

Okay, that's it.

That doesn't look good.

We have to get her to a hospital.

-You have your orders, sir.

-What the hell's going on?

Dr. Ross is to be taken

into custody now, sir.

Lower your weapons. That's an order!

Sir, we have no choice, but to relieve you of your command.

I won't let you do this, soilder. You'll have to shoot me.

Stand down, Captain!

Aki!

Hang on, everyone!

That's enough.

Hands where I can see them now.

Deep Eyes, hard to starboard!

Neil, get us back to New York, fast!

The Deep Eyes are returning from the wastelands, sir.

Apparently there was an incident.

It would seem the Phantoms

were attracted to Dr. Ross.

The crew barely escaped

with their lives.

Captain Edwards is still in command.

Issue an order.

I want Edwards and Dr. Ross

placed under arrest.

All research materials pertaining

to Dr. Sid's wave theory...

...are to be confiscated immediately.

That might not go over

well with the council.

What a tragedy that would be.

This is perfect. The good captain

has opened the door for us.

By tommorow morning, the council will be at our feet...

...thanking us for exposing

the traitors and imploring us...

...to save them from the Phantoms.

How is she, doctor?

-She is dying.

-There must be something you can do.

Aki is fighting with

only six of the spirits.

We'll have to implant the seventh

directly into her chest plate.

It took a bullet. I think it might be damaged.

We have to repair this panel quickly.

Her vital signs are dropping.

Aki is slipping away from us.

She needs a sympathetic spirit

to help hold her in this world.

I can think of none better suited

for that task than yours, captain.

-I don't understand.

-You don't have to understand.

You just be with her now.

You keep her here with us.

Aki? Where are we?

On an alien planet.

How is that possible?

I'm not entirely sure.

You seem pretty calm.

I've been having this dream

every night for months.

Dream?

Well, whatever it is.

You're really here, aren't you?

What's happening to me?

Sid is implanting the seventh spirit

directly into your body.

Then you're my spiritual support.

Gray, how sweet of you.

Look, I don't think you realize

how serious this situation is.

Something you should see here, sir.

And I am watching what, major?

It seems Dr. Ross has been

recording her dreams.

And why would I be interested in...

...her dreams?

This is it. This is our evidence.

She's under the influence

of the Phantoms.

The dreams should be all the council

needs to authorize the Zeus cannon.

The council is content to hide cowardly

inside this barrier...

...while the world dies

more every day.

I believe they need a push

in the right direction.

Get together a group

of your most trusted men.

What are they doing ?Why are they staring at us?

Not at us.

Welcome back, captain.

Is it over?

How is she, doctor?

She'll be fine.

But this is only temporary.

We'll need to find the eighth

and final spirit to cure her.

Aki, can you hear me?

I finished it.

I know what it means.

I know what the Phantoms really are.

Nobody move! You're all under arrest!

We have them, sir.

Sir?

My wife and daughter...

...were killed by Phantoms in the

San Francisco Barrier when the city was attacked.

Did I ever tell you that?

I try to imagine what

that must have been llke...

...seeing everyone around you

fall over dead for no apparent reason.

And then, at the end,

feeling something next to you...

...invisible...

...touching you...

...reaching inside your body....

You've lost family, haven't you?

Yes, sir.

That's why I trust you.

All of you.

You know what must be done.

Security override.

Perimeter breach.

What's happening?

Major, arrest these men.

-Take it easy.

-Stand up. Go.

You are relieved of your post.

Don't ask questions.

Reduce power to Sector 31.

Sir, you do realize that the Phantoms--

What I realize...

...is we must force the council

to take action.

25% of energy pipe alpha redirected.

Lowering power output to Sector 31.

Barrier breach in Sector 31, General.

They're coming through now.

We can handle

a few Phantoms in a contained space.

Relax, major. When this night's over,

you're going to be a hero.

-Aki I don't think ...

-You were in my dream, Gray. You saw it.

I'm not sure what I saw.

How can you be?

Captain, please, let her continue.

Why do you think

we've never been able to determine...

...a relationship between the human-sized Phantoms and the giant ones roaming the wastelands?

Excuse me, doc,

but what frigging relationship?

I mean you got your human-sized Phantoms,

and your creepy caterpillary Phantoms...

...your flying Phantoms and let's not forget my personal favorite...

...the big, fat, giant Phantoms.

Down, boy.

He's right. If you've spent as much time in the field as we have...

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