Higher Power Page #4

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You have four minutes.

That's not enough time!

Control:
That's your problem,

isn't it?

Joe:
Where do I go?

No. No, no, no!

What did you do?

Control:
Their lives mean

nothing in comparison

to the bigger picture, Joe.

Through this door here.

Then grab

one of their key cards.

The main facility

is straight ahead.

The gas has dissipated.

You can take off the mask

now, Joe.

- (Joe cries out)

- (gunshot)

Sabi:
We've lost audio.

(Joe cries out in pain)

Control:
Hurry, Joe.

153 seconds.

(Joe groans)

- (siren buzzing)

- (alarms blaring)

Sabi:
Hold on.

I need to disable the alarm.

(garbled audio)

- Joe:
What?

- Sabi:
Got it.

Resetting audio now.

(garbled audio continues)

Joe:
Where do I go?

- Control:
Straight ahead.

- Joe:
Where?

- Control:
(garbled audio)

- Joe:
What? I can't...

I can't hear you!

- (intense music playing)

- (garbled audio)

(garbled audio)

Where do I go? Where do I go!

- What?

- (garbled audio)

- Control:
(garbled audio)

- Sabi:
Alright, the link is established.

Straight ahead, then left.

Joe:
Okay.

Control:
Stairs dead ahead.

Take the LED device

and snap it in.

- Sorry.

- Control:
43 seconds.

Okay.

(beeping)

The device

to the right of the console

is a thumbprint scanner.

You'll need the thumb.

That's where it goes.

Doctor, we have access

to the core.

Is she safe?

Is she okay?

Answer me!

Answer me!

One last thing.

(mechanics open)

Just inside

there's a throw switch.

Switch it on and she lives.

Sabi:
Okay, we got it.

The generators are up.

Turn it over to me.

I'm sending him in.

Sabi:
Okay.

(ominous music playing)

My work deserves

to be completed, Joe.

(typing)

(sirens buzzing)

(mechanics whir)

Open the door.

Open the door!

- (reactor revving)

- (machine whirring)

- (thud)

- Oh!

(high-pitched sound

intensifying)

(high-pitched buzzing)

Joe:
Stop! Help!

Why are you doing this to me?

Because that's the way

the numbers line up.

- It's in your DNA.

- Please!

(Joe screaming)

(high-pitched buzzing)

And when the universe

decides what it wants...

- (high-pitched buzzing)

- (whirring sound)

It's pointless to resist.

- In five...

- (Joe screaming)

...four, three, two...

So just...

One.

Control:
...embrace it.

(Joe screaming)

(high-pitched buzzing)

- (machine whirring)

- (rumbling)

(helicopter whirring)

(sirens wailing)

(violin playing)

(helicopter whirring)

(rumbling)

Was it successful?

(typing)

(violin continues)

(high-pitched buzzing)

Michael:
Zoe,

it's gonna be okay.

Zoe:
It's not gonna be okay!

(Zoe sobbing)

He's gone.

I could have held him together.

I should have never given up

on him.

(sirens wailing)

If you are just

joining us here is a recap

of what we know right now.

A horrific scene.

A massive explosion

that has destroyed

a government research lab,

Redlock.

They have a long history

of weapons research

with the department of defense.

Now early today authorities...

- (Joe screams)

- ...acknowledged there were...

...rescue workers

that have been...

(Joe screams)

Reporter:
...the cause

of the explosion

is still unknown.

It was heard over

a ten mile distance,

shattering windows

in the adjacent...

(Joe screams)

Reporter:

...they are still at this point

searching for survivors.

Senior management

have refused to comment

on whether or not weapons

were in fact

located at the facility,

which could explain

the level...

You're here now, aren't you?

What did you do to me?

Where are you!

(Reporter continues

in the background)

Reporter:
The FBI has not

determined whether or not...

- Stop f***ing with me!

- There are four fundamental forces, Joe.

- Gravity. Electromagnetism.

- Why are you doing this to me!

The strong nuclear force.

The weak one.

Weakness is something

you're familiar with,

- aren't you Joe?

- I have to call...

Control:

The weak force destroys,

but through that decay

we have the furnace of the sun

that brings life.

It's not work... f***!

(garbled audio)

Why are you doing this to me?

I did what you asked me to!

Let me see her!

Let me talk to her...

Leave us alone!

- (high-pitched buzzing)

- What...

What did you do to me?

(high-pitched buzzing)

Oh God.

(screams)

(Joe screaming)

- (rumbling)

- (buzzing)

(Joe screams)

Amazing.

(Joe breathing heavily)

(screams)

What's happening to me?

Control:
I have blessed you,

Joe.

By taking your

greatest weakness

and turning it into a strength.

The anger, the fear,

the anxiety.

That chaos living inside you

that tore your life apart,

I've harnessed it into a

source of infinite power.

And now I need you

to use that power, Joe.

To do what you've

always wanted.

To keep them together.

To save your family's life.

You were always meant for more,

Joseph Steadman,

But first you need to pass

my tests designed specifically

to unlock

your greatest potential.

But I need you to be strong.

Show me how strong

you really are.

Now get on your feet.

You have fifteen minutes

to get to the next location.

Alright. Whatever, you psycho.

Just point me

in the right direction.

Fifteen minutes, Joe.

And you'll need your gun.

Alright, he's stabilizing.

(breathing heavily)

Joe:
Where's my car?

Where's my car?

How do you...

I can't get there without...

- (bang)

- (groans)

Do you think

there's someone out there?

Your wife in heaven

watching over you?

There is no heaven, Joe.

And your wife is dead.

(Joe screams)

- (high-pitched buzzing)

- (engine revving)

Sabi:
Look at that.

The astonishing thing

about electromagnetism...

is that it has infinite range.

Now you see

how this works, Joe.

The angrier you get,

the more you unlock.

Cause and effect.

Now get on the bike.

Joe:
Alright. Where am I going?

Control:
To see how far

we can push it.

Cause and effect.

(tense music playing)

(tires screeching)

Joe:
Okay. Then what?

Once I'm at this place

what do I do?

Control:
You get inside

and confront this man.

- Joe:
Who?

- Control:
His name is Nico Sola.

The man

who took your daughter Rhea

under his wing after you left.

(engine revving)

The same man

who got her hooked

and kept her that way.

Cause and effect, Joe.

Cause and effect.

(music continues)

Joe:
There are powers out there

that are greater than us

And we can't control.

All we can do is...

is let go.

(clang in slow motion)

Back it up. Now!

- You back it up!

- Woah!

- Relax.

- Joe:
Move!

(electronic music playing

in distance)

(electronic music playing)

Joe:
Hey!

Hey! Are you Nico?

Hey!

Is your name Nico?

- Smile!

- Joe:
Woah!

- (camera clicking)

- (Joe groans)

- (woman laughing)

- (Joe groans)

(Joe screams)

(thud)

(Nico speaking indistinctly)

Nico:
Big bad wolf.

(Nico chuckles)

Name!

Steadman.

Steadman?

Steadman.

(woman crying on TV)

You're Rhea's old man.

- Huh?

- (woman crying continues)

Okay.

(laughs) Okay.

Okay.

Here we go.

You don't understand.

You just...

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