Oblivion Page #4

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Real romantic.

And then we would die

and be buried in

a meadow by the lake.

And the world would

forget about us.

But we would

always have each other.

I remember.

Those memories are yours, Jack.

They're ours.

They are you.

Good morning.

I wanted to spend

the rest of my life here.

You still can.

I have to go.

Those people need my help.

We'll come back when it's over.

Promise me.

We'll come back when it's over.

You had me worried

for a second.

I thought you

weren't coming back.

Well, I had to prove him wrong.

You look like sh*t.

You should see the other guy.

If I had told you what

you'd find out there,

you would have

thought I was crazy.

I still do.

- Malcolm Beech.

- Julia Harper.

Come on.

VICTORIA:
Mission,

I'm picking up a bio-trail

somewhere near

the West Canyons.

Can you confirm the sequence?

SALLY:
Stand by.

DNA confirmed, it's Jack.

Mission,

185 just went off-grid.

Copy, Tower.

We're seeing the same thing.

I'd been in the army less than a

year when that unholy Tet arrived.

I saw the moon get taken out.

Right up there

in the night sky.

I couldn't believe it.

After that, nature took over.

There's bedrock around Chicago,

so we were spared the worst

of the waves and the quakes.

Most people just starved.

Then the Tet sent

troop ships down.

The doors opened,

and out you came.

Astronaut Jack Harper.

Thousands of you.

Memory wiped.

Programmed to kill.

They had taken one of our best

and turned him against us.

No soul.

No humanity.

The Tet.

What a brilliant machine.

Feeding off one planet

after another for energy.

Phase Two was drones.

Repairmen.

50 years of watching those hydro

rigs suck our planet dry.

Then one day,

I saw you set down.

Another drone to fix.

But in the rubble

that day was a book.

You picked it up.

You studied it.

And I thought I saw a way.

When you stepped in front of

that drone and saved her,

I knew.

You were in there somewhere.

I just had to find

a way to bring you back.

Watch it, watch it.

Eyes on it. Steady.

Give it some space.

Come on, you're

making it nervous.

That is one pissed-off weapon.

No, it's just a machine.

I'm the weapon.

I would love to be there to see

that thing's face

when this goes off.

That would be a one-way trip.

Yeah, but it would be worth it.

Welcome back, Commander.

Open the doors!

- Sh*t!

- Spread out!

MAN:
Head down,

keep your head down!

JULIA:
Jack!

Follow me!

Come on, you son of a b*tch!

JACK:
Hey!

Jack.

I'm okay.

The drone.

Send the drone.

It's gone.

I thought we had it.

I really did.

I can take the bomb myself.

Ah...

You know it will

swat you like a fly.

Not if I go.

No.

She asked you to bring me up.

So bring me up.

We'll go together.

It reminds me of home.

Ready?

Jack.

Dream of us.

Jack!

MALE AUTOMATED VOICE: Flight recorder

playback for the Odyssey mission.

3 May, 2017.

Okay, Bob.

Ready for space?

SALLY:
Good morning, Odyssey, from

your friends here at Mission Control.

JACK:
Good morning, Mission.

This is Commander Jack Harper.

Thank you for that

fantastic wake-up call.

Pre-rendezvous checks complete.

Electrical guidance

and nav systems, all good.

Range behind object,

250 clicks...

12 below V-bar, closure rate

200 kilometers per hour.

Copy that.

It's good to see you, Jack.

After 39 days of sleep, sounds

like you're ready to go.

I'm ready to go.

Your next burn will

bring you up level

and co-speed at 50 kilometer

range, where you'll hold.

Copy. We'll hold

50 clicks from object

for sensor scan and evaluation.

Targets look good.

Initiating burn in 3,2,1...

Ignition.

We see a good burn.

Are you reading any

output from the object?

Negative.

Zero heat. No EMR.

There's no sign of life.

How is the rest

of the crew doing?

Co-pilot Victoria Olsen

should be up here shortly.

The rest of the crew

remains in delta sleep.

Copy that.

You missed a hell

of a game last night.

What did I tell you guys? No

spoilers about last night's game.

I'm looking forward to

watching it when I get back.

You're not talking about

football already, are you?

SALLY:
Good morning, Vika.

VICTORIA:
Good morning, Sally.

How are you doing

this lovely morning?

Another day in paradise.

Hey.

One for history.

Yeah.

SALLY:
Tech-49,

I have you on approach.

Hello, Sally.

It's a busy morning, huh?

I'm picking up

a second passenger, Jack.

It's Julia Rusakova,

the female survivor

from the crashed module.

State your intention.

Deliver the survivor,

as requested.

We are

a more effective team.

Proceed to entry.

JACK:
Mission,

we have a situation.

The last burn was spot-on to give

us a SO-click hold from object,

but radar range

still decreasing.

We're accelerating

toward the object.

We're going to need

full OMS burn to pull away.

Initiate now. Entering target.

- Gimbals set.

- Target's good.

- Arm forward engines.

- Engines on.

Ready? Let's go.

Mission, we're in full OMS

burn, trying to back out.

There's a lot of vibration.

We're not getting

away from this thing.

Odyssey, telemetry shows

structural overstress.

Knock off the burn.

Do you copy?

Cutting off burn.

Mission.

Mission? Mission?

Sally?

Increased acceleration

toward the object.

Estimated contact

within two minutes.

I'm going to eject

the sleep module.

It's programmed for

reinsertion into Earth orbit.

I'll fly the Command module

out if I break free.

- I want you back there now.

- Absolutely not.

- That's an order!

- Jack, no, we're a team.

VICTORIA:
We've got to go,

Jack! 30 seconds!

Dream of us.

Jack!

SALLY:
Tech-49,

enter at headway speed.

Entering at headway.

You buck up, Bob.

Don't go all shaky on me.

SALLY:
Jack,

I can't help notice

your respiration

and heart rate have increased.

I'm just excited to

finally meet you, Sally.

There's been a pattern of

insubordinate behavior recently.

Yeah.

I feel bad about that.

Voice analysis indicates

you are lying to me, Jack.

Tell me why you are here.

You have five seconds.

I want Julia to live.

I want our species to survive.

This is the only way.

Proceed to landing.

Atmosphere provided.

Welcome home, Jack.

Come on.

Jack,

you're doing the right thing.

JACK:
I don't know what you

are, or where you're from,

but I'd like to tell you

about something I read.

A story from Rome,

a city you destroyed.

It's a classic.

There was a guy, Horatius,

held the bridge alone

against a whole army.

And what Horatius said was,

"How can a man die better..."

You don't have to die, Jack.

She doesn't have to die.

Everybody dies, Sally.

The thing is, to die well.

Jack, that's not

the survivor you promised me.

No, it's not.

What Horatius said was,

"How can a man die better."

"Than facing fearful odds".

Drones! Get inside! Get inside!

"For the ashes of his fathers."

"And the temples of his Gods".

SALLY:
I created you, Jack.

I am your God.

F*** you, Sally.

JACK:
Earth, after the war.

Three years have passed

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