One Under the Sun Page #5

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will make it out of here alive.

We're all in this... Together.

Again, thanks, everyone, for

sharing tonight. It was good.

You look familiar.

Have you been here before?

No, it's my first time.

Anything to share?

Not tonight.

Just not ready.

Well, take your time.

Thank you.

Hang out.

Enjoy the cake and coffee.

- The coffee is really good.

- Oh, really?

The cakes are kind of stale.

Hmm.

Chocolate and caffeine.

You've picked up some bad

habits, since you've got back.

Lucien.

How are you feeling?

I feel great.

You're relieved?

Yeah, I though I'd become a monster.

Because you survived?

Now I can sense things.

I can do things.

I can do everything I want to do,

except the thing I want to do the most.

See Amelia again.

You'll see Amelia again.

Maybe not in your time frame,

but in time.

Sounds like something sissy would say.

I know I'll see Amelia again.

I know it.

And I know that's

the reason why I'm still here.

But why else?

Why? "Why" is the most useless

question in the universe.

And yet, it is the question

we are born asking.

And it's only answered when we die.

So you know the answer,

now that you're dead?

I know that we should not fear this.

As for the rest,

your guess is as good as mine.

Remember what we saw when

we flew away from earth?

Remember how even Robert

was moved to poetry?

Yeah, and Elvis said that he felt

like he overdosed on ecstasy.

Yeah, well, Elvis...

So if a spiritual experience

can cause a cognitive shift,

why can't it cause a physical

evolution, as well?

Someone just took your picture.

Go now.

Lucien.

I'm just not sure, man.

Yeah, remains to be seen.

Target's been spotted, headed West.

West.

She's headed to her house.

We'll get there first.

Let's hit it!

Come on. Let's go.

What are you waiting on?

Let's hit it!

Oh God.

What have I done?

What have I done?

Lost?

Seems kind of silly that you can

find your way home from Mars,

and then get lost in your own hometown.

Lost.

That's a good word to describe

how I feel. I'm lost.

You heard what they're saying

about our mission,

that it was all for nothing,

that it cost a fortune

and everybody died.

Except I didn't.

An inconvenient truth.

You have to tell people

why we went to Mars.

People think that it was

to find humanity a new home.

It wasn't?

What do you think?

I think... I think the real purpose

was to look back

at our world and see it.

Really see it, you know?

The home of all humanity. No borders.

No barriers. Just us.

That's what I think.

Exactly,

and you can share that message.

I can't preach to anyone.

I'm not Jesus, or Mohammad, or Buddha.

Or Neo.

But who's talking about preaching?

I'm talking about showing, not telling.

You already know what you can do.

You've already felt it.

We've come so far as a species,

but sometimes, we get lost.

And every so often,

someone special comes along

to help us get back on our path,

someone who can see the bigger picture

that we're all one, under the sun.

That's kind of abstract.

Not sure people would think

a hallmark card sentiment

was worth the bazillion dollars

that it took us to go to Mars

and get us back.

Well, me back.

Mm.

But why me? I'm not special.

Oh, come on.

You don't believe that.

I know how hard you worked

to put yourself through school.

I know what you sacrificed

to train for this mission.

If you weren't special, you

would have quit a long time ago.

But here's the question...

What would humanity pay for peace?

Peace of mind.

No. Peace.

As in the absence of aggression,

the cessation of hostilities,

the end of conflict.

Would that be worth

the bazillion dollars

it took to take us to Mars

and bring you back?

You know it would.

You can reveal that.

- All by yourself in one hour.

- What?

You're not just dead, you're crazy.

One hour?

Kathryn, I'm

a communications guy, right?

I know networks.

Right now, humanity is

one big mess of individuals

acting as if they're the only

ones on the planet,

acting with no regard to how their

actions affect other people.

They're disconnected.

You can change that.

Well, if I can...

I can tap into this power,

then I can save Amelia.

Right?

Right?

I can't?

I can save humanity, but I

can't save my little girl?

Who made that rule?

You have to let go of your anger.

Well I have a right to my anger.

You know, I am angry because

my little girl is dying.

And I've got 71 amino acids

fizzing in my body,

and I can mind meld

seven billion people,

but I can't save my little girl?

No!

No!

Amelia's already made her choice.

Now you have to choose.

What's it going to be?

It's too hard.

When has anything been too hard for you?

I'm on my way to the hospital

to grieve with my dying daughter

over the death of her mother,

so I suggest you get

the hell out of here

Mr. Voss, I understand

how you must feel.

I don't think you do.

Your family's in danger.

I need you to back inside,

until we assess the situation.

- No.

- Sir, I must insist.

Hey, I served in Iraq.

I survived the Battle of Fallujah,

you think you can stop me from

seeing my dying daughter?

Not on your best day.

Sir, what do you want us to do?

Stay here and wait for the wife,

and if she comes back,

take her into custody.

I'll be back at the hospital.

Okay.

Agent pope, I believe you've

been looking for me.

I need help.

I'm Kathryn Voss.

How do you know my name?

I honestly don't know.

So what, is that one

of your new abilities?

You're psychic?

I guess so.

Don't be scared.

I need a ride to the hospital

to see my little girl.

I'm not going to hurt you.

You don't want to kill me, Eli.

You're not angry at me.

You're mad because your wife

wants a divorce and you don't.

You think she's sleeping

with your neighbor,

but she isn't.

And you love her so much,

you're afraid to tell her

how angry you are, because then she

might never speak to you again.

So you're angry at me.

But I forgive you.

Will you forgive me?

I forgive you.

We need to go now, Eli.

There's something I need to do,

and I don't have much time.

You know...

The reason why you can't

remember what happened on Mars,

is because what happened,

didn't happen on Mars.

It happened on the way there.

I was wondering when

you were going to show up.

Time is a river.

What did I see?

What did I see that caused all this?

You've already remembered.

I don't know what you're talking about.

We were talking about what we

were going to say when

we stepped out on Mars

for the very first time.

And you quoted Yuri Gagarin,

"the earth is so beautiful."

Yeah.

The planet is so beautiful.

We saw the earth.

Out the starboard window.

It is so beautiful.

So blue, so peaceful.

And you thought?

And I thought, "we're all one

on this small blue planet.

There are no boundaries.

There are no nations.

It's just us...

Under the sun."

I am no astrophysicist

like some people I know,

but I once heard someone say

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