Paradox Page #5

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-Like ours?

-No. This one actually worked.

-Ours works.

No, he perfected it.

His machine was advanced.

And it didn't

cause any brain damage.

Wait. What?

I'm sorry...

The nose bleeds.

The dizziness.

Thought you would've

figured that out.

Why didn't you f***ing warn me?

I couldn't. I couldn't because the

machine that we're building now

is the basis of the one

that Devlin builds in 2029.

Except he perfects it.

So we had to build it.

If it wasn't built...

I couldn't be here right now.

Well, if Landau's

not the killer...

He's still out there.

-Yeah, but...

-Right now.

Doing what?

So I went to Destiny.

I broke into Max Devlin's facility.

I had the disk.

And that's when I thought

I knew who Devlin really was.

-And it was me.

-Wait, what?

I realized I could go back in time.

I could amass a fortune.

I could build a time machine just

like he did except it would be me.

I could take over his life.

And then I thought maybe...

maybe it was me all along.

These paradoxes

make my f***ing head hurt.

That's not the reason

why your head hurts.

Yeah.

Thanks for reminding me.

Once the killing started,

I knew I was wrong.

So if we find out who the real killer

is, we're gonna find Max Devlin.

No, you're lying.

You're the only one

who knew about that disk.

-Only you had a motive.

-Jim, it's not him.

I just watched the tape.

He's not the killer.

Self destruct

sequence activated.

I told you. There is

somebody else in the building!

Jim, you're gonna

have to go to the lab.

You're gonna have to

try and override it.

-How much time do I have?

-Twenty-five minutes.

Okay, I'm gonna get Lewis...

-Be safe.

-Yeah.

Guys, you can't leave me here!

Come on, come on, come on.

F***. I should know this.

Okay, Lewis, come on.

It's time to go. Come on.

There's no point running.

Don't you get it?

-What?

-We're trapped.

-In a colossal loop.

-Okay, we don't know that, Lewis.

Okay, so we have to try, all right.

We have to go. Come on.

It's all on the tape.

The tape is like

a f***ing prophecy.

We don't... we don't know that.

All right.

So we have to fight.

We have to try.

-Lewis, come on.

-There's nothing we can do.

We can't change our fate.

Lewis...

Damn it.

F***.

Come on, come on,

come on, come on.

No, no, no, please.

Please, we can work together.

No, listen to me.

Listen to me, man.

We can work.

No, no. No! I got a plan.

No, please, please, please!

When the time comes,

press the red button.

Elevator not responding.

F***.

All I wanted to do

was to go back to that night.

Stop myself from getting into

that f***ing car.

Give this to Jim.

It's your only chance.

-The killer let me go.

-Why would he do that?

I don't know. All... all I know

is that he told me to come

-and press the red button so...

-What?

-That's what I'm gonna do.

-What are you talking about?

He told me to press the red button,

so that's what I'm gonna do.

-Okay?

-Back up. Back up.

Please don't shoot.

I'm just doing what he...

What's hap... what's happening?

Bill, Bill, Bill, Bill.

Bill, shoot him.

You said there was

bodies everywhere.

-Shoot him, Bill.

-No. No, look.

-You're lying.

-Bill, Randy is dead.

Okay. The new

security guard is dead.

This a**hole killed them all.

No, no, no,

he killed, he killed them.

He's the one.

He killed them, Bill.

-Bill, shoot him.

-We have no idea what happens to you.

Your head comes back.

Just your head.

-No.

-You're dead.

Bill, shoot him!

I'm gonna drop my gun, okay?

-I'm gonna drop my gun.

-No, no, no, no, Bill, shoot him.

He's trying to confuse you.

Look, I know your mind feels

like it went through a blender.

But it's because of the machine.

Okay. You've got brain damage.

This motherf***er,

he lied to us.

-No, no, Bill.

-He has no accent.

No, what're you talking about?

Don't listen to him.

Look, I'm not the killer.

I'm gonna drop the gun, okay.

-Bill, please.

-I'm not the killer, man. He is.

Right before you came,

he was trying to kill me. Bill?

It's him. Shoot him.

But you, you said that

there was... everyone was dead.

There was bodies.

You're a liar.

There's gonna be.

Yours included.

You're a liar!

No, no, Bill, Bill,

you heard that, right?

He's trying,

he's trying to threaten you.

-He's trying to threaten you.

-Shut the f*** up!

Shoot him, Bill. Shoot...

You son of a b*tch!

F***ing kill you.

I did what you said.

I pressed the red button.

What the f***

are you talking about?

You're him. You're Max Devlin.

No.

You're gonna kill us all.

And you're gonna take the disk.

You're going

to become Max Devlin.

I...

I never wanted to hurt you.

God, I love you.

Do... don't you understand?

I have it all figured out, okay?

I did this for our future.

Don't you understand?

You're insane. I'm not a killer.

No, you are going to

kill us all.

-I'm not a killer.

-Not quite.

But give it time.

What... what the hell

is going on?

We can work this out.

We can, we can work this out.

I've been working for you the whole time.

I just didn't know it.

There's no way that I could've known

about the project in, in Destiny, right?

Okay... there's no way

I could've gotten that disk.

Did exactly

what you needed me to do.

Okay. You knew that.

Okay? You, you're going to remember this.

Okay. Listen to me.

In 2029,

you're gonna remember this.

Don't you see that?

Okay? I've been your partner.

Whatever you needed me

to do, I'll do it.

Good. Then I guess

I'll see you later.

No!

Jim. Jim, please. You don't have to do...

you don't have to do this.

Do what?

I haven't done anything.

You just beheaded Bill.

Holy sh*t.

My head.

Sure.

Make ourselves feel better.

Blame the brain damage.

Who knows?

Maybe it really is to blame.

And here goes nothing.

It's working. We've got power.

I think it's gonna hold.

No. What did you do? Why?

I went back

and did what I had to do.

First, I killed Randy before he

could warn any of us not to come.

Then, I killed that new security

guard, whatever his name was.

Van Lang.

Nice of you to remember,

but we know you're gonna forget.

What?

Keep up. Okay,

don't make me feel stupid.

Don't listen to him, Jim.

You're a good person.

Thank you, but shut up.

Why would I... we... I...

why would I kill anybody?

You know why.

You saw the tape.

All those rich a**holes saying

all those things about us.

You got mad.

No, not,

not enough to kill people.

And then we found out that

the woman that we love

has been

lying to us this whole time.

Tricking us,

trying to trap us.

No.

I know we love her.

But we don't even know

her real name.

You know me, Jim, okay. I know you.

You are not a killer.

Then you saw what was on Landau's disk.

What dear old dad woulda killed for.

A real sure thing.

But, but I, I never...

Yes, you did.

You can't lie to me.

You can't lie to yourself.

Okay, you started to think

about all that money and power

and all you had to do was go

back and kill a few people.

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