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your exact position.

Vaxxilon have closed

all communications.

We don't have the maps.

We need to speed up the search.

Over.

What about the location beacon?

Over.

Are you picking up the signal?

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO) Negative.

We can use sonar, but the

ship's wreckage is scattered.

It could be a long search.

Over.

Well, hurry up 'cause we're

running out of time.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO)

We will contact you

once we have more to go on.

Over and out.

Mitch, what if we float

the beacon?

It's still attached.

How do we do that?

We de-rig it, we bring it

into the bell and then we

make it buoyant somehow.

Take the umbilical as far

as she goes and then float

the beacon from there.

Otherwise it could get caught

in the deep water currents. It's

possible.

Get it closer to the surface.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, that could work.

It has to hold.

It will, but it'll drain

the charge fast...

so once you're set, you flick

the switch and it activates

the signal.

The ship should be in range

within the hour.

Who goes?

I do.

[ENGEL]

Where's the beacon?

It'll be a couple of minutes.

It was my birthday last week.

Apparently I promised

Carmel I'd stop diving

by the time I was 35.

I don't even remember

making that promise.

It's the longest we haven't

spoken since we were 19.

I don't mean anything

without them.

Is that sad?

It's perfect.

You know, I was

almost married once.

I'd just proposed to her

and we were on our way home.

She was singing along

to this song that she loved

on the radio.

And she seemed so-- so happy.

And then suddenly this--

this car appeared out of nowhere

and sideswiped us.

It hit us hard

and knocked us off the road...

through a barrier

and into this lake.

It all happened really fast.

But then time became so... slow.

It took us forever

to sink to the bottom.

I-- I tried to pull her

out of the car...

and I couldn't because

she was... stuck.

So I-- I told her...

about all these wonderful places

that we would see...

and the great things

that we would do.

But, of course,

she couldn't hear me...

because she was...

dead.

So I-- I held her tight...

and I promised her

that I would never let her go.

You see, it wasn't survival.

It was-- it was fear.

When the car had filled up

with water...

I rolled down the window

and I--

I swam to the surface.

And I-- I let her go.

I shouldn't have done that.

No... I shouldn't

have done that.

Come back to us, Mitchell.

And don't let us go.

Diver one locked out and set.

ENGEL (OVER RADIO)

Slow your breathing.

I'll monitor your gas levels

for you here.

Take it steady.

MITCH (OVER RADIO)

Roger that.

Mitch, remember...

once you're above

the deep water currents...

go to the end of your umbilical

and only then release

the beacon.

Visibility's good.

MITCH (OVER RADIO)

Currents are strong

but not too strong.

Come on. Come on.

How much left on the umbilical?

You have another 25 feet to go.

Wish I could just keep going.

Don't even think about it.

It can't be that far.

You have to concentrate

on the situation.

I'm at the end of my umbilical.

All right, Mitch.

Hit the switch and come back

down, nice and easy.

I can't--

I can't get a grip.

It's not turning on.

The switch is...

Take your time.

Hang on.

I'll take my gloves off.

Come on. Come on.

ENGEL (OVER RADIO)

Mitch, you got it?

I just need to-- just...

ENGEL (OVER RADIO)

What? What is it?

I got stung!

Are you okay?

Hundreds of jellyfish.

They're everywhere. Agh!

Mitch.

There are so many!

Oh, no, no. I lost the beacon!

Can you see it?

I must have lost the beacon

before I could activate it!

I can't reach it! I gotta

disconnect my umbilical!

[ENGEL] Mitch, no.

There's no other way!

If you do that,

you won't get back to the bell.

There's no other way!

Mitch.

Mitch. No, Mitch.

You won't get back to the--

Mitch, talk to me.

Mitch!

Oh, no.

Mitch, talk to me!

Talk to me!

Talk to me! Sh*t!

No. No, no, no, no.

Kid, cut the gas!

No, please!

Cut the gas!

No. No, no, no, no, no!

He's wasting vital air!

Cut the gas!

He's using vital air!

I'm never gonna see my girl.

Cut the gas!

I'm never gonna see my girl.

Stop! Stop! Get up!

Get up! Get up!

Get up! Get up! Get up!

Keep it together! Get up!

Get off me! Get off me!

MITCH (V.O.)

Carmel, you know, you truly

become more beautiful...

with every passing day...

and I wanted to grow old

by your side...

sharing the years

and watching our boys together.

It breaks my heart.

But I'll always be at your

side if you need me.

I love you. I love you all.

Now and always, Pete.

If they don't come,

I don't wanna suffocate.

I don't wanna die in that way.

[JONES]

I want it to be quick.

I don't think I can

do it myself.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO)

Surface to bell. Come in. Over.

Bell to surface. I read you.

Over.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO) We've

intercepted your beacon which

tells us you must be close.

It's going to take at least

an hour for our divers

to find you. Over.

It'll be too late. Over.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO)

You need to do everything you

can to conserve oxygen. Over.

We're gonna float the bell.

Over.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO)

Will it hold? Over.

We don't have a choice,

Commander. Please be ready.

COMMANDER (OVER RADIO)

Understood. Good luck. Over.

Will it work?

We'll soon find out.

I think she should float.

( DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING )

Strap yourself in, kid.

Things could get rough.

Come on.

It's happening, Engel.

We're doing it, eh?

Yeah.

Come on!

Come on!

250!

Come on.

[JONES]

What's happened?

I think the umbilical

got caught.

Sh*t!

Oh, sh*t. Sh*t.

What does that mean?

We stay here

and we use the remaining gas...

or we use what we have

to swim to the surface.

I'll swim up, but...

swim up 170 feet?

One hat.

Sh*t.

We have a predicament.

This is so f***ed up.

It's a tough, tough dive, kid.

You've never gone below

30 meters, have you?

It's an almost impossible dive.

We need to accelerate

the decompression.

Once the umbilical plays out...

the remaining distance will

have to be done in one single

breath.

You think you can do it?

I'm diving?

It has to be you.

I almost died four hours ago.

I wouldn't have a hope

in the water for that long.

I'll adjust the partial

O2 from here.

Well, if you do that,

the whole bell will flood.

If I don't, we both die.

Here.

When you reach

the end of the umbilical...

detach and just do it,

don't over think it.

You'll feel disorientated,

light-headed.

But just listen to my

words. Focus on my words

and nothing else.

Okay?

When you get to the surface,

activate this.

How can you know?

Know what?

That you're not gonna make it.

I told you, my lungs are shot.

You're gonna die anyway.

What's the difference,

here or in the water?

If I was you,

I'd take that risk.

We don't have time

for this sh*t.

Here.

You're sacrificing

your life for me.

I can't live with that

unless I know why.

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