Rampage

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Athena-1.

Athena-1, come in.

Athena-1, this is Control. We have

negative copy on that last transmission.

We are showing LOS in the command module.

Please verify. Over.

Mission Control,

this is Atkins.

Something went wrong

with the test.

The crew is dead.

Athena hull integrity

is critical.

I'm headed

to the escape capsule.

Negative, negative.

Reroute to the lab and

secure the canisters

before departure.

But the test subject is loose.

Doctor, the test subject

is a rat.

Not anymore.

What is this?

You have your orders, Doctor.

Open the goddamn door!

Dr. Atkins, it's Claire Wyden.

We'll unlock the escape capsule

when you secure the samples.

Doctor, either you come home

with my research,

or you don't come home at all.

Entering the lab.

Okay.

Mission Control, securing

the samples now.

Copy that.

Warning,

hull integrity critical.

Oh, God.

Open it!

Capsule unlocked.

Mmm. I love that smell.

Brings me right back to

Uganda.

You've been to Uganda?

Yeah. Oh, yeah.

If the jungle doesn't kill

you, the poachers will.

The cops are still after me

from all that sh*t I pulled.

They call me El Diablo.

I know they don't speak Spanish,

but they might as well.

Right.

- You ever see Blood Diamond?

- Yeah.

Now, I know it's about diamonds,

but it really captures the vibe.

I don't know if it's the same region.

But, you know, it's intense.

Don't mess with

Mother Africa...

Everything okay, boss?

No, it's not.

Don't move a muscle.

Junior here is dropping

a lot of monkey sh*t

with these made-up stories.

It's very entertaining, though.

It's very entertaining.

I've been to Uganda, man.

And I've been to Hogwarts.

Regardless, if you had any

experience with poaching,

you would know that it's extremely rude

to talk about it in front of a lady.

Oh, it's okay.

I can handle it.

Oh, I know you can. I'm

talking about these ladies.

There shouldn't be any

problems,

but remember you're not

in the classroom anymore.

These are wild animals.

They're very unpredictable.

So remember your training,

and do exactly as I say.

Tell me, what do you see?

The, uh, the young male,

is attempting to establish his

presence with the female.

He's posturing, agitated.

Sounds like someone we know,

right?

Okay, let's remember this is Paavo's

first interaction with the troop.

So we'll just take it

nice and easy,

and we'll see how well he

responds to my commands.

I...

Paavo.

Paavo. Paavo, it's okay.

Femi, Enu, on station.

Good girls.

Easy.

That's far enough, Paavo.

It's okay.

Calm. Calm.

It's me.

Calm.

There you go.

- It's cool, right?

- Yeah.

Good boy.

Good boy.

Good boy.

Uh... Davis.

Everyone stay where you are.

No one move.

Are you crazy?

If you move, we're gonna be in big trouble.

Connor, do not move.

Connor, do what he says.

Paavo...

Connor, don't move!

Paavo!

No! Paavo! Sh*t!

Help! Help!

Connor! Connor!

It's okay.

George! George!

George!

George!

Easy, buddy. Easy.

Okay. Okay.

Oh, very funny. Very funny.

We're all very impressed.

Yes, yes.

You and I, laughing at your

joke, okay?

New guy, he no laugh.

He cry.

Yeah. Yeah, opposite of laugh.

- Connor, you can get up now.

- Are you 100% on that?

100% sure. You can get up.

And check your diaper.

Come on, let's go.

He cry.

It's okay, it's okay.

He's not gonna kill me?

No, he's not gonna kill you. He

has a unique sense of humor. I...

Uh, no, no.

George no save Davis.

I don't need your saving. No.

George no save Davis.

You didn't save me.

I was fine on my own.

I'm fine.

Stop doing that. Listen, it's important

for you to be nice to Paavo.

He's just a kid.

Poachers killed his entire

family.

He's in your troop now.

I want you to welcome him.

Welcome Paavo.

George, you and I cool?

Come on.

Wow, I can't,

Come on.

I should never have taught you

that. Stop that.

Now, come on. Give me,

Come on! Don't do that.

Stop that! Okay.

All right, listen.

I need you to protect Paavo.

Family.

I started using this new

vegan deodorant.

- How's that?

- I smell like guacamole.

Hey! Davis.

Hey.

Hi. Look,

I just wanted to say,

that was amazing out there.

Ah, thank you.

And I would love to learn more

about those submission techniques.

If you have time for a drink?

Yes!

Your allergies acting up

again?

It's the dander.

- It's the dander.

- Animal dander.

Mmm-hmm. Uh...

Thank you, anyway.

I appreciate it.

I already have plans tonight.

You did great out there today.

Okay?

Oh, I didn't do anything.

Exactly. The first rule of

dealing with hostile animals is,

you wanna remain calm.

I was gonna bake some kale bread

tonight, if you're interested.

No, I know you have a gluten thing.

All right, see you in the morning.

She used the word

"submission." That's a clue.

Should I go back there and tell her your

plans are to hang out with your dogs?

Come on, you know me, Nelson.

I need my "me" time.

Your "me" time?

Okay. Listen, buddy,

since everyone else is afraid to

tell you this, of course I will.

It's, um...

Uh, what's the terminology?

Weird you like hanging out

with animals more than people.

They get me.

Animals like you, they lick you.

They don't like you, they eat you.

You always know where you

stand.

Or where you lie. All chewed up in

their belly 'cause they ate you.

Yeah, that's just some food for thought.

And by the way, you're the food.

All right, get outta here,

you big lug.

Say hi to the dogs for me.

I will.

Girls love him.

I should shave my head.

I got your message about

George. He okay?

- I don't know.

- What do you mean, you don't know?

Davis. Davis!

He's in the grizzly enclosure.

What?

Jesus.

- Put it down.

- What?

You know how he is around guns.

Put it down.

Are you sure?

Put it down.

I'm gonna go talk to him.

Hey, George?

It's okay.

It's me.

It's me.

What happened?

You're sad.

It's okay.

Did you hurt him?

"Sorry"?

It's okay.

Did he hurt you?

He made you scared.

It's okay.

It's...

George.

George.

It's okay to be scared.

It's okay.

Calm.

Easy.

Is it me or is he

considerably bigger?

No, he's definitely bigger.

It's Connor.

Guys, you need to get over

to the gorilla enclosure.

What the hell happened?

We were doing our morning

rounds when we saw the burnt foliage,

and found this.

All right, let me see the kit.

What is it?

I don't know.

But we gotta figure it out.

Stupid piece of crap!

Mini space station!

Are you done?

We just lost billions of

dollars, Claire.

Tens of billions, actually.

Plus $20,000 for the models

you just destroyed.

Our stock got hammered this

morning.

Down 20%.

And you aren't upset,

because...

Because Project Rampage works.

- Do you know how much that's worth?

- Zero.

Because all of our research

was on that space station.

Actually,

Atkins got the research

samples onto the escape pod.

Yes, the escape pod blew up.

But the canisters were

engineered to withstand reentry.

And the American Meteor Society

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