Residue Page #4

Okay, okay. So...

Willy slips your

boyfriend into the QZ

where no one's

supposed to go.

Why would he

wanna go there?

It's my fault.

I think I got under his skin

about what really happened

in the Quarantine Zone.

Not buying the official

explanations, then?

Are you?

[SIGHS]

You ever hear of a gangster

named Emeril Benedict?

Small potatoes mook

named Dickie Prince.

Runs a gang

over on Silver Street.

Dickie does the odd job

for Mr. Benedict.

Like planting bombs in grungy

nightclubs on New Year's Eve.

I can think of

the usual reasons.

Someone didn't make

the proper pay-offs.

Someone had a score

to settle or maybe

a contract job to collect

insurance on the building.

What does this have

to do with Jonas?

Because something truly

f***ed is going on here!

And my daughter

died because of it.

If your boyfriend's sneaking

into the Quarantine Zone,

he knows something.

Government weapons dumps and

barrel boys like Benedict

do not sit together.

Do you want to find out

why your daughter was killed?

Come with me.

The Quarantine Zone.

It all leads

back there, Mathis.

That's where the answers are

for both of us.

Let's find out together.

[SIGHS]

You need to go.

What?

Just listen to me. Just do what

I f***ing tell you for once.

Take this. Go.

Go! Go!

[TRAIN PASSING]

Didn't you just eat,

like, an hour ago?

Get up.

Excuse me?

I said

get up, Mathis.

I'm arresting you for

the murder of Dickie Prince.

How'd he die, Freddy?

Knife.

Had your prints on it.

Okay.

[GRUNTS]

[GASPS]

[GUN C*CKS]

You really think

I f***ing care?

Yeah, I think

you really do.

Okay.

[LOUD TRAIN PASSES]

[GASPS]

LAD:

Jesus.

JENNIFER:

I nearly killed

someone last night.

I nearly became just like

the people in my photographs.

I have to show you

what I've seen.

What I know is happening.

[BEEPING]

It's all here on my website,

in my photos.

Look closely.

You'll see it.

[]

I'm going to find Jonas.

I'm going to find answers.

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

[]

[PANTING]

Just make sure

we remain clear of it.

Benedict, our local man,

said he had a problem

with a copper.

Freelancing by himself about

the New Year's Eve bombing.

He says he had to

put him out of commission.

Frame him for a murder.

He did what?

He reassures me this'll

take care of the problem.

He's always been a reliable

asset in the past.

An asset...

fast becoming

a liability.

I'll deal with him.

Yeah, all in

due course.

First,

get me Angela.

[PHONE RINGS]

[]

[PHONE RINGS]

You told me

you could manage him.

ANGELA:

We need to get

him out of there.

KELLER:

There's a team on its way.

We're going to

have to fix this, Angela.

One way or another.

Have to do

everything myself.

[SIGHS]

WILLY G:

This is a very bad idea.

You know that, right?

Like, very bad.

It's not your

problem, is it?

Besides,

you'd be talking yourself

out of a very nice payday.

Yeah. Well, there is that.

[]

Hello?

Are you sure I can't

talk you out of this?

I've already got your boyfriend

on my conscience, and I--

I've been in scarier situations

than abandoned streets

with a bunch of

Hazmats lurking around.

There are worse things

to be afraid of.

You've seen them,

haven't you?

Those things.

Yeah.

Yeah, I seen 'em.

[]

[BREATHING THROUGH GAS MASKS]

SOLDIER [ON RADIO]:

Second team moving in.

Hello?

Anyone here?

My name is Jonas Flack.

I'm with the Home Office.

I can hear you back there.

I just want to talk.

JENNIFER:

Where do they come from?

What are they?

You ever read

that story,

Peter Pan?

Do you remember

his shadow?

[CREATURE GROWLS]

[RUSTLING]

[GUNFIRE]

No! Hold your fire!

[GROANS]

[]

[BREATHING THROUGH GAS MASK]

[RUSTLING]

[GASPING]

[HYPERVENTILATING]

CHARLOTTE:

It's not safe here.

[GASPING]

Who are you?

[GUN CLATTERS ON GROUND]

You don't need that,

you know.

CHARLOTTE:

There's nothing wrong

with the air.

[GASPING]

Let's go.

They'll be coming.

You're not sick.

Do I look sick?

But what are

you doing here?

There isn't supposed

to be anyone left.

We hid. Thought we'd be safe.

But then they

started coming for us.

There are others?

Like you?

Ones that

didn't leave?

JENNIFER [WHISPERING]:

Jonas.

[JENNIFER MUMBLES]

I was-- I was so scared.

I am so...

I'm so sorry.

JENNIFER:

I looked everywhere.

I was so scared.

All the things

I said, I'm so sorry.

No, you were right.

About all of it, you were--

You were right.

I've seen them.

[GROANS]

Oh God. What's

happened to you?

The government men.

They shot him.

JENNIFER:

What?

It's all been a lie.

New Year's Eve.

The whole

Quarantine Zone.

It's all been

a colossal fraud.

That plastic on the buildings is

to hide what they're doing.

I should have

listened to you.

They're hiding

something, Jens.

Something to do

with those things.

There is

no contamination.

Not the way they've

been telling us.

And now they're coming after

anyone who won't leave.

JONAS:

Getting rid of them so no--

[COUGHING]

Sh*t.

We need to get

him to hospital.

And how are you

gonna do that?

We're going...

to cross the border.

[CROWD MUMBLING]

We can't.

We're going to come out

and make them see.

This is crazy.

It will never work!

Sooner or later they'll come,

and then it will be too late.

You're the only proof

of what's been going on here.

We need to get across

the perimeter

and everyone'll see

and they'll know.

TEAM LEADER:

All call signs, updating your...

They've found us.

Sh*t. Go.

Go, go, go.

Contact! Contact!

[SCREAMS]

Target down!

CHARLOTTE:

This way, this way.

FEMALE VOICE [OVER P.A.]:

Alert. Contamination risk.

Alert. Contamination risk.

Keep those people back.

[P.A. MESSAGE CONTINUES

REPEATING]

[]

Stand down!

TEAM LEADER:

I said stand down!

[CROWD CHATTERING INDISTINCTLY]

As you are aware, we have

experienced a very serious

and very unexpected breach

of one of our primary

Quarantine Zone checkpoints.

These people were not

residents of the area.

They never owned

a house there.

They didn't work there.

These scavengers

and petty thieves

snuck into

the Quarantine Zone

to take advantage of

the city's vulnerability.

They are seeking medical

treatment at a secure facility

as tests have since confirmed

they are suffering from

high levels of contamination.

Furthermore, acting on

his own initiative

and without

the Minister's knowledge

my colleague, and my good

friend, Jonas Flack,

overreached

his security clearance

and entered into

the Quarantine Zone

to pursue reports

of vandalism and looting.

He was attacked

and wounded,

and is also suffering from

high levels of contamination.

[ELECTRIC BUZZ]

Hello, Jennifer.

Who are you?

Hollings Keller. I'm with

the Ministry of Defence.

What is this place?

KELLER:

Somewhere safe.

I'm sorry about this.

It's for your own good.

Where's Jonas?

Where have you taken him?

KELLER:

Jonas is fine.

His injuries weren't serious.

He's recovering.

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