Shockwave Page #3

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Oh, my God.

Reports are coming in

from all...

[Jake]

Is that the Eiffel Tower?

[newscaster] ...describing

huge earthquakes followed...

Rob?

Jess?

[newscaster] Massive storms

that have toppled...

Mom! Where have you been?

Survivors have described

a scene right out of hell

with smoke, ash, and debris

raining down

over the entire city.

- Gotta get out of this park.

- I agree.

Change of plans, guys.

Pack up your stuff.

We're leaving.

Kate, when'd you get here?

[newscaster] ...definitely being

described as a natural disaster.

What are you guys looking at?

We can only assume

at this point

that so many

innocent people are dead.

And the damage

is in the billions

if not more.

Emergency crews are pouring

through the rubble

as scores of buildings

lay in ruins

in the center of

one of the greatest cities

in the world

reeling now from the effects

of this catastrophe.

Don't take your eyes

off the screen.

Let me know

if anything changes.

What time did these readings

come in?

There's a major

at the front desk.

Right.

[keys clacking]

- Hello?

- Penny, it's Drew.

- Do you have a second?

- Are you watching the news?

Did you see

what happened in France?

Do you know where I work?

Of course I know.

Why are you whispering?

Because I just told you

where I am.

And this call

isn't exactly legal.

Dude! You are in

a government building.

Go somewhere else.

I can't. I can't. I don't have

time to explain it.

Just need you to listen

to me, okay?

[sighs]

Oh, shh.

[sighs]

Are you in a bathroom?

Ohh.

Oh, my God.

[groaning]

[groaning]

Oh.

[groaning continues]

- Agh.

- Go.

[Drew grunting]

Oh, sorry.

[Drew groaning]

[sighs]

Okay.

Sorry about that.

Okay, long story short.

I need to get to the server

room, and I can't get access

unless there's

a critical network failure.

Okay.

I need a zip bomb.

- Are you kidding me?

- No. I'm not kidding, okay?

I need a data dump so massive

that it clogs the servers

and shuts everything down.

[pipe reverberating]

Come on.

They're monitoring

our activities

so I can't do it here.

Penny? Are you there?

Penny?

Is this treason?

No, why does everybody

keep saying that?

'Cause it is.

Okay, no, it's not...

Technically, it is.

But it's...

It's for a good cause,

I'm telling you.

What happened in France

is not over.

Okay, if, if you, if, if you

just do me this one solid

I'll give you whatever you want.

Please?

Okay, but you owe me.

Yes!

I'll text you when it's ready.

Okay.

What do you mean it's not over?

I don't have time to explain.

Um, I love you, bye.

What? You love me?

Did I just say that?

No, the entire park.

We need to close off

to the public.

Anyone still inside,

we need evacuated.

- Why everyone?

- Because it's not safe.

Not just the main entrance,

all the entrances.

So one minute I think

you're teaching in France

and then next, I find out

that you're kidnapped.

In Yemen. By militants.

I was in France,

and I found out about these

leaked government files, and

I had to go see if it was real.

- This is a global threat.

- Hey, that's not your job, okay?

Who-who do you think you...

You think you're James Bond?

Do you have any other

explanation

for what's going on right now?

Hey, you know,

maybe I don't, maybe I don't.

Maybe I'm just sitting

at a university

trying to raise our daughter,

while you're running around

risking your life

for God knows what.

Don't.

Don't do that right now.

[clears throat]

Now, the Hellstorm weapon is,

is real.

Hellstorm?

I thought we were

leaving the park.

Hellstorm weapon

is a myth, Kate.

Well, now you just sound

like the Department of Defense.

Department of Defense? When were

you at Department of Defense?

They pulled me out of Yemen.

Hey, but now you know

the whole story

so we don't have to go to

couple's therapy.

So you're gonna make

a joke out of this? Huh?

A fully operational

resonance weapon

is burrowing its way

into the earth's crust

and destabilizing

the lithosphere.

Those readings that you sent

to me from here

they're happening everywhere,

but especially on fault lines

like the San Andreas that we are

literally standing on right now.

Do you understand

what I'm saying?

Yes, I know what you're saying.

I don't.

What's a resonance weapon?

- You just heard all that?

- Yep.

And including the part where

my mother has been seriously

kidnapped in Yemen and we have

no idea where you are.

Kate, you were kidnapped?

[cell phone vibrating]

[exhales]

So, what's this all about

'cause you're kinda

freaking me out.

You're kidding me?

We can't talk about this here.

The cameras have cameras.

I feel like Gene Hackman

in "Enemy Of The State."

Does any of this have

to do with the dump?

Are we gonna get caught?

This is bad, Penny.

Like people are going to die.

Like, they may already have.

France?

France, India.

Now, it makes sense

that you said you loved me.

What? No, that was more

of like a moment

of severe stress

and anxiety more than anything.

I didn't really, you know,

mean anything by it.

Oh, too bad.

Too bad? What do you mean

too bad? Too bad?

Nothing.

But hey,

you brought me soup to work.

We're like an old

married couple, right?

Oh, God.

[exhales]

[expectorating]

[sighing]

Right.

It's the same stuff

every time, come on.

What's this?

It's, uh... It's soup.

What? We can't bring in

soup anymore?

Come on, my girlfriend

brought it for me.

I've been working through lunch.

Burning the candle at both ends.

You know how it goes.

I think it's made of basil.

You smell the basil? Think

it's, like, in there somewhere?

Okay, I'll tell you what, if I

don't finish the whole thing

I'll come back and I'll give you

the rest of it.

Yeah? I'm good?

Great. Thanks, Hughes.

[metal detector beeps]

[groans]

Loading, unloading.

I swear I'm having dj vu.

Who cares?

Must've been tough to listen to.

Between your parents and all?

It's not exactly

"The Brady Bunch."

Did you really not know

where your mom was?

Apparently not.

You know, she's always off

doing something

and trying to save the world

from something

but this one, you know,

really takes the kick.

Wow.

My mom never leaves me alone.

- So...

- Well... Heh.

I wish I knew

what that was like.

Trust me, you really don't.

I guess the grass

is always greener.

Yeah, I guess.

[rumbling]

What the hell is that?

That's not good.

Look, it's one thing

for some kook

to wax on about the apocalypse

it's a whole other scenario when

the things she warned us about

actually start to happen.

- The weapon was destroyed.

- How certain are you?

France is on a fault line, sir.

They've suffered major

earthquakes before.

This is all just

bad coincidence.

From our intel, it's a bit more

than just an earthquake.

And I don't subscribe

to bad coincidences.

When our offices were hacked,

you know what got leaked.

I don't have to tell you this.

So, did we or did we not

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