The Colony Page #2

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How the planet grew hotter

as our fuel was burned.

How we made towers to work the weather.

But the truth is, one day it started to sn.

And it never stopped.

Hey! Is that what I think it is?

Weather

modification.

Never seen one

this close before.

You think it still works?

It did it's damage a long time ago.

We got to cross this thing?

Unless you wanna go down there.

We make our way around to the left!

Yeah.

Whoa!

Watch your step.

Guys!

What is that?

What the hell's he doing out here?

We got to keep moving.

God, how cool would it be to

fly one of these things, huh?

Hey, Briggs,

what was this used for?

Medevac.

It used to airlift people to safety.

I wish I could've seen that.

Briggs to colony seven.

Cooper, come in.

Colony seven here. Good

to hear your voice, Briggs.

Copy that.

Good to hear yours.

We're camped out at the

helicopter for the night,

so we should reach colony

five by noon tomorrow.

What about you?

Got any news?

Dex and Elena are still in quarantine.

And they're both getting worse.

They have all the symptoms.

Mason's pushing for the te.

Mason knows that's

against protocol.

That's why I left Kai in charge.

Yeah, he's not too happy about that.

I know. There's gonna be some

changes made when I get back.

Cooper, you have my authority

to use force if necessary.

Mason is not to take them for

a walk without my consent.

I understand. You guys

be safe out there, okay?

Over and out.

Over and out.

Give you some time alone with that, or...

Maybe I do.

You know, Sam, we're not too

far from where I found you.

Yeah.

What were you doin' out here?

It was a long time ago.

Go on, tell him.

We got all night.

Uh...

My family, um, we were holed up

about 40 Miles north of here,

in a mine.

Uh, just us and some mining

families, a couple old-timers.

We got supplies in there, shoveled

the entrance out every day.

Eventually, the supplies ran out.

Food ran out.

So, after we ate the horses and the dogs,

my Dad and the other men went into

the city to go get some help,

but they never came back, so...

And people started dying.

And the way things were going, I

needed to get them out of there,

my mother and my sister.

I figured we had a better chance out there.

Anyway, uh, the storm came up

and we got separated, and

I never saw them again.

I'd be dead too if Briggs hadn't found me.

You were a boy, Sam.

You did the best you could.

Yeah.

Hey, what is this?

You guys, that's blood!

We shouldn't be going in there!

We came here to help.

That's what we're gonna do.

You smell that?

Smoke.

You know, maybe one of us

should just stay topside, huh?

We stick together.

You're coming.

Right.

Sh*t.

How many were

there at last count?

Fifty.

Not so much of a welcoming

committee this time.

What the f*** happened here?

Hey.

You remember how to use this?

Yeah.

You sure?

Let's move, okay?

This way.

They're all dead.

We don't know that for sure.

What the f*** was that?

Someone's alive.

It's coming from over here.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

In here.

This door has taken a lot of punishment.

Sh*t.

Hey, come on. Let's get the

hell out of here, huh?

Hey, find a spine, boy.

You got it?

What, is he dead?

Calm down!

Calm down! Calm down!

Don't! Don't!

Easy. Easy.

Please don't.

We're here to help.

Please.

Don't, don't.

It's okay.

Calm down.

Are you hurt?

Are they gone?

Who?

The door!

Lock the door.

Get the door!

He needs water.

No, easy. Go easy.

Easy, easy.

What's your name?

Leland.

Leland.

Have you got any food?

I'm so hungry.

Yeah. I've got

something here.

How long have you been locked in here?

I don't know. Days.

Is there anyone else?

Is anyone else alive?

Define alive.

That's good.

We're from colony seven.

We got your distress signal.

We came to help.

Leland.

What happened?

We fixed the steel grid to a new antenna.

When it finally worked,

it's reach was amazing.

We received a partial transmission.

You're gonna love this.

We have modid a weather Tor

and successfully reverd

the cooling process.

Clouds have receded to a three-mile

radius and are expanding.

We have thawed permafrost.

We have melted pack ice.

We now have soil. We have Su.

We now have the conditions to grow.

If anyone out there can hear

this, I repeat our location.

Our location, latitude

47 degrees north, two...

Is that it?

Is that all there is?

We triangulated the transmission,

sent a team to find the source.

But they never found it.

But somebody found them.

And followed them right back here.

Who?

Leland, who followed you?

Leland, look at me. Over here.

Show me on this map.

Where did that transmission come from?

Point. We're right here.

North, on this line.

And 25 degrees is here.

South, there.

Listen to me.

We're gonna take you back

to colony seven with us.

No! Please, sir.

I'm gonna stay here.

Right here behind this door.

- What if they're still here?

- There's no one here.

We only knew that you were

here because of the knocking.

Yeah, but I didn't knock.

They're still here!

They're still here.

Radio colony seven, you tell

them we're on our way back.

It's time for us to pack up and go.

Take anything we can carry.

Okay. It's okay.

It's all right.

Calling

colony seven.

Colony seven, can you read me? Over.

Colony seven,

come in.

This is Graydom calling in.

Can you read me? Over.

It's not working. All right.

We're too deep underground. We'll

radio ahead when we get back topside.

You, Leland, you're coming with us.

You don't understand!

It's safe behind this door!

There's 50 colonists, you're

the only one behind it.

I couldn't open it.

I just couldn't.

Get him on his feet.

Come on. Let's go.

What the f*** was that?

Sh*t.

He locked himself back inside.

Come on.

Graydon,

let's go!

We shouldn't be here.

This has nothing to do with us.

Turn that light out.

My God.

We got to go, Sam.

Now!

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Come on!

F***.

Come on, Sam.

Come on.

Damn. Graydon.

He's gone. We better move. Go on. Go!

Go! Go!

Come on!

F***! I'm out!

Come on! Go! Go!

Briggs!

Give me your hand!

There's still people alive down there.

We can't help them, Sam.

We can't help them.

Briggs, don't you think

we should keep moving?

No! The temperature's dropping too fast.

We won't make it!

Come on.

Briggs?

Yeah?

Those people...

How could they...

I don't know, Sam.

When people are desperate, they'll do

horrible things to survive.

I told you I was an army captain

during the relief effort, right?

Yeah.

Yeah, well, I never told you what I saw...

When...

When people lose control like that.

When we go feral...

There's nothing human left in us at all.

We might as well just

be a pack of wild dogs.

See, during the relief effort,

we had, uh, 20,000 people

corralled in a stadium.

Food got handed out.

And the sick got treated.

But when the food ran out...

The people with guns started taking

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