The Last Scout Page #8

would have gone with.

You're hoping you.

I'm alive.

Did she draw the short straw?

Did her crew mutiny

and kill her? And the child?

Did she kill herself?

Maybe I killed him.

That's what being Captain means.

Taking difficult decisions

and sticking with them.

I know what it takes

to be a Captain.

Captain?

Are you awake?

Yeah. Everything is fine.

Go back to bed.

Locker code expired.

Medical officer Hayley Matthews,

please enter

updated access code.

Locker code accepted.

Captain Jon Dale

Oh.

Hey! Hey, what? No, f***!

God! Oh, f***! Sh*t! God!

What did you do?

What the hell did you do to him?

What are you talking about?

We were drinking...

watching a movie...

We had a drink.

I found him like that!

Oh, my God.

Pegasus,

who else has been in here?

Warning.

Main frame breach

in Engineering. I cannot help.

Where the hell is Lila?

Damn it! I knew

this was going to happen.

We have to find the boy.

God. Mike.

God.

Warning. Security

breach.

My program

is being tampered with.

The only access point

is in Engineering.

Hey.

Let me talk to him.

He said he didn't do it.

Yeah. Of course he'd say that.

But nobody was dying

till he showed up.

He's just a boy.

You know what?

Mike was sleeping.

And even a boy can cut a throat

if someone's sleeping.

And it takes a special

kind of boy, doesn't it?

I agree. It's him.

You must know.

Where is she? Where is Lila?

Here I am.

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

Yes.

We were playing hide-and-seek.

When did you last see him?

He just got here.

He was supposed

to be looking for me,

not hiding.

Okay. What do we do with him?

You know what?

If the airlock was working,

I'd say flush him out.

We can't kill him.

You know what?

You people, do what you want.

But I'm going to tell you what,

captain.

No way I'm sleeping in the

same room with this kid.

Anyone is liable to get

his throat cut. Excuse me.

Right now we get back to work

and check Pegasus

is still running properly.

Good morning, Captain.

Edward was able to repair

my main frame,

so I am very happy to be

your wake-up call today.

However, most of my sensors

are still offline.

I'm sorry.

Bear. And I'm really tired.

I need to go to bed.

Hayley?

Gerry?

Pegasus. A Deck corridor

panel 42 is ripped open.

Thank you, Captain.

I will alert the bridge.

Jane,

the Captain has reconnected

the wiring

in panel 42 on A deck.

Some of my internal sensors

are now back online.

All crew are accounted for it,

including the two survivors

from the Dragon.

Jon?

Jane?

The internal sensors

on the Chinese ship

were down too, sir.

Good job. All right.

We need to get the sensors

back up

and make sure nobody else

is on this ship.

- Are you okay?

- I'm good. Go. Go.

You wanted him.

Bring him over here.

What are you doing?

Can't you see he's terrified?

I don't care.

Give him to me.

Be careful with him.

Ask him.

That's an order. Ask him.

He said this man

killed his crew. Hunted them.

One by one,

threw them out the airlock.

He said he is the last.

Captain,

Jane has managed to get the rest

of my internal sensors

back online.

Acknowledged.

Jay is the last survivor

from the Dragon.

Also, Edward has news

from the probe.

Last or not, I want him tied up.

Tie him up.

Edward, the Captain

has called a meeting

at your request.

I believe the crew

is looking forward

to your findings.

So, what exactly

does inconclusive mean?

It means we're unable

to determine from the telemetry

whether the planet

is habitable or not.

But that's what is there for.

I mean you

are supposed to be the expert.

You are here to interpret

the data.

So, interpret it.

It's inconclusive.

But what does it mean?

It means that we land

and find out.

Why don't we just wait

for a few days

for the planet to clear?

We'll get the read-outs

from the Chinese probe

about the second planet

and then we'll know

which way to head.

We don't have the time.

Why not?

Another one of our oxygen units

went down.

We now have

two out of four running.

We're consuming the oxygen

faster than we're producing it.

How long have we got?

Not long enough to wait on

the data from the probe.

Pegasus.

Yes, Gerry.

How long and what

are the chances of survival

if we reduce the amount

of breathers on board?

- No one is killing anyone.

- Come on.

By one crew member increases

the survival by 30%.

We've lost two people,

but we've also gained

an extra pair of lungs.

You know, I don't see it's fair

that he's breathing our air.

No, we take the ship down.

Prepare for entry.

Check on the boy, Hayley.

There is a chance

that if we land,

we'll never be able to

make it off the ground again.

Okay.

Captain.

Jane had the Pegasus lined up

and ready for landing.

After a seven-year-journey,

and with all the modifications

Pete has made to my systems,

this won't be a smooth ride.

May I suggest we wait and run

a flight landing simulation?

We go now.

Pegasus,

transfer helm to manual.

Confirmed.

Helm is now transferred

to manual.

Good luck, Jane.

Engaging descent course.

Warning.

External temperature rising.

Adjust angle of descent.

Hull breach.

We're going in to hot. Nose up.

I'm on it.

The external temperature

at critical.

Jane, your pitch is off

by at least ten degrees.

We're burning out.

I can do this.

Prepare for landing.

Nitrogen leak in med bay.

Power overload in mess hall.

Level two emergency power only.

Damage control system initiated.

Captain,

we have successfully entered

the planet's stratosphere.

Mike, you'd have loved this

I don't feel too optimistic

about this.

Let's go.

I should go with you.

No, wait. Now I need you in case

we can't get back off of here.

Landing is a hard part.

Taking off is easy.

You're the Captain.

Your place is here.

All right.

I'll seal the airlocks

behind you guys

as you wrap around.

It's going to take me

a few minutes.

All right. Take your time

and we'll get suited up.

Something profound.

What?

Nothing. It doesn't matter.

Let's get these readings.

Dammit.

Are you sure?

You getting the same

reading as I am. Right?

Yeah.

Edward to bridge.

Go ahead.

We wouldn't last

more than two minutes

without the air in our suits.

This planet's ecosystem

is still evolving.

Way too much methane, nitrogen.

It's like the Earth

3 million years ago.

It's a dry well.

Copy that.

Better luck next time.

Heading back.

For what it's worth?

You guys are doing

what a few others

have ever done before.

Let's hope on the next one

we can all take a walk outside,

but be able to feel the wind

on our faces. Remember.

Second roll of the dice.

Where do we go from here?

Back to the ship.

Captain, Jane and

Edward are back on board.

And the airlock is sealed.

Yeah, okay.

May I suggest that the crew

take a few hours to sleep

as you're all showing

the signs of fatigue.

I will run diagnostics

on the ship systems

- while you rest.

- Yeah.

It will be nice

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