The Reconstruction of William Zero Page #2

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-AND I NEED YOU

TO COOPERATE WITH THEM.

A SET OF SAMPLES FROM THE SECOND

ROUND OF SPLICING...

[ DOOR BEEPS ]

...ALONG

WITH SOME CORELLE SOLUTION

HAS GONE MISSING --

THAT AND SOME HUMAN EGGS.

-MISSING? HOW?

-UH...

-HELLO?

-I'm coming home.

I'm gonna make it right.

-I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

-I'm sorry.

I never should've left you.

-YOU SOUND DIFFERENT.

ARE YOU OKAY?

-I'm done running away.

[ Dial tone ]

-HELLO?

[ TELEPHONE BEEPS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ BEEPING ]

[ LIGHT CLICKS ]

[ BEEPING RESUMES ]

-THEY'RE JUST MAKING SURE

THAT IT WAS NO ONE

FROM THE STAFF.

ANSWER THEIR QUESTIONS.

-BUT WHY WOULD THEY THINK

IT'S -- IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

WAIT. STOP.

-GENTLEMEN.

[ BEEPING ]

-WILLIAM,

IT'S GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK.

-MORNING.

-THIS IS TOM.

-TOM. TOM LANGLEY --

SPENNING, BRAG, AND PENN.

-I'M WILLIAM BLAKELY.

-WE JUST NEED A FEW ANSWERS

ON THIS.

-ON WHAT?

-SORRY, WHAT'S THE QUESTION?

[ BUZZING ]

-YOU SAID YOU NEEDED

A FEW ANSWERS ON THIS.

-THEY'RE TALKING

TO EVERYONE, WILLIAM.

THEY'RE JUST TAKING

THROUGH THE STAFF,

TRYING TO MAKE SURE

THAT NO ONE --

BUT DR. BLAKELY RUNS

OUR RESEARCH LAB.

-YOU'RE A COMPANY MAN, RIGHT,

WILLIAM?

-EXCUSE ME?

-CORELLE --

IT'S A CLONING AGENT, RIGHT?

-THAT'S CORRECT.

-YOU TOOK LAST WEEK OFF.

IS THAT RIGHT?

-DR. ARCHER,

I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT --

-FOUR SAMPLES OF CORELLE

ARE MISSING FROM SPECIMEN 29.

[ BEEPING ]

-THAT SURPRISE YOU, WILLIAM?

-DOES THAT SURPRISE ME?

-HEY, HOW'S THAT STUFF WORK,

ANYWAY?

-IT, UH, STABILIZES

AN AMINO ACID SEQUENCE

IN THE Q-45 --

-THAT MUST BE WORTH MILLIONS

ON THE OPEN MARKE IF SOMEONE WERE SELLING.

-WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?

WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?

-WHAT AM I TRYING TO SAY?

-IF YOU'RE SAYING WHAT I THINK

YOU'RE TRYING TO SAY,

THERE'S A VERY SERIOUS INSINU--

IT'S A VERY SERIOUS ACCUSATION.

-WILLIAM, WAIT. WILLIAM, NO.

-DR. ARCHER, IT'S AN ACCUSATION.

IT'S AN ACCUSATION.

-WILLIAM, NO, HOW LONG

HAVE WE KNOWN EACH OTHER?

-HE'S ACCUSING ME.

-PLEASE, SEVEN YEARS.

WILLIAM IS ONE OF

OUR MOST TRUSTED --

-I SIGNED A 206-C.

YOU UNDER--

YOU KNOW THAT NEXT CORPORATION'S

SECRETS ARE SAFE WITH ME.

-WILLIAM, NO.

-I'M SURE THAT THEY ARE.

WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER PEOPLE

THAT YOU WORK WITH?

-I'VE SPENT THE LAST SEVEN YEARS

OF MY LIFE:

WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK,

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME

THAT BECAUSE OF A LAPSE

IN A MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR

SECURITY SYSTEM,

THAT SOMEBODY HAS WALKED

OUT THE FRONT DOOR

WITH PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

REGARDING THE FIRST ROUND

OF TELOMERASE SLICING.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

THE MONTHS OF WORK IT TAKES

TO CREATE 12 OUNCES OF CORELLE?

DO YOU EVEN KNOW

WHAT IT'S CAPABLE OF?

-I DON'T KNOW. I DON'T CARE.

-DR. ARCHER, I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

-WILLIAM, WILLIAM.

ALL RIGHT, WILLIAM, THANK YOU.

-DR. ARCHER.

-THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.

-WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND --

-WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.

-I'LL -- I'LL BE IN TOUCH.

-WHO IS THAT MAN?

WHO IS THAT MAN?

WHAT IS HIS NAME?

-HE, UH -- HE IS JUST FROM --

-WHAT IS HIS NAME?

-[ SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY ]

-OKAY.

[ MONITOR BEEPS ]

-WILLIAM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

-WHO ARE YOU?

WHERE'S MY FAMILY?

WHERE IS MY FAMILY?

WHERE IS MY FAMILY?!

-CALM DOWN.

-SIT DOWN.

SIT IN THE CHAIR.

-O-OKAY.

-SIT DOWN!

-OKAY.

-HANDS OUT IN FRONT.

-WILLIAM, CALM DOWN.

WATCH THE G-- WATCH THE GUN.

BE CAREFUL, WILLIAM.

BE CAREFUL.

BE CAREFUL.

-QUIET. QUIET. QUIET. QUIET.

JUST TELL ME THE TRUTH.

JUST TELL ME THE TRUTH.

THAT'S ALL.

-I WORK IN A GENETICS LAB.

A RESEARCH PROJECT FOCUSED

ON THE...

-WHAT DOES THIS HAVE TO DO

WITH ME?

-...A CONTROLLING AGENT.

-WHERE IS MY FAMILY?!

WHERE IS MY FAMILY?!

-YOU DON'T HAVE A FAMILY.

YOU DON'T HAVE A FAMILY.

MY LAB,

THE LAB WHERE I WORK,

NOT EXTENDING PEOPLE'S LIVES,

BUT MAKING THEM OLDER, FASTER,

THEN RECORDING AND IMPLANTING

LEARNED BEHAVIOR --

FACIAL RECOGNITION,

IMAGE MEMORY, LANGUAGE,

LIKE LOADING UP A COMPUTER

WITH DATA.

-WHY?

-BECAUSE WE WAN TO MAKE CLONES --

REPLACEMENTS.

PROXIES.

YOU ARE A PROXY, WILLIAM.

YOU ARE:

MY PROXY.

-GET UP.

GET UP.

GO. GO. GO. GO. GO.

GO UP THE STAIRS.

GO UP THE STAIRS.

GO UP THE STAIRS!

DON'T SIT DOWN!

GO UP THE STAIRS!

-NO, THIS IS RIDICULOUS,

WILLIAM.

-GO UP THE STAIRS!

GET UP AND GO UP THE STAIRS!

-NO.

-GET UP.

-STOP, STOP, STOP! STOP!

WILLIAM, THINK THROUGH THIS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK HAS HAPPENED?

DON'T YOU REALIZE

THAT IF THEY FIND OU WHAT WE'VE DONE, IT'S OVER?

WILLIAM, NO.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

STOP.

-LIE BACK. LIE BACK. QUIET.

LIE BACK.

-OKAY, OKAY, OKAY.

-PUT YOUR FEET UNDER THE STRAPS.

UNDER THE STRAPS.

LET'S GO. UNDER. UNDER. UNDER.

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

-I AM GOING TO FIND HER.

TO FIND HER.

-[ LAUGHING ]

-AND TO FIND OUT WHO I AM.

-NO. NO!

-[ GRUNTING, PANTING ]

[ DOOR HISSES ]

[ INTERCOM CHATTER ]

[ INDISTINCT TALKING ON TV ]

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

[ PANTING ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

[ DOOR HISSES ]

[ ENGINE IDLING ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ ENGINE IDLING ]

[ TWIG SNAPS ]

[ CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS ]

[ TRAIN PASSING ]

-[ GRUNTING ]

[ SCREAMING ]

-[ PANTING ]

-[ SCREAMING ]

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

[ EXHALES SHARPLY ]

[ THUD ]

-[ GRUNTS ]

-[ GRUNTS ]

[ GRUNTS ]

-WILLIAM?

[ SIGHS ]

I SAW YOU FROM THE BUS.

ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME?

-YES. NO.

I WANTED TO SEE YOU.

-WELL, YOU SEE ME.

YOU -- YOU WANT TO ASK ME

TO GET COFFEE OR SOMETHING?

-YES.

YES, I DO.

OR WE COULD GE ICE-CREAM SANDWICHES.

-[ CHUCKLES ]

OKAY.

-YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL.

I DIDN'T KNOW.

I SAW THE PHOTOS, BUT...

YOU REALLY ARE.

[ CHUCKLES ]

-YOU OKAY?

-YEAH.

-I HAVE TO GO, OKAY?

-OKAY.

[ TELEPHONE RINGS ]

-HELLO?

NO, I'LL BE THERE.

I'M FINE, YEAH.

I UNDERSTAND.

NO, I SAID --

WHAT I SAID WAS:

IT WOULD TAKE A FEW DAYS.

THAT'S THE NATURE OF TIME OFF,

ISN'T IT?

SUSPICIOUS? SUSPICIOUS?

[ SIGHS ]

NO, I'M HERE, YEAH.

[ SNIFFLES ] MM-HMM.

-All right.

-WELL,

THERE'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING

I WANTED TO TALK

TO YOU ABOUT, TOO.

NO, I THINK WE SHOULD MEE IN PERSON.

THANK YOU, DR. ARCHER.

-Take care of yourself.

-OKAY.

-AH, BAXTER,

CAN YOU LOCK UP TONIGHT?

-SURE.

-THE MEN FROM UPSTAIRS

ARE GONNA BE HERE PRETTY EARLY.

-OKAY.

-DID YOU NOTICE ANYTHING ODD

ABOUT WILLIAM TONIGHT?

-WHY?

-UH, OH, HE JUST, UM...

UM, I'M GOING TO MEET WITH HIM.

-THIS LATE?

-YEAH, IT SOUNDED URGENT.

IS THIS ONE FROM SPECIMEN 29?

-YEAH, HE'S THE LAST ONE.

DR. ARCHER,

CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?

WHY IS IT YOU STILL WORK HERE

AT NEXT CORP?

-YOU KNOW, I LOOK AT THIS DOG,

AND I THINK,

"LIFE IS THE WHIM

OF SEVERAL BILLION CELLS

TO BE YOU FOR A WHILE."

-WHAT'S THAT FROM?

-CAN'T REMEMBER.

BAXTER, YOU DON'T JUST QUI A JOB LIKE THIS.

-WHY?

-YOU JUST DON'T.

-[ SNIFFLES ]

-OKAY.

DON'T START THE CAR.

I JUST WANT TO TAKE A MINUTE

TO EXPLAIN [SIGHS]

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON.

-YOU MEAN -- YOU MEAN WITH YOU?

-NO, WITH THE SAMPLES.

-ALL RIGHT.

WILLIAM, WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON

[ SIGHS ]

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