The Reconstruction of William Zero Page #3

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WITH THE SAMPLES?

-I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN CONCERNED

WITH THE MEN FROM UPSTAIRS.

-WILLIAM.

[ CHUCKLES ]

THESE GUYS ARE NOT JOKING

AROUND, ALL RIGHT?

INTERNAL SPECIAL SECURITY.

THE ENTIRE DEPARTMENT --

THEY CAN SHUT IT DOWN

JUST LIKE THAT IF THEY WANT TO.

THEY WILL NOT HESITATE

TO PUT US DOWN.

[ SIGHS ] AND I'VE GIVEN YOU

EVERY OPPORTUNITY.

I HAVE DEFENDED YOU.

I'VE GIVEN PEOPLE MY WORD.

I'VE BACKED YOU

AT EVERY TURN, WILLIAM,

BUT YOUR BEHAVIOR

IS INCREASINGLY SUSPICIOUS.

WILLIAM...

THE BEST MOVE IS

FOR YOU TO COME CLEAN.

-YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE

WHO WAS KIND TO ME.

-ALL RIGHT.

[ SIGHS ]

-I THOUGHT TO MYSELF,

"WHAT A KIND MAN."

-RIGHT, WILLIAM --

-STOP INTERRUPTING ME.

I TALK NOW.

AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND

WHY YOU WERE BEING SO NICE

TO ME.

-[ SIGHS ]

-AND THEN I REALIZED THAT IT WAS

BECAUSE NEXT CORPORATION

NEEDED WILLIAM BLAKELY.

THEY WERE AFRAID

OF WILLIAM BLAKELY.

-[ SIGHS ] GOOD.

GOOD JOB.

GOOD, WILLIAM.

WE ARE GONNA DEAL WITH THIS.

I AM YOUR FRIEND.

I WILL HELP YOU OUT.

-DON'T TOUCH IT. SIT BACK.

-WHAT DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE GONNA DO?

WHAT DO YOU THINK

YOU'RE GONNA DO?

-I'M GOING TO LEAVE.

-WHAT ARE --

NO ONE LEAVES NEXT CORPORATION.

-I DO.

-[ GRUNTS ]

[ GUNSHOT ]

[ AIR BRAKES SCREECH,

DOOR HISSES ]

[ ENGINE IDLING ]

-WILLIAM?

WILLIAM?

[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

[ BREATHES DEEPLY ]

-I TOLD YOU EVERYTHING

YOU NEEDED TO KNOW.

EXCEPT IT'S NOT YOUR LIFE,

IT'S MY LIFE.

YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.

I...I LOST A CHILD.

I WAS RESPONSIBLE.

MY LIFE ENDED THAT DAY, SO...

-HOW OLD AM I?

-15 MONTHS SINCE INCEPTION.

YOU'VE BEEN ALIVE FOR 6.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO HURT YOU.

I JUST WANTED TO FIX SOMETHING.

-BUT WHAT IF I DON'T WAN TO BE WILLIAM BLAKELY?

-YOU HAVE TO.

-[ SIGHS ]

-YOU HAVE TO DO THIS.

I NEED YOU TO DO THIS.

JULES NEEDS YOU TO DO THIS.

-OKAY.

OKAY.

BUT YOU HAVE TO GO.

YOU HAVE TO LEAVE.

YOU CAN'T STAY HERE.

YOU HAVE TO GO.

-I'LL LEAVE TOMORROW.

-OKAY.

JULES.

JULES.

JULES, I'M SORRY.

I DIDN'T KNOW H--

-WILLIAM, NOT RIGHT NOW, OKAY?

I MEAN, WHAT IS THIS?

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

-I JUST DIDN'T HAVE ANY --

I'D HAVE NO ONE ELSE.

-YOU CAN'T JUST SHOW UP

TO MY BUS STOP:

AND JUST EXPECT ME

TO, LIKE, RELATE TO YOU, RIGHT?

THE WORLD DOESN'T STOP

JUST BECAUSE:

YOU DECIDE THAT YOU DON'T WAN TO BE A PART OF IT.

IT'S JUST NOT FAIR.

-JULES, I'M NOT TRYING

TO UPSET YOU.

I JUST DON'T HAVE ANYONE ELSE

TO REACH OUT TO RIGHT NOW.

-WELL, YOU

ARE UPSETTING ME,

WILLIAM.

-PLEASE, ALL I'M ASKING

IS A MINUTE OF YOUR TIME.

-WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY TO ME?

-L-L-LISTEN, JULES.

PLEASE, WAIT.

-NO. NO, NO, NO, NO.

YOU DON'T GET TO SAY THAT TO ME.

ALL I HAD WAS TIME.

YOU WEREN'T THERE.

-I'M SO--

-NO, OKAY, I GET IT. I GET IT.

IS THIS ABOUT KEVIN?

-I DON'T KNOW. I'M SORRY.

-WHAT? YOU -- YOU WAN TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN?

IS THIS WHAT IT'S ABOUT?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I DO?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT THIS IS?

I CARRY THIS AROUND.

THIS IS HIS HAIR

FROM HIS FIRST HAIRCUT.

I THINK THAT I DESERVE HIM BACK

IN SOME WAYS.

-YOU DO DESERVE THAT.

I BELIEVE YOU DO DESERVE THAT.

-NO. THERE IS NO DESERVE.

THERE ARE NO MORAL ORDER

TO ANY OF THIS.

WE DON'T GET PAID BACK

FOR THE PAIN THAT WE FELT.

THERE'S NONE OF THAT SH*T.

I WAS WILLING TO GO ON WITH YOU.

YOU CAVED. YOU RAN AWAY.

-BUT I'M HERE NOW.

I CAN'T ANSWER FOR THAT,

BUT I AM HERE NOW.

-MM.

-I PROMISE YOU. I AM HERE.

-I JUST SEE HIM

WHEN I LOOK AT YOU.

-BUT WHY NOT MAKE

THAT A GOOD THING?

[ SIREN WAILING ]

-[ MUMBLES ]

-I CAN'T.

[ CELLPHONE VIBRATING ]

[ BEEPS ]

-HELLO?

-Hello, William. William?

-YEAH, I'M HERE.

-Next Corporation has called

three times this morning

looking for you.

If you're going to be

William Blakely,

you need to go to the lab.

You need to go to work, William.

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

[ DOOR BEEPS, ELEVATOR DINGS ]

[ INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT ]

-HEY, WILLIAM.

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ DOOR CLOSES ]

-WILLIAM, TAKE A WALK WITH ME?

HAVE YOU SEEN ARCHER

THIS MORNING?

HE WAS A NO-SHOW

FOR THE Q1 BUDGET REPORT.

-NO, I DIDN'T SEE HIM.

-WELL, WHEN YOU SEE HIM,

COULD YOU TELL HIM TO

STOP BY, PLEASE?

-YEAH, I'LL TELL HIM.

-HAVE YOU CIRCLED UP

WITH BAXTER YET?

-NO, I HAVE NOT SEEN BAXTER.

-SOME INTERESTING NEWS

WITH SPECIMEN 29.

-OKAY.

I'LL TALK TO BAXTER

ABOUT SPECIMEN 29.

-YOU OKAY?

-YEAH. ARE YOU?

-YEAH, I'M GOOD.

-I'M GONNA GO.

[ INDISTINCT P.A. ANNOUNCEMENT ]

[ DOG BARKS ]

BAXTER?

-HEY, DR. BLAKELY.

-HOW ARE THE...

THE DOGS?

-THIS IS THE LAST ONE

FROM SPECIMEN 29.

THE TUMOR SPREAD FASTER

THAN WE ANTICIPATED.

-THE TUMORS?

-THE BRAIN TUMORS.

[ DOORBELL RINGS ]

[ DOOR CREAKS ]

-I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS

THAT YOU DO,

WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON

IN HERE,

BUT, UM, I'M DONE PLAYING GAMES.

-I-I'M SORRY.

I DON'T -- I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

-A MAN HAS A RIGH TO HIS PRIVACY, I GET IT.

I RESPECT IT.

BUT AS YOUR NEIGHBOR,

I HAVE A DUTY:

TO REPORT ANY:

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, OKAY?

-LOOK, I THINK WE GOT OFF

ON THE WRONG FOOT.

I'M WILLIAM.

-I KNOW. WE'VE MET. LESTER.

-I KNOW THAT WHAT I DO HERE

MIGHT SEEM STRANGE,

BUT I THINK WE'RE JUST GOING

A LITTLE BURB CRAZY OUT HERE.

-[ SCOFFS ]

-I'M A GENETICIST.

I WORK FOR NEXT CORPORATION.

YOU KNOW,

THE BIG BUILDING DOWNTOWN

AND THE SLOGAN,

"BUILDING A BETTER TOMORROW

ONE CELL AT A TIME."

I COULD...

I COULD SHOW YOU WHAT WE DO.

IT'S VERY INTERESTING.

I'LL MAKE SOME COFFEE.

GET OUT OF THE COLD.

COME ON.

-[ SIGHS ]

SO, YOU DO SCIENCE AND STUFF?

-YEAH, I DO SCIENCE.

COME ON IN.

-TWO OTHERS DIED LAST NIGH AND ONE YESTERDAY.

-THEY'RE DYING?

-THAT HAS A TENDENCY TO HAPPEN

WHEN YOU HAVE A BRAIN TUMOR,

DOCTOR.

[ DOG BARKS ]

APPARENTLY,

WHEN YOU CLONE A CLONE,

YOU GE ALL THESE WEIRD ANOMALIES,

LIKE BRAIN TUMORS, BLINDNESS.

-BLINDNESS?

-YEAH, THEY'VE ALL GONE BLIND

IN THE LATE STAGES.

-DID YOU SAY "CLONE A CLONE"?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I SHOULD GO.

-ARE YOU DOING ALL RIGHT,

DR. BLAKELY?

-WHOA.

-YEAH, THERE WE ARE.

-THAT'S PRETTY WELL-HIDDEN.

-WELL, LISTEN,

WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE?

HEAD ON DOWN,

AND I'LL GET A PIECE OF GEAR

THAT MAKES IT WORK.

THERE'S A LIGHT SWITCH RIGH DOWN THERE AT THE BOTTOM

OF THE LANDING.

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK. GO AHEAD.

YOU GOT TO SEE. IT'S GREAT.

-SURE.

HEY, WILLIAM?

-[ GRUNTS ]

-[ GRUNTS ]

-[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]

-[ BREATHING SHAKILY ]

P-PLEASE, WILLIAM.

I -- I THINK I BROKE MY NECK.

[ WHIMPERS ]

-YOU'RE A CURIOUS MAN, LESTER.

-[ GROANS ]

-I HAD A BREAKTHROUGH YESTERDAY.

I USED TO BE AFRAID OF PEOPLE.

I USED TO RUN FROM THEM.

BUT I REALIZED:

THAT MIGHT NOT BE

THE RIGHT APPROACH.

-[ WHIMPERING CONTINUES ]

-I WAS BORN ON THE OTHER SIDE

OF THAT DOOR IN A BATHTUB.

IT TOOK HIM MONTHS

OF TRIAL AND ERROR

AND HE KILLED THE DEFECTS

AND BURIED THEM:

IN THE BACKYARD UNDER THE SNOW.

AND THEN HE MADE ME.

I WAS DESIGNED TO LEARN FAST.

EXPONENTIAL BRAIN GROWTH.

I LEARNED THINGS

IN LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

[ INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS ]

TRIED TO MAKE A BETTER VERSION

OF HIMSELF...

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