The Worthy Page #3

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What are you hiding from us?

Tell me! What are you hiding?!

Shut up!

Everybody shut up.

If anyone here does so much as raise a hand

to anyone else, they're gone. Understood?

Why are you so eager to let her stay?

She hasn't given us a reason not to.

Eissa! Now is not the time.

What a joke.

The bleeding won't stop.

Get a fire going.

Hold him down.

Just stay calm.

Bilal, give us a hand here.

Relax, we're right here with you.

Hold him still.

Eissa!

Please don't!

Daoud!

I beg you!

I beg you!

Cover his eyes.

Please! I'm begging you!

Above the knee.

Trust me.

Hold him still.

Jamal...

You're pathetic.

Save some for Daoud.

I know you don't want to hear this, but...

we can't stay here any longer.

And Daoud is in no condition to be moved.

He lost a lot of blood.

Priority should go to those of us

who are going to live.

What makes you so sure

you're going to live?

Are you threatening me?

Aren't we all going to die?

I'm saying you're selfish.

Exactly.

Selfishness is what it's going to take

from now on, sweetheart.

These petty and childish emotions of yours

won't get us through

a single week without water.

Get the hell off me!

What did I say, Jamal?

She attacked me!

But you didn't see that, did you?

I heard the whole thing.

So what?

Who put you in charge?

Get out.

So you're giving out orders now, too?

You're not welcome here anymore.

In here, we protect each other.

Defend each other.

You want to fight for yourself,

do it out there.

Do you really think...

you'll last a day here without me?

Huh?

Get out.

What if I don't want to?

Leave now!

We're no longer

under your command, Captain.

I think we can all agree that

it's more rational for me to be in charge.

Not a kid just hatched from his egg.

First thing I'm doing is...

throwing this b*tch out of here.

- Don't you dare touch her.

- Get out! Stay back, Eissa!

I'm doing this is for

the good of everyone here.

You're not a leader.

You'll never be a leader, and you know it.

What do you know?

Do you know...

that your father took my council

in everything?

Do any of you know

that I was the real decision maker?

A true leader has to protect his charges.

Can you do that?

Is that so?

Who have you been able to protect?

Certainly not your own father.

Where were you when he got slaughtered

right in front of everyone?

Who welcomed the enemy in here

with open arms?

Didn't you insist on letting them stay?

And you?

Have you forgotten how you got here?

The man who left his family behind to burn?

Shut up, Eissa.

Yet somehow managed to save his books.

Wasn't that you?

If you take one more step,

I'll blow your brains out.

You're not a leader.

You never were.

And my dad knew it.

Why are you all looking at me like that?

Are you going to let this boy

call the shots?

For what good reason?

Because he's Shuaib's son?

I knew it had no bullets.

I just wanted to scare him.

We're staying with you, Eissa.

Don't you worry about us, Jamal.

You just look after yourself.

And then there were seven.

What's that supposed to mean?

You took the bait.

Mussa is going to come for you. One by one.

He'll trap you like mice.

Just wait.

You'll be crawling out of this hole

looking for water at any moment now.

I'll be seeing you again soon.

Very soon.

Think we did the right thing?

I think Mussa's plan is working.

Maryam.

Jamal's right.

We can't survive here without water.

What about Daoud?

It's going to be hard to take him with us.

So what do we do?

We need a plan.

We have no choice but to look for water.

But I bet that's exactly

what Mussa wants us to do.

We need to be prepared for that.

If it's a war he wants...

then a war is what he'll get.

We're doing the right thing.

We have no choice.

Ready?

Ready.

Eissa.

I'm coming with you.

- What?

- You don't have to do this.

Yes, actually, I do.

Maryam.

We're dead tired.

Somebody mind taking over the watch?

I can't leave Daoud.

Can we trust her?

Haven't we been doing so already?

Let's go.

Get over here.

The canister.

The gate's open!

Raya.

Raya!

Raya!

Are you okay?

Are you hurt?

Jamal is here.

Raya!

Say something!

Can you see a way out?

It's a trap.

We can't leave him here.

Why didn't Mussa just kill him?

He wants to use him for something.

For what? Bait?

To get us in here?

Only one way to find out.

Jamal!

What happened?

He cut out his tongue.

I just heard something.

Jamal! Keep quiet!

Dear God, what...

Raya, find us a wrap of some sort.

Shut up, for God's sake!

Calm down!

Eissa.

We can't take him with us.

We'll be done for if we drag him along.

We're not leaving him like this.

Hold him down.

Hold him!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?!

Forgive me, Jamal.

Hurry! The fire's spreading fast!

Open it!

It's getting closer!

Push!

Out of the way!

Hurry.

Hurry!

Give me a hand here.

Come on, Eissa!

Help me.

Raya!

Give me your hand!

Eissa!

Get closer!

Raya!

Raya!

- Maryam.

- Yes?

Can I have some water?

We don't have any. I'm sorry

Bilal?

Maryam.

Your time has come.

Glbin!

Mar...

Maryam.

- Stay with her.

- Where are you going?

You're the only one who can save her.

What the hell do you want from me?

I want you to forget the old world.

Abandon the rules that only existed

to force billions of people

to live in mediocrity.

Think about all the chaos.

Chaos...

is the greatest gift

humanity has ever received.

You have no right to speak for humanity.

Don't you get it?

The Earth was choking to death

on useless people.

Worthless people.

Without purpose.

My task...

is to help you understand this.

The choice is yours.

Which one of you gets to live?

Decide.

Maryam!

Don't worry!

You're free now, Eissa.

This is the end.

As well as the beginning.

Right before I cut out Jamal's tongue,

he told me the gun has no bullets.

How do you know he wasn't lying?

Unworthy.

Where's Qais?

He was a good soldier,

but his mission is over.

Intelligent.

But not a leader.

We don't need more followers.

Why?!

You deserve to live.

More than any of the others.

Mussa is supposed to light the fire...

while I stay back and watch.

Who takes charge...

and who waits for others to guide them.

Those who manage to control

the situation get to join us.

Truth is, very few succeed.

But I had faith in you.

And you didn't disappoint.

You passed the test.

Only after he murdered my family.

Because they were weak.

Now the choice is yours.

When I let you go...

you can try to kill me.

Or you can come with me.

We're gathering soon in the Medina.

Join us.

Meet the others.

Let's fix this broken world together.

You're safe now.

My mission isn't over.

I have to go.

We'll be waiting for you.

It's where it all begins again.

It was them, wasn't it?

Who are they?

The Ya'a Aleph.

I don't know what that means.

The Aleph and the Ya'a.

The first and the last.

The beginning and the end.

Ya'a.

Aleph.

The end...

and then the beginning.

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