What Happened to Monday Page #5

All these years of endless lectures

on responsibility and sacrifice?

I never saw you do any of it, not once.

I did everything I was told.

Everything right.

I did everything I could

to protect our family.

You have a funny way of showing it.

Sunday died in my arms.

Wednesday fell to her death.

Saturday was shot in the head, and Friday...

I didn't plan this.

I met Adrian and I fell in love.

And things changed.

I made a deal with Cayman, and...

it got out of my control.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry you...

you lost your finger because of me.

I was a... I was a total f***-up.

If I could go back

and change it all, I would.

Karen Settman...

was so much more than any one of us.

She was all of us.

She was our family.

I was the firstborn.

Karen Settman was always mine.

The rest of you?

You were just afterbirth.

For three decades,

the Child Allocation Bureau has combatted

the most serious crisis

our world has ever faced.

Catastrophic overpopulation.

Critics may chastise our methods,

but the numbers don't lie.

In a perfect world,

every child has the right to live.

That's why I'm running for office.

So I can reform the law.

Anyone who wants to bring a child

into this world

must be able to prove financial stability...

and be able to guarantee

the emotional and physical

well-being of that child.

There may even be room for siblings...

if the data measures up.

So I commend you for your vision

as we continue to take positive action

to build a sustainable future

full of hope and possibility.

Together...

we will...

survive.

Are you okay?

Hit it.

They didn't suffer.

No, they didn't suffer.

They didn't suffer. They didn't suffer!

What have you done?

What have you done?

Monday.

I need you to be brave.

Set an example for your sisters.

I'm just trying to protect you.

I'm so sorry.

Promise me...

Don't let them take them.

Don't let them take them.

Hey, baby. Hey, baby.

Stay with me, okay?

Oh...

Baby, you're okay. Baby. Baby.

Federation-wide rioting has forced

the repeal of the Child Allocation Act.

Hundreds of siblings held

in processing centers have been released.

Pregnant women

are coming out of hiding in droves,

the majority from poorest districts.

Without this repeal,

many of these children would

have been discarded or processed

the minute they were born.

This planet is the only home

you will ever know.

So, look around.

Ask yourselves.

Who will continue to make

the difficult decisions

that will ensure your survival?

My regret...

My regret is that your children

will never know

the world we could have built together.

That hope is gone forever.

I like your new eye, Tuesday.

- They did a good job.

- Thank you.

Oh, it's not Tuesday anymore. It's Terry.

Okay. Terry.

So...

what should I call you?

Karen.

Karen Settman.

Monday did it all for them.

She wanted them to be safe.

Well...

they will be.

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