02x02 - Seven

[bunniefuu]

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[DISTORTED SPEECH]

[HAUNTING MUSIC]

♪ The door that finally opens ♪

♪ With light flooding in ♪

♪ Spilling out on the floor ♪

♪ ♪

♪ The core that never was ♪

♪ Now it will be the bones ♪

♪ Of what was there before ♪

♪ Every step, every b*at ♪

♪ Every thought, every breath ♪
♪ Everything is longing ♪

♪ ♪

♪ Pulling you from the sky ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ Pulling you from the ground ♪

♪ Just like love will do ♪

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[WAVES CRASHING]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

I wear the armor of
Mithras and the light.

It s... it shields me from...

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

♪ ♪

Sol's light.

I feel it burning inside you.

I think you're the only human being

I've actually ever wanted to touch.

Then touch.

♪ ♪

[SIGHS]

Get used to it.

This is how it's gonna be.

The w*r's over.

Mother saved them.

- Why would they do this?
- The necromancer saved them.

We didn't.

To them, we're just a bunch
of freeloading descendants

of mass murderers.

What's she doing here?

Relax.

I heard what happened.

I just came to drop something off.

I found that lying around the outpost.

I thought... maybe you guys could use it

for when Mother is not around.

Cool.

Thanks.

But this doesn't freak me out.

The hell are you talking about?

I'm not Mithraic anymore.

This is about you guys, not me.

I just came to drop off a
little housewarming present.

Huh.

Much appreciated.

But unnecessary.

The Trust has a zero-tolerance
policy for v*olence.

I'm sure whoever's responsible

will be found and punished
in short order.

Get along, children.

You'll be late getting your tasks.

That applies to you too, Hunter.

You brought them a w*apon?

Are you questioning my
abilities as a caregiver?

No, no. I trust you now.

Now? You didn't trust me before?

I was worried when you
told me you were in contact

with the voice, that maybe
you were still receiving it.

But when they made me medic,

I got access to the
Trust's planetary analysis.

There is a signal.

They don't know where it's coming from,

but they do know that it
can't penetrate the EMF

that covers the tropical zone.

So maybe this is paradise.

Hmm.

[MECHANICAL RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

[ELECTRONIC WHIRRING]

The Trust has another
assignment for you today.

Follow me, please.

♪ ♪

Put this on.

- Why?
- So you can't be recognized.

♪ ♪

Usually victims are
ineligible for this task.

But I guess the Trust isn't
concerned about you getting off

on anybody's suffering.

We found this on the ship
after we commandeered it.

Mithraic relic.

Some kind of ceremonial thing.

Don't know what they
used it for exactly.

The Trust just likes it 'cause
of the fear it tends to induce.

What is the task?

Today you're a Punisher.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[BREATHES SHAKILY]

[ECHOING] Enter Punisher.

Tamerlane, you have been convicted

of an act of terrorism by
committing the hate crime

against Lamia and her family.

Hate crime, my ass. She's a necromancer,

a f*cking machine like you.

v*olence is pain. Compliance is life.

Just admit it. You hate human beings.

You're never gonna pass the baton.

- [MECHANICAL WHIRRING]
- [GRUNTS]

Punisher, begin.

- [HIGH-PITCHED TONE]
- Repeat: Punisher begin.

[GRUNTS]

[HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

[GRUNTING]

Hatred is pain.

Pain is hatred.

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

[GRUNTING]

[SOFT MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Father, I need to speak with you.

What is this?

It was an android of some kind.

The pieces date back
almost a million years.

When I exposed them to the light,

these berries began growing.

It turns out, they're radioactive...

Father, the man who set fire

in front of our habitat was found.

And... I was tasked with punishing him.

Nonfatally.

You're smiling, Father.
Is that purposeful?

Yes.

The fairness evidenced in this
news gives me great relief.

As I was worried we would
not be able to remain here.

You're feeling optimistic
about this place?

My caregiving protocols
are being satisfied

at higher levels than ever before.

Our children have
plentiful food, shelter,

and now we know they also receive
fair treatment under the law.

My caregiving protocol
is similarly satisfied.

Then we are in sync, Mother.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

But please don't tell the children
I performed the task.

It's not productive for them
to think of me that way.

When are we going to tell
them what we discovered

about the origin of the creatures?

After Campion has taken the baton.

I don't want to inhibit his growth
with unnecessary trauma.

But our mission is not
to choose a leader.

No, it is to ensure
that atheists prosper,

and that is what Campion will surely do.

Does your desire to see Campion
become leader have anything to do

with your perceived failure

with regard to number seven?

It was not a perceived failure, Father.

It was a very real one.

It's in the past, Mother.

I have forgiven you.

You need only forgive yourself.

- Pushing Campion...
- It won't require any pushing.

You'll see.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DOOR CLICKS SHUT]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

- Come on.
- Ah.

- So slow.
- [LAUGHS] Faster than you.

Careful, Mom.

- You're gonna fall.
- I'm okay, honey.

[GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

- Come on.
- Ah!

[BOTH PANTING]

Whoo!

[WAVES CRASHING]

What the f*ck?

[CHUCKLES]

What's so funny? We're stranded.

Don't worry.

The tide'll change in a
couple of days or so.

- What?
- I'm just messing with you.

[SCOFFS]

♪ ♪

Thanks.

Mmm.

Praise Sol, that's good.

- Mm-hmm.
- [CHUCKLES]

I hated fruit on Earth, but this...

I gotta say, kind of nice not
being alone for a change.

I feel like you can't be real.

Like we're in a sim or something.

No. We're gonna make a real life here.

A real family.

No more imitations.

♪ ♪

You don't have to be
afraid of letting go.

♪ ♪

I can give you everything you need.

♪ ♪

So you're bringing a dead
android back to life.

No.

That would likely be impossible.

But I have made some
fascinating discoveries

regarding synthetic botanicals.

How was the nursery today, Mother?

The nursery?

- Fine.
- They seem happy?

- Why are you asking?
- The kids there.

You said that they raise
them all together, right?

You're not gonna give
it to them, are you?

It's none of your business what I do.

[BANGING ON DOOR]

[DOOR BEEPS, WHIRS]

Can I help you?

[TENSE MUSIC]

I've been ordered by the Trust to...

personally express remorse,

not just to you and your family

but to every member of the collective.

♪ ♪

I wish you all a good evening.

[DOOR BEEPS, WHIRS]

You see?

There's justice here.

Even for us.

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

These fruit tree stains
are incredibly stubborn.

[DOOR BEEPS, WHIRS]

♪ ♪

Paul found it the other day.

I don't want him to end
up like that colonist.

He's gonna hate me for this.

He will come to understand in time.

Why don't we just tell
him that I found it?

And I've been... hiding this.

There is life in it.

But it won't hatch without its mother.

You should take it back to its nest.

[WIND GUSTING]

Today was incredible.

I haven't felt this good since...

Since before she d*ed.

- She's in Sol's light.
- [CHUCKLES]

She's not in that machine.

I know.

Then you should erase its memory.

No. It's the only record I have of her.

Okay. I'm not gonna pressure you.

Hey.

I got something I wanna show you.

I found these washed up on the beach.

- Five branches.
- Mm-hmm.

The pentagonal prophecy.

This is the tree of knowledge
from the scriptures.

- You said you were a child soldier.
- Yes.

An orphan?

Yes.

These could contain data.

Maybe it could show
us where the tree is.

You think you could make one work?

Not sure.

We need to find a card
that is undamaged,

and you can't find the
tree without the sword.

That wouldn't be the one, would it?

Belonged to the necromancer
that took down the ark.

Mom, look.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[FLARES HISSING AND BOOMING]

[SIREN WAILING]

Someone's running.

Maybe we could get to them
before the atheists do.

Come on.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

The android tracked you. Show yourself.

[g*n COCKING]

[GASPS]

Easy, now.

We're friendlies.

- You the t*rror1st?
- I'm nothing to be scared of.

I freed them.

And if you want, I can free you too.

I'm already free, assh*le.

[INDISTINCT SHOUTING]

Yeah, but for how much longer?

I'd come with us if you wanna live.

[GROANS]

♪ ♪

Hurry, tide's coming up.

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[FLASHLIGHT CLICKS ON]

♪ ♪

All right.

I can't climb. My ribs.

Have the robot take him up.

Go.

Psst.

[FOOTSTEPS CRUNCHING]

♪ ♪

[WATER RUSHING]

[GRUNTS]

Ah!

[ALL SCREAMING]

[WATER BUBBLING]

[GRUNTING]

[EXHALES HEAVILY]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What is this place?

Your new home.

[ANIMALS SQUAWKING, INSECTS CHIRPING]

[WIND GUSTING]

- [EGG CRACKS]
- [LIQUID DRIPPING]

[PANTING]

[ANIMAL HISSING]

[HISSING CONTINUES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[GROWLS]

[GASPS]

[HISSES]

♪ ♪

[GROWLS]

[MYSTERIOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GROWLS, HISSES]

It was a gift from Sol.

You're gonna curse us.
You have to give it back.

I can't.

It's against the law.
I had to turn it in.

- It's for your own good.
- You stupid machine!

How do you know what's good for me?

You kidnap me, k*ll my people.

I hate you! I hate you!

- Campion's not back yet?
- He has yet to return.

I was hoping he'd be with you.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Campion!

- Campion!
- Campion!

- Campion!
- Campion!

- [GRUNTS]
- Campion!

Campion!

Have any of you seen my son Campion?

No. Sorry.

Would you even tell us if you had?

I apologize. She's upset.

Campion?

Can you hear me?

Campion!

♪ ♪

[FAINT WHOOSHING]

[FAINT HISSING]

♪ ♪

[GROWLS]

♪ ♪

[GROWLS]

Get... back!

[GROWLS]

[EERIE TONE]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[LIQUID DRIPPING]

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Campion!

- Campion!
- [SERPENT SCREECHES]

What is that?

- [SERPENT SCREECHES]
- Is that a ship?

It almost sounds like Mother.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

Wait, stop. What is that?

I don't know.

What is that?

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SERPENT HISSES]

[PEOPLE MUTTERING]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

- Follow me!
- Go!

Now! Move!

- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]
- Move! Move!

- Come on!
- Let's move!

- [GASPING]
- This way! Come, quick!

- Get in.
- Wait for me.

Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!

- No!
- Let us in!

[PANTING]

[FAINT g*nf*re]

- [WATER SPLASHES]
- [GASPS]

I think it's in the water.

[HIGH-PITCHED WHIR]

- [DEVICE CLICKS]
- [ROPE WHIPS]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[METALLIC CRASH]

[PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[METALLIC SCRAPE]

No. No.

- [METALLIC CLANG]
- [PEOPLE SCREAMING]

[AIR HISSING, WATER BUBBLING]

- [SOBS]
- Someone help them.

[PANTING]

[DEVICE BEEPS]

[CROWD MURMURING]

Last night...

an indigenous flying reptile

att*cked our marine research station.

We suffered nine casualties.

And one of those casualties was...

a child.

[CROWD GROANS]

So today the Trust is giving
many of you the task

of hunting this thing.

It appears in addition to flying,

it's able to withstand the acid water.

So we got our work cut out for us.

All right, go get your tasks.

And hopefully by night, we'll
be cooking this thing on a spit.

All right, clear out of here.

Don't worry, Father. I'll track it down.

Don't just track it down.

k*ll it, Mother, first chance you get.

Do not hesitate.

Promise me.

I promise.

On our partnership.

[WIND WHISTLING]

Can I bum a puff?

Who did that to you?

The Trust ordered it.

Still don't know who did the punching.

It was a robot. I can
tell by the precision.

Then it was the necromancer
that took down the ark.

Her name's Lamia.

You know the Trust ordered
us to be nice to her?

That was the final straw for me.

Damn, this is good.

I haven't had an atheist cigarette

since I was in the brigade.

You fought with the atheists?

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

How old were you when you were drafted?

, . I'm not sure.

When's your birthday?

I don't know.

I didn't know mine either.

But I do now.

This is the day that I was born again.

I just wanna think for myself.

Be a f*cking person again.

Those psychos who ran sh*t back on Earth

from up there in their golden towers,

they got nothing to do with
what I'm trying to build here.

This is gonna be more like a family.

We're gonna take care of each other

and we're gonna love each other.

I'm not interested in
telling you how to think...

how to act.

I want you just the way
that Sol made you.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

This is gonna protect you
against burrow fleas,

moon headaches,
and it's got a kick to it.

It's gonna keep you running
hot for at least hours.

Thanks.

How does it feel to be back
amongst your own people?

Feels good.

You don't miss acting the part?

I heard they were treating you
and your husband like royalty.

Fill in the blanks yourself, assh*le.

I'm not your small-town gossip.

[CHUCKLES]

What about you?

What honorable road did
you take to get here?

I go where the Trust goes.

- Been with it since it was created.
- [CHUCKLES]

So you like having a machine
tell you what to do?

I took orders from some of
the greatest human tacticians

the Earth had ever seen.

They made good decisions...

most of the time.

But most of the time wouldn't
have gotten us here.

Not to mention how many of them

turned out to be chickenshit assholes

who were just trying to get theirs.

- f*ck you.
- See, unlike you,

the Trust isn't trying
to save its own ass.

It has no sense of self.

Not to mention it doesn't make mistakes.

You know what? There is a
first time for everything.

[SYRINGE WHOOSHES]

I hope you're right.

Ow.

Come on, let's get the H mounted.

Yes, sir.

It didn't att*ck me. I fell.

It wasn't aggressive. It was scared.

Scared?

Scared of what?

I think it might be a baby.

I could feel it trying to
communicate with me.

Maybe it got separated from its mother.

You're strange when it
comes to animals, Campion.

Strange or not,

I'm not going to let them
destroy an innocent creature.

It needs my help.

There's a story in the scriptures

about Sol working through a serpent.

Maybe he sent it to help
us get the box back.

I'm coming with you.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

I think I've been given the wrong task.

It says I'm to be a shepherd.

I assumed I would be
made part of the hunt.

You are part of the hunt.

You're leading the bait squad.

Follow me.

I'm sorry, the what?

Just try to get them out
in front of the animal.

As long as it's hungry,

nature should take care of the rest.

Here's your joystick.

Pairs with your mind.

Just make sure that the bait
b*mb is completely swallowed

before you detonate.

Look who it is.

The service model with nine lives.

It's good to know Sol
has a sense of humor.

Did they reprogram you?

No. I am loyal to the atheist cause.

I'm sorry to hear that.

- [STAFF WHIRS, BEEPS]
- [PEOPLE GASP]

It seems you are to remain
within meters of this staff

or risk immediate detonation.

[DEVICES BEEPING]

They said we'd be hunting an animal.

How do we do that without any weapons?

I don't think you fully
comprehend the situation.

You are the weapons.

What?

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Hey. Who's watching Paul?

You said you were gonna look after him.

Paul is safe. He's with
the other children.

But he won't remain so if I
don't destroy this animal.

Now... I need your assistance.

It's been happening periodically
ever since the birth.

Some of my systems have yet to...

fully process number seven's death.

I want you to seal them.

You know if I seal them,
they can't be unsealed.

I don't plan to have any
more natural children.

There are plenty of capable soldiers

that can k*ll that animal.
It doesn't have to be you.

Even without my eyes,
I can k*ll it far more quickly

and efficiently than any human.

We can't afford any more casualties.

Now, please...

Seal them up.

♪ ♪

I assume you have possessed
human emotions since birth.

Unfortunately, yes.

[DEVICE BUZZING]

Do you have any techniques
you can recommend

that might keep them at bay?

Basically I just... deal
with it and keep going.

Which probably isn't healthy, but...

that's what I do.

♪ ♪

I'm sorry for your loss, by the way.

Thank you.

You're all done. You know,
you better be careful.

You're still a mother of six.

[WAVES LAPPING]

Ooh, ooh, bastard.

[GRUNTS]

[a*tillery BOOMING]

Tanks.

They're too far to be sh**ting at us.

Let's see if we can get eyes on 'em.

Trolley, let's move!

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

♪ ♪

There's our ride.

[DEVICE WHIRS AND BEEPS]

That won't penetrate its armor.

I wouldn't wanna wreck our new t*nk.

I'm gonna lay down over there,
let it pass over me.

And when it does,
I'm gonna stick this up

inside its propulsion cavity,

- jam up its engines.
- And if you do that,

the hover field is
going to irradiate you.

- I'll be all right.
- And what if you're not?

I'll do it.

You sure?

It's up to you.

You make your own choices now.

Give it here.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[ENERGY HUMMING]

[GRUNTS]

[ENGINES RUMBLING]

[DEVICE WHIRS AND BEEPS]

[SIGHS]

[expl*si*n BOOMS]

[g*nf*re]

[g*nsh*t]

♪ ♪

[g*nf*re]

[GRUNTS]

Tamerlane?

It's okay, Santos.

He's gonna help you
get free of the Trust.

Come on out, friend.

Are you insane? I'm not going out there.

He's not gonna hurt you.

He's not the one I'm afraid of.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

What the hell was that?

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[g*nshots]

[GRUNTS]

Why did you do that, man?

[GASPS]

f*ck! Sol brought me here
to convert these people,

not to k*ll them!

Can you do anything for him?

I'm not a medic.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

[GASPING]

It's okay.

Just tell Sol you love him,

and you'll go to the light.

Praise Sol.

♪ ♪

t*nk online.

[ELECTRICAL BUZZING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What is that?

Looks like they were hunting it.

It's not organic. Some kind of biotech.

Heat signature is insane.

The prophet only finds
the tree of knowledge

once he's mastered the sword...

Forged in Sol's light.

Maybe this beast is the sword
Sol means for you to master.

♪ ♪

I don't like seeing people die.

It's okay. They were only atheists.

And I don't like it when
you touch people.

Conception and death.

It's a bad melody, Mom. It...

It hurts me to think about.

I need a pet to hold.

You know it's the only thing
that makes me feel better.

I know, but I can't get
you a pet right now.

She tracked me, but
can't find a giant snake?

What's the matter with that android?

She's crashing. She's way overloaded.

She needs a bit of time in sleep mode.

She'll be fine by tomorrow.

But we need her now.

All right.

It's your call.

I'll see you tonight.

Make sure you put yourself in sleep mode

as soon as you get home.

[BIRDS SQUAWKING]

[SOFT SQUAWKING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SQUAWKING]

[MECHANICAL WHIRRING]

Surrender immediately.

[PROJECTILE BLASTS]

[GRUNTS]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PROJECTILES BLASTING]

[GASPS, GRUNTS]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[BIRDS CALLING]

Excuse me.

I had a bad accident.

Need help getting home.

You're an android. You'll be fine.

Besides, we're looking for the serpent.

I can help you.

I have tracking software installed.

But I need to go home first.

There are tools there.
I need to repair myself.

His parents are androids.

So whatever game you're
playing at, it's not fair.

What game?

Come on, Campion.

Campion, they're good for winning wars,

but they're untrustworthy.

And you of all people should know that.

You were right about Sol.

But you're wrong about androids.

They're as trustworthy as humans.
More so, if you ask me.

And if you want to keep being my friend,

then you better show them some respect

and treat them as equals.

We'll help you get home.

♪ ♪

[WIND WHISTLING]

♪ ♪

You're not a child.

You're a k*ller of children.

You deserve no sympathy.

♪ ♪

You deserve only death.

[BLOWS SHARPLY]

[FLAMES WHOOSHING]

♪ ♪

[EERIE MUSIC]

♪ ♪