Zip Wire (2026)

[bunniefuu]

It's me!

Make up, make up, make up. It's me.

Nobody there, okay? It's just a panic

attack.

Come here.

No, no, no, I can't. No, no, no, no.

Now, Amy. You have to go now.

It's the middle of the night.

Morning, Miss Watson.

Coming?

You know, statistically, you are much

more likely to die in a plane crash than

you are in a lift.

But seeing as you're scared of heights,

I guess we won't be getting you on a

plane anytime soon.

Come on.

To the stairs.

We're saving a fortune on gym fees.

That's the contract you signed the day

you came to work here.

Now, it clearly states that you will

disclose the results of all tests run by

you or any of your subordinates.

As part of Amy's condition. I know what

her condition is.

But we happen to be stood in one of the

most advanced buildings ever constructed

when the thing that Miss Watson claimed

to have isn't actually recognised by a

single... medical organization anywhere

in the world.

And this condition should not preclude

her from handing over that information.

Now, this company has invested tens of

millions in you. We built shielding

materials and anti-frequency film into

the walls of this laboratory. There are

grounding mats under the floor. We gave

you a bunch of millions to work the

equipment for you and clean up after

you.

And what I can't understand is why you

refuse.

This is your life's work.

To save the world from a disease that

took your own mother's life.

It goes onto a computer. Do you

understand?

You know everything has to go on to the

system.

It's the only way to secure it.

And to prove or disprove any theory you

may have.

You've already received two written

warnings. I suggest you don't make it a

third.

This company has shown considerable

faith in you.

Alongside. billions of dollars for

shareholders' money.

Might you want to explore the

possibility that the needle you're

looking for no longer exists?

I'm in bed when you leave, and in bed

when you get home.

If you didn't wake me, we'd never see

each other.

I think I'm wasting their money.

Tell me about the mountains.

You've heard it a hundred times.

It's like being on top of the world.

Take me there.

To the mountains?

You can't ride an elevator.

Do you ever think about finding someone

else?

Someone you can do all these things

with?

All the time.

But you know how hard it is to find a

monumentally stubborn, sexy, genius

girlfriend, Ella?

You know what this means?

If you can match the pathogens, this

could change everything.

Write it up.

Everything must go onto the system.

I'll inform the board. The directors

will want to know.

Good work.

Okay, guys, let's make a move, please.

Day one. Thank you.

Did you know?

Did you know they were going to fire us?

So you did know.

Because of your research, they're moving

resources onto clinical trials.

They said we're no longer needed.

Do you not have anything to say?

No, it's just... I thought that we were

in this together.

You know, I've spent ten years

microwaving your samples because you

can't use the machines.

I have washed thousands of Petri dishes

and slides, and I have walked you up

these stairs every single day because

you can't get in a lift by yourself.

And you can't even look at me.

There was nothing I could do.

Do you think any of the people in this

building care about you?

Because they will use you up until there

is nothing left and they will throw you

away like the rest of us!

See? What did I tell you?

Still alive.

Now all you need to do is switch on.

Can you just stay home today?

I have to show my face at work.

I'll be back in a few hours.

Hey, I've got a couple of miles down the

road in Fort Washington. Let's spend the

day with my girl.

Robert got these for me.

I made him promise to take me to these

mountains.

And now I want you to take him there.

No, Robert bought these tickets for you.

He wanted you to see it.

You can't.

Amy, you spent your whole life proving

people wrong.

I mean, those pricks tried to tell you

that your research wouldn't work. And

what happened?

You made it work.

And Robert, he believed in you.

That's why he bought you these tickets.

Because he knew you could do it.

With him, maybe.

Well, what if I weren't with you?

I don't know if you might recognize the

place. Have you seen it before?

Would you be able to walk around?

Yeah, sure. Thank you so much. Have a

nice day.

He doesn't know the place.

It's okay, though.

We'll find it.

Nobody knows up here, so we could be

whoever we wanted to be.

I think that I will be Karina.

I am a filmmaker scouting locations for

the next project.

And who would you be? You would be

Joanna. No, Alex.

You are a party planner. You are an

event manager for the stars.

Yeah.

Yeah, there she is.

That's Alex. Hey, I asked around and I

know a guy who knows your shrine.

A few of us are going for a climb, so I

was thinking we could all go together if

you like.

I'm Bart, by the way.

Karina and Alex.

Sorry, I forgot.

Kat.

Evan. Yeah, Evan knows your place.

It's one of the most beautiful places

I've ever seen.

Yeah. Shall we?

Let's do it.

I don't think you're supposed to be

doing that. Oh, a fat lot of difference

that's going to make now.

They say we shouldn't use words like

terminal and dying around here because

it doesn't promote a positive mental

attitude.

It's all here.

Everything you asked me for.

What it feels like to be dying.

Each one from the inside.

Listen to me.

What you have.

Your OCD. Most people.

They think that's sickness.

They're going to call you a freak. But.

It's the obsession and the compulsion

part.

The attention to detail. That is a

thing.

They will keep you going when everybody

else has already given up. So you... You

must embrace that.

That book.

All it needs is an ending.

Not my girl.

That's up to you.

Hey.

You've got this, alright?

Forget about the lab and all of those

f*ck.

Look at this place.

This is what Robert wanted you to see.

So, what brings you guys out here?

I'm considering the area for a film that

I'm working on. Oh, right.

What about you?

You out here working on a movie as well?

No, it's... It's more a face-my-fears

situation.

You've got a lot of them, have you?

Yeah.

Mine's spiders.

Eight legs, eight eyes.

Now what's all that about? How well do

you need to see that you've got to have

eight eyes?

I think this is a good spot for a break.

The old zipline anchor point.

They put them here in World w*r I to

move ammunition and supplies instead of

humping them across the valley.

They also say the secret spies used them

to send messages from one town to the

other.

Most of the lines are in disrepair.

Even loose and slack over time.

Broken completely.

But there are still a few in use.

I mean, they still use them to move

livestock down the mountain.

So, who's first?

Come on, they've been here for a hundred

years.

What, nobody?

Where's your sense of adventure?

Okay, fine.

I guess if you don't want to go up this

one, there's no point taking up the Big

Blue.

The Big Blue?

The mother of all the zip wires.

They saw these old ones and thought of a

way of exploiting sloppy tourists.

There's one in South Africa called K3,

about two miles long.

But once it's finished, the Big Blue

makes it look like something you can

hang your washing on.

Shall we?

New boot?

Yeah.

All right. Come sit down. Let me take a

look. No. Seriously, if you've got new

boots, let me take a look.

New boots.

Lucky mistake.

Take it off. Let me have a look.

Boots need to be worn in before you get

out of here.

Ooh, how does that look sore?

All right, no shrine for you today.

Oh, aren't you a little Florence

Nightingale?

Boy scout.

Right.

Listen, this is going to take me a few

minutes. Why don't you guys carry on and

take a look at the zip wire? It's just

around that ledge on for another 20

minutes.

Seriously, there's no point in coming

all this way and not seeing it.

No?

Yeah.

Okay, just do it.

Okay.

I'll see you soon.

Okay, ready?

Just gonna clean it, alright?

Alright.

There you go.

There's no sign of them.

Weird.

It's been like two hours now.

I don't know them, so I don't have their

numbers. Can you give your friend a

call?

I don't have a phone.

You don't have a phone?

Right. Living off grid for a few days.

Nice.

Wish I could do the same.

I've got bosses to answer to. They like

to keep me on a leash.

All right.

Does your friend have Facebook?

Something like that.

Do you think something's happened to

them?

No, they'll be fine.

The other two seem pretty experienced.

With your foot the way it is, it's a

really rough trek back the way we came,

but I know a shortcut.

It's a bit hairy in one spot, but it'll

save you a couple of hours walking.

Yeah, shall we head back?

Yeah.

OK.

Let's use this. You all right? Yeah.

Put your hand on here for stability.

Just use this.

Okay?

That's it. We're straight down there.

Okay,

I

saw that. I am clipping you on. Just

stop, stop, stop.

Make you feel a bit more secure. Put

your foot through here.

That's it. There.

All right.

And then... Hold it up over your head.

That's it.

That will get you clipped in.

I've got a carabiner here somewhere.

I've got you now, okay? Just carry on

straight down there.

It really is beautiful here.

You okay, Alex?

Huh?

Or should I call you Amy?

To my dearest Amy, winners are the

dreamers.

Never give up.

Love you always, Mum.

It's nice. It's a bit cheesy, but it's

nice.

As for the rest of what's in this book,

you know they had some top Palo Alto

geeks try and crack this code of yours.

Apparently it's genius level.

Like you're some kind of savant or

something.

Yeah, well, they tried their way.

Now it's time to try mine.

Amy, do you know what happens to the

human body when it hits the ground from

a height like this?

It's fascinating.

It liquidizes.

All those bones, internal organs, that

brilliant brain of yours just turns into

a puddle of mush.

Why don't you just give me the code?

Well, just like that.

Well, now you've got me thinking it's

too easy.

Just pull me up.

No, no, no.

That's not how it's going to work. Not

with that big brain of yours. I don't

know if I can take the risk.

If I tell you, you'll let me fall.

I guess we can add trust issues to the

list.

Look, they paid me to get the code, not

to k*ll you.

Anyway, you are not in a position to

negotiate, darling.

How am I going to explain it to someone

like you?

Did you just throw me shade?

Wow, that's impressive.

Hold tight. I'm going to pull you up.

How'd you get the book?

My bosses are extremely resourceful.

I suggest you give them what they want

on here.

I'll write it down, but in the book.

No book.

I need the book if you want the code.

It's my research.

I've worked on it all of my life.

I'm not going to give it to you or the

people that you work for.

Does it make it easier for you?

When they're not looking at you.

They told me you were smart.

I have to say, you do not disappoint.

I'm looking for you.

Hey, get away from me. What is it?

What's wrong?

What's happened to your face?

I know.

I know. I know what you're here.

What are you talking about?

The path we took was closed because the

Rook Force were there to take us all the

way around.

When we got back, you weren't here.

Where's Evan?

You came together.

You and Evan?

Where's Glabby? She's searching for you.

I can give her a call if you want me to.

It's supposed to be Carina.

Good night.

Amy, listen to me.

There's nobody there, okay? It's just a

panic attack. You're going to be fine.

Come here.

What are you doing?

You were right.

You have to go.

No, no, no, I can't, I can't, I can't.

Yes, you can. You are Amy f*cking Watson

and you can do anything.

Now, Amy, you have to go now.

Where is it?

That b*tch broke my nose.

She also has the book and the code.

What do you mean she's got the book? The

book doesn't matter. They're made

copies, but we need the code. And for

that, we need her alive.

I'm going to try it. I'm going to... I'm

going

to bounce into you, okay?

Yeah,

sorry.

Come on.

This is too tight.

I can't move us.

Why did she hit you?

She figured you two knew each other

before you came out here. Bullshit, how

could she have known? It's generally

considered against protocol for two

operatives who are f*cking to be put on

the same job. What are you talking

about? His and hers accessories,

matching backpacks.

What, you don't know each other but you

happen to go to the same store the week

before you come out here?

If I open it up, am I going to find

industrial espionage for dummies?

Well, what about you? Go take a look at

the wire whilst you take care of her

foot. That wasn't part of the plan. I

had to gain her trust and I had to do it

fast. Oh, well, now what? Their little

double act is back out there together.

And our target is stuck out there.

She's not a target.

She's an asset.

Which means we have to go out there and

get her back.

You're kidding, right?

You want us to go out there?

On that thing?

No, I wasn't thinking about this one.

I was thinking about that.

My phone. I don't... I don't have my

phone.

No, no, no.

No.

It takes the same line down the mountain

as the old one. It just starts higher up

and ends in the parking lot, which means

at some point the two wires have to come

close to each other.

It's not even finished. How do we know

it's safe?

Insane wingsuit, first on Big Blue.

What are you talking about?

It's a video posted online, right?

Yeah. You could hang a jumbo jet off

that thing.

Plus it's anchored into rock that's been

here millions of years.

It's fine.

Yeah. Good.

Uh-huh.

Yeah.

Understood.

Good.

I've doubled the fee.

Doubled it?

Plus a five mil bonus for whoever gets

the code.

Money we'll never spend if we go out

there.

I'll go.

No, I won't let you. You won't let me?

No matter the amount, it's not worth it.

It's already been posted online.

If a bunch of p*ssy squirrel suits can

do it.

They had parachutes. Look at the

amateurs.

We're supposed to be professionals,

right?

Mm-hmm.

I don't want you to go.

Big Pharma.

You know what's in that book of hers is

research. Her research, a breakthrough

she made.

Big one.

Companies like that, they spend millions

of dollars, years and years, researching

a drug, they find out it failed, only to

discover another company's been doing

exactly the same research.

If they were forced to share their

information, instead of a cure being

found in 10, 20, 50 years, it could be

found right now.

Think about that, Kat.

Think about someone you lost because of

someone like her.

That's my retirement plan out there.

Our retirement plan, if you want it to

be.

We'll get to the beach house anywhere we

want.

We'll make us a couple of rugrats. We'll

lie in the sand drinking margaritas for

the rest of our lives.

That and... I've had that b*tch break my

nose.

See ya.

because of rock falls.

Nobody's coming.

I know you know what happens when

circulation is cut off.

Infection.

Gangrene.

You won't make it a day.

And at night in these temperatures,

well, my guess would be hypothermia.

So you give me the code, and I will help

you to get out of here.

You're not going to let us go.

We're witnesses.

I've just been offered a nice bonus for

the book and that code.

I'll leave here and go, and nobody will

ever find me.

Nobody.

I'm going to throw you the rope.

You're going to tie it on.

What's going on?

You ready?

I'm going to throw you the black rope.

You're going to tie it over.

Okay? Okay.

Tie it on.

Put it in a loop as well.

Now hook the harness onto the rope.

You're going to have to pull yourself

over here.

Chloe first.

That wasn't the deal.

It's now.

Okay, fine.

Tie her onto the rope.

Okay.

Club on me.

Good,

now come across.

You're afraid of height, yet here you

are half a mile in the air.

Give me the f*cking code!

You see that, Amy?

She didn't scream.

She didn't even feel it.

The harness has already cut off

circulation.

Don't worry.

I missed the femoral artery. I could do

it as many times as I liked. She

wouldn't feel a thing.

See?

I want you to understand, this is not a

game anymore, Amy.

Chloe's on her leg.

That'll be a whole different ballgame.

No, no, no.

What's it going to be, Amy?

Code or Chloe?

Okay, yeah, I'll tell you.

Can I tell you, please?

Chloe has to do it.

Give her the phone and send her back to

me.

oh my god

Anything other than the code, and you

know what happens.

Okay.

Come out this way, come on.

No.

You've got to catch it.

Don't you f*cking dare!

f*ck you.

What's this?

She lied to us.

The coach she gave us was a lie. What?

It's an equation for contact force.

A resultant of normal reaction and

frictional.

In other words, it's an error.

And Daryl.

Yeah, a mistake.

A mistake made by someone like you.

She knew the risks, and she went out

there for her share.

Her share? What do you mean, her share?

What is it?

Look, it was always 15 million.

Just five mil each.

Still 15 million? Now there's only two

of us. You do the math.

Still got that beach house.

Fill it with a hundred just like her,

yeah?

Are we cool?

Yes?

Son of a b*tch.

You'd think once she got that money,

she'd have stuck with you.

First chance she got, she'd have put

that ice pick in the back of your head.

Is that your plan?

Put a hole through mine and take it all?

You get that code, you become the asset,

which makes you untouchable. They wire

you the money you carry on out of here.

7.5 million, man.

Kind of takes the thing out of the whole

broken-hearted boyfriend thing.

If I were you, I'd be wondering why I

didn't go out there first.

Why I didn't give her that g*n you've

got in your backpack.

You looked through my pack.

Professional curiosity.

She's dead.

I don't want their money.

I leave, and you can take it all.

No, no, no, no, no. You take a job with

these people, you better finish it.

Well, they'll have to find me first.

You think they won't?

They are tapped into every facial

recognition camera on the planet.

They've got people looking at credit

card transactions. They'll send an army

after you. Why do you think your

girlfriend went out there?

It wasn't just the money. She knew she

had no choice.

Michelle.

Her real name was Michelle.

Oh, right, Michelle.

f*ck it.

Tell you what.

You get that code, you can have the

whole 15 million.

And what do you get? I get two mil from

the original deal and I get to live

without looking over my shoulder all the

time, you know?

This 15 million, man, it's a big f*cking

beach house.

I know. Stay strong. Stay strong.

Stay strong.

Give me your other leg.

Do

you

know what I don't understand?

I know why we need you.

But why do we still need her? No!

Would you say we make this a little more

interesting?

You think I care if you fall?

I don't.

I know what kind of person you are.

And I know about everything that's in

that book.

At least this way, there's no more

secrets.

Is that what that guy told you?

He just wants the code so that he can

sell it to the highest bidder.

You're lying!

I heard him.

You heard him on the phone?

Did you hear the voice on the other end?

No, you didn't, because there wasn't

one.

No!

Okay, um, okay.

I'm going to need you both to come over

here and we're going to fly down the

wire together.

And then? I don't give a sh*t as long as

I get that code.

The rope.

Stay with me.

That wire's not going to last much

longer, Amy.

What are we going to do?

Number one student at Harvard Med

School, wanted by every big pharma

company, and then you went and did it,

didn't you?

The Holy Grail.

You found a cure to an incurable

disease.

The one your mum had.

Only that wasn't what k*lled her, was

it?

She got an infection.

She went into hospital and she never

came out.

And that's where your little germ phobia

started, isn't it?

Your mum, your boyfriend, all gone.

You haven't got a single friend in the

world.

Her?

That's right, you don't know, do you?

No, she's with us, darling.

Yeah, how else do you think we were

gonna get you to come all the way out

here and get that code from you?

It's lying, right?

They didn't know that they would try and

k*ll you.

Why?

Because you did nothing.

For ten years, I did everything you told

me to.

And we found what they were looking for

together.

And they fired me.

So I came to you for help.

And you did... nothing.

And I was angry, Amy, and I just...

I wanted you to know how it feels to not

matter.

But I had no idea.

I'm sorry.

What's in that book won't matter if you

don't make it out of here.

What are you doing?

He's right. That's why I won't hold both

of us.

No, no, Chloe, no.

Think about your mum.

Think about the people just like her.

Your book can help them.

Okay?

No, no, Chloe, Chloe, you must be close.

No, you must, you must, you must, you

must. I don't know. I'm not scared.

That's what you want?

We made copies of the book, Amy.

All we need is the code.

It's the obsession and the compulsion

part. That is the thing.

They will keep you going when everybody

else has already given up.

Days and the nights and the weekends and

the birthdays and the Christmases I've

lost.

Stuck in a room.

My mom used to say this OCD

called anxiety is what made me

different.

It's what made me special.

Real shame, Amy, if all this was for

nothing.

Amen?

Amen?

You missed this, Amy.

This lovely ice pick.

Found it next to Chloe's body.

Wasn't a pretty sight.

I can see why your boyfriend liked it

here.

Beautiful.

You know, it wasn't supposed to be that

way that day in your apartment.

You were supposed to be in the lab, Amy.

You were supposed to be at work.

Yeah, I guess I probably hit him a bit

hard. It's a shame.

There's always collateral damage.

That doesn't matter.

What matters is what's in your book,

Amy.

All those lives you can save.

Amy?

Let's go fishing.

Well, I'm bad when you leave, and I'm

bad when you get home.

If you didn't wake me, we'd never see

each other.

But you know how hard it is to find a

monumentally stubborn, sexy, genius

girlfriend, aren't you?

Is it okay? Look at me.

Are you okay?

This is your statement.

Is it okay?

There was a call.

Someone is coming here for you.

A Donaldson.

They're on their way.

Do you know where this shrine is?

The director sent me to bring you back.

Your research needs to be completed.

You can come back to the lab, Amy.

I don't have the book.

What do you mean you don't have it?

I hid it.

I'll show you where.

It's just further along here.

They k*lled Robert.

They're not a flat.

Did you tell anyone the code? Anyone at

all?

How did you know where to find me?

I put a tracker in the phone I gave you.

I'm sorry I should have told you.

Of course.

I was stupid.

The phone, you didn't switch it on, did

you?

Amy? Amy.

I run a billion-pound company, Amy.

Have you ever thought about the kind of

things I had to do to get there?

Hmm?

I never won a scholarship to Harvard.

I wasn't top of my class and wanted by

every big farmer in the country.

Huh? Nobody ever built me a special

laboratory.

I never got married. I never had

children. I never even lived with anyone

because there wasn't the time I was

running this company.

And now you want to throw it all away?

I'm not going to let you.

I'm not going to let you do that.

Get the f*ck out here, Amy.

It's a business.

We sell pills to fund more research to

make more pills. It's a business of pain

You

want

to bury my research I want to own it

to be doctors.

We're supposed to help people.

Help them?

They know what's k*lling them.

Junk food, booze, ciggies.

They need to get their f*cking arses up

off the couch every now and then and

move. But no, that's too hard for them,

thank goodness.

We sell them a lifetime of pills, just

enough to keep them limping along.

The last thing we want is a cure.

You're going to give me the coat.

You're going to give me the coat. I'm

going to put your face through this

window.

You've lost everything.

You're a silly little girl who's lost

her mum who needs to grow up. Give me

the coat.

Too late.

Amy, what did you do?

You posted it all online You

posted it all online

A major medical breakthrough has emerged

under unusual circumstances as a formula

believed to cure lung cancer has

reportedly been leaked online.

Leading researchers say the treatment

could fundamentally change how cancer is

approached. Authorities are now

investigating the origin of the leak

while the scientific community works to

verify and replicate the findings.

Doctors are describing the development

as revolutionary.

With the potential to save millions of

lives if confirmed and distributed

safely, scientists across the globe are

already hailing the discovery. The

source of the leak remains unknown, but

early analysis suggests the data is

credible.

Tell me about the mountains.

Like being on top of the world.