Agent Recon (2024)

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(ARROWS WHOOSHING)

(WAVES CRASHING)

(BURSTING)

JIM:

I never really understood

why I was given these powers.

Why me?

My foster parents disowned me

when I was 18.

I had headaches

when I was growing up.

And so I was never really good

at anything.

I wanted to join the CIA

and got rejected,

but then I was exposed

to this red dust,

called "the ash".

The ash took over my friends,

controlled them,

but somehow it gave me

strength, reflexes, and more.

Then I met Alastair,

the founder and leader

of the Earth Security Unit.

He taught me how

to wield those powers

and tap into an energy,

called "mana".

He was k*lled by Kinians,

an ancient alien race.

Now, we're on the run.

Where to?

I'm really not sure.

(ELECTRIC BURST)

But I know Alastair has a plan.

(BEEPING)

OFFICER 1 ON RADIO:

Mayne, team is set

at breach point.

MAYNE:

Roger.

Cleared hot.

OFFICER 1 ON RADIO:

Roger, Mayne.

Clear hot.

Team, converge on my pause.

Standby for execution.

3, 2, 1.

Execute, execute, execute.



Mayne?

Target acquired.

MAYNE:

Restrain with extreme prejudice

and secure the area.

Cover me.

Don't move.

(GRUNTS)

What the...

Light him up!

OFFICER 1 ON RADIO:

Two and four,

cover the north.

Meet you on the other side.

Mayne, target hostile.

In pursuit.

MAYNE:

Roger.

Action 13 reinforcements

are on their way.

(INDISTINCT SPEECH)

OFFICER 1 ON RADIO:

Over there.

Get him.

(g*nf*re)



What the hell?

(OFFICER GROANS)



(GRUNTING)



(ROARING)



(CAMERA WHIRRING)

COLONEL GREEN ON SPEAKER:

What faction are you?

COLONEL GREEN ON SPEAKER:

Who's the boy?

JIM:

The younger brother of one

of our team.

Where are they?

COLONEL GREEN ON SPEAKER:

They'll live.

They're being e-vac'd

to medical.

You're lucky that we heard

your distress signal.

(FLAMES ROARING)

OFFICER 4 ON RADIO:

Mayne, team Cobra

has gone down.

Checking for survivors.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Hurry.

Copy.

RTB.



OFFICER 4 ON RADIO:

ETA, one hour.



(LETTERS BEEPING)

Three injured, three secure,

six in total.

Dropping off three

to quarantine.

(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

Heading to medical

with three injured.

I'm gonna do a quick scan.

Can you raise your right arm?

This is new.

I didn't know we had

portable scanners.

It's about a month old.

98% accurate.

If the red particles

of ash are active

in your liver,

it'll let me know.

Why the liver?

It's the only organ

in the human body

with regenerative properties.

The ash uses it to renew itself.

Destroy the source and...

There are red ash particles

in your liver,

but they're clearly inactive,

not reproducing, nothing.

Jim Yung?

-That's right.

-Good to meet you.

Heard so much about you.

You did?

I just know you can communicate

with aliens,

not to mention your strength,

speed, abilities.

Watched all the training sims

you've run.

Clear.



I'm Colonel Green.

Welcome.

You're just in time

for the debriefing.

Outside.

(BEEPING)

COLONEL GREEN:

At ease.

As you were.

That's Miller.

That's Harden.

MILLER:

What are these guys,

Junior Varsity?

(CHUCKLES)

COLONEL GREEN:

Okay.

So, what happened?

We were on a recon mission,

k*lling infecteds,

when we got redirected here

via an emergency protocol.

That's okay, Colonel.

We can practice liver shots

here, too.

(GRUNTS)

Miller!

Sir.

So, where's Alastair?

That was his aircraft

that went down, correct?

He didn't make it out.

Our chief medical officer

reprogrammed the robots

to target and eliminate humans.

And she m*rder*d Alastair.

Do you have tai chi powers?

It's called "mana".

Miller.

Harden.

You quit screwing around

or I'll have you on KP

the rest of your life.

(BRACELET WHIRRING)

What the hell is that?

Hold on, can I see it?

Colonel.

COLONEL GREEN:

That's Alastair's.

Jim, come with me.

Come on, then.

(GRUNTS)

TANYA:

The AI team was working

on this new tech.

Hopefully, Alastair had time

to back up the data onto

this new storage device

he carried.

It'll only plug into one type

of CPU.

Hmm.

Now, the organics look

incredibly lifelike,

but underneath there's an

amazing microchip,

processing speeds light years

ahead of what's available

on a consumer level.



(WHIRRING)

My dearest agents,

I regret that I could not

further guide you

to lead the ESU.

I knew that I might not return,

so I uploaded all

my memories here.

(BEEPING)

ALASTAIR:

The Kinians are an alien race

that settled on Earth

500,000 years ago.

They are back, Jim.

The tech billionaire did it.

He had a company called

"BrainFuse" researching

an ultra-high bandwidth

brain machine

that connects humans

to computers.

We all thought it was just

another one of his insane,

overly-ambitious ideas.

Brain machine.

This is Alastair.

It's not really him.

It's his memories, thoughts,

ideas and logic digitized

on a storage device.

COLONEL GREEN:

Well, good.

Maybe he can tell us

what we're doing here.

Alastair, Colonel Green,

Faction 54,

what is your directive?

If he's an AI,

it might matter who.

Jim?

Umm, Alastair?

Yes, Jim.

ALASTAIR:

Here, take this.

We're getting you out of here.

ALASTAIR:

No.

(JIM GRUNTING ON SCREEN)

Alastair, you gave the keys

to the kingdom to this rookie?

Maybe he just wanted me

to help transition.

(LAUGHS)

Well then.

Alastair,

why did you bring us here?

ALASTAIR:

When our scanners detected

a combined ash and mana surge,

we sent Faction 13 to do recon.

This nearby base was running

tests on the ash-infected,

something we had never

detected before.

Where is Faction 13 now?

Captain Rupert hasn't responded

in a week.

I don't know.

(WHIRRING)

I better shut him off until

can find a better power source.

My team's gonna check

that out ASAP.



All right, listen up.

This is a recon mission

that could turn into a rescue.

Aaron, general equipment detail.

Combat gear only,

nothing heavy.

We get in, we get out.

I would like to go, too.

You're new to ESU, aren't you?

How many combat missions have

you been on?

Colonel, he cleared all

the training sims

with flying colors,

k*lled three Kinians

and four highly-trained infected

soldiers all by himself.

I don't care if he's k*lled

a million lizards disguised

as humans.

I've survived

54 combat missions.

The infecteds are ruthless,

strong, and they're smart,

and you have to hit

the liver to k*ll them.

We need a team that knows

how to work together.

We cannot have a rookie

on board.

You got that?

Sir.

Miller, Harden,

ready the transport.

Copy.

I'll set up command center.

I wanna ready op ASAP.

Let's go, gentlemen.

-Ready?

-Always.

1, 2, 3.

(GRUNTING)

Jesus Christ.

I got it.

I got it.

Didn't you get the memo?

We don't need your help.

You must have just slipped

on the side.

Don't you have ash running

through your veins?

How do we know

you're not gonna go

all alien on us?

How do we know you won't?

'Cause I'm a 100% me.

Well, 100% of garbage

is still garbage.

Oh!

Okay.

Hmm.

I don't need to smell it

to confirm.

You're words ain't gonna

help you in combat.

(GRUNTS)

-We're all on the same team.

-Get out of my way!

(GRUNTS)

I will not attack you.

But I will protect my team.

Okay, kiddies.

Playtime's over.

We leave at 0200 hours.

(LAUGHS)

COLONEL GREEN:

Gear up.

You're coming with us.

(COLONEL GREEN LAUGHING)



You know,

when you were around,

I gotta admit,

I felt pretty invincible.

You were someone

I could tell anything.

And now you're gone.

I was the last guy

to be picked in gym class.

I'm a nobody.

I'm no hero.

Couldn't you have chosen

someone stronger?

Better?

(BEEPING)

Jim, you were not chosen,

you were called upon.

AARON:

Jim, your weapon.

Ready to go.



(ENGINE CRANKS)







(BABY LAUGHING)

(GIRLS LAUGHING)







Place looks empty.

Front door's open.

(WHIRRING)

Let's get the eagle up.

The eagle is rising.



(WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

Zero movement detected.

Front entrance clear.





(GROWLING)

TANYA ON RADIO:

Team's entering barracks

number one.

Now.



Clear.

Barracks two.







(KEBOARD CLACKING)

AARON:

Place looks abandoned.

TANYA:

Sure does.





What's that over there?

TANYA:

Hold on. Zooming in.

AARON:

Tanya, that panel,

looks like something

we can interface with.



(GROWLING)



Jim, do you have that uplink?

COLONEL GREEN ON RADIO:

Jim's on it.

Plug it in.



(GROWLING)



(WHIRRING)

It works.

We've made contact

and tunneling in.

I'm gonna try to copy

the entire device.

Harden.

Harden!

Harden, what are you doing?

Movement.



I will plug you full of holes

if you make the slightest move.

(CHOKES)

Harden!

(MILLER SCREAMING)

AARON:

Connection's unstable.

Damn it!

Stand by.

You okay?

It's Harden!

He's dead!

Jim, we gotta find this guy.

Copy that.

(GRUNTS)

AARON:

We've lost Harden.

I thought we scanned clear

of hostiles.

(MILLER SCREAMING)

COLONEL GREEN:

Go for the k*ll shot, Jim.

Go for the--

Go for the liver!

(GRUNTS)

Miller, damn it!

I'm gonna k*ll him some more!

Miller!

Stand down!

Miller!

Stand down!

We'll get him.

What do we do, Colonel?

Take the point.

Yes, sir.



(THUNDER RUMBLES)

(RAIN PATTERING)

TANYA:

Colonel, do you read?

Damn.

AARON:

The Eagle's down.

(TANYA SIGHS)



What was that thing?

That was no infected.

I've never seen anything

like it.

Two in the chest,

two in the liver.

Had no effect.

Then what good are you?

COLONEL GREEN:

Shut up, Miller!





(GROWLING)



What the...

JIM:

They're charging us!

Hit 'em!

Hit 'em!



JIM:

They're getting up!



-Miller!

-JIM: Where's he going?

COLONEL GREEN:

Miller!

Hit 'em in the liver.

COLONEL GREEN:

Miller!

Damn it, Miller, get back!

(GRUNTS)

(PANTS)

JIM:

Miller, where are you going?

TANYA:

No contact with the team,

but I've managed

to connect with

the uplink again.

AARON:

Look at all that data.

Let's hope this device

has something.

Can't cut through it.

Starve to death if we tried.

It's not gonna work.

(GRUNTS)

(SIGHS)

Miller?

You copy?

Miller?

Oh, come on.

Miller.

Copy?

Miller, if you can read me,

you get your a*s back here.

Miller, I swear,

if the infecteds don't k*ll you,

I will.

Miller, get back here.

Miller!

Miller!

Miller, come back.

JIM:

The leader didn't bleed.

They do.

When the, uh...

When the infecteds are trapped

and starved like this,

they lose their power to mutate

and impersonate us.

But they can still fight

and heal.

We've run into a few of 'em

on some missions.

Mostly lost in the woods

or trapped in basements.

But never so many.

Never so many.

(THUNDER RUMBLES)

COLONEL GREEN:

Take cover!

Take cover!



(PANTING)





(PANTING)



AARON:

Can you access the data?

Okay, I got it.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

(BEEPING)

AARON:

Of course, it's locked.

TANYA:

Higgins, we have work to do.





AARON:

This passcode's gonna take

forever to crack.

Unless we need the power

of Alastair's CPU.

To fix him,

we're gonna need spare parts.

(BEEPING)

Like a new battery.



Like the miniature nuclear core

that the AI team developed.

But we can modify a battery

to hold up.

That battery's gonna need

a protective housing.

It needs to be customized

to handle the terawatts

of power coming from

the nuclear core.

(PANTS, GRUNTS)



(g*n CLICKS)



(PANTS)

(GRUNTS)

TANYA:

Good going, kid.

Been keeping that safe.

Thanks.

(BEEPING)

(WHIRRING)

TANYA:

Good work, team.

(CHUCKLES)

ALASTAIR:

Hello, agents.

First, let's unlock the gate.

AARON:

Yes!

Now we got it.

Okay, here we go.

ALASTAIR:

Scanning for important files.

AARON:

What's the holdup?

God, there are a million files

in here.

(GRUNTING)





(SCREAMS AND GRUNTS)

(GROANS)



(NECK CRACKS)

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS & SCREAMS)

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)





(GROWLING)



(YELLS)



(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

Yeah, drill down on those.



AARON:

These files are on the infected.

Do those file names look

familiar to you?

What do you mean?

For one, it's not Kinian.

Okay, hang on.

(PANTS)

(BEEPING)

(GRUNTING)



Are you serious?



(BEEPING)

(GRUNTS)



(GRUNTING)

(INDISTINCT SPEECH)

(GRUNTING)



Yeah, you're right.

Look at all these clumped here.

AARON:

Tanya, these are coded like

classified military files.

Alastair, search Dulce Base,

New Mexico.

Suspected infected testing.

ALASTAIR:

Searching.

Understanding how

the alien substance ash

changes emotions, anger,

and anxiety

by bonding with mana,

our human life force.

The Dulce Base was suspected

of testing human and alien DNA.



(GASPS)

Shh!



Check it out.



It's her.

Let's go.



There.

That group.

This looks like a journal entry.

Getting closer to finding

a workable DNA sequence.

In the areas of strength,

agility, healing and telepathy.

Now, our previous experiments

on our test subjects

have been uninspiring,

but we're getting close.

(LAUGHS)

Ladies and gentlemen,

we're really close.

This is our energy chamber.

Over here, utilizes the ash.

And this is

a battery pack charged

with mana energy cultivated

from infecteds.

Some religious zealots have

called mana "soul energy".

My research has shown that

it's really just a very dense

form of energy.

That's why without mana,

infecteds evolve into a,

um, zombie-like state.



Using mana in 3, 2, 1.

(WHIRRING)

(MAN SCREAMING)





Lila?

LILA:

Dad?

COLONEL GREEN:

It's me.

Thank God.

How did you know?

That you joined ESU.

Yeah, I know.

Why didn't you tell us?

I'm sorry.

I should have told you.

JIM:

Miller, Harden.

COLONEL GREEN:

I should have told the team.

JIM:

I would've still helped you.

Jim, that's why you're here.

You've gotta understand.

This is my daughter.

We'll talk about this later.



There's a button here.

There's another button here.

We gotta push these

at the same time.

1, 2, 3!

(DRONE WHIRRING)

Can't catch a break.

I'll buy you some time.

Yeah.

(DRONE WHIRRING)

(PANTS AND GRUNTS)



Hang on, champ.

I'll get you out of there.

We got company.

(COLONEL GREEN GROANING)

Dad?

AARON:

How long was this

testing going on?

I think these are

their few logs.

SOLDIER: Colonel, the reports

of the human trials are...

AARON:

Alastair, what's Colonel Green

doing there?

ALASTAIR:

Colonel Green, joined ESU

one year after leaving

this covert operation.

AARON:

This is not good.

(DRONE WHIRRING)

TEAM LEADER:

You, sir,

are a walking hypothesis.

I'm surprised you can speak.

TEAM LEADER:

It's been a while,

but I can stoop down

to your level.

Are you an alien?

Are you some sort of Kinian?

Are you?

TEAM LEADER:

Do you think I am?

We're going

to do a little experiment.

(PHONE RINGING)

Do you hear that sound?

Go to it.

Hmm.

TEAM LEADER:

You really should answer it.

It might be Colonel Green.

DR. PENN:

Well, we've already started

construction on

the new facility.

We'll be able to not only test,

but train soldiers against

the infected.

COLONEL GREEN:

This operation has to stop.

DR. PENN:

What if I could cure

your wife, Colonel?

Do it for your daughter, Lila.

COLONEL GREEN:

Infected or not,

these are real people

you're testing on, Doctor.

DR. PENN:

Give me a shot

at curing my kids.

Please!

COLONEL GREEN:

It's not gonna cure

your family.

DR. PENN:

You lost your wife

to the Kinians.

COLONEL GREEN:

My wife will never be cured.

DR. PENN:

I thought you,

of all people,

would understand.

We have to do

something about this.

COLONEL GREEN:

I'm shutting it down.

The answer is staring us

right in the face.

COLONEL GREEN:

I'm shutting you down.

We're close.

We're really close.

TANYA:

Jim's in trouble.

We gotta go now.

Aaron, ready the helicopter.



TEAM LEADER ON PHONE:

Colonel Green

and I have been having

a wonderful reunion.

JIM:

Reunion?

What are you talking about?

TEAM LEADER ON PHONE:

He was head of this base

until he ordered it closed.

How do you think he knew

where to find his daughter,

Captain Rupert?

I knew her way back as Lila.

She's in a bit of trouble.

Her cell

is wired with expl*sives.

That's a long distance

between them.

(TEAM LEADER CHUCKLES)

TEAM LEADER ON PHONE:

You can't save them both.

What's the catch?

A little while ago,

I was contracted

to develop a device

that creates extreme emotion.

Paranoia, fear, anger,

to elicit change in the DNA.

(LAUGHS)

I was only having the best

of intentions.

(WHIRRING)

I can't really be too firm

on my conclusions,

because we don't have

a large enough test group.

In 30 minutes, we're going

to try this out on Lila

and see if she can withstand

the blast

while Colonel Green

and I watch together,

just like old times.

What will our little mouse do?

You could try to save Lila

or you could try

to save Colonel Green,

who's really good

at sitting back

and doing nothing.

(LAUGHS)

Jim, please.

Save my dad.

COLONEL GREEN:

No! Jim, no!

TEAM LEADER:

Let's begin.

(TEAM LEADER CHUCKLES)

COLONEL GREEN:

Jim, you do this,

I'll k*ll you!

I'll k*ll you!

(LAUGHS)

We can't for you to join

the party, Jim.

ALASTAIR:

You were not chosen,

you were called upon.



(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)





Having fun?

TEAM LEADER:

Actually, I am.

You know, I like having

people around.

Maybe we should make

this permanent.

By making you family.

At least we'd share

the same DNA.

(TEAM LEADER LAUGHS)



Do I get a last request?

Are you asking me to be civil?

Because I don't really do civil.

What, are you afraid?

TEAM LEADER:

What are you asking?

How close is my daughter?

Very close.

Can I talk to her?

AARON:

ETA, five minutes.



(BEEPING)



(GASPS)



(TEAM LEADER LAUGHS)

(WOOD CREAKING)

(SIGHS)

Who created you, Jim?

You will make me a God.

(TEAM LEADER LAUGHS)

(DEVICE BEEPS)

(g*n CLICKS)



(GASPS) What?



Hmm.

Hoo.

(GROANS, PANTS)



(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

(g*n FIRES)







TEAM LEADER:

His genetic structure

is remarkable.

He's half Kinian.

Truly amazing.

So, you wanna talk

to your daughter?

See, I'm not so cruel.

(CHUCKLES)

Champ.

Dad.

I...

After we lost Mom,

there was nothing else

I wanted to do.

I know, Champ.

I...

(CHUCKLES)

I should have...

Why didn't I...

I'm such an idiot!

Dad, no, you're not.

I want you to know...

CAPTAIN LILA ON PHONE:

Dad, don't talk like that.

Jim's gonna save you.

He's on his way.

And then what?

I'm not afraid, Dad.

I'm not.

I know.

Champ.



(PANTS)



(PANTS)





(DEVICE WHIRRING)



(LEAVES CRUNCHING)

(GRUNTING, GROANING)



GROANING)

(PANTING)

(WHIRRING)

(BEEPING)

Where is he?

I don't see him!





(TWIG SNAPS)

(GRUNTING)



(g*n FIRES)

TEAM LEADER:

Well done, little mouse.

And now,

for one final experiment.



Where's your dad?

I couldn't stop him.

Let's go.

(BEEPING)

Check signals!

TANYA:

I got signals just up

on that ridge!

There!

I'm taking her in!



That's our bird.

Yeah.

Go!

I'll slow 'em down.



(WHIRRING)

(GRUNTING)





With your DNA,

it's just a matter of time

before I discover how

to fully maximize

the mana's potential.

The greatest mind.

The greatest body.

The ultimate creation!

(LAUGHS)

(BLAST)



(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

That looks like Captain Rupert!



(g*n FIRES)

I'm invincible, Jim.

(GRUNTING, GROANING)





(LAUGHS)

JIM:

I can't do this.

I'm no hero.

I'm nobody.

ALASTAIR:

Jim, you were not chosen.

You were called upon.

(GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(GROANING)



(WHIRRING)

(BLAST)

(SCREAMING)



JIM:

Where's Captain Rupert?

AARON:

She's fine.

Resting in the back.

What is it?

I'm going back

for Colonel Green.

You're crazy.

You're in no shape to go.

You don't owe Colonel Green

anything.

I have to try.

-Tanya!

-Yeah, Jim?

I've still got 15 minutes

on the timer.

If I'm not back,

leave without me.

You got it.

AARON:

Ground, meet at

these coordinates.

ALASTAIR:

Copy.

I added something special

for you.

Press this button,

it'll switch to energy blast.

Jim, don't lose this one.

Copy that.

Set me down there.



Alastair?

We thought you could use

the help.



Nice suit.

Thanks.

Colonel Green's in there.

Then, let's get started.





(g*n FIRES)













(g*n CLICKS)







(g*n FIRES)

(GRUNTS)





Go Jim, I got this.



(PANTS)



(g*n FIRES)









Seven minutes!

Jim, if you can hear me,

hurry!

Colonel Green?

(g*n WHIRRING)

Stand back.



(HELICOPTER WHIRRING)

AARON:

This thing's gonna blow

any second.

He's gotta get out of there.



TEAM LEADER:

The greatest mind,

the greatest body.

The ultimate creation!

(g*n FIRES)

(JIM GROANS)

Thanks.

It's great being unkillable.

I was the only way

to save Lila.

And now, I have all the power...

Fight it.

I can't hold back any longer.

(g*n FIRES)

I'm sorry, Colonel.

You did good, rookie.

(COLONEL GREEN GROANING)

Here.

The tunnels will lead you out.

Don't let her see me

like this, champ.



We need to stop this.

I have a nuclear reactor

inside me,

the blast should k*ll them.

What about you?

Here, take my chip,

it contains all of me.

-Now go.

-Yeah.

Goodbye.

(PANTING)



(EXPLOSIONS)

(SCREAMS)

(EXPLOSIONS)



(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

What happened?

He died fighting

for what he believed in.

COLONEL GREEN ON PHONE:

Hey, champ.

This is uh, Mission 15.

It's a-- a rescue.

I heard you made, heard you

made second lieutenant.

Has it been that long

since we've talked?

(PHONE BEEPS)

Hey, champ.

This is Mission 25.

I heard from Alastair,

that you made first lieutenant.

That's--

That's amazing.

It's-- it's amazing

Wow, so-- so you're a--

you're a captain now.

Where's the time go?

Seems like only yesterday

you were in Little League.

You remember how fast

you used to run?

You remember the time

you stole home?

The minute, the minute I heard

that you hadn't returned,

I knew you were still out here,

somewhere.

I'm coming.

I'm gonna get you, champ.

I'm gonna bring you home.

If it's the last thing I do.

Even if I have to steal third.

I just,

I want you to know

how proud I am of you,

I mean I'm so, so proud,

because you're living your life

with a purpose.

I love you, champ.

I always have, I always will.

I'm not afraid, Dad.

I'm not afraid.





(AIRPLANE ROARING)



JIM:

Alastair entrusted me

to lead the ESU.

I always thought

of myself as human.

But now I know,

I'm half alien.

I'm half Kinian.

What kind of fight is this now?

Who is behind experimenting

with ash and mana?

I need to go to the source.

I need answers.

I need to find out

who my real parents are.

I'm going... home.