02x12 - Time to Save the World

[bunniefuu]

You have been chosen by
an alien intelligence

to take part in a contest -

to find the four kids who
will save the world.

Save the world? How?
I don't know.

If we lose, we forget each other.

I don't think so!

When you opened them, something came
out of here.

Whatever it is, it can change
how it looks.

It could be anyone!

There's something I need you to see.

Isabel?
KNOCKING

Isabel!

We have to stick together!

Things happen when I imagine them.

What things?
Impossible things.

In the Alternates,

but I think now in the
real world, too.

OK, that's enough!

I don't like this.

We're only strong when
we're together.

We've been looking for you!

You were inside that thing!

How did you get in there?

You shoved me in it!

No, I didn't.
You wanted me...

You wanted me to see something.

It wasn't me, I swear!

But it might've looked like me.

It got out?!

Seems that way.

Are we sure about her?

I'm not even sure about you.

Everyone's getting paranoid.

An alien that can look like any one
of us just decided to go on a walk.

Why'd you lock it up in
the first place?

Aren't you all meant to be
on its side,

working together?

I...began to have concerns.

When we put it in there,
we installed a camera.

It always just sat there,
never really moving,

like it was waiting for something.

You were in contact with it.

Did it say anything?
What happened?

After days of sitting there,
it decides to escape

and push you inside one
of those Artefacts.

Why would it do that?

I don't know. It wanted to show
her something.

That's what you said.

Shouldn't we all be focused
on where it is?

Or who it is?

Can't we just go back to our rooms?

Nobody's going anywhere until we
know what that thing's up to.

OK, so either the alien is hiding
somewhere in the building

or it's one of us

and they're here in the room
with us right now.

If it is one of us,

if it's Luka...
It's not me!

Oh, there we go! We have proof,
everybody! It's not Luka!

If it was...

..where's the real Luka?

Stuffed, tied-up in a room
somewhere, probably.

Just test our blood!

We already have alien blood, Faye.

They changed our DNA, remember?

Didn't change theirs.

Where are the rest of you?

When a group loses a challenge,

a few of us take you home and
you don't come back.

That was always the plan.

The last few took Dragonfly.

This is it. It's just us.

We need to search the building.

If we do find one of us stuffed,
tied up in a cupboard somewhere,

then we know who the alien is.

Or...we find the alien.

Isabel's got a point.

I mean, we can't just sit here.

And we can't leave you lot alone.

Where are we? I don't recognise
this place.

Me neither.

It must have got turned around.

It's a big place.

Shouldn't we go in there?

Go on.

It's the boys' toilets.

DOOR CREAKS

LUKA SIGHS

Ah!

What the...?

Luka!

What just happened?

How can we be in here?

This is what it's like in there.

What?

The alien. It can change reality.

Like we do,

but in the real world.

You can't go out there!

Faye, he'll be fine!

Was it you?

You were there.

You were standing right there.

So were you.

Ah! Oh!

We're meant to stay together!

I went to get my jacket. I was only
gone a second.

I had a phone. We could call
somebody for help?

Do you have to give me that
sucking-a-lemon face

all the time?
Depends. Are you actually Isabel?

Yes!
Then I'm mad at you!

I didn't want them to lose.
I made a choice.

It wasn't your choice to make.

You took Monika's place.

You were playing as Ctrl-Alt.

Do you know your problem?

In here, you're Dragonfly.

And there can only be four of them.

BANGING

Hello?

Who's that?
BANGING

Let me out!

Let me out! They locked me up
in here!

Charlotte? Is that you?

Yes! Open the door!

Argh!

OK.

Step back.

FAYE: It can change reality!
In the real world!

It tricked Luka into
stepping outside!

Mal, too.
It's taking us out, one by one!

Bea? We have to stay together!

She wasn't here before.

She went to get her jacket.

Was that when it got Luka?

Oh, come on! And what were
you doing?

I was with Mal!
And he's not here now, is he?

We need a way to figure out
who's who.

We can't go on until we can
trust each other.

Can we all at least agree on that?

So, how do we do it?

What?

I need to see that video again.

Something I noticed before.
It could be nothing.

It's making my eyes go funny.

Stop! There! Play that again!

See?
It's just static on the screen.

No! Again!

See? Look closely.

The alien glitches, but not
the background.

She's right. That's weird.

Keep going.

Another!

And another!

And another! What's the time
between those?

Er, about 16 minutes.

What if it's like a refresh rate
on a monitor, but slowed down.

Every 16 minutes, it refreshes -
it glitches.

I know what we need to do.

STOPWATCH BEEPS

Well, this is dramatic.

We wait. We don't move.

We keep our eyes on each other,
and in the next 16 minutes,

one of us will glitch.

Unless it's not actually one of us.

It is one of us.

I know it.
It's not me!

I mean, why would I give us
the idea to catch it?

Misdirection?

We couldn't have sat in chairs?

You're all a lot younger than me.

We stood up plenty long enough
in here, thanks to you.

Suppose I asked for that.

What's the time?

It's been, like, 30 seconds.

So why did you lock it up?

You had "concerns"?

Us and the aliens -

we were all going to save
the world together.

Faith is having commitment
with no questions asked.

I started to have questions.

And?

We have plenty of time.

They put information in our heads,

that the world depended on us.

I just wanted to make a difference.

But the idea that they'd changed
your physiology somehow.

Then those things open up.

Looking at it, sat there,

I had a bad feeling that we were
being used.

I locked it up to keep you safe.

And look how that ended up.

Nine minutes, just about.

Why does she get the stopwatch?

We've had eyes on each other
since the office.

It could happen any moment.
Can we at least walk about?

No!

Whoever it is could save us
the wait and say it's them!

Anyone?

Bea was inside the Artefact.

That puts her on the top of my list.

You said they wanted to show you
something?

Show you what?
What did you see in there?

It was like...

I don't know.

It put stuff in my head.

It was of Dragonfly.

I got this sense from it.

This feeling that they could be
in danger, maybe?

They're gone. They're out.

Yeah, thanks to her!

Yeah, exactly! Thanks to me!

Just over seven minutes.

I don't like this.

You want to go, Faye? You need to
leave so you can glitch?

Shut up, Isabel!
I don't like this either.

ALARM SOUNDS

What is that?
It's the fire alarm!

There's a fire now?!
I should go check on it.

Whoa, wait, you stay right there!
You can hear that?

How do we know this is real?

That the alien didn't create it?

She's right! I'm going.
Someone's keen to leave.

Charlotte, we have to stay put
until the time runs out!

There's somebody out there!
Bea! It's not real!

It's someone in here doing it just
so they can leave the room.

You're sure?
Not you, too?!

I don't know!
Maybe we should go check?

I'm leaving just for one second -
I'm not going to be long!

Charlotte!
I'll try to stay in sight.

You stay right there!

It's Faye.

IT'S FAYE!

She's getting away!

We could just lock it in there?

I want to know what's going on.

Me, too.

Are you in here?

CLATTERING

Why don't you come out
and talk to us?

How do we know it didn't want us
to follow it in here?

Have you seen this place?!

What did you do to Faye?

And Luka? And Mal?

Are they OK?

I know you can hear us!

STEAM HISSES
ALL: Ah!

Faye stepped out of an exit door
like the others.

She's fine.

Mal may not remember what
he's doing here,

but he'll drive them
back to the city.

Feel free to leave, too, Isabel.

I only need Bea and Charlotte.

What does that mean?

What's that supposed to mean?!

It's voice is different.
The alien's changed.

Isabel!

How do you change reality
in the real world?

How is that even possible?

The real question, Bea, is can you?

What?!

How about we make a deal?

A deal?

I'll tell you everything you want
to know, and you have to help me.

We can't trust it!

OK! I'll help you!

You're like us, Bea.

You, Isabel, Faye.

All of you.

You carry a part of us inside you.

What are you talking about?
You did this to us!

You changed our DNA!

You were all born that way -
you've always been like us.

How is that possible?

The Alternates are sandboxes,

safe environments where
we can test you,

to see which of you will develop
our ability to change reality.

Things happen when I imagine them -

in the Alternates,
but in real life, too.

This is about Meg.

The abilities we have are hard
to control.

It takes time.

Meg could accidentally create
a monster

from a film that scared her.

Or get upset and cause
an earthquake.

And soon, Louis will be able
to do the same.

Then Glen.

Then Kaz.

They weren't meant to lose.

And now they're out there with no
idea of what they're capable of.

FOOTSTEPS

This has always been about saving
the world, Charlotte.

Just not the way you think.

It was about saving it...

..from Dragonfly.

If they were meant to win,
why didn't they?

Because of you.

Louis wouldn't have been distracted
if you hadn't been in there.

So it's my fault?

In the final challenge, Dragonfly
would have been taken

off your world, where they can be
safely monitored and controlled.

And I'm here to make sure
that happens.

It wasn't a prize.

It was a trap!

What do you expect of me?

Get them back!

We made a deal, Bea.

You promised to help.
No!

Not for this!

It wiped their memories!

They're too strong.

They'll find a way to remember.

They're my friends!
They'll trust you.

If you ask them to step
inside the Artefact,

they'll do it.

I left a message to get them
back together.

ON PHONE: I'm Isabel.

Bea is in serious danger!

You have to get Dragonfly back here!

Hurry!

I know where they are.

The rest is up to you.

I have to betray my friends to
save the world from them?

That's crazy!

I can't.

You saw what Meg did in there, Bea,

she was out of control!

If she could do that
in the real world,

if they all could...

..maybe it is for the best.

You said you needed me?

Why?

Someone has to drive.

Bea, what happened?

It's time to save the world.