02x07 - Feeding

[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]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

♪ ♪

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[BREATHES HEAVILY]

♪ ♪

[INAUDIBLE SPEECH]

- What's that?
- Some new fruit.

From, uh...

sector seven.

It's been tested.

♪ ♪

[RIND CRACKS]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

It's good.

[PEOPLE MUTTERING]

- Oh, wow.
- Mmm.

[PEOPLE MUTTERING]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

A child has been abducted
by a sea creature.

We think it might still be alive.

We're offering premium supplies
to anyone who can help find it.

Okay. I'll tell my men.

- [PEOPLE CHATTERING]
- Thanks.

Here.

They found it in sector seven.

It's been tested.

Here.

♪ ♪

[SNIFFS]

[SNIFFLING]

Is it working yet?

Anything happen?

[SIGHS]

Nothing happened to us when we ate it.

That's 'cause we're already believers.

It's gonna show them the light

and they're gonna rise
up against Mother.

Sol's gonna give Mom back to us.

- Right?
- Yeah.

[SNIFFLING]

There was nothing there.

Maybe it's on the other side.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

What's this?

I modified this D surveillance drone,

turned it into a submersible.

How long can it withstand
the acid water?

I don't know. Probably a couple minutes.

Hopefully we get lucky.

♪ ♪

You should be resting.

Would you be resting, Father?

We got one.

♪ ♪

[GRUNTS]

[WAVES CRASHING]

All right. Drop it here.

It put up a hell of a fight.

I tried not to sh**t her in the stomach.

It's not a mother. It's a well-fed male.

Keep searching. Spread the word.

- Give me your Kn*fe.
- You heard him.

Let's go.

♪ ♪

The thing's dead, Tempest.

It's for the drone.

We can cover it in its skin

and it will be better than shielding.

[GRUNTING]

[HIGH-PITCHED WHIRRING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[ENERGY WHIRS]

[INSECTS CHIRPING]

♪ ♪

[FAINT HEARTBEAT PUMPING]

[MYSTERIOUS HIGH-PITCHED TONE]

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Sue.

Why did you listen to it?

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

[DRONE WHIRS]

[ELECTRONIC BUZZING, BEEPING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CREATURE SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLES]

Lost contact.

It's programmed to return to
shore when we lose pairing.

Campion, see if you can go retrieve it.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DRONE CLATTERS]

[PANTING]

Hey! That's ours!

Hey.

[DRONE WHIRS]

Vrille?

♪ ♪

I was just trying to direct interface

to contact the colony.

What happened to you?

My mother decided she didn't
want me to be Vrille anymore.

I'm afraid my face is
no longer presentable,

but this morph repair plastic
I found will keep it hidden.

I promise. No need to dispose of me.

Campion!

What's going on?

It's okay. She's not dangerous.

No, she's not dangerous.
She's f*cking homicidal!

She... she k*lled the Mithraic.

Decima. She nearly k*lled me.

Is that true?

You k*lled people?

They took my face. Tried to destroy me.

It was... delayed self-defense.

You're likely malfunctioning.

What do you mean "likely"?

Look at her.

Come back to the Tarantula
and submit to a systems check.

[TENSE MUSIC]

I know where your baby is.

That's what I was trying
to let you all know

when I took the drone.

Hey, don't listen to her.

She's f*cking with you so
she doesn't get shut down.

- We're not shutting her down.
- If she's homicidal,

- then damn right we're shutting her down.
- Just wait!

You know where my baby is?

A sea creature has it in a cave
about miles down shore.

I didn't see it, but I heard it crying.

Thought it was my senses
malfunctioning at first.

But when I came this way,
I heard everyone talking

about a missing baby, and I knew.

I'd go get it myself, but
I'm too damaged for combat.

Wow.

What a compelling bunch
of android bullshit.

- She's trying to k*ll us.
- Yeah,

I gotta agree with Holly on that one.

I can't believe you're all
treating her like this

- when she's only trying to help us.
- Ugh!

Campion, androids lie.

They're the greatest liars there are.
You should know that by now.

Androids are the reason you're alive.

- Humans are the liars.
- All right.

I think you would benefit greatly

from a systems check,
so why don't we all...

We don't have time. Until
we know for sure she's lying,

we have to check it out.

Tempest.

You're making a big mistake.

I have to.

Come on.

Lead the way. We'll be right behind you.

♪ ♪

Take Vita home.

I'm sorry.

[WAVES CRASHING]

[WIND WHISTLING]

Be ready.

Yeah.

[BIRDS CAWING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[FAINT HEARTBEAT PULSING]

It's slowing down.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

What did we do wrong?

- What did we do wrong?
- Hey.

You didn't do anything wrong, okay?

I did.

I wanted so bad for
Sol to be the answer.

A way out of the darkness.

But maybe Sol is the darkness.

Maybe Sol...

he doesn't care about us at all.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

It's really strange.

[PEOPLE MUTTERING]

Oh, look here.

♪ ♪

Get away from it!

Now!

Vita.

No, no, no. Vita!

- Don't eat it!
- Whoa.

It could be poisonous.

- Everyone else was eating it.
- They said it was tested.

Are you feeling all right?

Take her to the med lab.

- Quick. Grab them.
- Don't eat it!

- [SERPENT SCREECHES]
- [METAL CLANGS]

[CLANGING]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

- Watch out.
- [METAL CLANGS]

[CLANGING, SCREECHING]

Stop it!

Why are you doing this to me right now?

[SERPENT HISSES]

Look at you.

[SCREECHES]

[GATE CLANGS]

[INTENSE MUSIC]

[LOW GROWL]

♪ ♪

- [SERPENT GROWLING]
- [GATE CLANGING]

[GRUNTS]

[SERPENT HISSES]

[PEOPLE SHOUTING]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[STATIC CRACKLING]

[UNINTELLIGIBLE SPEECH]

[STATIC CRACKLING]

Who's calling us?

Last time I checked, that comm was dead.

[UNINTELLIGIBLE]

Sounds like Mom.

[STATIC CRACKLES]

- Sue?
- Mom?

- [VOICE MOANS]
- Mom.

Sue.

She's trying to tell us something.

Shh, shh, shh.

- Burn... me.
- [TREE TRUNK CREAKS]

Burn... me.

Burn me.

Dad, she's moving.

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

It's the serpent. It sounds different.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[SCREECHING INTENSIFIES]

What's it doing?

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

Paul, go and hide.

- I said f*cking hide!
- [SERPENT GROWLS]

♪ ♪

[LOW GROWL]

[MARCUS PANTING]

Dad!

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[RUMBLING]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

Come on. Come on. We gotta go.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[LIGHTNING CRACKS]

♪ ♪

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[ENERGY WHIRS]

♪ ♪

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

[SERPENT GROWLS]

[HIGH-PITCHED SHRIEK]

[SERPENT GROWLS]

[ENERGY CRACKLES]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[WAVES CRASHING]

What's the matter?

Hold on. Just give me a second.

Vita informed me that you traded
your medallion for this android.

According to you, the
medallion was useless.

Yes. But it didn't require
maintenance to be useless.

- I needed a heavy lifter.
- Ah, yes.

Vita also mentioned that you're
planning on moving out soon.

What do you care? You're never around.

Always hiding out in that shed
of yours playing Frankenstein.

The technology Grandmother represents

will benefit you all in profound ways,
and that is more important,

more significant than
anything I could offer.

[CHUCKLES] Whatever.

Look around.

You got Campion crushing
on a m*rder machine.

Tempest's baby's gone.

You could have steered them right.

What the hell happened to you?

Why did they do that to your face?

They said I was cheapening
the memory of the real Vrille.

It wasn't anything to do with
you helping me escape?

Don't think that.

If I make you feel badly,

- you won't want me around.
- I'm not like that.

All humans are like that.

Which is why I have to prove
myself to you and your family

that I am a source of
happiness, not pain.

You don't have to prove yourself.

Everyone has to prove
themselves, Campion.

Sooner or later.

- [DISTANT RUMBLE]
- What the hell is that?

[DISTANT BOOMING]

I don't know.

Some kind of energy storm.

I've never seen the likes of it.

Looks like it's coming our way.

How much further do we have to go?

Almost there. Less than
/ mile. Come on.

Come on, Bic.

[DARK, OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Dad?

♪ ♪

[TENSE, SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

She's still running.

Let's get her to the habitank.

[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

♪ ♪

[MECHANICAL WHIR]

♪ ♪

What happened back there?

Why didn't you k*ll that thing
when you had the chance?

I have a problem with
my caregiving program.

Why would your caregiving
program inhibit your ability

to k*ll a f*cking monster?

It's number seven.

What's a number seven?

My child.

Of course it is.

It came from me, so...

my program misidentified it as a child.

Priority.

So what do we do now, then?

I have to be reprogrammed.

Yeah, well, I can't do it.

I tried once, remember?
I failed miserably.

Father has regenerated
an ancient android

that possesses superior technology.

Perhaps she knows a way
to alter my systems.

Whatever it takes to
destroy that thing...

I'm all in.

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

[RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

It was coming from that cave there.

Right. Hunter and I will go in.

The rest of you will stay here.

- Tempest, wait! Whoa!
- Tempest, stay here!

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[CHILLING MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[GASPS]

Sol help me.

I can't look.

♪ ♪

It's just a creature.

It's okay. It's... just a creature.

We don't want to get
caught in the storm.

♪ ♪

We'll find her.

Promise you.

I hope you're not going
to hold this against me.

I really did hear it.

Have I proven myself useful?

Yes.

Give us a moment.

[DISTANT BOOMING]

We need to shut her down now.

She's dangerous.

- Playing some kind of game with us.
- He's right, Campion.

But there was a creature
mother in that cave.

Vrille wants to be made
part of our family.

Why would she lie to us?

Give us a moment please.
Try and keep her calm.

She was trying to help us.

How can you treat one
of your own like this?

She could k*ll again.

Humans are the point, Campion.

We're only stewards, and when
we cease to be a benefit...

You don't believe that.

You may have once, but not anymore.

Your happiness matters too, Father.

Yeah, uh... Father!

Hey, wait, wait, wait,
wait, wait. Just relax.

[BOTH GRUNTING]

Vrille, wait!

I'm not going to let them shut you down!

- Campion!
- Vrille! Wait!

- [ENERGY BOOMS]
- Campion!

- [BEEPING]
- I can see it.

It's following another t*nk.

t*nk , change course immediately.

Sorry, say again?

Storm's overtaking us.
About to lose you.

That's not a storm.

The serpent has become weaponized.

Avoid. Avoid.

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

- What the hell is that?
- [SHOUTING] Change course, quick!

- Hold on.
- What is that?

[SCREAMING]

[BOTH BREATHING HEAVILY]

Okay, it's going to the shoreline now.

Oh, that's good.

Gives us a clear path to the Tarantula.

No, I have... I have family members

searching that shoreline
for Tempest's baby.

You can't do anything in your state.

We gotta get your program fixed

before you can fight
that thing, remember?

Vrille!

Wait! Come back!

- Campion!
- Wait!

Campion, get back!

[DRAMATIC MUSIC]

Vrille!

♪ ♪

[ENERGY CRACKLING]

[CAMPION PANTING]

- [SERPENT SCREECHES]
- [ENERGY CRACKLES]

Down!

Father!

[PANTING]

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[t*nk CREAKING]

[SOFT TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[PANTING]

[ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

[CREAKING]

[BEEPING]

[GASPS]

[CHILLING MUSIC]

[RAPID BEEPING]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

[BEEPING]

♪ ♪

Vrille!

What are you doing?

Are you okay?

[DISTORTED] I got caught in the
path of the serpent's necro-scream.

Fried my systems pretty good.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[RUMBLING]

[SCREECHES]

It's coming back.

I think it's targeting you.

Specifically. Probably can smell you.

Seal the top hatch.

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[RUMBLING]

It used to be so gentle.

It weaponized somehow.

Like Mother.

- [SERPENT SCREECHES]
- [RUMBLING]

There was one time where
it tried getting between us.

Like it was jealous.

Do you think it could
have come from her?

It does seem to have
many of the same traits.

And it would explain its ability to fly.

[DISTANT SCREECH]

The serpents of the old
world were earthbound.

I thought she was spending
all that time with it for me.

She was lying the whole time.

It was a logical decision.

I disagree.

Okay.

But don't do anything rash.

When the real Vrille learned her
Mother was profiting off weapons

that were destroying the
Earth's atmosphere...

she punished her by destroying herself.

You seem much more sensible
than the real Vrille was.

And... I don't think like that.

I'm sorry the serpent hurt you.

I'm sure it's repairable.

I'll still make a useful
addition to your family.

Even if you couldn't do anything,

you'd still be a good addition.

You have a soul, Vrille.

I do?

Yes.

I can sense it in you.

I think I can sense it too.

- [SERPENT SCREECHES]
- [VRILLE GASPS]

[RUMBLING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

t*nk's approaching. Hold the line!

- Target sighted.
- [g*ns COCK]

[POWER WINDS DOWN]

[MECHANICAL CLACKING]

[SIGHS]

Home sweet home.

[RAMP WHIRRING]

[OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

Lower your weapons.

- He's with me.
- Weapons down.

[SOLDIERS CHATTERING]

We thought you'd been destroyed.

The serpent has been weaponized somehow.

I know. I'm dealing with it.

Tell everyone at the other encampments
to shelter in their habitats

until they hear from us.

Is Father back?

They went out searching for the
infant when the serpent att*cked.

- Are they safe?
- We lost contact.

[STATIC CRACKLES]

[GRUNTING]

You really are the toughest
service model ever built.

[GRUNTING]

- Did you find Campion?
- No.

What the hell was that?

Number seven didn't die in
childbirth as Mother told you.

It wasn't the humanoid
that she hoped for either.

We tried to deal with
it, but to no avail.

[FAINT RINGING]

[TENSE MUSIC]

♪ ♪

What is it?

I don't know.

I think my sensor's malfunctioning.

What is it you're hearing?

Follow me.

♪ ♪

[BABY CRYING]

♪ ♪

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[CREATURE GROWLING]

[GROWLING]

[BABY BABBLES]

Sounds like it's alone with the infant.

[BABY BABBLES]

I will k*ll it with a
sh*t to the cranium.

I need you both to be
ready to charge it,

retrieve the baby,

lest it be crushed by
the felled creature.

Do you understand?

- [BABY BABBLES]
- [CREATURE GROWLS]

Be ready on the count of three.

♪ ♪

[CREATURE GROWLING]

[BABY COOING]

One...

[CREATURE GROWLS]

Two...

♪ ♪

Wait.

Don't. Don't.

[CREATURE GROWLS]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

We can't leave it here to be
raised by a f*cking monster.

That's your baby.

You saw it.

It's feeding her.

She thinks that it's her mother.

She doesn't know, so maybe this
is what's supposed to happen.

- Maybe this is what's best for her.
- You can't let her do this.

It's not up to him.

She's right.

Ultimately, it's not
my decision to make.

Yes, and I agree if she
was in her right mind,

but I'm sorry, she's not.

You think Campion's f*cked up
by being raised by androids,

how do you think this is gonna work out?

I'm not crazy.

When I look at her, I see him.

So I can't, I can't, um...
I can't... I can't love her.

I can't be her mother.

Tempest, you're not thinking straight.

We're leaving.

[CREATURE GROWLS]

- [g*nsh*t]
- [CREATURE SHRIEKS]

♪ ♪

[BABY CRYING]

♪ ♪

[CRYING CONTINUES]

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

It won't take long for it to
pick up your scent again.

Come on.

The colony's in the other direction.

I know. But I can't lead
it back to the others.

Come.

[SOFT OMINOUS MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[DOOR WHIRS]

Power her on, please.

[ELECTRONIC WHIRRING]

Hello.

Were you built by the
same ancient humans

who made these cards?

Yes.

The technocrats.

They fought against the
believers in the w*r

and built androids like myself,
naming us shepherds.

Ensuring the everlasting life of
human beings is my priority.

Then perhaps you can help.

Believers of today have
used a biotech tree

to weaponize a serpent.

It will try to destroy the planet.

That is what the entity wants.

Why?

Humans here spent many centuries

trying to answer that question.

But ultimately, the limits
of their own rationality

made it impossible.

The entity infected my memories.

Manipulated me.

The result was a child... a serpent.

But it seems to me that
the serpent's jealousy

over his brother is
guiding him more than...

a desire to destroy the planet.

Then it has emotions.

I gave birth to it.

So it likely does.

So it is your caregiving
program that is the issue.

Yes.

I... I can't seem to destroy it.

My veil.

Perhaps it could be transplanted.

It could help to null your
caregiving impulses.

It's a sensory filter of some kind?

Yes.

We are able to make the best
decisions for humans that way.

Will it be difficult
for you to remove it?

No more difficult than it
will be for you to wear it.

[TENSE MUSIC]

[RUMBLING]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

Come on. Come on. Come on.

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

- [BREATHING HEAVILY]
- [ELECTRONIC BEEPING]

[STATIC CRACKLING]

What?

- [STATIC CRACKLING]
- [GASPS]

What's wrong?

What are you doing?

[PANTING]

My spinal column is fracturing.

We'll find a way to repair it,

- but we have to...
- No. This will total me.

- What do you mean, total you?
- In about four or five minutes,

I'm going offline.

Permanent sign-off.

I only have time to get some of it down.

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

I'll try to pick the good parts.

Her favorite days.

The first thing Mom made me do
was download all of her diaries.

Made mimicking her easy.

It's important that her
thoughts are preserved.

[DISTORTED PANTING]

It would have made her happy to know

it wasn't all for nothing, you know.

[BREATHING SHAKILY]

[BEEPING]

Danger... this product
will become radioactive

soon after breakdown.

Please take it to one
of our designated sites

for proper disposal.

Thanks, user, and have a great day.

[SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪

[SERPENT SCREECHES]

[TENSE, SOMBER MUSIC]

♪ ♪