All language subtitles for [1981] David Cronenberg - Scanners (EN)

Will you look at that
fellow over there?

I've never seen anything
so disgusting in all my life.

I'll tell you something.

He's staring.

I think
he's looking at us.

I think we're
being picked up.

Oh, it's too awful.

Can you believe it?

They can let creatures
like that in here.

I mean, really. It's...

Anne, what's the matter, huh?

Anne?

Oh! Oh, help someone, please.

Oh! Please, help.

Damn it!

You're 35 years old, Mr. Vale.

Why are you such a derelict?

Such a piece of human junk?

The answer's simple.

You're a scanner,

but you don't realize it,

and that has been the source
of all your agony.

But I will show you now

that it can be
a source of great power.

Let them in.

Not much of a place, is it?

Still, didn't pay for it, so...

Hurry up.

Hurry up!

We can talk now.

I would like to scan
all of you in this room
one at a time.

I, I must remind you
that the, uh, scanning experience
is usually a painful one,

sometimes resulting in nosebleeds,

earaches, stomach cramps, nausea.

Sometimes other symptoms
of a similar nature.

There's a doctor present
Dr. Gatineau.

I know that you've all
been prepared for this,

but I thought I'd just
remind you just the same.

Uh, there is
one other thing.

No one is to leave this room
once the demonstration has begun.

At this point I'd like
to call for volunteers.

Anyone. It doesn't matter.

Fine.

Just, uh...

Sit right here, please.

Now, I'd, I'd like you
to think of
something specific.

Something that will not
breach the security
of you organization.

And that you will not object
to having disclosed
to this group.

- Something, uh, personal, perhaps.
- All right.

Yes, I have something.

- Do I have to close my eyes?
- It doesn't matter.

All right.
Yes, I have something.

All right.

Move everybody out! Now!

Call consec leader!

I want you to come with me.

I didn't do anything.

I said I want you to come with me.

Come on.

Gatineau, come with us.

Down there. Quick!

Move it!

Get down!

Give him a shot of ephemeral.

Come on!

OK.

Take it easy.

All we need is to get
stopped by a cop.

Ah, it'd serve'em right.

Why the hell
did they have to send us
to the old factory?

If this guy's a scanner
they don't want him
down at central.

They're afraid of him.

He's a scanner.

Hey, where's security 2?

- He's moving up fast on the left.
- Hey, man, what's happening?

Ray, what the hell's
the matter with you?

You gotta pull back
behind them, man.

Come on!

Ray, I'm gonna kill you
if you don't do it.

Ray!

Oh, my god.

Don't stop! Move it!

No, we got to get'em
out of there!

We've got to get in there.

They're charred, man!
You can see them burning.

Let go of me!

Those people are dead!

Get up.

Let's get out of here, man!
Come on!

You want to get us killed?

All right. All right. Pipe down!

Last night...

We at consec chose to reveal
to the outside world

our work with those...

Telepathic curiosities
known as scanners.

The result

6 corpses...

And a substantial loss
in credibility
for our organization.

So, this morning
we have a new director
of internal security,

- Mr. Braedon Keller.
- Thank you. Mr. Trevellyan.

Gentlemen,

we're in the business
of international security.

We deal in weaponry
and private armories.

We do not trade
in fantasy and pipe dreams.

Let us leave the development
of dolphins and freaks
as weapons of espionage to others.

Now, with all due respect

to Dr. Paul Ruth,

I recommend that we drop
our scanner program immediately, sir.

Dr. Ruth, what's your response?

Mr. Keller, who composed
our audience last night?

We had 25 financial
and political V. I.P. S

from all over north america.

Were these V. I.P. S
carefully screened?

The screening process used
was very sophisticated, yes.

And yet an assassin managed
to infiltrate this group.

Yes.

And killed 6 of our people.

Yes.

How did he kill them?

We have reason to believe he...

used scanning techniques.

Then do you suggest, Mr. Keller,

that this highly-skilled assassin- very deadly

who embarrassed us all
in front of the community
we were trying to impress,

was himself a scanner?

We believe so, yes.

That, gentlemen, is my response.

The weapons capability
of these, uh, telepathic...

curiosities.

Is obvious.

If I may, doctor,

your program is based
on a list
of 236 known scanners,

- is it now?
- It is.

Of that number,

Of that number,

how many are now
working with us?

As of last night, none.

Well, then.

We don't even have
a program to drop, do we?

It shouldn't be
very painful for anyone.

Consec surveillance
has gradually lost contact
with all the names on our list,

and I submit that this...
this is not an accident.

I think we've lost them
to a program

far in advance of ours.

What?

I can't believe it.

I think you might
elaborate, Dr. Ruth.

In my study of the situation
I've come to the conclusion

That there is
a scanner underground

Developed in north america.

It has an organization
that's well-motivated,

and it has a leader.

Now, that's ridiculous, doctor.

You can't get 2 of them
to sit in the same room together
without going berserk.

You're making a very
provocative allegation, Dr. Ruth.

Who controls this group?

If you study the descriptions
in this report,

You will find that you
probably met him last night.

His name is Darryl Revok,

and he was on our list.

This is total fiction.
Mr. Trevellyan, I...

A moment, Mr. Keller.

What do you suggest, doctor?

Eliminate the competition.

How?

Contact a scanner who is as yet
unknown to the underground,

convert him to out cause
and then send him out

to infiltrate the underground.

Convert him, doctor? How?

They're all pathetic social misfits.
Unstable. Unreliable.

That is because their unique gifts
are not understood, Mr. Keller.

There is one point
about which there
is no doubt at all,

and that is that consec was attacked.

For our own peace of mind,

we have to retaliate in some way,

and I think
Dr. Ruth's suggestion

is a very interesting one.

Except that...

We don't have ant scanners left
to send into the field.

As a matter of fact,

I do have one,

still unaffiliated.

Very special one.

I don't suppose you speak much.

No.

It's not surprising.

With all those other
voices in your head
how can your hear
your own voice?

How can you develop
a self personality?

How do you feel?

I feel...

crystal clear.

How do you like...

clarity?

I'm not sure.

- I think I'm a bit afraid.
- Why?

I feel so exposed.

I can hear myself.

You hear your own voice?

- Yes.
- Good.

You called me a scanner.

What is that?

Freak of nature...

Born with a certain form of E.S.P.,

a derangement of the synapses

which we call telepathy.

Could be a disease, possibly,

or a result of radiation.

We don't really know why.

Who are you?

My name is Dr. Paul Ruth.

I'm a psychopharmacist by trade,

specializing in the phenomenon

of scanners.

The woman in the shopping mall.
What were you doing to her?

I wasn't doing anything to her.

It was her.

She was...

forcing me...

To what?

To think about her.

The 50 people that were in this room
they appeared to disturb you.

Why was that?

They talked too loud.

They talked, and they talked.

Really? I didn't see
their lips move, did you?

No, it was the other voices.

The ones without lips.

They were drowning me.

I couldn't stop them.

The injection I gave you, the needle.

What happened to the voices?

They stopped.

The drug is called ephemeral.

It's a scan suppressant.

It does nothing
when it's given
to ordinary human being.

When given to a scanner,

it prevents the flow of telepathy.

It stops the voices.

It can help you.

How do you know these things?

It's my profession.

This is Mr. Keller.

Will my car be ready this evening?

Tell us what you did, please, Darryl.

I drilled a hole in my head.

- Where?
- Kind of obvious, isn't it?

Right here.

Why did you do it, Darryl?
Why did you drill the hole?

Too much pressure.

Had to release some pressure.

You wanted to let the pressure out?

You wanted to let
something out of your head?

Maybe I'm so smart
I can't contain
the thoughts in my head.

You wanted to let something
out of your head?

What?

People.

There are people in my head.

Not enough room for Darryl.

You mean voices?

No. Whole people.

Arms, legs, hands.

What's that you've put
over the hole?

It's a door.

Put an eye on the door
so they won't know it's a door
and they can't get
back in

'cause this is the eye
you know?

Do you think
that will fool them?

Sure. Sure it will.

- I mean...
- I mean, sure it will, you know?

I mean, is that
the only way to...

No!

What do you know?

You don't know nothing
do you?

What's it like in there
eh, lady?

You want to see
how to get in?

Ok?

Come with me, Darryl.

Get your hands off me.

Get your hands...

Get your hands off me!

Get your hands off me!

That's me, isn't it?

As you were...

Without ephemeral
without guidance.

Is he still like that?

Worse.

How could he be?

At the age of 22
he was extremely self-destructive.

Now, at the age of 35,

he is simply destructive.

In many ways, Cameron,

he is your enemy.

And mine.

But I don't even know him.

He...

knows you.

Somehow he was able
to gather a master list

of all the scanners
who were ever born.

He has sought them out
one by one,

asked them to join him
in an insane crusade

to destroy the society
that created him.

And me?

He was looking for you
but I found you first.

That's why
you can help me.

I don't understand.

All the scanners

who didn't agree to
join him were murdered.

These murders represent
a loss to mankind

of the most spectacular human beings

that ever walked
the face of this planet.

Now, you, Cameron,

and your brothers and sisters,

can bring a, a glory
and a brilliance

to our society that has
never been seen before.

We must stop Revok now.

Consec are not ready
to give up their program.

Paul Ruth came up
with a secret weapon.

What?

Someone you've been
looking for, I think.

A scanner.

Calls himself Cameron Vale.

I've seen him.

And Ruth knew exactly
where to find him.

He's in indoctrination right now.

Can he do anything?
What kind of shape is he in?

He seems to function...

But he's nothing to worry about.

He's weak.

Very weak.

Welcome to our
little psychic gymnasium.

Cameron Vale...

You'll please meet...

Yoga master Dieter Tautz.

Mr. Tautz has kindly consented

to be your psychic
sparring partner.

He has publicly demonstrated
on many occasions

that by the power of his will.

He can control his heart rate,

his alpha-wave rhythm,

and many other supposedly
uncontrollable functions
of the human body.

Are we ready?

Just about.

Proceed.

If you would be
kind enough to sit
facing this gentleman here.

I want you...

I want you to...

slowly release your scan.

Slowly, with focus.

I want it to touch his heart
but not his brain.

You understand?

Telepathy is not mind reading.

It is the direct linking

of 2 nervous systems

separated by space.

I want you to make a link...

from your brain...

to his heart.

I want your brain

to make his heart...

beat fast.

Now, if his heart
beats too quickly...

then he will take over
control of his heart...

and slow it down.

Don't worry about it.

All you have to do...

is make his heart...

beat...

fast.

Fast.

Fast.

Now.

Fast. Faster.

Fast.

Fast.

Fast!

Fast!

End your scan.

End it!

Stop!

Stop him!

End it!

End it!

You were right, Dr. Ruth.

It was easy.

This man's name is...

Benjamin Pierce.

And these photographs
were taken in a prison

for the criminally insane.

Here's another one.

This is a plaster cast of him

at present on display
at the crostic art galley.

He's our only lead,

a known scanner

who may or may not be part
of Revok's underground.

Why was he in prison?

He tried to kill his entire family.

His father, sister, mother...

At the age of 10.

It was in 1958.

A few years later, he was released.

What do they say here?

'Rehabilitation through art.'

The man has incredible power,

doesn't he?

Power?

Yes, he does.

I am Arno Crostic.

I'm pleased you came
to my gallery.

Are you an aficionado
of Benjamin Pierce?

I'm interested in buying this
piece for my apartment in paris.

Yes?

But I don't think
it'll work out unless
I can get to meet the artist first.

I'm afraid no.

I hope it won't prejudice you
against acquiring this piece,

but I would lose
Benjamin Pierce for good

if I even approached him
with the idea.

You see, it's pair
of our agreement.

He will not meet
his public.

Maybe you could just
tell me where he lives.

Then I could approach him myself,

and you wouldn't be involved.

I'm afraid I can't.

Then maybe you could just...

think about...

where he lives.

Excuse me.

I'm suddenly...

feeling ill.

Arno, what's the matter?

- Are you all right?
- I will be all right.

Come on, Arno.
Let me take you back
to your office.

You've got to lie down.
That's it. Take me arm.

Benjamin Pierce?

Why don't you leave me alone?

I need some help.

You're the only one
that can give it to me.

Is that right?

Me?

Yes.

Then I think you're
in big trouble, chum.

I've heard you know a man
named Darry Revok.

Who are you?

I was told you were coming
to pay me a visit, Mr. Vale.

How did you know that?

Well...

I have friends.

I don't want them...

but I have them.

Scanner friends?

What do you mean by that?

I am one of you.

- You're one of me.
- Yes.

You know what I think?

I think you better tell me
what you really want.

It's the voices in my head.

They're driving me crazy.

How do you stop them?

Your voices.

My art.

My art keeps me sane.

My art.

Sane.

I don't have anything like this.

That's why I have
to find Darryl Revok.

You...

my friend...

are a liar.

Get out.

Look, I'm not leaving here

until you tell me
where I can find Darryl Revok.

No?

All right.

Well, then I'll get out.

No!

Find Revok.

Find Revok.

These are his robots...

killers.

He'll turn you
into a zombie,

a robot,

a killer.

No, don't you let him.

There are others.

Other scanners.

Kim Obrist.

Kim Obrist.

Kim Obrist.

Good evening, sir.
Can I help you?

Are there any messages for me?

Your name, sir?

Cameron Vale.

Your room number?

802.

Yes, this package is for you, sir.

My name is Cameron Vale.

I've got to talk to Kim Obrist.

Come on in.

Oh, God.

They killed Ben Pierce.

Yes.

Come on upstairs.

Just wait here a sec.

Kim, Revoc got to Ben Pierce.
He's dead.

This guy's name
is Cameron Vale.

I scanned him.
He's for real.

He was there when it happened.

Sit down.

I know you.

You were at the gallery.

You were looking for Pierce.

I need help.

Scan together.

Scan together
and our minds will begin
to flow into each other

until they become one.

One nervous system.

One soul.

One experience.

Beautiful.

Beautiful.

And frightening.

So frightening to lose yourself.

So frightening
to lose yourself.

To lose your will
to the group will.

To lose yourself
to the group self.

...to the group self.

No!

The power.

The power we can generate

we wheb focus our scans
together is fantastic.

Fantastic.

Terrifying.

Terrifying.
Exhilarating.

No! Aroud the side!
Quick!

Hurry!

Get in!

Let's go! Come on!

Kim?

Kim?

Kim, come on. Kim!

Now, I know...

What if feesl like
to die.

Everywhere you go,
somebody dies.

Who are you?
Who sent you?

- I'm a scanner.
- Who sent you?

I was found by consec.

Consec?

They wanted me
to find Revok.

I think they want
to kill him,

but they never
told me about you.

Tony!

Tony!

Tony.

Oh, no.

Come on.
We got to get out of here.

Come on.

What happened?

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Sir, outside, please.

There's nothing here
to see.

Go back to the street.

Back out. Back out.

Oh, it's on fire!

Let's get out of here.

Let's get out of here,
like, right now.

We'll be all right
here for a while.

It doesn't matter.

It's finished.

And nothing
can stop Revok now.

We were the dream.

And he's the nightmare.

There's still us.

I can help you.

We can destroy Revok together.

You?

You're barely human.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry,
but you don't understand.

You don't know Revok.

You don't know
how evil he is,

how powerful he is.
You don't know anything.

What are you doing?

He must have something
that will lead us to Revok.

Us? No, not me.

There it is.

That's it.

That's it.

Dr. Ruth,
telephone call, sir.

Take it right here.

Yes.

It's Cameron Vale.

I missed you.

I made a breakthrough
to Revok.

I want to come in.

I want to bring you an
informant from Revok's group.

That's excellent.

I'll arrange for you
to be brought in.

Can you call me back
in about 10 minutes?

Ok. Good-bye,
Dr. Ruth.

All set?

10 minutes.

We may have developed
a serious problem.

Vale's coming in.

He says he has an imformant
from your crew.

Now, is that possible?

No, he's lying.

Then why
is he coming in?

Maybe he's homesick.

Look, Vale must know something
or his informant does.

It could be
about me and you.

Then you'd better be the one
to interrogate the informant.

And Ruth will talk to Vale.

I won't be able to prevent that.

If Ruth finds out anything,

anything at all...

Kill him.

Really?

- I thought you didn't want...
- Kill him.

Really.

Contact central,
this is contact two-niner.

Contact two-niner,

this is contact central. Security is in place

and you are clear to land.

Repeat, affirmative to land.

I'm afraid I'm going
to have to give you both
and injection of ephemerol.

Well, Braedon, no apologies,

no vote of confidence,

and my man brought back the goods.

Why don't we save the party

util we run around
with the president, doctor.

It won't take long.

I have a way
with these creatures.

I know that.

So does Trevellyan.

That's why he's asked me
to take the informant.

You can do
what you like with Vale.

Well, that won't work.

Police state tactics
simply won't work. Sir.

Really?

Why don't you send a letter
to the board about that, doctor?

I'm sure they'd love
to hear from you.

Come in.

Welcome.

Congratulations.

It's good to have you
back home.

Where's the girl?
She should be here.

She's in another room
being interrogated.

Thought it would be you.

So did I.

That's why I made sure
that the needles I gave
you both were harmlesss.

Don't worry.

She'll be able to protect
herself if there's any problem.

Why did you do that?

Gesture of trust to you friend.

I have my own methods.

I have nothing to hide.

Nothing at all to hide.

Not even the right program?

The what?

Do you know of a drug laboratory
called biocarbon amalgamate?

Yes, of course.
I founded it in 1942.

You?

Right, I sold it to consec.
That's why I'm here.

Let's say
that we have a, uh...

genial working relationship.

Do you know
what that lab does?

It's been so long
since I've been in touch with them.

As far as I know,
they...

They make some sort
of chemical weaponry
among other things.

It manufactures ephemerol

for Darryl Rovok.

It may even be run
by Darryl Revok.

That's impossible.

No, I was there.

I took the place of
one of Revok's men.

I saw Revok
in the control room.

The production of ephemrol
is computerized.

It's being manufactured

and sent out in huge tankers.

Ephemerol has been sent out?

Sent out where?

The answer is in
you own computer.

The program that controls
everything is called ripe,

and it's a consec program.

That means that someone
here at consec

is a trator

and that someone
is working with Revok.

I want you to access
the ripe program.

I do not have
consec computer clearance.

Neither do I.

But you do have
a nervous system...

and so does a computer.

And you can scan the computer

as you would
anothere human being.

Come.

Hello.

Hello.

What a pleasant surprise.

You're very attractive.

Ok, let's do it the formal way.

- Your name?
- Kim Obrist.

Your name?

Not relevant.

Now, tell me
everything you know

about Darryl Revok's organization.

Before I tell you anything,

I want to know how
you're going to protect me.

When Revok finds out
that I've come here...

He's going to try and kill me.

Miss Obrist,
you best protection...

is to tell us everything
we need to know.

As soon as you do,

Revok will cease to be
a threat to anyone.

Not good enough.

Revok's people are everywhere.

And that scares me.

To be honest with you, Kim...

The only one you should
be afraid of is me.

Why should I be
afraid of you?

I came here
of my own free will.

Because...

I know you're not
what you say you are.

I want to see someone else.

Listen to me!
Listen to me!

Now, I have acquaintances
in Revok's group. They tell me...

They tell me that you have
never been one of them.

Why are you here?

Why?

Good-bye, Kim.

It must be Kim.

Where is she?

Where is she?

This is more important.

No!

No, this is more important.

The computer is more important.

Access the ripe program.

More important.

But the ripe program
is the past.

Therefore, to access the ripe program
is to access the past, no?

Access the past.

Access the past.

Security!

The scanners,
find them and kill them.

Put it on the air!

Find them and kill them.

Mustn't happen again.

It's always been there
inside me...

Lurking away.

Sucking out my joy and
rotting my successes.

Cameron, oh, Cameron.

I have a way with you,
Cameron.

Mustn't happen again.

Ripe... ripe, indeed.

The ripe program
must be stopped!

This isn't the same
thing, you understand?

Not the same thing at all.

It's different.

First time was an accident.

Fortunate for some...

unfortunate for others.

The ripe program
is cold and cruel.

Very... very cold.

Very cruel.

What happened?

Keller tried to kill me.

Keller?
Then he's the one.

Oh, my god.

Mom,
what are you doing here?

I'm sorry, mom.

Mom, I didn't...
l... I didn't mean it.

I didn't mean it, mom.
Please!

There was blood
on my hand.

Secure the computer room!

Blood on my hand.

What's going on?

What the hell
is going on?

It's the scanners, sir.
They're out.

Is this the only way
we can do it?

If we don't plug
into the computer now,

they're going
to reprogram it.

What does that mean?

It means that someone
has reprogrammed
the computer in such a way

that the ripe program
is locked away inside.

Somebody not only
threw away the key.
He plugged the keyhole.

Try it again.

Try it again.

That's as deep into it
as we're going to get.

Hey, Lee, punch up
your internal monitor.

- Access is I M 863.
- Why? What is it?

Someone's inside
this thing right now.
Getting the ripe program.

How can this happen?

This room is max security.

We're plugged
into the telephone system.

Anybody who has the proper
series of access codes
could get in here long distance.

You mean, someone's
getting that right now?

Yeah.

Damn!

It's him.

It's Vale. He's inside.

- Is that possible?
- It's got to be.

It's got to be.
I want to hurt him.

How can we hurt him
before he gets out?

Hurt him?
I don't understand.

Vale's nervous system
and the computer's nervous system
are joined together.

He's scanning it.

I want to cripple them both.

Or maybe kill
them both. How?

I don't know
if it's what you want,

but I could override
the max security self-destruct.

It's designed to blow
all the circuits

in case of anticipated
possession of data

by unauthorized
and unfriendly forces.

Do it now.

But, sir
that would entail
a total loss of all data,

all programs within
the consec system.

I couldn't do that without
the written authorization
of consec leader.

Mister, this is
your authorization.

Sit down!

Do it now
or I'll kill you.

Yes, sir
I'm doing it now.

Sir, I have to finish it
over there.

Sir, this is the last step.

- Are you sure?
- Do it!

There's no need for that.

It's all very quiet.

It's just internal switching.

Really? No one's ever switched
off a scanner before.

Whoa, shit!

See, I told you.

No fireworks!

Hey, I'll go find
the doctor.

All right. I'll keep
an eye on the door.

Excuse me. Do you know
if the receptionist is
coming back soon?

Yeah, I guess so.

Thanks.

Please, I'll be with you
in a few moments.

I have to talk to you
right now, doctor.

Will you please
get out of here?

It's about this drug,
Dr. Frane.

I understand you've
been prescribing it
to some patients.

Excuse me.

I'll be back
in just a moment.

Just relax.
Read a magazine.

Where did you
get this?

What do you want
with me?

Who are you?

What happened?

I was scanned.

The woman in the...
in the waiting room.

She scanned you?

No, not her...

Her child.

Her unborn child
scanned me.

That's what
the ripe program is.

The doctors
on the computer list

are giving ephemerol
to there pregnant patients.

- I don't understand.
- Ephemerol!

Ephemerol is creating
new scanners.

- Hold still.
- Oh, god!

- Hold still.
- Oh, my god.

Ok, ok, come on.

Let's got out of here.

Come on, you can make it.
Come on!

- Kim! Kim!
- Vale.

Kim.

Sleeping beauty awakes.

Where's kim?

The next room.

She'll be awake
in a few hours.

We don't want anyone
in here with us.

This is just between you and me.

Where's your partner Keller?
He should be here.

Keller? Seems he died
when you blew up his computer.

By the way, that was very impressive.

Keller murdered Dr. Ruth.
He deserved to die.

Shouldn't mourn
the good doctor's death.

You should celebrate it with me.

Dr. Ruth was a great man.

He tried to help us.
He helped me.

'Great man.'

There's only one person on earth
who ever tried to help you
and that's me.

You?

You sent your soldiers
out to kill me.

Never. Never you.

I've spent years
looking for you.

And then when Keller told me
that Ruth had dressed you up

and sent you out as some
ridiculous amateur spy,

I tried to take care of you
look after you, guide you to me.

Now why would you try to do that?

Who's your mother?

I don't know.

Who's your father?

I don't know.

What was your first
childhood memory?

I don't have any.

No, you don't.
It's no accident that you don't.

You were kept on ice.

It wasn't until consec
had trouble putting me away
that they thawed you out.

You've been monitored
every day of your life
allowed to live like garbage, scum.

He knew where you were
but it wasn't until he needed you

that he reached down
and hauled you up
out of the slime.

Who?

Your father...

Dr. Paul Ruth.

Our father.

No.

You're my brother, Cameron...

my kid brother.

No.

Sit down. I want to
show you something.

This was a test campaign
used in 1947
to market a new product.

The product was a drug
a tranquilizer called ephemerol.

It was aimed at
pregnant women.

If it had worked
it would have been marketed
all over north america.

But the campaign failed
and the drug failed.

Because it had a side effect
on the unborn children
an invisible side effect.

It created scanners.

Yes, the man who invented
phemerol was very excited
by this weird mutation it caused.

So was consec.

They offered to finance
his experiments...

so he sold them
his company and himself.

And that man was Dr. Ruth?

That was daddy.

Now I said that the side
effects of ephemerol

were invisible
but that's not completely true.

Daddy could see them.
He could see them in us.

He had given the
prototype of ephemerol to his
pregnant wife, our mother

4 years before it hit the market
and then again a year later.

These children turned
out to be difficult

till he realized
that the only thing that
would calm them down

was his drug, ephemerol.

That's why we're older
than all the others.

Not only older
more powerful.

The rest of them
they're nothing compared to us.

Then what did you
need Keller for?

Consec had hardware.
It had contacts.

- Keller could see the future.
- The future?

You murdered the future.

That's nagative, Cam.
Defeatist. Disappoints me
to hear you talk that way.

You're starting to sound like them.

There's a whole generation
of scanner soldiers just a
few months away from being born.

We'll find them
train them to be like us,

Not like an old person
or a band of cripples.

Bring the world of normals
to their knees.

Rule an empire
so brilliant, so glorious

we'll be the envy
of the whole planet.

You sound just like him
like Ruth.

No, not like him.

- Like Revok, Darryl Revok!
- No, like him.

It's as though he's been
reincarnated in you.

You're not listening to me.

You're not cooperating, Cam.

You're not cooperating
with me at all.

I've been counting on you
for years, Cam.

Tell me you're not
going to betray me like all the rest.

Tell me you're not.

No!

All right, we're going
to do it the scanner way.
I'm going to suck your brain dry.

Everything you are
is going to become me.

You're going to be with me
Cameron, no matter what.

After all, brothers
should be close.
Don't you think?

Cameron?

Kim.

It's me, Kim, Cameron.
I'm here.

We've won.

We've won.