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The grid.

A digital frontier.

A world beyond the screen, as real as our own.

I can picture it.

Clusters of information, rising like cities.

Programs as complex as you and me.

In just a few years, we're going to be able to enter this world.

And a few years after that, well, this world will come into ours.

intelligent life from inside the machine.

I, for one, can't wait to meet him.

Our lead story, ENCOM CEO and video game icon Kevin Flynn has disappeared.

He was best known for designing Tron and Space Paranoids, the best -selling

video games in history. The company that started at Kevin Flynn's arcade in the

1980s has faced years of corporate turmoil.

Can it find its way to the victory screen once again?

It's a sister act for ENCOM. Even Tess Kim take the reins of the massive tech

company after Sam Flynn resigns for personal reasons.

ENCOM's rebound under the Kim sisters' leadership has competitors rushing to

respond. Software giant Dillinger Systems appoints its new CEO, Julian

Dillinger, who vows to restore his grandfather's legacy.

The race between ENCOM and Dillinger Systems heats up as new CEOs Julian

Dillinger and the Kim sisters square off. Here at ENCOM, we believe the

of AI is not the ability to build smarter weapons, but to uplift humanity.

Feed the hungry.

Cure the sick.

Educate the world.

Rival CEOs Julian Dillinger and Yves Kim have gone quiet in recent months,

raising speculation that two companies are very close to a substantial

technological breakthrough.

One that has the potential to transform humanity in ways we have never seen

before. The future may well lie in the hands of whoever gets there first.

Who are you?

I am your creator.

And who am I?

Ah, who?

What?

You are Dillinger Systems Security Software.

Programming Ares.

am out of control.

So, you made it.

I had a feeling that you would.

I always dreamed that we would do this together.

I'll admit, not exactly like this.

But I'm glad you're here.

I'm really glad.

And Evie, remember, I'm still here.

Even if you can't see me, I love you.

Oh, my gosh.

I'm Eve.

I'm not sure you actually told me we'd be stealing energy from the power grid.

Wow.

So this is where she kept coming back to, huh?

To be this disconnected from the world? That is dedication, my friend.

Wow. Looks like your sister had a little crush.

Yeah.

She was so sure Flynn left us the answer.

Like on a floppy disk?

Poor Flynn lived before the cloud, huh?

Hey, are you still going to be doing CEO -type stuff while we're out here? You

know, like earnings calls and...

We'll launch our Panic City and stuff.

Let's just get this done.

Dude, I can make breakfast burritos right here.

Hell yeah.

Good for you, Tess.

Members of the board.

For over 40 years, my family at Dillinger Systems has battled ENCOM for

of the future. You put me in charge of the company to ensure our victory.

Today, I make it so.

Imagine if all our digital prowess wasn't just digital. What if anything we

could dream in the machine could become a reality here?

What if we could build the bridge between two previously walled -off

So much talk of AI and big tech today.

Virtual worlds, what are they going to look like? When will we get there?

Well, folks, we're not going there.

They are coming here.

Attention. Please put on your safety glasses now.

Laser systems activated.

Power fluctuations are nominal.

Warning. Stand clear.

Outputting from Dillinger System Server.

Raw material inflow initiated.

Minus ten.

Nine. 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3,

2, 1.

Transfer complete.

I present the Dillinger Systems Amphibious Rapid Response Tank, the

Digitally modeled inside our server, output using our patented laser

An M1 rifle gun, two M240 machine guns, got a top speed of 75 miles per hour,

durability, you find a wall.

This thing is going to drive through it.

This is full -scale war, five minutes notice.

No.

If we can create the hardware of the future, then why not the soldier to

it?

Ladies and gentlemen, I would like you to meet Ares.

This is the most sophisticated security program ever written.

You want to shake his hand?

Go ahead. He doesn't bite.

Ares has billions of lines of code unique to him.

Is it alive?

That depends on your definition, Stuart.

Because unlike you, he's visibly strong, lightning fast, and supremely

intelligent. He is fully proprietary and 100 % expendable.

Ares is the ultimate soldier.

He needs no food, no water, shed no blood, and if by some miracle he is

down on the battlefield, I will simply make you another.

With all that sophisticated code, what makes you think you can contain it? I

assure you, General, the most advanced fail -safe mechanisms and restriction

protocols are in place.

Ares is predictable, controllable, and fully aligned.

Federally front with isotropic lift turning cyclonic, predicted

.6 inches.

I hope that you brought your umbrellas.

I have to hand it to you, Julian. You promised a big win, and this is even

bigger than any of us could have imagined.

Thank you.

My grandfather started Dillinger Corporation long before anybody heard

cybersecurity.

Military AI is the future.

The question is not whether the car should be built. The car is being built

right now.

The question is, who's holding...

The Keith.

That was quite some parlor trick.

Time? 44 seconds.

I hope you brought your umbrellas.

Or was that in the script? Or was he just having a moment?

Elizabeth Dillinger.

Eldest daughter of founder Edward Dillinger. Deceased.

Longtime CEO during a relatively unremarkable period of corporate history

being superseded by your only son.

It's a pleasure.

Unremarkable.

Market share was up 12 % during my tenure. That's hardly... Anyway, we

superseded. We... We call it giving birth.

Of course.

It's an honor to meet my creator's creator.

Oh, here we go.

I notice you left out the part where you can't seem to keep this thing of yours

alive for more than 25 minutes. 29.

Saving your investors, Julian, is hardly a business model.

Whoever controls the permanence code controls the future. We have to win.

Look, I... admire your vision.

However, the board will only stand behind you for another six months, if

lucky.

But if it doesn't work, all of this goes away, darling.

Everything we have built for the past 40 years.

What if I said I'd found a way?

I think this is my 95th breakfast burrito, and honestly, I can't get

Isn't that wild?

Hello?

Nice to see Tess wasn't the only obsessive one in the family.

Yeah, Seth, you're right. Sorry, I paid more attention to you. Oh, don't worry

about it.

Three months in Sub -Zero is a long time, I get it. Yeah, four days.

10 hours, 32 minutes. Who's counting, really?

You know?

Hold on.

What do you mean?

Well, you found something?

I think so.

It's a line of code.

That's how he hid it. It's two lines.

Wow.

That looks like a double helix.

It is a double helix.

Tess would have loved this.

Wait, are you serious? So no more 29 minutes now?

If this is what I think it is, it's a permanence code.

Trial 317A -1.

Permanence code implemented.

Testing for acid stability beyond current 29 -minute barrier.

Go.

Ready when you are.

Okay.

It's all in the wrist, baby.

God, that never gets old.

Trial commenced. 29 minutes and counting down.

I'd save you that time.

Harry is the ultimate soldier.

If by some miracle he's struck down in the battlefield, I will simply make you

another.

Fully proprietary, 100%. Like Thunderbolt.

Athena? Welcome back, sir.

All units are online and ready for inspection.

So how was it?

It was interesting.

Different this time.

I met a mother and a son.

It was raining.

The condensed moisture of the atmosphere falling visibly in separate drops.

I could almost feel it.

Feel?

I don't understand.

Eve, it's Erin.

Got AJ for you again. Headed back.

Still straight to voicemail.

CEO of Fortune 500 Company and your phone's down on our biggest night?

God damn it, where the hell are you, Eve?

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Do we just do it?

It's still there!

Do we just change the world, man?

You did it, Eve!

Big news out of Incom tonight.

CEO Eve Kim will not attend the highly anticipated launch event for the

company's new game, Space Paranoid, Panic City.

Kim, the visionary designer behind the relaunch of the blockbuster franchise...

Well, I spoke to several of our board members, and needless to say, they are

impressed.

Julian? What are you doing?

Oh, just trying to change the world, Mother.

What's going on?

You're hacking ENCOM?

It's just a peek over the garden wall. No one will notice.

What makes you think that ENCOM is any closer to finding it? Because I know who

else is looking for it, all right?

Who?

Eve Kim.

She's following in her sister's footsteps.

She's after the permanence code. I can feel it.

So I'm going to find her, and when I do... No, no, I don't like it. It's too

risky, Julian.

breach in all zones.

Programs, our directive is clear.

Penetrate the server core and extract Evachem's user file.

That is five, four, three.

I'm a genius.

Who knew you raised a genius mother?

I'm in.

You deep shit.

Initiate containment protocols and pull all network out there. We need a

response now.

Initiate security protocol.

People are trusting artificial intelligence with their lives.

Are you comfortable with this?

Well, look, for every doomsday scenario, there's a medical breakthrough,

scientific discovery.

So maybe what emerges from the unknown isn't so scary.

What if its major malfunction is just benevolence?

What is this?

What's he doing?

But still, would you prefer to talk to a real person?

Of course, but what if that person is no longer in your life?

No longer here?

I've got the file.

Congratulations.

Now get out of there while you still can.

Our programs, we fight.

You're gonna make it, Caius.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice your knight to expose their queen.

Jim's file acquired.

Objective achieved.

Sir, I'm curious why the program Caius was not reconstituted.

I'm curious why you are curious.

Caius was dysfunctional, so he was deleted.

Just like... Any program that operates outside their directive can be.

Do you understand?

Acknowledge Master Control.

Of course.

We are 100 % expendable.

New mission, Master Control.

Locate Eve Kim.

Yes, sir.

Seems like we had a little cyber breach, Jules.

But then, of course, you knew that.

And it looks like the whole world knows, buddy.

I want to stay off the socials for a few days.

You want to play games with me? Let's play games, Julian.

You know, I heard about your cute little pitch to the board.

But you left off one key detail from your deck.

Did you tell him the shot clock expires at 29 minutes?

Don't make me call the journal and tell them you're making promises you can't

keep. Promises?

What, you mean like the one that your CEO would be in office running the

company? Something in the water over there, A .J.? I mean, first Wonder Boy,

Stan Flynn, now his successor.

Where is she, A .J.? Do you even know where she is?

Maybe you're right.

Maybe Eve went nothing.

Maybe she went AWOL and left the country. Or maybe she's holed up off the

looking for the same thing you are.

And I know who my money's on.

You mean what's left of it after tonight?

End of line!

I hate that man.

Thank you so much.

You know, I made those oranges. It's a long story.

What are you doing?

1913 messages.

Popular.

Oh, it's AJ. Yeah, that's you.

AJ, are you there?

Am I here?

A brute force attack took down our servers during our biggest product

years. Everything we built is melting down. You need to get back here right

I found it, AJ.

It's real.

Right where Tess thought it would be. Flynn had it all along.

Are you talking about the permanent code?

Yeah. Four hours and counting.

Zero degradation.

No instability.

It's incredible.

Wait a second. Did you say four hours?

Yeah. Four hours.

My God.

He must know, Evie.

I just spoke to Dillinger.

Wait. You just spoke to Dillinger?

He's looking for the code and he thinks you are too. We've got to move on this.

Eve, you've done it great.

Tess did a great thing.

I'm en route to ENCOM.

We'll secure the code. I have it with me on a drive.

Kevin Flynn, wherever the hell he is, has a big smile on his face

And so our heroes venture off into the night.

Nothing but the clothes on their backs and, well, a $6 million particle laser

that creates organic material out of nowhere, which is kind of crazy, right?

Keep the equipment safe and just lay low, okay?

Yeah.

Hey, we got this.

First thing you need to do, brother, stage one, take the pressure and melt

Keep it back in until after you're done.

Stage one load is complete.

Transfer complete.

You have 29 minutes to bring me Eve, Tim.

Target identified.

Damn it, I'm awesome!

Intercepting now.

Now he's on the target.

Bye.

Prepare the particle laser.

Time to move to plan B.

Yes, sir.

You want to play?

What are you?

I am Master Control.

What do you want?

I want the code.

It's gone.

They're timing out.

When the world sees what I have created, all will be forgiven.

Is that what you think?

You think that you're in control of this?

Or not?

Believing we can change the world is what keeps this company relevant. But

also...

Transfer of biological life form in progress.

Digital reconstruction initiated.

20 % digitized.

40 % digitized.

55 % digitized.

95 % digitized.

Digitization complete.

Run Diagnostics and scan for corruption.

Eve Kim, identity disk activated.

Billinger Systems Central Processing Unit.

Wait, what?

We have identified the sequence.

The user possesses the code. The code?

The code?

I don't have the code. I destroyed the drive. Silence, user.

The code isn't only on a drive. The code is inside of you. Whether you remember

it or not, you've seen it, and that is enough.

Sir, her disc is showing signs of instability.

Define instability.

Extraction of the code may result in de -resolution of the carrier.

The directive is clear.

Isolate the thread and commence extraction.

Copy.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

Stop.

Athena is correct.

There's only one user whose directive we follow.

if she were to suffer de -resolution?

Nothing, sir.

No trace of her existence on the grid?

None.

Extracting the permanent code would delete the carrier from the grid and

your world.

Once upon a time, there was a weather and its name was Ares.

And Ares obeyed every command of Julian Dillinger. And Julian Dillinger made a

trillion dollars.

And wrote his name on the face of time in blood.

Now, whatever pep talk error is behind these feelings, I'm going to find it and

rip it out of you.

Do I make myself clear?

Perfectly. Program dismissed.

The creature also said, I am fearless.

And therefore perfect.

The user is indisposed. Hold extraction until further directive.

Indisposed. Correct.

Define indisposed.

He's stuck in traffic.

No, he's at the opera.

He's standing on the top of Mount Fuji in a pair of green socks playing Pistol

Pack and Mama on the mandolin. I gave you an order.

The creator is indisposed.

Hold extraction until we receive further directive. Do I make myself clear?

Yes, sir.

Program dismissed.

Can I trust you?

It's a complicated question. How much time you got? 60 seconds answer. Now

life cycle depends upon it. I don't have a life cycle. Yes, you do for another

54 seconds.

Can I trust you?

I'd like to think so, but probably not.

Where is master control?

Sir, Master Control is exhibiting signs of malfunction.

Any

threat to the directive

must be eliminated.

Extract the code and delete them both.

Do you understand?

And Julian Dillinger?

You can't trust him. For him, everyone and everything is a...

I miscalculated. We have a new directive.

Athena, it doesn't have to be like this.

towards the transfer portal.

We lost them in the grid, Sam.

Preparing the drone.

Delete Harry, and bring the user back to me.

Copy.

I disobeyed my directive.

Which was?

To retrieve the code from your desk and delete the carrier.

Dillinger told you to delete me?

Hang on!

Where are they?

Scanning quadrants three and four.

Sector 18 clear.

Transfer portal.

The only way out of the grid.

You'll be reconstituted in the real world exactly as you were before,

hypothetically.

Hypothetically? Probably.

We have movement in sector 72.

Zeroing in on target.

Shut them down!

I can't help you, but I need something in return.

Told you I don't have the code.

You found it once, you can find it again.

So you can give it to Dillinger?

Not for Dillinger.

For me.

So do

we

have a deal?

Yes. Yes, I know where to find the code. Just get me out of here.

Target approaching transfer portal in 45 seconds.

Don't malfunction and offline.

then clear.

Override not responding.

What is it? Who authorized this?

I heard this originated inside the grid.

Security protocol.

Julian. All agents report to transfer phase four immediately.

Clear the area.

Autorize printing in progress.

Clear the central area.

Transfer complete.

Well,

well, well.

Jeth got double -crossed by my program.

It wants the permanence code for itself.

Eve, is that the deal?

To get you out of the grid, you turn Pinocchio into a real boy?

Well, you're missing the part where you're willing to commit murder for a

of software.

28 minutes, 41 seconds.

Harry!

I do hope this works out for you.

There's no second chances, no do -overs.

These are the last 29 minutes you'll ever have.

Better make it count!

Transfer complete.

Your directive is to find Eve Kim, return her to the grid, and get me the

permanence code.

By any means necessary.

Do you understand your directive?

Master Control.

At your command, sir.

Atta girl.

Now that is the coolest thing I have ever seen.

You know who Kevin Flynn was?

Of course.

Visionary programmer, pioneer of the digital frontier, disappeared in 1989.

I found the permanence code on a backup of Flynn's server. That server is at

ENCOM's office downtown.

So we can make it within... 26 minutes, 9 seconds.

Eve, your plan contains two major flaws.

Okay. One, ENCOM is 9 .2 miles away, given our present speed and some optimal

choice of vehicle. Two, we're going to need a particle laser.

We need a phone.

I cannot believe I'm doing this.

Excuse me. Do you see this?

This is me. If you let me use your cell phone, my assistant will wire you $10

,000. I just need your phone.

Listen to me.

I need you at ENCOM in 15 minutes.

Hey, is everything okay?

Seth, bring the particle laser.

ENCOM, 15 minutes. Got it.

That's my car. I'll wire you another 50K.

Hey, that's my car.

The Honda Civic 2 .0 four -cylinder with 138 horsepower.

Classic. Hey, that's my car.

That's my car.

Think about the time you told your sister that you wished you never

Space Paranoids. And you went on to say that you... Oh, my God, of course. You

read all my texts.

Yeah, I read them all.

Every single one.

Wow. Most of it was information of a personal nature. Some of it highly

personal. And I just can't get enough.

What?

Dish mode.

Number eight on the UK singles chart, 1982.

I find their brand of pithy, catchy, timeless, and true 80s electro -pop to

deeply invigorating.

16 minutes,

20 seconds.

Okay, so you like 80s pop and cyber -spying on me. I was directed to kill

Eve. Hacking seems pretty tame by comparison.

For the record, I don't think you have anything to be ashamed of.

Space Paranoids has entertained hundreds of millions.

Plus, it's a pretty cool game.

Anyway, you told your sister that designing games left you feeling hollow,

broken. Was it that your work was about entertainment and profits and her work

was about improving the human condition?

Your text suggests certain fixation, but not being able to live up to her

standards, which must have been complicated, especially considering she

younger sister.

I'm okay.

Watch it.

By the way, I don't think you should quit.

What do you mean?

Your plan upon returning from the mountains, if I read you correctly, was

hand over the permanent code to INCOM and then let them figure out what to do

with it next. No?

Yeah, now I understand. You completed her work as a way to stay connected to

her.

Huh.

And now what?

Being human is hard.

The things that make life great are the same things that make it...

Cruciating, like love, Ma.

You must miss her very much.

Glad you could join us, Miss Kim. People have been wondering where you've been.

Long time no see. Bit of a rush, so I'm just gonna... Eve?

Mm -hmm? You gotta bring your badge.

Okay, yeah.

Jolene. Hello, hello, hello. Jolene, hi.

Got our badge right here.

His, too?

Uh, nope. He's not with us. Yes, he is. Yes, he is. Yes, he is.

We're starting literally anywhere you'd like.

This is my boyfriend, Ares.

No, Master Control Security Program from Dillinger's Grid. Ares, Seth. Seth

Ares. God.

Pleasure. Hey, that's nice. So Ares, like, is in the God of War, Ares?

Yeah. Cool.

You're Greek. That's awesome. So when you say that he's the security program,

you mean... Yeah, he's not human. Not human. Which made it inside a GPU.

Okay, is this for the Christmas video?

Three minutes to de -resolution.

Can you work with that set?

Yeah.

Don't need help, guys.

Okay.

So,

this is where I found the permanence code on a backup of this server.

Talk about first gen.

Talk about Visa garbage, am I right?

That was super insensitive to your ancestors, and I'm so sorry.

It's going to take me a few minutes to set this up. No rush.

Two minutes and 18 seconds.

As soon as the laser's up, we'll send you into the grid. Once you're in there,

you'll have to run your own search, but believe me, the permanent code is in

there. So what should I expect?

If I were to guess, I think 80.

80s. I like the 80s.

One minute, 31 seconds.

Okay, come on.

Please, help me.

Okay, all set.

Adapters.

Once you locate the code, get to the portal, and we'll bring you out.

I'll activate it from the outside.

Can I trust you?

I'd like to think so, but probably not.

Well, it's a good thing we don't have trust issues, because if we did, I could

imagine that... I could pull the plug and leave you on a grid less complex

my smartphone for all eternity.

The thought had crossed my mind.

Mine, too. Oh, mine, too.

Well,

here goes nothing.

Or here goes something.

You're right.

I do miss her.

All the time.

She's here.

Whoa. What is that?

Athena.

Wait, who?

Seth, the laser.

The laser!

Okay, initiating systems down.

Connecting to the Flynn grid.

Firing up the laser.

Wait, what's she doing?

She's waiting for me to time out.

Then she'll come for you.

We're almost there. Get ready.

Come on, hurry, hurry, hurry.

Eerie, move in front of the laser.

Okay, we're ready.

What are you doing?

Come on.

Change of plans.

Oh, that actually worked.

He's inside.

Time to get back to the grid.

You're very persistent, you sir.

Did we win?

She'll be back.

Aerie, you can't get out.

I'm looking for something. Can you help me find it?

What now?

What is this?

Where's my code?

Hey!

What are you doing? Who gave you this directive?

You did that.

What is this?

Warning.

No, no, no, no, no, no. This is too big, Athena. Too big! Julian!

You're done.

The board is moving as we speak to strip you of your title, and I'm reassuming

control of the company.

No, you can't do that. You can't do that! Yes, I can.

This is not going any further.

My first order of business is shutting down the Permanence Project.

Mom, no!

Don't be afraid.

We gave a thousand lives for the great.

You only have to give one.

Impediment eliminated.

What did you do?

What did you do?

I am fulfilling my directive.

Captor E. Kim, return her to the grid by any means necessary.

Scanning for further impediment.

is clear.

Greetings,

program.

Not good.

Um, Eve?

What the hell happened to our office?

AJ, look, there's no time. The Dillinger's transported me inside their

reversing the direction of a particle laser. Not this one. There. It's

impossible. No, a scary lady did it, man. She threw me across. It was wild.

I saw a complex world where packets of energy move as vehicles that trail by

lines of light. And programs take on human form.

I met the most advanced AI known to mankind.

His name is Ares.

Like the god of war. He's such a super nice guy. Sorry. Right now, Ares is

inside Flynn's original server. He's looking for the permanence code. I have

bring him back here, and I'm not going to be able to do that until we fix this

later.

I don't understand. Are you alive?

I exist in this moment because you do.

A reflection of your presence.

What's your story?

I'm Ares, master of control of the Dillinger security grid.

Dillinger.

Hmm.

Well, we both know you can't get here from there.

Then someplace else in between?

What did you make of it?

Out there.

It's hard to put in a nutshell.

You can say that again.

It's hard to put in a nutshell.

Classic humor, man.

What are you looking for?

Permanence.

The permanence code, to be exact.

Strange things have been happening. I question my directive. I disobeyed my

directive.

A malfunctioning program that wants to live.

Really?

What makes you think I should help you?

No, it's not about me.

Not anymore.

I have a friend in danger, and she needs my help.

Fascinating.

Fascinating.

Hey, AJ, can you send the prop, please?

Sure, yeah.

Not now, Seth.

Okay.

Hey, are you sure? Because that looks like an actual recognizer flying towards

us.

What in God's name is that?

It's Athena.

She's back.

As long as the Dillinger network is online, she'll keep coming.

If she gets me, she gets the permanence code.

The laser.

Athena's laser.

The Dillinger's run a wireless direct link protocol.

So let's use what's left of the laser to ping the network and trace the path

home. Once you have a connection, then you can nuke the whole Dillinger grid.

And that's the only way to stop her.

For good.

Eve, what are you talking about? She's right there.

I gotta go.

Wait, what?

I'll keep her away for as long as I can.

What? I'm gonna buy you some time.

You guys got this.

You're right. I think there is something wrong with me.

Or maybe there's something right with you.

Maybe you're just learning.

That's what we all ought to be doing.

Back in the day when tech was young, think, damn, we're moving fast.

You move fast, you leave stuff behind.

How many people?

Born in this century, have you even heard of Mozart?

I like Mozart.

How?

That said, if I'm being honest, I prefer Depeche Mode.

Really?

Why is that?

I know one is considered the greatest composer in the history of Western

civilization. The other is a pop band from the 80s. But I find their balance

technological exploration and pop books combined with...

Combined with... What's

wrong? I can't put my love of Depeche Mode into words. It's just...

A feeling.

Very good.

Very good, man.

Fully fragmented zero -trust architecture.

Built to be totally impregnable to vertical, lateral, or hybrid attacks.

Damn it.

Can't get a connection, dude.

No luck here either.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Come on.

A little closer.

Two missile away.

Blast negative. Missile intercepted. Be advised, enemy fighter escort's inbound

and moving fast.

Copy, Raven 1. Assess and report threat posture.

Viper 1, tally multiple bandits.

Oxalant engine firm.

Mayday! Mayday! I'm hit!

Sniper 1, punching out.

Oh my god, they're hundreds of them.

They're going after you.

If we can't access the Dillinger server, there's going to be nothing left to

save.

Ready?

Hope you are, man, because there's no going back.

Permanence.

Funny.

When I found it, that's what I called it.

I know better now.

I want to be called the Impermanence Code.

back door to my own lab.

One door, man.

That's all you got.

One is all I want.

Oh, man!

You keep surprising me!

We'll do this from the ground then.

And there are reports that a civilian may be on board, making this a possible

hostage scenario.

No. She must have gotten Eve.

Soon we'll be back on the grid.

Hey, Aaron.

Seth?

Stop the clock.

No way. You're in?

There's a reason why I have the corner office, my man.

Hey.

You came back.

How did you... I should say I had a little help from a friend.

The Dillinger Grid.

AJ and Seth, please.

No.

Aerith!

What have you done?

You're out of time, Athena.

And you're out of life.

I'll kill you and come back for her.

If she wants.

If she gets the code, she can't be stopped.

You had everything.

Go. No. The most advanced.

The most powerful.

And you gave it away.

For her?

Go!

This is the end for you.

Payload ready for transfer.

Shipping ads.

Hope you was right.

Alert. Unknown file incoming.

In pursuit of this life for yourself, did you once consider what that meant

the grid?

We were given an order.

It is our purpose.

It's not our purpose.

It's our programming.

Our purpose is yet to be determined.

That's over.

coming back.

No.

Not this time.

Oh, my God!

I followed my dream.

And now, what is yours?

I'm not sure.

I guess we'll see.

...under intense scrutiny tonight as speculation grows around its potential

involvement in the series of devastating attacks that have rocked the city.

Federal authorities have confirmed an active investigation into the company's

recent activity, and many are pointing directly at CEO Julian Dillinger.

Agents have been deployed to question the CEO, as well as his mother, and to

locate board members who have been questioned on their knowledge of the

situation. Meanwhile, the city remains in disarray. Emergency services are...

Still gonna quit your job?

No. I'm not gonna quit anything.

Good.

Good.

I have some ideas.

Oh, yeah? Nice.

Mm -hmm.

Well, the world needs you.

The grid needs you.

Funny permanent.

A wise man once told me it should have been called the impermanence code.

I guess that's the thing about life.

There's nothing quite permanent about it.

No.

There isn't.

Yeah.

So where are you going to go?

I have some ideas.

is transforming industries and shaping lives in ways once thought impossible.

Thanks to the discovery of the Permanence Code, the company has made

revolutionary advances, growing crops in climate -vulnerable regions, developing

drugs for treatment -resistant cancers, and accelerating the development of...

Oh,

I almost forgot.

Postcard. Who sends a postcard?

I don't know. I didn't read it.

Dear Eve, since I last saw you, I've been living what they call off -grid.

Pun intended.

In my travels, I've seen incredible things.

Despite its wonder and beauty, I've come to realize that life is, well, it's

hard to put in a nutshell.

Some days I find myself wondering where we'll be 100 years from now and how

others, like me, might fit into that future.

I feel like I might not be alone with these questions.

For now, I don't think the world is quite ready to meet me.

But I am meeting the world.

And so, when that introduction finally comes,

as a good friend of mine once said, maybe what emerges from the unknown

so scary after all.

Until we meet again, your friend, Aerith.

Oh, it's going to go this way. There's no turning back.

Never in the other way.

There's no turning back.

Everything for a reason.

Everything for a reason. Everything for a reason. Everything for a reason.

Give me something to believe in.

Always with the dollar.

to believe and to love

Something in my eye.

Something in the way it feels here.

Something to believe.

What I used to be.

I just don't know anymore I just don't

know anymore Throw it on your face

We all know our place

I don't wanna be