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Are we going to take it up? Yes, sir.

Be quiet.

Be quiet.

This boat is covered in dust. It's only two metres away.

What did you say, Nicolás? Pour a little in the boat. Give me the money.

Kirby, Kirby, I'm so sorry, darling.

You've got to get up.

I just got a friend calling to say that there's this oil spill that's gone in

their name and you've got to get up.

I know, I know. I'm so sorry. Can you get up? Can you get up, please?

Thank you, thank you.

I'll find your mum.

Mum?

Why have they activated you?

I don't know.

This is Kirby.

They're my child. They were me.

But I'm in uniform.

Yeah, but you've just got to draw them off for their mums.

It's in full of us on the way. We can get a taxi in two minutes. I'm old

I'm not a kid. No, look.

You're not crossing London on your own this time of night.

I'm sorry.

This is just how it is. I'm sorry.

So, why are you with soldiers?

Well, because sometimes with an oil spill, there might be arguments.

Thanks.

Sorry about it.

Can't be helped, I suppose.

You and that bloody job.

Sorry, Mum.

When are you back?

Oh, I can't tell. I'll text you.

Sorry to interrupt the party.

Who's there?

Clive and Felicia?

Yeah, and Stanley.

Yeah, well, he would be, wouldn't he?

See ya.

Sorry, the exit's a bit cross, mate.

You've broken so many rules.

I know.

And I want to say, um, I am sorry about Christmas.

She can't drink, don't.

I checked.

Apparently you're on board to replace someone called Roger Trebithick.

He's on a mission in Scotland, so the mood is replacement.

Is that why he's there?

Yep.

The thing about Roger Davidic, did that come from H .R.? How should I know?

General. Sergeant Shackley, welcome aboard.

And you are?

Oh, Bartley Pierre Dupont, sir, on Roger Davidic's replacement. Oh, the

civilian. Read in a sec. I just wanted to say about Roger Davidic, did that

from H .R.? Bartley Pierre Dupont. Does that surname make you French?

Yeah, my father's side. Trevion.

Bartley.

I, uh... Hey, Bennett. Yeah.

I'm replacing Roger Trevific. Oh, my God, yeah.

Okay, we arrive on Cabrera at 0900 local time.

From there, we get taken to the island of Dragonera.

The village is called Cala Escondida, designated prime location.

There's a lot to take in, so I suggest you make a start.

thing about roger trevithick i replaced him only

one time back in 2020 his wife was having a baby it was premature and he

rush off and i just happened to be there so all i had to do was answer his phone

which didn't even ring and so that was that but then i went on file as roger

trevithick's replacement how is the baby yeah it was fine but the thing is i

just got stuck on the list in hr

Roger Trevithick's replacement.

I'd get, like, memos. I mean, there's one time he hadn't got tickets to Japan,

and I'd email him, I'd say, look, look, I'm not Roger Trevithick's replacement.

So? So I'm not Roger Trevithick's replacement.

I'm grade ten.

Ten?

You're ten?

Don't talk to me. And I didn't show you anything.

But what do I do?

I work in transport. I just booked the taxis.

As of now, the Mediterranean is hostile territory.

Village evacuated. Border established at 10 kilometers, sir. This entire

coastline belongs to us.

They hung it far away from the village like they were scared of, even in death.

General. Quite a sight, isn't it?

Caught five kilometers off the coast.

They shot it dead, but then thought they could make money out of it.

Hold it up, the monster from the deep.

We saw it online, declared it a hoax.

Flew in from Madrid, sealed the place off.

But it's quite a find.

It's the first time we've seen one exactly like this.

In mythology and superstition, we call them sea devils, but they're better than

that now.

Let's say, uh, Homo aqua.

We think their species branched off from Ternus bondol, which means the correct

name is Hermus bondol erectus.

I say Homo aqua, because that's what it looks like.

Do we have a sex?

Difficult to say.

The genitalia suggests reptilian cloaca, which is found on both male and female.

What about the neck?

Was there a pearl?

Plain and simple.

Nothing artificial.

Calcium carbonate.

60 % aragonite, 40 % calcite.

Then I suggest we return it to its rightful place.

Every time we find a creature like this, we find the pearl.

It might be simple decoration.

Mankind has worn pearls ever since God knows when, but every pearl gets

analyzed, and we found nothing. No technology, no inscription, but still,

doesn't signify a caste or a belief or identity.

The pearl is always located at the base of the throat, actually embedded in the

skin.

We think it's placed there at birth.

It goes back at least.

2 ,000 years, sir. The use of pearls as jewelry.

It's said Cleopatra removed her pearl earring, dissolved it in vinegar, and

drank it in front of Mark Antony.

Could be useful. File that.

Ready for the deep scan?

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Corporal Morgan, you can join the team here and liaise with Sergeant Brock.

Thank you, Miss So. I think your team can stand up. Pack it up. Yes, Sergeant.

Bring in the patient there.

Charge him up.

Thank you.

Cheers.

I just wonder what they're doing here.

I mean, it's a pond, the Mediterranean.

It's got no depth.

January 2020, there was an avalanche underwater lasting two days off the west

coast of Africa, spreading over 1 ,200 kilometers.

Massive events.

All hidden under the sea.

You think it was them?

They have a communication table.

Which I think is significant.

They're waking up.

Now the world is two -thirds water.

It's us against them.

I think they heard that.

What was that, sir?

A translation post.

We said hello.

Can we use our phones yet? No.

No, no, no. It's a true story. That's why people die.

A most common domestic accident, they fall downstairs, break their necks. So

what are you supposed to do? Well, you go like this. As you fall, you starfish,

yeah? It jams you into the stairwell, you stop falling.

But who is going to remember that? You're falling.

You don't think, what do I do?

What kind of fish? That's the point. No one remembers. So you die.

Right, do you take sugar?

No, thanks.

Whoa. What the... What? What's all this?

What's wrong? Muddy boots?

Something's leaking bloody out. Careful.

Is it chemicals?

Whoa. What is it?

I don't know.

I don't know.

No!

What's happened?

You have to decontaminate, sir. But tell me what's happened. I'm sorry, sir.

You'll be able to see once you decontaminate. Captain, tell me what's

They've gone, sir.

What do you mean?

Everything's gone.

Who was on duty?

Corporal Morgan and Private Abdullah. Then where are they?

And where's that thing?

We were just... That's in the way. They can't have got far.

What?

Hold on.

Keep the area clear.

But they've stripped the place bare.

Where did everything go? Who was on duty? Corporal Morgan, Private Abdallah.

Please report your location. We can search the village, sir.

Corporal Morgan.

Private Abdallah, please report.

Corporal Morgan.

Private Abdallah.

Corporal Morgan.

Private Abdallah.

Please report your location.

Corporal Morgan?

Private Abdallah?

Boys, I...

It

was funny, huh?

I wanted to say sorry. You had to see that. You got the wrong one.

That was your first death.

I'm sorry.

No. I'm here by mistake, okay?

I haven't got clearance. I'm grade 10. I've worked in transport. I'm a clerk.

You were meant to have Roger Trevick, right?

I've just ended up here by mistake. I shouldn't be here.

Are you saying you're here by accident?

Yes, sir.

And that, I suspect, is how history is made.

One great big chain of mistakes.

But still.

The unit protocol states, in times of historical or cultural or political

impact, a member of the civilian staff must stand alongside the military as

witness. And they could not be more civilian than you.

Too late to turn back now, Barkley.

Welcome aboard.

Typical military intelligence.

I got a first -class degree and did intensive training at St Andrews for

years to get here.

You blundered in by mistake.

Yeah.

I'm the one who orders the cars and finds cheaper lorries.

But I met the doctor once.

No way.

Last year in the tower, he said hello and then he... Then off he went.

What was he like?

Just like... He's vivid.

You know?

It's just a tiny little moment, but... I think about it every second of every

day.

That creature, what was it?

The Unified Intelligence Task Force was created to deal with alien life forms,

but this species isn't alien.

They're from Earth. They were here before us.

But... What, did they die out?

They hibernated underground, and this was when the Earth was young, because

the planet reformed around them and filled them in.

Sometimes proof is found, and we hide it.

What for?

Think about it.

They were here first, millions of years ago, so the planet belongs to them.

Technically, we inherited their world. But if they're not dead...

What if they want it back?

What's that?

What's that for? You're the civilian witness. You record everything. That

be our testimony if we get killed. If we get what?

At my command, arms down.

How are we on translation?

Aligned and running.

Three, two, one.

Ready to calibrate, sir.

As soon as it talks, we can capture the sound.

We are calibrated, sir.

Ready to go.

My name is General Optim Pierce.

And I represent the Unified Military Task Force

of the...

Combined nations of the dry lands of Earth.

And I welcome you into diplomatic concord.

Concord is a big concept. Sorry, can we think of another word, please?

Meeting.

I welcome you into this diplomatic meeting.

You killed us.

Oh, God. Oh, no.

You then took two lives.

And now I suggest we stop.

Agreed.

We can meet in peace.

Agreed. And learn from each other.

Agreed. And work to forge a friendship between the land and the sea.

Is that agreed?

Agreed.

We do not agree.

Do not agree with.

We would talk to all your animals.

We would talk to all humanity.

No, sorry, sir.

If not would in the conditional tense, sir, it's we all talk.

All. All of us.

All of us.

It means all of them.

Repeat the Declaration of Peace. Yeah, I know.

I say again, we come

in peace.

We all talk is a layered statement. There's another concept embedded.

Could you say it again, please?

Don't refer to them as male.

I ask you to repeat your previous statement for translation.

We are talking to the whole world.

We are talking to the whole world right now, present tense.

What do they mean and in what way?

It's happening all over the world.

over the world, humanity reacts to the simple fact that the species that came

before us has woken up.

The president has called for a new age of cooperation.

It's being called H2O diplomacy.

The first official meeting with Homo Aqua will begin here on the banks of the

Thames inside Imperial House behind me. That's the construction that's being

called the Waterway.

It's a specific demand from Homo Aqua as a junction between the water and the

land. Some say it's a symbol of peace.

Okay, so I can't do the 17th or the 24th and I don't know yet about the 31st.

Bloody hell, you can't do that.

That job of yours is useless.

Kirby? Your dad said he can't come and get you for the next three weekends

because he's not bothered.

Is that a problem, Kirby?

No.

What about me? I've got plans.

Yeah, so anyway, I have just put 3 ,000 quid in your account. I hope that's

okay. What do you mean?

Like I said.

You did not.

Where's that from?

Well, I got promoted, thank you, but apparently my job's useless.

Well, if I'm getting 3 ,000 pounds, how much did you get? Oh, that's nice.

Well, you can get some extra cooks in now. We're out with the business.

Thank you.

The thing is, look at these sea devils. It's got Kirby watching proper TV again

like the old days. Well, you can't say sea devils. They're called homo

All right, don't laugh. Don't laugh because homo doesn't mean gay. It does

you're my age. So homo aqua is gay water?

That's them. They're gay waters.

That's what you've been drinking, Kirby. Too much gay water.

Shut up.

So what's this amazing then? What are you doing?

Uh, just, you know.

Just more, Edmund.

General Austin Pearson, Grid B2, Seat 1.

Morning, everyone.

Very good morning to you, General Pierce, and to everyone on the record

history. My name is Kate Lethbridge -Stewart, Commander -in -Chief of the

Unified Intelligence Task Force.

UNIT has been chosen to lead these talks because we stand above and outside all

countries, borders, governments, and oceans of the world. We represent

but today we represent all life on Earth, and I hope this will be the start

great endeavor to find peace.

between all of our kindred species.

To begin the formal proceedings, confirm Downing Street online.

Good morning, Prime Minister.

Good morning, Kate.

Extraordinary days.

We've spent a long time working hard to get the people's vote.

Now we've got new people.

White House online.

Confirmed.

All of the people, Beijing.

Confirmed. National Congress of Brazil.

Confirmed. We have all 195 nations, ma 'am. And do we have the ambassador?

Approaching now.

Apparently he had the loss of Thermidor last night, against our advice.

Let's hope that's not a major crime down below. Thank you, Mrs. Bingham. Let's

concentrate. Eyes on the tarp.

Pardon me, ma 'am.

Ah, General.

Good to see you, sir.

Very special day.

Absolutely.

Mr. St. Louis has the waterway. Are we ready to go?

Stress is holding.

Seals checked and secure.

A -16 has been fixed.

The only way to see if it works is to do it.

You've got quite a crowd.

All under control.

Ma 'am, we have a press drone.

Ready for that.

Take them out.

What was that?

Paparazzi drone.

Did they see us?

What wing glass? Did you read anything?

I finally don't know where I am. That's a flip.

Thanks to you, I'm not even allowed in this room.

Very well done.

Roger, terrific.

Prepare tank activation.

Positions and good luck to us all.

To confirm, the perimeter is now secure, ma 'am. All stations at goal stand.

Thank you, if you could not interrupt.

We have all comms focused and recording backups online. Good, good. Mrs Bingham,

let's begin. Initiate tank activation.

And flood the tank.

Open seals one, two, three.

Take it up to 100 PSI. All concealed. Six, seven, eight.

Well, compromise!

That report is compromised.

Emergency team.

to filtered and purity at 98%. 940 ,000 liters. Well done, Mrs. Bingham.

Thank you, ma 'am.

Now, are we ready?

Let's welcome our guest.

Open water lock one.

Looks like we have six life forms.

And a seventh. Four homo spondylorector, a .k .a. homo aqua.

Two of an unknown lifeform.

One of a second unknown.

Three different lifeforms in total.

General Pierce to all troops. Red status.

Confirmed.

Red status.

And here they come.

Two unknown life forms entering.

What do we say?

I'd call them Pisces Morphogrande.

Welcome to Pisces Morphogrande. Does that mean big fish?

Yep. Okay, thank you.

That's the signal for the airlock.

Third lifeform approaching.

Ma 'am, we don't know what that third life formula is. Then the first gambit

to trust them, Colonel. Open the door.

Activating airlock pump.

Airlock at call capacity.

Decontamination program.

I'd say homomorphosapiens.

Or, to simplify, homoantibians.

God, amazing.

They killed two of us, remember?

We killed them.

For this is for.

To bring peace.

Ready with translation?

I'm running. Ready to go.

Sir Jonathan?

I bid you welcome on behalf of the human race.

I stand here as... We do not need translation.

Did we learn their language?

No, we did not.

Save the comment.

Well, your English is excellent.

I bring you greetings from the United Nations of this world that we call

It's a symbolic title of Indo -European origin that bears no disrespect to the

oceans, seas, lakes, rivers and waterways around us.

And I bring you a gift.

Rhododendron nivali, the dwarf snow rhododendron, a flower that grows at the

highest point on planet Earth, on the slopes of Mount Everest, four miles

sea level, perhaps never seen by your kind.

Now, it carries a scent or a flavour, an essence that you will have never known

before.

Would you...

This is given with respect and the hope of peace between our species.

We have a gift for you.

My children.

My

children.

should have been born at the turn of the third cold current.

But they choked on your oil and poison and excrement.

Get to 16.

Sir Jonathan, go to 16, paragraph 10.

I must state with vigour that we recognise the problem, that our

solutions are remarkable. We do not know you.

Well, I...

I am Ambassador Sir Jonathan Hyde. You are not known to us.

We would speak with him.

Me?

Who the hell is he?

He's nothing.

He's no one.

He's part of the team. He's the witness.

He's the mistake.

He was there by mistake.

Give me intel on him now.

Yes, ma 'am.

No.

Sorry. No, no.

You got the wrong man.

You showed respect.

Uh... No, that's just a thing.

You respected our fallen kin.

When no others did. What are they, Christians now?

Someone tell me what's going on. I'm not even religious.

But we saw your kindness.

And we see you.

Will you stand as ambassador?

And talk on behalf of the entire human race?

Okay.