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Good evening. I'm Howard K. Smith, and this is the state of the war tonight.

The defenders of Cordova, the last free city in Spain, refused to surrender this

week despite seven weeks of savage street fighting. When offered terms by

visitors, Juan Palacios, the leader of the Spanish resistance, is reported to

have replied, España pro los españoles, muerte a los visitores.

Spain for the Spanish, death to the visitors.

Meanwhile, in Los Angeles, the wounding of Nathan Bates remains an issue of

great dispute.

with both the aliens and the resistance blaming each other.

As for Bates himself, he has issued a statement outlawing the resistance and

placing the city under martial law.

Benny Scaliti, a 34 -year -old insurance man from Atlanta, Georgia, received the

Freedom Network Medal of Valor for his efforts in derailing a train carrying

more than 600 people to a labor camp in Savannah.

More than half the prisoners were able to flee from the train.

And that's where we stand tonight.

From the Freedom Network in New York, our hopes are with you.

Good night.

A thermo -nebulon racifrag.

The last thing I need is a stand -up lab assistant.

Hey, it's quitting time. You better be nice to me or I won't come back.

Don't anybody move!

Who's Nathan Bates? Nathan Bates? What are you talking about?

Why do you tell me we're over here? So we're going to start doing some real

serious damage here.

You can't do this. This is private property. Starting with you.

Now I know he's here.

Talk to me.

You were never brought here.

You're a liar.

They'd never trust a hospital.

All right, let's get out of here.

We pause for a moment to bring you an up -to -the -minute report on Science

Frontiers, where Mary McHugh is standing by.

I'm here at the headquarters of Nathan Bates, where members of the Los Angeles

Resistance staged a violent surprise attack.

Apparently, the raiders were attempting to kill Mr. Bates, who was wounded

earlier in an assassination attempt... What the... I'm sorry.

What was that, an earthquake?

No, I was experimenting.

I'm not quite sure how to control my powers yet. I've been practicing.

Practicing?

Practicing what? Becoming an alarm clock?

No.

You just look kind of restless.

It felt like I needed to hold you, and before I knew it, I was holding you.

What, along with the bed?

And then you dropped me. I didn't mean to.

The news was on, and there's been another attempt on your father's life.

Where? Science Frontiers, but he wasn't there.

I got upset and I lost my concentration.

Well, at least we know he's still alive.

You know, no matter how hard I try, I can't get the picture of my father being

shot out of my mind.

It's nice to be wanted.

Especially for something we didn't do. The question is, who did?

We'll check out the rest of the resistance groups in the city, find out

word is.

Right. Robin, you better go over and see George Canna for the underground

newspaper. We need to set the record straight.

I'm on my way.

I think we better do a little digging of our own. Let's do it. Okay.

Then our agent has arrived in the open city.

He's already made a contact that he believes will put him in touch with the

resistance. Good.

Keep me informed.

I wouldn't advise that, Diana.

What are the Resistance doing here? The Resistance?

Why, Diana dear, don't you know Lieutenant James of covert operations?

I thought you were familiar with all the males in the fleet.

Familiar, Lydia, not intimate.

James! Sir.

It went well. Like clockwork.

Just the scratch.

I'll arrange a battlefield accommodation for you.

You're dismissed.

Well, Charles, your plan to set our enemies against each other seems to be

on schedule.

All one really needs to do is to observe their history, to discover that they

have this absurd passion for trying to destroy themselves.

Fifty million people were slaughtered in their Second World War, and that was

despite the limitations of primitive weaponry.

I'll wager that if we hadn't arrived, they would have most certainly resorted

nuclear holocaust.

The fallout would have made the entire population inedible.

So, thanks to James and his commandos, the people of Los Angeles see the

resistance as a direct threat to their safety.

Precisely. The next step is to reach Bates himself.

Unless he's already dead.

He's not.

He's alive.

I'm sure of that.

Are you? I am. If Bates were dead, he'd be choking on the red dust by now.

He wears a fail -safe device on his wrist.

that releases the dust the moment his pulse stops beating.

A true paranoid.

No wonder he's been so successful.

Given your familiarity with the subject, perhaps you'd care to join me.

You can relax, Reggie. Nobody's going to hurt you.

Julie?

That's me.

What's going on?

You were at Science Frontiers the night it was raided.

Yeah? So?

I need to know exactly what went down.

Like I told the police.

Resistance came in looking for bait.

You're lying, Reggie.

We're friends, remember?

Friends like you are going to get me killed.

Who's going to kill you, Richie? Nobody.

I didn't see anything. I don't know anything. Look, I don't want to get

involved. You already are.

You already are.

Julie.

Talk to me.

I swear I won't use your name.

There'll be no court, no press.

I need to know the truth.

When they raided us, one of the guys got shot.

I couldn't believe they were with the resistance, the way they roughed

up.

And then I knew they weren't.

I saw the guy who got shot.

His blood was green.

There'll no change.

Doctor, please let me know the moment he comes out of the coma.

Mr. Chang?

Yes?

Charles and Diana are here to see Mr. Bates. Should I send them away?

On the contrary.

Send them to Mr. Bates' office.

I will take care of the matter.

Aren't your new seating habits somewhat premature, Mr. Chang?

I wonder if you'd be as quick in Mr. Bates' grave.

Mr. Bates requests you excuse his unwillingness to meet with you, and

these circumstances, he prefers to keep his enemies at arm's length.

Enemies?

I hardly think so, Mr. Chang.

Allies comes closer to the mark.

I'm sure Nathan is aware of who shot him.

And who set him up?

He does not wish to make the same mistake a second time.

Well, naturally.

But then the answer is simple. We must work together to eliminate the

resistance. What happened with Ham Tyler was an unfortunate accident.

Surely Mr. Bates can see that the resistance has him marked for death.

The resistance attack on this building is proof that we must act before they

I will convey your message to Mr. Bates.

Victory requires action.

Would you do the honors? Of course.

Excuse me.

Surely.

That should do it.

You're about to witness an interesting technical achievement. The computer

generates a basic facial structure.

Watch closely.

We program in human characteristics.

Skin tone, hair color, eye pigmentation.

Hello, Mrs. Chan.

I hope you will listen to what Charles has to offer you.

I thought you might be interested.

Most interested.

It looks and sounds exactly... Like Nathan Bates.

You see, I'm offering him the ability to speak out without risk.

And a chance to avenge those who tried to kill him.

Perhaps you're right, Diana.

I think it's time to break the back of the resistance once and for all.

Tigers are often called the most beautiful of the big cats, as well as

powerful and the dangerous to man.

But the threat they pose to man has been greatly exaggerated, even though they

grow to a length of ten feet.

Ten feet?

That's right.

Ten feet long.

That doesn't include their tails.

George?

Robin! Hi. Hi.

Do you have a minute?

Sure. Private?

It depends.

He's okay.

I'm your roving tiger expert in from Rajasthan.

Robin Maxwell, John Langley.

John's a stringer from the Phoenix Post.

Just brought in a very interesting piece on what's going on in occupied

territory. Mucho gusto.

Don't let me interrupt.

Listen, that business out at Science Frontiers, what's the deal out there?

am I supposed to print?

Just the truth. We had nothing to do with it.

You're with the resistance. Who's going to believe you?

I would.

Nikki, time to wash up.

Wait, I'm looking at tigers.

All right, you're all under arrest. Hey, what is this? You'll find out all about

it. What are you doing? What are you doing?

Watch it. Stop it.

Leave me alone.

I'll go quietly.

You're not going anywhere.

No one's going anywhere.

Come on, get him in the back.

I come to you today by the grace of God in a bulletproof vest.

All rumors as to the extent of my injuries have been grossly exaggerated

same people who attempted to assassinate me.

We can no longer tolerate the chaos and anarchy that these thugs bring upon us.

They are a... cancer to our society and they must be rooted out and destroyed

accordingly I've ordered the arrest of a number of known

resistance sympathizers unless the resistance leaders Mike Donovan

and Tyler Julie Parrish surrender one prisoner per day

will be handed over to the visitors for execution this has been the most

Difficult decision of my entire life, but I know your hopes and prayers are

me.

Thank you and good day.

My leg should have caught him between the eyes.

Come on, my boy still loves his daddy, huh? Hey, you're a real hero when it

comes to shooting unarmed men. Stop it!

Stop it, both of you.

We're behaving exactly like they want us to behave.

All I want is a piece of him.

Kyle! Ham!

What are you doing?

You're not enemies.

She's right.

We can't fight them if we fight ourselves.

We've got to free those hostages.

Free them?

We don't even know where they are.

Well, somebody out there has to have seen something.

Let's split up and find them. You come with me, all right?

And remember, they've seen our faces. They'll be looking for us.

They always are.

They came after me. I'm sorry you two got involved.

Don't be.

I'm tired of sitting on the sidelines with a notepad while others do the

fighting. I just don't understand why they're keeping us here.

Well, my guess is it's in reprisal for the attack on Science Frontiers. But I

told you the resistance had nothing to do with it.

I guess Nathan Bates has a different idea.

Boy, my family.

You know, I never even got a chance to say goodbye to them.

Goodbye? George, if they can't connect us with the raid, they can't keep us

here. My guess is you'll be back with your family in 48 hours.

You don't believe that, do you?

No.

But he needs to.

It's getting hard to be invisible.

Tell me about it.

All right.

He's coming.

Thanks for coming, Glenn.

All of us don't play ball with the lizard.

What about the hostages?

Nothing. If they were being kept at any city facility, I'd hear about it through

the grapevine.

What do you think?

I don't know. It beats me.

But one thing's for sure.

Those folks die at noon tomorrow. You guys ain't gonna have many friends.

May I have your attention, please?

I will try to be as short as possible.

You get any shorter, you'll need a ladder to tie your shoelaces.

As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted by our comedic friend here.

Unless the resistance surrenders, one of you each day will be turned over to the

visitors. You can't do that.

The order will be determined by lot.

Draw your number.

Now!

Number five.

Next.

She was out on the street looking for us. She escaped when her husband was

captured. Why aren't you doing something to save them?

You're Mrs. Caniff?

Yes. Mrs. Caniff, um, we know that your husband's shop was raided.

Do you have any idea where they may have been taken?

Taken? They weren't taken anywhere.

They're holding them at the store.

They're looking for you.

My husband belongs with his family.

What am I supposed to tell our little boy?

He keeps asking for his daddy.

Mrs. Caniff, we'll help.

But we need some information.

Was there a young woman there?

They took five others.

One was a young girl.

Mrs. Caniff, I want you to know we're going to try... Try?

Trying won't bring back my husband. It takes courage.

You want to help us?

Surrender.

Let my husband live.

Mrs. Caniff.

I don't know how to say this.

Mrs. Caniff, we all feel terrible about what's happened to your husband.

But he's not in it alone.

There are others.

Surrender?

I would surrender in a second if I thought it would stop the killing, but

won't.

This is visitor blackmail, pure and simple.

If we give in now, there's no telling where it'll stop.

I'm sorry, Mrs. Caniff, but you're just going to have to trust us.

We're going to save your husband our own way.

Number three.

Now, only two left.

Publisher and our comedic friend.

I got a feeling this is going to be my lucky day.

What did I tell you?

You're looking at number one.

How appropriate.

Now, all that is left to do is to wait for the resistance to surrender.

If they surrender.

We've got to get this platform finished by tomorrow morning.

Diana will have us for breakfast.

What's wrong with me?

As a child, my mother would teach us to hunt at night.

I was always afraid of the night.

Relax.

Will I ever let you down?

Oh, no, boss.

You're my best friend here.

I think we hit the jackpot a little bit. Let us go back and tell the others now.

Let's make sure first.

Wait here, right?

Where are you going?

I want to see what that platform is for.

Hey, over there!

Turn on the disintegrator!

you do for him now.

Hang on.

For your own sake.

For me.

The resistance doesn't work alone.

I think Willie got away.

Then they'll know where you are.

They won't let you die here.

They'll be back.

But there's too little time for you.

Let's not waste the time we have.

He knew the guy.

Resistance.

Some toy that rigged and nailed him.

Yeah.

I've seen them use it before in Prescott on resistance fighters.

Kind of makes you feel they're serious about us, doesn't it?

What is your story, John?

Your real story.

I'm the guy that never got involved.

Until you felt a sudden compulsion to be a hero?

That's not generally the way it works.

I just got tired of other people dying for me.

Just that simple.

Look, I thought it over.

I can't let you take my place.

You don't have a choice.

No, no, that's where you're wrong.

I chose to be part of the resistance. Nobody held a gun to my head.

Now, if you want to be a hero, that's fine.

But not at the price of my conscience.

Listen, you've got a family to think about.

You've got a woman who loves you. You've got a son whose life depends on you.

You're part of the struggle.

I've got nothing out there but a lot of old, used -up war stories.

This is my big chance, George.

If I can buy some time for you and her, just one day even,

then maybe my life will be worth something.

I think maybe it's time that we consider turning ourselves in.

We'd better consider it.

It could be just a matter of time before they catch up to us. Look, they have my

mother and I love her.

But you can't surrender.

You do when it's over for the resistance.

It's not true, Kyle.

The movement will find other leaders.

Well, don't look at me.

Why not?

You're not exactly what I'd call a born follower.

Come on, you know that's not the point.

Look, Kyle, we're not martyrs.

But I, for one, am not going to stand around while innocent people die in my

place.

Nobody's asked you to sit around.

How's Willie doing?

He's still pretty shook up.

Come on, get up.

Tyler, back off!

He's had it bad enough without you getting on his case.

I said, get up.

Every war has its dead heroes. Those are the rules.

Oh, I don't believe this.

Isn't anybody allowed to show emotion around here? Not when it gets in the way

of what we have to do.

He's gone, Willie.

Look at me!

Elias is dead, and there's nothing you can do to bring him back.

Now, we need to know what's going on up there, or a lot of other people are

going to die, including her mother.

How can I be of insistence?

The Resistance must surrender or lose their popular support.

Either way, they're on the verge of extinction.

At the Academy, one of the first principles you learn regarding heroes is

they are completely vulnerable to manipulation.

When I was at the Academy and heard you lecture,

I dreamed of serving unto you.

I remember you well.

Do you really?

I look so different then.

But your eyes burnt with the same fire.

Oh, for the solitude of permanent quarrel.

Good evening, Charles.

Good evening.

Why, Lydia, you're working late.

And do you ever stop? Not when we're at war.

You send for me?

Yes, you're right on schedule. I've been reviewing your report on the Starchild.

Here.

And it deals almost entirely with her mother.

Explain why that is.

Robin's DNA is very unusual.

It's very susceptible to recombination, which is why I was able to crossbreed

her with Brian to create Elizabeth.

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to find any other humans with the same

genetic compatibility.

I see that you received my gift.

Yes, thank you.

Napoleon Brandy, a rather elegant elixir, named after one of mankind's

geniuses. Yes.

And what happened to him?

He was left on a scab of rot.

Something to ponder, Diana.

Morning. So good about it.

Oh, don't tell me you're one of those people who's just a total grouch before

you've had your first cup of coffee.

My mother was like that.

Used to drive me crazy.

How can you make jokes at a time like this?

Well, I got about six hours left.

What else is there to do?

Too late to feel sorry for myself now.

Tell me one thing.

Why did you do it? Why did you switch numbers?

Well, I guess you could call it a serious character flaw.

Excessive ego.

See, all my life, I've always wanted to be first in everything I did.

Well, for what it's worth, you're really one of the bravest men I've ever met.

What we're pulling here is a hijack off a diversion.

Only we're after people, not equipment.

Speaking of which, that disintegrator is no pop gun.

No, it was truly terrible.

Remember, timing's everything. We've got to move on it before they get a chance

to use it.

Now, Chris has rigged up the throat mic, so be sure to listen for my command.

Okay, Willie, you go with Kyle in the truck. Everybody else comes with me.

Chris, you drive the van.

You got it.

I must not fail.

If only I had not failed Elias.

Willie? You didn't fail Elias.

You mustn't think that way. He was a warrior.

I'm only a... You're a warrior too, Willie.

A different kind of warrior.

Now Elias is gone.

But it's up to us to do something about it.

We know he wasn't perfect.

He took advantage of what we went through to set himself up.

Flashy restaurant, the whole nine yards.

But when it counted...

When the visitors returned, the truth was he cared too much to turn his back

us.

He took us in. He gave us a place to stay.

He paid for it with his life.

If you think about it, we're all together right now because of him.

I'd say we owe him one.

Good day, Mr. Chang.

It's a pity Mr. Bates isn't well enough to attend.

Mr. Bates knows what's about to take place. He feels no obligation to bear

witness in person.

The execution will be televised for all to see.

Well, we shall miss him nonetheless.

I understand that you haven't had the opportunity to see the disintegrator in

operation. I've been told it is most impressive.

Any word from the resistance?

None whatsoever.

I hope they don't disappoint her.

They won't.

Well,

at least the wait's over.

I'd like to tell you your friends got you off the hook, but the cowards

turn themselves in.

Don't call them cowards.

Let's go.

Say your goodbyes.

had more time to get to know each other better.

Hey, look, I can't let you go through with this, John.

He took my number. I'm supposed to go first.

Hey, you'll all get your turn.

Right now, my orders say he kicks things off.

How can you do this?

Turn him over to those monsters.

I'm just doing my job.

Move it.

I'll never forget you.

The important thing is to remember why we're here.

what we stand for and what it means to be free.

Testing. Testing. This is Eagle One. Do you read?

Come in, Skyhook. Over.

This is Skyhook, Eagle One. We read you loud and clear. Over.

One block from the target. Any word from the catcher?

The catcher is ready. All fisters go.

Just give us the word and we're ready to roll. Over.

I'm on my way.

Over and out.

I'll get the smoke grenade.

You know what to do.

You just get them out. I'll be there.

Hey, here.

Mark, come on. Over here, exactly.

Yeah. All right.

Hold it, Kat.

Excuse me. Let me

through here.

No way we can get close without being seen.

If we shoot him, the sausages are dead meat.

We've got to take him out.

Cover me.

If you stick your head out there, it's going to get shot off.

I can't stay here.

Maybe I can help.

You're not going out there.

All I can do is in here.

Be our guest.

I think we may have a little problem here.

On the contrary, Diane. Charles' plan has worked to perfection.

Charles?

Let him go.

That wasn't a bargain.

Indeed it was, Mr. Chang.

Release him.

Mr. Donovan has arrived to take his place.

The most courageous gesture on your part.

We all do what we can.

It's not working.

Nothing is happening. I'm sorry.

It's okay, sweetheart. You gave it your best shot.

Then why isn't it working?

I can't feel any energy.

Figured that one out later. Right now, he's our main concern.

What was that? Go check it out.

Unless you have any final requests.

No requests.

No regrets.

What a way to go.

That's our cue.

He's mine.

I want to thank you for what you did back there. Really.

Nobody's perfect. Why don't you hang around? You can always use a guy with

guts.

Oh, well, not a lot of call for second -string war correspondents nowadays.

I wouldn't say that.