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[grunting]

[thudding]

[alarm blaring]

Stop! Stop! Everyone stop!

[alarm sounds]

Ready?

In positions.

[shouting]

Let's go! Let's get out of here!

[roars]

Fire!

[gunfire]

[screaming]

[gunfire]

[drone engine whirring]

Come on.

How hard can it be to find a giant ape?

There you are...

Damn it!

They put a restriction boundary over the site.

There's been a breach on the perimeter at Region Bravo.

That's Abe's current location.

Yeah.

Abraham's vitals are climbing.

Respiration rate, heart rate,

body temperature, it's all elevated, and increasing.

He is not happy.

Have security clear the fence line at Bravo,

and have them report back when they swept the area.

This is Laura from Observation.

We have a fence line breach outside Region Bravo.

Clear outer perimeter of all civilians.

Sweep the area.

Abe's vitals are maintaining at elevated levels.

Call Sloane, get her down there.

She's the only one he'll want to see anyway.

Laura, we have to comply

with our approved exit strategy protocols.

Now, Abraham knows she's leaving.

That's part why he's upset.

Which is worse?

Sloane lets him see her,

or his vitals keep increasing towards unsafe levels.

And what happens when Sloane is no longer here to calm him down?

If she keeps showing up when he gets upset,

he'll never learn to accept the fact that

the project is complete and that we're leaving.

That she is leaving.

End this side show, the ape has to go!

End this side show, the ape has to go!

[chanting continues, protestors shouting]

The ape has to go!

I thought we were in a 72-hour restricted contact.

What happened?

There was a breach.

Region Bravo perimeter fence line.

It was a drone flew in over the electrified fence at Bravo.

A drone? How did it get past the GeoZone?

The GeoZone detected and decelerated it.

The drone malfunctioned or something,

it didn't reverse it, it descended.

Abraham knocked it down.

This thing got that close to Abe?

Who was flying it?

Protective services has taken an individual into custody.

Good.

Abraham's vitals have never reached these levels

at any phase of the study group.

And now they are peaking beyond

safe levels for his condition.

You warned me that he could show

signs of depression and anxiety

when we initiated the exit phase.

Is this any different than you expected?

Sloane, this is a 45-foot tall primate

who just got back from space

showing extreme physical growth

and strains of alien DNA in its blood.

We're making this up as we go along

with nothing more than educated guesses.

This thing got close enough to him to pose

a potential threat and he knows we're leaving.

These are stress responses

that I can help reduce if I just let him see me.

Sloane, wait.

He sustained those stress responses

for much longer than considered normal.

We don't know what anxiety can do to the alien DNA

in his blood or how he'll react.

Anxiety is a very natural response

when you no longer feel safe.

This project is complete, but that doesn't absolve us

of the responsibility to protect Abe.

I don't think the warranty is going to cover that.

Is this your equipment?

It sort of looks like it.

Our protective detail order says that your name is Joel Adler.

What am I being detained for?

Trespassing.

There are signs posted everywhere.

Why were you out there?

I stayed on the public side of the fence.

Flying a drone that you just admitted was your property.

I didn't do anything wrong.

Felony criminal trespass.

That's eight years, a fine of $250,000.

You do not have permission to be here.

Where is the memory card?

The memory card, do you have it?

Mr. Adler, what are you doing?

Where is the memory card? I want my footage back.

Why were you filming Abraham? Who sent you to film him?

The actions of NASA and RKO Dynamics

as a partnering defense contractor.

You sent an animal into space for biological study

and when it came back in a mutated condition,

you couldn't think of anything better to do

than to exploit it as a weapon because

people like you are turning this country

into a perpetual war machine.

It's been a while since we've had animal rights advocates

come all the way out here to check on Abe.

You know what? I'm advocating for Abe's health and well being.

Mr. Adler, Abraham's health and well-being

is our only concern here.

[scoffs]

Mr. Adler, if your intentions are genuine,

you need to understand that your actions today

have upset a very, very delicate environment

that's essential for Abraham's well-being.

You're free to go.

But don't come back here or I will press charges.

Don't forget your drone.

You know what, you can keep it as a reminder.

You can push a wild animal far enough.

Sooner or later, it'll reach its breaking point.

Sloane... there's something else.

The petition has enough signatures

to make it to the city council.

They want Abraham to move out of Worrad immediately, not 60 days.

They told me as much out front.

I refuse to let Abraham be locked up

in some windowless metal cell like he was

when he was landed back on Earth

without fresh air or freedom of movement.

I'm not the one that you need to convince of this.

Sloane...

Be careful out there.

If you sense at any moment

that Abraham isn't responding to the colors, call it in.

We'll get you to safety.

It's okay.

We'll start with purple, let him know things are calm

and relaxed and we'll go from there.

Don't worry.

Abraham's never given me a reason not to trust him.

Take this, just in case.

[animal growling]

[Abe grunts]

There you are, there's my Grape Ape.

We're calm, we're cool.

Everything's merry, Boysenberry.

Yeah, there you go, make yourself more comfortable.

[Abe grunts]

We're calm, we're chilling.

Only good vibes you and me, right bud?

Hey, Abe.

Abe, you want to play a game?

Huh?

Let's play ball in the hole, okay?

Come on!

Come on, Abe.

Hey, here's the ball.

Ball in the hole.

Come on, pick up the ball.

Pick up the ball, Abe, come on.

Hey, hey now.

I know...

Look, that's why I'm here, okay?

To see you.

Abe...

Abe, we talked about this, didn't we?

How I'm going to see you a lot less than I did before?

I know, it's sad.

See?

I'm sad, too.

But Abe, that doesn't mean that this is goodbye, okay?

We'll see each other every chance that we get, I promise.

Hey, Abe...

Pierce tells me that your stress levels

have increased more than normal.

You've got to take it easy, bud.

At least until we know how that alien DNA in your blood

can react to threat stimuli.

[Abe grumbles]

Hey, I heard about the intruder earlier.

[Abe growls]

I'm really sorry it was able to get that close.

You have every reason to be upset.

Hey Abe, don't think for a minute

that that means you're not safe.

That's an awful feeling.

[Laura] Sloane, come in.

The brass are going to be here soon

for the meeting about Mecha-Ape.

[Abe growls]

This... this is all there is left of our son.

His recruitment band.

Pavla, that ring could belong to anyone from his platoon.

Now this is all I have.

He was so handsome when he wore his uniform.

So proud of it.

The women, they noticed.

Those medics were careless to think we wouldn't want this

to remember him by.

Such disrespect.

The trinket means nothing.

He was buried by an honor guard.

They dug a hole with the same shovel

they used to put what was left of my son inside of it.

Arnott, he was the pride of my country

and this, this is how they treat us.

Trinket? Wars have been fought over trinkets.

You, the vice-director of the Foreign Intelligence Division,

you of anyone should know this.

The Americans come here without any... any consequences.

But they're mistaken and I want them to know.

Their grief?

It is no different from ours, Arnott.

They will know.

[sighs]

What you have in front of you are the summary reports

from the field tests of

the mechanized Apex Peacekeeper

Experimental Tactical Command Weapon.

Here is our target,

a chemical weapons factory from Mirkusk, Volodrezjka.

Looks like a tornado hit it.

This facility in Mirkusk is

a converted pharmaceutical factory,

a key component in establishing

the country's chemical weapons program.

It had been heavily guarded by military patrols.

Yes, and multiple intelligence intercepts

confirmed that there were in fact manufactured weapons

housed in that facility.

And production capabilities were in use?

That is correct.

This operation neutralized a critical asset,

the Volodrezjkan Chemical Weapons Program.

It crippled their production capabilities

and kept those materials from being deployed on civilians.

Right, bombing a stockpile of chemical agents, of course,

puts surrounding populated areas

and innocent bystanders at risk of exposure

to those deadly toxins.

But the Mecha-Ape can do the same thing

without these explosives, therefore lowering that risk.

Where is it now?

Well, currently we have Mecha-Ape being de-gloved

of its fur sheathing

for a preliminary diagnostic evaluation.

And then we'll have it sent to Rambaldi Army Airfield.

And Laura and I will meet the C-130 upon its arrival.

Okay, well, all that leaves now is the matter of Abraham.

Abraham remains the property of NASA,

and we intend to keep him under observation.

Not at Worrad.

I've been informed of a petition

that's already been submitted by the Sheabel City Council

by a group of local citizens

who don't want Abraham in their backyard anymore.

No doubt you've all seen the people outside.

Yes, and we are ready and willing

to address all of their concerns

at our next City Council meeting.

No. The Pentagon assumes collaborative control

over Abraham based on the 2020 Memorandum

of Understanding between the DOD and NASA.

Are we clear?

Where do you plan on housing Abraham if it's not at Worrad?

We've been making great strides removing Abraham

from a daily routine that's been his life for the past 18 months,

but it needs to be done slowly

in order to avoid any stress-induced triggers

-that could cause him... -Could cause what?

Send him on another rampage? Like in D.C.?

We've been administering plasma suppressors

to mute any influence of the alien DNA in his behavior.

Plasma suppressors?

Dr. Pierce, can you assure us that his alien DNA won't

reactivate some extraterrestrial command capability

that will direct him to attack other major cities?

Sloane, the Mecha-Ape program is complete.

Abraham has fulfilled his duties.

We will be taking him into DOD custody.

But that is no life for him.

Your efforts to house him on an island

or wildlife sanctuary have been denied.

-Warrod was your last chance. -General, please.

Abraham is an extremely intelligent being.

He's capable of the same confusion and sadness

that any animal would feel

if their freedom had been taken from them.

Sloane, we have taken every available precaution

to prevent separation anxiety in a giant ape.

Abraham has become extremely close to us.

Sloane in particular.

If you lock him up and take him away

from contact of the outside world, it will devastate him.

We could move him to a classified facility

where he could live out the rest of his days

without these stress-induced triggers

you're so concerned about.

Sounds like you just want to send him to a farm upstate.

We've seen firsthand the power this animal is capable of.

The Pentagon places an extremely high value

on safeguarding any asset

that has the capability for that kind of destruction.

We believe it's part of the payload from

a B-52 Stratofortress

that broke up over Maryland in March of 1968.

Sir, the Stratofortress was equipped with

a pair of 1.2-megaton-yield Mark V9 thermonuclear bombs.

What kind of danger does this pose for the public?

The device was partially armed when it separated

from the aircraft.

The arming sequence had already started,

but multiple arming mechanisms would still need to engage

in order for it to pose a threat.

Unless the core is decaying.

We transported the Mark 9 to a DEG research laboratory,

where EOD will take custody

and examine it before removing the core.

Sir, we will need to issue

a public safety statement about this.

Okay.

Well, the device is 60 years old.

It was underwater since the Johnson administration.

There is no danger whatsoever to the public.

We've removed it, taken it to a safe place,

and are deactivating it.

Very good, sir.

[gunshots]

What do you have?

Satellite images, radio traffic,

all pointing to the discovery of one of their broken arrows.

Mmm.

A fishing vessel has recovered

a thermonuclear device 24 miles off the coast of Virginia.

We believe it is a Mark V9.

They are moving the weapon to a facility

in the state of Indiana,

under the authority of the US military.

That is a great opportunity.

Yes. We must go right away.

We will need munitions and communications.

Consider it done.

We will meet you in Indiana.

Well, this is Indiana.

I want everything up and running in one hour.

Their weapon. Is it viable?

Our information suggests

the thermonuclear stage is still intact.

When does it arrive at this lab?

It is already en route in one of their SGTs.

You've given up a very small window

to infiltrate and extract.

This is why you are here, Zara.

Why I have selected all of you

to carry out this objective for the great sovereignty.

And is our great sovereignty aware we are carrying out

this objective on their behalf, Vice Director?

The Americans believe they own the world

and that this gives them the right to send their war machines

to any place it serves their interests.

History must learn from this mistake.

The FID alone is duty bound to carry out this mission

and turn their own war machine against them.

Must give her a hand. She has guts.

Proceed.

Reassigning LIDAR data packet format.

Editing master dominion channels for remote capture.

Target radius in two minutes.

Wake it up.

[phone rings]

Huh.

Madam Deputy Secretary,

I hope this means you got a change of heart

when it comes to Abe's...

What?

When was this?

What is it? What's wrong?

ATC lost contact with the plane in around 4:18 this morning

somewhere over northern Indiana

and reports of debris is spread out for miles all over the area.

Some of it maybe even landed in Lake Michigan,

but none of it's from Mecha-Ape

It's only from the transport itself.

How is that possible?

Debris in that area means something must have happened

after the initial descent.

Mecha-Ape would have never survived

a crash at that altitude.

Yeah, that might be the case.

GPS and PNT backup have been non-responsive.

They can't locate Mecha-Ape.

What, they can't locate it?

So no one knows where it's at. Are they serious?

Look, we're going on site of the scene

to help with the investigation right now.

We'll know more when we land. Okay?

End this sideshow, the ape has to go!

End this sideshow, the ape has to go!

Send him back to where he came from.

He belongs in a zoo.

[man] Dr. Nelson, this is security.

That individual from this morning is back,

says he's a professor

and something about plasma suppressors.

[Pierce] He actually said plasma suppressors?

All right, I'll speak to him.

Pierce, right?

Professor Adler? Is that a joke?

No joke.

I'm chairman of the astronomy department at Rankin College.

Look, all this time, humans have been searching

for intelligent life out of there in the universe,

but we have it now in Abraham,

and it's bigger than we could have ever imagined.

Is that what you were doing at Worrad?

Studying him, trying to provoke

some kind of extraterrestrial response to him, huh?

Trying to prove one of your theories?

Sloane told you not to come back.

No, look, I know, okay?

I know, but you studied Abraham's blood.

You'll understand what I have to say.

Make it quick.

Okay, look, my drone, all right,

he attacked it when I got too close.

I mean, he could have ignored it,

but something that small,

that insignificant?

I mean, he viewed it as a threat,

and his vitals peaked, right?

Yeah.

Okay, so look, we saw what Abraham

and that lizard did in Washington, D.C.,

and the conspiracy theorists online are going nuts

about alien mind control, which is crazy.

I mean, it sounds crazy,

but if it's not, if that's the case...

You would have used a plasma suppressor

to target that alien DNA,

and I have a theory about that DNA.

I think it's going to go dormant.

Listen...

You study apes.

You're one of the best there is,

but I study astrophysics and extraterrestrial life.

I can help.

So why am I giving you some of my time?

Think of it as a virus, okay?

The viral DNA uses our cells to replicate itself,

and the body fights back,

trying to stop the invading virus from replicating.

So, except it can't get rid of all of the remnants

of that alien DNA. It's stuck to our genetic code.

So the body has no option but to just shut down.

Making the viral DNA dormant.

Yeah, that was the basis of plasma suppressors,

speed up the process.

Okay, but the alien DNA can still mutate

in that dormant state.

Look, how smart is this alien DNA?

Is it fighting against Abraham,

or is it smart enough to choose to surrender?

What do you mean, to surrender?

Do you think that it's lying in wait to, what,

makes defects in Abe's genes?

To cause some major reaction in him?

Look, our genes, our DNA, it makes up 60% of our personality.

How we understand, how we listen,

how we think, how we react, how we overreact in our environment.

What if it's not the plasma suppressors

that are keeping that alien DNA dormant?

What if it's...

What if it's smart enough,

it's choosing to do that?

Effectively just lying, waiting,

changing Abe's genetic structure,

letting the virus replicate?

There's no telling what that would do to Abraham.

No, and if he freaks out again,

I mean, it could be 10 times worse than what happened in D.C.

The robot vacuum has mapped out the main floors of the EEG lab,

contained in these sections.

We have the reception lobby, main corridors, laboratories,

the break room.

Common areas for employees.

Security guard posts, located here.

There are four guards on patrol of the first floor at all times.

Four more on the second floor, all under watchful eye

of facial recognition surveillance software.

We must do this without alerting second-floor detail.

And by the time they realize what happened,

the device will already be ours.

We have received photographic intel

from the internal surveillance.

We already know that nuclear disposal laboratories

are on the first floor.

That leaves three possible sections

where Mark V9 will be housed in this map.

Behind highly strict, very sensitive keycard scanners

and barometric readers.

Their security personnel will assist us with those.

Your dummy robot vacuum mapped everything pretty quickly.

Sometimes the easiest Trojan horse attack

is to see what they've already allowed inside

of their homes and workplace,

instead of using brute force on their cybersecurity.

Not bad.

Hey, perhaps I have a future

in your counterintelligence department.

For a little robot?

Show me what you can do with a bigger one,

and maybe we can talk.

You will see, Zara.

They all will.

Sloane used color communication with Abraham?

Yep.

They emit high-lumen multicolor LED beams.

Jeez, you weren't kidding.

You can see this from space, right?

Yeah.

Well, we had to figure out a way for Abe to understand us,

considering the enormous size difference.

Sloane, she developed this method of communication

using colors to express

what she wanted to say.

So purple was when she was calm,

orange when she was under distress.

Green when she was sad,

yellow happy, and then red was the last resort

when she showed urgency, anger,

for him to stop, back off.

For her to show him that she was serious.

And this worked?

Oh, yeah.

Yeah, it was incredible how quickly he took on to it.

It was the beginning of a bond that made them close

when they could understand what each other was saying.

Hey, you think I could use it?

You know, get face-to-face with Abe?

Uh... I'm afraid this is the closest

you're going to get to Abraham today.

Any closer and I'd have to deal with Sloane.

No.

Every member of the security team for day and evening shifts,

categorized by their seniority

and when they're scheduled to work.

Just in time.

Blanca has solved our alarm situation.

I'm exploiting the main problem instead of solving it.

This is an extreme security apparatus.

We could be working for weeks to find a way

inside of the system and blind the cameras.

And we don't have weeks.

No, we don't.

So we don't blind them.

I turn the cameras against themselves.

This lab's facial recognition software

records every face it sees, including the guards.

So I assign a worm to one of the guard's faces in the system.

When the camera sees that face,

the worm is triggered

and we let the system do the work of infecting itself.

It'd be one of the guards from out of here.

And that infection will start the playback loop

that replays the last five hours of surveillance footage

stored on their cloud.

They will never know we are inside.

It's the best I could do on such a short period of time.

Very good.

Intercepts have the Mark V9 arriving at DEG

in two hours and 35 minutes.

This one. He looks mean.

Peter Elliott. Nice to meet you.

[phone ringing]

Sloane Foster, this is Laura Miller of NASA,

Deputy Secretary Boyd of the DOD granted us clearance.

We're here about the weapon system

that was on board that plane.

Arnott, we are ready.

Pavla the Piranha.

I wonder who really is the brains behind our objective.

Now it's no secret why we are keeping

this a secret from FID headquarters.

I'm sure there's only one whom Arnott is more fearful of.

And to tell you the truth, in Pavla's day,

I too would choose the harsh prison camp

at Dralzh over denying the Piranha revenge for her son.

Your attention.

Once this begins, there is no stopping it.

There will be no second thoughts.

You will each take a weapon.

We will split into three teams.

I want constant contact

until the Mark V9 is located in the lab.

We have map of inside.

We know where the threats lie.

And three possible locations for the dismantle laboratory.

Once the Mark V9 arrives,

facility will go on maximum lockdown.

We must be inside before this happens.

There is security protocols.

These have been bypassed already?

Affirmative.

Now, let the Americans witness the terror they have built.

Entering destination coordinates for autonomous control.

[radio static]

This is SAR command.

We have something rising out of the sand.

[roaring]

Mecha-Ape has initiated a mobilization command cycle.

What is happening?

All systems at full status.

No damage reports.

The Mecha-Ape is in motion.

The sand dunes cushioned its fall from the plane as planned.

Very good.

Suit up. We move out.

We've arrived at the DEG site. Prepare to infiltrate.

[Blanka] Remember, we need the guard to activate

the security worm with the cameras.

The worm is now active.

They'll be watching the same camera footage on loop.

The warhead just arrived.

Site looks clear. Go ahead for lockdown.

SGT on site. SGT on site.

The device is about to go on facility.

All posts go max lockdown.

[gasps]

Madam Deputy Secretary, it's Sloane Foster.

Mecha-Ape has been activated outside of our control.

The ambulatory capacity on Mecha-Ape

allows for it to cover a lot of ground in very little time.

Come on. Let's go.

[roaring]

I have to get into the instrument column of Mecha-Ape.

That is not an option at the moment, Sloane.

We don't even know where it is.

Follow the wreckage.

Sir, sir, the Air Force National Guard

is scrambling F-35s to engage.

I want to know how this super weapon went rogue

and started leveling family homes.

We are trying to ascertain the cause of this right now.

I need to know who or what we're dealing with

and shut it down right now.

Shut it down!

The unidentified mechanized weapon

continues to leave a trail of destruction heading northwest.

There have been reports of two downed military jets

as well as countless property damage

and thick smoke for miles.

So far, 34 people have been injured,

but fortunately, no fatalities.

It was last seen heading toward Honda Square.

If you're in that area,

turn around and stay away from the downtown square.

Honda Square. Go to the downtown span.

He just had to stay away from that area.

-What are you thinking? -I have to get on board!

On board Mecha-Ape?

If I don't get access to the manual control compartment

and get into the instrument column,

we won't be able to stop it.

We know where it's heading, just go there.

[screaming]

[clamoring]

There! Stop the car! Drop me off.

That is an insane idea, Sloane. It's not going to work.

[scoffs]

[panting]

[grunts]

Oh God, what are you thinking, Sloane?

Okay.

[grunts]

Okay.

Come on, come on.

[grunting]

Come on...

Okay... Come on, come on, come on.

Okay.

This isn't right.

No.

None of this is right.

None of this code should be here.

Mecha-Ape has been...

Mecha-Ape has been hijacked.

[phone ringing]

Okay.

Come on, Sloane. Answer your phone, please.

Tell me you made it. I know you made it.

You're not dead.

Sloane, you're alive. Where are you?

Laura, the command line interface has been accessed.

Someone's rewritten the prompts.

The LIDAR data packets have been breached.

Well...

The master dominion channels have been edited.

Laura?

Someone else has control of Mecha-Ape right now.

Uh...

Whoever did this, they programmed coordinates

into the autonomous control.

They're directing Mecha-Ape to a specific location.

Wait...

I've been locked out of data edit command.

I can't reprogram anything on here. Okay...

Laura, take down these coordinates.

Figure out what's at this location.

Okay, go ahead.

[phone rings]

Yeah, Laura.

Wait, Laura, where are you?

And where's Sloane?

What? How did this happen?

[Zara] I have the security guard post.

Three of the guards taken in here.

One more is on patrol in the building.

Not anymore.

He didn't put up much fight.

They never do, my dear.

Come.

There it is.

We have eyes on the device.

Laura, did you find those coordinates?

Sloane, those coordinates are for a place

called DEG Research Labs.

It's a nuclear materials lab.

A storage facility?

They bring decommissioned warheads to that location.

Wait, Mecha-Ape is being steered to that location.

We have to warn them.

I'll have to head to that location, then.

Hold on, Laura.

I think there's something else.

Wait, I think I recognize...

What is it?

Sloane?

This programming language, it's foreign,

but I've seen it before.

Yeah, it's an esoteric code used by troll farms

of Volodrezjkan intelligence.

They designed it to be incomprehensible to outsiders.

Oh, my God.

The Volodrezjkan FID have taken control of Mecha-Ape.

But they won't keep it.

What more do we know?

Defense intelligence. The NSA.

Office of the DNI. The CIA.

There was no chatter of any kind of potential attack.

Every communique intercepted by foreign services

didn't even hint at any kind of prior warning

of something of this magnitude on our soil.

Did somebody fail to connect the dots with the intercepts?

Sir, the DNI insists there were no dots to connect here.

This wasn't a failure of intelligence.

There just was no advanced warning.

So this weapon malfunctioned. Is that what you're telling me?

Based on the information we have at this time,

that does seem to be a possibility.

Then who would know for sure?

NASA? The people that built it?

Where are they?

Sir, I would order a third wave mobilization

of the National Guard. Take this thing out.

By air or land, but take it out.

That thing is a walking arsenal.

The first two waves were completely ineffective.

That would only be adding to collateral damage.

What would you suggest, Audra?

Jesus H. Christ!

We got another Washington, D.C. at our hands.

We need to set the tone.

We need to fight this with an appropriate response.

-Sir? -Sir?

We don't need to send more National Guardsmen to die.

We'll send the ape. Abraham.

Abraham?

You're going to send another one of those things out there?

Abraham has a size advantage we lack.

I don't know what other choice we have.

Nuclear's not an option.

Wait a minute. The President can suspend

certain protocols under Congress.

That's Posse Comitatus.

That only applies for the aftermath

of a natural disaster or an act of terror.

That puts more troops at play. That's not happening.

Yes, but this counts for both. Look what's happening out there.

Aftermath. Not active engagement.

Even with an emergency order,

what would you suggest we do that the Air National Guard

and the Army National Guard hasn't tried?

Sir, I don't know,

but what I do know is more bombs on the street,

on Main Street, USA only threatens more American lives.

And the larger they get, the more fallout we have.

I know it's unorthodox, but you built this walking arsenal.

Well, congratulations. Hell of a job.

But that leaves us with one option to take it down.

And it better work.

Check the magnetic sheath. We're behind schedule.

We need to be out front in two minutes or we're in trouble.

Come on, come on, come on.

You wanna shut me out of the command interface?

I'll shut down all the weapon CPUs.

The only thing is that the National Guard

will come there to stop it.

What is Sloane thinking?

She's in their crosshairs.

She's liable to get killed.

-[helicopters approaching] -Hold up.

Those are helicopters.

Oh, crap.

They're headed for Worrad. Come on.

Laura, there are military helicopters approaching Worrad.

Pierce, what are you talking about?

They must be here for Abe.

Are you sure?

Three of Mecha-Ape's weapons systems have gone offline.

Get them back on. We have no time to waste.

I am working on it. Their CPUs.

They've all gone into shutdown.

Move it! Mecha-Ape approaching, strike target of building.

I've rebooted remote armature command control. Hurry!

Do it quickly! Get out of the way!

I am bringing the arm down!

[grunts]

Ugh!

Oof!

[grunts]

[shouts]

Oh!

[roaring]

Ah!

Is this what you call cooperative control?

Dr. Nelson, you were fully aware.

You send a fleet of helicopters without any warning!

Did you not listen to a word we said?

This will only upset him.

It's for his own protection,

just until the Mecha-Ape is contained.

Protection against what?

Dr. Nelson, we will continue to rely

on your expertise for his care,

but right now, we are in an emergency situation.

Lives are at stake.

We're making it as painless as possible for Abraham.

Just a mild sedative, fired from--

No, no guns, please.

Dr. Nelson, stand down. It's too late.

The orders have been given.

No, no, no, no, no. You're making a huge mistake.

Okay, what you're doing

is going to have cataclysmic consequences.

Okay, it's Strangeland theory.

You put an animal in a foreign place,

it fights back against it.

You put it at home, it fights to protect it.

Okay, it's basic premise.

Look, Abe is a victim of NASA's cruel,

scientific, biological experiments

and impacts of spaceflight.

I mean, you sent that animal into space.

Okay, and when he got back,

he didn't recognize Earth as his home.

So, so he's fighting.

Trying to find where he belongs.

Who is this? Who invited him here?

Madam Deputy Secretary, listen to me very carefully.

Sloane is aboard the Mecha-Ape.

You mean Sloane is aboard the Mecha-Ape?

-What is she talking about? -Is she involved in this?

-No! -What?

No, she's trying to prevent any more damage.

I suggest you follow her lead.

What does that mean?

Leave Abraham at Worrad.

There's no telling how much worse this is going to get

if you don't.

Which is precisely why we're taking control of him now.

No, no.

Ma'am, listen.

We're trying to warn you, okay?

You are making a massive mistake.

Just tell us where you're taking him.

I can't. Not right now.

Ah!

Foster, what is she doing in there?

Apparently, she's attempting to shut it down, sir.

From inside the thing?

Yes, yes, that's my understanding

of the current situation.

You don't think she's behind this, do you?

Sir, I've known Sloane a long time.

As bizarre as it may sound, she's not behind this.

Well, I hope she realizes if it comes down to a decision

between her and tens of thousands of lives,

I got no choice.

Sir, everything that Dr. Nelson has been telling us

about Abraham suggests when he discovers she's in there,

he'll tear that thing to pieces to get her out.

So that makes him my best chance to stop it.

Yes, sir.

I'll be in touch once we're in the air.

I'm on with the White House at 10 minutes.

Potus is in a secure location.

George ain't curious no more.

All units move into position for multi-point airlift evac.

Are the weapons systems back online?

I've rebooted most of the CPUs, but we have another problem.

Someone is inside the Mecha-Ape.

This person is probably the one who shut them down.

Who is inside? I thought the weapon operated on its own.

How do you know someone is inside?

They have made multiple attempts to access the command interface

from the manual control compartment.

And this compartment is on board?

Yes.

What harm can they do?

We have control of that abomination.

The warhead has been taken by it.

You said manual control. Can they override your program?

I've locked all the command ports to the operating system.

They shut off the CPUs before. Can they do this again?

Not anymore. I've locked them off.

I suppose the only damage they could do now is,

I guess, taking apart the mechanical ape bolt by bolt.

And what if they start doing this

and then go for the CPUs first?

It won't go for the CPU.

If the CPUs become disconnected from the system,

the weapons systems fire automatically.

It is standard failsafe protocol.

[grunting]

[growling]

Target approaching. All units begin descent.

Let's ease the monkey down gently.

On my mark. Three, two, one, mark.

Here we go.

I'm going to shut down the power.

[grunting]

There's a nuclear warhead.

There's a nuclear warhead attached to Mecha-Ape.

And it's headed towards Chicago.

You have to evacuate the city!

Can you hear me?

Sloane? Sloane, I can't hear you.

What?

What is that noise?

Evacuate the city!

Abraham!

[panting]

Abraham!

[panting]

[grunts]

Come on, Abe.

What? All the weapons CPUs rebooted?

Shit, I'm locked out of here, too.

[panting]

Oh, God.

[panting]

Come on.

Come on.

[grunts]

Come on!

Red means stop!

Back away! Come on, Grape Ape, you remember!

Red! Red!

Yeah.

[grunting]

Good boy, Abe!

Good boy.

Sloane! Are you alright?

I'm here at the DEG and it's completely destroyed.

Laura, there's a nuclear device attached to my Mecha-Ape.

That's why they targeted DEG lab.

There's a live warhead on board.

I've seen it and

I think they plan on detonating it in Chicago.

And Laura, there's something else.

The Pentagon is using Abraham to stop that from happening.

I want updates every half hour

until every piece of wreckage is accounted for.

[phone ringing]

Audra Boyd.

The Volodrezjkan FID has assumed control of Mecha-Ape.

Sloane, Sloane, are you okay? You're on board?

-Put her on speaker. -Okay, okay.

Sloane, you're on speaker.

I'm here with General Deane and the Secretary of Defense.

It's the Volodrezjkan Foreign Intelligence Division.

They've hijacked Mecha-Ape

and they've attached a nuclear device to it.

I'd say I'm about seven miles outside of Chicago.

They got the Mark V9 out of that facility.

That's impossible. It can't be.

She's got eyes on it. I believe her.

Evacuate the city immediately.

I'm going to attempt to disable the tether system.

It governs the central mechanics

and the central power generators.

It should disable all the electrical mechanics

and the stabilizers and the armatures

and the mechanics of the weapon system.

They'll still be live. They just can't be operated.

We'll initiate evacuation measures immediately.

And, Boyd, Abraham is injured.

Find him and contain him.

Affirmative, but Sloane,

take care of yourself and just make sure

the Mecha-Ape doesn't reach Chicago.

That's a 1.2 megaton bomb it's carrying.

Foster, this is Defense Secretary Hamilton.

Listen to me.

If that bomb activates,

you've got to dispose of it

before it detonates

and it's got to be somewhere very, very deep.

Where? Where would she go?

Desable Park?

That might be deep enough. It's a giant hole.

Why is there a giant hole in the middle of Chicago?

The Chicago Spire.

It's supposed to be the tallest building in Chicago

before they canceled it after they drilled

into pure bedrock 100 and some feet.

That may be our best chance if this goes sideways.

Sloane, the city is being evacuated.

You need to get to warhead to Desable Park.

Understood.

So Abraham is wounded.

There are multiple sightings of him across three states,

but no credible sources have been able to locate him.

You can't just lose a giant ape.

Unless he's dead.

Sir, if Abraham has indeed succumbed to his injuries,

we need to order a quick and decisive counterattack.

That is a very credible argument, sir.

But if he is alive, he might be injured so badly,

he can't put up a fight.

Live coverage of the disaster unfolding right now.

What appears to be some type of

large autonomous mechanized weapon system.

They have used the ape.

Weapon systems?

All weapon systems online. Ammunition counts above 85%.

Keep monitoring.

The jet is ready for our departure.

Traffic patterns throughout the city

are congested from the first attack.

The warhead will reach Chicago soon.

Tell Zara we're going home.

And when we do return,

the FID will be waiting to take us into custody.

Acting without their knowledge was the only way

to keep American intelligence in the dark.

If our own agency did not know what we were doing,

neither would the Americans.

Arnott, we do not have to go back.

We disappear for good.

What's done is done for our son and our country.

I am prepared to take responsibility for my actions

and accept whatever consequences may come.

We have a problem.

The Mecha-Ape is showing a gradual decrease in power.

Sloane?

Hey, where are you?

Picking up Pierce and Adler.

I had NASA send them in from Worrad.

They've been tracking his levels.

It's already spiking past designated safe levels.

Sloane? Are you still there?

Yeah, I dismantled the tether system

and the power is decreasing slowly.

We're too close.

What do you mean you're too close?

I'm already about five miles outside of the city.

The tether is decreasing too slowly.

I can't power down in time.

Abraham saw me. He knows I'm in here.

I'll need him. I can color-communicate with him.

He's probably searching for Mecha-Ape by now.

He won't have to look that far. That thing is taller than him.

Yeah, hold on.

I'm going to step out on the maintenance platform

and see if I can spot him.

Oh, no, no, no.

Laura, I can't get out of here.

The hatch door is stuck.

It must have got damaged during the fight.

You can't proceed with that plan if you're trapped in there!

Abe could kill you without knowing.

No.

Abe's never given me a reason not to trust him.

Sloane dismantled the tether,

but it's powering down too slowly.

Abe's vitals are climbing.

He's getting... He's getting way too dangerous.

She needs him to help her to stop Mecha-Ape

before he goes all warhead and goes off.

She's using color-com.

Wait, she's still inside?

Yes, and she can't get back out the same way she got in.

No, okay. Is there any other exits?

None. It's a maintenance access.

She shouldn't even be there.

Sloane's putting her life on the line, but we can help her.

How?

Abraham's vitals. They're extremely elevated.

So when he confronts Mecha-Ape, they're going to peek.

Okay, and we don't know what would happen at that point.

However we stop, whatever happens,

we've got to sedate him again.

And you don't think that's going to make it worse?

We're not going to tranq him.

Aerosol.

Okay, all right, but if it's airborne,

it has to be concentrated.

Way more concentrated than what they used last time.

-How do we administer it? -My plane's that way.

-Okay, let's go. -Let's go.

[grunts]

[panting]

Abraham!

Distress signal!

Distress, Abe!

[roaring]

Oh!

[laughs]

Uh-huh, yeah...

Come on, Abe! Yeah!

Happy! Keep punching, Abe!

I'm happy you're kicking his ass!

[growling]

[gunfire]

Come on, Abe! Keep going!

[Laura] Where did you learn how to fly?

When you study aliens, you got to get closer to them.

Abraham and Mecha-Ape have landed in the city.

Failing...

Keep going, Abe!

A little more and I can shut down the weapons mechanism!

Yeah! Yeah!

You smash this thing until I tell you to stop!

[roaring]

[roaring]

Laura, we're in big trouble!

Sloane?

Sloane, where are you?

Abraham's gone crazy and I can't get him to stop!

He's damaged the Kilopower Reactor

and if he keeps smashing Mecha

the reactor will melt down!

Are you all right?

Sloane!

I have to stop Abe!

I have no choice!

Sloane! Sloane, I can't hear you!

Abraham's gone crazy and he won't stop attacking Mecha-Ape!

The Kilopower Reactor's damaged!

She's lost complete control of him!

The nuclear warhead is on the Mecha-Ape.

If the Kilopower Reactor goes into full meltdown,

it'll be hot enough to trigger that nuke.

She has got to stop Abraham!

Sloane!

Are you there?

Stop, Abe!

Stop, please!

Please, Abe! Stop!

Please, I don't want to hurt you!

Please, please, Abe!

If I unplug the weapon CPUs from the mainframe,

it'll trigger the fail-safe launch!

I'm sorry, Abe.

I'm so sorry, Abe.

I'm sorry I couldn't protect you.

I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life.

[sobs]

Hold on.

[sobs]

[coughs]

We're losing altitude.

We're going down!

-Hold on. -That nuke's gonna detonate.

Come on, baby.

Come on.

[groans]

I don't see Sloane!

I don't know if she can make it on!

If Abraham stays berserk,

he can end up killing her before she dismantles it.

Look, we're gonna have one shot at this.

We're losing altitude fast.

When we reach target elevation, Pierce, pull that lever.

[groaning]

I-- I see Abraham moving!

I think he's trying to stand up!

What?

There's no way he could have survived that.

With that alien DNA in his system,

it probably accelerated his immunity

and his healing ability.

There's an absolute way he could survive that.

Not yet, Pierce. Wait for me to tell you.

Okay, now! Now!

Damn it!

We missed him! We completely missed him!

We're in trouble here, guys.

Brace yourselves!

[electrical crackling]

[coughs]

The warhead.

[grunts]

Abe... Abe!

[screams]

Abe!

[roaring]

Abe!

Abe! Abe! Stop!

No, Abe!

Abe!

Abe, it's me!

[grunts]

Abraham!

Abraham!

[grunts]

Abraham!

Abraham, come on!

Let's play a game, huh?

-Oh, no. -Oh, shit.

She's still alive.

Look! The weapon's still attached!

Mecha-Ape, there he is! Where's Sloane?

Go! Go, go, go, go, go!

[screams]

[roaring]

Abraham!

Come here, buddy! Let's play a game!

Come on, buddy! Come on!

Come on, buddy!

Come on, Abe!

Let's play a game, Abe!

Come on!

Ball in the hole, Abe!

[panting]

Oh!

[Pierce laughs]

[laughing]

Maybe we need to rethink the design on the next version.

No, no new version.

The Mecha-Ape program is done.

No more.

There's only room in this town for one ape, and he's it.

Maybe now the Pentagon will give him a hero's reward.

If the Pentagon wants to hassle anyone,

how about the guys who did this?

- Give them a hard time instead. - Yeah.

There will be no hero's welcome for us, Arnott.

How daft are you?

Throwing away a distinguished career when all you've done,

all we've done, is fight for the glory of the sovereignty?

We have failed.

The tribunal may still show mercy.

I'm not ready to take that risk.

Perhaps that is something you should have thought of before.

Perhaps you should think how to talk to me more nicely.

We would be fugitives the rest of our lives.

The FID will find us. Kill us both.

No tribunal necessary.

Now that risk, I'm willing to take.

Do we both step off this plane now,

or shall we choose a different destination other than home?

[banging]

[roaring]

Down! Get down!

Let me see you hands!

Don't move! Hands down!

[shouting]

You, don't move! You, don't move!

[Arnott] Ahh!

Attaboy, Abe!

You're show them who they're messing with.

Private island, nobody for miles.

Come on, look at that place. It's paradise.

[Joel] Definitely a far cry from what the Pentagon

had planned for him.

Abe saved millions of lives.

The least we could do is try to improve the quality of his.

[Laura] Does this arrangement still fall

under the cooperative control agreement?

He's all yours. NASA has sole custody.

If Abe's happy, we're happy.

Because I've seen him when he's not.

[Sloane] Yeah, and he seems to like it here.

[Joel] I have to agree, so do I.

So what do you think?

[Sloane] I think we're home.