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Citizens of the Robot Empire,

today is day 1,264 of your planet's occupation.

When our study of humanity is complete,

we will leave your planet and never return.

We mean you no harm.

However, we have one rule which you must obey:

stay indoors.

- You call this living? - Dad!

That isn't a home! It's a prison!

Daddy, I'm begging you!

Dad! Please come back!

- No! - Please!

Dad!

Citizen, return to your home immediately.

You killed her! You took her from me!

Please, come, Dad!

You have 10 seconds to return to your home.

This is your final warning.

You're gonna kill us all anyway!

Five, four...

You might as well take me now!

- ...three, two, one. - Dad!!!

This hasn't happened!

This hasn't... happened!

Go back inside!

Citizen, return to your home immediately.

Get back inside, kid, come on!

Connor, get inside!

- This is your final warning. - No, come off the street!

- Five, four, three, two, one... - Stand down!

Authorization code 97ZCRS.

Request half-hour amnesty.

Reason: citizen intends to return home.

Authorization confirmed.

Past your bedtime, isn't it, son?

Please let me take him in.

I've got the spare room. I got you these.

Thanks. Thanks, Robin.

He'd be well looked after. You're an angel, Kate,

but, you know, you don't need to shoulder the burden.

We have homes for orphaned children,

good homes, good people.

Couldn't you put him in with one of the...

What's the...?

Collaborators.

Put him in with the collaborat...

Collaborate is a word

with all sorts of nasty connotations, son.

The Volunteer Corps put food on your table,

keep your lights on, put this nice roof over your head.

I'd appreciate a modicum of respect for myself and my team.

Robin, he didn't know what he was saying.

I'm sorry.

It's not you, Kate. You were a wonderful teacher.

I've no doubt you're a wonderful mother.

And Sean's a good lad. But these two...

What about us two?

I can look after my brother, Mr. Smythe.

Can you, child? Look at the state of you.

- Child? - It's high time

we found you somewhere to live with proper adult supervision.

I'm 16. I'm an adult.

Have you heard anything about my dad?

- I've checked the records, son. - He's not dead, Mr. Smythe.

I know he's not.

Oh, I'm sorry, Kate.

Be strong.

You can take the boy in, of course you can.

Go.

Citizen, you have five minutes to return to your home.

Are you sure this is a good idea?

The boy's just lost his dad, Sean.

No, what I meant to say is can you cope?

Shoes...

Citizen, return to your home immediately.

I said essentials, Connor!

- Citizen, return to your home. - Forget the toys!

- 15 seconds. - Just hang on a minute.

Connor, get up!

- I need all these! - This is your final warning.

Connor, now!

Five, four,

three, two, one.

You're gonna look like a Viking

for the next four years. Speaking of Vikings,

did you know that they used to give their swords names?

Head Biter was one. Skull Smasher.

That's really interesting.

My name is Mediator 452.

I have been purpose built to liaise

between the Robot Empire and the humans in this zone.

Our intention is to study all sentient thought

in the universe.

When our study is complete,

we will leave your planet and never return.

- Bullshit. - Alex, mouth.

What are you gonna do, ground me?

Everything we have told you is the truth.

Robots never lie.

Your tea, Mom.

Come on.

It's ridiculous, isn't it?

- Sorry? - This. I mean, look.

What?

Look. Go to hell, you filthy traitor.

I mean, no one talks like that in real life, do they?

Heroes do, son.

Heroes.

Not like him.

Hit it! Hit it!

Gee, what's he angry about?

I really hope you find your dad, Sean.

Thanks, bud.

Please don't die, PlayStation. I love you.

Connor, turn the power off.

I wish he'd stop perving on her.

- Thanks for stopping by. - Anytime.

Nothing's changed.

He was a perv when he was head of year 10.

Can't blame him.

He's looking for a new wife, and Kate is well fit.

This is my mum you're talking about, yeah?

Why does Smythe need a new wife?

Morse Code Martin told us

that Mr. Smythe caught Mrs. Smythe

doing the dirty with another bloke.

His son was selling things on the black market

at the same time, which didn't help the situation.

And now, pfft! Gone. Both of them vanished,

and no one knows where. Dead, probably.

- Turn the power on, Connor. - Okay.

What do you mean by doing the dirty?

You'll find out once you've grown a few pubes.

Bit left field, innit? No way to talk to your little sister.

I'm not his sister. I'm a boy. I'll prove it.

Keep your trousers up, that's fine.

- Turn the power off. - Come on, enough, Nathan.

The older sister's getting involved as well.

It's like Thelma and Louise in here.

Nate! You okay, Nate?

Nate? I'm sorry!

I'm really sorry.

Connor, you dozy little tit!

- Wait, wait, wait. - Oh, man, my gums are numb.

This can't be right. You flew, mate.

You actually flew across the room.

Sean...

Look at his implant.

- It's dead. - What?

The shock must have turned it off.

- It's dead. - When he got zapped...

But that means...

We can go outside.

- Yes! - We can go outside!

Awesome!

Who's next?

- Sean. Sean. - Hey.

This battery...

it's too heavy. It's hurting my back.

Grow a pair of balls, Nate.

Well, it was your idea to take it out in the first place.

I don't know why you're not carrying it anyway.

Oh, yeah.

You guys know what this means, don't you?

I mean, this is just the beginning.

Imagine what we can do with this.

We should just go home before we get caught.

No, we shouldn't do that.

I was thinking we start a resistance.

Really kick some robot arse.

Look, my uncle, he was in the SAS.

Taught me some guerrilla warfare techniques

that can come in handy in this kind of situation.

Same uncle who showed you how to kill a man with one punch?

That's the one.

Yeah. You don't believe me? No.

Alright, that's fine. Connor, get up.

I wanna show Sean something.

I found this in the alleyway.

Sean, what's it say? Sean?

Danny was captured after the fighting.

All RAF prisoners were put on to ration duty.

He was a nice man. He said how much he missed you.

After a few weeks, they were moved on,

I don't know where.

The zone chief keeps files at the school,

if you know anyone who works there.

Good luck. A friend.

Scheiße.

I'm going to the school, see if I can find Dad's files.

Okay, you should all go home. This is my risk.

It's crawling with robots.

Dad always said being frightened of something's

the best reason to do it.

I'm not frightened. I'm not. I'm just not stupid.

Nate, if it was our dad,

Sean would do the same for us.

Look, if we're not back in an hour, get yourself home.

Otherwise, you stay here, no matter what.

- Okay. - Not no matter what, alright?

Just... If someone comes, stay in the corner.

Alright? It might be dangerous inside.

You're safer out here.

Yeah, I told you, didn't I?

Alright, leave it with Shortarse the Viking.

You look after the battery for us, okay?

We'll be back super soon,

I promise.

Promise?

I promise.

What the hell is that?

Did you see what he had in his hands?

Files.

Come on. Come on.

Oi, what do the red crosses mean?

I think it means they're dead, Nate.

Smythe's wife and kid.

Nate, Morse Code Martin was right.

Smythe did kill his wife.

He's alive, I knew it. I bloody knew it.

Region 632-7560. Where's that?

632-7560...

Got him. The hotel.

Nate, your implant, it's flashing.

- Okay, where's the battery? - I left it with Connor.

You don't wanna leave it with Connor!

You told me to leave it there with Connor!

- Why'd you leave it? - Shut up.

Oh, shit.

Sean, the implants are flashing

and we really need to go.

Sean! Agh!

Sean. Oh, crap.

Guys?

Ballbags.

- Connor? - Connor!

Why'd he take it with him? Who's gonna...

Calm down, Nate.

I just don't know where he's gone.

Oh, tits.

Nate!

Alex!

Sean! Run!

Citizen, surrender immediately.

This is your final warning. I'm surrendering.

Look at me, I'm surrendering.

Stand down.

Authorization code 97ZCRS.

You lying shitbag. My dad's alive.

I meant no malice, lad.

No harm.

But if you were one happy family,

I wouldn't have a reason to see Kate again, would I?

Oh! Sweeties...

Now, how did you turn off your implants?

Look, we're not talking, alright?

Collaborator.

Coll-ab-or-at-or. Five syllables.

That's a big word, boy, coming from you.

Since I very much doubt you heard it

from Kate, it set me wondering.

- He didn't do anything! - I beg to differ.

We've been monitoring the torchlight messages

from his loft window for some time now.

- Leave him alone! - Let him go!

Sending subversive communications

on an unauthorized channel.

A deep scan is what you get when you break the rules.

- You let him go, Smythe. - Save your breath, son.

This bastard collaborator's

been looking for an excuse to do me in.

If you hurt him...

Smythe, if you hurt him, I swear to God, I will kill you.

I'll kill you! Nate.

Right, begin the deep scan.

I'll kill you! I'll kill you!

Hey, Smythe, go to hell,

you filthy, filthy traitor.

Do not be concerned.

His pain will be brief.

Please, no!

But his data will last for eternity.

Guys?

Martin!

- What was the point of that? - Why?

- He didn't do anything wrong. - You killed him.

You actually killed him!

He isn't dead.

Not yet.

The subject experiences every thought they've ever had

in a very short space of time.

The process leaves the donor incapable of feeding himself.

He will die of natural causes...

eventually.

For what it's worth...

I'll make sure your mother's cared for.

All I want is for her to be happy.

You leave her alone!

Alone?

Oh, no.

Poor Kate's going to need a shoulder to cry on.

He's connected to the network. Excellent.

We will search his memories for new ideas.

We will know everything there is to know.

God!

Sean...

In this very hall, right, I had pupils,

well, monkeys like his lot, calling me the C word.

If I were to take them outside, teach them some manners,

suddenly, whoo, I'm the villain.

Make it stop!

Play by the rules, it's not a bad life.

Kick up a fuss, this is where it gets you.

Did your wife and son play by the rules, Mr. Smythe?

Is that why you betrayed them?

'Cause you're more loyal to robots

than to your own family? You know nothing about-

Everyone in the zone knows. Martin told us all.

You killed your son 'cause he was a crook. Ah!

And you killed your wife... Silence! Be quiet!

'Cause she was shagging half the blokes in town.

We've all been laughing at you behind your back.

You dirty little... Ah!

Ah!

- Come on, quick. - Come on, hurry!

Nathan, come on, leave that! The robots are coming!

We don't have time!

Nate, we don't have time for this!

- Alright, keep your hair on. - Come on, get a move on!

Boom!

- Come on, let's go. - Come on, Connor! Connor!

Alex, how often do we have to do this thing?

They reboot after 13 hours.

I miss my mum and my dad so bad.

Hey!

We'd have died if it wasn't for you.

You saved our lives.

Take it easy.

Let's find Dad. He'll know what to do.

- What about Kate? - What about her?

She's gonna be fine 'cause Smythe wants to bang her.

- I just sicked up a little. - Come on, shut up, Nathan.

Me shut up? Look, mate, you can shut up.

Listen, I'm sick of you! Martin's dead 'cause of you!

And who's next, alright? Connor? Alex?

Nate, get off him!

We all had our chance to go home, Nate, all of us.

There's no turning back now.

I can't do it alone, mate.

What do you say?

Come on, then, donut.

Mr. Smythe.

Jake!

Guys, I know this isn't the right time,

but I really need a wee.

There, there, that's it, the hotel.

Ugh!

What's he doing?

What's that?

What is that?

- Hit him! - Come on!

That's it! Kill him!

Balls! Go for the...!

He's going down!

Get those little worms!

What we got here, then? School outing?

Oi, pipe down, the lot of you!

You heard!

Well?

I'm looking for my dad. He's a pilot.

He was moved here.

Look at this one. It's black, like a robot's.

Get him upstairs to Monique now.

Please, sir, can I go to the loo? I'm bursting.

I've been holding it in for ages.

Moni, you'll never guess what I've just seen.

Bunch of kids just walked in off the street

and I think they've had their implants switched off.

- Bollocks. - Straight up.

- Show me. - Come here.

- How'd you do that? - It's pretty easy...

- Zip it, Connor. - Easy, is it?

You kids won't be so tough

once you've had a few fingers broken.

Moni, Moni, please, love. They're only kids.

Oh!

I'm looking for this man. It's my dad.

Let's do a deal.

You bloody geniuses. There is a God.

We reckon it's something to do with the specific voltage

created by the battery and the dodgy adapter.

If only we had something to compare it with,

like a Taser or... Oh!

Schtum, okay? Look, alright...

We've shown you ours, now you show us yours.

No, look, you know what I mean.

There's someone you should meet.

Swanny, love, got someone to see you.

Swanny here knew your dad.

Thick as thieves, they were.

And then last spring,

they were gone.

Swanny, love...

You've got some visitors.

Amazing.

It goes in a long way, doesn't it?

Get away, you little bollocks.

- How'd he do it? - The watchmaker.

Tiny little fingers.

Glass eyes.

- Watchmaker? - Tell 'em, Swanny.

Tell 'em about the stones. The stones...

Slaughter stone.

It shows the way.

The silver lake, that's where...

that's where the watchmaker,

the watchmaker, the watchmaker, tick tock, tick tock...

Monique! Where are you? I need... I need you.

I need you now, darling.

At the end of the summer, Swanny came back to find me.

He got lost in the woods.

Heat stroke like you wouldn't believe.

Follow the river! Find the secret lake!

Find the secret lake!

That was a load of bollocks, wasn't it?

What lake did he mean? There's no lakes round here.

And what the hell is a slaughter stone?

It's where the druids make sacrifices. Like Stonehenge.

There are some standing stones on the edge of Duncombe Wood,

but... Then we head there.

No, we don't head there, alright?

Look, Swanny's clearly a mentalist.

He's like Rain Man if Rain Man was stupid.

Monique stitched us up. Got any better ideas?

Yeah, here's one: we don't go in the forest,

get lost and get sunstroke. I'm not ending up like him.

Citizens, curfew is temporarily suspended.

Assemble outside

for zone chief address.

Citizens, curfew is temporarily suspended.

Assemble outside for zone chief address.

This way, my dear.

Citizens, curfew is temporarily suspended.

- Sean! Sean! - Oi, oi, oi!

Bloody hell.

Does your mate ever look before he leaps?

Citizens of Marine Parade, I'm looking for this boy.

Anyone here seen this young man? This lad here.

He was involved in a terrorist incident at Fairfield Bay High.

This lad's name is Sean Flynn.

Does anyone here know where he is?

Sean's mother's very concerned.

Sean!

I've been so worried.

I just wanna know you're okay.

If you can hear me, Sean...

Easy. Easy, now.

Back off. He's mine.

Hey, Mr. Smythe!

I've got...

Anyone says a word,

I'll cut their liver out and feed it to the cats.

Do I make myself clear?

Try me.

Sean's mother will be safe with me at the castle,

the new zone HQ.

- I need to get to the castle. - Okay.

Get yourself to the back of the hotel

and I'll let your mates know you're gonna meet them there,

okay? Now, go, sharpish. Move.

Think twice before you put your lives at risk.

Curfew will resume in 2 minutes.

Curfew will resume in 2 minutes.

I'm gonna try and rescue Mum.

And then we head for the standing stones and find Dad.

- Come on, let's do this. - We're in.

Okay.

And Auntie Moni made you some sandwiches, little man.

- Thanks. - Eh?

Thank you.

Make sure you share 'em out.

Monique said she's gonna see you good to the edge of town.