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(somber music)

♪ Looking to the future, what do you see ♪

♪ I really need to know now, is there a place for me ♪

♪ If we're gonna survive, the dream must stay alive ♪

- Authorities are appealing for calm

throughout the evacuation process.

- Ram, can you hear me?

It's me, Java.

Ram, you don't have to try and speak,

but if you know I'm here, just squeeze my hand.

No need to be afraid.

- What are you gonna do to me?

- I'm going to let you go.

As soon as you tell me what I need to know.

One of these medicines will save Ram's life.

You tell me which one it is, and if you're right,

you're outta here, simple.

- How am I supposed to do that?

- You know what Ram's symptoms are.

I'll get you a computer with his medical library on it,

and you work it out.

- But I'm not a doctor.

Just because I know a bit about medicines,

it doesn't mean I can sort this out for you.

What about your people?

- My people are computer nerds and engineers.

That means you're my best shot.

Understand?

I can be a very good friend to those who help me, Patch,

just like Ram.

So what's it to be?

- Sure.

- So, was that it, guys?

Great, thank you.

I'll see you guys later.

- I still think we should've kept it

hidden under the building.

- We need to keep it close

so we can get our hands on it quickly.

- I guess.

- Salene, have you seen Patch anywhere?

- No.

- [Girl] Somebody help me!

- Hey, hey, it's okay, it's okay.

- You two, get outta here.

- Back off, she's ours.

- I said get out.

- It's okay, Pride, I've got him.

- Let him go.

I said stop!

- Out, now.

- You heard him.

- I thought you were gonna waste him.

- You should've done, Pride.

- If there'd been any more of them,

we wouldn't have stood a chance.

- Meaning?

- Our people don't know how to fight.

- Maybe that's why I like them.

- Maybe you won't, if they lose us the hospital.

Someone needs to teach our people what to do.

- Network stable.

- Downloading from server group three.

- Hey, you guys are way off your coal targets.

- Tell me about it.

You ever hear of a Virt that new how to work?

Any word on that truck that got raided?

- No.

- So what's happening?

Are we just gonna sit here and take it?

- Look, just worry about your code, okay?

- I think you'll find that would've been Jay's job.

- Well, now it's yours.

- Okay, listen up, everyone.

Ram has asked me to convey to you

that he is still tied up with his major new project,

and that he is extremely grateful for your patience

while he completes it.

His orders for the day are as follows.

To ensure that the power supplies remain uninterrupted,

to maintain maximum security in and around our headquarters,

and otherwise to complete all programs as normal.

That is all.

- Hey, wait a minute.

We need more Virts at the power station,

otherwise we gotta start scaling back.

- I repeat, Ram insists that there can be

no cut to the power supply.

- That's crazy, we're using up coal

faster than they can shovel it.

- I will put that point to him and inform you

at our next briefing, thank you.

- Does Ram know what's going on here?

- Of course, are you querying his orders?

- No, I'm querying you.

I wanna see him.

- No.

He's given strict instructions that

no one's to disturb him, and that includes you.

- Does he know about the truck?

Is he aware that there might be a spy among us?

- Yeah, how did they know where it was gonna be?

- Yeah, how did they?

- Java.

- Everything will be dealt with, but for now,

just get out of my way.

- Come on, Ved.

Let's not make things more difficult than they are.

Oh, and, uh, if you need a hand

with Ram's broadcast today, let me know.

- That's very kind of you.

I'll pass on your offer.

- There were four to start.

We dealt with a couple of them,

but then we got split up.

- Why didn't you just run?

- From Blues?

Red don't run from Blues.

They're scum.

- This might sting.

(gasping)

I thought you were tough.

Excuse me.

Patch?

Oh.

Sorry.

I made a mistake.

- Siva?

- Hi.

Can you believe it?

Lex found some powder for the washing machine,

so no more smelly socks.

- Siva, we've got something to ask you.

There was a fight just now in the superette.

- What?

- It's okay, we handled it, but um,

next time we might not be so lucky.

We want you to train up the volunteers

so that they can protect this place.

And themselves.

- Me?

- Well, you'd be perfect for the job.

You've got great martial arts skills,

and you got a bit of free time on your hands.

Is that a problem?

- Well, could I have some time to think about it?

- What's there to think about?

- Well, it's just that I'm done with all that stuff now.

I wanna be a private person, just Lex and me.

I've never had that before.

- Well, maybe--

- Are you serious?

We take you in, shelter you, and as soon as

we ask you to do one simple thing,

you say you wanna play with your laundry?

- Hey!

- Pride, leave her be!

- No, she's been a parasite since the day she moved in here,

and it's time someone told her.

- I am not a parasite.

- You're a freeloading piece of junk.

Now take your housewife fantasy

and get your butt out of here.

- She said she'd think about it.

- And here's my answer.

No.

- Have you gone completely mad?

- She needed to be told.

- Not like that she didn't.

And what are the chances of her helping us now?

(mellow music)

(glass breaking)

- How's it going?

- Nothing yet, but I'm going as fast as I can.

- So how much of the library have you got through?

- It's pretty slow.

There's a lot of detail in those programs.

- You've been playing a game?

- Yeah, I took a break.

- You've done nothing.

You haven't opened a single file since I left you.

Even for a coward, I thought you caved in too quickly.

You were just gonna sit there and pretend, weren't you,

and hope that Ram suffered before you

could come up with an answer.

- No.

- Give me one reason.

I'm waiting.

- Go ahead.

You took away my little brothers.

I'm not helping you.

- You sure about that?

- Yes.

- Maybe you're not such a coward after all.

So let's see if you can be ruthless, as well.

Your little friend Dee,

you're quite fond of her, aren't you?

- She's got nothing to do with this.

- She does now.

So if you fail Ram, I will waste her personally.

So like I said, how ruthless are you?

You think you can match me on this one?

- Okay, I'll do it.

- I don't want to start trouble,

but you have to say something to him.

He had no right to say those things to me.

- You sure you're not just blowing this out of proportion?

- Yeah!

The guy insulted me to my face, like, he went off at me.

It was scary.

- Look, nobody else knows this,

but Pride's got himself hooked in the game.

It's been going on ever since Ram messed with his head.

He's aggressive when he plays,

and even more so when he can't.

- And Salene doesn't even know?

- No.

- Lex, you have to tell her.

- I can't, I promised I wouldn't say anything.

- But you can't keep quiet about something like this.

The guy's in danger.

- He wants to handle it on his own.

He doesn't want Salene to get involved

'cause he knows she'll freak out.

- No, he's just saying that so she doesn't stop him.

Don't you get it?

He wants to continue.

- When did you become such an expert on this?

- Lex, believe me, no one can handle this on their own.

He needs help, and if you're any kind of friend,

you'll make sure he gets it.

Promise me you'll talk to her.

- Okay.

I will.

- Okay, maybe I could have handled things a little better.

I shouldn't have come down so hard, I'm sorry.

- Pride, that's not the point.

I'm worried about you.

I thought you were getting better,

but you keep on having these rages.

It's just not like you.

- I'm fine.

I guess I'm just a little stressed

with the way things are going lately.

- So why don't you back off, Salene, and give him a break?

- I've never seen you like that before.

- I'm okay, really.

- Are you sure?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't worry.

- Eh, don't mind me.

- Hey, Mouse.

- Where have you been?

- Out playing.

- Mouse, let me look at these clothes.

- No, no, leave them!

- Pride, what's this about?

- Don't you get it?

She's been working at the power station,

shoveling coal for the Technos

so she can buy credits for their game.

- Mouse, is this true?

- It's none of your business!

- Hand over the credits.

- No, they're mine.

- I can keep a watch on them.

- Mouse, hand over those credits and go to your room.

- I hate you.

- See what we're up against?

- Good thing we caught her.

- I don't get it.

If Lord Ram's been working on some big-deal program,

why hasn't he told us, and why isn't there

any record of him anywhere on the system?

- That's not a question we should answer, sir.

The program may be classified.

(knocking)

- And what can I do for you?

- I think it's more of a question of

what I can do for you.

- What do you want?

- Information trade.

- What kind of information?

- There are rumors on the street that Ram is dead.

- I don't deal in rumors.

- Then what do you deal in?

I think I could find something that you want.

- Maybe.

- Some of your guards overheard people

talking at the casino.

If it's true, then it could be that my sister Java

is playing in some kind of takeover game.

- Could be.

- Well, it's only a rumor.

What have you got?

- Just stuff about some special project.

Ram hasn't been online in 24 hours.

- So?

- So what have you got to trade?

- I need a little more information.

And if I get it, I'm sure I could make it

worth both our while.

- I'll get back to you.

- I thought you might.

- I've worked out it's not these ones.

But that still leaves all these.

It's getting really tricky.

- How much longer?

- I don't know, a couple of hours.

- We don't have a couple of hours.

- I'm working as fast as I can, okay, I promise.

- Yes?

They're saying what?

Okay, I'll be up.

Hurry.

And remember, I keep my promises.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- [Dee] How are you feeling?

- Good.

Thanks for looking after me.

- It's okay, I just wish I understood

what all this was about.

- How do you mean?

- You get hurt just because someone is a different color

in a stupid game.

- It's not stupid, it's fantastic.

- Have you forgotten what it was like

when all the tribes were fighting each other?

When you were too scared to go out because

the Locos or the Demon Dogs would get you?

Tell me honestly, did you like it then?

Did you have a good time?

- No.

- Well, that's what you're going back to.

And it's you who's taking us there.

- You can't just blame me, everybody's doing it.

- No, you're wrong.

There's lots of people who

won't have anything to do with it.

Like people who are helping here, for a start.

Why don't you pack it in and come and join us?

- What, here?

- Yeah, we need all the help we can get.

- I don't know, I'd have to think about it.

- That's great, but in the meantime,

will you stay away from the game?

Will you do that for me?

- Okay.

- Of course he's not dead, where did you get

such a stupid idea from?

- It's a rumor going around.

- It's not like you to pay attention to rumors.

- So Ram's gonna be doing his usual broadcast then, right?

- What business is that of yours?

- Same as it is to me and everyone else.

Proof that he's alive.

- This meeting's over, get out.

- Just what have you got planned, Java?

- What, you don't trust me?

- Oh, you got it in one.

- Well, I can't be of any help to you, little sister.

If you're so worried about Ram,

why don't you go ask him what's going on?

- I would if I could find him.

- You'll see him like everyone else

when he delivers the state of the union broadcast.

- If it's him.

- Who else would it be?

Ram is Ram.

- I wouldn't be too sure about that.

(laughing)

- You always did have a vivid imagination, Ebony.

- I don't need one with the Technos around, Java.

And not with your technology.

These days I don't know what's real.

- Ram's alive, okay?

- In virtual reality, maybe.

- I think it's time for you to leave.

So you better go before I call the guards.

- I've already called them, sister.

- What's that supposed to mean?

- You'll see.

- Siva.

- Hi.

You okay?

- Yeah.

Hey, I wanna apologize about Pride.

He had no right to speak to you the way he did.

- That's all right.

I understand.

- Sorry, what do you understand?

- You know, about, about how strongly he feels about things.

- You mean about May.

Well, it's really generous of you to see things that way.

Personally, I think he was way out of line.

- Don't worry about it.

Have you seen Lex recently?

- No, not since the fight earlier.

Do you want me to give him a message?

- No, don't worry about it.

I'll catch up with him.

- What's with his medicine?

Why isn't it working?

- He passed out before he could take it.

Only he knows the right one.

I've got someone working on it.

- Ram?

- He can't hear you.

His breathing and pulse is steady, but they're weak.

And his temperature's falling.

I'll go and get the stuff you need for the broadcast.

- Ram, listen to me.

You be strong, you hear?

I, I want Cloe back.

I want Cloe back.

- What?

- You said you were gonna tell her, and you haven't.

Why not?

- Okay, so I changed my mind.

- You what?

Why?

- Because I just don't think we should get involved.

You don't go telling tales on guys to their girlfriends,

or at least I don't, all right?

- Lex, that's pathetic, you know it is.

- I don't know why you're making such a big deal about this.

How can you be certain he can't handle this on his own

if he wants to?

- Okay, I never told you this before,

but I saw one of the kids Ram experimented on.

They'd got him hooked too.

Maybe they did the same thing to him they did to Pride,

I don't know.

But he was so far gone, so desperate,

they could get him to do anything they wanted.

Like he was some kind of circus animal.

He was the most wretched soul I have ever seen

in my whole life, and believe me, I've seen some.

That's why you have to tell her, Lex.

- Pride!

What are you doing here?

- Challenging me.

- No!

- You'd better not mention this to anyone, got it?

Otherwise you'll be deleted, and it won't be any game.

It'll be the real thing.

That's a good girl.

- Hey.

- Hey.

Pride not around?

- No, shall I tell him to come find you?

- No, actually, it's you I wanted to speak to.

- Well, I'm here.

- Can we keep this just between us?

I'd rather Pride didn't know we're having this conversation.

- Lex, I don't keep secrets from him.

Now what is this about?

- First, I just want you to know that I don't like

interfering in other people's business.

- Yeah?

- And I'm only saying this because I wanna help.

- Lex, please, just get to the point.

- The thing is--

- Salene, quick, you've gotta come.

- Mouse, I'm talking to Lex.

- This is more important!

- What is more important?

- I just saw Pride.

He's playing the game.

- Give me that.

Give it to me!

- Calm down, Pride, that's enough now, calm down.

- No, don't do that!

No!

(crashing)

- You think Ram might be dead?

- I made up a rumor to fool Ved,

but the more I think about it, the more it seems possible.

- That would explain why they haven't come for me

or done anything about the truck we raided.

- And the special project story.

He's not programming, so it has to be a cover.

- It could be a trap.

Put your enemy off guard, and then catch him

when he shows himself.

- Yeah, but why would Ram go through all that trouble

when he could pick us off any time he wants?

- Because he's a games player.

He likes to show off.

- No, look, it's time to take him on.

I know it is.

Like we said we would, you and me.

Together.

Come here.

- [Announcer] And now, as scheduled,

we bring you a personal message from Ram himself.

- My very good friends.

For the sake of our city's future,

I found it necessary to engage in a long period

of solitary work.

During this time, I've appointed my wife, Java,

and my technical director, Ved, to run the operation,

and follow the instructions that I have given them

in my place.

But I must warn you, destructive elements in our midst

may use this temporary situation to

spread false rumors designed to break

the peaceful balance of our lives.

(groaning)

I urge you, if you hear these rumors,

report those responsible at once.

Nothing and nobody will be allowed to stand in the way

of progress and a better life for all of us.

Thank you very much.

- That wasn't him.

That was image manipulation, just like they used

to fool me about you.

- And if it isn't?

- Either way, I have to go back.

- I swear, they opened and then they shut again.

It was like he was saying goodbye.

- He's got hardly any pulse.

Check his breathing.

- I can't feel anything.

- [Ved] Come on, Java!

- It's one of these.

We'll just have to take the chance.

- No, that would destroy him.

- We're losing him, it's his only hope!

- We can't do it!

- There's no choice.

- Wait.

Listen to me.

There's one more thing that we could do.

Get a headset onto him.

- Have you gone completely mad?

- No, but if we put him into reality space,

it might stimulate his brain and keep him going longer.

- But it won't help, only the medicine will save him.

- I know, that's why I have to ask him which one it is.

- What?

- I'm going in too, Java.

I'm going into reality space with him.

♪ Listen to the wind blow ♪

♪ Look inside, what does it show ♪

♪ Time passing so very slow ♪

♪ I see ♪

♪ Dark clouds across the sky ♪

♪ Children asking why ♪

♪ Is there hope above for me ♪

♪ Where is all the love ♪

♪ Lighten my life, let it be ♪

(singing in foreign language)

♪ The dawn of a new day ♪

♪ A child is born who will pray ♪

♪ For hope, peace, and love, what do they say ♪

♪ The spirit of the tribe is yours and mine ♪

♪ The spirit of the tribe is yours and mine ♪