Original subtitles

[soft music]

♪ Look into 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 pleading for calm

throughout the evacuation process.

[soft music]

- [Jay] Where's Ram?

- He wouldn't come.

- [Jay] Does anybody want to say a few words?

- Yeah, I'd like to.

- You didn't even know them.

- Lex is right, I didn't know either of these guys.

Well, Siva, a little.

All I know is no one here wanted this.

No one.

We all saw what happened, but it doesn't

make it any better.

There's just no one to blame.

It's a tragedy.

- I am not listening to this.

- Java called Ebony out. - Yeah?

Now she's dead and so is my Siva.

And Ebony isn't.

There's your tragedy, Slade.

That, that, that is still alive.

[computer chimes]

- We have learned that a number of illegal goods,

including alcohol and certain games

have been smuggled into the city by unscrupulous staff.

We will be introducing a new punishment regime.

It will show no mercy to our enemies.

In the meantime, be assured, the people's peace

and the people's law will be maintained.

Can I go now?

- Of course.

Though we will need you back here later today.

- What for?

- To announce the details of the new punishment

regime, of course.

Oh and Amber?

I think a little more practice, don't you?

We don't want people to think you don't believe

in what you're saying.

Jack, I've been testing a few refinements

on the punishment program.

I've got the results on disk.

Would you like to see?

- Sure, yeah.

[soft music]

- Are you sure it's genuine?

- Of course.

And it's yours, Samuel.

All you gotta do is get rid of the merchandise.

- But it's smuggled goods.

- Hmm, a present for lady is it?

Well, I'm sure whoever it is will be mighty pleased

to receive something like this.

- But what if I get caught?

- Who is gonna catch a smart fellow like you?

Well, just have to find someone smarter.

- No, wait.

I'll do it.

- Once you get rid of them, bring me the loot.

All of it.

And you can have the locket.

And maybe, that special someone.

- What's that?

- Nothing.

- Sammy, have you seen Salene this morning?

- No, why?

- I've been testing various pain levels.

It's a hard one to assess accurately.

Everyone seems to have different thresholds.

- [Computer] Level six.

[boy yells]

[machinery whirs]

- Do you object?

- Let's bring it back to level four.

Now, let's try again.

- [Computer] Level four.

[audience laughs]

[machinery whirs]

- Better?

Of course, once we put it in the gaming environment,

and we see them walking through the maze

with the graphics and the music and the announcer,

it'll all look better anyway.

It's just, I don't know, the laughter element we needed.

- Great, Jack, very neat.

Program it in.

We'll announce the system this afternoon.

- Just one thing, Mega.

- Yes, Jack?

- What about Amber?

What if she doesn't understand?

What if she refuses to back it?

- She won't refuse, trust me.

- Where is she?

- May?

- Sammy, will you stop following me?

- May, can I ask you a question?

- What?

- Suppose a guy gave you a present, like a locket?

Would you take them seriously?

- Sammy, what are you doing with these?

- Nothing.

- [May] Then where did you get them?

- Nowhere.

- Sammy, give them to me.

- No, I'm gonna sell them to get the locket for Gel.

- For Gel?

Sammy, you know what they'll do if they find you

with this stuff.

That's illegal.

- So is drinking.

Why didn't you stop Salene?

- What do you mean?

- She thinks no one knows but I've seen her

down by the railway tracks.

May, what about my locket?

May, May!

- You want to hear a story?

Once, there were three little sisters.

- Leave it, Lex.

- If I were you, I'd watch your back.

- You want to call me out too?

- Drop it, Lex, now.

Let it go.

- You are not welcome here, Ebony.

You are not welcome anywhere.

[soft music]

- Looks like we're all in agreement then.

Siva was the best of all three.

- Amber, I want to tell you I was wrong.

- What about?

- About Mega.

I wanted to pretend that somehow we could on his side

and it would be all right.

But it's not, is it?

- No.

- We need Jay.

If he was here, he'd know what to do.

He'd find some way of fighting back.

- I'd forgotten what a tigress you could be.

- But that's just it.

I'm not.

Why hasn't he contacted me for so long?

I mean, do you think something has happened to him

or maybe he's just forgotten?

Maybe he never really loved me and he and I--

- Trudy, he's outside of the safe zone.

How do you expect him to contact you?

- Yeah, I know you're right.

It's just, with him, I feel safe, you know?

Like everything is gonna be all right.

Without him, if anything happened.

- Hey.

I'm sure he's safe and thinking of you.

- Do you promise?

- Scout's honor.

- Some tigress, huh?

What would I do without you?

[soft music]

[rock whizzes]

- Get lost, Gel.

- I just wanted to say I liked her, Siva.

I thought she was really cool.

I'm sorry and if there's anything I can do.

- You don't want to get too close to me.

- Why?

- Because I'm dangerous.

- Lex, that's stupid.

- Is it?

Zandra, Tai-San, now Siva.

I should have been a monk.

- I don't think you'd be any good at that at all.

Can't stop a tree falling on you by thinking.

Can you?

[can clinks]

Anyway, even if it was true, I'd still take the risk.

- What?

- Of getting close.

I mean, I'm here for you, Lex.

If you want me to be.

I have to go.

- Sure.

Gel?

Thanks.

[soft music]

I think.

- Can we talk?

- Sure.

- Mega still thinks that Java is alive.

We need to take advantage of that.

Now.

- You're a cold beggar, aren't you?

- What if we make him think that she's come over to us?

If he thinks that Java is with us as well,

that'll make him jittery.

And if I know Mega, he'll dig in,

build his defenses, protect what he's got.

- Is this you trying to take over, Jay?

- Right now, there's no one out there in the badlands

to take control.

Mega won't go near it.

It's our chance to find out which of the tribes

are prepared to join us.

But we have to do it now,

before he realizes what's happened.

- Tell me, is there anything left between you and Ebony?

- No, nothing, it's all over.

- But you know her, yeah?

You think she's in any kind of state to help us?

- I don't know.

I mean, it's hard to know what she's feeling.

Why?

- Because maybe you're right.

Maybe I got a plan of my own, too.

Hey, Darryl.

- Yes?

- You prepared to go back into the city?

[soft music]

- What are you doing here?

- What does it look like I'm doing?

- Come on Sal.

- No.

Want to buy me another?

- You've had enough.

- If the lady said--

- Beat it, creep.

I mean it.

What are you trying to prove?

Just because--

- I don't want to talk about it.

- You don't have to do this, Sal.

It's just self-destruction.

This is what I do.

- This is an illegal establishment.

You're all under arrest.

[girls scream]

- This way!

- Ellie, you don't know what you're talking about.

- Listen to yourself.

You're so wrapped up in your geeky little world,

you don't know what you're doing.

- What is going on?

- Maybe you can tell us, Amber.

You're the one selling pain and humiliation as justice.

I need some air.

- Okay, could you just open your mouth

and let your belly rumble?

Honestly, what me and Mega are doing is the only way.

If she can't see that then I just don't want to know.

Sorry.

- Wow, I never thought I'd see those two end up like this.

- No.

Trudy, I have to go.

- Oh, of course.

The announcement.

- Yeah.

- Amber, we have to do something.

- What?

Mega has won.

The sooner we accept that, the better.

- I know you don't want to talk but we have to.

We both agreed that we're friends.

You don't have to lie and you don't have to drink.

Why do you do it, Sal?

- It takes it all away.

All the thoughts, feelings, memories.

You don't know what it's like otherwise.

- Maybe I do.

You think there's nothing in my life I'd rather forget?

[boys talking indistinctly]

Stupid, and in the open?

Sammy!

- What is he doing?

- Trying to get himself arrested.

He's in some deal to sell illegal games

so he can get Gel a gold locket or something.

Thinks she'll fall straight into his arms.

- They're never gonna understand us, are they?

Men.

- Oh mind you, a gold locket.

That's settled then, finally?

- Settled.

[soft music]

- Here, you're a mess.

- [Girl] Where is he going?

- [Ruby] To pay his respects, I guess.

- He knew them, didn't he?

- Yeah, he knew them.

One of them, quite well.

Hey, I'll let you off the rest of your chores.

- Really?

- Yeah, if you go now.

Come on, get lost.

- Okay.

- You can use the black market tunnel, it's still open.

I'll tag along for back up and head back to the mall

and see how things are shaping up.

- I'm coming with you.

- Now wait a minute.

- I want to get back to the mall, all right?

I've got no clothes here.

- Jay and Darryl will meet with the other tribes.

See if they're ready to join the alliance.

Only be careful they don't get the idea

of turning you in instead.

Once we're ready, Jay will contact Amber,

explain Darryl's role.

- What about our great leader?

You just gonna stay here, Slade, with the women?

- I need to persuade Ebony to do something for us.

- You gotta be joking, aren't you?

- Lex.

- That witch was not part of the deal.

- Without her, this whole plan falls apart.

So are you in or not?

- Just keep her away from me.

[soft music]

- There was something between you, wasn't there?

- Me and Java, yeah.

There was always something between us.

Always me with my stupid little fantasy

of virtual reality.

That's what got in the way.

When I was leaving, you did your job, eh?

You've gone ahead and left me.

Right when I wanted to live here.

The real world.

It's funny, isn't it, Ruby?

- No, it's not funny at all.

All of this.

Why did Java and Ebony hate each other so much?

- Not sure I can say this.

Because they did so many unforgivable things to each other.

Yeah, they had.

That wouldn't be telling you the whole truth.

It was me, Ruby.

I did this when I brought them back together.

Set them at each other's throats.

I saw them as wildcats and I thought,

"Oh fun, great."

So I started the machine up, you know?

This is how it ended.

Pretty real, isn't it?

If you're looking for someone to blame, Ruby, blame me.

- Sometimes, blaming is too easy.

Were you and she in love?

- We never had the time to find out.

- Ram?

I'm sorry.

- Okay, I'm going.

- Don't do this, Jack, please.

- I'm going to do it, Ellie.

And you want to know why?

Because we have tried every other way.

Mega's right, the only way we're ever gonna create

order on this world is the one we impose by force.

Not by weapons, but by technology.

His and mine.

- That's all you see, isn't it?

Technology.

You've stared so long at your computer screens

that you've gone blind.

- You know what?

I don't need this.

And as a matter of fact, I don't need you.

- What are you saying?

- Ellie, it's over.

All right, finito.

You and me, finished.

Now if you don't mind, I've got work to do.

[soft music]

[cries softly]

- Don't be scared.

- But they look like they're gonna fight.

- He's just negotiating safe passage through the tunnel.

Besides, if there's a fight, we're here to back him up.

- [Gel] You okay, Lex?

- You are expensive.

- I'm sorry.

- It's okay, I bargained them down.

There's a lot of Techno activity on the other side.

Seems Mega's really cracked down since we've gone.

They don't know how much longer they can keep

the tunnel open.

- How long til we go through?

- Within the hour.

They're just checking it's clear.

- Okay, we wait.

- [Sammy] It's all here.

- Nice as well as smart.

Goodbye, Samuel.

- My locket?

- Oh, of course.

Here you go.

Hope the little lady likes it.

- Will there be any more work?

- Work?

Oh sure, yeah.

Anyway, must dash, craft and all.

See you around, Samuel.

[soft music]

[computer chimes]

- [Computer] There now follows an important announcement

by our president.

- Order, safety and security for all.

These are our aims.

Today we announce a new system of justice

designed to put an end once and for all

to all those who seek to undermine them.

It is a new system of justice that will punish

our enemies, however they try to strike at us.

And whoever they are.

[dramatic music]

And because they are your enemies, you will have

the power to choose the extent of their punishment.

This boy has stolen your food.

He is your enemy.

How will you punish him?

Choose a level, register your vote.

[computer beeps]

Then watch as the people's justice is carried out.

[electricity buzzes]

[audience laughs]

And for our worst enemies, the rebels who plot against us,

you can choose the ultimate penalty.

Level 10, termination.

Our enemies are about to feel the weight

of the people's justice.

They will be defeated and destroyed.

Our world and our order will prevail.

[paper crinkles]

Is that it?

- Yes.

- I'd like to go back to the mall.

- You're free to go.

[soft music]

A triumph done well, Jack.

You're more talented than I suspected.

And I think I can trust you, can't I?

- Of course.

- Good because there's something I want to show you.

Something I think you'll find rather impressive.

- [Lex] What you got there, kid?

Illegal goods?

- You're back.

- A little less volume on the obvious, controller.

- Lex, May said you told her Jay was with you.

- Yeah.

- Well, is he all right?

- Yeah, yeah.

Be in touch, soon.

He's gotta do some things first.

- Good to see you, Gel.

You okay?

- No, I'm tired.

I'm hungry, I'm dirty.

I'm gonna take a shower.

Sammy, you can be an angel and make me something to eat.

- Sure.

[knocking at door]

[door clicks]

- I just wanted to know if you're okay.

- I hated them just as much as I loved them.

Always in the way.

Always fighting and always scheming.

But always there.

Til now.

Til now?

- I'm sorry.

[Ebony sobs]

I'm so sorry.

[soft music]

♪ Listen to the wind blow

♪ Look inside what does it show ♪

♪ Time passing so very slow

♪ I see

♪ Don't clouds across the sky

♪ Children asking why

♪ Is there hope of love for me

♪ Where is all the love

♪ The light in my life let it be ♪

♪ The dawn of a new day

♪ The chance for you we'll pray ♪

♪ For hope we send love

♪ What do they say

♪ The spirit of the tribe is yours and mine ♪

♪ The spirit of the tribe is yours and mine ♪

[theme music]