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K969 BASE TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE,

DO YOU READ?

K969 BASE BROADCASTING

ON ALL EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES

TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE,

DO YOU READ?

STILL NOT

GETTING ANYTHING?

COMING UP

ON THREE HOURS OVERDUE,

I TOLD THEM YOU DON'T

SEND AN EXCURSION TEAM

INTO AN UNEXPLORED CAVE

FOR A TWO-DAY

"RADIO-SILENCE" DROP,

WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG

WITH THESE DEPARTMENTAL IDIOTS?

IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION,

THE UNIVERSITY'S

PRESSURING EVERY DEPARTMENT

TO EARN ITS KEEP,

AND THEY'RE GOING TO CASH IN

ON RUPTURE ZONE AND

ACTIVE FAULT STUDIES?

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA

WHAT IT COSTS

TO KEEP

THIS PLACE RUNNING?

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT COSTS...

IT COST ME THREE MEN

STRANDED IN AN ICE CAVE,

K969 BASE

TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE,

DO YOU READ?

GRIMES,

K969 BASE BROADCASTING

ON ALL EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES,

EXCURSION TEAM ONE,

DO YOU READ?

WILKIN? CAN ANYONE READ ME?

BARUCH, COME IN,

YOU KNOW HOW I CHECK

MY BLOOD PRESSURE EVERY DAY?

WELL, THIS MORNING

IT WAS A LITTLE HIGH,

AND THEN

THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS LOW,

I THINK I'LL CHECK IT AGAIN

AND JUST AVERAGE THEM OUT,

YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL,

RIGHT?

THIS STORM'S NOT GOING TO CLEAR

UNTIL TOMORROW,

ROBBY,

WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING,

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

I DON'T KNOW,

LISTEN, ,,

THIS IS K969 BASE,

CAN YOU REPEAT?

ALL GONE, ,,

[ STATIC ]

THIS IS ROBBY

IN AIR ONE,

DO YOU READ,

MOBILE ONE?

COPY,

WE JUST GOT TO

THE CAVE ENTRANCE,

CONFIRMING YOUR

INITIAL ASSESSMENT...

NO SIGN OF

THE EXCURSION TEAM,

ONE SET OF TRACKS

LEAVING THE CAVE,

OKAY, PETE, LISTEN UP,

I DON'T WANT ANYONE

TAKING ANY RISKS,

YOU AND A, J,

ARE ONLY TO GO INTO THAT CAVE

AS FAR AS

YOU FEEL IT'S SAFE TO DO SO,

WE'LL COVER THE CAVE,

YOU'VE GOT THE ICE,

WE'LL TRY THE WEST RIDGE,

WHOEVER IT WAS

THAT LEFT THAT CAVE,

WE'RE GOING TO BE

BRINGING BACK A BODY,

HEY, THERE...

WHAT'S THAT?

AIR ONE

TO MOBILE ONE,

WE'VE GOT A LIVE ONE,

IT'S OKAY, GRIMES,

YOU'RE GOING

TO BE OKAY,

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS?

ALL, ,,

GONE, ,,

THEY FOUND WILKEN AND BARUCH

IN THE DEEPEST PART OF THE CAVE,

GRIMES KILLED THEM?

IT LOOKS LIKE IT,

ALL THE WAY BACK,

HE KEPT RAMBLING ABOUT

HOW HIS FATHER USED TO BEAT HIM,

HE MUST BE IN SHOCK

OR SOMETHING,

GRIMES JUST DIED,

WHAT IN THE HELL

HAPPENED OUT THERE?

[ ♪ ]

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH YOUR TELEVISION,

DO NOT ATTEMPT

TO ADJUST THE PICTURE,

WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING

THE TRANSMISSION,

WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, ,,

AND THE VERTICAL,

WE CAN DELUGE YOU

WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS

OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE

TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,,

AND BEYOND,

WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION

TO ANYTHING

OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE,

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE WILL CONTROL

ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR,

YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE

THE AWE AND MYSTERY

WHICH REACHES

FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND

TO

THE OUTER LIMITS,

PHYSICAL SCARS ARE EVIDENCE

OF A WOUND LONG SINCE HEALED,

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOUNDS

WE CAN'T SEE?

WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND

WHEN THERE IS TRAUMA

TO THE SOUL?

AND THIS IS

THE ILLUSTRIOUS

RECREATION AREA,

COMPLETE WITH

ESKIMO ART,

OUTDATED MAGAZINES,

AND STALE POPCORN SMELL,

AND THAT'S PETE,

HE'S

A GRAD STUDENT,

YOU GUYS REALLY

KNOW HOW TO LIVE,

SO HAVE YOU

TALKED TO ROBBY YET?

NO,

NO, I'M LOOKING

FORWARD TO IT,

HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER

SINCE WE WERE KIDS,

TOO BAD IT'S UNDER

THESE CIRCUMSTANCES,

I WAS SURPRISED

TO SEE YOUR NAME

ON THE LIST OF PEOPLE

THE UNIVERSITY

WAS CONSIDERING,

THANKS FOR THE

RECOMMENDATION,

I'M JUST GLAD

YOU COULD MAKE IT

ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE,

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH

COUPLE OF DAYS,

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ACTING

LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED,

THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON

WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS,

CONSIDERING WINTER SHUTDOWN'S

ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY,

I'M SURPRISED

THE UNIVERSITY BOTHERED

TO SEND A COUNSELOR,

I GUESS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE

EVERYONE'S OKAY,

MAIN LAB,

THIS IS WHERE OUR TEAM

SPENDS MOST OF THEIR TIME

ANALYZING

SEISMOGRAPHIC DATA,

TESTING CORE SAMPLES,

AND SORTING THROUGH

FIELD RESULTS,

OH, LOU,

JACK BURRELL,

THIS IS LOU WOLSKY,

A RESEARCH ASSISTANT,

NICE TO MEET YOU,

DO YOU WANT THIS BOX?

UH, NO, I DON'T,

GOOD, GOOD,

BECAUSE MY STUFF IS IN THIS BOX,

AND IF YOU WANTED IT,

I'D HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING OUT,

AND I DON'T WANT TO,

OKAY, ,,WELL, I DON'T NEED A BOX,

SO WE'RE IN LUCK,

GOOD, PERFECT,

NICE TO MEET YOU,

YEAH,

LOU'S A LITTLE WEIRD,

BUT HE'S GOT

A GOOD HEAD FOR NUMBERS,

THIS IS MARCY, ,,

HI,

A, J,

HI,

THE STATION IS SET UP

WITH TWO SNOWMOBILES

AND A JET RANGER,

THE SNOWMOBILES GET ABOUT

A HUNDRED MILES PER TANK,

AND THE COPTER,

ABOUT 275,

THE CLOSEST TOWN

IS 430,

WE ARE ALL ALONE

UP HERE,

JACK,

ROBBY,

I HEARD THEY WERE SENDING

SOMEONE IN TO STIR UP TROUBLE,

HEAD RESEARCHER

AND FACILITY MANAGER,

NO ONE ELSE

WOULD TAKE THE GIG, HUH?

EXACTLY,

I'VE GOT TO GO OVER

A FEW THINGS WITH RACHEL,

I'LL CATCH UP

WITH YOU LATER, OKAY?

OKAY,

THANKS FOR THE TOUR,

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU RECOMMENDED HIM,

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU HAVE A

PROBLEM WITH THAT,

WHY NOT HIM?

HE'LL JUST HAVE TO LEAVE

WITH EVERYBODY ELSE,

GREAT, THEN

NO HARM DONE,

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS,

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE

OF WINTER SHUTDOWN,

PEOPLE ARE GOING HOME,

NOT COMING UP,

AND IN CASE

YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED,

THIS ISN'T THE BEST TIME

TO SCHEDULE A REUNION

BETWEEN ME AND JACK BURRELL...

LIKE THERE EVER WOULD BE,

OKAY, FINE,

GOT A GAME IN YOU?

YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY

IN THE MOOD,

THAT'S COOL,

THIS HAS BEEN

A ROUGH COUPLE OF DAYS, HUH?

YEAH,

I WAS TALKING

TO SOME OF YOUR COWORKERS,

THEY SAID

YOU TOLD THE UNIVERSITY

YOU THOUGHT

THE EXPEDITION WAS A BAD IDEA,

I DON'T REALLY FEEL

LIKE GETTING INTO IT,

THE INVESTIGATORS BACK IN BARROW

ARE THINKING ISOLATION STRESS,

GRIMES WAS UP HERE

FOR ALMOST A YEAR,

IT'S UNLIKELY

THE EXPEDITION HAD ANYTHING

TO DO WITH HIS BREAKDOWN,

THAT'S WHAT I HEAR,

SO HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH IT?

ARE YOU OKAY?

ME?

I'M FINE,

OKAY,

YOU KNOW WHAT

I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY?

THAT THANKSGIVING

YOU SPENT

AT OUR HOUSE,

WHEN THAT KID TOMMY

WAS VISITING

AND HE KEPT ASKING

WHERE THE DOG WAS,

AND THE DOG HAD DIED,

LIKE, TWO MONTHS BEFORE,

SO TO STOP HIM

FROM BUGGING US,

YOU WALKED HIM

OVER TO THE OVEN,

FLIPPED ON THE LIGHT,

POINTED AT THE TURKEY,

AND SAID, "THAT'S THE DOG,"

THAT'S RIGHT,

HE CRIED

EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAID,

"PASS THE WHITE MEAT,"

AND MATTIE

KEPT CALLING THE DRUMSTICK

A DOG LEG,

I MISS MATT,

I FEEL BAD,

YOU KNOW...

YOU AND I KIND OF DRIFTED APART

AFTER THE ACCIDENT,

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS

HOW YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT,

I'M FINE, OKAY?

I'M FINE,

HEY,

ARE YOU STILL

MAD AT ME?

YEAH,

SO'S THE

ENGAGEMENT'S OFF?

MAYBE,

DID YOU TALK

TO JACK?

YEAH,

ABOUT MATT?

NO, NOT REALLY,

YOU'VE NEVER REALLY

TOLD ME ABOUT THAT,

I ONLY GET

BITS AND PIECES,

THERE'S NOTHING TO TELL, RACH,

YOU'VE HEARD IT,

NO, I HAVEN'T,

MATT AND JACK AND I

WERE PLAYING HOCKEY

ON THE RIVER NEAR OUR HOUSE, ,,

SOMEONE SHOT THE PUCK

AWAY FROM WHERE WE WERE PLAYING,

SO MATT AND I RACED OVER

TO SEE

WHO COULD GET THERE FIRST,

A SECOND LATER,

WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE,

THE NEXT THING I KNEW,

JACK WAS LEANING IN,

I GRABBED ONTO ONE HAND,

MATT GRABBED THE OTHER,

MATT TOLD JACK

TO LET GO OF HIM,

SO JACK

LET GO OF MATT

AND PULLED ME OUT,

MATT GOT SUCKED UNDER THE ICE

AND DIED,

I'M SORRY,

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO,

YOU OKAY?

YEAH,

SURE?

YEAH,

ROBBY, YOU'D BETTER COME QUICK,

LOU'S ACTING REALLY WEIRD,

LOU'S ALWAYS ACTING

REALLY WEIRD, MARCY,

NOT LIKE THIS,

SO WHAT DO YOU SAY,

LOU?

WANT TO COME OUT?

REMEMBER OUR DEAL?

YOU PROMISED

THAT IF NO ONE LAUGHED AT YOU,

YOU'D COME OUT,

NO ONE'S

LAUGHING AT YOU, LOU,

WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE,

EVERYONE'S ALWAYS

LAUGHING AT ME,

STOP MAKING FUN OF ME,

IT'S NOT FUNNY,

I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU,

WHO ARE YOU?

LOU, ,,

WHAT'S GOING ON, LOU?

WHO'S LAUGHING

AT YOU?

EVERYONE,

ALL THE OTHER KIDS,

THEY POKE FUN AT ME,

THEY THINK

I DON'T HEAR THEM,

BUT I DO,

I WANT TO MAKE IT STOP,

I WANT

TO MAKE IT STOP,

OKAY,

LOU, YOU KNOW,

THIS IS ALL ABOUT

GRIMES AND THE OTHERS,

EVERYBODY REACTS TO STRESS

DIFFERENTLY,

WE ALL FEEL

A LITTLE BIT SCARED...

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT STOP,

LOU, LOOK AT ME,

LOU, LOOK AT ME,

PUT THE FLARE GUN

DOWN,

LISTEN TO ME,

YOU AND ME,

WE'LL GO TO SICK BAY,

AND MAUSER'LL

GIVE YOU SOMETHING,

I'M NOT SICK,

OKAY, OKAY,

OKAY, ,,YOU'RE NOT SICK,

THE KIDS ARE LAUGHING AT ME,

NO, NO,

THEY'RE NOT,

LOU, I SENT ALL THE KIDS AWAY,

HOW IS HE?

THEY HAD TO RESTRAIN HIM,

MAUSER GAVE HIM A SEDATIVE,

WHAT THE HELL

WERE YOU TRYING TO DO?

I WAS TRYING TO CALM HIM DOWN,

CALM HIM DOWN?

HE PUT A FLARE GUN

TO HIS HEAD,

HE JUST SUFFERED

A SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL BREAK,

IF I WAS CALLED IN SOONER,

IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED,

OH, RIGHT, I FORGOT...

YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAVES PEOPLE,

MY STOMACH HURTS,

MY STOMACH HURTS, ,,

[ CHILDREN'S VOICES TAUNTING ]

STOP IT,

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT STOP,

I'M GOING

TO MAKE IT STOP,

I'M GOING TO

MAKE IT STOP,

[ STRUGGLING ]

GET OFF!

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

HE SWALLOWED A

BOTTLE OF PILLS,

WE HAVE TO

INDUCE VOMITING,

GET ME A TONGUE DEPRESSOR,

LEAVE ME ALONE,

NO MORE, ,,

TONGUE DEPRESSOR,

OPEN YOUR MOUTH,

NO,

OH, MY GOD,

YOU'RE CANCELING THE FLIGHT

BECAUSE OF THIS?

WE COULD BE STUCK UP HERE

ALL WINTER,

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH SUPPLIES,

WE'LL MAKE AN AIR DROP

IF WE HAVE TO,

WHAT ABOUT LOU?

THE GUY'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION,

I'M SORRY,

WE CAN'T RISK TRANSPORTING

AN UNKNOWN PARASITE

TO A POPULATED AREA,

WE'LL GET THIS

FIGURED OUT,

PLEASE ASSIST DR, MAUSER

ANY WAY YOU CAN,

HE'S TAKING

THE LEAD ON THIS,

AND HE'LL KEEP

YOU INFORMED,

SON OF A BITCH,

HI,

YOU SURE

THAT THING'S DEAD?

MM-HMM,

HOW'S LOU DOING?

LOU IS NOT GOOD,

HOW THE HELL DID THEY

GET INSIDE OF HIM?

I DON'T KNOW, ,,

BUT LOU SNAPPED,

JUST LIKE GRIMES DID,

AND IT MAKES SENSE

THAT THEY WERE

INSIDE GRIMES TOO,

AND GRIMES

WAS IN THAT CAVE,

SO YOU THINK

THAT'S HOW

THEY GOT INTO THE STATION...

BROUGHT THEM BACK WITH GRIMES?

MAKES SENSE,

YEAH,

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME

IS THAT LOU DIDN'T SNAP

LIKE GRIMES,

GRIMES KILLED TWO OTHER MEN,

AND LOU WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF,

THAT'S TRUE,

AND WHAT WAS THE WHOLE THING

ABOUT BEING MADE FUN OF?

I DON'T THINK HE MADE THAT UP,

HE WAS PROBABLY

MADE FUN OF

HIS WHOLE LIFE,

I'LL GO SEE IF THERE ARE

ANY MORE OF THESE THINGS

CRAWLING AROUND,

YOU GOING TO

GET SOME SLEEP?

YEAH, IN A WHILE,

I JUST WANT TO FINISH

RECORDING THIS DATA FOR MAUSER,

GOOD NIGHT,

MARCY?

YOU OKAY?

HEY,

IT'S ALL RIGHT,

I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU,

WHAT'S WRONG?

MARCY?

WHAT IF THEY'RE INSIDE ME?

I WON'T BE ABLE

TO STAND IT,

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO

IF THEY'RE INSIDE ME?

IT'S ALL RIGHT,

MARCY,

JUST LISTEN TO ME,

THIS IS YOUR FEAR TALKING,

DON'T LET IT GET HOLD OF YOU,

JUST TRY

AND LET IT GO,

WE CAN JUST SIT HERE

AND TALK FOR A LITTLE WHILE

IF YOU WANT,

MARCY, WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT'S WRONG?

I CAN... THEY'RE INSIDE ME,

I CAN FEEL THEM CRAWLING AROUND,

I CAN TASTE THEM,

WE'LL GET YOU SOME HELP,

I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THEM,

MARCY, LISTEN TO ME,

EVERYTHING'S...

I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THEM,

I WON'T LET YOU TIE ME DOWN

LIKE YOU DID LOU,

MARCY, PUT

THE KNIFE DOWN,

MARCY, PUT THE KNIFE DOWN,

NO!

MARCY!

GET MAUSER NOW!

NO, NO!

IT LOOKS AS IF THESE THINGS

ARE ACTUALLY BORN PREGNANT,

THEY DON'T APPEAR TO LAY EGGS,

BUT THEY DO APPEAR TO GIVE BIRTH

TO FULLY FORMED OFFSPRING,

THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO I KNOW?

A, J, 'S IN SICK BAY,

WHAT?

DOUBLED OVER WITH STOMACH PAIN,

PETE DOESN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER,

WELL, WE KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT,

FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY,

IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE...

RESTRAINED THEM,

I KNOW,

SHE WASN'T INFESTED,

HOW COULD SHE

NOT HAVE BEEN INFESTED?

THERE WAS

NO EVIDENCE

OF THE WHITE LIQUID

WE SAW WITH LOU

AND NOT ONE MITE,

ARE YOU SURE?

SHE TALKED HERSELF INTO THE IDEA

THAT THESE THINGS

WERE INVADING HER BODY,

IT WAS FEAR TALKING,

SHE WORKED

HERSELF UP

INTO AN INCONSOLABLE STATE,

YOU KNOW,

I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF SOMETHING,

JACK,

WHY IS IT YOU'RE HERE AGAIN?

WHAT?

IF YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BE

MY BEST BUDDY,

YOU'RE OVER THERE

PLAYING BIOLOGY SPECIALIST,

I'M TRYING TO HELP DR, MAUSER

GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE,

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO MARCY?

NOTHING,

THEN WHAT DIDN'T

YOU SAY?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE

A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL,

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE,

SHE WAS SCARED,

AND I WAS TRYING TO HELP HER,

ROBBY...

YOU DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB,

JACK, BECAUSE SHE DIED,

WHAT GOOD ARE YOU

IF YOU JUST LET PEOPLE DIE?

ROBBY, ,,

WHAT GOOD DID YOU DO FOR GRIMES?

SON OF A BITCH,

ROBBY, ,,

WHAT?

LOU JUST DIED,

HE'S A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST,

YOU DIDN'T COME UP HERE

TO COUNSEL ANYBODY,

YOU CAME TO PIN

THE GRIMES INCIDENT ON ME,

WHAT?

YOU CAME ALL THE WAY UP HERE

JUST TO STAB ME IN THE BACK?

YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW

WHAT THEY'RE UP TO?

I'VE WORKED FOR THESE CLOWNS

BEFORE,

IF THE UNIVERSITY

GETS HIT WITH A LAWSUIT,

THEY WANT TO HAVE TAKEN

APPROPRIATE ACTION

TO REMOVE THE PERSON

THEY INTEND TO BLAME...

YOU,

I DIDN'T COME HERE

TO HURT YOU,

I CAME HERE TO PROTECT YOU,

IDIOT,

I DON'T NEED PROTECTING,

AND I DON'T NEED SAVING,

YOU KNOW,

ALL THIS FUSS

ABOUT BEING INFESTED

HAS REALLY BEEN BLOWN

WAY OUT OF PROPORTION,

THEY GET LESS AND LESS PAINFUL

WITH TIME,

OH, GOD,

OH, I KNOW, ,,

BUGS CRAWLING AROUND

INSIDE YOU...

HOW AWFUL,

IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE WONDERFUL,

MY MIND IS

COMPLETELY CLEAR,

FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN MY LIFE,

I FEEL UNBURDENED,

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

TO THE SOURCE,

TO THE CAVE?

IT MUST BE TEEMING WITH THEM,

SEE,

ABSORPTION THROUGH THE STOMACH

IS INEFFICIENT,

I'M GOING TO

GRIND UP THE LITTLE BUGGERS,

SKIM OFF THE JUICE,

AND RUN IT DIRECTLY

INTO MY VEINS,

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD,

YOU CAN'T DO THIS,

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT

KIND OF DISCOVERY THIS IS?

I'VE BEEN STUDYING THEM,

I STARTED A DATABASE,

IT'S MY DATABASE,

I'LL BE FAMOUS,

THEY'RE GOING TO

WRITE BOOKS ABOUT ME,

I WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED ANYMORE,

EVERYONE

WILL THANK ME,

YOU SHOULD

BE THANKING ME,

I'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH YOU,

DON'T YOUFEEL IT?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I PUT ONE IN YOUR FOOD

A WHILE AGO, ROBBY BOY,

WHAT?

I DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS,

NO, BUT YOU WILL,

YOU WILL,

HOW ARE THEY DOING?

GETTING WORSE,

WHAT?

RACH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS,

THE GUY'S OUT OF HIS MIND,

MAYBE NOT, LOOK AT THIS,

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW

ABOUT A POLAR MITE

AND WERE

AFRAID TO ASK,

THEY MUST BE VULNERABLE

TO SOMETHING,

WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE AFFECTED

FASTER THAN OTHERS?

PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS

TO THE SAME DRUG,

PROBABLY NO DIFFERENT

WITH THE MITES,

ARE YOU OKAY?

THAT'S ALL I CAN GET

WITHOUT THROWING UP A LUNG,

THAT SON OF A BITCH

REALLY DID INFEST YOU,

BUT I SHOULD BE

TEEMING WITH THEM BY NOW,

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT

AND THESE DIDN'T JUST

DIE OF NATURAL ATTRITION?

WHAT IF IT'S NOT THAT?

WHAT IF THEY CAN'T

LIVE INSIDE ME?

WHY WOULD YOU BE IMMUNE?

NO ONE ELSE IS,

I DON'T KNOW, ,,

BUT THEY DIDN'T

COME OUT OF LOU DEAD,

I WANT TO KNOW WHY,

ANY LUCK YET?

THEY CAN LIVE IN ICE,

THEY CAN LIVE IN STOMACH ACID,

THEY'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE,

THERE'S THIS THEORY HE HAD

WHY THEY AFFECT SOME PEOPLE

FASTER THAN OTHERS,

READ IT,

THE MITES GIVE OFF A SECRETION

CAUSING PSYCHOLOGICAL IMBALANCE,

THE MORE ANEMIC THE HOST,

THE MORE THE NEST THRIVES,

THE FASTER

THE PSYCHOSIS DEVELOPS,

EXPLAINING THE VARIANCE

IN INFESTATION RATES,

WAIT A SECOND,

DOES HE SAY ANYTHING ELSE

ABOUT ANEMIA?

THE LESS

THE NUMBER OF ERYTHROCYTES,

THE MORE LIKELY

A NEST WILL DEVELOP,

ERYTHROCYTES, ,,

RED BLOOD CELLS,

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

RACHEL,

I'M THE OPPOSITE OF ANEMIC,

WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS

DIAGNOSED WITH POLYCYTHEMIA,

IT'S AN OVERABUNDANCE

OF RED BLOOD CELLS,

THAT'S WHY THEY

CAN'T NEST IN ME,

THAT'S WHAT KILLS THEM,

YEAH,

BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE,

WHAT DO YOU CALL

THE DEAD BUGS IN THE SINK?

IF WE DON'T

DO SOMETHING,

THEY'RE GOING TO DIE,

EVEN IF THAT

WAS THE ANSWER,

HOW DO WE RAISE

THEIR RED BLOOD CELL COUNTS?

BY TRANSFUSION,

I'M TYPE "O"... UNIVERSAL DONOR,

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

LIKE AN IDIOT,

ONE OF THE SNOWMOBILES

IS GONE,

THE TRACKS HEAD OFF

TOWARD THE CAVE,

THE ONLY TRANSFUSION EQUIPMENT

IS IN THE MEDKIT,

AND HE TOOK IT,

AND WHAT ABOUT

THE SUPPLIES IN SICK BAY?

WHAT SUPPLIES?

THEY WERE NEVER REPLENISHED,

WE CAN CATCH UP

WITH HIM

IF WE TAKE

THE CHOPPER,

ARE YOU COMING?

YEAH, JUST

GIVE ME A SEC,

HIS TRACKS

GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CAVE,

WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?

WHAT'S

YOUR PROBLEM?

THAT'S MY PROBLEM,

LEAVE IT

IN THE CHOPPER,

SAID THE MAN

WHO GOT WHACKED

ON THE HEAD,

ARE YOU GOING

TO SHOOT HIM?

YOU KNOW WHAT, JACK?

WE REALLY

DON'T HAVE TIME

FOR THIS CONVERSATION

RIGHT NOW,

YOU, ME AND RACHEL...

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES

LEFT STANDING,

I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES,

YOU KNOW, ROBBY,

I WAS UNCONSCIOUS

ON THE FLOOR THERE

FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS,

THE LAST 20 MINUTES,

MY STOMACH'S DOING BACKFLIPS,

YOU KNOW,

YOU FIRE THAT THING OFF IN HERE,

WE'LL BE UP TO

OUR NECKS IN ICE,

OKAY?

LET'S GO,

SURE WE HAVEN'T

BEEN HERE BEFORE?

IT FEELS LIKE

WE'RE GOING IN CIRCLES,

I DON'T THINK SO,

JACK,

GOD, LOOK AT THIS,

MAUSER!

OH, GOD,

I THINK HIS NECK'S BROKEN,

[ RUSTLING ]

WHAT IS THAT?

JACK,

OPEN THIS

AND TAKE ONE OUT,

TOSS IT

WHEN I TELL YOU,

WHAT IS IT?

AVALANCHE MORTAR,

I'M PLUGGING THE HOLE,

NOW,

RACH, ,,

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT,

THEY'RE INSIDE ME,

I CAN FEEL THEM,

OH, MY GOD,

DID YOU FIND MAUSER?

HE'S DEAD,

BUT WE GOT THE MEDKIT,

I PRINTED UP THE INFORMATION,

YOU'LL HAVE TO TRANSFUSE

TWO AND A HALF UNITS,

YOU'D ONLY HAVE BEEN

ABLE TO SAVE ONE OF US,

NOT THAT IT MATTERS NOW,

ACTUALLY, IT DOES MATTER,

LOOKS LIKE THE SHOE'S

ON THE OTHER FOOT, HUH?

YEAH,

TURNABOUT'S FAIR PLAY,

HUH, JACK?

YOU GET TO BE THE HERO,

JUST FOR

A CHANGE,

IT'S ABOUT TIME,

HERO?

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

YOU KNOW

WHAT IT MEANS...

CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER,

PISSED AT THE WORLD

BECAUSE YOUR

BROTHER DIED,

YOU DO BLAME ME, DON'T YOU?

OH, MAN,

COME ON,

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK

OF YOUR OLD FRIEND JACK,

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW

WHAT I REALLY THINK, JACK?

I HATE YOU,

I'VE HATED YOU

SINCE WE WERE KIDS,

ROBBY,

HE'S INFESTED,

HE DOESN'T MEAN

WHAT HE'S SAYING,

NO, NO, I WANT TO HEAR THIS,

I'VE WAITED A LONG TIME

TO HEAR THIS,

SO JUST GO

RIGHT ON AHEAD,

AND THEN IT'S MY TURN,

YOUR TURN? YOUR TURN?

YOU DON'T GET A TURN,

YOU GET TO

SHUT UP AND LISTEN,

YOU KNOW

WHAT I REMEMBER,

WHAT I HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT?

YOU HANGING ON TO ME AND MATT,

YOU HAD BOTH OF US

IN YOUR HANDS,

YOU COULD'VE HUNG ON,

YOU WEREN'T THE ONE

FREEZING TO DEATH,

BUT YOU PANICKED,

AND YOU LET GO OF MATT,

I BEGGED YOU NOT TO,

BUT YOU LET HIM GO,

AND HE GOT SUCKED UNDER THE ICE

AND HE DIED,

PERIOD,

TOWN HERO,

TOWN FRIGGING HERO,

AFTER ALL, YOU SAVED ME, RIGHT?

DO YOU REMEMBER

THE PICTURE

IN THE NEWSPAPER?

YOU WERE A GODDAMN CELEBRITY,

THE CITY COUNCIL

GAVE YOU AN AWARD,

I WAS SUPPOSED

TO BE GRATEFUL,

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE

INDEBTED TO YOU,

OH, GOD, ,,

YOU WERE NO HERO, JACK,

BUT YOU

WANT TO KNOW

WHAT'S BEEN EATING AT ME

ALL THESE YEARS?

I HATED YOU

BECAUSE I WAS

SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU,

ON THE SURFACE I HAD TO PRETEND

THAT YOU WERE

SOME FUCKING IDOL OF MINE,

I WAS EXPECTED TO

SHOW MY APPRECIATION,

ALL I EVER WANTED

WAS TO NEVER SEE

YOUR FACE AGAIN,

GOD, I HATED YOU,

BUT I BURIED IT,

I BURIED IT, ,,

AND IT WAS THERE TO STAY

UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP,

AND I HATE

THAT I HATE YOU,

WE WERE BEST FRIENDS,

I HAD NIGHTMARES TOO,

I HAD TWO LIVES IN MY HANDS

THAT DAY,

AND I DID NOT PANIC,

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION TO RACHEL

THAT THE CURRENT

WAS PULLING US ALL IN,

AND I HAD TO

MAKE A DECISION

ABOUT WHO LIVED AND WHO DIED,

THAT'S A HELL OF A DECISION

FOR A 10-YEAR-OLD TO MAKE...

FOR ANYONETO MAKE,

I OPENED MY LEFT HAND, ,,

AND MATT DIED,

AND THEY CALLED ME

A HERO,

IT'S MORE THAN

JUST MATT

WHO LOST HIS LIFE THAT DAY,

ALL THREE OF US DID,

WE LOST

THE LIFE WE USED TO HAVE,

DID YOU EVER,

JUST ONCE,

THINK ABOUT

WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME?

I DIDN'T THINK SO,

CAN I JOIN YOU?

OF COURSE,

LOOK, ,,

YOU KNOW

THERE'S ONLY ENOUGH FOR ONE,

AND THAT A DECISION

HAS TO BE MADE,

IT'S YOUR BLOOD,

YOU'RE RIGHT,

ROBBY,

I'M NOT A HERO,

SEE, I ADMIT THAT,

I WANT TO LIVE,

WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE, ,,

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'M GLAD WE GOT TO SAY

WHAT WE GOT TO SAY,

THE SUFFERING WE CONCEAL

AND THE SORROW WE HIDE

MAY ONLY BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD

BY THOSE