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Mission logs confirm all commands.

Software updates, accurate and complete.

Last uplink, standard memory load package

10 days ago, 13:30 as scheduled.

Copy that.

Transmission interrupt.

We've lost contact with the Elba capsule.

Capsule life support systems,

oxygen, temperature, holding at normal range.

Copy.

All right people, Abraham's depending on us

not to leave him lost out there all alone.

I need an ETA to reconnect ASAP.

Flight control trajectory, is Elba still on course?

DSN has zero navigational.

The capsule's missing.

DSN has picked up a faint carrier signal from Elba.

Elba signal very faint.

Sensor readings detect a large object

falling away from the capsule.

The broadcast feeds are down.

Contact severed.

Elba's suffered hardware failure.

We've lost Abraham.

MAN: NASA Inter-department report 04956.

Test subject: Abraham. Primate.

Returned to Earth, showing increased size, height, weight,

a result off unknown extra-terrestrial bio-substance

ingested by subject and additional creature.

Conflict escalated to Homeland security.

Ape moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico

for further study.

Subject of study group RKO dynamics research division.

Defense contractors designed and constructed a

MechaApe Weapons System give green light to proceed.

Valadrezjkan paramilitary group seized MechaApe

target Chicago with nuclear payload on board.

Abraham released in the city.

Final strategic option to stop the weapon a success.

Action taken: Abraham moved to Watkins Island

for further study.

Subject continues to increase in size.

[roaring]

It's nearly 18 minutes now.

This is his longest tantrum yet.

Last one only lasted six.

I mean, something's got him really worked up out there.

Nothing strange detected?

No, nothing I'm seeing. I mean, what do we got?

Some birds, some feral pigs

in the nearest zone this morning, but that's it.

Abraham's heart rate's still elevated.

We should call this in.

No, no, no. Stand by.

Marina, the more agitated that he gets...

[roaring]

As I was saying.

Look, he's only become more erratic as he's grown.

I'm just concerned that he's going to become a danger

to himself instead of just us.

He's got 10 square miles of terrain

to get it out of his system.

We need to establish more behavioral patterns.

He probably is just going to tire himself out like last time.

But last time, last time he wasn't digging holes

in the ground and showing unprovoked aggression.

He's getting more and more unpredictable

with each of these episodes.

And the passion flower growing on the island

seems to be the only thing that's calming him down now.

Yeah, well, Abe's eating way too much of that lately.

I'm starting to think he's developed a dependency on it.

As much as I hate to do this,

we have to cut the passion flower out of the equation.

Got to know what's triggering him out there.

I mean, look, we can start pruning it.

He's not going to like it.

Yeah, well, we can't get an accurate baseline

if he keeps self-medicating out there.

No, look, you're right. Okay.

And we'll make it easy.

We'll go, you know, zone by zone.

We'll start over here. We can start in zone bravo.

He's eaten pretty much everything around here as it is.

It's not like, you know,

there's going to be much of it to chop down.

Look at that. Batteries are still working.

All right, I'm going to get the trimmers.

Okay.

The MechaApe Mark II is not a weapon of war

or conflict but, instead,

a way to help save lives.

Can you believe this?

After everything that happened with the first MechaApe?

They're still deciding to move forward

with building a second one.

I mean, look, you know how this goes, right?

I mean, they spent hundreds of millions of dollars

on a defense system that went on a rampage.

And now they've got to do something else with it

to justify those kinds of costs.

And now look, they've got this PR miracle.

They've got themselves a first responder tool.

Wow.

Try slinging that nonsense to the people of Chicago.

And that is the purpose of the mechanized ape

and the primary extraction vehicle:

to save lives.

On this day, we honor those who lost

in the great Kanto Quake 100 years ago.

But we also look ahead on this centennial

to heed the lessons learned from this tragedy

and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.

I am proud to introduce the head of his design team,

Riomoto Dynamic Systems,

supervised by Rio Tsukumoto,

the former first lieutenant

of the 305th Tactical Fighter Squadron.

Thank you, Prime Minister.

The MechaApe Mark II will save lives

in the aftermath of the next earthquake.

Survivor's trapped beneath rubble

can be extracted in minutes.

The lift capacity of the MechaApe Mark II

is 10 times greater than that of standard cranes and lifts

and report to a quake site in half the time.

The world watched as a MechaApe went on a rampage

in the U.S. city of Chicago.

However, we can assure the public

that building another MechaApe will not put us at risk.

What we witnessed in Chicago was tragic.

That's why my team and I redeveloped

the operating system.

The previous MechaApe had too many design flaws

to exploit and was equipped with

multiple destructive weapon systems.

The Mark II does not have any

and requires a human pilot to operate.

And with these changes, I feel we are ready

to meet the challenges to come.

Whatever they may be.

[thunder]

Well, I'll just call him back later.

I'd like to take a look at your notes.

I need to start making an outline

if I'm going to make tomorrow's edition.

Yeah, yeah. I have it in here.

Somewhere. Oh, there you go.

Thanks.

Are you happy to be settled back in D.C.?

I'm sure you'll find it just as exciting

as all those war zones you've been to.

Civil war in Somalia isn't exciting.

It's horrific, Sarah.

[computer chimes]

Naomi, everything alright?

Uh...

It's one of my contacts at MDPC, Harbor Patrol.

There's been a Coast Guard incident alert issued, but...

Naomi, what happened?

The Starlight Dream. It's a cruise ship.

My parents are on it.

It's gone missing.

No one... No one has...

Mom, it's me.

I'm worried that your phone is going to voicemail.

You and Dad, are you okay?

Please give me a call back to let me know you're okay.

Please, call me.

Dad, it's Naomi.

Please call me when you get this.

Why are both of your phones off?

I need to know that you and Mom are okay, all right?

They've been on that cruise a few days now.

I mean, I just talked to them the day before yesterday.

Is there anything that I can do?

I'm calling Harbor Patrol.

Get on the phone with Starlight Cruises,

they have a direct line for emergencies.

Hello, can I please speak with Officer Davis?

This is Naomi Harper.

Yes, I'll hold.

Oh, she is?

Okay, well, if you could, please let her know that I called.

Yes, I'll call back in a few minutes.

The Starlight main number is busy, but I'll keep trying.

The switchboard is probably getting overloaded.

The ship is assumed lost with no survivors.

The President expects the Navy

to take point on recovery efforts.

I've been advised that Starlight Cruises

is running analysis on the last communications from the ship.

I'm approaching the White House now.

Hello, everyone.

The President has ordered P8 Poseidon Naval Patrols

to establish a wide search perimeter for any wreckage.

At this juncture international, maritime,

and law enforcement agencies,

along with merchant vessels, are all involved in the search.

I want full coordination with those entities.

All briefings and updates on your progress

go through this office.

Folks, we don't know what this is.

If it is terrorism, we'll figure it out quickly,

or else more American lives could be lost.

Now, I just came from my niece's birthday party.

What kind of world are we leaving that generation?

Stop the bad guys.

Let's end the suffering for everyone.

Am I clear?

If we don't find this ship,

we'll have an activation of

the International Charter of Space and Major Disasters.

That's all for the moment.

Let's get to work.

[crying]

Naomi?

I...

Are you okay?

I'm sorry, I didn't mean to interrupt.

What do you want?

Oh, sorry.

I...

What is it, Sarah?

I got some data on the ship.

They were all up to date on all maintenance inspections.

No VSP violations.

I mean, the ship didn't hit bad weather,

but it's 162,000 tons,

so it's built to withstand all weather conditions.

The ship's disappearance is breaking news now.

It's all over the news.

Okay.

I'll meet you back up in the office.

I'll be there in a minute.

Okay.

MFLS, Negative Object Detection.

Adjusting Sonar Marine Records data sets.

How do you lose track of a ship that size

with that many lives on it?

Yes, I realize there was a storm.

That still doesn't explain how all communications

were cut off from the ship.

Yeah, well, the last known communication was at...

24 degrees and 52 minutes north,

so it could just be severely bad cell service.

That's way out in the Pacific.

But even if cell service was weak,

the ship's satellite comms would still be functional.

There is something in that vicinity, a small landmass.

Watkins Island.

Watkins?

-Damn it, that's the... -Yeah, that giant ape.

You think he had something to do with this?

We're gonna find out.

[announcer speaking on radio]

[beeping]

[tree falling]

Marina, Marina, come in.

Is everything all right, Hank?

You gotta see this.

It's Abraham.

I'm in Zone Alpha.

[growling]

Hank, what happened to him? What is that all over him?

I don't know.

The way he's got it draped over his chest and shoulders,

it kind of looks like padding or protection, doesn't it?

What?

How would he even know to do something like that?

He's been in two fights now.

I mean, he knows where he's most vulnerable.

Innate survival instinct.

[beeping]

Then who's he fighting now?

Because both his heart rate

and his respiratory rate just shot up.

Hank, do you read me? Come in!

[growling]

I'm here, Marina.

Get out of there now!

[roaring]

Come in, Hank!

What are you looking for up there?

[buzzer sounds]

Naomi Harper, Washington Globe.

Just want to get my facts straight

on port security at the Starlight Dream,

and your agency is listed on record.

I'm not here to blame, but a no comment will make it difficult.

One minute of your time, that's all I need.

Give grieving families a chance at closure.

[buzzer sounds]

Ms. Harper, Susan Bannon.

I'd like to speak to someone in charge of daily operations

for ship security at the terminal.

You can speak with me.

And what is your role?

In-house public relations and communications manager.

Ms. Bannon, I'm not here to play nice

with the company spin doctor.

I am trying to find out what happened on that ship.

Okay. And I can appreciate that.

But I'm sure you can understand,

our office has been inundated all day with these questions.

Is this the part where you tell me all the prepared answers

cleared by your legal team?

Because we can skip that part.

Look, I'm happy to answer any questions you have.

Our security personnel,

they undergo extensive background checks.

They have trainings that far exceed

any government or industry standards.

Tell me about the check-in process for the ship.

Is it similar to the airlines?

Boarding passes are required.

Government-issued IDs are required.

Anything that's prohibited, we confiscate it.

Firearms, knives, explosives.

And the process for security boarding.

Every passenger is subject to metal detectors

and all the luggage is x-rayed.

We use handheld magnetometers.

Not walkthroughs?

That is at the discretion of the client.

And Starlight, they choose to do handheld.

So they chose handhelds instead?

Starlight cruises won't have armed security on their ships.

They believe the look of it will tarnish their image

in the eyes of some of their passengers.

So that's part of the reason

that they chose to have handheld.

So then what happens if there's a threat on board?

I can't comment on the cruise line safety policies.

All I can offer is what we've been hired to provide.

But you're telling me that if something

were to happen on the Starlight Dream,

that the security personnel would be forced

to rely on non-lethal measures.

Yes.

So that morning at the port,

were there any incidents reported?

Weapons confiscated. Anyone detained?

Well, I'm not able to disclose any of those details,

but I can tell you it was pretty much an ordinary day.

And what is an otherwise ordinary day at that terminal?

It could be that someone accidentally

had pepper spray in their purse.

It could be that a tourist has a decorative knife

that they bought at a gift shop they accidentally brought on.

Then what happens?

It's confiscated at checking,

or it's handed over to security personnel for safekeeping

until the ship reaches the final destination.

Safekeeping.

Well, the ship didn't make it.

Look, Miss Bannon, what I am getting at here

is whether or not this was a terrorist attack,

is it possible that someone got on the Starlight

that wasn't supposed to be there?

Could they have planted a bomb

or caused harm because they knew the protocols in place?

Look, it is too early for us to know any of those details yet.

How thorough are these checkpoints?

You're saying it was just an ordinary day,

that someone could have left pepper spray in their purse,

but you could have missed something.

We don't know yet what happened to the ship,

but jumping to any major conclusions

is just going to confuse things even more.

Is there something you're not telling me?

There is still a lot that we don't know.

Our team is in constant contact with the cruise line,

and just like you, we too are waiting for more details.

Starlight Cruises plans to address the media

within the hour.

We're hoping by then we're going to know more

about what happened and how to proceed.

That's not good enough.

I'm sorry, but I've told you everything I know.

If you have any further questions,

feel free to address it to Starlight Cruises.

But until then, that is all I can offer you right now.

Sure.

Something's not right here.

Someone got past those mags,

and I will find out.

You can bet on that.

When Abraham went charging to the water, right,

it was as though he saw something

and he really wanted to get at it bad.

So what was out there?

I mean, did you see anything along the shore,

like a pod of whales?

Anything overhead above the water?

No. No.

Honestly, all I can tell you is that he was super pissed.

And then he went straight back to his holes,

started digging all over again.

So he put on all that padding, grabs a tree limb,

and then he just went back to digging holes?

Yeah, and he never took any of that stuff off,

but he definitely was not after you.

I'm gonna have to take your word for that,

because when I saw him coming at me,

I just hit the dirt,

jumped out of the way.

Wasn't very scientific, but...

What can I say? It was terrifying.

This behavior he's displaying,

it could be a traumatic stress response.

And I'm worried, what is all this anxiety

doing to his mental and physical well-being?

Maybe we could talk about putting him on psychotrophics.

Oof...

Maybe like haloperidol, diazepam.

We would have to talk to Langley about that.

I mean, you and I can't make those kinds of decisions.

I really don't want to do that to Abe, but you might be right.

That might be the best thing for him right now.

If he keeps exhibiting this kind of aggressive behavior,

might not have any kind of a choice.

Just we've got to figure out what it is

that's triggering him.

[roaring]

Abraham!

Did you see him out there?

No, but it sounded really close.

I have never heard him vocalize like that before.

I can't find him in any of the zones.

There he is.

He's right here in Zone Bravo.

What's he doing up by the cliffs?

I don't know, but he's not digging anymore.

He's showing severe elevated signs of aggression

out towards the water.

And it's not a pod of whales.

I think...

[growling]

We need to go now!

What? Don't go out there!

[roaring]

Abraham!

Marina...

Run, run, run, run!

Take cover over there?

Don't look back! Don't look back!

What is that thing?

Go, go, go, go!

It's coming! It's coming this way!

[stomping]

Abraham!

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.

He's alive.

-What? -He's alive.

His pulse is low, but it's steady.

Okay.

Put me through to Andrew Drake.

This is Hank Singer at NASA Watkins.

Hank, what happened?

The island was attacked.

You need to listen to me.

Abraham needs immediate medical attention.

That "it," it just, it just attacked him.

Watkins station is gone. It's gone.

What happened?

Andrew, scramble the medevac transport for Abraham.

We need fire protection to send immediate ATG to Watkins.

It was taller than Abraham,

it had these massive tentacles.

I'm sending you surveillance records

right now, from the island,

so you can see what it looked like.

It came out of the water!

And it just destroyed everything in its path.

-Send help now. -Is he sending help or not?

Send the medevac, Andrew.

Right away, I'll have him air lifted out of there.

Medevac's on its way.

Did you tell him it was an emergency?

-Yes. -Abe's hurt really bad.

He's fighting, he's fighting, his pulse remains steady.

Hank, what is that?

[chittering]

Port Security Solutions,

the firm that handles boarding for Starlight cruises.

Every passenger would have been subject

to search by magnetometers.

Some small like restricted items confiscated,

pepper spray, decorative knives,

but nothing out of the ordinary.

Oh, also, I found out the ship doesn't allow armed security.

The Starlight policy states non-lethal measures only

for onboard personnel.

Okay, well, that is interesting to know

because check this out.

The AIS data, it shows the ship's speed decreased

at least 15 to 20 minutes before it disappeared.

Well, that's because of the storm, wouldn't that explain it?

The AIS shows there were drastic shifts

in speed, course, direction,

all leading up to the ship's last known transmission.

Look, their trajectory suggests

that they turned into the storm on purpose.

Suggesting maybe that it was hijacked?

Someone forcing them to go off course?

But if that were the case, who was it?

Hmm.

You got the manifest.

Where did you get it?

From one of the ports along the Trans-Pacific Group.

I had to get creative,

find the one with the weakest firewall network and...

You hacked it?

Well, you left it to me and I wanted to make sure

it didn't get traced back to you.

I'll cross check these names and see if there's any leads.

Well done, Sarah.

[honking]

I searched the papers archives to cross reference

the names and the manifest.

Not much came up through D.C., Virginia and Maryland Metro.

Then I found this.

Daniel Riggs was a passenger on the Starlight Dream.

Okay, who's he?

Dan Riggs was the Mission Control Director

for the Elba Project.

The Elba Project was the top secret space program

between the United States and Soviet Union.

They launched a space capsule with the primate inside

that literally grew up into a 90 foot monster.

Most of the mission had left, retired or passed on.

But Andrew Drake, he's the Director

of the Office of Safety and Mission Assurance at NASA.

-He'll talk to me. -He will?

We've met on a number of occasions.

He was the only one at NASA who would talk to me

after the Chicago incident.

Madame Secretary.

Director Drake. What is it?

I just received these surveillance records

from our research facility at Watkins Island.

When was this footage taken?

This occurred within the past hour.

The past hour?

Well, does anybody know what this is?

Has anybody been tracking this thing?

Yeah, this is Eve.

Yeah, I need to brief the President.

Yeah, it's undetermined whether it's related

to the Starlight situation.

Okay, I'll be up in five minutes.

I'm heading to the Oval.

He might be taken to a separate location,

but he might intend to come here instead.

Who else has seen this footage?

No one yet. I've received it.

I immediately placed it on encrypted servers,

which the President can access

through his normal security channels.

Our research personnel at Watkins Island

witnessed this firsthand.

Watkins Island?

Where we study Abraham the Ape in private.

Oh.

Well, that creature came out of the ocean,

attacked Abraham, badly injured him.

I've authorized a move to our Biomed facility

in San Diego for the ape.

So now we have a gigantic ape on the mainland?

Badly injured.

I'm awaiting a medical update on his medical status.

Injured, wounded or dead, is irrelevant.

It means that the gigantic Ape is in a major American city.

This is NASA Medevac B574.

We have Abe and are on approach to NASA biomedical facility.

Commencing examination.

Patient has sustained blunt force trauma,

first and second degree burns, torn lacerations

approximately two and a half feet in depth

along the upper extremities and chest area.

These appeared to have been made by claws or nails,

presumably in the course of the fight

with the assailant creature.

Patient has a foreign viscous substance in his fur,

green in color, slick texture.

Sample tube?

Pulling five CCs of substance for further testing.

-Forceps? -Here you go.

Surgical pouch.

Abe's in critical condition, and I found this in his fur.

It looks exactly like the substance we saw

dripping from the tree back at the station.

I want to run some tests on it,

but let's tell Drake what we found.

Yes, connect me with director Andrew Drake, please.

Hank?

I'm here with Eve Lemuria,

the president's national security advisor.

Marina has been working on Abraham

and she's found something.

I'm going to let her tell you about it.

I'm texting you a photo now.

I pulled trace amounts of this from Abe's fur.

Wait...

You found this in Abe's fur?

Yes, and near the station after it was destroyed.

On Abe it was around his wounds and on his chest and neck,

so I'm going to run some tests on it.

Don't, don't, don't touch it.

The capsule was covered in it.

It is definitely not of terrestrial origin.

[screaming]

This is the same substance found on the exterior

of the Elba capsule when it landed back on Earth.

The substance that accelerated Abraham's extreme growth cycle.

That's the alien DNA that made Abe bigger?

That's what happened to the millipede.

How do you know?

I was the comms officer on the Elba program.

The capsule's missing.

We lost contact with the Elba capsule for about 90 seconds

and then when it reappeared,

we detected that something had attached itself

and then fallen away from the craft.

Sensor readings detect a large object

falling away from the capsule?

Now whatever it was,

the impact had destroyed all the communications antennas.

All contact was severed. Abe was gone.

Eventually the program shut down.

When Abe returned to Earth with the Elba capsule,

he was still alive, miraculously.

I authorized the remains of the capsule

to be transferred to JPL

where we studied and tagged all the samples.

Sample 7.

And that alone was enough to initiate

a rapid growth acceleration for the onset of gigantism?

Yeah, our studies showed the substance

posed such a significant threat to the general public

after what it did to Abraham,

we have it under high priority biohazard storage.

It's tagged for destruction.

And the thing that fell from the capsule when you lost contact?

Well, as far as we could tell then, it burned up on re-entry.

But if you found more of Sample 7

in Abe's fur after the attack...

Then whatever fell from the craft was a life form

and it survived.

Landed in the Pacific.

It's been sleeping dormant at the bottom of the ocean

for close to two decades.

All personnel, report to basement sub-levels at once.

All personnel, be advised...

[roars]

If that substance is responsible

for Abe's transformation,

then it must share the same DNA as that creature.

The alien DNA is its bond.

It must know that Abe's here.

Why else would it target the specific region

of the coast of all places?

So what do we do?

We can't move Abe.

If we disconnect him from his ventilators,

from his hemodialysis, that'll kill him.

We just have to protect Abe.

We resume surgery until we can safely remove him

from the equipment and then we can transport him.

Okay.

Come in, control.

I'm picking up a massive object.

It appears to be approaching the West coast.

This thing is huge.

I've never seen anything like it.

How should we proceed?

Awaiting orders.

We can mobilize air and sea defense

out of naval base Point Loma and Navbase Coronado.

The response will be quick and decisive.

So if POTUS grants immediate military authorization,

our forces can intercept the creature

before it hits landfall?

A combat alert can be issued to put those forces

in position and on standby.

Incoming unidentified creature, man battle stations.

Red alert.

Deploy all forces to intercept.

Ma'am, Miss Lemuria.

We can't proceed with military response.

Standby to get Abraham emergency off-site transport.

Soon as I finish the procedure

and have him fully stabilized, we can move him.

The Pentagon has been in contact with POTUS.

He's granted military authorization.

Naval battalions are prepared to engage.

That creature cannot be fired upon.

Under no circumstances can conventional weapons

be used against that thing.

Nothing that will cause it to bleed

or any other sort of tissue damage.

And why not?

Abraham.

He turned from a normal-sized primate

into this 90-foot-tall giant that we know now.

The substance that changed him is what that creature bleeds

when it's injured.

If that substance comes into contact

with any other sort of living tissue,

that animal, vegetable, lizard, insect,

it's going to suffer the same accelerated growth cycle.

And what do you suggest?

We already know what happened here in DC and Chicago.

If the military can't fire on this thing,

you better come up with another option.

Mr. Prime Minister.

Oh, yes?

We must dispatch the Mark II to the United States.

MechaApe Mark II is not an armed weapon.

It has been designed only for disaster response and recovery.

We need to provide help when we can.

If that creature isn't killed, it'll come to our shores next.

When we fail to act, it puts us all in harm's way.

The MOU between the Pentagon

and the Ministry of Defense explicitly restrict Mark II

on American soil.

There are strict mandates in place.

We can have the Mark II on U.S. soil in a matter

of hours with its thruster capabilities.

Understand we would be risking an international incident.

The Pentagon forbids a second MechaApe on the street

of another U.S. city.

But perhaps I could sway

National Security Advisor Lumeria,

convince the Pentagon to grant an exemption.

Until that time, authorization is denied.

[beeping]

[powering up]

DVI, Activate.

Activated.

Navigation, activate.

Navigation activated.

FMS. Activate.

FMS now active.

Primary stage ignition thrust.

Ignition thrust initiated.

Lieutenant, bring Mark II back at once.

Authorizations denied and you left me no choice

but to alert the Pentagon

and NASA's safety and admission assurance

of this reckless action of yours.

Prime Minister, when you do,

please tell them I'm on the way to assist.

If we don't, we are complicit in the aftermath.

I will return. Over.

[disconnect tone]

Listen, Rio!

-Director Drake. -I'm headed back to Langley.

You don't need me here anymore.

No, you're not.

I've just learned that Japan's MechaApe

has been commandeered by a pilot

and is on its way to Southern California.

And the memo of understanding is explicit

about another MechaApe on U.S. soil.

Yeah, the agreement expressly forbids it.

That's the only way DOD and NASA would agree to this

joint venture with Japan's self-defense forces in JAXA.

Yeah, stick around.

I might have some questions for you.

[phone rings]

Prime Minister.

Ah, Miss Lemuria.

Prime Minister, another MechaApe on American soil

is absolutely unacceptable

and expressly forbidden as per the memo of understanding.

That action was not authorized by me or my office.

Miss Tsukumoto acted alone on her own authority.

I don't care why or how it happened.

This is a breach of the MOU

with consequences of legal and financial.

[phone rings]

This is Director Drake. Rio, is that you?

Director Drake, it is good to speak with you again.

Just unfortunate it's due to the current crisis.

I believe the Mark II can be of assistance in this emergency.

Rio, the Pentagon has restricted MechaApe

from entering U.S. airspace, period.

They'll consider this an act of unprovoked aggression.

I couldn't stand by any longer doing nothing.

That creature will wipe out all life on this planet.

Do you know what it is?

It's called Khlul'hoo, a being the ancient civilizations

believed to be a world destroyer

among their oldest and most studied mythologies.

Benefits of having parents who taught anthropology

and engineering in Osaka.

That creature will bleed a toxic substance if wounded.

Do not engage.

Wait.

The Mark II is equipped with a triple ion thrust

acceleration system, right?

Yes, sir.

If you can grip the creature and I mean physically grab it,

thrust into the space and release it

past the planet's atmosphere...

The Mark II has a computerized hydraulic Metacarpus system.

Both hands possess a grip strength of 1,715 kilograms.

That should do the trick.

Admiral...

We are reaching critical decision point

for mission success.

The longer we wait,

the more variables we face as it makes landfall.

We have got to do something.

Admiral, Miss Lemuria.

I'm about to make a very important request.

The MechaApe.

He can grip the creature,

ascend at extreme speed, and send it beyond our atmosphere.

We wouldn't have to fire a single shot.

Who are you talking to?

It's Rio Tsukumoto. She's piloting the MechaApe.

She is not authorized to be in our airspace.

We didn't ask her for assistance.

If it sits foot on U.S. soil,

she is facing criminal prosecution.

We can't risk a military engagement

if there's a danger that things blood being spilled.

I know it's a breach of the MOU,

but we can use all the help we can get.

Let me talk to her.

This is National Security Advisor Eve Lemuria.

You are denied authorization.

Did you get that?

I strongly advise you to leave American airspace at once.

Miss Lemuria, the plan that Director Drake has can work,

and we can destroy the creature.

This is your final warning.

If you fail to leave American airspace, you will be targeted.

That creature is about to make landfall in San Diego.

You'd rather she retreat and

let that thing kill millions of innocent civilians?

[siren blaring]

[people screaming]

Yes, Mr. President, I understand.

POTUS has given us authorization for MechaApe to proceed.

Despite a clear violation of international agreement,

why would he authorize that?

To warrant our purpose.

Manual control support system activate.

Warning system activated.

Digital voice input activate.

DVI activated.

[grunts]

Thrusters activate.

Thrusters activated.

All units, the creature is in the air.

Stay in pursuit.

REPORTER: Reports are coming in of mass hysteria

in downtown San Diego.

We have to get out there on the scene.

I'll drive.

I'm on ascent now.

The Metacarpus grip is locked.

-[alarm sounds] -Warning, warning...

The creature is fighting.

Thrust acceleration can't reach full burn

because of the extra weight.

Keep going, you should reach velocity parameter

-to take you past that... -[alarm blares]

Oh no!

I have no control over the Metacarpus grip.

It's losing strength.

The arms are slowly releasing.

Manual support system activate.

Activated.

If you lose grip, you release the creature.

So send it somewhere where it isn't likely to survive.

Away from the water.

The desert. You're not far from Nevada or Arizona.

Metacarpus grip should be locked in on DVI mode.

You'll need to repair the DVI coupling.

Warning, DVI not responding.

The Hydraulic Metacarpus grip command relay is fried!

It's not responding to the DVI.

I'm working on manual control, but it's not responding.

I'm losing the creature!

Dr. Drake, it was no good.

I lost manual control of the upper extremities during battle.

I have no use of its hands or arms.

DRAKE: You're retreating? Hello?

You lost use of the hands, arms?

I've already sustained serious damage

to the shell and hydraulics.

The comms are barely functional. Took some hard shots.

I need to find a place to do some temporary repairs

to the damage.

DRAKE: Damage? Did you say the MechaApe is damaged?

Yes, I need to make some repairs.

The closest option might be Edwards Air Force Base.

Can you get there?

I'm down to two thrusters,

but it should be enough to get me there.

Okay, I'll let them know you're coming.

Can we get eyes on the creature?

Have we located where it dropped?

Get me satellites, surveillance, camera footage,

a visual to confirm.

[gasping]

Did they kill it?

This is rescue one. I've never seen anything like this.

Andrew, what's the status of that creature?

The fall must have killed it, right?

Marina's working with the surgical team,

and they're going to get Abraham back on his feet in no time.

We don't have confirmation yet,

but NASA globesat imaging has found its location,

and it's not moving.

Yes!

All right, yeah, no, it had to be the fall

had to have done it in.

The MechaApe was 10,000 feet in the air

when it lost its grip on that thing.

They're tapping us into the live link.

Put it up on the screen.

MechaApe bought us some time,

but that creature is still alive!

Abraham's out of surgery.

We've taken him off most of the equipment.

I'll start prepping his remote IVs for transport.

He needs more recovery time.

I'm afraid we're just moving him way too soon after surgery.

He needs rest and meds, not more stress.

Look, we're out of options.

If he stays here, we're putting everyone at this campus at risk.

I know, but we have to take into consideration

the risk to Abraham, too.

The iridium in his bloodstream,

it could be fatal if his body's not healing fast enough.

Hey, what about the Sample 7, right?

I mean, that accelerated his growth

and his healing processes.

But if he ingests any more of that, it could be toxic for him.

Yes, it might heal him faster.

It might be just too much for him to tolerate right now.

Let's just prep him for transport.

Okay, but where do we take him?

I mean, we put him on the medevac,

but there aren't a lot of alternative accommodations

for a 90-foot ape.

He's too big for his old containment unit at Langley

and Watkins is out of the question now.

So where do we land?

We don't.

We keep him in the air.

The medevac has his full medical suite already set up for him.

We just keep him airborne until we've found a secure location.

Have Drake fuel up the medevac,

but let him know Abe's condition.

It's crucial to his well-being.

[phone ringing]

DRAKE: Hank, everything okay down there?

We're moving Abraham out of the Biomed facility.

I need that medevac prepped and ready to go now.

DRAKE: Where are you planning on taking him?

There aren't any other facilities

that can accommodate him.

It's not safe for him or anyone else here

so long as that creature can get to him.

And Andrew, we have other concerns.

The surgical team, they did tests

on that metallic material they found.

Blood sample analysis is coming through

and it looks like there was iridium in Abraham's wounds

and there were slight traces in his bloodstream.

DRAKE: Iridium? No, that can't be.

That's an extremely rare metal,

as low as 0.001 parts per million in the earth.

Watkins Island isn't categorized

as a rare earth metal deposit.

I'm telling you, Marina found some of it in his claw wounds.

We need that medevac prepped and ready to go now.

DRAKE: It'll be ready ASAP.

How do you know he's here?

Call it a journalistic hunch.

Andrew Drake is the director of

the Office of Safety Admission Assurance.

He was on the Elba mission,

which turned that ape into Mighty Joe Kong.

And the OSMA, a division that was responsible

for the creation of Japan's MechaApe,

which just landed in San Diego,

breaking a long list of federal regulations

to fight that creature.

He's not in Langley, Sarah. He's in D.C.

I'll bet my career on it.

This is Director Drake.

Director Drake, Naomi Harper, Washington Globe.

I have a few questions for you about

your former colleague, Daniel Riggs.

4,000 people from the Starlight Dream are dead,

including Dan Riggs, who was one of the passengers.

When was the last time you spoke with

your former Mission Control director?

Naomi, I can't talk right now.

That massive creature climbed out of the ocean

only a day after the Starlight ship was destroyed,

including Dan Riggs, who was one of the passengers.

Look, I only have a couple of questions,

and we can speak off the record.

Are you here in D.C.?

I think we're really on to something with this idea

of using the Sample 7 to help ape heal faster.

It's too risky, Hank.

Look, hear me out, okay?

The published journals that were done on Abe

after he survived Chicago were widespread, right?

Okay, so, his healing processes and

his growth acceleration were tied together.

There was a ratio of 38 to 1.

I know, and that's what I'm worried about.

How much more can his body take?

We did a series of neurological studies

on Abe when he was still at Langley, okay?

And his neuro scores were through the roof,

even though he had grown, and the size differentials,

everything, it should have been a downward trend.

He's already outgrown two NASA facilities.

There's only one medevac that can even accommodate him.

If he gets any bigger, than what?

So even if it helps him heal faster?

Well, that remains to be seen.

But for now, we have other methods

that will keep him safe and healthy.

Fair enough.

I don't have a lot of time. I'm sorry.

Did you know you was on that ship, the Starlight Dream?

Used to think Dan Riggs was a cranky little drunk

who was angry he got pushed out of NASA,

So he found purpose chasing conspiracy theories.

He joined this so-called think tank,

the Varda group.

Who were they?

Well, he was very guarded about it,

very secretive, but at the same time,

he kept trying to convince me to join.

Said they were going to need the best and brightest minds,

physicists, engineers.

Need them for what?

To rebuild it all from the ashes.

A new world.

The great sacrifice he kept calling it.

So they were going to awaken the Old One

to bring about the end of mankind's suffering.

The Old One?

To end what?

Right? I had the same response.

But the less I bought into it,

the more he tried to convince me.

To join the Varda group?

Naomi, I'm sorry. I really have to get to Edwards.

Andrew, I need to know.

I just have a couple more questions.

Naomi...

The Varda group, who are they?

One night Riggs is loaded,

and he starts telling me about this ancient god

that they worshiped through human sacrifice.

Believed it would bring about an apocalyptic age.

It didn't make any sense.

That's when we suspected that he was stealing

volatile government property from NASA.

What did he steal?

I told him I thought it was time for him

to finally get some help. He threatened me.

Said I needed to join Varda or face the wrath of Khlul'hoo.

Khlul'hoo? The ancient god they worshiped?

Yeah, I thought he finally lost it.

Then he said he was going to go on this cruise.

Starlight Dream?

The ship went missing.

And this creature emerged from the deep.

You knew this?

And you didn't think to stop him or warn someone?

Naomi, wait.

Form of human sacrifice

to bring that creature to life.

Oh my God.

That thing killed my parents.

Naomi...

How do we kill it?

That's why I'm in a hurry.

Come on.

[phone rings]

-Prime Minister. -Miss Lemuria.

I understand that MechaApe has been sent to

Edwards Air Force Base to conduct repairs.

That is correct.

The attempt at flying the creature

above the Earth's atmosphere was a failure.

MechaApe sustained serious damage from what I understand.

Surely you're aware of the problems this causes.

The MechaApe contains classified technology.

I expect the White House would express the same concern

were the situation reversed.

[beeping]

Go ahead.

DRAKE: Rio, the creature has been gravely injured.

When the metacarpus grip dropped,

Khlul'hoo plummeted to the ground

and it's badly wounded.

I'll speed up these repairs, get out of here,

and we can take a second attempt at taking the creature

beyond the atmosphere.

DRAKE: Okay, let us know when you're ready.

It's injured, but it's not dead.

What we're dealing with here is an extraordinary being.

Iridium. You know what that is?

It's a rare metal. What about it?

Well, we found it in the claw wounds

in Abraham's bloodstream

from his first battle with Khlul'hoo.

The creature attacked him on Watkins island.

The medical team found iridium in its bloodstream.

A rare similar structure, that very same metal,

was found after Earth's fifth great extinction event.

Extinction event?

The dinosaurs?

It wasn't Chicxulub asteroid.

The Alvarez paper made that assertion

because the amount of iridium found

in the Earth's crust after the impact.

But Dan Riggs believed it was something else

that killed off the dinosaur 60 million years ago.

He believed it was the arrival of the first Great Old One.

Dan Riggs believed that the Chicxulub asteroid

was actually a chrysalis.

A chrysalis, like a butterfly?

Yeah, containing an entity powerful to bring about

Earth's fifth great extinction event.

He even wrote a paper about the last Great Old One

that had gone through a transformation stage.

But if you believe that,

why would he need those vials of Sample 7?

The what?

Sample 7, the substance that made Abraham larger.

As far as we know, Khlul'hoo hasn't entered

any sort of chrysalis stage.

But if it does, what then?

The ape may want a second chance at it.

I don't know if Abraham would survive that.

Not by himself.

Come on.

But all we're hearing is that the creature is dying.

Abraham is still recovering from his injuries.

I don't want to put him in harm's way again.

And the MechaApe fought it off already once before.

Once Rio finishes her repairs, she'll take the MechaApe

to locate Khlul'hoo and send it back out in space.

Took some heavy damage,

but I was able to do some repairs here at Edwards.

Director Drake, when this is over,

I'm facing serious charges of treason in my country

and federal prosecution here in the U.S.

I'll be ready to fight,

but if I'm to be taken into custody after...

Listen, I will do everything in my power

to protect you as best I can, Rio.

You have my word on it.

Once I have the console reassembled,

I can move out, find Khlul'hoo,

and finish what we started.

[growling]

Yes, sir. We have confirmation the creature

has succumbed to its injuries.

Thank you. I appreciate that.

Yes, but I need to be back at my niece's birthday party.

I promised.

Yes, sir. I'll send you a piece of the cake.

Thank you, Mr. President.

Director Drake, I finished my repairs, ready to move out.

I'm bringing up NASA globesat.

We can locate its position.

Is that the creature?

What happened? It looks different.

North American airspace has been ordered ground stop.

No flights except government, military, and medical.

That means we have 30 minutes to get airborne

or we miss our window to get to the west coast.

Khlul'hoo has entered the chrysalis State in Arizona.

The Derringer Crater.

That's not far from a field of dormant volcanoes.

If Riggs thought the first creature arrived in an asteroid

and this one produces a similar exterior material,

then... I think we may be too late.

Well, that's why we need both the apes to attack

and destroy it before the chrysalis opens.

One of them may not be enough,

especially since neither is at 100%.

When I was a kid, I remember that

if you break open a chrysalis,

you either kill what's inside or at least very badly damage it.

Anything that goes through a major transformation

is going to have its vulnerabilities and weaknesses.

But when it emerges,

it's reborn at its most powerful and evolved.

We can't let that happen.

And since the Varda group still has all those vials of sample 7,

we're still in great danger.

[phone rings]

Are you going to answer that? Who's calling?

Eve Lemuria.

As in the National Security Advisor?

They want you back in the Situation Room

to talk about the...

Eve Lemuria is part of the Varda group.

What? How do you know?

When I asked Dan Riggs why he wanted me

to join the Varda group, he said "to warrant our purpose."

That's their maxim.

Their presiding rule above all others.

She said the very same thing

in front of me in the situation room.

She's a part of this.

The National Security Advisor wants us all dead?

Why?

Who else in the government is involved?

There's no telling.

For all we know there may be other players

on the world stage.

The medevac just arrived.

They're ready to take Abe to the Derringer Creator.

Okay, let's get him rolled out to transport.

I'm going to need to sedate him

so he's calm enough for the ride,

but not too groggy for when we get there.

I don't want to put him in any more danger.

All personnel report to the operating theater

for patient transport assistance.

The NASA Jet is on standby for Arizona.

Director Drake is on his way to Derringer's Crater.

He's been more than useful keeping the military

from attacking Khlul'hoo

for fear of spreading this sample serum in its blood.

I did not expect the Japanese MechaApe.

We should anticipate further efforts.

I can have another P8 Poseidon in the air in mere minutes.

Fully armed with anti-service ordnance.

Protect the chrysalis at all costs.

When I was first recruited by the Varda Group,

we were less irrevocable in our ideologies.

Well, our mission statement has remained the same

from day one of this campaign, Admiral.

Digital voice input, activate.

DVI activated.

Navigation, activate.

Navcom activate.

FMS, activate.

Primary stage ignition thrust.

Five minutes away.

Initiate descent procedures for two point landing.

Two point landing sequence...

We're approaching the crater site.

Let's ease him back into consciousness.

We're already putting him in the middle of

a high stress situation without easing him into it.

We've begun our descent. Prepare for landing.

I really don't want this to trigger any extreme responses.

Dial his drip down by half.

Slow.

All right.

Let's get ready to disembark.

View screen bright, 18%.

Engage shock absorption landing pads.

Affirmative.

Rio, this is Marina in the medevac.

We've disembarked Abraham,

but he's still sobering up from the sedative.

Please understand, it may take him some time

to fully comprehend what's happening. Over.

Copy that. I'll do my best.

But we both should keep the main objective in mind

and do all we can to achieve it.

The world is at stake. Over.

We have something that will help to calm him down.

You know him better than I do.

All non-essential air travel has been grounded,

so you can't miss the private flight

headed westbound out of Virginia.

This will be the only plane landing.

Primary is named Andrew Drake.

He must not leave the airport.

Aw...

Dan Riggs always spoke so highly of Drake.

Always wanted to recruit him.

Said he was a valuable asset.

Riggs fulfilled his role in the great sacrifice.

That's enough.

Abraham and MechaApe should have arrived by now.

There it is.

When we get to the crater, we can't trust anyone,

not even Hank and Marina.

I don't know who's been compromised, not even at NASA.

[gunshot]

[shrieks]

[screams]

Drake? Drake!

Sarah, stay down.

Do you hear me? Stay down! Don't move!

Drake, hold on!

Drake!

No, no, no, no, no...

Drake, Drake, Drake!

[gunshot]

[screaming]

Sarah! Get down!

I'm going to get the keys.

[gunshot]

[gunshot]

[gunshot, shrieking]

Okay, on the count of three.

We're going to get in the car.

I'm going to drive, all right?

Ready?

One, two...

-Three! -[gunshot]

[tires squeal]

[gunshot]

Drake's dead. We don't know where we're going.

I think I have an idea.

We have to find Eve Lemuria.

It might be the only way to stop this.

Sarah, Eve Lemuria's number is in Drake's phone.

Can you track her location?

Sarah, look...

relax, just take a breath.

Eve Lemuria's location, we can track it in his phone.

I think I got it.

Now that Drake is out of the picture,

all we have to deal with is that giant ape.

And the MechaApe?

Took care of that at Edwards.

Miss Tsukumoto thought they would help her

repair the damage.

She's about to discover

why I sent her there in the first place.

Scramble the Poseidon.

Congress should have put that ape down years ago.

All right, we've got the Passion Flower crate

open and ready for you.

Now, if Abraham lashes out at you, grab some of this stuff,

because once he smells it,

that's all he's going to care about.

Read you loud and clear.

Extending the figurative Olive Branch.

Rio, are you there?

I'm here on approach to the site.

Manual control support system activate.

No!

Don't attack me, we're teammates here!

No, Abe, no!

No! Don't attack!

What are you doing? We're on the same side!

He's going berserk!

No, Abe, no!

Rio, the Passion Flower, use it!

[clanging]

I don't want to hurt you.

Digital voice input activate.

Toolkit package activate.

Let's smash it! Come on, Abe!

You and me!

We can destroy the creature before it hatches!

[sighs]

Viewscreen dim 40%.

System temperature rising.

Viewscreen bright to 30%.

We've broken the shell.

MechaApe, self-destruct.

Reactors, armed.

[beeping]

Approaching Derringer crater at reduced cruising altitude.

Prepare arraignment stations 2 and 5 on my mark.

Prepare to fire on assailants.

The MechaApe just exploded!

Rio! Rio, come in!

Eve, what has happened?

The Great Old One has emerged...

Transformed.

What have we done?

There has already been so much death!

The Great Old One brings with it

unspeakable destruction, cruelty.

Hiru, this is what we've been working for,

what we all envisioned.

Why the Varda group exists.

And what is this? You're having second thoughts?

Death toll protections...

it's staggering.

It's monstrous.

No. We've crossed the Rubicon.

The Great Old One has finally come!

[roaring]

Wake up! Wake up Abe!

Oh my God!

You gotta wake up!

[groans]

Oh God.

Marina, are you okay?

Is anything broken?

No, I'm okay.

How about you? Are you all right?

Abe!

Abraham!

What?

There he is! He's down there!

The chrysalis! It hatched!

I don't see it anywhere.

Do you see it?

No, we have to help Abe! Come on this way!

Abe! Abraham!

Abraham!

The Mark II is completely destroyed.

The chrysalis hatched it's airborne.

We have to stop it before it destroys everything!

Marina...

Marina?

He's alive! He's breathing!

We have to get him back in the fight.

How can I help?

He's hurting.

What if we're pushing him back into the fight too quickly?

We don't have a choice, Marina. He's our only hope.

Then we need a plan.

Something to give him an advantage.

How do we expect him to fight this thing

if he's already so badly wounded?

There's too much at stake, okay?

That creature is going to destroy everything in its path.

This isn't a fair fight.

He's not going to survive this.

Well, we're in a desert, okay?

There's just nothing around.

What I would give for a gigantic tree

or something that he can defend himself with.

Like that one he grabbed back at the island.

The passionflower! The vegetation!

That all got incinerated with the chrysalis!

No, no, no, no, no, no!

Remember when Abe put on all other trees

and branches when he thought that that creature

was going to come out of the water?

Yes, of course.

We can protect him much better here this time.

Abe! Abe!

Look, look, look at this, remember?

Protect! Protect armor!

I know you remember! I know, from Watkins!

You did it before!

Protection! Remember?

Rio, do what I'm doing.

-Show him. Show him. -Put it on like this!

Your turn!

-Yes, Abe! -Yes, yes, yes!

Put it on! You got this!

-Put on the armor! -Do it! Yes!

Do it! You got this!

This is the location.

Same IP address and it's identifying

the same Wi-Fi network.

It's the cell number for Eve Lemuria.

Is she in there?

Phone is.

Let's go.

I don't see anybody around here.

The IP address matches

and the phone traces back to this location.

Okay, well, stay low.

Be careful.

I'll take the lead.

Oh, I'm so scared, Naomi.

My hands are shaking.

It'll be all right.

All right.

-That's it! -Yes!

-That's it, Abe!

Whoa, wait! Don't shoot!

And the decay spreads

across the tottering cities of men.

Whoa, wait!

The Great One! Receive me!

[screams]

The vials of Sample 7 that were taken from NASA

must be around here somewhere.

Oh, Sarah! I think I got something.

These must be the Sample 7 vials Dan Riggs stole.

Let's get these in the car.

Be careful. Don't drop them.

Take this.

Safety's on if you need to use it.

Switch is next to the trigger.

Whatever you do, don't spill those vials.

Okay, I know.

You're going to be okay.

We're going to be okay.

There they are, stop the car!

Hey, get in!

-Get in! -Yes!

[roaring]

We lost a hub cap.

There's Abraham!

Go! Go after him!

Look up ahead there. You see that? That's steam.

That's coming from the Starrett Plateau volcanic field.

The seismic activity from the chrysalis explosion.

It must have damaged the upper layers of the volcanic field.

Above what? Lava?

Look! It's taking Abraham there.

It's gonna try to burn him alive in the lava.

Go, go, go, go real fast.

The roads are all clear from the evacuations.

Just drive as fast as you can.

Abraham's hanging from one of its wings.

Up ahead, it's the Starrett plateau!

Okay, take it, take it!

Sarah?

Run, run, run, run, run, run!

The Sample 7, it will help Abraham heal faster.

What?

How do you think he's lived this long?

This alien DNA, it speeds up

the healing processes at a cellular level.

And right now, it's our only shot.

Come on, Abe!

Eat it! Eat it!

That's right!

Let's go!

No! Abe!

He's gone! We lost him!

Don't look, don't look.

[sobbing]

He's alive! He's alive!

-What? -He's alive!

Abraham's alive!

He's all right! You did it, buddy!

You did it! Yes!

You did it, buddy!

[laughing]

Just a little something to help him sleep.

When he wakes up, he'll be home.

When he wakes up,

tell him it was an honor to fight by his side.

And I would do so again anytime.

But I think Abe's fighting days are finally over.

At least we hope so.