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It's what I see when I shut my eyes.

Sunday nights are film nights.

We could watch ourselves on the kitchen wall.

But no matter how hard I squeeze my eyes shut now, I can't see Mummy.

She's not even out of focus.

She just isn't in the film at all.

We should dump her.

Eh?

If it's her they want, let them have her.

Sit down, Colin. She led them right to us, she did.

They won't give up, you know that, don't you?

Eh?

They'll hunt us down, they'll take her, cut our throats for us,

or cut off other bits of us.

They'd probably eat folk like us.

You're frightening the kids. Now, keep it to yourself.

Shit!

Looks like we lost him.

So do we risk stumbling back or cut across country? It's sickness.

What are you on about?

He'll get sick.

You will, it's a warning. There's sickness there.

There's a church. Looks like a village or something up ahead.

And?

The road carries on. What if Hill's right?

That's the St Andrew's Cross.

It's a plague warning. No, it's not up for debate. We've got no bloody choice.

That wall.

That wall up ahead. Looks like it runs all the way around.

To keep something out.

Or something in.

What is that smell?

When I was a PC, I got caught out of this house where an old widow lived.

She'd been dead about three weeks, up against a radiator on full blast.

This was that smell.

We have to go. Hey, you don't call the shots. Get it?

Come on, we'd better go. Yeah, well, I couldn't be paranoid,

but I get the feeling someone wants to keep us out.

Well, then, let's stop witching on about it and keep moving.

They'll find us easily. They hunt for a living, don't they?

We must be the easiest prey in the world.

They will run out of fuel in a few miles, and that'll be that.

It's just a matter of hours before they catch up with us.

And Colin's right about one thing. They are on a mission.

And I killed one of them.

Killed someone. See?

See? I said that.

I said they were on a mission.

I also said we should dump her, and I was bang to rights on that and all.

You can't do that. They might kill her.

We've just made a difficult job impossible because of you.

Why don't you just go back to them? I don't want to go back to them.

Why? I don't want to go back to them.

I know it smells bad enough, but it was played. Why the booby traps all there?

I can part billy goat.

Harriet, watch those barrels!

What have you got there, little billy goat?

I found the source of the smell!

It's not plague! Harriet?

Get in the van.

Welcome to Mareby.

It's fine. Stay together.

This can't be real.

It's like everyone just popped out for a minute.

All snatched away suddenly.

There were buildings left standing in Hiroshima.

Less than a mile from the epicentre of the blast.

These cottages. Oh, they're solid.

Our village is probably built on granite.

This is nuts.

Not a bad bit of work, that.

Whoever lives here, they're on top of things by the look of it.

It could be a godsend.

But where is everybody?

Anita, come back! I've got to say a prayer for my mum! I don't need you!

You beauties.

Oh, now, this is what I call a pub.

They've even got some Buddy Holly.

Hang on, just hang on.

I could sit here, and someone could walk through

that door at any moment and order a pint.

Game of pool, anyone?

Can't be him.

Hey, look, before you get too settled,

I think we can assume that we're still being pursued, don't you?

Well, maybe they'll take the plague warning seriously. He'll certainly do.

Come on. I think that's clutching at straws.

Don't tell me you're not excited by this place! Ian.

Well, I don't know what to say. Reminds me of my local.

That was a flea pit too.

Leave me in, God!

Leave me in! I wanna say a prayer for my mum!

Leave me in!

Yo, yo, yo!

There's got to be somebody living here, you know.

I just found clean sheets and blankets in these.

How did anyone survive out here for 14 years?

Harriet, are you telling me Ark's gonna be any better than this?

I reckon we've landed on our feet.

Yeah, before we go buying a timeshare in this village,

I think we should find out exactly who it is lives here.

Yeah, but let's face it, with the river flooded and them blokes

on horseback out there, this is looking like a miracle.

Can you speak?

Can you understand me?

Anita, you OK? If you're here, I'll kill you!

It's OK.

It's a bit of a shock for all of us, so...

Why don't we start by putting the gun down?

I am not an idiot.

I can read and write and add up, and so can my daughter,

so listen to a smart man when he speaks.

The pregnant girl is with us now.

She stays with us.

If you try to take her away, I'll shoot this one. Do you understand?

Austin.

Go carefully.

It's fine.

You all right, isn't it? He's a reasonable man.

A smart man.

We're gonna settle this amicably.

No problem.

We're the same. You can see that.

So, no need for the gun.

Far enough.

No one's going to work, yeah?

Dad, they're us. Don't do this.

That's right, we are.

Survivors like you.

You, over here!

Quick! Just do it, Harriet.

And the other one!

Whatever it is, can't we talk about it? Does the gun have to be involved?

You.

How old are you?

Twenty-five.

31. Please, listen.

Where did you come from? It's a bit difficult to explain.

I come up from the south.

Is that it?

Where Jake went.

The south.

Yeah. That's it.

The south. We're from the south.

And you saw Jake?

You saw my brother?

Dad!

You saw him?

We're from the South, and we've come a long way.

And you found us.

That's right.

You are us.

You are the dream that I have dreamt.

Over here. That's where we went, see?

Keep ourselves warm, dry.

Now, wind's on the surface, cutting in half.

So this was a mining village, was it?

The ends of the mines with whatever we could carry.

You remember?

We couldn't hear the screams for the scream of the wind. Do you remember?

Now the mines are flooded now, but they saved us once.

I don't know about you, but the headaches I remember. Headaches, yes.

Headaches from trying to read my candlelight. Headaches

from the bitter cold. Headaches from hunger.

So, where did you go?

Well, we were on a train.

Underground. Thank you.

No, no, no, I mean at the apocalypse. Yeah, I know what you meant.

Two brothers built that, clever lads.

Turned those terrible winds into power, you see? You see it?

Saved lives.

Well, that's all over and done with.

You're here.

You are here. And that's all that matters, isn't it? The rain ate into our homes,

but we repaired them as best we could, you see?

In the early days, some ate the dead, some ate the snow.

But the snow could kill you back then.

What about the people outside? I've noticed you've protected yourselves here.

No more attacks.

They live as alone.

They're beasts. They're not like all of us. They're beasts.

We stay outside of the wall, they stay theirs.

What about the rest of you?

Oh, we have waited for this moment. Who cares about the past now?

We knew you'd find us given time. We never gave up hope, Gillian and I.

We knew we just had to stay here and wait. Well,

there's nothing out there but wild beasts, you know that.

Can I say a prayer in your church?

The church stays locked.

So what exactly happened to the others?

They moved on. Not important.

Well, I think it's important.

I mean, if this place is the big miracle as you claim it is,

why would anyone want to leave? How old are you? I've never been kissed.

You were not born till 20 years after apocalypse, and

what can you know? 20 years, that can't be right.

No.

Wait a minute. That can't be right. I just want to say a prayer for my mum.

Oh, please.

Church is unsafe. It stays locked.

How old were you, Mark?

When the asteroid hit.

It might be apocalypse, then. How old were you?

I was five years old, and I remember.

Ian, Ian, tell him. I want to say a prayer in his church.

Ian, tell him! It's locked!

Are you deaf? It's locked!

Frozen for 50 years.

It's a laugh, isn't it?

Yeah.

Hilarious.

You don't seem that bothered.

Well, to be quite honest, I'm chuffed with myself.

50 years on, and look at me, still going strong.

Like the Duracell bunny.

You're not exactly weeping into a spotted handkerchief yourself.

Well, the lyrics might change a bit, but the song remains the same, doesn't it?

Yeah, on me head.

No.

My ball.

I found it.

Here.

I made this with fresh vegetables.

Don't shake your head.

That's no way to behave in somebody else's house.

Show a bit of respect.

Come on, eat it.

You see what I found?

Have you ever tried eating soup with a straw?

The trick is to make sure the big fish... It's better to use a spoon.

How are you feeling? You feeling strong?

You look strong. You all look strong.

You're going to have a strong baby, I know it.

Come here, let me fix this.

Oh, no, no, shh, shh, shh, shh. Oh, yeah. Come on, baby, go.

Yeah. Yeah.

We slept for 50 years.

Jonathan could have slept for 50 years, too.

I can't say anything I haven't already thought of, so don't even try.

I'm a scientist. I'm not supposed to put my faith in premonitions, hunches.

If he was dead, I'd know.

Oh, yes!

Have a drink, Harriet.

Ro? Yeah? Here you are.

Yes, please. Booze for Rowena. Thank you very much.

Austin?

Saves a drop, eh?

You know, sometimes when I'm very sad, I take this into bed with me,

and I hold it up to the moonlight, and I stare at all those little houses.

Do you know what I can hear?

I can hear children playing in the snow.

My children.

But you don't have any children.

Oh, I had lots of children.

But they all died inside of me.

So I like to dream of them living in here.

Sorry, I was just... It feels amazing to be clean again, doesn't it?

You OK?

It's hard seeing all the old things again.

Yeah.

I was just thinking about all the people I'd love to get stained with.

Who do you think about most?

No-one.

Everything all right, then?

Yeah. Ooh, how did that happen?

This is jammed, I'm afraid. Pull the trigger.

The trigger pull is dead, see?

Will they come?

What's this? This'll blow you away.

Hild.

Something to drink.

What the hell's going on?

What are you trying to do to us?

Do? Nothing. You've come a long way. You deserve that.

Yes!

You don't really guess me about all this. Now we really know the king is dead.

Oh, you want a sip?

We've taken our eye off the ball.

I was right, I was... You dance, because that's

what I'm going to do, I'm going to dance.

Mark reckons I keep away because of the plague, Warnix.

And...

Do you know what?

I'm tired of being scared, so... I think we should get out of here.

I think we should get out of here right now.

Ian, the old man is obsessed with Hilde and her baby, and it's not just her.

He wants us all to stick around.

Applying us with booze, it's the oldest trick in the book.

He's eccentric. His village is eccentric.

You want us out of here, but, you know,

there's no guarantee that your Jonathan Geddes is still alive. Hunch or no hunch.

Don't start with me.

You cared about Chandra. Now she's dead.

How many more people have got to die before you can get to work?

She's close to coming off my Christmas card list!

The staying.

Have you seen the girl? No.

Mum's inside this village, just like Gillian's babies.

Nobody can hurt your mum now.

You're going to have a baby, aren't you?

I heard your mum talking about it.

When the baby's here, can I hold it?

Anita, I... Can I?

Snuggle down.

Night, Mick.

Night, darling.

It's so weird.

It's like everything outside these walls, outside this pub doesn't exist.

I've forgotten how good it all looked.

I know you think I'm only good for kicking in the heads and doors, but...

I've been hurting too, you know.

Pain's becoming a norm for us, isn't it?

I told you there was nothing in there.

This village has been sustained by more than just two people.

Where are they? He had a son, Jake.

He left, didn't he?

A lot of people left, one way and another.

You know, if this place is so wonderful, Mark,

then how come all the others cleared off?

You could have your children here.

This is where they should be born. You can have

children. It's why you're here, to help us.

Well, thanks, but no thanks.

I'm not ready to settle down.

The girl is having her baby here.

You've taken her. Where is she?

Held. I don't know.

Listen to me.

We are being hunted.

And if those people turn up,

we are not going to be sitting around listening to Elvis Costello and having babies.

We're going to be leaving in a big hurry.

Leaving? A good idea. They're never going to give you up.

They're going to hunt us down until they have you back

again because you are an important little bitch.

I mean, I see that now. You're important to everyone. No.

What are you saying about her?

You know what I'm saying.

She belongs to them.

And they want a child's bad issues.

They're beasts.

And so is she.

And so is the child.

You'll stay, whatever happens to her.

I'll make you stay

Well, that's a relief.

I was beginning to wonder if there was anybody under there.

It's OK.

I'm cool.

So you keep telling us.

Mick Sizer.

Cool name.

Did your mother give you such a cool name? No.

I kind of christened myself Sizer.

It was an alias.

Like in the movies.

You really want to know, don't you?

Mm-hmm.

Michael Smith.

Your secret's safe with me, Michael.

My baby!

Who brought my baby? Was it your father?

Where is he?

He's scheduled leave!

Wait up, Mick!

Wait up!

Where are you, you bastard?

What's going on?

Colin.

Blokes like him, they don't care about anybody but themselves.

They've never had families.

They've never had responsibilities.

They don't know about loyalty. They don't know about earning the right.

Earning the right for what?

I've been looking out for you, you know.

We've all been looking out for each other.

No, but I've been paying special attention to you, Ro.

And you've been looking out for me.

So don't deny it.

Roe. Roe, come on. What are you doing? Just listen to me.

Come away from me. You and me. Keep away from me.

You and me. Roe, please.

Oh!

Get away from me!

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

Oh!

You've done it now, you bastard. I made a mistake.

I misread your signals. How can you misread disgust, Colin?

It's any port in a storm these days, isn't it?

I'm going to tell the others what you've done. No, no, don't tell them, Ro.

Mick will kill me.

I misread the signals. Evidently.

Just stay away from me.

Come on, Mark!

Where are you?

Just a quiet word about blowing up my pride and joy!

What happened to you? I saw it.

I knew they'd find us.

You see, Mark, you're all right.

They've found us! I'll get the children.

The church is the strongest building in the village.

You!

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Let's go back. Tell the others. Give them the girl, and they'll leave us alone. No!

It's gone beyond that.

We killed one of them.

Look, Mark may be off his trolley, but you heard what he said.

They're evil scum.

So what are you going to do? Hold them off.

Oh, hey, look, count me out.

Hey, listen, I'm not a fighter, all right?

I haven't got an aggressive form in my body. Colin!

Let me go through the gates!

There comes a time in every man's life where he has

to face the demon inside. Are you checking this?

Demon inside, I'm checking it.

This is your time.

Face your demon.

My time?

Your time.

The baby. Anita.

I didn't mean to bring them after you, Anita. They just want the baby.

They want the baby even more than that man does. Everyone wants my baby. I'm here.

I won't leave you healed. I'm here.

I'm here. I'm your friend.

Oh my god.

Mr Molotov, weapon of choice for your discerning street fighter.

Colin! Quick, the bomb!

Colin!

Quick!

Keeping the memory of what we lost alive.

Isn't that what churches are for?

I thought she was the answer.

But I was wrong.

Perhaps you all are.

Give her up, and they will leave.

And we can get on.

There are roofs to be mended, there are gardens to be sown.

If that's all it comes down to, Dad, then why not give me up as well?

I'm as barren as the rest of this world. You keep them.

You don't need me.

What happened to the rest of the village?

My brother left.

All the young people left.

Looking for something else.

Something better.

Because it strangles you here.

We couldn't have children.

We were dying.

There is no need to go over all the old... No, you let me speak!

I was one of the last born.

That was 35 years ago.

Yes, but it can change now. They're here, and there's a chance.

That's what has to happen.

There's nothing out there except them.

I can see they can get their little shits pregnant. Well, we have to multiply,

or they will overrun us like rats.

Too late for that. They're in the village.

They're not interested in vengeance, merely property. Give her up!

They will leave.

And then...

We can live a normal life. We can enjoy our summers.

We can take stock for the winters. It's what you're all searching for, isn't it?

Stop it, Dad!

Mabee is dead.

We were dying for years.

Sweeping the streets and pretending everything will be like it was, but it isn't.

I grew up in this. It's all I've ever known, and I'm tired of it.

Everyone got tired.

And my brother...

And a lot of others, they went to find people.

Or people like you, I suppose.

People who could carry on with us.

Give us children.

But they never came back.

In the village, it just wound down like one of the old

clocks we used to keep going, and then it was decided.

Enough is enough.

Why pretend it wasn't done with?

This is how Mareby killed itself.

Nobody saw a reason to live anymore.

Yes!

And then I had to face taking mine and Gillian's lives.

I couldn't do that. While there's breath in my body, there is hope!

We can still work on Mabry together.

They keep the ghost in the graveyard where they belong.

They've come all this way to die in this church for nothing.

She's got to go, or I'll kill her myself.

Anita, she has to go.

She has to go or we're all dead.

She's gonna go! I won't leave you.

Help!

Help!

She's coming out!

Why did you let her go?

Why?

Hey.

I found this diary upstairs.

I should be glad I kept it for her.

Yeah.

You know what I think?

I think that's right.

My mum's inside this little village.

Here in my hand.

Be safe.

Perfect.

Nothing can get to her.

But Anita's not in here, Mick.

We're gonna find her.

Yeah.

We are.

Hey.

You did all right, Cobb?

Pushed that old demon on the nose, eh?

Leo.

Come with us?

Diary for Anita Nixon, aged ten, by her brother.

We're leaving the village with all of its dead and nearly dead people.

Let them stay in the glass bubble if they want.

We'll walk.

We'll crawl if we have to until we reach Ark.

But not before we rescue my sister.

Hold on, as we're coming for you.