We're Alive: Descendants - Chapter 3 - The Other Side of The Wall - Part 1 of 2

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Speaker 7 We're alive,

Speaker 19 descendants.

Speaker 20 Written and directed by KC Weyland.

Speaker 6 Chapter 3:

Speaker 20 The Other Side of the Wall

Speaker 10 Part One of Two.

Speaker 21 Sorry, Pegs. I didn't mean to wake you.

Speaker 2 Hope.

Speaker 22 No, it um

Speaker 23 yeah it's all right.

Speaker 23 How is he?

Speaker 21 Michael's still unconscious. His vitals haven't changed.
Same activity as before.

Speaker 2 Hello?

Speaker 24 Hi, Dean Mullen. Nice to meet you, Doctor.

Speaker 21 Are you not wearing a mask?

Speaker 24 I, uh...

Speaker 21 Get one on right now. What are you thinking? I...

Speaker 2 I'm sorry.

Speaker 24 I... Yeah.
Oh, yes. Right away.

Speaker 2 Hi, Dean.

Speaker 24 Hey, Pegs.

Speaker 2 I...

Speaker 24 Just wanted to check on him. The guards didn't tell me anything at the door.

Speaker 21 Let it happen again.

Speaker 15 Sorry.

Speaker 24 I was just getting off my shift. Wanted to swing by to see Michael before I caught the rail home.

Speaker 22 Well, he's the same.

Speaker 22 How many days can he stay like this?

Speaker 21 With that kind of trauma,

Speaker 21 we just don't know. It could be minutes, it could be days, or even months.

Speaker 24 Hey, Pegs.

Speaker 24 How about you get out of that chair for a while? Take a break.

Speaker 22 No.

Speaker 22 No, I want to be here if something changes.

Speaker 21 I will message you the moment that happens.

Speaker 2 You will?

Speaker 21 CJ's already asked. I'll just add you to the list.

Speaker 17 Yep, she would.

Speaker 24 Add me to.

Speaker 21 Why not? Let everyone know who might be his killer.

Speaker 24 Attempted.

Speaker 21 I'm sorry, Pegs. I need to look after his safety.
And they apparently let in every Tom, Dick, and Harry.

Speaker 24 Okay, well, my name's Dean, so.

Speaker 22 I know, Hope. I get it.
I get it.

Speaker 24 Look, Pegs and I, we're already cleared by CJ's security, alright? We have alibis. We were on camera at the time of the attack.
I mean, believe me, we.

Speaker 24 We're here for him.

Speaker 21 Right now, Michael is my patient, and his safety comes second only to his health. Family and friends are third.

Speaker 21 I know what he means to you, and I will message you. But I can't stress enough to be careful.
You don't know if the attacker is still out there.

Speaker 24 Okay, you're right. You're right.

Speaker 24 Understood.

Speaker 21 Is Nicholas back?

Speaker 24 No,

Speaker 24 he's not.

Speaker 24 Not yet.

Speaker 22 I am.

Speaker 22 Sorry, I.

Speaker 22 I think I need to walk.

Speaker 26 Pegs.

Speaker 24 Uh, I'm gonna catch up with her. You.

Speaker 17 Go!

Speaker 21 Get your mouth-breathing away from him. I do not.
You whistle through your nose otherwise. I'm partially blind, not an idiot.

Speaker 2 You're blind?

Speaker 21 For that Intel badge on your shoulder, you really aren't observant.

Speaker 24 Well, people keep telling me that, but I'm still here.

Speaker 24 And also, you're not totally blind, so it's kind of right.

Speaker 17 Weren't you leaving?

Speaker 27 Well, I was.

Speaker 24 Ah, shit, she left.

Speaker 24 Bye.

Speaker 21 I'll text you. You don't have to come in person again.

Speaker 24 Okay.

Speaker 24 Just let me know if you want to see me.

Speaker 21 You did not just say that. You gotta go.

Speaker 15 Sign for your weapons back.

Speaker 24 Thank you.

Speaker 24 But wait up, I'm coming.

Speaker 22 It's all right, I don't need an escort.

Speaker 24 Actually, you should, and to be honest, I think you already do. I think the two behind me.

Speaker 2 The what?

Speaker 24 I'm thinking some of CJ's Secret Service keeping an eye on you.

Speaker 22 She thinks I might be next.

Speaker 24 Do you think so?

Speaker 23 I don't even know why he was attacked.

Speaker 22 How could I know?

Speaker 23 You think this is because he got involved again?

Speaker 24 I really don't know.

Speaker 2 I mean, no one does.

Speaker 22 I told him. I told him not to.

Speaker 17 But he wanted to help. He said these things are much bigger than him.

Speaker 16 Oh, he is right.

Speaker 24 I mean, there's some bad shit going down up top.

Speaker 22 Seriously, I'm trying not to pay attention.

Speaker 24 Yeah, nothing I can do about it either. They have me doing data entry right now.
How fair is that? Given my qualifications, I.

Speaker 2 Sorry.

Speaker 24 That's really not something to complain about, especially with everything you've been dealing with.

Speaker 22 No, it's all right.

Speaker 22 Honestly, I'd

Speaker 22 much rather hear about someone else's problems.

Speaker 24 In that case, you should just come to my house. Pa plenty of that going around with my parents.

Speaker 2 Really?

Speaker 24 Oh, nag, nag, nag. It's all they do.

Speaker 24 But it's their love language. I get it.

Speaker 24 Underneath, those two are inseparable.

Speaker 22 They sound like wonderful people.

Speaker 25 That's right. You've never met them.

Speaker 2 I mean, they know Nick, but.

Speaker 25 Well, you have to come meet them.

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 22 Now?

Speaker 2 You got plans for the evening?

Speaker 24 Like, what are you going to eat? You've been living off that slop at the hospital, haven't you?

Speaker 22 Look, I couldn't impose, really.

Speaker 24 No, no, no. I insist.
A meal under our roof will do you good.

Speaker 22 I-I-I don't know.

Speaker 24 She's coming home with me for dinner.

Speaker 2 All right?

Speaker 24 That good with y'all?

Speaker 21 What are you doing? You don't even know if those are even...

Speaker 2 All right. Thanks.

Speaker 24 Ah, told you. It just saved them and us some hassle.
Looks like you got a lot of guardian angels.

Speaker 22 Please don't say that.

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 2 Shit.

Speaker 24 Did I say something?

Speaker 24 I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to upset you.
I just...

Speaker 22 It's fine. You didn't know.

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 2 Dean,

Speaker 22 I hate to say this, but with everything,

Speaker 22 really know you through Nick's, so

Speaker 22 how do I know I can trust you?

Speaker 24 I'm not offended. Operational security, that is the exact question you should be asking.

Speaker 24 Well, for one, your son is a very dear friend of mine, and it pains me deeply to not know where he and the rest of my battle buddies are right now.

Speaker 24 I've been beating myself up every day since they've left, wishing I'd gone with them. You know, maybe things would have turned out differently.

Speaker 2 Still.

Speaker 24 But he trusted me enough to know about what's been going on between him and Michael.

Speaker 2 Oh.

Speaker 2 That.

Speaker 24 But trust goes both ways.

Speaker 24 Like entrusting sensitive information. Information I'm not supposed to share.

Speaker 24 Like that I was able to get a message to Vera before we lost contact.

Speaker 24 So Nicholas hopefully knows what happened to Michael and he will come home.

Speaker 24 But I could definitely not tell you any of that, especially from my position.

Speaker 2 Dean,

Speaker 22 I would love to join your family for dinner.

Speaker 24 Right this way.

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Speaker 22 Wow, your parents live in the Red Boot?

Speaker 24 Yep, they both work for the rail line at in processing. And everything comes through here from Lake Matthews.

Speaker 22 Do you ever get nervous this close to the border?

Speaker 24 Nah, this place is the best. Downtown Orange feels like what small towns used to be.
It has a great market at the plaza and a classic movie theater.

Speaker 24 My parents say it feels a lot like home did back in the day.

Speaker 14 Where was that?

Speaker 24 Kentucky. But I grew up on the road mostly.
My parents were the lucky ones, I guess. We moved from place to place, wherever it was safe.

Speaker 22 And you all ended up here?

Speaker 24 They saw life in Westport as the one place in the world that wasn't backwards, so dug up roots and came west. I actually enlisted right before Nick did.

Speaker 22 Yeah, I remember when you guys first met.

Speaker 24 One of those training camps. I don't remember which one.
It could have been hand-to-hand. I always was able to put him in a chokehold.

Speaker 24 That was probably how we got to be close friends. He wanted to kill me, and I wouldn't let him.

Speaker 22 Sounds like Nick.

Speaker 24 That was from

Speaker 24 one of his darker days.

Speaker 23 Yeah, that boy has had a lot to deal with.

Speaker 24 Yes, he has.

Speaker 24 And I don't think anyone can fault him for it. We just end up caring too much.

Speaker 27 Don't I know what?

Speaker 24 This is it. Here.
Oh!

Speaker 2 Oh, hi! Hi, Spa. Google.

Speaker 24 Begs spot.

Speaker 16 Oh, she's so cute.

Speaker 16 You'll have to ask for help.

Speaker 27 Hey, I didn't want the goddamn animals in the first place.

Speaker 21 Possibly the cat, but not the rest of them.

Speaker 27 It is not my responsibility, and you know I can't go through.

Speaker 27 If you want me to try and make a decent meal out of this beast, maybe then we have to bliss in this house for once.

Speaker 4 Oh, you dare threaten my animals again, Mira. This pot's flying, no matter how hot it is.

Speaker 27 You wouldn't dare. You'd hit one of your other precious mammals.

Speaker 2 Oh, try me.

Speaker 24 Mothers, I am home.

Speaker 2 Dean.

Speaker 24 And I have a guest, so.

Speaker 27 Honey, that should have been the first thing to leave your lips the second you walked in that door. Oh, my.

Speaker 27 Wow, I am so sorry you had to hear all that.

Speaker 22 Oh, no, it's all right.

Speaker 27 I'm just. Yeah, please.
Welcome. Come on in.

Speaker 27 What are you drinking? Or what should you be drinking?

Speaker 24 Oh, uh, mom, I don't know. She's got a lot to focus on.

Speaker 22 Really, anything.

Speaker 17 Literally anything.

Speaker 27 I saw her eyeing the wine. Trust me, girl, you were in the right place.

Speaker 22 Are you really opening a bottle from before the outbreak?

Speaker 18 Ruth, come on.

Speaker 27 It's a special occasion.

Speaker 4 Oh, are we not doing the thing where we pretend we don't know who she is?

Speaker 24 I'm so sorry I didn't introduce you even.

Speaker 24 This is Peggs.

Speaker 27 Yeah, we know who Nick's mom is. Come on, you've been friends since boot camp.

Speaker 4 Not to mention, she's stupid famous around here.

Speaker 27 Hey, did anyone ever let you live down the whole flower pot thing?

Speaker 2 Oh, God, never.

Speaker 22 I swear I'll be at parties and people will want me to sign a fucking vase.

Speaker 27 No respect at all, I swear.

Speaker 2 None.

Speaker 27 Yeah. Listen, drink up, honey.
I'm Mira. This is my wife, Ruth.

Speaker 2 Hi.

Speaker 22 It's a pleasure.

Speaker 2 Oh, wow.

Speaker 14 That's...

Speaker 27 That's really good. Alright? It's special.
I've been saving that one.

Speaker 24 Told you I brought you to the right place.

Speaker 24 I'll just go take care of the animals. Oh, but she's hungry, so.

Speaker 4 Thank you, darling. And don't worry, I have plenty of extra food.

Speaker 22 Thank you so much for this, and

Speaker 22 well, everything.

Speaker 27 It's nothing. It's our pleasure.
We love hosting.

Speaker 22 I've been, um.

Speaker 22 I don't know, worried to go out.

Speaker 4 You're in the safest place you could be in. You've got two soldiers on watch.

Speaker 2 Two.

Speaker 4 Well, I know Dean, but Mira here used to fight with the UA, United America. You know, the East Coasters.
We found each other in the Battle of the Mississippi.

Speaker 2 Really? Yeah.

Speaker 27 My tour lasted a whole year. Was a pilot at one point, back when they used to fly a lot more.

Speaker 27 Then I was a railrunner for a time, securing some of the routes across the frontier.

Speaker 4 But that's all past us, right?

Speaker 4 Finally Finally settled in here.

Speaker 22 Well, this place is wonderful.

Speaker 22 Thank you again. It's

Speaker 22 really nice to get away.

Speaker 4 Slice of heaven here. Far as we're concerned, stay as long as you want.

Speaker 14 Well, it's great.

Speaker 22 I mean, it's huge, too.

Speaker 17 You made it this way.

Speaker 27 Yeah, this is sort of our retirement home. Made it how we wanted.

Speaker 4 Changed it up a lot from the original floor plan.

Speaker 27 Plenty of rooms.

Speaker 17 Because she keeps adding new ones.

Speaker 26 So what, hun?

Speaker 27 Compartmentalize. We may need them someday.

Speaker 4 10 bedrooms a McMansion maketh.

Speaker 4 It's ridiculous how many halls we have. It's like the Winchester house.

Speaker 27 She's exaggerating, but we have this space. You can stay as long as you want.

Speaker 4 Probably better this way. Only danger here is getting lost.

Speaker 27 Yeah, as long as you don't mind all the animals.

Speaker 22 Oh, no, that will never be a problem.

Speaker 2 I love your cats. Aw, me too.

Speaker 27 However, the dozens of other species.

Speaker 4 Oh, stop now.

Speaker 2 Oh, my gosh.

Speaker 22 This one reminds me of one of my old buddies, Mr.

Speaker 2 Whiskers.

Speaker 4 Almost done. Who's hungry?

Speaker 22 Wow, that smells delicious.

Speaker 4 Fresh broccoli, asparagus, grilled artichokes.

Speaker 4 Part of a whole spread we got going on here.

Speaker 22 Oh my gosh, this is too much. You're spoiling me.

Speaker 27 That's the whole point.

Speaker 27 Look at there, your wine glass is empty already. Let me fix that for you.

Speaker 2 Oh.

Speaker 22 Well, okay.

Speaker 22 No, I'm seriously.

Speaker 2 There Dean was, two feet dangling in the air, booty hanging out for all to see.

Speaker 24 Someone thought it would be funny to steal my pants while I was stuck in the trash can upside down. Traumatizing is what it was.

Speaker 4 I have never laughed so hard in my life.

Speaker 4 I think I have those pictures somewhere on my computer.

Speaker 22 Oh, I'll have to show you later.

Speaker 30 You gotta find those.

Speaker 2 You saved them. Of course.

Speaker 4 Why not? Gotta remember the moments, right?

Speaker 2 Mom, not that moment. Oh.

Speaker 24 You know, I still don't like wastebaskets.

Speaker 27 Oh, get over it, Dean.

Speaker 27 Hey, which reminds me, can you take out the garbage?

Speaker 22 What?

Speaker 24 I just.

Speaker 2 Mom!

Speaker 27 Those are your chores. Don't care what uniform you wear, soldier.
March over there, retrieve the package, march it outside, double time.

Speaker 27 I still outrank you.

Speaker 2 It's a totally different army.

Speaker 27 Yeah, same fight.

Speaker 2 Now go on.

Speaker 27 So, no word on Nick, huh? Mira, I am tired of not asking.

Speaker 22 None.

Speaker 27 Do you want help?

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 27 It's a simple question.

Speaker 27 Do you want help finding him?

Speaker 27 Well, yeah, of course, but alrighty, then. Settled.

Speaker 23 What was that all about?

Speaker 2 Now.

Speaker 27 Time for the really special bottle.

Speaker 22 Oh no, no, I I don't think I could have more myself.

Speaker 4 What did you do, Mira? Why do you have that look in your eye?

Speaker 2 This.

Speaker 27 This is the one I was saving for the end.

Speaker 27 Oh, I almost opened it too.

Speaker 27 That day.

Speaker 27 I've been saving it all this time.

Speaker 27 And I cannot imagine what this bottle was worth before the outbreak.

Speaker 22 Wait, what's going on?

Speaker 27 Some things you cannot take with you.

Speaker 27 Oh,

Speaker 27 that is good.

Speaker 4 With you, where

Speaker 4 Dean?

Speaker 4 Did you get locked out?

Speaker 2 Well, I figured it'd be rude just to walk in, Bert?

Speaker 2 Ma'am.

Speaker 27 Bert, thank you for coming.

Speaker 2 Well, I was waiting by the phone.

Speaker 22 Bert, what are you doing here?

Speaker 2 Well, same as you. I thought.

Speaker 27 We'll get there. Alright, just come on in and have a seat.

Speaker 2 No, I hadn't read that one.

Speaker 17 It's pretty good.

Speaker 32 It's about processing your actions. He's a great author.
You should read more of his stuff.

Speaker 18 He lives near the Republic.

Speaker 7 Really?

Speaker 2 Yikes.

Speaker 24 Maybe you should hold on to that.

Speaker 22 He's not a red coat.

Speaker 23 Read what he actually says, and you might make up your own mind.

Speaker 2 Whoa, hey, easy now. No need to rile

Speaker 2 that beast. Get it? Rile.

Speaker 2 Riley?

Speaker 32 I got it the first hundred times he used it.

Speaker 2 Come here, darling. I know you still love me.

Speaker 32 Hey-oh-oh, from three feet. My rule at all times for the sake of my nose.

Speaker 2 What? No hug then? I'm not stopping. What are you, crazy? Certifiable.

Speaker 2 I missed you too.

Speaker 2 Well, I couldn't come up with new reasons to drop by, but this

Speaker 2 feels like a good one.

Speaker 22 Look, look, I'm happy to see you, but what are you guys doing here? Mira, what's going on? Relax, pigs.

Speaker 32 We had to help.

Speaker 2 No, I'm okay.

Speaker 22 I'm really not in that bad a shape.

Speaker 2 What dwarven warrior joins us next?

Speaker 32 That again.

Speaker 32 You're reading that book for the millionth time, aren't you?

Speaker 2 What? You don't like the Tolkien references?

Speaker 32 Not even five minutes, and I'm annoyed.

Speaker 2 I love you too, darling. Sorry, it took so long.

Speaker 32 This one got lost.

Speaker 33 I'm never in this area.

Speaker 6 What do you offer me?

Speaker 2 Well, next, you'll be telling me you brought some hobbit with you.

Speaker 33 Nope, just Kelly.

Speaker 2 Better than this, troll.

Speaker 34 Victor's never out during sunlight.

Speaker 11 And with Bert's beard, we got our wizard.

Speaker 2 You kidding? With this, the kids think I'm the wisest fart that ever breathed their way.

Speaker 33 You are like the oldest fart still knocking, right?

Speaker 2 Only if you want a poundin'.

Speaker 22 Kelly, Victor, really, guys, I appreciate the support.

Speaker 32 I do, but we're not here for Michael. I mean, we are here for you and him, but that's not.

Speaker 26 Why am I doing the talking right now?

Speaker 27 Yes, well, we really are here to help you.

Speaker 22 But there's nothing you can do.

Speaker 22 The doctors hope said we just need to wait it out and they're here about Nicholas.

Speaker 2 We're all hurting about Michael, but none of us are doctors. Maybe we can actually do something about Nick.

Speaker 22 What do they know?

Speaker 24 Enough.

Speaker 32 And that no one has heard from him or Vera.

Speaker 22 They told me they lost contact, but they said that happens all the time and nobody will tell you the truth.

Speaker 2 What the hell? Where did you come from?

Speaker 2 Smoking man in the corner, Madam President, ma'am. I holy crap.

Speaker 23 My driver's outside, I don't have much time.

Speaker 23 I brought some new information.

Speaker 33 What is it?

Speaker 27 Nick's helicopter.

Speaker 23 The Black Swan has completely gone off the tracking grid. Along with several from the team:

Speaker 23 Lisa Grant, Alex Brown Robbins, Pat Hanover,

Speaker 2 and Vera.

Speaker 2 Are they missing?

Speaker 23 That's all we know.

Speaker 27 You think they're still out there?

Speaker 23 We sent in two other teams to the crash site, and that's everyone unaccounted for.

Speaker 23 They found...

Speaker 23 The rest.

Speaker 22 Oh my god, CJ, I'm sorry.

Speaker 2 Vera,

Speaker 2 you know I would do anything to get her back right now, but we have Republic shits to deal with.

Speaker 23 I have nothing left to go off of right now. No leads, and I can't spare any other military resources out there to search blindly.
Every move is being watched.

Speaker 23 I can spare equipment, but right now, every soldier is needed with a Republic pushing the conflict.

Speaker 32 Then you need people who aren't soldiers or,

Speaker 2 you know, aren't anymore. What about old Marines who know how to get the mission done? Even if it means bending the rules a little.

Speaker 23 Bert, I know this is a lot, and at your age, I.

Speaker 2 Ah, that just means more experience.

Speaker 34 Hell, I can hold the map, but I don't know what this guy's gonna do.

Speaker 33 I still gotta work counts.

Speaker 18 Yeah, the midsection.

Speaker 2 Hey.

Speaker 2 Haha, sounds like us.

Speaker 27 No kidding.

Speaker 2 True, kitty.

Speaker 22 Guys, this is...

Speaker 30 I mean.

Speaker 22 It's amazing, but what are you talking about? None of you have done this stuff in years. I can't possibly ask you to...

Speaker 2 Why not?

Speaker 24 If it's their choice.

Speaker 2 Dean,

Speaker 22 did you put this together?

Speaker 17 Is this your doing?

Speaker 27 It was mine, actually.

Speaker 27 Dean is my son, and his best friend is gone. I wanted to help.
I know Bert from TV Club, and he knows, well, everyone, so...

Speaker 2 Didn't take much to get the gang back together.

Speaker 22 Do you guys really think you can do any good?

Speaker 2 Well, I still got enough marbles rolling around up there to ride one last time.

Speaker 2 I mean, what are any of us doing with our lives? Really? I mean, I'm just watching the same DVDs on repeat.

Speaker 33 My restaurants practically run themselves now.

Speaker 9 Go on, kitty.

Speaker 34 I don't even go into my law firm anymore. It's only my name on the building.

Speaker 33 These guys are our kids.

Speaker 33 Who the hell shouldn't go?

Speaker 23 Thank you, Victor.

Speaker 30 I would go too, but what about Michael?

Speaker 24 No one expects you to leave him.

Speaker 4 Nope, you're staying right here with us. Plenty of rooms, like I said.

Speaker 27 Dean stays here too. He'll be needed at headquarters.
And he can fill everyone in on what others might not be able to.

Speaker 2 I will.

Speaker 23 Uh, don't you think you should run that by me first?

Speaker 27 Well, isn't that what you would want? Keep pegs informed on what B-Team does in the field?

Speaker 2 B-Team?

Speaker 5 A-team is missing.

Speaker 33 I get it.

Speaker 27 Who's C-team?

Speaker 24 Whoever stays.

Speaker 22 But this is dangerous. Is any of this my choice?

Speaker 17 Is that what you're waiting for?

Speaker 22 You've made up your minds already.

Speaker 23 You have as much at stake in this as the rest of us. So much is on the line right now.

Speaker 23 Maybe all of Westport.

Speaker 27 Which is exactly why I'm going with you. I want a retirement home to come back to.

Speaker 2 Mira, really?

Speaker 27 Babe, look, I don't feel comfortable with the youngest soldier going on this mission being in their 80s.

Speaker 2 Marine, not soldier.

Speaker 4 Looks like you're not asking me.

Speaker 22 Can I?

Speaker 4 You've already made up your mind.

Speaker 2 Frankly, after what happened to Michael, I kind of feel safer getting away, too.

Speaker 33 Like what happens if we're next?

Speaker 34 CJ, you find out any more about Michael's killer?

Speaker 2 Guy!

Speaker 34 I mean, attempted assassin.

Speaker 23 Ah, only by what Michael said.

Speaker 22 An angel.

Speaker 22 Those were his last.

Speaker 22 Those were his words.

Speaker 24 Ah, that's why it bothered you so much earlier.

Speaker 24 But it couldn't have been him.

Speaker 24 He's been dead for years.

Speaker 22 Michael went into shock.

Speaker 22 Who knows what was going through his head?

Speaker 23 Old memories from the tower, maybe.

Speaker 23 Whoever it was, I have every resource internally pouring through footage. Might as well have been a ghost.
Can't see any face, stayed out of every camera view.

Speaker 33 Exactly the kind of shit that makes me want to get out of here for a bit.

Speaker 33 Too many people in Westport now to check them all.

Speaker 4 How are you getting around out there? Flying?

Speaker 2 Why not get the old bastard fired up again?

Speaker 32 Oh no. Oh no, not that thing.

Speaker 2 Well, Well, it's the Road Warrior's wet dream. Spikes, armor, never deflate tires, and battle tested, like us.

Speaker 33 Is he going to be like this the whole time?

Speaker 23 Actually, I've already pulled it out of storage. I've been having one of my teams make some improvements.

Speaker 2 You made changes to my baby?

Speaker 23 It was a bit dated, so they added heat scanners, upgraded Modagun rail system for the turret on top, and a few other things you might need out there.

Speaker 23 Only vehicle we had that isn't tracked in the system, and no one will assume it's from Westport.

Speaker 2 What the hell did you do to her?

Speaker 14 Relax.

Speaker 23 She's the same.

Speaker 2 Better be.

Speaker 32 I call shotgun. The rest of you can suffer in the back.
I am not breathing that shit.

Speaker 23 Well, maybe not. Because there's no fumes anymore.
It's been converted to a hybrid electric.

Speaker 2 The fuck she's the same.

Speaker 30 You tore out her heart.

Speaker 23 That engine could be heard a mile away. It was ridiculous.

Speaker 2 That was the point. Ugh.
Doesn't matter.

Speaker 23 Look, you'll have whatever resources you need, and your vehicle will be ready by tomorrow.

Speaker 2 It's called the Inglorious Bastard. Or did you change that too?

Speaker 33 The incredibly deflated.

Speaker 2 Kitty, leave me alone.

Speaker 2 Cats. Yeah, yep.
Get there.

Speaker 4 Don't know. Must be you.

Speaker 2 Probably is.

Speaker 27 Madam, we need to go.

Speaker 23 That's my time.

Speaker 23 Thanks.

Speaker 23 You know what this means to me. What do you say?

Speaker 22 Why do I have to make the call? Why does it have to be me?

Speaker 2 You're

Speaker 2 Michael's vote.

Speaker 34 Remember the first council we formed after Saul died?

Speaker 18 Well, this is it.

Speaker 34 Every member but him and, well, Puck.

Speaker 34 You vote for two now.

Speaker 34 I should know I made the rules.

Speaker 22 You're asking me to put even more of my friends at risk out there

Speaker 22 when

Speaker 23 I've already lost so much.

Speaker 2 That's why we're going.

Speaker 2 Just look at us.

Speaker 2 We've had our time.

Speaker 2 These kids, they got their whole lives ahead of them.

Speaker 27 CJ, come on.

Speaker 2 Pegs.

Speaker 22 Bring them home.

Speaker 2 Out Falcon standing.

Speaker 2 Really?

Speaker 2 What?

Speaker 2 He's not here. I can use it.
It's on loan.

Speaker 33 I'm going, Kitty. I'm going.

Speaker 27 All right, we move, and we move now. Time is against us.

Speaker 27 We'll start at the crash site and go out from there.

Speaker 27 Hopefully, they haven't wandered too far.

Speaker 21 We keep getting further and further away from home.

Speaker 30 Are we ever gonna get back there?

Speaker 30 My dad's gonna be worried sick.

Speaker 35 Hey, we'll figure something out, Lisa.

Speaker 2 We will.

Speaker 28 We just gotta focus and...

Speaker 28 Come on.

Speaker 35 What are you trying to do, man?

Speaker 26 Hiding something my mom gave me.

Speaker 2 Hell if I'm gonna let them have it.

Speaker 6 That's some stupid shit.

Speaker 26 You're gonna wake everyone else up.

Speaker 24 Don't need your mouth right now, Nick.

Speaker 2 I really don't.

Speaker 21 What is up with you two?

Speaker 2 This guy?

Speaker 26 This guy jumped me after a training mission. After you, like an idiot, ran off and did your own thing.
I almost got recycled because of that. Oh, they gave you a pass.
We lost half a cycle.

Speaker 26 They play favors with you.

Speaker 2 Oh, please.

Speaker 26 You know how much preferential treatment you get.

Speaker 30 All right. All right.
We get it.

Speaker 30 What?

Speaker 2 What's going on?

Speaker 2 Sorry.

Speaker 18 I didn't mean to wake you.

Speaker 2 I didn't realize I fell asleep.

Speaker 20 Better to get your rest while you can.

Speaker 20 Hey.

Speaker 26 What what do you know about this place?

Speaker 25 Nothing good.

Speaker 25 You'll see.

Speaker 5 Wonderful.

Speaker 5 Wakey, wakey.

Speaker 2 Get your asses up. What?

Speaker 31 What's going on?

Speaker 2 I said, get up.

Speaker 22 Okay.

Speaker 2 I'm up. I'm up.

Speaker 24 What are they doing now?

Speaker 14 I can't see.

Speaker 2 I don't know. We must be there.

Speaker 35 Line up against the wall.

Speaker 35 When we arrive at the station, single file down the ramp. No talking.

Speaker 35 You'll find out soon enough where you're headed next.

Speaker 2 Oh.

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Speaker 20 You've been listening to We're Alive:

Speaker 19 Descendants.

Speaker 20 Produced by Weyland Productions, written and directed by KC Weyland.

Speaker 35 Starring Jatan Gilbert as Nicholas.

Speaker 22 Hodgin Cho as Vera.

Speaker 2 Austin Trace as Alex.

Speaker 1 Re Tilton as Lisa.

Speaker 24 Hayes Dunlap as Dean.

Speaker 29 Elisa Elliott as Pegg.

Speaker 23 Constance Parn as CJ.

Speaker 18 Lauren Kroom as Secretary Dora.

Speaker 2 Scott Marvin as Bert.

Speaker 22 Claire Boudin as Riley.

Speaker 1 Tammy Klein as Kelly.

Speaker 2 Otto Sturck as as Victor.

Speaker 27 Carol Kaufman as Mira.

Speaker 4 Shannon Cudd as Ruth.

Speaker 21 Jane Leehawch as Hope.

Speaker 26 Michael Ursu as Vincent.

Speaker 24 Skip Peepo as Alvin.

Speaker 2 Josh Petersdorf as Walrus.

Speaker 20 Dexter McDaniel as Derringer. And I'm Michael Swann.
Additional voices by Joshua Keeser.

Speaker 28 Shannon Zimmerman, Phil Nieto, Kyle Poddig, Adrian Barron, Gino Jang,

Speaker 20 produced by Casey Whelan. Line producers, Christian Vera and Elisa Elliott.
Editing and sound design by Gino Jang. Assistant editing by Isabella Miller.

Speaker 20 Infected sound design by Michael Keen and Gino Jang. Mastered by Victoria Cheng and Gino Jang.
Original music by Danny Berkhoff Hopkins. Recording and Engineering by Wayland Productions.

Speaker 20 Recording Engineer, Michael Keene. Script Supervisors, Lauren Kroom and Victoria Cheng.

Speaker 20 Production Assistants, Isabella Miller and Holly Megan Scott. Audio Production Manager, Victoria Cheng.
Social Media Manager, Gino Jang. Videographer, Blair Wayland.

Speaker 20 Co-produced by Rusty Quill.

Speaker 20 Executive Producer, Alexander J. Newell.
Chief Marketing Officer, Callum Doherty. Marketing Assistant, Hattie Quinlan.

Speaker 20 For more info about the show and a complete list of cast and crew, visit us at www.weerealive.com.

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