"Hey, what are you doing there?" " Ooh!" " Max!" " Joshua!" " How'd you get here?" " Did anyone see you?" " It's OK." " He's a friend." " Yeah, sure." " You just threw me back there, that's all." " You're Joshua, right?" " Joshua." " Right." " Original Cindy." " Good to meet you." " I'm makin' breakfast." " You hungry?" " I was gonna come by and bring you some stuff." "  Come to find Father." "  Father?" " Who's Father?" " Sandeman." " He made us." " He's gonna make Max better." " Your love-bug thing where you can't touch Logan?" " Well, get on it, boo." " I'm tired of seeing you moping'." " This virus bitch has gotta go down so that you can get busy with your man." " Max and Logan getting busy." " That's the plan." " The plan is we're gonna find Father." " Logan's tracking down some leads." " In the meantime, you gotta lay low." " You can't be walking around out there." " Don't mope." " I'm on it." " Hey!" " Hey, you want some more?" " We got more food." " Ah!" " Ah!" " Down." " OK." " Eight dollar." " Hey!" " Chill, Pop." " It wasn't me, I swear." " Somebody call an ambulance." " Somebody call an ambulance!" " They designed her to be the perfect soldier, a human weapon." " Then she escaped." " In a future not far from now, in a broken world, she is haunted by her past." " She cannot run." " She must fight to discover her destiny." " So then I ran a search of university records." " Figured if Sandeman was the genius behind Manticore, he'd probably have some sort of degree in genetics or biochemistry or something." "  Anything turn up?" "  A couple of PhDs but nothing in sciences." "  And what about the house?" "  Mm." " His name wasn't on it." " Mortgage held by an offshore corporation and the taxes paid from a numbered account." " If you're splicing genes for a secret government agency, gotta make sure you cover your tracks." " In May of '08, the bank repo'ed the property after six months of non-payment, and it's sat there empty ever since." "  Looks like Sandeman just disappeared." "  Maybe he retired someplace sunny." " Or he ran for his life." " Hey, we're talking about Manticore." " The place wasn't exactly known for job security." " Yeah, well." " If he had time to pack his bags, he probably would've taken this." " The Manticore symbol." " We're sure he's one of the good guys?" " Joshua's sure." " That's enough for me." " Maybe we could check it for prints or DNA." "  I don't know." " After ten years?" "  Worth a shot." " We got nothing on this guy." " Not even a first name." " I'll call Matt Sung." " See if he can get the police lab to do it." " We're gonna find him, Max." " And we're gonna beat this." " I just want things to be the way they were." " You know, when we could hold hands without you keeling over on me." "  Asha." "  I just got this close to getting busted." "  Listen..." " They ran my papers on the computer." " I knew they were onto them being forged because they took forever." " So I just got the hell outta there." "  That's a smart move." "  All I wanna do is go home and take a bath." "  Now I gotta find a new fake ID." "  I can probably help with that." " We gotta talk about Manticore." " I'm glad your friend Max and her furry little friends got outta there, but it's really..." " Oh, hi." "  Hi." " What I meant was we..." "My group, that is..." "The S1Ws, the political organisation I was..." "Yeah." " Government's saying Manticore was just a VA hospital you guys burned down." " Sorry." " From me and all my furry little friends." " I gotta get to work." " Have fun." "" All I wanna do is take a bath."" " All I wanna do is drown her in one." " Hey, watch it!" " Don't get mad." " It's not her fault everything handcuffs you to Manticore." " But what is up?" " Is someone trying to tell me something?" "  Rafer?" "  Lie still." "  I'm OK." "  I don't know." " You went down pretty hard." "  That was you?" "  Sorry." " You came out of nowhere." "  What the hell are you doing?" "  Relax." " I'm a paramedic." "  You deliver pizzas." "  That was just part time." " We spent a night together and you think you know me?" " Lie still." " I gotta check for broken bones." " Next time you wanna cop a feel, hit me harder and make sure I'm out cold." " No damage." " Just a scratch!" " Max." "  Matt, did you get it?" "  Yeah, just arrived." " Listen, I appreciate you doing this." " No problem." " I'll send the results as soon as I can." " Great." " Biochemist." " I'm a scientist." " I'm sure you got a great team of scientists working at the precinct." " Hello." " The boy that died today in Chinatown, I was there." " I may have been exposed to something..." "The coroner's still investigating." " We'll have her report tomorrow." "  I would like to see a copy of that." "  File a request with the ME's office." "  No." " This is totally unacceptable..." " Just follow him." "  Sung." "  Yeah?" " You had a sketch artist working on something?" " Yeah." " Rumours flying around Chinatown about some strange guy in an overcoat." " I'll say." " The eyewitness says his face was bleeding." " Could be the dead kid was exposed to what he's got." " Could be." " Let's keep this under wraps until the autopsy comes out." " I don't want to start a panic." " You haven't been in Chinatown lately." " There's already a panic." " Hey, what happened to you?" " Where you been?" " Been paging you all morning." " I lost my pager when I got hit on Charles Street." "  But I'm OK, thanks for asking." "  Here, hot run." " Sector Nine." "  Can I borrow..." " No." " You're not covered on company bikes." " If you so much as break a fingernail, we both know you'll sue." " Hey, let's go!" " Bip-bip-bip!" " It's called Jam Pony, not Jam Clydesdale." " Hey." " OK, you are a paramedic." " You trying to make me feel bad for not believing you?" " No." " I came by to give you this." " And to see if you wanted to have lunch." " My way of making up for our little run-in." "  Listen, I'm really sorry about..." " Forget about it." " How can I?" " I put my foot so far down my mouth, I got teeth marks on my knee." " She must hate me." " Really, forget about it." " Eat something." " I'm not really hungry." " Look, um..." "About what happened that... night..." " I'd rather just forget about that night." "  Me too." " I was in a really weird head space cos..." "I just broke up with my girlfriend, like, three weeks before." " Anyway, if I came on too strong I'm sorry, cos I'm not like that." " It's OK." " I came by a couple of times and no one knew where you were." " I had to deal with family stuff." " It's complicated." "  Family stuff's always complicated." "  You have no idea." " Well." " Thought maybe you had a boyfriend somewhere." " That's complicated too." " Which has gotta be the understatement of the century." " Max and I danced around each other for almost a year." " When we finally figure out what's going on between us, this virus thing happens." "  We can't be together." "  What do you mean?" " Why not?" " It's hard to explain." " It's like..." "It's too intense." " Sometimes I think maybe we're just not meant to be." " I mean, if it's right, why does it have to be so hard?" " I don't know." " Logan's probably just better off without me." " I just want you to be happy." " He'd be lucky to be with you." " Anybody would be." " I should go." "  I'd better get back to work." "  Yeah, me too." " You don't have ID." " Asha!" "  See you around." "  OK." " This is your bus ticket, sir." " Yeah, that mutant." " I saw it here yesterday." " Grabbed a pigeon, bit its head off." " Looked at me like I was next." "  It's worse than I thought." "  What?" " Mutant infestation." " They're here as well." " Were you born dumb or do you put in work?" " Ambulance, we gotta get an ambulance." " 22, all Chinese." "  What did the ME say?" "  If it's what killed the kid yesterday, it's some kind of pathogen." " She's never seen anything like it." "  I mean, is it some kind of toxin or what?" "  She's running tests, trying to figure it out." "  You see Eyes Only's hack about Manticore?" "  Yeah." " Why?" " The government says it never existed, but the word on the street is the place burned down and a bunch of genetically-engineered whatsits got out." "  Those are just rumours." "  There's a rumour one's hiding in Chinatown." " Supposedly deformed, bleeds through his skin." "  You think they're connected?" "  I don't know." " Eyes Only might." "  Can you talk to him for me?" "  I'll try and get to him." "  I appreciate it." "  Sure thing." " Listen." " I'm sorry, Matt." "  I know this is close to home." "  Yeah." "  It was horrible." "  Those poor people." " The news said anybody there should get checked for infection." " I'm scared." " Hey!" " Can I talk to you?" " Five minutes, then I start docking." " Even if there is a screwed-up transgenic, it doesn't mean he's got what killed the people." " When you were at Manticore, were you aware of any experiments that involved exposure to virulent bacteria or pathogens?" "  No." " Why are you jumping to conclusions?" "  Because the guy's been seen in the area." " If this is linked to me and my furry little friends, why are all the victims Chinese?" "  Manticore's big on equal opportunity." "  Could be that it takes prolonged exposure." " If this guy was downtown, maybe it'd be rich white people dying." " Ever think it was something they ate?" " Or they got bit by the same mosquito?" " Or some bug got loose from a lab?" " Come on, Max!" " This is nothing new to Manticore." " Look what they did to you and me, for God's sake." " Just because I'm poison doesn't mean we all are." " Your five minutes are up." " Hold it right there." "  I love what you've done with the place." "  Laying low." " Good, cos it's dangerous out there, especially these days." " Like it here." " Father's books." " Father's house." " Yeah." " Listen, about Father..." "Logan's come up empty." " He's still working on it." " He'll find Sandeman, just as soon he's done saving the world... from us." " Max and Logan." " That's the plan." " I don't know." " I'm starting to think there is no plan, and if there is I'm not clued in at all." " Father ever talk to you about fate?" " You know, like whether some things just weren't meant to be?" " Canine with human DNA not meant to be, then Joshua." " Max and Logan not meant to be, then getting busy." "  We'll see." "  You'll see." " This virus bitch going down." " It's him." "  Hello." "  If you're calling to apologise..." "I'm not but I will if that's what it takes." " Spit it out." "  Asha was heading home and..." " She left already?" " Yeah, and she got arrested by sector cops." " I need your help." "  You want me to save her?" "  I don't know who else to ask." "  Try Sung." "  I did." " He's not answering his page." "  Smart man." "  If they run her prints and see who she is..." " Yeah, yeah." " Where is she?" "  Sector Four headquarters." " We'll meet you at Crash in an hour." " Look, I told you." " I left my ID at work." " I can bring it in tomorrow." " Your prints came through, Ms Barlow." " We know you're with the S1W." "I don't know what you're talking about." " I want the names and addresses of everyone in your group." " This is crazy." " This department does not take terrorist activities lightly." " The S1W are not terrorists." " Tell me what I want to know or this is going to get ugly." " I'm gonna kick your ass!" " I'm gonna kick your ass!" " I'm gonna kick your ass!" " It's my thing." " Come on." " You know a girl named Max?" " Hangs out here a lot?" " Yeah, hard to miss but hasn't been in tonight." "  I'll have a beer." "  Take that one." " You know Max?" "  Yeah." " You?" "  Yeah." "  Rafer." "  Logan." " Right." " Listen." " Uh... thanks." " I know you didn't have to." " It was a favour to Logan." " Besides, it wouldn't be right for you to take the rap for something you didn't do." " You going in?" " I'm just gonna get my ID from Logan and go, so..." " You're waiting here for Max, right?" "  Yep." "  That's my cue to go." "  You don't have to." "  Things with Logan are screwed up just now." "  Yeah, but he's crazy about you." " She digs you, man." " I'm just gonna back off." " Have a seat." " I don't know how things are gonna play out between us... so I'm gonna go." " I wouldn't want to mess anything up for her." " Hey, Neil!" " Yeah?" "  You know Asha?" "  Yeah, I know Asha." "  I'll give it to her." "  Great." " Thanks." " See ya." " Good night." " Help!" " Help, help!" " Help!" " Help, help!" " Hey, what are you doing here?" " I told you I'd call you." "  He's clean." "  Clean?" " Not a trace of the pathogen." " Let me take a look at that." " What is that?" " Looks like a tattoo." " Why do I get the feeling you guys aren't telling' me something here?" "  What's goin' on?" "  You killed an innocent man." " That's what's going on." "  Looked like he was hurting the kid." "  We know, Matt." "  Something killed all those people." "  Lab tests came back today." " It's not an infectious agent." " They were exposed to the pathogen directly." "  Where'd it come from?" "  Don't know." " I can tell you this." " Mother Nature didn't cook this thing up." " The pathogen's genetically engineered." " If the pathogen's man-made, then either it escaped from a lab or somebody's exposing people to it on purpose." " No, don't worry." " I got my hands on a copy of the ME's report." " They're chasing their tails." " I'm ready when you are." " All I need is a test subject." " I'll be expecting you." " He was downstairs people." " Didn't turn out so good." " Lives in the basement in case Manticore needs to cut him up for spare parts." " Finally gets out in the world, and they shoot him dead like he's an animal." " This is why I'm always on you because it's not safe out there." " People get real scared when things are different." " Yeah, but what I forgot to tell you is, when they get scared, they can get really mean." " I'm sorry." " There's a rumour going around the black market about a new kind of bio-weapon, capable of distinguishing between population groups." " A nasty trick no one's been able to pull off before." " Maybe some kind of anti-Asian hate group." " Maybe." " Maybe what's happening is some kind of field test." "  Why do you say that?" "  No one's claimed responsibility." " And look at the way it's playing out - starting with a single victim, then a handful in a narrowly targeted area." " I'm not sure what's worse." " Somebody's out to kill me and mine or that they're using us as guinea pigs." "  Got anything else for me?" "  I'm working on some leads but it's slow." " Internet's been crashing all day." "  Do what you can." "  Talk to you later." " Hello." " Hey." " I just wanted to, uh... call." "  I never got to thank you for springing Asha." "  No big deal." " And because you were right." " I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions." " Whatever it was that killed those people had nothing to do with transgenics." " Guess our thing has just got me a little spun, you know?" " Yeah, me too." " Is that me or you?" " Think it's me." " Hold on." "  Logan?" " I'm at Crash." " Come over." "  Max, come over." " I'm at Crash." "  I don't think so." "  Not tonight." " I have someone on the other line." "  All right." "  OK." " See you." "  Hey." "  Hi." "  So." "  Anyway, I just wanted to say... sorry... about everything." " Yeah, me too." "  Good night." "  Good night." "  Hey, Max." "  Hey." " What delays?" " I told you three steps were gonna be involved." " Did I not?" " Step one, target the pathogen to a single individual." " Expose him to it via airborne dispersal, make sure he's the only one it affects." " Went off without a hitch, did it not?" " Excuse me." " Could you not put that there, please?" " It is a very expensive piece of equipment." " Thank you." " Step two." " Target the pathogen to a specific race of people." " The Chinese at the bus stop." " I used gene expression on the base pair for the epicanthic fold." " You know, the eyelid?" " Worked perfectly." " No one died but them, yes?" " Your technology is very impressive." " But let's move on to step three." " I'm ready." " You see, it was easy with the Chinese." " I had specific gene sequences that I could target." " But the kids you're targeting..." "Wow, that was tough." " Because they're just a little bit of everything." "  In the end..." " Cyril." "... I targeted their immunological surveillance cells." " Cyril!" " Action is character." " Show me some." "  I showed you, didn't I?" "  Yes." " I paid you half upfront." " I gave you everything that you asked for." " Now it's time for you to show me." " This is your test subject." " No problem." " We can do it right now if you'd like." " No, I wanna do it in the field." " I wanna know for sure." " Well, you're the boss." " How does... tomorrow sound?" " Assuming it all goes according to plan, how soon can you ramp up pathogen production?" " Well, I can manufacture enough to blanket the entire western seaboard by Friday." " How you disperse it is, of course, up to you." " These are good for small areas, but they're expensive and very hard to get ahold of." "  We'll use helicopters." "  Well, that sounds like a plan." " By the weekend, there won't be a transgenic left alive from here to San Diego." " Good." " Maybe I'll play a round of golf on Sunday." " Matt, I think I may have a lead." " It said in the police reports that, both times, when the boy died and at the bus station, people thought they heard fireworks." "  Yeah?" " So it's Chinatown." "  No, listen." " There's a type of bio-agent dispersion cartridge." " It's fired from a hand-held launcher, triggered by an altimeter." " OK." " According to my source, a buyer just shelled out for three of them, 20 grand apiece." " Took delivery last week." "  Tell me you got an address." "  Have I ever let you down?" "  Three steps are gonna be involved here." "  Why am I not surprised?" " Step one." " We take the test subject into the target area." " We release him." " Step two." " We use this to disperse the pathogen." " There's enough to kill any transgenic in a two-mile radius." " That's ample to cover Sector Four." "  What if he escapes the kill zone?" "  No, that would be impossible." " It takes a minute for the plume to hit ground level and four minutes to dissipate." " There's no way on earth he could make it out alive." " Step three." " We track him and we retrieve the body." " I have a correction to step three." " You track him and retrieve the body." " I'm staying away from here until this is done." " What if you messed up and got a couple of base pairs wrong?" " We could end up with a sector full of dead people." "  You don't trust me?" "  Make a believer out of me, Cyril." " You'll get the rest of your money." " You have a nice day, now." " Matt." " What is it?" " Max, it's me." " We got a problem." " You're free to go." " You can run but you can't hide." " What the hell are the cops doin' here?" " Son of a bitch." " Drive." " Units three and four, move into position." " They're gonna test the pathogen on an X5." " He busted out of a van on Mercer, took off down 11." "  I gotta get him out." "  In a minute, it'll hit ground level." " The sector will be toxic for four minutes after that." "  I'm going in." "  Max!" " Jam Pony messenger comin' through." "  Max!" " Max!" "  Hold up." " Passes only." " Hey!" " No, wait!" " Lady." " I have no idea who you are, but you just cost me five million dollars." " Thanks for letting him stay the night." " He's had a rough couple of days." " Logan's gonna help me get him over the border tomorrow." " Killing us all, that was the plan." " It still is." " We just got lucky this time." " See you first thing in the morning." " Hey..." "You lay low, little fella." " You too, big fella." " Convinced Sung to let me hang on to everything we found in the guy's lab." " Didn't want whoever hired him to get their hands on it again." "  He's a good guy, Sung." "  Yeah, he is." " He's got a lot of questions." " Not sure what I'm gonna tell him." " As little as possible is usually a good idea." " I'll do my best." " Did I mention I was sorry for jumping to conclusions?" " Yeah." "  Anything turn up on Sandeman's cane?" "  Nothing but traces of Rodentia calcium." " The rats tried to eat it." "  Another dead end." "  Yeah." " Listen, about the other night at Crash." " Didn't know you were gonna be there." " Same with me." " I just needed to get out." " I know the feeling." " So." " Anyway." " Rafer." " Asha."