No one saw it coming
Thousands of astronomers search the heavens for a sign of extraterrestrial life,
but,we never knew what hit us.
The initial attack was world wide and devastating
While we surfed the internet and waited in line for our soy lattes
they needed only one thing to survive
Our Blood.
But as they harvested,there was something they hadn't planned on
We fought back.
All the worlds armies,all the Earth's inhabitants
right down to the smallest microbe drive them back from where they'd come from.
Then it was over,
TWO YEARS LATER. we were left to rebuild.
But for some,the nightmare had just begun
Come on!
No!
Sissi!Sissi!
Sissi!
No,no,don't leave me.
l have to go,
you'll be okay!
Dad,nothing
l have to hear the base at all times,you know the rules
Same old talk,blah,blah,blah.
Blah,blah,blah is right but you've got the batteries half-way full,good job.
Hey,dad,do you have to work tonight?
l have to work tonight,l have to work tomorrow night l have to work every night,son,you know that
Happy birthday,Dad.
What?
l've been marking off the days and today is the 7th,so Happy Birthday.
Where did you get this?Scrounging
Scrounging,what did l tell you about scrounging?l don't want you leaving the property without me?
How am l supposed to surprise you if you're always there? Nothing is going to happen to me.
Oh,nothing's going to happen to you? How do you know that?
The only thing that l'm in danger of is being bored to death.
Alex.
Thank you for remembering my birthday
but you have to understand you're the only thing l have left.
l know.
l'm going to go make some dinner Happy Birthday Dad.Thank you.
Good morning father.
l though l'd make breakfast canned beans again but we can pretend they're pancakes
Alex,get off the bike and get in the safety hole
Okay little buddy These are the last of the double A batteries.
But if you promise to stay down here until l get back l'll bring some more home with me,okay?
Okay,how long?Probably 7 or 8 hours.
That's forever But you've got some chips.
Stale.
You got your soda you've been saving.Stale chips and
a warm sodathat sounds like you're ready for a party.
l could go with you We already talked about that.
l don't know what's out there l want you to wait here for me
lt's dark in here,and it's freezing
Just keep your coat on
Keep your two matches,okay Don't let that candle go out.
Oh,l got a god idea
You set my watch,okay,set the alarm for 8 hours
and l'll be back before that thing goes off,l promise you
You're a good man.l'll be back as soon as l can.
Base and Laboratrio of Troops Free.
1 6.
-- George. How are you,Nate?
Good to see you
George,have you met Victoria? Victoria Reed,nice to meet you.
Vicky worked for NASA,when there was a NASA.
She was next in line for a shuttle mission when the invasion happened
She's been helping us decode the Walker language
How's that? After the first invasion
we captured one of their Squidwalkers and we've been deciphering it ever since.
We've been able to apply substitutions ciphers and have a good sense of things
but what we're missing is the key
Well,you better start working fast Why's that?
l think the walkers are back?
We have C and E outbursts here,here and here.
But the interesting is the displacement of matter just outside of Earth's magnetic pull
When did you data show this? About 4 days ago?
What are you saying,a vortex is emerging? A shift in matter.
The Swatch-child Effect.Possibly.
What's that?..lt's a traversable hole
that collapses both time and space.
lt is a theory.
Well,so is extraterrestrial life,but. . .
We did a lot of simulated tests before the shuttle went up.
None of them included a wormhole.
What does it do?
Basically gets you from point A to point B in imperceptible time jumps.
So you could get from,say,here to Mars in. . .A nanosecond.
Exactly.Which would explain why we never saw the first invasion coming.
Exactly.The night of the invasion NASA had nothing
No readings,no indications until it already happened.
And l confirmed my speculation when l registered Gossier noise on my radio component. . .
What was your DC component?Batteries.
Then you're making a big assumption.
Well,that's why l'm here,you guys have the equipment l don't
We could mask the sound and isolate the frequencies.
Victoria,why don't you check that out Sure,
if there's an intelligent pattern,l'll find it
Victoria seems to know what she's talking about
George,you should be working here,with us.
Move into the compound with Alex,you'll be safer here,
we have other kids we even have a school
Think about it,we could use you.
Come here,l want to show you something.
This is Selma Ritter,
the Walkers died in the first invasion after the virus
We've been experimenting with different types,creating a concoction of sorts
Does she know?She created it. She used to work for us
The virus is the key
we're pretty sure that's what will take them out.
Follow me
This is what's left of our front line of defense,the feet.
They look like F22s.Augmented with their technology.
How's that possible?Victoria created a
a diagrammatic cipher that's allowed us to steal from the Squidwalker technology
We've been retrofitting these fighters to handle space flight,
amongst other things What's their current altitude range?
Well,that's the big issue.We know that these fighters can reach then end of the mesosphere
but we can't be sure about them breaking through to the exosphere
We need to remap the cipher.Right An the answer lies within the Squidwalker.
We know that there's a field that protects them when they do break through into the exosphere
There's one more thing l need to show you.
So that thing's. . . . . .yea. . . it's dead.
Dead? lt was alive?
We believe so. The ship was the life force?
Cyberbiotics,it's unlike anything we've ever seen.
We've been stealing more of their technology from this ship But you're sure it's dead?
God l hope so,Victoria's in there.
Come on,let's go save her
We believe this is a holding cell of sorts
When the invasion first occurred we had eye witnesses that said that
people were being taken into the belly of the ship.
What happened after that,welll. . .
Gentlmen,l want you to see this.
Wow,where are we now?This is the control center,like a cockpit
No windows,no fixed geometryCorrect
Except l noticed this extension leading to a vortex generator.
Or so l thought What we're really looking at is a UHF frequency modulator
well,comparatively speaking
What,like a transmitter Right
lt communicates from the mothership to these Walkers,
using our satellites as beacon l've known for a while now that the Walkers transmit
using a complex orthogonal string of numbers but
but up until now,my team hasn't been able to translate a thing
However,once l fed in the algorithms from your radio frequency Mr.Herbert
l discovered a cipher Watch this.
Wait,wait,it's alive?
Yes,yes,that's what l'm trying to say.We plugged in one frequency set,and bam
Son of a bitch.lt's the key.
We need to see the Major.
Good job.Great job!
Major Kramer,we need to talk. Well,l'll be damned,look what the cat drug in
-- Hello sir. George,good to see you.
How's Felicity?
(pause) Sorry George,Alex Oh he's fine,he's growing like a weed
That's great.l met George here after the invasion
we bunked for a short while at Blackwater.
Hell of a family.
l'm glad to hear Alex is okay
Thank you sir
We think we found the key
l've calculated the trajectories and patterns and l believe l've located the source for the attack
There is a possible entry point for an Einstein-Rosenbridge
A time jump? This is a print out from my telescope,
it represents about 400 square miles.This was last week,
take a look at this
this was 4 days ago
Now this here,is it a sunspot or a solar flare?
That,l believe is a mothership
Thus,the time jump.What about these tiny dots
He's suggesting that they're smaller ships,coming from the parent
You got any way of checking this out?
We've been working on repairing our satellite connection to the Hubble space telescope
it still seems to be functioning up there.We could point it
in that direction and see if we can find anything
Let's do that,l've got a gut feeling about this.
George why don't you stay here on the ground and help us coordinate our efforts with Doctor Gorman
l'd like to,but l have to get home to Alex
Bring him on base.ln the mean time,l want you to get that telescope up and running.
Vicky,get my ships fueled and ready,ASAP
Oh no,empty,damnit
Excuse me
l need some fuel
Okay,thanks
l'm just here for the gas.
ln fact,l ran out just a few miles back,you guys are saving me right now
What you got?
Well,couple weeks worth of food coupons.
4 coupons
3 gallons.
3 gallons? That's got to be worth at least 1 0 gallons
1 0 gallons?
Look,okay,
look,you want to throw in your watch,l'll make it 4 gallons
l don't have anything.Well,l guess today ain't your lucky day.
Give him three gallons
Freaking robbery.Have a nice day.
Dad?
Dad?!
Alex,no!
Why?
why you doing this to me?
l'm not your fucking Job!
You can't just take my wife and my kid and my life and leave me here
l'll set my watch,set the alarm for 8 hours and l'll be back before it goes off,l promise you
Nothing's going to happen to me
l'm so sorry,Alex.
l'm so sorry
We had eye witnesses that said that people had been taken into the belly of the ship
what happened after that,well. . .
l'm going to find you,
l'm going to find you!
Get out,get the fuck out of here
What are you waiting for?
What are you waiting for!
Shhhh.You're not dead if that's what you thought.
We're alive?For now,yes.
Accept what is and be grateful
My son,l've got to find my son
You didn't run man,l told you to run!
You should have seen dude,he faced that sucker down,
thanks for trying l thought you got away.
Nah.lt got me anyway.
Be strong and courageous
do not be afraid or without hope,because of them.
For the Lord your God goes with you,he will not leave you,or forsake you
This is bullshit!
l have been in one of those before.
Good man,then show me the exit and we can get out of here.
l don't think it's quite that easy.
l mean,we couldn't have gone far,right? We're still on Earth,right?
Man,is this thing trying to kill us,or what?
There's got to be a way out of here
What,l don't see any exits.
l'm First Lieutenant Peter London,nice knowing you all.
l've got to find my son
Major.How much longer?
She's going as fast as she can but we need to work on a Plan B
There is no Plan B,the plan is to go after the parent ship
You can't get those birds over 1 50 kilometers and you know it
You'd have to get to at least 600 kilometers until you can even get a whiff of this thin
l can,if she'll work faster. Stingray. . .talk to me
Stingray. . .Sir
talk to me We're getting our bearings,but we'll make it.
We've loaded nerve pulmonary agents on the MC1 .
Some even have mustard gas How many of these are already loaded?
Each ship has 5.Viruses?
Yea.Stingray,l'll meet you down there soon.
Yes sir.
We should probably figure out a ground assault.We should probably tell her to work faster.
Gorman,where are we?l'm taking my squad beyond the exosphere,l need to know that they have protection
l'm passing the codecs now,the fighters should be up in a minute
Let's hope George's coordinates work.
Do you see anything,are the ships moving?
Okay,hold steady,they're up, they're up!
Pull back,pull back,that's it Vicky,we've got it.
What was that?
Sonic boom,sir.From what?
From them,
they've entered our atmosphere
-- Major.Tell Vicky we need this fleet in the air ASAP
lf these bandits find us still on the ground,they could decimate
every ship we've got before we're even airborne.
She's working on it,but it may be too late.Why,what happened?
They're getting reports in from everywhere worldwide. . .
the attack has begun
Sir,l've fixed the problem.
Begin launch sequence.
Okay.Listen up
This is Alpha,
we're going to make a run at the mothership
it's sitting right outside our atmosphere
We believe if we can get to the mother,the rest will fall.
For most of us this is going to be a one way ticket
but it's not always the biggest dog that wins the fight.
Fortune favors the bold so let's put a rock in our sling and go get these bastards.
Good luck men.
Vicky,you ready?
Go!
Um,guys,l'm not controlling this
Hang on,just focus on what's in front of you
Squidkiller,this is Alpha,
control is being manned by Com Center we'lll take over right after launch
Keep it,together
Come on.come on
breath,breath
Follow me,come on
come on!come on
Don't touch the walls!
Alex!
Pete!
l've got to find my kid
l have to find my son.
ls this my blood? ls this thing feeding off us?
Well,l hope you choke on my shit
Run
and don't touch the walls
-- Help Me!Help Me!
l told her not to touch the walls
This way!
Don't touch the walls,don't touch the walls,then she goes and jumps into one?
l think she wants us to follow her.
l don't know,but we can't stay here!
Shit!Oh shit!
Wait,l think l have something
No.Crap!
Free Force,where are we?They're at 20 kilometers.
You've got 80 clicks before the fleet reaches the mesosphere
Has Victoria got the key to work yet?
Not yet,Alpha.
Our ships need that protection to break through the mesosphere or we'll all disintegrate
Keep working on the key.
They have to break out of the atmosphere
We've got bogeys to our right,3 o clock.
Our satellites are picking up at least two dozen of our incoming ships.
Sir,permission to fire. Sir,permission to fire.
This is Alpha,listen up.
Do not engage,l repeat do not engage
There's too many of them sir.
Alpha,they're on my ass!873 Charlie,go into Eagle Formation
Gorman,how's Vicky doing?
l can't hold on!Ahhh!
Alpha!Sir!
Men,this is Alpha,fire only when necessary reserve your weapons for the mother-ship.
Vicky,are those shields working? How much longer before they hit 1 00 kilometers?
Kramer's at 40 and climbing. 20 minutes.
Stay down for another 20 minutes.
l can't give you another 20 minutes my men are dying being
this close to the ground we've got to go now.
Accelerate!
l'm coming back around!
Stingray,stay on target!
Stingray,we're too close now,focus!
You're at 92 clicks,we don't have it yet!
We're coming to the mesosphere.
We have to go now!
They broke the thermosphere they're at 95 kilometers.
l do not have it
Kramer,abort,we don't have it! Repeat,l didn't hear you.
l don't have it!
We're not going to make it! Vicky,we're going to burn up!
97,get out of there,go back,you won't make the jump,go back!
Got it!
Did it work,did they make it through?
Woohoo,we made it through.
See,now that wasn't so hard now,was it?
Alpha,thank god you're alive.Do you have a visual on the mothership yet?
Come again,base.
The mother-ship,do you see the mother-ship?