Invasion 2x4

1. My fellow global citizens.

2. Today at 0942 UTC, the global community will attempt a coordinated response

3. to the alien aggressors who have invaded our world.

4. - Hey! Watch the pave, bro! - Fuck. Sorry. Sorry.

5. Monty!

6. You find it yet? The hospital's address.

7. I think it's this building here.

8. Septième arrondissement.

9. Caspar's got good taste.

10. Sorry, was that supposed to be French?

11. Monty's French teacher says his consonants are clumsy.

12. My French is excellent, okay? I just need a bit of practice.

13. Oh, okay. Cool, no problem. Repeat after me.

14. Shia LaBeouf, Zooey Deschanel,

15. Timothée Chalamet.

16. - Beyoncé? Yeah. - Beyoncé?

17. - Can we please change the music? - No, Pen. Give that back now.

18. - Trap. Rap. - Pen. Stop.

19. - Pen, stop. - More rap.

20. Wait, what's this?

21. Is this "Kiss from a Rose"?

22. - Pen, turn that off now. - Are you kidding?

23. - Pen. - Turn that up.

24. Oh, shit. Slow down. Monty, slow down. Look!

25. Fucking hell.

26. What they all looking at?

27. Hey. W—

28. Excuse me.

29. - What's happening? - Tunnel's closed. No entry.

30. Closed? Why?

31. Last train from France never made it here.

32. Recon team went in, never came out.

33. Now the French are threatening to close their end permanently.

34. So either you and the Jag can turn around now, or you can wait like the rest of us.

35. - Wait for what? - What, you not got a radio in that thing?

36. It's been playing on loop since she made the announcement.

37. What is it? What's happening?

38. outnumbered, outflanked, outgunned.

39. I cannot guarantee that we will succeed,

40. but what I can say is we'll try to hit them back where it hurts.

41. - "Hit them back"? Wh— - Let them feel a fraction...

42. - It's an— It's an attack. It's gotta be. - Monty?

43. - It's fine. It's fine. - "Never let them see you

44. with your head bowed."

45. So I ask you now to look up.

46. Look up. Let us no—

47. The hell are you doing? Something's happening.

48. Yeah, we're taking that tunnel to France.

49. - We are? - Are you completely nuts?

50. Turn around and drive.

51. So let me get this straight,

52. you're still keen to go in, despite the military warnings?

53. - Are we going to get arrested? - No, we're not.

54. - Are we? - There's the tunnel.

55. Shit.

56. No good. We'll never scale that fence without somebody seeing.

57. How are we gonna get in then?

58. - There! Monty, pull up there now. - Yeah.

59. - Think it leads down to the tunnel? - One way to find out.

60. Hey, wait.

61. I'll get the crowbar from the boot.

62. This is all. I mean, if soldiers went down...

63. You know, it's...

64. Okay, look. It's not about me, okay? I just...

65. I can't let nothing happen to her.

66. It's all good.

67. You've gotten us this far,

68. so thank you.

69. Does this mean we're not going to save Mum and Dad?

70. Would you like me to help?

71. Course we're going to save Mum and Dad, okay?

72. Look, it just means when we get there,

73. I need you to listen to me and do whatever I say,

74. and not be your usual annoying, whining, clawing self.

75. Okay? Can you do that?

76. Yes, as long as you're not your usual manky, numpty...

77. - Yeah. - ... knobhead self—

78. Yeah. Sod off, please.

79. What? You think we wasn't coming?

80. Let's go then.

81. Push harder, you dick.

82. Shit. Soldiers.

83. Quick. Before they see us. Go.

84. Here we are.

85. Looks like the point of no return. Eh?

86. Don't worry. I thought ahead.

87. Pen, what's that?

88. My report from our class trip to the Channel Tunnel.

89. I drew a map and everything. See?

90. I brought help too.

91. Alien repellant. Homemade flamethrower.

92. Bond did it in Live and Let Die.

93. Yeah, but, Alf, that'll just blow your hands off, you know, in real life.

94. What the hell just happened?

95. Are they attacking us?

96. Or are we attacking them?

97. Power's still on.

98. That's good. Let's go!

99. I'm sorry. Not to be the only one living in real life

100. right now, but something absolutely major just happened back there.

101. So, new plan, we head back just to see, you know—

102. No! We stay put.

103. If we go back out, they could spot us and stop us.

104. - Yeah, but we don't know what's out there. - You're right. We don't.

105. But we do know this tunnel is the only way to get to Caspar.

106. This says that the service entrance joins up with the train tunnel up ahead.

107. Look, it's fine to feel scared.

108. It would be mental not to.

109. But it's been four months since those things showed up.

110. And I'm so tired of this shit!

111. My mum told me once in critical surgery or whatever,

112. there's, like, this moment

113. when the body on the table makes a choice.

114. To fight

115. or to let go, and you can see it happen.

116. Our friend is waiting for us.

117. If we can find him, maybe our species at least has a shot.

118. So this is it, the moment.

119. Do we fight or let go?

120. For Caspar.

121. For Casp.

122. Caspar.

123. Yeah. Right. We're in too then, I guess.

124. It's a truly momentous victory.

125. For those now joining us,

126. seven alien ships have been successfully shot down by the World Defense Coalition.

127. As of yet, there has been no response from the alien invaders,

128. nor any retaliation from the mothership.

129. But sources indicate that coalition forces are optimistic

130. we may have dealt a critical blow.

131. WDC President Benya Mabote has reportedly ordered military units to the crash sites...

132. SECURE WARD

133. You're missing the big day, Caspar.

134. Why don't you wake up and join the fun, hmm?

135. Who's to say he's not having fun?

136. We know so little about this one.

137. Seems a shame to assume anything.

138. From his brain activity, Gabriel,

139. we can assume he's been experiencing on average seven seizures every hour.

140. Not exactly a party.

141. Fair enough.

142. So much research on these kids and their connection to our visitors.

143. Hoping to find a key.

144. Maybe after today, we won't need one.

145. Speaking of, a few of us were going to open a bottle

146. later this evening. A little victory celebration.

147. Care to join?

148. Victory.

149. The most important skill a neurologist can learn Esmee,

150. is knowing when to turn their brain off.

151. Especially when a patient is beyond saving.

152. Please wake up, Caspar.

153. In school, we spent a whole week studying bridges,

154. but tunnels are much more interesting,

155. because tunnels are about length, and tunnels are about depth,

156. and tunnels are about pressure.

157. Look. See that thing up there? It's one of the piston relief ducts.

158. It runs all the way through the other train tunnel.

159. Miss Malkin said if we didn't have one of those, the pressure in here

160. - would pop skulls like champagne corks. - Jesus Christ, Pen. That's enough.

161. They're just entertaining facts.

162. Yeah? Well, you've been entertaining us for an hour.

163. Pipe down now, yeah?

164. Anyone else feel that?

165. - The cold? - I know.

166. It's like we're on ice or something, like...

167. Monty's dating life.

168. That's absolute tosh, mate.

169. It's true, Monty. You haven't had a girlfriend since Brexit.

170. Penny!

171. - It's just a fact. - Nobody needs to know.

172. Just like nobody needs to know about pressure

173. and wiring and the other shit you've been going on about.

174. Hey, you promised to do what I say.

175. Well, now I say put a fucking sock in it, yeah?

176. Great.

177. Who needs a dating life when I've got your mom on call 24/7, mate?

178. Shut up.

179. Christ, baby sisters are the worst.

180. I'm a baby sister.

181. And you were a prick to her just now.

182. She's probably nervous. I mean,

183. - who wouldn't be? - You're kidding.

184. Strolling down a dark, abandoned train tunnel

185. with a thousand trillion liters of water above our heads.

186. Every kid's dream, innit?

187. Yeah. A real quest for the ages.

188. Alfie's mom a good snog?

189. Yeah, no. She's definitely in the top ten.

190. Just under Judi Dench, so...

191. So, when did you figure it out?

192. About Caspar?

193. Figure what?

194. That he was, I don't know, special.

195. I didn't at first.

196. Looking back,

197. yeah.

198. There was always something about him.

199. Like he was tuned into some wavelength of some song the rest of us couldn't hear.

200. Like his ancient Walkman.

201. Old stuff.

202. God, I used to needle him all the time, now that I think.

203. But the truth is, I actually thought it was pretty cool.

204. Bullshit.

205. You didn't needle him, you hated him.

206. Come on. It's not like it's a secret.

207. You were shit to him.

208. Don't get me wrong. I'm glad you're here.

209. I guess I just don't know why you're here.

210. Like you said, gotta take our world back, right?

211. Simple as that.

212. "Simple as that"?

213. Sure. I mean, why else would I be here?

214. Holy shit!

215. Oh, God.

216. The recon team.

217. Aliens did this. They're here.

218. Oi, you all right?

219. - Back off! - Bro, I'm just trying to help.

220. Well, he doesn't want it, does he? Not from you.

221. Not from either of you. I'm not a bloody invalid.

222. I just wasn't expecting to see that.

223. Wait, wait, wait. Where's Penny?

224. Shit. Where'd she go?

225. - Penny? - She was right behind us, wasn't she?

226. Maybe she passed us.

227. Pen, get back here right now.

228. Pen?

229. Oh, my God.

230. - Run! - Go!

231. - Monty. - Fuck.

232. - Shit, I'm stuck! I'm stuck! - Monty, get up. Monty!

233. Pull! Pull!

234. Where's my lighter?

235. - Fuck, I can't find my lighter. - Guys.

236. Oh, shit!

237. Fuck.

238. Fuck.

239. What happened to that thing?

240. It looked, I don't know, sick.

241. It's really cold. I can feel it from here.

242. I think it stopped breathing.

243. Did it even breathe? Or have lungs or—

244. Whatever, who gives a shit?

245. Penny's missing, and you lot are going on about this-this fucking thing's anatomy.

246. The only breathing I care about right now, yeah, is Penny's.

247. You always said my breath smells like dead rats.

248. Pen. Oh, my God.

249. Come on. Don't ever run away like that, yeah?

250. I wasn't running, I was exploring.

251. And if you like that lumpy thing, you're going to love what I found.

252. Broken.

253. Home.

254. Soon.

255. They're finished, it's over!

256. Just the person who needs to see this.

257. A moment, Prisha.

258. I was on a walk to clear my head,

259. and a few blocks from here, saw this.

260. It's happening all over.

261. They're dying, Esmee.

262. We did it.

263. We did it.

264. - What's that? - A crossway. They're on the map.

265. - We walked right by it. - Where does it lead?

266. Another tunnel for workers, I think.

267. There's no tracks to trip up on, which means we go faster.

268. Lead the way.

269. See? What did I tell you?

270. Penny, be careful, you nutter.

271. It's okay. I was scared too at first.

272. But this lot's dead as dodos. Ice-cold too.

273. That's why the temperature's so low. All of these things.

274. Do you think it was the attack they were talking about on radio that killed them?

275. Maybe. Maybe they'll just curl up and leave us alone.

276. Wouldn't that be terrific?

277. Please. They're not all gonna catch the flu and die, Pen.

278. You don't know that.

279. You looked up at the sky recently, mate?

280. You didn't see anything highly evolved up there, did you?

281. Haven't seen nothing highly evolved down here, for sure.

282. Would you two just back off each other?

283. Jamila, what's going on?

284. What is it?

285. Don't know.

286. Let me try something.

287. What's that noise? Sounds like my mum's wind chimes or something.

288. Show's over, I guess.

289. That wasn't a show.

290. It was a transmission.

291. A message from them.

292. To who?

293. And what did it say?

294. Come on.

295. - Let's go. - Let's go.

296. What the hell happened here?

297. Is that security?

298. Looks like some kind of last stand.

299. Didn't stand long, did they?

300. This is some straight-up Godzilla shit.

301. They must have been protecting something or—

302. What? More tunnels?

303. This.

304. Christ.

305. They couldn't get the gate closed in time.

306. The aliens slaughtered them.

307. Penny?

308. Pen, hey, hey. Hey, hey. Look at me. Look at me. It's all right, okay?

309. It's just another panic attack. You all right?

310. - We're fine. You're fine, Penny. Fine. - I feel it. I feel it.

311. - You feel what? - I feel it.

312. - I feel it. - Feel what?

313. Doctor... Doctor please, I can't understand you...

314. The line is breaking up, can you say that again?

315. It's Saint-Louis Hospital. Something's wrong.

316. Hello, this is Dr. Gagneux.

317. they all appear to be victims of some kind of attack.

318. We're overwhelmed,

319. we need someone to take...

320. - We're overwhelmed, we need someone... - Doctor, are you there?

321. EMERGENCY

322. Gently, gently. Breathe.

323. What did this to you?

324. Forget me. Get everyone... to safety...

325. I need help over here!

326. They're coming...

327. and they're worse...

328. Go, go, go, now! Go now!

329. - Fuck. Move him! - Shit. What do we do?

330. Darwin. Darwin, go! Penny, go with me.

331. Push.

332. We have got to get out of here.

333. Hey, Penny.

334. Penny. Penny, look at me.

335. Hey. Close your eyes, okay?

336. We're going to walk the maze together, yeah?

337. Can you see it, the maze? Great, okay. You're walking forward.

338. Tall hedges on either side protecting you. But there's a fork.

339. You know where to go, yeah? You turn...

340. - Left. - There you go. You turn left.

341. Now, you're walking forward.

342. And then there's a corner. Then you turn...

343. - Right. - Exactly. Right, yes.

344. Wajo. Wajo. Wajo...

345. Everyone, listen to me... Take the children with you and go!

346. Gather all the essential research, everything you can.

347. Quickly!

348. Esmee, what's going on?

349. They're not dead, Gabriel.

350. They're coming back.

351. And they're worse.

352. Get everything you can and go!

353. This is not a test.

354. Sarah, grab my files.

355. Esmee...

356. - In his condition, we can't possibly... - I know.

357. - We'd do more harm than good. - I said I know. Go help the others.

358. And Gabriel?

359. Tell the guards out there to protect this boy at all costs.

360. You're a survivor, Caspar.

361. Survive.

362. - I'm scared. - No, you're not. We've been here before.

363. - Where do you turn? - Left. Then right.

364. Then right again.

365. Yes, yes, yes. Now you're at the center of the garden with me.

366. You made it.

367. Yeah?

368. Get back, guys! Now!

369. What the hell are those? They're huge!

370. Oh, God. What are they?

371. - Alf? What are you doing? Alf! - Fucking...

372. Yes!

373. It's not working. The fire's not working!

374. Come on!

375. Go. Jump.

376. - We have to shut the door. - Here.

377. Come on. Go.

378. Come on, guys! Guys, turn it.

379. - Guys, gate's giving way. Hurry. Please! - That's it, more to me.

380. - It can't go any faster! - Come on! Quicker!

381. Guys, guys. Guys, quickly! Quickly, Darwin! Close it!

382. We can't stay here. Come on.

383. Go, go, go, go. Penny, go.

384. What I wouldn't give for a cozy fire right now.

385. Well, I had some of those heat packs in my backpack, but they're gone.

386. The gear, the food—

387. Please don't mention food right now.

388. Any idea how much longer?

389. I guess those aliens weren't dead after all. They were just napping.

390. Yeah, but they woke up different, like they're evolving or something.

391. That's great. We barely knew how to fight the first ones.

392. How else are we going to stop these...

393. - these— - Jesus.

394. Looks like it hit those bastards.

395. So this is where all those people came from.

396. Well, that way's blocked.

397. Yeah. Looks like a live wire up there as well.

398. Let's go through this way.

399. It's blocked. Let's cut through here.

400. Oh, shit.

401. It's like a car wreck inside of a train wreck.

402. What a mess.

403. Look, Penny's exhausted and freezing.

404. She needs to rest, and seeing that we are stuck here for the moment, we—

405. So you're giving up, yeah?

406. - Fucking knew it. - I'm not giving up, you prick.

407. - I'm just calling a break. - "Calling a break"?

408. So you're team captain now.

409. Stop fighting, both of you.

410. Jam, what do you think?

411. Forget it.

412. Me and Darwin will go scavenge up some supplies to replace what we lost.

413. Let's go. Enjoy your break, yeah?

414. Nope. Okay.

415. - Then let's check this one, yeah? - This one?

416. - Yes. - This the one?

417. Yeah, great. This will work.

418. All right, Penny. Hop in.

419. See, look. Blanket and everything.

420. Okay, Penny, lie down.

421. Okay. Pillow fort, here we come.

422. Complete with a night-light.

423. All right.

424. Okay.

425. Good night, Pen.

426. You haven't said a word in hours.

427. Something wrong?

428. Besides, I mean, everything?

429. You're good with her, you know?

430. You sound surprised.

431. I've just never seen you like that.

432. You really know what she needs.

433. What was that thing before? "You turn left, turn right..."

434. That.

435. The maze.

436. Weird, innit?

437. A few years back when things got bad at home, Penny would get these—

438. these attacks, you know?

439. I noticed only certain things would calm her down like maps and—

440. and bus routes.

441. We'd stash them everywhere. And when she did get scared, we'd pull one out

442. and trace a path.

443. But, one time we were on a walk, and a cyclist got hit.

444. Mercedes just hammered him. The bloke flew across the street,

445. a few yards from Penny.

446. - Christ. - Yeah.

447. Penny lost it.

448. I mean completely lost it. No map, nothing.

449. So, on the spot, I made up this maze.

450. God, it sounds so stupid, but— "Turn left. Turn right."

451. And that's what we've been doing ever since.

452. You fixed it.

453. Made it better.

454. Listen, you're not to blame for all this. You know that, right?

455. But I am though.

456. This whole mess is on me.

457. Trapped in a tunnel, surrounded by monsters.

458. Nothing to eat and no way out.

459. And I can't fix it.

460. Should've listened to my mum.

461. We'd all be better off if I'd just stayed at home.

462. Not me. Not Pen.

463. Nothing I said could get her out of the house.

464. I mean nothing.

465. But you did.

466. You gave us hope.

467. And look where it got her.

468. Look, it doesn't matter, okay? Penny's not the only one who needs rest right now.

469. Why don't you join her? I'll take first watch.

470. No, I don't need to sleep. I need to think.

471. Take a walk.

472. - Normally helps me. - Yeah. Got it. Thanks.

473. I'm sorry. I just wanna be alone.

474. Fine. All good.

475. Another couple of road flares.

476. - How many does that make? - Five.

477. Plus two water bottles, some biscuits and a tire iron.

478. And some bungees and some climbing gear from Mr. French Alps Holiday over there.

479. No way we're going through this. It's the end of the line.

480. You find anything good? Pretty grim, eh?

481. Yeah. Some biscuits, so—

482. Oh, great. I'm starving.

483. Hey! Emergencies only.

484. Look around, mate. It's the very definition.

485. Alf, he's right. The path's blocked.

486. There's no getting past that.

487. And plus, I'm pretty M— Marvin anyway, so...

488. Nice. Cozying up with King Prick over here.

489. When he used to torture you— torture Caspar back at school,

490. who was it that stuck up for you?

491. - You did. - Yeah.

492. Whether I wanted you to or not.

493. Excuse me?

494. Look. Everything doesn't have to be a fight, Alfie.

495. We do things to survive. And yeah, Monty was a bag of dicks back then,

496. and he still can be sometimes, but right now you're just as bad as him.

497. Fine. Whatever.

498. But I still don't trust you.

499. - You think you know me so well, don't you? - No, I don't at all. That's the problem.

500. Fine.

501. Ask me anything. Open book.

502. Open book, eh?

503. All right. "Kiss from a Rose."

504. What's that '90s abomination doing in your playlist?

505. - Little Monty get his heart broken? - None of your business.

506. If you want trust, this is the price.

507. Open fucking book and I just picked the page.

508. Fucking hell.

509. It's my parents' song, okay?

510. I used to watch them dance to it when I was five or whatever.

511. They used to smile at each other. Like, real smiles.

512. So, yeah. I play it sometimes

513. 'cause it reminds me that things— things were actually good once.

514. Happy now, twat?

515. Fine. Walk it is.

516. It's like the bus, isn't it?

517. The one Mr. Edwards was driving before the crash.

518. Looked like a crushed-up fizzy drink can.

519. We made it out alive.

520. I'm dreaming again.

521. Sort of.

522. Yeah.

523. So if I'm dreaming,

524. where are you?

525. I'm with them.

526. Well,

527. part of me is.

528. Just after the hospital, with you and that soldier, Trevante,

529. I felt something pulling on me.

530. It was like a— It was like a compass needle.

531. And I followed that pull,

532. and it led me straight into their world.

533. Into them.

534. "Into them"?

535. But just know I reached out to you with everything I had.

536. And here you are.

537. I've been looking for you.

538. Me too.

539. I wanted to get out.

540. I— I thought I could.

541. I think things got worse here.

542. The radio said something about an attack.

543. Maybe it worked. M-Maybe we hurt them.

544. That's why the lights, they're flashing. And the— And— And the sound—

545. They must be right pissed.

546. Whatever signal they're sending,

547. I mean, they must be stronger because...

548. - I can finally see you. - See you.

549. Don't you see what that means?

550. You're still finding ways to get back.

551. Get back to me. Just like I'm finding my way to you.

552. - You are? - Yeah.

553. If you're with them, you can learn about them.

554. About what they are, how to fight them, how to finish them.

555. Then, together, we can get you back. All of you.

556. You just gotta keep trying.

557. I will if you will.

558. I'm not giving up.

559. Ever.

560. Hey, Monty. Monty.

561. - What is it? - You have a good sense of direction, yeah?

562. "Turn left, turn right"?

563. Yeah. Yeah.

564. Time to fix this.

565. Monty!

566. Monty, where are you?

567. Alfie! Alfie! Alfie!

568. - What? What happened? - They're coming. I heard them.

569. Someone's gone through my things.

570. I knew it. What did he take?

571. - Climbing gear. - What?

572. You're up. Good.

573. 'Cause we're leaving.

574. Come on, guys.

575. See? It's a path through all this mess. Just follow the rope and mind the glass.

576. He had to break some windows.

577. Monty!

578. You did this?

579. Yeah, I did.

580. Ready?

581. Great.

582. Follow me, Pen.

583. - Any cuts? - I don't think so.

584. All good? Okay.

585. - They're coming. Let's go! Come on. - Go, go, go.

586. Did you notice we're running uphill?

587. We must be near the end.

588. Look!

589. - Oh, no. - What the hell?

590. - Guys, please— - Look at the walls.

591. What?

592. Jesus.

593. Those are explosives. They're gonna blow the entrance to the tunnel.

594. - Oh, God. - Fuck. Help!

595. Help!

596. Anyone! Please! Help! Please!

597. Please! Please! Help!

598. Anyone!

599. Hey!

600. Someone's in the tunnel! Hey! Someone's in there!

601. What are you talking about?

602. It sounds like children, sir.

603. I need six men, now!

604. Oh, my God. There's someone there.

605. - Come on. - Hurry, hurry, hurry!

606. Climb up! Climb up!

607. Climb up! Get her up!

608. - Hurry, hurry, hurry! - Pen, go.

609. Go, go, go, go, go!

610. - Monty! - Clear the barricade!

611. Hurry! Hurry!

612. - Go, go, go, go! - Come on. I got you.

613. Quick, they're coming!

614. Ready the charges!

615. - Darwin! - Monty!

616. On my signal!

617. Three... two... one!

618. All clear!

619. Thanks, mate.

620. - Yeah, welcome. - Fuck.

621. - Monty! - Pen.

622. - Hey. I thought you was dead in there. - Yeah, I did too.

623. - You all right? - Fuck!

624. - Nicked me. God. - Fucking hell.

625. Darwin.

626. - Someone's coming. - Medic. Medic!

627. Come on. Pick him up.

628. Go.

629. Come on. You're gonna be fine, okay?

630. Look, there's medics here. They're gonna get you good.

631. This lot's gonna fix you right up.

632. All right, bro.

633. - Casper. Find Caspar. - What?

634. We need to take him.

635. - Is he— - He's fine. He's gonna be fine.

636. Hey, they're doctors. They're gonna look after him.

637. It's just a scratch, Pen. It's okay.

638. What did he say?

639. Let's go get Caspar.

640. Well, let's go get him then.