Unknown
Are you still hiding?
Unknown
I still can’t figure out who’s been texting you.
Keira
You’ve got a lot of nerve texting me.
Unknown
I told you I’d explain when I could.
Keira
Do you seriously expect me to play along with that?
Keira
Don’t pretend you don’t know what I’m talking about.
Unknown
But I actually don’t have a clue…
Keira
I found the children.
Unknown
Shit. Keira, I’m so sorry. I should have told you sooner.
Keira
Why are you keeping children in cells?
Unknown
I should have told you the truth a long time ago.
Keira
What you SHOULD have done is NOT imprison children.
Unknown
It’s not as bad as you think.
Keira
And by the way, don’t bother lying. I talked to Doug.
Unknown
Ok fine. Fine! Look, I’m part of a government study assessing children with a high propensity for extreme violence…
Unknown
EXTREME violence, Kiera. They present an imminent threat to society.
Unknown
My job is to locate the cause of their violent tendencies—
Unknown
But I haven’t been able to do it.
Unknown
We suspect it’s caused by a virus…but there’s no cure, hon.
Unknown
We don’t know enough about it to make a vaccine.
Keira
Whoa, hold on — how did you get involved with this project in the first place?
Unknown
Doug got me the job.
Unknown
Originally, we were meant to counsel troubled kids at their schools. At least that’s what we thought…
Unknown
We did tons of tests and wrote up reports about the children who failed them.
Unknown
After the first two years, we were promoted — but with that came a heavy price.
Unknown
The kids who failed the test were deemed “incapable of rehabilitation.”
Unknown
We were supposed to “take care of them.”
Keira
Doug told me what that really meant — they asked to you kill them.
Unknown
They did. They said we should make it seem like they ran away or were kidnapped…
Unknown
And I just…I couldn’t do it.
Keira
I saw the children in the cages, Calvin.
Unknown
Then you should know to believe me!
Unknown
I couldn’t kill them — that’s why they’re there.
Unknown
Doug said I should just keep my head down and follow orders, but I couldn’t.
Unknown
The whole nature versus nurture thing…
Unknown
I think there’s good in every person.
Unknown
I don’t believe someone could be a complete sociopath, especially not a child.
Unknown
And I couldn’t lead kids to their death, even though they were deemed “evil.”
Keira
So you falsified records…
Keira
You brought them into our home…
Unknown
I fed them. I counseled them. I performed additional tests on them in secrecy.
Unknown
I feel like I’m on the cusp of a breakthrough but it’s just out of reach.
Unknown
Listen, this isn’t completely ethical…
Unknown
I ran some experiments on them, Keira. Tried some new vaccines.
Keira
You did WHAT?! On kids?!
Unknown
Isn’t it better than killing them?
Unknown
And I’m getting close—
Unknown
Maybe…maybe if I can just put together the last link, then I can save the kids.
Keira
Why didn’t you tell the government this?
Keira
That all you need is more time?
Unknown
I did. Repeatedly. And then I got caught.
Unknown
One of the children broke free and told them I kidnapped him.
Unknown
I knew I had to run—
Unknown
It was the perfect excuse for the government to throw me under the bus.
Unknown
Their program wasn’t working and now they have someone to blame.
Unknown
But if I went behind bars, I wouldn’t be able to help anyone. So I went away…
Unknown
To try to cement my hypothesis.
Unknown
I think the children get more agitated in the face of chaos and destruction.
Keira
Okay…yeah, don’t we all?
Unknown
Yes, but they have this virus — and when a body feels agitation or stress…
Unknown
A virus has a better chance of ransacking it.
Unknown
Exactly. That’s why I thought if the infected children were separated and confined, the virus wouldn’t activate.
Unknown
You know, good environment isolation.
Keira
You seriously thought a prison cell was a good environment?
Unknown
No. But it was the only choice I had.
Unknown
Keira, you need to stay hidden and away from the kids—
Unknown
They’re extremely dangerous.
Keira
Why didn’t you tell me before?
Unknown
Because I couldn’t. I needed to hide to buy time.
Keira
So this whole time you had them in cages, you were trying to save them…
Keira
Calvin, I screwed up.
Keira
I let the kids out.
Unknown
You have no idea what you just did.
Keira
I didn’t know. You didn’t tell me anything.
Keira
It’ll be okay. Right?
Keira
I hear sirens. The police are here.
But Calvin doesn’t reply. Keira climbs back up the stairs.
She pulls back the curtain on a window and staggers back at the horrific scene.
Keira
Oh my God — the children are attacking the reporters…
Keira
Even the parents. Oh my God.
Keira’s vision hones in on Doug. He’s surrounded by children.
He tries to break free, but he has too many attackers. There’s blood everywhere.
Keira turns away, unable to watch Doug get torn to pieces.
She stares at her phone. Should she tell Calvin?
Before she can text, there’s a bang against a window.
Keira
There’s a child staring at me through a window.
Keira stares at the girl. It’s Lily—
The first girl who’d caught her eye in the basement.
Lily doesn’t look dangerous. She looks scared and empathetic.
The rehabilitation must have partially worked!
Lily presses her palm to the glass and, after a moment, Keira presses hers on the opposite side.
Glass suddenly shatters, shards raining on Keira.
She feels a brick hit her in the head and thinks…
I should never have trusted them. I never should have let the children go…
Then everything goes black.
