Anya kenway,
I havepointment with David Lasalle,
Not exactly club med, is it?
You're clear, dr, Kenway,
Building 16,
Straight ahead, take a right, and follow the signs,
Thanks,
You have a nice day,
I already am, ma'am,
It's been a long time, Anya,
It's really good to see you again,
Yes, ,,
in a twisted sort of way,
Nice place,
You didn't tell me you were working in a gulag,
I'll show you around,
Burkmeer was built for h-Bomb research
during the cold war,
I know it's not much on amenities,
but, believe me,
you'll be glad you decided to come up here,
I only agreed to look,
You promised me
the most fascinating project of my career,
so fascinate me,
Fascinated yet?
I've seen radiation Chambers before,
So are we going to the moon again,
or are you just trying to take over the world?
I'm Roy evereznak, post-Doc out of cal tech,
Pleased to meet you,
Roy's been with the project five months,
I think it's really excellent that you're here,
Your essay on Bell's interconnectedness theorem,
it was awesome stuff, doc,
It was like my Bible in grad school, man,
I used to sleep with it under my Pillow,
You've got to take this job, doc,
Well, I'll take it under advisement, Roy,
Roy got his bachelor's at 15,
just like you did,
Oh, I'm like the janitor around here,
I could never be in your league, dr, Kenway,
The focus of our experiment
is in there,
Roy, you and I have some diagnostics to run,
Why don't you grab a radiation suit?
Tell me what you think,
Roy, ,,
there is Nothing wrong with your television,
Do not attempt to adjust the picture,
We are now controlling the transmission,
We control the horizontal and the vertical,
We can deluge you with a thousand channels
or expand ONE single image to crystal clarity, ,,
and beyond,
We can shape your vision
to anything our imagination can coeive,
For the next hour,
we will control all that you see and hear,
You are about to experience the awe and mystery
which reaches from the deepest inner mind
to the outer limits,
Seemingly without reason, y touches many lives,
but is there a hidden purpose
that lies beneath our apparently random fates?
"Urs-28" was born "Sasha vadimsky,"
belarus, russia, 1987,
His unwed mother was a tech at chernobyl,
critically injured in the accident,
She didn't even know She was pregnant
at the time,
After the reactor blew,
she was in intensive care, comatose,
The fetus inside her grew,
Six months later, just before she died,
the russian doctors performed a c-Section
and delivered what you just saw,
They put it on a life-Support system,
Didn't think it would survive,
but it did,
After the soviet union collapsed,
urs-28 was eventually brought here
to burkmeer,
And it's been kept alive like this
all these years,
As long as it's fed intravenously,
the autonomic nervous system keeps the heart pumping,
the organs functioning, ,,
What about higher brain function?
None, No consciousness at all,
So why am I here?
I'm a physicist, not a biologist,
Recognize that?
What is this, astrophysics 101?
It's the theoretical construct
of a tachyon,
a hypothetical subatomic particle,
It's the only thing faster than light,
If we understand that,
we could rewrite the physics books,
It could lead to a whole new source of energy,
That's a big "If"
When we don't even know if it exists,
They're being emitted by urs-28,
Anya, this is not hypothetical,
This is an actual reading,
All right, David, I'm officially fascinated,
Does that mean you'll accept the job?
Anya, this is Dr, Frank beimler,
He's the director of burkmeer,
I'm in, doctor,
Excellent,
We began this project
as an investigation into a U, R, S,
It's our Lingo...
"Unexplained Radiation Source,"
Thank you,
Our subject emits all sorts
of high-Intensity, electromagnetic pulses,
They're crazy random signals,
muon particle streams,
even gamma radiation,
which is why we require protection around urs-28,
Weird stuff,
and it started emitting tachyons?
It only happened once,
and only for a microsecond,
We've been trying to get urs-28
to generate them again ever since,
Without success,
Tell me, dr, Kenway,
how would you suggest that we approach this task?
Well, I'd hit the subject
with a array of accelerated protons
set at different frequencies,
just like you were planning to,
Don't look so shocked,
I saw the proton generators in the I, C, U,
Too bad you haven't been able
to figure out the right equation for the frequency mix,
That's why you're here, Anya,
Welcome aboard,
If we succeed,
it'll be the scientific coup of the century,
We'll change the face of physics,
And maybe win a nobel prize
along the way, ,,
Quite possibly,
Of course,
your urs-28 might not appreciate
being slammed
with a bunch of high-Energy protons,
Urs-28 is nothing more
than a grossly deformed, irradiated mass of protoplasm,
Maybe, but he gave me a pretty creepy look,
It's pure reflex,
His brain has no visual cortex,
You know, David,
if u, R, S, Was a monkey,
you might hear the word "Vivisection"
More than you like,
Yeah, well, a monkey has a working brain,
Urs-28 does not,
Show me where to hang my toothbrush,
I'll get started,
All of our key personnel live right here at burkmeer,
Nancy and I were planning a little welcoming party for you
at our place Sunday night,
Just people from work, No big deal,
I'm not much for parties anymore,
Oh,
Well, there's not a whole lot of social life
out here in the boonies,
People are looking forward to it,
It'd be good if you came,
I don't suppose you'd believe me
if I told you I don't have a thing to wear,
Come on,
Hi, Roy,
How's our urs-28 this afternoon?
Well, let's see, ,,
today, he homered in the bottom of the ninth
to win the little league world series title,
and he brought a girl home
after the game,
so I suspect he's not a virgin anymore,
He is the man, isn't he?
I'm just yanking your chain, doc,
Actually, he's been very cool all afternoon,
no Spikes in his readings,
I just changed out his I, V,
I guess he liked his lunch,
He's been snoozing ever since,
It sounds like you're getting attached,
Well, I guess feel bad for the little guy, you know,
It's not much of a life,
And if you and the other docs
are able to set up this experiment,
it's Only going to get worse for him,
No one's getting hurt, Roy,
U, R, S, Has no feeling or thought,
You're that sure?
I've seen his e, E, G,,
a complete flatline punctuated by random bursts of energy,
I know, but, ,,
I'm a scientist,
I believe in facts, not fantasy,
and I suggest you do, too,
if you intend to pursue this field,
Well, I guess this means you're one of us, Anya,
All right, Welcome aboard,
Well, help yourselves,
I tweaked the algorithm for phase wave addition,
but it still didn't cut it,
We're stuck on the initiating sequence,
Why didn't I see that?
Maybe you're too close to the problem, ,,
or maybe I'm just smarter than you,
And, ,,
we'll run both simulations,
Along with hundreds of others, ,,
you know, don't you,
if we miscalculate on the real deal,
your urs-28 is history,
There's no room for error at these energy levels,
It's worth taking the risk,
considering what we've got to gain,
I had a weird little chat with Roy evereznak today,
Roy's a bright guy,
He's a few kopecks short of a Ruble,
but the kid crunches physics like nobody's business,
Hey, enough with the shop talk, you two,
This is supposed to be a party,
Sorry,
So, how did you two meet?
We met right here at burkmeer,
Nancy used to work in administration,
Ah,
Well, David always was a lazy dater,
David is really happy you've come on board, Anya,
You're amongst friends,
If there's anything you need,
please ask,
Thank you, I appreciate it,
Honey, would you grab the wine?
Yeah, sure,
Well, come on, Let's make some friends,
Hey, help yourselves,
My aunt Had multiple sclerosis,
but she was upbeat
and engaged in life
right up until the day she died,
"your attitude determines your altitude,"
she used to say,
Are you all right, dear?
Yes, I'm fine,
You okay?
Yeah, yeah, I'm fine,
I'm going home,
Uh, ,,I'll give you a ride,
I said I'm fine,
What's up?
It's, ,,
Dr, Kenway, still in the house, burning the midnight oil, ,,
can't sleep
when I'm running numbers in my head,
I get all my inspiration
from the ones with the sprinkles,
Why does that not surprise me?
So, you're really going to hit old Sasha
with that triple-Decker dose of protons?
As soon as we can come up with
the proper frequency mix, ,,
Sounds mucho painful,
It would be,
if the subject had the capacity to feel pain,
How long does the process last?
Theoretically,
we could keep him on it for years,
decades even,
and we'd need decades
to be able to understand and Harness the energy
of the tachyons,
[ beeping ]
uh-Oh,
Houston, we've got a problem,
Looks like Delta-Seven probe is loose,
I'll go check it,
Oh, I'll get it, Finish your breakfast,
Dinner,
Right,
You okay?
Yeah, I'm okay,
Whoa, who, whoa, doc!
You've got to suit up,
Right,
Sorry,
Thanks,
Hello, urs-28,
My name's Anya,
and I assure you
this does hurt me more than it hurts you,
[ alarm Sounding ]
warning, radiation levels rising,
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
You've got to suit up,
Right,
Sorry,
Thanks,
[ speaking russian ]
[ translator ]: I recorded many energetic emissions
associated with the subject,
The radiation had side effects...
Headaches and such,
In one case, a nurse began to see visions,
hallucinating visions
of a small boy That would appear to her,
It was thought to be the result of radiation poisoning,
but, ultimately, it was revealed
that the woman had a genetic brain disorder,
and was removed from her post,
Urs-28,, ,
Sasha, ,,
is there a secret you're hiding?
Or is my disease affecting my mind?
Don't tell me you've been here here all night,
I went through the russian files,
and I spent some time in the I, C, U,,
and, while I was in there, there was an e, M, P, Burst,
And?
Nothing,
It was just a weird sensation,
You've got to take better care of yourself,
In your condition, ,,
you don't have to remind me that I have a terminal illness,
It's something I live with every day,
Go home,
Get some rest,
Go on,
Roy's due back for the second shift
any time now,
If you don't go,
I'm going to tell Roy to play his rap
without headphones,
Okay,
Okay, I'll go,
Sasha's toast, ,,
and we can't let Sasha be toast
because Sasha is the only one I know, ,,
who's worse off than me,
Jackpot,
Hey, Janie,
I talked to dr, Beimler,
He said it's okay if I cover the rest of your shift,
Take off whenever,
Thank you, Roy,
I owe you one,
How's my boy?
Out like a light, What else did you expect?
See you tomorrow,
Bye,
I almost made a difference,
Got a joke for you, sash,
Did you hear about the new restaurant on jupiter?
The food's great, but the atmosphere sucks,
That was a good one, huh?
You know, sash,
the science brass have big plans for you,
You're supposed to help them solve
the mysteries of the universe,
They're only going to torture you
for 20 or 30 years
to do it,
Well, not on my watch,
I'm going to help you escape this hell
the only way I can,
Emergency,
Life systems critical,
No!
What the hell, ,,
Jane, ,,
Where's Roy?
He's in the lab,
No, he's not in the lab, I was just in the lab,
Urs-28 is all alone?
Dr, Beimler will hit the roof,
Go in there and watch him, but don't let anyone in,
Do you understand?
Yes, but...
Go,
David...
Anya, I knew you'd do it,
Your last series of equations
is the answer,
David, where's Roy?
Didn't you hear me?
I ran the simulation, It checked out,
We can start the experiment tomorrow,
Listen, Something's happened to Roy,
What are you talking about?
I don't know exactly,
He's disappeared,
He was in the lab,
and I was at home,
and I saw it,
David, I think I'm experiencing some kind of connection
with Sasha,
Anya, ,,
I'm not losing my mind,
I read the russian files,
There was a nurse who was monitoring Sasha,
She saw a little boy appear out of thin air,
That's what I saw,
The woman turned out to have a brain tumor,
That's what was causing the hallucinations,
Maybe,
Or, maybe Sasha was able to reach her telepathically
because of the problem in her brain,
just like my condition is allowing me
to experience things that the rest of you can't,
You're under a lot of pressure,
You hardly get any sleep,
No wonder your mind is playing tricks,
David, if you had seen what I just saw, you...
You're on heavy medication,
Some of those drugs have neural side effects,
Are you asking me to disbelieve my own senses?
No,
I'm asking you to be what you've always been,
a scientist,
Any word from Roy?
No,
I tried him at home, but no one's answering,
Did you check the readings for 2:15?
There was a brief drop
in the subject's oxygen levels
at 2:12 this afternoon,
The video playback?
The video went out for a few seconds
about the same time,
We've been having trouble with the new systems...
Thanks,
I'll take over now,
Okay, dr, Kenway,
Do you need me to do...
No, you can go,
Thanks, Jane,
Fantastic, ,,
and you've run this through the simulation?
Five times,
It's gold,
I told you Anya would crack it,
The equipment's in place,
We can be up and running by the end of tomorrow,
What's the problem, David?
Um, well, ,,just, ,, these long days
have been putting a major strain on her,
Be specific,
She says she's experiencing things,
She thinks she's developed
some sort of empathic connection with urs-28,
Oh, she's just been putting in long hours,
and in her condition, ,,
do you think she's going through some kind of a breakdown?
I don't know,
Where is she now?
I know you didn't want to hurt him,
He was trying to kill you,
What choice did you have?
You know, Sasha,
you and I are almost in the same boat,
You're not part of this world,
Pretty soon, I won't be either,
I only wish I'd found
more of the answers I was looking for, ,,
and I wish there was something I could do for you,
Help me,
Where am I?
Who are you?
I am Sasha's mother,
This is Sasha as I know him,
a perfect little boy who never awakens
because his consciousness is caught in your world,
Parallel dimensions, ,,
with Sasha caught between, ,,
his mind is the bridge allowing us to communicate
between our worlds,
Do you know how set him free?
No,
Try,
You are his only hope,
Do you have any children?
Well, if you are looking after him
in your world,
then he is your child, too,
Anya? Anya?
Anya?
And Sasha has generated a rift
between our dimension and another,
I've seen this dimension,
I know it exists,
Anya, ,,
you're not well,
Why don't you take some time, get yourself sorted out?
How much time, doctor?
I'll be dead in a year,
I'm sorry,
but you're officially off this project,
You can't do this!
I have no choice,
We are that little child's Only chance,
David, ,,
David, you've got to talk to him,
You've got to do something,
You've got to stop him,
There's nothing I can do,
Dr, Kenway?
I'm supposed to help you to your quarters,
I'm sorry, Anya,
Everyone's sorry, ,,
and, tomorrow, in the name of science,
you're going to horribly torture a little boy,
That's it, ,,
[ knocking ]
I know it's only 5:30,, ,
don't worry, Come on in,
What's going gb?
I know how to send Sasha through,
What?
Where's your laptop?
It's, uh, ,, it's unbelievable,
We can use the proton array,
It's already set up in the I, C, U,
Instead of training them on Sasha,
we can set up the coordinates to clash
at a singularity above the life-Support chamber,
We can amplify the tachyons
in Sasha's brain
and draw them up to the singularity,
punching a hole in the space-Time continuum,
Even on the wild chance that this is possible,
you'd never have enough power,
The hole would only have to exist
for a nanosecond,
Sasha would instantly be pulled through
to his natural point in space-time,
and be reintegrated
with his other-Dimensional self,
All we need to do
is Divert enough power from the rest of burkmeer
to the proton generators in the lab,
Beimler will never allow it,
Oh, we can't tell beimler,
David, I've proven to you that...
All you've proven to me
is that tachyons travel interdimensionally,
That does not mean
that I believe that urs-28 is a small boy,
or that you've seen this other dimension
that you plan on sending him to,
You once said to me that maybe there's meaning,
an unseen greater good
in even our worst tragedies,
Well, I now know
that it's my illness
that is allowing me to experience things
that perhaps no one else ever has,
and it's what's going to allow me
to save this little boy when no one else can,
All right, how do I know this boy exists?
I mean, I go along with this, it's the end of my career,
Now, how can you ask me to throw everything away
on the chance you might be right?
Because the stakes are too high not to,
A human life, ,,
look, maybe this is the last desperate delusion
of a dying woman,
but, if I'm right,
then what I've experienced is not insanity,
It's destiny, ,,
maybe even the hand of god,
Help me, David,
I told Jane to take a break,
that I'd look after everything
for an hour or so,
But that doesn't mean someone else might not come by,
Just get me the power I need,
All right,
And, David?
Thank you,
Yeah,
Good morning, Sasha,
With any luck, you'll be taking a trip today,
Oh, David,
Morning,
I wanted to tell you how badly I feel
that we had to let Anya go,
I know how close you are,
Yeah, well, I mean, ,, she's a pro,
She'll get over it,
I'd like to go over the final checklist
before we actually...
Dr, Beimler, ,,
Dr, Kenway's in the lab!
Get out of there!
What the hell is she doing?
Anya, come out of there!
The computer's running
some kind of automatic sequen
Well, shut it down,
I can't,
She's controlling it from inside the I, C, U,
Go in and get her out of there,
Sir, she damaged the suits,
There are more in the radiation lab,
Anya, Anya, you're sick,
You don't know what you're doing,
David, talk to her,
What can I tell her, Frank?
You can tell her to get out of there!
We'll shut the power down,
You can't,
If you try, you'll blow every circuit in this place,
and electrocute urs-28,
What are you talking about?
I jammed the circuits,
You're part of this?
I just couldn't take the chance that she might be right,
The system won't take the power!
It will, It will,
It's just a safety precaution
in the system,
Go down to the access panel,
and remove the k-6 resistor board,
Have you lost your mind?
Get her out of there,
No!
Jensen, leave her alone, Leave her alone!
I can't reach,
I can't get in there with this helmet,
Oh, my god,
Anya, don't!
She won't last 30 seconds without that suit,
Get out of there,
You're going to have to come with me, doctor,
Jensen, don't let her near the console,
It's not going to happen, doctor,
Don't make this Harder on yourself,
Roy's been with the project for five months,
It's really excellent you're here,
Your essay on Bell's interconnectedness theorem...
Awesome stuff, doc,
It was like my Bible in grad school, man,
I used to sleep with it under my Pillow,
You've got to take this job, doc,
You okay, Anya?
Dr, Lasalle!
It's impossible,
Urs-28, it's gone,
What are you talking about?
You have a good day, ma'am,
Thanks,
I already did,
Despite our ever-More sophisticated technology,
sometimes an open mind and a caring heart
are more important tools to fathom our reality,
all the way from Its deepest inner reaches
to its most DISTANT outer limits,
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