Reign of Fire

Hello, Quinn.

Good morning, Quinn. How's it going, mate?

- What's up, guys? - Working the late shift?

Ha! Someone's got to clean up after you guys.

All right, Quinn. Oi, oi, oi. Come on, then.

- You're not havin' one yourself, then? - No, I'm trying to cut back.

You heard from the school, then, didn't you?

Down you go.

- Good night, lads. - See you, Karen.

- Have a good weekend. - Karen, here's the new recruit.

- Employment office is up top. - Hi, Mum!

- Quinn, how are you, mate? - All right, mate.

Have you been smoking?

No, I told you, I only smoke when I've been drinking.

- What's wrong? - Nothing.

Quinn, what is it?

You've got something you want to show me.

You know what it says.

Scholarship was worth... 3,000 a year.

- We don't have that sort of money. - Maybe we could ask Dad to pay.

- Sorry. - Karen?

- What? - Got a problem at number four.

Jess says he's hit some sort of a void.

Oh, that bitch hasn't a clue to what she's doing.

Hey, Quinn.

And what brings you to the asshole of the world?

You're passing through it. What's that make you?

Here. Why don't you go inside and have a wee look?

Oh.

Wicked.

Whoa.

- I know it's still... - I covered it.

Quinn!

There's something in there. There's something in the hole!

- Damn it, Jess! - It's unsafe conditions!

- Here. Let's look at this void. - It's unsafe!

I'm just going to wash your eyes out, OK?

- Mum, we've got to go! - No, no. We've got to do this fast.

Open your eyes. Open them. Open them.

Oh.

Give me that.

Come on!

Get in!

Mum, there was something in there!

Come here!

Come on! Come on!

Mum!

Mum?

Mum?

Mum?

I've kept this for years, because someday it will be up to you.

I don't want you to be afraid.

I want you to understand.

Knowledge is the only weapon we've got left.

In the beginning, it was ignorance that destroyed us.

I saw the first, but soon the world saw millions.

No one knew how they spawned so fast. They swarmed like locusts,

burning everything in their path, driven by one purpose: to feed.

We couldn't believe they were real.

Ancient man had made them into myths,

but nature had made something far more terrible.

Too late, our scientists discovered their true identity,

a species which had burned the dinosaurs to dust,

whose ash had brought on ice ages,

who, in eons past, had scorched the world clean of life,

then starved, then slept, waiting for the earth to replenish itself,

waiting to start their cycle anew.

Our weapons shot fire back at them, yet for every one of them killed,

a hundred took its place. They seemed invulnerable.

We could only look on as our leaders

used their greatest arsenal to destroy them.

But in the end, we only helped them,

till the world burned

and the few of us that were left fled the cities,

found shelter where we could.

You have to understand our past,

because you will decide our future.

They're starving now, and they're more dangerous than ever.

But we have to go on. We have to outlast them.

Only one species is getting out of this alive.

Hey, Quinn! Come and have a look at this!

It's a straight drop now from the water tower.

You just pull the plug, 500 gallons per minute hits the walls.

Don't care about the specs, Jerry.

- 1,200 centigrade. Can it take it? - Yeah. 'Course it can.

I used to build blast furnaces for a living. I know all about fire.

Of course you do. Sorry, mate. Nice one.

Eddie's gone psycho.

- Jared? - Yeah?

Keep 'em at it. No slacking!

You heard him. No slacking. Go!

I shall always walk. Ye, though his brethren rose,

like locusts from the earth, Quinn,

- no weapon could save me! - Yeah.

- No fire could extinguish theirs! - Yeah.

- They will prepare... - Cheers, mate.

What's up, Quinn?

What are you doing, Eddie?

Me and a few others, we're going harvesting, Quinn.

No, you're not.

It's not ready. We spoke about this.

Half the stuff's not ripe. It won't germinate.

That means no seeds. Nothing to plant.

There won't be a next season. We'll starve.

What is this? We can do it, Eddie. We decided, all of us, you as well.

Dig in, work together, outlast them.

Kids can't eat hope, Quinn. Edinburgh's gone.

We haven't heard from Pembury or Norwich in two years!

- We're on our own. - Yeah, we know that.

That's why we have to hang on. Maybe we are all that's left.

Eight years I've listened to you, and for what?

Two kids and a wife buried on the road.

I'm not losing these, Quinn,

- not when there's food out there. - Sorry. You're not going anywhere.

- Give me the keys. - You bloody take 'em from me.

It's a community, not a prison.

Eddie, you can argue as much as you like.

It makes no difference.

The point is, if you go out those gates, you jeopardize this community,

you can stay out there, because you're not coming back.

All right. I'm keeping these.

Hey, Quinn.

You know, I'm your best friend,

and sometimes even I don't like you.

Sorry.

"Join me," the black knight says,

"then we can end this conflict forever."

Never!

Ah!

"I'll never join you," the white knight says. "You killed my father."

The black knight stares through the holes in his shiny mask,

and he speaks words that burn into our hero's heart forever.

"I... am your father."

No!

- Did you make that up, Mr. Quinn? - 'Course I did.

All right, kids. Time for bed.

- No! - One more!

Tomorrow. No, no. Prayers first.

Tomorrow!

- The Lion King! - Yeah!

Tomorrow! Prayers first!

OK.

Ready?

What do we do when we wake?

Keep both eyes on the sky.

What do we do when we sleep?

Keep one eye on the sky.

What do we do when we see them?

Dig hard, dig deep,

run for shelter and never look back.

- Well done. - Good night, guys.

Bedtime.

- Bedtime! - Good night.

Why can't we stay up later?

Michael? Quinn's asleep.

I took the keys. Let's go.

You keep quiet.

Hello, Liam.

Willem says it's dragon breath.

Don't you listen to him. It's just the wind.

OK.

Oh, God.

Ajay, alarm.

Take cover, kids. Come on, now. There we go, then.

OK, children! Head up! One at a time!

One... two... Single file. Single file.

- Let's move! - Right.

Move the kids. Let's go. Come on.

Creedy?

- Yeah? - You got a count?

- Yeah. We're good. - Quinn!

Quinn!

In the field.

- Dragons! - Go get Eddie.

Rachel!

- Rachel! - I'm here!

Devon! Devon!

- Devon! - Michael!

- Dev, where's Michael? - Michael?

Michael! Michael!

You OK?

- Where's Matt? - He's dead.

Eddie!

Let's go! Move!

- Come on! Go! - Come on, Michael!

Go! Move!

Keep going! Come on!

Dad... what'll we do?

We're trapped!

- Come on! - Go!

- Move it! - Hurry up!

Go! Come on! Quick!

Get in! Get in the car!

Run!

Get in!

You OK?

Devon!

Come on, Creedy. Come on!

- Back up! Back up! - Go!

Oh, my God! Back up!