28 WEEKS LATER [2007]

Week Twenty-Eight: No Escape

Karen: He'll be hungry.

 When he gets back, he'll want something to eat.

Jacob: Here we go again.

Let me tell you something, sweetheart, it's been 5 days since your boyfriend ran out on us.

If he's still breathing, he won't be interested in pasta.

It'll be your fucking neck!

Karen: Don't you say that!

Don: Out of order, Jacob.

Jacob: Why? We all know it's true.

The sooner she faces it, the better.

There are no survivors. It's just us in here and them out there.

15 days later, mainland Britain is quarantined

28 days later, mainland Britain has been destroyed by the rage virus

5 weeks later, the infected have died of starvation

11 weeks later, an American-led NATO Forces enters London

18 weeks later, mainland Britain is declared free of infection

24 weeks later, reconstruction begins

We are headed for our area of security and reconstruction designated as District One.

District One is located on the Isle of Dogs.

Although the Isle of Dogs is completely safe, the surrounding area of London is not.

There are a large number of bodies still not cleared from the original outbreak of infection.

Rats and wilds dogs are prevalent, as is disease.

New arrivals are reminded for their own safety

it is absolutely forbidden to sross the river and leave the security zone.

You will be joining15,000 civilians who are already resident in District One.

As we approach your new home, you'll notice a dramatically increased military presence.

The US Army is responsible for your safety.

We will do everything we can do to make your repatriation as easy as possible.

Inside District One, however, we believe you'll be pleasantly surprised.

We have hot and cold running water, 24-hour electricity, a medical centre, 

a supermarket and even a pub.

~Train Announcer

General Stone: Major, what are you afraid of?

Major Scarlet: What if it comes back?

General Stone: It won't come back.

Major Scarlet: What if it does?

General Stone: If it comes back, we kill it. Code Red.

Andy: I get worried I'm gonna forget what she looks like.

Tammy: You won't forget.

Andy: I don't even have a picture of her.

Tammy: You won't forget.

Major Scarlet: There's no question, sir, she has the virus. She's infected.

General Stone: Why isn't she showing any symptoms?

Major Scarlet: I don't know.

General Stone: Speculate.

Major Scarlet: A genetic abnormality which acts as some sort of natural immunity?

But the virus is still in her blood and saliva, so technically she's not immune.

She's a carrier.

General Stone: She has the abiliry to infect others?

Major Scarlet: Yes, sir, absolutely.

 

 

Doyle: Anyway, what about you?

Why the hell are you here?

Major Scarlet: Their mother had very special blood.

A natural kind of immunity to the virus.

Not all genetic traits are passed on, they can skip a generation or vanish altogether, but...

Doyle: But they might have it.

Major Scarlet: It's a possibility.

So their lives are far more valuable than mine. Or yours.

Doyle: I got it.

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ERAGON [2006]

Riders Wanted 

Uncle Garrow: Your day will come too, Eragon.

 And you will decide for yourself the kind of life you wish to lead.

Eragon: Uncle, I like my life right here.

Uncle Garrow: What many men seek is often right under their nose.

But for some, the unknown is too hard to resist.

Eragon: Is that why my mother left?

Uncle Garrow: My sister was in a great hurry when she left you here.

Wahtever her reasons, we can only trust they were for your own good.

Besides, had she not, I wouldn't have gained another son.

Eragon: You mocked the king in front of his soldiers.

Brom: I always say, better ask forgiveness than permission.

Brom: She was protecting you against the Ra'zac.

Eragon: I could have killed them.

Brom: That's the spirit.

One part brave, 3 parts fool.

Eragon: What, do you think I could do it?

Brom: The Ra'zac kill mercilessly. That's what they do.

 But a boy of 15, 16...

Eragon: 17.

Brom: 17, forgive me.

Well, I think even a 17-year-old boy might probably last a minute against Durza's assassins.

Eragon: Then I'll find Durza and kill him.

Brom: Durza's a Shade.

A sorcerer possessed with demonic spirits.

Find Durza, you'll be no better off than your uncle.

You just pray to heaven he doesn't find you because the king won't rest until he does.

You are the Varden's only hope.

Eragon: Who are the Varden?

Brom: Rebels. Outcasts.

Men who are brave or mad enough to oppose Galbatorix.

Saphira: And who might this be?

Eragon: This is Brom. He knows about dragons.

Saphira: He knows about dragons?

I'll be the judge of that. [roar]

You were chosen nevertheless.

A dragon will only hatch if it feels the presence of its rider.

It'll wait forever if it has to.

~Brom

Brom: Now it find you.

It will serve you and only you, and that's put your life in danger.

Eragon: Because it chose me?

Brom: No.

Because the easiest way for the king to destroy your dragon is to kill you.

A rider will live on if his dragon is killed.

But if the rider dies...

Saphira: So does his dragon.

Angela: A young life so tangled.

But you have been long awaited by many races.

Great battles rage around you.

Eragon: It can't be. I don't understand.

Eragon: You have powers you do not ackowledge, but there is a doom upon you.

Part of it lies in a death that rapidly approaches.

Eragon: It's already happened.

Angela: And a girl. She calls to you in your dreams.

She's part of your past and your future.

Magic comes from dragons.
It flows through the riders who command them.
~Brom

Before you cast a spell, you must learn the ancient language of the elves.
Brisingr means 'fire'. Is fire.
 The thing is the word.
Know the word and you control the thing.
 Before you can cast a spell, you must have the physical strength to withstand its effect.
 Some spells may leave you weakened.
Other spells, as you found out on the bridge, can leave you unconscious.
  And yet other spells, if you use them before you're ready, will kill you.
I can teach you the words, but the limits of your strength you must learn for yourself.
 ~Brom

And now, the days of the riders have come again.
~Saphira

Take care of Saphira.
Without her, you'll find life is hardly worth living.
~Brom

Eragon: Why me?
Saphira: You choose a leader for his heart.
Eragon: But I'm not without fear.
 Saphira: Without fear there cannot be courage.
 But when we are together, it is our enemies who should be afraid.

 Into the sky, to win or die!
~Eragon

 You lost those who were dear to you.
 You've paid the great price for your courage.
~Arya



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