MIRCrew
They'll ask you one day to tell them the story
of how the world was saved.
They'll want to know how we found our heroes,
and together, fought back.
But to tell that story,
you have to tell them how it was before.
You are too young to remember
how green the world was, how light, how full of hope.
And how we were too blinded by the light of our own happiness to see the darkness
buried right under our own feet.
And when it finally came, it had only one purpose
to destroy all that was good.
It was men who fought first,
because that's what men do.
We fought. We bled. We lost.
So our mothers, our wives, our daughters, our sisters,
they picked up the sword.
They put on the Kodiac colors,
and made sure this was a war we could not lose
Mother.
- Isabel. - Amanda.
Amanda.
This world has been broken many times.
And the breakers are always different.
Sometimes they come from space,
sometimes from underground, sometimes they're human.
Sometimes animal.
Other times, no form at all,
a germ, a disease, and energy.
But they bring death, always death.
A death is always followed by rebirth, destruction by renewal.
And that first job in 15 years ago,
this age old cycle started again.
You see, the stitch was always there.
Mother Earth had just buried it deep,
deep down, to protect us,
to protect our most cherished creations.
And then we--
cut down the forest, melted the ice, opened up the stitch, and all the breakers out.
bla, bla, bla...
A young lady.
Who was telling the story here?
Okay, you've told the story a million times, dad.
I want to code a Kodiak story.
Well, you had one this morning.
So, shhh, as I was saying,
the destruction of the boreal forest--
Kodiak.
How we can do maths?
- Kodiak. - How about algebra?
- Kodiak. - Let's study some algebra--
- Kodiak. - How about physics?
- Kodiak! - Okay, silence, silence. Shhhh.
Willow wins again.
This is the story of how Kodiak
took out 100 breakers with one swipe of his mighty axe.
It was just the year after the stitch had opened,
and our brave forces were gathered in Glasgow for their first assault.
The nights were long and wet and windy.
The only thing that kept them going were these stories.
My dad is a born storyteller.
...teeth like daggers.
He says our stories are as important as our guns, our swords,
especially now.
Stories give those of us that are still left, hope.
They inspire our warriors
like my mum to keep fighting.
How in dark and wet...
He tells me these things not to scare me,
but to remind me that one day they'll need me to tell the story.
The story of how we pulled ourselves away from all this darkness
and death and destruction.
And found the light.
They were ready to fight them.
Were there flowers on the island?
Yeah, there are flowers.
Thousands of reds and purples, yellows,
colors like you and believe.
The island was so bright.
It was so beautiful.
Like heaven.
Heaven.
Don't worry, sounds closer than it really is.
Were there animals on the island?
Back then, so many.
It'd be, maybe they're still there.
Bunnies?
Bunnies and birds and badgers.
All right, pretty girl.
I'm gonna wrap some presents.
Hey, mum?
Yeah, baby.
We have to go away again?
Attention! Attention blocks and await further instructions.
This is not a drill.
Repeating, this is not a drill.
Return to your blocks immediately.
Attention, attention, return to your blocks immediately.
Ok, make a wish.
- Here, sweet. - Thank you.
Mom, it's beautiful.
And it's warm.
It's a little bit cold there, you should need it.
There?
- Where are we going? - Okay, my turn.
All right, now...
I know you're not my little Willa Gorilla anymore--
Dad, I am 15.
Yes, but since you've never had a real one,
I thought maybe...
No, you're so cute. I love him.
What is it?
That's a dog.
Helen Travis on 9 Block makes them.
Proceeds go to veterans.
Yeah, maybe someday we'll find you a real one.
What is name?
Well, he's yours now, you name him.
It's time ma'am.
- We'll have five minutes. - Yes sir.
Willa.
Fill it up. Essentials only. Just clothes, boots, thermos, okay?
Yeah, him too.
How long are we going to be gone?
- Just fill it up, will I? - But dad...
Only the most important.
- Oh, wow! - Baby.
It's okay.
I'm good. I'm fine. I'm fine.
Oh love.
You closed that stitch, I don't understand.
When one closes, another one opens.
We can't hold the line anymore.
We lost the 8th Battalion two hours ago near Coventry.
Close.
You know, there are 15 veterans in this block alone.
We can still fight.
You did. You did fight.
I can fight again.
Listen to me.
You get one bite, even a single scratch--
Look who's talking.
It's been 72 hours, so I'm clear.
Yeah, you are not totally immune, you know?
I want to help better, as you may be.
You gonna let me think about it?
Yeah.
Generator is dead. What else will come?
It's okay.
It's going to be okay.
Go to the last truck now!
- Go, go, go! - How close are they?
Eight clicks north.
Are there any hybrids? Of course there are hybrids!
And if you don't get out fast, you'll become one.
Go on! Go!
Come on! Go! Go! Go!
This one's going to Mercy Bay, right?
Yes, ma'am.
Get in.
I need to get in the front. I'll lead the convoy.
I'll see you when we get there, okay?
Mom... what? Mom, where are we going?
- Dad, where-- - Someplace save. Come on.
Listen. I don't care who your wife is.
It's too much a sneeze, It's too much a cough...
I've seen it happen, if it happens to me, I will pull the trigger myself.
Hurry!
Close your eyes, honey.
You know why adults can turn, and not us.
The DNA, right?
Because we don't have time for that shit?
You know, you're not totally immune.
no matter how bad ass you think you are.
She's right. No one is.
We can turn. Sure. Anybody can.
The man's brain is simple.
Synapse is in straight lines.
One lane roads.
The infection burns them all quick.
Our synapses are like waves
that stretch clear across our brains.
And cross each other multiple times.
We're more complicated.
Is my brain more complicated?
Lady, you are a female teenager.
You're a damn near indestructible.
Ready to fight.
Just like Kodiak.
What about Kodiak?
He's not a woman.
He's killed over 100 breakers. I'm sure he's got scratched.
Kodiak can never return.
A hundred pop breaks himself.
100 breakers.
I heard it was 300.
What is it matter the number? Point is he did it.
His pet bear killed at least 50.
Pet bear. Kodiak is a bear.
- Look at the bloody hair old. - You're wrong.
The bear is how he got the name.
He raised it from the cub he found an Anchorage.
My dad fought with him.
Oh, not it.
By the pound for every man who said they fought with Kodiak.
- Tell her. - No, it's not a matter.
It was in the Scottish blitz.
I heard nobody got out of that when he escaped.
No one did.
Kodiak has a bear?
You never told me that.
Doesn't matter. The story is a zone.
There are no bears to fight like one.
Like we need to fight to the claw.
Do you think they call him Bear, because he fights with Kodiak.
Welcome to the family, bear.
We'll be there soon, my love. Try and get some sleep.
- Why we stopped? What's happening? - Breakers! Breakers!
Pull out! Pull out!
Stay in the truck!
Run, run, run!
- This way! - Dad!
Come, come! Come!
Here.
Go, go, go, go!
Go!
Up, up, up. Now!
Come. Get under.
Damn!
Use the grenades!
Help!
Mon!
Let's go!
Come on, I got you.
You're okay now.
That was the last of them.
- Come on. - What happened?
They were on us before we could react.
Three of them.
Get everyone off the road into the forest. It's safer.
Let's go to get out of the road into the forest. Quickly!
Get everyone off the road!
What?
What I got? Five, ten minutes.
Everyone's different.
I'll stay with you till it's over.
- We're safe here. - Your face.
It's okay. It's human, not breaker.
- It's not that far. Mercy Bay--
It's to the west. It's four kilometers, maybe five.
We'll get there by dawn.
Can you run? Why? Want a race?
- Take my gun. - No, it's no point.
It'll slow us down at best.
Listen to me.
Can you make it through this? But you can't stop.
You can be afraid, but you can't let it stop you.
Like what scares you move you forward. You understand?
I love you, Willa.
I have to stay.
Mom... No.
I have to stay. I have to fight.
You said we were going, you said we had to come.
They need me.
You said we! You said we!
They need me.
I need you.
Please. Please.
What was that? Did you heard that?
The hybrids! They're coming.
We'll hold them back. You go!
Come on.
- Let's go. Let's go, everyone! - No, Mom! No!
With me!
No, no. Not that way. This's way.
- What? But dad, we must go with them. - Move!
Do what you have to.
Keep moving. We're almost there. It's not far.
Remember the stories I told you?
Back in the day before you were born, my mom and I would go fishing.
You mean when they were fish? I thought you made this up.
Get that.
That's small, but it's sea worthy.
It's not that small.
We could still take a couple of those people with us.
This is our path, not theirs.
But we could help.
Well, this is our path. You and me.
We cannot think about anyone else right now, okay?
Come on.
Isn't that how the world breaks?
Please, undo the rope.
Hey!
- Yours? - No.
No, we're just checking it, looking for food.
It's your boat.
Okay, okay. It's our boat.
And you're going to get me out of here.
Those things are coming. Come on.
Get it in the water.
Okay, but we're still not going very far without petrol.
You don't think I'd leave it here with a tank full of gas still?
To someone to steal?
No. Motor's dry.
So where's the fucking gas?
It's in the boot of one of the cars around the corner.
Okay, come on. Come on.
Willow. Stay here.
- Just stay here. Okay? - Let's go.
- Is it just you? - It's now.
Have you wonder what it means?
What?
What it means is just us gets hit.
Not our wives,
not our mothers, not our daughters.
Well, some women also have turned.
it's male biology and attacks the Y chromosome.
We are evil. That's what it means.
The world wanted revenge, and it knew who was to blame.
Something you just can't wash off.
Open it.
Just getting my key.
- Come on. Come on. Let's go. - What about the man?
He got scared. He ran off. Come on. Help me.
On my count. One, two, three.
What do you say, bear? Do you want to get some breakfast?
Hold on tight, bear.
We are almost there.
Sorry, Mrs. Terne.
I'll only take three.
You'll see. It's not so bad having just one.
Nothing in the snares?
What?
Oh, come on. You're always happy when those traps are empty.
That's not true.
Need to eat, Willa.
Not just tin beans and scraps from the garden.
You need protein.
And so, you're skinny...
Look.
I told you, that climb is too risky.
- It was easy , dad. - Don't get cocky young lady.
Anything happens to you...
All right, take them inside.
I'll eat them when I'm done.
Put some wood on the fire.
Dry stuff. The wet stuff is too smoky.
Why do you let me split the wood sometimes?
Huh?
Hum?
I mean, I can swing an axe like Kodiak taking off a breaker's head.
Unlike you.
Oh yeah, you think so?
Will you trying me?
All right, show me.
Come on.
Show me how you swing that sword. You win, I'll let you split the rest.
Come on.
You're not ready, Willa.
You need more training.
Was good. Kindly.
Did you see what happened
when you first approached me head on like that?
I feinted, you passed
and I came in from behind and gave myself the advantage.
Understand?
Good.
Don't worry. I'll carve you another.
Bring in some this firewood, okay?
That show tonight only.
Turn egg omelet...
...with French green beans.
Get it while you can.
What are you doing?
I like the way that she did it.
Can you help me?
Okay.
Coming.
Did she teach you?
No. I had to learn.
By watching her I doing it.
Just like you are now watching me.
The hunt, to run, to climb, to fight, to survive.
And when this war is over,
you'll get to learn the rest.
What's the rest?
To live.
How will she know I look like now?
Oh, Willow. It's only been a year.
Only. She could pass me on the street and she won't recognize me.
I think you're over estimating.
Do you think she's met Kodiak?
Sure. Of course. Why not?
If she's with Kodiak, she's safe?
Okay.
How is it?
Looks just like how she did it.
Thank you.
Can we eat?
Okay, just one. And then you eat, okay?
just one story and then we eat.
This is the story of when Kodiak was way up north.
He was collecting firewood for the long, cold winter ahead.
Now remember, for Kodiak,
gathering firewood is not like what we do picking up sticks and drift with no one.
He could take down an entire tree with his axe. An entire forest.
Now with every blow of that mighty axe,
Thunder will rumble through the sky.
He made that axe himself.
We carved the handle from an English oak that had been hit by lightning.
Forged it from steel, from an old Welsh mining ground.
Diamond in the hart, indestructible.
A day, he was heading back to his camp.
He heard something,
something no one had ever heard before.
He was the first to see it,
the stitch,
and crawl and out of it...
Breakers.
But he wasn't scared.
Of course he wasn't scared.
He was ready to fight.
Yes, he finally did.
And he took a hundred breakers with one swipe of his mighty axe.
Well, it was one breaker, actually.
But it was the first.
Many more came after we know that.
But this was the first and this is how we learned that to kill them--
You have to take off his hands.
Decapitate, the way to get rid of it.
Not the only way.
The fastest bullets work, but they're not as effective.
Slows them down, but it doesn't kill them.
The end. Time for dinner.
These stories...
Yeah?
- about Kodiak. - Hum, hum?
You know them so well.
Every parent does.
Are you sure?
What?
He's not you.
Willa...
Well, it sounds like you. Strong, powerful.
Good with an axe...
Oh, please, go on. Go on.
Where I fought,
we would go into battle knowing there was a giant out there
with an axe made of lightning,
slicing through breakers like a hot knife through butter.
Kodiak gives us hope.
If he could stand tall, if he could save this world from breaking.
Maybe you could.
Because he's totally you.
Willa,
these stories are important.
We need to keep telling them how the stitch opened,
how the first breakers came, then the hybrids
and how we stood tall.
How we fought back, found our heroes.
And one day,
when this world is bright and green and alive again,
we will go back.
You believe that?
Oh, yes, I do.
Why?
Because when I look at you,
I'm reminded of that.
Of what?
hope.
Yeah.
Now, have your dinner.
You said used to be bunnies out here. Is that true?
Oh, yes. Hundreds.
It's so cold here.
Oh,
Do you think she's warm there?
No, she doesn't have fun like you.
I know she's fighting, but wherever she is...
not so peaceful.
They can't see us coming.
No, they don't see like we do.
I don't think they have eyes.
But they have a lot of senses that we don't have.
And the hybrids, the breakers use them as their eyes and ears,
kind of like they're connected somehow.
You know, brains to brains.
They don't know we're here, right, on this island.
If they did my love, we wouldn't be on this island.
What about the landmines?
Just a precaution.
To stop the breakers?
Just stop anyone.
Here, eats up. You're gonna need your energy.
Why did they want to harm us, if we didn't do anything to them?
Remember our lessons about insects, ants?
About kill the wasp, that try to invade their anthill?
Yeah.
Oh, maybe it's like that.
They think we're like the wasp.
Trying to invade their home.
So they eliminate the threat.
Us.
It's our home, too.
That it is. That it is.
So we better be ready to fight for it.
Are you ready to fight, maggot?
33 seconds.
Can't you hear them? The breakers are coming.
What do you do when you hear my horn?
Get to the cottage.
28 seconds.
Which direction is the cottage from the white cliffs?
North.
How far?
.4 miles.
Faster, maggot. Come on!
Dodge the breakers!
The hybrids are coming.
They're coming for you little dog.
Save me, Willa, save me.
59.
Which direction to the boat cove? - East... no, south!
They're behind you.
Come on.
They are coming. The breakers are coming.
Come on. Almost there.
Minute and ten.
How do you kill a breaker?
- Oh, decap. - Show me.
And a hybrid?
- Decap. - No, not enough.
Brains.
Smash! Smash!
Minute 22.
It's not bad.
But you could do better.
Can you feel my boot.
Warrior burn.
Okay.
What now?
On your mark.
Get set.
Come on, maggot!
I know, Bear. He's a monster.
Your reward.
For dying?
For not quitting.
Oh, bug is it?
Oh, I wish it were.
More protein.
What are they?
Strawberries.
Try one.
I think they’ve always grown wild here,
until soon they died out with everything else.
This island is special.
Somehow, they're still holding on.
- Split them? - No.
You have them all. I've tried them before.
No, not there.
Just the red bit.
Yeah.
Uh.
Life is a little precious.
It's to be a lot more of them back in the old days.
Strawberries?
Pleasures.
Your mum.
When we got married, just before you were born before the stitch.
All she wanted for the wedding party was strawberry, shortcake.
What is strawberry cake?
It's a yellow cake, sweet whipped cream, and dozens of the roses.
dozens?
Did she like them?
Like them?
She ate the whole damn cake.
Didn't leave a crumb for anyone else.
She was the...
She is the life of the party.
Always has been.
That she loves strawberries.
Like you do, apparently.
Die, breaker, die!
How do you kill a breaker, Bear?
No. How many times I told you. You need to cut off the head.
Later.
Oh, stop complaining, Bear. About the rain and the cold.
I can't believe he doesn't think I'm ready yet.
"You're not strong enough, Willa.
To fight."
To fight like mom fights.
You don't know.
He just thinks that I can't do or he did to that man.
But I could fight.
Have to.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, stop!
Stop! Stop moving!
Stop!
Stop moving now!
Don't!
Stop! Stop! Stop!
Okay.
It's okay, just...
Okay, no, you're fine.
Okay, just don't move.
I take his step back, okay? I just...
Just look my legs.
Okay, you did okay.
Okay?
I'm too...
Okay, okay, don't move.
Let's get back from this.
Okay!
Okay, um...
You're okay. You're okay.
Do you want to tell me what happened?
Are you alone?
Is someone out there?
Everyone.
Okay.
They're all out there.
No. It's okay. No, no, no, it'll be fine.
No, it's fine, okay.
Uh... no, okay, you know what, I'm gonna...
I'm gonna take you someplace more, Okay?
Let's... let's go to this one.
Okay. This is okay.
It's okay. Take my hand and we'll go inside.
Okay, just a little further.
Stay right here.
I'll start a fire.
Let's get you warmed up.
Here you go.
Drink something.
He must be thirsty.
Are you bleeding?
Just hit my head on the boat.
What boat?
We were headed up the coast to my grandma's house.
He said it'd be safe for there.
Something came up from below.
It's over.
My dad, my brother.
We all went in the water.
We didn't know they could swim
and I was big...
It's okay.
Okay, now.
I'm Willa.
What is your name?
Rose.
Everyone calls me Rosie.
When was the last time you ate Rosie?
Okay.
This is what I have left.
I'm going to go and get you some real food, okay?
- No. - It's okay, you need to eat.
You need protein.
You have to do as make sure the fight keeps going.
- I can't. - Sure you can.
All we have to do is put a log on and make sure it doesn't die.
Please don't leave.
Okay.
I'll stay.
I'll stay longer.
Willa!
Willa Gorilla!
You came.
We don't have much time. Let's go.
They're waiting at the bus.
- But, mom. - We need to go now. There's no time.
But what about Dad? We can't just leave.
Dad, we need to get him.
We need soldiers Willa. Warriors like you.
He can't fight anymore.
You can.
Me, but? Mom...
What's wrong? Aren't you ready?
- I... - Aren't you prepared?
I'm sorry.
We're not... totally immune, you know?
No matter how bad ass, we may be.
.4 miles east.
No!
Oh God. Willa.
Are you okay?
You've been gone all day.
I got scoured the island. I blew the horn. Didn't you hear it?
It was... I fell asleep in the pangrove.
Because of all the trailing. +I'm sorry.
Oh, my God.
Sit down. Make you some food.
You might have noticed it's not easy surviving out here.
The tin fruit has gone.
The garden has spent.
We are living on fumes, Willa.
We have to be careful. We have to be smart.
That gun.
It was that man's, wasn't it?
We left all behind that night we came here.
Didn't have a choice, not that night.
Mom did.
What?
Had a choice?
Could you choose to leave us?
Mom had to leave.
To save the world and I had to save you.
Are you all bad?
What?
Men, are you all bad, because you can turn and we not?
No, Willa.
Of course not.
Not all men are bad.
And girls can turn too, remember.
It's just less likely.
Have you killed breakers.
Of course. I told you the stories.
When it comes to it, if it comes to it, you will too.
Hybrids?
Yes, but it's not so easy.
They will want us.
Would you kill a person?
If they threatened you or mom, in any way?
Yes, I would.
Right.
You need to eat some soup.
.4 miles south.
Okay, slow down. I don't have many of those.
It's better to save some.
Do you live here?
Oh, no. I...
I just let me have some time to get away.
It's like a girl cave.
Are you alone? Like me?
Yeah.
Where do you live? Really?
Home.
You want to see something?
Sure.
This is what the world used to look like.
Before the stitch opened.
Okay, one looks so happy.
Yeah. They did.
My dad said it's a gold fish.
- Fish? - Yeah.
What are these?
I don't know.
It's sort of like breakers.
My mom said there were flowers back then.
Thousands.
Colors you've never seen.
Everything is alive.
The world is bright and beautiful.
I miss my dad and my brother.
It's okay. I'm sure they're okay.
Hopefully they are out there right now, looking for you.
What's his name?
Bear.
Is he a dog.
He's a dog, but I call him Bear because he fights with Kodiak.
Kodiak is dead.
What?
Well, if he were alive and he could do all the things they say...
we would won by now.
He can't do it on his own.
He needs a help too.
Do you like stories?
This is the story about Kodiak and the first battle breakers.
It was after the first stage opened and already Kodiak was a leader among men.
Kodiak and the men slayed every single breaker that came at them.
We thought we had won the battle.
This is when they realized that breakers weren't the only enemy.
We were also fighting with ourselves.
So, Kodiak killed the first hybrid.
Yep. And he told us how to do it.
Go smash the brains.
I think I'll stop them.
That's right.
Kodiak is not dead.
He's out there fighting for us and with us.
And together we're gonna close that stitch.
And the world won't be broken anymore.
You'll see.
Okay.
I got a go. I'll be back soon with some more food.
Will you be okay?
I... this is for you.
To keep you warm.
When can I leave?
Soon.
Come on!
33 seconds, faster!
That's one yet!
Come on, now get hit it!
Stay on that log.
Focus! Keep going!
Come on!
Yes!
That's my girl!
Keep doing this! Come on, Willa!
It's under a minute!
This is your best mark.
Keep going!
It's your best time yet.
What are you thinking about?
Are they breaker or a hybrid?
Well, just kill them!
Good.
You just decap four breakers.
Now...
There's a hybrid coming.
I tag you. They tag you. They take you.
It's not mud.
Come on, dad.
Come on! Come on, then.
Daddy, you okay?
I'm not your daddy!
Do you yield? Hybrid!
Hybrid! Don't yield!
Hiding won't save you, little pig!
Come out! Come out! Wherever you--
Dad!
Okay.
Are you okay?
Okay.
Try to get up.
I'm okay now.
Give me my stick, will you?
Okay.
I'll turn it on.
You might have some soup, okay?
No.
Dad.
I'm fine.
You're not eating.
Of course I'm eating.
No.
You're not eating, so I can eat.
Willa, we have to keep rationing until she comes.
What if she doesn't?
Don't say that.
What if they lose the war?
Then you would have kept me here for what?
- For nothing. - Not nothing.
I'm just supposed to stay here,
carrying around rocks, swinging about a wooden sword,
training me for a war you won't even let me fight.
I am not just training you to fight, Willa.
I'm training you to live.
How is this living?
This is like a prison.
We stay here and do nothing.
What's other mothers?
Five years.
Five years, I fought.
And your mother is still out there fighting.
We lost everything, Willa.
Everything.
Don't ever say we did nothing.
I'm sorry.
She loved you very much.
Then why isn't she here?
I promised to mom.
I wouldn't give this to you until you were ready.
Today, you proved that.
This was mine.
And now it's yours.
Tomorrow I will show you how to fight like she does.
I'm going to go check the rabbit nets.
Great.
Rabbit's due for lunch, then.
I'm back.
Happy like Sardines.
Why did she...?
No.
Bear.
Rosie?
Rosie, why would you do this to Bear?
Rosie?
Are you okay?
Come on.
Let go. Let go. Come on.
Let's stop here for the night.
Look at you.
- Did it hurt? - No.
Are you cut? Did you scratch?
What did I do?
- Willa. - She was a girl.
I didn't think...
Listen to me.
None of that matters now.
It called out to them.
It signaled to them. You remember what I told you?
The breakers and the hybrids, they are connected.
They know we are here now, so we leave.
What were we going?
Boat Cove.
Hey.
This is what you're training for, Willa.
The breakers are coming and they will destroy everything here
until it looks like that.
We're going back?
- We're going home? - No.
We've got someone.
Just not here.
Dad, I'm scared.
You met what scares you?
Move forward.
Remember?
Come on. We're on the wrong side of the island.
Along the hike up and over to the other side.
You never told me they could swim.
The predators as well.
When they say it's coming, nothing's going to stop them.
They have to come ashore on the beach because it's less rocky.
The mind should sort them down a bit.
Give us time to get to the cove.
We're still moving, and heard those explosions
it means we don't have a lot of time.
10, 15 minutes of most.
But when we get to the boat,
Where we gonna go?
South.
Keep the main land to the left.
And we keep going.
South is our safest land.
Ahhh!
My leg.
Let's just rest here.
Just for a bit.
I'm doing fine.
Once we're through the prime forest,
it's another five minutes down into the cove.
Where's your hat?
I gave it to her.
I was just trying to help.
God, it's all my fault.
Now.
In this world,
what's happened, none of it is your fault. You understand?
- Yeah. - What happened to that girl,
wasn't her fault either.
It just happened.
Here.
Eat this.
I'll keep you warm.
Five minutes and we go.
Do you want a story?
No.
No?
Who are you?
What have you done to my daughter?
Not like the others.
Not a Kodiak story.
I want one from before.
Before?
A story with her.
That hurts to tell.
So, it's why you need to tell them.
Already there were rumors
about the awful things happening up north.
Entire towns ravaged.
People slaughtered by an enemy we did not yet understand.
But we didn't care about any of it.
We were happy.
I never met anyone with so much light.
So much love.
We knew that no matter what should come,
we had each other,
and we couldn't wait to bring you into this world.
And when you finally came,
this little lamb, sort of trust and wonder,
he didn't pray,
he didn't scream,
he hadn't no fear,
and that look,
just for that small of the moments
was unbreakable.
Don't break up.
You told me it was going to be hard.
Would be nice if you told me hard.
I know that you're out there.
I know that you're coming back.
Please, if you can make it true.
Back to me.
Help me.
Save her.
They are here. We go.
- Faster! - How fast?
It's not far. Just keep this way.
We'll be there soon.
Keep going. Go, go. Through there.
Fast!
- You did this? - What?
You think Kodiak is the only one who can
chop down a tree with a single blow.
The breakers aren't big enough to get across this.
They'll have to go around, which should buy us a few minutes.
Unless we can't get over it.
Come on, maggot. You first walk the plank.
You've done this a million times. Come on.
Eyes on the tree.
Steady focus on the front?
Focus?
Good!
Okay. Peace of cake.
Look dad!
No, stay there.
That's the brains. Remember?
That was her brother.
Any bites? Scratches? Any blood?
Good. Go. Go.
Can you make it? Can you get over it?
Hey. Who trained who?
Keep going. Just a little further.
Through the trees.
- Oh, come on, get up. - I can't.
- Get up. - I can't.
Just try.
Just give me a second.
It's the father! You need to get up now! I see it!
Come on. Get up!
I can't.
You can do this.
This is what you're trained for.
You can do this.
Okay.
I can't help you.
Let's go.
We made it.
Oh, she's still there.
Okay.
I can help you down.
You remember how to prime and start the motor, like I showed you?
I guess?
You guess? You do or you don't.
I... I... Yes, I do.
You cut the mooring rope.
It's just one swipe, it's just slide down on it.
It's only one even need to push it.
But, dad, you can...
No.
Listen to me.
I don't give you as much time as I can, so you can get to the boat and go.
I will hold them off.
No, I can't stand. I'm going to fight.
I know you could fight.
You've already proved that to me, not today.
Not now.
Please.
Let me do this for you.
You are a warrior, Willa.
So you fight.
But don't forget to love.
You can love it all.
Even it to darkness.
This world is so broken, dad.
I can't. I can't do it.
The world is not broken, Willa.
It was you on it.
Yes.
Go.
Please Willa, go.
Go.
Willa go!
One swipe of the sword!
Okay, Bear. We can do this.
No.
No!
I'm sorry, Bear.
I tried.
They'll ask you one day to tell them the story
of how the world was saved,
and you tell them.
It was a girl named Willa, who was strong, full of hope and fear.
Willa was scared of what was to come.
But she was ready.
Because like in all good stories,
Willa had a hero.
And when they want to know if Kodiak is just a story,
you'll tell them.
Kodiak is real.
The hero who gave Willa hope.
The hero who gives all of us hope.
C'mon!
Come on, man.
This will be the story of how the world didn't break.
MIRCrew