After Earth Page #5

Out for a run.

Alone.

Something that I wasn't supposed to do.

Ursa de-camos,

Right in front of me.

I go for my cutlass...

Shoots its pincer.

Right to my shoulder.

Next thing I know,

we're over the cliff.

Falling.

30 meters. Straight down.

Into the river.

We settle onto the bottom.

It's on top of me.

But it's not moving.

And I realize...

he's trying to drown me.

I'm thinking,

I'm gonna die.

'I'm gonna die. '

You cannot believe

this is how you gonna die.

I could see my blood bubbling up,

mixing with the sunlight,

shining through the water.

And I think, "wow... "

"That's really pretty. "

Everything slows down.

I see his pincer through my shoulder.

And I decide,

I don't want that in there anymore.

So I pull it out.

And it lets me go.

And more than that I can tell...

It can't find me.

It doesn't even know where to look.

And it dawned on me...

Fear is not real.

The only place that fear can exist...

...is in our thoughts of a future.

It is a product of our imagination.

Causing us to fear things

that do not at present...

...and may not ever exist.

That is near insanity, Kitai.

Now, do not misunderstand me.

Danger, is very real.

But fear is a choice.

We are all telling ourselves a story.

And that day, mine changed.

14 kilometers to the falls.

That's our midway checkpoint.

I'm reading you.

Kitai, get to the falls. ASAP.

I hear something.

I think it's water.

A lot of it.

Inventory up.

Roger.

Food rations, half available.

Flares, full.

Med-kit, half-available.

Breathing fluid...

Breathing fluid,

four vials available.

Why you're not showing me the case?

What?

Show it to me now.

I thought that I could make it, sir.

Abort mission.

Return to the ship.

That is an order.

Don't come out.

No matter what.

That's an order.

Help.

Help.

No, dad.

We... I can do it. I can...

I don't need many. I can

get across with just two.

You need a minimum

of three inhalers to make it to the tail.

You have exhausted your resources.

I can get across. I can...

I can do it with just two, Dad.

This mission has reached abort criteria.

I'll take full responsibility.

You did your best.

You have nothing more to prove.

Now, return to the ship.

What was your mistake?

Trusting me?

Depending on me?

Thinking that I can do this?

Now I'm giving you an order...

...to turn around...

...and return to this ship.

You wouldn't give

any other ranger that order.

You are not a ranger,

and I'm giving you that order.

What was I supposed to do?!

What did you want me to do?!

She gave me an order.

She said, "no matter what,

don't come out of that box. "

Was I supposed to just come out and die?

What do you think, cadet?

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