02x01 - Focus

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I came to this camp because
of some mystery my Dad was trying to
solve before he died.

If we don't do this soon,
the government,

they'll take it away from us,

and we'll never find out what's
through the light.

What just happened?
Where did everyone go?

They weren't real.

They put us inside a fake version of
the camp. Why?

This is bigger than all of us.

What's behind the red door?

Well, that's something you're
gonna have to see for yourself.

You're the best friends I've
ever had.

Carrie, there isn't much time!

Focus. What is it?

The cube, again, really?

Blame Yasmin, she picked it.
Let's get this over with.

Concentrate. What is it?

The sound it's making, it's...like
it's ticking?

Like a...like a clock.

No! An alarm clock.

Better. What kind of alarm clock?

The digital ones? Or the old metal
ones...

Concentrate. Be specific.

Metal one...

..with that annoying ticking that
keeps you up

and you can't sleep, no matter
how hard you try.

Yeah. Go with that.

TICKING

It's not working. Focus!

I am!

TICKING GETS LOUDER

Come on, come on, come on.

ALARM CLOCK RINGS

CHATTER

You almost didn't make
it there, Maeve.

I'm not sure if Emma is a positive
influence.

Shut up, Dev.

What's all the fuss about?
What's going on?

GREENFRONT TECHS: Everyone into
position! Come on, move.

GREENFRONT TECHS: Some time this
year if possible. Thank you.

GEARS GRINDING

Hi.

We were wondering who the last four
were.

SPEAKER: We have all players
present.

Time to start the game.

I know. It's a lot to take in.

We've all been here over a week.

Four of them? How can there be four
of them?

I'm Maeve.

That's Carrie, Emma, Yasmin.

You coming?

Maeve likes to play big sister.
Don't you, Maeve?

Fisher, he told us we were the only
ones.

I don't think he said that.

Well, he might have dropped the news
there's a big alien Artefact party

going on that we're late for.

Welcome to the madhouse.

You thought it was just
you four, right? We all did.

Kind of blows when you realise
you're not the only chosen ones.

Greenfront felt, if we were
going to be here,

they might as well make it
habitable.

Mealtimes - 12 and five.

Um, there are fresh clothes.

Hopefully we can find something that
matches...your style.

OK, I'm sure you're very nice,

and it's lovely that you've taken
the time,

but, if you don't start explaining
what is going on here,

I'm going to lose it in your
direction.

We're all here to play a game.

A game? Is that what that
announcement was about?

I'm Isabel.

Jay's group were the first...

..then Maeve's, then us.

Greenfront didn't want to have to
say it over and over,

so they made a video explaining
everything.

We're not staying. Kaz.
Kaz is right, we should go.

No. We agreed to see what was behind
the red door.

I didn't agree to this,
whatever this is.

Almost...

I've got it. Luca?

Welcome. I'm Charlotte.

Why are you here? You have been
chosen by an alien intelligence

to take part in a contest...a game.

And they chose us, Greenfront, to
help you through it.

The game consists of four challenges

held within each of the Artefacts'
four locations.

On failing a challenge, a group will
be returned home...safely.

Why did they choose you?
What makes you so important?

Kaz. We don't know.
What are you doing?

Where is she?

Charlotte?

Where is she?

Sit down.

Sit down.

We're not forcing you to
be somewhere you don't want to be.

This is a lot nicer than the room
you had me locked up in.

And...no suit?
That's not who we are.

You should have told us there were
more of us. We trusted you.

You needed to see it with your own
eyes. You're lying.

You needed us to walk through that
door and to play some game.

A game for what?

Our job is to bring you all here
because it could make a difference.

It's more than just a game.

Maybe we will leave.

You're sure that's what you all
want?

I put my life on hold to be here,

my job...my family...

..because I believe in this.

Cos I believe you're special.

Am I wrong?

CHATTER

If I have to eat any more
couscous...

This is what happens when you get
kidnapped by environmentalists.

We haven't been kidnapped.

Greenfront are probably just as
trapped here as we are.

We're not trapped either.
I actually want to be here.

The way they lit up like that,

do you think the Artefacts knew they
were here?

I hate wearing these things.
What do you think they do?

Why are you asking her?
Because I'm smart.

You've got a flash drive stuffed up
there, you can't be that smart.

They let you keep that?

They don't know I have it, Kai.

Charlotte said they're always
listening...

that the Artefacts hear,
like, everything.

Like Dev's snoring?

What are they like?

The new group?

Erm... I don't know.

They're...confused...

..just like we were.

What are they LIKE?

Could they win?

They're going in!

What are we...what are we supposed
to do?

The first challenge is in three
days.

Until then, you train...

..in there.

These are to keep a check on you
while you're here.

I never said I'd do this.

We've come this far.

Give it a day. You hate it and we
go.

Everyone's looking at us.
It'd be embarrassing if we didn't.

Go on. I'm Monika.

We gave ourselves group names.

We're CtrlAlt.

Maeve's group are Phoenix,
Jay's Landslide.

We're Dragonfly.

You add your symbols in here.

Just makes things easier.

Work together...

..it's the only way.

Keep an eye on her. It's her first
time in the Alternate.

Meg, come on.

None of this is real.

I kind of miss it.

This camp or the real version?

Well, this version did try
to destroy us, like, three times.

But that's not going to happen now.

How can this not be real?

OK. It's like we're inside a fake
version of the camp, but it's safe

and amazing, and we can imagine
anything we want

and it will just appear.

You know what I was thinking?

Are these virtual clothes
or our real clothes?

Am I technically naked?

I swear,
if you imagine yourself naked,

if you put that in my brain...

Can we get on with this?
What are we meant to be doing?

Over here.

Are we supposed to pick one
or something?

How do we do that?

Wait. Wait.
We want to get this right.

The cube? The pyramid, maybe?

The diamond.

The diamond?

What is that?

Meg, don't get too close to it.

Meg!

Over here.

What just happened?

Careful.

It sends us to another part
of the camp, further away each time.

You all right?

We're supposed to stop it.

How?

Imagine it's not real.

What do you mean?
What are you doing?

It's not working!

That thing is counting down.

Fisher said that we need
to work together.

How do we work together
when we're NOT together?

I think that's the point.

Imagine it as something else,
like we did the pizza.

What pizza? I wasn't there.

You're not listening to me.
I don't know what to do.

We need to try and stay together.

I'm trying.
I was in the shower.

You were having a shower?
I wasn't HAVING a shower.

I didn't think, "Oh, I've got
a bit of a sweat on,

"I'll go and have a wash."

What if it puts us in the lake
or somewhere we could get hurt?

It's just a test, Meg,
no-one's going to get hurt.

This is SO annoying.

Urgh!

We're running out of time.
How many times has someone been hit?

What? I don't know.

It's doubling up.


The eighth time it hits us,
that's like, half a mile.

Imagine it's something else.

Kaz isn't here. I'm coming.

We all have to think of the same
thing,

but it has to be really specific.

That's not possible.
It is if we work as a group.

I don't know how to do that.

It's easy. I don't know
how to do that!

Bad luck. What did you pick?

Er, the shape? The diamond.

Diamond's the hardest.

No-one's ever beat diamond.

If you decide you want to stay here,
I suggest you spend a day or so

in there getting your act together.

These kids need to trust us, Mal,

to know we're on their side.

Then we should have told them
everything.

Welcome.

I'm Charlotte.

Why are you here?

You have been chosen by an alien
intelligence to take part

in a contest - a game.

And they chose us, Greenfront,
to help you through it.

The game consists
of four challenges

held within each
of the Artefacts' four locations.

On failing a challenge,

a group will be returned home...

..safely.

Why did they choose you?

What makes you so important?

We don't know.

We don't have all the answers.

We should try again.

As for the reason you're here...

..the point to the game?

To find the four kids
who are worthy.

We just had some bad luck.

Oh, is it pick the funny shape
time?

Poor Louis, I feel sorry for you,
I really do.

So desperate to get those answers
to what's out there,

and the only way
to find out is to win a game,

and you're stuck with us,
it's actually funny.

I think we could win.

Those other groups
look right together,

they have things in common.

We're a mess,
we've always been a mess.

Me and Meg are leaving tonight.

No. We all go or we all stay.

We don't split up.

We're family.

We'll never win with Meg,

you know that, she can't do this.

She saved us. She loves us.

Look, I'm tough, you're driven.

Glen's up for the adventure.

But, Meg...

We have to leave, Louis.

Louis?

Where are you going?

Louis! Where are you going?

Why are we running?

Louis!

I've had it with running today,
my legs are k*lling me.

I...I thought I saw Bea.

You didn't, not really.

Believe me, I know.

You know, I'm not
stuck here with you.

I don't want to be without you,

but I HAVE to know who put us here
and why.

Look, Louis, we've been through
this.

THUD

What was that?

I don't know.

Come on, help me.

I'm not a little girl,

I know you all think it.

No... Maybe.

I just realise
how much I've missed.

You were all in here all that time.

It doesn't make sense.
How can I be sat here?

You get used to it.

I don't know if I can.

I met a girl in here.

She was nice.

She was a part of me, I think.

A nice part.

If all of this and everything in it,

if it comes from our imaginations,
how can it be a bad place?

A floating diamond attacked us.

You should've seen the robot.

Is this real?

I think so.

Maybe like a maintenance area?

The Alternate's a physical place,
I knew it.

It sends us here.

Up there is where
everything happens,

but, down here, that's where
it powers it, it has to be.

That hum...

..it's the machine.

Louis?

What?

Where are we?

Why did they choose you?

What makes YOU so important?

We don't know.

As for the reason you're here.

The point to the game?

To find the four kids
who are worthy.

The four who will save the world.

To find the four kids
who are worthy -

the four who will save the world.