[Commander Chandler is livid that Dr Scott has not been honest about her work in the Arctic despite having fought off an attack by Russian forces]
[grabs Scott's biosamples case] I swear to God, I will throw this overboard! I want answers!
You want answers? Seven months ago, outside Cairo, there was an outbreak-- a virus of unknown origin. Its genetic structure was like nothing any of us had ever seen. It swept throughout the village, killing everyone that it infected. Egyptian officials claimed the outbreak was contained, but it wasn't. Instead, it continued to mutate and spread. The CDC and the WHO wanted to sample the virus from the victims to create a vaccine. But nothing worked. It was my belief that we needed to find the primordial strain here in the Arctic.
The birds.
They're just the carriers. They pick up the virus from the melting permafrost. We finally found their feeding ground.
So you have what you need to stop this thing?
I won't know until we get it back to the lab. We're running out of time. The virus back home is moving quicker than any of us could've imagined.
How would you know that? We've been radio silent since we left Norfolk.
Because I have my own sat phone.
We were at EMCON so no one would know our position!
We were at EMCON to protect my mission... Not yours. Orders came from the White House.
Well, you led the Russians right to us and endangered my entire crew.
It was imperative that I stay in contact with the labs back home to keep them informed of my progress. I don't think you understand what we're talking about here.
Enlighten me.
When we left Norfolk, the virus was at Phase Two, limited to small clusters in Asia and Africa. We are now at Phase Six-- global pandemic. 80% of the world's population is infected. The world is sick, Captain Chandler... Very sick.
Are you telling me the whole world is dying, and they send two people to save it?
It took weeks to convince the government to even send me here. Most of my colleagues think that I'm insane.
Are you?
I told you... that what's in that case... might be the only hope that we have.
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