True Scary Stories with Rain Sounds | Relax & Sleep Fast Vol. 2 | Black Screen for Sleep Nighttime
Sleepsinners
[{'start': '0.160', 'end': '3.120', 'text': "Hello, everyone. I'm your sleepsinners"}, {'start': '3.120', 'end': '5.640', 'text': 'for tonight, here to guide you into a'}, {'start': '5.640', 'end': '8.560', 'text': 'peaceful and mysterious slumber. I'}, {'start': '8.560', 'end': '10.880', 'text': 'know many of you use these videos to help'}, {'start': '10.880', 'end': '13.680', 'text': 'you fall asleep. So before we begin,'}, {'start': '14.080', 'end': '15.560', 'text': "don't forget to like the video and"}, {'start': '15.560', 'end': '18.400', 'text': "subscribe to the channel. Also, I'd"}, {'start': '18.400', 'end': '20.960', 'text': 'love to know, where are you watching from'}, {'start': '21.280', 'end': '23.640', 'text': 'and what time is it for you right now?Go'}, {'start': '23.640', 'end': '26.480', 'text': 'ahead, get comfortable, relax, and'}, {'start': '26.480', 'end': '28.640', 'text': 'let the rain and stories take you away.'}, {'start': '29.104', 'end': '31.424', 'text': 'Echoes of the Euro Mines, Russia.'}, {'start': '32.144', 'end': '34.224', 'text': 'The voice on the recorder was small,'}, {'start': '34.544', 'end': '37.184', 'text': 'fragile, a child singing in'}, {'start': '37.184', 'end': '40.064', 'text': 'Russian, but there were no children for'}, {'start': '40.064', 'end': '42.784', 'text': 'hundreds of kilometers in any direction'}, {'start': '43.224', 'end': '46.064', 'text': 'of the abandoned Chelyabinsk 40'}, {'start': '46.064', 'end': '48.704', 'text': 'mine complex. Dr. Yelena'}, {'start': '48.704', 'end': '50.824', 'text': 'Sorkina pressed the device closer to her'}, {'start': '50.824', 'end': '53.664', 'text': 'ear as a sweet, innocent voice echoed'}, {'start': '53.664', 'end': '56.184', 'text': 'through static, Baju Bajjuski'}, {'start': '56.184', 'end': '58.224', 'text': 'Baju. and Elozisha'}, {'start': '58.224', 'end': '60.784', 'text': 'Nakraju, an ancient'}, {'start': '60.784', 'end': '63.344', 'text': 'lullaby warning children not to sleep'}, {'start': '63.344', 'end': '65.264', 'text': 'near the edge of the bed, where the'}, {'start': '65.264', 'end': '67.504', 'text': 'little gray wolf would come and drag them'}, {'start': '67.504', 'end': '70.384', 'text': 'away into the woods. Her colleague Mick'}, {'start': '70.384', 'end': '72.304', 'text': "Howell's voice cutting on the recording."}, {'start': '74.144', 'end': '77.104', 'text': "17 AM. I'm hearing it again."}, {'start': '77.584', 'end': '80.224', 'text': "The singing, it's closer now,"}, {'start': '80.864', 'end': '83.864', 'text': 'then silence. Just like the five other'}, {'start': '83.864', 'end': '86.584', 'text': 'members of the Geological Survey team,who'}, {'start': '86.584', 'end': '89.264', 'text': 'had disappeared without a trace.'}, {'start': '89.744', 'end': '92.104', 'text': 'Yelena clicked off the recorder and'}, {'start': '92.104', 'end': '94.304', 'text': 'stared at the mine entrance looming'}, {'start': '94.304', 'end': '96.864', 'text': 'before her. Command had sent her,'}, {'start': '97.504', 'end': '99.424', 'text': "the team's only remaining member who'd"}, {'start': '99.424', 'end': '102.424', 'text': 'stayed behind a base camp, to find out'}, {'start': '102.424', 'end': '104.984', 'text': 'what happened. But as the wind whistled'}, {'start': '104.984', 'end': '106.864', 'text': 'through the rusted Soviet-era warning'}, {'start': '106.864', 'end': '109.584', 'text': 'signs, she already knew'}, {'start': '109.984', 'end': '112.784', 'text': 'something in the darkness was singing.'}, {'start': '113.272', 'end': '115.992', 'text': "They weren't my friends. His"}, {'start': '116.072', 'end': '118.552', 'text': 'eyes darted to the window. We were'}, {'start': '118.552', 'end': '121.192', 'text': 'strangers on a guided expedition,'}, {'start': '121.592', 'end': '123.272', 'text': 'but something followed us up the'}, {'start': '123.272', 'end': '125.832', 'text': 'mountain, something that can move through'}, {'start': '125.832', 'end': '128.632', 'text': "snow like it's water. His voice"}, {'start': '128.632', 'end': '131.592', 'text': "cracked. It's why the guide triggered the"}, {'start': '131.592', 'end': '134.152', 'text': 'avalanche. He was trying to bury it.'}, {'start': '134.952', 'end': '137.352', 'text': 'You need rest, Ellis said'}, {'start': '137.352', 'end': '139.432', 'text': 'professionally. Though a chill had'}, {'start': '139.432', 'end': '141.032', 'text': 'nothing to do with the subzero'}, {'start': '141.032', 'end': '143.352', 'text': 'temperatures, outside crawled up her'}, {'start': '143.352', 'end': '146.032', 'text': 'spine. Dr. Keller will check on you'}, {'start': '146.032', 'end': '148.792', 'text': 'soon. As she turned to leave,'}, {'start': '149.112', 'end': '151.032', 'text': 'his fingers caught the edge of her'}, {'start': '151.032', 'end': '153.832', 'text': "scrubs. Don't go out in the snow,"}, {'start': '154.472', 'end': '157.352', 'text': 'Liam warned. And whatever you do,'}, {'start': '157.832', 'end': '159.912', 'text': "don't trust anyone who comes in from the"}, {'start': '159.912', 'end': '162.152', 'text': 'cold. Ellis nodded'}, {'start': '162.152', 'end': '163.992', 'text': 'noncommittally and stepped into the'}, {'start': '163.992', 'end': '166.472', 'text': 'hallway, the automatic door'}, {'start': '166.472', 'end': '169.272', 'text': 'sliding shut behind her. The clinic was'}, {'start': '169.272', 'end': '172.072', 'text': 'unusually quiet tonight, just three'}, {'start': '172.072', 'end': '174.872', 'text': 'staff and two other patients, all'}, {'start': '174.872', 'end': '177.192', 'text': 'scheduled for evac once the storm'}, {'start': '177.192', 'end': '179.912', 'text': 'cleared. But the forecast showed no'}, {'start': '179.912', 'end': '182.312', 'text': 'break for at least 48 hours.'}, {'start': '182.792', 'end': '185.512', 'text': "At the nurse's station, she found"}, {'start': '185.512', 'end': '187.832', 'text': 'Kai, the night orderly,'}, {'start': '187.912', 'end': '190.632', 'text': 'scrolling through his phone. Our new'}, {'start': '190.632', 'end': '192.952', 'text': "patient's awake, she said,"}, {'start': '193.512', 'end': '195.512', 'text': "picking up her tablet to update Liam's"}, {'start': '195.512', 'end': '198.232', 'text': 'chart. And totally freaking out about'}, {'start': '198.232', 'end': '201.192', 'text': 'something in the snow, Kai looked up,'}, {'start': '201.672', 'end': '203.912', 'text': 'his face illuminated by the blue light of'}, {'start': '203.912', 'end': '206.912', 'text': 'his screen. Can you blame him?Dude'}, {'start': '206.912', 'end': '209.752', 'text': 'literally got buried alive. He'}, {'start': '209.752', 'end': '212.032', 'text': 'tilted his phone to show her footage from'}, {'start': '212.032', 'end': '214.552', 'text': 'a news outlet. Check this.'}, {'start': '215.112', 'end': '217.152', 'text': "They're saying it's the worst avalanche"}, {'start': '217.152', 'end': '219.032', 'text': 'in this region in 20 years.'}, {'start': '219.904', 'end': '221.824', 'text': 'Ellis glanced at the aerial footage of'}, {'start': '221.824', 'end': '224.584', 'text': 'the mountain face, a massive swath of'}, {'start': '224.584', 'end': '227.544', 'text': 'white torn away to reveal dark rock'}, {'start': '227.544', 'end': '230.544', 'text': 'beneath. Any word on other survivors?'}, {'start': '231.344', 'end': '234.224', 'text': 'Nope. Search and rescue called it off'}, {'start': '234.264', 'end': '236.704', 'text': 'when the storm hit. They think.'}, {'start': '237.504', 'end': '239.904', 'text': 'The lights flickered, plunging the'}, {'start': '239.904', 'end': '241.664', 'text': 'hallway into darkness for three'}, {'start': '241.664', 'end': '244.464', 'text': 'heartbeats before the backup generator'}, {'start': '244.464', 'end': '247.024', 'text': 'kicked in. When they came back on,'}, {'start': '247.584', 'end': '250.144', 'text': 'Dr. Keller was striding toward them,Her'}, {'start': '250.144', 'end': '252.624', 'text': 'silver hair pulled back in severe'}, {'start': '252.624', 'end': '255.344', 'text': "bun. That's the third time tonight,"}, {'start': '255.824', 'end': '258.624', 'text': 'the doctor said, frowning. Kai,'}, {'start': '259.184', 'end': '261.584', 'text': 'go check the generator. Make sure it has'}, {'start': '261.584', 'end': '263.744', 'text': 'enough fuel to last us through tomorrow'}, {'start': '263.744', 'end': '266.704', 'text': 'at least. On it, Kai'}, {'start': '266.704', 'end': '269.544', 'text': 'said, pushing away from the desk. And'}, {'start': '269.544', 'end': '272.224', 'text': 'take the radio with you, Dr. Keller'}, {'start': '272.224', 'end': '274.544', 'text': 'added. Ours keeps cutting out.'}, {'start': '275.344', 'end': '278.184', 'text': 'Ellis waited until Kai had disappeared'}, {'start': '278.184', 'end': '281.024', 'text': 'down the stairs before speaking. Dr.'}, {'start': '281.024', 'end': '283.504', 'text': 'Keller, the avalanche victim,'}, {'start': '283.744', 'end': '286.704', 'text': "Liam Novak, he's saying some pretty"}, {'start': '286.704', 'end': '289.264', 'text': 'weird stuff about something in the'}, {'start': '289.264', 'end': '291.984', 'text': 'snow hunting people. Dr.'}, {'start': '291.984', 'end': '294.864', 'text': "Keller's expression softened slightly."}, {'start': '295.264', 'end': '297.664', 'text': 'Post-traumatic stress. Not'}, {'start': '297.664', 'end': '299.824', 'text': "unusual given what he's been through."}, {'start': '300.544', 'end': '302.224', 'text': 'She glanced out the window at the'}, {'start': '302.224', 'end': '304.744', 'text': 'relentless snow. How are his'}, {'start': '304.744', 'end': '305.424', 'text': 'stats?'}, {'start': '306.088', 'end': '308.728', 'text': "Stable. Temperature's still low,"}, {'start': '309.048', 'end': '311.928', 'text': 'but coming up. No signs of internal'}, {'start': '311.928', 'end': '314.048', 'text': 'bleeding, but his frost-nipped'}, {'start': '314.048', 'end': '316.008', 'text': 'extremities need monitoring.'}, {'start': '316.648', 'end': '318.648', 'text': "Good. I'll look in on him."}, {'start': '319.528', 'end': '322.168', 'text': 'Dr. Keller started toward room 204,'}, {'start': '322.568', 'end': '325.288', 'text': 'then paused. Ellis, when'}, {'start': '325.288', 'end': '327.768', 'text': 'Kai returns, have him bring in more'}, {'start': '327.768', 'end': '330.648', 'text': 'firewood from the shed. If the power goes'}, {'start': '330.648', 'end': '333.208', 'text': 'out completely, we need to keep the'}, {'start': '333.208', 'end': '335.688', 'text': 'patients warm the old-fashioned way.'}, {'start': '336.408', 'end': '338.968', 'text': 'Ellis nodded, though a twist of'}, {'start': '338.968', 'end': '341.728', 'text': 'unease formed in her stomach. The last'}, {'start': '341.728', 'end': '344.488', 'text': 'thing she wanted was for anyone to go'}, {'start': '344.488', 'end': '347.368', 'text': 'outside tonight. As she watched Dr.'}, {'start': '347.368', 'end': '350.248', 'text': 'Keller disappear into Room 204, the'}, {'start': '350.248', 'end': '352.688', 'text': 'security monitor behind the desk caught'}, {'start': '352.688', 'end': '355.128', 'text': 'her eye. The camera overlooking the'}, {'start': '355.128', 'end': '357.048', 'text': "clinic's front entrance showed nothing"}, {'start': '357.048', 'end': '359.368', 'text': 'but a wall of white. And then,'}, {'start': '359.688', 'end': '362.408', 'text': 'just for a second, a dark shape moved'}, {'start': '362.408', 'end': '364.808', 'text': 'across the screen. Ellis leaned'}, {'start': '364.808', 'end': '366.888', 'text': 'closer. But it was gone.'}, {'start': '367.448', 'end': '369.768', 'text': 'Probably just snow falling from the roof,'}, {'start': '370.328', 'end': '372.808', 'text': 'she told herself. Not something'}, {'start': '372.808', 'end': '375.568', 'text': 'hunting in the Blizzard. Definitely not'}, {'start': '375.568', 'end': '376.068', 'text': 'that.'}, {'start': '376.456', 'end': '378.936', 'text': 'The next hour passed without incident.'}, {'start': '379.336', 'end': '381.976', 'text': 'Ellis checked on their other patients, an'}, {'start': '381.976', 'end': '384.576', 'text': 'elderly man recovering from pneumonia and'}, {'start': '384.576', 'end': '387.176', 'text': 'a teenage girl with a broken leg from a'}, {'start': '387.176', 'end': '390.056', 'text': 'skiing accident, before returning to the'}, {'start': '390.056', 'end': '392.936', 'text': "nurse's station. The radio crackle"}, {'start': '392.936', 'end': '395.016', 'text': 'was static as she tried again to reach'}, {'start': '395.016', 'end': '397.416', 'text': 'the village below, but the storm was'}, {'start': '397.416', 'end': '400.056', 'text': 'blocking transmission. When Kai'}, {'start': '400.056', 'end': '402.456', 'text': 'returned from the generator room, his'}, {'start': '402.456', 'end': '404.456', 'text': "cheeks were flushed from the basement's"}, {'start': '404.456', 'end': '407.296', 'text': "cold. Generator's fine, but"}, {'start': '407.296', 'end': '409.296', 'text': "we've only got about 30 hours of fuel"}, {'start': '409.296', 'end': '411.816', 'text': 'left, he reported. And'}, {'start': '411.816', 'end': '414.696', 'text': 'something weird. The emergency exit'}, {'start': '414.696', 'end': '417.176', 'text': 'door down there was open a crack.'}, {'start': '417.576', 'end': '420.216', 'text': 'Snow was blowing in. Ellis'}, {'start': '420.216', 'end': '422.216', 'text': 'frowned. Did you close it?'}, {'start': '422.936', 'end': '425.016', 'text': 'Yeah, had to force it shut against the'}, {'start': '425.016', 'end': '427.656', 'text': 'wind. He rubbed his hands'}, {'start': '427.656', 'end': '429.816', 'text': "together. So what's the deal with our"}, {'start': '429.816', 'end': '432.616', 'text': "avalanche guy?Dr. Keller said he's"}, {'start': '432.616', 'end': '435.336', 'text': 'been through hell. He thinks something'}, {'start': '435.336', 'end': '437.896', 'text': 'caused the avalanche, something that'}, {'start': '437.896', 'end': '440.536', 'text': "hunting survivors. Kai's"}, {'start': '440.536', 'end': '443.496', 'text': 'eyebrows shot up. Like an animal?'}, {'start': '443.976', 'end': '446.776', 'text': "A snow leopard maybe?I don't think that's"}, {'start': '446.776', 'end': '449.496', 'text': 'what he meant. Ellis lowered her voice.'}, {'start': '450.056', 'end': '452.856', 'text': "He specifically said, Don't trust"}, {'start': '452.856', 'end': '454.856', 'text': 'anyone who comes in from the cold.'}, {'start': '455.736', 'end': '458.616', 'text': "Creepy, Kai said, though he didn't"}, {'start': '458.616', 'end': '460.896', 'text': 'sound particularly concerned. At'}, {'start': '460.896', 'end': '463.656', 'text': '25, only a few years younger than'}, {'start': '463.656', 'end': '466.176', 'text': 'Ellis,He had the unshakable'}, {'start': '466.176', 'end': '468.856', 'text': "confidence of someone who'd never face"}, {'start': '468.856', 'end': '471.736', 'text': 'real danger. Want me to get that firewood'}, {'start': '471.736', 'end': '474.216', 'text': 'now?Ellis hesitated.'}, {'start': '474.616', 'end': '477.496', 'text': "Maybe wait until morning?It's really"}, {'start': '477.496', 'end': '480.376', 'text': "coming down out there. The shed's like"}, {'start': '480.376', 'end': '482.696', 'text': "10 meters from the door. I'll be"}, {'start': '482.696', 'end': '485.416', 'text': 'fine. He grabbed his coat from the'}, {'start': '485.416', 'end': '488.056', 'text': 'hook by the desk. Besides,'}, {'start': '488.616', 'end': '491.336', 'text': 'if the power dies completely,Doctor'}, {'start': '491.336', 'end': '493.256', 'text': 'Keller will kill me before any snow'}, {'start': '493.256', 'end': '495.496', 'text': 'monster can. Kai'}, {'start': '496.056', 'end': '498.816', 'text': 'Ellis started, but he was already heading'}, {'start': '498.816', 'end': '499.656', 'text': 'for the entrance.'}, {'start': '500.200', 'end': '502.440', 'text': 'She watched him on the security monitor'}, {'start': '502.440', 'end': '504.100', 'text': 'as he stepped outside, instantly'}, {'start': '504.100', 'end': '507.960', 'text': 'swallowed by the blizzard. The wide-out'}, {'start': '507.960', 'end': '510.680', 'text': 'was so complete that she lost sight of'}, {'start': '510.680', 'end': '513.400', 'text': 'him barely two steps from the door. One'}, {'start': '513.400', 'end': '515.880', 'text': 'minute passed, then five.'}, {'start': '516.360', 'end': '518.840', 'text': 'Ellis chewed her lip. The woodshed was'}, {'start': '518.840', 'end': '521.560', 'text': 'close. He should have been back by now.'}, {'start': '522.040', 'end': '524.040', 'text': 'She was just about to call Dr. Keller'}, {'start': '524.400', 'end': '526.480', 'text': 'when the front door slid open with a gust'}, {'start': '526.480', 'end': '529.160', 'text': 'of frigid air, and Kai stumbled in'}, {'start': '529.480', 'end': '531.800', 'text': 'arms loaded with split logs.'}, {'start': '532.280', 'end': '535.000', 'text': "Holy crap, it's insane out there,"}, {'start': '535.240', 'end': '537.560', 'text': 'he said, dropping the wood into the bin'}, {'start': '537.560', 'end': '540.360', 'text': 'by the reception desk. I could barely'}, {'start': '540.360', 'end': '543.000', 'text': 'see the shed. You okay?'}, {'start': '543.880', 'end': '546.720', 'text': 'Ellis asked, noticing how pale he looked'}, {'start': '546.720', 'end': '549.440', 'text': 'beneath his usual tan. Yeah, just'}, {'start': '549.440', 'end': '552.120', 'text': 'freezing. He peeled off his'}, {'start': '552.120', 'end': '554.840', 'text': 'gloves, revealing reddened fingers.'}, {'start': '555.320', 'end': '557.120', 'text': 'Though I think I heard something out'}, {'start': '557.120', 'end': '559.560', 'text': 'there. What kind of something?'}, {'start': '560.280', 'end': '563.000', 'text': "Kai shrugged, like, I don't"}, {'start': '563.000', 'end': '565.800', 'text': "know, a low rumble?Could've been a wind,"}, {'start': '565.880', 'end': '568.840', 'text': 'but it felt weird. He stamped'}, {'start': '568.840', 'end': '571.560', 'text': 'his boots, snow falling to the tile'}, {'start': '571.560', 'end': '574.440', 'text': 'floor, like the sound was following me.'}, {'start': '575.080', 'end': '577.600', 'text': 'Before Ellis could respond, the'}, {'start': '577.640', 'end': '580.320', 'text': 'overhead lights flickered again longer'}, {'start': '580.320', 'end': '583.240', 'text': 'this time. In the momentary darkness,'}, {'start': '583.880', 'end': '586.240', 'text': 'the temperature seemed to drop several'}, {'start': '586.240', 'end': '587.000', 'text': 'degrees.'}, {'start': '587.536', 'end': '590.256', 'text': 'When the light stabilized, Dr.'}, {'start': '590.256', 'end': '592.016', 'text': 'Keller was approaching from the patient'}, {'start': '592.016', 'end': '594.816', 'text': 'wing, her face grim. We'}, {'start': '594.816', 'end': '597.536', 'text': 'have a problem, she said. Mr.'}, {'start': '597.536', 'end': '600.416', 'text': 'Novak is missing. Missing?'}, {'start': '601.056', 'end': '603.696', 'text': "Ellis echoed. That's impossible."}, {'start': '604.176', 'end': '606.256', 'text': 'I checked on him 20 minutes ago.'}, {'start': '607.056', 'end': '609.776', 'text': "Well, he's not in his room now,"}, {'start': '610.416', 'end': '613.216', 'text': 'Dr. Keller said, and given his condition,'}, {'start': '613.216', 'end': '616.096', 'text': "he couldn't have gone far. Kai checked"}, {'start': '616.096', 'end': '618.256', 'text': 'the first floor. Ellis, you take the'}, {'start': '618.256', 'end': '620.736', 'text': 'second. As they split up the'}, {'start': '620.736', 'end': '623.416', 'text': 'search, Ellis grabbed a penlight from the'}, {'start': '623.416', 'end': '626.016', 'text': 'desk drawer. Something felt wrong'}, {'start': '626.016', 'end': '628.736', 'text': 'about this. Liam had been badly'}, {'start': '628.736', 'end': '631.416', 'text': 'injured, in no condition to wander'}, {'start': '631.416', 'end': '634.136', 'text': 'around. She climbed the stairs to the'}, {'start': '634.136', 'end': '636.696', 'text': "clinic's second floor, which housed the"}, {'start': '636.696', 'end': '639.616', 'text': 'staff quarters and storage. The hallway'}, {'start': '639.616', 'end': '642.496', 'text': 'was dark, the motion sensors failing to'}, {'start': '642.496', 'end': '645.216', 'text': 'trigger. She swept her penlight along the'}, {'start': '645.216', 'end': '647.696', 'text': 'corridor,calling softly,'}, {'start': '648.176', 'end': '650.976', 'text': 'Liam, are you up here?No'}, {'start': '650.976', 'end': '653.616', 'text': 'response. But as she moved deeper into'}, {'start': '653.616', 'end': '656.416', 'text': 'the shadowy hall, she heard something,'}, {'start': '656.936', 'end': '659.656', 'text': 'a wet, dragging sound coming from behind'}, {'start': '659.656', 'end': '662.256', 'text': 'the supply closet door. Liam?'}, {'start': '662.736', 'end': '664.776', 'text': 'she called again, reaching for the'}, {'start': '664.776', 'end': '667.536', 'text': 'handle. The door swung open before she'}, {'start': '667.536', 'end': '670.176', 'text': 'touched it, revealing not Liam, but'}, {'start': '670.176', 'end': '672.856', 'text': 'Tess, the teenage patient with a'}, {'start': '672.856', 'end': '675.616', 'text': 'broken leg,Balance precariously on her'}, {'start': '675.616', 'end': '676.336', 'text': 'crutches.'}, {'start': '676.912', 'end': '679.312', 'text': 'Oh my god, Ellis gasped,'}, {'start': '679.792', 'end': '682.272', 'text': 'hand flying her chest. Tess,'}, {'start': '682.752', 'end': '685.232', 'text': "what are you doing up here?The girl's"}, {'start': '685.232', 'end': '687.872', 'text': 'face was streaked with tears. I was'}, {'start': '687.872', 'end': '690.792', 'text': "looking for a phone. Mine's dead, and"}, {'start': '690.792', 'end': '693.472', 'text': 'I need to call my parents. You'}, {'start': '693.472', 'end': '696.232', 'text': "shouldn't be walking on that leg, Ellis"}, {'start': '696.232', 'end': '699.152', 'text': 'said, recovering her professional tone.'}, {'start': '699.632', 'end': '701.872', 'text': 'The phones are down anyway because of the'}, {'start': '701.872', 'end': '704.792', 'text': "storm, come on, let's get you back to"}, {'start': '704.792', 'end': '707.472', 'text': 'your room. As she helped test toward the'}, {'start': '707.472', 'end': '710.272', 'text': 'stairs, a crash echoed from below,'}, {'start': '710.672', 'end': '713.352', 'text': 'followed by shouting. Ellis quickened'}, {'start': '713.352', 'end': '716.032', 'text': 'their pace, her heart pounding as they'}, {'start': '716.032', 'end': '718.912', 'text': 'descended to find chaos in the lobby. The'}, {'start': '718.912', 'end': '721.712', 'text': 'front door was wide open, snow'}, {'start': '721.712', 'end': '724.112', 'text': 'swirling in. Kai stood'}, {'start': '724.112', 'end': '726.672', 'text': 'frozen, staring at something on the'}, {'start': '726.672', 'end': '728.752', 'text': 'floor, a trail of wet,'}, {'start': '729.072', 'end': '731.352', 'text': 'red-tinged footprints leading from the'}, {'start': '731.352', 'end': '733.632', 'text': 'entrance to the patient wing. What'}, {'start': '733.632', 'end': '736.032', 'text': 'happened?Ellis demanded,'}, {'start': '736.592', 'end': '739.472', 'text': "helping test to a chair. I don't know,"}, {'start': '739.472', 'end': '741.792', 'text': 'Kai said, his voice shaking.'}, {'start': '742.272', 'end': '744.352', 'text': 'I was checking the radiation room when I'}, {'start': '744.352', 'end': '747.232', 'text': 'heard the door open. By the time I got'}, {'start': '747.232', 'end': '750.192', 'text': 'here, he gestured helplessly at the'}, {'start': '750.192', 'end': '752.512', 'text': 'footprints. Dr. Keller'}, {'start': '752.752', 'end': '755.392', 'text': 'emerged from the hallway, face'}, {'start': '755.392', 'end': '758.232', 'text': 'ashen. The elderly patient, Mr.'}, {'start': '758.232', 'end': '761.232', 'text': "Bergman, he's dead. Ellis felt"}, {'start': '761.232', 'end': '764.032', 'text': 'the blood drain from her face. What?'}, {'start': '764.512', 'end': '765.152', 'text': 'How?'}, {'start': '765.904', 'end': '768.384', 'text': 'Hypothermia at first glance.'}, {'start': '768.784', 'end': '771.664', 'text': 'His body temperature is impossibly'}, {'start': '771.664', 'end': '774.624', 'text': 'low. Dr. Keller ran a hand'}, {'start': '774.624', 'end': '777.584', 'text': "over her face. It doesn't make sense."}, {'start': '777.984', 'end': '780.144', 'text': 'His room was warm when I checked him an'}, {'start': '780.144', 'end': '782.464', 'text': 'hour ago. And Liam?'}, {'start': '783.184', 'end': '785.664', 'text': 'Ellis asked, Still missing.'}, {'start': '786.304', 'end': '788.864', 'text': 'Dr. Keller pointed to the footprints.'}, {'start': '789.344', 'end': '791.664', 'text': 'But it seems we have another visitor.'}, {'start': '792.384', 'end': '794.224', 'text': 'The implications hit Ellis like a'}, {'start': '794.224', 'end': '797.104', 'text': 'physical blow. Someone or'}, {'start': '797.104', 'end': '799.744', 'text': 'something had come in from the blizzard,'}, {'start': '800.184', 'end': '802.384', 'text': 'and now one patient was dead,'}, {'start': '802.784', 'end': '805.664', 'text': "another missing. Don't trust anyone who"}, {'start': '805.664', 'end': '808.544', 'text': 'comes in from the cold. We need to secure'}, {'start': '808.544', 'end': '810.384', 'text': 'the clinic, she said,'}, {'start': '810.864', 'end': '813.264', 'text': 'surprised by the steadiness in her voice.'}, {'start': '813.824', 'end': '816.224', 'text': 'And find Liam before whatever made those'}, {'start': '816.224', 'end': '817.504', 'text': 'footprints does.'}, {'start': '818.248', 'end': '820.128', 'text': 'They locked and barricaded the front'}, {'start': '820.128', 'end': '822.648', 'text': 'entrance, using furniture to block the'}, {'start': '822.648', 'end': '825.528', 'text': 'doors. Kai found a hunting rifle'}, {'start': '825.528', 'end': '827.768', 'text': "in Dr. Keller's office. For"}, {'start': '827.768', 'end': '830.408', 'text': 'emergencies, she explained tersely,'}, {'start': '830.888', 'end': '832.648', 'text': 'and they agreed he would guard tests in'}, {'start': '832.648', 'end': '834.888', 'text': 'the staff lounge while Ellis and Dr.'}, {'start': '834.888', 'end': '837.048', 'text': 'Keller continued searching for Liam.'}, {'start': '837.528', 'end': '839.768', 'text': "We'll check room 204 again,"}, {'start': '840.248', 'end': '842.728', 'text': 'Dr. Keller said. Maybe we missed'}, {'start': '842.728', 'end': '845.048', 'text': 'something. As they walked,'}, {'start': '845.688', 'end': '847.608', 'text': "Ellis couldn't help noticing how the wet"}, {'start': '847.608', 'end': '849.528', 'text': 'footprints seemed to have disappeared'}, {'start': '849.528', 'end': '852.168', 'text': 'halfway down the hall, as if their'}, {'start': '852.168', 'end': '855.128', 'text': 'owner had simply evaporated. Room'}, {'start': '855.128', 'end': '858.048', 'text': "204's door was still open, the"}, {'start': '858.048', 'end': '860.808', 'text': 'bed empty and rumpled. The four'}, {'start': '860.808', 'end': '863.688', 'text': 'stand laid topple on the floor, the bag'}, {'start': '863.688', 'end': '866.528', 'text': 'leaking fluid onto the tiles. Look at'}, {'start': '866.528', 'end': '868.648', 'text': 'this, Dr. Keller said,'}, {'start': '869.128', 'end': '871.928', 'text': 'pointing to the window. It was open a'}, {'start': '871.928', 'end': '874.408', 'text': 'few centimeters. Snow'}, {'start': '874.408', 'end': '876.808', 'text': 'accumulating on the sill. Could it gone'}, {'start': '876.808', 'end': '879.288', 'text': 'out this way?Ellis frowned.'}, {'start': '879.688', 'end': '882.008', 'text': "We're three stories up on this side"}, {'start': '882.008', 'end': '884.648', 'text': 'because of the cliff, and that opening is'}, {'start': '884.648', 'end': '887.248', 'text': 'tiny. Dr. Keller pushed the'}, {'start': '887.248', 'end': '890.048', 'text': 'window closed and locked it. Then'}, {'start': '890.048', 'end': '892.968', 'text': 'where is he?A soft thumb from the'}, {'start': '892.968', 'end': '895.768', 'text': 'bathroom grabbed their attention. Ellis'}, {'start': '895.768', 'end': '898.568', 'text': 'moved toward the door, heart hammering'}, {'start': '898.568', 'end': '901.448', 'text': 'against her ribs. She pushed it open'}, {'start': '901.448', 'end': '903.608', 'text': 'slowly to find Liam crouched in the'}, {'start': '903.608', 'end': '906.328', 'text': 'shower stall, still in his hospital'}, {'start': '906.328', 'end': '909.288', 'text': 'gown, holding a Shard of broken mirror'}, {'start': '909.288', 'end': '912.048', 'text': 'like a weapon. Liam, she said'}, {'start': '912.048', 'end': '914.328', 'text': "gently. We've been looking for you."}, {'start': '914.816', 'end': '917.816', 'text': 'His wild eyes darted between her and'}, {'start': '917.816', 'end': '920.656', 'text': "Dr. Keller. It's here, he whispered,"}, {'start': '921.136', 'end': '923.776', 'text': 'in the clinic. What is,'}, {'start': '924.416', 'end': '926.896', 'text': 'Dr. Keller asked, her tone'}, {'start': '926.896', 'end': '929.656', 'text': "professional but wary. I don't know what"}, {'start': '929.656', 'end': '932.096', 'text': 'to call it, Liam said,'}, {'start': '932.496', 'end': '934.896', 'text': 'but it can wear people like a'}, {'start': '934.896', 'end': '937.776', 'text': 'skin, he shuddered. It'}, {'start': '937.776', 'end': '940.736', 'text': 'got Nadia first on the mountain. We'}, {'start': '940.736', 'end': '942.976', 'text': "didn't realize until she started moving"}, {'start': '942.976', 'end': '945.936', 'text': 'wrong. Talking wrong. By then'}, {'start': '945.936', 'end': '948.416', 'text': 'it was too late for the others. Ellis'}, {'start': '948.416', 'end': '951.216', 'text': 'exchanged a glance with Dr. Keller, who'}, {'start': '951.216', 'end': '953.936', 'text': 'made a subtle gesture. Humor him.'}, {'start': '954.416', 'end': '957.376', 'text': 'Liam, Ellis said, One of'}, {'start': '957.376', 'end': '959.576', 'text': 'our patients just died under strange'}, {'start': '959.576', 'end': '962.416', 'text': 'circumstances. If you know something'}, {'start': '962.416', 'end': '965.096', 'text': "about what's happening, which patient?"}, {'start': '965.296', 'end': '967.776', 'text': 'he interrupted. Mr. Bergman,'}, {'start': '968.176', 'end': '970.976', 'text': 'Dr. Keller said, Elderly'}, {'start': '970.976', 'end': '972.816', 'text': 'man, pneumonia patient.'}, {'start': '973.536', 'end': '976.416', 'text': "Liam's face contorted with fear. Where"}, {'start': '976.416', 'end': '979.136', 'text': 'was his room?Down the hall.'}, {'start': '979.376', 'end': '982.176', 'text': 'But was it near the emergency'}, {'start': '982.176', 'end': '985.136', 'text': 'stairs?When they nodded, Liam'}, {'start': '985.136', 'end': '987.856', 'text': "groaned. That's how it got in. The"}, {'start': '987.856', 'end': '990.016', 'text': 'basement door your friend mentioned.'}, {'start': '990.816', 'end': '993.136', 'text': 'Ellis felt a chill run through her.'}, {'start': '993.616', 'end': '996.496', 'text': "She hadn't told Liam about Kai finding"}, {'start': '996.496', 'end': '999.096', 'text': 'the basement door open. How did you know'}, {'start': '999.096', 'end': '1000.656', 'text': 'about that?she asked.'}, {'start': '1001.200', 'end': '1003.440', 'text': "Liam's knuckles whitened around his"}, {'start': '1003.440', 'end': '1005.100', 'text': "makeshift weapon. Because I've been"}, {'start': '1006.000', 'end': '1008.800', 'text': 'tracking it, listening through the vents,'}, {'start': '1009.440', 'end': '1011.100', 'text': 'he pointed to a small air duct near the'}, {'start': '1012.000', 'end': '1014.800', 'text': 'ceiling. It moves through the cold.'}, {'start': '1015.200', 'end': '1017.440', 'text': "That's why it killed the old man first."}, {'start': '1018.000', 'end': '1020.960', 'text': 'He was closest to where it entered. It'}, {'start': '1021.680', 'end': '1024.400', 'text': 'freezes people from the inside out, then'}, {'start': '1024.400', 'end': '1027.280', 'text': "takes their form. Dr. Keller's"}, {'start': '1027.280', 'end': '1029.520', 'text': 'professional mask slipped slightly.'}, {'start': '1029.920', 'end': '1032.280', 'text': "That's impossible. So is"}, {'start': '1032.280', 'end': '1034.960', 'text': 'surviving under 10 feet of snow for six'}, {'start': '1034.960', 'end': '1037.520', 'text': 'hours without hypothermia?Liam'}, {'start': '1037.520', 'end': '1039.680', 'text': 'countered. But here I am.'}, {'start': '1040.160', 'end': '1042.100', 'text': 'Check your records. My core temperature'}, {'start': '1043.000', 'end': '1044.960', 'text': 'never dropped below normal, did it?'}, {'start': '1045.760', 'end': '1048.160', 'text': 'Ellis remembered being surprised by that'}, {'start': '1048.440', 'end': '1050.800', 'text': 'when he was brought in. Despite his'}, {'start': '1050.800', 'end': '1053.440', 'text': "exposure, Liam's body temperature"}, {'start': '1053.680', 'end': '1055.920', 'text': 'had been a perfect 37 degrees'}, {'start': '1055.920', 'end': '1058.680', 'text': 'Celsius. How?she'}, {'start': '1058.680', 'end': '1061.280', 'text': 'began. But was cut off by a scream from'}, {'start': '1061.280', 'end': '1063.840', 'text': 'downstairs, followed by a gunshot.'}, {'start': '1064.240', 'end': '1066.880', 'text': 'Kai and Tess. Stay with him,'}, {'start': '1067.520', 'end': '1070.480', 'text': 'Ellis told Dr. Keller. Already moving'}, {'start': '1070.480', 'end': '1072.960', 'text': "toward the door. I'll check on them."}, {'start': '1073.824', 'end': '1076.304', 'text': 'Ellis, wait, Liam called.'}, {'start': '1076.784', 'end': '1079.184', 'text': 'If either of them is acting strange,'}, {'start': '1079.504', 'end': '1082.224', 'text': 'cold to touch, moving oddly,'}, {'start': '1082.704', 'end': '1085.344', 'text': "don't get close. And whatever you"}, {'start': '1085.344', 'end': '1087.664', 'text': "do, don't let them touch you."}, {'start': '1088.144', 'end': '1090.944', 'text': 'She hesitated in the doorway. How do I'}, {'start': '1090.944', 'end': '1093.584', 'text': 'know we can trust you?For all I know you'}, {'start': '1093.584', 'end': '1096.224', 'text': 'could be this thing. Liam held her'}, {'start': '1096.224', 'end': '1099.184', 'text': 'gaze. You took my temperature when'}, {'start': '1099.184', 'end': '1101.664', 'text': 'I arrived. If I were it,'}, {'start': '1102.144', 'end': '1104.784', 'text': "you'd be dead already. The logic was"}, {'start': '1104.784', 'end': '1107.184', 'text': 'twisted, but in the moment, it was'}, {'start': '1107.184', 'end': '1109.984', 'text': 'enough. Ellis nodded and sprinted for'}, {'start': '1109.984', 'end': '1112.544', 'text': 'stares. The staff lounge was'}, {'start': '1112.544', 'end': '1115.504', 'text': 'eerily silent when she arrived. The'}, {'start': '1115.504', 'end': '1118.304', 'text': 'door stood ajar, and Ellis pushed it'}, {'start': '1118.304', 'end': '1121.024', 'text': 'open slowly, bracing for the worst.'}, {'start': '1121.424', 'end': '1123.944', 'text': 'The rifle lay on the floor, unfired'}, {'start': '1123.944', 'end': '1126.624', 'text': "despite the sound she'd heard. Of"}, {'start': '1126.624', 'end': '1129.424', 'text': 'Kai and Tess, there was no sign,'}, {'start': '1129.864', 'end': '1131.904', 'text': 'until she spotted a trail of water'}, {'start': '1132.304', 'end': '1135.104', 'text': 'leading to Closet. Kai, she called'}, {'start': '1135.104', 'end': '1137.984', 'text': 'softly. Tess, the closet'}, {'start': '1137.984', 'end': '1140.864', 'text': 'door creaked open, revealing Tess huddled'}, {'start': '1140.864', 'end': '1143.584', 'text': 'inside, tears streaming down her'}, {'start': '1143.584', 'end': '1146.384', 'text': 'face. He tried to kill me,'}, {'start': '1146.704', 'end': '1149.024', 'text': 'the girl sobbed. Kai just'}, {'start': '1149.184', 'end': '1152.184', 'text': 'changed. His eyes went all wrong, and'}, {'start': '1152.304', 'end': '1155.104', 'text': 'his skin was like ice. He grabbed'}, {'start': '1155.104', 'end': '1158.064', 'text': 'my arm. She pulled up her sleeve'}, {'start': '1158.064', 'end': '1161.024', 'text': 'to reveal a handprint-shaped bruise. The'}, {'start': '1161.024', 'end': '1163.504', 'text': 'skin blistered as it burned by extreme'}, {'start': '1163.504', 'end': '1165.744', 'text': 'cold. Where is he now?'}, {'start': '1166.224', 'end': '1168.944', 'text': 'Ellis asked, helping Tess to her feet.'}, {'start': '1169.424', 'end': '1172.304', 'text': 'I hit him with my crutch and ran. I'}, {'start': '1172.304', 'end': '1174.464', 'text': 'think I heard him go toward the kitchen.'}, {'start': '1175.264', 'end': '1177.984', 'text': "Tess's eyes widened. What's"}, {'start': '1177.984', 'end': '1180.064', 'text': 'happening?Is Kai sick?'}, {'start': '1180.704', 'end': '1182.864', 'text': 'Ellis made a split second decision.'}, {'start': '1183.264', 'end': '1185.904', 'text': "Yes, it's a"}, {'start': '1185.904', 'end': '1188.304', 'text': 'rare condition that can happen in extreme'}, {'start': '1188.304', 'end': '1191.224', 'text': 'cold. We need to get somewhere warm and'}, {'start': '1191.224', 'end': '1191.904', 'text': 'secure.'}, {'start': '1192.408', 'end': '1194.488', 'text': 'She helped Tess to the reception area,'}, {'start': '1194.968', 'end': '1197.528', 'text': 'away from the residential wing, and'}, {'start': '1197.528', 'end': '1199.288', 'text': 'barricaded them in the small security'}, {'start': '1199.288', 'end': '1201.768', 'text': 'office where the monitors gave views of'}, {'start': '1201.768', 'end': '1204.488', 'text': 'the entire clinic through the screens.'}, {'start': '1204.968', 'end': '1207.048', 'text': 'They watched as Dr. Keller and Liam'}, {'start': '1207.048', 'end': '1209.768', 'text': 'emerged from room 204, moving'}, {'start': '1209.768', 'end': '1212.328', 'text': "cautiously down the hallway. That's the"}, {'start': '1212.408', 'end': '1215.208', 'text': 'avalanche guy?Tess asked,'}, {'start': '1215.848', 'end': '1218.568', 'text': 'peering at the monitor. Yes, his name is'}, {'start': '1218.568', 'end': '1220.968', 'text': "Liam. He might know what's happening to"}, {'start': '1220.968', 'end': '1223.768', 'text': 'Kai. Ellis tried the radio again,'}, {'start': '1224.248', 'end': '1226.648', 'text': 'desperate for any outside contact, but'}, {'start': '1226.648', 'end': '1229.448', 'text': 'got only static. On the monitors,'}, {'start': '1229.848', 'end': '1232.568', 'text': 'she saw Dr. Keller and Liam checking'}, {'start': '1232.568', 'end': '1235.288', 'text': 'rooms methodically. Another screen'}, {'start': '1235.288', 'end': '1238.008', 'text': 'showed the kitchen, dark and apparently'}, {'start': '1238.008', 'end': '1240.688', 'text': 'empty. There! Tests'}, {'start': '1240.688', 'end': '1243.368', 'text': 'suddenly pointed at the monitor, showing'}, {'start': '1243.368', 'end': '1246.288', 'text': "the clinic's rear entrance. A figure that"}, {'start': '1246.288', 'end': '1248.248', 'text': 'looked like Kai was dragging something'}, {'start': '1248.248', 'end': '1250.288', 'text': 'large and heavy through the snow toward'}, {'start': '1250.288', 'end': '1252.248', 'text': 'the door,something that looked'}, {'start': '1252.248', 'end': '1254.728', 'text': 'disturbingly like a human body wrapped in'}, {'start': '1254.728', 'end': '1256.648', 'text': 'plastic. Is that?'}, {'start': '1257.368', 'end': '1260.328', 'text': "Tessa's voice faltered. Before Ellis"}, {'start': '1260.328', 'end': '1262.608', 'text': 'could respond, the lights went out'}, {'start': '1262.608', 'end': '1264.888', 'text': 'completely in the darkness.'}, {'start': '1265.448', 'end': '1268.168', 'text': 'The emergency exit sign cast an eerie'}, {'start': '1268.168', 'end': '1270.248', 'text': 'red glow over them as the generator'}, {'start': '1270.248', 'end': '1272.968', 'text': 'failed. When the backup battery powered'}, {'start': '1272.968', 'end': '1275.128', 'text': 'up the security monitors a moment later,'}, {'start': '1275.608', 'end': '1278.288', 'text': 'Kai was gone from the screen, so was'}, {'start': '1278.288', 'end': '1280.888', 'text': "whatever he'd been dragging. We need to"}, {'start': '1280.888', 'end': '1283.848', 'text': 'warn the others, Ellis said, reaching'}, {'start': '1283.848', 'end': '1284.488', 'text': 'for the door.'}, {'start': '1285.024', 'end': '1287.744', 'text': "Don't leave me, Tess pleaded,"}, {'start': '1288.144', 'end': '1290.864', 'text': 'grabbing her arm. Ellis hesitated,'}, {'start': '1291.584', 'end': '1293.824', 'text': 'then picked up a heavy flashlight that'}, {'start': '1293.824', 'end': '1296.704', 'text': 'could double as a weapon. Stay behind me.'}, {'start': '1297.104', 'end': '1299.744', 'text': "We'll find Dr. Keller and Liam. Then"}, {'start': '1299.744', 'end': '1302.144', 'text': 'barricade ourselves somewhere until help'}, {'start': '1302.144', 'end': '1304.904', 'text': 'comes. As they stepped into the'}, {'start': '1304.904', 'end': '1307.544', 'text': 'darkened hallway, the temperature had'}, {'start': '1307.544', 'end': '1310.144', 'text': 'dropped significantly, their breath'}, {'start': '1310.144', 'end': '1312.944', 'text': 'fog in front of them. and a thin layer of'}, {'start': '1312.944', 'end': '1315.344', 'text': 'frost had begun to form on the walls.'}, {'start': '1315.824', 'end': '1317.544', 'text': "It's like it's turning the whole building"}, {'start': '1317.544', 'end': '1320.144', 'text': 'into a freezer, Tess whispered.'}, {'start': '1320.544', 'end': '1322.464', 'text': 'They moved slowly through the reception'}, {'start': '1322.464', 'end': '1325.184', 'text': 'area, the only sound their cautious'}, {'start': '1325.184', 'end': '1327.664', 'text': "footsteps in Tess's labor breathing."}, {'start': '1328.064', 'end': '1330.304', 'text': 'The main entrance remained secure,'}, {'start': '1330.864', 'end': '1332.704', 'text': 'but ice had begun to form around the'}, {'start': '1332.704', 'end': '1335.664', 'text': 'edges of the barricaded door. A noise'}, {'start': '1335.664', 'end': '1337.984', 'text': 'from the cafeteria stopped them, a'}, {'start': '1337.984', 'end': '1340.944', 'text': 'rhythmic thumping. like something heavy'}, {'start': '1340.944', 'end': '1343.664', 'text': 'being dragged across the floor. Ellis'}, {'start': '1343.664', 'end': '1346.544', 'text': 'raised a flashlight, its beam cutting'}, {'start': '1346.544', 'end': '1348.304', 'text': 'through the darkness to illuminate the'}, {'start': '1348.304', 'end': '1351.304', 'text': 'cafeteria door. It was open just'}, {'start': '1351.304', 'end': '1354.304', 'text': 'a crack, a sliver of deeper darkness.'}, {'start': '1354.784', 'end': '1357.064', 'text': 'We should go the other way, Tess'}, {'start': '1357.064', 'end': '1360.064', 'text': 'whispered. Ellis nodded, turning'}, {'start': '1360.064', 'end': '1362.744', 'text': 'to lead them toward the patient wing, and'}, {'start': '1362.744', 'end': '1365.744', 'text': 'found herself face to face with Kai, or'}, {'start': '1365.744', 'end': '1368.624', 'text': "something wearing Kai's face. His skin"}, {'start': '1368.624', 'end': '1371.184', 'text': 'had a bluish tint,And his eyes were'}, {'start': '1371.184', 'end': '1373.744', 'text': 'clouded white with frost. When he'}, {'start': '1373.744', 'end': '1376.464', 'text': 'smiled, his teeth seemed sharper,'}, {'start': '1376.544', 'end': '1378.304', 'text': 'more numerous than they should be.'}, {'start': '1378.784', 'end': '1381.504', 'text': 'Ellis, he said, his voice'}, {'start': '1381.504', 'end': '1383.584', 'text': 'distorted as if speaking through water.'}, {'start': '1384.064', 'end': '1385.424', 'text': "I've been looking for you."}, {'start': '1386.136', 'end': '1389.016', 'text': 'Ellis reacted instinctively, shoving'}, {'start': '1389.016', 'end': '1391.096', 'text': 'Tess backward as she swung the heavy'}, {'start': '1391.096', 'end': '1393.656', 'text': "flashlight at Kai's head. It connected"}, {'start': '1393.656', 'end': '1395.816', 'text': 'with a sickening crunch, but instead of'}, {'start': '1395.816', 'end': '1398.456', 'text': 'blood, the impact released a spray of'}, {'start': '1398.456', 'end': '1400.616', 'text': 'crystalline particles. Like'}, {'start': '1400.616', 'end': '1403.096', 'text': "pulverized ice. Kai didn't"}, {'start': '1403.096', 'end': '1405.416', 'text': 'flinch. His hand shot out,'}, {'start': '1406.136', 'end': '1408.776', 'text': 'fingers elongating impossibly as they'}, {'start': '1408.776', 'end': '1411.336', 'text': "reached for Ellis's throat. She stumbled"}, {'start': '1411.336', 'end': '1414.056', 'text': 'back, barely avoiding his touch.'}, {'start': '1414.536', 'end': '1417.456', 'text': 'Run!she shouted to Tess, who'}, {'start': '1417.456', 'end': '1420.136', 'text': 'was frozen in horror. The thing wearing'}, {'start': '1420.136', 'end': '1422.136', 'text': "Kai's face tilted its head at an"}, {'start': '1422.216', 'end': '1425.176', 'text': "unnatural angle. You can't run from"}, {'start': '1425.176', 'end': '1428.136', 'text': 'the cold, it said. The words'}, {'start': '1428.136', 'end': '1430.096', 'text': 'garbled as frost spread from its mouth.'}, {'start': '1430.696', 'end': '1433.576', 'text': 'You can only join it. Ellis grabbed'}, {'start': '1433.576', 'end': '1435.576', 'text': 'Tess and half-dragged her down the'}, {'start': '1435.576', 'end': '1438.336', 'text': 'hallway toward the patient wing. Behind'}, {'start': '1438.336', 'end': '1441.176', 'text': 'them, Kai followed at an unhurried'}, {'start': '1441.176', 'end': '1444.056', 'text': 'pace, as if confident they had nowhere to'}, {'start': '1444.056', 'end': '1446.936', 'text': 'go. What is that thing?Tess'}, {'start': '1447.016', 'end': '1449.656', 'text': "gasped as they turned a corner. I don't"}, {'start': '1449.656', 'end': '1452.616', 'text': 'know, Ellis admitted. But Liam'}, {'start': '1452.616', 'end': '1455.496', 'text': "was right. It's not human. They"}, {'start': '1455.496', 'end': '1457.376', 'text': 'burst through the double doors into the'}, {'start': '1457.376', 'end': '1460.056', 'text': 'patient wing, nearly colliding with'}, {'start': '1460.056', 'end': '1461.656', 'text': 'Doctor Keller and Liam.'}, {'start': '1462.168', 'end': '1464.888', 'text': "It's Kai, Ellis panted, or"}, {'start': '1464.888', 'end': '1466.648', 'text': 'something pretending to be him.'}, {'start': '1467.368', 'end': '1469.888', 'text': "Liam's eyes widened. We need"}, {'start': '1469.888', 'end': '1472.768', 'text': "fire, he said immediately. It's the"}, {'start': '1472.888', 'end': '1474.568', 'text': 'only thing that weakens them.'}, {'start': '1475.208', 'end': '1477.728', 'text': 'Them?Dr. Keller asked'}, {'start': '1477.728', 'end': '1480.168', 'text': "sharply. There's more than one?"}, {'start': '1480.728', 'end': '1483.368', 'text': "A crash from the direction, they'd come"}, {'start': '1483.368', 'end': '1485.688', 'text': 'answer her question. Through the small'}, {'start': '1485.688', 'end': '1488.248', 'text': 'windows and the double doors, they could'}, {'start': '1488.248', 'end': '1491.048', 'text': 'see Kai advancing, and behind him,'}, {'start': '1491.608', 'end': '1493.848', 'text': 'Another figure that moved with the same'}, {'start': '1493.848', 'end': '1496.648', 'text': 'wrong fluid motion. Is'}, {'start': '1496.648', 'end': '1499.368', 'text': 'that Mr. Bergman?Ellis asked,'}, {'start': '1499.928', 'end': '1502.168', 'text': 'recognizing the elderly patient who had'}, {'start': '1502.168', 'end': '1504.968', 'text': "supposedly died. They don't stay"}, {'start': '1504.968', 'end': '1507.248', 'text': "dead if the core isn't destroyed, Liam"}, {'start': '1507.248', 'end': '1509.848', 'text': "explained grimly. Fire's the only"}, {'start': '1509.848', 'end': '1512.648', 'text': 'way, Dr. Keller took charge.'}, {'start': '1513.128', 'end': '1516.008', 'text': 'The emergency flares, she said,'}, {'start': '1516.488', 'end': '1519.368', 'text': "in my office, and there's an oxygen"}, {'start': '1519.368', 'end': '1521.928', 'text': 'tank in the supply room. We can make a'}, {'start': '1521.928', 'end': '1524.648', 'text': 'flamethrower. They moved as a'}, {'start': '1524.648', 'end': '1527.608', 'text': 'group down the corridor, Liam supporting'}, {'start': '1527.608', 'end': '1529.848', 'text': 'Tess, while Ellis and Dr. Keller led the'}, {'start': '1529.848', 'end': '1532.448', 'text': 'way. Behind them, the'}, {'start': '1532.488', 'end': '1535.168', 'text': 'double doors burst open as Kai and'}, {'start': '1535.168', 'end': '1537.448', 'text': 'reanimated Mr. Bergman pursued.'}, {'start': '1537.848', 'end': '1540.648', 'text': 'Why is this happening?Ellis asked'}, {'start': '1540.648', 'end': '1542.808', 'text': 'Liam as they hurried. What are these'}, {'start': '1542.808', 'end': '1545.528', 'text': 'things?Indigenous legend'}, {'start': '1545.528', 'end': '1547.208', 'text': 'calls them winter walkers,'}, {'start': '1547.848', 'end': '1550.248', 'text': 'parasites that hibernate in the deep ice.'}, {'start': '1550.808', 'end': '1553.368', 'text': 'Liam replied. Our guides at'}, {'start': '1553.368', 'end': '1555.928', 'text': 'climate change is melting their ancient'}, {'start': '1555.928', 'end': '1558.848', 'text': 'prison. Our expedition was the first to'}, {'start': '1558.848', 'end': '1560.488', 'text': 'encounter them in centuries.'}, {'start': '1561.288', 'end': '1564.008', 'text': "They reached Dr. Keller's office, and the"}, {'start': '1564.008', 'end': '1566.088', 'text': 'doctor quickly retrieved a box of'}, {'start': '1566.088', 'end': '1568.248', 'text': 'emergency flares from a cabinet.'}, {'start': '1568.728', 'end': '1571.608', 'text': 'Here, she said, handing'}, {'start': '1571.608', 'end': '1574.568', 'text': 'one to each of them. Last resort only,'}, {'start': '1574.968', 'end': '1577.448', 'text': 'we could burn the whole place down. From'}, {'start': '1577.448', 'end': '1580.408', 'text': 'the supply room next door, Ellis'}, {'start': '1580.408', 'end': '1582.728', 'text': 'grabbed a portable oxygen tank and a'}, {'start': '1582.728', 'end': '1585.368', 'text': "length of tubing. She'd seen enough"}, {'start': '1585.368', 'end': '1587.608', 'text': 'action movies to have a vague idea of how'}, {'start': '1587.608', 'end': '1590.408', 'text': 'to create a makeshift flamethrower,though'}, {'start': '1590.408', 'end': '1592.728', 'text': 'the reality would be far more dangerous'}, {'start': '1592.728', 'end': '1595.448', 'text': 'than Hollywood made it seem. As they'}, {'start': '1595.448', 'end': '1598.128', 'text': 'worked, the temperature continued to'}, {'start': '1598.128', 'end': '1600.648', 'text': 'drop. Frost patterns spread across the'}, {'start': '1600.648', 'end': '1603.648', 'text': 'windows and walls like living things, and'}, {'start': '1603.648', 'end': '1605.768', 'text': 'their breath hung in clouds before their'}, {'start': '1605.768', 'end': '1608.088', 'text': 'faces. We need a defensive'}, {'start': '1608.088', 'end': '1610.408', 'text': 'position, Dr. Keller said,'}, {'start': '1610.808', 'end': '1613.128', 'text': 'somewhere with only one entrance.'}, {'start': '1613.928', 'end': '1616.208', 'text': 'The radiology room, Ellis'}, {'start': '1616.208', 'end': '1618.888', 'text': 'suggested, metal walls, one'}, {'start': '1618.888', 'end': '1621.208', 'text': "door,and it's where we keep the emergency"}, {'start': '1621.208', 'end': '1624.048', 'text': 'survival gear. They had just started in'}, {'start': '1624.048', 'end': '1626.328', 'text': 'that direction, when the lights flickered'}, {'start': '1626.328', 'end': '1628.768', 'text': 'briefly, the generator making a'}, {'start': '1628.768', 'end': '1631.208', 'text': 'last, futile attempt to function,'}, {'start': '1631.608', 'end': '1633.768', 'text': 'illuminating the hallway ahead.'}, {'start': '1634.168', 'end': '1637.128', 'text': 'There, blocking their path, stood'}, {'start': '1637.128', 'end': '1640.088', 'text': 'not two, but three figures, Kai, Mr.'}, {'start': '1640.088', 'end': '1641.768', 'text': 'Bergman, and now Tess.'}, {'start': '1642.264', 'end': '1644.944', 'text': 'Ellis whipped around in confusion. The'}, {'start': '1644.944', 'end': '1646.984', 'text': 'real Tess was still beside them,'}, {'start': '1647.704', 'end': '1650.584', 'text': "clinging to Liam's arm in terror. It's"}, {'start': '1650.584', 'end': '1653.064', 'text': 'replicating us, Dr. Keller'}, {'start': '1653.064', 'end': '1655.544', 'text': 'whispered, creating duplicates.'}, {'start': '1656.264', 'end': '1658.904', 'text': 'The test thing smiled, its face'}, {'start': '1658.904', 'end': '1661.144', 'text': 'cracking slightly around the edges.'}, {'start': '1661.544', 'end': '1664.504', 'text': "Cole preserves. It's said in a voice that"}, {'start': '1664.504', 'end': '1667.304', 'text': "was both Tess's and not. Cole"}, {'start': '1667.304', 'end': '1670.104', 'text': 'remembers, Back this way,'}, {'start': '1670.744', 'end': '1673.344', 'text': 'Ellis ordered. Pulling the group toward'}, {'start': '1673.344', 'end': '1676.104', 'text': "the emergency stairwell. We'll go up to"}, {'start': '1676.104', 'end': '1678.624', 'text': 'the roof. The helicopter pad has'}, {'start': '1678.624', 'end': '1681.304', 'text': 'emergency supplies. They'}, {'start': '1681.304', 'end': '1684.104', 'text': 'retreated as the three creatures advanced'}, {'start': '1684.104', 'end': '1686.584', 'text': 'with that same unhurried confidence.'}, {'start': '1687.064', 'end': '1689.784', 'text': 'At the stairwell door, Ellis fumbled with'}, {'start': '1689.784', 'end': '1692.424', 'text': 'her key card, finally managing to'}, {'start': '1692.424', 'end': '1694.904', 'text': 'unlock it after two panicked attempts.'}, {'start': '1695.384', 'end': '1698.024', 'text': 'As they followed through, Ellis saw'}, {'start': '1698.024', 'end': '1700.824', 'text': 'Dr. Keller hesitate. Looking back at the'}, {'start': '1700.824', 'end': '1702.904', 'text': 'approaching entities, an expression that'}, {'start': '1702.904', 'end': '1705.064', 'text': "wasn't quite fear, more like"}, {'start': '1705.064', 'end': '1707.144', 'text': 'fascination. Doctor,'}, {'start': '1707.784', 'end': '1709.864', 'text': 'Ellis called. Come on.'}, {'start': '1710.504', 'end': '1712.664', 'text': 'Dr. Keller turned slowly,'}, {'start': '1713.144', 'end': '1715.064', 'text': 'something odd in her movement.'}, {'start': '1715.544', 'end': '1718.144', 'text': 'Yes, she said, her voice'}, {'start': '1718.144', 'end': '1720.584', 'text': 'strangely flat. Of course.'}, {'start': '1721.304', 'end': '1723.784', 'text': "A horrible suspicion formed in Ellis's"}, {'start': '1723.784', 'end': '1726.344', 'text': 'mind. When did you last check on Mr.'}, {'start': '1726.344', 'end': '1728.624', 'text': 'Bergman?she asked as the doctor'}, {'start': '1728.624', 'end': '1731.144', 'text': 'approached. Dr. Keller blinked.'}, {'start': '1731.584', 'end': '1733.864', 'text': 'An hour ago?Why?'}, {'start': '1734.584', 'end': '1737.344', 'text': 'Ellis stepped back, raising her makes you'}, {'start': '1737.344', 'end': '1740.344', 'text': 'flamethrower. No, I was'}, {'start': '1740.344', 'end': '1742.584', 'text': 'with you when we found out he was dead.'}, {'start': '1742.984', 'end': '1744.664', 'text': 'You never checked him alone.'}, {'start': '1745.536', 'end': '1747.896', 'text': "Dr. Keller's face remained impassive for"}, {'start': '1747.896', 'end': '1750.256', 'text': 'a moment, then stretched into an'}, {'start': '1750.256', 'end': '1752.736', 'text': 'unnatural smile. Clever'}, {'start': '1752.736', 'end': '1755.616', 'text': 'nurse, she said, her voice'}, {'start': '1755.616', 'end': '1758.256', 'text': 'deepening, developing the same watery'}, {'start': '1758.256', 'end': '1761.056', 'text': "quality as Kai's. But too late."}, {'start': '1761.696', 'end': '1764.496', 'text': 'The skin of her throat rippled, frost'}, {'start': '1764.496', 'end': '1767.136', 'text': 'patterns spreading up her jaw. Ellis'}, {'start': '1767.136', 'end': '1769.576', 'text': "didn't wait to see more. She triggered"}, {'start': '1769.576', 'end': '1772.096', 'text': 'the oxygen tank and used her lighter'}, {'start': '1772.496', 'end': '1775.376', 'text': 'to create a burst of flamethat caught the'}, {'start': '1775.376', 'end': '1778.016', 'text': "thing wearing Dr. Keller's face"}, {'start': '1778.016', 'end': '1780.976', 'text': 'across the chest. It shrieked, a'}, {'start': '1780.976', 'end': '1783.736', 'text': 'sound no human throat could make, and'}, {'start': '1783.736', 'end': '1785.856', 'text': 'staggered back as flames engulfed its'}, {'start': '1785.856', 'end': '1788.336', 'text': 'upper body. The disguise melted'}, {'start': '1788.336', 'end': '1790.976', 'text': 'away, revealing glimpses of something'}, {'start': '1790.976', 'end': '1793.136', 'text': 'pallid and segmented beneath,'}, {'start': '1793.936', 'end': '1796.696', 'text': 'like a massive insect made of translucent'}, {'start': '1796.696', 'end': '1799.616', 'text': 'ice. Ellis slammed the stairwell door'}, {'start': '1799.616', 'end': '1802.416', 'text': 'shut and jammed the fire extinguisher'}, {'start': '1802.496', 'end': '1805.016', 'text': 'through the handle. Up,She shouted to'}, {'start': '1805.016', 'end': '1807.296', 'text': 'Liam and Tess. Now!'}, {'start': '1807.936', 'end': '1810.016', 'text': 'They climbed the stairs as inhuman'}, {'start': '1810.016', 'end': '1812.896', 'text': 'wailing filled the stairwell. At the top,'}, {'start': '1813.296', 'end': '1815.776', 'text': 'another key car door led to the roof.'}, {'start': '1816.256', 'end': '1818.416', 'text': 'Ellis swiped her car with trembling'}, {'start': '1818.416', 'end': '1820.736', 'text': 'fingers, and they burst into the bitter'}, {'start': '1820.736', 'end': '1823.616', 'text': 'cold of the night. The helicopter pad was'}, {'start': '1823.616', 'end': '1825.776', 'text': 'covered in at least a foot of fresh snow,'}, {'start': '1826.336', 'end': '1829.296', 'text': 'the red circle barely visible. Wind'}, {'start': '1829.296', 'end': '1831.896', 'text': 'whipped around them, the blizzard having'}, {'start': '1831.896', 'end': '1834.616', 'text': 'intensified into a whiteout. The'}, {'start': '1834.616', 'end': '1837.176', 'text': 'emergency shelter, Ellis'}, {'start': '1837.176', 'end': '1839.536', 'text': 'shouted over the gale, pointing to a'}, {'start': '1839.536', 'end': '1841.936', 'text': 'small structure at the edge of the pad,'}, {'start': '1842.336', 'end': '1844.976', 'text': 'used by helicopter crews caught in sudden'}, {'start': '1844.976', 'end': '1847.376', 'text': 'storms. It contains survival'}, {'start': '1847.376', 'end': '1848.648', 'text': 'supplies and a'}, {'start': '1848.808', 'end': '1850.808', 'text': 'They fought their way through the snow,'}, {'start': '1851.288', 'end': '1853.208', 'text': 'Tess struggling on her broken leg.'}, {'start': '1853.688', 'end': '1856.408', 'text': 'Behind them, the roof access'}, {'start': '1856.408', 'end': '1858.328', 'text': 'door shuttered as something pounded'}, {'start': '1858.328', 'end': '1860.888', 'text': 'against her from below. Inside the'}, {'start': '1860.888', 'end': '1863.768', 'text': 'shelter, Ellis immediately activated the'}, {'start': '1863.768', 'end': '1866.568', 'text': 'emergency heaters while Liam barricaded'}, {'start': '1866.568', 'end': '1869.128', 'text': 'the door. The space was small,'}, {'start': '1869.208', 'end': '1871.528', 'text': 'maybe three meters square, but'}, {'start': '1871.528', 'end': '1873.488', 'text': 'insulated and equipped with basic'}, {'start': '1873.488', 'end': '1875.768', 'text': 'supplies. The radio,'}, {'start': '1876.328', 'end': '1879.048', 'text': 'Tess urged,collapsing onto one of the'}, {'start': '1879.048', 'end': '1881.808', 'text': 'narrow bunks. Ellis found the satellite'}, {'start': '1881.808', 'end': '1884.608', 'text': 'radio and powered up, relieved when it'}, {'start': '1884.608', 'end': '1887.528', 'text': 'crackled to life. Mayday, mayday,'}, {'start': '1887.848', 'end': '1890.248', 'text': 'she broadcast. This is'}, {'start': '1890.328', 'end': '1893.288', 'text': 'Alpine Retreat Medical Center. We are'}, {'start': '1893.288', 'end': '1895.928', 'text': 'under attack and require immediate'}, {'start': '1895.928', 'end': '1898.568', 'text': 'evacuation. Three survivors.'}, {'start': '1898.968', 'end': '1901.608', 'text': 'Repeat, mayday. Static'}, {'start': '1901.688', 'end': '1903.848', 'text': 'answered her, but then a faint voice'}, {'start': '1903.848', 'end': '1906.328', 'text': 'broke through, Alpine Retreat,'}, {'start': '1906.768', 'end': '1909.688', 'text': 'This is search and rescue base. We'}, {'start': '1909.688', 'end': '1912.648', 'text': 'copy your mayday. What is the nature of'}, {'start': '1912.648', 'end': '1915.608', 'text': 'your emergency?Before Ellis could'}, {'start': '1915.608', 'end': '1918.488', 'text': 'respond, a violent impact shook the'}, {'start': '1918.488', 'end': '1921.368', 'text': 'shelter. Through the single small window,'}, {'start': '1921.848', 'end': '1923.688', 'text': 'they could see the roof access door had'}, {'start': '1923.688', 'end': '1926.448', 'text': 'burst open. Four figures emerged into the'}, {'start': '1926.448', 'end': '1929.448', 'text': 'snow. The things that had been Kai, Mr.'}, {'start': '1929.448', 'end': '1932.008', 'text': 'Bergman, Dr. Keller, and a fourth'}, {'start': '1932.408', 'end': '1934.728', 'text': "new shape they couldn't identify,"}, {'start': '1935.208', 'end': '1937.768', 'text': "they're coming. Liam said"}, {'start': '1937.768', 'end': '1940.568', 'text': 'grimly, clutching one of the emergency'}, {'start': '1940.568', 'end': '1942.808', 'text': "flares. And I think I'm out of"}, {'start': '1942.808', 'end': '1943.608', 'text': 'miracles.'}, {'start': '1944.400', 'end': '1947.080', 'text': 'Ellis returned to the radio. Search and'}, {'start': '1947.080', 'end': '1949.920', 'text': 'rescue. We have hostels on site,'}, {'start': '1950.400', 'end': '1953.360', 'text': 'she said, adopting official terminology'}, {'start': '1953.360', 'end': '1955.120', 'text': 'that might convey urgency without'}, {'start': '1955.120', 'end': '1957.920', 'text': 'sounding delusional. The clinic'}, {'start': '1957.920', 'end': '1960.800', 'text': 'is compromised. We need immediate'}, {'start': '1960.800', 'end': '1963.200', 'text': 'extraction. Understood.'}, {'start': '1963.520', 'end': '1966.480', 'text': 'Alpine Retreat. The voice replied'}, {'start': '1966.480', 'end': '1969.120', 'text': 'through static. Weather conditions are'}, {'start': '1969.120', 'end': '1972.080', 'text': 'severe. Nearest available helicopter'}, {'start': '1972.160', 'end': '1975.040', 'text': 'is 40 minutes out. Can you maintain your'}, {'start': '1975.040', 'end': '1977.680', 'text': 'position?Ellis looked at their meager'}, {'start': '1977.680', 'end': '1980.240', 'text': 'defenses. Three emergency'}, {'start': '1980.240', 'end': '1983.040', 'text': 'flares, the makeshift flamethrower with a'}, {'start': '1983.040', 'end': '1986.040', 'text': 'rapidly depleting oxygen tank, and'}, {'start': '1986.040', 'end': '1987.840', 'text': 'whatever they could find in the shelter.'}, {'start': '1988.320', 'end': '1990.960', 'text': "We'll try, she said. Be"}, {'start': '1990.960', 'end': '1993.440', 'text': 'advised. Approach with extreme'}, {'start': '1993.440', 'end': '1996.360', 'text': 'caution. Hostiles can imitate human'}, {'start': '1996.360', 'end': '1999.120', 'text': 'appearance. The radio operator'}, {'start': '1999.120', 'end': '2002.080', 'text': 'paused. Say again, Alpine Retreat?'}, {'start': '2002.880', 'end': '2004.960', 'text': 'Just hurry. Ellis said,'}, {'start': '2005.440', 'end': '2008.400', 'text': 'Outside, the four creatures have begun'}, {'start': '2008.400', 'end': '2010.800', 'text': 'to surround the shelter, moving with that'}, {'start': '2010.800', 'end': '2013.360', 'text': 'same deliberate confidence. Through the'}, {'start': '2013.360', 'end': '2016.160', 'text': 'frosted window, their form seemed to'}, {'start': '2016.160', 'end': '2018.720', 'text': 'blur and shift in the driving snow,'}, {'start': '2019.280', 'end': '2021.120', 'text': 'as if their borrowed human shapes were'}, {'start': '2021.120', 'end': '2023.680', 'text': 'becoming less necessary. We need a'}, {'start': '2023.680', 'end': '2026.600', 'text': 'plan, Liam said, searching'}, {'start': '2026.600', 'end': '2029.120', 'text': 'through the emergency supplies, something'}, {'start': '2029.120', 'end': '2032.000', 'text': 'to hold them off for 40 minutes. The'}, {'start': '2032.000', 'end': '2034.920', 'text': 'door is reinforced,And these shelters'}, {'start': '2034.920', 'end': '2037.200', 'text': 'are built to withstand temperatures down'}, {'start': '2037.200', 'end': '2039.680', 'text': 'to minus 50, Ellis said.'}, {'start': '2040.080', 'end': '2042.160', 'text': 'As long as we keep the heaters running,'}, {'start': '2042.640', 'end': '2044.640', 'text': "they can't freeze their way in."}, {'start': '2045.392', 'end': '2047.472', 'text': 'Tess, who had been quiet,'}, {'start': '2048.032', 'end': '2050.352', 'text': 'suddenly spoke up, What about the'}, {'start': '2050.352', 'end': '2053.272', 'text': 'maintenance hatch?She pointed'}, {'start': '2053.272', 'end': '2055.712', 'text': 'to a square panel in the ceiling.'}, {'start': '2056.192', 'end': '2058.032', 'text': 'All these mountain structures have them'}, {'start': '2058.032', 'end': '2059.952', 'text': 'for clearing snow off the roof.'}, {'start': '2060.752', 'end': '2063.712', 'text': "Ellis's hope faded slightly. The hatch"}, {'start': '2063.712', 'end': '2066.272', 'text': 'would be a weak point, and from away,'}, {'start': '2066.272', 'end': '2068.352', 'text': 'Frost was already forming around its'}, {'start': '2068.432', 'end': '2071.112', 'text': 'edges. The creatures had discovered it'}, {'start': '2071.112', 'end': '2073.832', 'text': 'too. We need more heat, she'}, {'start': '2073.832', 'end': '2076.752', 'text': 'decided. looking at the propane heaters,'}, {'start': '2077.232', 'end': '2079.152', 'text': 'and we need to be ready when they come'}, {'start': '2079.152', 'end': '2081.832', 'text': 'through that hatch. Liam opened a'}, {'start': '2081.832', 'end': '2084.272', 'text': 'storage locker and pulled out thermal'}, {'start': '2084.272', 'end': '2086.832', 'text': 'emergency blankets and a toolbox.'}, {'start': '2087.312', 'end': '2090.192', 'text': 'We can create a heat trap, he suggested.'}, {'start': '2090.672', 'end': '2093.192', 'text': 'Use the blankets to direct all the heat'}, {'start': '2093.192', 'end': '2095.672', 'text': 'toward the hatch, make it too hot for'}, {'start': '2095.672', 'end': '2098.272', 'text': 'them to approach. They worked'}, {'start': '2098.352', 'end': '2101.072', 'text': 'quickly, rigging the reflective blankets'}, {'start': '2101.072', 'end': '2104.032', 'text': "to focus the heater's output upward. But"}, {'start': '2104.032', 'end': '2106.832', 'text': 'even as they finished, a new sound'}, {'start': '2106.832', 'end': '2109.632', 'text': 'reached them, a wet, slithering'}, {'start': '2109.632', 'end': '2112.352', 'text': 'noise from above, like something massive'}, {'start': '2112.352', 'end': '2114.952', 'text': "moving across the roof. They're testing"}, {'start': '2114.952', 'end': '2117.552', 'text': 'the structure, Liam said quietly,'}, {'start': '2118.032', 'end': '2120.952', 'text': 'looking for weaknesses. Tess huddled'}, {'start': '2120.952', 'end': '2123.552', 'text': 'on the bunk, clutching her injured'}, {'start': '2123.552', 'end': '2126.032', 'text': 'leg. Can they get in?she asked,'}, {'start': '2126.432', 'end': '2129.152', 'text': 'voice small with fear. Before anyone'}, {'start': '2129.152', 'end': '2131.552', 'text': 'could answer, a section of the ceiling'}, {'start': '2131.552', 'end': '2134.112', 'text': 'bulged inward,Frost spreading'}, {'start': '2134.192', 'end': '2136.512', 'text': 'outward from the point of impact like a'}, {'start': '2136.512', 'end': '2139.392', 'text': 'living thing. Another blow dented the'}, {'start': '2139.392', 'end': '2140.352', 'text': 'metal further.'}, {'start': '2140.864', 'end': '2143.584', 'text': "They're stronger now, Liam observed"}, {'start': '2143.584', 'end': '2146.064', 'text': 'grimly, working together.'}, {'start': '2146.704', 'end': '2148.384', 'text': 'Ellis positioned herself beneath the'}, {'start': '2148.384', 'end': '2150.784', 'text': 'hatch, flamethrower ready.'}, {'start': '2151.224', 'end': '2154.184', 'text': 'When it opens, aim for their cores, she'}, {'start': '2154.184', 'end': '2157.184', 'text': "instructed. If Liam's right, we"}, {'start': '2157.184', 'end': '2159.984', 'text': 'need to completely destroy them, not just'}, {'start': '2159.984', 'end': '2162.904', 'text': 'damage the outer form. The pounding'}, {'start': '2162.904', 'end': '2165.344', 'text': 'intensified, the entire'}, {'start': '2165.344', 'end': '2168.224', 'text': 'shelter vibrating with each impact.'}, {'start': '2168.704', 'end': '2171.504', 'text': 'Snow sifted through growing cracks in the'}, {'start': '2171.504', 'end': '2173.824', 'text': 'ceiling panels. Elis,'}, {'start': '2174.304', 'end': '2177.104', 'text': "Liam said suddenly. If we don't make it,"}, {'start': '2177.504', 'end': '2179.424', 'text': "you should know that I wasn't completely"}, {'start': '2179.584', 'end': '2182.144', 'text': 'honest. She glanced at him.'}, {'start': '2182.784', 'end': '2185.104', 'text': 'Flamethrower still aimed upward.'}, {'start': '2185.584', 'end': '2188.544', 'text': "About what?I wasn't just a"}, {'start': '2188.544', 'end': '2191.104', 'text': 'random tourist on that expedition.'}, {'start': '2191.504', 'end': '2193.904', 'text': "I'm a glaciologist. We were"}, {'start': '2193.904', 'end': '2195.784', 'text': 'specifically looking for evidence of'}, {'start': '2195.784', 'end': '2198.704', 'text': 'these creatures. His face was taut'}, {'start': '2198.704', 'end': '2201.464', 'text': 'with guilt. Indigenous stories described'}, {'start': '2201.464', 'end': '2204.424', 'text': 'him perfectly. Parasites that hibernate'}, {'start': '2204.424', 'end': '2207.424', 'text': 'in ancient ice, awakening during thaws'}, {'start': '2207.424', 'end': '2210.384', 'text': 'to hunt and multiply. My team thought'}, {'start': '2210.384', 'end': '2213.344', 'text': 'it was just folklore. You led'}, {'start': '2213.344', 'end': '2215.624', 'text': 'them here, Ellis realized.'}, {'start': '2216.152', 'end': '2219.112', 'text': 'Not intentionally, Liam insisted.'}, {'start': '2219.592', 'end': '2222.072', 'text': 'But yes, by drilling core'}, {'start': '2222.072', 'end': '2224.632', 'text': "samples, we may have released them. I'm"}, {'start': '2224.632', 'end': '2226.952', 'text': 'sorry. Before Ellis could'}, {'start': '2226.952', 'end': '2229.832', 'text': 'respond, the hatch burst open with a'}, {'start': '2229.832', 'end': '2232.752', 'text': 'screech of tearing metal. Snow and'}, {'start': '2232.752', 'end': '2235.352', 'text': 'frigid air poured in, followed by'}, {'start': '2235.352', 'end': '2237.392', 'text': 'something that no longer bothered with'}, {'start': '2237.392', 'end': '2240.312', 'text': 'human disguise. It was massive,'}, {'start': '2240.872', 'end': '2243.072', 'text': 'its body segmented like a centipede but'}, {'start': '2243.072', 'end': '2245.952', 'text': 'translucent as ice. Multiple'}, {'start': '2245.952', 'end': '2248.872', 'text': 'limbs ended in razor-sharp points, and'}, {'start': '2248.872', 'end': '2250.232', 'text': 'what might have been a head swiveled'}, {'start': '2250.232', 'end': '2253.192', 'text': 'toward them, opening to reveal rows of'}, {'start': '2253.192', 'end': '2255.632', 'text': 'crystalline teeth. Ellis triggered the'}, {'start': '2255.632', 'end': '2258.632', 'text': 'flamethrower, sending a jet of fire into'}, {'start': '2258.632', 'end': '2261.432', 'text': 'the creature. It recoiled with that same'}, {'start': '2261.432', 'end': '2264.392', 'text': "inhuman shriek they'd heard before, its"}, {'start': '2264.472', 'end': '2267.392', 'text': 'outer layer melting away. But behind'}, {'start': '2267.392', 'end': '2269.912', 'text': 'it, three more shapes were visible,'}, {'start': '2270.632', 'end': '2273.112', 'text': 'clustering around the opening. There are'}, {'start': '2273.272', 'end': '2275.752', 'text': 'too many. Tess cried.'}, {'start': '2276.152', 'end': '2278.712', 'text': 'Liam lit one of the emergency flares,'}, {'start': '2279.272', 'end': '2281.832', 'text': 'its intense red flame casting bizarre'}, {'start': '2281.832', 'end': '2284.112', 'text': 'shadows as he thrust it toward another'}, {'start': '2284.112', 'end': '2286.312', 'text': 'creature, attempting to squeeze through'}, {'start': '2286.312', 'end': '2288.952', 'text': "the hatch. The thing's flesh sizzled on"}, {'start': '2288.952', 'end': '2291.272', 'text': 'contact, releasing a cloud of'}, {'start': '2291.272', 'end': '2293.600', 'text': "foul-smelling\nBut the oxygen in Ellis's makeshift"}, {'start': '2293.600', 'end': '2296.560', 'text': 'weapon was running out, the flame growing'}, {'start': '2296.560', 'end': '2299.520', 'text': 'weaker, and outside through the window.'}, {'start': '2300.000', 'end': '2302.000', 'text': 'She could see more shapes moving in the'}, {'start': '2302.000', 'end': '2304.480', 'text': 'snow, at least a dozen now,'}, {'start': '2305.040', 'end': '2306.960', 'text': 'some still wearing their stolen human'}, {'start': '2306.960', 'end': '2309.600', 'text': 'forms, others having abandoned the'}, {'start': '2309.600', 'end': '2312.400', 'text': "pretense. They're multiplying,"}, {'start': '2312.800', 'end': '2315.360', 'text': 'she realized with horror, using the'}, {'start': '2315.360', 'end': '2317.600', 'text': 'clinic patients and staff as'}, {'start': '2318.240', 'end': '2320.640', 'text': 'templates. The radio'}, {'start': '2320.640', 'end': '2323.040', 'text': 'crackled. Alpine retreat,'}, {'start': '2323.520', 'end': '2325.040', 'text': 'this is search and rescue.'}, {'start': '2325.520', 'end': '2327.920', 'text': 'Helicopter is 30 minutes out.'}, {'start': '2328.400', 'end': '2331.120', 'text': "What's your status?Ellis doubted they had"}, {'start': '2331.200', 'end': '2333.760', 'text': '30 minutes. The creatures were becoming'}, {'start': '2333.760', 'end': '2336.560', 'text': 'more organized, their attacks'}, {'start': '2336.560', 'end': '2339.560', 'text': 'more strategic. As she watched one of'}, {'start': '2339.560', 'end': '2342.520', 'text': 'them, the one that had been Kai, pressed'}, {'start': '2342.520', 'end': '2344.640', 'text': 'its face against a window, frost'}, {'start': '2344.640', 'end': '2347.280', 'text': 'spreading outward from the contact point,'}, {'start': '2347.760', 'end': '2350.560', 'text': 'weakening the glass. We need more'}, {'start': '2350.560', 'end': '2353.120', 'text': 'heat, Liam said desperately.'}, {'start': '2353.520', 'end': '2355.360', 'text': 'Something to drive them back.'}, {'start': '2356.160', 'end': '2358.880', 'text': "Ellis's eyes fell on the propane tanks"}, {'start': '2358.880', 'end': '2361.520', 'text': 'feeding the heaters. A terrible idea'}, {'start': '2361.520', 'end': '2362.880', 'text': 'formed in her mind.'}, {'start': '2363.392', 'end': '2366.352', 'text': "If we can't escape, she said slowly,"}, {'start': '2366.912', 'end': '2368.672', 'text': "we need to make sure these things don't"}, {'start': '2368.672', 'end': '2371.632', 'text': 'spread beyond the mountain. Liam followed'}, {'start': '2371.632', 'end': '2374.432', 'text': 'her gaze to the propane tanks and nodded'}, {'start': '2374.432', 'end': '2376.752', 'text': 'grimly, a last resort.'}, {'start': '2377.472', 'end': '2380.432', 'text': 'What are you talking about?Tessa asked,'}, {'start': '2380.992', 'end': '2383.632', 'text': "panic rising in her voice. We're"}, {'start': '2383.632', 'end': '2386.192', 'text': 'not there yet, Ellis assured her,'}, {'start': '2386.752', 'end': '2388.912', 'text': 'though the oxygen tank sputtered as she'}, {'start': '2388.912', 'end': '2391.232', 'text': 'fired another burst at a creature trying'}, {'start': '2391.232', 'end': '2393.712', 'text': 'to force its way through the hatch. But'}, {'start': '2393.712', 'end': '2396.312', 'text': 'we need to be prepared. The'}, {'start': '2396.312', 'end': '2398.832', 'text': 'window cracked as the Kaithing pressed'}, {'start': '2398.832', 'end': '2400.832', 'text': 'harder, ice spreading through the'}, {'start': '2400.832', 'end': '2403.592', 'text': 'fractures. Outside, the'}, {'start': '2403.592', 'end': '2406.312', 'text': 'storm was beginning to ease, stars'}, {'start': '2406.312', 'end': '2408.192', 'text': 'occasionally visible through breaks in'}, {'start': '2408.192', 'end': '2410.512', 'text': 'the clouds. In the distance,'}, {'start': '2411.072', 'end': '2413.512', 'text': 'Ellis thought she could see lights, the'}, {'start': '2413.552', 'end': '2416.352', 'text': 'village and the valley below, unaware of'}, {'start': '2416.352', 'end': '2418.272', 'text': 'the horror taking place on a mountain'}, {'start': '2418.272', 'end': '2420.592', 'text': 'above. Twenty more minutes,'}, {'start': '2421.072', 'end': '2423.792', 'text': 'she told herself. They just needed to'}, {'start': '2423.792', 'end': '2426.792', 'text': 'hold out 20 more minutes. But'}, {'start': '2426.792', 'end': '2429.392', 'text': 'with each passing second, the'}, {'start': '2429.392', 'end': '2432.032', 'text': "creature's assault intensified. The"}, {'start': '2432.032', 'end': '2433.952', 'text': 'hatch was now fully open,'}, {'start': '2434.352', 'end': '2437.072', 'text': 'defended only by their dwindling fire'}, {'start': '2437.072', 'end': '2439.672', 'text': 'weapons. The window continued to'}, {'start': '2439.672', 'end': '2442.512', 'text': 'crack, spider webs of ice spreading'}, {'start': '2442.512', 'end': '2445.232', 'text': "across its surface. And then Ellis's"}, {'start': '2445.232', 'end': '2448.032', 'text': 'flamethrower died, the oxygen tank'}, {'start': '2448.032', 'end': '2450.752', 'text': 'empty. Last flare, Liam'}, {'start': '2450.752', 'end': '2453.552', 'text': 'warned,Holding up their final defense.'}, {'start': '2453.952', 'end': '2456.872', 'text': 'The radio crackled again. Alpine'}, {'start': '2456.872', 'end': '2459.152', 'text': 'Retreat, we have visual on your'}, {'start': '2459.152', 'end': '2461.712', 'text': 'location. ETA 15'}, {'start': '2461.712', 'end': '2464.192', 'text': 'minutes. Confirm status.'}, {'start': '2464.984', 'end': '2467.464', 'text': 'Ellis reached for the radio, but before'}, {'start': '2467.464', 'end': '2470.184', 'text': 'she could respond, the window shattered'}, {'start': '2470.184', 'end': '2473.104', 'text': 'inward, sending shards of ice and'}, {'start': '2473.104', 'end': '2475.944', 'text': 'glass across the shelter. The Kai Thing'}, {'start': '2475.944', 'end': '2478.504', 'text': 'slithered through the opening, its body'}, {'start': '2478.504', 'end': '2480.984', 'text': 'now a grotesque hybrid of human and'}, {'start': '2480.984', 'end': '2483.384', 'text': 'crystalline parasite. Light it!'}, {'start': '2484.184', 'end': '2486.504', 'text': 'Ellis shouted, grabbing the'}, {'start': '2486.504', 'end': '2488.904', 'text': 'toolbox and swinging it at the creature.'}, {'start': '2489.304', 'end': '2492.304', 'text': 'Liam ignited the final flare,and thrust'}, {'start': '2492.304', 'end': '2495.304', 'text': "it directly into the thing's chest. The"}, {'start': '2495.304', 'end': '2498.264', 'text': 'creature convulsed, its outer layer'}, {'start': '2498.264', 'end': '2500.984', 'text': 'melting to reveal the alien form beneath.'}, {'start': '2501.464', 'end': '2504.264', 'text': 'But even as it thrashed, more shapes'}, {'start': '2504.264', 'end': '2506.664', 'text': 'appeared at the window, and above,'}, {'start': '2507.064', 'end': '2509.584', 'text': 'through the hatch, the largest creature'}, {'start': '2509.584', 'end': '2512.024', 'text': 'yet began to descend. Search and'}, {'start': '2512.024', 'end': '2514.904', 'text': 'rescue. Ellis gasped into the radio as'}, {'start': '2514.904', 'end': '2516.664', 'text': 'she backed away from the burning Kai'}, {'start': '2516.664', 'end': '2518.824', 'text': 'thing, We are overrun.'}, {'start': '2519.384', 'end': '2522.104', 'text': 'Approach with extreme caution and bring'}, {'start': '2522.104', 'end': '2525.064', 'text': 'flamethrowers if possible. These things'}, {'start': '2525.064', 'end': '2527.664', 'text': 'are vulnerable to heat. Static'}, {'start': '2527.664', 'end': '2530.264', 'text': 'crackle, then. Copy that.'}, {'start': '2530.504', 'end': '2533.104', 'text': "Alpine retreat. Be advised we're"}, {'start': '2533.104', 'end': '2535.464', 'text': 'bringing thermal equipment as requested.'}, {'start': '2536.104', 'end': '2538.344', 'text': 'As the largest creature dropped into the'}, {'start': '2538.344', 'end': '2541.144', 'text': 'shelter, Ellis made her decision.'}, {'start': '2541.624', 'end': '2543.784', 'text': 'Liam, get test to the roof.'}, {'start': '2544.264', 'end': '2544.984', 'text': 'Now!'}, {'start': '2545.912', 'end': '2548.112', 'text': 'While Liam helped the injured girl toward'}, {'start': '2548.112', 'end': '2550.872', 'text': 'the hatched ladder, Ellis positioned'}, {'start': '2550.872', 'end': '2553.272', 'text': 'herself between them and the advancing'}, {'start': '2553.272', 'end': '2555.792', 'text': 'creatures. The burning kything had'}, {'start': '2555.792', 'end': '2557.592', 'text': 'collapsed into a puddle of steaming'}, {'start': '2557.592', 'end': '2560.472', 'text': 'liquid, but the others pressed forward'}, {'start': '2560.712', 'end': '2563.112', 'text': 'undeterred. What are you doing?'}, {'start': '2563.592', 'end': '2565.912', 'text': "Liam called down once he'd helped Tess"}, {'start': '2565.912', 'end': '2568.552', 'text': 'onto the roof. Ellis was unscrewing the'}, {'start': '2568.552', 'end': '2570.712', 'text': 'valve on one of the propane tanks.'}, {'start': '2571.192', 'end': '2574.112', 'text': 'Buying us time, she said. Get'}, {'start': '2574.112', 'end': '2576.152', 'text': 'as far from the shelter as you can.'}, {'start': '2576.952', 'end': '2579.432', 'text': 'She and wait to see if they obeyed.'}, {'start': '2579.832', 'end': '2582.632', 'text': 'The creatures were almost upon her, their'}, {'start': '2582.632', 'end': '2585.152', 'text': 'crystalline limbs reaching with unnatural'}, {'start': '2585.152', 'end': '2587.432', 'text': 'precision. With a final twist,'}, {'start': '2587.992', 'end': '2590.072', 'text': 'Ellis fully opened the propane valve,'}, {'start': '2590.552', 'end': '2593.352', 'text': 'causing gas to hiss into the small space.'}, {'start': '2593.832', 'end': '2596.512', 'text': 'Then she scrambled up the ladder, pulling'}, {'start': '2596.512', 'end': '2599.192', 'text': 'herself onto the roof just as an ice-cold'}, {'start': '2599.192', 'end': '2601.672', 'text': 'appendage grazed her ankle. The'}, {'start': '2601.672', 'end': '2604.312', 'text': 'night air bit her face as she emerged on'}, {'start': '2604.312', 'end': '2606.792', 'text': 'the roof, but was clearer now,'}, {'start': '2607.512', 'end': '2610.272', 'text': 'the storm finally breaking. Liam and'}, {'start': '2610.272', 'end': '2612.472', 'text': 'Tess had made it to the helicopter pad,'}, {'start': '2613.112', 'end': '2615.672', 'text': 'waving desperately at approaching lights'}, {'start': '2615.672', 'end': '2617.992', 'text': 'in the sky, behind Ellis.'}, {'start': '2618.632', 'end': '2620.792', 'text': 'The creatures were pouring out a hatching'}, {'start': '2620.792', 'end': '2623.592', 'text': 'window, their translucent bodies'}, {'start': '2623.592', 'end': '2625.992', 'text': 'glittering in the moonlight. There were'}, {'start': '2625.992', 'end': '2628.952', 'text': 'dozens now. A silent army'}, {'start': '2628.952', 'end': '2631.392', 'text': 'of winter predators awakened from ancient'}, {'start': '2631.392', 'end': '2633.832', 'text': 'slumber. She backed away,'}, {'start': '2634.312', 'end': '2635.832', 'text': 'calculating the distance to the'}, {'start': '2635.832', 'end': '2638.392', 'text': 'helicopter pad. Too far.'}, {'start': '2638.872', 'end': '2640.632', 'text': "She'd never make it before they caught"}, {'start': '2640.632', 'end': '2643.352', 'text': "her, but she didn't need to. From her"}, {'start': '2643.352', 'end': '2646.232', 'text': 'pocket, Ellis drew a cigarette lighter,'}, {'start': '2646.792', 'end': '2648.512', 'text': "one she'd used earlier for the"}, {'start': '2648.512', 'end': '2650.952', 'text': 'flamethrower. The propane would have'}, {'start': '2650.952', 'end': '2653.552', 'text': 'filled the shelter by now. What are you'}, {'start': '2653.552', 'end': '2656.072', 'text': 'waiting for?Liam shouted.'}, {'start': '2656.472', 'end': '2659.112', 'text': 'Run!The leading creature,'}, {'start': '2659.752', 'end': '2661.992', 'text': "the one wearing Doctor Keller's partially"}, {'start': '2661.992', 'end': '2664.792', 'text': 'melted face, tilted its head as if'}, {'start': '2664.872', 'end': '2666.552', 'text': 'puzzled by her hesitation.'}, {'start': '2667.016', 'end': '2669.656', 'text': 'Coal preserves, Ellis said,'}, {'start': '2670.136', 'end': '2673.016', 'text': 'echoing its earlier words. But fire'}, {'start': '2673.016', 'end': '2675.896', 'text': 'cleanses. She flicked the lighter'}, {'start': '2676.056', 'end': '2678.456', 'text': 'and tossed it through the open hatch. The'}, {'start': '2678.456', 'end': '2681.376', 'text': 'explosion was instantaneous and'}, {'start': '2681.376', 'end': '2684.376', 'text': 'devastating. A fireball erupted from the'}, {'start': '2684.376', 'end': '2686.696', 'text': 'shelter, engulfing the nearest'}, {'start': '2686.696', 'end': '2689.496', 'text': 'creatures in searing heat. Ellis'}, {'start': '2689.496', 'end': '2691.496', 'text': 'was thrown backward by the blast.'}, {'start': '2691.976', 'end': '2694.376', 'text': 'landing hard on the snow-covered roof as'}, {'start': '2694.376', 'end': '2696.376', 'text': 'pieces of burning debris rained down'}, {'start': '2696.376', 'end': '2698.936', 'text': 'around her. Through ringing ears,'}, {'start': '2699.496', 'end': '2702.176', 'text': 'she heard the helicopters approach, its'}, {'start': '2702.176', 'end': '2704.776', 'text': 'searchlight sweeping across the chaos.'}, {'start': '2705.176', 'end': '2707.416', 'text': 'Where the creatures had stood, there was'}, {'start': '2707.416', 'end': '2710.136', 'text': 'now only steam rising from rapidly'}, {'start': '2710.136', 'end': '2712.576', 'text': 'melting puddles. Dazed,'}, {'start': '2713.016', 'end': '2715.416', 'text': 'Ellis tried to stand but found her legs'}, {'start': '2715.416', 'end': '2718.136', 'text': "wouldn't cooperate. The blast had done"}, {'start': '2718.136', 'end': '2720.536', 'text': "more damage than she'd realized."}, {'start': '2721.016', 'end': '2723.176', 'text': 'As darkness crept into the edges of her'}, {'start': '2723.176', 'end': '2725.896', 'text': 'vision, she saw Liam running'}, {'start': '2725.896', 'end': '2728.616', 'text': 'toward her, his face illuminated by the'}, {'start': '2728.616', 'end': '2730.816', 'text': 'flames still consuming what remained the'}, {'start': '2730.816', 'end': '2733.736', 'text': 'shelter. Stay with me, he was'}, {'start': '2733.736', 'end': '2736.056', 'text': 'saying, though his voice seemed to come'}, {'start': '2736.056', 'end': '2738.136', 'text': 'from very far away. The'}, {'start': '2738.136', 'end': '2740.296', 'text': "helicopter's almost here."}, {'start': '2741.016', 'end': '2743.816', 'text': 'Ellis wanted to respond, to warn him to'}, {'start': '2743.816', 'end': '2745.896', 'text': 'check for survivors among the creatures,'}, {'start': '2746.376', 'end': '2748.536', 'text': "but her mouth wouldn't form the words."}, {'start': '2749.096', 'end': '2750.696', 'text': 'The last thing she saw before'}, {'start': '2750.696', 'end': '2752.776', 'text': 'consciousness faded was a helicopter'}, {'start': '2752.776', 'end': '2755.416', 'text': 'touching down on the pad, rescue'}, {'start': '2755.416', 'end': '2757.976', 'text': 'workers in thermal gear spilling out onto'}, {'start': '2757.976', 'end': '2758.696', 'text': 'the snow.'}, {'start': '2759.200', 'end': '2761.600', 'text': 'She woke to the steady beep of a cardiac'}, {'start': '2761.600', 'end': '2764.240', 'text': 'monitor and the smell of antiseptic.'}, {'start': '2764.720', 'end': '2767.680', 'text': 'For one terrifying moment, Ellis'}, {'start': '2767.680', 'end': '2770.000', 'text': 'thought she was back in the clinic, that'}, {'start': '2770.080', 'end': '2772.560', 'text': 'everything had been a nightmare. But the'}, {'start': '2772.560', 'end': '2775.360', 'text': 'room around her was different, larger,'}, {'start': '2775.360', 'end': '2778.160', 'text': 'more modern, with sunlight streaming'}, {'start': '2778.160', 'end': '2780.960', 'text': 'through half-drawn blinds. Welcome'}, {'start': '2780.960', 'end': '2783.360', 'text': 'back, said a familiar voice.'}, {'start': '2783.840', 'end': '2785.880', 'text': 'Ellis turned her head to see Liam in a'}, {'start': '2785.880', 'end': '2788.560', 'text': 'chair beside her bed, his own injuries'}, {'start': '2788.560', 'end': '2790.800', 'text': 'bandaged but clearly on the mend,'}, {'start': '2791.280', 'end': '2793.920', 'text': 'where her throat was'}, {'start': '2793.920', 'end': '2796.320', 'text': 'painfully dry. Geneva'}, {'start': '2796.320', 'end': '2799.120', 'text': 'University Hospital, he supplied,'}, {'start': '2799.520', 'end': '2802.080', 'text': 'offering her a cup of water with a straw.'}, {'start': '2802.720', 'end': '2804.800', 'text': "You've been here for three days,"}, {'start': '2805.200', 'end': '2807.920', 'text': 'second-degree burns and concussion, but'}, {'start': '2807.920', 'end': '2809.520', 'text': "the doctors say you'll make a full"}, {'start': '2809.520', 'end': '2812.520', 'text': 'recovery. Ellis sipped the water'}, {'start': '2812.520', 'end': '2815.200', 'text': "gratefully. Tess, she's"}, {'start': '2815.200', 'end': '2817.760', 'text': 'fine, already discharged.'}, {'start': '2818.160', 'end': '2820.920', 'text': "Her parents were very grateful. Liam's"}, {'start': '2820.920', 'end': '2823.440', 'text': 'expression grew serious. You'}, {'start': '2823.440', 'end': '2826.000', 'text': 'saved us all, you know, if those'}, {'start': '2826.000', 'end': '2828.640', 'text': 'things had made it to the village. The'}, {'start': '2828.640', 'end': '2831.000', 'text': 'memory of the creatures returned in vivid'}, {'start': '2831.000', 'end': '2833.440', 'text': 'detail. Their unnatural'}, {'start': '2833.440', 'end': '2836.280', 'text': 'movement, the cold that radiated from'}, {'start': '2836.280', 'end': '2838.560', 'text': 'their stolen bodies, the way they'}, {'start': '2838.560', 'end': '2841.040', 'text': "multiplied. Are we sure they're all"}, {'start': '2841.040', 'end': '2843.360', 'text': 'gone?she asked. Liam'}, {'start': '2843.360', 'end': '2846.240', 'text': 'hesitated. The recovery team did a'}, {'start': '2846.320', 'end': '2848.880', 'text': 'thermal sweep of the entire mountain.'}, {'start': '2849.360', 'end': '2852.080', 'text': 'No sign of abnormal cold spots or'}, {'start': '2852.080', 'end': '2854.960', 'text': 'unusual readings. The explosion'}, {'start': '2854.960', 'end': '2856.600', 'text': 'and subsequent fires seemed to have'}, {'start': '2856.600', 'end': '2859.360', 'text': 'destroyed them completely. He'}, {'start': '2859.360', 'end': '2861.680', 'text': "leaned forward. But there's something"}, {'start': '2861.680', 'end': '2864.240', 'text': 'else you should know. Ellis braced'}, {'start': '2864.240', 'end': '2867.120', 'text': 'herself. What?I'}, {'start': '2867.120', 'end': '2870.040', 'text': 'told the authorities everything about the'}, {'start': '2870.040', 'end': '2873.040', 'text': 'expedition. The indigenous legends,'}, {'start': '2873.160', 'end': '2876.080', 'text': 'what we encountered at first they'}, {'start': '2876.080', 'end': '2878.080', 'text': 'thought it was trauma induced illusion,'}, {'start': '2878.080', 'end': '2878.720', 'text': 'but then.'}, {'start': '2879.536', 'end': '2881.856', 'text': 'Then what?They found'}, {'start': '2881.856', 'end': '2884.816', 'text': 'remains, Liam said quietly. Not'}, {'start': '2884.816', 'end': '2887.696', 'text': 'human remains, something else.'}, {'start': '2888.176', 'end': '2891.056', 'text': 'Crystalline structures unlike anything in'}, {'start': '2891.056', 'end': '2893.456', 'text': "the biological record. They're being"}, {'start': '2893.456', 'end': '2895.896', 'text': 'studied now under strict thermal'}, {'start': '2895.896', 'end': '2898.736', 'text': 'containment. Ellis felt a chill that had'}, {'start': '2898.736', 'end': '2900.736', 'text': "nothing to do with the hospital's air"}, {'start': '2900.736', 'end': '2903.136', 'text': 'conditioning. So they believe us?'}, {'start': '2903.776', 'end': '2905.816', 'text': 'A special research unit has been'}, {'start': '2905.816', 'end': '2907.856', 'text': "established. They're calling it a"}, {'start': '2907.856', 'end': '2910.816', 'text': 'previously unknown extremophile species,'}, {'start': '2911.376', 'end': '2913.456', 'text': 'possibly preserved in deep ice for'}, {'start': '2913.456', 'end': '2916.336', 'text': 'millennia. Liam ran a hand through his'}, {'start': '2916.336', 'end': '2919.136', 'text': 'hair. Climate scientists are already'}, {'start': '2919.136', 'end': '2921.936', 'text': 'using it as another warning about what'}, {'start': '2921.936', 'end': '2924.176', 'text': 'might be released as the permafrost'}, {'start': '2924.176', 'end': '2927.056', 'text': 'melts. Ellis closed her eyes'}, {'start': '2927.056', 'end': '2929.216', 'text': "briefly, remembering the creature's"}, {'start': '2929.216', 'end': '2931.936', 'text': 'words, Cold preserves,'}, {'start': '2932.416', 'end': '2935.056', 'text': 'cold remembers. What else might be'}, {'start': '2935.056', 'end': '2937.616', 'text': 'awakening?in the warming Arctic.'}, {'start': '2937.976', 'end': '2940.496', 'text': 'What ancient horrors might humanity'}, {'start': '2940.496', 'end': '2942.656', 'text': 'face as the planet heated?'}, {'start': '2943.136', 'end': '2945.936', 'text': "There's more, Liam continued. The"}, {'start': '2945.936', 'end': '2948.336', 'text': 'village reported five other hikers'}, {'start': '2948.496', 'end': '2950.976', 'text': 'missing in the same area over the past'}, {'start': '2950.976', 'end': '2953.856', 'text': 'month, all during unusual warm'}, {'start': '2953.856', 'end': '2955.736', 'text': 'spells that melted sections of the'}, {'start': '2955.736', 'end': '2958.416', 'text': 'glacier. You think they encountered the'}, {'start': '2958.416', 'end': '2959.936', 'text': 'same things we did.'}, {'start': '2960.728', 'end': '2962.728', 'text': "I think what we faced wasn't the first"}, {'start': '2962.728', 'end': '2965.488', 'text': 'awakening, just the first time anyone'}, {'start': '2965.488', 'end': '2968.088', 'text': "survived to tell about it. Liam's"}, {'start': '2968.088', 'end': '2971.048', 'text': "gaze was intense, which is why I've"}, {'start': '2971.048', 'end': '2973.568', 'text': 'been asked to lead a research team to'}, {'start': '2973.568', 'end': '2975.928', 'text': 'find these things before they find more'}, {'start': '2975.928', 'end': '2978.728', 'text': 'people. Ellis struggled to sit up.'}, {'start': '2979.208', 'end': '2981.368', 'text': "You're going back out there?After what"}, {'start': '2981.368', 'end': '2983.928', 'text': 'happened?With proper equipment,'}, {'start': '2984.568', 'end': '2986.728', 'text': "thermal weapons, knowing what we're"}, {'start': '2986.728', 'end': '2989.288', 'text': 'dealing with. He shrugged.'}, {'start': '2990.008', 'end': '2992.888', 'text': 'Someone has to, and I need people I'}, {'start': '2992.888', 'end': '2995.128', 'text': "can trust, people who've seen them"}, {'start': '2995.128', 'end': '2997.848', 'text': 'firsthand. The request'}, {'start': '2997.848', 'end': '3000.728', 'text': 'hung unspoken between them. Ellis'}, {'start': '3000.728', 'end': '3003.448', 'text': 'thought of her nursing career, the safety'}, {'start': '3003.448', 'end': '3006.208', 'text': 'of hospital routine, then remembered the'}, {'start': '3006.208', 'end': '3009.008', 'text': 'faces of her colleagues, distorted by the'}, {'start': '3009.048', 'end': '3011.648', 'text': 'parasitic invaders. If there were more of'}, {'start': '3011.648', 'end': '3014.648', 'text': 'these things out there, awakening as'}, {'start': '3014.648', 'end': '3017.368', 'text': "the ice retreated, I'll need time to"}, {'start': '3017.368', 'end': '3019.768', 'text': 'recover, she said finally.'}, {'start': '3020.168', 'end': '3023.008', 'text': 'And a lot more information about'}, {'start': '3023.008', 'end': '3025.808', 'text': "what I'm getting into. Relief crossed"}, {'start': '3025.808', 'end': '3028.328', 'text': "Liam's face. Of course,"}, {'start': '3028.728', 'end': '3031.688', 'text': "there's no rush. He reached for a"}, {'start': '3031.688', 'end': '3034.648', 'text': 'tablet on the side table. But while'}, {'start': '3034.648', 'end': '3036.888', 'text': "you're recovering, there's something I"}, {'start': '3036.888', 'end': '3037.928', 'text': 'want to show you.'}, {'start': '3038.440', 'end': '3040.440', 'text': 'He pulled up a satellite image of the'}, {'start': '3040.440', 'end': '3043.200', 'text': 'polar regions, with dozens of red'}, {'start': '3043.200', 'end': '3045.640', 'text': 'dots marking specific locations.'}, {'start': '3046.120', 'end': '3048.360', 'text': 'These are anomalous thermal readings'}, {'start': '3048.600', 'end': '3050.840', 'text': 'identified in the past year alone,'}, {'start': '3051.320', 'end': '3053.400', 'text': 'spots where the temperature fluctuates'}, {'start': '3053.640', 'end': '3055.880', 'text': 'wildly without meteorological'}, {'start': '3055.880', 'end': '3058.560', 'text': 'explanation. Ellis stared at the'}, {'start': '3058.560', 'end': '3061.160', 'text': 'proliferation of red markers.'}, {'start': '3061.560', 'end': '3064.080', 'text': 'There are so many, and more'}, {'start': '3064.080', 'end': '3066.200', 'text': 'appearing every month as the melt'}, {'start': '3066.200', 'end': '3069.160', 'text': 'accelerates. Liam zoomed in on'}, {'start': '3069.160', 'end': '3071.640', 'text': 'one particular region in northern'}, {'start': '3071.640', 'end': '3074.440', 'text': 'Greenland. This one appeared three days'}, {'start': '3074.440', 'end': '3076.100', 'text': 'ago. Local indigenous people'}, {'start': '3077.320', 'end': '3080.100', 'text': 'are already reporting strange sightings.'}, {'start': '3080.100', 'end': '3082.760', 'text': 'A nurse appeared in the doorway,'}, {'start': '3083.320', 'end': '3085.600', 'text': 'clipboard in hand. Mr.'}, {'start': '3085.600', 'end': '3088.520', 'text': 'Novak, visiting hours are nearly'}, {'start': '3088.520', 'end': '3091.400', 'text': 'over. Ms. Ellis needs a rest.'}, {'start': '3092.280', 'end': '3094.100', 'text': 'Liam nodded and stood, Think about it,'}, {'start': '3095.240', 'end': '3097.960', 'text': 'he told Ellis. The team leaves in'}, {'start': '3097.960', 'end': '3100.680', 'text': 'two weeks. As he turned to'}, {'start': '3100.680', 'end': '3102.680', 'text': 'go, Ellis caught his arm.'}, {'start': '3103.160', 'end': '3106.120', 'text': 'Liam, that night in the clinic,'}, {'start': '3106.680', 'end': '3109.200', 'text': 'how did you know so much about them?About'}, {'start': '3109.200', 'end': '3111.520', 'text': 'how they operated?You said you were just'}, {'start': '3111.520', 'end': '3112.100', 'text': 'researching folklore.'}, {'start': '3113.768', 'end': '3116.768', 'text': 'A shadow crossed his face. I told you'}, {'start': '3116.768', 'end': '3119.408', 'text': "I wasn't completely honest. He"}, {'start': '3119.408', 'end': '3122.048', 'text': 'glanced at the nurse, then lowered his'}, {'start': '3122.048', 'end': '3124.288', 'text': 'voice. I was the only'}, {'start': '3124.288', 'end': '3126.768', 'text': 'survivor of my original research team.'}, {'start': '3127.208', 'end': '3129.888', 'text': 'What found us in the clinic had already'}, {'start': '3129.888', 'end': '3132.768', 'text': 'found them a week earlier. He gently'}, {'start': '3132.768', 'end': '3135.568', 'text': 'extracted his arm from her grip. Get'}, {'start': '3135.568', 'end': '3138.128', 'text': "some rest, Ellis. We'll talk more"}, {'start': '3138.128', 'end': '3140.608', 'text': 'tomorrow. After he left,'}, {'start': '3141.168', 'end': '3143.248', 'text': 'Ellis lay back against the pillows,'}, {'start': '3143.648', 'end': '3146.128', 'text': 'watching as the last rays of sunset'}, {'start': '3146.528', 'end': '3149.088', 'text': 'painted the hospital room in warm hues.'}, {'start': '3149.568', 'end': '3152.208', 'text': 'Outside her window, the city of'}, {'start': '3152.208', 'end': '3154.848', 'text': 'Geneva continued its normal rhythms,'}, {'start': '3155.568', 'end': '3157.848', 'text': 'people moving through their lives unaware'}, {'start': '3157.848', 'end': '3159.888', 'text': 'what lurked in the melting ice to the'}, {'start': '3159.888', 'end': '3162.768', 'text': 'north. Her phone buzzed on the bedside'}, {'start': '3162.768', 'end': '3165.008', 'text': 'table. A text from Tess,'}, {'start': '3165.728', 'end': '3168.608', 'text': 'Thank you for saving my life. Let me'}, {'start': '3168.608', 'end': '3171.408', 'text': "know when you're discharged. My parents"}, {'start': '3171.408', 'end': '3174.408', 'text': 'want to meet you. Ellis smiled, but'}, {'start': '3174.408', 'end': '3176.688', 'text': 'her finger hovered over the reply button'}, {'start': '3177.088', 'end': '3179.568', 'text': 'without pressing it. Instead,'}, {'start': '3180.048', 'end': '3181.768', 'text': 'she reached to the tablet Liam had left'}, {'start': '3181.768', 'end': '3184.128', 'text': 'behind, studying the map of'}, {'start': '3184.128', 'end': '3187.008', 'text': 'anomalous thermal readings. So'}, {'start': '3187.008', 'end': '3189.728', 'text': 'many red dots, each potentially'}, {'start': '3189.728', 'end': '3192.408', 'text': 'marking another awakening. The nurse'}, {'start': '3192.408', 'end': '3195.008', 'text': 'returned with medication. How are you'}, {'start': '3195.008', 'end': '3198.008', 'text': 'feeling?she asked, checking'}, {'start': '3198.008', 'end': '3200.608', 'text': "Ellis's vital signs. Better,"}, {'start': '3201.408', 'end': '3204.208', 'text': 'Ellis said,Though her eyes remain on the'}, {'start': '3204.208', 'end': '3206.208', 'text': 'tablet much better.'}, {'start': '3206.896', 'end': '3209.296', 'text': 'That night, Ellis dreamed of'}, {'start': '3209.296', 'end': '3211.976', 'text': 'snow, not the violent blizzard that had'}, {'start': '3211.976', 'end': '3214.256', 'text': 'trapped in the clinic, but a gentle,'}, {'start': '3214.656', 'end': '3216.656', 'text': 'pristine blanket stretching to the'}, {'start': '3216.656', 'end': '3219.496', 'text': 'horizon. In the dream, she'}, {'start': '3219.496', 'end': '3221.776', 'text': 'stood at the edge of a massive glacier,'}, {'start': '3222.416', 'end': '3224.296', 'text': 'watching as cracks spread across its'}, {'start': '3224.296', 'end': '3227.016', 'text': 'surface, dark water welling up from'}, {'start': '3227.016', 'end': '3229.456', 'text': 'within. And in that water,'}, {'start': '3229.776', 'end': '3232.496', 'text': 'something moved. When she woke the next'}, {'start': '3232.496', 'end': '3235.136', 'text': 'morning, her decision was made.'}, {'start': '3235.536', 'end': '3238.176', 'text': 'The worldneeded to know what was'}, {'start': '3238.176', 'end': '3240.896', 'text': 'awakening in the ice. And if'}, {'start': '3240.896', 'end': '3243.296', 'text': 'Liam was assembling a team to find and'}, {'start': '3243.296', 'end': '3245.776', 'text': 'fight these creatures, she wanted to be'}, {'start': '3245.776', 'end': '3248.656', 'text': 'part of it. After all, she now'}, {'start': '3248.656', 'end': '3251.616', 'text': 'knew their weakness. Fire against ice,'}, {'start': '3252.016', 'end': '3254.736', 'text': 'heat against ancient cold. As'}, {'start': '3254.736', 'end': '3257.616', 'text': 'sunlight filled her hospital room, Ellis'}, {'start': '3257.616', 'end': '3260.336', 'text': 'picked up her phone and composed a simple'}, {'start': '3260.336', 'end': '3263.296', 'text': "message to Liam, I'm in, but this"}, {'start': '3263.296', 'end': '3265.696', 'text': 'time we bring flamethrowers.'}, {'start': '3266.256', 'end': '3268.816', 'text': 'Outside, the spring sun'}, {'start': '3268.816', 'end': '3271.616', 'text': 'continued its steady work, melting the'}, {'start': '3271.616', 'end': '3273.696', 'text': 'last patches of winter snow from the'}, {'start': '3273.696', 'end': '3276.296', 'text': 'hospital grounds. And far to the'}, {'start': '3276.296', 'end': '3278.696', 'text': 'north, the ice continued its'}, {'start': '3278.696', 'end': '3280.736', 'text': 'slow, inevitable retreat,'}, {'start': '3281.536', 'end': '3283.696', 'text': 'revealing secrets long buried,'}, {'start': '3284.016', 'end': '3286.336', 'text': 'awakening sleepers who remembered a world'}, {'start': '3286.336', 'end': '3289.336', 'text': 'before humans walked the earth. Secrets'}, {'start': '3289.336', 'end': '3292.296', 'text': 'that were now, once again, hunting. The'}, {'start': '3292.416', 'end': '3292.916', 'text': 'end.'}]