grace crosses to the controls of jake's link unit. as the others catch up --
the dialogue is continuous as they enter.
selfridge and an escort of armed troopers accompany jake and grace to the links. the two enter their units, as norm and max prep the system.
selfridge watches a video feed of the destruction on one of the monitors. max and norm stare in shock.
blackness. then the top clamshell of jake's unit is yanked upward, and troopers grab him, zip-tie his wrists as we -- cut to:
the door is hurled open and the scientists charge in.
video image -- jake sits in a chair, talking straight to camera. he is thin, pale. he looks around the high tech room.