Wh-- What?
The train cars, genius.
I scanned this car for aberrations
and found nothing.
Then you're here for all of one minute,
and I get an alert that there are lines of code
that don't match the reality of the car.
We've barely escaped the ejecting train cars!
We'rethe victims here.
There are no victims.
There's a glitch on the train.
One sent me out from the Engine to resolve it.
One? Like One-One?
One-One-One.
The False Conductor!
He's been trying to kill us ever since
he took over the train from the True Conductor!
The true --
One has no idea you exist, short pants.
At least no more so than any of the passengers.
In a very real sense, we're just numbers to him.
Ugh. Hang on.
Every passenger is important.
Their well-being and progress is what the train is all about.
All aboard the growth train, toot toot, wheeeee!
Sincerely, Your Conductor,
One...
One.
You're weird.
Yes! I am!
Good heavens, you three really have no idea
what's been happening?
Ugh!
This is so tedious.
Some of the cars on the train have corrupted code.
I created a pulse that scans for that code.
And it was working fine until three weeks ago,
when cars started ejecting one after the other.
And since you say you keep getting ejected
along with them, you're the only lead I have
as to what's gone wrong.
So start talking.
You're the number cluster we've been tracking!
You've been tracking me?
It hasn't been the Apex! The what?
It was just a single high number.
The highest we've ever seen.
Maybe the highest there's ever been.
Rude.
We have the highest numbers
of anyone on the train, except you.
I don't care. This isn't about my number.
It's about my cars.
I need information.
The ejected cars, have there been objects
that didn't match the environment?
Phone booths? College campuses?
A lot of turtles?
Too many turtles?
A number of turtles that makes you think, "Why?
Why turtles again?"
Grace!
That first shifter!
It had turtles.
Simon, here -- now.
We have to get away from her. What?!
She probably knows more about numbers
than anyone on the train.
She might know what's wrong with yours.
Well... exactly!
She might not just know something.
She might have something to do with it.
She's working with One-One,
and -- and, um...
Code A17 of the Apex --
never trust adult passengers.
Okay. Okay.
Right.
Is she looking at us?
What?
Where are you going?!
Ugh! I hate children.
Aah!
This car is marked for ejection!
You know I can tell you children are in the car.
I can see your numbers on the screen.
Ugh! This interface is garbage.
Phew!
Aah!
There!
We can camp for the night.
Let's check our numbers.
No change.
Let me see yours.
Argh!
Ugh! Don't!
Yeah, don't! Why?!
Because I don't want to know yet!
I have to know so when we go back --
Simon, enough!
This is happening to me!
Quit making it all about you!
I say when I look at it. I say what I do about it.
You need to back off and give me some space!
Okay.
I, um...
I'll keep watch outside.
You guys rest.
Simon?
Yeah?
I...
Nothing.
Good thinking.
Hmm.
Hazel, what are you doing?
I'm mad!
You need sleep.
No! He grabbed your arm!
He's being mean to you, like Tuba!
Hazel, the shell!
Good! I'll use it to fight him!
Hazel, Shhhh!
I don't care.
I can protect us with it.
Hazel come here.
I'll be Tuba now.
Okay. It's okay.
Stay close to me.
I'm Tuba.
Hey!
Simon, I presume.
You're gonna help me.
I am?
Well, isn't that nice of me.
I want something that will tell me
what's wrong with Grace.
Oh, piffle. I can do that.
One, she's very full of herself.
Two, she has no respect for personal property.
Three -- This isn't a joke!
You left me, so give me something for Grace!
I didn't leave you, Simon.
I ran.
There's a difference.
No, there isn't!
That Ghom almost got me.
I didn't realize you weren't by my side
until the next car.
But you never came back.
I...
No.
I am who I am, Simon.
I can't give you more than that.
Could you give me a few more details?
Something more helpful than, "I need a thing?"
Grace's number is broken.
Oh?
It's going down,
but she doesn't seem to want to fix it.
And now we found this woman who's working with One-One.
She has the highest number we've ever seen!
It's almost up to her neck!
But Grace doesn't even want to talk to her!
She made us run!
The woman -- How old is she?
How should I know? She's just... old.
And British.
Amelia.
Her name is Amelia.
We've had some unpleasant dealings.
She tried to kill me a few times, actually.
Though I suppose that would only endear her to you.
She's dangerous. I'd stay clear of her.
So...
Grace was right to run?
You Apex work so hard to get your numbers up.
Doing what?
Destroying things, pillaging cars,
playing soldier.
Think about what it would take
for Amelia to get a number that high.
And as for Grace...
you're a smart boy.
Surely you've thought about what the reverse means,
what would make a number go down.
Numbers are power.
Numbers are numbers,
and they're supposed to go down.
You say Grace's number is broken,
but the truth is,
you just don't like how it's working.
Th-- That's not it!
I don't believe you! You're lying!
I never lie.
You lie all the time.
Well, I never lie when I'm telling the truth.
She's not acting like she should!
And how exactly should she be acting?
She's not one of your miniatures, Simon.
She's shutting me out!
Please, Samantha.
I have to know why.
Very well.
The only way to find out what she isn't telling you
is to see what she isn't telling you.
What?
You'll have to extract tape of her memories
and go inside.
Since it isn't yours, it's safe.
Going into your own tape, however,
can be unpredictable and dangerous.
I knew you'd have something.
You always do.
But, Simon! What?
We shouldn't always know what's in a person's mind,
especially the minds of those we love.
I'm not a child anymore.
I know what I'm doing.
Oh, Simon...
...you have no idea.