ReBoot: The Guardian Code (2018) s02e02 Episode Script
Zombie Army
[panting.]
It's still not working right.
I'll have to improve the camera's signal.
I guess I could tweak the transmitter.
Hey Austin, you okay? I can't stop thinking about what we saw in that sphere.
The Department of Internet Security wants the Guardian Code technology.
That agent in the sphere video was definitely threatening your dad.
That's the thing.
What if my dad's death wasn't an accident? What if the DIS had something to do with it? It's time for my next hack.
The Internet isn't safe.
It's vulnerable.
[chuckles.]
There.
Yes.
It's starting.
Go.
Scatter.
Spread.
My zombie army will infiltrate unprotected computers all over the world to form a network.
A botnet, my botnet, to launch denial of service attacks that will crash the Internet, and bring humanity to its knees.
Say the DIS did have something to do with your dad's death.
What could we even do about it? Right now? Nothing.
But we need to find out for sure.
Until then, we have to be very careful.
The DIS could be after us.
Hmm.
I can't.
I've got evening shifts all week.
Oh.
Well maybe, um, see you this weekend? Yeah, I'd like that.
Okay.
Ugh.
Gross.
Gotta get used to it, man.
Your mom's been seeing Rowin for like a month now.
I know.
Come on.
- He's a full stack developer.
- That's cool.
Maybe to you.
Hey Austin, Hi Parker.
Hey guys, what're you up to today? Just testing out my drone.
Oh, cool.
Yeah, that's a nice one.
You know, when I was your guys' age we used to fly kites.
What's that? Oh, uh, that's your dad's old laptop.
Mark's just borrowing it for a bit.
Why? Well, our old university alumni association is doing kind of a retrospective in their next newsletter and they asked for old photos and I didn't have any, but I remember that your dad kept some, so I'm hoping there's some in here.
Well, let's go inside, we can check right now.
Oh, no, if you Oh no, that is so nice that you're that interested, Austin, but Mark's really gotta get going.
Yeah.
But I'll bring it back when I'm done for sure.
Okay, yeah.
Sure.
Let's go.
So Rowin wants some old photos.
What's the big deal? The big deal is that laptop.
I thought it was destroyed in the garage fire.
So it could have stuff about the Guardian Code on it.
Exactly.
We've gotta get it back.
Uh, get your drone in the air and follow him.
Hurry! He's about to drive away.
[whirring.]
I can't see it.
Is it tracking the car? Yeah.
My feed keeps cutting in and out.
Okay, I have a clear visual.
Okay, what's happening? He stopped.
Okay, he's getting out of his car And he's bringing the laptop with him.
Okay, where Where is he? - No way.
- Where is he? Tell me, Parker.
- You're not gonna believe this.
- Just tell me, Parker.
He's gone into the Department of Internet Security building.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
He's not some software developer.
Rowin works for the DIS.
[theme music playing.]
[computer boots up.]
This is one outdated operating system.
No anti-virus software, no hardware firewall.
You were brilliant, Adam.
But you shouldn't have left yourself so vulnerable.
I knew there was something off about Rowin.
He's after our tech.
And if there's anything on my dad's laptop about it, he's gonna get it.
I pinged the laptop's IP address.
It is not connected to any DIS network, but it is logged in through Mark Rowin's cellular provider.
- Weird.
- That's good.
That's good.
That means we can get in without tipping off DIS security.
- Okay, Vera, can you get us there? - Yes.
I'll connect you to the IP address from the codec.
Go.
Okay, we're in.
I have the route.
We just take this bus to the hard drive.
This isn't like any bus I've ever been on.
- [whir.]
- You hear something? No.
Come on.
What are those? They look like zombie bots.
Oh man, they're messing with our systems.
It must be some kind of magnetic charge.
- Stay away from them.
- Don't worry.
I've added a plug-in to your suits' code that neutralizes the interference.
- Thanks, Vera.
- Okay.
Code disruptor! [blast.]
My turn.
[clang.]
Hey! These zombie bots don't frag so easily.
Now what're they doing? Nothing.
Initiating scan.
Whoa, they're jacked with dark code.
Vera, are you seeing this? Yes.
There are similar dark code alerts popping up in many other locations around the world.
Oh man, that's not good.
If the Sorcerer is planting zombie bots in unprotected computers like this one, they'll stay dormant until they trigger some to flood a server with requests.
I believe that is exactly what he is attempting to do.
We have to stop him! - I'll contact Tamra and Trey.
- Okay.
We'll join them when we're done here.
First thing, let's get rid of these guys.
- On it.
- [blast.]
Come on! What gives? They're zombie bots.
They probably have the same weakness as real zombies.
- Aim for their heads.
- [clang.]
[thud.]
Yeah! Zombies? For real? A zombie army.
The Sorcerer is building a worldwide zombie army botnet using unprotected computers.
[typing.]
This is what would happen if he activates the botnet.
He could crash servers all over the world by flooding them with requests from every infected zombie army computer.
A massive denial of service attack.
Do you know where the zombie bots are coming from? There's a high dark code reading coming from a remote sector of the Q47 quadrant.
Then that's where we're going.
Come on.
Enigma, D-Frag, I have an idea for a new weapon that might be useful on this mission.
Okay, let us know when it's ready.
In the meantime, we're going zombie hunting.
Stealth glider! Turbo jets! Whoa.
That's a lot of zombie bots.
There's no way we can take them all out.
So we'll just keep them in.
You take those two openings, I'll take these.
[Trey.]
Cyber sealer! Cyber sealer! That worked pretty well.
- Or not.
- Hyah! [Enigma.]
Guess we gotta do this old school.
Bash tagger! [thud.]
[grunts.]
- Hey, Vera.
My display is all wonky.
- Mine too.
Vector and Googz experienced the same thing.
I will stabilize it.
Look.
Rowan's opening a picture folder.
That can't really be all he's after.
No.
He wants our tech.
My dad's tech.
Just like that other DIS agent we saw in the video.
He's trying to open another file.
Yeah, but it's encrypted.
It could have Guardian Code data.
Rowin just inserted a flash drive.
- He's making a copy of that file.
- Can we stop him? Too late.
The copy's done.
What about the original? We have to find out what's in that file.
He's deleting it! We can still get it.
He hasn't emptied the trash yet.
Aah! More zombie bots! Vector! Help! Code disruptor.
Back off, rot bots! [blasting.]
Thanks.
But the encrypted file! No! Now Rowin has the only copy.
Agent Rowin.
Have you made any progress? Special Agent Nance, how nice of you to drop by.
Listen, he's talking to someone.
I'll open the laptop's cam and mic.
Cut the small talk.
What's your update? Is that who I think it is? The DIS agent who threatened my dad.
Rowin was in on it all along.
I was able to retrieve Adam Carter's old laptop from the house without arousing any suspicion.
And did you find any useful information on the laptop? No, not yet.
He didn't tell her about the encrypted file.
Keep at it.
I need to know if the code we've been seeing during the Sorcerer's hacks is Adam's tech.
- I'm on it.
- [cell phone ringing.]
This is Nance.
[man.]
We've got a major breach.
Dark code is spreading throughout the Internet.
Copy that.
The Sorcerer is at it again.
We'll see if that other code shows up, too.
Let's go.
We gotta take care of those zombie bots before the DIS is all over it.
And us.
[clanging.]
This is exhausting.
[grunts.]
[D-Frag.]
There's so many of them.
Vera, we could use some help here.
Vector and Googz are on their way.
Good.
And how about that new weapon? You mean your cyber scorchers? - Also on the way.
- Nice.
Cyber scorcher.
Oh yeah.
The sweet smell of fried bots.
Cyber scorcher.
Very nice.
Uh-oh.
Hyper link! Oh no, you don't.
Hey Vera, do we get new toys, too? Yes.
I coded one for each of you.
Awesome.
Googz, take an opening.
Cyber scorcher! All right! Let's get scorching.
There.
Just as I suspected.
The mystery code is in the same sector where the dark code was coming from.
[Sorcerer.]
So close.
It's almost there.
The Sorcerer's botnet is nearly complete.
He has zombie bots in computers all over the world.
We need to get them out of those computers and back to the base before he starts a denial of service attack.
How're we gonna do that? Hey Googz, aren't the zombie bots magnetically charged? Yeah.
And that core seems to be what's controlling them.
So can you hack the core to draw them back here? Like, reverse its polarity? Yes, of course.
I'm going in.
[zombie bots growling.]
[grunts.]
Okay, moment of truth.
Hey, get outta here! [grunts.]
My zombie army is complete.
Time to launch my first denial of service attack.
What? Where are my zombie bots going? The Guardians! The zombie bots are being drawn back to the core from all around the world.
Way to go, Googz, it's working! [Sorcerer.]
Guardians.
When will you learn? I won't be stopped.
My zombie bots have to return to their posts.
They have work to do.
[zombie bots growling.]
My hack's been over-hacked! Send in a containment unit.
We'll stop the Sorcerer and trap that code.
Block the exits and cyber scorch them back.
We won't be able to keep this up for much longer.
- I'm nearly out of juice.
- Me too.
And there are more zombie bots than before.
We need a way to bulk delete the whole base.
I have an idea.
Everybody get on your rides! Stealth glider! I hope there's more to this idea.
There is.
Network! Okay, strength in numbers.
Everybody aim your cyber scorchers at the core.
[Googz.]
But we're still in network mode.
Exactly.
I'm gonna give us a boost.
Fire! Overclock! Faster.
It's working big time! That's it.
We're out of gas.
[Vector.]
Okay.
Get back to the codec before the code explodes.
Here come the DIS ships.
[explosion.]
No! No! No! [hammering keys.]
No! [news announcer.]
Reports are now surfacing regarding the attempted denial of service attack perpetrated by the dangerous hacker knows as the Sorcerer.
The Department of Internet Security confirms that the Sorcerer's efforts to build a malicious zombie army botnet in the unprotected computer systems has been derailed.
The DIS, once again, stopped the Sorcerer before he could cause I've seen enough of her today.
[doorbell rings.]
I'll get it.
Oh, it's you.
Mom is at the hospital.
She has her shift tonight.
Yeah, I I know.
I just came by to drop off your dad's computer.
I'm done with it.
Yeah? You find what you were looking for? Some old photos? You know, me and your dad, we used to, uh, talk about his private research.
The work that he was doing in his lab.
Really? Well, he never talked to me about it.
I've got some homework, so Austin, I um I found an encrypted file on the laptop.
I copied it to this drive and deleted it off the hard drive.
It's probably something you don't want falling into the wrong hands.
Austin, you can trust me.
Vera? There's a file on here that needs decrypting.
No problem.
This file contains data on the Guardian Code, but I cannot tell if Mark Rowin read it or if he made any additional copies.
[Austin.]
If he did read it what would he know? [Vera.]
Not very much.
It is fragmented data.
What's his deal? He gave the flash drive to me but didn't tell that other agent about it.
How would he know that? [Austin.]
Maybe he is on our side.
[static.]
Or maybe that's what he wants us to believe.
What do you mean? I just deactivated the listening device embedded in this flash drive.
What? Rowin had us bugged? That appears to be the case.
Then we definitely can't trust him.
Or anyone at the DIS.
It's still not working right.
I'll have to improve the camera's signal.
I guess I could tweak the transmitter.
Hey Austin, you okay? I can't stop thinking about what we saw in that sphere.
The Department of Internet Security wants the Guardian Code technology.
That agent in the sphere video was definitely threatening your dad.
That's the thing.
What if my dad's death wasn't an accident? What if the DIS had something to do with it? It's time for my next hack.
The Internet isn't safe.
It's vulnerable.
[chuckles.]
There.
Yes.
It's starting.
Go.
Scatter.
Spread.
My zombie army will infiltrate unprotected computers all over the world to form a network.
A botnet, my botnet, to launch denial of service attacks that will crash the Internet, and bring humanity to its knees.
Say the DIS did have something to do with your dad's death.
What could we even do about it? Right now? Nothing.
But we need to find out for sure.
Until then, we have to be very careful.
The DIS could be after us.
Hmm.
I can't.
I've got evening shifts all week.
Oh.
Well maybe, um, see you this weekend? Yeah, I'd like that.
Okay.
Ugh.
Gross.
Gotta get used to it, man.
Your mom's been seeing Rowin for like a month now.
I know.
Come on.
- He's a full stack developer.
- That's cool.
Maybe to you.
Hey Austin, Hi Parker.
Hey guys, what're you up to today? Just testing out my drone.
Oh, cool.
Yeah, that's a nice one.
You know, when I was your guys' age we used to fly kites.
What's that? Oh, uh, that's your dad's old laptop.
Mark's just borrowing it for a bit.
Why? Well, our old university alumni association is doing kind of a retrospective in their next newsletter and they asked for old photos and I didn't have any, but I remember that your dad kept some, so I'm hoping there's some in here.
Well, let's go inside, we can check right now.
Oh, no, if you Oh no, that is so nice that you're that interested, Austin, but Mark's really gotta get going.
Yeah.
But I'll bring it back when I'm done for sure.
Okay, yeah.
Sure.
Let's go.
So Rowin wants some old photos.
What's the big deal? The big deal is that laptop.
I thought it was destroyed in the garage fire.
So it could have stuff about the Guardian Code on it.
Exactly.
We've gotta get it back.
Uh, get your drone in the air and follow him.
Hurry! He's about to drive away.
[whirring.]
I can't see it.
Is it tracking the car? Yeah.
My feed keeps cutting in and out.
Okay, I have a clear visual.
Okay, what's happening? He stopped.
Okay, he's getting out of his car And he's bringing the laptop with him.
Okay, where Where is he? - No way.
- Where is he? Tell me, Parker.
- You're not gonna believe this.
- Just tell me, Parker.
He's gone into the Department of Internet Security building.
- Are you serious? - Yeah.
He's not some software developer.
Rowin works for the DIS.
[theme music playing.]
[computer boots up.]
This is one outdated operating system.
No anti-virus software, no hardware firewall.
You were brilliant, Adam.
But you shouldn't have left yourself so vulnerable.
I knew there was something off about Rowin.
He's after our tech.
And if there's anything on my dad's laptop about it, he's gonna get it.
I pinged the laptop's IP address.
It is not connected to any DIS network, but it is logged in through Mark Rowin's cellular provider.
- Weird.
- That's good.
That's good.
That means we can get in without tipping off DIS security.
- Okay, Vera, can you get us there? - Yes.
I'll connect you to the IP address from the codec.
Go.
Okay, we're in.
I have the route.
We just take this bus to the hard drive.
This isn't like any bus I've ever been on.
- [whir.]
- You hear something? No.
Come on.
What are those? They look like zombie bots.
Oh man, they're messing with our systems.
It must be some kind of magnetic charge.
- Stay away from them.
- Don't worry.
I've added a plug-in to your suits' code that neutralizes the interference.
- Thanks, Vera.
- Okay.
Code disruptor! [blast.]
My turn.
[clang.]
Hey! These zombie bots don't frag so easily.
Now what're they doing? Nothing.
Initiating scan.
Whoa, they're jacked with dark code.
Vera, are you seeing this? Yes.
There are similar dark code alerts popping up in many other locations around the world.
Oh man, that's not good.
If the Sorcerer is planting zombie bots in unprotected computers like this one, they'll stay dormant until they trigger some to flood a server with requests.
I believe that is exactly what he is attempting to do.
We have to stop him! - I'll contact Tamra and Trey.
- Okay.
We'll join them when we're done here.
First thing, let's get rid of these guys.
- On it.
- [blast.]
Come on! What gives? They're zombie bots.
They probably have the same weakness as real zombies.
- Aim for their heads.
- [clang.]
[thud.]
Yeah! Zombies? For real? A zombie army.
The Sorcerer is building a worldwide zombie army botnet using unprotected computers.
[typing.]
This is what would happen if he activates the botnet.
He could crash servers all over the world by flooding them with requests from every infected zombie army computer.
A massive denial of service attack.
Do you know where the zombie bots are coming from? There's a high dark code reading coming from a remote sector of the Q47 quadrant.
Then that's where we're going.
Come on.
Enigma, D-Frag, I have an idea for a new weapon that might be useful on this mission.
Okay, let us know when it's ready.
In the meantime, we're going zombie hunting.
Stealth glider! Turbo jets! Whoa.
That's a lot of zombie bots.
There's no way we can take them all out.
So we'll just keep them in.
You take those two openings, I'll take these.
[Trey.]
Cyber sealer! Cyber sealer! That worked pretty well.
- Or not.
- Hyah! [Enigma.]
Guess we gotta do this old school.
Bash tagger! [thud.]
[grunts.]
- Hey, Vera.
My display is all wonky.
- Mine too.
Vector and Googz experienced the same thing.
I will stabilize it.
Look.
Rowan's opening a picture folder.
That can't really be all he's after.
No.
He wants our tech.
My dad's tech.
Just like that other DIS agent we saw in the video.
He's trying to open another file.
Yeah, but it's encrypted.
It could have Guardian Code data.
Rowin just inserted a flash drive.
- He's making a copy of that file.
- Can we stop him? Too late.
The copy's done.
What about the original? We have to find out what's in that file.
He's deleting it! We can still get it.
He hasn't emptied the trash yet.
Aah! More zombie bots! Vector! Help! Code disruptor.
Back off, rot bots! [blasting.]
Thanks.
But the encrypted file! No! Now Rowin has the only copy.
Agent Rowin.
Have you made any progress? Special Agent Nance, how nice of you to drop by.
Listen, he's talking to someone.
I'll open the laptop's cam and mic.
Cut the small talk.
What's your update? Is that who I think it is? The DIS agent who threatened my dad.
Rowin was in on it all along.
I was able to retrieve Adam Carter's old laptop from the house without arousing any suspicion.
And did you find any useful information on the laptop? No, not yet.
He didn't tell her about the encrypted file.
Keep at it.
I need to know if the code we've been seeing during the Sorcerer's hacks is Adam's tech.
- I'm on it.
- [cell phone ringing.]
This is Nance.
[man.]
We've got a major breach.
Dark code is spreading throughout the Internet.
Copy that.
The Sorcerer is at it again.
We'll see if that other code shows up, too.
Let's go.
We gotta take care of those zombie bots before the DIS is all over it.
And us.
[clanging.]
This is exhausting.
[grunts.]
[D-Frag.]
There's so many of them.
Vera, we could use some help here.
Vector and Googz are on their way.
Good.
And how about that new weapon? You mean your cyber scorchers? - Also on the way.
- Nice.
Cyber scorcher.
Oh yeah.
The sweet smell of fried bots.
Cyber scorcher.
Very nice.
Uh-oh.
Hyper link! Oh no, you don't.
Hey Vera, do we get new toys, too? Yes.
I coded one for each of you.
Awesome.
Googz, take an opening.
Cyber scorcher! All right! Let's get scorching.
There.
Just as I suspected.
The mystery code is in the same sector where the dark code was coming from.
[Sorcerer.]
So close.
It's almost there.
The Sorcerer's botnet is nearly complete.
He has zombie bots in computers all over the world.
We need to get them out of those computers and back to the base before he starts a denial of service attack.
How're we gonna do that? Hey Googz, aren't the zombie bots magnetically charged? Yeah.
And that core seems to be what's controlling them.
So can you hack the core to draw them back here? Like, reverse its polarity? Yes, of course.
I'm going in.
[zombie bots growling.]
[grunts.]
Okay, moment of truth.
Hey, get outta here! [grunts.]
My zombie army is complete.
Time to launch my first denial of service attack.
What? Where are my zombie bots going? The Guardians! The zombie bots are being drawn back to the core from all around the world.
Way to go, Googz, it's working! [Sorcerer.]
Guardians.
When will you learn? I won't be stopped.
My zombie bots have to return to their posts.
They have work to do.
[zombie bots growling.]
My hack's been over-hacked! Send in a containment unit.
We'll stop the Sorcerer and trap that code.
Block the exits and cyber scorch them back.
We won't be able to keep this up for much longer.
- I'm nearly out of juice.
- Me too.
And there are more zombie bots than before.
We need a way to bulk delete the whole base.
I have an idea.
Everybody get on your rides! Stealth glider! I hope there's more to this idea.
There is.
Network! Okay, strength in numbers.
Everybody aim your cyber scorchers at the core.
[Googz.]
But we're still in network mode.
Exactly.
I'm gonna give us a boost.
Fire! Overclock! Faster.
It's working big time! That's it.
We're out of gas.
[Vector.]
Okay.
Get back to the codec before the code explodes.
Here come the DIS ships.
[explosion.]
No! No! No! [hammering keys.]
No! [news announcer.]
Reports are now surfacing regarding the attempted denial of service attack perpetrated by the dangerous hacker knows as the Sorcerer.
The Department of Internet Security confirms that the Sorcerer's efforts to build a malicious zombie army botnet in the unprotected computer systems has been derailed.
The DIS, once again, stopped the Sorcerer before he could cause I've seen enough of her today.
[doorbell rings.]
I'll get it.
Oh, it's you.
Mom is at the hospital.
She has her shift tonight.
Yeah, I I know.
I just came by to drop off your dad's computer.
I'm done with it.
Yeah? You find what you were looking for? Some old photos? You know, me and your dad, we used to, uh, talk about his private research.
The work that he was doing in his lab.
Really? Well, he never talked to me about it.
I've got some homework, so Austin, I um I found an encrypted file on the laptop.
I copied it to this drive and deleted it off the hard drive.
It's probably something you don't want falling into the wrong hands.
Austin, you can trust me.
Vera? There's a file on here that needs decrypting.
No problem.
This file contains data on the Guardian Code, but I cannot tell if Mark Rowin read it or if he made any additional copies.
[Austin.]
If he did read it what would he know? [Vera.]
Not very much.
It is fragmented data.
What's his deal? He gave the flash drive to me but didn't tell that other agent about it.
How would he know that? [Austin.]
Maybe he is on our side.
[static.]
Or maybe that's what he wants us to believe.
What do you mean? I just deactivated the listening device embedded in this flash drive.
What? Rowin had us bugged? That appears to be the case.
Then we definitely can't trust him.
Or anyone at the DIS.