![]() He and Hannah are taken to another room and bound to chairs. The leader of the group introduces himself as Father, identifying the others as Sonny and Brother Cuz died of electrocution after touching a large device, the ARQ, in the room. Father says he represents a rebel group known as the Bloc and demands Renton surrender scrips from their rival organization, the Torus Corporation. He gives them several minutes to comply and leaves the room with the others to get food. Renton explains to Hannah the ARQ is a working perpetual motion machine he designed while working at Torus. After Torus shut down the project as an impossibility, he stole it and ran. Renton believes the Bloc members to be after the ARQ rather than the scrips, though Hannah urges him to comply with their demands. After freeing himself and Hannah, he is killed while trying to escape. Renton wakes up gasping, only to relive the same scenario. This time, after freeing himself, he asks Hannah to help poison the intruders with cyanide gas. This fails when Hannah reveals herself as allied with them. ![]() Renton surrenders the scrips, only to be killed again after Sonny shoots him. After reviving, Renton questions Hannah about her past. She says she grew to resent Renton after he abandoned her to Torus, who tortured her. Renton says he never gave up looking for her after he escaped. Though he does not trust Hannah, Renton frees her. They work out a deal where they will split the scrips after using the cyanide gas to force Father and his group to stand down. Renton reneges on the deal, demanding that Hannah abandon the Bloc and come with him. ![]() She refuses and accidentally shoots Renton during a scuffle. Renton and Hannah wake in bed this time, both recall the previous iteration. When Renton says he believes the ARQ is causing a time loop, Hannah insists he give the technology to the Bloc. Eventually, Sonny reveals himself as a mercenary hired by Torus and kills everyone. When they wake again, Renton and Hannah agree they must keep the ARQ from falling into Torus' hands, though Renton expresses distrust in the Bloc. They convince Father to help them, but Sonny shoots Father and knocks Brother unconscious. After killing Sonny, Renton applies first aid to Father. The next iteration is complicated when Sonny becomes aware of the time loop and immediately kills Father and Brother. Renton theorizes the ARQ is looping the same three-hour period due to running out of energy. Instead of producing unlimited energy, its fuel cells are refilled after every loop. When Sonny overpowers them, Renton sacrifices himself to prevent Sonny from acquiring the ARQ. In the next iteration, Sonny saves Cuz's life, then kills Father and Brother. Renton and Hannah poison Sonny and Cuz with the cyanide. After arguing not to destroy the machine, Hannah is accidentally electrocuted. Renton briefly considers destroying the ARQ but allows the next iteration to begin. There, he admits he was wrong and offers to give the ARQ to the Bloc. Father and Brother, who now are aware of the time loop, agree to work with Hannah and Renton however, Sonny and Cuz take all hostage.
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