"Escape – Past – Destiny" is the second episode of the first season of Ingress: The Animation and the second episode of the series in general.
Plot summary[]
Jack Norman asks Makoto Midorikawa why he tried to kidnap Sarah Coppola, asking if he is an Agent, but Makoto is confused by the comment. Behind a car, are agents sent by Liu Tien Hua who orders the Sarah alive, but the rest dead. Jack sees this and fights back. Makoto is shot by an Agent, and Sarah carries him away.
Jack puts on some glasses and starts viewing a scenario where he runs to an Agent and is killed by the way he shoots. Using this prediction, he is able to dodge the bullets and knock the Agent down. He does the same with other soldiers, and when Makoto asks how he does it, Sarah reveals he is a sensitive.
Sarah and Makoto run from Jack. Makoto asks why he is chasing them, and Sarah says some people's natural talents are heightened through XM exposure. Those are people that are Sensitives. Sarah reveals herself to be one too. Her ability is to see the invisible. Makoto suggests hiding inside a building, but Jack finds them, so they keep running until Sarah suggests running up a flight of stairs.
Liu arrives at the parking lot where his men were killed and orders a helicopter to look for the targets and to get a sniper ready. He reveals Jack is part of the Resistance 
, and that he has the ability to "Flash Forward" with XM and see different possibilities. Makoto and Sarah realize this, so Makoto says he wants to let the inspector know. However, when he opens his phone, he is told he has insufficient time and tells the Ingress app installed on its own and told him to go looking for her to help her.
Makoto joins the Enlightened 
The Ingress app tells Makoto the world is in danger and many force seek to harness the power of XM, and that Jack, who was tracking him, was part of the Resistance , whose portals gave him his power. Sarah reveals XM enters the world through these Portals and sees they are surrounded by Resistance Portals, which unlock and give him power. Makoto is scared and asks what he must do, and is told he must choose a faction. He looks at Sarah and chooses to join the Enlightened . Once that is done, he is told he must use an XMP Burster 
to attack the Resistance Portals. He does it using his phone, but he does not have the ability to see the invisible, so Sarah tells him he is doing good.
Despite their efforts, they are cornered by Jack, who holds them at gunpoint and tells them they are done playing hide and seek. Agents sent by the Liu discuss who fired the XMP Burster and find they have no idea who did it, but it helps them with their job. They also move onto taking down Links. Jack tells Makoto that he still has not answered his question, and asks him what he wants with Sarah again. As soon as he asks this, however, he find out the Portal Links are destroyed and left the Control Field Δ destabilized. Jack looks up in shock to find out the Enlightened were working with her. Suddenly, Makoto and Sarah attack him and leave him unconscious. After they do this, they start running until they see a truck they decide to use for transportation.
Jack is now annoyed and jumps from the top floor to the truck. However, the driver notices and swerves so he falls off. As he starts running, he is shot by a helicopter, which forces him to leave Dodge. Liu orders his men to find him, while deciding to take matters into his own hands for Makoto and Sarah.
Makoto is feeling weak and remembers he had been shot. His vision starts blurring and he suggests going to the police instead. As they reach the police station, the Ingress app tells him the police have been compromised. And suddenly turns off due to instability. A police officer in front of the front door radios he has eyes on "the suspect" and tells him to freeze. Makoto is shocked and starts running with Sarah, while being chased by the officer. Makoto sits down, confused by everything that is happening.
Sarah reveals she tried to uncover some of their secrets and tells him he will be in danger if he is around her. As she starts leaving, Makoto tells her they are in it together, pointing out he is a wanted man. Sarah points out she cannot exactly remember the information Hulong wants kept private, so Makoto reveals he can see memories. Makoto tells her that he might see things she does not want him to see, but Sarah tells him to look for the information.
Makoto first sees what happened during the explosion, but he wants to see what happened before, so he is taken to Sarah looking at people being tortured. She tries to download the data, but it will not load properly. Suddenly she is being looked for by security who know where the secret data was accessed, so she starts to run and broadcasts the message she sent asking for help since the world is in danger. She was caught by a security guard she tried to convince she was not the enemy. The guard does not let her send the message.
Sarah and Makoto decide to stick together and go to the Kyoto facility.
Makoto flashes back to the present and tells her he saw a lab in a forest in her memories. Sarah remembers it and starts walking towards a Portal. Makoto holds her hand and is able to see what she is seeing. Sarah sees the lab and tells him she found where the project started. Both hear police sirens and start running, following the energy. Liu is annoyed at his agents who were not able to catch the two running off. However, they have a tracker on Jack, which they reveal to be going to a Tokyo train station.
Liu with Sarah's phone connected to a computer finds out they are going to his laboratory in Kyoto. He orders his men to go, as Sarah is their priority. Jack finds out about this and starts going.
Makoto and Sarah reach the train station and board a train en route to Kyoto. Unbeknownst to them, Jack is also boarding the train. As the two sit, Makoto closes his eyes, and Sarah puts her hand on his. Makoto opens his eyes, and sees the energy around them. Sarah tells him he is a Sensitive as well.
Cast[]
- Makoto Midorikawa - Yoshiki Nakajima
- Sarah Coppola - Reina Ueda
- Jack Norman - Shigeo Kiyama
- Christopher Brandt - Tarusuke Shingaki
- Liu Tien Hua - Kosoke Toriumi
- Zion Kunikida - Kentaro Tone
- Hank Johnson - Hiroo Sasaki
- ADA (a detection algorithm) - Megumi Ogata
Trivia[]
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