"What?" " All the cops have wooden legs!" " They sure do!" " All right, hold on!" " What is it?" "!" "Flat tire!" "Hold on!" "Oh, man." "All right, I'm gonna find a place to pull over." "Oh, man." "Excuse me." "Hey, I like this place." "Maybe we could build some houses, just like "Gilligan's Island."" ""Gilligan's Island"?" "After all that's happened, Annie, what's wrong with going home?" "Dad..." " vacation was fine." " Yeah, fine." "Let's face it, Annie, it's just not the way that it was." "Dad, Mom's been dead for two years." "It's the way it is." "We have lift-off." "Honey, look, why don't you just hit the cooler, get yourself some pop?" "But stay close, 'cause I want to fix this tire and get on home." "Hey, don't go down there, kid." "There's all kinds of wild animals and shit." " Who do you belong to?" " Who do you belong to?" "Hey!" "Hey, you!" "Hands off!" "Are you some kind of a pervert or something?" "Johnny, you know better." "You don't even know this guy." "I don't know you either, okay?" "He almost went over the edge." "There could be badgers or something down there." "Throw it." "Come on, throw it." "Well, throw it." "Go back, come on." "Wow, bald and flat." "I feel for you, man." "Sometimes life really sucks, doesn't it?" "Looks like you just bought me a tournament Frisbee, dude." "I can get it back." "No sweat." "Come on." "What, are you guys standing guard?" "Let's go." "Come on, guys, let's go the other way, okay?" "Johnny, come on." "Ah, ha!" "I told you." "Was I right, or was I right?" "No playing here!" "You kids oughta know better than... wait." "You hear it?" "It could be anywhere around here." "Above us, behind us, or in the ground." "Do you think this is some kind of joke?" "You think this is some kind of game?" "!" "They're hungry." "All they do is eat." "You got to keep a weathered eye out all the time!" "If you don't watch every minute... then wham!" "Then it's too late." "Who are you?" "Any of you ever hear of a place called Grover's Bend?" "It's a real town with real people." "Now, in 1984..." "I was riding my bicycle and I looked up." "I saw this thing in the sky." "Call the Army." "They're here!" " Who?" " Who?" "!" "Them!" "On Earth I was just a big nobody." "Up in space I am somebody." "Charlie bounty hunter." "Yeah, "Charlie bounty hunter."" "Dad's all torn up and Mom's got a harpoon thing in her neck, and they're getting bigger." "You're not from around here, are you?" "I got to go where the cosmic winds blow me." "I got to... go where no man has gone before." "I'm a bounty hunter!" "Come on, you can't expect us to believe this horseshit." "You can believe what you want, son." "All I know is you got to get away from here while you still can." "Well, there's something I can agree with." "So walk away." "There you go." "Probably could've used that lug wrench a little while longer." "Got it." "You should have had your spare tire down here." "Could've saved you some traveling." "Never know when you'll have a flat tire on an antique like this." "Are you supposed to be scary?" "Me?" "No." "It ain't me, it's them." "I've seen them." "I've been seeing them for..." "Look, you believe in monsters?" " Yeah." " Good." "Good." "That's what I'm telling you about." "Now, some friends of mine from... a long way off, they gave me a whole bunch of these." "I only got a couple left, but I want you to have one." "Now if this ever starts to glow bright green, that's the time to watch out for yourself." "And your family." " Green." " That's right, green." "Annie!" "Johnny!" " All aboard!" " We really have to go now." " Give my regards to Mars." " Don't be so quick." "You're not as smart as you think you are." "You can have the rest of my root beer." "Thank you, partner." "It's my favorite." "Johnny, come on now." "Look what I found." "What is it?" "I don't know." "It looks like a big electric bullet." "Homemade." "He dropped it." "Joshua!" "Front and center, now." " Joshua?" " Josh, please." " Is that your father?" " Stepfather." "Never, never will we trust you out of our sight again." "When I say five minutes," "I don't mean seven, I don't mean three." "Discipline from now on, young man." "Hmm?" "I will not and your mother will not... spare anymore rods." "Is he going to get spanked?" "I don't think his mom is going to let that happen." "Well, Big John, I guess we had some adventure, huh?" "!" "Dad!" "Dad, you should have seen it!" " There was this strange guy..." " I really don't care." "I told you two to stay close, didn't I?" "Look at the two of you..." "you're filthy." " Johnny, get in the truck." " I know, Dad, but he came out of the ground and scared the crap out of us." "He scared the crap out of us." "Miss Sawyer... can we please watch our language around Johnny?" "Shit." "Look, honey, I just don't know what to say to you." "You could say that you're not going on the road tomorrow." "You could say that I'm not old enough to take care of myself." "Honey, you're not being fair." "Mr. and Mrs. Menges take real good care of you guys." "They're like family." "Hey... it's the best that I can do." "Besides, you're a young woman now." "Maybe I don't want to be a young woman now." "Grover's Bend?" "What a crock." "You're listening to Topeka's number one country radio station..." "Country 107, KTPK." "Hey, Frank, give me a hand with some of this stuff, man." "Absolutely, Mario." "I am the handyman after all." " You asshole." " I heard that." "Vaya con Dios, Mario." "Four more units to vacate, Jessie, and I'm a rich man." "Hey, you got the elevator fixed." "Frankie." "Hey, not for you, Rosie." "There's still a one-ton load limit." "Ooh, you..." "Yo, yo, yo." "Check your weapons at the door, it's the chick that walks like a man." "Dating outside our species now, huh?" "Oh, very funny." "Very, very funny." "I wasn't talking to you, Frank." "Yo, Marcia," "I got a little phone problem." "Maybe you can come down to the basement and check my equipment?" "Sorry, Frank, I left my microscope upstairs." "Ho-ho!" "Ho!" "She's killing me." "Hey, Mario." "I sure am sorry to see you go, my friend." "I just killed two rats this morning." "Rats?" "!" "Hey, Frank... rats." "Hey, don't look at me." "I got to see them to "e-rat-icate" them." "Yo, Jessie, look who's home." "Something's wrong." "No brakes!" "No brakes!" "Hold onto Johnny." "Everybody all right?" "Yeah." "Safe at home." "Oh, man." "I'm sorry, Mario." "No brakes." "Something I can do?" "That's okay." "Is everybody okay?" "So, Frank, you going to give us a hand with this?" "No." "I'm the maintenance man." "He doesn't live here anymore." "Love you, Jessie." "I'll be in my office." "Listen, would you clean up this junk?" "The guy's a waste of protein." "Yeah, but what a snappy dresser." "Dad, I'm gonna go say hello to the Menges." "Yeah, but don't go up empty handed." "You take something with, all right?" "Ladies." "Java." "Fuck." "Wh...?" "What's this?" "Oh, that's disgusting." "Yeah, you're next, pal." "Hey, girl." "Going down to help Dad?" "I thought I might." "I mean, we got ourselves a loaded truck, an unloaded camper, a car wreck..." " I think they can use my help." " Marcia?" "Are there any jobs down at the phone company?" "What, you need a job?" "Ah, you want Clifford home." "Well, I was just thinking." "We'll see what we can do." "Yeah, we will." " Hello!" "Hello, Annie." " Hello." "Welcome home, dear." "Come in." "Did you have a wonderful trip?" "Dear, say hello to Annie." "They've just been to the Grand Canyon." "Say, did you know they just discovered an alien graveyard there?" " Who did?" " Government." "Secret." "Wait till you taste what I'm cooking today." "Where's Johnny?" "He'll love them." "Tell me about your trip, dear." "Oh, yeah." "Well, we froze to death in Arizona, saw these Indian caves in Mesa Verde, and met this weird lunatic near Grover's Bend." "He jumped right out from the ground." "So you had a good time?" "Grover's Bend?" "I'm making Mr. Menges' favorite dish today." "Ham and beans." "Will you and Johnny stay for dinner?" "No." "It's our last night together with Dad." "He leaves on the 8:15 to Chicago." "We better save the tarts till later." "I don't want your father to say I spoiled your dinner... again." "Hello, girls." "How you doing, eh?" "Are you a little hungry?" "How about I give you to the old farts upstairs tonight?" "Iris Arms apartment complex," "Frank Longo at your service." "Longo, what's the good news?" "Yo, right here." "Right here, Mr. Briggs." "I hope you did what I'm paying you for." "Yes." "Yes, I did." "Yes, I did." "Mario is history as of right now." "You promised me all of them." " I lose my investors..." " Hey." "The way I look at this, is that you are making all the "el giganto" profits off the sale of this shithole, not little old moi." " You listen to me, Frank." " Well... maybe it's time that you get down here and get involved." "I hired you so I wouldn't have to get involved." "I'm not lifting another finger until you pay me for Mario!" "You got that?" "!" "You can take that to the bank!" "Balls!" "Hello?" "Hello?" "Where are you?" "What are you doing out without Uncle Frankie's permission, huh?" "Go back upstairs where you belong!" "Work with me!" "What this dump needs is a good four alarm fire." " Dad, dinner's getting cold." " Coming." "I want you to listen to the Menges." "Sometimes I think you don't listen." "I'll be back Friday night." " Oh, toothpaste." " Got it." "You really should pack some vitamins, too." "And I want you to help her make beds in the mornings." "She's not a young woman, you know." " I'm done." " Can't you wait for Dad?" "Mr. M promised me pirate stories." " Bye." " Bye." " You be a good boy." " Okay." " See ya." " See ya." " Dad." " Hmm?" "What's going to happen to the Menges?" "I mean, where will they go?" "We're going to have to move too, you know." "They'll get us out." "Dad, you're going to have to deal with this." "You got to think about it, make some decisions." "Annie..." "I'm going to eat my dinner, and then I'm going to watch some moronic situation comedy, and then I'm going to sleep the sleep of the dead." "Can we worry about this tomorrow?" "I love my work." "Ow, ow, ow!" "Hot!" "Hot!" "Damn teenagers!" "Wh...?" "Oh!" "Oh, oh..." "Hairballs." "Did you hear something?" "No." "Tell Johnny bedtime, one hour." "That goes for you, too." "Oh, and give this check to Mrs. Menges." "It's for taking care of you guys." "Tell her I'll cover the rest of it when I get back." "Dad, remember how much fun we used to have?" "Yeah." "What was I like then?" "Shorter." "Dad... maybe I could go get Johnny and we could play a game or something." "Honey, give me your battery-powered TV, would you?" "Oh God." " Who's there?" " It's just me." "Laundry night." "I'm a little spooked tonight, too." "Did you hear screaming before?" "It was probably just Frank." " What is eating him?" " I don't know." "Frank's just naturally repulsive." "Say hello to Mrs. and Mr. Menges for me." "Right." "Aaah!" "Frank?" "I know you're there." "I can hear you breathing." "Talk to me, Frank." "Frank?" "Frank?" "Hello?" "All right, Longo, very funny." "Enough is enough." "Frank?" "We are not amused." "Try to guess just how close your termination is." "Okay, it's your funeral, wiseass." "I'm coming over there and taking care of things myself." "We got another errand to do before we sleep, sport." "Business." "Can't you just drop me off at home?" "No way, sport." "Someday this pool will be yours." "You're going to have to learn how to swim in it." "Looks like they'll have to meet their landlord after all." "See?" "Grover's Bend, 1986." "Now, you can see the same kind of occurrence two years later... 1988." "Even local law enforcement claims they've seen space aliens." "One of them supposedly killed a sheriff in the '88 encounter." "A sheriff?" "Yes." "A sheriff wearing... an Easter Bunny suit." "And I'll bet the aliens were all wearing tuxedos." "Of course, he must have been reading the same newspapers as you." "That's where he got the story in the first place." "Who?" "What guy?" "That crazy guy we ran into on vacation." "He actually believes this stuff." "Oh..." "I didn't mean..." "It's okay." "Look, I'm sorry." "I guess I'm still upset over a fight I just had with my dad." "I'm going to go back downstairs and check on him." "I'll be back for Johnny in awhile." "John, you still like my stories, don't you?" " It's him!" " Huh?" "Who?" "If it glows green, that's the time to watch out for yourself." "Her first frame is a strike." "Michelle led in the earlier rounds in this tournament, and was the hot item around Southern California when it came to sports." "She really was." "Yesterday, in the second round... of match play, Steve, she bowled incredibly." "She had a 300..." "Hello?" "Frank?" "Frank, is that you... or some other rat?" "Well... huh." "Terrific." "You pervert." "We got varmints." "Frank, what in the wild world of Geraldo is going on down here?" "Oh my God." "Oh, no!" "What is it?" "!" "Aaah!" "There's more of them!" "Get away." "Get away." "Oh, no, no!" "No, please!" "What are these things?" "!" "Annie!" "Annie, help me!" "Get it off, get it off!" "Get me out of this." "Oh, Annie, hurry!" "Hurry, they're going to come again!" " Rosalie, give me some slack!" " Okay." "Ow!" "It hurts." "It hurts." "Frank." "Oh, Annie, let's get out of here!" "Annie!" "Annie!" "Come on!" "Help me here." "Okay." "Feast your eyes on the future site of Briggs' Mini Mall." "Nice concept, huh?" "Naming it after yours truly." "But Mom said the court ordered you to pay them money to move, to relocate." "Not if they move on their own accord, sport." ""Sport."" "There are much simpler ways to sweep and clear." "You'll see." "You'll learn." "Come on." "I'll teach you." "Oh God, please make this a dream." "Rosalie, come on!" "Come on." "Dad!" " Dad!" " What?" "!" "Dad!" "Dad!" " Oh, Dad, it was awful." " There are things." "They're huge!" "They're gigantic." "They're like rats!" "Rats!" "No, Tasmanian devils." " Slow down!" " Dozens of 'em." "And they attacked me." "They had these white fang teeth." "And they bit me!" "They bit me on my leg!" "Oh my God, I'm bleeding." "Sit over here, Rosie." "Dad, they're little animals... just like the ones in the paper." "They've got lots of sharp teeth." "They're nasty things..." "nasty things with sharp teeth." "They're things from outer space." "You can ask Mr. Menges about it." "Dad, they're aliens!" "Aliens in the basement?" "You have to believe her!" "They're huge." "They're like badger, possums..." "they're big cats." "You got to listen to her, they're awful!" "Rosie, calm down, calm down." " You just saw a rat." " Will you look at her leg?" "Oh, Rosie." "A rat did this to you?" "This is serious." "They're not rats." "They got Frank in the basement." " They got Frank?" " They got Frank!" "They got Frank!" "Dad!" "Oh..." "Dad, come on." "Aaah!" "Dad, come on!" "What are those things?" "!" "Go, go, go!" "In two tournaments I've seen her shoot those 300 games." "She can throw the strikes." " She makes a strike." " Eat that." "God damn it." "You see, sport?" "All kinds of animals follow them around." "These people are animals." "Pretty soon you can't tell them apart." "The people, the pets..." "they've all got fleas." "This'll get their attention." "Their attention for what?" "Our little panic... casserole." "You think they're screaming and carrying on now?" "Just wait till I cut off their communication with their social workers." "Hello?" "Hello?" "That's funny." "I lost contact with Grover's Bend." "What did he mean, "Watch out for yourself"?" "Third floor... second floor... first floor... basement." "Who turned out the lights?" "!" " Son of a bitch." " Oh, Dad." "How many stairs are in this place anyway?" "Wait, we just went up these stairs." " I'm dizzy." " Come on." "What's your problem?" " I just want to rest." " What are you guys doing down here?" "Marcia, come and help!" "They're passing out." "There are things, they're like big rats." "Only they bite and..." "I forget." "They're aliens." "Porcupines!" "Mrs. Menges!" "Mrs. Menges!" "Come on, Cliff." "Let me help you." "Lean on me." "Up." "Up." "That's it." " Who are you?" " Marcia." "You know me, Cliff." "Come on." " Marcia?" " Yeah." "Come on." " Up, up." "That's it." " Yeah, okay." "Thank you." "Porcupines?" "Come out, come out, wherever you are." "Your landlord is here to evict you." "Jeez, a rat did that?" "Looks like I'll have to charge somebody for a new door." "Give me the keys." "I'll wait in the car." "Forget it." "We're in this together." "I thought you cut off all the power." "I did cut off all the power." "Can we just go?" "They must have tapped into the emergency system." "Hello?" "It's your landlord." "I have matters to discuss." "...chicken has a wishbone, which I'll cut out." "All this makes perfectly marvelous soup." "You have to get the leg bones out from the legs and the wing side." "And the way to do that is... push the bones through." "And then take..." "there's the... ball joint of your roast chicken." "We'll have our work done in a minute, sport." "Don't call me "sport."" "You're not a crybaby, too, are you, sport?" "I hate you." "I wish you were dead!" "Sport?" "Sport!" "Hey, come on." "Let me in." "Let him go." "Hey." "Hey!" "Hey, come on." "He can't help being an asshole!" "What are you doing?" "You're ready to remove the bones." "Hey, come on." "He just wants to talk to you!" "Leave him alone!" "Let him go!" "Let him go!" "Hey, what's the matter?" "They've got him." "They're tearing him apart." " They're killing him!" " Who?" "!" "They've got who?" "Wait." "Stop, stop." "Step back." "Stay back." " Come on!" " What's going on?" "Never mind." "Run!" "Go!" "This way." "Come on." "Let's go." "No, no, wait!" "I can't just leave him there." "That guy you were with, your dad?" "Stepfather." "I don't know what the hell is going on down there, but I just saw something there." "There's animals, some kind of hungry things." "I don't know, but he's dead, hon." "There's nothing we can do for him." " What's your name?" " Josh." "Okay, Josh..." "Get back!" "Oh, look!" " Come on!" " Do you have any more flares?" "Fresh out!" "What?" "Let us in!" " Close the door!" " Josh!" " Annie." " Come on, help me move this desk." " Swing it around that way." " What are you doing here?" " I came with her." " Marcia?" "Push it up against the door." "Right up tight." "Great." "That should hold them." "Josh, how did you get here?" "There's monsters outside, aren't there?" "Yeah, there are monsters out there." " Anybody check the phone?" " It's dead, like the lights." "I still don't know what the hell is going on here." "Ain't no rats, you can be sure of that." "What are you talking about?" "Did you ever see one of these come out of any rat you've seen?" "Ain't no rats." "Must be venom..." "poison." "They're here!" "I saw the door downstairs, they chewed right through it." "What do you say we barricade the kitchen door?" "What kitchen door?" "Mr. Menges, you don't have a gun up here or anything like that?" "I got a great Civil War pistol." "I used to have a frame for it." "I got no powder." "How about a big knife?" "How about a meat cleaver, dear?" "You find anything there?" "No." "Wait." "What's that?" "Oh." "As I recall, that's a little storage area." "Mr. Menges and I haven't crawled up there in years." "Josh, come here!" "Do you have a footstool or something?" "In the pantry." "Hey, you guys, check this out." "Mrs. Menges, does this connect with the roof?" "I really don't know where that goes." "You get up there and you crawl... crawl that direction, and you'll hit the elevator shaft." " You don't know that." " I'll get the others." "Sure I do." "I've stored stuff up there." "Do you think you guys can climb a ladder?" "No ladder." "Go up a ladder tomorrow." "No." "No tomorrow." "I can't do this anymore, Dad!" "Move your ass, now!" "Now." "Come on, Clifford." "We've been climbing three flights of stairs ever since that elevator broke down." "Come on." "You can do it." "It's gotten too quiet out there." "I don't like it." "They'll just get in some other way." "We got to get out of here!" "Rosalie, come on." "We got to go." "You're next." "I'll watch the door." " Oh, no." " Up, Rosalie." " Right." " All right." " Come on, you can do it." " I'll help you." "You know... if we can make it to the roof," "I can get to the junction box outside, tie into the phone lines, call for help." " You can do that?" " Hey, I can do anything..." "I work for the phone company." " Push." " Ow, ow, ow." " Up, Rosalie." " Push." "Come on." "Go." " Push, fair Rosie, come on!" " Help." "Push!" "Push, Josh." "We've come this far." "Come on, help her." "Look, dear, the quilt that Aunt Carolyn gave us, remember?" "Yeah, I remember." "Come on, let's go." "Everybody be calm." "Go!" "Go... quick!" "Grab that, quick!" " Go!" " They're over here!" "Josh, come on." "Keep going." " Which way do I go?" " Give me the flashlight." "Kids, here!" "Right through there." "You stay with them and try and keep everybody together." "I'm gonna check out this direction." "Marcia!" "Be careful." "Come on, Annie." "Annie." "It won't open." "Please!" "It won't open." "We're trapped." "Where's Marcia?" "Oh, damn it." "I'm lost." "Josh... what are you doing here?" "I came here with my stepdad." "We came here to evict you." "I didn't want to come." "Pretty awful, huh?" "Yeah." "I just can't believe he's dead." "Josh... my mom died." "Not like your dad, but she died." "But I bet you didn't wish for your mom to die." "I just wish we could go back to this morning." "I just wish we could figure out how to use this thing." "Look... if nobody can think of anything better, one of us has got to make it to the street and run for help." "The only way I know to get around them things is this elevator shaft." "Hey." "I got a better idea." "How do you get to the box?" "Redundant cable." "Keeps the lines from blowing down." "It ought to hold my weight long enough for me to... get connected." "I'm down to 119." "Marcia, you're going to die out there." "Any calls you want me to make for you?" "Come on." "Belay me." "Adios." "Oh God." "Josh!" "Josh, we're on fire!" "One thing at a time." "Marcia, one thing at a time." " Oh my God." "Marcia!" " Marcia!" "She's swinging." "She's swinging!" "Annie, it's okay..." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Phone." "Phone!" "Phone, phone." "Let's go." "Yes." "Go." "Yes!" "Oh no." "Damn." "Damn." "Go, go!" "Yes, yes, yes!" "Yes!" "No!" "No, no." "Yes, yes." "I can do this." "Annie." "I'm going for help." "It's okay." "I'm gonna take care of everything." "Annie." "Annie!" "Don't go down there." "That's too dangerous." "You come on back here." "Let somebody else do that." "Second floor." "Nothing to it." "All right, get back..." "get back into the elevator." "I got you, you hear?" "Oh, gee." "It's jammed." "It's okay." "Sometimes it does this." "What?" "!" "You came here just in time." "Where's your family?" "Take me to them." "Well, the elevator's stuck." "We have to climb." "How did you get here?" "A gentlemen called me." "A real nice fella." "All right." " What's going on?" " I don't know." "Hold on!" "Floor, please?" "!" "The roof!" "Somebody help us out of here." "I'm stuck." "Hey, it's you." "Yeah, what's left of me." "The building is burning downstairs." "We've got to get on the roof." "Don't look." "Don't... be casual." "Who is that hunk that just came in with your daughter?" "Charlie." " Hi." " How you doing, partner?" "I guess you were right about those things." "See if you can pry that bullet out of there." "My fingers are too big." "What about Marcia?" "Yes." "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Yes!" "Please deposit 25¢ for the first three minutes." "Damn!" "I hate operators." "Quiet." "Everybody quiet." "If you're quiet, you can hear them moving." " Annie, my gun." " I'm trying!" "It won't come out." "All right, keep your eyes on them." "Look 'em in the eye." "They'll telegraph their every move." "I hate you!" "Josh!" "You leave my husband alone!" "Annie." "Annie?" "Charlie!" "Open wide." "We got 'em!" "Come on, let's go!" "Mobile Ops 7707." "Emergency." "Oh God!" "Come on, Johnny." "Stay here." "Fire!" "Help us!" "Can anyone hear me?" "!" "Please, help us!" "Can't you see us?" "!" "We're on fire!" "Come over here." "Somebody help!" "It's really burning." "Up there, can you hear us?" "!" " There's a fire here!" " Is anybody up there?" "!" " What are we going to do?" " Hang on." "Hang on." " We'll be all right." " Please, help us." "You were wonderful." "You were wonderful." " Thank you very much." " You saved us all." "Thank you." "Thank you very much." "Please, fire!" "Come on!" "Fire!" "Somebody help us!" "We're on fire!" "Are you okay?" "Can you stand?" "No, I can't." "Johnny, get away from the edge!" "But Marcia's down there." "I don't care." "Get over here now!" "Listen to me." "Get over here!" "Look, Annie, look!" "Charlie!" " I got you." " Help!" "Don't look down." "Annie, don't let go!" "Annie, I'm slipping." "Hold on, Johnny." "Please, somebody help me!" "I got you." "I got you." "I got you." "I love you." "Help!" " Charlie?" " Help!" "Get help!" "Charlie." "Throw me a rope." "Get a rope!" "Dad, we got to do something." "Oh, no." "Oh, no!" "Charlie, look out." "Hey..." "I hope you'll let me down easier than that." "Outer space all right." "No doubt about it." "We can prove it." " We could've proved it except..." " It was all burnt up in there." "Documented proof." "All my papers." "Actual physical evidence..." "gone." " Hi." " Hi." "Oh." "I'll be over there, okay?" " How are you?" " I'm fine." "So... how 'bout getting together sometime, and doing something normal?" " Normal like a movie?" " Yeah." "Charlie!" "Don't go." "Listen, partner, how's that crystal doing?" "Yeah." "See?" "There's no more problem." " You don't need me anymore." " Johnny." "Come here a minute." "Bye, Charlie." "Bye, John." "Are you leaving today, Daddy?" "I think I finally got the message you guys want me to stay close to home." "My uniform's all burnt up, so I think the railroad can get along without me." "Dad, can we survive?" "Well, we've just been talking about that." "I think I'll check out those jobs down at the phone company." "And between the Menges and us, we'll work something out." " Excuse me." " Yeah." " I'm Josh's mother." " How do you do?" "Josh has told me about all you've done for him." "And my husband... my late husband, he owes you people quite a bit of money." " He does?" " It's called a relocation fee." "And I think with that, you'd be able to stay in a hotel until we get the place rebuilt." " That is, if you'd be interested." " We're interested." "And thank you." "Why don't we introduce ourselves?" "Johnny, where's your friend from Grover's Bend?" "Charlie?" "He left." "Just like one of those westerns." "No." "No." "All right, you gumballs." "What is that?" "Bounty hunter Charles McFadden, Earth sector... you are in violation." "Violation?" "Wait a second." "I'm just killing Critters here." "That is... there was a confirmed infestation... of Crites." "Charlie." "Is that you in there?" "Charlie, my friend." "Wow." "It's great to see you." "And you as well." "You're looking good." "We just received your bio alert." "Yeah, yeah." "What was that all about?" "Specifically, you are prohibited from terminating any transgalactic lifeform if it means total extinction of the species." "Oh, yeah." "But they're dangerous." "You taught me how dangerous they are." "Aggression factor is irrelevant." "Those two eggs are the last two eggs." "The intergalactic council has dispatched a specimen collection pod." "You are instructed to place the eggs into the receptacle in the pod." "The council is sending a pod here?" "Come on, Ug..." "Good luck, Charlie, my friend." "Yeah, but Ug..." "Wait a second." "What am I supposed to..." "All right, you gumballs." "Stay right there." "Ain't never done that before." "Attention." "Hear this..." "you are about to violate" "Intergalactic Bio-preservation laws." "Bounty hunter 0601127," "Earth sector." "You are in violation of Mandate E102." "Violation?" "Charlie." "Ug?" "Is that you in there?" "Charlie, my friend." "Wow." " Wow." "It's great to see you." " And you as well." "You're looking good." "We just received your bio-alert." "Yeah, yeah." "What was that all about?" "You are in violation of Zoological Mandate E102," "Clause 14, Paragraph 5, Items 6 and 7." "Huh?" "Specifically, you are prohibited from terminating any transgalactic lifeform if it means total extinction of the species." "Oh, yeah." "But they're dangerous." "You taught me how dangerous they are." "Aggression factor is irrelevant." "Those two eggs are the last two eggs." "The Intergalactic Council has dispatched a specimen collection pod." "You are instructed to place the eggs into the receptacle in the pod." "The council is sending a pod here?" "Come on, Ug..." "Good luck, Charlie, my friend." "Yeah, but Ug..." "Wait a second." "What am I supposed..." "Ug!" "Ug." "All right, put these in over here." "Specimen Retrieval Unit empty." "Hey!" "Hey, wait a second!" "Wait a minute!" "Off, please." "Oh, no!" "Not again!" "Hey!" "I don't want to go nowhere!" "Ethan!" "Move it." "Get your ass on deck." "I'm sorry, Captain..." "I can't hear you." "20 more days." "Sublight shuttle and Earth." "See you soon, Dad." "God damn it, Bernie, keep us out of that stuff." "I'm not the pilot, Rick." " Fran!" " I'm on it." "Al Bert... where's your so-called apprentice?" "Looks like 12 degrees to make about 35 burn." "Roger." "I got it." "Give it to me in five." "Ethan, I know you are there." "On deck." "Pronto." "Acknowledge." "I'm on my way." "Looks like a live one." "Is it hollow?" "No can say." "What's it doing out here?" "Looks beat up." "Trajectory's pretty weird." "It weighs about a ton and a half." "It could be a space probe." "Or an escape pod." "Whatever it is, it's a ton and a half more beer money than we got now, so... do we do, or do we don't?" "Yeah." "Bernie, go down to the bay and let's see if we can put a thrag on this." "Shit." "It won't scan." "I can't tell you what's inside." "Okay." "Where are you going?" "Well, sir... if you simply must possess this thing, then I must go downstairs and make sure that the gravity panels still drag in a ton and a half." " Okay?" " Just... make it so." "Aye, aye, Captain." " Hey!" " Huh?" "Number one..." "you're late." "Number two... who told you you could wear those?" " You did." " I did?" "Yeah." "Well, your lease is up." "I guess Rick's had a little too much coffee again?" "Rick has got a bug up his butt." "See." "He's gone and discovered himself... a magnetic space anomaly." "And he's gotten stiff in the jock." "And you, my friend... must learn to at least pretend a bit of servitude." "Just like you?" "It's life in space, kiddo." "Catch you in five." "Aye, aye." "Tractor power up." "Online in five." "Roger that." "Two kilos and closing." "1500." "Tell Bernie to get ready to lock, Captain." "Oh, there you are." "Can't you hear the bridge in your stateroom?" "Rick!" "Tractor power's reading 90 on the line." " Better get ready, folks." " Got it." "Pull out when I say, and not before." "Better grab it fast." "She's going." "I don't know if she's got the guts, Rick, but she's all yours." "Give me two more degrees." "Come on, Bernie!" "Lateral!" "Lateral!" "Spin it around if you have to." "Just don't give me any new dents." "Clamps are out, but they look sluggish." "Al Bert." "The clamps are freezing up." "I got the de-icer boots working, sir." "Thank you..." "Ethan, the engineer." "Bernie..." "Dropping." "59, she's steady." "All right." "We've got it." "Okay, boys and girls." "Let's reel it in and see what we won." "Okay, it's hollow." "Agnometer reading 35, 40, 55." "Jeez, it's real cold inside." "About 10, 12 degrees." "Could you ask Bernie to go back a little?" "You can ask him to go back, Ethan." "There's nothing there." "It's just a corrosion swirl." " Bernie, acknowledge." " Is that you, Ethan?" "Yeah, Bernie, this is me." "Could you move the camera back manually?" "A little slower." "More." "More." "A bit more." "Stop." "It's rust." "Magnify times four, please." "Now it's great big rust." "Bernie... aim a blower at that section there." "Anything for you, Madame Pilot." "Look, right there." "You see?" "It's a factory stamp." "Foundry marking." "No, it isn't." "It's the old Intergalactic Council stamp." " Before they dissolved?" " Yeah, the old logo." "Aw, come on." "Who cares?" "If it belongs to somebody else, then it's not salvage." "We got to report it, S.O.P., Captain." "We still get paid." "Okay." "I'll log it." "I don't want another stolen property rap up my ass again." "Bernie, get yourself up here." "Well, somebody must own the thing." "Al Bert, talk to me." "Ahhh..." "Nothing on any of the registration channels." "It's not been listed missing with central in the last 15 years." "Hold on." "I think I've got something." "ID transmit incoming." "Standby." "Terracor." "Third quarter profits, 403 trillion new bucks." "Huh, what do they want?" "Ahoy, RSS Tesla." "Do I have the honor of speaking to Captain Richard Butrum?" " Right here." " It's a pleasure, Captain." "I am Counselor Tetra." " Of Terracor." " Correct." "And on behalf of Terracor, may I be the first to congratulate you and your crew for locating something we lost a long time ago?" " And frankly, thought we'd never retrieve." "We are very grateful." "Give me a break." "Just how grateful might Terracor be?" "Captain, permit me to put your mind at ease." "Your location is just three days from one of our stations." "I am well aware of the profit margin of an operation such as yours." "So we are prepared to offer you triple the rate in straight salvage, in cash at our station." "Well, Counselor, you do understand that I need to establish the chain of title from the Intergalactic Council to Terracor." "So, I suggest we get back in touch when we arrive at Orion Colony." "Counselor, could you hold for a moment?" "We're getting some breakup on this end." "Certainly." "Take it!" "Don't fool with these guys." "This isn't one of your schemes, all right?" "We're involved in this, too." "I'm not real fond of the idea of messing Terracor over either, Captain." " The offer is fair, Rick." " The offer is shit!" "It's got to be worth at least 10 times that much if we unload it at Orion Colony." "We got a gold mine here." "I can smell it." "I can sure smell something." "I..." "I agree with Rick." " What?" "!" " What's that?" "I mean, the captain." "No way, Rick." "She's right." "Bernie?" "I think we should do what she says." "Counselor." "There you are." "Your transmit is quite clean now." "You do understand, we'll need the coordinates for your station." "Already taken care of." "Hope to see you soon, Captain." "And, Captain... ensure that no one on your crew makes any attempt to breach the pod, or interfere with it in any way." "What's your problem?" "Three days off course." "That's going to set us back at least a week." " Maybe more." " So what?" "You got a date or something?" "Well, then prepare for course correction." "Are we there yet?" "!" ""Why, I'm here with Terracor." "You know Counselor Tetra, of course." "Close family friend."" ""Yes, I'm the man who found the pod." "Actually, I first laid hands on it."" "God." "You're perfect." "Welcome, RSS Tesla, to Terracor Station 44." "You may call me Angela." "Please complete decontamination procedures before disembarking." "I don't know about you, but she's the first one I want to meet." "Then proceed to lock number 42." "Welcome, gentlemen." "Gentlemen, problem." "Ugh, this place smells like a wet sock." "Blowers are working, filters just haven't been changed." "Ethan, check the main scrubbers, will you?" " Rick." " Aye, aye." "I don't think there's anybody here." "Nobody alive at least." "Computer." "Hey, what was that chick's name?" "Angela." "Angela!" "Where's the staff?" "Our staff is available on a 24-hour basis" " to serve your every need..." " Cancel." "Give me current status of this station's life support systems." "Atmosphere fabrication functioning at 60%..." "Bernie, Ethan, get back to the ship." "I want masks, backup air and power packs for everyone." "And, Bernie... bring me the gun." "...Have a good day and enjoy your stay with us." "Angela?" "Has Terracor been notified about the condition of this station?" "Terracor Interplanetary was founded by Maximillian..." "Cancel." "Rick." "The computer's screwed up." " I beg your pardon?" " Never mind, Angela." "I love you." "Why, that's very kind of you." "I wonder what hit this place?" "Place wasn't attacked, it was abandoned." "Okay." "Okay." "We got 85% power." "Two levels functioning." "No breaks in the seals." "No integrity breaches." "Levels... five through seven are on automatic shutdown to conserve power." "And so are levels nine through 12." "I got... air conditioning, but I can't do anything about ambient temperature." "Water tanks are down by one half." "I got... a pharmacy on level four." "And executive suites are on this level... and we can get to them." "Sporadic audio, some video." "Central logic is 50%." "Nearly Neanderthal." "I guess Angela ain't going to college." "And the station is drifting at about one half a degree a month." "Nice of Terracor to tell us the station was decomm." "What?" "Hello?" "!" "Nuclear core is reading just shy of the red." "Nearly to alert." "Radiation?" "Negative." "It looks more like natural decay." "I'd give her about a month before we all glow in the dark." "Don't kid about shit like that." "Just show me where the pharmacy is." "What's the matter?" "Feeling a little bit under the weather there?" "Angela." "Tell me which way to the wet showers." "Showers are available..." "Check it out." "Out!" "This is for big boys." "Come here." "You mind your own goddamn business." "Asshole." "Eh..." "Captain Asshole." "Caution." "A maverick energy discharge has been monitored in cargo bay two." "The station just cut a fart." "Angela, give me a deck by deck scan, and read off all individuals not currently in main control." "I do not recognize your voice pattern as one with security clearance..." "Great, be a shitty TL54!" "Don't cooperate!" "Angela... give me security clearance to all levels, please." "I cannot conform to your request as I do not recognize your voice pattern as one with security clearance." "Angela, do not..." "I repeat, do not give me security clearance to all levels." "You have security clearance on all levels." " Yes!" " What information do you require?" "Exactly... like my ex-wife." "Anything I say, she does the opposite." "Come on, open up, you bitch!" "I have registered another maverick energy discharge in cargo bay two." "It must be one of them subsection power lines shorting out in the condensation." "Go down to the cargo bay, split it off and dump it in one of those dead grids, would you?" "Aye, aye." "Down, please." "Down is a relative direction in space." "Do you require a specific deck or area?" "Take me to the Tesla." "Please state the registry number of the Tesla now." "RSS Tesla, registry..." "Shit." "Um..." "Take me to the ship that most recently docked here." "This is an elevator, not a dock." "Please state your destination." "All right." "Take me to the visiting ship dock." "Ship's doctors will be found on deck four," " corridors 11 and..." " Cancel!" "Take me to the loading dock." "Do you require B level service docks..." "Come on, Angela." "...the B113 docks, sublevels four through eight," " for oversized shipments or..." " I can't get out of here, can I?" "Please state your destination now." "No, don't be on fire!" "Jeez." "Rick?" "What are you doing?" "What happened to "Captain..."" " squirt?" " What is your problem with me?" "Problem?" "What's my problem?" "I'll tell you what my problem is." " Rick." " Sit down!" "We all had a chance back there." "All of us!" "But they... those people, they've screwed it up." " W-wh..." " Shut up." "Damn it." "See, I understand you better than you think." "You're young." "You figure you've got lots of chances." "Right." "Let me tell you something... there will come a time when those chances run out." "And then where are you?" "Huh?" "Ethan... what do you say to getting out of here... right now?" "What about the others?" "Well... on the other hand..." "I think I've come up with a solution to your little problem." "What problem?" "See?" "It's all fixed." "Hang around awhile, kiddo." "I'll be gone soon enough." "Hey, hey, hey!" "Hands off me!" "Wow, thanks." "I almost got locked..." "Ohh..." "I'm in space, aren't I?" "Are you it?" "Just you?" "Better be something other than you in there." "Don't move." "Stay right there." "Holy cow." "Hmm?" "The eggs." "Attention, third notice." "I'm registering another maverick energy discharge." "Angela, do not," "I repeat do not characterize the discharge." "The energy discharge is conformed to a Type Two Rendel Pickman Beam Blaster." "That's Rick's big macho gun." "He's going for the pod." "Thatjerk's trying to rip off the pod." "Ethan." "I sent Ethan down there." "Let's go." "Who are you?" "Bernie." "Bernie!" "Bernie!" "Cut that out and come with us." " What's the matter?" " Rick!" "Cargo bay." "Seems our fearless leader has some plans for Terracor's long-lost pod." "You mean steal it?" "Steal what's inside?" "Yup, leave up here counting R.E.M. s as we glow in the dark." "Scum bag." "Are you sure?" "Just what did you do to him?" "Me?" "Nothing." "That was the Critters." "I'm a bounty hunter, and I got a mission." "Just tell me who you are." "God, are you from the station?" "Wait, wait, what are you talking about?" "A bounty hunter?" "Look, are you from the station or part of the security team or something?" "How far from Earth are we?" "Are you from Earth?" "Of course I'm from Earth." "Where are you from?" "Well, I'm sorry, I've never..." "My father's there." "I think." "Hold it." "You've never been to Earth?" "No, I'm..." " Wait a minute." " What?" "You an alien?" "No, do I look like one?" "Never mind." "Here, hold this." " What are we doing?" " Shh!" "I got a job to do." "What happened?" "Oh no." "Where's Ethan?" "Ethan!" "Ethan!" "Not so fast." "Would you give me a break?" "What do these things look like?" " What do they look like?" " Yeah." "You ever see a piranha?" "It's a fish, right?" "That's right." "They look nothing like a piranha." "But they're hungry like a piranha." "Whoa!" "Now watch these ducts." "They love ducts." "Ahh!" ""Dr. McCormick."" "You know..." "I don't even know your name." "Um..." "Charlie." "I'm Ethan." "Nice to meet you." "What do you think of the coat here?" "You..." "Charlie?" " Hey, look at this." " Shh." "They're close." "Where are we?" "Yeah." "We used to collect specimens like these." "Where?" "Oh..." "Hello?" "Fran?" "You are engaging in unauthorized communication." "This is a restricted access facility." "Who is that?" "Somebody I'm starting to hate." "A lot." "You know, Char..." "Char..." "Charlie?" "Charlie, where are you?" "Charlie?" "Charlie, where..." " Hey!" " Oh!" "I could use some help up here." " In there?" " Yeah." "No way." "I'm not going in there." "Well, suit yourself." "Shit!" "Charlie!" "Charlie!" "Charlie?" "Charlie, where are you?" "What?" "What?" "Ahh!" "No, Charlie." "It's okay." "It's dead." "Attention, refuse tube A442 is now filled to capacity and ready for jettison sequence." "Jettison sequence?" "What's that?" " Charlie, Charlie..." " Relax." "I think this this is getting ready to throw us out into space." " Just relax." " Angela!" "Angela, don't complete the jettison cycle." "I'm not sequenced to respond to the requests or demands of waste material." " We're not waste material!" " If you are not waste material, you would not be inside the refuse tube." "Jettison sequence will begin in 20 seconds." "Help!" "Help!" "Wait, wait." "Look." "Okay, I see it." " Lift me up." " Get on my shoulders." "Up you go." "Get it open." "Get it open." "15 seconds to full jettison." "Hurry up." "Go!" " I can't get it, Charlie." " Yes you can, go!" " Go!" "Hurry!" " It won't open." "Jettison in 10 Seconds." "Nine seconds." " Eight seconds." " Wait a second." " Seven seconds." " Angela!" "Angela, jettison us now." "That's an order." "Do it now." "I don't think that's a good idea." "I am not sequenced to respond to the demands of waste material." "Good idea." "All right." " No!" " Go!" "Full jettison in 10 seconds." "Nine seconds." "Got it." "I got it." " Go." " Seven seconds." "Six seconds." " Five seconds." " Come on." " Four seconds." " Charlie, grab my hand." "Three seconds." "Two..." "What was it, Rick?" "Where'd you hide it?" "You were trouble then and you're trouble now." "Bernie!" "Let me out of here!" "Come on." " Ethan?" " Yeah, open the grate." "Come on, man, open it." "What the hell are you doing in there, you idiot?" "Just open the grate." "Who the hell are you?" "I didn't kill anybody." " Bullshit." " Bernie!" "Cool it." "All right, Charlie." "How did you get into the pod?" "When I put the eggs in." "Then I passed out." "I woke up here." "Here, Charlie." "Is this from Earth?" "Yeah, it's a driver's license." "See, Grover's Bend." "Were else would it be from?" "But, um..." "Charlie, it says you expired." "No." "It's next year." "No, Charlie." "This is like 53 years ago." "No, that's 1993." "That's next year." "Charlie, you've been floating around in that pod for over half a century." "Charlie, we're nowhere near Earth." "Nowhere..." "No." "53..." "Well, uh... that means... everybody I know is..." "They're dead." "They're toast." "They're history." "Oh." "Okay." "Just..." "Yeah, well..." "I can live with that." "He's telling the truth, Bernie." "Sure." "Eggs from Earth?" "Killer furballs?" "Ethan, it is a little hard to believe." "Good morning, Dr. McCormick." "It's good to hear from you again." "Al Bert, I found this in the lab I told you about." "You know, before we got garbaged." "Let me see that." "Move over." "Log retrieval confirmed." "A number of experiments have been concluded since last week." "Of the hybrids, the most successful so far has been the syphalloids." "It is proved the most resistant in nearly every test scenario and has a very high aggression factor." "Our forced maturity tests with the metabolic accelerator have proven most successful." "What is that?" "However, so far we have not been able to make it self-reproducing." "Projections demonstrate that a planetary drop of 1,000 syphalloids could efficiently eliminate all other lifeforms..." "Holy and clear a target property in as little as two months, if we can develop the means to make them replicate." "Therefore, as all the other artificials tend to deconstruct after a few days," "I recommend the continuation of funding in order to locate a naturally existing self-replicating predator species until, and unless the syphalloids prove more viable." "End of log report dated 3-11-43." "I don't know what this place is, but I don't think we should be here anymore." "Goddamn corporate sleazebags." " I don't believe this." " Al Bert." "They will be here in a couple more hours." " Take it easy." " So what?" "I vote we get the fuck out of here now." "No, wait a minute." "Where's Bernie?" "God, let it work." "We got all of the flavors." "Is that him?" " Bernie?" " Shit!" "Oh, man." "What!" "?" "You know... those man-eating hairballs that you do not believe in?" "Yeah, what about them?" "I am reading two lifeforms on your level" " that could be them." " Where?" "I don't know." "but I do know that they are real close." "And Bernie, I think that you should get up here, and I do mean now." "All right." "In a minute, in a minute." "Bernie, do you copy?" "Get back up here double quick." "Bernie, do you copy?" "Bernie?" "Bernie!" "?" " It's them." " Bernie, damn it!" "What's happening?" "Hold it." "Hold it, wait a second." " Come on." "Quick." " Hold it!" "Now, they'll come at your face... and at your throat." "Keep this up in front of you." "Come on." "Attention, Chief Engineer Davis, please report to central evaluation." "I am m-m-monitoring..." "Oh shit." "Chief Davis to central evaluation." "Bernie?" "See if he's still breathing." "Look." "They're still wet." "Charlie?" "That's not normal." "No shit, Sherlock." "No, I mean they don't usually turn from a fight." "Or a meal." "I'm leaving." "You folks want to stay that's fine with me." "But I am definitely out of here and let Terracor pick up their own pieces." "Attention, code seven." "Chief Engineer Davis to central evaluation." "All personnel, please return to your duty stations." " Whoa, hold it." " No, that way." "No, I think it's this way." "Levels five through 11 are being sealed due to a code nine emergency." "I thought you said there was no radiation danger." "Well, Fran, maybe the nuclear core just changed its mind." "Hey..." "For your safety and comfort, please return to your stations." "There is a radiation hazard on decks six through nine." "Please return to your duty stations." "For your safety and comfort, please return to your stations." " Go!" " This is a code nine." "Please return to your stations." "Okay, come on." " Go." " Go." " Go." " Get your ass down there!" " What are these?" " Those are eggs." "They've been busy." "Fran, come on." "We got to get out of here now." "Cut it out, Fran." "Hey, they take six months to incubate." "Fran!" "Let's get out of here." "Charlie!" "Come on." "Please return to your stations." "This is not a drill." "Levels five through 11 are now sealed." "We're here." " What?" " We're here." "Al Bert, we just can'tjump." "We got to unlock." "Ethan, engineering." " Fran..." " I got it." " Charlie!" " Yeah." "Okay, with me." "This... is a genuine antique Colt.45." "Used to be the most powerful handgun on Earth." "Charlie, it's all we've got." "We're a salvage operation." "Do you actually know how to shoot one of these things?" "Well..." "I'm a.38 Special man myself." "You do have bullets for it?" "I've always wondered if one of these things would actually fire." "I'm used to getting a dud now and again." " Move." " This tin can's gonna move like it's never done before." " Watch out, Charlie." " Main thrusters in line." "25 mark." "25 is set." "Nav-con is on hold." " Get it yet, Fran?" " Nearly ready." "Did you do that?" "Of course not." "I'm fast, but not that fast." " Ethan!" " Yeah, what?" " Did you..." " What?" "Never mind." "No!" "Please, Charlie." "Charlie!" "Please tell me he is not shooting a gun in here." "I got him." "I got him good." "I got him." "Hey, I got him!" "Oh, got him good!" "Aww." "No." "Congratulations, Charlie, you have just murdered the ship." "But I got him." "Can't we just, you know, go to the next dock over?" "Get another ship?" "No, this is our ship." "It's the only ship, you idiot!" "Holy shit." "O-okay." "I can live with that." "But I got him." "But I see what you're saying about it being the only ship." "'Kay." "Rick and Bernie are dead." "For all I know we may have been infected by some alien goddamn germ." "So unless anyone else has another suggestion," "I propose that we just hole up here and wait for them to come rescue us." "They will be here any minute." "Yeah." "If we don't blow up first." "Thanks, Charlie." "So much for Earth." "Nope, there." "The one with the wires." "Okay." "No." "Come on, Charlie." "God damn it." "This thing is fried." "It's gone." "Where the hell does he think he's going?" "What are you doing?" "You get your ass back here!" "Hey!" "I've got something to take care of." "We need you back in here." "Look, there's one left." "I'm going to go take care of it." " Leave it be!" " You're not my father!" "Al Bert." " What, what, what?" " Company." "All right!" "Come on, Charlie, let's go, let's go." "Docking completed." "Welcome Terracor ship to Terracor Station 44." " You may call me Angela." " Hey, hold it, hold it." "Please complete decontamination procedures before disembarking." "You are the crew of the RSS Tesla?" "Yeah." "What's left of it." "Ug?" " Is that you?" " No further." "Ug..." "it's me, it's Charlie." "Who is this guy?" "He's my friend." "I mean, he was my friend." "He is." "Where are the eggs?" "Look here," "I don't know who you think you are or what your game is..." "Hey!" "What the hell do you think you're doing coming in here with your goddamn stormtroopers?" "!" "Get the guns out of my face." "You do not pull that stuff on us, get it?" "!" "What's your problem?" "You overstep your bounds." "Where are the Crite specimens?" "Ug, what...?" "Don't!" "Don't tell him anything, Charlie." "It's not worth it." "Someone must cooperate." "You will die next." "Screw... you." "You three start on this level, then search deck eight." "Report to me when you've found the eggs." "I guess you got a promotion, huh?" "Things change, Charlie." "Things change." "Recon formation, guys." "Stay hot." "Angela, do not, repeat, do not close and secure door number 16 on level four." "Yes!" "Pulsars on nine." "Stay close." "This way." "Angela, do not close door number 21 on level four." "Angela, emergency drill." "Do not comply." "We're being handled, sir." "I know, the computer's doing it." "Angela, emergency drill." "Do not close and secure door number 26 on level four." "Deck four, sir." "We're at the lab." "We had a reading here." "47, guys." "Oh!" "They're blast doors, sir!" "Okay, close up." "Look sharp." "Yes!" "Get him... aaah!" "Get him, get him!" "Where are they?" "!" "Attention." "The nuclear core has become unstable." "There is a danger of critical mass in 10... 10 minutes." "Huh?" "Commencing countdown." "Please evacuate all..." "You hear that?" "We're gonna die in 10 minutes!" "Ug, listen to me." "You're being pigheaded." "The Critters are probably all the way to Earth by now." "Ug?" "Then your time has run out." " Oh wow." " Hey, did I hear you wanted these?" "Oh God." "Well, keep your eyes on 'em." "These are the last ones, see?" "Your guards, they uh... they kinda screwed up." "Ohhh." "Don't worry, I'm real good at this." "Sometimes..." "I just..." "I can't quite seem to... get it right." " Oww." " Are you okay?" "Yeah." "Come on, let's get out of here." "Wait a minute, can you fly this ship?" "It's probably 90% automated." " Does that mean yes?" " It means, Ethan, in that ship we can probably make it to Earth in two months or less." "Right." "Come on, Charlie." "Let's go." "I'll be right there!" "Ethan, come on, let's get out of here!" "Oh God." "Chill out... asshole." "You're not going anywhere." "That's a nice antique, Charlie." "Does it work?" "You bet." "Now let him go, Ug." "You can't do it, Charlie." "You never could." "Things change, Ug." "Things change." "So do people." "Attention, attention." "Hear this... the nuclear core will cause the station to vaporize in three and a half minutes." " Can we get out of here now?" " Let's go!" "For your listening pleasure, I have selected a music track with a running time of three minutes." "Hustle, guys." "Come on!" "Oh man." " How the hell does this thing work?" " Here, Charlie." " Strap in." " 'Kay." "I hope..." "Oh whoa." "10 seconds to detonation." "Have a good day." " Nine seconds." "Eight..." " Angela, you are the stupidest machine ever built." "Thank you, but I am not able to accept compliments from waste material." "Five seconds." "Four..." "Ha!" "Figures." "She couldn't tell time either." "You okay?" "Hell no." "We're on autopilot... which is how I like to be." "On course for Earth, guys." "Better check this baby out." "Can I help?" "Yeah." " Charlie..." " Yeah?" "...now don't you touch anything." " No." "Captain Charles McFadden." "Whoa!"