Alien: Resurrection Page #17

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Purvis is a man possessed. He grabs Wren's gunhand and SMAS it against

an instrument panel, bone cracking audibly as wren drops the gun.

Purvis jerks. Blood blooms in his chest.

Everybody stops, mesmerized. wren drops to his knees, going for the

gun, and Purvis grabs him from behind, pulls him so that the back of

Wren's head is against his chest.

Purvis jerks again. It takes Wren a moment to understand what's

happening.

They both scream.

Then alien BURSTS out of Purvis's chest, STRAIGHT INTO WRENS SKULL.

Everyone else is still frozen. Then the little critter bursts out of

Wrens face, flying straight at Vriess. CUT TO: INT. WASTE TANK 5 -

CONTINUOUS:

Ripley TEARS one of her arms free as the newborn feeds beside her.

Gediman is already a shell.

Having drained the scientist, it leaps blindingly fast onto the

ceiling. Looks around.

Targets Ripley.

It has no eyes, but she can feel them on her anyway. She rips at her

bonds with a terrible effort -- the newborn LEAPS at her and she PULLS

FREE with a scream, PLUNGING the thirty feet to the pool as the alien

flies over her, missing, landing on the far wall instead.

Ripley disappears beneath the surface of the water.

The newborn turns its head, trying to locate its lost prey. other

aliens scutter closer to the pool.

Ripley stands up out of the pool, covered in blood, HOISTING THE

SOLDIERIS GUN.

Killshriek rising from her throat as she FIRES, taking out a host of

aliens in a single sweep, just tagging the newborn as it leaps out of

the way. Aliens jump at her, trying to kill and trying to protect the

newborns, but she blows them out of the air.

It feels pretty good.

A few shots go wild, and punch big holes in the side of the tank.

Light streams in through them. Ripley sees -- and continues firing in

that direction.

She makes a big enough hole that she can run and SMASH through to

INT. BY TANK - CONTINUOUS

rolling and coming up in an instant. She looks around her. exit this

way, but there is a vent above her.

The newborn's head lunges at her, the small hole making it impossible

for the creature to get all the way through. But it wriggles,

pushing...

Ripley jumps up, grabbing a pipe, and KICKS open the vent grate,

throwing herself up the vertical shaft with astonishing ease.

CUT TO:
INT. BETTY - CONTINUOUS---

Vriess is scrambling away, knocking over things to avoid the baby

alien.

Johner SHOOTS at the creature as it speeds-towards Vriess.

CALL:

Don't shoot it! Betty's hull is too thin!

JOHNER:

Look out!

it knocks over cannisters as it speeds across the table and behind some

instruments. VRIESS

Where'd it go?

CALL:

Don't shoot it!

JOHNER:

F*** that!

It LEAPS out of the darkness and heads straight for Call, she stumbles

back, trips -- it comes at her, leaps right at her face, she pulls her

hand back -- and-flicks her wrist The stilletto pops out as the creatu

flies at it, the blade slides right into its mouth, ramming eight

inches through its innards before it pokes out the other end.

Blood spurts on Call, on the floor. The creature wriggles and finally

falls free as the stilletto melts inside it.

JOHNER:

Vriess! Get behind the f***ing wheel!

CUT TO:
INT. VERTICAL AIR SHAFT - CONTINUOUS

Ripley is climbing up the cramped vent with the speed and agility of an

alien.

Unfortunately, so are the aliens, twenty feet below her. Two drones in

front, with the newborn sqeezing close behind.

Ripley grabs a pole and her hand begins to steam, it's so hot. She

cries out, lets go... then looks down. Grabs the pole again and,

ignoring the searing agony, pulls, pulls...

RIPS out of the wall, burning steam GUSHING out below her, slowing down

the aliens.

She continues climbing, then kicks through a grate.

CUT TO:

EXT. SPACE

The Auriga races toward:

EARTH. But not as we've seen it.

The planet is still blue, but almost two thirds of it is obscured by a

giant orbitting latticework of metal, a part shell that rotates sligtly

faster than the planet itself.

The Auriga heads for a section of exposed earth. Not long now.

CUT TO:
INT. ANTE CHAMBER - CONTINUOUS

Ripley drops to the ground and heads for the dock.

CALL/SHIP

Airlock doors closing. Stand clear.

RIPLEY:

No!

She doesn't bother to try the door, she HURLS herself through the

window, landing

INT. DOCKING BAY

in a hail of glass.

She is on the platform that. runs the length of the dock. Betty. is

barely visible past the far end, - sinking into the airlock as the

massive airlock doors. slide slowly shut.

RIPLEY:

NO!!

A SLAM against the metal door behind her tells her the aliens are here.

She picks herself up and RUNS -- and she can run fast.

Speeds across the platform, faster, faster, the Betty sinks of sight as

the airlock doors move closer together, fifteen feet apart, ten...

Ripley reaches the edge of the platform and LEAPS, just hurls herself

off of the platform, sails through the air, thirty, forty feet, and

down, the airlock doors thirty feet below almost closed

She DROPS right through just before they close, falls another fifteen

feet and lands

-- WHAM!! -- on top of-the Auriga, hard, rolls, lies there in extremes

of pain.

CUT TO:

INT. BETTY - CONTINUOUS

The crew look up at the sound.

VRIESS:

Something's on us!

JOHNER:

Forget it!we'll shake it off on descent.

Airlock secure. Outer doors opening... . CUT TO:

INT. AIRLOCK - CONTINUOUS

Ripley tries to pick herself up, is momentarily too wiped. breathes

heavily,

gets to her knees.

ANGLE:
FROM ABOVE-

we see Ripley crawling toward the hatch, and the huge outer airlock

door opening beneath the ship. Blue sky and wind the screen below.

ANGLE:
RIPLEY

Struggling to get to the hatch.

RIPLEY:

God'...

And above her, through a window into the docking bay, we see the

newborn appear.

CUT TO:
INT. BETTY - CONTINUOUS

CALL:

Almost there...

JOHNER:

We got about forty seconds till we kiss the ground!

Go full thrust on the downdraft! We'llget clear!

JOHNER:

It's gonna be f***ing close.

CALL\SHIP

Warning. Procedural interruption. Ship not leveling for vertical

drop. Braking

system nonfunctional. Collision imminent.

JOHNER:

No sh*t.

CALL:

Almost there.

CUT TO:

INT. AIRLOCK - CONTINUOUS

The airlock doors are almost.. completely open. Ripley has reached the

hatch, but cannot get it open. She pounds on it frustration -- and the

newborn SMASHES through the window,

JUMPS DOWN onto the ship.

RIPLEY:

NOO!! NOOO!

CUT TO:

INT. BETRY - CONTINUOUS

CALL:

NOW!!!

Vriess punches it

CUT TO:

INT. AIRLOCK\EXT. SKY CONTINUOUS

and the Betty SHOOTS DOWN out of the airlock -- Ripley and the newborn

just barely hold on, Ripley's body thrown straight up as she grips the

hatch door for dear life.

The newborn has a better grip -- it has more things to grip with but it

too struggles with the sudden drop.

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