Alien: Resurrection Page #18

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ANGLE:
THE ATJRIGA

Speeding toward the earth. The Betty SHOOTS out the airlock and nearly

smashes into the bottom of the ship as it passes, like trash thrown out

of a speeding car.

INT. BETTY

The Akiriga passes, huge above them

VRIESS:

Look out!

CALL:

I am!

EXT. THE BETTY

The ship swerves as Call expertly avoids the Auriga -- and see Ripley

and the newborn on top, still fighting for purchase

The Betty gets clear, leveling out --

The Auriga still heads straight for earth, as the terrain below becomes

clear -

- deserted, snow covered mountains

ANGLE:
RIPLEY

Hanging on

ANGLE:
CALL

Fighting to control the Betty

ANGLE:
INSIDE THE AURIGA

Deserted halls, passageways bodies, and,aliens milling here and there

CALL\SHIP

Collision in six seconds ... five... four...

(softly)

Here we go...

ANGLE:
THE ATJRIGA

SMASHES INTO THE GROUND, a deafening exposion eating the massive ship

in seconds, utter cacophony.

ANGLE:
THE BETTY

Flying away, the thundering firestorm behind it.

ANGLE:
CALL

An instrument panel suddenly SPARKS beside her warning lights flash,

the ship shaking as if under massive turbulence

CALL:

Johner! Fire!

VRIESS:

Vector control's f***ed! we gotta put down!

CALL:

Find me a path!

Johner sprays foam on the fire. There is a loud BANGING heard far

overhead.

What the f*** is that?

ANGLE:
RIPLEY

is slamming her fist on the hatch doors, hanging on with her other arm.

The ship continues to tremble and buck -- she's nearly thrown off.

RIPLEY:

Godamnit!

She looks around at the alien. It's almost on her.

Working its way painfully toward her, gripping with its legs and

tendrils. Hissing.

It slams a tentacle down at Ripley, but she rolls, just holding on

ANGLE:
JOHNER

Above the cockpit, looking at a fuzzy external monitor.

JOHNER:

It's Ripley! Ripley's on the f***ing hatch!

In the cockpit, Call nearly goes white.

CALL:

Let her in!

JOHNER:

F*** no! There's something else out there with her!

VRIESS:

One of them.

Johner looks at the image, realizes how masive the newborn is.

Awed fear creeps into his voice:

JOHNER:

No. it's something else.

Frustrated, Call jumps out of her seat.. Vriess fights to control the

ship as she climbs up toward the hatch.

VRIESS:

Goddamnit, Call!

Johner grabs her, practically throws her at the monitor.

JOHNER:

Look at that f***ing thing! We can't open up!

They both tumble as the ship jerks

ANGLE:
RIPLEY

Is bucked OFF THE SHIP

before she grabs the newborn's tentacle, holds on to it --

The newborn SMASHES it against he ship, trying to shake her again -

- she grabs an external grate and starts climbing painfully away.

ANGLE:
CALL

Pushes Johner aside as she makes for the hatch release sequence.

ANGLE:
VRIESS.

Desperately pulling up as wooded, snowy mountains zoom dangerously

close below.

ANGLE:
THE ALIEN

Turns as the HATCH OPENS nearby, the door sliding slowly beast is torn

between Ripley and this new distraction --

Ripley sees it too, starts climbing for it frantically, one on the

newborn.

The beast makes for the doorway -- and CALL POPS HALFWAY OUT pointing a

GRENADE LAUNCHER at the thing.. She BLASTS it once, the beast roaring

and starting back, hurt but not nearly enough. Call fires again but

the ships rocking sends the shot wild.

she flies back for all of a second

The beast rears to attack but Ripley is at the hatch -- Call drags her

in and closes the hatch, the beast just SLAMMING in it as it closes.

INT. THE BETTY

Ripley is hanging on Call, exhausted.

Another BANG on the hatch, and they can see the door starting to give.

VRIESS:

Call! NOW!

Call and Ripley head into the cockpit.Johner continues looking at the

vidscreen at the beast.

VRIESS:

We can't to do a vertical setdown! Braking systems are shot!

CALL:

Find me a patch of land! I'll put her down.

Call jumps back into the pilot's seat by Vriess. He pulls up hard on

the wheel, but the ship is still dangerously close to the ground.

JOHNER:

That thing isn't going anywhere!

VRIESS:

Johner, strap in! We're coming down hard!

ANGLE:
-BETTY Approaches the rough, wooded terrain, just above the

trees. Hits a relatively clear patch, touches down -- bounces back up

and then down again

ANGLE:
CALL

Fighting the wheel -- she can't pull it up hard enough.

ANGLE:
THE BETTY

The ship blasts through trees. The newborn moves to the back of the

ship to avoid debris.

JOHNER:

That things gone back behind the thrusters!

Call and Ripley look at each other.

RIPLEY:

Hit it.

Call throws on the thrusters, the ship ROCKETS forward ANGLE: THE

NEWBOM:

Engulfed in flame, losing its grip --

THE BETTY:

Going too fast -- Call can't control it

VRIESS:

Kill thrust! Now!

Call does.

ANGLE:
THE BETTY

Skids, skids, throwing up enormous debris. It hits another wooded area

RIPLEY:

is thrown bodily into the windshield --

THE BETTY:

mows down a half acre of trees before finally grinding to a halt.

As soon as they've recovered, Call throws off her seatbelt.

CALL Is everbody all right-?

JOHNER:

Where're you going?

Call opens the hatch.

CALL:

To make sure that thing is really dead

Its giant face LUNGES down at her, piston tongue shooting out.

It has charred black skin -- in some places that skin has fallen off

and wet pink flesh shows through.

Call drops to the floor, the tongue just missing her. Johner scrambles

for his gun as

Ripley drags her out of the way.

AS quickly as it came, the head lurches back out.

JOHNER:

I think it's gone!

VRIESS:

No, it's waiting for us to come out!

Can we fly?

VRIESS:

We can't f***ing crawl!

RIPLEY:

It's gone.

Call looks at her.

CALL:

Are you sure?

JOHNER:

Good! Great!

CALL:

No...

Call grabs a grenade launcher.

CALL:

I've got to stop it.

VRIESS:

Call

CALL:

That thing is thirty minutes old! In a few hours it'll grow up. If it

reaches a place with people...

She heads for the door but Ripley is on her way. They exchange a look.

RIPLEY:

You'll never catch it.

Call tosses her the grenade launcher.

CUT TO:
EXT. BETTY - MOMENTS LATER

The ship sits silent in the woods, the trees around heavy with snow.

Ripley comes out the top. She looks around her, sees the tracks in the

snow.

Huge, loping. She jumps.down off the ship.

And runs.

Through the blur of trees, she moves with the grace and speed of an

animal, leaping from boulders, racing through the powdered brush this

is Ripley at peak speed, and it is something to see.

She starts going up, the way getting steeper and rockier, til she

reaches a cliff face, and looks out on:

A CITY.

Sprawling, huge, a million tiny lights cutting through the darknes it's

just before the horizon.

The newborn RISES in front of Ripley, STRIKES her before she has a

chance to aim her weapon.

Its tentacle cuts deeply into her, sends her flying.

The beast is on her in a second, its enormous jaws missing her head by

an inch as she rolls, grabs the grenade launcher, FIRE

The beast is thrown, but just grazed, back on her as she tries to get

off another shot, it SLAMS a foot down RIGHT ON HER she SCREAMS, the

launcher rolls free, the beast coming in for the kill and over the

ridge FLIES THE HARVESTER, Call at the controls. aiming right for the

newborn.

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