Alien Code Page #5

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REBECCA:

There's no proof.

With the military

funding the project,

there's no way

they're walking away

from the most

powerful weapon.

One message is all it took

to scare them into building it.

- The prospect of power.

- Do they know what it does?

REBECCA:

They think they do.

But what it says on the box

isn't what it really does.

- Which is what?

- God, there's no time. Please.

Pack as much as you can.

You gotta get out

before they come.

Please. Go, go.

You etched Beth's name

on the bedpost, didn't you?

I was hoping you'd

figure that out sooner. Hurry.

Hurry!

[]

They're here.

Go. Go.

Find Driskoll.

Make sure you're not followed.

They'll be looking.

Don't use your cell. Use

only cash. Don't leave a trail.

Hurry. You're running

out of time.

The closer we get

to the activation,

the worse the time ripples

will get.

BETH:

What does that mean?

Understand

they're getting stronger

with every passing minute.

They're starting to interact.

Their existence is evolving

beyond just observation.

- Go.

- What about you?

I'll buy you some time. Hurry.

Go. Now. Go!

[SIGHS]

[REBECCA WHIMPERING]

[CAR ENGINE REVVING]

[TIRES SQUEALING]

What do you think

they'll do to her?

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[GAS HISSING]

[GAS CONTINUES HISSING]

[CRICKETS CHIRPING]

[SIGHS]

ALEX:
Must not like

people very much.

[KNOCKS]

MAN:

Yes.

- It's open.

- BETH:
Hello.

Beth, so good to...

To meet you.

I've... I've so enjoyed

our conversations.

And Mr. Jacobs.

Please, come in.

So sorry about

all the clutter,

but you never know

when you might...

[SIGHS]

...need something.

[CLEARS THROAT] I am one of

the original scientists.

One of the original founders

of A.R.I.S.T.

You see,

this recent discovery

wasn't

our first encounter...

with our strange friends.

There was

another satellite.

Found many, many, many

moons ago...

orbiting Earth for,

we believe...

maybe hundreds of years

before we were capable

of retrieving it.

Which was roughly

50 years ago or so.

I'm sorry, you...? You said

there's another satellite?

Yes.

Oh, yes.

Spinning around

our little world

until we advanced

technologically

to the point where

we could retrieve it

and discover

its secrets.

- They were waiting for us.

- [SCOFFS]

In a sense. Come in.

Please, come on in.

So if this

has happened before,

then that means

it can be stopped, right?

Ooh. Ah...

[SIGHS]

Not exactly.

No, this was

a very similar

state of affairs

to what is happening now,

but not quite the same.

We retrieved the satellite.

We... We found, inside,

an encrypted message...

along with blueprints.

- Mm?

- But the purpose was different.

The purpose, I believe,

was to tether themselves to...

[SIGHS]

To our dimension.

An anchor of sorts.

Our dimension.

- You mean...?

- Yes, yes, yes.

[CHUCKLES] Yes. I mean, yes,

inter-dimensional beings.

Yes, that's what

I believe them to be.

It's wonderful, isn't it?

Although I'm not sure

that A.R.I.S.T.

shares

my enthusiasm.

When I tried to communicate

this to them,

they had me discredited,

locked up and...

[CHUCKLES] ...excommunicated

from the scientific community.

They said I was paranoid,

schizophrenic.

Not unlike what you two have

been going through, I'm sure.

I, too, developed a tumor.

A small one, non-fatal,

which I believe

enabled me to... To see them.

But they don't exist

on the same plane

of linear time as we do.

It was challenging to try

to figure out any way in which

I could make

some kind of sense of it,

which I-I'm sure you two

can relate to.

Not to mention, psychiatric

institutions in the '70s were...

Were a bit different

than they are today.

Please, sit.

Sit, sit, please.

So if they... If they

exist on another plane...

then that means their

perception of our reality

would be different.

MILES:
Well, I am quite certain

that they are incapable

of perceiving things

the way we do.

We are so, so primitive.

They are so advanced.

So that means whatever

dimension they're from...

Wouldn't experience time

in linear form.

- Right.

- Yes, well, I believe that,

to them, quite possibly,

time is one moment.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

So... Ha.

So if the, uh...

If the first machine...

[CLEARS THROAT]

...was a tether

then what does

the new machine do?

Ah, well... Ha.

I believe the new

machine will allow them,

for lack of a better word,

access...

to our dimension.

Think of it as if they are

watching a video cassette,

and we are the characters

in that story.

And we can move

from the beginning

through the middle

to the end.

We can only experience things

as such.

The first machine

was the remote,

with which they could

jump around

at any point

and watch the story.

But they couldn't affect us.

They couldn't alter,

they couldn't interact.

But I believe

this new machine...

will enable them to...

Ha.

To reach

right through the screen.

And the closer we get

to the machine's activation,

the stronger we're feeling

its effects.

They're becoming

more present.

The effects of the machine

are rippling

as soon as the machine

is activated.

Time is bleeding backwards.

[CHUCKLES] There's an

overflow of-of effects

moving out to the future

and to the past.

The closer we get

to that moment,

the more concentrated

the ripples are,

the more powerful

they become.

[SIGHS] Yeah, uh, Rebecca

tried to warn us.

Yes, well, things are

getting very strange

at A.R.I.S.T. Yes.

Very strange indeed.

Ha, ha.

Anything in close

proximity is...

Are being affected

dramatically.

People are moving

in slow motion,

looping conversations.

Can you imagine?

I-it's crazy. It's crackers.

We know nothing.

We know nothing.

We can try to reason

the rules of their existence,

but we don't even

understand our own.

My theoretical description

of their existence is just that.

It's a theory. It's just

so we can begin to understand.

But it's probably nowhere near

the actual truth.

Case in point.

When you look at them...

you perceive them as what?

As men, correct?

Yeah. Yeah.

Tall, pale, no features.

Yes, you perceive them

as humanoid

because that is the only way

your brains can process them.

But it's probably nothing

of what they actually look like.

[CHUCKLING] How can we

know what they look like?

We know nothing

of the higher dimensions.

One thing I do know for sure,

they look nothing like men.

You should see the one

in my backyard.

There's one

in your backyard?

MILES:

Oh, yes.

He's been there for,

oh, 30 years.

Hasn't moved one inch.

In the beginning,

I saw him as anthropomorphic.

But the more time passed,

the more my mind had to adjust.

And the more he changed.

He's a loyal friend.

The most loyal friend

I've ever had.

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ALEX:

I don't see anything.

Really?

Well, that's interesting.

What does it

look like?

Indescribable.

Quite terrifying, actually.

Everything about them's

so fascinating.

So mysterious.

Like the encryptions,

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