Alien vs. Predator Page #12

floor, his MOANS growing in volume.

REVNA:

Hold on, it's alright. I'm gonna give

you a shot...

Her fingers tremble as she clumsily examines a tray of surgical instruments.

She finds a pneumatic spray-injector, fully charged with a vial of amber

liquid attached. ACKLAND SCREAMS and fall backwards onto the floor, his

hands clawing at the air. REVNA fumbles with the injector control and gives

him a blast in his upper arm. ACKLAND convulses once then goes still, his

eyes staring fixedly at the ceiling. The Infirmary is deathly quiet once

again.

We hear a gentle CRACKING, like twigs being snapped. REVNA watches in

horrified fascination as a pool of blood spreads swiftly outward across the

floor from below ACKLAND's corpse. REVNA shudders as the body moves a

little, then _is rolled over by something underneath it_.

WHAT SHE SEES. ACKLAND's body slumps forward onto it's front, revealing a

gaping cavity in his back. Bits of spine and ribcage are just visible. A

CHESTBURSTER - the second stage of the ALIEN lifeform - pulls itself clear

and wipes red gunk from it's body with a pair of still-underdeveloped arms.

Around it's head is a distinctive nascent crest. It kicks away from ACKLAND

with a powerful push from it's legs, quickly gaining balance. After a moment

appraising it's new environment, it stalks off behind a table. REVNA thinks

quickly. She leaps forward and THUMPS a large red stud next to the pressure-

door, which promptly RUMBLES closed.

The room is bathed in pools of shadows. Plenty of hiding space for the

creature. REVNA hears breaking glass, making her start. She cautiously

edges over to the Autodoc and looks up into the forest of probe-arms.

There's a wicked looking blade there, the kind used in major surgery. REVNA

reaches up and twists the base; it detaches easily. Now she's armed.

Stooped over, she begins to stalk the CHESTBURSTER...

There's a flurry of movement, and suddenly the hunter becomes the hunted.

The CHESTBURSTER vaults from the table at her with a SHRILL SHRIEK, and

REVNA blindly swings her make-shift knife in defense. We hear a SIZZLE like

frying bacon...

INT. RYUSHI STATION - INFIRMARY CORRIDOR

HIROKO sprints down the corridor and reaches the Infirmary. DILLER, CASSIE,

and a few others are crowded around outside. YORK lays unconscious on one

of the medical trolleys next to the door, making access difficult. Above

them, a hinged flap on the wall lies open revealing a circular mechanism

beneath. BREWSTER scratches at the bulkhead and WHINES. MUFFLED THUMPS

come from within.

HIROKO:

What happened?

DILLER:

York just turned up outside. We're trying

to get him into Infirmary.

HIROKO:

(astonished)

York...

HIROKO leans over to examine him, but a particularly loud CRASH from within

the Infirmary distracts her.

HIROKO (CONT'D)

What's going on?

CASSIE:

The door's sealed from inside. Doc Revna's

in there, and it sounds like Ackland's

going nuts.

HIROKO:

Force the door.

DILLER:

Can't. It's pressure sealed.

GUTTIEREZ races up and hands DILLER a wrench with a shaped tip.

GUTTIEREZ:

Here...

DILLER:

Thanks.

He inserts the end into the open flap and pulls hard, the physical effort

showing on his face. The door grinds open about eight inches...

The bloodied CHESTBURSTER forces itself through the narrow gap, HISSING

vehemently. Yellow fluid wells from a wound in it's crested skull,

dissolving everything it comes into contact with. The small group gathered

around fall back in panic, jarring YORK's trolley and knocking HIROKO to the

floor. BREWSTER BARKS at the CHESTBURSTER, which tenses as if to leap.

DILLER brings the wrench down, but the CHESTBURSTER evades his blow and takes

flight. It strikes at HIROKO, who reflexively draws her head back and

escapes with nothing more than a light scratch to the cheek. The ALIEN

disappears down the corridor, leaving a trail of smeared blood and a series

of acidic pits which melt the grillework flooring. GUTTIEREZ bends down and

helps HIROKO to her feet. Shocked, she MUTTERS something to herself in

JAPANESE, and regains some of her composure.

HIROKO:

Get after it, don't let it get away!

DILLER stands there with the metal bar. Does she think he's nuts?

HIROKO (CONT'D)

Go on!

This galvanises DILLER. He races off in pursuit.

HIROKO (CONT'D)

Jan, give me a hand over here.

HIROKO AND GUTTIEREZ try to force the door, but DILLER was right - it won't

budge. HIROKO slips her arm through the gap and fumbles around blindly. She

must have hit the control knob, because the door slides back. CASSIE looks

inside.

CASSIE:

Oh my God...

She turns away and retches. HIROKO steps through and goes pale. There are

blood-smears over everything, and it's all GUTTIEREZ can do to stop BREWSTER

from getting in there.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - COMMAND CENTER

PARSONS' finger traces a path along a set of computer schematics displayed

on a suspended glass screen.

PARSONS:

It left a melted trail on the deck all

the way down to here...

HIROKO:

What is that?

DILLER:

Secondary fluidic shunt for the sewage

system. I found the grating ripped right

off. The little f***er was _strong_.

HIROKO:

Where does that lead to?

PARSONS:

Central Pumping. All the waste gets

treated, broken-down, and flushed out

into the swamp. If it wanted a quick

exit then it really lucked-out.

HIROKO:

You've checked that end?

GUTTIEREZ:

Not yet, no.

Rate this script:3.3 / 3 votes