Alien vs. Predator Page #17

teeth and biomechanical limbs ERUPTS from the shadows.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - ROOFTOP LEVEL - DUSK

PREDATOR-VISION. Gazing down at the platform, an unseen hunter watches the

swift black SHAPE of the ALIEN in amongst the group of humans...

From the corner of her eye, DE VRIES sees something moving nearby. She

violently pulls GUTTIEREZ out of the path of the shimmering FORM that barges

past them, launching itself from the rooftop.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - COMMAND CENTER

PARSONS sits bolt upright in his chair as the scene outside is relayed to

his bank of screens by an exterior securi-cam.

PARSONS:

Oh my God...

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - DUSK

With superhuman strength, the ALIEN brutally back-hands DILLER, splintering

his skull and killing him instantly. His body caromes into THOMAS, knocking

the man to the floor. The ALIEN turns to KAMEN, it's questing fingers

closing around his throat and hauling him off the ground. The space on the

catwalk it limited; there's so many people it's impossible to get a clean

shot...

HIROKO:

Move! Get out of the way!

HIROKO draws a bead on the ALIEN. She flips off the safety on her rifle.

It's the tiniest CLICK, but the ALIEN somehow senses danger. It's skeletal

tail lashes out, sending both her and the weapon flying. CALDWELL gets in

for his shot, but the tail's there in a second. It strikes like a snake.

Once. Twice. The stinger punctures CALDWELL's chest and throat. Nobody

could survive something like that...

The ALIEN flicks it's skull back around to KAMEN. The man's head is inches

away from it's eyeless face...a row of burnished metal teeth open...the

toothed inner tongue ready to strike...

WHOOMPH. Something lands heavily close-up, jarring the catwalk. The ALIEN

drops KAMEN and WHIRLS. A spear wielded by an INVISIBLE FORM appears out of

nowhere and PIERCES the ALIEN's midriff, spraying acidic fluid. The creature

emits a OUTRAGED SHRIEK and flails around, it's ubiquitous tail arcing toward

the camouflaged assailant. The STINGER makes contact: there's a SPUTTERING

SOUND as the PREDATOR's cloaking device begins to flicker spasmodically,

giving us peek-a-boo glimpses of it's natural form. Electrical sparks dance

around the PREDATOR's ruin wrist-computer, luminous green blood welling from

a wound in his arm...

From out of the Pump Room comes more NOISE, like metal being trashed in a

compactor. HIROKO SCREAMS at KAMEN, who's COUGHING painfully next to the

door panel.

HIROKO:

Get the door!

KAMEN hastily slaps the 'close' button and both halves of the exterior

pressure bulkhead RUMBLE together. A SECOND ALIEN appears from the shadows

within and prises it's fingers into the dwindling gap, struggling for

purchase. Despite the ALIEN's best efforts, the door motors are too powerful

and the opening seals with a satisfying solid CLUNK. MUFFLED POUNDING comes

from the other side.

Nearby, THOMAS has retrieved CALDWELL's weapon in the heat of the fight and

is bringing it to bear on the PREDATOR. At the last possible moment HIROKO

sees what he's about to do...

HIROKO:

No!

Reflexively, she knocks the barrel away as THOMAS looses a volley of shots.

PREDATOR-VISION. The PREDATOR's speech analyser plays back her vocal

patterns as white-hot bullets sear the night.

PREDATOR:

No!

PREDATOR-VISION. SNAPPING IN for a closer look at her.

PREDATOR (CONT'D)

No!

One of the ALIEN's hands clamps firmly onto the PREDATOR's mask and wrenches

it off. HIROKO stares at the PREDATOR's face in fascination. From the

distinctive features, we see that it's BROKEN TUSK. The PREDATOR's good hand

flashes down to his thigh, almost too quick to follow. In one rapid movement

a circular 'smart-weapon' is brought up, slicing the front of the ALIEN

skull away from it's head. In a feat of strength, the PREDATOR lifts his

opponent's corpse on the end of the spear and hurls it over the catwalk

railing...

Not wasting a second, BROKEN TUSK performs an almost-vertical bound of some

twenty feet with astounding grace. He grips a pipe running down the side of

one of the building modules, then clambers over the roof's edge and finally

disappears from view. BREWSTER continues to BARK frenetically.

HIROKO's headset has been knocked to the floor and a FRANTIC MUTED VOICE

is coming from it. She picks it up, and presses the 'transmit' switch.

HIROKO:

(into headset)

It's alright, Rob...

INT. RYUSHI STATION - COMMAND CENTER

PARSONS listens to HIROKO, suddenly wide awake. The morning shifts are

starting to filter in, and it's obvious to them something's wrong...

HIROKO (CONT'D)

(O.S., on speaker)

...Everything's under control. Wait a

second.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - DUSK

THOMAS is moving from DILLER to CALDWELL, checking them for signs of life.

HIROKO catches his eye.

HIROKO (CONT'D)

Well?

THOMAS shakes his head. GUTTIEREZ and DE VRIES race across the platform to

join the stunned survivors of the skirmish. GUTTIEREZ bends down by DILLER's

body. THOMAS lays a hand on GUTTIEREZ' arm.

THOMAS:

Come on, man. Leave it alone.

GUTTIEREZ:

Oh, God. Dear Lord Jesus...

DE VRIES:

This is like a bad dream, man. A bad

f***ing dream.

HIROKO thinks quickly, and comes to a decision. She speaks into her radio

headset.

HIROKO:

Rob? I want you to evac everybody from

the non-connective modules into admin.

That goes double for anybody...

INT. RYUSHI STATION - COMMAND CENTER

HIROKO (CONT'D)

(O.S., on speaker)

...already out here. We're going to lock

every bulkhead and seal the base.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - DUSK

HIROKO turns her headset off and watches numerous rotating coloured lights

dotted around the platform start to blink on-and-off. KAMEN COUGHS a few

more times.

HIROKO:

Are you okay?

KAMEN rubs his throat. He nods.

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