Armageddon Page #13

with you, Rockhound? Goddam!

- This is insane.

- Have you lost your mind?

- He's got space dementia.

Harry, you ought to

watch your man.

Max, downshift slowly

and put it in reverse.

We gotta get that pipe outta there.

Uh-oh.

- What's happening?

- The ground's cracking!

- Earthquake!

Quick, shut it off!

- Shut it off! Shut it off now!

- We're gonna have a blowout!

- We hit a gas pocket!

- We got pressure out the ass!

Max, get your helmet on!

Max, it's gonna blow!

- Oh, Jesus, l'm cooking!

- Max, get outta there!

This is it!

Harry!

l'm bailing!

Max!

- Goodbye, Max.

- Max!

- Take care, buddy.

- Armadillo's off the scope.

- l think we've had a blowout.

- No sign of the Armadillo.

Somebody punch up the Armadillo.

Get ahold of Truman.

Prepare the world

for bad news.

We're getting sketchy information

that the mission has suffered

massive failure.

And what we're trying to do

right now is to confirm that

and find out exactly what that means.

Repeat:
We're getting leaks

from several NASA officials...

some rushing home

to be with their families,

that the drilling was unsuccessful.

This could very well be

our final hour.

We're gonna go

off the air now.

Good luck

and God bless.

- We've got incoming.

- l got tracks.

NORAD's tracking four small

incoming over Europe. They think

one's about to hit near Paris.

- Reports are coming in--

- Martial law has been implemented

in 42 countries.

Once the asteroid hits

zero barrier...

it will take about three hours

and 57 minutes to impact Earth.

Well, l guess we do it

the president's way. l'll order an evac.

You can remote detonate.

- You still don't think

this'll work, do you?

- Well, what l think is irrelevant.

- We need to do it now.

- Fine.

- Can they still take off?

- We hope so.

You are the one

that pulled them into this!

That is my family up there,

so l don't wanna hear, ''We hope so''!

Guess what, guys?

lt's time to embrace the horror.

Look. We got front-row tickets

to the end of the Earth.

- Yeah! Way to go, baby!

- Harry!

- Yeah!

- Yo, Harry! What's up, baby?

Hey, get that bomb outta there!

We got a hole to make!

Houston, you're not

gonna believe this...

but the other Armadillo

has arrived.

All right, people, listen up.

Settle down and focus.

- Mechanical, get on-line.

- P.P.O., gimme a set-up.

- Your boyfriend's back.

- Yo, Harry!

- You're awesome, baby!

Hey, Harry.

You miss me?

A.J., l got

just five words for ya.

- Damn glad to see ya, boy!

- That's six words.

- Chick, walk 'em down.

- So where's this hole you need dug?

Houston, drilling has recommenced.

- Do you think they can drill

- They better.

Bring that piece on in, Bear.

Tractor pull.

- l'm comin' down!

- We got 250 feet to go.

lt's our last transmission,

last drill head.

Punch it through.

First gear. We got contact.

Drive it on down, A.J.

- l got this, man. Let's go!

- Lev, the right engine hub.

- Houston, l'm getting no response

from the preflight sequence.

- Come on now. This is not--

Hey. Hey, come here. Can you get me

outta here, please, Lev? Thank you.

- Ow! Jesus! Hey!

- Wait. Uh, shh, shh.

- Lev, the right engine--

- Okay.

- Lemme outta here, will ya?

Just tryin' to have

some fun before l die!

- How deep are we?

- Seven seventy.

- Whoa, they got problems.

- The gauges are spiking.

Methane! Shut it down!

Back it down!

l can't pull back now. The bit'll

get lodged. We don't have enough time!

Whoa, whoa, whoa! lt's gonna blow!

lt's how we lost Max!

l know what l'm talkin' about.

We can punch through this.

We can knock this outta the park.

- This is our last transmission, A.J.

- Goddam it!

lf you're ever gonna trust me, ever,

once in your life, trust me now!

- Harry, it's gonna blow!

- Harry, l know what l'm doin'.

You just gotta trust me.

Make the call.

All right. Hold on.

l'm pushin' through her.

l'm pushin' through her!

- What's your depth?

- Seven seventy-five. Seven eighty.

Take it up, baby! Ram it home!

- Drive on down, A.J.!

- Seven eighty-five. Come on. Come on.

- Come on, A.J.!

- Punch it!

- Ninety-one. Come on.

Seven ninety-two.

Seven ninety-five!

Drive it down, A.J.!

Seven ninety-seven!

Ninety-nine!

- Breakthrough!

- Eight hundred! 802, Harry!

- Yeah!

- We did it!

- Harry, we did it!

- Yes!

- We did it!

- Yeah! Kid, way to go!

- l knew it, baby!

- lt's not over till we get

the bomb down that hole.

- Watts, they've got 38 minutes.

- Harry, you've gotta give me that hole.

- l'm gonna need two more minutes.

l got a bent pipe jammed in the hole.

We gotta cut it out before we can

send that bomb down. A.J.!

- She good to go?

- Yeah, l'm all set.

- All right.

- All right.

- A.J., come on! Make it fast!

l'm goin' as fast as l can!

There's a lot of gas pressure!

- You feel that?

- Harry, you gotta give me that hole.

The bomb is almost ready.

- Pull that pipe out!

- Harry, l'm almost through!

Give me 15 more seconds!

Well, this is somethin' new.

- l don't think this thing likes us.

- That's 'cause it knows

we're here to kill it.

Hey, what's goin' on

up there?

- A.J.!

- What the hell was that?

- A.J.!

- Goddam it, l'm finished!

- A.J., you all right?

- Oh, lot of gas pressure in here, man!

- Get me out!

- Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hydrogen pocket!

Harry! Pull me in!

A.J., hang on!

Secure the bomb!

Sharp, heads up!

Gruber! Get outta there now!

Oh, no.

Oh, God, no!

Look out!

Help! Oh, no!

Do you believe

that just happened?

- Sharp, you all right?

- l'm okay.

- Bear?

- Yeah. l'm here, Harry.

- A.J.?

- Yeah, l'm okay.

We lost Gruber.

- Gruber's dead.

- Let's get that bomb ready and go home.

Oh, my God.

- ls there a problem, Colonel?

- The timer, the remote,

the whole thing's dead.

What, the bomb is dead?

No, the trigger's dead. lt must've

gotten damaged during the rock storm.

So how do we detonate it?

We have 18 minutes to zero barrier.

We got some bad news.

The remote detonator on the bomb

has been damaged.

That means that somebody's

gonna have to stay behind.

lt takes two people

to fly this thing.

Either we all stay and die,

or you guys draw straws.

l say we all stay and die.

But that's me.

l'll draw. Let's draw.

Nobody's gonna draw straws.

- l'll stay and take care of it.

- Well, l can't live

with that sort of thing.

- Nobody asked you if you could

live with it, all right?

- Bullshit!

No way l will let you

volunteer for this...

so l can go back to my home country

like the man who didn't volunteer.

No way!

Hey, man, let's draw, and let's see

who's gonna stay up here and dance.

Guys, l-l-l know you guys

think l'm crazy right now...

but l would really like

this responsibility.

All right. All right.

- l can do it.

- Let's just draw straws and

get it over with. Come on.

l ain't drawin'

against you, Harry.

Well, l'm gonna draw against you, Chick,

so you better just go ahead and do it.

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