Battle Los Angeles Page #2

They gotta be parallel to the deck.

That's the whole thing with these bars.

- Don't forget to call Mr. Gilliam, okay?

- Okay.

- Call me later.

- I'll call you later.

That's my baby. All right.

Let's go! Move!

Quick time! March!

Marines! Into the trucks and report

to your company! Let's go!

Move it! Let's move!

Move it!

- Load them up!

- Move it!

What's going on, first sergeant?

Meteors hitting off California now...

...but they got the whole

goddamn base being mobilised.

I'm bringing you back to the company,

Mike. They need you.

First sergeant.

All hands on deck, staff sergeant.

- You heard we might be mobilising?

- Yes, sir.

Moving you up to squad leader.

It's a big responsibility,

but you can handle it.

Thank you, sir.

Staff Sergeant Beck is being replaced

by Staff Sergeant Nantz.

What do you know about him?

He's a very dedicated Marine.

Don't bullshit me, corporal.

What'd you hear about his last tour?

Just the grimy details

that everybody else already knows.

But at the end of the day,

you're our lieutenant...

...and we take our orders from you, sir.

You're assigned to 1 st Platoon

under Second Lieutenant Martinez.

His platoon sergeant's on leave,

so you're gonna have to suck it up.

Yeah, so, here's the lieutenant

right up here, 1 o'clock.

He's a kid, Mike.

Right out of officer training school.

He's only been with us a month,

but I think he's sharp.

It's just an evacuation, buddy.

He's in charge.

Just keep an eye on him, huh?

Just don't lose my paperwork.

- Lieutenant.

- Good afternoon, staff sergeant.

- Happy to meet you.

- Thank you, sir.

We're being called in to help with

an evacuation? For these meteors?

I assume so.

Whatever it is, I'm happy to finally

get out in the field.

At approximately 4:42 a.m.

Pacific Standard Time...

...the meteors impacted...

Who the hell took my tortellini?

You got tortellini?

This some kind of drill?

Get ready, man. Get ready.

It's serious. Okay?

Meteors continue to fall off the coast

of California, Ireland, Bay of Bengal...

Corporal. Corporal.

- Corporal. Corporal.

- Yeah?

It's probably just a training exercise.

No, man. They're shifting Nantz

into our unit. Something's going on.

The guy wants out of the Marine

Corps and now we're stuck with him.

- Stavs!

- You got tortellini?

I heard Nantz kicked ass his last tour.

He went into that compound alone

and killed 10 insurgents.

- That's what you heard, Lenihan?

- Chill out.

Yeah. Johnson in Foxtrot told me

that he was going on...

Don't worry about it.

- Let's go, this is serious.

- What the hell did I do?

Nantz got a couple guys killed

on his last tour.

What?

That's the story.

Lockett's brother was one.

So I know you didn't know, but

just don't... No, don't worry about it.

Looks like we're getting into

some heavy sh*t.

It's been my experience, lieutenant,

heavy sh*t is highly overrated.

Look, staff sergeant, let's just be clear.

I know your rep,

know what you've done.

This is my platoon.

These are my men.

- Not gonna have a problem, are we?

- No problem, sir. She's all yours.

It appears our initial assumptions

were wrong.

Listen up!

Once you get your weapon...

...get your gear, get your munitions,

move outside!

We got white chocolate rap from my

man. That should finish the new mix?

National Guard troops have flown in

to evacuate beach areas...

...and we have word

the military is now deploying.

That's us. That's us! That's us!

- Calling military for a meteor shower?

- I don't know why they're happy.

- A meteor that just hit the ocean.

Large plumes of smok e are coming

up. Visibility is getting worse as we...

These objects were

completely undetected...

...until they entered our atmosphere.

NASA estimates that they are not

hitting the water at terminal velocity.

They're slowing down before impact.

These objects are falling into

the ocean in tightly packed clusters...

...10 miles outside

of a major population centre.

Thermal imaging

from the Hubble shows us...

...that within each cluster is a central

object much larger than the others.

Now, these central objects

are all the same geometric shape.

They appear mechanical in nature.

This is not a meteor shower, Marines.

We are in Threatcon Delta.

That's right.

Come on. All units, gear up.

Be ready to move.

Combat situation.

It's what I've been training for.

I am told that one of the Coast Guard

cutters has issued a mayday.

It is difficult to see, and...

Oh, my gosh!

There is just another meteor

that just hit the ocean...

...and it's the closest one yet,

right behind those cutters.

Two or three meteors just impacted.

Sh*t.

Do you have any more information

in the studio? Oh, my God.

Kate? Kate? Are you hearing us?

- Shut up, shut up, shut up!

- Kate, are you still hearing us?

Yes, Jean, I can hear you. Everyone,

move out. Get out of the way.

What is that?

What is that in the water?

I can't really get a good look,

but it appears there's something...

I'm looking through the people, trying

to determine exactly what this is.

I don't even know.

It's lik e shadowy figures.

Maybe five, six, seven.

I can mak e out maybe eight figures.

- What the hell is that?

- Holy sh*t!

- Look at that!

- Stavs, you see that?

I'm gonna head back now. Everyone

needs to get out of here right now.

I think that we've gotta leave, Jean.

I'm gonna head back now.

Oh, my God!

Go! Let's go. Go, go!

Corporal Grayston and Corporal lmlay

are both expert marksmen...

...as well as strong fire team leaders.

We also have PFC Lenihan,

who is our second best marksman...

...behind Lance Corporal Guerrero.

- What's your take on this, Specs?

I don't know. Extraterrestrial?

- Do you mean like from space?

- No, lmlay.

- From Canada.

- Always got jokes, don't you, Stav?

All right, first squad, line it up.

Bring it in. Let's go!

As you may have heard...

...Staff Sergeant Nantz will be

taking over for Staff Sergeant Beck.

We're lucky to have him aboard.

All right. Here's the situation, Marines.

We're facing an unknown enemy.

We don't know how strong their

force is or what they're capable of.

But one thing we do know

is that we're fighting for our land...

...our families, our home

and our country, goddamn it!

Whatever those things are, let's show

them how Marines fight. Retreat...

- Hell!

- Two-Five!

- Retreat, hell!

- Let's form it up, let's go!

First in, last out, Marines!

Breathe, Lenihan. Breathe.

Your training will kick in.

Thank you, staff sergeant!

- Got something to get off your chest?

- No, it's cool, staff sergeant.

You got a silver star, my brother

came home in a box. I get it.

All stations, this net.

Standby for sitrep.

Enemy elements have advanced

beyond the beach.

Aliens? That's not possible, right?

We'll know soon enough, brother.

One-oh-one tank has been destroyed.

Company beyond the defensive line...

It's in case his head gets blown off,

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