Beyond the Poseidon Adventure Page #6

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from this ship. You're welcome to it.

But these people have come

a long way...

...and all they want right now

is to get the hell out of here alive.

Now, as one man of substance

to another...

Now, hold on.

Just hear me out, son.

Tell you what, I'll write a check

for the whole shebang here...

...and you can just lay down

your little rifles...

...and we'll all haul ass

out of here together. What do you say?

Take a look at that open crate

behind me, captain.

I sincerely doubt that your friend

over there could reimburse me for that.

Okay, open it. Let's see.

You open that barrel, captain,

and we all die.

And I have every reasonable hope

of wanting to watch the sun set tonight.

What's this crap you're dishing out here?

What are you trying to tell us?

You got some doomsday machine

in there or something?

With the information

commonly available today...

...any enterprising science student

could build a nuclear device.

- Uranium?

- Plutonium.

And as the American government

is painfully aware...

...this isn't the first shipment

to go astray.

Son, now listen to me.

If I was to tell you that I got

certain connections at the Pentagon...?

Then I would have to tell you

that my connections are more powerful.

I had never intended

to harm anyone, captain.

But as you must realize,

I can't let you go now.

- Get out of here and I'll cover you.

- No way.

No way. We go together.

Get out of here.

They need you more than I do.

Come on. Come on.

Okay. Cover me.

Go.

Hey, kid, get the hell out of here.

What are you doing?

I'm staying.

- All right, kid.

- All right, Daddy.

- Be ready to move, right?

- Right.

- Go.

- Go.

Go!

After them.

Wilbur.

Get in there. Come on.

Steady.

The crates. The crates.

Here, here.

Take cover behind the crates.

Save your ammo.

We've gotta shut that door.

If they can't get at us,

they won't hang around long.

Svevo's gotta deliver that plutonium

as soon as possible.

Now, when I say go,

we rush the door together.

Hey, kid, kid.

Get down there.

Put short bursts into that door

until we've tried to close it, okay?

Get down.

- Ready, Larry?

- Ready.

- Ready, sarge?

- Yeah.

Go.

Hey, I knew I wasn't

gonna make it out of here.

Turner, take care of my little girl.

I'm all she's got.

You still got a chance.

You gotta get her out of here,

you understand?

She's gonna make it.

If I do, she will.

Swear to God?

I swear, sarge.

A grenade.

Aim at that leaky porthole.

We'll blast them open,

then lock them in.

They'll drown quickly.

Now.

Hit the deck!

- What's the matter?

- I got hit.

- Daddy.

- Hey, baby.

It's all right.

What are you gonna do

without me to yell at you anymore?

- I never... I never wanted to yell at you.

- I know.

- I tried to be a good father.

- I know.

You, you live your life.

I love you, Daddy.

I love you.

God bless you.

No.

Daddy!

- What happened?

- It's okay.

- It's just a fragment. You're lucky.

- It's my lucky day.

- Let's go.

- How do we get out?

The same way we came in.

What about him? He's still alive.

Well, that's unfortunate,

because we're leaving without him.

That porthole's gonna go

at any moment.

We gotta find another way

out of here, and right now.

What is that metallic sound?

It's a... Like a car

banging against the wall.

That's a door, that's not a wall.

It's not a solid sound.

That's... That's a door!

He's right. There is a door.

Move these.

There's a ladder to the right.

Swim for it.

- Hannah.

- Mrs. Meredith, get Mrs. Meredith.

Come on, ma'am.

Oh, I'm sorry.

Didn't mean to hurt you.

Careful. Careful.

Harold! Harold!

Larry, give me the gold.

Hang on, hang on.

Sorry, sorry.

- Oh, God.

- Hang in there.

All right, help.

- Hal, are you all right?

- Yes.

Go ahead. Go ahead.

Take it easy. Nice and slow.

You ready? Okay.

I'm here.

Meredith.

I'm sorry.

God.

- Oh, God.

- Take care of him.

Mr. Meredith.

Come on. Sit down. Sit down.

Hey, come on.

Okay, everybody can come in here.

Come on.

Keep an eye on them.

I'm gonna have a look around.

All right, in here.

Come on.

We're staying in here.

You'd be better off

paying attention to me.

It's gonna leave a little scar.

Well, at least I've still

got my dazzling personality.

Gina, you know what?

This may sound silly...

...but if I had my way, only one

other person would ever see it.

- What do you think?

- Well, l...

I know, he treats me like a creep,

but at least he knows I'm alive.

- Lf we get out of this.

- Yeah.

Tex?

Tex.

- Would you do me a favor?

- Shoot, it's done, little lady.

If I don't get out of here,

and you and Mike do... I mean, just if.

- Mike has a very big mortgage

on his tug...

...and the Jenny may be the only

thing in the world he wants.

Heck, you're loaded.

Would you take care of it for him?

That's not doing nobody a favor.

That's just being decent, hon.

Tex, you're okay.

Can I help you?

Thanks anyway.

You know, you're a kind-hearted lady.

I've been watching you.

You helped Meredith.

And you helped everybody

that needed help.

- I am a nurse, you know.

- Oh, yeah, I know.

I'll tell you what else I know.

There are a few I would've liked to have

beaned over the head with a bedpan.

I know what you mean.

I was the head nurse for 12 years

in a Philadelphia hospital.

- And some of those girls, I...

- Why did you leave?

Well, when they gave me

my 20-year gold service pin...

You're not that old.

- It suddenly dawned on me that

Philadelphia wasn't quite as romantic...

...as a Greek isle in the moonlight.

So I resigned

and signed on the Poseidon...

...hoping to add a little spice

to my life.

You spiced it up all right.

Happy New Year, everybody.

I think I've found a way out.

- Celeste?

- Yeah?

Wilbur, I've got a job for you.

The rest of you, stay here for a moment.

If we get out...

When. When we get out of here...

...and you go home,

where will that be?

I don't know.

Back to New Jersey, I guess.

Well, I've been thinking.

Maybe you'd like to go back

to lowa with me for a while.

Hey, it's a whole lot farther away

from the ocean than New Jersey.

This is our only way out.

There is a cargo hatch not too far down.

We swim out

and then up to the surface.

Swim underwater? Well, shoot.

Unless you can round up a sea horse for

me to ride, you can just count me out.

Wilbur, Celeste, speed it up, will you?

- Wilbur?

- Forget it.

Wilbur, you gotta just hang on now.

We're so close to getting out.

We're all gonna get out

if you just hang on.

You just try and keep up with me.

What the hell's keeping them?

Celeste? What the hell

is going on in there?

I'm getting my hair done, dummy.

What do you think?

Go ahead. Pick up the gear

and take it in there.

- I'll come along in a moment.

- What's taking so long?

Get going. Go ahead. Go ahead.

Come on, go.

It's getting worse,

isn't it, old man?

It would get much better

if you'd stop calling me old man.

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