Big Ass Spider Page #5

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This is home turf advantage for her.

They don't call her one of the greatest

predators on earth for nothing. Trust me.

Karly, you need my help

Alex, this is my job.

How come women never

listen to me?

What?

Stay sharp, boys.

Now, if you come across

a hide or lair, your

first priority is to

drop the thermite pack

and fall back immediately. All

detonation will be signaled from here.

Look out. Look out!

[SOLDIER?2 SCREAMS]

Where's Balzda? Where's Balzda?

We lost all of Alpha company.

Lon's camera's down, too, sir.

Target acquired.

Target acquired.

Engage.

[MAN SCREAMS]

Sir, we lost Private Parker.

Send teams Delta,

Echo, Foxtrot now.

Damn. Guys, I'm stuck.

Yeah, well, I'm stuck

in this stuff, too.

Okay, it's... Charlie One.

It's... Charlie One.

We need immediate backup now.

Lieutenant Brandt.

Yes, sir.

If it gets in your vicinity...

...and you have a chance to end

this, are you prepared to do so?

Yes, sir.

Shh-shh-shh-shh-shh-shh.

Quiet. Quiet.

Hi. What are you doing here?

I'm saving your ass. What do

you think I'm doing here?

Be careful. Be careful.

I know. I know.

Oh, my God.

Come on, hurry, hurry. Get me out.

Get me out.

I am. I am.

If I just heat the knife, we should be

able to cut right through it. Hold still.

Here... Here we go.

Yes.

Okay, thank you.

Oh, yeah, yeah, of course.

Okay, we've got to keep moving.

And don't stop moving.

Okay.

[KARLY GASPS]

Okay... whoa, whoa, whoa, keep moving.

Smooth, smooth, smooth.

Okay, I have a contingency plan.

Yeah, what's that?

You see this pack on my back?

Yeah?

Yeah.

It's filled with explosives that'll

blow that thing a mile high.

That's not good! If you

blow that thing a mile

high, you're going to

blow us a mile high.

I'm sorry, Alex.

What? Are you kidding me? The girl of

my dreams wanna kill me on my day off?

This is great.

Please don't do it!

[JOSE SCREAMS]

Go! Go! Go! Go!

Come one. We gotta go.

Let's get out-

[ALEX SCREAMS]

Come on. Come on!

Come on, Karly!

I'm coming.

[KARLY SCREAMS]

Karly!

No!

Oh, my God.

I'm sorry, guys. Sorry, Alex.

Sorry, Alex? What do you mean, sorry Alex?

What's the plan, guys? We gotta rescue her.

You're kidding, Alex.

Kidding? No, I'm not kidding.

She's as good as dead.

Let's move on.

No! Wh-What are we all? We're just

numbers to you guys? Is that it?

Hey, Braxton, come on. What is this?

It's just collateral damage?

Lieutenant Brandt and I went

through hell and back to get her,

so don't tell me about

losing a friend.

She was a good soldier, and her

death will not be in vain.

Now, we're running out of time.

It's still out there.

And about to run amok

into Stage Five.

St... Okay. What-What's

Stage Five?

Doc, what happens in Stage Five?

Come on.

This is not the first time you

guys have dealt with this.

What did you make that is

running around killing people?

We didn't make anything, at

least not intentionally.

This arachnid is an aberration

from several unusual technologies.

Come on. In layman's terms,

what are we dealing with?

Alien biology, not terrestrial.

So you're saying the

spider's an alien?

[CHUCKLES] Yeah.

Not exactly, but yes.

DNA cross breeding

from microbial fossil

found in Martian soil.

So you made a spider do it with an alien.

That's messed up.

No, no, no.

That's messed up, guys.

This is your people, Alex.

No, no, no, we did cross

breed two species.

We isolated separate genes,

one of which, in particular,

produces a superior growth hormone.

It's promise is infinite.

Giant tomatoes to feed the

whole world and such.

"Tomatoes" is the first word

I understood. You know?

But something went wrong.

No kidding.

I got a question for you.

Yes.

So why do we got the giant spider?

I don't get it. You get it?

I don't get it. What's

with the spider, doc?

We don't get it. You

get it, Braxton?

It was an accident. One of the

fruit plants that were brought

in as a test subject had a spider's nest

hidden inside. The arachnid biology...

...was immediately responsive

to our growth hormone.

Major and I monitored

four stages of growth.

Letting it proceed to Stage

Five was deemed unacceptable.

What happens in Stage Five?

What happens in Stage Five?

Reproduction.

Of course. Reproduction. I

should've guessed that.

Yes, of course reproduction.

It would have to be

reproduction, right?

Because this fairytale has got

spiders from Mars, right?

It's a nice little bedtime story

to tell us you're telling us.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

You got spiders

humping each other.

[JOSE CHUCKLES]

Alex, even with our

high-tech equipment, you

managed to find it the

same time we did.

Yes, I did.

No, wait. We did. Okay?

Right.

Correct?

You seem to understand

its nature.

Yes, I do.

So what's your best guess?

Oh, so now you want our help, huh?

School them, Alex.

All right, my professional opinion

is that without question,

she's going to lay her eggs as far away

from a populated area as she can get.

Humans she doesn't trust.

She never has.

So you're not going to find her

anywhere near a populated area.

What, like under a bridge

or a warehouse or s...

No, no, even more isolated.

Far away.

Sir, sir.

Far away.

Sir, I think you

need to see this.

We have a live feed of

Newscopter 8 that has spotted...

...the creature headed

toward Little Tokyo.

We advise you that if you are in

that area to evacuate immediately.

Or she might go downtown.

Oh, I-look. It's right there.

Found her.

It's big.

It appears to be climbing

up the top of City Hall.

The size of it is just unbelievable.

It also appears to be hostile.

If you are in the

downtown area...

All right, son, this is Tanner. Request

status on Operation Ground Swell.

Call in an air strike, Major.

Wait. Air strike?

What air strike?

Contingency.

You can't just drop a bomb here.

Oh, that's not good.

No, you can't... you

can't bomb downtown L.A.

We're running a little low on options,

so I'm calling in a targeted air strike.

You're risking the lives

of thousands of people.

Saving millions.

Wait a minute. There's

got to be a better way.

Enough of this. Remove

this Western Terminator.

What?

Oh, yeah? I'd like to see

you try it, pretty guy.

Oh, Okay. You got it.

Okay, we're leaving.

Sir, we have a lock

on the building.

Zooming in.

Is that Lieutenant Brandt?

I need a minute.

Copy that.

I hope you have insurance.

The company has insurance, yes.

Well, don't worry about it-

Alex, wait. It's Karly.

She's still alive.

Don't mess with me.

That spider, she laid her eggs on

top of the Epic Bank Building.

There are a lot of people trapped up there.

Karly's one of them.

Okay, so what do we do?

Well, you have about 24 minutes

before the jets arrive there.

And what happens before

then is up to you.

I'll drive.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Okay, so what's the plan, Alex?

The plan:
Stop the spider,

save the city, kiss the girl.

Oh, good. Any idea

how to do that?

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