Blue Sky Page #4

Yes, it is.

You bet.

Ooh, daddy.

What?

Will you call me every night

just before I go to bed?

No, it's too expensive.

of course, I will.

I love you.

I love you too.

Bye, daddy, bye.

Be good.

Hundred sixty

millimeter mortars...

About the strength

of two hand grenades.

Don't worry though.

They're all spent.

They used

to train g.I.S back here

in the second world war.

You can't tell anybody

about this place.

Never.

I like it.

I wouldn't want

to live here, but...

It's nice.

It's private.

Let's get hitched

and live here forever.

To an army man?

They're too weird.

Last year, colonel harris

took his family to nevada

to watch the a-bomb go off.

That was their vacation.

Look, I'm not ashamed

of what they're doing.

I mean,

the manhattan project

ended the last war.

Maybe project blue sky

will prevent the next one.

Do you know why

they call it blue sky?

They're gonna detonate

a big one underground

to track radiation.

But you can't see radiation,

You can't feel it

or taste it or smell it.

So only a handful of people will

actually know where it is...

And the rest of the country

could be swimming in the stuff,

But for all they know

the sky is just

as blue as ever.

Yeah, well, what

they don't know

won't hurt them.

No wonder west point

snapped you up.

And if I married you,

I'd end up just like my mom.

Yeah, you talk gibberish

sometimes, alex.

- Catch.

- No!

What the hell was that?

They weren't supposed

to start maneuvers

for another two weeks.

Well, maybe them cubans

sprung a sneak attack.

Jesus.

Let's get the hell

out of here.

What in the hell are you

doing here, mister?

What do you know?

What's happening?

Calm down, calm down.

Everything's under control.

It's all right.

Alex, honey, are you okay?

Vince, I think we gotta take

him to the hospital it looks

like he needs stitches.

Let's see.

And he needs a swift kick

in the butt even more.

Are you hurt?

No.

Excuse me, I'd like

to apologize for my son.

I'm afraid he was off-limits

with your daughter.

Well, boys will be boys.

Yeah. I'd like

this area secured now.

Nobody goes in or out.

Go home, everybody.

The show's over.

I want to know what you

were doing up there.

Just what you told me to do.

Making friends with glenn.

I want to know exactly

what the two of you

were doing up there.

What do you mean by "exactly"?

Well, was an old grenade

the only thing that went off?

I can't believe you.

You don't even care about me.

You just want to know

about all the sex stuff!

Don't you sass me, sister!

I am not your sister!

Well, if I had a sister,

I would tell her everything!

Especially... About boys.

Ew, boys.

What are you-

what are you doing here?

I've come to kidnap you

and take you to the woods.

I left my knife at the bungalow.

Will you come with?

Glenn, that place

is dangerous.

- Not anymore.

My dad had it cleaned up.

- If my mom finds out-

She's gonna be at rehearsal

for hours. Come on.

I've gotta finish up

my chores.

All right,

but I gotta help.

That's what I'm here for.

Okay, come in.

All right.

Wait. Come back here.

come in, rad two. Over.

Base station, this is

rad site two. Over.

Rad two,

hold your place.

This underground stuff

is not like the old days.

Look at all this junk.

Hell, at bikini, you could

feel the wind from the blast

through the atmosphere.

Flying particles

as big as corn flakes.

We're coming up

on 60 seconds, sir.

all cameras report.

Ground cameras, report. Over.

camera one ready.

camera two ready.

camera three ready.

- Camera four ready.

- Camera five ready.

...Forty-seven, forty-six

forty-five, forty-four-

nuclear underground test

number 001, clear and counting.

All systems green.

All safeties are off and ready.

All personnel

in position and holding.

Standing by.

Final lock position

procedure complete.

What the hell is that?

Let's take a peek.

...Twenty, nineteen, eighteen,

Base station,

this is rad site two,

We have two civilians

on horseback heading

right towards site.

- Punch up a camera

on those cowboys.

- Base station, base station.

We gotta get

them out of there.

Please advise.

we cannot detonate.

Abort the test!

- It's too late.

- ...Three, two, detonation.

it's venting!

Radiation's

right off the scale.

Base station,

this is rad site two.

We have massive radiation

venting in sector four.

Rad two, return to base.

Rad two, return to base.

General, sir,

we gotta find those guys.

The fox has left

the henhouse, major.

I beg the general's pardon,

we are not talking

about chickens, sir.

We're talking

about human lives.

These things happen, major.

Every tv station and every

radio station in this state...

Was notified of this test.

They were in the wrong place

at the wrong time.

I beg the general's pardon,

but that is bullshit.

Those men have been cooked.

There's ways

to handle it, major.

We'll be notifying the local

medical authorities.

These men will

come in for treatment.

They'll be taken care of.

- Very good, if they're alive.

- Goddamn it, marshall.

We've gotta keep a lid on it.

There will be no

talk about this, major.

You can't even tell your dog.

Back away from the door, hank.

Let's go have a drink.

It's criminal.

They should be found.

Right.

No, it's a crime.

Right, they should,

but we can't.

So forget it.

They're exposed.

It's too late to do

anything for them, pal.

It's too damn late.

Jimmy, I have dedicated my life

to counting alpha particles...

And beta particles

and gamma rays.

I monitor radio iodine levels,

I calculate isotopic

half-lives-

Things you can't see

or hear or feel,

Things unknowable

to the common man...

Who winds up dead as sh*t.

It's a crime.

Your work's done here.

Forget about it.

It's a goddamn crime,

and I am going to forget

precisely nothing...

And no one.

Fayrene, two more.

Bravo.

Good night, ladies.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night, girls.

I am so hot.

Uh-oh, here she goes.

Oh, next year

we should do gypsy.

Yeah, wouldn't our husbands

just love that.

God, I could

never do that.

Good night.

Good night.

Good night.

You know, I bet you really

could have been in movies.

I wanted that.

I really did.

You know, sometimes I think

I could just disappear...

And no one would ever

know I'd been here.

That's why we have children,

and mine need tucking up

about now.

You want a ride?

No.

Okay.

If the show is as good

as the rehearsal,

You got a hit.

How's glenn?

He's okay.

You know, that routine might

be a little risque for the base.

It might overexcite

some of the men.

I thought men joined the army

looking for adventure.

You've been watching

too many war movies.

I hate war movies.

I need your help.

Zip me up.

You know,

zipping you up...

Is not exactly

what I had in mind.

No?

No.

No.

Meet me outside.

Glenn, maybe this

isn't such a good idea.

It's all right.

Come on, let's go.

Let's just go.

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