Collision Earth Page #4

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Well, it's a work of art.

It's how we heard

Victoria's mayday.

- You wanna turn it on?

- Yeah, sorry.

Okay.

Yeah, cool.

Vic, you there?

Victoria?

Ground, can you please repeat?

Vic, it's me.

Um...

- you safe?

- I'm alive,

but I'm the only one left.

What happened?

Are you okay?

Something crazy has happened

and I can't really explain it,

but I'm being pulled

into Mercury.

Oh, my God,

the magnetism.

Vic, there's been

a huge magnetic event.

Yes, I know.

We were right in the middle of it.

Mercury's been magnetized

and is being pushed out of its orbit.

Magnetism.

Why didn't I think of this?

Okay,

if I can recalculate,

if I can account

for the difference in force,

I might be able to break free

and come home.

Vic, there might not be a home

to come back to.

Mercury's on

a collision course with Earth.

Can you keep me posted on this

and just double-check these?

I just lost everything.

What is going on?

This facility should be impervious

to power surges.

Mercury's interference

is increasing.

It's becoming more

than our shielding can handle.

Get the emergency generators

back online.

The moment they stabilize,

I want those missiles in the air!

Edward,

what if James is right?

Move aside.

Project 7 is the only thing

that can save us from Mercury.

You need to get the hell

out of there before we launch.

Okay, I've done everything I can

to recalculate

for the change in force.

I've tried to boost the engines

as much as possible,

but it's just not enough thrust.

Wait a minute.

What if I let it pull me in?

- What do you mean?

- A slingshot maneuver.

Yes, yes, yes.

She lets the planet pull her in,

accelerating around Mercury.

That will give her the extra momentum

she needs to break free.

That's a suicide mission.

- Magnetism is too unpredictable.

I've been trained for this.

Honey, honey.

You're not a pilot.

You've never done this before.

I have to try.

If I stay here, I'm dead.

It's my only chance.

No, no, no, no.

Vic?

Vic?!

James, can you hear me?

Sorry, it's fragile.

It wasn't built

to be dragged around like this.

Can you hear me?

- Disengage autopilot.

Autopilot disengaged.

Here goes nothing.

She'll make it, she'll make it.

She's gonna make it.

She's gonna be all right.

What is that?

- Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

- What's wrong?

Project 7's guidance systems

are damaged.

- Can't you fix it?

- It's not a software problem,

it's hardware.

You can't fix it from the ground.

- So that's it?

- Um, the Nautilus.

The Nautilus has

an amazing guidance system.

If Victoria can pilot the ship

to Project 7,

tether onto its system,

we can then use it to manually guide

the asteroid straight into Mercury.

We still have to do

the software updates.

Without the energy field,

you won't have enough force

to knock Mercury off course.

- So send them.

- I can't do it from here.

Can monitor the systems,

but to change anything,

I need a computer

that has top-level

classified access.

And you need to fix that radio.

That's another power surge.

Come on.

Come on,

come on, come on.

Here we go,

here we go.

I got it.

Whoa.

Yes, Mr. President. Believe me,

we're doing everything we can.

No, sir. These are

limited range missiles.

The timing is crucial.

If we launch too early

the missiles will fall short,

too late, and Mercury won't be

knocked off course enough to miss Earth.

Mr. President, are you there?

Mr. President?

- I'm gonna need a new relay.

- There's an old airstrip.

One of the radio planes

might have what you need.

Right, I saw it on the way in.

Here, once we get the radio up

and running, we'll call you on it.

Okay. Is this even gonna work

with all the interference?

Trust me, we reached Mercury

with this thing. It'll work.

You gonna tell me

where we're going?

The fallback facility.

- Which is what exactly?

- Designed when I was working at SPEAR.

They should have access

to every weapon,

- including Project 7.

- Should have access?

The coordinates

are in records storage.

- We don't even know where it is?

- That's why we're hurrying.

Hello?

Anybody here?

If we're gonna find

that relay switch,

- we better start looking for it.

- I don't know. This place is creepy.

- I don't like it.

- It's a creepy old airstrip.

What did you expect?

- Here, this looks like the hangar.

- Okay.

Hello?

- I think this is the hangar.

- Okay.

- Let's check the yard here.

- Okay.

- Anything?

- No.

- Here.

- What exactly are we looking for?

We're looking for a radio

that's still intact.

Okay.

No, these are all shells.

- We need to get to that hangar.

- Okay.

Hey.

- Quick.

- What's happening?

- I don't know.

- Is it more meteors?

I don't think so.

It feels more like an earthquake.

- Earthquake?

- Worse, we're being hit by

massive waves

of electromagnetic energy.

We still can't risk

launching too early.

If this EM interference

increases,

you won't be able

to launch the missiles.

You can't fire

when the interference is spiking.

Okay, then calculate intervals

in between the wavelengths

- and we'll fire in between.

- Yes, sir.

- Is it over?

- I think so.

Okay, maybe this plane

will have what we need.

Let's find out.

Trajectory calculations complete.

Warning,

possible

collision course detected.

Recommend

replotting trajectory.

Project 7.

Stupid.

What were

Projects 1 through 6?

I don't even want to know.

- Any luck?

- I think I got it.

Yes.

We're in business.

Okay, let's get out of here.

Okay.

Stop where you are

or I'll drop you where you stand.

What the hell are you doing

with my plane?

- Sir...

- Shut up!

Here's what's gonna happen.

You're gonna drop that,

you're just gonna...

you're gonna slowly

put that down on the ground.

- Yeah.

- And you're gonna put

- your hands in the air.

- Right, okay.

Sir, we needed one part.

We've been communicating

with the spacecraft Nautilus.

Sure, you have.

Hands in the air now!

You don't understand.

This is a matter of life and death.

- We can't leave without that radio.

- You're gonna leave without the radio

because it's my radio.

You know what I mean?

It's my radio.

Hurry!

Go, go!

Say your prayers,

you little bastard!

How are we

supposed to get inside?

There's no way

to sneak around that guard.

- How'd you get that?

- I borrowed it.

- Nice.

- Yeah.

- Morning.

- Hi there.

Hey,

stop right there.

Gonna need to see

that ID again, sir.

Yeah, here you go.

Here you go.

G- g-g-g-gun!

Get the gun!

Get the gun!

Help, help!

Whoa, whoa! Hey, hey, hey.

- Ow!

- Back it up. Over there, over there.

Sorry about that.

You okay?

- Yeah.

- Over there, over there, over there.

What do we do?

What do we do now?

- Give me the gun.

- Okay, huh?

Just give me the gun.

Hey, hey, hey!

Back up!

Back up!

Okay, there's rope in the car.

Go get the rope.

- Keys.

- The car is open!

Whoa! Get down!

Get down,

get down!

Wait, can you just...

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