Crystal Skulls Page #3

they could black out half of Europe.

Notify local authorities

on the ground in Vienna.

And I want a go team

assembled in 15 minutes on the pad.

How much longer?

We land at Heathrow,

and then we're going on a chopper

for the final leg to Vienna.

A chopper?

I kinda like the jet.

The EMP burst nearly

dropped every plane from the sky

around Vienna, so,

for our own protection,

we're switching to a form of travel

that's a little less precarious.

A little less precarious?

Lower your weapons!

Put 'em down! Now!

Go to the left.

Move!

The rest of you men, on me.

That's far enough, Colonel.

Order your men to lower their weapons.

You lower your weapons, sir.

This is a private property and therefore

you have no authority

to enter this facility.

Really?

I'm the United States Army

commanding NATO forces.

I've got the authority

to call in a damn air strike

on this building if I wanted to.

You really want to go down that road?

You're out-gunned, son.

Tell your men

to put their weapons down

and no one gets hurt

Alright.

So, who's in charge of this facility?

That would be me.

Colonel Bailey, I assume?

I'm afraid, sir,

that there's going

to be a change of command.

This is a private research facility

wholly owned by Hadden Enterprises,

which is a private company

wholly owned by me.

What it is, Mr. Hadden,

is the site of an unauthorized

electro-magnetic pulse.

I'm authorized by NATO

to seize control of this

wholly owned facility

until I know what

the hell is happening here.

I will be filing a formal

complaint with the EU.

You do that, sir.

Until I hear otherwise, Mr. Hadden,

there's a new sheriff in town.

So this is the best a billionaire

could come up with, huh?

An old military-style helicopter?

They have far less electronics,

which makes them safer to fly

when you have problems with EMP.

That's very comforting.

Sienna, I was wondering...

what's Hadden's obsession

with the crystal skulls?

You need to ask him about that.

If I get a chance, I will.

We have breaking news here.

It has just been confirmed

that the electrical

disturbance that caused

recent power outages

across western Europe did in fact center

from Hadden Industries

research facilities...

...As you may remember,

the owner of Hadden Industries

is billionaire, William S. Hadden,

a man who recently

shocked Wall Street

when he decided to sell

all of his US interests

to pursue European projects...

...As you may recall,

the Hadden facility is the same facility

associated with the EMP blast

that blacked out

most of western Europe.

We are awaiting an official

statement and comments

from Hadden representatives,

given the nature of the incident,

on what exactly happened.

What's going on?

The magnetic field is growing.

Faster than the last one?

Exponentially.

What the hell is this?

There's nothing

we can do to control the reaction.

It's breaking away.

Can someone please explain

what I am looking at?

These are twelve crystal skulls

gathered from around the world,

brought together for the first time.

What in God's name are

you talking about?

I'm telling you

that there's going to be another

electro-magnetic pulse,

larger than the first one.

Generated by these crystal skulls?

Yes.

And there isn't anything

we can do to stop it.

Well I'm going to stop it.

Weapons free, destroy the skulls.

Colonel, no.

Colonel, please!

You have no idea what you're doing!

Fire!

Ahhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!

What the hell was that?

Some kind of electronic pulse fried us.

I thought that this old chopper

was protected from that?

Navigation systems have protection,

but the fuel pumps were updated last year.

And you didn't think,

that when we needed a chopper

with pre-sold electronics,

that that might be an issue?

We've got no power?

We're in a helicopter.

We're going to

fall like a stone from the sky.

No, no, no.

We can auto-rotate.

Auto-what?

Choppers are just like planes.

The blade on the top acts

like a giant wing except

we've got to start diving

to make this work,

and this is a really bad place

to auto-rotate and land.

We'll need to re-route

the power to the fuel pump.

Well how the hell

are we going to do that?!

Well, we can figure

something out back there.

You know how to do this?

We have to figure out

where the fuel pump is.

How long have we got until

we have to put this thing down?

At this rate of descent,

maybe another two minutes,

but we're going to have a hard landing

in the side of a mountain.

I found a genie.

Power cables.

I found them right here.

Fuel pumps are up there.

Put it into this up here, look.

These are the fuel lines here?

Yeah.

We're not going to clear

the mountain range!

My job is to get these two people back,

we're not ditching!

Got it?

We've got engine power back!

Yes, nice!

That's awesome!

Excellent work, professor, excellent!

I think he's waking up.

Nice job, you save the poor bastard

and we get the chopper up!

Not too bad, if I say so myself!

No, no, no, no!

Oh, that's just brilliant,

bloody brilliant!

No gas!

You loaded a generator with no fuel?

Sorry, sir.

Just shut up!

I need you...

I want to thank you for inviting me

on this little adventure.

Professor...

Move. move, move!!!!!

You alright?

That was a nice way to arrive in Europe.

Yeah, you're welcome, Professor.

Now we've got to

find transport to Vienna.

What the hell just happened?

You attempted to destroy them.

There is no way to remove

them or destroy them.

Do you now understand that,

Colonel?

We're still online, Mr. Hadden.

Check redundant systems.

Sir,

I'm receiving a signal from the helicopter

transporting doctors Mallory and Winston.

What kind of signal?

An emergency beacon.

The chopper is down.

Are there any casualties?

Any injuries?

Don't know, sir.

Dammit!

They must have flown

right through the pulse.

Get a location on the crash site.

Yes, sir.

Who was on this chopper?

Sienna Mallory,

my senior researcher,

and John Winston.

Winston? Professor John Winston?

Yes, Colonel.

He might just be the only one

who can stop this.

But presently my only concern

is for Miss Mallory's well-being.

I just lost four soldiers, Mr. Hadden.

I'm not particularly concerned

with your personal decadences.

Sienna Mallory is my daughter,

Colonel.

So please,

use whatever resources

you have at your disposal

and get them here as soon as possible.

Give my men those coordinates

and I'll send a recovery team.

Yes, sir.

Mr. Hadden, I'm sorry.

I'm a father as well.

Thank you, Colonel.

Apology accepted.

Colonel! You have to see this!

I've just arrived here in Berlin

where members of the G8

are now gathering for what seems

to be an emergency meeting

regarding these strange

weather phenomena

which seem to be increasing

by the hour.

This weather phenomena

has now reached critical mass

as you can see,

it's now become a massive vortex!

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