Dante's Peak Page #4

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forget Spider Legs for now

and get your backside

back up here, okay?

Not a chance. For the

$450,000 we put into this beast

it ought to be able to stand

on its head, split the atom

and fart

The Star-Spangled Banner.

Almost there.

Hello, you son of a b*tch!

That's Terry's answer

to everything.

Kick it

if it doesn't work.

Get your ass

back up. Now.

Not a chance.

I'm going off rope.

No, Terry.

That's not a great idea.

It's okay, I can get around

the other side and get it going.

But I tell you,

I would swear

this thing's purposefully

trying to piss me off!

You know what, Harry?

It's working.

Paul, something's going on.

There's some

seismic activity.

All right, here we go.

What do you think, Stan?

Minor quakes, but they're

right in the middle of it.

We should tell them

to call it a day.

Harry, can you hear me?

Paul, I didn't get you.

Say it again.

Oh, my God!

Terry! Talk to me!

Terry! Terry,

can you hear us?

Terry!

I'm coming down!

Harry!

It's okay.

Where are you?

It's my leg.

Paul, come in.

We can hear you.

Go ahead.

Terry's down.

He's got a broken leg,

by the looks of it here.

We need the chopper down

here fast. Do you hear me?

We copy.

Terry broke his leg. We're

sending chopper right away.

Send in the chopper

right now.

I can't believe the camera's still

working after taking a hit like that.

Come on, answer the phone!

Come on!

What?

Look...

All right,

hang on a second, okay?

Paul, the son-of-a-b*tch pilot

wants to renegotiate his rate.

Give him

whatever he wants.

This is rescue chopper. We're

coming up to the rim of the crater.

Do you have

a visual on us?

We're just below you, about 600

feet down off the south face.

All right, I see you.

We'll go around again

and try to drop you a cable

and then hoist you out

of there. You got that?

You all right?

We're very, very, very ready.

He looks in bad shape.

Bring her down.

Come on.

Come on, get it, get it.

Yes.

Way to go, Harry.

Hold on!

We're going home.

Okay.

You on?

Okay! Let it go!

All right, go, go, go!

Lift!

All right, move.

You got him?

Yeah, I got him good.

Great job, Harry.

I don't want to

talk out of turn,

but you should put

this town on alert.

There's a lot of

activity up there.

I know it was intense.

I don't want to cause a panic

over minor tectonic quakes.

Minor? The biggest one

we measured was a 2.9...

I don't give a damn

if it was...

Those quakes were shallow.

Damn shallow.

I was up there.

I felt them.

They weren't tectonic.

They were magmatic.

This thing is

going to blow.

I'm warning you. I'm not going

to have my people scaring everyone

because of guesswork

and hunches!

Another 48 hours will tell

the tale, and you get a grip.

That son of a b*tch.

I'm okay.

My doc says I can leave as soon

as they make sure my head's okay.

Okay, see you

in 10 years, then.

Spider Legs was just

getting even with you

for all the kicks

in the butt you gave him.

We got

a problem here, guys.

I'll need your help to convince Paul

that this mountain means business.

I hate to agree with Paul,

but there's no real evidence

that anything weird is going on.

Just like Mount Baker

in the '70s.

There was no

eruption then.

My ninth grade science

teacher once told me

that if you put a frog in boiling

water, it'll jump right out.

But if you put it in cold

water and heat it up gradually

it'll just sit there

and slowly boil to death.

What's that, Harry,

your recipe for frog soup?

It's my recipe

for disaster.

If we got here today, we'd

know we were in hot water

and we'd put

this town on alert.

Take a look.

The seismic activity is nil.

Steady as a rock.

And take a look over here.

A whole lot of nothing.

It's been like that all week.

There is nothing happening.

There's been

no harmonic tremors.

The tiltmeters don't show any

change in the mountain's shape.

I think we've seen all

this big baby's going to do.

We got the mountain wired.

We got our equipment in place.

We can keep an eye on things

from home from now on.

Our work here

is finished.

We've seen lulls like this

in activity before.

If we're wise, we'll

give it a couple of days.

I promised you two days,

I gave it a week.

First thing in the morning,

we are out of here.

We still have

to have that dinner.

Keep the change.

Okay, Elliot.

Yes!

It's okay. All right.

What've we got here, $10?

That's $20.

$20.

$20.

Come again anytime.

Thanks, Harry.

Give us a beer there,

Charlie.

So, you ever get

to Portland?

No. I'm busy.

Busy? What do you do

for fun?

Fun? What is that, fun?

I know.

Fun is what you have when

you don't have two children,

a business,

and a town to run.

I got you.

Excuse me, Harry.

Before we took off

I just wanted to say thanks

for all the hospitality.

It was my pleasure.

That's awfully nice

of you to say that,

but I'm sure you're

not sorry to see us go.

Our presence here is bad

for business, right, Paul?

Okay, I'm going

to go back. See you.

Well, it's late and I have

to let my babysitter get home.

I'll walk you.

Let me get my jacket.

Hey, Harry,

it's your break.

It's your game, guys.

So, when do you

go tomorrow?

6:
00 a. m.

I wish

you weren't leaving.

Well, don't worry,

Dreyfus was right.

I guess we don't

really have to be here.

We can watch this

mountain from Portland.

I still wish

you weren't leaving.

Hey, you two.

Jane Fox.

That'll give her something to

talk about for a couple of weeks.

Hi.

Hi.

Are they sleeping?

Yeah, they sure are.

I'll walk you out.

Okay.

Be right back.

Okay.

Good night.

Good night.

You free on Saturday?

Saturday's fine.

Good. I'll call you.

Okay, 'bye.

Thanks.

Well, maybe I should

make some coffee.

No, Rachel, no.

I don't want any coffee.

Thanks.

I really think I should

make us some coffee.

I don't know how

to tell you this

but I've never really

cared for your coffee.

I haven't been with

anybody in a long time.

Same here.

But you know

what they say.

It's like

riding a bicycle.

Once you've learned,

you never forget.

Mommy?

Mommy, is that you?

Yeah, Lauren,

what is it?

I'm thirsty.

Okay, honey.

I think she'll go

right back to sleep.

Please, dear God in heaven,

let her go back to sleep.

What's wrong

with the water?

What is it?

Must be a broken pipe?

Where's the town's

water supply?

Why?

Graham.

Wake up.

Go away.

It's right up there.

What's that smell?

It smells like sulfur. There.

Yeah. Sulfur dioxide.

I saw the same thing in the Philippines

on Mount Pinatubo before she blew.

This mountain is a ticking

bomb. Come on, let's go.

I've got that

scientific evidence you need.

Harry, what are you doing here?

I've just come from

the town's water supply.

It's the same.

Oh, my God.

The quakes are beginning

to swarm. Got a 2.4.

Gas readings are going up, too.

Not good.

Look at this one.

Sir, is that the best

you can do for us?

Yes, sir.

All right, thanks.

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