Galaxy Quest Page #13

MINER:

Gorignak!... Gorignak!...

The image goes blank... The actors look at each other.

JASON:

Anybody want to wait around to find out what a "Gorignak" is?

(MORE)

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JASON (cont'd)

(they shake their heads "no")

Let's do this.

GWEN:

Clenched jaw...

JASON:

Will you stop RIDING ME?!

7lON THE RIDGE71

Tommy looks down onto the compound with binoculars to see Jason

and the others below moving toward the beryllium sphere. He PANS

to the compound. Good, no blue children.

GUY:

I know what it is... I know what it is... It's not what's ON the

planet. It IS the planet...

As Guy continues to babble his theory, TOMMY pans back and forth

between JASON and the others at the SPHERE, and the deserted

COMPLEX... Jason and the others start to ROLL the sphere. It

moves forward with a ....... We PAN OVER to see a blue HAND

emerge from one of the structures... Tommy looks concerned.

GUY (O.S.)

There's a life force here. The blue things... Did you see how

they moved? Careful. Quiet. Like they didn't want something

DISTURBED....

TOMMY'S POV from THE SPHERE RUMBLING forward to THE DEMON

CHILDREN EMERGING FROM THE MINING STRUCTURES.

TOMMY:

Oh. Sh*t.

72DOWN AT THE MINING COMPOUND72

Jason and the others strain to push the boulder toward the

incline.

JASON:

C'mon, push! Never give up, never surrender!

EVERYONE:

Oh shut up!..

Suddenly they all FREEZE as they notice the returning DEMONS. The

monsters gather around them, forming a vicious circle of

slavering teeth. Silence for a beat, then:

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TOMMY ON VOX (0.5.)

Caw! Caw!

ALEXANDER:

Spare me.

Suddenly a series of MAGNITO-PISTOL BLASTS ring out, melting

random pieces of equipment, walls and putting holes in the

walkways... The aliens SCATTER for cover. Gwen and the others

turn to see TOMMY coming with the gun in his hand, followed by

Guy.

TOMMY:

Sorry Guys... It just went off.

JASON:

Good work, Tommy. Let's go!

They PUSH the over the lip of the incline. It starts to roll on

its own...

73INCLINE73

Jason and the others run with all their might to keep up with the

sphere. Jason looks over his shoulder then turns forward.

JASON:

Don't look back. DO NOT look back.

Gwen can't resist. She looks back to see... HUNDREDS OF BLUE

* DEMONS coming over the hillside like a TIDAL WAVE.

74NEAR THE SURFACE POD74

The actors roll the sphere to the pod and up the pod ramp. But

the boulder now blocks the pod door. Gwen helps Guy inside, then

squeezes through herself, followed by Tommy. Alexander and Jason

both motion each other forward.

ALEXANDER:

Go ahead!

JASON:

You go first! There's no time!

ALEXANDER:

Oh, of course, I forgot! YOU have to be the hero, don't you?...

Heaven forbid anyone else get the spotlight once! Oh no, Jason

Nesmith couldn't possibly-

Jason cold c*cks him, knocking him unconscious and lifts him

through, then starts to squeeze through himself.

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75INT. SURFACE POD 75

JASON:

Tommy, I'm in, push go now!

Tommy pushes the button when suddenly Jason is GRABBED BY THE

ANKLE by FIVE PAIRS OF DEMON HANDS and dragged back outside just

as the door closes behind him.

GWEN:

Oh my god! Tommy! Stop the pod! Stop the pod!

TOMMY:

I can't... It's on autopilot!...

As they pod ascends they all move to the window to watch

horrified as Jason disappears into the middle of the huge blue

mob that surrounds him. Alexander regains consciousness, looks

around.

ALEXANDER:

He knocked me out the sonofabitch. Where is he?

GWEN:

(horrified)

Down there.

Alexander joins the others, looks down at the blue mob below.

ALEXANDER:

Oh right, of course... It's always about YOU, isn't it?!

76EXT. PLANET SURFACE76

Back at the surface Jason is surrounded by the menacing DEMONS,

who stare down at him with their chilling SMILES. Their strange

whispered language is translated into SUBTITLES.

DEMON #1

What do you suppose it is?

DEMON #2

(momentarily introspective)

I don't know. Strange, it looks like a child.

DEMON #1

What should I do?

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DEMON #2

Hit it with a rock. Then we'll eat it.

Demon #1 lifts a rock and Jason doesn't have time to object

before the demon CLUBS him. They lean in, their mouths opening

for the kill when a SHADOW washes over them. A Blue Demon looks

up over his shoulder, TERRIFIED. He whispers a meek...

DEMON:

Gorignak...

77INT. SURFACE POD BAY77

The pod door opens and Gwen, Alexander and the others exit, out

of breath. They're greeted three of the Generator Room Techs, as

well as Teb.

GWEN:

We got the Sphere but the Commander's down there with a bunch of

cannibals! Teb, reset the pod, we're going back.

TOMMY:

That thing's not going to get us down there fast enough. Face

it, he's dead.

GWEN:

Wait, Fred, what about your thing, you know... "Digitize me,

Sergeant Chen!"

FRED:

...The digital conveyor.

GUY:

Of course... We'll just zap him up with the digital conveyor!

TOMMY:

Do we have one of those, Teb?

Teb nods. They exit running. Fred looks a little unsure...

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78INT. CORRIDOR78

Gwen, Alexander, Fred, Tommy, Guy and the technician Teb run down

the hallway. Huffing, Alexander turns to Gwen.

ALEXANDER:

You said "the Commander.

GWEN:

What?

ALEXANDER:

Back there. You said "the Commander is down there with a bunch of

cannibals."

GWEN:

No I didn't.

ALEXANDER:

Yes you did.

TOMMY:

I heard it too.

GWEN:

Is this really the most important thing we could be talking about

right now?

EXT. PLANET SURFACE - ROCKY TRENCH

Jason lies unconscious on the ground. We hear a SNORT and see

his shoulder moved by a large alien SNOUT. Jason opens his eyes

to see a GRUNTING BEAST, like an oversized pig but

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somewhat reptilian. From above along the rock walls Jason can

hear the sound of the blue demons WHISPERING...

DEMONS:

Gorignak... Gorignak.

Jason rises quickly, reaches for his gun, but it's gone. Looking

for a weapon, he quickly removes his shirt and SNAPS it at the

beast, trying to drive it away. The beast CHOMPS at him, holding

its territory. Suddenly Gwen's voice sounds.

GWEN (ON VOX)

Jason.. Can you hear me?

JASON:

Yes. Yes, I'm here!

80INT. SHIP - DIGITAL CONVEYER ROOM80

Gwen, Alexander and the others watch Jason on a viewscreen.

GWEN:

Thank God. Are you okay?

JASON:

Yeah. But I've got Gorignak staring me in the face. I think I can

take it though...

GWEN:

Jason, we're going to use the digital conveyer to get you out of

there.

Jason swipes at the pig lizard. It HISSES at him petulantly.

JASON:

The digital conveyer? You mean I'm going to get diced into cubes

and sorted up there in a thousand pieces?

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