Ghosts of Mars Page #5

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- Where the hell have you been?

- Where the hell have you been?

- All right, Bashira, come down.

All right, wait for us.

We're on our way.

Let's go.

Get in!

Get yourselves ready.

Oh, my.

Come on!

Come on! Let's go!

Let's go! Come on!

Come on!

Okay, go! Go!

What the hell happened to you?

We got trapped a couple of kliks

north of here, trying to off-load.

I'll get us out of here.

We've got to go back.

Slow the train down outside of town,

then come to a complete stop.

No way.

- I'm giving you an order.

- I don't care. The answer's no.

The answer's yes.

Look...

even if we get back to Chryse,

those things will just keep coming.

We've got a chance here.

We've got a chance to stop this thing

before it goes any further.

This is about one thing--

dominion.

It's not their planet anymore.

What about him?

Isn't it our job

to take him back?

Is he still a prisoner

or is he one of us?

I can give a damn

about saving this planet.

Seems like it's been after me

since the day I was born.

If I'm gonna die,

I'm gonna die fighting...

not running.

If we blew up the nuclear

power station, what would happen?

I mean, there'd be

a huge explosion, right?

No, not unless you retract

the control rods and expose the core.

Then what?

Then you'd have a small

atomic bomb going "boom."

How small?

I don't know. It'd blow out

a radius of a mile, maybe two.

Would it kill them?

It would certainly destroy

their human hosts, but as for them...

I don't know.

Jericho, can you get us in?

I can try.

The plan was simple.

Sergeant Jericho, the science officer

and I jumped off the train...

and headed towards

the powerplant.

The others stayed aboard the train

as it backed into the station.

The idea was they provide cover...

and distract the Martians

as we set the charges in the plant.

And they'd swing back, pick us up

and we'd all get as far away...

from Shining Canyon as we could

before the place blew.

Like I said,

it was a simple plan.

The only problem was, it didn't work

the way it was supposed to.

- How are you doing,Jericho?

- I'm working on it.

Hurry up.

We've got to remove the waterjacket

and destroy the containment shell.

Where do I put the dynamite?

Officer to the train, they've

spotted us. Get your ass back here now.

Yeah?

Let's go.

We've got to get out

of here fast.

The Doc says the blast radius

could be up to two miles.

- What does that mean?

- It means step on it.

Stay here and keep it

full throttle.

What are you gonna do?

Lighten our load.

I think there's some

more dynamite in the rear car.

See you later,

you big motherf***er.

You okay?

Say your prayers.

I didn't know

you was cut this deep.

Should've taken care

of this hours ago.

You do that like a pro.

Yeah.

Me and my brother

been through a lot of battles...

ever since we was kids.

I never thought I'd go to war

with somebody like you.

I know when you get to Chryse, you'll

tell those people that I helped you...

and I wasn't the cause

of all this mess around here.

'Cause I know they're looking

for somebody to blame.

I swear to you, Williams...

as soon as I get back, I'm gonna tell my

superiors about this f***ed-up planet.

They'll drop the charges

as soon as they get the report.

That ought to hold it.

When you get there,

have somebody look at it.

I couldn't get it perfect,

so it might leave a scar.

I'm getting a collection.

You'll be all right.

- Comfortable?

- Yeah.

I'll get you a blanket.

What the hell are you doing?

Oh, this is where I get off.

What are you talking about?

We'll be in Chryse soon.

Can't let you turn me in.

I can't let you walk.

What you gonna do,

f***ing shoot me?

There's nowhere to run.

Anywhere is better than hell.

Catch you later.

Yeah, right.

Sh*t.

And what happened to Williams?

I don't know.

When I woke up, he was gone.

And you were handcuffed?

Must've done it

while I slept.

At that point,

I trusted him.

That's all you have to tell us?

That's all I know.

All right, Lieutenant Ballard,

I suggest you get some rest.

You're dismissed.

Is our statement to the Cartel going to

be that Mars is being overrun by ghosts?

Attention, all police personnel...

report to your nearest

munitions station immediately...

for weaponry assignment.

A security breach has occurred

in the south quadrant.

This is a level-ten emergency.

All police personnel, report to your

division sergeant for assignment.

All civilian personnel,

evacuate the streets immediately.

Please remain indoors

until further instructed.

Come on.

Tide is up.

Time to stay alive.

If you ever wanna come to the other

side, you'd make a hell of a crook.

You'd make a hell of a cop.

Let's just kick some ass.

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