Heatstroke Page #2

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Roger. Copy all. O'Bannon out.

So, what's up?

Gatecrash a nogo. Pulled the plug.

Where you goin? Get back to work.

Here's to Gatecrash. Gatecrash.

You never really thought we'd find anything,

did ya?

Why'd you sign on?

Wanted something different.

Boring's different.

And because you asked.

So, what are you gonna do now? Retire?

Yeah. Buy a farm. Grow grapes. Make wine.

Make babies.

Jill doesn't know about that last part yet.

What are you gonna do?

You know, once you're stateside,

maybe you should see someone.

Been seeing a shrink since I was ten years old.

You gotta do something, man.

Blacking out, flying into a tree.

NNot too healthy.

Yeah. If that's what happened.

What the hell is this?

Let me see.

Looks organic. Looks what?

I'm gonna run a scan on it.

Come on. We owe this guy.

You sure this is a good idea?

Steve. This was inside the data recorder.

A claw?

It's hot. Tau Seven.

Run it's DNA. Then recheck that hard drive,

swab it down, every square inch,

see if we can pick anything else up.

You got it.

You are out there.

I'm gonna put the fear of God

in that son of a b*tch. Give me the rifle.

Hey. Yeah. You're not a paparazzi.

You're military.

Did you walk here?

Hey, let me, let me, let me help.

No, uh, I'm fine, I'm fine.

Are you a military, too?

NNo. I'm a model trying desperately to get

to the other side of the camera.

And this is my big chance.

I mean, it took me two years to convince

these people to let me manage my own shoot.

And you fly in and break the camera?

I'm sorry. I didn't do it on purpose.

You have to make this right.

How am I gonna do that?

Have Uncle Sam reimburse me for

the broken equipment, the lost time.

My uncle's cheap.

I don't think he's gonna write you a check.

Well, then cash, cash is fine.

Don't you coMander types carry tons

of money for emergencies?

Where'd you see that? CNNNN?

So you're not gonna help me.

Hey, I don't know. I got about twentytwo bucks

in my wallet. You're welcome to that.

Hey. Just, why don't you at least let me

give you a ride home?

It's definitely organic.

I was sure I had it wrong.

I ran it six times, but it's not wrong.

Cells from the claw,

the genetic material is not DNNA.

Totally different nucleotides.

It's real. Real what?

Evidence. NNothing on the planet has a

biochemistry like this.

What, we found ourselves a piece E.T.?

Steve, this is amazing. It's ridiculous.

Ridiculous? You don't believe us.

I don't believe the timing.

You're just trying to save your jobs.

We wouldn't make it up, Major.

NNo, Steve, it's all right.

That's absurd. This is no hoax.

Well, then they're misreading their data.

They're just seeing what they want to see.

No. Believe me, I didn't want to see what I saw.

Because my faith says it's impossible.

Your what?

I believe God made man in his own image.

And his gift of life to Earth is unique.

Alien life can't exist.

But we found it.

And now I have to accept it.

Stand by.

You didn't have to keep it a secret.

I wasn't sure you wanted someone around

with the Good Book in her pocket.

A Jesus freak now believes in spacemen.

Hallelujah. Must be true.

You be Scully, I'll be Mulder.

You wanted evidence, you've got it.

A couple of weird cells doesn't mean

we've got Martians running around.

I'm telling you, this is a breakthrough.

Can you imagine the media response?

If I'm right, and you were too pigheaded

to go check it out?

Gatecrash is a mile above top secret.

You go public, I'll skin you alive.

You mess this up, you'll get fed to the wolves.

So why risk it? Let's go see what they've got.

Morning.

Mornin', Sheriff.

I don't like Sheriff. Call me Angel.

NNo wiseass comments, no funny face.

Maybe we'll get along, Mister?

O'Bannon. Steve.

What's your rank, Steve?

Maybe we won't get along.

I could toss your ass in jail

for busting up that bar.

Selfdefense.

Tell it to the judge.

You have the right to remain silent.

You have the right to an attorney.

My rank's Captain, Sheriff.

So, Captain. Your buddies with the bats.

When'd you see 'em last?

In the bar. Why?

Gone. Missing.

I don't know anything about it.

What's a Special Ops team doing here?

Looking for Osama.

Ah, Captain. Me no dumb local savage.

Me all the time talk, talk pretty good.

Me study criminology at UCLA.

Okay. Here's the truth. I lead a special detail

that's been sent here to find extraterrestrial life.

So? Why didn't you say so?

Why do I bother?

Look, Captain. If I wanted to hear crap

about space aliens, I'd talk to my grandma.

Why, has she seen 'em?

Oh, yeah. She sees 'em all the time

on the T set.

They watch her. Keep her awake at nights.

Maybe you'd like to talk to her.

Yeah, I would.

Don't yank my chain.

Uncle Sam better vouch for you

or we're not gonna be friends. Hear me?

Loud and clear.

Al and Jill. You start at HQ and head south.

Romeo, go east. I'm going north.

Mental, scan wide with the drone. Al.

Al, any Tau Seven reading yet? Over.

Says onepointfour here, Steve,

and it's getting stronger.

Stay on it. Out.

Ultralight picked up a hot spot somewhere

north of here, but couldn't lock down its position.

O'Bannon to Romeo. I need a temp wrap.

Over.

O'Bannon to Romeo. Check in.

What've you got? Over.

Uh, Romeo here. Still nothing.

Tau Seven level is pointzerothree.

Bloody amazing.

A real live E.T. could be out here

and we could make the first contact.

What do we say to it?

Well, I don't imagine an alien life

form's gonna speak English.

NNow, just go with me here.

What's the first thing you'd ask him?

How you say cold beer in alien?

How're you holding up?

I keep telling myself,

God does everything for a reason.

All creatures great and small.

ven creatures from other worlds.

I still can't get my head around it.

It's a mindblower.

Yeah. And we found it.

Something to tell our kids about.

Oh, kids. What, you know something I don't?

Sir, no, sir. Purely hypothetical.

We don't need to reopen the

children discussion. Do we?

Unless you want to.

Hey, Jill. Aliens were here.

Partying.

What have we got here?

Relax, tough guy. It's dead.

Alfeaten.

That's one big ugly bug.

And radioactive.

Hmm, what do you do, Lieutenant?

I hunt down Martians.

Oh, really? Hmm, that's so cool.

Well, actually, I chase itsybitsy traces

of weird radiation.

You bet. It's a rush.

Here we go. Bird's up.

Scanning for Tau Seven and finding bugger all.

Bird's not seeing any Tau Seven.

You sure you fixed it?

Widen your search.

That hotspot didn't just disappear.

Captain? Romeo here. Still nothing.

Tau Seven max is zeropointtwo.

And I'm running out of road.

Double back to the beach.

Get the ultralight. Out.

Oh, man. Check this out.

Civilization at its finest.

NNo fridge and no toilet,

but by God they got a television.

Zoom in. Something's moving.

It's either an alien or Mrs. Big Foot.

That's Grandma.

Stop! Stop. Stop!

What's the problem?

We heard something coming at us.

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