Ice Sharks Page #3

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back to the ice shelf.

No, if the Greenies

can cut through this ice

like butter,

what do you think

they'll do to a rubber raft?

ALEX:
You saw

what they did to Eddie.

They would just swallow us

whole in one of those.

Hey, it's okay.

We're gonna

figure it out.

Gas.

You mean

propane tanks?

Yeah, that'll work.

What are you guys

talking about?

We strap those to the tanks,

make ourselves

some depth charges.

Are you kidding me?

That'll make

one hell of a boom.

It might damage

the station.

I'm gonna go check

the, uh, radio fuses.

Come on. Come on.

How are we

gonna time this?

Walls on this tank

are quarter-inch steel.

Take the torch

about 10 seconds

to punch through.

That's our fuse.

Okay.

I'll count you down.

You set?

Yeah.

1, 2, 3,

4, 5, 6,

7, 8, 9...

[ explosion ]

It's working.

Val, brace yourself!

[ rumble ]

[ crashing ]

Move!

[ crashing ]

Great, there goes

the long-range radio.

David, it worked.

Hang on.

No. No, all we did

is startle them.

Get back inside.

Hey.

I've got an idea.

Ideas are good.

What do you got?

Why don't we

rig the R.O.V.

and set it as an anchor

so we don't get

set too far out?

That's a great idea.

We can attach a steel wire

to something sturdy

and then lasso.

If we're in deep water

when that storm hits,

we're gonna get flipped

by the first wave.

Do it.

We'll keep working

on the short-range,

all right?

Tracy, you're gonna

still try and reach

my brother, right?

We will.

Thank you.

Mayday. Mayday.

This is Oasis Station.

We are in need

of assistance.

[ static crackling ]

Sammy, this is Oasis.

Do you read?

With the short-range radio,

our signal just

doesn't reach that far.

And we're too far away

to reach town now, right?

We had

to try something.

If I didn't know better,

I'd swear those things

were working together.

I think they are.

Orcas work together

to trap seals

by separating them

from the main sheet

of ice,

like that shark

did to you.

Right, right,

humpbacks, dolphins,

they swim in circles

to surround their prey,

but that's

marine mammal behavior.

Greenland sharks

don't do that.

These are clearly

an evolved species.

We're inside

a steel bunker.

They can't do much more

than bump us around in here.

What if they come back?

Mayday. Mayday.

This is

the Oasis Station.

We are in need

of immediate assistance.

All right, that's

as good as it's gonna get.

What do you think?

We can definitely

get some video footage

and find

a place to anchor.

Okay, here we go.

I set you free

upon the sea.

[ music playing ]

All right, nice and slow.

Head 15 degrees starboard.

There. Right there.

That's where

you're gonna set it down.

[ clatters ]

Is that--

Is that Sammy's...

VAL:
No!

The shark's got the ROV

and pulling the cable out.

What do we do?

No!

Michael.

Michael.

What do we do?

Michael.

[ screams ]

[ ice cracking ]

Okay, it's all right.

The tranq guns!

We need to get out of here

and seal the room.

I know.

Our position is 73 degrees...

Mayday, mayday...

2 minutes, 31.83 seconds west...

We are sinking

at 73 degrees...

108 degrees, 30 minutes,

45.13 seconds west.

We need immediate

assistance. Copy?

I'm not

getting anything.

We need to get out of here.

-Hang on.

-Where are you going?

Do you think this is

going to work?

This'll work, right?

Yeah, it should if we

put two rounds into it.

But it's gonna

feel us when we fire.

I know.

What--What do we do if--

I haven't thought

that far ahead. Ready?

I really think we

should talk about this.

Aim.

We should talk about--

Fire!

Oh, boy.

The wire. Quick!

Quick! The wire!

The breaker.

Yeah.

The power's off.

Get out of the water!

Ready?

Turn it on!

[ electricity crackling ]

It's working!

Turn it off.

Okay, off, off. Got it.

Go to the door!

Go to the door!

Okay. Okay.

Go.

Pull. Pull.

Go, go, go, go.

Close it.

Close the inner door

before you open

the outer door.

[ thud ]

Val's gone.

And we lost the MPR.

We're going down.

We gotta seal

this level off.

Move. Move, move, move.

Oh, my God.

Here we go.

David, I need wire cutters

and a screwdriver now.

There.

All right, all right.

Hold this.

Give me that map.

Okay, flip the switch.

[ beeping ]

The emergency location

transmitter's on.

Let's just

hope the signal

gets out in time.

Michael, how deep

is the water here?

Uh, about 90 feet,

give or take.

Can the station

withstand the pressure?

Barely. I mean,

it's a lot

of pressure,

but we all dive

down to 120 feet.

We don't

get crushed.

[ metal creaking ]

80 feet.

[ creaking continues ]

[ creaking continues ]

50 feet.

What if we tip over

when we land?

We won't.

ALEX:
Are you sure?

30 feet.

No.

Michael, what if we do?

Then this room

will flood.

10 feet.

Brace.

Brace!

5, 4, 3,

2...

[ crash ]

[ yelling ]

Come on. Not too far.

Come on.

[ groans ]

[ panting ]

[ metal creaking ]

[ spraying ]

Tracy.

There.

Tracy.

You all right?

I'm okay. I'm okay.

[ metal creaking ]

We're okay.

We're okay.

Everybody else?

ALEX:
Okay.

Yeah?

Yeah.

Let's see

where we landed.

Yeah.

Well, looks like

we landed solidly.

[ thump ]

What was that?

[ metal creaking ]

Didn't come

from inside.

[ thump ]

Sharks.

Back away from the window.

It's the lights.

They can see us moving.

Turn off the flashlights.

[ rattling ]

[ thump ]

Close the windows.

[ water hissing ]

Oh, my God.

The panel!

We need the welding gear.

Got it.

I got the torch.

I got the mask

and gloves!

Here. Here.

Here.

All right, you're set.

You're set.

Go, go, go.

[ welding ]

You think

it's gonna hold?

I'd bet

my life on it.

Yeah, we all are.

Oh, frak.

[ metal creaking ]

[ switches clicking ]

[ clicking continues ]

[ pounds metal ]

Nothing working?

It's already starting

to get cold in here.

Yeah, I can tell.

Well, that's not

our biggest problem.

We got maybe

a day's worth

of air in here.

Wait. What? Why?

Because the Oasis

was built to withstand

all extreme weather

conditions, but--

But it wasn't meant

to be submerged,

so what we're breathing now

is all we've got.

Unfortunately

David's right.

We only have about

a day left of O2.

Okay, but what about

our dive tanks, right?

Right, we're only 90 feet

from the surface,

so if we could suit up,

we could just swim out.

We've only got

one regulator.

Everything else

is in the MPR.

And you're forgetting

about the Greenies outside.

They didn't

have a hard time

picking us off

in our environment.

How long do you think

we're gonna last in theirs?

So what if we

inflate our B.C.s?

If we inflate them,

we can shoot to

the surface in seconds.

Then we will become

floating targets.

Okay, well, do you guys

have any ideas?

Really?

Nothing?

[ metal creaking ]

Nobody?

Are the sharks

even there anymore?

Ohh!

[ thumping ]

Everyone just

be calm, okay?

Now, we've all had

survival training.

We all know our jobs,

and our first job

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