Ice Twisters Page #4

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you didn't tell me this earlier.

Okay, Jo, just breathe, alright?

That would be

a little crazy right now, alright?

A little crazy.

It's still my project, Damon!

Uh... well, I don't think

Frank sees it that way.

Why? What did he say?

Uh...

He said that he finances,

so, he owns it. You know.

He... can't...

He can't be that dumb!

I sense we have a disparity

in the chain of command around here.

This guy's powers of perception

are outstanding.

I also sense

that you don't like me.

You stole my idea.

I what?

You stole his idea.

Your book, your novel, your best seller,

that was my idea and you stole it.

What on God's green earth

are you talking about?

Gary was working on a wonderful book,

about the rising CO2 levels.

So?

- So, well,

- you stole it!

You penned it off

as your own.

I'm completely lost here, fellas.

Gary, are we still linked

with the seraphs?

Phil?

Uh... uh... well,

I... I believe so.

How about control?

Yeah. Why?

Good.

Take them down.

Joanne, that is a dangerous game

you're playing.

Take them down!

- We can't!

- Why?

Not from here.

The kill command sit with Frank

in the Department Heads strictly.

We don't have that kinda power.

That's garbage.

Well, if we can't take down them down,

then we can sure as heck change,

what they're doing up there, right?

Joanne, I wish you reconsider...

because once you go down

this path there's no coming back.

But we could reverse

the process.

- What?

- Reverse the ionization process,

they won't grab anymore moisture,

they simply be redistributing it...

- instead of processing it.

- OK. We have never done that before.

We haven't had to.

Will that work?

I don't know. Maybe. It would work

in one of my books.

Oh! Well, there's the zero gravity

thinking we've been looking for.

Or maybe it's just

"zero thinking".

Or maybe it's Gary's

next best seller.

Gary, can that be done?

It would've been done,

if this guy hadn't stolen it!

No, Gary! Can we reverse

the ionization process?

Theoretically, I'll...

I'll try.

I'm gonna have to get

my resume together after I do, Jo.

Whoa, whoa, whoa,

that's not good.

What?

We got another cell.

A bad one.

Where?

Here,

Oh, guys, the temp just crashed

in the test area.

- Oh, guys...

- Get the signal all down.

Then we'll have to refigure

the seraphs' activity.

I don't know, Jo.

I told you, I haven't done it before.

Look, hurry!

We got a twister!

Oh, man,

that is coming straight for us.

It's freezing everything

in its path.

Okay, everybody, in the trucks.

Let's go. Come on. Let's go!

I got it, guys,

we need the data.

No, leave it! Jump in the truck

and let's get outta here, come on!

- Don't! Leave it! Go!

- Damon, move!

Come on!

Wait!

Get out!

Phil!

Ah!

Come on, let's go!

- Did they make it?

- I don't know. I can't see.

Come on. Come on.

We'll be safe in there.

Come on. Grab my hand.

Hug me.

Hold on tight.

Hold on.

How long ago was this?

A half hour, sir.

You tried making contact?

Yes, but hard lines are out...

and cell towers must be down.

I'm having trouble getting through.

We've lost all visuals.

Okay, here's what

I want you to do.

I wanna fly over

within the next hour...

if we can't find out what's going on

from the ground...

maybe we can from the air.

Good.

- Good?

- Mh-hm.

I just don't understand.

I mean, what could be causing this?

Government testing.

- Come on.

- I'm serious.

Governments been trying to control

the weather for years.

No, this doesn't look like control...

- this looks more like out of control.

- I said trying.

Oh hell, China does it all the time.

You know that last year, Russia

accused China of stealing their rain.

They almost went to

war over it.

Wait, China and Russia at war?

Now you're starting to sound like

Charlie Price.

Hey, maybe we ought to

burn this tape...

so the U.S. doesn't end up

going to war with Canada, huh?

It's possible.

No, it's not possible!

What's possible is us failing this class.

Well, what if we change

the assignment?

When we get to the TV station,

we take the footage,

cut together a piece,

you see it all the time on the news,

you're covering one story,

something else happens, boom. No?

Well Eric, that's, uh...

the best idea you've had all day.

Are you being facetious?

No... no, it's... it's actually

a really good idea.

I know, right?

Sir...

the plane will be over

the target area in over two hours.

What about FSF? Have you been able

to reestablish contact?

No. The storms are growing...

and they've wreaked havoc

on local communications.

And the seraphs?

That's good.

Where'd they go?

You think they're okay?

I don't know.

They got the signal off

to the seraphs in time?

I don't think so.

Me neither.

I swear,

if I ever get hold of Frank...

Ha! Government and scientists

don't make good bed fellows, my dear.

Don't go there, Charlie.

Do you think it's easy?

- I didn't say that.

- You think this is bad?

You wanna take a snapshot

of the Sudan right now?

Darfur? Ethiopia?

Hundreds of thousands

of people are dying.

And we're close, Charlie.

I understand

the world's problems, Joanne.

So what are you doing

about it then?

What happened to you, Charlie?

You were...

you were one of the most

promising scientists I ever knew.

You could've done great things

and now you write fiction.

Yeah, that's right.

I got tired of wasting time.

Sitting around for funding...

for worthwhile solutions

to real problems.

Well, that's a part of it.

I also got sick of kowtowing

the Government whims...

under the name of science.

Thanks. Well, I'd rather try and do

whatever good I can...

than waste my brain

writing dime novel sci fi...

waiting for my next movie deal.

Who's that helping?

Book stores?

Movie studios? Me?

Well, good for you, Charlie Price.

Hey, let's just try to stay

on the same team here.

Well, you never were really

a team player at all, were you?

What happened to the hugging?

We were hugging.

I felt the warmth.

Well, I was just trying

to stay alive.

- Hey.

- Are you alright?

Yeah.

How about you two?

Where's Phil?

Get in.

Get in.

Anything?

No.

So, how're we gonna

fix this?

Gary?

We only need

a broadband connection.

You guys see what I see?

I'm not hungry.

No, Gary.

He means the Wi-Fi.

Oh, um... yeah, it's probably

worth a shot.

Hello?

Hello!

There's nobody here.

May be down the storm cellar

with Auntie Em.

Enough with that, Charlie.

Remember the

mandatory evacuation?

Sorry... bad habit,

I think.

I didn't realize

you were thinking at all.

What're you doing?

Well, hospitality's

a little slow here, Jo.

- Can you get that table, Damon?

- Yeah.

Phones are still out.

If phones are out,

how we getting online?

Wi-Fi runs with the cable modems,

they're underground.

Damon,

give the writer a price.

Can someone try the lights?

Power's out.

Oh, for Pete's sake!

Come on, it's a motel,

there's gotta be a generator

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