Independence Day Page #10

Do you really

wanna shoot me?

Just tell them

I hit you.

(HELICOPTER ENGINES WHIRRING)

MAN:
(ON RADIO) Command,

this is Retal Op.

Squadron is in the air.

We are on station

and awaiting

instructions.

MAN:
Roger. Break formation.

Head to targets.

Sir...

They're breaking

formation.

GREY:
Mr. President, we're initiating sequence code.

MAN:
Verification. Alpha. Zulu. Six. Eight. Niner.

Which city will

be reached first?

Houston, Texas.

MAN:
ETA, six minutes

and counting down.

Houston.

GREY:
The major cities

have been deserted.

Civilian casualties should

be down to a minimum.

MAN:
Command, this is

Neighborhood Watch.

We are in position.

Tracking monitors

are locked on.

We are going to

visual recon.

MAN:
Roger that, NW.

We have confirmation.

Launch code confirmed.

MAN:
Alpha. Zulu. Six. Eight.

Niner. Standing by.

Laser targeting.

Locked on.

We're locked on, sir.

Do you wish to deploy?

Mr. President, if you wish

to deploy, the time is now.

Mr. President?

Deploy.

That's a go. Alpha. Zulu.

Six. Eight. Niner.

That's correct. Deploy.

Here we go.

(MISSILE FIRING)

MITCHELL:
Bird's away.

We have visual confirmation

of the missile.

It's on target.

Approaching.

May our children

forgive us.

MAN:
Five seconds to impact.

Three, two...

one.

ALBERT:
Oh, yeah! It's a hit!

(SIGHS)

Get down! Get down!

Can we confirm that the

target was destroyed?

Get the tank commander on line. I want

confirmation that the target was destroyed.

MAN:
Yes, sir!

Red Arrow, Alpha 9723.

Can you read?

Repeat, Commander.

You're breaking up.

MAN:
We have lost visual.

Roger that. We're looking

for confirmation.

We got the bastards.

Yeah!

Good job, everyone! Congratulations!

(ALL CHEERING)

MAN:
Commander, do you have visual? I

repeat, we need visual confirmation.

Has the target

been destroyed?

MAN:
Negative.

Target remains.

I repeat,

target remains.

Call the other

planes back.

Other bombers might have more luck.

We shouldn't just give up on this!

I said call them back!

Abort.

Abort mission.

Issue the abort

codes right away.

MAN:
This is an abort, full abort.

Do you read?

Abort mission

right away.

(RUMBLING)

(HELICOPTER APPROACHES)

STEVE:
Jasmine!

You're late!

You know I like to

make an entrance.

Where are we going?

MAN:
Through there, sir.

Mr. President, your wife is resting

comfortably for the moment.

Perhaps if we had gotten to her earlier...

Hey, there she is! Go on!

She doesn't look too good.

Your wife is bleeding internally, Mr. President.

Perhaps if we'd gotten to her earlier...

Wait a minute. What are you saying?

We can't stop

the bleeding.

If we'd...

There's nothing we

can do for her.

PATTY:
We were worried. We

didn't know where you were.

MARY:
You've gotten

bigger, I think.

I did?

You just keep growing

and growing.

I can't...

Hey.

Can you wait outside for a little

bit, so mom can get a rest?

Hey, come on, Munchkin.

I'm so sorry that I didn't come

home when you asked me to.

It's okay.

The doctors...

think that you're...

gonna be just fine.

Liar.

Is Mommy sleeping now?

Yeah.

Mommy's sleeping.

Hey.

(METAL CRASHING FAINTLY)

JULIUS:
David!

What the hell

are you doing?

I'm making a mess!

Yeah. This I can see.

We gotta burn the rainforest

with toxic waste,

pollute the air and rip

up the ozone layer!

Because maybe if we screw

this planet up enough.

(GRUNTS, GASPS)

They won't want

it anymore.

Wait, wait, wait.

David, David!

Don't do this

to yourself.

Listen to me.

Are you listening to me?

(SOFTLY) I'm listening.

Everyone loses faith at

some point in their life.

David! Even myself.

I haven't spoken to God

since your mother died.

You see, sometimes...

we have to remember

what we still have.

Like what?

Well...

you still have

your health.

David, David, you need your rest.

Come on!

Get off this freezing concrete floor

before you catch a cold. Come on.

What did you just say?

You mean about faith?

Well, you see, a man can live his life...

No, no, no.

No, the other part.

What? What?

I don't want you

to catch cold.

(GROANING)

What is that? What's

the matter with you?

Genius.

Genius?

DAVID:
My dad. A

total genius.

Jerry?

Wake up.

We got work to do. Get everybody

down here right away.

STEVE:
Look at that!

Wow!

DYLAN:
Does that thing really

fly in outer space?

It most certainly does.

Sure doesn't

look like it.

JERRY:
Hey, they're here.

ALBERT:
All right, Connie,

what's this all about?

I have no idea.

Get everybody off.

Right, everybody.

Clear the platform. Let's go.

Come on. Come on.

DAVID:
Major Mitchell...

Do you have a pistol?

What?

Have you got a gun?

Sergeant, your sidearm.

See that Coke can on top

of the alien craft?

Think you can shoot

that thing off?

DAVID:
Do it. Shoot it.

Sir?

Go ahead.

(ALL SCREAMING)

STEVE:
What the hell

are you doing?

I'm sorry. My fault.

My. My fault.

See, that Coke can was protected

by the craft's shield.

We can't penetrate

their defenses.

We know that already.

What's your point?

Right. My point is, if we

can't beat their defenses,

then we gotta get

around them.

DAVID:
Major, one more time...

Any time.

(SIGHS)

How did you do that?

I gave it a cold.

I gave it a virus.

A computer virus.

GREY:
Are you telling us

you can send out a signal

that will disable

all their shields?

That's right. Just like they

used our satellites against us.

We can use their own

signal, against them.

If we plant a virus,

into that mother ship,

it's gonna then filter down into

all the corresponding ships below.

ALBERT:
I'm sorry. I

don't understand.

Just how exactly do we infect the

mother ship with this virus?

(STAMMERS) We're gonna...

have to...

fly their alien craft out of our

atmosphere and dock with it.

We can enter here, as shown

in these satellite photos.

We then upload

the virus.

We then set off some kind of

explosion, which will disable it.

And that'll disorient the

smaller ships below.

And that could buy you, I think

at least, some time to...

to take them...

take them out,

take them down.

Do your...

Do your stuff.

This is ridiculous!

How long would their

shields be down?

Uh...

I don't know. A

matter of minutes.

ALBERT:
You want us to coordinate a

massive worldwide counterstrike

with a window of

only a few minutes?

With shields down, that

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