Invaders from Mars Page #3

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It's wired.

The detonator is set.

You better hurry,

Or you just might blow it.

I understand how

it must sound, general,

But I can assure you

it's absolutely true.

I don't know.

People being sucked

under the sand.

A lot of aliens

Running around loose

underneath the town.

It's a little hard to swallow.

Excuse me, sir.

NASA does confirm

a visual sighting,

A UFO,

2 nights ago during

the meteor shower.

But radar reported no strike.

In fact, radar reported

nothing at all.

General,

What if the ship

absorbed energy?

It wouldn't show up on radar

Because no energy

would bounce back, right?

Search teams were sent out to

find signs of impact or landing.

Sir.

The men who checked

the copper hill area

Gave it a clean report.

That's because they were

sucked under the sand!

They're all part of it!

Walker, would you

please come in here?

Ma'am, I'd like you and the boy

To leave us for a moment.

Yes, sir.

Sir?

Walker,

I want you to to escort these 2 people

To the briefing room.

Yes, sir.

Please, follow me.

Renaldo, I want you

to notify NASA

That we're going to do

just a routine security check

On their men.

Don't want to make

an issue out of this.

Yes, sir.

The general's

ready to see you now.

Sorry to disturb you, boys.

Just have a couple

of routine questions

About the copper hill search.

Place these men under arrest!

Tell me what

the hell is going on!

General...

Keep back!

My god.

What?

They're dead.

Jesus!

Stay clear!

Don't touch those things!

Seal the base perimeter.

Alert security!

Get those NASA hotshots

back over here right away.

Maybe they can explain this.

Bring the nurse and the kid back,

right now!

Lock off the launch area.

Yes, sir.

David,

This is dr. Stout,

Senior scientist on

the millennium project.

This is dr. Weinstein.

How do you do, David?

We work with your father.

Hi, David. Your dad's talked

about you a lot.

This is Linda Magnusson,

David's friend.

Doctor, I didn't think

the Viking missions

Found any sign of life,

Except for this photo

I saw in a magazine

Of these things on the surface

That looked like pyramids.

I saw that photograph.

And what about that huge thing

That kind of looked

like a monkey's head?

It was in all the papers.

That was fake, right?

On the contrary,

there were other photos

Too sensational

to be made public.

But there's not enough water

to support life.

On the surface.

We're looking below ground.

If there is, David,

It may not want to be found.

The tunnels!

It may not want us up there.

There really is no other choice.

No, please, general Wilson,

any further delay,

We'll miss the launch window.

Mars won't wait for us, general.

I understand, gentlemen.

We will go tonight,

But we must be able

to guarantee security.

We still don't know

What the hell

we're dealing with.

What would you

suggest that we do?

I want to put a temp

freeze on countdown

Until we're all clear.

Then it's your show.

You got yourself a deal.

No, it's a temp freeze.

Well, tell mission control

I'm authorizing it.

I know, I'll be right down.

Good, doctor.

General, we're going

down to control.

We'll be back soon.

General, listen!

We have a break

in security, sir!

There's an I-O-X truck

on the runway, sir.

General, base security

arrested 2 technicians

Trying to steal equipment.

Steal what?

Copper wire, sir.

A lot of it was loaded

onto a base truck.

Copper wire?

Sir, operations report space

radar back in service.

Anything coming in?

Negative, sir.

They're already here, gentlemen.

David, can you take me

to the sandpit?

Yeah, it's

right behind my house.

Is alert force standing by?

Ready when you are, sir!

Capt. Curtis,

take a platoon

And get down to the school.

Don't worry, boy.

We are not out of options yet.

Marines have no qualms

about killing Martians!

Go, go, go, go!

Go!

Move it!

Let's go!

Let's go!

Move it, move it, move it!

Go, go, go!

Go, go!

Secure the house!

Fire teams 1 and 2!

Check your field of action!

Platoon leaders,

check your field of fire!

Cellars, let's go!

Let's go!

Hope you know what we're doing.

Yes, I do.

My god.

Let's go!

Sir, that civilian house

is all clear.

General Wilson!

Yes, David!

I have an idea.

If we just try

to talk to them...

Sir, we just

received confirmation

Of a telesystem

beneath the school.

Capt. Curtis has entered

and headed due west

With no resistance.

Due west!

That's towards us!

Sir, the demo charges are in.

You want to show us

where you want the winches?

Let's take a look!

David! David!

Please stay put.

Sgt. Lance.

Sir!

See that those marines

are secure!

Yes, sir!

All right, move it!

Let's go!

First sector of fire

is 11:
00, 2:00.

Go!

Check out 11:
00.

He's going to fall!

Renaldo!

Uh!

Stay the hell away from there!

Oh, Rinaldi!

Ah!

Ah! Ah!

Aah!

Renaldo!

Ready those winches!

Hit the deck!

Hold your fire!

Get down, damn it!

We can't just blow away

an opportunity like this.

Look at these creatures.

We don't know much about them,

or why they're here.

It's all right, boys.

It's...

It's all right.

How's he know they're boys?

Shut up!

I think I have something

that belongs to you.

This is yours, right?

This is yours.

That's right.

Uh...

I'm mark Weinstein,

Uh...

dr. Weinstein.

I'm from Seti,

s-E-T-I,

The search for

extraterrestrial intelligence,

And...

You do understand me...

don't you?

You do.

They do understand me.

You see?

They do understand me.

Fire!

All right.

Let's recon these tunnels.

David, it'll be all right.

David, what's wrong?

No, David!

David!

I got to find my mom and dad!

No! David, stop!

David!

David, come back here!

Oh, no!

David!

Dad!

Just come back here!

I have to find my mom and dad...

Linda, stop!

No!

Aah!

David!

All right!

Let's go in!

Set the charges!

Let's do it!

But, general,

the woman and the child!

We'll just have to risk it.

There's no other way.

Move it in!

Hustle, hustle, hustle!

Get up!

Come on!

Hurry up!

Hurry up and get out of there!

Get the hell out of there!

Get the hell out of...

Start the winches!

Come on, men, you can get up!

Pull, pull, pull!

Come on!

You can do it!

Come on!

Get out!

This way!

Keep it up!

Let's go!

We got to go down there!

Recon! Get ready!

Go!

Linda.

Linda!

Don't let him get away.

Ha ha ha ha!

Check inside now.

Man, this stuff sure stinks.

Yeah, it smells

like sulfur dioxide.

Keep moving.

What the hell you doing, man?

It's cupric oxide.

There's no time for that.

Let's move!

They're smelting copper.

Come on! Move!

Be careful.

Uh!

Come.

Where's Linda?

Linda's very busy right now.

Let her go!

You're a lucky boy,

David Gardner.

Not everybody gets to meet

The supreme

martial intelligence.

Can I...

Can I talk to you?

Please, don't hurt Linda.

And if you could

give me my mom...

You've been quite a bit of trouble already,

David Gardner.

They didn't do any harm to you,

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