Island Of Terror Page #3

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what do you plan to do?

It's no good dithering about.

We better go and talk to the farmers

and then see Dr. Landers.

A farmer has found his horse

on the other side of the peninsula.

Harris has gone to Philips' place.

We must've just missed him.

- Did you find anything?

- Philips was doing cancer research.

He was creating a form of living

matter to counteract the cancer.

What do you think?

He might've succeeded in creating

some form of life in his lair.

- That caused these deaths?

- We haven't read all his notes.

Shall we take a look at the horse,

and pick up Harris?

We should let him know

at least what we know.

- Good morning.

- Hello, Toni.

You look like you've been up

all night.

We have.

- How about some breakfast?

- We've just had supper.

- We have to go to Philips' place.

- Right, let's go.

- I'm afraid you can't come.

- Why not?

- It might be dangerous.

- What might?

Look, last night we went up there

and found four more bodies.

We think they created something in

that lab that's causing these deaths.

- What do you mean "something"?

- Just that...

We don't know, yet.

If you there's something running

loose, you can't leave me alone!

- Toni, this could be...

- Please! Don't leave me alone.

Perhaps you're right.

Oh, no!

- What's happened?

- Something was on the rear window.

- What?

- I'm not quite sure.

- What did it look like?

- It was...

I don't know, it was greyish.

- Think, this is important.

- There was a strange sound.

- What kind of a sound?

- I don't know...

Let's have a look.

Brian, hold it!

Come back to the car.

We better not get too close

until we know what we're up against.

What do you think it is?

I don't know,

but let's not take any risks.

Especially with me.

We better get Harris and get back,

we might need help.

- He must be here, that's his bicycle.

- Toni, stay in the car.

No, not with those things

around.

Let her come, I wouldn't

want to stay here alone.

OK, but stick close together.

Harris?

Constable Harris?

Harris?

Let's see if he's in the basement.

Harris?

Look! It's Harris.

Good Lord, what's that?

Let's get out of here.

Don't get too close!

They've divided!

- Let's get through them.

- Wait!

Let me try first.

Come on!

No, no.

- We've got to. Now. Come on!

- No!

Hurry! They may not remain

inactive long.

Listen! They're inactive

because they divided

but we don't know for how long,

So, come on!

- David, I'm so frightened.

- So am I.

- Are you all right?

- No!

- There's one out here.

- Into the car, quick!

Damn!

- Hurry!

- I'm trying!

I think that's got it.

Here, take this.

- Come on, drink it.

- Oh, David...

Come on.

I want you to get some sleep

and this will do the trick.

I'm so scared.

I've never seen anyone die before.

Now, don't think about it.

We'll find an answer, we've got to.

- I never saw anything so horrible.

- Me neither.

Now, you just relax

and try and get some sleep.

- What's going to happen to us?

- Nothing, we'll be all right.

- Are you sure?

- Of course.

- I'm sorry I ever brought you here.

- There's no reason to be sorry.

I wanted to come.

- David?

- Yes.

Are you really sorry I came?

- I won't let you down.

- I know you won't.

We'll get out of this somehow.

Somehow.

- How is she?

- I gave her a sedative.

Good. I could do

with a sedative myself.

What did you find out?

They're in chronological order.

The last one is a few days old.

What's the entry?

It's about Phillips' dog-getting

an overdose of radiation.

Anything else?

They attempted to fuse the nucleus

but look at this protein structure:

It isn't adenosine triphosphate.

Where have you been?

I've come for my goods.

Sorry, Jonesy,

the store's closed today.

- Have you seen Dr. Landers?

- Not since 7 this morning.

He left in his car

with two men and a girl.

- Strangers.

- What strangers?

The ones that came in

on the plane, last night.

What plane? Where are they?

- Maybe they've over at the inn.

- Come on.

What about my goods?

If you check that

with 404, you see?

Hello. Are you the folk

that are with Dr. Landers?

We've been working with him.

Who are you?

I'm Campbell, head of the island.

This is Argyle who runs the store.

I'm Dr. West

and this is Dr. Stanley.

How do you do?

And where's the Doc?

Dr. Landers?

I'm afraid Dr. Landers is dead.

Dr. Landers dead!

How did it happen?

Please sit down.

Well?

Now this is very difficult

to explain.

There are creatures loose here

and they're dangerous.

What do you mean?

What are they?

We're not sure, but we think they're

due to Dr. Philips' experiments.

What do you mean "creatures"?

I wish I could tell you more,

but we don't know what they are.

- Creatures?

- Doctor, this is a bit hard to take.

I assure you we're not mad.

Dr. Philips', created some kind

of living organism that kills.

- That's what happened to Dr. Landers?

Yes.

We'll need your help

if this island is to survive.

- Survive?

- What do you want us to do?

First of all, I'll need

ten good men beside yourselves.

- I can find those for you all right.

- Good.

I want all the villagers together

in an hour.

That's short notice.

We can gather

in the meeting hall.

Right. I'll let you know

everything more fully then.

- We'd better tell the Constable.

- I'm sorry, you're late. He's dead.

- The Constable too?

- Yes, and Ian Bellows.

You know, we've had

reports of animals dying.

- It seems as if they had no bones.

- Where?

Several places.

In the northern part of the island.

- Has anything occurred in the centre?

- No, just north of the centre.

- We haven't time, they're moving.

- How many?

We'll explain at the hall,

we must finish these notes.

- We'll do as you say.

- Thank you.

- Now they tried experiment 1165...

- Yes.

And if you compare that with 1143,

the results were negative.

Quiet! Quiet, please!

Now, that's all we know

at the moment.

Your attention, please.

I'm Dr. West and this is Dr. Stanley.

We've completed going over

Dr. Philips' notes

and I must warn you that we're in

a dangerous situation. Dr. Stanley?

Let me explain what

we've discovered so far.

In order to understand

the nature of cancer,

Dr. Philips was trying

to create living cells.

Cells that he hoped

would attack the cancer.

He based this on the carbon atom

which is the basis of all life.

He didn't succeed.

But he probably created a form

of life based on the silicon atom.

Now these Silicates,

as we call them, eat animal bone,

human bone.

Dr. Philips' gave life

to some kind of organism,

something we know nothing about.

Their external skeletal structure

is tough and resilient.

We couldn't hurt it with an axe and

when run over, it was unharmed.

We haven't found

a way to destroy them yet,

but shall attack them

with everything we can.

From Dr. Philips' notes

and our own experience,

we calculate that these creatures

divide every six hours.

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