It! The Terror from Beyond Space Page #3

with their talk and footsteps,

we will attempt to get to

a level below the monster.

Our only hope is

that this will be

the last attempt we have

to make to kill the thing.

I've gotta fix that

pillow for van.

I'm sure they will.

They'll be all right.

I hope they're making noise.

Do you think they're gonna

be all right down there?

Grenades, gas and bullets

have failed to stop the beast,

but perhaps it can

be electrocuted.

There's enough voltage

in these lines

to kill 30 human beings.

The only drawback is,

the thing isn't human.

I know, but they'll be back up.

They'll be all right.

Ah!

Hey!

I can't make it.

My leg's broken!

Get out! Get help!

I've switched the intercom

to pickup his suit-radio.

Calder? Calder, can you hear me?

Loud and clear.

It's nice to have company.

Are you all right?

I'm alive, if that's

what you mean.

I picked a good spot, right

between the induction pumps.

You mean it can't get at you?

It could, if I didn't

have this torch.

To reach me, it has

to stretch down in.

Every time it does, I give it

the torch in the eyes.

Can you reach the lock?

No. No chance.

Looks like I'm here

for the duration.

Oops! Here it comes again.

Calder?

Still here.

The plate on this torch says,

"good for three

hours continuous use."

And to return it for your

money back if unsatisfied.

Hang on, Jim.

We'll leave the intercom on.

Just hang on.

Sure. What else?

Will you keep us informed

of its movements...

we'll try to figure

how to get you out.

Just send care packages.

You know, if that thing should

attack the induction pumps or...

The bank of control relays,

we couldn't maneuver the ship or land it.

we'd just...

Drift right past earth

towards interstellar

space. We'd...

Drift forever.

So I decided after

one bad marriage

to bury myself in science.

I didn't want anybody.

Van changed your mind?

If we get out of this, I'd...

Eric?

The bacteria is attacking

the bone marrow,

resulting in a

leukemia condition.

I can fight it with

drugs, but slowly.

Too slowly.

If they're going to live,

they've got to have

fresh blood constantly...

And there's no more

up here in the dispensary.

Then we've got to

go down and get it.

Sir,

if...

You couldn't help Calder.

You had to...

You had to leave him there.

Well...

What did you do, Carruthers?

Throw him in as bait

so you could get away?

Van.

How...

How come you...

How come you always get

away without a scratch?

He doesn't know

what he's saying.

I heard that.

Tell him he's nuts.

Van heusen's got it all wrong.

Hey, can anybody hear me?

Van heusen's got it all wrong.

We hear you, Jim. Thanks.

Somehow we've got

to get that blood.

Well, this time it's my turn.

I'm going with you.

All right, we'll

make a run for it.

One thing,

remember there's only

10 feet of ladder

between it and us when

we get down there.

So, we better take

it slow and easy.

One sound, and we're dead.

Let's take our boots off, huh.

Here are the inventory numbers.

Type o, compartment x-1,

storage b.

They're all marked.

Calder?

I'm with it.

I'll let out a shout

if the critter even

looks at the ladder.

Right now, it's just

prowlin' around.

Good luck.

Thanks.

Hey, this might be

worth something.

It just went in the

reactor room.

This might be the break

we're waiting for.

It took gino with him.

Calder, listen,

I'm going to close the door

to the reactor room.

Let me know what

he does, will ya?

Roger.

Calder?

What's happening?

Nothing. Not a squawk.

We're Comin' down.

Eric?

Van'll appreciate it. Come back.

Maybe we can get Calder

out of there now.

Bob...

Take a look.

We'd better hurry

and get that blood.

Easy, Bob, easy. No noise!

Okay, Jimmy.

No! Van, no!

No! Let me go!

Let me go!

Let go of me. Van...

I know what I'm doing.

Please, van.

We can unshield the reactor.

The radiation...

The radiation will kill it.

It's too dangerous

while they're down there.

If the creature

breaks loose he'll...

Wait until they come back.

It's a good idea,

but, van, please.

Now is the time.

No, van, please.

Hurry! Van unshielded

the reactor.

I hope that door holds

if it wants out.

Bob, hurry up.

It's enough to kill 100 men.

Get up the stairs.

I'll be all right.

No, I'm not leaving ya.

Ah! Ah!

It's out!

It's out!

It won't die.

Eric, hurry. Hurry!

What about Bob?

There's nothing we can do!

Get that blood up

there fast! Don't stop!

Eric.

Get up to the control

level. Hurry!

Be careful, dear.

At least down below

I could've died on a mattress.

You'll be all right.

You'll be all right.

I guess it...

I guess it looks like it's

you and ed now, huh, chicken?

What do you mean?

Uh...

I got good ears. I can hear.

You and him,

just out of nowhere.

Let's talk about it later.

There isn't any later,

the way things look.

That's why I asked now...

I, i...

I just got to know.

Van, please.

Anne, where are the flashlights?

Better get Goin'.

Mary?

Am I going to make it? I mean,

if all of us get away, uh...

Okay, Mary, I understand.

I'm the guy with

all the answers.

There is nothing

to do but wait now,

nothing to do but

see if the beast

will reach us through

the center hatch.

We can go no higher.

We are in the top

level of the ship.

This is where either

we die, or it dies.

Calder?

Still alive.

Don't ask me why I bother.

Good. Can you see it?

Big as death.

It's been sitting here

for the last half hour,

licking its chops.

Incidently if anybody's

interested at this late date

I got it figured how

the critter got aboard.

How?

It Must've followed

us back to the ship,

after we picked you up,

climbed one of the fins

just before takeoff

and got in through

the open emergency hatch

in c compartment.

Sounds right.

How's the air down there?

Pretty bad.

My suit-tank helps,

but it's about empty.

Ed?

It's movin'.

It's going up the ladder.

I can hear it prowlin'

around up there.

Anne, Mary, get those

flashlights on quick.

Ed, it's going up

to first storage,

banging on everything it passes.

It's Goin' nuts.

Can you get to the air lock?

Why? Look at the pretty stars

through my broken faceplate.

Get in the air lock

and hide there.

Eric.

Take a look at this.

The oxygen consumption's way up.

40 percent over every

previous maximum.

40 percent! Perhaps the

gas from the grenades.

No, that wouldn't

affect it that much.

It's not a leak,

the pressure's all right.

Are you thinking the

same thing I'm thinking?

The creature?

It must have enormous lungs

from the thin air on Mars.

Let all the air out of the ship.

If we can do it in time,

we can kill it.

We can build up

our air supply later.

Right!

Get your spacesuits on. Quick!

Aah!

Drive him below

so I can get to the air lock.

Ed!

You have been called here again

to receive further information

about the story which was

given to you last night.

I will read you the text of

a teleradio message

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