Lavalantula Page #6

La Brea Tar Pits

have been decimated

by dozens of lavalantulas.

And at the center of it all,

action hero Colton West.

Colton?

Eyewitnesses say he saved

dozens of people

on Hollywood Boulevard.

Doc, you okay?

You okay?

You hurt?

What?

Are you hurt?

Are you

bleeding anywhere?

I can't hear you!

I think I lost my hearing.

No, you didn't.

Huh?

It's a helicopter!

Looks like

you're wrapped, kid.

You're going

back to Des Moines.

You're not coming with us?

No. I gotta find my kid.

I hope you find him.

Yeah.

I better, or my wife

will kill me.

You saved my life.

No. No, no.

We saved each other.

Kid.

Huh?

You can let go.

No, no, no.

Let go of me.

No. No, no, no.

Okay.

Okay.

Go.

Sorry.

Movie talk.

Movie talk.

Movie talk.

You're crazy for staying.

Yeah, of course

I'm crazy. I'm an actor.

Good point.

I printed out a thermal map

of Los Angeles.

The orange bits

are the lava tubes.

Stay away from them

if you can.

Thanks, Doc.

Be safe.

Be safe.

Okay. Okay.

Come on. Come on. Okay.

Okay. Okay.

You want some of this?

Yeah, come on! Come on!

It's Christmas.

I got something for you,

a little present

for you. Come on, guys.

Come on.

Colton!

Get in!

Ah, honey.

Come on.

Drive straight.

Drive straight.

Okay.

Ahh!

What were you doing

at the Tar Pits?

Trying to find our son.

I got stuck.

Stuck?

Who gets stuck

at the Tar Pits?

I mean,

Wilshire Boulevard,

really?

Everyone knows you

take Olympic downtown.

Thanks, honey.

You okay?

Yeah. I'm okay,

'cause I'm seeing you.

How'd you find me?

After 15 years of

putting out your fires,

I'm gonna just

follow the smoke.

Really?

No.

You're all over

the news.

Ah. So I got

a text from Wyatt.

He's okay.

You did?

Yeah.

He's at Hanson Street

Studios.

Hanson Street.

Yeah.

Pretty ironic, huh?

Yeah.

That's where

we first met.

Heh.

You remember?

Oh, honey, yeah,

of course I remember.

Really?

Yes.

That's so romantic.

I love you, honey.

I love you, too.

Let's get downtown.

We'll get Wyatt,

get the hell out

of this city before it goes.

Mayday! Mayday!

This is Evac 670,

Colton West.

We need help.

This is an emergency.

Mayday! Mayday!

Please come in.

Listen. Listen.

They're saying

something.

The authorities are overwhelmed

trying to battle these spiders

and evacuate citizens.

We keep getting new reports

of lavalantulas

erupting from beneath

the ground, spewing fire,

and wreaking havoc

all over the Los Angeles basin.

Nowhere seems to be safe.

Evacuation efforts

have been halted,

and everyone is advised

to stay in place--

I've heard enough.

Come on.

Here--Here I come, son!

Stay away from my kid!

Olivia! Get down, honey!

Mom! Dad!

Wyatt, get down!

Get down!

Wyatt! Get down!

Get down!

Oh, my God.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Honey. Honey.

Dad!

Ho ho. My boy.

Mom!

Oh, thank God.

Why do you have

a military truck?

You know your mom.

She likes

everything big.

Yes, I do.

You okay?

Are you all right?

Did you check yourself?

Are you bleeding anywhere?

No, I'm good.

I'm good.

What about

the others?

Are they okay?

They didn't make it.

What?

I know. I know.

How on Earth

did you stay alive?

This.

It's 'cause I sprayed

them with this,

and they hate it.

Just a fire

extinguisher?

No, honey. This is...

compressed nitrogen.

Y-You have more of these?

That's the last one.

Nitrogen.

What?

There's shops around here.

Shop?

You want to shop?

No, honey, this nitrogen,

this is what almost killed me

this morning on the set.

This is

gonna keep us alive.

We gotta get

out of here.

We really gotta go.

Yeah, and even if we do,

these spiders aren't

just gonna let us leave.

Dad, we're gonna

have to fight.

And that's what

we're gonna do, son.

Come on!

Ladies and Gentlemen,

just moments ago, the President

of the United States

declared the L.A. basin

a disaster zone.

I can tell you the situation

has gone from bad to worse.

The Santa Monica Mountains

continue to destabilize.

We're showing you

live footage from Malibu,

where the latest eruption

has occurred.

Several freeways

have been severely damaged,

leading authorities to advise

everyone to stay in place.

This map shows the damage

spread across the L.A. basin,

but in the midst

of all this chaos,

there are selfless acts

of heroism

as reported

by our own Lisa Miller.

Uh, yeah. I just wanna say

that I wouldn't

be standing here if it

wasn't for Colton West.

He's a real-life

action hero.

Well, I'm sure

he had some help.

Did you know he

used to be an actor?

Colton West,

he save my life.

You super action.

Well, there you have it.

In the stranger

than fiction category,

and in the midst of

the biggest catastrophe

this city

has ever seen,

a motion-picture

action hero

might very well be

a real, live

action hero.

Back to you.

Thank you, Lisa.

Has he lost his mind?

Who the hell's

calling here?

If it's a spider,

don't answer it.

Who is it?

It's Colton West.

What?

What?!

Wyatt, Olivia,

get in here.

Come in here.

Oh, Colton.

Colton West, man,

you are all

over the news.

Teddy, what are you

still doing here?

We left the set

same time you did.

Then all hell

broke loose.

Freeways

are shut down,

and those spiders

are killing anything

that moves.

I know. There's no getting

in and out of L.A. now.

Well, our boys over

at the studio wings

said that they have

some helicopters.

They were supposed

to be on their way,

but they didn't show up,

and we haven't

been able to get ahold

of them since.

Bigger question is,

what are you doing here?

I got a plan.

Heh heh.

You've always got

a plan, Colton West.

Is this the original

Red Rocket?

Hey, hey, hey,

hey, hey, hey.

NASA made

that suit.

Ah, the days

of the big budgets.

Mm, mm, mm.

Son, this suit, this helmet,

it paid for our house,

paid for the clothes

you're wearing, your education.

Paid for everything.

So why do you

still keep 'em?

Well--

Because I'm a sucker

for nostalgia.

Yeah.

How you doing,

young man?

I always thought one day

we'd make a sequel.

Well, if things

ever get normal,

maybe he'll fly again.

I wish we could all

fly away from here.

We're gonna make a break

for it, Colt. You with us?

No. You're not

going out there.

I wouldn't count

on the military.

They're sending in

a ground evac,

but who knows when

that's gonna happen?

So we're all

just sitting ducks?

No, Ted,

I'm not a sitting duck,

and neither are you.

We're not giving up.

I love your attitude,

baby, but the fact is--

Marty, I've been

in this town for 30 years.

It has not killed me.

It's not gonna kill me now.

Now, Wyatt said

this kept him alive.

Nitrogen. You used it

on the set today,

weren't you?

You used this on them?

Yeah.

It worked?

Son of a gun.

Do you have

any more?

How much

are we talking?

And what do you have

in mind, Colt?

I need a map of downtown.

All right.

This is their nest.

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