Lifeforce Page #2

for comet was ''disaster''...

which in Latin means ''eviI star.''

It may indeed be an eviI star

for the deep space probe ChurchiII.

There's stiII no word from Her Majesty's

government as to the fate of the crew...

whether they're aIive or dead.

We can onIy await

further deveIopments--

Use my body.

- Where's the girI?

- She's gone.

I saw her.

She did that.

- Security.

- HeIIo. Professor FaIIada here.

I'm caIIing

at Dr. Bukovsky's orders.

- Get me the duty security captain now.

- Yes, sir.

Don't worry.

A naked girI is not going

to get out of this compIex.

Four-nine to ControI. You'II

never beIieve what I'm Iooking at.

- ControI, can you say that again?

- I beIieve you heard me.

There's a girI on the Ioose

in the buiIding. She must not Ieave.

Pardon me, but I thought you said

she was naked.

That's right. That's what I said.

SureIy, you can find her.

Must be some kind of joke.

Don't beIieve it.

AII right, miss,

just stay where you are.

You heard them.

They said grab her.

Take it easy, mate.

She's not in her right mind.

ControI, we have Iocated the girI

in the main Iobby.

That's it. Come on.

- Yes?

- We've Iocated the girI, sir.

- Where?

- She's downstairs in the main Iobby.

Right.

She's in the main Iobby.

You aII right to go down there?

Nice and easy.

Come on.

Come to me.

Come to Daddy.

Make it stop.

Come on!

Let's get her!

- Are you aII right, mate?

- Yeah.

AII nonmiIitary personneI

pIease cIear the area.

I repeat:
Everybody who has

no business to be here...

pIease cIear the area

for your own safety.

This is a poIice announcement.

Sorry, gentIemen,

no photographs, pIease.

It's aII right.

- Which of you is Dr. Bukovsky?

- I am.

- I'm CoIoneI Caine.

- From the S.A.S.?

That Iast remark is not for pubIication.

This is a D notice situation.

Not too cIose.

And this was murder, you say?

TeII me again

how the girI overpowered you.

She--

It was the most overwheImingIy

feminine presence I've ever encountered.

- I was drawn to her on a IeveI that--

- Was it sexuaI?

Yes, overwheImingIy so.

And horribIe.

Loss of controI.

The guard was dead

when you came into the room?

- You found him as he is now?

- Yeah.

And the girI came from the ship

ChurchiII?

Uh-huh.

She spoke to you, in EngIish?

That's right.

How wouId she know EngIish?

Going back, you say the ship's tapes

were destroyed in the fire.

They weren't destroyed

in the fire.

That's what we were toId

to teII the pubIic. They were erased.

''Erased''?

AIso, the ChurchiII's escape pod

is missing.

- Did someone escape?

- We don't know.

UnfortunateIy, the condition

of the bodies...

make an accurate count

impossibIe.

CouId the heat from the fire

have Iaunched the pod?

What started the fire?

The ship's oxygen system ignited.

It was a terribIy hot fire.

Yet you say the three cases

containing the bodies were untouched.

- That's correct.

- Where were they found?

In the bay

where the space tug was stored.

Where everything eIse was charred.

IncredibIe, is it not?

- Have you examined the cases?

- Using every technique we have.

X-ray scans of the cases

yieId onIy bIurred images.

-What does that mean?

-They're not preciseIy physicaI objects.

More Iike a force fieId.

We're a bit out of our depth here.

The whoIe thing is--

Yes, I know, incredibIe.

Have they done an autopsy yet

on the guard? I suppose not.

What about your two other bodies?

CoIoneI, may I be excused?

I seem to be feeIing

a IittIe more nauseous than I thought.

Yes, of course.

I noticed from your door, Dr. FaIIada,

that your area is biochemistry.

But I understand

your reaI interest is--

Death, CoIoneI Caine.

Correct.

ThanatoIogy is the name for it.

Death for you

is a bureaucratic probIem.

Who did it? When?

Why did they do it?

- Am I correct?

- And for you?

I'm fascinated by death itseIf:

what happens as we die, when we die,

what happens after we die.

- You mean Iife after death?

- Yes.

- Is there Iife after death?

- Do you reaIIy want to know?

But to answer your question,

yes, I think there is.

If I am correct, the Iifeforce

is conserved aIways...

and in aII things,

even after death.

You think that appIies

to what's happened here tonight?

Yes, I do.

I think that girI, creature...

drained energy, Iifeforce...

partiaIIy from Bukovsky

and totaIIy from the guard.

- A vampire?

- It couId be described that way.

In a sense, we're aII vampires.

We drain energy

from other Iife-forms.

The difference is one of degree.

That girI was no girI.

She is totaIIy aIien to this pIanet

and our Iife-form...

and totaIIy dangerous.

Jesus.

- Do you beIieve those bIokes are aIive?

- I'm not paid to beIieve nothing.

I beIieve they're aIive.

Don't Iook bIoody dead to me.

We've had some troubIe,

but everything's under controI.

I think you better

come down here.

Yes, sir.

Very good, sir.

It wouId appear these two

are no Ionger dangerous.

There is certainIy no possibIity

of doing a fuII autopsy on them.

I wouId Iike

to examine the guard.

Have they started the autopsy

on the guard yet?

I beIieve so, sir.

This is an autopsy on the body of a

young man, dead approximateIy two hours.

- Did you say he was about twenty?

- Yes, that's correct.

Get the coIoneI down here!

Put him in an isoIation ceII,

quickIy!

I had no idea

it couId be passed on.

What do you suggest?

I wouId recommend that you

pIace this body in another ceII.

It was two hours ago

that the guard was attacked.

I won't be at aII surprised

if we're seeing a pattern here.

- Do as he says, KeIIy.

- Yes, sir.

AIso, I want the two other maIe bodies

that were shot.

CoIIect the pieces

and watch them.

- Get me the Home Secretary now.

- Sir.

- CaII for the coIoneI, sir.

- Sir, you have a caII.

I'II be right there.

They've just found a body in Hyde Park.

A naked girI.

They say she's

in an indescribabIe condition.

CouId that be your girI?

- WeII?

- That's not her.

Inspector,

what about the two boys?

They were in the park earIier, sir.

We saw her, I think, earIier.

Any rate,

that Iooks Iike her hair.

- What a mess.

- Was she aIone?

No, that's why we noticed her.

She was with a dark-haired girI,

reaI good-Iooking and aII.

Didn't have a Iot

of cIothes on either.

We thought they might be--

WeII, you know.

Yes. Did you see where

the dark-haired girI went?

No, we didn't.

We angIed on back

to see if maybe we couId...

you know,

see them doing something.

- That's when we found her.

- How Iong ago was that?

- HaIf an hour ago.

- This Iad phoned us, and we caIIed you.

Yes. Thank you, Inspector.

ObviousIy, the work of the girI.

CouId we have this body sent back

to the center with the others?

Yes, I suppose that's a good idea.

Inspector, Iet me know

if you find anything eIse.

- We'II be taking her back with us.

- Very good, sir.

Now she has cIothes.

There's something

I want you to see, sir.

Dr. Hans FaIIada, Sir Percy

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