On the Beach Page #6

NAPPIES TO CHANGE.

[ Closes Lighter ]

YOU HAVE A LOT TO REMEMBER.

YOU'RE FORTUNATE

TO HAVE SOMEONE:

TO WORRY ABOUT.

THERE ARE THOSE WHO DON'T,

YOU KNOW ?

I MEAN, HAVE ANYONE

TO WORRY ABOUT.

MOIRA, FOR ONE.

MYSELF, FOR ANOTHER.

WE LET IT ALL GO BY THE BOARDS.

IT'S TOO LATE NOW.

BUT YOU--

YOU'VE HAD IT ALL.

AND I'LL THANK YOU NO TO BOTHER ME WITH ANY MORE

OF YOUR BLUBBERING.

I DON'T KNOW WHY

I LIKE YOU SO MUCH, PETER.

YOU CAN BE SUCH:

AN INTOLERABLE ASS.

JULIAN ?

JULIAN ?

NOW WHAT THE DEVIL ?

[ Inhales ]

THANKS.

[ Laughing ]

WHAT ARE YOU STANDING THERE

LOOKING SO SILLY FOR ?

I DON'T KNOW.

I JUST DON'T KNOW.

YOU'RE NOT LOSING YOUR MIND

OR SOMETHING, ARE YOU ?

[ Laughs ]

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

YOU KNOW...

IF I CAN GET BACK IN TIME,

I DON'T THINK I'LL COMPLAIN

ABOUT A THING.

I THINK I COULD CHANGE

JENNIFER 24 HOURS A DAY

AND NEVER COMPLAIN.

ALCATRAZ ISLAND:

ON PORT BEAM, SIR.

RANGE:
800 YARDS.

[ Helmsman ]

SUGGEST WE COME RIGH TEN DEGREES, SIR.

[ Captain ] RIGHT TEN DEGREES.

[ Helmsman ]

RIGHT TEN DEGREES, SIR.

NEW COURSE:
160.

ALL STOP.

[ Helmsman ]

ALL STOP.

[ Bell Rings ]

UP BOTH PERISCOPES.

CAPTAIN, SAN FRANCISCO

IS YEOMAN SWAIN'S HOMETOWN.

HE WANTS TO TAKE A LOOK.

OKAY, LET HIM LOOK.

[ Morse Code Beeping ]

STILL DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.

DOWN SAN DIEGO WAY,

ALL RIGHT.

[ Typing ]

[ Beeping

Continues ]

IT'S GO TO BE HYDROELECTRIC.

WHERE COULD IT BE ?

PROBABLY IN ONE:

OF THE REFINERIES

ALONG THE COAST.

THEY'VE GO THE TRANSMITTERS

AND LOTS OF JUICE.

SEE YOUR HOUSE, ROB ?

NO, SIR.

YOU COULDN'T SEE I FROM HERE ANYWAY.

IT'S UP IN THE HILLS.

SEEN ENOUGH ?

YES, SIR.

THANK YOU.

YOU KNOW...

I KEEP EXPECTING

TO SEE MORE DAMAGE.

THERE'S NO PEOPLE.

I WONDER:

WHERE THEY ARE ?

DOGS GO SOMEWHERE TO DIE.

THEY DON'T WANT ANYBODY

TO LOOK AT THEM.

MAYBE PEOPLE:

DO THE SAME THING...

GO TO BED.

[ Footsteps Approaching ]

CAPTAIN !

SWAIN'S OU THROUGH THE ESCAPE TRUNK, SIR.

"OUT" ?

SECURE THE LOADING HATCH.

DRAIN THE ESCAPE TRUNK.

WHY DIDN'T SOMEBODY STOP HIM ?

RAISE THE BOAT !

GIVE ME THAT.

SWAIN, THIS IS THE CAPTAIN.

HEAR THIS.

DON'T BE A DAMN FOOL,

SWAIN !

COME BACK RIGHT NOW,

AND WE'LL TAKE YOU ABOARD.

BUT I MEAN RIGHT NOW !

SWAIN, DO YOU HEAR ME ?

SWAIN !

I GOT A DATE:

ON MARKET STREET,

CAPTAIN.

I'M GOING HOME !

MR. OSBORNE.

HOW LONG CAN HE:

LAST OUT THERE ?

OH, THREE OR FOUR DAYS,

A WEEK.

DEPENDS ON THE INDIVIDUAL.

WE'D BE SAFE

TO TAKE HIM BACK

UP TILL WHEN ?

UP TO NOT MORE:

THAN A FEW HOURS.

CERTAINLY NOT AFTER HE'S EATEN

OR DRUNK SOMETHING ASHORE.

THEN YOU MIGHT AS WELL

TAKE A TIME BOMB ABOARD.

IT'LL BE DARK

IN ABOUT AN HOUR.

WE'LL SET ON THE BOTTOM

FOR THE NIGHT.

SECURE THE DIVING STATIONS.

UNDERWAY AT 7:
30.

GOOD MORNING, SWAIN.

HI, CAPTAIN.

I THOUGHT YOU'D GONE.

CATCH ANYTHING ?

NO, JUST STARTED.

ALWAYS DO THOUGH,

OUT HERE.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING ?

OKAY.

MY STOMACH WAS UPSET LAST NIGHT,

BUT I GOT SOME ALKA-SELTZER

FROM THE DRUGSTORE.

I MUST HAVE SWALLOWED

SOME SALT WATER.

WHAT'S IT LIKE...

IN TOWN ?

EVERYBODY'S DEAD, I GUESS.

MY FOLKS ARE.

I DIDN'T LOOK MUCH

AFTER I SAW A FEW.

HEY, I GOT A CASE

OF GOOD BEER,

IF YOU WANT ANY.

[ Captain ]

NO, THANKS.

CAPTAIN, HOW LONG IS I BEFORE I FEEL ANYTHING ?

A FEW DAYS, A WEEK.

THERE'S NO RULE.

WELL, THE WEATHER'S OKAY,

IF THE WIND WOULD DIE DOWN

A LITTLE.

CAPTAIN,

I DIDN'T MEAN ANY DISRESPEC OR ANYTHING YESTERDAY.

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT,

BUT...

I'D RATHER BE HOME HERE

TO HAVE IT THAN IN AUSTRALIA.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ?

I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.

IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WAN BEFORE WE GO ?

I'M OKAY.

[ Captain ]

WE WON'T BE COMING BACK.

I KNOW.

YOU'LL GET... PRETTY SICK.

HAVE YOU GOT ANYTHING TO TAKE ?

I GOT 200 DRUGSTORES

TO CHOOSE FROM.

GOOD LUCK.

OKAY.

TAKE IT EASY.

WATCH THE SUCK:

OF THE PROPS NOW.

[ Water Gushing ]

[ Gushing Continues ]

[ Morse Code Beeping ]

[ Beeping Continues ]

NO SOAP, SIR ?

GIBBERISH.

CAN'T MAKE OUT A THING.

I DON'T KNOW WHA THE HELL IT IS.

[ Beeping Continues ]

STAY WITH IT.

GOT TO BE SOMEBODY.

[ Beeping Continues ]

YOU KNOW,

ONE OF US WAS THE LAST MAN

TO SEE SAN FRANCISCO;

THE LAST MAN ALIVE

NEXT TO SWAIN, THAT IS,

AND WE DIDN'T SEE MUCH.

SOMEBODY OUGHT TO WRITE

A HISTORY OF THE WAR.

WHAT ARE YOU BUCKING FOR,

A WHOLE CHAPTER TO YOURSELF ?

I DOUBT ANYONE:

COULD PUT I ALL TOGETHER.

IF THEY DO,

I'D LIKE TO READ IT.

I WAS IN IT FOR A WHILE,

AND I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING

ABOUT IT.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW

WHO STARTED IT.

I WISH:

SOMEBODY HAD STOPPED IT.

THE PEOPLE ON MARS

PROBABLY SAW:

WHAT HAPPENED.

WHEN THINGS COOL OFF,

THEY'LL PROBABLY COME DOWN

AND TAKE OVER.

HOW ABOUT THAT,

PROFESSOR ?

ANY CHANCE ?

THEY MIGHT HAVE THE MEANS

OF PAYING OUR CORPSE A VISIT,

BUT I SHOULDN'T ADVISE I FOR A LONG TIME.

WHO DO YOU THINK

STARTED IT,

THE WAR ?

ALBERT EINSTEIN.

[ Scoffs ]

YOU'RE KIDDING.

DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW

WHOITHINK STARTED THE WAR ?

YEAH.

WHY ?

YOU'RE AN EGGHEAD,

AREN'T YOU ?

[ Men Chuckling ]

WHO WOULD EVER HAVE BELIEVED

THAT HUMAN BEINGS WOULD BE

STUPID ENOUGH...

TO BLOW THEMSELVES

OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH ?

I DON'T BELIEVE I EVEN NOW.

WE DIDN'T WANT A WAR.

WE DIDN'T START IT.

HOW DID IT START ?

THE TROUBLE WITH YOU IS

YOU WANT A SIMPLE ANSWER,

AND THERE ISN'T ANY.

THE WAR STARTED:

WHEN PEOPLE ACCEPTED

THE IDIOTIC PRINCIPLE...

THAT PEACE:

COULD BE MAINTAINED...

BY ARRANGING TO DEFEND

THEMSELVES WITH WEAPONS

THEY COULDN'T POSSIBLY USE...

WITHOUT COMMITTING SUICIDE.

EVERYBODY HAD AN ATOMIC BOMB

AND COUNTER-BOMBS

AND COUNTER-COUNTER BOMBS.

THE DEVICES OUTGREW US.

WE COULDN'T CONTROL THEM.

I KNOW.

I HELPED BUILD THEM.

GOD HELP ME.

SOMEWHERE SOME POOR BLOKE...

PROBABLY LOOKED:

AT A RADAR SCREEN

AND THOUGHT HE SAW SOMETHING.

HE KNEW THAT IF HE HESITATED

ONE THOUSANDTH OF A SECOND...

HIS OWN COUNTRY WOULD BE

WIPED OFF THE MAP, SO--

SO HE PUSHED A BUTTON...

AND.. AND...

THE WORLD WENT...

CRAZY...

AND... AND--

WHAT'S WITH HIM ?

MAYBE WE:

SHOULDN'T ASK HIM

ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

WHAT'S NEW

FROM SAN DIEGO,

SUNDSTROM ?

STILL CAN' MAKE IT OUT, SIR.

WE'LL BE THERE SOON ENOUGH.

OH, UH--

OH, LUNGREN.

SIR ?

MR. OSBORNE

IS DOING A GOOD JOB

FOR US.

HE'S NOT USED TO

THIS KIND OF DUTY.

HE'S NOT FEELING WELL,

JUST A LITTLE:

CLAUSTROPHOBIA.

BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR ?

OH.

PROFESSOR NEEDS A DRINK.

HE'S A CIVILIAN.

HE'S USED TO A SHO OR TWO BEFORE DINNER.

SEE WHAT YOU CAN FIND

IN THE MEDICAL LOCKER.

THE CLOSER YOU CAN COME

TO SCOTCH, THE BETTER.

YES, SIR.

PULL IT TIGHTER !

NOW I WANT YOU BACK HERE

IN ONE HOUR.

DITCH THE BOAT, THE SUIT,

THE TANK, EVERYTHING.

AND TAKE A SHOWER IN THE TRUNK

FOR TEN MINUTES.

AND NO SOUVENIRS.

ALL I WANT TO SEE COME

THROUGH THAT HATCH IS YOU.

AS NAKED AS A BABY,

UNDERSTAND ?

WE'LL GIVE YOU A BLAS EVERY QUARTER HOUR.

WHEN YOU HEAR:

THE THIRD QUARTER, GET !

I DON'T CARE

IF YOU FIND A TRIBE

OF BEAUTIFUL GIRLS,EAGER !

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