Screamers: The Hunting Page #4

So I'm gonna have to show you.

No, Hannah, you don't need to do this.

- Please stop!

- This isn't about me! It's about him.

- Sexton, what do I do?

- Take the shot.

- No, no!

- No, please don't!

Commander?

You... You've killed me?

Unreal.

What have you done? What have you done?

My God.

It's blood. It's real human blood.

She's dead!

You thought she was a screamer.

She had a knife to your throat.

Keep moving.

Schwartzy, we can't stay here.

You can't help her.

I just need a moment.

Schwartz!

She's taking too long.

I'm going back.

Let's go.

Please, just make it fast.

Schwartz!

Go!

- Now, move!

- Run!

Let's move! You got to both move!

- Run!

- Now!

Run!

Now, move!

- Hey! Come with me, now.

- Move!

- Get out of the way, man!

- Come!

- You wanna die like your friend back there?

- Hurry up!

Get out of the way!

Whatever you do, don't stop. Come on!

Move it!

Go! Go! Go!

- Where are you taking us?

- Some place safe.

- What is that thing on your wrist?

- My TAB.

It's a hell of a lot

better than yours, isn't it?

Welcome to the station. I'm Eugene Orsow.

I am sorry about your friend.

I've lost a lot of friends to the screamers.

Where are you all from?

- Earth.

- You came here from Earth?

We received an SOS transmission

from Sirius 6B.

Our mission was put together to come here

to rescue survivors.

Screamers got onto our ship.

Drained our fuel cells.

We have to find replacements.

Or we'll all be dead.

Within 24 hours, this planet is gonna get hit

with a class 10 Magellanic storm.

Which is why you're here.

'Cause you have no fuel to return to Earth.

Well, you've wasted your time,

because there are no fuel cells here,

or anywhere else in this rotten core.

I've seen you before.

You were with those people in the mines.

How are they doing?

Not so good.

Screamers got into our settlement.

Killed everyone.

Everyone but you.

I was lucky.

How many were there?

A lot.

Then they'll be following you.

They'll be coming here.

Son of a b*tch! They're on their way.

The water tastes foul, but it won't kill you.

What's your power source?

It's an old backup power grid

that wasn't bombed during the war.

You don't have any portable fuel cells?

I already told you.

No.

So do you think

we can make it through this?

I don't know.

There are a hell of a lot of them coming.

I hope these perimeter defenses hold.

Have you been attacked

by this many before?

No.

I haven't seen this many in a very long time.

We came across one of the factories

a couple of days ago.

There were thousands of them in there.

I couldn't believe it.

Something must have happened

that activated the dormant screamers.

It's the most I've ever seen.

How soon till they get here?

Two, maybe three hours.

I see you've been busy.

These algorithms.

What are they worth back on Earth?

They're unique.

They're light years better than

the best designs on Earth.

So they're a fortune?

The cross-application possibilities

are limitless.

Progress is very expensive, Lieutenant.

I was gonna cut you in.

Sorry, Commander.

But I'm not for sale.

How are you?

Fine.

You designed this?

Yes, I did.

You look a lot like your father.

- You knew him?

- Yeah.

Joe Hendrickson

was one of my best friends.

He told me he wanted to go back to Earth

and see what his daughter Victoria

looked like.

How is Joe?

Dead.

Blew up his own ship on re-entry to Earth.

They say it was suicide.

If Joe killed himself,

I promise you it wasn't suicide.

Well...

What was he like?

Well, he was

a very complicated human being.

We had a falling-out.

Over what?

Over what?

The screamers.

You designed these?

Invented them.

It's my best work.

There's only one reason

that Joe Hendrickson would blow up

his ship on re-entry.

There must have been screamers onboard.

Here we go.

That's a hell of a lot of toasters.

How long until they get here?

We're down to 30 minutes or less.

What the hell was that?

That grid gets a little finicky.

It couldn't happen at a worse time.

What a pleasant surprise.

You said you didn't have any fuel cells.

You don't want us to go back home.

No, I don't.

We'll see how well your TAB works,

old man.

What about your friends?

They're not my friends.

The screamers are a plague.

If you bring them to Earth,

they'll destroy everything.

Warning. Power drain detected.

What the hell is that?

Outer wall breach is imminent.

You hear that? They're coming.

I'm not gonna let you, not gonna let you.

Automatic self-destruct system

has been activated.

Security system failure. Inner wall breached.

Station will self-destruct

in T minus three minutes.

- Danielli?

- Hi, Lieutenant.

How are you here? You're dead.

Do I look dead?

Just hold it, buddy!

Tell him to put it down.

Get away from him, Madd. Step back!

Madd! Get away!

Madd!

Madd!

We got to go! We got to go! Now! Let's go!

Madd!

Station will self-destruct

in T minus two minutes.

We got to go!

Danielli?

Commander?

This isn't right.

I saw you get killed.

No!

No!

- Guy?

- What?

I got to go back.

I'm going back.

Hey!

Station will self-destruct

in T minus one minute.

Bronte. Bronte.

Take it.

Take it.

Okay, let's go.

Go!

Let's go!

Station will self-destruct

in T minus 30 seconds.

Go! Go!

Danielli was different than the others.

Different how?

They found a way to integrate

biochemical devices into humans.

Implants.

If they're using implants,

then the newest varieties are hybrids.

Hybrids.

Half-man, half-machine.

The storm's coming. Let's go.

There it is.

It looks like we've got just enough time

to replace the fuel cells,

get the systems online. Let's go.

What?

Hey, welcome aboard.

Don't move!

Now, now, there's no need for violence.

We all want the same thing.

Don't come any closer.

I said don't come any closer!

Stop!

Now, is that any way to treat an old friend?

We are still friends, aren't we?

You want to know a little secret?

When this happens, not all of you dies.

There's still a part of me in here.

The rational part.

The rest is all useless crap anyway.

You know,

we could've killed you easily, Lieutenant.

We still can, for that matter.

But we're not going to. You know why?

Because killing is wasteful.

So join us, Lieutenant.

You want me to be like you?

It's evolution, baby.

Survival of the fittest.

And we are the fittest.

He's lying, Bronte.

You're only alive because they need you.

- You can't fly a ship without a pilot.

- That's a lie.

If they can't start the ship,

they can't get to Earth.

And that is all they want.

It's not about Earth. It's about evolution.

It's about starting a new race.

You know, we adapt pretty quickly.

You're gonna have to try

a little harder than that.

Adapt to this!

Bronte.

Make this happen.

Hey, here.

Got it.

What the hell is that?

It's the storm coming. We got to hurry.

We're good?

Good. Let's get the hell out of here!

Emergency takeoff initiated.

Let's go!

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