The Black Hole Page #5

as we understand it no longer exists.

We will be the first to see it,

to explore it, to experience it.

Damn it all, Dan! If we wait

for Alex, we may be too late.

Don't you see?

He's hypnotized by that man.

- Vincent.

- Yes, Captain?

Tell Kate we want her back here fast,

with or without Alex. Tell her why.

Reactors on.

He's going to do it.

He's going to do it!

He's really going to do it.

He'll kill us all if you don't get us

outta here now, Holland.

He wants us out there to monitor

his flight. We still have time.

You're gambling with our lives,

but you're not gonna gamble with mine!

Shut up, Harry!

- Alex.

- R squared.

- Alex! Could I have a word with you?

- B plus...

B squared...

over A squared,

sine squared, data...

Do you remember what we were

talking about the other day?

- We've gotta get out of here.

- I'm staying.

- Shh!

- Reinhardt is a murderer.

- What?

Yes. Those creatures...

Those aren't robots. They're...

They're humanoids. They're... They're

what's left of the original crew.

What's wrong, Miss Kate?

You look ill.

Kate's upset because I've elected

to stay with the Cygnus.

- I hope she's electing

also to stay with us.

- No, I...

- What changed your mind?

- I'm not. I, uh...

The right moment to go

into the black hole is now.

What are you doing?

He would be dead by now.

They all would be dead.

It was the only way

to keep them alive.

One of my greatest achievements.

But you told us the crew

had left the ship.

Some cause must have

created all this.

But what caused that cause?

Come on, Kate.

Let's get you out of here.

Maximilian!

Alex!

You shouldn't have done that!

He was a good man.

Protect me from Maximilian.

If there's any justice at all,

the black hole will be your grave.

Take the young lady to the hospital.

You're cleared for take-off, Captain.

Dr Durant and Dr McCrae

chose to remain aboard.

I told you! Alex bought Reinhardt's

theory hook, line and sinker.

Dr Durant is dead.

Maximilian killed him. They are

taking Dr Kate to the hospital.

Vincent, get old Bob to show us

the quickest way there.

Maximilian?

Bring us about.

All right. We may have just enough time.

Don't wait too long.

Get off before the gravity pull

is too strong, no matter what.

- Look, Dan, what if...

- No matter what, Charlie!

I wish you a safe

voyage home, Mr Pizer.

Yeah, well, just make sure

you get aboard in one piece!

The time has come

to liquidate our guests.

Go, go.

- Keep coming, old-timer.

- You don't have to wait for me.

Fire thrusters.

That madman is headed

straight for the black hole.

- What'll we do?

- We wait.

Hurry.

Charlie, Kate's okay.

We're on our way.

Well, it's about time.

How close can we cut it?

Tell the sentries to fire on any

humanoids between Medical and Palomino.

- They're on to us.

- Well, at least it got us this far.

Start down.

All right, Vincent.

Let's make this one an end run.

We'll catch them in a crossfire.

Way to go, old Bob!

- Are you all right?

- The first fightin'

I've done in 30 years.

I only wish it'd been Reinhardt

and Maximilian out there.

Your crack unit,

outwitted and outfought...

by some Earth robot

and that antique from storage!

We cannot endanger the Cygnus

by exploding them too soon.

Give them distance.

Then blow them out of the sky!

- Charlie, do you read me?

- Loud and clear, Dan.

Man the controls. Post Harry at the

hatch and give us exactly 60 seconds.

- Where are you?

- Side corridor near reception.

They got us pinned down, but we're

gonna raise hell here in a second.

Start countin', Charlie.

Dan! Dan, are you all right?

Charlie, reversing last order.

Take her up now. Repeat, lift off.

- You heard the captain.

- You're pretty big on talking

heroics, Harry. Let's see some.

- Oh, damn!

- Harry?

- Damn.

- You hit?

- My leg.

- How bad?

- Oh, uh... I-I think it's broken.

- Can you make it back to the ship?

- I think so.

All right, then. Harry,

we're counting on you to make

sure they don't get aboard.

- Right.

- Good.

- Way to go, Charlie.

- Hyah!

What's that idiot

trying to do? Harry!

Oh, no.

Blow it apart before

it hits us! Fire!

I should've known he was all talk,

no guts, and locked him up.

- He may have done us a favour,

Charlie. At least we're alive.

- And where there's life...

I'm sure that's not what he had in mind.

He was trying to save his own skin.

There is a saying that

you can't unscramble eggs.

A penny's worth of philosophy

right now isn't gonna buy us

out of this now, Vincent.

- A good offence is the best defence.

- And what?

Go after Reinhardt and turn the ship

around? It's too late for all that.

- There is an alternative.

- The probe ship.

Vincent, you're a genius.

- A meteorite struck the ship, Captain.

- Let's go, let's go. Come on.

- Go.

A whole storm of them, Captain.

The black hole's dragging them in too.

We'll have to try the main corridor!

Get down!

Hang on, Kate.

Get down, Charlie!

- I got you, Bob.

- Let go, Captain! Save yourself!

- We've gotta keep moving!

- He's frozen.

- Come on! Hurry!

- All right, Charlie! Move it!

Keep going!

Increase power to maximum!

We are going through!

It's over. The storm's over.

Maximilian!

Prepare the probe ship.

Maximilian!

Help me! H-Help me!

Fools!

Listen to me!

Listen to me!

Help!

Listen, somebody!

H-Help me. Help. Help.

Vincent!

All light.

- We have to go.

- No. No, I can't make it.

My hover stabilization's gone.

My main circuit's blown,

and both back-ups are failin'.

You can make it.

It's no use, Vincent.

My useful days are finished.

But part of me goes with ya.

We'll never be obsolete.

Carry on the tradition.

We're the best.

- Charlie!

- Help!

- No!

- Help!

- We better get the hell off!

The whole ship's breaking up!

- Everybody, sit tight.

Hang on! Lift-off!

Gravity force field is on!

Controls not responding.

Captain, the ship

has been programmed.

To Reinhardt's course.

You mean we're going

into the black hole?

- Yep.

- Let's pray he was a genius.

In, in, in, through,

through, through...

and beyond.

In, in, through, through,

through and beyond.

Help me! Help me! Help me!

Help, help, help, help me, me!

Life? Life? Life? Life?

Life forever.

Reinhardt murdered my father,

my father, father.

Where is he? Reinhardt

murdered, murdered, murdered...

murdered, murdered,

murdered, murdered...

The black hole is pulling us in,

pulling us in, pulling us in.

We could also be dead,

could also be dead...

Be dead, be dead, be dead,

be dead, be dead, be dead.

We're the best. We're the best.

We're the best. We're the best.

Vincent. The best,

best, best, best, best.

We're the best. The best.

The best, the best.

- Christmas morning, Christmas morning.

- Our mission's finished.

- It's pulling us in, pulling us in.

- Christmas morning. Christmas...

- We are the best.

- Help me! Help me! Help me! Help me!

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