The Black Scorpion Page #6

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If word of this leaks out...

...the panic of the population

would be worse than the scorpions.

Nice dress, nice girl.

Well, thank you.

I'm glad you could see me in something

besides the clothes I wear at the ranch...

...for two days at least.

- So am I.

Hank, what's the meeting

on Friday about?

Oh, some geophysical conference

Dr. Velasco roped us in on. Cigarette?

Not right now.

After you finish that,

where am I taking you for dinner?

Hank, it's only 9:00.

That's what I mean.

Do you realize this is Mexico City?

And no one has dinner before 11:00

at night. Sometimes midnight.

Why, it's practically afternoon right now.

Lots of men are just leaving their offices.

Am I going to have trouble with you.

Well, you work on it, teacher.

I think you can solve me.

Nice work.

Caviar. Aren't you overdoing it

a bit, Hank?

Well, I've gotta make an impression on you

in 48 hours that'll last for two months.

Don't you like caviar?

Oh, I love it, but I must say I could never

understand why it's so expensive.

Well, it's a whole year's work

for a sturgeon.

It's been wonderful these past two

days. I wish they'd never end.

They don't have to.

For a while, they do.

I wish you'd change your mind.

You don't have to go away.

That volcano can wait.

No, you'll get through with your speech

tomorrow and your silly expedition...

...and I'll do everything I have to do.

When we come back

we won't have a worry in the world.

We interrupt this program

to bring you a news bulletin.

The train from Monterrey

was derailed outside of Mexico City.

Early reports indicate

an appalling loss of life.

Eyewitness accounts state

that monstrous scorpions...

...have swarmed around the wreckage.

One moment, please, we're trying to get

through to the emergency area.

Reports to this moment from available

hospital and emergency field units...

...indicate many of the victims are so badly

injured there is little hope of their survival.

All ambulances, cars, trucks

and other vehicles...

...have been commandeered

by the authorities in this emergency.

We've received a report from the scene

confirming that 129 persons...

...are killed and hundreds missing.

Survivors report...

...a giant black scorpion killed the smaller

scorpions and is headed for Mexico City.

We were trying to find you.

- What can we do?

- You can help us soon enough.

We're not sure how many of them are left,

but the largest may be the only one.

With the lust for blood after the wreck,

the scorpions went mad.

The largest killed four of them,

and may have killed the rest of them.

- Where is the scorpion?

- We lost it in the hills 10 miles out of town.

But it's approaching the northwest area

of the capital.

Yes. Yes.

It has been seen. Let's go.

Attention. Attention.

The city is under martial law.

All inhabitants living north of Tacubaya and

west of Guadalupe must leave their homes.

Follow the orders of the police.

Listen, darling, you get in that building

and stay there!

The scorpion has not reached the city.

It has been verified that only

one giant black scorpion is alive.

The public is warned that the city

will have a blackout.

A defense ring is being set up surrounding

the area where it was seen.

Authorities are taking all protective

measures. Observe safety precautions.

Protect your homes from fire hazards.

Sections of the community are

in a state of panic...

...adding to the burden

of the authorities and threatening...

...to disrupt communications

vital to the defense of the city.

If rifles and cannon won't stop it...

- Major Cosio here.

- Yes.

We have narrowed the ring one mile along

Insurgentes. Operation is proceeding.

That's fine. Have Major Ortega meet us

in front of the stadium with the weapon.

Major Ortega, Major Ortega.

Meet us in front of the stadium

with the weapon and generator.

With what kind of weapon?

I hope it is a weapon.

Just now it is only a prayer.

- Dr. Velasco?

- Yes?

Tell Col. Sanchez to move

the heavy equipment into the stadium.

Col. Sanchez, Col. Sanchez.

Dr. Velasco here.

Move all the heavy equipment

into the stadium right away.

The projectile enters the throat.

If I'm lucky, Dr. Velasco, but I have

never used a weapon like this before.

Attached to the projectile

is the copper wire...

...then the insulated wire which leads

to the cable and the generator.

It should give 600,000 volts.

- This meat should bring him in here.

- I hope so.

It's about the only way we can corner it.

You might need more than one shot, major.

- Seor Moreno.

- Yes, yes.

The scorpion is following

the meat wagon.

There it is.

The throat, major. Remember,

the white area on the throat.

The head comes back just

before it strikes.

Right.

You missed!

I won't miss this time!

Turn it off! Turn it off!

Turn the switch on!

Turn it off!

Now we can secure some of the actual

poison from the Scorpionida rex...

...analyze it and create a simple protection

against them if ever again...

- Hank, Velasco wants to...

- Gentlemen, we must not waste any time.

If we could all meet tomorrow

at my laboratory for a recapitulation.

Hank, Seorita Alvarez!

We have not yet finished.

Neither have we.

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