The Day The Earth Stood Still Page #4

Negative! I've lost link! I've lost control!

Who's in control of the aircraft, then?

Striker 28 headed for orb perimeter!

I am out of control!

Anyone got any other ideas?

Why are people running?

We should stay and fight.

They didn't come here to hurt us.

Well, we should kill them anyway,

just to make sure.

- Don't say that.

- That's what Dad would have done.

I think he would have looked

for a different way.

He would have fought.

- I like to think I knew him pretty well.

- I knew him, too. Longer than you.

What do you think?

Of what?

Should people run,

or should we stay and fight?

- Neither.

- What should we do, then?

There's nothing you can do.

This is it. Pull in here.

McDonald's?

Where are you going?

Jacob, where are you going?

To the bathroom!

Where is the boy's father?

He's dead.

How did he die?

He was in the Army.

So the boy wishes his soldier father were

here to rescue the world from the aliens.

The boy wishes his father were here

for a lot of reasons,

aliens being the least of them.

He wasn't even that kind of a soldier.

He was an engineer.

He went over there to build, not to fight.

And his mother?

She died when he was a baby.

I married his father.

A year ago, he was killed.

Why did you come here?

I came to save the Earth.

From what?

He's here.

Your tea, Grandfather.

Thank you.

Are you one of them?

One of who?

Never mind. Sorry.

You've been out of

contact for a long time.

I had a dangerous assignment.

This is hostile territory.

I've noticed.

I was hoping I could reason with them.

I'm afraid they are not a reasonable race.

I've been living amongst them

for seventy years now.

I know them well.

And?

Any attempt to intercede with

them would be futile.

They are destructive,

and they won't change.

Is that your official report?

The tragedy is, they know

what's going to become of them.

They sense it.

But they can't seem

to do anything about it.

It's decided then.

I'll begin the process as soon as possible.

We should make preparations

for our departure.

I'm staying.

You can't stay here.

I can, and I will.

- If you stay, you'll die.

- I know.

This is my home now.

You yourself called them

a destructive race.

That's true.

But, still, there is another side.

You see, I... I love them.

This is a very strange thing.

I can't find a way to

explain it to you. I...

For many years, I...

I cursed my luck for being sent here.

Human life is difficult.

But as this life is coming to an end,

I consider myself lucky to have lived it.

No sudden movements. No aggressive

actions. No matter what happens,

no gunfire.

Track is in place, sir.

Containment panels are in position.

- We're ready on your order.

- On my command,

move the panels into place.

- Three, two...

- Three, two...

...one.

ISl ready to copy.

Containment panels

are secure, and we're still here.

What's your emergency?

The escaped convict

they showed on the news,

- I just saw the guy at the gas station.

- Can you describe him?

He was in a little car,

on the south block...

I just saw that wanted man

over by the McDonald's.

Can you

describe the car, sir?

Silver four-door,

with a woman and a kid.

I need 3 units to look

for a silver Honda near Ochada orchards.

We are patrolling the orchards off I-67.

HP-28, follow up.

This is it. Stop here.

You shouldn't...

Uh, Helen? Who is this guy?

- A friend.

- What kind of friend?

Scootch over. He's a work friend.

What's his name?

- Klaatu.

- Klaatu?

- Yeah.

- What kind of name is that?

It's foreign, I think.

- I never heard you talk about him before.

- I haven't known him for very long.

We're just giving him a ride.

Where?

- Here.

- The forest?

Stay here.

I want you to lock the door, okay?

And don't open it for anyone but me.

I'm serious.

Helen, what's going on?

We're getting images of these spheres

from all over the world.

Okavango, Kobe, Baku...

Which of our agencies gathered this intel?

Ma'am, none of them.

We pulled these off the Internet.

Is that them?

No. It's us.

Those are ordinary cephalopods.

Squid. Octopus.

I don't like him. He's weird, and...

Why are we driving him around, anyway?

Um...

It's complicated.

Is he coming home with us?

No. No.

Well, what if you decide you like him

and he wants to move in?

No, it's not like that. God, no.

Listen to me.

No one is moving in.

You don't understand.

Whatever. You wait for him.

I'm going home.

Jacob.

Jacob!

Jacob!

What is the matter with you?

These spheres

now appear to be leaving

in the same mysterious manner

as they came.

Hopefully this mass exodus

will bring an end

to the panic and unrest

we've been seeing around the world.

The only sphere

that doesn't appear to be lea ving

is the giant sphere in Central Park.

You think we scared them off?

They're not afraid of us.

I need to get back to the city.

Not till you tell me what's going on.

- Did you do that?

- Yes.

Jacob, get in the car.

- He's one of them.

- Please get in the car.

Get in the car.

I need to know what's happening.

This planet is dying.

The human race is killing it.

So you've come here to help us.

No, I didn't.

You said you came to save us.

I said I came to save the Earth.

You came to save the Earth

from us.

You came to save the Earth from us.

We can't risk the survival of this planet

for the sake of one species.

- What are you saying?

- If the Earth dies, you die.

If you die, the Earth survives.

There are only a handful of planets

in the cosmos

that are capable

of supporting complex life.

- You can't do this.

- This one can't be allowed to perish.

We can change!

We could still turn things around!

We've watched, we've waited,

and hoped that you would change.

- Please.

- It's reached the tipping point.

- We have to act.

- Please!

We'll undo the damage you've done

and give the Earth a chance

to begin again.

Don't do this. Please.

We could change.

We can change.

The decision is made.

The process has begun.

Oh, God.

It won't make any difference, Helen.

Even if they arrest me, even if they

kill me, the process will continue.

Both of you, hands on the car right now!

- Is that a child in the car?

- Yes.

This is HP-28. I'm on I-67.

I have the FBl suspect in custody

along with one adult female

and one child. Awaiting instructions.

Tell the child to get out of the car.

- Get the kid out of the car!

- Honey, come.

Okay, you two, over there.

You, I'm not going to tell you again.

Hands on the car.

- Please don't hurt him.

- I'm not going to hurt him,

- so long as he...

- I wasn't talking to you.

The pain will only last a moment.

You killed him!

You killed him! You killed him!

- Jacob. Jacob!

- Let me finish.

- Shh. Shh.

- You killed him! You killed him!

- Come sit down.

- He killed him!

He'll be all right.

I don't understand.

You're going to kill us all,

but you saved him.

He was an obstacle. I meant him no harm.

You could stop this, couldn't you?

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