The Last Days on Mars Page #3

Yes, sir.

Gets a little tight

down there, doesn't it?

All right.

(INHALES QUICKLY)

Here we go.

(MACHINE WHIRS)

All right.

Jesus.

You all right down there?

Oh, yeah. Never better.

It's, uh, nice.

A walk in the park.

Jesus Christ.

Okay.

Mark me off!

(GRUNTS)

Holy sh*t.

What? What do you see?

I don't know. It's, uh...

In the rock formations, there's...

something growing on them.

Like, uh...

I don't know what it is, but...

It's definitely alive.

We should bring him up.

I'm gonna try and get a little lower.

See if I can find Marko.

- Take me down.

- BRUNEL:
You got it, Vince.

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(BREATHING QUICKENS)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(GASPS) F***!

- F***. F***. F***.

- BRUNEL:
Vincent.

Bring him up. Bring him up.

Bring him up!

Give me your hand.

Give me your hand!

Vince, are you all right?

Just breathe.

BRUNEL:
We gotcha.

Come on. That's it.

- All right.

- Vincent...

OK, OK, OK.

You're all right.

BRUNEL:
Vincent, what did you see?

Vincent?

Vincent!

VINCE:
I'm OK.

I'm OK.

What the hell happened down there?

Nothing. I'm good.

I saw the bottom.

They're not there.

IRWIN:
Skipper, it's Irwin.

There's footprints here.

There's two pairs.

BRUNEL:
What?

Where are they headed?

They're crossing the rift valley.

They look like they're headed

back towards base.

If she pulled him out of there,

why didn't they just take the rover?

This just doesn't make sense.

Call Kim. Tell her to prepare

for one, maybe two casualties.

KIM:
He'll be in a bad way

if he's been exposed.

Possible brain damage from

oxygen deprivation, hypoxia...

That's if we're lucky.

- Look, what I said earlier...

- Shut up, Kim. Shut up.

- Let's just forget it, yeah?

- (BEEPING)

They're about 50 meters out.

Must be Marko and Dalby, but...

What the hell?

They walked all the way back?

As long as they're OK,

that's all that counts, right?

Base to Dalby,

can you come in, please?

They're coming around to the airlock.

I'm gonna go let them in.

Wait. We haven't

established comms here.

(AIR HISSES)

Marko! Oh, f***.

You're okay, you're okay.

- Oh, f***!

- (HISSES)

(GASPS)

Marko, what the f***

are you doing? Marko!

(ROARS)

(DRILL WHIRS)

(SCREAMS)

(MOANS)

(ALARM)

(ROARS)

Go!

Base, this is Brunel.

Come in, please.

BRUNEL:
Come in, please. Base.

(BEEPING)

(SNARLS)

(GRUNTS)

Mayday! mayday!

BRUNEL:
Harrington?

Harrington, please respond.

Lane, Irwin, check the other side.

- Call me if you see anything.

- IRWIN:
Okay.

BRUNEL:
Harrington.

Come in, Harrington.

- Stay out here.

- I'm fine, I'm coming with you.

Stay on comms.

I'll call you if I need you.

Look Skipper, I know

I was a little shaky back there.

That's an order.

Don't argue with me.

(SHOUTS)

(KIM YELLS)

(SLURPS)

(RASPS)

(SCREAMS)

Explain to me what

the hell's going on here.

- What the f***.

- (SHRIEKS)

We need to quarantine them here.

Get in a suit. I'll buy you time.

Go, go, go.

I'm right behind you.

Listen to me.

Marko, you're sick.

I want to help you.

Can you understand me?

- I want to help you.

- (MARKO GROWLS)

Vincent, Lane, I'm in the airlock.

I'm coming out.

- VINCE:
What happened in there?

- They're killing us!

IRWIN:
Kim?

What happened in there?

(SNARLS)

LANE:
Are you all right?

What happened?

- IRWIN:
Just breathe.

- Marko and Dalby are dead.

They couldn't have survived it.

But they're still moving.

She's not making sense.

If they're moving,

they've got brain function.

If they've got brain function

they're not dead, Kim.

I'm not a f***ing idiot!

I know.

VINCE:
The airlock.

KIM:
It's Brunel.

BRUNEL:
Lock the door!

Lock the door! F***!

KIM:
Seal it up.

Don't let them get out!

IRWIN:
He's bleeding.

BRUNEL:
Need to seal it.

IRWIN:
He's got a tear!

He's bleeding.

- LANE:
Hold it, hold it, hold it.

- IRWIN:
You're okay.

LANE:
Yeah, I've got it.

- What's Kim doing? She's...

- Kim!

- What the hell are you doing?

- (GRUNTS)

VINCE:
Kim!

No, that's the door lock!

Kim, stop!

No, they're still in there!

Get off me. Get off me!

It's okay. You disabled it.

They can't get out.

You don't know what they did!

Look for yourself!

IRWIN:
Vincent?

What happened to them?

What the hell happened to them?

It's low pressure.

They've got the bends.

When are you guys gonna get it?

It's not them anymore! They're gone!

- (BANGING)

- F***!

That door is reinforced steel.

They can't get through.

They have power tools. They have

high explosives! They can get out!

If they drill the door

the decompression'll kill them.

- It won't.

- LANE:
Brunel's in a bad way.

- We need to move him now.

- F***.

VINCE:
Let's get him

to the hydroponic dome.

Kim, get the airlock.

Let's go. Now!

- LANE:
We're gonna move you now.

- We've gotta go now! Move!

- Come on, skipper, let's go.

- LANE:
One, two, three.

- (BRUNEL GROANS)

- Oh, sh*t!

LANE:
Just a little bit.

VINCE:
Almost there. Come on.

- Come on, you can do it.

- LANE:
You're nearly there.

(AIR HISSES)

- Have you got him?

- Yeah.

Gently, gently.

- Irwin, get out the way.

- Okay, okay.

- Sit him up.

- I'm trying.

- LANE:
Careful.

- It's all right.

Okay. One, two, three.

Mind his neck.

- It's okay.

- Gently, gently.

- VINCE:
There you go.

- (EXHALES)

LANE:
Captain, stay awake

and focus, okay?

Okay. It's just that...

Nothing feels right inside.

- LANE:
I'm gonna give you a shot.

- Doesn't feel right.

VINCENT:
Gonna give you

some morphine, okay?

Here we go.

LANE:
All right.

We've got to get this open.

(WINCES)

- LANE:
Jeez.

- IRWIN:
Oh, God.

Vincent, I'm not a medic.

I can't do this.

Lane, if anyone can do this, you can.

Just tell me what you need.

VINCE:
Come on.

Hey, I know that look.

You don't have to...

(GROANS) Oh, God.

I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

There should be more blood.

Six months. What a mess.

I thought we were home free.

What's Kate gonna tell the kids?

LANE:
Shh.

I can't... I can't remember

what they look like.

You tell them I was thinking

about them. Do that for me?

I will. Of course.

Of course I will.

We've seen things

that no one has seen before.

They can't take that

away from us, right?

No.

God, I'm thirsty. Thirsty.

- I've got it.

- Thirsty.

VINCE:
Stay here, skipper.

Come on.

Just breathe.

Nice and easy.

You're gonna be okay.

Okay.

Okay. It's okay, it's me.

It's Irwin. It's okay.

Okay, careful. Careful.

Get some more. Kim, get some more.

Okay. Hey, I'm with you.

You have to... You have to...

You gotta help me.

You gotta help.

- (GRUNTS)

- No! Stop!

VINCE:
Skipper, no! Let go!

LANE:
Jesus!

Get off him!

Skipper! Stop! No!

(BRUNEL SHOUTING)

Look at me! Look at me!

You're okay, you're okay. Come on.

Goddamn it! Stop, please!

- Please. Just look at me.

- (GASPS)

It's okay. Just breathe.

Just breathe.

Come on, come on, come on.

Look at me. Look at me, come on.

Please. Come on.

Just breathe. You're okay.

Skipper.

You'll never see home.

What the f*** was that?

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