The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #3

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On this dive, you'll do

absolutelynothing...

without direct orders from me,

and you'll follow those orders

without discussion.

Is that clear ?

Allright.

I want everyone finished, prepped and

ready to get wet in 1 5 minutes.

One ofyouguys givemeahand,

okay?Let'sgetsuitedup.

Guys, guys.

Hold it a second.

Hold it ! Whoa !

Okay, here we go.

All right.

Look, um,

it's 3:
00 a.m.

These guys are running on bad coffee

and about four hours ofsleep.

- Maybeyou could think about

cutting them some slack.

- I can't afford slack.

Hey, you come on my rig.

You don't talk to me.

You start orderin' my people around.

It's not gonna work.

You got to know how to handle

these people. We got a way

ofdoin' things around here.

Right now, I'm not interested

in yourway ofdoing things.

Just getyour team

ready to dive.

These guys got

no sense ofhumor.

Bud, you know

your hand is blue ?

Finler, shut up

and putyour gear on.

Keep it coming.

- Hippy, throw me one

ofthem cyalumes, please.

- Yeah, sure.

- Good. Good.

- Excuse me.

- What is all this stuff ?

- Fluid-breathing system.

Wejust got them.

- You use it when you go really deep.

- How deep ?

- Deep.

- How deep ?

It's classified. Anyway, you breathe

liquid soyou can't get compressed.

-The pressure doesn't getyou.

-You mean you got liquid in your lungs ?

- Oxygenated fluorocarbon emulsion.

- Bullshit.

Check this out.

- Can I borrowyour rat ?

- What areyou doin' ?

- Hey, no, no, no.

- You're gonna kill her !

- It's okay. I've done this myself.

- Areyoujust drownin' her ?

She's gonna be fine.

I've breathed this myself.

It's gonna be fine.

No, man. She's gonna drown !

Look ! She's freakin' out !

-Justgoing through

anormaladjustmentperiod.

- Does this looknormaltoyou ?

-She'sgonna drown !

- He's taking the fluidintohis lungs.

He's taking the fluid

into his lungs.

There he goes.

There's a bit ofanxiety here.

Nowhe'sstarting torelax.

He'sbreathing fine.

Seehis chestmoving ?

He'sgettingplentyofoxygen.

Ha. Damnrat's

breathin'thatshit.

That is no bullshit, hands down,

the goddamnedest thing I ever saw.

See, the fluid's harder to push in

and out than air.

It'salittlemore work tobreathe,

buthe's doing fine.

- He's diggin' it.

- She's doin' it. She ain't diggin' it.

Let her out now. Now !

Okay. All right.

Okay, now we let

the fluid drain from his lungs.

All right. Give her here.

Give her. Give her.

Here's your rat.

-See ? He's fine.

- It's a she.

Going over the wall.

Going over the wall.

Coming to bearing 0-6-5.

Flatbed, you on line ?

[One Night] 10-4, Lindsey.

We readyouloudandclear.

Starting our descent.

Divers, howyou doin' ?

Everybody's okay so far.

Hang on, boys.

It's all downhill from here.

Hey, how deep's

the drop-offhere ?

This here's a bottomless pit, baby--

two-and-a-halfmiles straight down.

[BudOverRadio]

Cab3, it's Bud. Youon-line ?

Cab 3, check.

I'm right behind you.

Cab 1 , doyou see ityet ?

Magnetometer's twitching,

but I don't see anything yet.

Hang on. I want to test my strobes.

[CoffeyOverRadio]

Cab 1, doyouhavea visual?

- Cab 1, doyoucopy ?

- Yeah.

Roger that. Found it.

[Coffey]

Cab 1, radiationreadings.

Neutron counter's

not showing much.

All right. Just continue

forward and along the hull.

Copy that. Continuing forward. You want

me to get shots ofeverything, yes ?

Rogerthat. Documentasmuch asyoucan,

butpleasekeepmoving.

Remember, we're on

a tight time line.

[ Lindsey]

Copy that.

Coming up to the midship's hatch.

Doyou see it, Cab 3 ?

Yeah, roger.

I got it.

- How doyou want me ?

- [Bud]Justholdaboveit.

- Roger. Holding.

- Okay, it'sallyours, Lieutenant.

All right, A-team.

Let's do it.

Okay, Perry, Hippy,

let's get that R.O.V. launched.

Okay, we're on it, boss. Go.

Little Geek

is on the case.

Monk here, sir.

We got the midship's

outer hatch open.

Entering escape trunk.

Entering hatch

looks intact.

It's flooded. All right,

I'm gonna open her up.

Okay, get in there.

[Hippy]

Roger. Somebodygeton that tether.

Got it.

Sorryabout this, littlebuddy, but

betteryou thanme. Know whatImean ?

[ Meter Clicking ]

- Coffey, these are

the missile hatches, right ?

-[Coffey] That's right.

Looks like a couple ofthe hatches

have sprung. Radiation's nominal.

Warheads must

still be intact.

- How many are there ?

- 24 trident missiles.

That's 1 92 warheads,

Coffey.

- How powerful are they ?

- Your MI RV is a tactical nuke.

nominal yield,

say, five times Hiroshima.

Jesus Christ.

It's World War III in a can.

[ Coffey]

Let's knock offthe chatter, people.

-[Hippy] I'm heading

into thereactorcompartment.

-[Monk] Anyreading ?

- [ Meter Clacking ]

- It's twitchin', butit'sbelow

thelineyousaid wassafe.

All right.

Let's get in there.

[Coffey]Flatbed, drop downstarboard

andstayalong the cliffedge.

[ One Night ]

Okay, copy that.

Keepheading

forthebow.

Okay, Flatbed, this looksgood.

Justsetitdownhere.

- We're solid.

- Let's go.

[ Bud ]

All right. Let's go.

Okay, let'sjust take it

slow and easy goin' in.

Don't take any chances.

Where are we, Coffey ?

This is the forward

berthing compartment. This way.

[Hull Groaning]

[Bud]

Youguys okay?Cat ?Jammer?

- Rightbehindyou, Bud.

- Checkyour gauges.

- How'syourO-2 ?

- I'm okay.

- Gaugesaregood.

- Okay, 1 6 minutes to go.

[Hippy]

Jammer, your C-O-2is up.

- Breatheslower, Buddy.

-[Jammer] I'm okay.

[ Coffey]

Come on. Let's keep up.

All right. Up this way

to the control center.

[ Straining ]

- It'sjammed. Give me a hand.

- Get up here with that pry bar.

It's moving !

Pull !

Jesus !

All right. We knew we were

gonna see this.Just move on.

Come on,Jammer.

Let's go.

[Bud]

Okay, let'sstaycool.

Everybody stay cool.

We can't help these guys,

but we might find somebody further in.

Stay here.

[ Breathes Heavily]

- Hey,Jammer. You okay ?

- Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

Howyou guys doin' ?

- I'm dealin'.

- Triple time sounded like

a lot ofmoney, Bud. It ain't.

We're here.

Let's get 'er done.

Brigman, takeyour men

and continue aft.

Split up into two teams.

Come on. Let's get moving.

We head back in 1 4 minutes.

Let's go.

[ Bud ]

You okay,Jammer ?

Yeah, fine.

- What's this ?

- It should be the missile

launch control center.

- Don't touch anything.

- No, no, no, no, no.

[ Chuckles ]

This way.

Right behind you.

- You still with me,Jammer ?

- Where are we ?

Missile compartment.

Those are the launch tubes.

Sh*t ! Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t !

[ Breathing Heavily]

Hey,Jammer.

Hey ! Hey ! Hey !

Hey ! Hey ! Hey ! You okay ?

Deep and slow,

big guy.

Deep and slow.

Just breathe easy.

Everybody's dead !

They're all dead.

- I'm taking you back out. Let's go.

- No !

I'm okay. I'm okay.

- I just can't go any further in.

- Okay,Jammer. No problem.

You stay right here.

I've got to check out

this compartment, all right ?

We'll stay in voice contact.

You hold on the end ofthis rope here.

- You have any problem whatsoever,

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