The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #6

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- Now, Lindsey, you--

There is something down there.

Something not us.

You could be more... specific.

- Something that zigs.

- Not us.

Not human. Get it ?

Something nonhuman, but intelligent.

A nonterrestrial intelligence.

- A nonterrestrial intelligence.

- Yes.

N.T.I.s. Oh, man,

that's better than U.F.O.s.

But that works too, huh ?

Underwater flying objects.

Are we talking

little space friends here ?

Hell, yeah ! Hot rods ofthe gods !

Right, Linds ?

No, really.

It could be N.T.I.s.

The C.I.A. has known

about 'em forever.

They abduct people

all the time.

Hippy, would you do me a favor ?

Stay offmy side.

- Will you step into my office, please ?

- Certainly.

I-- Come here.

-Jesus, Linds.

- Oh, Bud, come on.

Something really important

is happening here.

I'm trying to keep this situation

under control.

- I can't allowyou to create

this kind ofhysteria.

- Who's hysterical ?

- Nobody's hysterical !

- Shh.

All I'm saying is, when you're

hangin' on byyour fingernails,

you don't go

waving your arms around.

Look, I saw something. I'm not gonna

say I didn't see it when I did.

I'm sorry.

Please.

You are the most stubborn woman

I ever knew.

Yes. I am.

But I need you

to believe me right now.

Come on, look at me.

Am I stressed out ?

Do I have any symptoms ofpressure

sickness ? Tremor ? Slurred speech ?

- No.

- No.

Bud, this is me, Lindsey.

Okay ?

You know me better

than anybody in the world.

Now watch my lips.

I saw these things.

I touched one ofthem,

and it wasn't some clunky steel can

like we would build.

It glided.

It was the most beautiful thing

I've ever seen.

Oh, God,

I wish you'd been there.

It was a machine--

It was a machine, but it was alive.

It was like a--

like a dance oflight.

Please. You have to trust me.

Now, I don't think they mean us

any harm. I don't know how I know that.

It'sjust a feeling.

Geez. I'm supposed to

go on a feeling ?

How can I ? You think Coffey's

gonna go on a feeling ?

Well, we all see

what we wanna see.

Coffey looks,

and he sees Russians.

He sees hate and fear.

You have to look

with better eyes than that.

- Please.

- I can't, Linds.

- No ? Mmm.

- I'm sorry.

[Coffey]AllI wantis24-hour

surveillance on the exteriorcam.

-[CatShouting]

- I've got six people, I've got--

Everybodyjust stop.

All right,

I want a round-the-clock manning ofthe

sonar shack and the exterior cameras.

That Russian bogey comes back,

I don't thinkwe should be taking a nap.

Oh, give me a break,

Coffey.

Those things live three-and-a-half

miles down in an abyssal trench.

Trustme, they'renot

speakingRussian.

- Haveyou finished the repairs on

the acoustical transmitteryet ?

- Nope.

Why not ?

I was having

my nails done.

Well, getitdone.

Kiss my ass.

All right,

get somethin' straight.

You people

are under my authority.

- Look, partner--

- When Igiveyouan or--

Look, partner,

we don't work foryou,

we don't take orders

from you...

and we don't much likeyou.

Hey, Cat. Cat !

- Yeah ?

- Why don'tyou take the

first watch on sonar, okay ?

Right on.

Sonny, you get a couple hours sleep,

then you spell Cat.

Hippy, you handle

exterior surveillance.

[ Shuddering ]

One Night.

Would you do me a favor and see if

you can get that transmitter fixed ?

- All right ?

- Be a couple hours.

- [ Click]

- Got it.

All right.

Come on, A.J. squared-away,

a little to the left.

[Hippy]

Whatis that ?

Oh, this is not happening.

Oh, man.

[Hippy] Lookatme. I'mshakin'.

Allright, wait, wait, wait.

And now...

here's MI RV.

Come on, man.

What else could it be ?

Why bring it here ?

It's gotta be some kind ofemergency

plan to keep it away from the Russians.

Look, they hot-wire

one ofthe nukes,

they use some kind ofdetonator

that they brought,

then they stick it back in the sub,

fry the whole thing up.

Bam ! Slicker than snot.

I'm tellin' ya.

And I'm not bein' paranoi--

Hi, Linds.

Linds, will youjust

wait a second.

Goddamn it, ifyou don't

do something about it, I will !

Lindsey, we'll do something about it !

Just wait a second !

- Lindsey.

- What ?

-Just stop and think about this.

- What ?

[Banging Continues]

You got some huevos

bringing that thing into my rig.

With all that's going on

up in the world, you bring

a nuclearweapon in here ?

Mrs. Brigman--

Does this strike anyone as particularly

psychotic, or is itjust me ?

Mrs. Brigman, you don't need to know

the details ofour operation.

It's better ifyou don't.

You're right.

I don't need to know.

What I need to know

is that thing is offthis rig !

Doyou hear me, Roger Ramjet ?

You're becoming

a serious impediment to our mission.

Now, you either do an about-face

and walk out ofhere,

or I'll haveyou

escorted out.

I will not do an about-face

and get out ofhere.

- Who doyou thinkyou're talking--

- [ Alarm Bell Rings ]

Emergency ! Maintenance Room B !

Everybody move it !

- On the double !

- Now! Now!

-[Alarm Continues]

-In here ! Come on ! We've got trouble !

- Now ! Come on !

- What's goin' on ?

- All right, all right,

all right, all right !

-[Alarm Stops]

[One Night]

What's up ? What'shappening ?

You let her go, man.

Do it. Do it now !

Let her go.

[ Grunts ]

That was the smartest thing

you ever did.

- Coffey, you son ofa b*tch--

- Lindsey ! Cool it.

-[Cat] What's theproblem ?

- Nothin'.

We werejust leaving.

Weren't we ?

W-We don't need them.

We can't trust them.

We may have to take steps.

We're gonna have to

take steps.

Linds, I wantyou to stay away

from that guy.

- I mean it.

- The guy is gone.

Did you see his hands ?

What ? He's got the shakes ?

Look, he's operating

on his own,

he's cut offfrom

his chain ofcommand,

he's showing signs

ofpressure-induced psychosis...

and he's got

a nuclearweapon.

So, as a favor to me, try to put

your tongue in neutral for a while.

I gotta tell you, I give this whole

thing a sphincter factor ofabout 9.5.

Look, you canjust punch into

his primary guidance chip

whereyou want him to go...

and he'll go there,

right ?

- No. Bad idea, Lindsey. Bad.

- Why ? Hip, come on.

Because even ifit could

take the pressure at that depth,

- which I don't think it can,

- Yeah ?

without the tetheryou know what'd

happen when it got down there ?

It wouldjust sit like--

Please.

It wouldjust sit

like a dumb sh*t.

Something would have to pass in front

ofthe camera foryou to see anything.

But we could get lucky, right ?

So we should go for it.

- I really ought to talk

to Bud about this.

- This is between you and me.

We get proof,

and then we tell the others.

Ifwe can prove to Coffey

that there aren't Russians down there,

maybe he'll ease offthe button

a little bit.

I gotta tell ya, that guy

scares me more than anything

we're gonna find down there.

He's a goddamn A.J. squared-away,

jar-head robot.

It's--

All right, give me a couple hours

to see what I can do.

Great. Thanks.

How's that ?

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