The Philadelphia Experiment Page #4

Don't worry about it now.

You like Chinese food?

- Yeah, sounds good.

- Enjoy.

Here, dig in.

Are you okay?

What if we get all the way out to Santa Paula, and...

there's nobody left out there left alive that I know?

My father isn't a young man.

Well, let's call, we'll find out.

He doesn't have a phone.

David, everyone has a phone... let's try.

Uh, yes, information please for

Santa Paula, California, the number for...

- John Herdeg.

- John Herdeg, that's H-E-R-D-E-G.

Right, right, right.

Is there any other place?

Try the Parker Ranch, they always had a phone.

Do you have the number for the Parker Ranch?

Thank you.

It's ringing.

But what... what am I gonna say to 'em?

Hello, who's this speaking, please?

Pam?

What happened?

It was her!

It was Jim's wife, Pamela.

Well, why... why did you hang up?

What am I gonna say to her?

Well, that's good, at least

we know she's there.

What if they're there? What if they're waitin' for us?

They know where I'm from, this could all be a trap!

Well... maybe we should tell

the story to someone else

- and get them to come with us.

- Wait, the story you don't believe, right, that one?

David, I don't know what to believe,

how do you know what to believe? Maybe...

maybe they gave you some drugs,

maybe none of this is real at all.

Yeah, maybe none of this is real.

Hey! Maybe this isn't real, right?

Maybe this isn't real! I mean, maybe this

isn't real, maybe none of this is real!

Maybe I'm not real!

Maybe you're not real!

How about that?

Look...

All right, ya know, I don't think

I can really help you anymore,

I think you gotta go through

this, ya know, by yourself, and...

I'm sure you're gonna be fine, but,

ya know, I'm scared, too, so, I'll see ya later, okay?

Wait... please.

Look, I'm sorry, Allison.

I didn't mean to hurt you.

Please stay with me.

I need you.

Please.

I can't believe this, Germany and Japan

are our friends, and Russia's the enemy now?

- Aren't you getting tired, David?

- Yeah.

Alarm set, six thirty a.m.

- Well, don't stay up too late, okay?

- Okay.

G'night.

G'night.

But we just know that every time they do

an experiment around here, the weather changes.

They're responsible for everything

that's goin' on around here.

We tried to contact

Dr. James Longstreet,

who is in charge of experiments

here at the Base, but unfortunately

- he's unavailable for comment.

- What was that name she just said?

- What?

Thanks for your report, Margaret, we'll be

standing by for future developments.

Nothing, never mind.

- And now moving to the national...

- ...in Hollywood once, who refused to hire his director,

in the picture they refused to hire

the director before it turned out to be a failure.

The next time the director's name came up

- Allison!

- the producer said, no, he was

- What?

I know this guy!

Is this another movie?

No, David, this is not a movie.

Twelve forty-six a.m., Twelve forty-six a.m.,

Twelve forty-six a.m.

Sorry.

G'night.

It almost seems connected

to something in this area.

It hasn't moved more than 50 miles

from the original test site, since...

Where is it now?

- Standby!

- B quadrant.

- Moving this way again.

- Destabilizing.

Cameras moving into position now, Sir.

Launch ready.

Cameras mounted and ready, Sir.

- Okay, let's see what the hell we got in there.

- This is control, commence operations.

Sequence activated.

Launch complete,

fifteen hundred and twenty.

Twelve hundred.

9, 8, 7,

6, 5, 4,

3, 2, 1.

We're in.

- Good God, there it is!

- What is that?

It's the town.

- What the hell! - Is that a ship?

- What's a ship doing in there?

Play it back.

Major Clark from security there?

Let me know as soon as he is, please.

All right, here it comes again.

That job was just an excuse to get to L.A.

It's where I want to go, anyway.

There are a lot of opportunities out there.

You know, I have two diplomas. One from

an art school. I've won a couple of awards.

I'm very well thought of in Cincinnati!

I am!

You're very well thought of here, too.

I just know when I get to L.A.

somethin's gonna work out.

It's gonna be fine.

What pisses me off is that jerk Michael.

I'm usually a good judge of character.

- Does the music bother you?

- No.

What about the rest of life?

Don't you want to get married?

Yeah, if I meet the right guy.

Kids? Don't you want to have kids?

You don't have to be married to do that!

Ah, I'm never gonna agree with that.

- Do you want a Coke?

- Yeah.

How did you do that?

Hey, that's pretty neat.

- Why did you join the Navy?

- You know the old saying:

"A girl in every port."

- Do you like to travel?

- Yeah.

Yeah, me too.

- Do you mind?

- Go ahead.

- That's me.

- Yeah.

- What is that?

- Oh, I think it's a Porsche.

Now that's REALLY me.

This is the one that disappeared.

Parker.

Is that the other one?

Yes, this is the Herdeg.

That's him.

Thank you, Doctor.

I'd like to know more

about what happened to Parker.

I appreciate your curiosity

but this is not the time.

- But he's...

My driver will take you back now, Doctor.

And thank you.

Herdeg's file, they both lived

in Santa Paula, California.

- How did you know?

- Major, would you just bring him in, please.

The latest run.

The vortex is almost twice the size.

It started pulling at surface matter.

James, if we don't stop this thing soon,

the whole damned planet's in trouble.

What the hell are we gonna do?

That's the church Jimmy got married in.

That's the railroad station... looks good.

And here we come up to the big tree.

It must be over a hundred years old by now.

My name's carved in it somewhere.

Is that your father's place?

It's different.

Well, let's get some gas and check it out.

I'll be right with ya!

- Now, what can I do for you folks?

- Can you fill it up, please?

- Unleaded?

- Yeah.

- Is that him?

- Yes.

Good looking man.

That's the car we bought out with us

when we moved from New Jersey.

- That's you.

- That's right.

Hey, your car was almost full.

Did you want me to check the oil?

No, that's okay.

Do you know what happened to

the guy in these pictures?

- What, John Herdeg?

- Yeah.

Well, he was a pretty famous guy,

won a helluva a lot of big races in his time.

- When was that?

- Oh, I don't know, late '40s, early '50s I guess.

He moved back East somewhere, that's where most of

the racing circuits are... died a few years ago.

Your car was almost full...

it's only 4 dollars.

I'm sorry.

David?

Thanks.

David!

- Do you want me to drive?

- No, I'm fine.

I'm sorry, David.

But at least he made it.

He did what he said he was gonna do

when nobody thought he could, not even me!

Good for you, Pop.

Good for you!

- I shoulda called her again.

- It'll be okay.

What if she doesn't recognize me?

We'll just tell her.

Can you help you?

- Mrs. Parker?

- Yes.

- Pamela?

- Yes.

Don't you know me?

Don't you recognize me?

It's me, it's David.

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