The Thaw Page #3

That's the best idea|I've heard in a long time.

This place is infested with bugs.|Ling's got bites all over her face.

We gotta get out of here.|I got this... it's a medical condition.

It's a phobia.|It's like a panic attack!

All right, all right.

As soon as light breaks,|we'll fly out to Sachs Harbour.

What about my dad?|Nobody's answering at the field station.

Something's obviously|happened out there... something bad.

We don't even know where|"out there" is, do we?

What?

Look, the ATV she came|in on has a GPS unit.

We'll get the coordinates for|the field station. We'll fly out there...

...and we'll see what's going on.

If there's an emergency,|we'll call for a second chopper.

Okay, sounds reasonable.

Guys, I'm sorry.

It's all right. Let's load everything|into the helicopter.

We'll come back|and we'll get Jane.

- Thank you.|- Okay.

Where did you get|my dad's camera?

It was in Jane's jacket.

- Are you okay?|- Mm-hmm.

There's no tape.

Okay, guys, come on,|let's get packing. Let's go.

Are you okay?

Yeah.

- What time is it?|- About 3:00 a. M.

Jesus.

Holy sh*t.

What is it?

Oh, man.

- What?|- Take a look.

Jesus H Christ.

- What the heck was she thinking?|- That's a really good question.

What?

- Sabotage.|- Jane.

It'll take me a couple|hours to fix this.

You gotta be kidding me?|Can't we call another helicopter?

It won't take me that long.

Oh, whoa whoa.|What's that for?

Relax, it's just a precaution.

- I have to go.|- Evy!

- Where are you going?|- The field station.

I don't think|that's a good idea.

No kidding. What if this thing's|fixed and you're not back?

- Evy.|- Honestly, what do we do?

Hey, that woman's really sick.|I don't think she can breathe.

Come on.

Oh my God,|oh my God.

Oh, Jane!

Jane, it's me. It's Evelyn.

Oh no.

We have to do something.|It's okay.

I'm sorry.|I'm so sorry.

Sorry for what?|It's okay.

- Don't let them leave.|- Let who leave?

No.

Holy sh*t.

- She can't breathe!|- What can I do? Tell me what to do!

No, stay with me, please.|Please!

Jane, stay with me.|It's okay.

No no.

- No!|- No no no no! I wouldn't do that, no.

Better seal off the room.|Who knows what she's got?

Yeah, it's a good call.

There... there's some plastic...

...around back by the genny.

Yeah.

Come on, everybody out.

Now.

Just give me a minute.|I knew her!

Evy.

Oh, God damn it.

Hey, where the hell is she going?|I thought we agreed to stick together?

Atom!

Where the hell do you|think you're going?

That woman just died in there, man.|Think about it.

That's her dad out there, man.

As soon as that helicopter gets fixed,|we're getting out of here.

Get the duct tape.|Let's seal up this door.

Evelyn!

- Wait for me.|- What are you doing?

I'm coming with you.

Why'd you stop?

Shoot.

Shoot.

- How is it going?|- It's worse than I thought.

Why didn't you say something?|We should be calling for help.

- I'm doing everything I can, okay?|- This is so f***ed.

Dad?

Dad?

Holy crap.

Is that a wooly mammoth?

Jesus, it's pristine.

What is it?

It looks like eggs of some kind.

Yeah, it looks like they're|thawing with the mammoth.

Oh my God,|did you see that?

That's impossible.

Isn't there that|species of frog?

Yeah, the-the... Um...

...the wood frog... its liver glycogen|converts to glucose...

...but, you know,|that happens over a winter.

This thing's gotta be what?|20,000 years old?

Yeah.

Dad?

Oh... oh my God.

- Who is that?|- It's Edward.

He works for my dad.

Dad!

No no no.

- No no no...|- Evelyn.

No, God, no!

- Don't don't, Evelyn!|- No, please.

- Let go of me!|- You don't want to see him like this.

- No no!|- Don't remember him like this.

It's okay.

What am I supposed|to do now?

It's not fair!

He's gone and I still hate him.

Ow, ohh.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

I just had the most|painful piss of my life.

- Any idea why?|- What are you saying?

- Oh, little Miss Innocent?|- Oh God.

Who have you been seeing|for the past couple months?

Jesus, baby, I'm sorry.

I just...

Oh, I guess I'm just...

I'm scared, okay?

There's something|wrong with us.

Some kind of infection.

It's inside of me|down there.

What happened?

They're all dead.

Shot.

Jane shot them all.

Kruipen too?

Why would she do that?

I don't know.

Look, man, I don't know|what a "20" is...

I just know that we're|in trouble and we need help now.

I just need to know|where you are.

What are your coordinates?

I don't know where I am, man.|We're in the middle of nowhere.

- David Kruipen's research center.|- Okay, stand by.

Ling, are you all right?

Get out. Get out!

- Evy, what are you doing?|- I need to see her.

- This room is quarantined, Evelyn.|- Please!

Please, you have to trust me.|We need to see her, please.

Please trust me.

Please.

Oh God.

What is it?

- Eggs.|- What do you mean eggs?

Like the ones|from the mammoth?

What?

- Oh my God, did you see that?|- What?

- What happened?|- The bugs that bit Ling...

...they must be some kind of parasite.|I just saw one. They're inside of Jane.

- We gotta move her.|- We have to get her to the lab.

It's a separate structure.

Come on, use the sheet|to wrap her up.

What is it, Evy?

The bear's infected too.

There's more eggs over here.

I wonder how long they stay|in their larval state.

I radioed for a rescue helicopter.|We're getting out of here.

- How long?|- A few hours if the weather holds.

Oh, thank God.

What, Evy?

We have to call them back|and tell them not to come.

- Excuse me?|- They won't be prepared.

We have to contact disease control.|They'll have time to study this thing...

- And decide what to do.|- What?

- Evelyn, we have to get out of here.|- We have to be quarantined.

Quarantined?|Are you out of your mind?

Ling is sick in there. She's been|throwing up. We have to get out of here.

- Federico, you don't understand.|- Hold on, hold on.

Maybe we're jumping|to conclusions.

I mean, we're just|students here.

She's not even a student.

They died out there|because they couldn't stop it!

They're dead?

Jane was trying to stop us|from getting home.

She said don't let them leave...|she was talking about the bugs.

What do you mean?|What bugs?

Look, you don't know that.

We don't know what|happened out there.

- You saw the eggs in the mammoth, Atom.|- Mammoth?

Jesus Christ, would somebody please|tell me what's going on here?

There's a wooly mammoth|in a glacier melting out there.

It's full of eggs.|The same ones that are in this bear...

...the same ones that are in Jane, and very|likely, the same ones that are in Ling.

And me.

And Ling?

Fed...

...we think that the insects|that bit Ling...

- They're laying eggs inside.|- What?

They're some sort|of prehistoric parasite...

...that thawed in the ice|inside the mammoth.

This is so sick.

You guys are sick. Where would you|come up with something like this?

We have to contact disease control.|They'll know what to do better than us.

No no.

No no... Hey!|Where are you going?

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