The Thing Page #5

...ninety-three pounds...

About 1,190.

What do you need for a transport weight?

Well, to cut it down to a portable weight, we'll have to take it from here to here.

Mmm-hmm.

Start with four inches or so.

I never believed in this sh*t.

I always did.

We all set?

Nearly there.

Good. Good. But before we do, I'm going to take a tissue sample.

Do you really think that's a good idea?

Yes, I do.

I mean, the conditions are so unpredictable, and we don't have the proper equipment. Sterilization is an issue...

Edvard, what do you have in the way of a small-diameter drill?

Up to 30 millimeters.

Very good. I think somewhere around here.

Kate. Just a second. In the future, don't contradict me in front of those people again.

I just thought I'd—

You're not here to think. You're here to get this thing safely out of the ice. I hope we understand each other.

Okay.

Yeah!

Yeah!

Hey. What's going on, girl?

Here you are.

So, have you ever tasted this before?

No, I haven't.

It tastes very bad.

Gentlemen, ladies. After a short but thorough investigation of our...visitor, I can say unequivocally that I have never seen anything on any cellular level...like what we have in that other room. And the impact of this find will be felt for thousands of years. From this point on, the world as we know it has forever been altered. You, my friends, will all be immortalized as the people who made this discovery.

We found a f***ing alien! Cheers!

Cheers!

Thank you.

Think they're gonna pay a bonus for bringing home an alien instead of core samples?

You got anything better than this cough syrup?

Hey, Griggsey.

Yeah?

You wanna go out and get the captain's stash?

Sure. No problem. I'm on it.

Okay, where did we put this bottle?

Boo!

Jesus Chr... Screw you, man. Son of a bi...

It broke out!

Cuckoo!

It ain't a damn joke, man! The friggin' thing's alive! I was in the room, man, looking at the ice. The friggin' thing jumped out!

We'll search in groups of two and three. The entire camp. If you find it, call out. Don't attempt anything on your own.

And be careful. We don't know what condition it's in.

Over here.

There's nothing here. Let's check over there.

Yes.

Griggs. You leave that open?

I don't remember.

Sh*t. Hey. Just be careful, man. That thing jumped through the f***in' roof.

Lars' dog.

Jesus Christ.

Did you hear that?

Be careful.

Shh!

Let's go.

Shh! Oh, my God. Oh my God!

Help! Over here! Help! Somebody! Over here!

What happened?

What's going on?

It attacked Henrik.

Come on.

Jesus!

In there!

Oh, my God!

Oh, God, somebody do something!

God. Shoot it! Shoot the f***er, man!

It killed Henrik.

Hey!

No, no, no, no, no!

We gotta burn that f***er, man! Burn it!

Oh, no. No. Wait.

Throw it! Throw it!

His blood pressure is low.

Henrik had two small children.

Yes, it's horrible. It's a horrible tragedy. We're all shocked at what happened to Henrik. But with due respect, we need to examine the remains before it all disintegrates.

Hey, that was a man. Not remains.

No, I know. I'm talking about the creature, and I'm sure we're all aware of the importance of this discovery. This may be the first and only time mankind has been visited by an alien life-form. And as scientists, we're obliged to study it.

Didn't work out so well the last time, did it?

I think you should destroy it. Completely.

I think you've contributed enough to this endeavor.

Oh, really? Listen. Your guy Olav back there, he... He's in bad shape. Now we're gonna fly him back to McMurdo at sunup and take him to the military hospital.

And what are you going to tell them, hmm?

I'm gonna tell them the truth, as crazy as it sounds.

Edvard, we are running out of time.

Peder, Jonas, bring it inside.

Kate. Can you help here? Come on. Pull that side open. His face is encased in some type of amniotic sac.

The tissue looks almost new.

What was it doing to him?

Well, it appears it was absorbing him. Some type of digestion. It's fascinating. It is fascinating.

Hey. Hey. What's the matter? Are you okay?

I'm fine.

You sure?

Yeah, I'm okay.

You need something?

No. No. I'm okay.

What is this?

Looks like a titanium plate. It's used to reinforce broken bones, compound fractures.

Yeah, that's right. Henrik broke his arm last year. He had to go to Argentina to get it set.

So if this was in his arm, what's it doing out of him now?

That's a good question.

What are you doin'?

I took a sample of Henrik's tissue. I want to find out what this thing was doing to him. I think you should take a look at this.

These cells aren't dead. That's not possible. It looks like the alien cells are somehow attacking Henrik's cells and then the... What is that? It's like they're transforming into—

They're imitating his cells.

Okay. I don't know if that's what I'm seeing, but—

They're imitating him.

This place is giving me the creeps, man.

No kiddin'. Gettin' out here a moment too soon.

Hey, yo, you get that other thing?

All what I could carry.

It's going to be okay, Olav. A doctor will see you at McMurdo.

Okay.

Kate.

Hey.

Hey. We're leaving. If the weather holds up, we'll be back with help as soon as we can.

Okay.

All right.

Keep him warm.

I will. Come on. Let's go. Sit down there. There you go.

Ah. Let's get the hell out of here.

Sh*t. Carter! Carter, wait! Come on!

She's flagging us down.

What's wrong?

They shouldn't leave.

Carter, let's just get out of here, man.

All right. F*** it. We're landing.

Sh*t.

Let's take her down.

Is there something wrong?

Uh, no. No. Every... Everything's fine. They probably just forgot something. We'll— We'll be in the air in no time. Okay? Don't worry. Hang in there.

Hey! Hey!

Something's wrong.

Hailing McMurdo, or any ears on emergency channel. Do you copy? Over. I repeat. This is Thule Station.

They crashed here, right behind this ridgeline. It's impossible to reach them.

This doesn't make any sense. I mean, they had plenty of visibility, right?

We're not going after them? Shouldn't we try?

We need our chopper to even get close to them, and that's refueling in Haley.

Well, this can't be a coincidence.

Radio's dead. It's f***ing dead. That incoming storm.

Sh*t.

There's too much interference.

We just lost four people. We have no helicopter or radio.

You are making a mistake by bringing in outside help. We could lose the discovery.

Sander, we are beyond that point now. Colin, Lars, get your gear. We'll take a snowcat to the next base. Lars. It's time to go.

Yes.

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

And why is that?

Because no one can leave this camp until we know more about what's going on here.

I make the decisions about this camp.

I know, Edvard, but...

Why did you flag down that helicopter?

Because I thought it was in danger.

Why?

I took a sample of Henrik's blood. And I saw that the alien cells were still alive. They were alive, and they were copying Henrik's cells. Replicating them. Adam saw it too.

Is that true?

I don't know. I mean, I don't... I don't know what we saw. I mean, we saw... We saw something.

I don't... I don't understand. What are you saying?

That this thing can, and probably has...replicated a person.

What? Who? It can't possibly...

That is insane.

Okay. Okay. Kate, Kate. Okay. Kate. This is not the time to be yelling "Fire." Let's stop, gather our thoughts, and discuss this in private.

We don't need any private meetings, Doctor. We all want the f***ing information.

There's more.

What are those?

I think they're fillings from someone's teeth. I found them by a puddle of blood in the shower.

A puddle of blood?

It can clone cells, but not inorganic material. It couldn't copy these, so it spit them out.

We've wasted too much time already. Lars...

Listen. When I went back to check it, someone had cleaned up the blood. Someone had wiped it away. All right? So whatever it is, it is still here.

I've heard enough. Lars, Colin, get your gear. Ten minutes.

Please, Edvard. You can't leave. You can't leave. You... You don't know what we're dealing with.

She's lost it.

Well done.

Kate. I don't know if I should be speaking about this. I don't want to get anyone in trouble.

Speaking about what?

You were saying...about someone cleaning up the blood from the shower? That someone here may not be themselves.

Juliette, please. What did you see?

After the crash, I think...I saw Colin coming from the showers. He was holding something. Uh... It could have been a towel, or a rag...something to clean up. Kate, I can't say for sure, but...he was the last here.

He's leaving with Edvard. We can't let him go. We can't let any of them go.

I know where they keep the keys for the vehicles.

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