Them! Page #7

They've already killed a number of persons.

Stay in your homes.

l repeat, stay in your homesl

Your personal safety,

the safety of the entire city...

...depends upon your full cooperation

with the military authorities.

You got a pass to be down here, lady?

-No, but l'm with Mrs. Lodge.

-This is a restricted area. Let's go.

Hold it, Sergeant!

-This is the mother--

-They have no pass--

Go talk to the general.

Good evening, Mrs. Lodge.

-ls there any word yet?

-No, not yet.

We've got an awful lot of people

to help find them.

-This may take awhile. Why not go home?

-Oh, no.

-l want to be here when--

-Sure. Take it easy and try not to worry.

Dr. Medford, since time is of the essence.. .

...I recommend we pour gasoline

into those drains and light it.

lt'll burn out anything in there

and we can still control the fire.. .

...so there'll be no property

damage on the street.

Any ants that get through,

the troops can take care of.

We can't do that until we know

whether those two kids are in there.

Think there's a chance they're still alive?

Are we supposed to jeopardize

the lives of everyone for children.. .

...who in all probability are already dead?

-Ask their mother that question.

-She's right over there.

l see what you mean.

We not only have her to think of,

but as l told you before.. .

...we can't risk fire until we know

if any new queens have hatched.. .

...and flown out of this nest.

Where's Gen. O'Brien?

-He's over there by the command car.

-Thank you.

-Can we start now, General?

-l think so.

-How about it, Major?

-Waiting for more coverage to the north.

Contact the northern units, soldier.

-Northern units come in.

-How about the south?

All drains as far as Long Beach.. .

...are covered by bazookas or

flamethrowers.

-Openings of these drains?

-Police and Marines are covering.

How about it, soldier?

Can't contact northern units, sir.

Let's go ahead anyway.

Gen. O'Brien to all search units:

Proceed into storm drains!

Colonel, get them moving.

Come on, boys, let's get rolling!

Roll them out of here!

Watch yourself, Bob.

Graham in drain 203.

Graham in drain 203.

ln six-tenths of a mile, nothing to report.

Over.

Medford, in drain 207.

ln half of a mile. Nothing to report, over.

Peterson in drain 223.. .

...Peterson in 223, we're in six-tenths

of a mile. Nothing to report, over.

This is Kibbee, in drain 192.

Repeat, Kibbee in 192, in eight-tenths.

Nothing to report, over.

Wait a minute, hold it.

Kill the motor.

-Did you hear that?

-Yeah.

This is Peterson! Stop all motors!

This is Petersonl Stop all motorsl

This is Peterson in drain 223.

Peterson, in drain 223. We're in

just over a mile. l think l hear something.

There it is again. Stand by.

Where does this thing go?

That pipe runs into a main line drain

that isn't finished yet.

Still in the construction stage.

Give me a hand.

Tell them where l'm going.

Peterson is going through

the connecting feeder to drain 267.

We've heard what may be the kids.

Repeat, we've heard what may be the kids.

Stand by.

-There's construction down there?

-Yeah.

-Tell O'Brien to turn the work lights on.

-Right.

My map shows a portion of drain 267

is unfinished.. .

...with construction postponed

for the last 60 days.

lf they've left work lights installed,

turn them on. Stand by.

Mike? Jerry? Are you there?

-Yes, we're here!

-Schmitty, they're alive!

They're alive.

Tell Mrs. Lodge her boys are alive.

Mike, Jerry, stay where you are!

We'll get you out, but don't move!

There's two ants in here.

l got a strong brood odor,

like in the New Mexico nest!

Report that to O'Brien.

Tell him l must be near the nest.

l can't use the flamethrower.

The kids are right in the line of fire.

Tell O'Brien to send in troops.

Peterson says it has the same smell

as the nest in New Mexico.

''Brood odor, '' he calls it.

He asks for troops to be sent in.

He's found the nest!

To all units, condition red.

Drain 267 is the target area!

Repeat, condition red.

Drain 267 is the target area!

Repeat, condition red.

Drain 267 is the target area.

O'Connors, bring up my jeep.

l hope we've found this nest in time.

Mike, Jerry, get in the corner!

Come on Jerry, Mike, let's get out of here!

Come on, Mike.

We're going through this pipe.

There's a man at the other end.

Keep crawling until you get down there.

Understand?

Grab hold. Go on.

Keep crawling, to the other end.

On your right, over there!

Keep at them!

Ben.

-How about the kids, Ben?

-They're okay.

The pipe.. ..

Medics!

-Stop the firing!

-Cease fire!

No more explosives,

we can't risk closing off the nest.

ls there any type of gas we can use?

We can't take a chance,

might poison the whole city.

We must locate the egg chamber,

find out if any new queens have hatched.

Medics!

Start digging, you guys.

Hurry up, dig.

Hold it. Don't burn anything

until we get the okay.

-General, where's Dr. Medford?

-He's coming.

ls this it, Doctor?

New princess ants. New queens.

This is the egg chamber.

The same as we found in New Mexico.

Are we too late?

Fortunately, we're in time.

l'm certain no new queens have escaped

from this nest.

The job will be done

when these are destroyed.

Okay, burn them out.

Pat, if these monsters are a result

of the first atomic bomb in 1945.. .

...what about all the others

that have been exploded since then?

l don't know.

Nobody knows, Robert.

When man entered the atomic age,

he opened a door into a new world.

What we'll eventually find

in that new world, nobody can predict.

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