To the Core and Back Page #9

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I built the ship

in three damn months.

I didn't think I'd be intentionally

sabotaging it. I'm sorry!

So one of us has to go in there.

- Correct.

- Into the crawl space

- that has core fluid at 9,000 degrees.

- [Braz] Yes.

Can you flush it

with liquid nitrogen?

[Braz] We don't have

enough at this point.

And our suits are built to withstand...?

- Half that, probably.

- Right. Half that.

So, what you're saying

is whoever goes into that crawl space,

is not coming back.

- Together.

- Yes, thank you.

Wait.

- On three.

- OK.

One... two... three.

Huh.

Well, I better go on, get myself ready.

No, Braz, wait.

No, Braz. Excuse me.

Just a moment, may I see that?

- No.

- May I? May I?

- Yes.

- Thank you.

- Magic.

- I mean, Braz,

three straws of equal length.

I mean, this is childish.

Let's do it again.

No, we will not do it again. [laughs]

I thought you'd be happy.

No. Not at the expense

of you making us look like fools.

He's right. Why do you get dibs

on being the hero?

- Because it's my damn ship.

- Oh, that makes perfect sense.

Look, for 20 years, I've done

nothing but Virgil, 20 years.

Virgil belongs to me,

and I will not let her fail.

I will not. Now if you want to know

what's worth dying for... this ship.

Building it instead of imagining it.

If Virgil needs more blood,

it will be my blood.

Now I am going to go and get ready.

Good to go.

Beck.Josh.

It's a hell of a boat you built, Braz.

I am really proud to

have known you guys.

[Josh] Thank you.

Braz. Edward.

Yes, Conrad?

You're right. It is your ship.

But I wish to God it had been ours.

[whooshing]

[beeping]

The chamber's sealed, Beck.

Ready.

Open the hatch.

[grunts]

[Braz grunting]

[screams]

[sizzling]

Hang on, Braz.

Come on, hang on.

[glass shattering]

[computer beeping]

Manual override is complete!

Braz, we can still get you out of there.

No... Start... start the impeller.

No.

[panting]

We got a job to do. Let's do it.

Let's go.

[man] Magnetic shielding systems are up.

- Power level's 85 per cent.

- [computers beeping]

- Increase power to Reactor ten.

- All personnel should be clear.

- [typing]

- [computer beeps]

[Zimsky, Josh shouting]

[Zimsky] Oh, God! Oh, I'm sorry.

- [both grunting]

- OK, she's down.

[Beck] Approaching the first

drop-off point.

We got to be accurate

to the second here, boys.

And drop in three-five seconds.

And... timer on.

- Pull it.

- [timer beeping]

Clear... and... ejecting.

[telephone ringing]

- All right. Initiate firing sequence.

- Sir...

It's our last shot, Stick.

- Damn you.

- Damn me? Too late.

[man] Ten, nine, eight...

[Rat] What's that?

Gotcha!

- [man 1] ...four, three, two...

- Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Someone's diverted our energy.

Where the hell's it gone?!

It looks like...

Coney Island.

Your kung fu is not strong.

Well, how long will it take

to get it back online?

Well, then get to it!

Oh, hey, General.

ls there something I can do for you?

- Mm.

- [computer game beeping]

- Timer on.

- [timer beeping]

Clear... ejecting.

Ejecting.

Pull it.

All right.

Let's go throw our last little

I always wanted to make a splash

in nuclear physics.

You know, that energy propagation stuff

you were talking about...

- Oh, that was high school physics.

- Yeah, it's not exactly...

I just took the wavelengths from the

core fluid off the MRI readings.

- Yeah, and multiplied by 800...

- Six hundred.

Surely you compensated

for the MRI bias.

We got to reset the timers!

[Zimsky] It's not the timers!

No! It just won't work.

It's not the timers!

This is not enough!

- What's not enough?

- The last bomb is not enough.

- To complete the wave form.

- Yeah. No.

The last bomb has

to be 30 per cent larger.

That's six or seven pounds

of plutonium.

Where are we going to get six

or seven pounds of plutonium?

Ahh!

Guys, we got hit by an energy flare.

I can't keep us on course.

Ejecting compartment

in 50 seconds.

- No, Beck! No, wait! No! Push it!

- You push it!

Come on, guys, I can't hear you.

- It's got my shoulder! Ahh!

- Push!

Guys! Clear!

Clear the compartment!

What are you doing?

I think the flare

has knocked the come out.

- I can't get it, Josh. I can't get it.

- Go...

- I can't.

- OK.

- I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

- Can you hear me?

I'm correcting course. Now!

[shouts, grunts]

ZimSky!

No!

[groaning]

- Push it!

- [both grunting]

Ejecting compartment

in ten seconds. Can you hear me?

Josh, go! Go! Go!

Get out! Get out!

Now! Get out! Now! Go!

[panting]

Josh.

For the last bomb,

to make it larger,

use the fuel rods from the react...

[BGCK] Ejecting.

[groans]

I got to get... I got to...

Beck.

Beck, can you hear me?

Beck, if you have any better

ideas, you tell me now.

We've only have three minutes

to eject this one. Beck!

Come on, guys. I can't hear you.

Beck.

[beeping]

[alarm blares]

- [sizzling]

- [grunts]

[straining]

[groaning]

[sizzling]

[cries out]

Oh!

[beeps]

[beeping]

Josh, come on.

- Are you OK?

- [panting]

- Are you OK?

- Will you take my gloves off?

- Oh, my God.

- Please.

[both wincing]

I had to build the blast.

- I'm sorry.

- Hold on, let me get...

No. Stay here for one second.

I was trying to call you.

- I know the come were down.

- Right.

- I know what you did.

- We don't have enough energy...

- I know.

- ...to get back.

You did good.

I would've done the same thing.

Where's Zimsky?

Come here.

You did good.

You did good.

[exhales] One minute

to the first detonation.

And 12 until the blast hits us.

I was hoping we'd

suffocate to death first.

[beeping]

Beck.

Beck, Beck.

What could you do if I got you enough

power to fire the impeller?

Maybe not the laser, but the impeller.

- What? From where?

- The heat of the core.

It's 9,000 degrees.

Unobtanium converts heat to energy.

So this whole damn ship

is like a big old solar panel.

Come on, I need your help.

- Number two's going!

- Come on, come on.

For here in the

great infinite unknowable...

...man can come to know the most

important thing of all:

Himself.

He can understand...

What the f*** am I doing?

[chuckles]

- [man 1] We've got full rotation!

- [man 2] It's turning!

[cheering]

All right!

[cheering continues]

[Josh] Come on, Beck, where is it?

Come on. Come on, hurry up.

Is that the last one?

Yeah.

Give it a couple seconds.

- [zap]

- [beeping]

It worked!

Get ready to pull a few G's.

- Four hundred twenty knots.

- Now, this is more like it.

Four-forty.

Mr. Rat, what's the

centre of this quake?

It's everywhere!

It's one giant shock wave!

The planet's healing itself.

At this speed, we're going to be home

in a third of the time.

As long as we can surf

these magma flows, we'll be OK.

Let's just pray we don't run

into any dead ends,

or we're going to miss those lasers.

OK, navigator, which way?

We've got greater

flow density on the left.

Go with the flow.

- [beeping]

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