War of the Colossal Beast Page #3

VERY FAST.

THEY HAVE LONG LEGS.

HE'S RIGHT BEHIND US.

YOU BETTER STEP ON IT.

HE'S GETTING CLOSE.

WHEN WE GET:

TO THE CLEARING,

I WILL SLOW DOWN.

WE BETTER JUMP THEN.

IF WE MAKE IT.

WE WILL.

GET READY.

[GROWLING]

[GRUNTING]

Murillo:
LET'S GET

OUT OF HERE.

[GRUNTING]

[GRUNTING]

[GROWLING]

THE CASE OF ARMY COLONEL

GLENN MANNING,

THE COLOSSAL MAN

WHO WENT BERSERK

IN LAS VEGAS NOT LONG AGO,

IS IN THE NEWS:

AGAIN TODAY.

MILITARY AUTHORITIES

LAST NIGHT ADMITTED

THAT THE EARLY ANNOUNCEMENT

HE HAD BEEN:

ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED

WAS AN ERROR.

HE WAS CAPTURED ALIVE TODAY

IN MEXICO,

AND PLANS ARE UNDERWAY

TO FLY HIM:

BACK ACROSS THE BORDER

IN A TROOP CARRIER TRANSPORT.

YOU MAY QUOTE ME

AS SAYING:

THAT THE NATION:

AND ITS REPRESENTATIVES

IN CONGRESS:

HAVE NOTHING:

BUT GRATITUDE:

FOR OUR SISTER REPUBLIC

SOUTH OF THE BORDER

FOR THEIR UNSTINTING

COOPERATION.

AND WE'RE PROUD

OF MAJOR BAIRD:

AND THE WAY:

HE HANDLED THE PROBLEM

OF THE COLOSSAL MAN.

IT WAS A GOOD JOB

ALL AROUND.

WELL, NOW THAT

HE'S BEING BROUGHT BACK

TO THE UNITED STATES,

WHAT DOES CONGRESS

PLAN TO DO ABOUT HIM?

UH, DO ABOUT WHOM?

WHY, THE GIANT MAN.

OH, AS--AS FAR I KNOW,

THAT MATTER:

DOESN'T COME UNDER

CONGRESSIONAL:

JURISDICTION.

UH, I WAS GIVEN

TO UNDERSTAND:

THE DEPARTMENT:

OF MEDICAL RESEARCH

TAKES OVER:

FROM THIS POINT ON.

THERE'S NOTHING

IN OUR DIRECTIVES

ABOUT THE DISPOSITION

OF A 60-FOOT GIANT.

NATURALLY WE'LL DO WHAT

WE CAN IN A SCIENTIFIC WAY,

BUT IT'S IMPOSSIBLE

FOR THIS DEPARTMENT

TO ASSUME THE RESPONSIBILITY

OF HIS FEEDING AND CUSTODY.

WHY DON'T YOU TAKE

THIS QUESTION UP

WITH THE HEALTH:

AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT?

YES, THE MANNING CASE

WAS REFERRED TO US

HERE AT HEALTH AND WELFARE,

BUT WE FOUND IT LAY

OUTSIDE THE SCOPE

OF OUR ORIGINAL:

APPROPRIATION.

I HAVE AN IDEA IT WAS

TURNED OVER TO CONGRESS

FOR ACTION:

DURING THE PRESENT SESSION.

I CAN'T IMAGINE

WHO TOLD YOU TO CALL ME.

THE PROBLEM ISN'T ONE

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE

BRANCH TO SETTLE.

UH, WHY DON'T YOU

CALL THE PENTAGON?

TELL THE PILOT TO CIRCLE

THE FIELD ONCE MORE.

U.S. 1-1-0-3-4,

YOU ARE TO CIRCLE

THE FIELD AGAIN.

Pilot, on radio:
ROGER.

HE HAS ENOUGH FUEL LEFT

FOR 5 MORE MINUTES, MAYOR.

I CAN'T UNDERSTAND

YOUR NOT GIVING:

YOUR PERMISSION:

FOR HIM TO LAND:

UNDER THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I THINK I'VE MADE OUR

POSITION PRETTY CLEAR.

WE HAVE NO FACILITIES

FOR A GIANT HERE.

WHEN THAT PLANE:

RUNS OUT OF GAS,

IT'S COMING DOWN

WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.

IT CAN'T SAY ANY LONGER

THAN IS NECESSARY

TO REFUEL:

AND TAKE OFF AGAIN.

TAKE OFF FOR WHERE?

WE NEED TIME TO DECIDE

WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.

CAN'T YOU

FIND US A WAREHOUSE

TO KEEP HIM:

IN TEMPORARILY?

OUR WAREHOUSES:

ARE ALL LOCATED:

IN THE HEART:

OF THE CITY.

THIS CREATURE'S

PRESENCE THERE:

WOULD CONSTITUTE TOO

GREAT A POLICE PROBLEM.

NOW, THAT APPLIES

TO EVERY OTHER:

LARGE DOWNTOWN BUILDING,

INCLUDING THE COLISEUM.

HAVE YOU CONSIDERED

THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL?

WE CAN'T LEAVE HIM

EXPOSED TO THE WEATHER,

EVEN IF HE IS A GIANT.

WELL, I CAN'T MAKE

ANY FURTHER SUGGESTIONS.

THAT HANGER DOESN'T

SEEM TO BE IN USE.

WELL, THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.

THIS AIRPORT IS ONE

OF THE MAJOR:

TRAFFIC CENTERS:

OF THE WESTERN WORLD.

YOU REALIZE:

WHAT IT WOULD MEAN

IF AN UNCONTROLLABLE

MONSTER:

SHOULD GET LOOSE HERE?

I GIVE YOU MY WORD.

WE WON'T KEEP HIM HERE

A MINUTE LONGER:

THAN IS ABSOLUTELY

NECESSARY.

ALL RIGHT.

YOU MAY TELL THE SHIP TO

COME IN FOR A LANDING.

TROOP CARRIER:

U.S. 1-1-0-3-4,

YOU MAY LAND:

ON RUNWAY 170.

[GROWLING]

WHY ARE YOU KEEPING

GLENN HERE AT THE AIRPORT?

WELL, I'M

HOLDING HIM HERE

TILL WASHINGTON DECIDES

WHAT TO DO WITH HIM.

WHAT TO DO WITH HIM?

HE OUGHT TO BE IN

A HOSPITAL GETTING TREATMENT.

THEY DON'T

MAKE HOSPITALS:

THAT BIG, JOYCE.

BESIDES, AS YET

THE DOCTORS:

HAVEN'T TURNED

UP ANYTHING:

THAT CAN HELP HIM.

WELL, WHY DON'T THEY

TREAT HIM WITH SULFHYDRYL?

ISN'T THAT WHAT THEY

SAID WOULD CURE HIM?

WELL, THEY FOUND IT

STOPPED HIS GROWTH,

BUT...

I'M AFRAID IT

WON'T REVERSE IT.

I SEE.

WELL, THEY CAN'T

KEEP HIM HERE:

AS IF HE WERE SOME

KIND OF CATTLE.

IT'S JUST

FOR THE TIME BEING.

I'M AFRAID THE WORLD

DOESN'T THINK

OF A 60-FOOT MAN

THE WAY HIS SISTER DOES.

[GLENN GROWLING]

[GRUNTING]

I SUPPOSE IT'S NECESSARY

TO KEEP HIM TIED

DOWN LIKE THIS.

IF I COULD TRUST HIM,

I COULD LET HIM:

HAVE MORE FREEDOM.

AS IT IS, I HAVE

TO PLAY IT SAFE.

GLENN MANNING!

[GROWLING]

AS YOU SEE, HE DOESN'T

EVEN KNOW HIS NAME.

COLONEL MANNING!

[GROWLING]

COLONEL MANNING!

[GROWLING]

COLONEL MANNING!

[GROWLING]

Man:
COLONEL MANNING.

THIS IS GENERAL NELSON.

I ORDER YOU TO RETURN

TO YOUR TRENCH.

[BEEPING]

[EXPLOSION]

Man:
OPERATOR.

OPERATOR. HELLO?

HELLO? OPERATOR.

AAH!

AAH!

Man:
COMMANDER MANNING

IS GROWING:

FROM 8 TO 10 FEET A DAY.

AT THE MOMENT,

HE'S 18 FEET TALL.

TOMORROW HE'LL BE 26 FEET,

THE NEXT DAY 35,

MAYBE 40,

AND THE NEXT DAY...

I JUST DON'T WANT

TO GROW ANYMORE.

I DON'T WANT

TO GROW ANYMORE!

COME BACK, GLENN,

PLEASE!

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[CROWD ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

[CROWD SCREAMING]

THERE HE IS,

A 60-FOOT GIANT

IN THE STREETS:

OF LAS VEGAS.

LOOK AT THE SIZE

OF THAT MAN.

[CROWD SCREAMING]

[GUNSHOTS]

GLENN.

GLENN MANNING,

DO YOU RECOGNIZE US?

WE DO NOT WISH TO HARM YOU.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU.

WE WANT TO HELP YOU

TO GET WELL.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

WE CAN HELP YOU.

OK, HARRIGAN, LET'S GO.

DRIVE IT IN HARD.

WE HAVE TO:

PENETRATE THE BONE

ON THE FIRST INJECTION.

I DOUBT IF WE'LL

GET A SECOND CHANCE.

YOU READY?

1...

2...

Both:
3!

UNH!

LOOK OUT!

HE'S REACHING DOWN.

GLENN, DROP THAT NEEDLE!

BAZOOKA FORWARD.

STAND READY:

TO FIRE.

READY!

FIRE!

[GROANS]

[GRUNTING]

COME ON!

[ALARM SOUNDING]

[GLENN GROWLS]

GLENN!

NO!

NO!

[GLENN GROWLING]

HARDER! NOW ALL TOGETHER!

[GROWLING]

MOVE IT UP!

[GRUNTING]

[ALL SCREAMING]

HOLD YOUR FIRE.

HEAD HIM AWAY:

FROM THE PLANES:

WITH TEAR GAS.

ANESTHETIC WOULD BE

BETTER THAN TEAR GAS.

GET SOME HERE:

ON THE DOUBLE.

CAPTAIN, GET

REINFORCEMENTS.

WHAT ARE YOU:

GONNA DO TO HIM?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I CAN'T

LET HIM LOOSE:

AMONG A MILLION PEOPLE.

ARE YOU GONNA:

HAVE TO KILL HIM?

IF IT COMES:

DOWN TO IT, I WILL.

I'M RESPONSIBLE

FOR THE LIVES:

OF OTHERS FIRST--

PLEASE.

HIM SECOND.

DON'T, PLEASE.

SERGEANT.

OH, GOD.

[SOBBING]

SEE THAT MISS MANNING

GETS BACK TO HER HOTEL,

AND STAYS THERE.

[SOBBING]

[GROWLS]

[ALL TALKING AT ONCE]

AAH!

AAH!

[GUNSHOTS]

[GROWLS]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOT]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GRUNTS]

[GUNSHOTS]

[GLENN GROWLS]

THIS IS AN EMERGENCY.

GET ME THE CONTROL TOWER

IMMEDIATELY.

THIS IS:

MAJOR BAIRD HERE.

GET ALL THE AIRCRAFT

INTO THE AIR AT ONCE.

THAT GOES:

FOR THE AIR FORCE

AND JETS AT THE SOUTH

END OF THE FIELD.

RIGHT.

[ALARMS SOUNDING]

[ENGINE RUNNING]

[GROANING]

STAND CLEAR,

IN CASE HE FALLS.

AAH! RAHR!

[GROANING]

AAH! RAH!

UH! UGH! AHH!

AAHHH! UNH!

[GURGLING]

LOOK OUT, MEN!

UHHH! AAHHH!

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