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  1. SOMETIME IN THE FUTURE:
  2.  
  3. INT. ENGINE ROOM
  4.  
  5. Empty, cavernous.
  6.  
  7. INT. ENGINE CUBICLE
  8.  
  9. Circular, jammed with instruments.
  10. All of them idle.
  11. Console chairs for two.
  12. Empty.
  13.  
  14. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" LEVEL
  15.  
  16. Long, dark.
  17. Empty.
  18. Turbos throbbing.
  19. No other movement.
  20.  
  21. INT. CORRIDOR - "A" LEVEL
  22.  
  23. Long, empty.
  24.  
  25. INT. INFIRMARY - "A" LEVEL
  26.  
  27. Distressed ivory walls.
  28. All instrumentation at rest.
  29.  
  30. INT. CORRIDOR TO BRIDGE - "A" LEVEL
  31.  
  32. Black, empty.
  33.  
  34. INT. BRIDGE
  35.  
  36. Vacant.
  37. Two space helmets resting on chairs.
  38. Electrical hum.
  39. Lights on the helmets begin to signal one another.
  40. Moments of silence.
  41. A yellow light goes on.
  42. Data mind bank in b.g.
  43. Electronic hum.
  44. A green light goes on in front of one helmet.
  45. Electronic pulsing sounds.
  46. A red light goes on in front of other helmet.
  47. An electronic conversation ensues.
  48. Reaches a crescendo.
  49. Then silence.
  50. The lights go off, save the yellow.
  51.  
  52. INT. CORRIDOR TO HYPERSLEEP VAULT
  53.  
  54. Lights come on.
  55. Seven gowns hang from the curved wall.
  56. Vault door opens.
  57.  
  58. INT. HYPERSLEEP VAULT
  59.  
  60. Explosion of escaping gas.
  61. The lid on a freezer pops open.
  62. Slowly, groggily, KANE sits up.
  63. Pale.
  64. Kane rubs the sleep from his eyes.
  65. Stands.
  66. Looks around.
  67. Stretches.
  68. Looks at the other freezer compartments.
  69. Scratches.
  70. Moves off.
  71.  
  72. INT. GALLEY
  73.  
  74. Kane plugs in a Silex.
  75. Lights a cigarette.
  76. Coughs.
  77. Grinds some coffee beans.
  78. Runs some water through.
  79.  
  80. KANE
  81. Rise and shine, Lambert.
  82.  
  83. INT. HYPERSLEEP VAULT
  84.  
  85. Another lid pops open.
  86. A young woman sits up.
  87.  
  88. LAMBERT
  89. What time is it.
  90.  
  91. KANE
  92. (voice over)
  93. What do you care.
  94.  
  95. INT. GALLEY
  96.  
  97. Pot now half-full.
  98. Kane watches it drip.
  99. Inhales the fragrance.
  100.  
  101. KANE
  102. Now Dallas and Ash.
  103. (calls out)
  104. Good morning Captain.
  105.  
  106. DALLAS
  107. (voice over)
  108. Where's the coffee.
  109.  
  110. KANE
  111. Brewing.
  112.  
  113. LAMBERT walks into the kitchen.
  114. Pours herself a cup.
  115.  
  116. INT. HYPERSLEEP VAULT
  117.  
  118. Two more lids pop open.
  119. A pair of men sit up.
  120. Look at each other.
  121.  
  122. INT. GALLEY
  123.  
  124. Kane enjoys a freshly-brewed cup.
  125.  
  126. KANE
  127. Ripley...
  128.  
  129. Another moment.
  130. And then the sound of another lid opening.
  131.  
  132. KANE
  133. And if we have Parker, can
  134. Brett be far behind.
  135.  
  136. Lid opening sound.
  137.  
  138. KANE
  139. Right.
  140.  
  141. INT. HYPERSLEEP VAULT
  142.  
  143. DALLAS looks at his groggy circus.
  144.  
  145. DALLAS
  146. One of you jokers get the cat.
  147.  
  148. RIPLEY picks up a limp cat out of one of the compartments.
  149.  
  150. INT. MESS
  151.  
  152. The crew of the United States commercial starship Nostromo
  153. seated around a table.
  154.  
  155. Dallas.........Captain
  156. Kane...........Executive Officer
  157. Ripley.........Warrant Officer
  158. Ash............Science Officer
  159. Lambert........Navigator
  160. Parker.........Engineer
  161. Brett..........Engineering Technician
  162. Jones..........Cat
  163.  
  164. Five men and two women: Lambert and Ripley.
  165.  
  166. LAMBERT
  167. Jesus am I cold.
  168.  
  169. PARKER
  170. Still with us, Brett.
  171.  
  172. BRETT
  173. Yo.
  174.  
  175. RIPLEY
  176. Lucky us.
  177.  
  178. They yawn, stretch, shiver.
  179. Dallas looks over at a flashing yellow light.
  180.  
  181. KANE
  182. I feel dead.
  183.  
  184. Kane is not yet fully awake.
  185. Yawns.
  186.  
  187. PARKER
  188. You look dead.
  189.  
  190. ASH
  191. Nice to be back.
  192.  
  193. PARKER
  194. Before we dock maybe we'd
  195. better go over the bonus
  196. situation.
  197.  
  198. BRETT
  199. Yeah.
  200.  
  201. PARKER
  202. Brett and I think we deserve a
  203. full share.
  204.  
  205. DALLAS
  206. You two will get what you
  207. contracted for. Just like
  208. everybody else.
  209.  
  210. BRETT
  211. Everybody else gets more than us.
  212.  
  213. DALLAS
  214. Everybody else deserves more
  215. than you two.
  216.  
  217. ASH
  218. Mother wants to talk to you.
  219.  
  220. DALLAS
  221. I saw it. Yellow light for my
  222. eyes only...Now, everybody hit
  223. their stations.
  224.  
  225. INT. COMPUTER ROOM ANNEX
  226.  
  227. Floor to ceiling data banks.
  228. Another flashing yellow light.
  229. A legend underneath.
  230. COMMAND PRIORITY ACCESS ONLY.
  231. Dallas enters.
  232. Sits at his console.
  233. Removes insignia master computer key attached to
  234. his shirt.
  235. Plug it into the board under the light.
  236. All banks burst into life.
  237. Dallas punches up a computer code on the keyboard.
  238.  
  239. Legend on the screen...
  240.  
  241. What's my God damn key.
  242.  
  243. Print-out from computer answers...
  244.  
  245. 01335 on the binary side.
  246.  
  247. DALLAS
  248. Thank you Mother.
  249.  
  250. Dallas punches up the combination on the keyboard.
  251. Immediately start getting a readout.
  252.  
  253. CUT TO:
  254.  
  255. INT. BRIDGE
  256.  
  257. Above eye level the room is ringed by viewscreens.
  258. All of them blank.
  259. Kane, Ripley, and Lambert enter.
  260. Dallas' seat remains empty.
  261. All of them now dressed; they find their way to individual
  262. consoles.
  263. Ripley puts down the cat, straps herself into the high-
  264. backed chair.
  265.  
  266. KANE
  267. Plug us in.
  268.  
  269. All three crew members begin throwing switches.
  270. The control room starts to come to life.
  271. Colored lights flicker.
  272. Chase each other across glowing screens.
  273.  
  274. KANE
  275. Give us something to look at.
  276.  
  277. Lambert presses a bank of switches.
  278. Viewscreens glimmer into life.
  279.  
  280. LAMBERT
  281. Take a look at this.
  282.  
  283. On each screen, blackness speckled with stars.
  284.  
  285. LAMBERT
  286. Where's Earth.
  287.  
  288. KANE
  289. You're the navigator.
  290.  
  291. RIPLEY
  292. That's not our system.
  293.  
  294. KANE
  295. Scan.
  296.  
  297. Lambert hits several toggles.
  298. On the screens the images begin to drift.
  299.  
  300. ONE OF THE SCREENS
  301.  
  302. A moving image of a starfield.
  303.  
  304. EXT. NOSTROMO
  305.  
  306. The Factory Starship lumbering with the depths
  307. of inter-stellar space.
  308.  
  309. Function: Petroleum tanker and Refinery.
  310. Capacity: 2000,000,000 tons.
  311. Length: One and one half kilometers.
  312.  
  313. Battered exterior encrusted with dark sludge.
  314.  
  315. INT. BRIDGE
  316.  
  317. Lambert pores over charts.
  318. Consults her console.
  319. Puzzled.
  320.  
  321. KANE
  322. Contact traffic control.
  323.  
  324. Ripley switches on her transmission unit.
  325.  
  326. RIPLEY
  327. This is commercial vessel Nostromo.
  328. Registration number 180246. Do
  329. you read me. Over.
  330.  
  331. Nothing but the hiss of static.
  332.  
  333. RIPLEY
  334. Nothing.
  335.  
  336. KANE
  337. Keep trying.
  338.  
  339. Turns to Lambert.
  340. Ripley attempting transmission in b.g.
  341.  
  342. KANE
  343. You got a reading yet.
  344.  
  345. LAMBERT
  346. We're way out in the boondocks
  347. here...
  348.  
  349. KANE
  350. Keep trying...
  351.  
  352. LAMBERT
  353. Working on it.
  354.  
  355. Eureka.
  356.  
  357. LAMBERT
  358. Found it.
  359.  
  360. KANE
  361. Hard to believe.
  362.  
  363. LAMBERT
  364. What the hell are we doing out
  365. here.
  366.  
  367. KANE
  368. What are you talking about.
  369.  
  370. RIPLEY
  371. It's not our system.
  372.  
  373. INT. ENGINE ROOM
  374.  
  375. Giant reactor system purring smoothly.
  376.  
  377. INT. ENGINE ROOM
  378.  
  379. PARKER and BRETT in a glass cubicle. Each having a beer.
  380. Huge powerplant stretching before them.
  381. All units on automatic hyper-drive.
  382. Parker hits a switch above his desk. A green light goes on.
  383.  
  384. PARKER
  385. How's your light?
  386.  
  387. BRETT
  388. Green.
  389.  
  390. PARKER
  391. Mine too.
  392.  
  393. They both take a swig.
  394. Suddenly a beeper signal begins.
  395.  
  396. PARKER
  397. Christ. What is it now.
  398.  
  399. BRETT
  400. Right.
  401.  
  402. RIPLEY
  403. (voice over)
  404. Report to the mess.
  405.  
  406. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" LEVEL
  407.  
  408. PARKER
  409. I want to know why they never
  410. come down here. This is where
  411. the work is.
  412.  
  413. BRETT
  414. Same reason we have half a
  415. share to their one, our time is
  416. their time, that's the way they
  417. see it.
  418.  
  419. PARKER
  420. Well, I'll tell you
  421. something... it stinks.
  422.  
  423. They move towards the companionway.
  424.  
  425. INT. MESS
  426.  
  427. Entire crew present.
  428.  
  429. DALLAS
  430. Some of you may have figured
  431. out that we're not home.
  432.  
  433. BRETT
  434. What the hell.
  435.  
  436. DALLAS
  437. Mother's interrupted the course
  438. of the voyage.
  439. Mother is programmed to interrupt
  440. the course of out voyage if
  441. certain conditions arise. They
  442. have...
  443. (pause)
  444. We've received intermittent
  445. transmission from quadrant points
  446. QBR 157, 052. Somebody's gone
  447. down.
  448.  
  449. BRETT
  450. So what.
  451.  
  452. KANE
  453. We're obligated under Section B2...
  454.  
  455. PARKER
  456. Christ. We're a commerical ship
  457. not some rescue team. This kind
  458. of duty's not in our contract.
  459.  
  460. ASH
  461. You better read your contract.
  462. Transmissions received in non-
  463. commercial lanes...
  464.  
  465. Dallas gives Parker and Brett a look.
  466.  
  467. DALLAS
  468. We're going in, that's it.
  469.  
  470. Brett knows when to ease up.
  471.  
  472. BRETT
  473. Right, we're going in.
  474. (smiles)
  475. Sir.
  476.  
  477. Dallas turns to ASH.
  478.  
  479. DALLAS
  480. Can we land on it.
  481.  
  482. He takes a print-out from Mother out of his hand.
  483.  
  484. ASH
  485. The other ship did.
  486.  
  487. DALLAS
  488. That's what I mean.
  489.  
  490. Studies the print-out.
  491.  
  492. ASH
  493. It's big enough. Can't see any
  494. reason why not.
  495.  
  496. CUT TO:
  497.  
  498. EXT. NOSTROMO AND REFINERY APPROACHING THE
  499. STAR/PLANET SYSTEM
  500.  
  501.  
  502. INT. BRIDGE
  503.  
  504. Dallas at his console speaking to Ash.
  505.  
  506. DALLAS
  507. We're coming into range of the
  508. planet. What kind of orbit do
  509. you plan for the cargo.
  510.  
  511. ASH
  512. Z local vertical mode.
  513.  
  514. DALLAS
  515. You figure it will hold that.
  516.  
  517. ASH
  518. You worried about redundancy
  519. management disabling CMGS control.
  520.  
  521. DALLAS
  522. Yeah.
  523.  
  524. ASH
  525. CMG control is inhibited via
  526. DAS/DCS. We'll augment with
  527. TACS and monitor through ATMDC
  528. and computer interface.
  529. (pause)
  530. Feel better?
  531.  
  532. DALLAS
  533. A lot.
  534.  
  535. EXT. NOSTROMO
  536.  
  537. Moving within range of the planet.
  538.  
  539. INT. BRIDGE
  540.  
  541. The crew strap themselves to their seats.
  542.  
  543. DALLAS
  544. Prepare for separation and
  545. orbital insertion of the cargo.
  546.  
  547. Much preparation for separation, etc.
  548.  
  549. DALLAS
  550. Give me an EC Pressure reading.
  551.  
  552. ASH
  553. 3.45 n/c m^2 squared (5 psia)
  554.  
  555. DALLAS
  556. Shout if it changes. Deactivate
  557. probe retract system.
  558.  
  559. KANE
  560. What about the pressure seal.
  561.  
  562. Dallas hits appropriate switches.
  563.  
  564. DALLAS
  565. Now the probe retract system.
  566.  
  567. Kane hits other equally appropriate switches.
  568.  
  569. KANE
  570. Okay.
  571.  
  572. DALLAS
  573. Release captive hatches and
  574. disengage probe.
  575.  
  576. Kane working switches and buttons.
  577.  
  578. KANE
  579. Disengaged.
  580.  
  581. Dallas punches buttons of his own.
  582.  
  583. EXT. NOSTROMO
  584.  
  585. The Refinery separates from Nostromo.
  586.  
  587. INT. BRIDGE
  588.  
  589. Dallas watches the refinery moving away on a viewscreen.
  590.  
  591. KANE
  592. All free and clear.
  593.  
  594. DALLAS
  595. Ash.
  596.  
  597. ASH
  598. Orbital insertion complete.
  599.  
  600. DALLAS
  601. Okay. The money's safe. Let's
  602. take it down.
  603.  
  604. EXT. NOSTROMO
  605.  
  606. Engines coughing to life.
  607. Nostromo begins its descent.
  608.  
  609. Below night's tide rolls across the planet's surface.
  610.  
  611. INT. BRIDGE
  612.  
  613. The viewscreen shimmers.
  614.  
  615. RIPLEY
  616. Turbulence.
  617.  
  618. EXT. NOSTROMO
  619.  
  620. Tug-module hydroplaning downward.
  621. A set of brilliant lights switch on.
  622. Cut through the thick atmosphere.
  623.  
  624. INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE
  625.  
  626. Parker and Brett strapped in their seats.
  627. Begin rocking from the sudden, extreme turbulence.
  628.  
  629. PARKER
  630. Chirst. Overloading. What the
  631. hell are we going through.
  632.  
  633. BRETT
  634. Dust fritzing the compressor.
  635.  
  636. PARKER
  637. There goes the conversion
  638. stabilizer.
  639.  
  640. BRETT
  641. I don't know if the digital
  642. solenoid...
  643.  
  644. PARKER
  645. Forget it. If we don't crash,
  646. dollars to your aunt's cherry
  647. we get an electrical fire...
  648.  
  649. INT. BRIDGE
  650.  
  651. The turbulence continues unabated.
  652. Lambert's eyes follow cross-plot gauges.
  653.  
  654. LAMBERT
  655. Drop begins...now. Fifteen
  656. kilometers and descending...
  657. twelve...ten...eight and
  658. slowing. Five. Three. Two.
  659. One kilometer and slowing.
  660.  
  661. DALLAS
  662. Lock tractor breams.
  663.  
  664. A loud electrical hum.
  665.  
  666. KANE
  667. Locked.
  668.  
  669. DALLAS
  670. Kill drive engines.
  671.  
  672. The engines fall silent.
  673.  
  674. LAMBERT
  675. Nine hundred meters and dropping.
  676. Eight hundred. Seven hundred.
  677.  
  678. EXT. PLANET - NIGHT
  679.  
  680. Storm blowing across the night-shrouded surface.
  681. The Nostromo hovers on glowing beams of light.
  682. Landing struts unfold like insect legs.
  683. The ship slams down.
  684. Rocks heavily on massive shock absorbers.
  685.  
  686. INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT
  687.  
  688. RIPLEY
  689. We're down.
  690.  
  691. An enormous vibration.
  692. The panels in the room flash simultaneously.
  693. Light go out.
  694.  
  695. KANE
  696. Lost it. Lost it.
  697.  
  698. INT. ENGINE ROOM
  699.  
  700. Another huge vibration.
  701. An electrical fire breaks out along three control panels.
  702.  
  703. INT. OILY CORRIDOR
  704.  
  705. Huge flash fire whips along corridor.
  706.  
  707. INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE
  708.  
  709. Parker and Brett see the pandemonium below.
  710. Brett hits the secondary generator switch.
  711. A pressure valve blows.
  712. Another conduit breaks loose.
  713. All lights go out.
  714. They grab hand lights from wall.
  715.  
  716. INT. BRIDGE
  717.  
  718. Still in darkness.
  719.  
  720. LAMBERT
  721. Secondary generator should
  722. kick over.
  723.  
  724. KANE
  725. Where is it.
  726.  
  727. Moments. Nothing. Kane grabs emergency headlamp from
  728. facia.
  729. Followed by Dallas and Lambert.
  730.  
  731. DALLAS
  732. What happened?
  733.  
  734. Ripley hits the voice-amp.
  735.  
  736. RIPLEY
  737. Engine room, what happened.
  738.  
  739. PARKER
  740. (voice over)
  741. God damn electrical fire, that's
  742. what happened.
  743.  
  744. BRETT
  745. (voice over)
  746. It's big.
  747.  
  748. INT. ENGINE ROOM
  749.  
  750. Parker fighting an electrical fire on one of his panels.
  751. Brett shouting into his voice-amp.
  752.  
  753. BRETT
  754. The intakes are clogged. We
  755. overheated and burned out a
  756. whole cell...Christ, it's really
  757. breaking loose down here...
  758.  
  759. INT. BRIDGE
  760.  
  761. DALLAS
  762. Somebody give me a simple answer,
  763. Has the hull been breached.
  764.  
  765. Ripley scans her gauges.
  766.  
  767. RIPLEY
  768. I don't see anything. We've still
  769. got pressure.
  770.  
  771. A beep from the communicator.
  772.  
  773. DALLAS
  774. Hit the screen.
  775.  
  776. Kane snaps three toggles.
  777. The screens flicker, but remain black.
  778.  
  779. KANE
  780. Nothing.
  781.  
  782. EXT. SHIP - NIGHT
  783.  
  784. The wind sounds.
  785. Storm continues to blow around the craft.
  786. A few glittering lights distinguish the Nostromo from
  787. absolute darkness.
  788.  
  789. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  790.  
  791. Parker on the communicator to the bridge.
  792.  
  793. PARKER
  794. 4 panel is totally shot, the
  795. secondary load sharing unit is
  796. out, at least three cells on
  797. 12 module are gone.
  798.  
  799. INT. BRIDGE
  800.  
  801. Ripley listening to Parker.
  802. Dallas standing over her.
  803. No images on any screens.
  804.  
  805. RIPLEY
  806. Is that it.
  807.  
  808. PARKER
  809. (voice over)
  810. Couldn't fix it out here anyway.
  811. And we need to reroute a couple
  812. of these ducts. Can't really fix
  813. them without a whole drydock...
  814.  
  815. DALLAS
  816. What else.
  817.  
  818. PARKER
  819. (voice over)
  820. We lost a cell. Some fragments
  821. caked up and blew the whole
  822. system. We've got to clean it
  823. all out and repressurize.
  824.  
  825. BRETT
  826. (voice over)
  827. Right.
  828.  
  829. RIPLEY
  830. Get started on 4 panel. I'll
  831. be down in five minutes.
  832.  
  833. She shuts off her voice communicator.
  834.  
  835. DALLAS
  836. How long before we're functional.
  837.  
  838. RIPLEY
  839. Fifteen to twenty hours...
  840.  
  841. DALLAS
  842. Stay on it. What about the
  843. auxiliaries.
  844.  
  845. RIPLEY
  846. Working on it.
  847.  
  848. EXT. SHIP - NIGHT
  849.  
  850. Bridge lights come to life.
  851. Illuminate nothing but a patch of featureless ground.
  852. The wind and storm now at a higher pitch.
  853.  
  854. INT. BRIDGE
  855.  
  856. Dallas, Kane, Lambert, and Ash.
  857. Slouched around the bridge.
  858. Drinking coffee.
  859. Occasionally staring at the opaque screens.
  860.  
  861. DALLAS
  862. Any response yet.
  863.  
  864. ASH
  865. Nothing but the same transmission
  866. every thirty-two seconds. All
  867. the other channels are dead.
  868.  
  869. Pause.
  870.  
  871. DALLAS
  872. Kick on the floods.
  873.  
  874. CUT TO:
  875.  
  876. EXT. SHIP
  877.  
  878. A ring of floodlights comes to life.
  879. Dimly illuminating the rocky landscape.
  880. The wind and dust now at a higher pitch.
  881.  
  882. CUT TO:
  883.  
  884. INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT
  885.  
  886. Dallas stares at the dark screens.
  887.  
  888. KANE
  889. We can't go anywhere in this.
  890.  
  891. ASH
  892. Mother says the sun's coming up
  893. in about twenty minutes.
  894.  
  895. DALLAS
  896. How far from the source of the
  897. transmission.
  898.  
  899. ASH
  900. Northeast... about 3000 meters.
  901.  
  902. KANE
  903. Close enough to walk.
  904.  
  905. DALLAS
  906. Let's run an atmospheric.
  907.  
  908. Ash punches buttons, starts to consult his panel.
  909.  
  910. ASH
  911. 10 percent agron, 85 precent
  912. nitrogen, 5 percent neon...I'm
  913. working on the trace elements.
  914.  
  915. DALLAS
  916. Pressure.
  917.  
  918. ASH
  919. Ten to the fourth dynes per square
  920. centimeter.
  921.  
  922. KANE
  923. Moisture content.
  924.  
  925. ASH
  926. None. Zero.
  927.  
  928. DALLAS
  929. Anything else.
  930.  
  931. ASH
  932. Rock, lava base. And cold...
  933. well below the centrigrade line.
  934.  
  935. KANE
  936. I volunteer for the first group
  937. going out.
  938.  
  939. DALLAS
  940. I hear you. Lambert. You too.
  941.  
  942. Pause.
  943.  
  944. LAMBERT
  945. Swell.
  946.  
  947. DALLAS
  948. One more thing. Let's get out
  949. some weapons.
  950.  
  951. EXT. SHIP - DAWN
  952.  
  953. Sunrise.
  954. The atmosphere begins to lighten.
  955. Silhouette of the Nostromo becoming dimly visible.
  956. Starship perched on barren rock.
  957. More rolling clouds of dust.
  958. The floodlights automatically shut off.
  959.  
  960. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  961.  
  962. Parker and Brett laser welding one of the ducts.
  963. Shirts off.
  964. Sweat steaming.
  965. Ripley rewiring one of the panels.
  966. Parker shuts down the laser, inspects the fusion.
  967.  
  968. PARKER
  969. Hey, Ripley, I got a question.
  970.  
  971. RIPLEY
  972. Yeah.
  973.  
  974. PARKER
  975. Do we get to go out on the
  976. expedition or are we stuck here
  977. until everything's fixed.
  978.  
  979. RIPLEY
  980. You know the answer to that.
  981.  
  982. BRETT
  983. What about the shares in case
  984. they find anything.
  985.  
  986. RIPLEY
  987. Don't worry, you'll both get
  988. what's coming to you.
  989.  
  990. BRETT
  991. I'm not doing any more work unless
  992. we get full shares.
  993.  
  994. RIPLEY
  995. You're guaranteed by law that
  996. you'll get a share... Now both
  997. of you knock it off and get back
  998. to work.
  999.  
  1000. Parker looks at her.
  1001. Snaps on the laser weld.
  1002. Starts to join another section of the duct.
  1003.  
  1004. BRETT
  1005. Right.
  1006.  
  1007. INT. MAIN AIR LOCK - DAWN
  1008.  
  1009. Dallas, Kane and Lambert enter the lock.
  1010. All wear gloves, boots, jackets.
  1011. Carry laser pistols.
  1012. Kane touches a button.
  1013. Servo whine.
  1014. Then the inner door slides quietly shut.
  1015. The trio pull on their helmets.
  1016.  
  1017. DALLAS
  1018. I'm sending. Do you hear me.
  1019.  
  1020. KANE
  1021. Receiving.
  1022.  
  1023. LAMBERT
  1024. Receiving.
  1025.  
  1026. DALLAS
  1027. All right. Keep away from the
  1028. weapons unless I say otherwise.
  1029.  
  1030. INT. ASH'S BLISTER - DAWN
  1031.  
  1032. Ash descends companionway to blister.
  1033. Punches up screens and instrumentation.
  1034.  
  1035. INT. MAIN AIR LOCK - DAWN
  1036.  
  1037. DALLAS
  1038. Open the hatch.
  1039.  
  1040. Another servo whine.
  1041. Ponderously, the outer lock hatch slides open.
  1042. Clouds of dust and steam swirl before the three crew members.
  1043. A mobile gangway slides out the open hatch.
  1044. Burnt orange sunlight beyond.
  1045.  
  1046. EXT. PLANET - DAWN
  1047.  
  1048. The trio walk down the gangplank.
  1049. Arrive at surface level.
  1050. Their feet striking onto a thick layer of lava rock.
  1051. The wind at gale force.
  1052.  
  1053. DALLAS
  1054. Which way.
  1055.  
  1056. LAMBERT
  1057. Over here.
  1058.  
  1059. DALLAS
  1060. You lead.
  1061.  
  1062. Lambert walks into the storm.
  1063. Followed closely by the others.
  1064.  
  1065. LAMBERT
  1066. Now I can't see a God damn thing.
  1067.  
  1068. ASH
  1069. (voice over)
  1070. Turn on the finder.
  1071.  
  1072. DALLAS
  1073. It's on...Ash are you receiving.
  1074.  
  1075. INT. ASH'S BLISTER - DAWN
  1076.  
  1077. Ash leaning over his console.
  1078. Watches them beneath him.
  1079. Corresponding images on the screen in front of him.
  1080.  
  1081. ASH
  1082. See you. Read you. Good contact
  1083. on my board.
  1084.  
  1085. DALLAS
  1086. (voice over)
  1087. Getting you clear and free. Let's
  1088. keep the line open.
  1089.  
  1090. EXT. PLANET - DAWN
  1091.  
  1092. The three crew members push their way along.
  1093. Like divers at the bottom of a dark sea.
  1094. The wind and dust continues driving down in dark sheets.
  1095. Lambert repeats.
  1096.  
  1097. LAMBERT
  1098. Can't see more than three meters
  1099. in any direction.
  1100.  
  1101. KANE
  1102. Quit griping.
  1103.  
  1104. LAMBERT
  1105. I like griping.
  1106.  
  1107. DALLAS
  1108. Come on.
  1109.  
  1110. They wade on, following Lambert.
  1111. She halts abruptly.
  1112. Confused.
  1113.  
  1114. INT. BLISTER - DAWN
  1115.  
  1116. Ash watches intently.
  1117. Images on each screen of the trio.
  1118.  
  1119. LAMBERT
  1120. (voice over)
  1121. I've got it again.
  1122.  
  1123. ASH
  1124. Any problems.
  1125.  
  1126. DALLAS
  1127. (voice over)
  1128. Yeah. A lot of dust and wind.
  1129. Starting to get some fade on the
  1130. beam.
  1131.  
  1132. EXT. PLANET - DAWN
  1133.  
  1134. The trio moves through a dark limbo.
  1135.  
  1136. LAMBERT
  1137. This way.
  1138.  
  1139. Lambert indicates left.
  1140. Moves in that direction.
  1141. The others follow.
  1142. The storm growing.
  1143.  
  1144. KANE
  1145. It's close.
  1146.  
  1147. They approach a towering rock formation.
  1148. The transmission stops.
  1149.  
  1150. LAMBERT
  1151. It's gone again.
  1152.  
  1153. KANE
  1154. Did we pass it.
  1155.  
  1156. DALLAS
  1157. Not unless it's underground.
  1158. Let's take a break.
  1159.  
  1160. They shelter with the rock formation.
  1161. Storm howls round them.
  1162. Dallas adjusts headset.
  1163. The signal starts.
  1164.  
  1165. DALLAS
  1166. I've got it again. Let's go.
  1167.  
  1168. LAMBERT
  1169. How about our break.
  1170.  
  1171. DALLAS
  1172. No. Let's move on while we've
  1173. got the signal, again.
  1174.  
  1175. Dallas gets up.
  1176.  
  1177. They stand for a moment...
  1178.  
  1179. Then move away from the rock formation.
  1180. Fossilized into the other side of the rock is a shape.
  1181. Fifteen feet tall.
  1182. Unseen by the members of the party.
  1183.  
  1184. INT. BLISTER - DAWN
  1185.  
  1186. Ash receiving the video transmission.
  1187. Notices something within the formation.
  1188. Freezes the image.
  1189. Enlarges it.
  1190. Enlarges again.
  1191.  
  1192. EXT. THE NOSTROMO - SUNRISE
  1193.  
  1194. Atmosphere turning the color of blood.
  1195. Then the sun is up.
  1196.  
  1197. EXT. THE NOSTROMO - SUNRISE
  1198.  
  1199. Brett and Parker still at work.
  1200. Ripley moves away from her panel in triumph...
  1201.  
  1202. RIPLEY
  1203. You ought to be able to handle
  1204. the rest.
  1205.  
  1206. PARKER
  1207. Don't worry.
  1208.  
  1209. RIPLEY
  1210. If you run into trouble, I'll be
  1211. on the bridge.
  1212.  
  1213. BRETT
  1214. Right.
  1215.  
  1216. She leaves.
  1217.  
  1218. PARKER
  1219. Bitch.
  1220.  
  1221. INT. BLISTER - DAY
  1222.  
  1223. Ash still working on the video image.
  1224. Enhances the enlargement.
  1225. Transfers the image to cathode ray.
  1226. The image reveals itself to be a giant form. Indistinct.
  1227.  
  1228. Ripley's voice comes over.
  1229.  
  1230. RIPLEY
  1231. (voice over)
  1232. How's it going.
  1233.  
  1234. Ash quickly shuts off the video image.
  1235. Hits the intercom.
  1236.  
  1237. INT. BRIDGE
  1238.  
  1239. Ripley at her console.
  1240. Looking at Ash on her screen.
  1241. Ash's video image not visible to Ripley.
  1242.  
  1243. ASH
  1244. (voice over)
  1245. All right.
  1246.  
  1247. RIPLEY
  1248. Have you tried putting the
  1249. transmission through ECIU.
  1250.  
  1251. ASH
  1252. (voice over)
  1253. Mother hasn't identified it as yet.
  1254. It's not a language.
  1255.  
  1256. RIPLEY
  1257. I'll give it a shot.
  1258.  
  1259. ASH
  1260. (voice over)
  1261. Be my guest.
  1262.  
  1263. She pushes some button.
  1264. The noise is now heard on her speaker.
  1265.  
  1266. EXT. PLANET - DAY
  1267.  
  1268. Dust clearing.
  1269. Three tiny figures against the landscape.
  1270.  
  1271. EXT. PLANET - DAY
  1272.  
  1273. Empty landscape.
  1274. Then Kane comes up over a rise startled by what he sees.
  1275. Suddenly the transmission is deafening.
  1276.  
  1277. KANE
  1278. Jesus Christ.
  1279.  
  1280. Dallas and Lambert join him equally startled.
  1281.  
  1282. THEIR P.O.V. - DAY
  1283.  
  1284. A gargantuan construction rising from the rock.
  1285. Clearly of nonhuman manufacture.
  1286.  
  1287. EXT. PLANET - DAY
  1288.  
  1289. Noise still at shrill pitch.
  1290. All members of the party shouting into their voice-amps.
  1291.  
  1292. KANE
  1293. Some kind of spaceship.
  1294.  
  1295. LAMBERT
  1296. Are you sure. It's weird...
  1297.  
  1298. DALLAS
  1299. Ash, can you see this.
  1300.  
  1301. INT. ASH'S BLISTER - DAY
  1302.  
  1303. Ash looking at the craft on a screen.
  1304.  
  1305. ASH
  1306. Yeah. Never seen one like it.
  1307. Neither has Mother.
  1308.  
  1309. DALLAS
  1310. (voice over)
  1311. Keep checking for enhancement.
  1312.  
  1313. ASH
  1314. Whatever the transmission is,
  1315. it's inside that.
  1316.  
  1317. KANE
  1318. (voice over)
  1319. I'll go in and have a look.
  1320.  
  1321. DALLAS
  1322. (voice over)
  1323. Hold on. Ash, I don't see any
  1324. lights or movements. Do you.
  1325.  
  1326. ASH
  1327. I can't get any reading.
  1328.  
  1329. EXT. PLANET - DAY
  1330.  
  1331. ASH
  1332. (voice over)
  1333. It's putting out so much power
  1334. I just can't get any reading.
  1335.  
  1336. Dallas shuts off his receiver.
  1337. Sudden quiet.
  1338. A long moment.
  1339.  
  1340. DALLAS
  1341. It looks pretty dead from here.
  1342. We'll approach the base.
  1343.  
  1344. They move toward the ship.
  1345.  
  1346. INT. BLISTER - DAY
  1347.  
  1348. Ash still adjusting image of form in rock.
  1349. It suddenly resolves.
  1350. A skeleton. Fifteen feet long.
  1351. He enlarges the image.
  1352.  
  1353. DALLAS
  1354. (voice over)
  1355. There's only one thing I can...
  1356.  
  1357. Dallas' voice fades in and out.
  1358. As do their images on the screen.
  1359.  
  1360. ASH
  1361. Dallas...
  1362. (frantically punches
  1363. buttons on console)
  1364. Dallas...Do you read me.
  1365.  
  1366. No reply.
  1367.  
  1368. INT. BRIDGE - DAY
  1369.  
  1370. Ripley is running the transmission through ECIU.
  1371. Over the speakers Dallas' voice fades in.
  1372.  
  1373. DALLAS
  1374. (voice over)
  1375. No sign of life. No lights...
  1376. No movement...
  1377.  
  1378. She studies a long series of binary programs...
  1379.  
  1380. DALLAS
  1381. (voice over)
  1382. We're beneath the base.
  1383.  
  1384. His voice fades into static.
  1385. Disappears.
  1386.  
  1387. CUT TO:
  1388.  
  1389. EXT. STRUCTURE - DAY
  1390.  
  1391. The lower part of the entrance filled with dust and pumice.
  1392.  
  1393. KANE
  1394. Looks like an entrance.
  1395.  
  1396. DALLAS
  1397. Yeah... Let's move inside...
  1398.  
  1399. They climb up to one of the apertures and enter.
  1400.  
  1401. INT. CHAMBER - DAY
  1402.  
  1403. They move into a high-ceilinged chamber.
  1404. Walls covered with shadowy lattices.
  1405. Ghostly light filters dust-filled air.
  1406. A few meters in an opening appears.
  1407. Dallas leans over and looks into the hole.
  1408. Only blackness.
  1409. He unclips the light from his belt.
  1410. Shines it down into the hole.
  1411.  
  1412. DALLAS
  1413. It just goes down... smooth walls.
  1414. I can't see the bottom, light
  1415. won't reach.
  1416.  
  1417. Kane and Lambert come over.
  1418. Dallas begins unclipping gear from his belt.
  1419.  
  1420. DALLAS
  1421. Let's take a look around here
  1422. first.
  1423.  
  1424. Kane and Lambert exchange a glance.
  1425. Dallas shines his light about, sees...
  1426. A large, glossy urn, tan coloration.
  1427. Round opening at the rop, empty within.
  1428. Then Dallas shines his light on nearby lattice...
  1429. Moves closer.
  1430.  
  1431. DALLAS
  1432. Over here.
  1433.  
  1434. They approach.
  1435. Train their lights along the floor.
  1436. A machine.
  1437. On the mechanism, a small bar moves steadily back
  1438. and forth.
  1439. Sliding noiselessly in the grooves.
  1440.  
  1441. KANE
  1442. Still functioning.
  1443.  
  1444. Lambert looks down at her direction finder.
  1445.  
  1446. LAMBERT
  1447. Automatic recording.
  1448.  
  1449. Dallas snaps it off.
  1450.  
  1451. DALLAS
  1452. Now for a look down below.
  1453. (looks at Kane)
  1454. This is your big chance.
  1455.  
  1456. KANE
  1457. Okay.
  1458.  
  1459. DALLAS
  1460. Don't unhook yourself from the
  1461. cable. Be out in less than ten
  1462. minutes. Read me.
  1463.  
  1464. KANE
  1465. Aye aye.
  1466.  
  1467. Dallas rigs a tripod over the opening in the floor.
  1468. Unspools a couple of feet of wire.
  1469. Kane attaches the end of it to his chest unit.
  1470. Climbs over the lip and drops it into the hole.
  1471. Now hanging by the wire...
  1472. Head and shoulders out of the opening.
  1473. Kane activates the climbing unit.
  1474. Lowers himself into the fissure.
  1475.  
  1476. INT. STRUCTURE OPENING
  1477.  
  1478. Kane braces his feet against the wall of the vertical shaft.
  1479. Switches on his light, points it into the depths.
  1480. The beam penetrates only thirty feet or so, then is lost in
  1481. darkness.
  1482.  
  1483. KANE
  1484. Hotter in here. Warm air rising
  1485. from below.
  1486.  
  1487. He starts down, playing out the line.
  1488. Descending in short leaps.
  1489. Stops to catch his breath.
  1490. Breathing rasping loudly in his helmet.
  1491. A little sunlight filters from above.
  1492. Looking up, Kane can see the mouth of the hole...
  1493. A glowing spot of light.
  1494.  
  1495. DALLAS
  1496. (voice over)
  1497. You okay in there.
  1498.  
  1499. KANE
  1500. Haven't hit bottom yet.
  1501. This is work. Can't talk now.
  1502.  
  1503. He kicks off and continues down.
  1504. Taking longer and longer hops as he gains confidence.
  1505. Pausing for a moment to regain his breath, he shines the
  1506. light on his instruments.
  1507.  
  1508. KANE
  1509. I'm below ground level.
  1510.  
  1511. INT. BRIDGE
  1512.  
  1513. Ripley at her console, still working on transmission.
  1514. Gets a readout.
  1515. Looks worried.
  1516. Speaks into communicator.
  1517.  
  1518. RIPLEY
  1519. Ash, tell Dallas Mother speculates
  1520. that the noise is some kind of
  1521. warning.
  1522.  
  1523. ASH
  1524. (voice over)
  1525. I can't tell him anything. I've
  1526. lost contact. The transmission
  1527. around the ship is killing all
  1528. communications.
  1529.  
  1530. Pause.
  1531.  
  1532. RIPLEY
  1533. I'm going out after them.
  1534.  
  1535. ASH
  1536. (voice over)
  1537. I don't think so. We can't
  1538. spare the personnel. We've
  1539. got minimum takeoff capability
  1540. right now. That's why Dallas
  1541. left us on board.
  1542.  
  1543. RIPLEY
  1544. I still think we should go after
  1545. them.
  1546.  
  1547. ASH
  1548. (voice over)
  1549. What's the point. In the time
  1550. it take to get there. They'll
  1551. know if it's a warning.
  1552.  
  1553. Ripley looks steadily at Ash on her monitor.
  1554. His screen, not visible to her, shows blowup of helmeted,
  1555. skeletal head. Not human.
  1556.  
  1557. INT. STRUCTURE
  1558.  
  1559. Kane resumes his downward climb.
  1560. Suddenly, his feet lose their purchase as the walls of the
  1561. shaft disappear.
  1562. The tunnel has reached its end.
  1563. Below him is a dark, cavernous space.
  1564. Deep breaths due to his violent exertion.
  1565.  
  1566. DALLAS
  1567. (voice over)
  1568. See anything?
  1569.  
  1570. KANE
  1571. No...Tunnel's gone. Cave or
  1572. something below me. Feels like
  1573. the goddamn tropics in here...
  1574.  
  1575. He consults his instruments.
  1576. Helmet instrumentation strobing softly in the darkness.
  1577.  
  1578. KANE
  1579. ...high nitrogen content, no
  1580. oxygen...
  1581.  
  1582. Still puffing, he releases his purchase on the stone walls.
  1583. Begins to lower himself on power.
  1584. Now Kane is dangling free in darkness.
  1585. Spinning slowly on the wire as the chest unit unwinds.
  1586. Then his feet hit bottom.
  1587. Kane grunts in surprise, almost loses his balance.
  1588. He flashes his suit lights.
  1589. The beams reveal that he is in a large hold.
  1590. Row after row of extrusions stretch from floor to ceiling.
  1591.  
  1592. KANE
  1593. This is weird.
  1594.  
  1595. DALLAS
  1596. (voice over)
  1597. What do you mean.
  1598.  
  1599. KANE
  1600. There's something all over the
  1601. walls.
  1602.  
  1603. Kane walks across the chamber.
  1604. Examines the organic protrusions.
  1605.  
  1606. INT. CHAMBER ABOVE
  1607.  
  1608. Dallas and Lambert.
  1609.  
  1610. DALLAS
  1611. How long till sunset.
  1612.  
  1613. LAMBERT
  1614. Twenty minutes.
  1615.  
  1616. A look from Lambert.
  1617.  
  1618. INT. HOLD
  1619.  
  1620. Kane approaches the center of the room.
  1621. On the floor are rows of leathery ovoid shapes.
  1622. He walks around them.
  1623. Shines his light on one.
  1624.  
  1625. KANE
  1626. It's like some kind of storage
  1627. area. Is anybody there. Do
  1628. you read me.
  1629.  
  1630. DALLAS
  1631. (voice over)
  1632. Loud and clear.
  1633.  
  1634. KANE
  1635. The place is full of leathery
  1636. things sealed...soft to the
  1637. touch.
  1638.  
  1639. DALLAS
  1640. (voice over)
  1641. Can you see what's in them.
  1642.  
  1643. KANE
  1644. I'll give it a look.
  1645.  
  1646. He tries to open one of them.
  1647. It won't open.
  1648.  
  1649. KANE
  1650. Strange feeling to it.
  1651.  
  1652. DALLAS
  1653. (voice over)
  1654. Don't open it. You don't know
  1655. what's in it.
  1656.  
  1657. Kane peers closely at the leathery ovoids.
  1658. Turns away.
  1659. Raised areas begin to appear where he touched it.
  1660. He moves his light along the rows.
  1661. Turns back to the one he was examining.
  1662. Something has changed.
  1663. The opaque surface begins to clear.
  1664. Object becoming visible within.
  1665. Kane shines his light on the floor at the base of it.
  1666. He studies it.
  1667.  
  1668. KANE
  1669. Jesus...
  1670.  
  1671. DALLAS
  1672. (voice over)
  1673. What.
  1674.  
  1675. Viscera and mandible now visible.
  1676. The interior surface spongy and irregular.
  1677. Kane shines the light inside.
  1678. With shocking violence, a small creature smashes outward.
  1679. Fixes itself to his mask.
  1680. Sizzling sound.
  1681. The creature melts through the mask.
  1682. Attaches itself to Kane's face.
  1683. Kane tears at the thing with his hands.
  1684. His mouth forced open.
  1685. He falls backward.
  1686.  
  1687. INT. CHAMBER ABOVE
  1688.  
  1689. DALLAS
  1690. Kane...Kane can you hear me.
  1691.  
  1692. LAMBERT
  1693. What's the matter.
  1694.  
  1695. DALLAS
  1696. We better haul him out.
  1697.  
  1698. LAMBERT
  1699. It'll yank him right off his feet
  1700. if he's not expecting it.
  1701.  
  1702. DALLAS
  1703. Try him again.
  1704.  
  1705. LAMBERT
  1706. Kane...Kane...Goddamn it. Answer
  1707. me.
  1708.  
  1709. Dallas begins to fiddle with the wench mechanism.
  1710.  
  1711. DALLAS
  1712. The line's slack.
  1713.  
  1714. Pause.
  1715.  
  1716. LAMBERT
  1717. He doesn't answer.
  1718. (pause)
  1719. Do you think he could have unhooked
  1720. himself.
  1721.  
  1722. Dallas switches on the winch motor.
  1723. With a whine, it begins to reel the line in.
  1724. After a moment the line tightens with a jerk.
  1725. The motor slows, laboring under added weight.
  1726.  
  1727. DALLAS
  1728. It caught.
  1729.  
  1730. LAMBERT
  1731. Is it hooked on something.
  1732.  
  1733. DALLAS
  1734. No, it's coming.
  1735.  
  1736. LAMBERT
  1737. I can't see anything.
  1738.  
  1739. Dallas shines his light down into the hole.
  1740. Shakes his head.
  1741.  
  1742. DALLAS
  1743. Line's still moving.
  1744.  
  1745. A long moment.
  1746. Dallas shines his light again.
  1747.  
  1748. DALLAS
  1749. Here he comes.
  1750.  
  1751. The winch labors heavily.
  1752.  
  1753. DALLAS
  1754. Get ready to grab him.
  1755.  
  1756. Kane appears at the top of the opening.
  1757. Dangles limply from the wire.
  1758. Dallas reaches for him, then recoils.
  1759.  
  1760. DALLAS
  1761. Look out. There's something on
  1762. his face.
  1763.  
  1764. Lambert attempts to help.
  1765.  
  1766. LAMBERT
  1767. What is it.
  1768.  
  1769. Kane appears to be completely unconscious.
  1770. The life form is still wrapped motionless around his face.
  1771.  
  1772. LAMBERT
  1773. Oh Jesus.
  1774.  
  1775. DALLAS
  1776. Don't touch it.
  1777.  
  1778. They grapple with Kane's limp body.
  1779. Lift him from the hole.
  1780.  
  1781. INT. ENTRANCE TO DERELICT - SUNSET
  1782.  
  1783. Kane is now pinioned between Dallas and Lambert.
  1784. The storm raging through and beyond the entrance...
  1785. Dallas begins to assemble travois.
  1786.  
  1787. EXT. THE NOSTROMO - SUNSET
  1788.  
  1789. Atmosphere turning the color of blood.
  1790. And the sun is down.
  1791. The ring of floodlights on the ship comes to life.
  1792. Feebly combatting the darkness and continuing storm.
  1793.  
  1794. INT. BRIDGE
  1795.  
  1796. Jones the cat staring through a port opening at the storm.
  1797. Ripley waiting on the bridge.
  1798. Ash stares at his inactive monitors.
  1799. Suddenly:
  1800.  
  1801. ASH
  1802. We've got them. They're back
  1803. on the screens.
  1804.  
  1805. RIPLEY
  1806. How many.
  1807.  
  1808. ASH
  1809. Three blips. They're coming
  1810. this way.
  1811.  
  1812. Ripley presses transmitter.
  1813.  
  1814. RIPLEY
  1815. Dallas, Lambert. Can you read me.
  1816.  
  1817. DALLAS
  1818. (voice over)
  1819. We hear you. We're coming back...
  1820. Kane's injured... We'll need some
  1821. help getting him in.
  1822.  
  1823. Ripley stares at the screen.
  1824.  
  1825. ASH
  1826. I'll go.
  1827.  
  1828. Ash moves from the room.
  1829. Ripley remains seated at her console.
  1830.  
  1831. EXT. LANDING LEG - NIGHT
  1832.  
  1833. Dallas and Lambert dragging Kane on a travois towards landing
  1834. leg.
  1835.  
  1836. INT. PASSAGEWAY NEAR AIR LOCK
  1837.  
  1838. Ash comes down the steps.
  1839. Hurries to the inner door lock.
  1840. Presses the wall voice-amp.
  1841.  
  1842. ASH
  1843. Ripley, I'm by the inner lock
  1844. hatch.
  1845.  
  1846. RIPLEY
  1847. (voice over)
  1848. Okay.
  1849.  
  1850. EXT. LANDING LEG - NIGHT
  1851.  
  1852. Dallas and Lambert drag Kane onto lift platform.
  1853.  
  1854. INT. PASSAGEWAY NEAR AIR LOCK
  1855.  
  1856. Parker comes running up.
  1857.  
  1858. PARKER
  1859. What's going on.
  1860.  
  1861. ASH
  1862. Kane got hurt somehow.
  1863.  
  1864. PARKER
  1865. How bad.
  1866.  
  1867. Ash shrugs.
  1868. Brett appears at the top of the companionway.
  1869. Puzzled look on his face.
  1870.  
  1871. INT. BRIDGE
  1872.  
  1873. Ripley seated alone in the room.
  1874. Dallas appears as a huge image on all screens.
  1875. Lambert behind him.
  1876. Kane pinioned to Dallas.
  1877.  
  1878. DALLAS
  1879. (voice over)
  1880. Ripley, are you there.
  1881.  
  1882. RIPLEY
  1883. Right here.
  1884.  
  1885. DALLAS
  1886. (voice over)
  1887. We're coming up. Open the
  1888. lock.
  1889.  
  1890. RIPLEY
  1891. What happened to Kane. I need
  1892. a clear definition.
  1893.  
  1894. DALLAS
  1895. (voice over)
  1896. Some kind of organism. It's
  1897. attached itself to him. Let
  1898. us in.
  1899. (long moment)
  1900. You hear me. Open the lock.
  1901.  
  1902. RIPLEY
  1903. If we let it in, the ship could
  1904. be infected.
  1905.  
  1906. DALLAS
  1907. (voice over)
  1908. Goddamn it. Open the hatch.
  1909.  
  1910. RIPLEY
  1911. We've already broken every rule
  1912. or quarantine. If we bring an
  1913. organism on board, we won't have
  1914. a single layer of defense left.
  1915.  
  1916. LAMBERT
  1917. (voice over)
  1918. Open the God damn hatch. We
  1919. have to get him inside.
  1920.  
  1921. RIPLEY
  1922. I can't. If you were in my
  1923. position you'd do the same.
  1924.  
  1925. INT. PASSAGEWAY NEAR AIR LOCK
  1926.  
  1927. DALLAS
  1928. (voice over)
  1929. Ripley, do you hear me.
  1930.  
  1931. RIPLEY
  1932. (voice over)
  1933. I read you. The answer is negative.
  1934.  
  1935. Ash hits the emergency switch.
  1936. A red light goes on.
  1937. Servo whine.
  1938. Followed by a solid metallic chunk.
  1939.  
  1940. ASH
  1941. Inner hatch open.
  1942.  
  1943. INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT
  1944.  
  1945. Ripley staring at the console.
  1946. She can't believe what she sees.
  1947. Turns to the viewscreens.
  1948. Watches Dallas, Kane and Lambert enter.
  1949.  
  1950. INT. PASSAGEWAY NEAR AIR LOCK
  1951.  
  1952. The servo again turns over.
  1953. Another clunk.
  1954. The outer door has closed.
  1955. Red light off.
  1956. The inner door slides open.
  1957. Dallas and Lambert stagger into passageway.
  1958. Carry Kane's body between them.
  1959. Dallas pulls off his helmet.
  1960.  
  1961. DALLAS
  1962. Stay clear.
  1963.  
  1964. Ash and Parker move back.
  1965.  
  1966. ASH
  1967. God.
  1968.  
  1969. PARKER
  1970. Is it alive.
  1971.  
  1972. LAMBERT
  1973. I don't know, but don't touch it.
  1974.  
  1975. DALLAS
  1976. Take him to the infirmary.
  1977.  
  1978. BRETT
  1979. Right.
  1980.  
  1981. Ash and Brett move in carefully to help with the limp burden.
  1982.  
  1983. INT. INFIRMARY
  1984.  
  1985. Kane's helmet.
  1986. Hands begin to open it with a laser cutter.
  1987. The helmet separates easily.
  1988. The two halves part...
  1989. ...The life form slowly pulsing on Kane's face.
  1990. Dallas hesitates, then puts his hand on the small Creature.
  1991. Tries to pull it free.
  1992. Unsuccessful.
  1993. The Alien remains anchored to Kane's tissue.
  1994.  
  1995. ASH
  1996. Let me try.
  1997.  
  1998. Ash takes a pair of pliers from a rack.
  1999. Carefully grasps the tip of the Creature.
  2000. Squeezes tightly.
  2001. Leans back.
  2002.  
  2003. DALLAS
  2004. You're tearing his face.
  2005.  
  2006. A trickle of blood appears on Kane's cheek.
  2007.  
  2008. BRETT
  2009. It's not going to come off without
  2010. pulling his whole faceoff at the
  2011. same time.
  2012.  
  2013. DALLAS
  2014. Let the machine work on him.
  2015.  
  2016. The Ash presses a switch.
  2017. The machine lights up.
  2018. Kane is sucked into a slot on the wall.
  2019. Visible inside through the glass layer.
  2020. A blinding colored light performs antisepsis.
  2021. Two video monitors pop on.
  2022.  
  2023. ANGLE ON THE DOORWAY
  2024.  
  2025. Ripley appears.
  2026. Dallas turns and looks at her.
  2027. A long moment.
  2028.  
  2029. DALLAS
  2030. When I give an order, I expect
  2031. it to be obeyed.
  2032.  
  2033. RIPLEY
  2034. Even if it's against the law.
  2035.  
  2036. DALLAS
  2037. That's right.
  2038.  
  2039. Lambert steps forward and slaps Ripley across the face.
  2040. Ripley slowly puts her hand to her cheek.
  2041.  
  2042. LAMBERT
  2043. You were going to leave us out there.
  2044.  
  2045. PARKER
  2046. Maybe she should have. Who the
  2047. hell knows what that is.
  2048.  
  2049. BRETT
  2050. Right.
  2051.  
  2052. Ripley looks at Lambert.
  2053. A moment.
  2054.  
  2055. RIPLEY
  2056. Let's call it settled.
  2057.  
  2058. Lambert gives her a curt nod.
  2059. Ash turns attention to the instrumentation.
  2060.  
  2061. RIPLEY
  2062. Somebody fill me in.
  2063.  
  2064. DALLAS
  2065. He went into the structure alone,
  2066. we lost radio contact. When we
  2067. pulled him out, it was on his face...
  2068.  
  2069. ASH
  2070. Where did it come from...
  2071.  
  2072. DALLAS
  2073. Somewhere inside that ship.
  2074.  
  2075. PARKER
  2076. How the hell is he breathing.
  2077.  
  2078. They study the monitors.
  2079.  
  2080. ASH
  2081. Blood's throughly oxygenated.
  2082.  
  2083. DALLAS
  2084. How. His nose and mouth seem
  2085. to be blocked.
  2086.  
  2087. ASH
  2088. We better look inside his head.
  2089.  
  2090. Ash punches three buttons.
  2091. An X-ray image appears.
  2092. A color depiction of Kane's head and upper torso.
  2093. The Alien is clearly visible.
  2094. A maze of complicated biology.
  2095. Kane's jaws are forced open.
  2096. The creature has extruded a long tube down his mouth and
  2097. throat.
  2098. The appendage ending at the base of the esophagus.
  2099.  
  2100. BRETT
  2101. It's got something down his goddamn
  2102. throat.
  2103.  
  2104. ASH
  2105. That must be how it's getting
  2106. oxygen to him.
  2107.  
  2108. RIPLEY
  2109. It doesn't make sense. It paralyzes
  2110. him, puts him into a coma, then
  2111. keeps him alive.
  2112.  
  2113. PARKER
  2114. Let's kill it. We can't leave the
  2115. damn thing on him.
  2116.  
  2117. ASH
  2118. I don't know. At the moment the
  2119. Creature is keeping him alive.
  2120. If we remove it we might
  2121. terminate Kane...
  2122.  
  2123. DALLAS
  2124. I don't think so. Let's take the
  2125. chance and cut it off him.
  2126.  
  2127. ASH
  2128. You'll take the responsibility.
  2129.  
  2130. DALLAS
  2131. That's right.
  2132.  
  2133. Slips into surgical gloves.
  2134. Presses a switch, Kane slides back out of the booth.
  2135.  
  2136. DALLAS
  2137. Give me the knife.
  2138.  
  2139. Ripley takes a surgical laser blade from the case.
  2140. Carefully passes it to Dallas.
  2141. He manipulates the knife until he has a comfortable grip.
  2142. Flicks a small button with his thumb.
  2143. The blade begins to hum.
  2144. Dallas advances on Kane's prostrate form.
  2145. Touches the scalpel to the Creature.
  2146. The electronic blade slices effortlessly downward.
  2147. Suddenly a urine-like fluid begins to drip from the wound.
  2148.  
  2149. DALLAS
  2150. Starting to bleed.
  2151.  
  2152. The liquid flows onto the bedding next to Kane's head.
  2153. Starts to hiss.
  2154. Smoke curls up from the stain.
  2155. Next the yellow fluid eats a hole through the bunk bed.
  2156. Then drips onto the deck below.
  2157. Metal bubbling and sizzling.
  2158. More smoke rising, sending the crew into a coughing jag.
  2159. The crew jostle their way out of the cabin.
  2160. Huddle in the passageway outside, still coughing.
  2161. Dallas frantically applies pressure to the wound.
  2162. In the process, smoke of the fluid gets on Dallas's gloves.
  2163. They begin to smoke.
  2164. Dallas leaps back, pulls them off.
  2165. Then runs out into the corridor.
  2166.  
  2167. INT. PASSAGEWAY OUTSIDE INFIRMARY
  2168.  
  2169. BRETT
  2170. Shit. It's going to eat through
  2171. the decks and go out the hull...
  2172.  
  2173. He starts to run for the companionway.
  2174.  
  2175. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" DECK
  2176.  
  2177. Dallas wrenches an emergency lamp from a socket.
  2178. Hurls himself down a companionway.
  2179. The others follow.
  2180.  
  2181. DALLAS
  2182. There.
  2183.  
  2184. A droplet of fluid is sizzling on the ceiling bulkhead.
  2185. It oozes down.
  2186. Drips to the deck.
  2187. Continues to bubble.
  2188. Then goes through the bulkhead.
  2189.  
  2190. ASH
  2191. What can we put under it.
  2192.  
  2193. Ripley and Parker charge down the companionway below.
  2194.  
  2195. INT. SECOND LEVEL - "C" DECK
  2196.  
  2197. Ripley and Parker move cautiously down the passageway.
  2198. Look up to the ceiling bulkhead.
  2199.  
  2200. PARKER
  2201. Don't get under it.
  2202.  
  2203. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" DECK
  2204.  
  2205. Dallas, Brett and Ash crouch by the spot where the acid
  2206. sizzles.
  2207. Ash fishes a pen out of his pocket.
  2208. Probes the hole in the deck.
  2209.  
  2210. ASH
  2211. It's stopped penetrating.
  2212.  
  2213. Ripley comes charging back up.
  2214.  
  2215. RIPLEY
  2216. What's happening.
  2217.  
  2218. ASH
  2219. I think it's lost steam. No
  2220. longer active.
  2221.  
  2222. Ripley checks the opening.
  2223. Ash straightens up.
  2224. Starts to put the pen back in his pocket.
  2225. Changes his mind and stands holding it by the end.
  2226.  
  2227. ASH
  2228. I've never seen anything like that,
  2229. except molecular acid...
  2230.  
  2231. BRETT
  2232. This thing uses it for blood.
  2233.  
  2234. ASH
  2235. It's the asbestos that stopped it,
  2236. otherwise it would have gone straight
  2237. through.
  2238.  
  2239. DALLAS
  2240. Wonderful defense mechanism.
  2241. You don't dare kill it.
  2242.  
  2243. Parker comes up the companionway.
  2244.  
  2245. PARKER
  2246. It's stopped bleeding.
  2247.  
  2248. DALLAS
  2249. Yeah. After it penetrated two
  2250. levels.
  2251.  
  2252. RIPLEY
  2253. What about Kane.
  2254.  
  2255. Starts up companionway.
  2256.  
  2257. INT. INFIRMARY
  2258.  
  2259. They return.
  2260. Kane still motionless on the bunk.
  2261. The Alien remains secured to his face.
  2262. Wound completely healed over.
  2263.  
  2264. PARKER
  2265. Any of the acid get on him.
  2266.  
  2267. Dallas approaches, peers at Kane's head.
  2268.  
  2269. DALLAS
  2270. Doesn't look like it.
  2271.  
  2272. BRETT
  2273. Is it still dripping that crap.
  2274.  
  2275. ASH
  2276. Healed over.
  2277.  
  2278. LAMBERT
  2279. There must be some way we can get
  2280. it off.
  2281.  
  2282. And look at Dallas.
  2283.  
  2284. ASH
  2285. I don't think you ought to try
  2286. again. It didn't work out too well
  2287. last time.
  2288.  
  2289. Dallas gives him a look in return.
  2290. Ripley presses a button.
  2291. Kane slides back into the diagnostic coffin.
  2292. More buttons pressed.
  2293. Display lights up again, showing the different parts of
  2294. Kane's body.
  2295.  
  2296. ASH
  2297. I better get some intravenous
  2298. feeding started. So far I can't
  2299. tell what the Alien has absorbed
  2300. from his system.
  2301.  
  2302. The machine begins to process Kane's body.
  2303.  
  2304. RIPLEY
  2305. What's the stain on his lungs.
  2306.  
  2307. The X-ray reveals a spreading dark blot in the chest cavity.
  2308. At the center, the stain is completely opaque.
  2309.  
  2310. ASH
  2311. Whatever it is, it's blocking
  2312. the X-ray.
  2313.  
  2314. A long moment.
  2315. The stain spreads.
  2316.  
  2317. BRETT
  2318. What happens now.
  2319.  
  2320. Ash sets aside his partially melted pen.
  2321. Looks at Dallas.
  2322.  
  2323. DALLAS
  2324. You go back to work.
  2325.  
  2326. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2327.  
  2328. Brett at work in the cubicle.
  2329. Parker supervising him.
  2330.  
  2331. BRETT
  2332. I think I've got it. Give it a
  2333. try.
  2334.  
  2335. Parker pushes a button.
  2336. Negative reaction on his monitor.
  2337.  
  2338. PARKER
  2339. Nothing.
  2340.  
  2341. BRETT
  2342. Damn. I was sure that was it.
  2343.  
  2344. PARKER
  2345. Well, it wasn't. Try the next one.
  2346.  
  2347. BRETT
  2348. Right.
  2349.  
  2350. Adjusts several toggles.
  2351.  
  2352. RIPLEY
  2353. (voice over)
  2354. What's happening.
  2355.  
  2356. PARKER
  2357. This goddamn woman. I'll tell
  2358. her what's happening. My Johnson
  2359. is happening.
  2360. (punches the communicator)
  2361. A lot of hard work. Real work.
  2362.  
  2363. INT. BRIDGE - NIGHT
  2364.  
  2365. PARKER
  2366. (voice over)
  2367. You ought to try it sometime.
  2368.  
  2369. RIPLEY
  2370. I've got the toughest job on
  2371. this ship...
  2372.  
  2373. Derisive laugh from Parker through the speaker.
  2374.  
  2375. RIPLEY
  2376. I have to listen to your bullshit.
  2377.  
  2378. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2379.  
  2380. PARKER
  2381. Get off my back.
  2382.  
  2383. RIPLEY
  2384. (voice over)
  2385. I'll get off your back when 12
  2386. module is fixed.
  2387.  
  2388. She clicks off.
  2389. Parker turns away.
  2390.  
  2391. PARKER
  2392. Smart mouth broad.
  2393.  
  2394. INT. INFIRMARY
  2395.  
  2396. Ash running test on the equipment.
  2397. Kane respirating on the view screens above.
  2398. Still deep within a coma.
  2399. All instruments recording his life processes.
  2400. The Alien's position unchanged.
  2401. Ripley approaches.
  2402. Sits near Ash.
  2403.  
  2404. RIPLEY
  2405. Anything new.
  2406.  
  2407. ASH
  2408. He's holding, no changes.
  2409.  
  2410. RIPLEY
  2411. What about the Creature.
  2412.  
  2413. ASH
  2414. It's got an outer layer of protein
  2415. polysaccharides. A lot of Amino
  2416. Acids for prolonged reistance to
  2417. adverse environmental conditions...
  2418. That enough for you.
  2419.  
  2420. RIPLEY
  2421. Plenty. What's it mean.
  2422.  
  2423. ASH
  2424. Interesting combination of elements
  2425. making it one tough little son-of-
  2426. a-bitch...
  2427.  
  2428. RIPLEY
  2429. Is that why you let it in.
  2430.  
  2431. ASH
  2432. I was following a direct order.
  2433. Remember.
  2434.  
  2435. RIPLEY
  2436. While Dallas and Kane are off
  2437. the ship, I'm Senior Officer.
  2438.  
  2439. ASH
  2440. Yes, of course -- I forgot.
  2441.  
  2442. RIPLEY
  2443. You also forgot the science division's
  2444. basic quarantine law.
  2445.  
  2446. ASH
  2447. No. That I didn't forget.
  2448.  
  2449. RIPLEY
  2450. You just broke it.
  2451.  
  2452. ASH
  2453. What would you have done with Kane...
  2454. His only chance at staying alive
  2455. was to get into the infirmary.
  2456.  
  2457. RIPLEY
  2458. By breaking quarantine procedure
  2459. you risk everybody's life.
  2460.  
  2461. ASH
  2462. Maybe I should have let him die
  2463. out there. Maybe I have jeopardized
  2464. the rest of us...It's a risk I'm
  2465. willing to take.
  2466.  
  2467. RIPLEY
  2468. This is your official position as
  2469. a science officer. Not exactly out
  2470. of the manual.
  2471.  
  2472. ASH
  2473. The first position of science is
  2474. the protection and betterment of
  2475. human life. I take my responsibility
  2476. as seriously as you do... you do your
  2477. job and I'll do mine.
  2478.  
  2479. Ripley stands...looks at Ash.
  2480. Walks out.
  2481.  
  2482. INT. MESS
  2483.  
  2484. Lambert playing with some string, amusing Jones.
  2485. Cat's Cradle.
  2486. Both looking bored.
  2487.  
  2488. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2489.  
  2490. Parker and Brett at work on the final intake screen.
  2491.  
  2492. INT. NARCISSUS
  2493.  
  2494. Dallas listening to a primitive tape.
  2495. His foot tapping with the rhythm.
  2496. Beep.
  2497. An interruption on the communicator.
  2498.  
  2499. DALLAS
  2500. Dallas.
  2501.  
  2502. ASH
  2503. (voice over)
  2504. I think you should have a
  2505. look at Kane. Something's
  2506. happened.
  2507.  
  2508. DALLAS
  2509. Serious.
  2510.  
  2511. ASH
  2512. (voice over)
  2513. Interesting.
  2514.  
  2515. Dallas exits.
  2516.  
  2517. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE IMFIRMARY WINDOW
  2518.  
  2519. Ash stares through window.
  2520. Dallas joins him.
  2521. Ripley appears behind.
  2522. A long pause.
  2523.  
  2524. DALLAS
  2525. It's gone.
  2526.  
  2527. Kane's prone form.
  2528. The Alien is no longer on his face.
  2529. Kane still unconscious, but continues to breathe.
  2530. Face covered with sucker marks.
  2531.  
  2532. RIPLEY
  2533. The door is closed. It must still
  2534. be in there.
  2535.  
  2536. ASH
  2537. We can't open the door. We don't
  2538. want to let it out.
  2539.  
  2540. RIPLEY
  2541. Yeah, I remember. We can't grab
  2542. it. We can't kill it...
  2543.  
  2544. DALLAS
  2545. Maybe we can catch it.
  2546.  
  2547. ASH
  2548. As long as we're careful not to
  2549. damage it.
  2550.  
  2551. INT. INFIRMARY
  2552.  
  2553. They enter cautiously.
  2554. Dallas begins moving slowly around the room.
  2555. Picking up a stainless steel tray.
  2556. Looking.
  2557. Ash and Ripley do the same.
  2558. Ripley bends down and peers under the bunk.
  2559. Nothing.
  2560. Accidentally kicks over a tray.
  2561. She stands.
  2562. Doesn't see the Alien on a ledge above her.
  2563. Her shoulder brushes against the Creature.
  2564. It drops on her.
  2565. She screams. Twists.
  2566. The Alien drops to the floor.
  2567. Then lies motionless.
  2568. Its skin faded to a dead-looking grey.
  2569. Ripley doesn't raise her eyes from the Creature.
  2570. Prods the Alien.
  2571. No response.
  2572.  
  2573. ASH
  2574. I think it's dead.
  2575. (looks to Ripley)
  2576. You okay.
  2577.  
  2578. RIPLEY
  2579. Yeah.
  2580.  
  2581. She carefully touches the Creature with a metal probe.
  2582. Fishes the motionless life-form into the tray.
  2583. Quickly closes the lid.
  2584. Lifts it onto a stainless steel table.
  2585. Bright light trained on the Alien.
  2586. The Creature in a supine position.
  2587. Ash touches at the Alien with a surgical instrument.
  2588.  
  2589. ASH
  2590. Look at those suckers. No wonder
  2591. we couldn't get it off him.
  2592.  
  2593. RIPLEY
  2594. Where's its mouth.
  2595.  
  2596. ASH
  2597. It's this tube-thing, up in
  2598. here.
  2599. (carefully extracts
  2600. the end of the organ)
  2601. It's hardening.
  2602. (slips the Creature
  2603. under a fluoroscope)
  2604. It's dead. No life sign whatever.
  2605.  
  2606. RIPLEY
  2607. Let's get rid of it.
  2608.  
  2609. ASH
  2610. This has to go back. This is
  2611. our first contact with a
  2612. specimen like this. All kinds
  2613. of tests need to be run.
  2614.  
  2615. RIPLEY
  2616. That thing bled acid. God
  2617. knows what it'll do when
  2618. it's dead.
  2619.  
  2620. ASH
  2621. I think it's safe to assume
  2622. it's not a zombie... Dallas, we
  2623. have to keep this specimen.
  2624.  
  2625. Pause.
  2626.  
  2627. DALLAS
  2628. You're the science officer. It's
  2629. your decision.
  2630.  
  2631. ASH
  2632. Then it's made... I'll seal it
  2633. in a stasis tube.
  2634.  
  2635. Pause.
  2636.  
  2637. RIPLEY
  2638. What about Kane.
  2639.  
  2640. Ash turns back to the bunk.
  2641. Studies the life support gauges.
  2642. Kane continues to breathe steadily.
  2643.  
  2644. ASH
  2645. Running a fever. And still
  2646. unconscious. The machine will
  2647. bring his temperature down.
  2648. His vital functions are strong...
  2649. who knows, he may make it.
  2650.  
  2651. Ash begins to seal the Alien in a large vacuum tube.
  2652.  
  2653. RIPLEY
  2654. I need some coffee.
  2655.  
  2656. She turns and walks away.
  2657.  
  2658. INT. COMPUTER ANNEX
  2659.  
  2660. Ripley and Dallas.
  2661.  
  2662. RIPLEY
  2663. How could you leave that kind
  2664. of decision to him.
  2665.  
  2666. DALLAS
  2667. I just run the ship. Anything
  2668. that has to do with science
  2669. division, Ash has the final word.
  2670.  
  2671. RIPLEY
  2672. How does that happen.
  2673.  
  2674. DALLAS
  2675. Same way everything else happens.
  2676. Orders from the Company.
  2677.  
  2678. RIPLEY
  2679. Since when is that standard
  2680. procedure.
  2681.  
  2682. DALLAS
  2683. Standard procedure is do what
  2684. they tell you... Besides, I only
  2685. know about flying... I haul cargo
  2686. for a living.
  2687.  
  2688. RIPLEY
  2689. Did you ship out with Ash before.
  2690.  
  2691. DALLAS
  2692. First time. I went five hauls
  2693. with another science man. Then
  2694. two days before we left Thedus,
  2695. replaced him with Ash.
  2696.  
  2697. She looks at him.
  2698.  
  2699. DALLAS
  2700. So what. They replaced my
  2701. warrant officer with you.
  2702.  
  2703. RIPLEY
  2704. I don't trust him.
  2705.  
  2706. DALLAS
  2707. I don't trust anybody...What's
  2708. holding up repairs.
  2709.  
  2710. RIPLEY
  2711. They're pretty much finished now.
  2712.  
  2713. DALLAS
  2714. Why didn't you say so?
  2715.  
  2716. RIPLEY
  2717. There are still some thing left
  2718. to do.
  2719.  
  2720. DALLAS
  2721. Like what?
  2722.  
  2723. RIPLEY
  2724. We're blind on B and C decks.
  2725. Reserve power systems blown...
  2726.  
  2727. DALLAS
  2728. That's crap. We can take off
  2729. without them.
  2730.  
  2731. RIPLEY
  2732. Is that a good idea.
  2733.  
  2734. DALLAS
  2735. I want to get out of here.
  2736. Let's get this turkey off the
  2737. ground.
  2738.  
  2739. EXT. PLANET - SUNRISE
  2740.  
  2741. The Nostromo's engines roaring.
  2742. Belching out streams of superheated air.
  2743. The starship vibrates.
  2744. Begins to surge forward.
  2745.  
  2746. INT. BRIDGE - SUNRISE
  2747.  
  2748. The crew at their posts.
  2749. An electrical hum permeates the air.
  2750.  
  2751. RIPLEY
  2752. Lock tractor beams.
  2753.  
  2754. The pitch of the hum changes.
  2755. The ship levels itself.
  2756.  
  2757. RIPLEY
  2758. Retract leading struts.
  2759.  
  2760. EXT. PLANET - SUNRISE
  2761.  
  2762. The Nostromo hovering above the ground.
  2763. Held on beams of shimmering force.
  2764. The landing struts begin folding.
  2765.  
  2766. INT. BRIDGE - DAY
  2767.  
  2768. DALLAS
  2769. Take us up.
  2770.  
  2771. Lambert bends over the voice amplifier.
  2772.  
  2773. LAMBERT
  2774. One kilometer on ascension.
  2775.  
  2776. INT. PLANET
  2777.  
  2778. The Nostromo begins to levitate skyward.
  2779. Seemingly pushing upward on the beams of light.
  2780.  
  2781. INT. BRIDGE - DAY
  2782.  
  2783. The ship continues vibrating.
  2784.  
  2785. DALLAS
  2786. Switch on lifter quads.
  2787.  
  2788. A powerful, deep throbbing begins.
  2789. The vibrations increase.
  2790.  
  2791. RIPLEY
  2792. (into speaker)
  2793. Everything holding together
  2794. down there.
  2795.  
  2796. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2797.  
  2798. Parker and Brett strapped in and vibrating.
  2799.  
  2800. PARKER
  2801. We fix something it stays fixed.
  2802.  
  2803. BRETT
  2804. Right.
  2805.  
  2806. EXT. NOSTROMO - DAY
  2807.  
  2808. The starship hovering below cloud ceiling.
  2809. Then begins to accelerate through the dense atmosphere.
  2810.  
  2811. INT. BRIDGE - DAY
  2812.  
  2813. All viewscreens operational.
  2814.  
  2815. DALLAS
  2816. Engage artificial gravity.
  2817.  
  2818. Lambert throws a switch.
  2819. The ship lurches.
  2820.  
  2821. LAMBERT
  2822. Engaged.
  2823.  
  2824. DALLAS
  2825. Altering the vector now.
  2826.  
  2827. A huge tremor runs throughout the ship.
  2828.  
  2829. PARKER'S VOICE
  2830. (o.s.)
  2831. Dust is clogging the damn intakes
  2832. again. We're overloading.
  2833.  
  2834. DALLAS
  2835. Just hold us together until
  2836. we're beyond G1...
  2837.  
  2838. The pitch of the engines changes...deepens.
  2839.  
  2840. EXT. NOSTROMO - DAY
  2841.  
  2842. The ship moves at an acute angle.
  2843. Slices through the boiling clouds.
  2844.  
  2845. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2846.  
  2847. Parker and Brett watching the guages.
  2848.  
  2849. INT. BRIDGE - DAY
  2850.  
  2851. Outside the screens, clouds, clouds, clouds.
  2852. Another tremor runs through the ship.
  2853. The crew's eyes riveted to their instruments.
  2854.  
  2855. DALLAS
  2856. Let's pick up the money and go
  2857. home.
  2858.  
  2859. EXT. NOSTROMO
  2860.  
  2861. The ship clears the top of the cloud layer.
  2862. Bursts out into star-sprinkled space.
  2863. Trailing a wake of glimmering dust flecks.
  2864. Attached itself to the hovering refinery.
  2865.  
  2866. INT. ENGINE ROOM CUBICLE
  2867.  
  2868. Brett waves his arms in exultation.
  2869.  
  2870. BRETT
  2871. We did it
  2872.  
  2873. PARKER
  2874. Walk in the park. When we fix
  2875. something it stays fixed.
  2876.  
  2877. Big smiles.
  2878.  
  2879. INT. BRIDGE
  2880.  
  2881. The Nostromo now safely beyond gravity.
  2882.  
  2883. DALLAS
  2884. Set our course and get us up
  2885. to light plus four.
  2886.  
  2887. Lambert begins punching buttons.
  2888.  
  2889. LAMBERT
  2890. Feets get me out of here.
  2891.  
  2892. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  2893.  
  2894. The Nostromo now at light speed.
  2895. Preceptible movement in the surrounding universe.
  2896. A corona effect emerges.
  2897. Stars approaching the Nostromo appear blue.
  2898. Receding stars going to amber.
  2899. Redshift, made visible because of the craft's velocity.
  2900.  
  2901. INT. MESS
  2902.  
  2903. Parker, Brett, Dallas and Ripley around the table.
  2904. Drinking coffee.
  2905.  
  2906. PARKER
  2907. The best thing to do is just to
  2908. freeze him. Stop the goddam
  2909. disease. He can get a doctor to
  2910. look at him when we get back home.
  2911.  
  2912. BRETT
  2913. Right.
  2914.  
  2915. RIPLEY
  2916. Whenever he says anything you say
  2917. 'right'. You know that, Brett.
  2918.  
  2919. BRETT
  2920. Right.
  2921.  
  2922. RIPLEY
  2923. What do you think, Parker. Your
  2924. staff just follows you around and
  2925. says 'right'. Like a regular parrot.
  2926.  
  2927. Parker turns to Brett.
  2928.  
  2929. PARKER
  2930. Yeah. Shape up. What are you,
  2931. some kind of parrot.
  2932.  
  2933. BRETT
  2934. Right.
  2935.  
  2936. DALLAS
  2937. Knock it off... Kane will have
  2938. to go into quarantine.
  2939.  
  2940. RIPLEY
  2941. Yeah. And so will we.
  2942.  
  2943. Lambert enters.
  2944.  
  2945. LAMBERT
  2946. How about a little something to
  2947. lower your spirits.
  2948.  
  2949. DALLAS
  2950. Thrill me.
  2951.  
  2952. LAMBERT
  2953. According to my calculations...
  2954. based on the time spent getting
  2955. to and from the planet and the
  2956. speed at which it's moving away
  2957. from the other...
  2958.  
  2959. DALLAS
  2960. Give me the short version...
  2961.  
  2962. LAMBERT
  2963. It'll take us six weeks to get
  2964. back on course.
  2965.  
  2966. DALLAS
  2967. How far to Earth.
  2968.  
  2969. LAMBERT
  2970. Ten months.
  2971.  
  2972. RIPLEY
  2973. Christ.
  2974.  
  2975. Beep.
  2976.  
  2977. DALLAS
  2978. Dallas.
  2979.  
  2980. ASH
  2981. (voice over)
  2982. Come and see Kane right away...
  2983.  
  2984. DALLAS
  2985. Any change in his condition.
  2986.  
  2987. ASH
  2988. (voice over)
  2989. It's simpler if you just come
  2990. see him.
  2991.  
  2992. INT. CORRIDOR OUTSIDE INFIRMARY WINDOW
  2993.  
  2994. What they see is...Not what they expect.
  2995. Kane is sitting up in bed...wide awake.
  2996. They enter...
  2997.  
  2998. LAMBERT
  2999. Kane...Are you all right.
  3000.  
  3001. KANE
  3002. Mouth's dry...can I have some
  3003. water.
  3004.  
  3005. Instantly, Ash brings him a plastic cup and water.
  3006. Kane gulps it down in a swallow.
  3007.  
  3008. KANE
  3009. More.
  3010.  
  3011. Ripley quickly fills a much bigger container.
  3012. Hands it to Kane.
  3013. He greedily consumes the entire contents.
  3014. Then sags back, panting, on the bunk.
  3015.  
  3016. DALLAS
  3017. How do you feel.
  3018.  
  3019. KANE
  3020. Terrible. What happened to me.
  3021.  
  3022. ASH
  3023. You don't remember.
  3024.  
  3025. KANE
  3026. Don't remember anything. I can
  3027. barely remember my name.
  3028.  
  3029. PARKER
  3030. Do you hurt.
  3031.  
  3032. KANE
  3033. All over. Feel like somebody's
  3034. been beating me with a stick
  3035. for about six years.
  3036. (smiles)
  3037. God, I'm hungry.
  3038.  
  3039. RIPLEY
  3040. What's the last thing you can
  3041. remember.
  3042.  
  3043. KANE
  3044. I don't know.
  3045.  
  3046. DALLAS
  3047. Do you remember what happened
  3048. on the planet.
  3049.  
  3050. KANE
  3051. Just some horrible dream
  3052. about smothering. Where
  3053. are we.
  3054.  
  3055. RIPLEY
  3056. We're on our way home.
  3057.  
  3058. BRETT
  3059. Getting ready to go back into
  3060. the freezers.
  3061.  
  3062. KANE
  3063. I'm starving. I want some food
  3064. first.
  3065.  
  3066. PARKER
  3067. I'm pretty hungry myself.
  3068.  
  3069. DALLAS
  3070. One meal before bed.
  3071.  
  3072. INT. MESS
  3073.  
  3074. The entire crew is seated.
  3075. Hungrily swallowing huge portions of artificial food.
  3076. The cat eats from a dish on the table.
  3077.  
  3078. KANE
  3079. First thing I'm going to do when
  3080. we get back is eat some decent
  3081. food.
  3082.  
  3083. PARKER
  3084. I've had worse than this, but
  3085. I've had better too, if you know
  3086. what I mean.
  3087.  
  3088. LAMBERT
  3089. Christ, you're pounding down this
  3090. stuff like there's no tomorrow.
  3091.  
  3092. Pause.
  3093.  
  3094. PARKER
  3095. I mean I like it.
  3096.  
  3097. KANE
  3098. No kidding.
  3099.  
  3100. PARKER
  3101. Yeah. It grows on you.
  3102.  
  3103. KANE
  3104. It should. You know what they
  3105. make this stuff out of...
  3106.  
  3107. PARKER
  3108. I know what they make it out of.
  3109. So what. It's food now. You're
  3110. eating it.
  3111.  
  3112. Suddenly Kane grimaces.
  3113.  
  3114. RIPLEY
  3115. What's wrong.
  3116.  
  3117. Kane's voice strains.
  3118.  
  3119. LAMBERT
  3120. What's the matter.
  3121.  
  3122. KANE
  3123. I don't know... I'm getting cramps.
  3124.  
  3125. The others stare at him in alarm.
  3126. Suddenly he makes a loud groaning noise.
  3127. Clutches the edge of the table with his hands.
  3128. Knuckles whitening.
  3129.  
  3130. ASH
  3131. Breathe deeply.
  3132.  
  3133. Kane screams.
  3134.  
  3135. KANE
  3136. Oh God, it hurts so bad.
  3137. It hurts. It hurts.
  3138. (stands up)
  3139. Ooooooh.
  3140.  
  3141. BRETT
  3142. What is it. What hurts.
  3143.  
  3144. Kane's face screws into a mask of agony.
  3145. He falls back into his chair.
  3146.  
  3147. KANE
  3148. Ohmygooaaaahh.
  3149.  
  3150. A red stain.
  3151. Then a smear of blood blossoms on his chest.
  3152. The fabric of his shirt is ripped apart.
  3153. A small head the size of a man's fist pushes out.
  3154. The crew shouts in panic.
  3155. Leap back from the table.
  3156. The cat spits, bolts away.
  3157. The tiny head lunges forward.
  3158. Comes spurting out of Kane's chest trailing a thick body.
  3159. Splatters fluids and blood in its wake.
  3160. Lands in the middle of the dishes and food.
  3161. Wriggles away while the crew scatters.
  3162. Then the Alien being disappears from sight.
  3163. Kane lies slumped in his chair.
  3164. Very dead.
  3165. A huge hole in his chest.
  3166. The dishes are scattered.
  3167. Food covered with blood.
  3168.  
  3169. LAMBERT
  3170. No, no, no, no, no.
  3171.  
  3172. BRETT
  3173. What was that. What the Christ
  3174. was that.
  3175.  
  3176. PARKER
  3177. It was growing in him the whole
  3178. time and he didn't even know it.
  3179.  
  3180. ASH
  3181. It used him for an incubator.
  3182.  
  3183. RIPLEY
  3184. That means we've got another
  3185. one.
  3186.  
  3187. DALLAS
  3188. Yeah. And it's loose on the
  3189. ship.
  3190.  
  3191. Slowly they gather around Kane's gutted corpse.
  3192. Then they all look at one another.
  3193. Then at Kane.
  3194. Dead on the table.
  3195.  
  3196. INT. CORRIDOR - "A" DECK
  3197.  
  3198. Empty.
  3199. Parker and Brett descend companioway.
  3200. They join Ash, Lambert, Ripley and Dallas.
  3201.  
  3202. DALLAS
  3203. Any signs.
  3204.  
  3205. LAMBERT
  3206. Nothing.
  3207.  
  3208. ASH
  3209. Nothing.
  3210.  
  3211. PARKER
  3212. Didn't see a goddamn thing.
  3213.  
  3214. BRETT
  3215. Didn't see anything.
  3216.  
  3217. RIPLEY
  3218. We can't go into hypersleep with
  3219. that thing running loose. We'd
  3220. be sitting ducks in the freezers.
  3221. We have to kill it first.
  3222.  
  3223. LAMBERT
  3224. We can't kill it. If we do, it
  3225. will spill its body acids right
  3226. through the hull...
  3227.  
  3228. BRETT
  3229. Son-of-a-bitch.
  3230.  
  3231. RIPLEY
  3232. We have to catch it and eject
  3233. it from the ship.
  3234.  
  3235. ASH
  3236. Our supplies are based on us
  3237. spending a limited amount of
  3238. time out of suspended animation.
  3239. Strictly limited.
  3240.  
  3241. RIPLEY
  3242. First we have to find it.
  3243.  
  3244. DALLAS
  3245. No. First we've got something
  3246. else to do.
  3247.  
  3248. He looks at Kane's body through mess doorway.
  3249.  
  3250. INT. AIR LOCK
  3251.  
  3252. Kane's body wrapped in a makeshift shroud.
  3253.  
  3254. INT. BRIDGE
  3255.  
  3256. The crew looking at Kane's body on view screens.
  3257. Silent.
  3258. Depressed.
  3259.  
  3260. DALLAS
  3261. Inner hatch sealed.
  3262.  
  3263. Ripley nods.
  3264.  
  3265. DALLAS
  3266. Anybody want to say anything.
  3267.  
  3268. Nothing to say.
  3269. He nods to Ripley.
  3270. She presses a button.
  3271.  
  3272. INT. AIR LOCK
  3273.  
  3274. The outer hatch opens.
  3275. Yawning space outside.
  3276. Kane's body shoots out into eternity.
  3277. The hatch closes.
  3278.  
  3279. INT. MESS
  3280.  
  3281. The crew is assembled.
  3282.  
  3283. RIPLEY
  3284. I've checked on the supplies.
  3285. For about a week we can stay
  3286. out of hypersleep.
  3287.  
  3288. BRETT
  3289. Then what.
  3290.  
  3291. LAMBERT
  3292. We run out of food and oxygen.
  3293.  
  3294. DALLAS
  3295. All right, that's what we've got.
  3296. A week. It's plenty of time.
  3297.  
  3298. PARKER
  3299. I say we put on our pressure
  3300. suits and blow all the air out
  3301. of the ship. That might kill it.
  3302.  
  3303. LAMBERT
  3304. What a swell idea.
  3305.  
  3306. PARKER
  3307. What's wrong with it.
  3308.  
  3309. ASH
  3310. We've got forty-eight hours of
  3311. air in our pressure suits and
  3312. it takes six months to get home.
  3313.  
  3314. LAMBERT
  3315. Other than that...A swell idea.
  3316.  
  3317. Parker won't give up on this idea.
  3318.  
  3319. PARKER
  3320. Maybe we could cut some kind
  3321. of special lines to the tanks.
  3322. Brett and I are pretty good
  3323. practical engineers...We got
  3324. us back up you know.
  3325.  
  3326. RIPLEY
  3327. All by yourselves.
  3328.  
  3329. ASH
  3330. I hate to point this out but
  3331. it might be better off without
  3332. oxygen. It lived that way long
  3333. enough.
  3334.  
  3335. RIPLEY
  3336. There's another problem. How
  3337. do we find it. There's no
  3338. visual communication on B and
  3339. C decks. All the screens are
  3340. out.
  3341.  
  3342. DALLAS
  3343. We're going to have to flush it
  3344. out.
  3345.  
  3346. ASH
  3347. Sounds great...but how.
  3348.  
  3349. DALLAS
  3350. Room by room, corridor by corridor.
  3351.  
  3352. One of those suggestions that nobody likes.
  3353.  
  3354. LAMBERT
  3355. And what do we do when we find it.
  3356.  
  3357. RIPLEY
  3358. Trap it somehow.
  3359.  
  3360. BRETT
  3361. If we had a really strong piece
  3362. of net, we could bag it... I could
  3363. put something together. A long
  3364. metal rod with a battery in it.
  3365. Only take a few hours.
  3366.  
  3367. LAMBERT
  3368. Why do we listen to this meathead.
  3369.  
  3370. Dallas turns it over.
  3371.  
  3372. DALLAS
  3373. He might be right...
  3374.  
  3375. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  3376.  
  3377. The Nostromo continues through the vortex.
  3378.  
  3379. INT. INFIRMARY
  3380.  
  3381. Dallas enters.
  3382. Ash working at a read-out section.
  3383.  
  3384. DALLAS
  3385. I want to talk.
  3386.  
  3387. ASH
  3388. I'm a little busy at the
  3389. moment.
  3390.  
  3391. Pause.
  3392.  
  3393. DALLAS
  3394. I don't care.
  3395.  
  3396. Pause.
  3397.  
  3398. ASH
  3399. All right, go ahead.
  3400.  
  3401. DALLAS
  3402. Why did you let the Alien survive
  3403. inside Kane.
  3404.  
  3405. ASH
  3406. I'm not sure you're getting
  3407. through to me.
  3408.  
  3409. DALLAS
  3410. Mother was monitoring his body.
  3411. You were monitoring Mother. You
  3412. must have had some idea of what
  3413. was going on.
  3414.  
  3415. ASH
  3416. What are you trying to say.
  3417.  
  3418. A long moment.
  3419.  
  3420. DALLAS
  3421. You want the Alien to stay alive
  3422. ...I figure you have a reason.
  3423.  
  3424. ASH
  3425. Name one.
  3426.  
  3427. DALLAS
  3428. Look, we both work for the same
  3429. company. I just want to know
  3430. what's going on.
  3431.  
  3432. ASH
  3433. I don't know what the hell you're
  3434. talking about. And I don't like
  3435. any of the insinuations. The
  3436. Alien is a dangerous form of
  3437. life...I don't want it to stay
  3438. alive any more than you do.
  3439.  
  3440. DALLAS
  3441. You're sure.
  3442.  
  3443. ASH
  3444. Yeah, I'm sure. You should be
  3445. too.
  3446.  
  3447. Dallas walks out.
  3448. Ash watches him go.
  3449. Stares in his direction a long while...
  3450.  
  3451. INT. NARCISSUS
  3452.  
  3453. Dallas seated in the shuttle craft.
  3454. Staring at the myriad lights of outer space.
  3455. Ripley climbs beside him.
  3456.  
  3457. RIPLEY
  3458. I thought I'd find you here.
  3459.  
  3460. Dallas continues to stare.
  3461.  
  3462. DALLAS
  3463. Are the nets finished.
  3464.  
  3465. Pause.
  3466.  
  3467. RIPLEY
  3468. We've got an hour...Look I
  3469. need some relief.
  3470.  
  3471. DALLAS
  3472. Why did you wait until now.
  3473.  
  3474. Ripley leans forward.
  3475.  
  3476. RIPLEY
  3477. Let me tell you something. You
  3478. keep staring out there long
  3479. enough, they'll be peeling you
  3480. off the wall.
  3481.  
  3482. Ripley begins taking off her boots.
  3483.  
  3484. DALLAS
  3485. We're the new pioneers, Ripley.
  3486. We even get to have our own
  3487. special disease.
  3488.  
  3489. RIPLEY
  3490. I'm tired of talking.
  3491.  
  3492. She rises and removes her upper garments.
  3493.  
  3494. DALLAS
  3495. You waited too long.
  3496.  
  3497. RIPLEY
  3498. Give it a try anyway.
  3499.  
  3500. Clothing removed.
  3501. His arms move around her.
  3502.  
  3503. INT. BRIDGE
  3504.  
  3505. The crew has assembled.
  3506. Brett unfolds several yards of asbestos netting.
  3507. Hands out five thin rods.
  3508. Each of them like metal broom handles.
  3509.  
  3510. BRETT
  3511. I put portable generators in
  3512. each of these. They're insulated
  3513. down here. Just be goddamn careful
  3514. not to get your hand on the end.
  3515.  
  3516. He touches the tip to a metal object.
  3517. A blue spark leaps.
  3518.  
  3519. BRETT
  3520. It won't damage the little bastard
  3521. unless its skin is a lot thinner
  3522. than ours...It'll just give it a
  3523. little incentive.
  3524.  
  3525. LAMBERT
  3526. Now if we could only find it.
  3527.  
  3528. Ash picks up a portable unit.
  3529.  
  3530. ASH
  3531. I've taken care of that...tracking
  3532. device. You set it to search for
  3533. a moving object...It hasn't much
  3534. range but when you get within a
  3535. certain distance it starts beeping.
  3536.  
  3537. Ripley takes the tracker from Ash's hand.
  3538.  
  3539. RIPLEY
  3540. What's it key on.
  3541.  
  3542. ASH
  3543. Micro changes in air density.
  3544. Keep it pointed ahead of you.
  3545.  
  3546. DALLAS
  3547. We'll break into two teams.
  3548. Whoever finds it first catches
  3549. it in the net and ejects it
  3550. from the nearest air lock.
  3551. (pause)
  3552. For starters, let's make sure
  3553. the bridge is safe.
  3554.  
  3555. Parker turns on his unit.
  3556. Scans it around the room.
  3557.  
  3558. LAMBERT
  3559. We seem to be okay...If this
  3560. damn thing works.
  3561.  
  3562. DALLAS
  3563. Ash and myself will go with
  3564. Lambert. Brett and Parker will
  3565. make up the second team. Ripley,
  3566. you command it.
  3567.  
  3568. They start doling out the equipment.
  3569.  
  3570. DALLAS
  3571. Channels are open on all decks.
  3572. We'll be in constant touch.
  3573.  
  3574. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "A" LEVEL
  3575.  
  3576. Lambert and Dallas carry the net.
  3577. Ash walks directly behind, carrying the tracking device.
  3578. He continually scans from side to side.
  3579. Lambert stops by a stairwell.
  3580.  
  3581. LAMBERT
  3582. Anything down there.
  3583.  
  3584. INT. ANOTHER PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  3585.  
  3586. Parker and Ripley move silently along.
  3587. Ripley ahead of them with the tracker by the stairwell.
  3588.  
  3589. RIPLEY
  3590. Nothing.
  3591.  
  3592. The move on.
  3593. A small light flashes.
  3594.  
  3595. RIPLEY
  3596. Hold it. I've got something.
  3597.  
  3598. Parker and Brett grow tense.
  3599. Start looking around.
  3600.  
  3601. BRETT
  3602. Where's it coming from.
  3603.  
  3604. Ripley peers closely at the tracker.
  3605.  
  3606. RIPLEY
  3607. Machine's screwed up. I can't
  3608. tell. Needle's spinning all
  3609. over the dial.
  3610.  
  3611. BRETT
  3612. Goddamn, malfunction.
  3613.  
  3614. Ripley turns the tracker on its side.
  3615. The needles stabilize.
  3616.  
  3617. RIPLEY
  3618. No, just confused. It's
  3619. coming from below us.
  3620.  
  3621. They all look down at their feet.
  3622.  
  3623. INT. MAINTENANCE - "C" LEVEL
  3624.  
  3625. Ripley, Parker and Brett come down ladder onto an endless
  3626. oily corridor.
  3627. They stop at the foot of the companionway...
  3628. They move down corridor into darkness.
  3629.  
  3630. RIPLEY
  3631. Okay.
  3632.  
  3633. Looks at the tracker.
  3634. Nods down the passageway. Stops.
  3635.  
  3636. RIPLEY
  3637. Back this way.
  3638.  
  3639. They begin to walk in that direction.
  3640. Entering drab section of the ship.
  3641. Surrounded by deep shadows.
  3642. Footsteps clanging on the metal deck.
  3643.  
  3644. RIPLEY
  3645. I thought you fixed 12 module.
  3646.  
  3647. BRETT
  3648. We did.
  3649.  
  3650. PARKER
  3651. Circuits must have burned out.
  3652.  
  3653. They switch on lights.
  3654. Move around two turns.
  3655.  
  3656. RIPLEY
  3657. Wait.
  3658.  
  3659. They stop quickly, almost stumbling.
  3660.  
  3661. RIPLEY
  3662. It's within five meters.
  3663.  
  3664. Parker and Brett heft the net.
  3665. Ripley has the prod in one hand, tracker in the other.
  3666. Moves with great care.
  3667. Almost in a half-crouch, ready to leap back.
  3668. Prod extended, Ripley constantly glances at her tracker.
  3669. The device leads her up to a small hatch in the bulkhead.
  3670. Perspiration rivers down her face.
  3671. She sets aside the tracker.
  3672. Raises the prod, grasps the hatch handle.
  3673. Yanks it open.
  3674. Jams the electric prod inside.
  3675. A nerve-shattering squall.
  3676. Then a small creature comes flying out of the locker.
  3677. Eyes glaring, claws flashing.
  3678. Instinctively, they throw the net over it.
  3679. Very annoyed.
  3680. They open the net and release the captive.
  3681. Which happens to be the cat.
  3682. Hissing and spitting...it scampers away.
  3683.  
  3684. RIPLEY
  3685. God damn it...hold it.
  3686.  
  3687. PARKER
  3688. We should have killed it...Now
  3689. we might pick it up on the
  3690. tracker again.
  3691.  
  3692. RIPLEY
  3693. Go get it. We'll go on.
  3694.  
  3695. BRETT
  3696. Right.
  3697.  
  3698. Ripley and Parker move down the passageway.
  3699. Brett follows the direction taken by the cat.
  3700. Moves across passageway into equipment maintenance area.
  3701.  
  3702. INT. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AREA - "C" LEVEL
  3703.  
  3704. Brett walking between rows of shadowed equipment.
  3705. Looking for the cat.
  3706. Nervous.
  3707.  
  3708. BRETT
  3709. Jones...Here kitty...Jones...
  3710. Goddamn it Jones.
  3711.  
  3712. Scratching noises.
  3713. A reassuring cat yowl.
  3714. Brett moves on.
  3715.  
  3716. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "C" LEVEL
  3717.  
  3718. Ripley and Parker walk along.
  3719. Tracker signal weakens.
  3720. Finally stops.
  3721.  
  3722. RIPLEY
  3723. Nothing here.
  3724.  
  3725. PARKER
  3726. Let's go back.
  3727.  
  3728. INT. UNDERCARRIAGE ROOM - "C" LEVEL
  3729.  
  3730. Brett enters.
  3731. Still looking for Jones.
  3732. Another yowl followed by a hiss.
  3733. Two eyes shining in the dark.
  3734. Jones.
  3735. Relieved, Brett moves toward the cat.
  3736.  
  3737. BRETT
  3738. Here kitty...Come on Jones.
  3739.  
  3740. Brett reaches for Jones.
  3741. Jones hisses.
  3742. An arm reaches for Brett.
  3743. The Alien.
  3744. Now seven feet tall.
  3745. Hanging from the undercarriage strut in reverse position.
  3746. Grabs Brett and swings up into darkness.
  3747. Brett screams.
  3748. To no avail...
  3749. In the doorway Ripley and Parker.
  3750. They witness the horror.
  3751.  
  3752. INT. MESS
  3753.  
  3754. The remaining crew assemble.
  3755. Long faces.
  3756.  
  3757. LAMBERT
  3758. Now what.
  3759.  
  3760. PARKER
  3761. Blast the rotten bastard with
  3762. a laser and take our chances.
  3763.  
  3764. RIPLEY
  3765. No. At its present size it's
  3766. holding enough acid to tear a
  3767. hole in this ship as big as this
  3768. room.
  3769.  
  3770. ASH
  3771. It wouldn't do any good. It's
  3772. self-regenerating. You saw that
  3773. when we operated on it.
  3774.  
  3775. RIPLEY
  3776. The only plan that's going to
  3777. work is the same one we had
  3778. before. Drive it into an air
  3779. lock and blow it out into space.
  3780.  
  3781. PARKER
  3782. Drive it...The son-of-a-bitch
  3783. is huge.
  3784.  
  3785. LAMBERT
  3786. For once he has a point. How
  3787. do we drive it.
  3788.  
  3789. RIPLEY
  3790. The science department should
  3791. be able to help...
  3792.  
  3793. ASH
  3794. According to Mother, he's a
  3795. primitive form of encephlepod...
  3796.  
  3797. LAMBERT
  3798. How come it's a he.
  3799.  
  3800. ASH
  3801. Just a phrase. As a matter of
  3802. fact he's both, bisexual or
  3803. hermaphrodite to be precise.
  3804.  
  3805. DALLAS
  3806. Skip its sex life. How do
  3807. we kill it.
  3808.  
  3809. ASH
  3810. It seems to have adapted to
  3811. an oxygen-rich atmosphere and
  3812. it's certainly adapted well for
  3813. its nutritional requirements.
  3814. The only thing we don't know
  3815. about is temperature.
  3816.  
  3817. RIPLEY
  3818. Curious isn't it...That the
  3819. Alien is an encephlepod...
  3820.  
  3821. ASH
  3822. What's so curious about that.
  3823.  
  3824. RIPLEY
  3825. It's curious because lower
  3826. species can't adapt as quickly
  3827. as higher ones. And this one's
  3828. doing very well. A real survivor.
  3829. Might even have as good a chance
  3830. as we do.
  3831.  
  3832. ASH
  3833. You're getting paranoid again.
  3834.  
  3835. RIPLEY
  3836. All right. What about the
  3837. temperature. What happens
  3838. if we change it.
  3839.  
  3840. ASH
  3841. Let's give it a try. Most
  3842. animals retreat from fire.
  3843.  
  3844. Pause.
  3845.  
  3846. PARKER
  3847. I can hook up a couple of
  3848. incinerating units in about
  3849. fifteen minutes.
  3850.  
  3851. Pause.
  3852.  
  3853. DALLAS
  3854. Anybody got any better ideas.
  3855.  
  3856. Nobody does.
  3857.  
  3858. DALLAS
  3859. Okay. When Parker's ready,
  3860. we'll work our way back down
  3861. to 'C' deck.
  3862.  
  3863. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  3864.  
  3865. Nostromo at light plus four.
  3866.  
  3867. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  3868.  
  3869. Parker and Dallas lead.
  3870. Armed with flamethrowers.
  3871. They descend from companionway.
  3872. Suddenly both tracking devices beep frantically.
  3873. Sound of rending metal up ahead.
  3874. The move forward cautiously.
  3875.  
  3876. DALLAS
  3877. It's in that food locker.
  3878.  
  3879. EXT. FOOD LOCKER NUMBER 12
  3880.  
  3881. More rending noises.
  3882.  
  3883. LAMBERT
  3884. Jesus. It must be huge.
  3885.  
  3886. PARKER
  3887. It's got to be using the
  3888. airshafts to move around...
  3889.  
  3890. Dallas raises flamethrower.
  3891.  
  3892. DALLAS
  3893. Do these things really work.
  3894.  
  3895. PARKER
  3896. I made them didn't I.
  3897.  
  3898. RIPLEY
  3899. That's what worries me.
  3900.  
  3901. Dallas indicates door handle.
  3902. Parker reluctantly takes it.
  3903.  
  3904. DALLAS
  3905. Now.
  3906.  
  3907. Parker wrenches open door.
  3908. Dallas fires a long blast. Another.
  3909. Another and another...Silence.
  3910. They move inside...
  3911.  
  3912. INT. FOOD STORAGE LOCKER NUMBER 12 - "B" LEVEL
  3913.  
  3914. Charred wreckage.
  3915. Packages have been ripped to shreds.
  3916. Foodstuffs scattered over the floor.
  3917. Carefully, they poke through the smouldering garbage.
  3918.  
  3919. RIPLEY
  3920. We didn't get him.
  3921.  
  3922. DALLAS
  3923. This is where he went.
  3924.  
  3925. On the wall, a ventilator grill has been ripped open.
  3926. They move to the shredded ventilator.
  3927. Shine their lights inside the shaft.
  3928.  
  3929. DALLAS
  3930. This could work for us. The
  3931. duct comes out at the starboard
  3932. air lock. There's an exit on
  3933. the way. But we can close that
  3934. off. Then we drive it into the
  3935. air lock and blast it into space.
  3936.  
  3937. LAMBERT
  3938. Yeah. All you have to do is
  3939. crawl in the vent with it, find
  3940. your way through the maze and
  3941. hope it's afraid of fire.
  3942.  
  3943. DALLAS
  3944. Well Parker, you wanted an
  3945. equal share...
  3946.  
  3947. PARKER
  3948. Yeah.
  3949.  
  3950. DALLAS
  3951. Get in the pipe.
  3952.  
  3953. PARKER
  3954. Why me.
  3955.  
  3956. DALLAS
  3957. I just wanted to see you get
  3958. your full share.
  3959.  
  3960. PARKER
  3961. No way.
  3962.  
  3963. RIPLEY
  3964. I'll go.
  3965.  
  3966. DALLAS
  3967. Forget it. You take the
  3968. air lock. Parker and Lambert
  3969. cover the exit.
  3970.  
  3971. No doubt as to who's going inside the vent.
  3972.  
  3973. INT. STARBOARD AIR LOCK - VESTIBULE
  3974.  
  3975. Ripley stands in vestibule.
  3976. Looks through the Bulkhead door to air lock.
  3977. She throws a switch.
  3978. Watches airshaft entrance into air lock open.
  3979. The trap is ready.
  3980.  
  3981. INT. MAINTENANCE LEVEL
  3982.  
  3983. Parker and Lambert get set.
  3984.  
  3985. INT. FOOD STORAGE LOCKER NUMBER 12 - "B" LEVEL
  3986.  
  3987. Ash hands Dallas the makeshift flamethrower.
  3988. He fires a couple of short bursts.
  3989.  
  3990. DALLAS
  3991. It's still working.
  3992.  
  3993. ASH
  3994. Why do you have to go. Why
  3995. didn't you sent Ripley.
  3996.  
  3997. DALLAS
  3998. It's my responsibility. I let
  3999. Kane go into the craft. Now
  4000. it's my turn.
  4001.  
  4002. ASH
  4003. You're the captain. It'll be
  4004. harder on the rest of us, if
  4005. we lose you.
  4006.  
  4007. DALLAS
  4008. Nothing I do that Ripley can't.
  4009.  
  4010. ASH
  4011. I don't agree.
  4012.  
  4013. DALLAS
  4014. The decision is final.
  4015.  
  4016. He removes the master computer key.
  4017. Hands it to Ash.
  4018.  
  4019. DALLAS
  4020. If I don't take it back,
  4021. Ripley will need this.
  4022.  
  4023. Ash nods.
  4024. Dallas turns and climbs into the ventilator opening.
  4025. Just large enough to crawl through.
  4026.  
  4027. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4028.  
  4029. Completely dark.
  4030. Dallas turns on his helmet light.
  4031. Flips switch on throat mike.
  4032.  
  4033. DALLAS
  4034. Do you receive me. Ripley.
  4035. Parker. Lambert.
  4036.  
  4037. INT. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AREA
  4038.  
  4039. The hum of vast cooling plants.
  4040. Large air shafts run off in different directions.
  4041. Parker and Lambert stand ready by a duct.
  4042. Lambert hits the wall amp button.
  4043.  
  4044. LAMBERT
  4045. We're in position. I'll try
  4046. and pick you up on the tracker.
  4047.  
  4048. Parker hefts his flamethrower.
  4049.  
  4050. DALLAS
  4051. (voice over)
  4052. Parker, if it tries to come
  4053. out by you, make sure you drive
  4054. it back in. I'll push it forward.
  4055.  
  4056. PARKER
  4057. Right.
  4058.  
  4059. INT. AIR LOCK VESTIBULE
  4060.  
  4061. Near the starboard air lock.
  4062. Ripley pops open the hatch.
  4063. The air lock now open and ready.
  4064. She moves to the air duct opening.
  4065.  
  4066. RIPLEY
  4067. Air lock open.
  4068.  
  4069. DALLAS
  4070. (voice over)
  4071. Ready.
  4072.  
  4073. RIPLEY
  4074. Ready.
  4075.  
  4076. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4077.  
  4078. Dallas begins to crawl forward.
  4079. The tunnel is narrow...
  4080. Only a foot or two wider than his shoulders.
  4081.  
  4082. DALLAS
  4083. I'm under way.
  4084.  
  4085. Turns a corner.
  4086. Several more tight turns.
  4087. Instinctively Dallas pulls back.
  4088. Raises the flamethrower.
  4089. Fires a blast around the corner into the darkness.
  4090. It roars loudly in the confined tube.
  4091. Smoke drifts back into his face.
  4092.  
  4093. INT. MAINTENANCE LEVEL
  4094.  
  4095. A large rectangular duct in one wall.
  4096.  
  4097. PARKER
  4098. That's where it's got to come
  4099. out, if it leaves the main shaft.
  4100.  
  4101. He throws a switch.
  4102. A metal pane rises and seals off the opening.
  4103.  
  4104. LAMBERT
  4105. Let's keep it open. I'd like
  4106. to know if anything's coming.
  4107.  
  4108. Reluctantly, Parker again throws the switch and raises the
  4109. metal pane.
  4110.  
  4111. INT. AIR LOCK VESTIBULE
  4112.  
  4113. Ripley waiting.
  4114.  
  4115. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4116.  
  4117. Dallas still crawling on hands and knees.
  4118. Ahead the shaft takes an abrupt downward turn.
  4119. He moves toward the corner.
  4120. Fires another blast from the flamethrower.
  4121. Then starts crawling down, head first.
  4122.  
  4123. INT. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AREA
  4124.  
  4125. Lambert sees something on the tracker.
  4126.  
  4127. LAMBERT
  4128. Beginning to get a reading on
  4129. you.
  4130.  
  4131. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4132.  
  4133. The shaft makes yet another turn.
  4134. Puts Dallas into an almost immobilized position.
  4135.  
  4136. INT. FOOD STORAGE LOCKER NUMBER 12
  4137.  
  4138. Ash staring at the ventilator opening.
  4139.  
  4140. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4141.  
  4142. Dallas against a wall of the shaft.
  4143. Clutching his flamethrower.
  4144. Whispers into his throat mike.
  4145.  
  4146. DALLAS
  4147. Ripley.
  4148.  
  4149. INT. AIR LOCK VESTIBULE
  4150.  
  4151. RIPLEY
  4152. Read you clear.
  4153.  
  4154. INT. AIR SHAFT
  4155.  
  4156. DALLAS
  4157. I don't think this shaft goes
  4158. much farther... It's getting hot
  4159. in here.
  4160.  
  4161. He readies the flamethrower.
  4162.  
  4163. INT. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AREA
  4164.  
  4165. Parker readies his weapon.
  4166.  
  4167. INT. AIR SHAFT - DOUBLE-TIERED PASSAGEWAY
  4168.  
  4169. The air shaft tributary opens into a larger two-tier air
  4170. tunnel.
  4171. Dallas crawls out and stands.
  4172. Moves to a catwalk floor. Looks about.
  4173. Moves forward. Reaches a repair junction.
  4174. Sits.
  4175.  
  4176. His feet dangle beneath the catwalk floor to the next level.
  4177.  
  4178. DALLAS
  4179. Lambert, what kind of reading
  4180. are you getting.
  4181.  
  4182. INT. MAINTENANCE LEVEL
  4183.  
  4184. Lambert huddled over her tracker.
  4185. Puzzled.
  4186.  
  4187. LAMBERT
  4188. I'm not sure. There seems
  4189. to be some kind of double
  4190. image.
  4191.  
  4192. INT. AIR SHAFT DOUBLE-TIERED PASSAGEWAY
  4193.  
  4194. Dallas sitting.
  4195. His feet still dangling in the dark beneath the catwalk.
  4196.  
  4197. DALLAS
  4198. It may be interference. I'll
  4199. push on ahead.
  4200.  
  4201. Dallas begins to rise.
  4202. From below, a gentle movement toward the hanging feet.
  4203. A hand reaches up.
  4204. Misses his leg as Dallas moves ahead.
  4205.  
  4206. Further on.
  4207.  
  4208. DALLAS
  4209. Lambert, am I coming in any
  4210. clearer.
  4211.  
  4212. LAMBERT
  4213. (voice over)
  4214. It's clear all right, but I'm
  4215. still getting two blips.
  4216. (pause)
  4217. I'm not sure which one is
  4218. which.
  4219.  
  4220. Dallas stops.
  4221. Turns around.
  4222. Looks back down through the catwalk.
  4223. Lowers the nose of the flamethrower, his finger on the
  4224. trigger.
  4225. From behind him, the hand reaches up.
  4226. The Alien is the front signal.
  4227.  
  4228. INT. AIR LOCK VESTIBULE
  4229.  
  4230. Ripley bends forward.
  4231. Hears the sounds of the struggle...
  4232. And Dallas' screams.
  4233. She cries out.
  4234.  
  4235. RIPLEY
  4236. Dallas...Dallas...
  4237.  
  4238. INT. EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE AREA
  4239.  
  4240. Lambert and Parker.
  4241. Hearing it all.
  4242.  
  4243. RIPLEY
  4244. (voice over)
  4245. Oh my God.
  4246.  
  4247. Then silence.
  4248.  
  4249. INT. MESS
  4250.  
  4251. Dallas' flamethrower on the table surface.
  4252.  
  4253. PARKER
  4254. (voice over)
  4255. We just found it laying there.
  4256. No sign of him. Only a hole
  4257. torn through to the central
  4258. cooling complex.
  4259.  
  4260. The remaining crew standing at the table.
  4261.  
  4262. RIPLEY
  4263. This puts me in command.
  4264.  
  4265. PARKER
  4266. Okay.
  4267.  
  4268. For the first time he's dropped his bullshit.
  4269.  
  4270. RIPLEY
  4271. Unless someone's got a better
  4272. idea about dealing with the
  4273. Alien, we'll continue with the
  4274. last plan.
  4275.  
  4276. Silence.
  4277.  
  4278. RIPLEY
  4279. How are our weapons.
  4280.  
  4281. PARKER
  4282. They're working fine...We could
  4283. use more fuel for that one.
  4284.  
  4285. Indicating Dallas' flamethrower.
  4286.  
  4287. RIPLEY
  4288. Get it.
  4289.  
  4290. PARKER
  4291. Right.
  4292.  
  4293. He leaves.
  4294. Ripley turns to Ash.
  4295.  
  4296. RIPLEY
  4297. Any ideas. From you or Mother.
  4298.  
  4299. ASH
  4300. Nothing new. Just the one
  4301. you're operating under.
  4302.  
  4303. RIPLEY
  4304. You mean to tell me with
  4305. everything we've got, we're
  4306. still powerless against the
  4307. Beast.
  4308.  
  4309. ASH
  4310. That's the way it looks.
  4311.  
  4312. RIPLEY
  4313. I can't believe that.
  4314.  
  4315. ASH
  4316. I'm sorry captain. what would
  4317. you like me to do.
  4318.  
  4319. RIPLEY
  4320. Go back to Mother and keep
  4321. asking questions until you
  4322. get some better answers.
  4323.  
  4324. ASH
  4325. All right...I'll try.
  4326.  
  4327. He starts to go.
  4328.  
  4329. RIPLEY
  4330. Dallas didn't leave the master
  4331. computer key with you.
  4332.  
  4333. ASH
  4334. You didn't get it.
  4335.  
  4336. RIPLEY
  4337. No.
  4338.  
  4339. ASH
  4340. Well, we probably won't need
  4341. it anyway.
  4342.  
  4343. He leaves.
  4344.  
  4345. RIPLEY
  4346. I know Ash has got the key.
  4347.  
  4348. LAMBERT
  4349. Why should he lie.
  4350.  
  4351. RIPLEY
  4352. He knows I want to check up on
  4353. him...Without that key we've got
  4354. no access to command priority
  4355. information.
  4356.  
  4357. LAMBERT
  4358. Swell.
  4359.  
  4360. Lambert shrugs.
  4361. They start to leave.
  4362.  
  4363. INT. MAINTENANCE AREA - "C" DECK
  4364.  
  4365. Parker selects two full methane cylinders.
  4366. He tests them.
  4367. Moves out.
  4368.  
  4369. INT. CORRIDOR TO BRIDGE
  4370.  
  4371. RIPLEY
  4372. Did you ever sleep with Ash?
  4373.  
  4374. LAMBERT
  4375. No. What about you.
  4376.  
  4377. RIPLEY
  4378. No.
  4379.  
  4380. LAMBERT
  4381. I never got the impression he
  4382. was particularly interested...
  4383.  
  4384. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4385.  
  4386. Parker returning with methane cylinder.
  4387. Turns a corner.
  4388. Comes to an abrupt halt.
  4389. A movement in front of him beyond the air lock.
  4390. He hesitates.
  4391. Then another shadowy movement...
  4392.  
  4393. INT. BRIDGE
  4394.  
  4395. Ripley and Lambert.
  4396. Parker's voice on voice-amp.
  4397. Muffled.
  4398. Ripley hits a toggle.
  4399.  
  4400. RIPLEY
  4401. Ripley.
  4402.  
  4403. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4404.  
  4405. Parker covers the wall communication with his hand.
  4406.  
  4407. PARKER
  4408. Keep it down...
  4409.  
  4410. Up the corridor, the movement stops.
  4411.  
  4412. INT. BRIDGE
  4413.  
  4414. RIPLEY
  4415. Can't hear you...Repeat...
  4416.  
  4417. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4418.  
  4419. Parker whispering.
  4420.  
  4421. PARKER
  4422. The Alien...It's outside the
  4423. main air lock door. Open the
  4424. door slowly...When I shout...
  4425. close it fast.
  4426.  
  4427. INT. BLISTER
  4428.  
  4429. Ash listens.
  4430.  
  4431. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4432.  
  4433. Parker still whispering.
  4434.  
  4435. PARKER
  4436. Open it...slowly.
  4437.  
  4438. INT. BRIDGE
  4439.  
  4440. Ripley hesitates.
  4441. Starts to reply.
  4442. Throws switch.
  4443.  
  4444. INT. AIR LOCK - "B" DECK
  4445.  
  4446. Low servo whine.
  4447. Door opens.
  4448. Slowly.
  4449. Green light throbbing inside air lock.
  4450. Creature looks curiously at it.
  4451. Moves onto the threshold.
  4452.  
  4453. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4454.  
  4455. Parker watches...
  4456.  
  4457. INT. AIR LOCK
  4458.  
  4459. Creature move further into air lock.
  4460. Fascinated by green light.
  4461.  
  4462. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4463.  
  4464. Urgent whisper into voice-amp.
  4465.  
  4466. PARKER
  4467. Now...Now...
  4468.  
  4469. INT. BRIDGE
  4470.  
  4471. As Ripley moves to throw switch...
  4472.  
  4473. INT. AIR LOCK
  4474.  
  4475. Suddenly, from out of nowhere a klaxon wails.
  4476. The Creature leaps back across the threshold of the air lock.
  4477. Bewildered.
  4478. Screams as the inner hatch closes on an appendage.
  4479. Acid boiling out.
  4480. The appendage crushed.
  4481. The acid bubbles.
  4482. Metal boils in door.
  4483.  
  4484. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "B" LEVEL
  4485.  
  4486. Parker watches.
  4487. Frozen.
  4488. The Alien wrenches itself free.
  4489. Comes flying outward.
  4490. Smashes Parker down.
  4491. Flees.
  4492. On the wall a green light goes on.
  4493.  
  4494. "Inner Hatch Closed"
  4495.  
  4496. INT. AIR LOCK
  4497.  
  4498. Metal still boiling.
  4499. The outer hatch begins to open.
  4500.  
  4501. INT. BRIDGE
  4502.  
  4503. RIPLEY
  4504. Parker...
  4505.  
  4506. Pushes a switch.
  4507. Pushes it again.
  4508.  
  4509. LAMBERT
  4510. What's happening, Parker.
  4511.  
  4512. In front of her a green light blinks.
  4513. "Inner Hatch Closed."
  4514.  
  4515. RIPLEY
  4516. Inner hatch sealed. The outer
  4517. hatch is open.
  4518.  
  4519. LAMBERT
  4520. What about Parker.
  4521.  
  4522. RIPLEY
  4523. I don't know. Take over.
  4524.  
  4525. Ripley bolts out of the bridge.
  4526.  
  4527. EXT. NOSTROMO
  4528.  
  4529. Air lock open.
  4530.  
  4531. INT. PASSAGE NEAR AIR LOCK - "B" LEVEL
  4532.  
  4533. Parker unconscious.
  4534.  
  4535. INT. AIR LOCK
  4536.  
  4537. The inner hatch still closed.
  4538. Metal boils.
  4539. The hole growing deeper.
  4540.  
  4541. INT. PASSAGEWAY - "A" LEVEL
  4542.  
  4543. Ripley runs toward the air lock corridor.
  4544.  
  4545. INT. AIR LOCK
  4546.  
  4547. Metal boiling in door.
  4548.  
  4549. INT. PASSAGEWAYS - "B" DECK
  4550.  
  4551. Ripley slams to a momentary halt against a bulkhead.
  4552. Regains her balance.
  4553. Starts running.
  4554.  
  4555. INT. PASSAGE NEAR AIR LOCK - "B" LEVEL
  4556.  
  4557. Parker now half conscious.
  4558. Ripley arrives as the hole in door blows open.
  4559. Escaping air shrieks.
  4560. Flashing sign comes on.
  4561. Critical depressurization.
  4562. Emergency klaxon.
  4563. Simultaneously vestibule doors close either end.
  4564. Sealing in Ripley and Parker.
  4565. Door nearest to Parker half-closed on one of the methane
  4566. cylinders.
  4567. Leaving large gap.
  4568. Windstorm begins as hole in air lock grows.
  4569. Ripley reaches for other cylinder.
  4570. Begins smashing the jammed cylinder out of door.
  4571. Blood froths at their noses and ears.
  4572. Cylinder finally is driven out.
  4573. The door slams closed.
  4574.  
  4575. INT. BRIDGE
  4576.  
  4577. Lambert watches.
  4578. Emergency light readings.
  4579.  
  4580. "Hull Breached"
  4581. "Emergency Bulkheads Closed"
  4582.  
  4583. LAMBERT
  4584. Ash, get the oxygen. Meet me at
  4585. the air lock.
  4586.  
  4587. Rushes out.
  4588. Down corridor.
  4589.  
  4590. INT. PASSAGEWAY NEAR AIR LOCK - "B" LEVEL
  4591.  
  4592. Ripley staggers toward an emergency panel.
  4593. At far end of corridor.
  4594. Pinging sound.
  4595. Misty atmosphere.
  4596. Tries to activate the door.
  4597. Cannot.
  4598. Lambert appears other side of bulkhead.
  4599. Activates door from outside.
  4600. Rush of oxygen.
  4601.  
  4602. EXT. NOSTROMO
  4603.  
  4604. Plume of vapor freezes in the vacuum.
  4605.  
  4606. INT. PASSAGE NEAR AIR LOCK - "B" LEVEL
  4607.  
  4608. Repressurization sounds.
  4609. Parker regains consciousness.
  4610. Struggles to breathe.
  4611. Ripley unable to move.
  4612. Breath coming in shallow pants.
  4613. Lambert with an oxygen tank.
  4614. Ash follows.
  4615. Oxygen administered to Ripley and Parker.
  4616.  
  4617. Finally.
  4618.  
  4619. ASH
  4620. You all right.
  4621.  
  4622. PARKER
  4623. We didn't get it. The warning
  4624. went off and it jumped back in
  4625. the ship.
  4626.  
  4627. ASH
  4628. Who hit the warning.
  4629.  
  4630. RIPLEY
  4631. You tell me.
  4632.  
  4633. ASH
  4634. What does that mean.
  4635.  
  4636. RIPLEY
  4637. I guess the alarm went off by
  4638. itself.
  4639.  
  4640. ASH
  4641. If you've got something to say
  4642. say it. I'm sick of these coy
  4643. accusations.
  4644.  
  4645. RIPLEY
  4646. Nobody's accusing you.
  4647.  
  4648. ASH
  4649. The hell you're not.
  4650.  
  4651. Sullen silence.
  4652.  
  4653. RIPLEY
  4654. Go patch him up.
  4655.  
  4656. Ash and Parker leave.
  4657. Ripley turns to Lambert.
  4658.  
  4659. RIPLEY
  4660. How much oxygen have we lost.
  4661. I want an exact reading.
  4662.  
  4663. LAMBERT
  4664. You were accusing him.
  4665.  
  4666. RIPLEY
  4667. If I could find the command
  4668. computer key, I could prove it.
  4669.  
  4670. LAMBERT
  4671. You're still accusing him of
  4672. stealing the key.
  4673.  
  4674. RIPLEY
  4675. You think I'm wrong.
  4676.  
  4677. LAMBERT
  4678. I don't know. Wrong or crazy.
  4679.  
  4680. RIPLEY
  4681. Thanks.
  4682.  
  4683. INT. BLISTER STAIRCASE
  4684.  
  4685. Ripley cautiously descends the stairs to the blister.
  4686. Carrying a flamethrower.
  4687.  
  4688. INT. ASH'S BLISTER
  4689.  
  4690. Looks around the blister.
  4691. Satisfied it's deserted.
  4692. She puts down the flamethrower.
  4693. Methodically begins to search for the key.
  4694. Faint tapping sound.
  4695. Then stops.
  4696. She looks around.
  4697. Sees nothing.
  4698. Resumes searching near blister window...
  4699. Ripley finds key...
  4700. Tapping sound.
  4701. She whips around to see:
  4702. Kane's disfigured face slapping against the plexiglass.
  4703. She stifles a scream.
  4704. Drops the key onto the curved surface of the blister.
  4705. Fishes for it...
  4706. Kane's bloated face swings in...
  4707. Beneath her.
  4708. She grabs the key and bolts up companionway.
  4709.  
  4710. INT. COMPUTER ANNEX
  4711.  
  4712. Ripley plugs the key into the board.
  4713. Data banks come to life.
  4714. She sits at a console.
  4715. Thinks for a moment.
  4716. Then punches up a code.
  4717. Nothing happens.
  4718. Punches another combination.
  4719. Nothing happens.
  4720. Frustration.
  4721. Another combination.
  4722. One screen comes to life.
  4723. Another combination.
  4724. She moves to the second keyboard.
  4725. Screen One spells out the question:
  4726. Question: WHO TURNED ON AIR LOCK 2 WARNING SYSTEM.
  4727. Response: ASH
  4728. Another code.
  4729. Question: IS ASH PROTECTING THE ALIEN.
  4730. Response: YES
  4731. New code.
  4732. Question: WHY
  4733. Response: SPECIAL ORDER 937 SCIENCE EYE'S ONLY
  4734. She starts a new code.
  4735. A hand slams down next to Ripley's arm.
  4736. It sinks elbow deep into the computer.
  4737. She whips around in her chair.
  4738. Faces Ash.
  4739. Ripley lashes out with her foot.
  4740. Kicks him in the middle.
  4741. No effect.
  4742. Ripley twists away.
  4743. Ash throws a punch at her.
  4744. Misses.
  4745. She pushes a chair at him.
  4746. Overturns the desk...
  4747. And runs through bridge into mess.
  4748.  
  4749. He moves after her.
  4750. Gets her.
  4751. Parker and Lambert burst into the Mess.
  4752. Lambert falls on Ash's back.
  4753. Ash turns to Lambert.
  4754. Tosses her across the room.
  4755. Returns to Ripley.
  4756. Again choking her.
  4757. Parker lifts the tracker.
  4758. Steps behind Ash.
  4759. Swings the tracker...Wallop.
  4760. Tears his head off...
  4761. Wires ascending from Ash's trunk.
  4762. Where his head used to be.
  4763. Ash's hands release Ripley.
  4764. Search above his neck for his missing head.
  4765. He walks backward.
  4766. All eyes on Ash's headless body.
  4767. He walks the room.
  4768. Still feeling for his missing head.
  4769.  
  4770. PARKER
  4771. A robot, a God damn Droid.
  4772.  
  4773. Ash turns on him.
  4774. Starts to advance.
  4775. Parker hits him again with the tracker...
  4776. Again.
  4777. Again.
  4778. No avail.
  4779. Ash begins choking Parker.
  4780. Ripley picks up one of the prod sticks.
  4781. Closes on Ash's back.
  4782. Tears away the fabric.
  4783. Lambert pulls at Ash's legs.
  4784. Ripley tears at the controls buried in the cavity once
  4785. covered by his head.
  4786. Parker's eyes bulge in pain.
  4787. Ash, headless, choking, choking, choking...
  4788. Ripley finds the wires, stabs the prod home...
  4789. Ash's grip lessens.
  4790. Another stab...electrical flash...
  4791. The grip lessens...
  4792. Another stab...flash of circuits.
  4793. The headless body collapses.
  4794. Parker trying to regain his breath.
  4795.  
  4796. PARKER
  4797. Damn you.
  4798.  
  4799. Kicks the headless body.
  4800. Lambert looks at Ripley.
  4801.  
  4802. LAMBERT
  4803. Tell me...What the hell's going on.
  4804.  
  4805. Pause.
  4806.  
  4807. RIPLEY
  4808. Let's find out. Wire him back up.
  4809.  
  4810. PARKER
  4811. What kind of crap is that.
  4812.  
  4813. RIPLEY
  4814. Do it.
  4815.  
  4816. They set to work.
  4817. Begin to reassemble the wiring in Ash's head.
  4818.  
  4819. RIPLEY
  4820. Ash let it on board. Ash let it
  4821. grow inside Kane. Ash blew the
  4822. warning signal.
  4823.  
  4824. LAMBERT
  4825. Why.
  4826.  
  4827. RIPLEY
  4828. Special Order 937.
  4829.  
  4830. PARKER
  4831. What's that.
  4832.  
  4833. RIPLEY
  4834. That's what I want to know.
  4835.  
  4836. Ash's head is placed on the table.
  4837. His eyes flicker into consciousness.
  4838.  
  4839. RIPLEY
  4840. What is Special Order 937.
  4841.  
  4842. ASH
  4843. You know I can't tell you that.
  4844.  
  4845. RIPLEY
  4846. Then there's not point in talking
  4847. to you. Pull the plug.
  4848.  
  4849. ASH
  4850. Special Order 937 in essence
  4851. asked me to direct the ship to
  4852. the planet, investigate a life
  4853. form, possibly hostile and bring
  4854. it back for observation. With
  4855. discretion, of course.
  4856.  
  4857. RIPLEY
  4858. Why. Why not tell us.
  4859.  
  4860. ASH
  4861. Would you have gone.
  4862.  
  4863. PARKER
  4864. It wasn't in the contract.
  4865.  
  4866. ASH
  4867. My very point.
  4868.  
  4869. RIPLEY
  4870. They wanted to investigate the
  4871. Alien. No matter what happened
  4872. to us.
  4873.  
  4874. ASH
  4875. That's unfair. Actually, you
  4876. weren't mentioned in the order.
  4877.  
  4878. LAMBERT
  4879. Those bastards.
  4880.  
  4881. ASH
  4882. See it from their point of view.
  4883. They didn't know what the Alien is.
  4884.  
  4885. RIPLEY
  4886. How do we kill it.
  4887.  
  4888. ASH
  4889. I don't think you can. Not
  4890. in this ship, given its life
  4891. support systems. But I might
  4892. be able to.
  4893.  
  4894. RIPLEY
  4895. How.
  4896.  
  4897. ASH
  4898. I don't know quite yet. I'm not
  4899. exactly at my best at the moment.
  4900. If you would reconnect...
  4901.  
  4902. RIPLEY
  4903. No way.
  4904.  
  4905. ASH
  4906. Don't be so hasty. You'll never
  4907. kill it without my help.
  4908.  
  4909. RIPLEY
  4910. We've had enough of your help.
  4911.  
  4912. ASH
  4913. You've barely got any oxygen left.
  4914. If you don't go into hypersleep,
  4915. you'll die with or without the
  4916. Alien.
  4917.  
  4918. RIPLEY
  4919. Nice try, Ash.
  4920.  
  4921. ASH
  4922. I will do whatever I can to help
  4923. you. I swear it.
  4924.  
  4925. PARKER
  4926. Pull the plug.
  4927.  
  4928. LAMBERT
  4929. I agree.
  4930.  
  4931. ASH
  4932. You idiots. You still don't
  4933. realize what you're dealing with.
  4934. The Alien is a perfect organism.
  4935. Superbly structured, cunning,
  4936. quintessentially violent. With
  4937. your limited capabilities you have
  4938. no chance against it.
  4939.  
  4940. LAMBERT
  4941. You admire it.
  4942.  
  4943. ASH
  4944. How can one not admire perfection.
  4945. I will kill it because I am
  4946. programmed to protect human life
  4947. as you know.
  4948.  
  4949. RIPLEY
  4950. Even if you have contempt for it.
  4951.  
  4952. ASH
  4953. Even then.
  4954.  
  4955. Bitter and angry.
  4956.  
  4957. RIPLEY
  4958. Sorry Ash. I don't buy it.
  4959.  
  4960. ASH
  4961. You egocentric morons. You'll
  4962. be ripped to shreds, destroyed
  4963. and...
  4964.  
  4965. Ripley make a movement.
  4966. Ash softens...
  4967.  
  4968. ASH
  4969. I can only wish you well...
  4970.  
  4971. Ripley pulls the plug.
  4972.  
  4973. PARKER
  4974. He was probably right. We do
  4975. need him.
  4976.  
  4977. RIPLEY
  4978. He was conning us.
  4979.  
  4980. LAMBERT
  4981. He was programmed to protect
  4982. human life.
  4983.  
  4984. RIPLEY
  4985. He wasn't protecting our human
  4986. lives and that's all I care about.
  4987. Anyway it's done.
  4988.  
  4989. Ripley exits to the bridge.
  4990.  
  4991. INT. BRIDGE
  4992.  
  4993. Ripley in the Computer Annex.
  4994. Lambert and Parker enter.
  4995.  
  4996. RIPLEY
  4997. He's right about one thing.
  4998. We've got less than twelve
  4999. hours oxygen left.
  5000.  
  5001. PARKER
  5002. It's all over.
  5003.  
  5004. Gloom.
  5005.  
  5006. LAMBERT
  5007. I don't know about the rest of
  5008. you, but I think I prefer a
  5009. painless peaceful death to any
  5010. of the alternatives on offer.
  5011.  
  5012. RIPLEY
  5013. We're not there yet.
  5014.  
  5015. Lambert holds up a small card of spansules.
  5016. Suicide pills.
  5017.  
  5018. LAMBERT
  5019. We're not. Huh.
  5020.  
  5021. RIPLEY
  5022. I think we should blow up the
  5023. ship.
  5024.  
  5025. LAMBERT
  5026. I'll stick with chemicals if
  5027. you don't mind.
  5028.  
  5029. RIPLEY
  5030. We leave in the shuttle and
  5031. then blow up the ship.
  5032.  
  5033. INT. AIR LOCK - NARCISSUS
  5034.  
  5035. Ripley, Lambert and Parker loading oxygen tanks onto the
  5036. Narcissus.
  5037.  
  5038. RIPLEY
  5039. That's all the oxygen.
  5040.  
  5041. PARKER
  5042. That's it.
  5043.  
  5044. RIPLEY
  5045. Now. Let's get the food, shut
  5046. off the engines and get out...
  5047. Jones. Where's Jones.
  5048.  
  5049. PARKER
  5050. Who knows.
  5051.  
  5052. LAMBERT
  5053. Last I saw him was in the mess.
  5054.  
  5055. RIPLEY
  5056. Go look. We don't want to leave him.
  5057.  
  5058. LAMBERT
  5059. I don't want to go by myself.
  5060.  
  5061. PARKER
  5062. Always hated that damn cat.
  5063.  
  5064. RIPLEY
  5065. I'll go. You load up the food.
  5066.  
  5067. They move out.
  5068.  
  5069. INT. BRIDGE
  5070.  
  5071. Jones lying on Dallas' console.
  5072. Ripley comes in.
  5073. Smiles.
  5074.  
  5075. RIPLEY
  5076. Jones. You're in luck.
  5077.  
  5078. As she reaches for him, Jones jumps off the console.
  5079. Moves away.
  5080.  
  5081. RIPLEY
  5082. Come on, Jones.
  5083.  
  5084. She moves after the cat.
  5085. We hear Parker and Lambert over the communicator
  5086. from the coolant locker.
  5087.  
  5088. LAMBERT
  5089. (voice over)
  5090. How much do you think we'll
  5091. need.
  5092.  
  5093. Ripley still in pursuit of the cat.
  5094.  
  5095. CUT TO:
  5096.  
  5097. INT. FOOD LOCKER NUMBER 6 - "B" LEVEL
  5098.  
  5099. Parker and Lambert loading food.
  5100.  
  5101. PARKER
  5102. All you can carry.
  5103.  
  5104. Ripley's voice over communicator from bridge.
  5105.  
  5106. RIPLEY
  5107. (voice over)
  5108. God damn it, Jones. Come here.
  5109.  
  5110. INT. BRIDGE
  5111.  
  5112. Ripley furious but still speaking gently.
  5113.  
  5114. RIPLEY
  5115. Here kitty...come here kitty...
  5116.  
  5117. Jones moves away.
  5118.  
  5119. INT. FOOD LOCKER NUMBER 6 - "B" DECK
  5120.  
  5121. Arms full, Parker moves out of the locker.
  5122. Lambert is still making her selection.
  5123. A faint light on the tracker.
  5124. Unnoticed.
  5125.  
  5126. INT. BRIDGE
  5127.  
  5128. Ripley finally corners Jones.
  5129. Finds his box.
  5130. Tries to put him in it.
  5131. Jones resists.
  5132. Ultimately futile.
  5133.  
  5134. INT. FOOD LOCKER CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE
  5135.  
  5136. Parker attempts to pick up the flamethrower.
  5137. Can't manage it and the food.
  5138. Drops some of the packages.
  5139.  
  5140. PARKER
  5141. Goddamn.
  5142.  
  5143. In the locker Lambert gathers food.
  5144.  
  5145. LAMBERT
  5146. What's the matter.
  5147.  
  5148. PARKER
  5149. Nothing. just hurry up.
  5150.  
  5151. The tracker flashes faster.
  5152. Now it's noticed.
  5153. Parker picks up the flamethrower.
  5154.  
  5155. PARKER
  5156. Let's get out of here.
  5157.  
  5158. LAMBERT
  5159. Right now.
  5160.  
  5161. The Alien appears out of the air shaft ventilator.
  5162. Lambert turns.
  5163. Screams.
  5164. Unfolding, the Alien grabs for her.
  5165.  
  5166. INT. BRIDGE
  5167.  
  5168. Ripley freezes as she hears Lambert's screams.
  5169.  
  5170. INT. CORRIDOR - OUTSIDE
  5171.  
  5172. Parker looks back into the locker.
  5173. Unable to use the flamethrower without hitting Lambert.
  5174. He hesitates for a moment, then strides into the locker.
  5175. Wielding the flamethrower like a club.
  5176.  
  5177. PARKER
  5178. Goddamn you.
  5179.  
  5180. INT. FOOR LOCKER NUMBER 6
  5181.  
  5182. The Alien drops Lambert.
  5183. Parker lands a blow with the flamethrower.
  5184. No effect.
  5185. The Alien strikes him once.
  5186. Killing him instantly.
  5187. He now moves to Lambert.
  5188.  
  5189. INT. BRIDGE
  5190.  
  5191. Ripley listening on the communicator.
  5192. Lambert's dying shrieks.
  5193. Then the voice-amp goes dead.
  5194. Silence.
  5195.  
  5196. RIPLEY
  5197. Parker. Lambert.
  5198.  
  5199. She waits for a response.
  5200. But her expression shows that she expects none.
  5201. A long moment.
  5202. Expectation fulfilled.
  5203. Nightmare without end.
  5204.  
  5205. INT. "B" LEVEL - COMPANIONWAY
  5206.  
  5207. Ripley descends, cautiously, holding flamethrower.
  5208. Jones left above, squalling.
  5209.  
  5210. INT. CORRIDOR - "B" DECK
  5211.  
  5212. Ripley moving warily, carrying flamethrower.
  5213. Nears entrance to food locker, looks in.
  5214. Sees carnage.
  5215.  
  5216. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" DECK
  5217.  
  5218. Ripley running toward engine room.
  5219. Out of breath.
  5220. Exhausted she stops, gulps for air.
  5221. Suddenly, ahead of her, the sound of human weeping.
  5222. She moves quietly ahead until the source of the sound is
  5223. directly under her feet.
  5224. She is standing on a round metal plate.
  5225. Ripley starts to remove the disc.
  5226.  
  5227. INT. UNDERCARRIAGE MAINTENANCE ROOM NUMBER 4
  5228.  
  5229. The round opening illuminates a dakr ladderway.
  5230. Still carrying flamethrower, Ripley starts downwards.
  5231. Pitch black.
  5232. Ripley arrives at deck level.
  5233. Shines her light.
  5234. Its arc reveals the Alien's layer.
  5235. Bones, shreds of flesh.
  5236. Pieces of clothing, shoes.
  5237. Bizarre extrusions on the wall.
  5238.  
  5239. Something moves in the darkness.
  5240. Ripley spins, turns her light toward the movement.
  5241.  
  5242. Hanging from the ceiling is a huge cocoon.
  5243. Woven from fine, white, silk-like material.
  5244. Flamethrower ready, Ripley approaches.
  5245. Sees that the cocoon is semi-transparent.
  5246. The body of Dallas inside.
  5247.  
  5248. Unexpectedly, his eyes open.
  5249. FOCUS ON Ripley.
  5250. His voice is a whisper.
  5251.  
  5252. DALLAS
  5253. Kill me.
  5254.  
  5255. RIPLEY
  5256. What did it do.
  5257.  
  5258. Dallas moves his head slightly.
  5259. Ripley turns her light.
  5260. Another cocoon dangles from the ceiling.
  5261. But of a different texture.
  5262. Smaller and darker, with a harder shell.
  5263. Almost exactly like the ovoids in the derelict ship.
  5264.  
  5265. DALLAS
  5266. That was Brett...
  5267.  
  5268. RIPLEY
  5269. I'll get you out of there...
  5270. We'll get up the autodoc.
  5271.  
  5272. A long moment.
  5273. It's hopeless.
  5274.  
  5275. RIPLEY
  5276. What can I do.
  5277.  
  5278. DALLAS
  5279. Kill me.
  5280.  
  5281. Ripley stares at him.
  5282. Raises the flamethrower.
  5283. Sprays a molten blast.
  5284. Another blast.
  5285. The entire compartment bursts into flames.
  5286. Ripley turns and scrambles back up the ladderway.
  5287.  
  5288. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" LEVEL
  5289.  
  5290. Ripley emerges from below.
  5291. Gasps for breath.
  5292. Regains control of herself.
  5293.  
  5294. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  5295.  
  5296. At light speed.
  5297. The Nostromo and refinery appear to hang motionless.
  5298. Star clusters rolling past in the infinite distance.
  5299.  
  5300. INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE
  5301.  
  5302. Ripley enters the power center.
  5303. Stares at the massive light-plus engines.
  5304. Approaches the main control board.
  5305. Begins closing the switches, one by one.
  5306. A long moment.
  5307. Sirens begin to honk.
  5308. Mother speaks.
  5309.  
  5310. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5311. (o.s.)
  5312. Attention. The cooling units for
  5313. the light-plus engines are not
  5314. functioning. Engines will over-
  5315. load in four minutes, fifty seconds...
  5316.  
  5317. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - "C" LEVEL
  5318.  
  5319. Ripley running toward the "B" deck companionway.
  5320.  
  5321. INT. "B" LEVEL - CORRIDOR
  5322.  
  5323. Ripley starts toward Narcissus.
  5324. Remembers Jones.
  5325.  
  5326. INT. "A" TO "B" LEVELS - COMPANIONWAY
  5327.  
  5328. Jones howling.
  5329. In his box.
  5330. Ripley reaches up and grabs him.
  5331.  
  5332. INT. "B" LEVEL - CORRIDOR LEADING TO AIR LOCK
  5333.  
  5334. Ripley carrying Jones, holding flamethrower.
  5335. Jones hisses.
  5336. Fur rises.
  5337. Ripley stops, and stares down corridor toward Narcissus.
  5338. The Alien can be heard thrashing about the shuttle craft.
  5339. Ripley turns and bolts toward the engine room, leaving
  5340. Jones on "B" level companionway.
  5341.  
  5342. INT. COMPANIONWAY TO OILY CORRIDOR - "E" LEVEL
  5343.  
  5344. Ripley bounds down the companionway.
  5345. Her footsteps clanging metallically throughout the ship.
  5346. A final sprint towards the engine room.
  5347.  
  5348. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5349. (o.s.)
  5350. Attention. Engines will overload
  5351. in three minutes, twenty seconds.
  5352.  
  5353. INT. ENGINE ROOM - CUBICLE
  5354.  
  5355. The door crashes open, Ripley comes pounding in.
  5356. The chamber filled with smoke.
  5357. Engines whining dangerously.
  5358. Ripley breaks out in perspiration from the intense heat.
  5359. She runs to the controls.
  5360. Begins throwing the cooling unit switches back into place.
  5361. The sirens continue sounding.
  5362.  
  5363. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5364. (o.s.)
  5365. Attention. Engines will overload
  5366. in three minutes.
  5367.  
  5368. Ripley pushes a button and speaks into it.
  5369.  
  5370. RIPLEY
  5371. Mother, I've turned all the
  5372. cooling units back on.
  5373.  
  5374. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5375. (o.s.)
  5376. Too late for remedial action.
  5377. The core has begun to melt.
  5378. Engines will overload in two
  5379. minutes, thirty-five seconds.
  5380.  
  5381. A moment.
  5382. The Ripley turns and runs from the engine room.
  5383.  
  5384. INT. OILY CORRIDOR - COMPANIONWAY
  5385.  
  5386. Ripley runs back down the corridor.
  5387. Up the companionway, exhausted, stumbling...
  5388.  
  5389. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5390. (o.s.)
  5391. Attention. Engines will overload
  5392. in two minutes.
  5393.  
  5394. INT. "B" LEVEL - COMPANIONWAY
  5395.  
  5396. She reaches companionway.
  5397. Picks up Jones.
  5398.  
  5399. INT. "B" LEVEL - CORRIDOR LEADING TO NARCISSUS
  5400.  
  5401. Ripley staggers towards the air lock.
  5402. The Narcissus berthed beyond.
  5403. She drags Jones and raises the flamethrower.
  5404. Turns to see if the Creature is behind her.
  5405. Then advances down the passageway.
  5406. Goaded on by the computer.
  5407.  
  5408. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5409. (o.s.)
  5410. Attention. Engines will explode
  5411. in ninety seconds.
  5412.  
  5413. She makes it to the vestibule.
  5414. Looks into the shuttle.
  5415.  
  5416. INT. NARCISSUS
  5417.  
  5418. Ripley scans the narrow deck...empty.
  5419.  
  5420. INT. VESTIBULE
  5421.  
  5422. She turns and dashes back.
  5423. Grabs the cat box.
  5424. Runs back toward the shuttle.
  5425.  
  5426. MOTHER'S VOICE
  5427. (o.s.)
  5428. Attention. The engines will
  5429. explode in sixty seconds.
  5430.  
  5431. INT. NARCISSUS
  5432.  
  5433. Ripley enters on the run.
  5434. Hurls the cat box toward the front.
  5435. She dives into the control chair.
  5436. Hits the "launch" button.
  5437.  
  5438. EXT. NOSTROMO - OUTER SPACE
  5439.  
  5440. The retainer clips drop away.
  5441. A blast of ram jets.
  5442. The shuttle is launched from the mother ship.
  5443.  
  5444. INT. NARCISSUS
  5445.  
  5446. Ripley frantically straps herself in.
  5447. G-forces from the shuttles acceleration pulling against her.
  5448.  
  5449. EXT. SPACE
  5450.  
  5451. The Narcissus continues to power away from the mother ship.
  5452. The larger bulk of the Nostromo quietly receding.
  5453. All is strangely serene.
  5454.  
  5455. INT. NARCISSUS
  5456.  
  5457. Ripley finishes strapping herself in.
  5458. Reaches and grabs the cat box.
  5459. The cat yowling within.
  5460. Ripley hugs the box to her chest.
  5461. Hunches her head down over the container.
  5462.  
  5463. EXT. SPACE
  5464.  
  5465. The Nostromo drifts farther away from the shuttle-craft.
  5466. Finally becomes a small point of light.
  5467. Then it blows up.
  5468. Transforms into expanding orange fireball.
  5469. Pieces of metal flying in all directions.
  5470. And then the refinery explodes.
  5471. 200,000,000 tons of fuel blasting silently into the cosmos.
  5472.  
  5473. INT. NARCISSUS
  5474.  
  5475. The shockwave hits the shuttle craft.
  5476. Jolting and rattling everything within.
  5477. Then all is quiet.
  5478. Ripley unhooks herself from her straps.
  5479. Rises, and goes to the back of the escape craft.
  5480. Stares out through the porthole.
  5481. Face bathed in orange light.
  5482.  
  5483. EXT. SPACE
  5484.  
  5485. Piece of debris float past.
  5486. The boiling fireball fades into nothingness.
  5487. The Nostromo has ceased to exist.
  5488.  
  5489. INT. NARCISSUS
  5490.  
  5491. Ripley watching the final destiny of her ship and crew mates.
  5492. A very long moment.
  5493. Then, behind her, the lethal hand emerges from deep shadow.
  5494. The Alien has been in the shuttle-craft all along.
  5495. The cat yowls.
  5496.  
  5497. Ripley whirls.
  5498. Finding herself facing the Creature.
  5499.  
  5500. Ripley's first thought is for the flamethrower.
  5501. It lies on the deck next to the Alien.
  5502. Next she glances around for a place to hide.
  5503. Her eye falls on a small locker containing a pressure suit.
  5504. The door standing open.
  5505. She begins to edge toward the compartment.
  5506. The Creature stands.
  5507. Comes for her.
  5508. Ripley dives for the open door.
  5509. Hurls herself inside.
  5510. Slams it shut.
  5511.  
  5512. INT. LOCKER
  5513.  
  5514. A clear glass panel in the door.
  5515. The Alien puts its head up to the window.
  5516. Peers in at Ripley.
  5517. Their faces only two inches apart.
  5518. The Alien looking at Ripley almost in curiosity.
  5519. The moaning of the cat distracts it.
  5520.  
  5521. INT. NARCISSUS
  5522.  
  5523. The Alien moves to the pressurized cat box.
  5524. Bends down and peers inside.
  5525. The cat yowls louder as his container is lifted.
  5526.  
  5527. INT. LOCKER
  5528.  
  5529. Ripley knocks on the glass.
  5530. Trying to distract the Creature from the cat.
  5531. The Alien's face is instantly back at the window.
  5532. Getting no more interference from her, the Creature
  5533. returns to the cat box.
  5534. Ripley looks around.
  5535. Sees the pressure suit.
  5536. Quickly begins to pull it on.
  5537.  
  5538. INT. NARCISSUS
  5539.  
  5540. The Alien picks up the cat box.
  5541. Shakes it.
  5542. The cat moans.
  5543.  
  5544. INT. LOCKER
  5545.  
  5546. Ripley is halfway into a pressure suit.
  5547.  
  5548. INT. NARCISSUS
  5549.  
  5550. The Creature throws the cat box down.
  5551. Very hard.
  5552. Picks it up again.
  5553. Hammers it against the wall.
  5554. Then jams it into a crevice.
  5555. Begins to pound the container into the opening.
  5556. The cat now beyond all hysteria.
  5557.  
  5558. INT. LOCKER
  5559.  
  5560. Ripley pulls on the helmet, latches it into place.
  5561. Turns the oxygen valve.
  5562. With a hiss, the suit fills itself.
  5563. A rack on the wall contains a long metal rod.
  5564. Ripley peels off the rubber tip.
  5565. Revealing a sharp metal point.
  5566.  
  5567. INT. SPACE SUIT LOCKER
  5568.  
  5569. Ripley inhales.
  5570. Kicks the door open.
  5571.  
  5572. INT. NARCISSUS
  5573.  
  5574. The Creature rises.
  5575. Faces the locker.
  5576. Catches the steel shaft through its midriff.
  5577. The Alien clutches at the spear.
  5578. Yellow acid begins to flow from the wound.
  5579. Before the fluid can touch the floor...
  5580. Ripley reaches back and pulls the switch.
  5581. Blows the rear hatch.
  5582. The atmosphere in the shuttle immediately sucked into space.
  5583. The bleeding creature along with it.
  5584. Ripley grabs a strut to keep from being pulled out.
  5585. The Alien shoots past her.
  5586. Grab's Ripley's ankle with an appendage.
  5587.  
  5588. EXT. NARCISSUS
  5589.  
  5590. Ripley now hanging halfway out of the shuttle-craft.
  5591. The Alien clinging to her leg.
  5592. She kicks at it with her free foot.
  5593. The Creature holds fast.
  5594.  
  5595. INT. NARCISSUS
  5596.  
  5597. Ripley looks for any salvation.
  5598. Grabs the hatch level.
  5599. Yanks it.
  5600. The hatch slams shut, closing Ripley safely inside.
  5601.  
  5602. EXT. NARCISSUS
  5603.  
  5604. The Alien still outside the shuttle-craft.
  5605. Within the vacuum of space.
  5606. The top of its appendage mashed into the closed hatch.
  5607.  
  5608. INT. NARCISSUS
  5609.  
  5610. Acid starts to foam along the base of the hatch.
  5611. Eats away at the metal.
  5612. Ripley stumbles forward to the controls.
  5613. Pushes the ram jet lever.
  5614.  
  5615. EXT. NARCISSUS - OUTER SPACE
  5616.  
  5617. The Creature struggling.
  5618. Jet exhaust located at the rear of the craft.
  5619. The engines belch flame for a few seconds.
  5620. Then shut off.
  5621. Incinerating, the Alien tumbles slowly away into space.
  5622.  
  5623. INT. NARCISSUS
  5624.  
  5625. Ripley hurries to the rear hatch.
  5626. Peers through the glass.
  5627.  
  5628. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  5629.  
  5630. The burned mass of the Alien drifts slowly away.
  5631. Writhing, smoking.
  5632. Tumbling into the distance.
  5633. Pieces dropping off.
  5634. The shape bloats, then bursts.
  5635. Spray of particles in all directions.
  5636. Then smoldering fragments dwindle into infinity.
  5637.  
  5638. INT. NARCISSUS - LATER
  5639.  
  5640. Now repressurized.
  5641. Ripley is seated in the control chair.
  5642. Calm and composed, almost cheerful.
  5643. Cat purring in her lap.
  5644. She dictates into a recorder.
  5645.  
  5646. RIPLEY
  5647. I should reach the frontier in
  5648. another five weeks. With a
  5649. little luck the network will
  5650. pick me up...This is Ripley,
  5651. W564502460H, executive officer,
  5652. last survivor of the commercial
  5653. starship Nostromo signing off.
  5654. (pause)
  5655. Come on cat.
  5656.  
  5657. She switches off the recorder.
  5658. Stares into space.
  5659.  
  5660. EXT. OUTER SPACE
  5661.  
  5662. The shuttle-craft Narcissus sails into the distance.
  5663.  
  5664. FADE OUT
  5665.  
  5666.  
  5667.  
  5668.  
  5669. THE END
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