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jgraham
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Jul 22 2008, 03:03 AM
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INT. CELL
The team is on edge, their entire world enveloped in a blaring alarm that echoes endlessly, loud and insistent like a demonic train whistle. Hirokawa, bristling in the tiny cell loses her cool and bangs on the metal door of the cell, yelling through -
[align=center]HIROKAWA Hey! In here, what the hell is going on?[/align]
A Jackal stares back at her through the small port window in the door, his obscene looking nostrils flaring in annoyance. The watery, red eyes turn away slightly, the big purple irises almost pulsating in its head. A quick blink and its head spins, out of sight. Hirokawa slams her fist into the four inch thick glass, frustrated.
[align=center] HIROKAWA (CONT'D) COME ON![/align]
Al-Thani lays his hand on her shoulder.
[align=center]AL-THANI Take it easy - that’s probably our guys. Just play it cool.[/align]
The Medic is squatting down next to Haigh, who’s sunken to his knees, his eyes staring dead ahead -
[align=center]MEDIC You okay mate?[/align]
Haigh just breathes heavy, quaking -
[align=center]HAIGH They had blood on them.
MEDIC What?[/align]
Haigh looks at the Medic squarely -
[align=center]HAIGH When they came back for the Captain, they had blood on them.
HIROKAWA I’m telling you, that greasy fuck ratted the Captain out. No other reason for them to take him.
MEDIC Maybe they were taking the injured first.
HIROKAWA You standing up for Young? He’s an asshole.
MEDIC He’s a superior asshole, specialist.
HIROKAWA You know what? Fuck ranks, screw all that shit. This is what it is here, we need to live. And we just need to stick together here, whatever the fucking rank is.
HAIGH You’ve been doing a real good job of that.[/align]
Hirokawa has a retort on the edge of her tongue, but on viewing Haigh’s ashen face she falters, then goes quiet.
At the same time, the alarm turns off. A hollow silence rings through the complex.
[align=center]AL-THANI Really hope that doesn’t mean they won.
HAIGH You hear that?[/align]
No, they didn’t. But it happens again - a wet, slithering, plopping sound,
Ringing through the pipes.
All eyes go to the one by one foot ventilation duct overhead.
The sounds of gunfire then erupts outside the door, freaking out the inmates. They gather in a small group along the walls, praying softly. Al-Thani chances a look through the porthole window -
SMASH. Al-Thani shrieks as something crashes THROUGH the glass and latches onto his face, trying to pull him through the porthole. He yells blue murder, trying desperately to pull back, unable to verbalize anything other than grunts of pain.
[align=center]HAIGH (CONT'D) Pull him back![/align]
Everyone grabs his waist and tries to pull, but there’s a horrible sucking noise and a spray of blood and Al-Thani’s body goes slack, then a sick, disgusting gooping sound -
The body falls away from the porthole but the horrible, obscenely muscly terror undulates, contracting and expanding - a tentacle attached to his skull -
And a sick CRACK as his skull collapses.
[align=center]HIROKAWA Jesus![/align]
He’s dragged, leaving the Marines helpless - unarmed as they are, a bloody trail along the floor. Tries to pull his body through the door, but no. It detaches, Al-Thani plopping face down on the floor -
WHAM. Something enormous hits the door, hard. WHAM. WHAM. WHAM. Over and over.
Above, the ventilation duct is slowly torn away.
SKREE! The door shrieks on its hinges as the group now try to stop whatever’s outside from getting in -
There’s a shrill, earth-ending wail, then smoke begins to pour in through the sides of the door - the pressure abates, and stops -
Plasma fire rings out in the corridor, painting the air orange and green. Muffled shouting from Covenant soldiers.
The humans collapse to the floor - exhausted.
[align=center] MEDIC What in God’s name was that? [/align]
A sprinkle of dust falls to the floor from above. The Medic looks up -
Just as some, wet, gloopy, slimy thing lands on his face.
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Costa456
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Jul 23 2008, 08:42 AM
Post #2
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EmeraldPictures
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Jul 23 2008, 09:33 AM
Post #3
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