Alien: Resurrection

CALL

To make sure that thing is really dead

Its giant face LUNGES down at her, piston tongue shooting out .

It has charred black skin – in some places that skin has fallen off and wet pink flesh shows through.

Call drops to the floor, the tongue just missing her. Johner scrambles for his gun as Ripley drags her out of the way.

As quickly as it came, the head lurches back out.

JOHNER

I think it's gone!

VRIESS

No, it's waiting for us to come out! Can we fly?

VRIESS

We can't fucking crawl!

RIPLEY

It's gone.

Call looks at her.

CALL

Are you sure?

JOHNER

Good! Great!

CALL

No...

Call grabs a grenade launcher.

CALL

I've got to stop it.

VRIESS

Call

CALL

That thing is thirty minutes old! In a few hours it'll grow up. If it reaches a place with people...

She heads for the door but Ripley is on her way. They exchange a look.

RIPLEY

You'll never catch it.

Call tosses her the grenade launcher.

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EXT. BETTY – MOMENTS LATER

The ship sits silent in the woods, the trees around heavy with snow.

Ripley comes out the top. She looks around her, sees the tracks in the snow.

Huge, loping. She jumps down off the ship. And runs.

Through the blur of trees, she moves with the grace and speed of an animal, leaping from boulders, racing through the powdered brush this is Ripley at peak speed, and it is something to see.

She starts going up, the way getting steeper and rockier, til she reaches a cliff face, and looks out on: A CITY.

Sprawling, huge, a million tiny lights cutting through the darkness. It's just before the horizon.

The newborn RISES in front of Ripley, STRIKES her before she has a chance to aim her weapon.

Its tentacle cuts deeply into her, sends her flying.

The beast is on her in a second, its enormous jaws missing her head by an inch as she rolls, grabs the grenade launcher, FIRES.

The beast is thrown, but just grazed, back on her as she tries to get off another shot, it SLAMS a foot down RIGHT ON HER she SCREAMS, the launcher rolls free, the beast coming in for the kill and over the ridge FLIES THE HARVESTER, Call at the controls. aiming right for the newborn.

It rears up to see it just as the girl RAMS it into the creatures head, it knocks it on its ass, the harvester shaking but not quite spinning out, as Call comes around for another shot.

Ripley scrambles to safety as the Newborn prepares for the oncoming harvester, it whips its tentacles at it but Call swerves at the last second – the monster spins with it, screaming, sees Ripley and slashes at her. KNOCKS HER OFF THE CLIFF –

She falls, grabs brush it snaps – she starts slinding down rockface and she takes her hand, SLAMS her fingers into the smooth rock face like a pick axe – it rips her nails bloody but she digs out purchase.

ANGLE: CALL

SLAMS into the newborn from behind, the girl nearly thrown out of the harvester, the newborn spins and grabs it, Call throws it into reverse but the newborn is too strong, holds on, bringing its head up to face Call herself.

ANGLE: RIPLEY'S

Bloody and torn, it SMASHES into the rockface, as she climbs back to the top.

ANGLE: THE NEWBORN

SWINGS the harvester into a tree, Call nearly knocked loose again. The monster is jolted as well, lets go, Call pilots the machine back through the trees, the alien watching it, growling –

Call flies deftly through the trees, away, away, then spins out, heads back for the beast at TOP SPEED, the wind roars as she closes.

The newborn spins and she SLAMS into it, it goes flying, screaming in pain, the harvester bouncing off it, flipping over, CRASHING against the trees and landing tilted upside down, Call unconscious between it and the ground.

The newborn shudders, rises, makes for the harvester – it clearly pissed.

Ripley pulls herself over the ridge, sees the situation, rushes toward them.

Call awakens to see the monster approaching the machine. Terrified, but determined, she reaches for a lever

RIPLEY

No! Over here!

Calling out to distract it, she runs, waving her arms.

CALL

Ripley! Let it come! Let it come!

Tears run through her voice as she strains for the lever. The beast is torn, and for a moment doesn't move.

Ripley looks over to where Call is, and understanding blooms on her face.

She looks around and spots:

ANGLE: THE GRENADE LAUNCHER

Halfway between her and the newborn.

For a moment neither of them moves. Then Ripley RUNS, the newborn comes at her with equal speed, like they're playing chicken, Ripley DIVES at the ground, rolls, comes up holding the grenade launcher, and she FIRES!

The newborn is hit up close and dead center this time, and it rears back, screaming – Ripley FIRES and FIRES, driving it back toward the upended harvester.

The alien rears up to its full height, and Ripley pulls the trigger. There is a hollow click.

Furious, Ripley stares a moment at the beast. A SCREAM wells up in her throat and she THROWS herself at it, leaping impossibly high, smashing into it and sending both of them tumbling onto the Harvester.

Call pulls the lever.

In an instant the machine roars to life, a thousand blades grinding to top speed, pulverizing the beast, consuming it, sucking it down as layer upon layer of alien flesh is chopped into messes.

And it SHRIEKS, a noise unheard before, as it thrashes frantically.

Ripley tries to pull herself off it before the blades get too close – but the beast grabs her, holds her. The blades ever closer as she struggles with it.

ANGLE: CALL

Still trapped below, she sees the aliens blood seeping through the machine all around her!