ALIENS Vs.PREDATOR

BROKEN TUSK sees it too. He hesitates for a moment. The QUEEN settles, and

her breathing goes back to normal. BROKEN TUSK resumes his work, chipping

off the final chunk of coating. He sheathes the 'smart weapon', and flips

open the other PREDATOR's wrist device. He withdraws the small manipulator

device we saw earlier, and goes to work...

DOWN BELOW, HIROKO's backing away. She doesn't see the arm coated in slime

that grasps at her hair. She shudders, stifling a SCREAM. Her eyes are wide

as she turns...

It's KAMEN. He's been embedded into the biomechanical frieze. When he

speaks, his voice is wracked with pain and suffering.

KAMEN

Hiroko...

HIROKO fearfully says something beneath her breath in JAPANESE.

UP ON THE WALL, BROKEN TUSK has finished his task. He slides the tip of a

claw across the self-destruct mechanism. It's readout display illuminates

with alien characters. He activates a button, and the readout begins to

blink...

BELOW, KAMEN is talking to a sickened HIROKO.

KAMEN (CONT'D)

They...they snapped my legs to fit...

fit me in here. I don't...remember

what happened next.

HIROKO

What can I do?

KAMEN

I can...feel it moving around inside me.

You've got to kill me.

HIROKO

I...I _can't_!

KAMEN

You _have_ to...

KAMEN

No!

BROKEN TUSK appears as HIROKO's shoulder. He raises his right arm. SCHNICK!

The wrist knives slice outwards. Red blood SPATTERS HIROKO's pale face.

BROKEN TUSK grabs her arm roughly and pulls her away.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - CENTRAL RESERVOIR

BROKEN TUSK pushes HIROKO through the reservoir. An ALIEN EGG on a nearby

wall PEELS OPEN. Before the FACEHUGGER even has a chance to spring, BROKEN

TUSK swings his wrist-blades in a wide arc, cutting through the EGG and it's

writhing contents.

The two of them reach the deep end and have to wade. HIROKO pushes herself

along the biomechanical outcropping. Ahead of them is the PULSING SAC.

Before they're even passed beneath it, they hear SOMETHING. A SOUND like

water-filled balloons hitting wet concrete.

The SAC ruptures, spattering thick gloopy matter. A form comprised of

slender limbs emerges from within. An IMMATURE QUEEN ALIEN. Though just-

born, it's reflexes are razor-sharp. It lashes out at HIROKO and BROKEN

TUSK. HIROKO ducks, and the QUEEN's claws embed themselves in BROKEN TUSK's

shoulder, destroying his automatic cannon.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - PRE-DAWN

A VAST EXPLOSION rips through the base, broiling clouds of flame rolling

across the platform and seeping into the drainage ducts.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - PUMP CHAMBER

Columns of fire jet from fissures and openings inside the Pump Chamber,

rippling across the adult QUEEN ALIEN and her hapless victims. She begins

to SCREAM, flailing around atop her metal throne...

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - CENTRAL RESERVOIR

The adult QUEEN's SHRIEK echoes through the reservoir, accompanied by a ball

of fire that travels part of the way down. The IMMATURE QUEEN turns her head

in reply, answering with her own YOWL.

BROKEN TUSK HISSES with hate, and brings his 'smart weapon' SLICING down

through her arm, severing it at the wrist. HIROKO simultanesouly DRIVES her

spear into the ALIEN's chest. She grabs the injured PREDATOR and pulls him

away from the thrashing creature.

HIROKO

Come on! Come _on_!

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - PUMP CHAMBER

The alien numbers on the PREDATOR self-destruct readout inexorably count

down...

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - PRE-DAWN

The metal plug HIROKO blew during her earlier escape still lies to one side

of the duct HIROKO and BROKEN TUSK crawl hastily out of. Fireballs are

erupting all around now, making their situation precarious.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - CRANE CATWALK - PRE-DAWN

From a vantage point high above, we see HIROKO and BROKEN TUSK racing across

the platform towards the heli-jet pad.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PLATFORM - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK stumbles and falls. HIROKO bends down to help him up, but the

PREDATOR shoves her away. He doesn't want her assistance.

HIROKO

If you don't move your ugly butt, we're

gonna end up barbecued! Come on!

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - HELI-JET PAD - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO runs towards the waiting heli-jet, with the PREDATOR close behind.

The landing pad is made up of an intricate series of grilles designed to

deflect downward exhaust gases. HIROKO's feet CLATTER across the metal...

KER-SMASH! The metal is SMASHED from beneath, right in front of her. The

IMMATURE ALIEN QUEEN has made is out of the sewer system and has got the jump

on them. HIROKO's forward momentum won't allow her to stop running...she's

too close. Almost at the last moment, she jumps. claws brush her trouser

leg, but close on thin air. She hits the deck and quickly closes the last

few feet to the chopper.

BROKEN TUSK stops. ALIENS are appearing all over the pad and out of nearby

drainage ducts.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO slips into the chopper's pilot seat. She flips a bunch of switches

and the turbines RISE in VOLUME from a LOW WHINE to a DULL ROAR.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - HELI-JET PAD - PRE-DAWN

An orange ball of flame mushrooms up behind BROKEN TUSK. With the ALIENS

blocking his path, there's no refuge for him.

Almost. The Navigation Tower looms overhead, nearby. BROKEN TUSK takes a

calculated risk and LEAPS for it.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

The heli-jet flies pretty much like a standard helicopter. HIROKO pulls-

back on the collective, and the turbines' pitch changes from a THROATY GROWL

to a HIGH-PITCHED WHINE.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - HELI-JET PAD - PRE-DAWN

The heli-jet rises, a little unsteadily. The wash from the turbines plays

across the SHRIEKING ALIENS.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO'S P.O.V. Through the canopy dome, we see BROKEN TUSK climbing the

Navigation Tower, with the ALIENS close behind.

HIROKO

Okay, Butch. I can play cavalry, too...

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - NAVIGATION TOWER - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK scales the ladder as quickly as he can. As the top of the tower

is a gallery catwalk surrounding the flashing beacon array.

The IMMATURE QUEEN, accompanied by a phalanx of warrior ALIENS, is almost

upon him. The PREDATOR drives his wrist knives into the throat of a grasping

ALIEN, which falls downward, writhing. It CRASHES into the QUEEN, who almost

loses her grip on the skeletal metalwork. She HISSES, lashing out at the

creature. Sends it hurtling to the ground.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - TOWER CATWALK - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK makes it to the top. There's not much space on the catwalk to

maneuver. He looks around, then down. This is his last stand.

Instinctively, he reaches down to his wrist for the self-destruct computer.

Of course, it's not there.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - PUMP CHAMBER

The third row of digits on the alien destruct mechanism disappear. Time's

running out...fast.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - TOWER CATWALK - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK SMASHES his foot hard into the face of an ALIEN. A BLAST of

displaced air hits him like a sledgehammer. He turns...

HIROKO's heli-jet hovers stationary just a few feet away from the tower, the

door on the co-pilot's side flapping open. She HOLLERS at the PREDATOR over

the ROAR of the engines.

HIROKO

C'mon! Jump!

BROKEN TUSK looks down. It's a long drop...but it's the best option

available to him. He jumps.

THWACK! His hands grip the door frame. The heli-jet wobbles slightly, it's

center of gravity shifting. BROKEN TUSK hauls himself up and through the

door as...

...KER-BLAM! A massive explosion mushrooms up from the base as the storage

tanks below ignite. The shock wave buffets the chopper against the tower.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK's P.O.V. The grinning face of the young QUEEN gets suddenly

closer as the heli-jet is propelled towards the metal structure.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - NAVIGATION TOWER - PRE-DAWN

CRUNCH! The chopper hits, knocking several ALIENS from their handholds. One

of the QUEEN's arms SHOOTS OUT, wrapping itself around the port engine mount.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO pushes on the stick. The heli-jet pulls away...then tilts violently

to one side, engines desperately trying to compensate.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PRE-DAWN

The QUEEN is hanging from the beleaguered craft, it's weight drawing it

slowly down. In the BACKGROUND, the Navigation Tower begins to slowly

collapse.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO wrestles the overtaxed controls.

HIROKO

Shit!

BROKEN TUSK turns towards her.

HIROKO (CONT'D)

In the back! In the back!

The PREDATOR may not understand her words, but he can follow the frantic

jerking of her hand. He twists around to look in the chopper's rear.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO pilots the heli-jet over the station's storage tanks. The

conflagration below has gotten completely out-of-hand.

EXT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

The QUEEN is starting to struggle up, it's arms flailing for purchase.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

BROKEN TUSK pulls out a pulse-rifle from the rear. He quickly takes stock

of it.

HIROKO

Watch your shots! If you hit the engine

you'll blow us both to hell!

BROKEN TUSK goes for the trigger. His index finger won't slide into the

trigger guard...it's too big! He takes the guard in both hands and exerts

pressure. SNAP. Problem solved.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - PUMP CHAMBER

BLEEP! There's only one set of digits left on the destruct device's display

counter.

EXT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

A red dot of light runs across the QUEEN's head. She must sense it somehow.

Her head comes round to bear...

BROKEN TUSK's got the pulse-rifle trained right on her.

BROKEN TUSK

Chew...on...this...!

BLAM! A round open a nice, neat hole in the QUEEN's head. She YOWLS. BLAM!

A second round does the job. The QUEEN relinquishes her grip and falls,

SCREECHING all the way down into the raging inferno below.

INT. RYUSHI STATION - SEWER SYSTEM - PUMP CHAMBER

The last segment of the destruct mechanism's display disappears. We hear a

HIGH-PITCHED TONE.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO throws the joystick forward.

EXT. RYUSHI STATION - PRE-DAWN

The heli-jet accelerates hell-for-leather away. An incandescent BALL OF

ENERGY expands outward, vaporising the station and most of the surrounding

bayou for about a mile's radius.

EXT. LINSON'S RANGE - ENCAMPMENT - PRE-DAWN

Big Bertha's parked by the blinking blue beacon tower, site of the ill-fated

hunting expedition. About a dozen or so people are milling around, smoking

cigarettes or talking.

MATT and DE VRIES are leaning against the wheels of MATT's crawler. They

feel the concussive shock-wave, and look upward.

Their P.O.V. Above the treetops, a blinding white-light BLURS OUT the

horizon...

MATT

Holy shit!

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

Gauges and other instruments are going crazy as the heli-jet rides the

turbulence out.

EXT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

A chunk of metal is propelled through the air and RIPS into the chopper's

starboard engine. There's a BURST of flame, then the extinguishers cut in.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

The heli-jet's bucking like a bronco now, and they're losing height rapidly.

HIROKO

We've lost the starboard engine! We're

going down! Hold on!

EXT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

The chopper clips the tree boughs, and bounces.

INT. CHOPPER - PRE-DAWN

HIROKO and BROKEN TUSK are hurled around the cockpit like rag dolls. The

glass cracks with the impact.

HIROKO'S P.O.V. Leaves, twigs, and branches rush past as the heli-jet breaks

through the canopy of foliage.

EXT. SWAMP - PRE-DAWN