Xtro 2: The Second Encounter

- Warning, duo tangent signitialization

T minus one hour and counting.

Warning, surface level,

main door opening.

- Well, they really know how to roll out the red carpet.

- Secretary Kenmore, Alexander Summerfield.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

We don't often get VIP visitors.

No problem, Dr. Summerfield,

I'm sure you've got your hands full.

All the time, this way please.

Warning, duo tangent's

T minus 30 minutes and counting.

All personnel, we are at DTI level four.

Spectacular. Isn't it?

Very expensive.

- Well, the difference between this facility

and its predecessor is that, here,

every environmental and mechanical function is governed

by the computer.

IDOT technical crew

to level 13 prep room.

Diverting all power to spatial interface.

Reactor at maximum.

This facility has 13 levels.

Now this, is level one.

Now here, we can generate a neutrino-rich proton beam

that can travel the speed of light,

allowing for interdimensional bilocation or dual tangents.

- Snow, a natural phenomenon,

the crystalline form of water

in a lattice structure. - If I wanted to live

in a greeting card, I wouldn't be here, would I?

The reflective quality

of its structure gives snow its uniqueness.

Take a moment to enjoy its beauty.

Warning, all personnel, we are at DTI level four.

Although depressurization is controlled,

you may experience some discomfort.

This feeling will dissipate shortly.

- I know it's no secret to you, Dr. Summerfield,

that I don't share my predecessor's enthusiasm

for the Nexus program.

- 100 meters below surface level.

Well, Bob, can I call you Bob?

Sure.

Maybe your mind will be changed.

Well, you know, being a participatory witness

to scientific history in about 15 minutes.

As long as it's the kind of history

that we all like to remember

and not another fiasco like there was in Texas.

- 300 meters below surface level.

Same old stuff, huh?

Can't get over Texas, huh?

You know, well, this is not a reflection

on the Nexus program what happened in Texas.

That was caused by one deviant man

who never should have held a position of authority.

- 600 meters below surface level.

I think we have better things to do

with taxpayers' money than to attempt

to transport personnel in a parallel universe.

The word ludicrous.

- Warning, duo tangent precheck complete.

All systems go.

Emma, can I bum a cigarette?

You don't smoke.

Here. I do today.

Here goes everything.

Bring power grid to maximum.

Error. Warning.

Has this just come up?

- Error. Warning. - Yeah, probably interference

on two. - Error. Warning.

Try rerouting the circuit.

Error. Warning, error.

There.

That's my baby.

Julie?

Dr. Casserly.

Julie, this is Defense Secretary Kenmore.

The man who wants to shut us down.

How do you do?

We're almost ready to go?

Curtain's about to go up.

We'll go in the back.

Over here, we actually have (indistinct).

Hopefully not our final curtain.

- Warning, IDOT personnel proceed

to decon level 13.

Primary magnetic coils to absolute zero.

Now.

Scanning.

Prepare for final countdown.

- Dual tangent vortex established.

20 seconds to initial.

- Warning, rerouting electron flow

in seven.

Emma, how are the ECGs?

A little fast, but okay.

- Marshall? Give me a shot of Hoffman and Dawson.

- Spatial interface T minus 10 seconds.

10, nine, eight,

seven, six, five,

four, three,

two, one.

We have duo tangents.

That's my baby.

Okay. We've lost visuals.

Let me hear your voices.

Let me hear your voice.

Hoffman, you there?

Hoffman, you there? - Affirmative.

We're here, wherever that is.

We're here, wherever that is. - It sounds like he's having

a helium party.

- Any visual contact yet? - No.

Mark? Yet Mark?

Marshall, we're experiencing retro doppler effect.

Wait a few seconds before replying.

- Good. - Okay.

Hoffman?

I'm expanding the spatial cortex by 10%.

- Duo tangent cortex increased 10%.

What's going on?

Why don't we have any visuals here?

- Jedburg, shouldn't we have visuals?

They should be coming in now.

Okay.

Marshall, you getting this?

Look at that.

Marshall, it's Summerfield.

What the hell is that thing?

- Something on the horizon, spherical shapes.

They're large, but I can't judge the distance.

- We're looking at a sphere the size of a,

Proceed with caution.

Proceed with caution.

Monitor's seeing.

What's that?

Much clearer now.

High alpha wave activity.

Dawson, what's going on?

Dawson, what's going on?

Nothing was wrong.

Nothing is wrong. Let's proceed.

Respiration is getting faster.

Back off from it.

Back off until we can scan it.

Hoffman, do you copy?

The monitoring systems are down.

Well get 'em back.

Hoffman? Anyone?

What are you seeing?

Get back to the embarkation zone. Go to procedure eight.

Procedure eight.

What the hell is going on here?

Reset embarkation coordinates to maximum

and reinitialize duo tangents.

Get it back.

Ford, can you speed this thing up?

We gotta lose a few more degrees.

- Scanning for IDOT personnel.

Scanning.

Scanning.

Scan negative. Scan negative.

No.

We have to send in a rescue team immediately.

- And risk losing more lives, Alex?

We don't know they're dead!

- Maybe you've misplaced them in this parallel universe.

Is that it?

Excuse me?