Alien: Resurrection Page #3

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PEREZ:

And her memories?

WREN:

There are gaps. And there's some degree of cognitive dissonance.

GEDIMAN:

She's freaked.

Wren shoots Gediman a stern look at his unscientific parlance.

WREN:

"It" has some connective difficulties. A kind of low level emotional

autism.

Certain reactions....

Perez looks at Ripley through the glass, then exits into the hall.

TO:

INT HALL - CONTINUOUS

The two scientists follow, pace him as he strides down towards a second

observation room.

GEDIMAN:

But the thing is, we can't terminate her. It.

PEREZ:

You haven't told me what you think has caused this.

Cloned genes don't contain memory cells, not even when they're brought

to adult term. I'm right?

GEDIMAN:

There's been cases..

PEREZ:

Not like this.

WREN:

Well, we don't have nearly enough data... but in some cases there is a

collective memory passed down generationally. At a genetic level. Like

instinct, only more complex structurally.

PEREZ:

In some cases. You're talking about the alien.

WREN:

Yes.

PEREZ:

You promised me there wasn't going to be any crossing.

WREN:

It's not like the other ones..

Perez punches code, puts his hand on the scanner and the second

observation room door opens..

He steps in, the other two right behind him.

CUT TO:

INT. OBSERVATION ROOM TWO

Darker than the first one, and with two of the heavily armoured guards

by the door.

Apart from-that, identical. Perez turns to the others.

PEREZ:

But there is some genetic mix.

WREN:

Yes.

PEREZ:

Will there be further mutation?

GEDIMAN:

Mutation isn't exactly... I don't think so.

WREN:

That's one of the things we need to study.

PEREZ:

All right. You can keep it. But secure, under obsorvation, and for

God's sake keep it away from here. I don't want any more surprises.

And as he speaks the ALIEN RISES RIGHT BEHIND HIM -- it's big, the

ridges on its head indicating a young queen -- it hisses and LUNGES at

the back of his head.

The reinforced plastic window between them, which we couldn't see,

stops it.

As it hits, a thin laser grid buzzes to life, sparks crackling on the

alien's face.

Its bile trails darkly on the glass as it backs off.

Perez turns to look at it with the others.

PEREZ:

It took a hell of a lot to get us here.

GEDIMAN:

No sh*t.

Wren shoots him another look.

PEREZ:

How soon before this one's ovulating?

WREN:

Days.

PEREZ:

Is that normal?

WREN:

No way of knowing for sure, but I'd say it's accelerated.

(After a moment) We're going to need the supplies.

PEREZ:

They're coming. Soon.

CUT TO:

INT. MESS HALL

Ripley sits across from Gediman. He is eating at a good pace - Ripley,

however, has stopped. She is staring at her fork, her brows furrowed.

Turns it over in her hand, in her mind.

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