Starman Page #4

MIKE:

Okay...

Benny continues around the house. He flashes his light into

a doorway. There is nothing but framing. When he moves on, a

figure steps out of the darkness to fill the space, then

raises its arms. With a sharp snap cylindrical devices swing

off its wrist into its hands.

At the corner of the house Benny hears the snap and stops.

The high pitched whistle starts behind him. He stumbles around

to face a brilliant white light flying directly at him. Benny

screams in terror and fires at it. The light swerves and a

laser streak from one of the hand rockets sears Benny's chest

and knocks him to the ground in pain. Holding his shoulder

he watches the light rise and fall erratically between the

houses.

The officers watch in awe as the beam wobbles through the

air, then crashes to the earth.

OFFICER:

Mike, call for back-up.

(shouting)

Benny, you all right?

BENNY:

I don't think so...

(clutching his shoulder)

OFFICER:

(waving the beam of

his flashlight, shouts)

Benny, this is me. I'm going to take

a look.

Benny's beam flashes back.

BENNY:

Don't leave me. I'm coming.

The two men begin to trot toward the light. It swings wildly

around and, accompanied by the high-pitched whistle, starts

to stagger back up the hill. Benny and the officer break

into a run. They are on their way up the hill when the light

in front of them crashes to the earth. It rolls over and

lays still, the beam shooting straight up into the air. Benny

and the officer slow their pursuit, terrified of what they

might find. Suddenly a high-pitched whistle is bearing down

on them from behind. Before they can turn a light rockets

over their heads. With a rumble the hill begins to vibrate.

As they follow its flight, they see lights beginning to ripple

to life across the skin of a saucer-shaped spacecraft resting

at the edge of the forest on top of the hill. With a rumble

the hill begins to vibrate. Frightened, the officers stop.

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