Alien Page #4

except molecular acid.

It must be using it for blood.

It's got a wonderful defence mechanism.

You don't dare kill it.

What about Kane?

Here's your pen back.

- What do we do now?

- Leave Kane to Ash. You get back to work.

Oh... What...?

OK.

Try it.

- Damn it. I felt sure that was it.

- Try it again.

Feel like I've been in this place a month.

We shouldn't have landed here

in the first place.

We shouldn't have landed

on this damn ball, I know that.

The sooner we patch this thing up and

get outta here, the sooner we can go home.

This place gives me the creeps.

It's amazing. What is it?

I'd say it's, um...

I don't know yet.

- Do you want something?

- Yes, I, uh...

A little talk. How's Kane?

He's holding. No changes.

And, uh, our guest?

Well, as I said, I'm still collating, actually.

But I have confirmed that he's got

an outer layer of protein polysaccharides.

He has a funny habit of shedding his cells

and replacing them with polarised silicone,

which gives him a prolonged resistance

to adverse environmental conditions.

Is that enough?

That's plenty. What does it mean?

- Please don't do that. Thank you.

- I'm sorry.

It's an interesting combination of elements,

making him a... tough little son of a b*tch.

And you let him in.

I was obeying a direct order, remember?

Ash, when Dallas and Kane are off the ship,

I'm senior officer.

Oh, yes. I forgot.

You also forgot the Science Division's

basic quarantine law.

- No, that I didn't forget.

- Oh, I see. You just broke it.

What would you have

done with Kane? Hm?

You knew his only chance of survival

was to get him in here.

Unfortunately, by breaking quarantine,

you risk everybody's life.

Maybe I should have left him outside.

Maybe I've jeopardised the rest of us,

but it was a risk I was willing to take.

It's a pretty big risk for a science officer.

It's not exactly out of the manual, is it?

I do take my responsibilities

as seriously as you.

You do yourjob

and let me do mine. Yes?

- Where's Dallas?

- In the shuttle.

- Why?

- Something's happened.

- Serious?

- Interesting.

Ripley, meet me in the infirmary right away.

- Where is it?

- Well, I don't know!

- We have to try and find it.

- Let's check it.

Dallas, please be careful.

Sorry.

No, not in the corner!

Have one of these. Just in case.

Kane?

Are you OK?

- I didn't see it. Was it in the overhead?

- It was up there somewhere.

- My God.

- Cover the damn thing, will you?

It's alive.

We've got to have a look at this.

Excuse me.

- It seems dead enough.

- Good. Let's get rid of it.

Ripley, for God's sake, this is the first time

we've encountered a species like this.

It has to go back.

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