AVP: Alien vs. Predator Page #2

- What?

What's with the bottle cap?

This is a valuable archaeological find.

When I was a kid growing up in Italy,

you know what they call a moon that big?

La luna del cacciatore.

Brava.

- What's that?

- Hunter's moon.

Hunter's moon.

Hold it, guys.

- Keep those engines running!

- Set it down.

Move over a little further. Connors.

It's an abandoned whaling station.

According to your satellite imagery,

the pyramid is located directly beneath it.

All right, bring it up. Come on.

Spread out.

We'll use this place as a base camp.

Mr. Quinn, begin drilling operations

as soon as you can.

I'm on it. OK, guys, let's move out.

- What are these?

- Whale bones.

This station was abandoned in 1904.

Everyone just disappeared overnight.

It was a big mystery back then.

One for National Geographic.

- Lex.

- No one goes anywhere alone.

There's something there. Listen. Listen.

Careful. They bite.

Over here. Over here.

What is it?

Can you believe that?

It's drilled at a perfect 30-degree angle.

- How far does it go down?

- All the way to the pyramid.

There it is. Clear as day.

And the same time yesterday...

- Nothing.

- How was it done?

- Thermal equipment of some kind.

- Like yours?

More advanced. Incredibly powerful.

I've never seen anything like it.

There's no team and no machine in the world

that could cut to this depth in 24 hours.

Well, the only way we're gonna know for sure

is to get down there and find out.

Look at that. Change it. Now!

OK, guys, what's taking so long?

There's a storm coming.

There's no room for sick men

on this expedition.

- My doctors tell me the worst is behind me.

- You're not a very good liar, Mr. Weyland.

Stay on the ship.

We'll update you at the top of every hour.

When you get sick, you think about your life

and how you're gonna be remembered.

You know what will happen when I go?

Ten per cent fall in share prices.

Maybe 12. That's it.

I've heard this speech before.

My dad broke his leg

He was like you.

He wouldn't go back or let us stop.

We reached the top,

and he opened a bottle of champagne.

I had my first drink with my dad at 14,400ft.

On the way down, he developed a blood clot

in his leg that traveled to his lung.

He suffered for four hours

before dying 20 minutes from the base.

You think that's the last thing

your dad remembers? The pain?

Or drinking champagne

with his daughter 14,000ft in the air?

I need this.

Come on, move.

Sh*t.

Mr. Weyland!

Man down!

Get him! Somebody get him!

Move it!

Now!

I don't understand it.

No equipment. No sign of another team.

Well, that tunnel didn't dig itself.

Move it. Connors, get those lights up.

We have power.

Congratulations, Mr. Weyland.

Looks like you'll be

leaving your mark after all.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you all for this.

Let's make history.

Thomas.

What is it?

- I recognize the Egyptian...

- The second symbol is Aztec.

Pre-conquest era. The third is Cambodian.

Then you were right.

The pyramid contains all three cultures.

- That's what it looks like.

- "You may choose to enter."

"Those who choose may enter."

Who taught you to translate?

Funny. Kinda looked like you.

Well, it's not "choose".

It's "chosen".

"Only the chosen ones may enter."

Quinn, is that you out there?

Mikkel.

What is all this?

This is the sacrificial chamber.

Like the Aztecs and the Egyptians.

Whoever built this pyramid

believed in ritual sacrifice.

This is where the chosen ones

were offered to the gods.

Those that were chosen would lie here.

They weren't bound or tied in any way.

They went to die willingly.

Men and women.

It was considered an honor.

Lucky them.

"They gave their lives

so the hunt could begin."

What happened here?

It's common in ritual sacrifice

to take the heart of the victim.

That's nice.

But that's not where your heart is.

Besides, it looks like the bones

were bent straight out.

Something broke out of this body.

- What have you found, Max?

- It's a shaft to another level.

Looks like there's another room down there.

- Let's move to that lower room.

- We're moving on, everyone.

Ms. Woods.

You, stay here. Rousseau, you stay with him.

Keep a team with you.

Catalogue everything.

Professor.

This should be directly below

the sacrificial chamber.

Sebastian.

It's a sarcophagus.

This is the Long Count.

This is the Aztec calendar.

And this, it's some kind of combination lock.

"Days."

"Months."

"Years."

The dials are set for...

Someone opened this 100 years ago?

- What's today's date?

- October 10.

- Are you sure this is gonna work?

- I don't know.

Back up!

Oh, my God. Take a look at this.

- Any idea what these are?

- No.

- You?

- No.

- It's a good thing we brought the experts.

- Well, yeah. It is a good thing.

'Cause this is like finding

Moses' DVD collection.

Weyland?

A little too much excitement.

We've been out long enough for today.

We'll set up base camp at the whaling station

and get back at it tomorrow morning.

Well, you can go back to the base camp,

Ms. Woods, but we're staying here.

No. You wanted to leave

without proper prep. We did.

You wanted to be the first here. We are.

You've claimed the find. It's yours.

Now, we move as a team,

and we're done for the day.

You heard her.

- What do you wanna do with these?

- Take them.

We'll run further tests on the surface.

No. No! Don't touch them.

- Watch out!

- The doors!

The door!

- You OK?

- Yeah.

Slab's gotta weigh two tons.

We'll never move it.

What did you say this room was called?

Sacrificial chamber.

- Rousseau.

- Tommy, come in.

- Come in, Rousseau.

- Come in.

- Is there anything you didn't tell me?

- Nothing. Your guess is as good as mine.

Whatever it is, we're not prepared.

We're gonna round up the rest of the team

and get to the surface. Let's move!

- What are you doing?

- My job. Yours is over.

My job is over when everyone

is back on the boat safely.

And that gun doesn't change anything.

This bearing should take us back to the

entrance. We'll regroup at the whaling station.

What about Thomas? Rousseau?

- We'll find them on the way up.

- Max?

Stone, Verheiden. Cover our backs.

The heat bloom your satellite detected

makes more sense now.

What do you mean?

A building this sophisticated

requires an energy source.

I think that's what your satellite detected.

A power plant for this pyramid firing up.

- Preparing.

- Preparing? For what?

Gentlemen?

Keep close.

- Recognize what's on their shoulders?

- Yeah.

- We worshipped these things?

- According to this, we did.

And the artifacts you removed from

the sarcophagus seem to be their weapons.

Let's keep moving.

Only another 200 yards to the entrance.

Take cover.

Where's Stone?

Stone!

The pyramid's shifting again.

The doors are closing. Get out.

Come on.

OK. Let's go.

Let's go. Let's go.

Hey! Verheiden!

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