The Making of 'The Abyss' Page #6

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buthe's doing fine.

- He's diggin' it.

- She's doin' it. She ain't diggin' it.

Let her out now. Now !

Okay. All right.

Okay, now we let

the fluid drain from his lungs.

All right. Give her here.

Give her. Give her.

Here's your rat.

-See ? He's fine.

- It's a she.

Going over the wall.

Going over the wall.

Coming to bearing 0-6-5.

Flatbed, you on line ?

[One Night] 10-4, Lindsey.

We readyouloudandclear.

Starting our descent.

Divers, howyou doin' ?

Everybody's okay so far.

Hang on, boys.

It's all downhill from here.

Hey, how deep's

the drop-offhere ?

This here's a bottomless pit, baby--

two-and-a-halfmiles straight down.

[BudOverRadio]

Cab3, it's Bud. Youon-line ?

Cab 3, check.

I'm right behind you.

Cab 1 , doyou see ityet ?

Magnetometer's twitching,

but I don't see anything yet.

Hang on. I want to test my strobes.

[CoffeyOverRadio]

Cab 1, doyouhavea visual?

- Cab 1, doyoucopy ?

- Yeah.

Roger that. Found it.

[Coffey]

Cab 1, radiationreadings.

Neutron counter's

not showing much.

All right. Just continue

forward and along the hull.

Copy that. Continuing forward. You want

me to get shots ofeverything, yes ?

Rogerthat. Documentasmuch asyoucan,

butpleasekeepmoving.

Remember, we're on

a tight time line.

[ Lindsey]

Copy that.

Coming up to the midship's hatch.

Doyou see it, Cab 3 ?

Yeah, roger.

I got it.

- How doyou want me ?

- [Bud]Justholdaboveit.

- Roger. Holding.

- Okay, it'sallyours, Lieutenant.

All right, A-team.

Let's do it.

Okay, Perry, Hippy,

let's get that R.O.V. launched.

Okay, we're on it, boss. Go.

Little Geek

is on the case.

Monk here, sir.

We got the midship's

outer hatch open.

Entering escape trunk.

Entering hatch

looks intact.

It's flooded. All right,

I'm gonna open her up.

Okay, get in there.

[Hippy]

Roger. Somebodygeton that tether.

Got it.

Sorryabout this, littlebuddy, but

betteryou thanme. Know whatImean ?

[ Meter Clicking ]

- Coffey, these are

the missile hatches, right ?

-[Coffey] That's right.

Looks like a couple ofthe hatches

have sprung. Radiation's nominal.

Warheads must

still be intact.

- How many are there ?

- 24 trident missiles.

That's 1 92 warheads,

Coffey.

- How powerful are they ?

- Your MI RV is a tactical nuke.

nominal yield,

say, five times Hiroshima.

Jesus Christ.

It's World War III in a can.

[ Coffey]

Let's knock offthe chatter, people.

-[Hippy] I'm heading

into thereactorcompartment.

-[Monk] Anyreading ?

- [ Meter Clacking ]

- It's twitchin', butit'sbelow

thelineyousaid wassafe.

All right.

Let's get in there.

[Coffey]Flatbed, drop downstarboard

andstayalong the cliffedge.

[ One Night ]

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