Characters:
Collins
Mackenzie
Dawson
Eric
Eva
Commander Jonson
Expo - Collins, Mackenzie, and Dawson stationed on a foreign planet. Eva and Eric are stationed in the main “LEAF-S” (LAND.EAUX.AERO.FLIGHT.STATION) in space.
Int. Station on Foreign Planet - Daytime
Collins: Go check the diagnostics on the control panel.
Mackenzie: Alright.
Collins walks over to the crew, and directs where the people went. He walks over to the exit and opens the hatch.
Ext. Station
He walks outside and brushes the dust off his mask. High towers of blue crystal soared above them. Collins lifts his leg over the lander's incline and steps down into the water, looks around and his head begins to throb and ache. He realizes that he hasn't been able to hear for the past few minutes.
When his hearing returns, there is a blaring alarm, he hears his crew shouting through the intercom, and only makes out the following:
The hatch behind him also blows open, he’s blown forward into the water.
Int. Command base on Earth
Commanders give instructions to rangers.
Collins takes the documents and review and he exits the room. Commander continues to give the rest of the orders to the crew
Ext. - Int.
Collins is in the water ridden planet, he is facing down in the water, and water begins to fill his helmet from the earlier impact.
Collins cannot breathe and is struggling. Collins gets up slowly, turns around, and is shown the temp station. Flames consumed half the station, in the distance, a lander heads towards the main ship, stationed in space. Collins stands up.
Collins and Mackenzie rush down the corridor while conversing
Collins: No, we aren’t, we can still extract the last of the FA lander. Radio in Eric, find where he is, and have him pull the track lever in the remainder of the east corridor, then you will plug the nozzle into the lander, we’ll catch up to him then.
Mackenzie: Okay, will do, but if he tries to dock the lander to the main ship, he will incorrectly do so, and he’ll blow the airlock!
Collins: That’s why we need to hurry! Get going now!
Collins and Mackenzie rush off.
Ext.
Mackenzie and Collins rush out to the FA lander, they get in, and turn on the thrusters. It is very warm and damp in the lander, it hadn’t been used in years. They propel themselves into a speed chase with Dawson.
Mackenzie: Yeah, but if we preserve fuel, and then engage the rocket boosters, we can possibly catch up to him!
Collins: Alright, Coop, on three, I’m gonna punch the speed, and then I’m gonna need you to drop the landing gear!
The cabin begins to fill with discharge smoke; they begin coughing but need to continue.
Mackenzie drops the landing gear. A loud thump is heard in the cabin, and they fly at an unimaginable speed for a short while.
Mackenzie: There he is! Come on Collins, hurry it up!
Collins is seen taking off his seatbelt, hooking a carabiner to his waist, and walking into the airlock section of the cabin.
Mackenzie: Collins! What are you doing?!
Collins: Be quiet and trust me! Take hold of the steering, and bring me as close as you can to his lander.
Mackenzie: Collins! Think about your kids! What will they do without you?
Collins: I am, Coop. If Dawson docks his lander to the main ship, the airlock won’t hold his lander, the lower section of the ship will be blown up, and the rest of the ship and everything in it will be sent into space. How do you suppose we will get home after that?
Collins: Radio me into his PA.
Collins steps into the airlock depressurized and opens the door to the vastless space. He looks left and sees Dawson.
Ext.
Collins jumps from the lander to Dawson’s spacecraft and begins to slip further to the end of the ship.
Collins (speaking to Dawson through the PA): Dawson! Turn your radio on! You’re acting crazy!
Dawson turns on the radio and speaks to Collins.
Dawson: How am I acting crazy, Collins? I am doing this for the same exact reason you are.
Dawson: Don’t try and stop me, I won’t open the interior door!
Dawson opens the first door, Collins gets in and the section in depressurized.
Dawson’s craft arrives at the main ship, Mackenzie’s lander has run out of fuel, and Dawson begins the docking process.
Collins: You can stop this now Dawson, this isn’t your only choice, please don’t do this.
Dawson is disengaging the alarms, hooking onto the main ship, and is about to depressurize, he looks back to Collins.
Dawson: I love my children, I love my wife, I love my family and I’m willing to let you guys die for it.
Collins switches from FA Lander channel to the main ships PA channel.
Collins is cut off by Dawson switching to the Main ships PA.
Dawson: I’m sorry Collins, Mackenzie, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself watching you suffocate here.
Dawson depressurizes and opens the airlock. Collins is blown into space.
Dawson depressurizes the FA lander.
Mackenzie, in the distance, sees the 4th section of the main ship explode, following that is the 3rd, then the 2nd, and finally, the last section.
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