The Incredible Melting Man

Thirty seconds and counting.

Astronauts report conditions good.

T minus 25 seconds.

Twenty seconds and counting.

Fifteen seconds.

Guidance internal.

12...

11...

10...

Nine...

Ignition sequence occurs.

Six...

Five.

Four"

three...

Two...

One...

Lift off.

We have a lift off.

Saturn lift off on scorpio five.

Saturn clear.

Roger up.

Scorpio five to Houston control.

Good at 40 seconds.

Scorpio five to Houston control.

Good at one minute.

Roger.

Shut down 210 by 305.6.

Entering rings.

Roger, we copy.

All is confirmed.

Lose contact through saturn's rings.

Pick up 105.8, good luck.

Thank you.

Roger out.

Rcs indicates green.

Green confirmed.

Oxygen heaters, auto.

Imu polarity reversed.

No one has ever seen anything like this.

Scorpio five, this is Houston control,

communication back.

Can you read me'?

Houston calling scorpio five.

Steve, do you read me?

Steve?

Steve, are you all right?

Communication's back.

I read you, I read you.

Magnificent!

You've never seen anything

until you've seen the sun through the rings of saturn.

Nothing's helping.

I've never seen anything like it.

Why was he the only one to survive?

I better call Ted Nelson.

Check his vital signs every 15 minutes

and replace the iv with units of whole blood.

Yes, sir.

I'll send for an orderly.

No.

Get it yourself.

It's imperative that this be kept secret.

Yes, sir.

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

Oh, no!

All right, what have you got'?

Over here.

Well, what do you think?

Don't quote me, but this wasn't any animal.

And that's not all.

It gets worse.

Gmm.

No. I's not enough to harm us, Ted,

but the radiation is not our real problem.

We don't even know whether it's contagious or not.

He shouldn't have escaped.

They're not gonna like this, Ted.

I still don't believe it.

- Don't you think you better call general Perry?

General Perry.

General Perry,

it's Ted Nelson.

Oh?

How are you, doctor?

Not too good.

Something's come up, general.

What do you mean?

It's about Steve.

He escaped.

How long ago?

About three and a half hours ago.

Who knows about it?

Dr. Loring and myself.

All right, you keep it that way.

General,

- I just told you this... - Doctor, you listen to me.

We've got to find him.

We've gotta get him back and re-confine him

before he hurts someone.

He already has.

He killed one of our nurses, general.

Oh my god.

- General, he was stronger than the others.

That's why he lasted so long.

I don't know why, general,

but he seems to be getting stronger all the time.

- Doctor, you better come up with some answers.

We've got to know. We've got to know exactly what happened

before we start to...

Before tomorrow morning.

I know that, general.

Then get out there and find him!

General, I will.

Right away.

You know, in all probability...

He hung up on me.

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And...

Yes.

Who's that?

Anybody in there? Come on out.

Who's in there?

Hey, you're gonna scare the fish.

Who's there?

Who's back there?

Come on out.

Playing some kind of game?

What?

Judy's pregnant again.

Hey, that's great.

Great, thanks.

It's her third try, you know?

Sure hope this business doesn't screw things up.

How many weeks is she?

Fourteen.

She lost the other two about this same time.

This will be all she'll need.

I suppose you'll have to tell her, huh?

- Well, I'm not very good about keeping secrets from her.

Anyway, Steve was a friend of ours.

Poor guy.

He must be going through hell now.

I don't know.

Remember, now, his mind is so completely decomposed

that by now, there'll be no...

Be no rational motives.

Except for an occasional flash with no pattern.

He's gonna need human cells to live on.

His instinct will tell him to kill.

That's why he killed the nurse.

Hello.

Dr. Nelson, this is Perry.

You have any news for me?

Not yet, I just got in.

You're lucky you caught me.

I'm coming down there, doctor.

I'll be leaving within the hour.

I'm flying a civil jet, I want you to meet me.

Well, what time are you gonna get here?

About 1600 hours.

I hope to hell you've found him by that.

Goodbye.

Damn it.

Ah!

Hey, what a pleasant surprise.

- Hey, sweetheart, I didn't hear you come in.

That bastard hung up on me for the second time today.

Here, let me...

Let me take that.

That was general Perry on the phone.

- Here, let me... - At least, it was

- until he hung up on me. - Why don't you just sit down

and relax and I'll get your lunch?

Steve escaped.

Oh, god.

What are you gonna do?

Oh, did you get some crackers?

I told you yesterday that we needed some crackers.

Oh, I forgot.

I knew there was something.

You know, there's a pad right by the phone, you know.

You could write it down, too.

Ted, what about Steve?

So, we don't have any crackers?

Ted.

Steve.

Steve?

I've gotta go out and find Steve.

Why you?

Because nobody else is supposed to know.

Not even you, so please don't forget that fact

when the general gets here, that's all I'd need.