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Could be an arrowhead.

We knew some kind of settlement here.

This and 75 cents wouldn't buy you a Coke at the Smithsonian.

It's worthless.

Emmett!

Come here.

Take a look at these sonars, Downey.

Take a look at that.

That is definitely a structure.

Fifty feet under.

That could be almost anything.

Pocket of groundwater, variations in the substrate.

Could be what we're looking for.

Natalie, this is the fifth site in two months. There's no evidence of an

advanced Neolithic culture in this area. Maybe we're not looking hard enough.

Hey, guys, it's Curtis. Come on.

You owe me a dollar.

Man, if she was my wife, I'd have stayed away.

Hey, Natalie.

I'll be there in a minute.

Hey, guys.

Welcome back to paradise.

What took you so long?

The weather was hell. There were mudslides and washouts all the way back

the landing strip.

I was supposed to take 10 hours. It took me 15.

Good to see you.

How you doing? Good.

Where's Nat?

Hi.

Is that all you got?

Our plastic's completely maxed out. No one will extend our credit, so that's

Well, at least you got the sat phone. The radio's been pulling in nothing but

static for the last two days.

Maybe it's time we consider packing it in. No, we're not finished yet.

I just located a new candidate for it. Really? Yeah, but we'll have to do a

bigger sounding to pinpoint the location. The whole region saw a sale on

settlement. I know the genealogy.

Guys, I need some more blasting gear. All right, I'll get it.

We were finished here a long time ago. Believe me. Believe me, I know.

Yeah, I'm just...

I knew it. I knew it.

Look at it.

It's a capstone.

What do you think of that?

It looks Neolithic.

You're damn right.

You okay?

tones were quarried.

This technology is way beyond any Mandova sites I've ever seen. This

is a burial mound.

We're on top of it the whole time.

This must be the antechamber.

So, this layout is typical of the crypt entrance.

There.

What do you think?

He was mutilated. Yeah.

Let's go today.

There is nothing wrong with your television.

Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are now controlling the transmission.

We control the horizontal and the vertical. We can deluge you with a

channels or expand one's image to crystal clarity and beyond.

Now we can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.

For the next hour, we will control all that you see and hear.

You are about to experience the awe and mystery that reaches

from the deepest inner mind to the outer limits.

Humans are driven to explore their history.

to rediscover forgotten lives and times.

For deep down, we have always known that our past is often prologue.

It's incredible.

Looks like some kind of sarcophagus. Maybe, but look at the texture. It

look manufactured.

It seems more like a natural material.

The glasses.

They've got a boss -like resin like amber or something.

Amber makes an excellent preservative.

Could be a mummification technique.

No one's ever seen before.

Feels like we're in grad school again.

We're a good team.

The cranium looks deformed.

That could suggest some traumatic incident.

You think?

Well, it could be a sacrificial altar of some kind.

If we were in Egypt, I'd say this was a pharaoh and these were the poor bastards

that built it at home.

There isn't a single indigenous North American culture with burial rites like

this. Until now.

Come on. We got work to do. Let's bring all the gear down here.

I want all the diagnostic equipment in the crypt ASAP.

We'll analyze the remains in situ.

Take the video and the still cameras.

How much film do we have?

It doesn't matter. We're going to use everything.

Hey, Natalie, I was thinking.

We don't really have the right equipment to deal with something this big. Maybe

we should bring in some help. No.

No.

Curtis, what do you think?

I've got these contacts at Burriton Laboratories. They're good people.

They can be trusted to keep everything strictly confidential. Maybe Emmett's

a point.

I said no.

I don't want anybody near this place. Not until we have documented everything

ourselves. Then that's the way it's going to be.

Sure. Annette.

Annette.

Right. This is too big for us to handle alone. I don't see what's wrong with

bringing an outside hand. Curtis, you know how I feel about this. There's

nothing to worry about. This is your discovery. No one's going to take this

from you. Yeah, I used to think that, too, until Javier Grillo published it.

Javier Grillo. Javier Grillo. Javier Grillo published your Linear B

and got on the cover of Geographic History. That was 12 years ago.

No one's going to steal your credit.

You're damn right they're not.

It's everything.

Ready to go?

Natalie couldn't wait.

She's already down there setting up with the boy.

She may as well surprise me.

We need to talk.

What's up?

If this thing turns out to be as big as we think it is, there's a million ways

we could still get cut out of it.

A First Nations lawsuit claiming the site for themselves.

If I didn't need the whole list, I know the risks.

I'm just worried that... Natalie may not have the big picture in mind.

Now, she's not going to listen to me.

What makes you think she's going to listen to me?

You did manage to convince her to marry you. That's the last argument I ever won

with her.

That was a long time ago.

Well, you're still ahead of me. I haven't won one yet.

But now, this time, I have to come away from this with something tangible.

Something that's my own.

Don't worry, it'll work out this time.

I'll take care of you.

I understand exactly how you feel.

I really hope you do.

No reaction to HCL or carbolic acid.

Are you sure it's organic?

Here, let's take a sample. We'll go for it.

We'll analyze the results when we get back to agriculture.

I'm so sorry.

Thank you.

tingling feeling in my hand.

Well, that could have been a thermal release.

You might be sensing the start of a chemical reaction.

The cocoon went from solid to liquid to who knows what in seconds.

It wasn't like any chemical reaction I've ever seen. I couldn't see anything

except these images in my head, these horrible images of these primitive

and they were being attacked by something tearing at them with claws

dream being forced into my head.

From where?

From him.

You don't believe me? Curtis.

Curtis, you were exposed to a chemical agent with effects we can only guess at.

It was probably hallucinogenic.

There are cultures who believe that the remains of the dead carry memories that

can be accessed.

Oh, what are you saying? That these bones are telepathic? That this thing is

communicating with you?

That thing is dead.

It was alive once and it had intelligence.

Yeah.

One hell of a temper.

Look, there's nothing in nature that undergoes a metamorphosis like the one

saw.

Nothing on this planet anyway.

Oh, what are you suggesting?

Oh, don't say it.

This thing could be an alien.

He said it.

All right, all right. Let's not jump to conclusions, okay? Come on, you need to

lie down. See if you can get a sample from the code.

Oh, yeah, that shouldn't be a problem.

Get me a cotton swab.

A long one.

The vitals all look good.

I still feel kind of weak.

You better get some rest.

Do you need anything else?

You better go back there or I'm going to screw something up.

I'll check on you later.

I'm not sure.

You know we're not equipped to do much analysis here.

I think we're all supporting tests we need when we get back to Anchorage.

We came here looking for arrowheads and pottery shards, not alien cocoons that

dissolve when you poke them too hard. This is way more than we can handle.

start with a corporate partner's routine, okay, Emmett?

We are as competent as any of those Ferenton lab jockeys. But not as well

equipped.

Whatever that skeleton is, it's organically active.

For God's sake, your husband came in direct contact with her. What if he

medical attention? Of course it's fine. He's just a little freaked out.

Make it sound like he sprained his ankle.

Extraterrestrial or not, this resin is probably thousands of years old. It

be toxic.

It could be bioreactive. Which only supports my point. If we bring other

in now, the government's going to be on top of us before you can exhale.

Do you want to add some alien contamination? They're going to seal up

place. Under the cloak of national security.

Whisk those bones and us away to Area 51.

We'll never be heard from again.

That's not going to happen.

Of course it will. You know it will.

Maybe.

But sooner or later, with something this big, we're going to need some help.

I'll go check on the boys.

Well,

it hasn't gotten up and danced the Macarena, if that's what you mean.

There's no observable changes.

I want someone here to keep an eye on that thing around the clock.

We'll take shifts.

Faber, you're up first.

Wait a minute.

Of course it starts changing.

We're growing those claws, Curtis. So what are we supposed to do then?

Well, we're a scientific expedition.

I reasoned.

I noticed.

How are you?

Scared.

I got a bad feeling about this whole thing.

Yeah, no kidding.

If Emmett had his way, the place would be crawling with experts.

Flown in to help us.

I wasn't thinking about that.

You gave me for harping on my own little problems, but I was the one who got

touched by an alien.

What do you want me to do for you? I mean, you checked out physically.

If there was the slightest hint of an adverse reaction, I'd have you on the

first plane back to Anchorage. But as it is, our associate is trying to dictate

terms on our discovery, and I would really appreciate some support.

What do you think I've been giving you for the last ten and a half years?

Think I've been tagging along your world tour of every... godforsaken sandpit

and rock quarry for my health?

You're an archaeologist.

At least you used to be.

Do you listen to me when I'm speaking?

How many times have I said that I wanted a posting in the States? Like that

visiting professorship at Cornell or the workshop at Florida State. Do you have

any idea what we've uncovered?

You don't find alien burial mounds, you know, strolling across the quad in

Tallahassee. You want to talk about ancient history, why don't we talk about

last time you cared about me?

Oh, God.

That is so unfair. Why not? It's true. I could use a little support right now.

You're more concerned about getting credit.

For your discovery than you are about what happened to me or how it's

me. To hell with what I want. To hell with what you want.

This discovery is bigger than both of us. It could be the biggest find in

history. And you're reducing it to ammunition in a marital fight.

I'm jealous.

I just figured out why you're mad.

That sack of bones down there is a thousand times more important to you

is to me, but it made contact with me and not you.

You're mad.

If that really was communication between you and an ancient presence, then yeah.

Yeah, I'm envious.

Unearthing relics is the closest I've ever gotten to experiencing the past.

whatever you might think about me, the thrill of making that connection, of

crossing time and space to get a glimpse of how things were.

That is the one thing.

That is the one thing that still makes me feel alive.

Emmett! Everybody, come quick!

The instruments just started going crazy.

They got worse the closer I moved the sensors to the skeleton.

Well, there could be an energy buildup in the bones, which would account for

liquefying of the outer case.

Where's the energy coming from?

Look at this.

name is going on I think it's coming back to life

I see it, but I don't believe it.

Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine anything like this.

I don't know if we should be trying to talk to it or running away from it as

fast as we can.

Nothing in nature regenerates like this.

Not after centuries of being dead.

Or dormant.

Do you have a theory?

Well, it's more of a hunch, really.

What if this creature was never actually dead?

What if it's able to exist in two different states? One, the way we found

dormant, encased in an organically sustaining shell.

The other, an active living state. And the transition occurs when the shell

liquefies and gets reabsorbed into the skeletal structure.

In essence, the organism reconstitutes itself out of its own distilled raw

material.

I mean that the DNA for its internal organs, brain, and all its other

characteristics would be embedded in this resinous material.

Protected and stored safely until the call comes to wake up.

My God, think of the implications.

If you could figure out how that shell works as a DNA storage bay, you've got

your foot in the door to figuring out how the spark of life is transmitted.

And learn how to cheat the Reaper?

Somebody would pay a pretty penny for a recipe like that.

That's what I like about you, Emmett. Always keeping an eye on the bottom

Nobody else does.

What did you find out?

I've been analyzing the sample we swapped from the new growth.

The regeneration rate is phenomenal.

But there's a limit to what I can do here.

I need a DNA sequencer, a wet chem lab.

We have to call in reinforcements on this.

We've had this discussion.

Then we need to have it again. This is getting weirder by the minute.

We're in over our heads here, and we know it. I'm getting really tired of

hearing this. And I'm getting really tired of saying it.

What is it going to take to make you see that we are going to blow this if we...

Chris, what are you doing?

Brilliant. Touching that thing again. Are you out of your mind?

I think I understand.

Understand what?

The hidden health benefits of anaphylactic shock?

You were in convulsions, man. Your eyeballs were rolling back up into your

That thing is killing you. It just takes a lot out of me. I'm okay.

Something incredible is happening here. Yeah.

Some kind of genetic freak show.

All we need is a bearded lady in a ferris wheel.

It is alive.

And it's not from this world. And it's not a danger to us.

You figure it said the same thing to her friends from the Stone Age before it

made a meal out of them?

I saw what happened.

It didn't attack them. They attacked it. It fought back without defense.

How do you know that?

Because it told me. It showed me. I don't know. It's just I can't explain

it is communicating with you telepathically, how do you know it's not

showing you what it wants you to see?

It doesn't work that way.

Well, all I know is that every time you go near it, every time you touch it, it

hurts you. Okay, I'm just going to take a break.

Then I'm going to come back and learn more.

No way.

That's it. No one touches that thing until we know more. Especially you. It's

too dangerous.

I

hope

it's still racing.

BP is way up.

What's wrong, Ned? This creature's not dangerous.

No offense, but have you taken a look at yourself?

You look like hell.

It absorbs energy from me to enable it to regenerate. So it's sucking the life

out of you to bring itself back?

It's not trying to harm me. It's trying to interact with me.

Look, you're letting your fear get in the way just like those primitive humans

did who encountered it.

Nature gave us fear to keep us alive.

And after what you went through from the first contact, I don't understand why

you want to do it again.

For you.

For us.

What you said about this thing being bigger than the two of us, this is

the first time in my life that I got a glimpse at what drives you, you know?

You're right, this connection I have, or whatever it is, is a gift.

I wanted to know what it was that would be important enough to make you forget

about me.

I never forgot you.

I did put you off to the side, but... I guess I just took for granted that you

would be there when the work was done.

Sorry.

When this thing is over, I promise we'll take a breather.

Just you and me. Maybe we'll do some teaching together.

It's funny, you know.

I had to touch an alien to get closer to you.

Enjoy your watch.

Just remember not to hold hands with it.

You see?

Not all your ideas are useless. Let me ask you guys a question.

What did you come here for?

Pursuit of knowledge, clearly.

We needed the work.

Think you're being paid enough for this kind of work?

Not by a mile.

And if Natalie has anything to do with it, you never will.

You're risking your lives for nothing.

What do you think?

I think she cares about what happens to us.

Look at the way she treats our own husband.

He's obviously sick. For all we know, he could be dying. But she refuses to take

him out of here.

Or even let us go for help.

I've worked with Natalie a long time. Believe me.

She's only in it for the glory.

What are you in it for?

To get what I deserve.

What I've earned.

What we all have.

Quickie, I'm mine.

Are you sure you want to do this?

No, but I have to.

I've come too far. There's so much more to learn.

Hurry up with that stretcher.

It's completely reconstituted itself.

Why didn't you tell me?

You snooze, you lose.

What's with the stretcher?

We're moving it. Oh, like hell you are. You can't just jerk this thing around

like a crash test dummy. You'll kill it. I guess I'll just have to take my

chances.

I told you, no more touchy -feely with E .T. here. That thing is dangerous, and

you're just making it stronger.

It needs me.

Well, I need it.

More. What the hell is going on, Emmett? A change of plans is what it is.

We're calling Ferriton Laboratories right now.

If we bring them living proof of alien life, I'm sure they'll make it worth our

while.

All you have to do is fix the phone.

Oh, it's broken?

What a cheap piece of... Fix it!

This is my discovery, and we're going to do it my way. That's all I've ever

done.

All those years digging until my knees ached and my fingers bled for you and

your half -assed theories.

And now, finally, by some miracle, we make the big score and you want to give

away for the good of mankind in your picture on a magazine cover?

Well, you know something, Natalie?

Fame doesn't feed you.

Fix the phone!

There you go.

You fix it.

Are you sure this is necessary?

We have to keep this site covered up until we get back here with the ferret

team. We'll radio them when we get to the landing strip.

I'll set a couple more targets in the shaft.

Good, I'll start striking the camp. I'm hoping you're done.

We'll bring the alien up last.

Well, this is what you always wanted, isn't it?

Time you up?

I can think of worse forms of couples therapy.

Like what?

Having to talk, for instance.

We're taking you with us.

Emmett's going to give you a fair share whether you want it or not.

That's not going to keep us quiet.

You know somebody's going to believe us. Shut up.

Dean, head back to camp.

I'm right behind you.

Dean. Dean. I'm inviting him to kill us.

Emmett's after money. He's not a killer.

Oh, yeah? Not yet.

Come on. We've got to get out of here.

You honestly have a knife in your boot. Yeah, I'm afraid not.

You always were a more academic archaeologist.

Hey, this is a burial mound, isn't it?

Yeah. So shouldn't there be funerary offerings, academically speaking? You

like totems, objects of art.

Weapons.

If there were weapons in here, where would they be?

Well, they'd be on the inside east wall between the crypt and the entry shaft so

the ghost warriors can guard against grave robbers.

You gonna do it? Yeah.

One, two, three. Okay,

which way to the east wall?

Which way is the east wall?

I think it's this way. Come on, put me over there.

Ready? Mm -hmm.

It's pretty firm.

Fine.

Okay, come over here.

That sounds hollow.

Yes.

Those are my own little weapons.

Everyone said I wouldn't be able to see a thousand miles from here.

Why don't you quit floating and help me out here?

You ready?

Come on, we've got to move.

Yeah, so lay off unless you want to do it all by yourself. I will if I have to.

Okay, I got it.

Okay.

Not without the alien.

That's not what I felt when I touched him.

He could be controlling your mind.

There must be some reason why he was killed and sealed in a tomb.

No, this wasn't a prison. Those primitive humans thought he was a god.

built this tomb to honor him.

Are you sure of it? That's not good science.

You're right. It's not fair to hold you back. It'll probably get you killed.

I can't explain it, but I have to help him.

I've been struggling to stay alive for thousands of years in that cocoon. I'm

not going to let Emmett turn him into a lab rat. You go ahead. I'll catch up to

you later.

If you're going to do this, I will too.

Matt. I'm supporting you for a change. Just shut up and let me do it.

He's too weak to move.

What are you doing?

Double -check the charges. I'll get Curtis and Natalie first.

Oh, my God. Oh, let's get out of here.

I think that's what he wants to do, too.

He's coming with us.

Right there.

He's very weak. He could be dying.

Giving his life to that thing?

He cried.

You know you have to let us go, Emmett. It's the right thing to do.

For once, I'm doing what's right for me.

But there may be others of his kind, and you don't want to anger them.

They left him here for 10 ,000 years.

I don't think they miss him very much. Emmett. Don't test me.

I'll do what I have to do. This is a living, breathing alien.

Extraterrestrial life.

It's too important for the planet.

No.

It's just far too important for a pair of failed archaeologists like you.

I'm sorry.

Keep talking.

Talk to me. Being an action hero is so painful.

I keep bleeding.

Don't call 911.

I'm going to stop the bleeding.

I took a lot of anatomy.

It's a great high end doctor.

Wait until it's over.

never meant to hurt you.

The better question is when.

It's been nearly a thousand years.

What? Natalie?

Where's Natalie?

Her wounds were quite severe, so we revived her first in case of any

complications.

But fortunately, our technology has advanced considerably.

Curtis.

Natalie, I don't understand.

The aliens sprayed us with his resonance preservatives.

Turns out he was an anthropologist of sorts.

A legend among his people. And his fate was never known until they found out.

And the fact that we tried to save his life has made us heroes on their planet.

And here.

Heroes.

Me and him.

Oh, no.

No, he's one of their doctors.

The alien we found in the dead.

He spread us with all his preservative. He only had enough for two.

He saved our lives, Curtis.

A new world where humans and aliens live together, learning to understand each

other.

That's the good news.

What's the bad news?

Somebody else published for us.

They say what you send around comes around.

Perhaps that is true, even if it sometimes takes a thousand years.