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A geologist team was in California mountains...

planting new earthquake sensors when suddenly...

Steve! We're being a...

Marlene! Marlene, do you read?

Well, what is it?

There's only one thing in the mountains that leaves a track like this.

My people named him Sasquatch.

You call him Bigfoot.

What, again?

You still think Bigfoot's a hoax?

Remarkable. Look at his speed!

It is unusual. To say the least.

Let's test him.

He's by far the most interesting man we've seen.

He is indeed.

He's really quite remarkable.

Let's do the neuroeunasic scan now.

Right leg and right foot definitely nyosynthenic.

Or perhaps first generation bionic.

How did you... What country are you from?

Not what country, what world?

And Steve doesn't know that a major earthquake...

is now predicted all along the California coast...

and can only be prevented by an earlier, man-made earthquake.

There may be a way to weaken or actually prevent that major quake.

What smaller fault do you wanna explode, Tom?

The one that starts right here, and runs back into the mountains.

But Marlene Bekey is in those mountains.

And so is Colonel Austin. There could be a rockslide, there cou...

Oscar, there's not much time.

Steve, where are you?

It looks good at NASA One.

Roger.

BCS Arm switch is on.

Okay, Victor.

Landing Rocket Arm switch is on. Here comes the throttle.

Circuit breakers in.

We have separation.

Inboard and outboards are on.

I'm comin' forward with the side stick.

Looks good.

Ah, Roger.

I've got a blowout in damper three.

Get your pitch to zero.

Pitch is out. I can't hold altitude!

Correction. Alpha Hold is off. Threat selector is emergency.

Flight Com. I can't hold it! She's breaking up! She's breaking...

Steve Austin. Astronaut.

A man barely alive.

Gentlemen, we can rebuild him.

We have the technology.

We have the capability to make the world's first bionic man.

Steve Austin will be that man.

Better than he was before.

Better, stronger, faster.

Marlene!

Am I glad to see you.

Marlene?

Mr. Goldman?

Mr. Goldman? Huh? What?

Here's the missing sensor, sir.

Oh, good.

Where was she found?

We found her in the north quadrant.

She had the sensor with her.

Marlene?

Where have you been?

What?

Where have you been, Marlene?

I don't know.

We were... we were planting the sensor...

We were... we were planting the sensor...

Marlene, try to remember.

Try.

Where's Ivan?

He's fine.

You'll be joining him in a minute.

I want to ask you just one more question.

Marlene? Colonel Austin?

Colonel Steve Austin.

Did you see him?

Steve.

He was on the radio with you.

Alright, now listen.

Just get some rest now. Be careful.

Colonel Austin. We've been looking forward to talking with you.

Please.

I am Apploy.

I'm delighted to welcome you to our colony...

especially since you are a fellow space traveler.

You're really not from earth.

As Shalon may have indicated to you, we come from a rather distant place.

Distant to say the least.

We are a group of deep space explorers.

Do you come in peace?

Of course.

We want to disturb the progression of life on your planet as little as possible.

Our mission is to study this relatively...

primitive and violent society...

because it closely parallels the early evolution of our own little world.

I take it your society is a bit more advanced than ours.

A bit more mature.

Gesundheit.

But I see you haven't quite conquered all the ailments yet.

Oh, the major ones, yes, we have.

But we're still plagued by allergies.

And Faler here has developed a superficial allergy to your world.

In more ways than one.

We're very intrigued by your bionic construction.

I was wondering why I was so intriguing.

Shalon will have more questions for you.

Her specialty is nyosynthenics. Highly sophisticated bionics.

It was she who built Sasquatch from a lower form of life on our planet.

I can see she's a very talented lady.

How long have you been here?

Two years. And during that time...

Sasquatch has brought us many people to study.

We have scanned their brains and we've conversed with them freely...

as we are talking to you...

and then they have been returned, safely, outside.

Marlene and Ivan Bekey?

Ah, yes. The geologist couple. They were here.

She is being returned to the outside even now.

But you know, when I found Ivan...

he had no memory of you or this place.

No, Dr. Bekey and his wife, like all people who come here...

have all memory of the Sasquatch and the colony erased.

And you'll do the same with me?

When we're finished with you, yes.

But wait a minute, you say you've been here two years.

The legend of the Sasquatch goes back among the Indians over a hundred years.

This is true.

Let me show you something.

This is the most marvelous device that our science has created.

It is a Time Line Converter or TLC.

It allows us to speed up our own individual progression through time...

relative to our surroundings.

You could pass a whole day in one minute?

Oh, in a second if we wanted.

We have been here for 250 years.

But as a group we've moved quickly from time to time, so to speak...

so that while 250 years have passed on earth...

only two years have passed for us.

It still seems like 250 years to me.

The TLC... 250 years of allergies.

The TLC has other applications. Such as...

Providing the mild amusement...

of going from place...

to place, seemingly in the blink of an eye.

Fascinating, isn't it?

Now you see him...

now you don't.

Please be seated, Faler.

Listen, Apploy, just because... Sit down.

As you can see, Colonel Austin, the hardest part of our five year mission...

are the small personality conflicts that arise.

Yes. It's the same way among my people.

It's, um...

I was going to say it's only human.

This is Pentagon Comlink Alpha One.

Roger, Alpha One. This is Goldman.

We have cleared emergency shipment

to you of one 50-megaton nuclear device...

on priority code, Snow White.

The device is being loaded at the Goldfield, Nevada, nuclear repository.

The AEL is requesting confirmation from you...

that this is intended as underground burst only.

That is affirmative.

Alpha One, can you give me your location status on the nuclear device?

We'll be landing in your area within 15 minutes.

Oscar, the nuclear device has arrived.

It's a fifty megaton. That should shake things up a bit.

Where's the detonation site?

I've got a high-intensity laser drill going full tilt.

We should have the bomb buried in about three hours.

Then we can detonate immediately.

We'll have an earthquake in this area...

that'll either trap or kill Colonel Austin, right?

Look, Oscar, we've got no choice.

You've seen the computer printout.

Alright, Tom, let me ask you a question.

What if these sensors that predict this major earthquake...

along the San Madrian Fault are wrong?

Of course they could be wrong.

But according to the computers, the chances are pretty slim.

And we'll have a test in a few minutes.

A test? What kind of test?

The sensors indicate a minor tremor along several of the tributary faults...

including this one in about 17 minutes.

If this minor tremor does occur?

Then the sensors prediction of the major quake all down the California coast...

will be verified as an absolute certainty.

We'll know for sure in 17 minutes.

How long will you be here?

Three more years.

Our ship won't come and get us until then.

Tell me something, Colonel...

what makes a woman attractive in your world?

Well, that depends on who you talk to.

For me, a woman needs...

intelligence, a sense of humor.

Physical attributes?

Well, every little bit helps.

Why, what sort of man would you consider attractive?

Someone like you.

You know, Doctor, when I first met you...

your bedside manner did surprise me a little bit.

You treat all your patients that way?

Of course not.

But I have been stuck here with those stuffy scientists for two years.

You were like a breath of fresh air, not only attractive and witty...

but also bionic. My specialty.

Every little bit helps.

I have an operation I want you to help me with.

What sort of operation?

One I think you'll enjoy.

Fifteen seconds.

That's right, General. If that small tremor occurs as predicted...

there's going to be a major earthquake along the California coast...

within seven hours and forty minutes.

Eight seconds. Stand by, General.

Six seconds.

Five... four... three... two... one.

It should have happened.

What happened to the tremor?

The sensor must be wrong.

The computer confirmed it.

No tremor now, no earthquake later.

Thank God.

Tom? Sign those releasing papers and get that atomic warhead back to the arsenal.

Right.

General?

General, we've got good news.

The tremor did not... I repeat... Did not occur.

It looks like everything's going to be alright...

and we don't have to worry about it... again.

Quick! Get the emergency support column.

Right. Stand clear.

Hurry!

Push!

Okay, I got it right...

There!

That's got it.

So that was an earthquake.

No, that was just a tremor.

I found the computer error.

One of the figures had been entered incorrectly.

The tremor did occur exactly as the sensors predicted.

And the major earthquake along the California coast?

It's a certainty.

In exactly seven hours and 36 minutes.

All right, we have no choice.

We've got to set off the nuclear detonation.

The nuclear warhead is buried 500 feet underground.

And the detonator is in place.

Alright. I'll alert the national guard.

This is California National Guard, San Francisco.

General Turner speaking.

General, this is Oscar Goldman on the OSI.

Yes, sir?

You are to place the troops at my disposal on yellow alert.

Right away, sir.

What's the situation profile?

There is a possibility... And I repeat, possibility...

of a major earthquake striking all along the California Coast.

Earthquake, sir?

That's right.

Shall we begin any sort of evacuation?

No, but I want your units on immediate stand by...

and I want Los Angeles and San Diego advised right away.

We are planning to trigger a smaller quake up here, relieve the pressure...

but if that doesn't work, I want your men ready to inform the public...

and take emergency measures.

Yes, sir. We'll get right on it.

Stay on it, Tom. Right.

Still no word about Colonel Austin?

No.

Boy, that's a face only a mother could love.

He's really quite sweet once you get to know him.

Sure, just like a big ol' huggy bear.

Have you made others like him?

No. He's my baby. The only one.

Say, why aren't we wearing surgical outfits or something?

The air in our medical chambers is hyper-sterilized.

No bacterial agent could possibly survive.

Even if one did, we have this.

What's that?

Neotraxin 3.

It's an electrolytic neuroprobesis.

It works with the DNA in our bodies to help ward off the spread of disease.

Which disease? All diseases.

When used in concert with other compounds.

Neotraxin's the basis of all our wonder drugs.

There we go, big fella. You should be fine in no time at all.

Sure are attached to him, aren't you?

There's very little else down here to become attached to.

Uh, I don't seem to have the proper instrument.

I need one like this, only curved.

Well, let's see.

There you go. How's that?

Thank you.

Alright.

Now the arm's not only reconnected but strengthened.

Not even you could pull it off now.

I got no desire to try.

The final thing is to reinsert the Mergeron power cell.

Right over there on that pad.

Uh, this?

What's Mergeron?

It's an anti-matter power source.

Your people will discover it in about a century or so.

You know, that Neotraxin serum sounds more important.

I was just thinking of how many lives you could save among my people.

I don't suppose there's any chance that, uh...

Oh, no. We've never allowed anyone to leave here with any of our secrets.

Of course...

if you would consider staying on here a while...

in order to let us study you more closely...

purely for research, of course.

Of course.

Oh, I might be able to do that.

I'd have to get a message out to my people that I'm alright then.

Oh, that's impossible. Apploy would never allow it.

But, uh...

Yes, Apploy.

Shalon. Come at once.

Have the grid coordinates come in yet, Tom?

I just got 'em.

Tom, can you hear me?

The nuclear warhead's in place.

Nuclear warhead?

Tom, can you hear me?

Exactly, what is it we're expecting?

Lay out the time table for the Captain, Tom.

The detonation will occur at Station 3 at 1608 hours.

This will trigger a quake along the Angelo Fault...

which would peak at 7.9 on the Richter scale.

7.9?

To relieve the pressure along the San Madrian...

hopefully to prevent an earthquake along the California coast.

The earthquake takes place in five hours.

What?

Now, this area is being cleared.

Now, by the time your man-made quake tears through these mountains...

there won't be a thing left out there.

Except Colonel Austin.

Countdown to nuclear detonation is at...

mark 12 minutes.

12 minutes.

Apploy, a major quake has been predicted along the coast.

They're triggering an earlier quake through these mountains to try and stop it.

We know that.

You know about it? That's right.

But your complex is in danger.

No, no danger. The man-made quake won't happen.

What do you mean?

Shalon has been dispatched to the detonation site.

She will disarm the detonator and there will be no explosion.

Yeah, but you don't seem to understand.

If the geological pressure isn't relieved...

by causing that quake through these mountains...

a major quake is gonna strike all along the California coast.

We understand.

But that's one of the most densely populated areas of our country.

Even with adequate warning, hundreds of people will be killed.

I'm sorry. There's nothing to be done.

Well, stop Shalon. Evacuate your complex here.

Regrettably, that's impossible.

Regrettably.

How could you tell me before what a mature society you have...

as compared to us primitives...

and then stand by and allow so many innocent people to be killed?

Sacrifices have been made in the past.

That's the price we pay for scientific advancement.

That is all that I can allow myself to be concerned about.

Well, I'm concerned about my people!

I must warn you that any attempt you make at escape will be futile.

We'll see about that.

Colonel Austin, for the sake of yourself and my people...

I beg you, don't try to escape.

I'm sorry, Apploy.

At my mark, two minutes and thirty seconds till detonation.

Final check is complete on the detonator.

She's ready to go, Tom.

The area is cleared.

The last search team is out, Mr. Goldman.

No Colonel Austin.

Sorry.

At my mark... one minute, 45 seconds.

Mark.

Don't try to stop me, Steve.

Shalon, I can't let you stop this detonation.

I have to.

No.

One minute... mark.

I must stop it for the sake of the colony. My people.

What about my people?

I'm sorry.

Look, the colony's important. But it's not worth the sacrifice of hundreds.

40 seconds.

Mark.

I'm sorry.

30 seconds... mark.

15 seconds, mark.

10 seconds... mark.

Eight... seven...

five...

four... three... two...

One. God, help you, Steve.

Shalon.

Come with me.

No.

Look, I want to help you.

Help me? To go where?

You may have succeeded in saving your people, but you've buried mine.

There's a chance they're still alive. If they are, they'll need our help.

Now come with me.

No, I'm afraid of what I might find.

Could you live with yourself if you didn't?

Can you use that thing to keep up with me?

Yes.

Let's go.

Well, there's no light.

The power chamber must be damaged.

There's an emergency light in this compartment here.

Let's see if we can pull him out.

Ah, he'll be alright.

It's Apploy.

Is he alive?

Yes, but it... but it's hopeless.

Here.

He's still breathing.

What're you doing?

I'm gonna reduce the rate of his TLC.

Slow down his metabolism until we can operate.

Shalon. We have many more badly injured.

Can you save him and the others?

I don't know.

We have the electro-medical techniques and the Neotraxin compounds...

but we have to restore the power.

Where's the power chamber you were talking about.

It's in the deepest level of the complex.

It's a special converter that uses the

Earth's internal heat to generate electricity.

The access tunnel's been sealed off.

I told you it was hopeless.

You never quit, do you?

Where's the access tunnel?

Nobody could get through it.

Not even me and my friend?

Come, I'll show you.

Sasquatch.

This is it.

Oh no, wait! That's the main steam line from the volcanic vent.

That steam is super-heated.

I'll be careful not to burn my fingers.

Ground the cable first!

The gold junction box over there!

Watch out!

What do you think?

He'll be alright.

The repairs to his leg were successful.

And the Neotraxin will ward off any infection or disease.

Even helps speed up the recovery.

He should've died from all those wounds.

That's really magical stuff.

Keep an eye on the ventricular.

Are you ready to go now?

I've got to.

I... all of us owe you our lives.

You'll not be forgotten.

You know, of course, we have to erase any memory of us and our colony.

I understand.

Thank you... for everything.

Sure liked it better when we were on the same team.

You will not be forgotten.

I wish I could say the same.

Goodbye, Steve Austin.

Colonel Austin!

Colonel Austin!

There he is. Come on.

Steve.

Steve, are you alright?

We've been looking all over for you. Where have you been?

Oh, I don't know.

Were you hurt in the quake?

Earthquake?

We had to trigger an earlier quake...

in order to prevent another one down the coast.

No. I didn't feel it. Did it work?

Yes. The geologic pressure's been relieved.

We better get you back to camp.

What's this?

Where'd you get it?

I don't remember.

I'll have it analyzed. You better get some rest.

Whatever it was you saw...

What is it?

It was a...

Come on, pal. Let's go.

Goodbye, Steve Austin.