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In 1953, Earth experienced a war of the worlds.

Common bacteria stopped the aliens,

but it didn't kill them.

Instead, the aliens lapsed into a state of deep hibernation.

Now the aliens have been resurrected,

more terrifying than ever before.

In 1953 aliens started taking over the world,

today, they're taking over our bodies.

Could you tell me...

how what happened last night happened?

Kalalitabik is a giant among the spirits.

He placed the island in the waters,

carved out the bed for the river water to run

and can walk over the mountains in a single step.

Dad, you've told me of Kalalitabik

every time we've ever come to this river.

I've told you, but as of yet you have not heard it.

Are you ready to receive the Guardian Spirit?

You have prepared yourself according

to tribal tradition?

Then we'll begin.

Tubsadad! Tubsadad!

Oh, great Warrior Spirit!

Darrow Lonetree

is ready to own you!

Tell the spirits

of Rain and Thunder of your worthiness.

I've been to college.

I own a piece of land,

and I plan on building a house.

And I never lost a fight with anyone!

I'm in excellent health and I feel good

about who I am!

I am ready to own the spirit Tubsadad!

I am ready!

The spirits have smelled the food in you, Darrow.

You have not fasted the required time.

Let's just do it.

You're azul... impure.

Please, please. Please.

This unique and breathtakingly beautiful ceremonial headdress.

Turn that off.

Hold it a minute, wait!

Make up your mind, people.

My guess is this was made in the mid-1500s,

which makes it, uh, over 400 years old.

Where did he get that?

Has he said where he got those?

Where did you get that, you grave robber?

People like him should be banned from dealing in antiquities.

You're being too easy on him, Harrison.

Uh, well, once I have this authenticated by the museum,

I will be auctioning it off.

I believe that, uh, this headdress,

the North American Indian find of the century,

uh, will fetch upwards of a million dollars.

He said he bought it

from an anonymous private collector.

Yeah, right.

Can you save me a shot of that?

Sure.

What do you make of that?

In the center.

That clown should be

arrested for theft, sacrilege,

desecration, violation

of a people's culture and heritage.

What?

Take a look at this.

That triangular piece in the center,

look at the edges.

If that's glass, in the mid-1500s,

I'm impressed with the quality of the workmanship.

Must be mica.

Could be quartz.

Or...

Now, wait a minute. What are you saying?

All I'm saying is that it's curious.

I know that tone of voice.

You learned it from him.

Is the colonel being a little cranky today?

What do you say

we take a closer look at this, uh,

triangular whatsit, all right?

The man of the hour.

Ah...

Watching television has paid off again.

But it takes its toll. Softens the brain.

There, the starter for our warships.

We must get that starter.

It must mean there's a ship nearby.

If we had a warship,

our battle on this garbage heap of a planet

would be different.

We would be unstoppable.

We must get the starter,

then the warship, then victory.

I love technology.

I'm running numbers and analyses on it.

What is it?

Well, I deal in probabilities, Colonel, not realities.

Just answer the question, Mr. Drake.

I think the question should be "What isn't it?"

Well, what it isn't, according to the data,

is an Indian artifact.

The surfaces seem machine,

way beyond the Indians' technical capabilities.

And ours, too.

I think we'd better take a look at it.

Yes? Mm-hmm.

So, did you get the pictures?

Uh-Huh? Good.

Yeah.

Yeah.

What do you think it is?

I think it's Westeskiwin. Yeah.

No, I don't think it's glass, crystal or quartz.

I don't know what the hell it is.

Now listen...

This is strictly confidential, okay?

Okay?

Yeah, I got it.

When I put the damned thing on, it makes a noise.

A noise?

You ever heard of anything like that?

That's amazing.

Just listen to this.

Okay.

Isn't that unbelievable?

More than a million?

Listen. You get me a million, you get a taste of it.

I better get it.

Yeah. Thanks for the help.

You're welcome. Keep me posted.

Yeah. I'll let you know, yeah.

How...

How the hell did you get in here?

Who the hell are you?

Listen, if you're not out of here

in the next ten seconds, I'm calling the police.

You have no right

to those objects.

Return what you have stolen from my tribe or you will die.

This is private property, pal.

Hello, police?

There's some Indian here threatening to kill me.

Mr. Newport was innocently minding his own business

when the Indian broke into his loft,

and he threatened his life.

He was terrorizing Mr. Newport.

After we got the complaint, we found him wandering around

lost over in the industrial district.

Didn't seem a threat to anyone.

He was a threat to others

and from what you're telling me, himself.

I threatened no one.

Thanks a lot, but we don't need your help.

I only spoke the truth.

The man who desecrated our sacred burial ground will die

if he doesn't return what rightfully belongs

to the Westeskiwin nation.

Do you mind?

Okay, where were we?

We must present our case dispassionately.

There is no room for personal axes to grind.

I'll do my best to watch myself, Colonel.

Don't worry about me, Harrison.

I'm trained to keep my feelings under complete control.

I see.

Just remember, smiles make people like you.

Good.

Good afternoon.

Mark Newport?

Do you have an appointment?

We don't need an appointment.

What Colonel Ironhorse means to say is that, uh,

we're here because

we have reason to believe

that your recently purchased artifacts

are part of an ongoing federal investigation.

What are you talking about?

All that we're at liberty to say

is they are part of an ongoing investigation

that involves the very highest levels of national security.

If we can see the artifacts, now.

Please.

Who are you two guys?

Look, I'm going to call my lawyer.

We'd just like to examine the artifacts.

Nobody touches that stuff.

It's not as if it belonged to you, mister!

Okay, that's it.

I want you two guys out of here now.

I threw that sad-assed old Indian in jail.

I can do the same to you!

I purchased those items legitimately.

I don't have to answer your accusations.

I think we should leave.

Hello, police?

I think we should leave quickly!

Uh...

Yes, can I help you?

Hang on.

I'll call you right back.

No, no, no.

I'm afraid I'll have to ask you all to leave, right...

Okay, Chief, you made bail.

I'm not the chief.

I'm the shaman.

That means I can turn you into a toadstool whenever I want.

Yep.

I don't know.

Huh?

What the...!

Aw.

I think that's him.

Joseph?

Paul Ironhorse.

Harrison Blackwood.

Where are Darrow and Grace?

Who?

My children.

I don't know, sir,

but I posted bail.

More important than that...

Yes, sir?

I need a ride back to the reservation.

No problem.

There's the service entrance.

We don't have to go in the back door.

We have identification.

Pat's right.

There can be no mistakes.

Mr. Newport?

I got to get a lock for that door.

We're from the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Yeah, that's great.

But the door out there says, "by appointment only."

And I'm real busy right now, so if you could come back tomorrow.

Thank you. We'd like to see

the headdress you displayed at your press conference.

Look, I don't know who the hell you people are, but...

We'd like to see that headdress right now.

Excuse me.

Let's get out of here.

Shouldn't we call the police?

Yes. Anonymously.

I'm sorry we had to meet under these circumstances.

Are you all right, sir?

I'm in the military

and if there's anything that I can do

to help you get your tribal property back,

I want you to know that I'm ready.

We'll get our property back.

How do you know that?

It is the way of things.

Norton, Mark Newport was murdered.

Looks like aliens, but I can't be sure

without getting in the police data.

The forensic unit is just arriving.

Now I'd like you to keep us informed as the data comes in.

Oh, hold on, Harrison.

When the Feds kick in the doors looking for the person

who broke into the top secret computer banks,

where are you going to be?

I'm just going to tell them

you were a brilliant young mind gone bad.

A rogue computer nerd bound on destruction

and wreaking havoc and panic among the multitudes.

I can live with that.

What are your standing orders, comrade?

That you not be interrupted, Advocate.

Yet, you stand, in defiance of these orders.

I assumed that you'd be interested

in the latest communiqué

from our action squad, Advocate.

Mm-hmm.

They report that all is going smoothly.

There is hope.

It is safe to say, then,

the crystal is in their possession?

It is.

Presently the squad is moving cautiously yet expeditiously

toward the objective.

Excellent!

See that we're informed

the moment they reach the landing site.

As you order, Advocate.

It will be refreshing to finally report

positive progress to Counsel.

Here we are.

Thanks for getting me out of jail.

Hey, it's no problem.

Excuse me.

You bailed my father out of jail?

Yes.

Colonel Paul Ironhorse.

Grace Lonetree.

Thank you.

We will repay any money you've put out on his behalf.

But we don't have that much right now.

As long as he shows up for his arraignment,

I'll get my money back...

Though I hadn't realized

I'd be driving all day.

Why did you do this for my father?

I was as outraged about the defiling

of the Indian burial sites

as he was.

And he reminded me of my grandfather.

Well, we thank you... and he does as well.

How can you tell?

When I asked him who you were,

he said the spirits sent you to him to drive him home,

and he was going to thank the spirits.

Thank you.

You know, uh, my...

grandfather used to disappear

for like four or five days.

He used to tell my grandmother

that he was going off to see the spirits.

I think, I think he had a girlfriend

in the next valley, though.

We are Westeskiwin... People of the River.

What tribe are you?

Cherokee.

How many of you are on the reservation?

There are many tribes here.

The Nooksack, Tsimshian, Kwakiutl.

We've only about 85 Westeskiwin.

Most of the young leave.

We're trying to change that.

How?

I teach school here.

Try to teach the young to be proud of their heritage.

Good for you.

I wish someone had done that with me.

When I grew up I was taught

to be ashamed of being an Indian.

It was only later that I became proud

of our traditions and history.

I wonder.

You said you were a Colonel?

Yes. Special Forces.

The white man's army.

Ma'am, I am West Point-trained.

Wasn't General George Custer West Point-trained?

What?

I... I haven't spoken to an Indian woman

in a long time.

Well, we're out of the teepee, and we're back with a vengeance.

I bet you're not so tough.

We have an archeologist

who we suspect was murdered by the aliens.

They've stolen what we're after,

which is an apparent alien artifact.

And Ironhorse has taken the man who was involved

with both the archeologist and the artifact

back to his home on the reservation.

We're talking suspected.

We're talking apparent. We're talking coincidence.

The Colonel hasn't even checked in yet.

How much could be wrong?

Too much, Suzanne.

Sounds a tad like a healthy case of paranoia to me.

As a doctor,

you know that paranoia is nothing but a baseless fear

augmented by extenuating circumstances.

My fear that the aliens pose a threat to Colonel Ironhorse

and the rest of us is hardly baseless.

Then the probabilities say we should go to the reservation.

Precisely.

For answering the question correctly, you get to drive.

We have nothing in common.

I'm from one world, and you're from another.

Like night and day.

It just wouldn't work.

It isn't even worth trying.

It's a waste of time.

There's no one there.

I'm surprised.

Looks like you get to stick around a while longer.

You will come with me.

Father, would you stop doing that?

He's always popping up out of nowhere.

Drives me crazy.

You will come with me.

But, sir, I have to be heading back now.

I can't.

I'll be going with your father.

Paul Ironhorse, you are one with our spirits.

It is remarkable.

You are not of our tribe,

but you are one as if you were.

It is an honor to be respected by those whom you respect.

It is told...

that many years ago,

before there was white man's time,

the Westeskiwin were visited by beings from beyond.

It is told they gave us the strength

to win all battles and survive all crises.

It is a valuable legacy.

It is a legacy of survival.

The spirits want you to have the knowledge

of that legacy.

Sir.

Shh.

The Spirit of the Raven is watching us.

The sky is the roof.

Above the roof,

my people believe the stars live as people.

The visitors from many years ago came from beyond the stars.

That's the legend, right?

This way.

Pull over, Suzanne.

What's wrong, Harrison?

I don't like the vibe.

I hate it when you say things like that.

I'm usually right.

That's why I hate it.

For generations, the knowledge has been passed down

from father to son.

Today, Paul Ironhorse, you are my son.

You are the son of all the Westeskiwin.

Excuse me.

We're looking for a Colonel Paul Ironhorse.

Paul is with my father.

Could you tell us where they are?

They'll be back in a while.

Look, we've got reason to believe

that Colonel Ironhorse is in grave danger.

That means your father is in danger, too.

Now, we might be able to help.

We can get there faster by car.

Suzanne, you drive.

They're in there!

We can't let these people get that!

The spirits are guiding us!

These are bad people.

The spirits know the insides of people!

But...

You may proceed with your report, Comrade.

We've secured the vessel, Advocate.

It's a very early model,

but all systems seem to be operating in good order.

This is excellent news, Comrade.

Board the battle craft and return here with all haste.

The Advocacy demands the honor

of personally leading the way to victory.

As you order, Advocate.

And your wishes regarding our hostages?

Kill them! Wait!

Let the Earthlings live.

As messengers of fear,

the humans will undoubtedly spread despair on their kind.

The ensuing chaos will help our push for the final solution.

The beginning of the end of human life on this planet.

Exactly, Comrade.

A most comforting thought.

To life immortal!

What the hell is going on?

The aliens are in that thing.

We've got to get word to Norton

so he can call General Wilson.

He's got to alert the Air Force!

There's a mobile phone in the car!

I'll tell him what's happening.

It's going

to take off!

Is there anything we can do?

We can't let them take off!

The spirits are stronger than your power!

Go back!

It's too dangerous! No!

This is sacred land!

Only the spirits say who can come and go!

Could you tell me

how what happened last night happened?

It was the spirits.

Looked like you had a lot to do with it.

I'm but a drop of water in the river.

May I see that?

You want it?

Yes, of course, but...

I don't know what to say.

It is what it is.

Father...

Father.

You gave him the sacred tribal...

You gave him...

I gave him what he thought he wanted.