Copper brought her to a small room. Inside, Kay saw MacReady and some other men observing video footage. She knew the video well; it documented the day they had dug up the creature. Currently it showed them all taking out explosives.

"How much more of this crap is there?" Bennings asked, rubbing his tired eyes.

"About nine hours, I'd say," Fuchs said.

"We can't learn anything from this," he replied.

"Enjoying the movie?" she asked sarcastically. They all turned around; MacReady had a guilty expression on his face.

"Kay, we were just…"

"That's private!" she snapped, heading to take the video.

Garry blocked her path. "This is evidence, Ms. Kennedy. We need to learn more about this creature."

"By watching our private footage?" she retorted, looking at the screen. Now it showed all of her team standing along the edge of the crater they had made. She remembered the pride on everyone's face, how excited they were to discover an alien life form. "I doubt you'll find anything worth watching on those tapes. Or in those pictures." She nodded towards the small stack that Norris was looking over.

"Just trying to understand all this," Norris said. "You guys look really happy in these pictures." He held up a group photo. Denny had his arm wrapped around her shoulders; they were both grinning along with the others.

Kay tried not to cry. "Yeah, we were. We thought it was our first big breakthrough."

"You guys dug up this thing in the ice?" Childs asked, gesturing to video of the giant hole they had blown up.

She nodded. "One of our tech men came up with the idea to set up some thermo charges around the area."

"Seems they did their job too well," Garry remarked. "Norris, where were these shots taken?"

"Northeast of their camp sight, about five or six miles," he replied. "We should go check it out. Mac?"

MacReady nodded. "I'll start up the helicopter."

"Sure you want to go up? 35 knots outside," Bennings said.

"Screw it, I'm going up anyway. Kay?" he asked. "Can you come too? We could use your help."

"Yeah, sure," she agreed. "I just need my coat."

"I can't allow that," Garry said sternly.

Kay felt anger flood inside her. "What the hell is your problem?" she demanded. "I can help but you're clearly too senile to comprehend that!"

"Garry, what gives?" MacReady asked. "I need her help in finding the location of this place."

"Take Palmer; he needs the experience, being the pilot in training," he replied. "Ms. Kennedy—"

"Kay," she said. "Please stop referring to me by a title. Just call me Kay."

"Fine, then. Kay, you're a liability and I can't have you out there risking your neck for a science experiment gone wrong. You did your part; now let my men do theirs."

"Oh, so now it's because I'm a woman?" she retorted.

"I never said it was because you're a woman," Garry said.

"Do you realize the severity of this situation?" she snapped. "If you don't get my help, we are dead. Do you hear me? We are all dead!"

The room was quiet after she said that. MacReady stopped putting on his jacket, staring at her in shock. Garry looked as if he had been punched in the gut. "If you want to help so badly," he said coolly. "Then help Blair translate these notes. They're all in Norwegian." He turned his back on her and walked out of the room.

Kay exhaled sharply. "That wasn't as painful as I had anticipated."

"Kay, I'm sorry," Copper said. "Garry's just hard headed."

"It's fine; don't worry about it," she walked over to the map where MacReady was standing. "The area you're looking for is right here," she pointed it out on the map. "Do you think you can manage by following these coordinates?"

He nodded. "We'll make do. Thanks, Kay."

She nodded. "Good luck. Blair, can I see those notes?"