Chapter 48
USA 20th Century Studios
Douglas is sitting in one of the company's screening rooms and has just watched the rough cut of the newest action movie and he thinks that this movie will be popular in the cinema. The movie is called Rotcha and a brand new and young director named Moham has made the movie and he has done everything right.
Douglas gets some coffee from a coffee machine and goes to his office and immediately starts looking for a good date for the movie to premiere, and it looks like it could be in the fall. That's when the cinemas start to fill up with people after the summer. Douglas chooses October 15 as the premiere date and sends out information about the movie to some of the largest cinemas.
This new movie has everything the audience wants: tough and fast action, ultra-fast cuts, explosions that can wake up even the most tired cinemagoer, humor that works for both younger and adult audiences, big tough guns and cars, a young, good-looking heroine and of course an exciting plot. The movie is about a young couple whose child is kidnapped by an evil organization and they have to fight them to get their child back. Some of the plot feels a bit cliché, but that usually always works. The movie is an hour and 40 minutes long and it's a good length. Then the cinemagoers don't have time to get tired of the movie. Douglas hopes the movie will top the box office charts when it opens.
The young actress who plays the heroine has been modeled after Sigourney Weaver, and it shows. She's almost like Ripley in the movie Alien but without any space monsters to fight. Douglas has a nice photograph of Sigourney Weaver on the wall in his office and he usually shows new actresses the picture and tells them how well Sigourney has acted in his films. He hopes it will make them do their very best. This new actress is called Evina and she is originally from Ukraine and she fled the war and became an actress very quickly when she came to the United States. She really shows passion in her acting. Nowadays, there should be at least one dark-skinned person in the films so that everyone, including the moviegoers, is happy. Otherwise, it is perceived as racist. That wasn't the case in the 1990s and most of the 2000s. But things have changed. Moviegoers often have very high expectations of the films they watch.
Douglas puts his filled coffee cup on the table and feels very satisfied and opens the NBC news page so he can watch the news of the day. So far it is morning and after lunch Douglas will meet some new directors and actors who want to show their skills and hopefully sign contracts with the film company. Douglas scrolls through NBC to see what is most watched and he finds a news item that seems to be very watched. The headline reads:
"Alien monsters (Xenomorphs) are attacking Stockholm. We show the Alien Queen and PredAlien in an exclusive live report"
Douglas almost knocks over his coffee cup because he leans forward so hard when he sees the headline and he clicks on the link. The image that is shown shows a helicopter circling over a brownish building and Douglas thinks it looks like a bathhouse. A smaller image shows what the helicopter is filming. It looks like the ground by the bathhouse has corrosion damage but there is no PredAlien or Alien queen in sight. Douglas sees that the broadcast seems to have been going on for over three hours and can he rewind it and watch what has been shown previously.
Douglas chooses to watch what has been shown before and when he rewinds the live about half an hour he sees the images when the Alien Queen's divided body is thrown into the melting pot at Skarpnäck Stål and melts. Douglas rewinds the live about an hour and he can see when the police and several military personnel are measuring and photographing the Alien Queen's body outside the bathhouse and he can also see the PredAlien's body a little further away. Douglas shakes his head and thinks this is some kind of bad joke. Alien monsters don't exist in reality and PredAlien has only been in one movie and was hated by the movie audience.
Douglas rewinds when the live started and it begins when Mary is attacked by the facehugger and Douglas can see when the facehugger pushes its long slimy proboscis down through Mary's mouth and he also sees when it later detaches from her face. Douglas thinks that no filmmaker had filmed this close when the proboscis penetrates the victim's mouth and the images make him slightly nauseous. Douglas continues to watch the saved broadcast and sees Mary wake up and when she goes to Erikdalsbadet. Douglas can hardly believe his eyes when the two dead monsters are filmed very close. The Alien Queen looks almost like the one in the movie Aliens but there are a few details that are different between this monster and the movie monster. PredAlien also looks much like the movie monster but there are some deviating details in its appearance.
Douglas watches as a larger car drives into the bathhouse and a man loads several Alien eggs into the trunk of the car. Douglas pauses the clip and fetches an older colleague named Johnny. Johnny has worked at the film company since 1976 and Douglas thinks he should see this. When Johnny sits down in a chair next to Douglas, Douglas rewinds the live to the point where it started and he looks at Johnny to see his reaction. At first Johnny thinks this is some kind of joke, but when he looks further and sees the Chestburster squeezing Mary's chest, he realizes that it is not a joke but real. When Mary's live ends, the image switches directly to when the military kills the PredAlien offspring at Zinkensdamm, but soon two helicopters fly towards Hammarby and soon show the bathhouse where Mary broadcasted live. It is obvious that it is the same building.
Douglas and Johnny watch when the machine retrieves the Alien Queen's enormous body and the helicopter flies close above the monster. The image of the Alien Queen's body is not as focused as in Mary's live, but that's because the helicopter can't be as close as Mary was. Douglas and Johnny find out who MIchael was and what happened at Skarpnäck Stål and they think it sounds very similar to what happens in Alien 3. They find out that Michael somehow wished for the monsters to exist in reality and that he made the PredAlien and the Alien Queen fight. Douglas and Johnny watch as the Alien Queen's body is split by the saw and Douglas looks at Johnny. Johnny looks serious. Douglas pauses the live and clears his throat discreetly and looks at Johnny.
- What do you think we should do about this? There will definitely be people who want answers to how this could have happened and since we own the Alien movies, they will probably ask us about it.
- We should probably be very careful when answering questions about this. This person MIchael seems to have been very mysterious. I don't understand how he could have wished for them to exist in reality and managed to make it so. The fact that he died from a Chestburster sounds very... cliché.
- And it reminds extremely much of what happens in Alien 3. The fact that this could have happened actually worries me.
- It worries me too. It shouldn't have been possible but now it has.
Johnny looks at Douglas and he looks serious.
- I have to make an important call. We'll meet later and talk more about this.
Johnny goes into another room where he can be alone and he picks up his cell phone and looks for a phone number. Johnny is sure that the person will answer and he calls the number in question and sighs quietly.
Africa Kenya (Near Tsavo)
It's pitch black outside because it's the middle of the night and in one of the largest tents lined up on the grass near the set, a cell phone rings. The person using the tent reaches sleepily for his cell phone to see who's calling. The person recognizes the phone number and he chooses to answer even though it's the middle of the night and the person sounds sleepy when he answers.
- Ridley Scott
- Hi Ridley. It's Johnny. Whats up? Is the filming going well?
- Well. The filming is going well but it's the middle of the night and I'm very tired. Did you want something important?
- Well. Ridley. You should get a laptop or something and go to the NBC news site. Since you're in Africa, you'll probably have to choose the US site. Look for a news story about Stockholm. You can't miss it. It sounds like a cliché but you really should watch this.
- Uh, can't you tell me what it's about so I don't have to get up from the cot and look for my laptop? I need to get some more sleep.
- It's better if you see this with your own eyes and Ridley, you might not get much more sleep tonight. I don't know if Warner Brothers will tell any reporters where you are. Maybe they'll leave you alone but this news is, well, related to you in a way.
Ridley Scott sighs and gets up from his comfortable cot and walks over to the small table where he has his film equipment but also his laptop. Ridely looks for his laptop while he talks to Johnny.
- This will probably be my very last film. I'm old and worn now and I don't know how much longer I can keep being a director. It's an incredible amount of work but it's also fun in a way.
- I can totally understand that. You've really worked hard and made a lot of good films.
Ridley finds his laptop and starts it up and when the welcome screen has been displayed and all programs have started he goes into Google Chrome and searches for NBC news. Ridley clicks on the page and selects the USA site and he scrolls the page to find the news that Johnny was talking about. It doesn't take long before he finds the news and Ridley raises his eyebrows when he reads the headline.
"Alien monsters (Xenomorphs) are attacking Stockholm. We show the Alien Queen and PredAlien in an exclusive live report"
Ridley hesitates and thinks this is very strange and he laughs involuntarily.
- Is this the news about Alien monsters you mean? I can only find the one where Stockholm is mentioned. What is Stockholm anyway?
- That's the news. You have to rewind the live stream, like, about three hours and you'll find out everything you need to know. Stockholm is the capital of Sweden.
- I haven't heard anything about them filming an Alien movie in Sweden. You and I should have known that.
- It's not a movie. It's something else entirely. Watch and you'll see.
Ridley clicks on the link and rewinds the live broadcast three hours and sees Mary being attacked by the facehugger. Mary's webcam shows the nasty images as the facehugger pushes its slimy proboscis through her mouth and Ridley can clearly see the proboscis bulging as the eggs squirt through it. Ridely looks at the images with a feeling of disgust but also fascination. This is how he himself had imagined it would look, but it had never been shown in cinemas. It would have been too disgusting for the cinema audience. Ridely thinks that H R Giger would have loved to see this if he were still alive.
Ridley fast-forwards through the broadcast and sees when Mary wakes up and when she goes to Erikdalsbadet and film the Alien Queen and the PredAlien at very close range. Ridley can see all the eggs in the bathhouse and the destroyed egg sac and he has a hard time believing what he's seeing. This should be completely impossible. Ridley thinks the Alien Queen's egg sac looks disgusting and looks away when it's shown a second time. Ridley sees the police surveillance footage at Kungsträdgården and the half-blurred footage shows MIchael placing lots of Alien eggs in the park. Ridley thinks that any witnesses in the park must have thought it was a joke but it wasn't. The footage shows some of the eggs opening and the victims being attacked by facehuggers. The police also show footage of the helicopter flying over Solna Hospital and the PredAlien's offspring pouring out everywhere from the hospital. Ridley shakes his head at what he's seeing.
- This is absolutely insane. How many people have died?
- It is said to be over two thousand but no one knows the exact numbers yet. There were said to be over 500 people in the hospital and they all seem to have given birth to PredAlien offspring. The most astonishing thing is that the person seen placing the eggs had wished for the Alien monsters to exist in reality and his wish came true. He also made sure that the PredAlien and the Alien queen fought each other. This is revealed later in the broadcast.
- But why on earth did he wish that? Who was this person?
- Not much has been revealed about him other than that his name was Michael and that he died when a Chestburster exploded from his chest. He jumped into a pot of liquid steel, kind of like Ripley in Alien 3. It is said that the Chestburster was supposed to become a queen but there is no evidence of that. They are both melted in the pot.
- Oh okay. I don't really know what to say or believe about this. Have you contacted their prime minister or whatever government they have there? Does the military or defense need help with this?
- It seems like the defense and military are killing every monster and since both the Alien Queen and PredAlien are dead, there can't be any more monsters. I haven't contacted anyone in Sweden yet. I wanted to wait until you had seen the news.
- Okay, I feel like you should call James Cameron because he was the one who came up with the idea with the Alien Queen. It wasn't me. Do you have his phone number? I can't remember who came up with the idea of PredAlien.
- I think I have James' number. I can't remember who came up with the idea of PredAlien either. Should I or you call James?
- It's probably easier if you do it because it's day in the US and night here. Besides, I think you know him better than I do. If you want, you can contact the Swedish authorities and ask if they need help, but I can't get there right now. I have to think of a sensible answer if a reporter calls and continue with the filming when it's day again.
- Okay, no problem. I wanted you to know what happened because you directed the first Alien film and you've often helped with the other films in one way or another.
- This was news I really didn't expect. I feel like even if no reporter calls, it's going to be hard for me to sleep after this.
- I can understand that. But Ridley, think positive thoughts. The monsters are dead now.
- Luckily. Okay, I'm going to fix some strong coffee so I can think about what happened. Call me if the Swedish authorities need any help. I can't get to Sweden right now, but still.
- I promise. Have a good day.
The conversation ends and Ridley looks at the tent bed and feels like he can't possibly go back there right now. He has so much adrenaline in his body right now and he needs to focus his thoughts and think through what he's seen on NBC live. Ridley makes a cup of coffee and sits down at the table and rewinds NBC live and looks at the bodies of the Alien Queen and the PredAlien. They look scary and the fact that they've lived is even scarier. Ridley looks closer at the Alien Queen's body and it looks like something has exploded from her belly.
What the hell happened to her belly?
This is so incredibly absurd and Ridley chooses to turn off the live because it creates too many questions that he can't get answers to. The air in the tent feels trapped and Ridley opens the zipper on the tent and lets some air in. Since it's warm outside, the heat also follows, but Ridley is now slightly frozen so he just thinks it's nice to have a little extra warmth. The insects make their noises and Ridley thinks it sounds homely even though he wasn't born in Africa.
USA 20th Century Studios
Johnny leaves the small room and goes to the room where Douglas is. NBC is still broadcasting live even though not much seems to be happening. Several other workers at the film company have found out what has happened in Sweden and some of them look worried while others take it in stride and they stand in front of Douglas' computer and watch the live. The helicopter is no longer at the bathhouse but has flown towards a larger forest. Douglas turns around when he hears Johnny coming back.
- Well, how did it go?
- Ridley Scott was of course shocked when he found out what happened but he's okay. I was going to call the Swedish authorities to see if they need help but I'm going to call James Cameron first. I think you have his new number.
- Yep. He changed his phone number a year ago. Should you or I call him?
- You decide. I was going to do it but you have more experience with him. If you call him I can call the Swedish authorities in the meantime.
- That will be fine.
Johnny goes back to the room he was in earlier and calls the Swedish authorities while Douglas remains in his room. Douglas asks all the workers to leave the room so he can call in peace and quiet. Douglas takes out his mobile phone and makes a call.
New Zealand
James Cameron is sitting in his outdoor pool drinking whiskey. He has nothing special to do today and is enjoying his day off. James is otherwise directing the fourth Avatar film but today he is off. James' wife Suzy is indoors cleaning the large villa. The two children who still live at home are sitting in the huge living room watching TV and they eat chips and drinking soda. Chips and soda are not sold as much in New Zealand as in Canada where James is from but there are some varieties to buy in the department stores.
The kitchen door opens and Suzy comes out onto the balcony that leads to the outdoor pool and the area around it and she has a mobile phone and calls out to James.
- You have a phone call. It's someone called Douglas and he says it's important.
James steps up from the outdoor pool and wraps a thick towel around his body and sits down in one of the comfortable loungers and he waves to Suzy and she hands James the mobile phone. Suzy stays for a few seconds but then goes into the villa and continues cleaning. James picks up his whiskey glass and takes a swig and answers the mobile phone.
- Hi there. You wanted to talk to me?
- Yes exactly. It's Douglas from 20th Century Studios. I hope you recognize my voice.
- Oh, is that you? It's been a long time since we spoke. I hope everything is fine with you and the film company too.
- Yeah, I'm fine and the film company is still making a profit. The cinema is doing very well but DVD and BLU-RAY are doing worse because illegal downloading of films has gone up again. It's so sad.
- I know. I don't let my children watch anything that has been illegally downloaded. They need to learn that you have to pay for what you want to see. Everyone had to do that before.
- Heh, those were great times for the film company, but like I said, we're still making a profit.
- Hmm. It's been a while since you and I spoke. I actually miss it a bit. Does Johnny still work there?
- Absolutely. He's making another important call right now. James, something very strange has happened in Sweden and I think you should know about it. Go to the NBC news page and select the USA site and look for a news item that mentions Stockholm.
- Stockholm? You mean the capital of Sweden?
- Yes, exactly. That's right, you've been there once. I'd forgotten. Well, Ridley Scott has never been there. Well, it sounds like a cliché, but you really should watch this and get your own opinion on the matter.
- Ridley Scott? What is he doing these days?
- He's filming a movie in Africa. I think he's near Tsavo.
- Oh, Thats pretty close to where those man-eating lions were. That sounds exciting. Erm, I have to go in and get my laptop but we can continue talking.
James Cameron opens the sliding door to the large bedroom on the right side of the balcony and he soon finds his laptop and it is fully charged and James unplugs the power cord and takes the laptop outside and places it on the table where he has his whiskey glass. James opens the lid of his laptop and starts it up. The welcome screen appears after a minute or so and the background programs start up. James has recently emptied the laptop of a bunch of programs that the kids have downloaded and it has become faster than before. James opens Google Chrome and searches for NBC and goes to their news page. He soon sees the news about the Alien queen and PredAlien and he frowns. James reads the headline again and shakes his head in surprise and then he starts talking to Douglas again.
- Uh, is that the news about the Alien Queen and PredAlien?
- Yes exactly, go to the live and go back three hours.
- It doesn't look like there's any live broadcast right now but I'll click on the link.
James Cameron clicks on the link and there's no live broadcast anymore but the saved broadcast starts playing and James sees Mary get attacked by a facehugger and she and the webcams fall to the floor.
- Woah! That looked like a real facehugger. Geez.
James sees the facehugger shove its proboscis down Mary's mouth and he grimaces.
- But eww. That couldn't have been shown in the cinema. What is this? They dare showing this on TV?
Douglas clears his throat and explains.
- This girl was broadcasting live on her Youtube account and the viewers sent the link to NBC and they started broadcasting from her live when this happened. It seems like the girl had told her about the Alien monsters before this happened.
- So this happened in real life?
- Well, it was broadcast live.
- But you can cheat with that. This could be a clip that she has already filmed.
- It could have been, but if you watch further, you will notice that things happen in the live that would have been impossible to film and plan in advance. Fast forward in the broadcast when the facehugger has let go of her face. Look especially when she goes to the bathhouse and what she films there.
- Um okay. But when did this start airing then?
- Three hours ago.
- Hm okay.
James fast forwards in the saved broadcast and sees Mary waking up and leaving her villa. James fast forward the broadcast until Mary reaches the bathhouse and goes in there. James sees the close-ups of the Alien Queen and the PredAlien and he can see that the Alien Queen does not look exactly the same as in his film. Mary also shows close-ups of the destroyed egg sac and James thinks that it would have taken weeks to create such a long and enormous egg sac and slowly but surely realizes that this has really happened but he cannot understand how. This is very illogical and should not be able to happen. James thinks it is strange that the Alien Queen and the PredAlien are in the same place. They would have fought each other if they had met.
When James looks further he sees that the two monsters have obviously fought each other and it seems as if they have killed each other. Considering how broken the plaster on the wall is, something violently must have happened in the bathhouse. It looks like the Alien Queen's belly have burst open and James starts to wonder if the PredAlien has vomited its eggs down her throat and the Alien Queen has involuntarily given birth to bellybusters. But that shouldn't be happening and these two monsters shouldn't exist in reality but they seem to have done it anyway. James sees Morgan drive his car into the bathhouse and start filling it with Alien eggs. James also hears what Morgan says about MIchael and he starts to wonder who Michael is. When the Chestburster starts pressing against Mary's chest and it is fully visible, James feels great sadness and sympathy for this girl.
- Damn it, dying like that. It would be the worst nightmare to have a Chestburster in your chest.
- I know, but she was really brave to go there and show the bodies of the Alien Queen and the PredAlien. If she had gotten there a few minutes earlier, they might still be alive. It would have been scary for anyone. I mean, it's a whole different thing on a movie set where it's fake. I know the Alien Queen that Stan Winston made was really big and I wonder if this one is as big.
- Hmm. It's hard to say but it looks like it's the same size. I see that the crowned head is longer on this one than the one that was in my movie. The PredAlien looks a little different too but I didn't help with the movie where it was in. Considering how damaged the chalk on the wall are, they must have fought really hard.
- It was probably a fight to the death. I mean, two Alien monsters that meet and both can reproduce. The Alien Queen definitely saw PredAlien as a big threat and PredAlien saw the Alien Queen as a big threat.
- It would have been interesting to find out more about this person MIchael who is mentioned. He seems very strange.
- I agree. It is revealed later in the broadcast that he wished that the Alien monsters would exist for real and his wish came true.
- Hold On. Wait a minute, was there a person who wished that these monsters would exist in reality? Why?
- Exactly. I also don't understand why he wished for that and this person placed lots of Alien eggs in a large park and watched as the victims were attacked by facehuggers.
- Then he must have been close to the Alien Queen and she must have trusted him. Otherwise he would hardly have gotten hold of any Alien eggs. The Alien Queen's warriors make sure that no one touches the Alien Queen or the eggs.
- Damn, I hadn't thought of that but you must be right. But in that case, maybe he wished for the Alien Queen to trust him. Another funny thing is that the person himself wasn't attacked by a facehugger until today.
- So he's no longer alive?
- He was said to have jumped into a vat of molten steel, much like Ripley in Alien 3 but she fell into some blast furnace I think. The Chestbuster was born while he was falling.
- Did this happen before the Alien Queen and PredAlien fought or after?
- Guaranteed after because Morgan sawed when Michael started sawing off the Alien Queen's tail. He probably wanted to keep it as a souvenir. By the way, he was the one who made sure the Alien Queen and the PredAlien fought.
- So he was there and saw when it happened?
- It seems so, but he was probably the only person who was there.
- Well, lucky for them. The Alien Queen probably laid an egg with a royal facehugger before she died to create a new Alien Queen. Maybe Michael forced the egg to open so that he would die and avoid any punishment for what he had done.
- It's possible that it could have been like that but there's not much information about Michael. Ridley Scott also wanted to know more about him.
- Does Ridley Scott also know about this?
- Since he directed the first Alien film, I had to call him and tell him what happened. That's why I called you so that you would know too. Johnny is talking to the Swedish authorities to see if they need help but I hope they can manage without our help.
- Hmm. I'm having a bit of trouble traveling to Sweden right now because I have a new film project in the works.
- I think they're doing well. The defense and the police seem to be doing a good job. Besides, both the Alien Queen and the PredAlien are dead and both bodies are destroyed so no one can make a new Alien monster.
- That sounds good. How many people have died?
- They say about two thousand have died but the numbers are uncertain so far.
- Ouch Ouch. That doesn't sound good. Luckily it's over.
- I know. So far, no reporter has called us and wanted to hear any comments, but it will probably happen during the day.
- Probably. Okay, this wasn't good, but it could have been worse. I'll probably have to tell my wife and kids about this so they know what happened if someone comments on it in the news.
- That sounds like a good idea.
- Okay, thanks for calling.
- No problem, mate. Bye.
The conversation ends and James looks at the saved broadcast and sees when the military kills the PredAlien's offspring at Zinkensdamm and he is surprised that there are so many of them. Even if the PredAlien vomits its eggs into its victims' throats, it should not have been possible to give birth to this many monsters. James listens to what the reporter says and almost stops breathing when the reporter says that the PredAlien may have given birth to live monster babies and vomited its eggs into the victims' throats. Suddenly he gets a reasonable explanation for how there can be so many monsters but the PredAlien in Alien VS Predator did not give birth to any live monster babies.
NBC shows the police surveillance film from Kungsträdgården and James sees when Michael places many Alien eggs in the park and he can see what Michael looked like. NBC also shows the images from the helicopter that flew over Solna Hospital and the images show when the PredAlien offspring pour out of the hospital. James Cameron wonders if this person MIchael also wanted the PredAlien to exist. In that case, he would be guilty of multiple murder. James pauses the clip and goes in to his wife and children. James shows most of the saved lives and both the wife and children are as surprised as James. This kind of thing shouldn't be able to happen but now it has.
USA 20th Century Studios
Meanwhile, while Douglas is talking to James Cameron, Johnny has managed to get hold of the phone number for Rosenbad and the Prime Minister of Sweden and he asks to speak to the Prime Minister and says that it is about the Alien monsters' advance. After a short while, he is connected to the Prime Minister's phone.
- Hi, my name is Johnny and I work at the film company 20th Century Studios and we own the rights to the Alien films together with Disney Pictures. I heard about what has happened in Stockholm and I wonder if you need any help.
- Oh okay. Well, the Alien Queen and the PredAlien are dead and the entire Stockholm defense is engaged and killing every monster and burning every Alien egg they see. The police are also helping and killing any monsters that are still alive. I think and hope that there are enough people.
- Did this start yesterday or has it been going on for a long time?
- It started on Thursday but then there were just several different monsters that created problems in different places. There was a monster at Gröna Lund and one at T-centralen and some other places. On Friday, a person placed a lot of Alien eggs in Kungsträdgården and after that, lots of Alien monsters have been spread throughout the city. It was probably the worst on Saturday when lots of monsters poured out of the largest hospital in Stockholm and there were also 15 Alien monsters at Gröna Lund. They seem to have hatched from cocoons after they came out of people's chests but I don't understand how.
- Huh? Okay. The thing about cocoons happens in the latest Alien movie. It's the Chestburster that develops into an adult Alien inside the cocoon. I wonder, what is Gröna Lund?
- Oh, it's a big amusement park with roller coasters and other attractions. I've only seen the two Alien movies so I didn't know anything about the cocoon. There have been reports about the cocoons from people who have seen them. It is said that a person crawled into an empty cocoon hanging from a tree on a street in Zinkensdamm. Zinkensdamm is a large area with many apartment buildings.
- That sounds strange. Who was the person and what was he doing in the cocoon?
- It is uncertain who it was and what he was doing in the cocoon but it may have been MIchael, the person who wished for the Alien monsters to exist in reality. He is said to have lived in the area. The witnesses also say that the person pressed his hands against the heads of the Alien monsters when they hatched and he was not attacked by them.
- Uh okay. Can you tell me a little more about Michael?
- I don't have many answers about him yet but what I do know is the following. He lived in an LSS group accommodation. Here in Sweden there is the LSS Act and this means that the municipality helps people with mental disabilities and ensures that they have a home and often a daily occupation. The form of accommodation can vary depending on how much help the individual needs. Michael is said to have had mild autism but I can't be sure that was the case. We need to get more answers about him before I can say for sure. Michael had a contact person and most of the answers come from him. We haven't made contact with that person yet, it was the police who spoke to him but the police made a mistake and everything that was said became public. That's not how it should really be.
- Sorry to ask, but what does a contact person do?
- It depends on what the individual wants, but most often they visit cafes, maybe go for walks and other things to practice their social skills and do things they wouldn't otherwise do. I'm not sure what MIchael and his contact person did.
- I think I understand. Michael doesn't seem to have tried to help society directly, quite the opposite. Well, do you need any help from us at the film company or some of the directors like Ridley Scott or James Cameron?
- I and some people who work in security have judged that the defense is doing such a good job that we don't need any extra help. Regarding the directors, this is not their fault, but they should be told what happened because the media will probably want some comment from them.
- I've already contacted Ridley Scott, so he already knows about it. A colleague is talking to James Cameron right now.
- Okay, but then you probably can't do much more than that, but we're grateful that you asked.
- I felt like I had to ask but now I know. Okay, Bye and have a good day.
- You too.
The conversation ends and Johnny feels satisfied after all and he hopes that something like this will never happen again. Johnny feels that he needs a big cup of strong coffee and he goes to the vending machine in the coffee room and makes a strong coffee. Douglas comes to the coffee room and Johnny and Douglas decide to inform his colleagues at the film company about what has happened and Douglas gets his laptop and goes to the largest assembly room that also serves as a cinema. Douglas thinks about how to tell the news to make it the best.
Disclaimer: Facehugger, Chestbuster, Alien, Alien Warriors, Alien Queen, PredAlien Bellybursters belongs to Disney/20th Century Studios