John Valentine
[just saw the weird creature on the wing of the plane]
There's a man on the wing of this plane!
John Valentine
[Everyone looks out the windows on his side, but the creature has disappeared]
There was somebody out there. You gotta believe me!
OW Old Woman
I saw him. Green and slimy.
OM Old Man
Leave the poor man alone.
OW Old Woman
I'm only trying to help. You've got to humor them.
John Valentine
It was lightning. At first I thought it was animal. Some kind of bird or something. But it was a man! There were flames coming out of the engine, and a flash of smoke. Maybe it was a technician who was caught on the side of the plane when it took off. How could he survive out there? The air's so thin, the blast of the wind. It's so cold. [begins to think it was only his imagination and feels embarrassed] It's impossible, isn't it? Oh my god, I feel so stupid! [takes sedatives to sleep. Then laughs nervously] Can you imagine? A naked man crawling along the wing of an airplane at 35,000 feet?
CP Co-Pilot
Mr. Valentine, what do you think's wrong with this aircraft?
John Valentine
[tries to think of something else, since no one will believe him about the creature]
There's an engine out.
John Valentine
The one on the outside. Outboard No. 1. It's out, isn't it?
CP Co-Pilot
What makes you think that?
John Valentine
Never mind about that. It's true, isn't it?
CP Co-Pilot
Nine minutes ago, Outboard No. 1 was struck by lightning, there was a flame out, we lost it.
John Valentine
Lightning?
CP Co-Pilot
Lightning. Mr. Valentine, this aircraft has four engines. The possibility of us losing one, remaining three, is remote in the extremes.
John Valentine
You sure it was just lightning?
CP Co-Pilot
Absolutely. Listen, we're gonna be landing in about twenty minutes. There is the highest probability that we will survive this flight.
John Valentine
[laughs in fear and disbelief]
Okay.
