[SCENE — CATTO WEATHER BUNKER / LYRA-9] [sound design: hurricane winds, radar sweep, electrical hum] [LAIZER BEAM — confident female voice, professional but tired] Catto Weather Radio, BEAM-1. Lyra-9 remains offshore. The unidentified returns continue moving against prevailing wind. [sound design: radar pulse] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE — synthesized] New return detected. [LAIZER BEAM] Track it. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Altitude: one thousand six hundred feet. [LAIZER BEAM] Wind vector? [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Southeast. [LAIZER BEAM] Movement? [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Northwest. [LAIZER BEAM — quietly] Still moving upwind. [sound design: keyboard clicks] [LAIZER BEAM] Increase resolution. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Resolution limited by electromagnetic interference. [LAIZER BEAM] Use every available sensor. [sound design: electronic processing] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Profile resolving. [LAIZER BEAM — confused] That's different. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE — flight crew] CATTO, we have the return. [LAIZER BEAM] Can you identify it? [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] Negative. [LAIZER BEAM] Vessel? [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] No. [LAIZER BEAM] Debris? [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] No. [sound design: radar distortion] [LAIZER BEAM] There's a central mass. Four extensions. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] Four? [LAIZER BEAM] I think so. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Biological classification unavailable. [LAIZER BEAM — startled] Run mammalian profiles. [sound design: computer processing] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] No matching classification. [LAIZER BEAM] Again. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] No matching classification. [LAIZER BEAM — frustrated] How large? [sound design: keyboard clicks] [LAIZER BEAM — stunned] That's wrong. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Estimated dimensions confirmed. [LAIZER BEAM] Run it again. [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Confirmed. [LAIZER BEAM — quietly] Approximately the size of a city bus. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] A bus? [LAIZER BEAM] Approximately. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] There's no bus flying through that storm. [LAIZER BEAM] I know. [sound design: radar pulse] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Return accelerating. [LAIZER BEAM] It's climbing. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] How fast? [LAIZER BEAM] Too fast. [sound design: radar tone rising] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Altitude increasing. [LAIZER BEAM] Wait. It's stopped. [sound design: wind, sudden quiet] [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] Stopped? [LAIZER BEAM] Midair. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] The wind should be carrying it. [LAIZER BEAM] I know. [sound design: electromagnetic pulse] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Return moving northwest. [LAIZER BEAM — startled] Again. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] It's flying. [LAIZER BEAM] Don't call it that. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] What else would you call it? [LAIZER BEAM] I don't know. [sound design: radar distortion] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Additional return detected. [LAIZER BEAM] Where? [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] One thousand four hundred feet. [LAIZER BEAM] Same profile? [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Similar. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] We have another. [LAIZER BEAM] Another? [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] Same general shape. [sound design: radar pulse] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Third return detected. [LAIZER BEAM — stunned] Three. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] They're moving toward the coastline. [LAIZER BEAM] All three? [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] Affirmative. [sound design: deep thunder] [LAIZER BEAM — tense] They're not being carried by the storm. They're moving through it. [sound design: radar alarm] [CATTO SYSTEM VOICE] Returns accelerating. [LAIZER BEAM] They're getting faster. [LIMA BRAVO ZERO ZERO ONE] And they're still moving upwind. [sound design: low electromagnetic hum] [LAIZER BEAM — shaken] I don't know what these things are. [sound design: radar sweep] [LAIZER BEAM] But they're not debris. They're not radar ghosts. They're alive. [sound design: powerful thunder, radar static] [LAIZER BEAM — final broadcast] Catto Weather Radio, BEAM-1. Three unidentified biological returns are moving toward the coastline. Estimated dimensions: approximately the size of a transit vehicle. Their behavior is inconsistent with known aerodynamic principles. They are moving against hurricane-force winds. They are climbing. And they are holding position in conditions that should make flight impossible. [sound design: faint radar pulse] [LAIZER BEAM — quietly] Whatever is inside Lyra-9... It's alive. [sound design: transmission fades into hurricane static]
