energy courses between the pair. The "Asteroid" reveals itself to
be the BRAINIAC SKULL SHIP - a tentacled craft that looks like it
sounds. A set of "jaws" protrude and puncture the hull of the
small craft. It glows white hot with power.
INT. SKULL SHIP - OPERATING THEATRE
We see a surgical table, its contents obscured by the shadows,
save for the back of a malformed head. Computer banks and monitors
are everywhere. A small ROBOT works beside the table - implanting
a cable into the back of the malformed head. It throws a switch.
Raw energy blows through the cable, causing the "patient" to
convulse and writhe, screaming.
CLOSEUP - METALLIC SHAFT
as it begins to reconfigure, taking the shape of an arm. We see
the same happen to other parts of his "body" -- hands, legs,
facial features.
EXT. SPACE
The craft the Skull Ship holds then goes dark, the energy being
sucked from it having run dry.
INT. SKULL SHIP - OPERATING THEATRE
The "patient" stops convulsing, as the cable attached to its head
ceases to glow.
BRAINIAC
That was all the energy the craft
yielded?
L-RON
The craft was a short-ranger, my Lord.
I'm surprised that can had enough juice
to give you this much form. We pulled 1.9
trigs out of it. There's nothing more to
get.
BRAINIAC
(rising)
An inaccurate assessment.
INT. SMALL CRAFT
The frightened Aliens try to re-start their craft.
ALIEN #1
(off computer)
