ALANA cradles her UNCLE in her arms, tears streaming from her eyes. She rests her hand on the old man’s forehead. LUKE reaches them just as OXUS regains consciousness with a groan, setting his eyes upon his niece.
OXUS: (gasping) Alana!
She hugs him, and helps him get to his feet.
LUKE: We must hurry.
LUKE closes his eyes for a moment and concentrates, then he moves to a small door behind some machines near the back of the laboratory.
LUKE: (cont.) ...This way will lead us out, let’s go!
As LUKE and ALANA move for the door, OXUS retrieves the pistol lying in the slab’s compartment.
OXUS: If you’ll oblige me for just a moment...
OXUS fires a few rounds into the console that DR. BLOODORY used earlier to link to the mind-control chip. He then follows LUKE and ALANA out the side door, leaving the panel in a smoking ruin.