the rover, with luke and terri inside, races away towards the safety of the erv, as the maelstrom boils over the face behind them. the sky is purplish black, thick with flying debris and eerie lightning flashes. towering billows of dust chase them over the plain, nearly enveloping them as they speed towards us, passing out of frame.
the rover races towards us, the front of the storm chasing it from behind, then completely overtaking the rover. it disappears from view!
wideview from above, as the energy vortex bends from side to side, pushing back the swirling storm that surrounds the face. as the vortex coalesces its energy into a cylindrical shape, we see through its center to a rising form -- the martian ship. it is a flattened convex circle whose matte- metallic angles replicate the "face" imagery.
the vortex is now a tight, rapidly spinning cylinder. as it draws more and more power from the disintegrating face, the martian ship in its center spins faster and faster.
wide view, from above, as the energy vortex changes from red- orange to blue-white. it roars with terrifying power as its top starts to bend, angling like a telescope towards a specific point in the stars. then the martian ship -- a rounded darker form, little more than a blip within the vast, blue-white column of energy -- shoots away from the surface, leaving only a blacked crater where the face had been.