A View to a Kill Page #4

- Sure thing.

The oil operation looks clean, except

for a problem with the crab fishermen.

Good morning.

Here's that reporter I told you about.

Mr O'Rourke.

I understand you have a problem.

That Zorin oil pumping station ruined

one of the best crab patches in the Bay.

Scared them away?

They didn't go nowhere.

They just disappeared.

Well, I'd like to look at

that oil pumping station.

That'll be tough. It's very heavily guarded.

We'll be testing new equipment shortly.

Keep a sharp lookout.

- I don't want anyone near this dock.

- Very good, sir.

- Valves 5 to 15 are open.

- What's the report from the wells?

(female technician)

Valves open and ready to receive water.

Good. Open valves 16 to 25.

(male technician)

Valve 10 at half capacity, sir.

Give me an update on valve procedure

for the Main Strike programme.

(Conley) We'll have a field crew

check it out in the morning.

(mesh rattles)

- Valves to wells 26 to 30 open, sir.

- Right.

Activate pumping procedure.

50 per cent power.

Increase it.

Maximum.

The new seals are not fully tested.

Main Strike's in three days. Any delays,

I hold you responsible.

Yes, sir.

Bring it up to full. Slowly.

(engine fires up)

- Shut down! The propeller's jammed.

- Fix it.

(alarm sounds)

- You there! Get a man down there!

- (mutters orders urgently)

Let's go, move. Come on, you guys.

Gimme a hand.

- Get the alarms turned off.

- Yes, sir.

(Conley) Hurry up, goddammit!

Clear that pump.

We're behind schedule.

Give it to me.

(May Day) Ha!

Guard!

(men call out in Russian)

(Zorin) Tell Conley to resume pumping.

This is yours, I believe.

Defuse it.

(engines whine)

(cries out)

(desperate cries)

Aaaggghhh!

(pants)

Well!

- Pola lvanova!

- James Bond!

- Check the beach area.

- Let's get out of here.

(traditional Japanese music)

(Pola) That feels wonderful!

Feels even better from where I'm sitting.

- Would you like it harder?

- James, you haven't changed.

Well, you have.

You're even lovelier.

James, that night in London

when I was with the Bolshoi...

What a performance!

In my dressing room later...

Did you know I was an agent

with orders to seduce you?

Why do you think I sent you

three dozen red roses?

Now that was a performance.

Quite a coincidence,

us running into one another!

- Come on, tell me the truth.

- Let's not talk shop.

Let's put on something more...

- inspirational.

- Why not?

(turns off music)

- Ohh!

- (music)

Are you all right?

The bubbles tickle my...

Tchaikovsky!

Dtente can be beautiful.

This is no time to be discussing politics.

(music from Swan Lake)

Pola?

Yes, darling?

You know something? Tomorrow

I shall buy you six dozen red roses.

How lovely, darling. I can't wait.

(car engine starts)

The tape?

(traditional Japanese music)

(Zorin) The Silicon Valley operation

must not be delayed.

(tape rewinds)

Main Strike's in three days.

Any delays, I hold you responsible.

It's essential the remaining pipelines

are open on time.

Our economy needs investors like Mr Zorin.

California welcomes him with open arms.

- May I quote you on that, Mr Howe?

- Certainly.

Is there anything else I can tell

the Financial Times?

Yes. My readers want to know why Zorin

is pumping sea water into his pipeline

instead of pumping oil out.

Sea water is used to test

the integrity of the pipeline.

It's a lot safer than oil.

Just in case there are any leaks.

Well, I... I didn't know that.

Well, thank you, Mr Howe.

That about wraps it up.

Would you come this way, please?

If you'd like any further information

just call me, Mr...

Stock. James Stock. Thank you, Mr Howe.

- Mr Howe!

- Stacey, what do you want?

I have some porosity tests

I want to show you.

- I can only spare a couple of minutes.

- OK.

(man) Ahem!

Sorry.

(presenter reads weather forecast on radio)

(radio programme continues)

(bleeps)

(water running)

(yowls)

(water running)

(c*cks gun) Come out real slow.

Just another Zorin stooge, Mr...

whatever your name was.

Actually, it's James Stock.

London Financial Times.

You can, uh... You can tell the police which.

And you can tell them about the $5

million payoff you received from Zorin.

I saw the cheque.

You cut the line.

Get back.

Sit down.

(gunshot)

- What's this loaded with?

- Rock salt.

Now you tell me.

(Stacey) No!

The vase! No!

Take this.

Oh, hell!

Sorry, Granddad.

Hey, wait for me!

(door shuts)

Thank you.

My pleasure.

All the king's horses and all his men

won't do much with that.

That's all right. It was Granddad's ashes.

But he always loved a good fight.

I'm Stacey. Sutton.

- Yes.

- And... you're a reporter.

- What was it?

- Stock. James Stock.

- Right.

- Yes, I'm researching an article on Zorin.

I used a friend's name

to get an invitation to the chateau.

I can tell you a few things about Zorin.

- I'd like to hear them.

- (cat meows)

I have to feed him. Are you hungry?

- What are you serving? Whiskas?

- I only have leftovers in the fridge.

- I'm a pathetic cook.

- I'll lend a hand.

- You can cook?

- I've been known to dabble.

Et voil! Quiche de cabinet.

Sounds interesting. What is it?

An omelette.

Now, you were telling me

about your grandfather.

He left Sutton Oil to Dad - who expected

me, as the only child, to take it over.

- So at college I studied geology.

- And then what happened?

Zorin. He took over Sutton Oil

in a rigged proxy fight.

I fought him in the courts.

It's taken all I had.

All the cash, the furniture, everything.

So I took this job as state geologist

and I've just managed

to hold on to the house and my shares.

And that's what the $5 million were for?

Your shares?

Ten times more than they're worth. Just...

Just drop the lawsuit and shut my mouth.

I haven't accepted yet.

So Zorin sent along his gorillas

to help you make up your mind.

They have. (rips up cheque)

I'd sell everything and live in a tent

before I give up.

That was delicious.

And the way you handled those men.

Well, those...

baboons could come back.

I hope not.

Well, then, I'll...

check the windows and doors, and...

- Oh! Reconnect the telephone.

- The box is outside my bedroom window.

I think I should be able to find that.

(rumbling)

- Good morning.

- Good morning.

Oh, I say! Breakfast out of bed.

- What's wrong with them?

- We had an earth tremor.

They're extremely sensitive

to seismic activity.

Let's see what

the Earthquake Center has on it.

Just a minor tremor. Measured 2.5

on the Richter scale. Location...

That's odd.

The epicentre's near Zorin's oil field.

I told Howe yesterday that Zorin

was pumping sea water into his wells.

- Is there a connection?

- Sea water?

Those wells are in the Hayward fault.

- Are you sure?

- I checked it myself.

That's incredibly dangerous.

Howe has to stop Zorin now.

(raised voices)

- What happened?

- I got fired.

- He fire... He fired me.

- All right. Calm down.

This evening we'll meet

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