Along Came a Spider Page #5

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Unit three,

loop on 23rd Street.

Unit six, take "K" Street

and double back.

You've got four units

on top, Alex.

[Phone Ringing]

[Ring]

- [Ring]

- Cross.

Four minutes, Union Station,

main entrance.

Jezzie, Union Station,

main entrance.

[Horn Honking]

It's rush hour.

He's drawing them into a crowd.

[Phone Ringing]

[Ringing]

Hey! Hey!

Don't answer that!

I think it's for me.

- Cross.

- [Hangs Up, Dial Tone]

[Man On P.A.,

Indistinct]

[Phone Ringing]

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ring]

[Ring]

- Cross.

- Keep this phone, take the metro,

platform "A,"

you got two minutes, go!

Jezzie, metro,

downstairs, platform "A."

[Phone Ringing]

- Cross.

- Go to the center of the platform.

[Distorted Voice]

Track 15, go!

[Distorted Voice]

Go to the first car.

[Distorted Voice]

You there yet?

- Yeah, I'm there.

- Go to the left side.

- Open the window.

- These windows don't open.

You're smart, Detective,

improvise.

Quickly.

- Police officer. Everybody, down!

- [Woman] What?

- Get down! Everybody, down!

- Come on, outta my way!

[Screams, Gasps]

You ready?

All right, now, throw!

[Chattering]

We can neither confirm

nor deny that Gary Soneji...

was involved in the incident

on the MTA train this morning.

We've heard that a ransom

was paid. Comment?

- I can't comment on any of that.

- What about Megan Rose?

I'm not going to go into

any details at this time.

What about Soneji's

state of mind?

I'm not going to comment

on his mental stability.

You can draw

your own conclusions.

Now, Senator Rose has agreed

to make a statement,

- So?

- The file on Soneji,

- is it still on your kitchen table?

- Yeah. Why?

I'm gonna have

another look at it.

This business about the diamonds,

money, I didn't see it coming.

[Typing]

I am grateful that

the F.B.I. Is here,

with the objective expertise

to find out where my daughter is.

Secondly, I now...

[Jezzie]

This is worse than killing time.

Yeah, but you'd be amazed at how

often the small, neglected things...

become the most important.

I just got the feeling

we're missing something.

Maybe I'm in

the wrong line of work.

Maybe I should take on

something less challenging.

You do what you are,

Jezzie.

You mean,

you are what you do.

No, I mean,

you do what you are.

You're born with a gift.

If not that, then you get good

at something along the way.

And what you're good at,

you don't take for granted.

You don't betray it.

What if you do

betray your gift?

Then, you betray yourself.

That's a sad thing.

[Siren Wailing In Distance]

[Knock At Door]

- Who is it?

- [Man] Police.

[Electrical Charge]

Gary Soneji.

Hi, Alex.

Now, right hand, thumb and

forefinger. Just give me the gun.

Alex, you can't shoot me.

You'll never find Megan.

Sit down, Alex.

I'm-I'm a little concerned, Alex.

I'm a little...

I'm a little worried

that you...

you don't really care

to understand me anymore;

that you won't paint

an accurate portrait.

And I need you to convince me

that I'm wrong.

In order to do that, we're going

to have to talk about Megan Rose.

No, no bargaining, Alex.

No cheap interrogation techniques.

It's transparent,

and it's clumsy.

This is between

me and you.

I want you to see.

I want you to look inside here

and tell me what the f*** you see!

I'm a gift to you, Alex.

I'm a gift to you.

And you are beyond... pitiful

if you cannot understand that.

I'm living proof

that a mind...

the mind is

a terrible thing.

[Laughing]

I see you've got

your sense of humor back.

[Laughing]

Yeah.

I wondered what happened to it

during the ransom drop.

The ransom drop.

That was

a well-earned 12 million.

Twelve million.

Senator Rose says

he can pull strings.

He says he can fix it so you

keep the 12 million and walk.

All you have to do is return

the child. Where is Megan?

Where's Megan?

Where is Megan?

Where's Megan? Where is Megan?

Where is Megan?

She's trapped on my boat, Alex,

isn't that right?

Or maybe she's stuck in a warehouse

somewhere or floating in a river.

Swinging from the end

of a rope, buried alive.

[Snickers]

I envy her.

What would life had been like

with parents like that?

Come on, Gary, blaming your parents

for what you are?

I'm not blaming them, Alex.

They've been punished

already.

I burned down the house

while they slept.

I was 15 years old.

Was it what you expected?

Not really.

It was a new experience.

What, killing?

No, being

in the newspapers.

So, in your opinion, Doctor,

were my actions

triggered by nature...

or nurture?

If you want me

to be brutally honest...

I think you just have

a morbid desire to burn in hell.

[Quietly]

We're done for today.

I'm taking her with me.

[Groans]

- You're not taking her anywhere.

- I'll send her back to you.

You just tell me

which piece you want first.

Aah!

Ow! Oh, sh*t!

[Groaning]

Damn it.

Alex!

[Gasps]

Oh, my God.

What have you done?

[Sobbing]

What have you d-done?

[Sirens Wailing In Distance]

[Woman] Residents of this normally

quiet suburb are still in shock...

as news of the shooting of Gary

Soneji, America's most-wanted man,

filtered through

their community.

Apparently, Soneji had attempted

to confront, or even harm...

members of the kidnapping

task force hunting him.

So, he came after Jezzie

as payback for Dimitri.

Ostensibly, yeah.

That's how you want it

on record?

Yeah, for now.

Here they come.

Dr. Cross, tell me you have at least

an idea where my little girl is.

I'm sorry, sir, I can't.

You kill the one man

who has the answers,

and you're telling me

you haven't a clue, not one clue?

The man walked in the f***ing room,

and you shot him.

Senator...

standing in his shoes, I'd have

done the same thing, sir.

That's your job, not his. He's

supposed to find my little girl,

not shoot the man

who knows where she is.

[MacArthur]

Senator.

It's not over.

The book is not closed.

Alex...

thank you

for saving my life.

Good-bye, Jezzie.

- Wanna hear something funny, Mac?

- Sure.

Cheer me up.

I congratulated Soneji

on scoring $ 12 million.

You mean ten million.

Exactly.

He had no idea

what I was talking about.

[Door Opens]

I know you.

You work at my school.

Eat your food, Megan.

[Door Closes, Locks]

[Watch Beeps]

[Watch Beeps]

[Watch Beeps]

Alex,

where is this going?

We've been through these tapes

backwards and forwards.

I can't see how this is

helping us find Megan.

You know

what I see, Mac?

Someone was onto Soneji

long before we ever heard of him.

Look at this.

What do you see?

Agent Devine hauling ass

out to the front gate.

Mac, he could have shut this

whole place down from right there.

Now, you wanna tell me

why he didn't?

[Quietly] Good God.

Devine was in on it with him.

Then, when Soneji hit the embassy,

he pulled a double cross.

He ran his own ransom.

No, Soneji was a loner.

An accomplice would have

been beneath him.

I'll tell you

what happened.

Soneji was hoodwinked.

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