Assassins Run Page #2

- No, I love cookies.

But...

but if I eat as many as you do,

I won't be allowed

to dance in the theater.

What else do you have to do

to be a dancer?

You have to practice

every day, eat little,

and work a lot.

Why did you pick ballet

if you can't eat cookies?

Oh, because I had to.

When I was eight,

my mom got very sick

and she couldn't take care of me.

That's why I went

to a ballet academy.

I remember she said,

"If you dance really well,

the academy will take care of you."

And I promised I would.

Our teachers were strict.

But I had to take it for my mom's sake.

Mamochka?

When she died,

I had no one left but ballet...

and my promise.

Mamochka?

Mama!

So I jumped like a grasshopper

and walked on my tippy toes

and watched everyone else

eat their cookies.

You remember

what this oil refinery

was like when I bought it?

Like a tomb.

And now look.

So tell me, why don't you want

to modernize the plant now?

Of course I do.

Then why do you imagine that

the Americans will give you technology

- when you haven't paid them?

- What? Not pay?

I think maybe

you do not understand.

The bank credit was not granted

to the refinery itself.

We only offered our assets

as security.

Half a billion dollars

is a lot of money.

It doesn't just vanish

into thin air.

The bank credit was received

by an offshore company.

What?

Please call your own office.

They handle all the contracts.

Hi.

What are you doing here?

I thought I'd wait for you,

like the old days.

How are you, beautiful?

How did two Americans end up

in the Russian oil business?

When the Soviet Union collapsed,

all the rules went out the window.

If you had a little bit of money

and you were daring,

you could make millions

really quickly.

And Michael took a chance

at the right time.

But it's dangerous too.

Russian mafia is everywhere.

- Hello?

- Mr. Mason?

It's me, Usov.

We're... we don't have

a great signal here.

- I can't hear you.

- It's Usov.

Why aren't you calling me

from your usual company number?

I'm worried about my safety.

Some money has suddenly

appeared in the bank account

of one of your offshore companies.

A lot of money.

So you suspect someone is

siphoning off money

from our main business.

The company's controlled

by bearer shares.

Whoever holds

the company's shares has the money.

Per your instructions,

I've instituted confidential

emergency protocol Nikita.

There's still time

to access these shares.

- Whoever did this...

- Usov?

Usov?!

Protocol Nikita.

Mr. Mason,

what can we do for you?

Hello, I'd like to order some flowers...

for my wife.

Miss Maya Letinskaya?

Going up?

Top floor.

- Hello, it's Usov.

- Hello, it's Usov.

- Hello?

- Hello?

Mommy, Mommy!

- Hey.

- Mommy!

How come you're not sleeping?

I had a nightmare about daddy.

Come on.

Hello? Usov?

Usov is lying in a pool

of his own blood.

Don't worry, Michael.

You will soon be joining him.

I will make sure you leave

Maya and little Nina penniless.

- Do you hear that sound, Michael?

- What's going on?

I asked you before to find

the end of the line.

It is the end of the line, Michael.

Sasha, get us out of here.

Sasha?!

What the hell are you doing?!

Don't kill him!

Your concern for your men is touching.

But you should rather

worry about yourself,

sitting inside a bomb on wheels.

Listen.

Listen to me.

Oh, Jesus Christ.

Listen, let's... let's meet.

Let's talk, all right?

Let's... let's talk about this!

I have a wife.

I have a family.

You don't need to do this.

I want your last thought

to be of Nina growing up an orphan

while your pretty wife is

stabbed to death in prison.

Bye-bye, Mikhail.

Hello?

I'm so sorry.

What's wrong, Maya?

Is everything okay?

I don't know, I just...

this stupid dream last night.

- Get 'em out of here now.

- Let's just do it again.

- Okay, yeah.

- Excuse me, people.

Can everybody leave, please?

Now.

Maya.

I'm sorry to tell you this, Maya.

Michael is dead.

A generous friend,

a selfless humanitarian,

a devoted father

and a beloved husband...

In sure and certain hope

of resurrection into eternal life

through our Lord Jesus Christ,

we commend to Almighty Lord God

our brother Michael Mason.

And the Lord said unto Adam,

"In the sweat of thy face

shall thou eat thy bread,"

till thou return unto the ground;

for out of it thou was taken:

for dust thou art,

and unto dust shall thou return."

Maya, I'll find out who did this.

Please do.

I promise.

Usov is dead.

- Murdered.

- What?

Yeah, they found

his body this morning.

What's going on?

There's some money missing.

A lot of money.

Did Michael ever mention

anything to you

about documents

or anything like that?

No, Michael never

brought business home.

Hmm.

Maya, let me see if I can

explain this to you.

They're the bearer shares

of an offshore account

controlled by a blind trust,

and they're missing.

Those shares are like cash.

A half a billion dollars in cash.

I've lost control of the oil refinery.

The banks...

have frozen all your assets.

You could lose this home.

You could lose everything.

I have no idea,

but I'll look everywhere.

Okay.

Let me know.

Mamochka?

Nina, please, let's not

stop speaking English.

What will happen to me

if you leave like Daddy?

Nina, I will never leave you.

You promise?

Of course I promise.

Let's go to the theater, hmm?

Hello, Nina.

Maya, can you give me a lift?

My mama is sick.

Yeah, I'll take you.

Do you want to come?

Can I go and play?

Yes, but don't disturb anybody.

And don't go outside

the theater, okay?

Okay.

What a nice dress.

Did I do something wrong?

That's for you to confess

and us to find out.

You have the wrong person.

You are Maya Letinskaya.

You can call your

husband's friends later.

I'm seizing your phone

as evidence.

Cocaine.

How original.

I don't know how it got there.

Get in our car.

I can't go.

My daughter is at the theater.

How convenient.

That's where we're going.

Are you lost?

That's right, I'm lost,

and I have lost something too.

Will you help me find it?

- What is it?

- Some papers

that are worth a lot

of money, just like you.

Hey!

Hey!

So drug possession is

part of this rap sheet.

I was set up. The drugs in the car

and the dressing room were planted.

What's going on?

- Nina!

- Mom!

Richard is someone we can trust.

I want you to know that.

Okay?

- Richard! Richard!

- Mom!

- Take her to Michael's parents!

- I will.

- She will be safe there.

- I'll look after her.

Baby, I love you!

You gave your daughter

to an almost complete stranger.

Someone killed Michael

and now they got to me.

I had no choice.

If Richard could take her to Las Vegas

to Michael's parents,

she would be safe there.

I had to take Nina out of Russia.

Then what happened?

Things got worse.

Put your jewelry in here.

One minute.

- Hello?

- Roman?

- Maya.

- Where is Nina? Is she okay?

She's on a plane with Richard

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