Athletes Who Rock the World Page #2

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You all havin' a good time?

- Yeah.

Will you do something for me?

It's really, it's really important.

I need you to tell your teacher

that you need to get back on

the boat and go home right now.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to Broadway!

This cell block housed...

the most awesome scum

in America.

Ladies and gentlemen,

I, Ranger Bob,

cordially invite you to become inmates

of Alcatraz, temporarily, of course.

On the line!

Pretty tight quarters,

aren't they, huh?

Like being a caged animal.

Spend a couple of years

in there...

- What's the matter, fellas?

Something wrong with the tour?

- The tour's over, Bob.

What kind of f***ed-up tour

is this?

General Hummel, Captains Frye

and Darrow reporting, sir.

Welcome to the Rock, gentlemen.

Land the choppers on the

back side and deploy as planned.

- Aye, aye, sir.

- Aye, aye, sir. Move out!

I'm not allowed

to carry a gun.

Oh, you're not allowed to carry

a gun? I got a goddam gun.

If I'd've known this was

gonna happen, I'd have brought

my motherfuckin' gun! Help!

All right, gentlemen, this'll be

our new home. Tom, I want

my command centre right here.

- I want Coms up.

- Roger that, sir.

Put the satellite over there.

I wanna be up at 1600.

Let's move it.

- Systems up.

- Possible penetration point

in the shower room.

- We're setting anti-intrusion.

- I brought a personal touch, sir.

It's an anti-motion trembler

device. It's custom-made.

Nobody knows about it

and nobody expects it.

- What's it do?

- We head-fake 'em with the laser beam.

And then if they disturb

Mr Backup here, we own 'em.

Ladies and gentlemen,

you're being detained against your will.

For that, I apologize.

It is not our intention

in any way to harm you.

You will not be detained one

minute longer than is necessary

for us to complete our mission.

Attention on deck!

Stand easy, men.

Make no mistake about it,

gentlemen, we are now in harm's way.

For Major Baxter and I,

this is the last campaign in

a career datin' back to Tet '68.

Likewise for Captain Hendrix,

Gunnery Sergeant Crisp,

who cut their teeth under

my command in Desert Storm.

Captain Frye, Captain Darrow,

this is my first operational

situation with you and your men.

And I have to say, thus far your conduct

reflects your reputations.

- Thank you, General.

- Thank you, sir.

We have achieved our position

through poise, precision and audacity.

To this

we must now add resolve.

We'll be branded as traitors,

the gravest capital crime.

Punishable by death.

A couple hundred years ago,

a few guys named Washington,

Jefferson and Adams...

were branded as traitors

by the British.

And now

they're called patriots.

In time, so shall we.

God willing,

in less than 48 hours...

you will evacuate this island

in gunships under cover of

hostages and V.X. Gas warheads.

Your destination: A

non-extradition treaty country.

You will each be paid a fee

of $ 1 million for services rendered.

But you can never again

set foot on your native soil.

- Can you live with that?

- Yes, sir!

The men of

Marine Force Recon...

are selected to carry out

illegal operations throughout the world.

When they don't come home,

their families are told fairy tales

about what happened to them...

and denied compensation.

Well, I have choked

on these lies my entire career!

Well, here and now

the lies stop!

God be with all of you.

Man your positions, men.

This is FBI Director Womack.

Director, be advised.

Eighty-one,

I say again,

my control as of this moment.

You are to take measures to assure this

remains a need-to-know classified fact.

Who is this?

Mr Director, you have

a very serious problem.

A battery of V.X. Gas rockets

is presently deployed...

to deliver a highly

lethal strike on the population

of the San Francisco Bay area.

- I will call again at 0100 hours

to state my demands.

- I want to know who I'm talking to.

This is Brigadier General

Francis X. Hummel, United States

Marine Corps, from Alcatraz.

Out!

- I'll cancel your reservations.

- Get the Pentagon.

And call the San Francisco office.

It seems Alcatraz was just reopened.

Last night General Hummel,

using brutal but nonlethal force...

under the guise of a security

exercise, walked off with 15

V.X. Poison gas rockets.

He lost one of his own men

in the process.

That's General Hummel in Vietnam.

I think he was a major at the time.

Three tours in Vietnam,

Panama, Grenada, Desert Storm.

Three Purple Hearts,

two Silver Stars...

and the Congressional Medal of...

Jesus!

This man is a hero!

Well, I think "legend" might be

a better description, Mr Sinclair.

Well, now we can add kidnapping

and extortion to his list of accolades.

Mr Sinclair, General Hummel

is a man of honour.

General, it's him.

Frank, it's Al Kramer.

Hi, Al, how you doin'?

I don't know, Frank.

Ah, why don't you tell me.

Got a lot of very, very

worried people here, Frank.

I'll come straight

to the point.

Eight-three Force Reconnaissance Marines

have died under my various commands.

Forty-seven in northern Laos

and southern China.

Southern China? We never admitted

we sent troops into China.

Who is this?

Identify yourself.

White House Chief of Staff

Hayden Sinclair, General.

- How old are you,

Chief of Staff Sinclair?

- I'm 33.

Well, Mr Sinclair, you've probably got

no f***ing idea what I'm talking about.

By your ninth birthday, I was

runnin'black ops into China,

and my men were responsible

f- for over 200 enemy kills.

Al, put some rigging tape over Mr

Sinclair's mouth. He's wasting my time.

Ah, you want to continue,

Frank?

Remember Operation Desert Storm?

Those surgical hits made by our

smart bombs, covered so well on CNN?

It was my men on the ground

that made those hits possible

by lasing the targets.

Twenty of them were left to rot outside

Baghdad after the conflict ended.

No benefits were paid

to their families.

No medals conferred.

These men died for their

country, and they weren't even

given a goddam military burial.

The situation is unacceptable.

You will transfer $ 100 million...

from the Grand Cayman Red Sea

Trading Company account

to an account I designate.

From these funds, reparations

of $ 1 million will be paid...

to each of

the 83 Marines'families.

The rest of the funds I will

disperse at my discretion.

Do I make myself clear?

Except for the Red Sea

Trading Company. What is that?

- Identify yourself.

- This is FBI Director Womack, General.

It's a slush fund where the Pentagon

keeps proceeds from illegal arms sales.

Jesus, Frank!

This is classified information.

You alert the media,

I launch the gas.

You refuse payment,

I launch the gas.

You've got 40 hours, till noon

day after tomorrow to arrange

transfer of the money.

I am aware of your

countermeasure. You know and I

know it doesn't stand a chance.

Hummel from Alcatraz.

Out.

All right. We have to identify

the hostages and contact each

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