Bal-27 Warfare Page #11

JACK MITCHELL:

Second, how did Hades even make this recording? He would have needed multiple camera angles to create this three-dimensional image.

ILONA:

He probably got it from Atlas, since it was encoded with one of our own algorithms!

JACK MITCHELL:

That just raises further questions!

ILONA:

We don't have time for this, we have to get out of here now! Gideon, what say you?

GIDEON:

Ehhhh --

ATLAS SOLDIERS suddenly RUSH IN and RESTRAIN MITCHELL and ILONA. IRONS enters and MITCHELL immediately tries to SHOOT HIM, but one of the SOLDIERS slaps the GUN out of his HAND.

JONATHAN IRONS:

Four years with Atlas and you draw a gun on me right away? You're a spineless dupe, Mitchell. I guess I shouldn't have expected better from a Call of Duty protagonist who generally just goes along with the most recent thing he's told. I'm not mad, I'm disappointed.

ILONA:

You are mad alright! Mad with power!

JONATHAN IRONS:

Please, did you see the acting in that recording? I wouldn't even throw an Emmy at that, it's obviously a fake! Right, Gideon?

GIDEON:

But why didn't you try reasoning with us instead of sending in soldiers right away?

JONATHAN IRONS:

Surely you're swayed by the fact that these soldiers didn't restrain you along with Mitchell and Ilona?

GIDEON:

Ehhhh -- yeah okay.

JONATHAN IRONS:

Excellent. Let's go.

As soon as IRONS and GIDEON leave, MITCHELL is contacted by a MYSTERIOUS CALLER.

MYSTERIOUS CALLER

I need you to escape. I've rigged the fire suppression system to activate in three seconds. Make the most of it!

JACK MITCHELL:

Hah, you should call yourself Daedalus.

MYSTERIOUS CALLER

Daedalus? Why?

JACK MITCHELL:

Well, I've just been taken captive by the paramilitary organisation that I work for right after learning from a terrorist leader it's actually super evil. Now I'm being helped by an unknown individual contacting me through my video link with a voice modulator and hacking things to aid in my escape. Is this ringing any bells?

MYSTERIOUS CALLER

Oh crap, it's Deus Ex!

JACK MITCHELL:

There we go.

MITCHELL and ILONA make use of the DIVERSION to KILL THE ATLAS SOLDIERS and ESCAPE OUTSIDE.

EXT. CITY CENTRE - NEW BAGHDAD

The FULL MIGHT of ATLAS bears down on MITCHELL and ILONA.

ILONA:

Mitchell, follow me down these narrow corridors! I'll be sure to keep my running speed incredibly inconsistent to make navigating them alongside me an absolute nightmare for you!

They fight their way through NEW BAGHDAD and eventually reach a ROOFTOP, where the MYSTERIOUS CALLER reveals himself to be SERGEANT CORMACK.

MAJOR CORMACK:

That's Major Cormack now, thank you very much. Mitchell, surely you remember your old commanding officer?

JACK MITCHELL:

The only black guy in the game so far? Yeah, I remember you.

MAJOR CORMACK:

I'm now the leader of a government task force investigating Atlas and their rise to power in the wake of the KVA attacks. We call ourselves Sentinel because it sounds cool. Are you with us, Mitchell?

JACK MITCHELL:

Why me? Besides being the protagonist and stuff needing to happen to me, of course.

MAJOR CORMACK:

I risked extracting you because you tend to change allegiance like you change your underwear.

JACK MITCHELL:

Ah, the spineless dupe thing. Alright, let's go!

As CORMACK tries to EVACUATE MITCHELL and ILONA, GIDEON and JOKER show up in a WARBIRD.

GIDEON:

Not so fast! I'm not quite convinced yet Irons is dirty, but I will let you guys go. Let me just radio him and tell him you were gone by the time I got here.

JACK MITCHELL:

Great! We'll just conveniently overlook the fact that your warbird's pilot is looking right at us while you do that.

JOKER:

(F***ing sucks)

EXT. IRONS' ESTATE - THAILAND

CORMACK is leading MITCHELL on a mission to INFILTRATE IRONS' PRIVATE ESTATE in BANGKOK.

MAJOR CORMACK:

We know Irons is preparing his next move and that it involves something called Manticore. We need to find out what that is, so we're going to check the files in his office. We'll have to maintain stealth to get past his security forces.

JACK MITCHELL:

(Sighs)

Okay, lead the way and I'll copy your every move.

MAJOR CORMACK:

No no, I'll make my own way to his office. You'll have to cross the entire courtyard by yourself. Here, use this grappling hook straight out of Just Cause 2 to access higher ground.

JACK MITCHELL:

Wait, I'm allowed to do this on my own? No scripting?

MAJOR CORMACK:

Yes. Why are you weeping tears of joy?

JACK MITCHELL:

It's just -- nothing. This is so unexpected!

MITCHELL successfully sneaks through the COURTYARD and then keeps reloading the CHECKPOINT so he can do it AGAIN AND AGAIN.

MAJOR CORMACK:

Had your fill? Come on, let's see what Irons is planning. Hmm, according to these files, he's moving shipments of Manticore through a hangar in his backyard! He's either incredibly cocky or incredibly dumb.

They sneak into the HANGAR and monitor a MEETING between IRONS and DR. PIERRE DANOIS.

PIERRE DANOIS:

I must warn you, Mr. Irons! Manticore is thermally unstable and highly volatile! Ah, now I see why I've been a doctor this whole time.

JONATHAN IRONS:

I just got word there's been a security breach, so it's either incredibly cocky or incredibly dumb of me to still have this meeting. Just in case though, continue keeping your references to Manticore that vague.

PIERRE DANOIS:

Hazard class packing groups premature exposure!

JONATHAN IRONS:

Very good.

The SHIPMENT is moved onto an UNMANNED PLANE.

MAJOR CORMACK:

We need to find out where that shipment is headed. Mitchell, plant a tracker on the plane! Don't worry about all the guards, just shoot them!

JACK MITCHELL:

Won't that let Irons know the shipment's been compromised?

MAJOR CORMACK:

Let's go with no!

MITCHELL manages to PLANT A TRACKER on the PLANE, after which he and CORMACK make their ESCAPE.

JONATHAN IRONS:

Looks like incredibly dumb is winning out on this one.

EXT. DARWIN GLACIER - ANTARCTICA

CORMACK, MITCHELL and ILONA plan to INTERCEPT the PLANE over ANTARCTICA.

MAJOR CORMACK:

We're going to bring down the plane right here in the ice. I know Danois said Manticore is thermally unstable and highly volatile, but I'm sure the sudden temperature drop or the plane crashing won't count.

They bring down the PLANE and are immediately captured by an ATLAS FORCE led by GIDEON.

GIDEON:

Trust me. If I wanted to kill you, you'd be dead already.

JACK MITCHELL:

That line is such a cliché, it must be true!

GIDEON eliminates the OTHER ATLAS SOLDIERS.

GIDEON:

See? You have to understand, I had to find out for myself whether Irons was evil.

JACK MITCHELL:

Yes, you're the absolute last one to figure that out. Also, you didn't put up much of a fuss when it seemed like Irons was going to have us killed back in New Baghdad. You had no way of knowing Ilona and I would be saved by Cormack.

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