Bal-27 Warfare Page #4

JACK MITCHELL:

It's fine, I've made my peace with it.

After MITCHELL snipes the GUARDS and then HADES, GIDEON breaches the MEETING ROOM and finds that instead it's a BODY DOUBLE.

GIDEON:

It's not him, even though it's the exact same character model!

ILONA:

Blast! The real Hades is bugging out in a convoy! We can still cut him off!

MITCHELL and ILONA succeed in AMBUSHING THE CONVOY.

ILONA:

Hades is in the front car, Mitchell! Get to him!

JACK MITCHELL:

Wait, are we about to do that typical Call of Duty boss battle where I'm immobilised while an ally fights the bad guy before I deliver the killing blow?

ILONA:

Look out, another car out of f***ing nowhere!

After MITCHELL is PINNED BY THE CAR, ILONA briefly FIGHTS HADES and then MITCHELL manages to SLICE OPEN HIS THROAT.

JACK MITCHELL:

Right, game over! Roll credits to an inappropriate rock track!

HADES:

Wait! I still have a plot point! Gurgle.

HADES passes a FLASH DRIVE to ILONA and then DIES.

JACK MITCHELL:

A flash drive? This would've been a slip of paper if he wasn't such a hypocrite.

INT. ATLAS FACILITY - NEW BAGHDAD

IRONS is giving an INTERVIEW to a REPORTER while MITCHELL and GIDEON look on.

JONATHAN IRONS:

When the men and woman of Atlas finally killed Hades after leaving Santorini a smoking ruin, the entire KVA network came crashing down, just like when that happened with every other terrorist leader in the past!

REPORTER:

With the KVA gone and Atlas now the largest corporation in the world, are we still meant to assume you're not abhorrently evil?

JONATHAN IRONS:

I realise full well that PMCs haven't enjoyed the best reputation in fiction. Half the scripts on this very blog feature jokes about them being morally bankrupt! I assure you, there will be no need for new jokes regarding Atlas. There's only so many one can come up with, right?

REPORTER:

There's rumours that the United Nations will offer you a seat on the Security Council.

JONATHAN IRONS:

Well, I've made no secret of my disdain for politicians, so I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun rubbing elbows with them at the highest level!

As IRONS and the REPORTER leave, ILONA calls MITCHELL and GIDEON down to a MAINTENANCE ROOM.

ILONA:

Guys, I've decrypted the data Hades passed on to us. In keeping with his aversion to technology, it's a goddamn holographic recording. Here, watch.

The RECORDING shows the TECHNOLOGIST FROM LAGOS warning IRONS about the KVA ATTACKS. IRONS responds by MURDERING HIS FACE, all in IMMERSIVE HOLOSCOPIC 3D©.

ILONA:

Irons knew about the attacks! He ensured they would happen so Atlas could profit from the resulting chaos!

JACK MITCHELL:

Not that I'm refuting this plot twist, as it was long overdue and painfully obvious right from the very first trailer, but I do have some questions. First, wouldn't it have made more sense for Irons to stop the attacks and rightly take credit for that rather than for helping out afterwards?

ILONA:

I suppose, but that wouldn't have been needlessly evil, now would it?

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

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