Born of War Page #2

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Just let me talk to her.

She's nine years old.

We can't trust her not to tell...

What?

That you're still alive.

What?

She thinks I'm dead?

Mina, everyone does.

Who's Sue Walker?

You are.

Nice place.

The, uh...

The owners are away

for six months, then we'll move you on.

You'll be used to Sue Walker by then.

Who's Sue Walker?

It's your name.

Simon, please take me to my sister.

No one needs to know.

I'm not paid to make decisions like that,

Mina, I'm sorry.

Come on, I want to show you something.

It's the penthouse, so you, uh,

you get the roof garden.

Thought it might make

you feel more at home.

Sorry about the, uh, view.

I'll be in England till

the end of the week.

My number's in there.

Dee?

Sorry, this number is no longer available.

O'II be fine.

Go. Please, for me. Go!

Mum!

Dee!

Let's talk about that.

There's a new study out

from the London School of Hygiene

and Tropical Medicine,

which sounds like a fun school to go to.

They did a study on obesity

and calculated people in America

are 34 billion pounds overweight.

Soon we'll need a Rascal scooter

to help us get round the side.

You see, the average

human body weight is 137 pounds

and in North America it's 189 pounds.

Another terrorist attack

in the Wakhan Corridor last night.

Fanatical anti-western nationalist

Khalid Zeerak

claimed responsibility

as part of his ongoing campaign

to prevent oil company Nasco

drilling in the region.

Chief advisor to Nasco,

Mohammed Ombruhami,

was targeted and killed in the attack.

His son Dagar will continue

his father's work.

Let this be a message

to foreign imperialists

and the traitors who help them.

This is just the beginning.

Mina, it's me, Simon.

Mina.

Mina, I can't go until I've seen you.

All right.

Well...

I don't know that I

should even show you this

but I want you to know that she's okay.

You need to let me talk to her.

I can't do that. You know I can't do that.

- 'Cause you're not paid to do that?

- No, I'm not paid to do this.

I am sticking my neck out as it is,

showing you that video.

Great, thank you so much.

Now, I'm going to tell you something.

I don't know how long it's going to take

to find Khalid but I do know this,

that you have to lead the life

that you have now.

You have to live it.

I'm sticking around here tonight.

I can help you tidy up your apartment.

I don't want you to help me

tidy up my apartment.

You need to put one foot

in front of the other and...

I can't do that right now, okay?

You have to live, now.

- I'm helping you.

- Take this.

- I am helping you.

- You're not helping me.

Stop talking to me

like I'm a f***ing kid, okay?

Stop acting like a f***ing kid, okay?

You know what? Get out!

Just leave.

She doesn't seem to be here.

Okay.

Please leave a message after the tone.

I'll be back in one minute.

Sh*t.

Hey!

B*tch, come here!

I didn't show you this one.

Mina, we know that Khalid

raped your mother.

She said it was a one-night stand in Yemen.

She was trying to protect you.

Look, we... We didn't

want to have to tell...

We didn't expect this to...

You're his only heir

and he wants you back.

I think I'm going to be sick.

He's a psychopath and something

about you just makes him crazier.

But that was really unlike him

to take these risks.

I'm sorry, do you want to use my bathroom?

What are you suggesting?

Apparently

we've got a mole in this department.

They found her sister tonight, too.

Jesus. Is she okay?

Yeah, she's fine, but this time

they weren't shooting tranquillisers.

I mean, imagine,

if he did find her,

she'd lead us straight to him.

How's my sister?

She's fine. She...

We're just going to keep moving

from place to place

until you catch him, right?

Or until he catches us.

No, look, we will... We will catch him.

When?

It could take years.

Let him catch me.

What?

You can't tell me you haven't

thought about it before, right?

It's really easy. You just track me

and then I lead you right to him.

No, look, we... We don't do

things like that with civilians.

Absolutely not, and if anyone found out,

this whole department would get shut down.

Then don't let anyone find out!

Let Simon do it.

He's not officially working for you, right?

And I'm legally dead, anyway.

There you are.

Sorry about that.

Had to make it look real.

Do you think Khalid will really believe

that you kidnapped me?

I don't think he'd trace it back to me.

And even if he could...

Somewhere you can breathe.

So I've got a few

that I just want you to just take a look at

so that it's not too crazy

when you're out there.

This is an M16. This is mostly

what our guys are going to be with.

Just so you've got a sense of it...

Don't point that at me.

Don't ever point a gun at someone

when you're not going to use it.

Here, I'll show you how to do the clip.

That's it there

and there's a bit more that goes in there.

Pops back in. That's the safety catch.

And then just line it up.

You want to pull this.

Brace this into your...

- Here, brace this into your shoulder, like that.

- Yeah.

Okay. And then just line up the sight.

- You got it?

- Mmm-hmm.

Okay, um...

We'll move on to those. That AK-47 first.

But I'll just show you a couple of pistols.

That's the Glock.

You want to weigh that up?

You ready? Go.

Want to try it?

Put your hands up. Now!

That's good. That's really good.

So, choose your weapon.

Come on, Mina, think!

This pencil here. Grab it.

Jab it here, under the ear. Deadly.

Uh, this mirror, grab a towel, smash it.

Will they kill him?

Well, uh...

No, no. Olivia wants him

taken alive for information.

But after that. He'll be executed, right?

Well, he'll... He'll stand trial.

Simon, he killed my parents.

I know but there's knowing it

and then there's proving it.

Oh, that's Olivia.

Working very late, as ever.

Does she have any family?

Her department's her family. Literally.

Her dad is probably

the best operative they have.

Is that why she got the job?

No, no, no. He's strictly by the book.

It's, um...

That is why she didn't want to send you in.

In case Dad found out.

Well, he'll be happy when she finds Khalid.

No sh*t.

What about you?

What are you going to do with the ransom?

I don't know.

I've had my eye on this Bentley.

I meant are you going to

hand it over to the government?

Mina, I work for money.

Well, yeah, but for the

good guys, too, right?

Yeah, of course, I prefer that.

But it's just not always that simple,

you know?

Sometimes it's like now,

they send me in because

some diplomatic issues.

Sometimes they just

don't want to get their hands dirty.

So have you done things

that you thought were wrong?

So whose initials are those?

Oh, these are my wife's.

She's gone. It was a long time ago.

What happened?

That is a long story.

You know, in school they said that

smoking takes five years off your life.

Oh yeah?

In mine, they said 10.

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