Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Page #3

I listen in on their conversation,

and guess what I hear.

They're planning on attacking

the clinic themselves...

...and making it look

like the rebels did it.

And after I make my report-

We destroy the clinic

and I shoot the American in the head.

Son of a b*tch.

I've had lots of stuff go bad

in operations...

but finding out

I was supposed to get killed...

...as part of a plot to get U.S. military aid,

that was a new one.

So I just stayed calm...

and made my way back to camp

as efficiently as possible.

Wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Let's go back here. I'm confused.

You're saying you did not make contact

with Espada Ardiente at this point?

Because our reports indicate-

Well, where did you get the reports?

From Veracruz's paramilitaries?

You think they were gonna announce...

that they were officially planning on

putting two in the back of my head?

What I really wanna hear about is how

you were kidnapped by terrorist forces.

Oh, yeah.

Well, that's not entirely accurate.

See, I couldn't let Veracruz know

that I was onto him...

so I put together a little

kidnapping scene for them to find...

and double-timed it back to the clinic.

What the hell are you doing out here, man?

It's 5:
00 a. m.

You and me need to talk. Now.

Okay, so I-I-I'm confused here.

- Why would anybody wanna attack us?

- Because it's a ploy.

If they can make this terrorist group look like

they massacred a clinic and killed yours truly...

Veracruz can do anything he wants down

here and get a blank check to do it.

Right. But here's the thing.

We're not political.

Okay? I've never even heard

of the Es- What is it?

- Espada Ardiente.

- Yeah.

It happens all the time.

I saw it when I worked in Africa.

Some military group needs aid...

so they do something really terrible

and blame it on their enemies.

The point is,

you guys gotta move fast, okay?

in the meantime, I need your sat phone.

- Okay. Um, good luck there.

- Okay.

When we need to make a call,

we have to go all the way to Santa Marta.

Seriously, you got nothing?

Hey, we're not the Mayo Clinic.

And quick question. How do you

propose that we get out of here?

On our medevac helicopter

or our fleet of ambulances?

We are a tiny clinic in the mountains.

I'm not the one you're fighting here.

I'm just trying to lay it out for you.

And we appreciate it.

But this Veracruz of yours

is looking for you...

and we can't have him

finding you here, so-

Just go. We can take care of ourselves.

He must have been kidnapped.

- Did you hear anything else?

- No, nothing.

- Sorry, Commander.

- It's okay.

You still have an important role

to this mission, Seor Garcia.

When I tell the Americans what happened...

I will say you bravely

tried to fight off the Espada Ardiente.

But, sadly...

you were killed.

Throw his body in the ravine

and take pictures for the report.

- And the clinic?

- With the American gone, there's no use waiting.

We will destroy the clinic ourselves

and make the report.

The bad news was,

Veracruz was making his move early...

a fact I learned when I ran into

a familiar face on the road.

Oh, Jesus! Wha-

You're the kid from earlier, right? The food thief.

What the hell are you doing back here?

- I'm trying to get people out of the clinic.

- Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Slow down a second.

Since when do you speak English?

I used to watch Full House.

Veracruz is coming. We have to go.

- Veracruz? How do you know he's coming?

- I was watching his camp.

- You were spying on his camp.

- I wasn't spying.

I was trying to steal food,

and they caught me, then I try again.

What do you care? Veracruz shot

one of his men for letting you escape.

He's on his way here now.

He's on his way here now!

Hey. Whoa. Oh!

- No, no. Not you again.

- I thought I told you to go-

Yeah, yeah, I remember. I got a new plan.

We're gonna get everybody out of here now.

Is this the clinic?

Yeah.

It was.

I've had some conflicting reports

about how this happened.

I've heard it was the Espada Ardiente.

I've heard it was the paramilitary.

I'd like to hear your version.

Well, it's, um- I think the point

is the clinic is gone, right?

It doesn't really matter how it happened.

I get to decide what matters

and what doesn't matter, Commander.

Why are you so hung up

about the clinic, sir?

I thought we were talking about

a rogue paramilitary operation here.

The reason why I'm so hung up...

is because remote mountain clinics don't

usually blow up suddenly by themselves.

- Now, perhaps you're protecting someone.

- I'm not the bad guy here.

Well, then prove that,

because someone's going down for this.

And who that someone is depends

on what you say right now.

Okay, fine. Very good.

You sit there nice and relaxed...

and I'm gonna go start

court-martial proceedings.

All right, fine! I did it. Okay?

I blew the damn thing up myself!

We were in a desperate situation, sir.

There was one road out of there. We had a bunch

of sick people, and we were running out of time.

This is not the time to slow down. Veracruz

and his men are on their way right now.

With these roads, we got about 30 minutes.

Can you be a sweetheart?

Grab these oxygen tanks.

I thought you said that Veracruz

wasn't coming until later.

He changed his mind.

Funny how that happens.

What are y'all doing with my stuff?

Do you have a secret cache of weapons

around here that I don't know about?

- No, I don't have a secret cache-

- Right. I didn't think so.

Here you go, kiddo.

So between these tanks

and the fuel out back...

we should have just enough

to blow the place.

- What? No! No, no.

- Whoa!

You're not going to destroy the clinic.

Isn't Veracruz coming to do

the exact same thing?

No, Veracruz wants to destroy the clinic

with the people inside.

I wanna destroy the clinic to create

a distraction to save the people.

- A little bit of a difference.

- This is insane.

- You can't do that.

- Look, guys, you can't really believe...

that Veracruz and his guys are not

gonna see everybody leaving.

- We gotta cover our tracks.

- He's right, guys. It's the best way.

See? The teenage thief girl

agrees with me.

Now, boys and girls, this is happening.

You stay here, you die. You come with me-

We live?

Well, the odds are a little better.

Look, let's do this.

Get the patients outside.

Load 'em in the trucks and let me know

if you see any bad guys.

I can't believe we're doing this.

What about me?

- You and me are gonna build a bomb.

- Oh. We're gonna build a bomb.

Okay, we got diesel, oxygen,

propane out back...

- the whatchamacallit.

- That's my defibrillator.

Right. You wouldn't happen to have

any nitrous oxide, would you?

No. We are a bush hospital.

We're not a suburban dentist's office.

- You keep saying that. Hold on.

- What am I supposed to be doing?

Okay, great. Take that.

- This is your detonator. Yeah.

- Okay.

Tape that right on top of that valve.

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