Burn Notice: The Fall of Sam Axe Page #9

- Please, kid, I'm begging you.

They killed Luis,

and I'm going to fight them!

Look, I know that he meant

a lot to you, okay?

But he was a soldier.

He was protecting you.

Don't make his death meaningless by

staying out here and getting yourself killed.

Please. If you won't go inside for me,

at least do it for the old goatherder.

Where the hell are they? Call 'em again.

Is that you again, 412?

How much longer?

'Cause we're running out of time up here.

- We're going as fast-

- The situation is getting urgent.

Is this the station chief? I gotta know

how much longer this is gonna take...

...and your numbnuts officer

here can't tell me.

- Who is this?

- Who is this?

- Yeah.

- Who is this?

Deputy Assistant intelligence Director

Chuck Finley. That's who.

I'm down from N.S.A. headquarters here

doing a random SIGINT check...

...and I ran into this

little disaster area of yours.

- Where are these troops?

- They're 10 minutes away, sir.

- Ten minutes?

- Yes, sir.

This thing will be over

in five. Get on it.

- Chuck Finley?

- Yeah.

Made a lot of money

betting on him back in the day.

I'm thinking it's a lucky name.

I guess we'll find out.

Between the flipped truck

and the firefight...

we bought ourselves some time.

But it wasn't too long

before Veracruz was in position...

...and we were about to get creamed.

Keep everybody inside.

When the shooting starts, make sure they're

away from the windows and down low, okay?

I'm going out there.

- You're what?

- I gotta buy us some more time.

Sam, if you go out there,

Veracruz will kill you.

Yeah, maybe.

But if I manage to die slowly...

that'll put you guys just a little closer

to getting out of here.

No, no, no.

You're at least taking your gun.

If he sees that I have a gun,

he's gonna shoot me on sight.

- Don't worry about it. I got an idea.

- No, no. Wait.

I mean- You can't.

If you just-

Stay alive.

I'll do my best.

Still, you know, if we were gonna kiss...

we should probably do it now, just in case.

I don't wanna- Uh, yeah.

That is a lot better

than a kick in the teeth.

Whoa. Whoa.

We need to talk.

What is there to talk about,

Commander Axe?

Oh, we got a lot to talk about.

I'm here to negotiate

the terms of your surrender.

Our surrender?

Is that supposed to be funny?

- How long before they get here?

- I don't know.

Soon. They better get here soon.

Man, you just love doing that, don't you?

How many are there inside?

Believe me,

you don't know what you're up against.

- Yes. Espada Ardiente. We know.

- No, no.

It's the Flaming Sword.

Believe me,

you don't wanna mess with them.

- And why is that?

- 'Cause I've fought all over-

Afghanistan, the Balkans, Southeast Asia.

I've never seen guys like this.

I count a dozen men with old rifles-

farmers, by the looks of them.

Yeah? You think that's all we got?

Then what am I doing here?

I'm a commander in the Navy SEALS.

You think I'm gonna be wasting time

with a bunch of smelly farmers?

Smelly, stinking, unwashed farmers?

No, no.

You boys have made a grave miscalculation.

That's why I'm here with my one-time only,

not-to-be-repeated offer.

Unconditional surrender right now,

and I'll let you walk away.

You're bluffing.

- What is he doing?

- I don't know.

No!

All right. All right.

Because I'm feeling... generous and, uh...

merciful...

I'm gonna give you one more chance.

Surrender right now.

Okay? I'm serious.

What is he doing?

I'm telling you, guys,

you're just making it worse on yourself.

- We should finish him.

- No, wait!

Let's see this Flaming Sword, shall we?

I'm telling you, guys,

you're gonna regret it.

I've heard the old saying

about soldiers praying in foxholes.

It's a natural response

when your friends are dying...

and everything you care about

Is about to get destroyed.

But I gotta say, in my experience...

prayer is pretty iffy as a battle plan.

But I'll also say this.

When you need a miracle,

there's nothing like it.

Shh, shh, shh.

Hey, guys, say hello to my friends.

I call them the newest members

of the Flaming Sword...

you crooked son of a b*tch.

Yeah!

Sam. Sam Axe.

It's the good guys. It's the good guys-

Uh-

Los buenos. Los buenos.

Los buenos.

So, you guys ready to surrender now?

Man, that felt good.

That's Sam Axe.

Sam! Sam! Sam!

Sam! Sam!

Sam! Sam! Sam!

- So, you gonna make it?

- Yeah. Yeah, I think so.

If you ever reconsider

the whole medical thing...

you'd make a hell of a soldier.

Okay.

All right, I will- I'll keep that in mind.

Listen, Sam. Thank you.

- Thank you for everything.

- Back at you, Doc.

All right.

Help this man up.

So what happens now?

It's gonna take a while

to sort this all out.

My guess is Veracruz and Perez

are gonna be going off the grid...

...for their foreseeable lifetimes.

No. I mean, what about you?

Oh, I'm probably gonna

spend some quality time...

...at the nearest covert military facility.

Well, uh, good luck.

Thanks. And, uh, thanks for the kiss, huh?

I know you probably only did it

'cause you thought I was gonna die, but--

Oh, my God.

Commander Axe, you need to come with us.

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right #

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right #

Seor Axe.

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right #

# Hey, Snow White #

# It's gonna be all right

It's gonna be all right #

# How can you win some? #

# How can you win some? #

# When the company goes public #

# You've got to learn

to love what you are #

# When the company goes public #

# You've got to learn

to love what you are #

And here I am.

- That's quite a story, Commander Axe.

- Thanks.

- How does it end, sir?

- There's only one way it can end--

...a court-martial.

Well, sir, there is actually one more part

of the story that you should probably hear.

I was saving it in case you decided

to be a stand-up guy about all this.

- But I guess that's not gonna happen.

- What are you talking about?

Do you remember the little chat I had

with Beatriz after Luis died?

Well, there's something I left out.

He was protecting you.

Don't make his death meaningless by

staying out here and getting yourself killed.

It's my fault.

It's my fault, all of this.

The first half of the discussion

went just like I told you.

It was in the second half, though,

where things got really interesting.

Kid, don't say that.

This has nothing to do with you.

- The Flaming Sword, they knew what they were getting into.

- There's no Flaming Sword.

What the hell are you talking about?

My father interviewed Luis

for the newspaper...

and I went with him,

so I knew all his story-

that he was in the army

and he went away to be a farmer.

After my father was killed--

I went back to Luis.

I gave him the name Espada Ardiente,

and I convinced him to fight.

Wait a minute. So...

...all of this was your idea?

Everything.

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