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Aeon 3 is the world's

newest and most

technologically-advanced watch.

The Aeon 3

is biometrically tailored

to your physiology.

It monitors all...

[]

See? Just like all the rest.

Losing it.

No,

this guy's different.

- Please.

- He is different.

He had a family.

Okay? Somebody on

the inside messed up.

This is our chance.

[ENGINE STARTS]

[]

[WOMAN ON TV BLATHERING

INDISTINCTLY]

[]

What did you put in my head?

[GRUNTS]

Oh!

Tell me!

All right. All right.

They call it

a Psi-Com Implant.

They said

it was experimental.

Without it,

you'd be dead.

You... You had an intracranial

hematoma.

And no med cover.

They saved your life.

Who's "they"?

[GRUNTS]

[HIGH-PITCHED FEEDBACK

SQUEALING]

[GROANING]

Relax. Relax.

They ain't gonna blow it yet.

The pain will go away.

The pain will go away.

[FEEDBACK FADES]

[SIGHS]

Bennett. Bennett,

what are you doing here?

Man, I came to ask the good

doctor the same thing you did.

Now I'm glad I didn't.

Guess that's a taste

of what they'll do

if we keep asking

too many damn questions.

Who's "they"?

Man, the last time

you asked that,

your melon damn near

split open.

[SIGHS]

We're being used.

Human lab rats.

How is this possible?

Are you kidding me?

Hope Industries?

Randolph Hope owns, uh,

pretty much everything.

Now he owns us too.

The space inside our heads.

Hi, my name is Carter Burke.

And if you're a man of class,

a man of distinction...

Hi, my name is Carter Burke.

And if you're a man of class,

a man of distinction,

a man who values quality

above all else...

Whoa, whoa, hold it.

I got some advice for you.

The ads you've been seeing,

they don't ever let up

until you buy

whatever crap it is

they selling.

Now, me, I ain't got no money.

So I'm having to steal the sh*t.

That works too.

Trust me.

It's the only way

to make them stop.

[]

[CAMERA BEEPING]

MAN [OVER MONITOR]:

Aeon 3.

[BURKE]:

My name is Carter Burke.

If you're a man of class,

a man of distinction

a man who values quality

above all else,

you need the Aeon 3.

The world's newest and most

technologically-advanced watch.

The Aeon 3 is biometrically

tailored to your physiology.

It monitors

all essential organ functions

and comes in a 4-millimeter

titanium anti-magnetic case

with built-in GPS

and a touchscreen transponder.

Aeon 3 comes

with a power source

that will last you a lifetime.

Aeon 3.

Aeon 3.

[SCREAMS]

It's time.

[SCREAMS]

[BURGLAR ALARM BLARING]

[WHIRRING]

[GUN C*CKS]

Freeze.

No, no.

It's Hope Industries.

[HIGH-PITCHED FEEDBACK SQUEALS]

[SCREAMS]

[FEEDBACK STOPS]

[GROANS]

Keep your hands

above your head.

[PANTING]

Hands on your head. Now!

Now!

Get down on the ground

right now.

All the way on the ground.

I'm not gonna ask you again.

Stop!

[GUN CLICKING]

Damn it.

[]

[SIRENS BLARING]

[TIRES SCREECHING]

[COP]:

Move. Move. Come on.

Check those stairs.

Through the alley.

Come on.

- Where is he?

- He's not in there.

[POLICE SIRENS BLARING]

Who are you?

Who are you?

- You lost him.

- Damn, this thing sucks.

- Don't break it.

- I'm not.

At least we made contact.

[]

[MAN ON MONITOR]:

Gentlemen, there is a potential

security breach in Project 660.

Subject 373 received

a class-one implant

on January 7th.

Initiation was successful.

Subject's reaction

to initial uploads

of real-time

audiovisual stimuli

was within normative range.

As in 48.6 percent

of all other cases,

multiple uploads

had to be broadcast

to gain full compliance.

Then last night,

at 2300 hours,

Subject 373 questioned

the implant

and a warning pulse

was activated

as per standard operating

procedure.

Two hours later, subject

successfully acquired product

by extralegal means

and was confronted

by security personnel.

Surveillance risk assessment

indicated high probability

of disclosure

and automatically triggered

the fail-safe mechanism.

Except in this case,

it didn't work.

We activated Subject 373's

fail-safe

but it did not detonate.

The termination code

was blocked.

- How?

- We don't know how.

We're working to override

the blocking program,

but it will take time.

He's a belligerent subject

with just enough information

to make him dangerous.

Unless we can activate

the fail-safe,

Mr. Gibson

is a serious liability

who could expose Project 660.

We have the avatar program.

That's proven effective.

The avatar program

has been successful so far.

But Project 660

is too important to risk.

It requires

more stringent safeguards.

Projections indicate a 146

percent rise in share prices,

creating a self-perpetuating

revenue stream

of 21 billion dollars per year.

Randolph Hope feels

the assets are worth defending.

Gentlemen, meet Mr. Drake.

Mr. Drake knows how

to defend an asset permanently.

This is Subject 373,

Luke Gibson.

The asset is in his head.

Shouldn't be a problem.

Good. Let's get to it.

Right this way,

Mr. Drake.

[]

[WOMAN]:
Have you heard

about Juicy Fruit bubblegum?

Brand-new flavors

for you to enjoy.

There's Mulberry Mint,

Chinese Chocolate,

and my favorite,

Passion Fruit Power.

[KNOCKING ON DOOR]

[]

[BOTH GRUNTING]

[BONE CRACKS]

[BEEPING]

[RAPID BEEPING]

[GRUNTS]

[]

Hello, Luke.

Been a long time.

Product is on foot,

engage at will.

[]

[BEEPING]

[RAPID BEEPING]

Goodbye, old friend.

Come on, get in.

We've lost the product.

Clear out, clear out.

One, two

Hey, hey, hey

Shacked up right now

Hey, hey, hey

I'll show you how

I've got this information

Running round my brain

Hey, you all right?

Nice moves out there.

Who are you?

We're your guardian angels.

[]

[MAN]:

Of our 660 current subjects,

this group has shown

the best response rate

to the implant technology.

[WOMAN]:

Sir, I'm sorry to interrupt.

Subject 373 has eluded

the intercept team.

Ah. Mr. Gibson.

- So good of you to come.

- This is Hal.

Let's get inside

where it's safer.

Now, this is

what's happened.

Hope Industries has put

a computer inside your head.

They're trying to develop

a whole new way

to manipulate mankind.

- We should let him rest.

- [HAL]:
No, there's no time.

If we don't hurry, this man's

brain is gonna end up

as a wet spot

on a wall somewhere.

I apologize. In actuality,

we have a little more time

than that. You see,

our Keyboard is a lot smarter

than their techs.

He's like

our secret weapon.

Can he get this thing

out of my head?

Not exactly.

But there is a computer

in your skull.

So Keyboard can hack it.

Mr. Gibson, this is Keyboard.

[RESPIRATOR HISSING]

[COMPUTERS BEEPING]

You can say hello.

Not too close.

Keyboard used to work for Hope.

Resident computer genius.

That is until the boy found out

just how evil

the corporation was

and he tried to destroy them

from the inside.

With the baddest computer virus

ever written.

The Xenogen virus.

[HAL]:
He introduced

the virus into every computer

he could get his hands on.

He came within a hairsbreadth

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