Olimpius Inferno Page #2

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Yeah, of course I love you.

I miss you too, bye.

So, let's ride, groom?

Let's ride.

Why there're always fighting

going on in the Caucasus?

You just can't be waging war here.

Mishka.

I know now why your olymplus-plimplus

inhabits these places.

An ideal place.

Why did you bring all that junk with you?

What are you going to

do to this poor butterfly?

We'll cut its feet and

dry it in the oven. Is that so, Mike?

No, Zhenya. I'll collect

them and make a documentary.

You'll be climbing mountains

like a mountain goat?

It's much simpler than that.

Come.

It's very hard to film

night butterflies.

Olympius inferno flies with speed

of up to 50 km/h.

We'll set up the cameras

in places of their likely appearance,

it'll be triggered by movement

which will bring picture in focus.

Can you please hold it for me?

The image is transferred to the

receiver and saved on a hard drive.

Over here.

And then it comes up on the screen.

So that we can see what's being shot.

Marvelous.

The hard disk can store hundreds

of hours of footage.

Thank you.

That's it.

Now we just need to set up

the cameras.

Can't we do it in the morning?

A normal man doesn't work in

the evenings.

I even brough araka with me.

What araka? A true scientist

can't miss an entire night.

Yes, he can't. When we filmed in Africa

twenty hours a day no one whined.

Ah, Ahsar. The equipment -

it's very expensive, so you'll be

watching it, while we

set up the cameras.

Watching? There's no one here.

I don't even lock the doors.

- For a separate fee, obviously.

- Nevermind, go on.

Thank you.

Why did you become an entomologist?

It's a prestigious occupation in the US.

Even Nabokov was

interested in entomology.

Well, if Nabokov himself...

Why not a doctor, as your dad?

I tried studying,

but didn't feel anything for it.

Did you fall unconscious

during your first autopsy?

Yep.

Landed with my head right

inside the intestines.

No way. Yuck.

The head got stuck, they

pulled me by my feet.

They called the cops and firemen.

And then?

Then? That's it! I've been

like that ever since.

It was a minor joke, Zhenya.

- Can I laugh now?

Yep.

Thanks.

Blissus leucopterus!

What's that?

An aspirator.

It works like a vacuum cleaner.

Michael, what's wrong?

Michael!

- Call 911.

- What 911?! Breathe!

I won't do a mouth-to-mouth breathing.

Spit it out!

I swallowed it.

What was it?

A chinch bug

...of the lygaeidae family.

Have you ever used

this piece of junk before?

A thousand times.

You haven't even peeled off a price tag.

There was a ladder.

Imagine your butt sticking

out of the rocks

and a butterfly is sitting on top of it.

Yes, yes, ok?

You know, it's my first time

catching insects,

and we visited Africa with

Jessica as tourists.

I can't do a single thing!

Is this what you wanted to hear?

Is it? Why the hell did you

come with me in the first place?

It's your dad who called up my mom

asking to find someone to

keep an eye on his boyscout, who

all of a sudden rushed to

Ossetia.

- Don't even continue.

But frankly, I just wanted to

see the guy whom I

had a crush on in high school.

Yeah, and he was blind and

didn't pay attention to how I

followed him. Then he

left for America, and I was writing

letters for three years and never

received a single answer.

I didn't receive any letters.

We moved frequently.

And Jessica has been my girlfriend

since high school.

We'll soon be engaged.

Well, I also have a very cool

boyfriend you can only dream of.

I don't dream of men.

Let's go on, boyscout.

So you plan to leave your

cameras throughout entire Ossetia?

I didn't invite you here.

Let's sort it out once and for all

who's helping whom.

Where did you get them from?

Our counter-intelligence officer

told us to look for them.

We found them approximately

a mile away from here.

The guy has an American passport.

And the girl carried no ID on her.

Untie and send them some place far

from here. Let the embassy sort it out.

The counter-intelligence is here.

Where did the Americans come from?

They're not Americans, they're Russians

with American passports.

And the girl's definitely from Moscow.

I was certain they'll

be around here somewhere.

What the f*** are they doing here?

We'll take care of it, colonel.

Please remind all military

personnel that filming

and calling home is prohibited.

I will, captain.

What equipment did you bring with you?

-Entomologic.

There's an aspirator, containers.

We came to film butterflies.

Olympius inferno.

Give me back my phone, I need to call

an embassy.

How many video cameras do you have?

Just one, it's in the village and

we also have a photo camera.

We went looking for butterflies.

Please, let us go.

Do you belive in this

butterflies bullshit yourselves?

Put them in the car.

Excuse me.

Captain Addams.

I was told that you

detained an American citizen.

False information, captain.

They're Russians.

-No, we're Americans.

-This man is under protection of the

American flag. - The passport is a

fake. Mind your own business.

- He's an American!

Control, captain Adams.

Michael Oria is in Georgian custody.

He has a visa

effective as of yesterday.

[In Georgian] If you wouldn't be

an American, you bastard, I'd...

I had a chance to learn

your language, captain.

Thank you. Our headquarters

confirm that US citizen

Michael Oria is indeed present

in Georgia. He has to be

evacuated and delivered

to the embassy.

They have to let her go as well.

I don't care about citizens

of other states.

- She's my fiance!

- I repeat...

- I'm telling you she'll get her citizenship

after our wedding.

We have all the papers ready for it.

I'm not leaving without her.

Do you want me to stay here?

Release the girl.

And have him return the camera.

This is property of

an American university.

What the hell is going on here?

- It's an operation to restore

constitutional order in the country.

- It's war!

Yes, honey, it's war.

Listen, Zhenya, we need to Tbilisi

as soon as possible.

We have to leave as soon as possible.

So that they find out there

that I'm not your fiance there?

Zhenya!

Zhenya! Stupid woman!

Zhenya, where are you going?

Run faster, we have to find Ahsar.

He's not here.

Michael, look what's going on.

It's her...

...olympius inferno.

- It's a miracle.

- Wake up from your trance.

Do you understand that this will

be making tomorrow's headlines?

One could only dream of it.

We have to take it with us.

Do you think you'll get far with it?

Zhenya, it's university's property.

I can go to jail, if I lose it!

Then go ahead and guard it.

C'mon, leave it.

Zhenya!

Zhenya, I need to hide it all.

C'mon, answer me!

Ahsar? Ahsar, are you alive?

We're in the park.

Ashar, they stared a war!

Yep, got it.

He's waiting for us at home.

He'll take us to the peacekeepers.

Get down!

- What are you doing?

- Where are they?

Go!

- Ahsar!

- Saira!

Speak!

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