Tentacle 8 Page #4

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It's a virus that eats

what he wants to eat.

It freezes an endless loop of encryption.

Those files, they can't ever be retrieved.

I hope you're

right, for everybody's sake.

I have an ID, some cash and some passports

and a safe house for you.

I wouldn't stay there very long.

You keep moving until

you put a plan together.

This car will take you to the apartment.

What you do now is up to you.

But if you get in trouble,

no one's coming to save you, not

Mitchell, not the NSA, no one.

Why are you doing this?

Why are you helping me?

Mitchell asked me to.

That's it?

That's enough.

Phone.

Hi. I'm not home.

Leave me a message and I'll

get back to you when I can.

Thanks.

Hi. I can't talk long.

I just want to let you know I'm okay.

F***.

Federal

Bureau of Investigation.

Neil Frost.

I'll transfer you now.

This is Agent Frost.

Is this line secure?

No.

Call me back at 818-555-4040.

Yeah.

Who is this?

It's Ray. I'm on a pay phone.

Ray?

Yeah.

I haven't heard from you in a while.

How is everything?

Are you in town?

I need your help.

I can't explain right now.

Can you meet?

What? What do you mean?

I'm a couple hours away.

I can meet you somewhere.

What kind of

trouble are you in, Ray?

Can I call you here?

Call the tip line.

They'll have me paged.

I'll call you in a few hours.

It's a hot day today.

Here.

That's all right.

Thanks. I don't need anything.

It's okay.

You don't even need to even pay.

I give to you.

But, you cannot stay out here.

If you want more, come

back and ask for Ahmad.

That's very generous.

It's okay.

There is a shelter not too far from here.

I have a place to stay,

but could you help me?

I'm

gonna call the cops!

Get out of here!

, go back inside.

It's okay. It's okay.

You give to me, I can help

you sell, get you fair price.

I don't need any money.

What do you need?

I need a phone.

Where are you from, originally?

A place in the mountains

where lakes are like mirrors.

Very far, far away place.

I see it still every time I close my eyes.

It is no longer the place in my memories.

Much has changed.

You must miss it.

Yes, very much.

But, this is our home now.

Maybe one day it will

be the way it once was

and you can go back.

Do you really think so?

Do you know the place I'm talking about?

I've never been there,

but I have imagined it

many times in my mind.

I read your paper out front sometimes.

You read our paper?

See anything you want?

Does this work?

This is a very good one.

A little more expensive,

but you can talk anywhere.

You got an extra battery, a charger?

Yes.

Thank you.

Get rid of this for me?

I don't want to be found.

Okay.

It's okay.

I can sell it for you.

You come see me next week.

Don't say anything to my

brother,.

Just come and find me, okay?

Take the money, please.

It's okay.

I'm not a greedy man.

What happened to you?

I got a little beat up.

You look like sh*t.

You're a good man, Frost.

What's going on?

I got an unmarked

anonymous note from Langley

when I was still in Maryland.

Turns out it was from Mitchell.

I hadn't seen him in years,

not since his kid died.

He looked tired, worn out.

He gave me a book,

pages and pages of codes

scribbled in pencil.

What kind of codes?

Encryption codes, the we

used to have to break by hand.

He didn't tell

you what they were for?

He didn't give me any specifics.

He just kept saying, "It's in

the book. It's in the book."

"Keep it safe for me."

Some people just

don't know when to get out

before it gets to be too much.

I helped him with a virus,

imbedded it in the NSA remote server,

mutating sniffer programs

and password hunters

to make it look legit.

His email was intercepted and bounced

until it hit NSA, which

triggered the breach.

The bureau, the DEA, the CIA?

Everybody.

Stop. I don't want to hear anymore.

Don't ask me to, because I

don't want to get involved.

Something inside the shop is rotten

and he wanted it to be erased.

I told him I'd do it, if

I could be erased too.

People quit, people retire,

people get up and leave everyday.

Not without somebody

knowing everything we do,

listening to every conversation we have.

People on this side of

the curtain never get out.

We just wait around for

the sand to run out.

It is a capital crime, Ray.

You could go to the chair

for that kind of thing.

Tentacle 8, did you find anything?

I don't want to get involved, Ray.

I got a kid that's about to go to college.

How do I know that you and TK aren't gonna

to every

want to be

with a bucket full of cash?

I don't think that you've thought

this whole thing through yet.

I'm not gonna commit treason for you.

How long have we known each other?

When have I ever asked you to do anything

even close to crossing the line?

Tentacle 8, no existing

files or operations.

It's mentioned 4,032 times

in classified intel memos

from 1933 until now.

I asked around, I couldn't get anything.

So, either it's legit or it's a hoax,

but that's all I know.

Case officer?

Tabitha Lloyd, CIA,

officer of Inspector General.

Wait. What?

That can't be right.

She's SAD.

What about Kendahar,

Leod, Islamabad?

She told me she has agents in the field.

There's no record of her

being in special activities.

If she did, it was off the books

and her case history

parallels every intel leak

that we've had in the past 12 years.

That's all I got for you now. I'm sorry.

Thanks, Neil.

Oh man.

What is this place?

This is just temporary.

Long enough to gather intel

and help everyone plan exits.

Everyone?

Yeah.

I put a series of messages

out on the crossword.

We don't have a lot of time.

When's the last time you talked with TK?

Not recently,

but he's been right so

far about everything.

Yeah.

So far.

Did he give you a list?

What?

A list of others.

It would help if we had a list.

Right now we don't even

know who needs help.

No, he didn't give me a list.

Why would you ask me that?

Right now we should just

worry about ourselves.

I understand.

Let me show you something.

You see this?

Take a look.

It's not postmarked.

It was never mailed.

No. I

found it under our door

2 nights ago.

I'm sure it's her.

Send her a note in the crosswords.

Tell her I'm alive.

It's already done.

This is the paper you put your -

Back page.

Welcome home. Come on inside.

He appreciates your support.

Of course. I give you my word.

We'll set something up early next year.

Right, looking forward to it.

What happened?

Trucks delivered

the wrong machines

in some counties.

A news crew showed up at

one of the checkpoints

and half of FHP never got the memo.

I got a call about

network security issues,

that has everything been cleaned up.

Did they figure out their issues?

As far as I know.

Is Mosley still in the building?

I need to see him right now.

Okay.

Have you met Brian Mosley?

Not yet.

You need to start

making yourself known.

Come on now.

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