Tentacle 8 Page #5

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Yes, sir, I'll

do that right away.

Mosley's gonna be involved,

so get to know him well.

He's got the secretary's ear,

so he's somebody we need on our side.

Yeah. Navy Seal commander,

CIA interrogation advisor -

Yeah, memorizing

ain't the same as knowing.

I want you to know these people.

Tex.

How was your visit with NSA?

They are a real mystery to me,

so I don't know.

I mean, they're real tight with intel,

kind of like they invented it.

Everything they've told me so far

makes me think security's

not going to be an issue.

Well, Murdoch's been briefing me

on some outstanding issues,

intel breaches, leaks.

I've asked him to be available

for you if you need anything.

There is one thing

that's been bothering me.

Maybe you can help me out with it.

Last March the secretary

asked me to go down to

visit at

one of our black sites.

He wanted me to sit in on an interrogation

regarding one of the network breaches.

There was this guy there, long time NSA,

failed his polygraph test,

stress test nearly killed him

and nothing that came out of his mouth

matched up with his paperwork.

By the time I got down there, he was gone.

He was already shipped

off to some other hole,

God knows where, and I doubt if

anyone has followed up on it.

Our guys?

Third party contractors.

I promise you, this will

come back to haunt us.

You need to talk to the General

see if he has any more information

on these other outliers.

Murdoch can get

you everything you need

and I will catch up with you Deanna more

at the Gayla tomorrow night.

Looking forward to it.

Murdoch, I'm looking

forward to working with you.

Not taking my calls anymore?

What's a guy got to do to get a call back?

Win an election?

I'm okay.

What happened?

What do you mean?

Well, not just that,

what happened after you left?

I never heard from you.

I'm sorry, Ray.

I was in a war zone.

Why are you being defensive?

When I was laid

up at

with a broken back and perforated spleen,

out of all the times I

played this out in my head,

this wasn't one of them.

Oh, and did I mention I

couldn't take any meds

any stronger than a f***ing Tylenol?

Maybe that has something to do with it.

I don't understand.

It means I'm

in a lot of pain, Ray.

Everything okay with the baby?

The doctor said

the baby saved my life.

How's that possible?

I don't know, Ray.

It's a miracle.

I'm not making this stuff up.

I'm just trying to understand.

I'm not trying to come

across the wrong way,

I just don't know exactly

what it is you want from me.

I don't know what I should

say or do right now.

It's real life, Ray.

It's messy and inconvenient.

It's not a little blip on

your map you can just erase

or a line in your book you can

black out with your marker.

I owe you an explanation,

but what you do with that

is up to you.

Just like the first edition

you brought back from,

what was it, Homburg, a few loose pages?

How 'bout a few missing

pages; pages 1, 50 and 400.

Those pages mean anything to you?

I didn't flip through the pages.

Pages 1, 50 and 400.

All NSA depot documents are

stamped on pages 1, 50 and 400.

That's a hell of a

coincidence, wouldn't you say?

What are we doing here, Ray?

What do you want me to say?

If we don't have a future after today,

then nothing we've done

or said in the past

matters much anyway.

There's no need to waste another second.

But, if you want any part of this,

we start right now.

I don't care where you've

been or what you've done.

What we had was real.

At least it was to me.

I have never lied to you.

So what I want to know is

if you want part of this.

If you do, I'm here.

But if you don't, then I'm on a plane

and I'm out of here first

thing tomorrow morning.

I have to go.

I'll go with you.

Just wait a few more days.

I don't want to wait.

Let's take care of our exits.

I think that's it.

I'm ready.

Cell phones?

Take this.

That should get you by until I get there.

Once I'm done here, I'll come to you.

We'll leave for Madison.

How will I reach you?

I'll contact you at your apartment.

Keep the landlines

connected until I get there.

Unplug the TVs and put

them facedown. Remember!

I'll see you in a few days.

I promise.

I'll wait for you.

Hey, brother,

you got something for me?

Help a brother out.

On my way out.

Come on

man, give me something.

I'm dying in this heat.

You may want to take off that coat.

Where's Ahmad today?

What do you need?

I can get it for you.

Go around again.

He's inside.

Give him back his money now!

I'm so sorry, sir.

Anytime you need anything,

you come see me, Roger.

Anytime.

Please except my sincerest

apologies for my nephew.

Sir, your change, sir!

Hey! Hey you! Hey, hold up!

Hurry up! Hurry up!

I'm here. Go ahead.

Mitchell.

I'm here. Go ahead.

Once I upload the virus,

you've got maybe 5 hours

to get why you need

before everything crashes.

You won't be able to get back in.

We're good on this end.

The men are in place.

You've got

to follow up on Towne

while you're out there

and you've got to make

sure Barry gets out.

He's got the codes if

they recover the files.

I'll keep him safe.

Thanks for everything.

Just get out in one piece.

I guess I'll see you when I see you.

Yeah.

They're gone.

The merger's been approved.

Global is doing the deal next week.

I heard

NSA's already working

on a LAD prototype.

AE129 will be in the DNA of every computer

and television cycle now

within the next 5 years.

I can't imagine what kind of

deals are being made right not.

It's not about the money.

Surveillance?

Influence.

AE129 runs purely on ambient energy.

It doesn't need electricity.

Cell phones and remote controls

are going to be powered

up by body heat sensors.

You pair that with a remote

transmitter via satellite,

you can turn on any

laptop, TV or cellphone

anywhere in the world, no

matter if it's on or off.

Add a multi billion

dollar telecom to the mix

and there's no corner left

in the world to hide in.

What if you're wrong and

the chips don't degrade?

Mitchell found a way to smuggle in

NSA confiscated silicon.

They can't handle currents any

higher than room temperature.

Can they cool it?

There's no real world

application for the chip

outside the lab.

Exploding TVs and laptop fires

are not good for business.

What's the fallback.

Somebody's sure to find

a way around the defect.

They'll have to design a new chip,

buy another company, start from scratch.

Probably set them back maybe 20 years.

But, I'm sure they'll be back.

What next?

Wait. Disappear for a while.

Somewhere out there, I hope

Mitchell's laughing his ass off.

Yeah.

I hope so too.

You're the one in my cell.

I'm glad you're okay.

What were the numbers?

protocol when a detainee talks

Just input whatever he says

into a data base to see if

the story's been told before.

So, what was the story?

Social security numbers

for the president's grandchildren.

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