Tentacle 8 Page #6

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It's a distress code that

helped our guy get you out,

no questions asked.

What's this all about?

What's Mitchell gotten me into?

Follow the street lights

down to the lifeguard station.

It's gonna lead you to a

man in a fisherman's hat.

Turn down that brick corridor.

Good luck.

TK Mitchell's body was found

in a London hotel room, this morning.

Sorry.

He's gone.

Why?

I don't know for sure.

I really don't have time to find out.

You sure have gone to a

lot of trouble for something.

Next week

the secretary of defense

is gonna order me to

disclose all that I know

about a covert operation

called Tentacle 8.

I will quietly step down.

They'll replace me with somebody

new, maybe somebody old.

Either way, my work will be

dismantled piece by piece

until there's nothing left.

What the hell has Mitchell

gotten me involved with?

Your first week at NSA

you were given a code breaking test.

A test.

It was a morality test.

It was a measure of what lines you would

and would not cross.

Scores in the top half

of 1% were identified

as potential Tentacle 8s.

You scored in the top

half of 1 half of 1 %.

Is that good or bad?

Well, it means

that there are things

that you find morally and ethically wrong,

which can be a bit of a problem

if you're up to no good.

I used to think that there

was a reason for everything,

no matter how it looked to the outside.

I don't think that anymore.

The IC is gonna

be reorganized in such a way

that it'll have even less

oversight that it does now.

Which is precisely the

thing that Tentacle 8

was set up to prevent.

See, I was an ambitious young analyst.

I wanted to prove myself

when the president

asked me to create it.

He didn't trust the secretary.

He didn't have the support of the JCS.

He believed that we could only be as great

as our inherent leaders

and the greatness couldn't be bullied,

it couldn't be trained.

So, I came up with a test

that would measure moral

and ethical boundaries

and identify individuals

that we could strategically place

to prevent abuses, trusting

that their own moral compases

would lead them in the right direction.

Everything changed in Dallas.

Everything.

I spent the last 38 years

making good on my promise

to the president, preserving his

vision for the other Tentacles.

Tentacles?

Military

supremacy, financial markets,

global natural resources,

elections, emerging technology,

media, and the 8th

Tentacle, self preservation.

This was created to prevent abuses

that would effect the whole.

We have confirmed intel that

a global destabilization

is going to occur in

the next 10 to 12 days.

So, don't fly on commercial

aircraft or rail,

stay off all the major highways

for the next 2 or 3 weeks.

And an exit through Canada

is probably your best bet,

but you need to do it in

the next couple of days.

What am I supposed to do with this?

Read it.

It's an idea of what's to come

and we're pretty sure it's

accurate within 2 or 3 days.

Why are you giving it to me?

There's only

one Tentacle 8 class.

Half of them are dead or missing

and once you're gone, there's

no one to replace you.

Mitchell gave you the code.

Decode the encryption.

Keep the other Tentacles safe.

Help us protect them.

You got yourself into this mess,

you can get yourself out.

I just want what everyone else wants.

I just want a taste of normalcy.

I just want to know what it's

like to be an average Joe.

You're not going to get that.

The homeless man in the van,

the suit in the town car, Tentacle 8?

Yes.

You created a list, you get them out.

I didn't create the list.

I created the test.

Mitchell was my case officer.

He was the person who was in charge.

It was not me.

Mitchell was the only Tentacle

8 that I knew by name.

All the rest of them were just numbers.

Then why not just destroy the codes?

I'll just burn the book.

Because

they're gonna come after

everybody that Mitchell

came into contact with.

A lot of innocent people

are gonna be hurt.

What if I fail?

Mitchell gave you the codes.

There must be some

reason that he did that.

You can only do what your

instincts let you do.

The IC has thousands of people in it.

What the hell are a few

hundred people gonna do?

We're trying

to restore conscious.

Because without conscious

there's nothing left to protect.

Hello.

It's me.

Sorry to call so late.

Where are you?

Is everything okay?

Everything's fine.

Just a few minor things.

You're still coming, right?

I have to go to New York,

take care of some business.

I'll still meet you in

Montreal, liked we planned,

but we're gonna have to go separately.

Why? What's wrong?

Nothing. Don't worry.

A car will pick you up tomorrow.

If it doesn't look right,

don't get in the car.

Take the money I gave you and rent a car.

Don't get on a plane or or a train.

Promise me.

Tell me what's going on.

Everything's gonna be okay.

Check into the cabin and wait for me.

Don't watch television or listen to radio.

I'll be there in a few days.

Have you decided on a name yet?

Ethan.

Ethan.

Tell Ethan I'll be there soon.

I should of waited.

Just a few more days.

Everything will be just as we planned.

I should go now.

I'll see you in Montreal.

I'll be there.

I love you.

I love you too.

Mosley.

I just off the phone with Berry.

I can't confirm he knows Mitchell.

He never brought him up,

but he's going to New

York in the next 24 hours.

So, if you're looking for him,

he'll be in New York.

Are you sure?

Yes, I'm sure.

Mosley.

You looking for me?

Who is this?

I know what you want.

How'd you get this number?

Skip the 4 play.

The files you're looking for are gone.

You and everyone else looking for them

are never gonna find them,

so I wouldn't bother trying.

I'm the only one that can

give you what you want.

Why don't you come in?

Let's work something out.

I want clean passports and your word

you never cross my path again.

Anyone else but you shows up, I disappear.

Then we can race to see who

ends up like Mitchell first.

Make the right decision.

It's your choice.

Just tell me where

to meet you, when and where.

Ray, I think you have the wrong idea here.

Okay what's today, the 10th?

I cannot make it tomorrow.

I need more time.

Why don't you come to DC?

Tomorrow morning, Tuesday, 8:00 am.

Don't be late.

I'll give you what you want.

After that, this hunt for Tentacle 8 ends.

Do you know how to

get to Widows on the World?

It's easy to find.

Ask for help, someone will point

you in the right direction.

8:
00 am.

Operator.

I need a charter

tonight, to New York City.

Let me check.

There's a travel hold, sir.

It's a no ship, no fly order.

No travel in or out of New York City

by any means for the entire month.

Sir, are you still there?

Hi. I can't talk long.

I want you to know I'm okay.

Name.

Barry.

Tabitha Berry.

New York Times please.

Roland Towne's office please.

Thanks.

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