The Double Page #2

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do with the 150-year-old china.

I've been Director through

three presidents, PauI.

And let's face it. I wouldn't have

gotten the job in the first place...

if you hadn't helped us

with the Cassius Seven.

In 15 minutes, the President is gonna

tell me I don't have this job anymore...

if we can't naiI the guy

that killed Senator Darden.

It's not Cassius, Tom.

You never caught him.

Because he's dead.

Then prove it.

Mr. Shepherdson?

So, PauI Shepherdson.

Been an analyst for the company

here in Paris for three years.

What do you

wanna see me about?

The Cassius Seven.

I've had a breakthrough.

I can take them

down for you.

I'll take care of it.

Just give me about 15 minutes.

Oh, hey.

And? And,

and, and, and?

I don't know.

Director Bell

was there?

Everyone was there.

Jesus! I've been at this

place a year longer than you...

and I've never even seen

the Director in person.

They're gonna put you in the

field, man. I'm sure of it.

They haven't said

anything, yet.

You were right about this

thing the whole time, huh?

Agent Geary.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

I'll be there.

And?

I'm in.

This is crazy.

'Cause I have spent so much time

studying your work with Cassius.

I feeI like

I know you.

You don't.

Yeah. No, I just mean I

- I, you know, I put myself in your shoes.

I just tried to think

how you would think.

I've all of these crime scene

photos. A lot of them you're in.

Actually, I should probably get

you to sign one of them. Right?

That would definitely

be a first.

When you were in Budapest in 91,

did you notice a specific pattern?

No, Agent Geary.

Tell me why-why

would a guy...

who writes a thesis

on an internationaI spy...

join the Bureau and

not Central Intelligence?

Well, I believed that

Cassius was hiding in the U.S.

Think about it. What better place

for a Soviet spook to retire?

You believe that enough

to base a career on it?

Uh, yeah.

You could say that.

Can I ask you

something?

If that means you'll

stop talking, yeah.

Why didn't they

tell you about Brutus?

If it was your job to catch the Cassius

Seven, what were they scared you'd do?

Kill him.

What's in the bag?

Motivation.

You think

he's gonna talk?

Not to me.

He's been cleared!

You speak Russian, huh?

I studied

in schooI. Yes.

Here's some

Russian for you.

I've read that you

worked with Cassius.

It's a different

life ago.

Do you know

where he's hiding?

Why would you-

Is Cassius alive?

He killed

a Senator.

Who are you?

I understand that you've been looking

for one of these for about 10 years.

Give it to me.

Tell me something that I don't

know about Cassius and it is yours.

A chance to hear

the outside world?

Give it to me,

you son of a whore!

Tell me something about

Cassius. Did he train you?

What does

he look like?

I guess you can spend the

rest of your life in silence.

Guard?

Wait!

Okay.

He made his name

as a soldier.

But rather than take the easy

route through the academia...

he honed

other skills.

And he trained you?

He trained us

all... his way.

He only wanted the best.

For that he

wanted proof.

Only six

of us survived.

And together we became

your Cassius Seven.

And you never

saw him again?

No.

We got our targets from him

through the usuaI channels.

But he planned

the kills.

His inteI was

always the best.

His instinct for when to

strike, always sharpest.

What happened

to him?

He made mistake.

He lived

outside parameters.

What kind

of parameters?

Parameters of

an assassin.

What did you

do to him?

Give him

the radio.

No, no. I wanna

hear specifically-

I said give him

the radio!

Just do it!

Give it to him.

All right.

Let's go.

Come on!

Guard.

What the hell

was that?

Why didn't you let me finish

my line of questioning?

Because he was Iying.

I tried to kill him

once for a reason.

Yeah, but the wire

makes perfect sense.

It explains why the cuts

always start from the middle...

and then work their way up.

This opens up everything.

I gotta get in there

early tomorrow morning...

and compare the cuts with

other wire killings in Europe.

What do we got?

Cramping and

vomiting blood.

Okay, get him

into three.

Somebody get these

restraints off!

Excuse me.

Can I get a bowI?

BowI, please!

Got it.

Batteries.

Stay back!

All right, get me security!

You swallowed the

batteries, didn't you?

Easier to escape from a

hospital than a prison.

Geneva.

You were there,

weren't you?

I know

nothing about-

You were there.

It was you.

I never killed

anyone in Geneva.

You are a liar.

Who are you?

I'm the one who shot you in Salzburg.

I'm also the one who

trained you in Moscow.

Cassius?

I never... I never knew about

Geneva untiI after the fact.

They brought in someone

with-with no ties to you.

Yeah, the others

said that, too.

Did they tell you it was

someone from the Black Caucasus?

A soldier, I think.

We could find

him together.

We are from

the same place.

I've looked up

to you my whole life.

Agent Geary.

Agent Geary. We need to meet.

Oh.

You need to drop

this investigation.

How exactly am I supposed to drop it?

Cassius doesn't care

who he has to eliminate.

If he comes after me,

I'm prepared. Not you.

You've got a wife.

You have two kids.

Yeah. I think they understand

what I'm doing is important.

Have you thought about what

you're gonna do if you find him?

That is all

I think about.

And now that it's reaI, I want it more.

I want to know him.

I want to understand him.

And then?

And then I wanna put him away, for good.

Whoa. What is all this sh*t?

It's research.

Research.

Volks-Volkskrant-Volks.

De Volkskrant. It's a

daily newspaper in Holland.

The third page there's a

story about a wire killing.

Ten days before the Soviets

held their first open election.

Cassius?

Yeah. I think so.

You've gotta put in a word

to get me on this case.

Please. I'm up to my ass in

banking bullshit. I'm serious.

Agent Geary.

Where?

Once you're done getting

shots of the body...

really get the cut patterns.

I want close-ups of the neck.

And then he

came in here?

Yes, sir.

Hey, PauI.

Agent Geary. What do

you got? See you later.

Apparently Brutus swallowed the

batteries from the radio that we gave him.

I'm guessing he put out some

calls. Found a place to lay low.

Word got back

to Cassius.

He's never one

to allow loose ends.

Loose ends, meaning

he spoke to us.

Probably. Yeah.

Well, we should get

all the phone records...

of every cell phone

hospitaI extension here.

All right.

Okay.

You know, I always

had this theory...

that Cassius would return

to the scene of his crimes.

Watch his investigators.

You think

he's that vain?

Well, I think that

some of it's vanity.

Some of it is he wants to

see what he's up against.

You see that guy in

the back? Brown jacket.

Coat's Russian made.

Excuse me, sir? Sir?

Sh*t! Move!

All right. Why don't we split up?

Yeah.

You go that way.

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