The General's Daughter Page #2

- I feel queasy.

- Well, hop on, I'll burp you.

- Drive the car, Paul.

- I thought you were queasy.

- Drive the car, Paul.

- I don't want this to be awkward.

- Why would it be awkward?

- You're pouting.

- This is not pouting.

- Okay, sulky petulance, then.

- Wrong again.

I'm just thinking about Brussels.

We'll always have Brussels.

- Where?

- The capital of Belgium.

Why?

Why is it the capital,

or why will we always have it?

Why was she murdered?

Profit, revenge, jealousy,

conceal a crime, avoid disgrace -

- or homicidal mania.

Right there in the manual.

Oh, boy ...

Hello,

we're here to see the general.

I'm Capt. Elby, the general's aide.

Col. Fowler, the general's adjutant,

will take you in. Please wait here.

- He's cute.

- Oh, please ...

He probably practises his salute

in the mirror ...

Please, come in,

and thank you for coming.

General,

the ClD investigators are here.

Warrant Officers

Paul Brenner and Sarah Sunhill.

- Our deepest condolences.

- Very sorry for your loss, sir.

Thank you.

Please, be seated.

First, I want you to know

you have my full co-operation -

- and the co-operation

of everyone on this base.

- You understand the time element?

- Time element? No, sir.

After 36 hours, the FBI will send in

a task force to investigate.

The general can keep a lid on it

through tomorrow.

Once the FBI moves in, the media

will be all over. My daughters ...

They'll turn Capt. Campbell's death

into a goddam circus.

- We'll do everything we can, sir.

- I'm sure you will.

Let me be blunt. You'll have to

decide on this one, Paul.

Are you a soldier or a policeman?

- I'm a soldier, sir.

- I'm counting on it.

- Sir, I met your daughter.

- Really? When was that?

It was just a coincidence.

She helped me change a tyre.

She could do almost anything.

Her mother was the same way.

Fix a tyre,

bake a hell of a Key Lime pie.

Speak five languages.

Extraordinary woman.

Two extraordinary women.

Goddam waste.

If there's anything else

we can do for you at this time ...

Just ...

- Just find the son of a b*tch.

- Yes, sir.

Sir ...

When I enlisted I was under-age.

They sent me straight to Vietnam.

You were my commander.

You were a captain.

And I was so scared.

One day, when I was on watch,

you came by and you saw the fear.

You said, ''Where are you from?''

I said, ''Boston.''

You said, ''Did you know that

last night Boston won -

- against St Louis

in the sixth game of the series?''

I knew then

that I was going to get through it.

- Boston lost that series.

- Yes, but I made it home.

We'll find the son of a b*tch, sir.

Mr Brenner ...

I understand

you have special arrest powers, -

- but I'd like you to notify me

before you arrest anyone.

Why is that, sir?

We don't like our personnel arrested

by outsiders without our knowing.

There are three ways

of doing things:

The right way, the wrong way

and the army way.

See that, in doing it your way,

you don't forget about the army way.

Our job at Psy Ops is to blunt

the enemy's will to fight.

You must know

the hablts of the enemy, -

-the anxieties and fears,

to determine vulnerability.

To engage the enemy,

you must know him inside out.

You must fill him wlth fear.

And not just fear of dying.

Fear of grotesque wounds

is more terrifying.

''Grotesque wounds''.

I'll show you mine

if you show me yours.

Might I ask what you are doing

in Capt. Campbell's office?

- That depends on who you are.

- Colonel Robert Moore.

Capt. Campbell's commanding officer.

And you are ..?

Criminal lnvestigation Division.

Sunhill and Brenner.

- And you're investigating ..?

- The murder of Capt. Campbell.

And now that we know who you are,

we'll need to speak to you, Colonel.

I just have ...

I have a meeting.

We can file Col. Moore

under ''last to know''.

- Are you married?

- None of your business.

She wasn't a hypochondriac,

she didn't dye her hair -

- and she keeps her method

of birth control somewhere else.

Or she required her men

to wear condoms.

Haven't you heard they're

in fashion again because of disease?

Nowadays you have to boil people

before you sleep with them.

My ... This was one

squared-away soldier.

Equally prepared for a military ball

or the next war in the jungle.

Liz, hi. Pick up, It's Robert.

I haven't heard from you,

so call me, please.

Robert.

Surprise, surprise ...

Paul.

Move aside. Man with a gun.

There's nothing here. Let's go.

There's a false wall.

This is it.

Oh, God ...

What have we got here?

Ten bucks says these are not

the lost ''Honeymooners'' episodes.

Well, how she died does appear

to be linked to how she lived.

We need to hold on to these tapes

until we need them.

We send this all to the ClD lab -

- and take our chances

with the local police.

- Is this Paul Brenner speaking?

- Career army officer, not the cop.

- Her killer might be on that tape.

- This evidence can ruin lives.

lncluding the general's.

We take the tapes, use them when we

need them, let ClD do theirjob -

- and keep all non-military

out of this. Okay?

Okay.

I'll call Kent.

- All right. Here.

- Thanks.

The phone's down.

I'll use the cell in the car.

Paul? Paul!

- Did you make out a face?

- Flat, steel, used to clear snow.

Come on!

Did you marry that guy

you were seeing on the side?

- This isn't exactly the time ...

- Humour me. I'm near concussed.

- Did you or did you not marry him?

- I was seeing you on the side.

Fine ...

So how is the boy major?

He was annoyed when I saw him

in Brussels with a gun in his hand.

Make a hole!

ldentification, please.

- You're working on the murder case?

- Yes, and this is my father.

- What happened to you?

- I went off-post without authority.

- Per your request.

- Is this her entire record file?

- That's it. Come up with anything?

- Just a preliminary suspect list.

- Already? Who?

- Everyone.

- You ought to start getting alibis.

- Okay, how about you?

Home in bed when the tower called.

Where were you last night?

- I was busy killing someone else.

- A likely story. And you?

I worked on my report until midnight

and then I went home.

- No witnesses.

- Pathetic, the both of you.

If you'd invited me up to your room,

we'd have an alibi.

I would rather be a murder suspect.

- Don't encourage her.

- By the way, Cal Seavers here.

Don't say anything about his hair.

He doesn't have any.

- Cal, shouldn't you wear a hat?

- What the hell happened to you?

Not everybody loves me as much

as you do. This is Sarah Sunhill.

The entire world walked around

this body. There's 50 boot prints.

- Have you found the clothes yet?

- No. I found us an empty hangar.

- Good. Have everything taken there.

- Any trace of semen?

I can't find any. The coroner will

run vaginal, oral and anal swabs.

- It is a strange rape.

- Why do you say that?

Our guy wasn't just a rapist,

he was a premeditated killer.

He set up a rape kit, tent pegs

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