The Kovak Box Page #4

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At his last checkup,

his doctors told him

that he had six months

to a year to live,

We have to take

all this to the Police,

No, no, no!

You have to understand, this is

evidence that implicates him directly,

Do you think he would've

given us all this stuff

if he didn't think that he could

get rid of us just like that?

So what do I do?

Sit around doing nothing,

until he decides

whether I live or die?

We're not gonna do anything

to put you into danger,

Don't you see?

He's using me to make

you do what he wants,

What do you mean?

How?

He wants you to write

his biography,

I'm afraid it's got to be

a lot more twisted than that,

If not, then why

did he kill Jane?

[Phone rings]

Hello?

(female voice)

Sorry to disturb you,

but we need to know If you are

extending your stay with us,

I can't say right now,

[Door closes]

Silvia!

[Thud]

Hello?

Hello?

Silvia!

Silvia!

Ohh!

(cabdriver In Spanish) Any

particular Police Station?

The nearest one,

[Cell phone rings]

Hello?

No, I'm with a fare right now but

we can meet up later If you like,

[Speaks Spanish]

Hey you're breaking up,

I'm losing the signal,

[Horn honks]

Can you believe that?

[Heather Nova

singing Gloomy Sunday]

Turn the radio off,

(cabdriver)

What's wrong?

Calm down I

[driver speaks Spanish]

[Cars honking]

[Many cars honking]

Silvia!

(David) You didnt have

your cell phone with you,

Do you remember

how It began?

Yeah, That music suddenly

came on the radio and then...

I just wanted everything

to be over,

It was like

I was in a deep hole,

I was scared,

I couldn't breathe,

What have they

done to me?

I think there might be

a way of finding out,

(doctor) It shouldn't take long

now for a body to be repatriated,

A couple of days

at the most,

Did they find anything

inside her?

You mean, traces of alcohol

or drugs of some sort?

No, like an object,

a device, Inside her,

I know it sounds odd

but something tiny

like a microchip that they

use to ID pets, track animals,

My autopsy did not come up with anything

that could explain

what she did,

I guess that's what you

want, An explanation,

What about her brain?

Was It analyzed?

There was no reason,

There could have been an absence of

serotonin, low levels of serotonin,

Induced depression,

so a complete absence

could have caused

suicide, right?

I can't think what would cause

that sort of imbalance In the brain,

Well, If antidepressants exist,

then the opposite would be...

A depressant?

Mm, feasible,

I guess but...

who'd be Interested In

producing something like that?

(Silvia)

David,

Could you, uh,

just wait outside for me

for a few minutes?

I'd like to be alone

with her, If that's okay,

Sure,

Take your time,

(male doctor In Spanish)

The Incision to open up

the entire front part of the body

Is usually made In the form of a "Y",

From the shoulders to

an angle at mid chest level,

Which then joins Into a straight line

that extends all the way to the pubis,

David!

Silvia!

I've seen him!

The man who attacked me

is here!

Careful,

It's him!

I'm sure of it!

He's one

of the coroners,

He's giving a lecture

down the hallway,

Don't move,

I need to see something,

Do you remember ever

getting vaccinated back here?

Why?

What is it?

Okay, um,

just look,

Okay, do you see?

Do you see?

Yeah,

At least we know

where they put it,

Take it out!

What are you doing?

No, no, no!

Silvia, listen!

It could hemorrhage,

Only a surgeon

can take it out,

If you won't do it,

I'll do it myself!

Silvia, listen to me,

You could kill yourself,

He said I was

dead already,

This is what he was after,

He wanted to cut it out,

Agh!

(David)

Get in the car!

Go!

You work for Kovak?

Kovak?

Who's Kovak?

So you never heard

of a man named Kovak?

You never

met me either?

What is it you remove from

the necks of dead bodies?

[Swish]

Please!

Be careful with that!

All right, tell me

everything you know,

I only know one person A tall man,

A Russian?

Maybe, A friend of mine introduced us,

I owed people money and

he offered to pay my debts

if I did a job for him!

What job?

Remove something

from certain corpses,

He knew I worked at the morgue,

He knew everything about me,

I had to take this thing out before

we did the autopsy and give it to him,

He gave me a list,

A list of dead bodies?

No, they're not dead,

Not at first, but one by one

they end up in the morgue,

It's a list of people

who are going to die,

What about me? Why did you

attack me? I wasnt dead!

I needed to earn

more money!

I thought if I could hang

on to one of those things,

I could blackmail them!

She survived, but her

name was on the list!

Where's the list?

There's everything,

The ones crossed off are the ones

who have already reached the morgue,

They asked me to take photos

of all of those Involved,

(David) There must be over

100 names on this list,

(Silvia)

Including mine,

[Speaks Spanish]

(female In Spanish)

Paul, come here,

I'm sorry I didn't hear you

come in I was in the kitchen,

Don't worry Hanna,

Will they be

staying for dinner?

Leave everything,

take the night off,

I've put

the child to bed,

Do as I say and leave!

Come here,

come to daddy,

Now please go, My wife will

be arriving in a minute,

She doesn't know

anything about this,

No, you must remove

the thing from her neck,

It's impossible

Those things activate if

you try to manipulate them!

David, look!

He has a mark!

You have your list,

Please leave us alone

Those people

are threatening me,

Why?

If I don't do the job

properly, my son and I...

will end up like

those other bodies,

You lied to us,

You couldn't blackmail them

with that thing in your neck,

What did you plan

to do to me?

If I'd managed to extract

it without harming you,

I could've done the

same for my son,

So you give us

this list,

What do you think they're

gonna do when they find out?

Okay... okay,

I'll tell you

the truth,

There's no point in us

working against each other,

They told me to give you the list,

They wanted you

to have It,

What?

They warned me that you

were coming to the morgue,

I was supposed to let myself

be seen and hand It over,

They wanted you to believe

that you were making me do It,

Why?

Who knows why?

They promised that...

that if I played

my role well,

they would disconnect this

damned thing permanently,

How could they have known we

were on our way to the morgue?

Because they're always

one step ahead,

They're always with us

in some way,

A microphone,

There has to be something

we're carrying on us,

There has to be,

Then they heard us,

[Door closes]

Where are they?

Papa,

(David) Open the door, [pounding]

Open the door I

Open the door!

Your childs out here

Open the door

[beeping]

[Shout]

[Breaking glass]

Get him out of here,

Open the door now I

[shouts]

[Thuds]

(woman speaks Spanish)

I'm home,

Take it easy,

the child is ok,

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