The Marksman Page #4

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...and justify extreme measure of

an American air strike on Russian soil.

But he look at me as--

As if l spit in his face.

What are you trying to say, Mikhail?

Look again at the pictures

l sent you of the reactors.

l'm going to send someone

to intercept those planes.

Okay.

Just to let you know, the Russians

are setting up to stop the truck.

Secondary target, just in case.

Hey there. Just got your e-mail.

What is this?

The nuke plant in Chechnya.

lt's from a Russian satellite.

Shitty quality.

What do you see?

Am l looking

for something in particular?

-l don't know.

-Okay.

Hello.

Somebody's been Photoshopping.

-Where? Show me.

-This shadow.

Whatever's casting it's been erased.

Can you check and see if this

was covered by one of our satellites?

Sure. We'll see what we have

on the date the Russians shot this...

...and the computer

will overlay the two...

...and identify any discrepancies.

ls that what you're looking for?

Oh, my God. The truck's already been

there. We're following a decoy.

Get me hard copies.

You're violating Russian airspace.

Stand down.

We have clearance

from the Russian government.

That's not what we were told.

He's trying to lock on.

These guys are going hot.

Let's see if he can catch me now.

-He's still on our 6.

-l know a few tricks. We'll lose him.

Going for weapons lock.

Almost there.

Fire fox one, fire fox one.

Hold on, hold on. Got another.

l see him. Hang on, hang on!

-We're losing power.

-Put your poker face on, Randall.

Just play a little Texas Hold'em.

-He's got a lock.

-Not for long. Hang on.

That's more like it.

l almost got a lock.

Fire fox two.

This is Shadow One.

Hostiles taken care of.

Hello. May l help you?

l'm sorry,

l was looking for Mikhail Beslan.

Mr. Beslan has been reassigned.

Are you sure?

Any inquiries about Mr. Beslan should

be placed with the Ministry of Defense.

Thank you.

Painter, this is Hargreaves.

l'm in the tunnel.

l got bogeys down here.

-Yeah.

-Everything is in place, sir.

Have they stopped the truck?

Yes, sir. We have the men

starting to open it now.

-Let me know when they open it.

-Yes, sir.

Hi. The radiation suits

are in the car.

Hargs, stay put. l'll find you.

There he is! Let's go!

l know where they're being held.

Go, go!

Give me Jonathan Tensor.

The Painter was on to something,

so was Beslan.

And now he's been reassigned.

All right.

Convince me.

Painter said he thought

it was a setup.

Amanda, that could mean anything.

What if lvanov planned

this whole thing?

What if he set us up to go in

like cowboys, thinking...

...we were taking out a reactor

before Zaysan could re-core it...

...only, it's already been re-cored.

That's what they're unloading

off this truck.

What could lvanov possibly gain

from something so insane?

He's a hard-liner.

He's fallen in with the new Russia,

but he doesn't like it. We know that.

lmagine what would happen

if we hit a live reactor.

lt'd be hundreds of thousands dead.

Think where the blame would fall,

the country that caused it...

...and the country

that allowed it to happen.

And political control of Russia

would be up for grabs.

Something has been bothering me

from the start.

Usually you have to drag everything

out of the Russians...

...but this time they handed it to us.

And every bit of it

was through Viktor lvanov.

l give you this,

it's crazy enough to be possible...

-...except for one small detail.

-What's that?

The Russians stopped

the container an hour ago.

From the outside, it tested positive

for radioactive levels.

The specialists are in the process

of opening it now.

Don't look so devastated.

l think your assumptions

are reasonable.

You're doing a terrific job, Amanda.

Everybody's very impressed.

This is it. They're being kept inside.

Right there.

We gotta get out of here.

The fighter's about to enter

Russian airspace.

-How long till we hit the target?

-Thirteen minutes.

Still on approach.

ETA from target zone: 1 2 minutes.

Get away! Don't touch it!

There could be static on your hand.

lt could shorten out the target.

Everyone will understand

your sacrifice, Andre.

l'll make certain of it.

Soon, this pathetic Chechnya

will be a forgotten wasteland.

And our Mother Russia

will be great again.

The guards are dead.

The Americans have escaped.

lt's time.

Don't worry.

l will make sure

nobody comes here.

Pull back. Pull back. Come on.

We gotta get 1 000 yards away

from that reactor.

Naish, keep your men moving.

l'll catch up.

Stay clear of the village hall.

-What are you talking about?

-lt's where l lit the secondary target.

Who the hell told you

to light a secondary target?

This mission was off.

Primary target was a setup.

What the f*** are we standing

around here for?

-Our orders were for us--

-To target a dormant reactor.

-This one has a live core in it.

-A what?

They used the hostages to re-core

the third reactor before we got here.

Dead hostages had edema

in their eyes.

-The f*** is edema?

-First signs of radiation sickness.

l hadn't figured it out until l saw...

...that we were being shadowed

on the way back to the evac.

Moffit did lead us through

like we owned the place.

Look, we played right

into Zaysan's f***ed-up plan.

Now, l gotta deactivate

that primary core.

No, man. We ain't changing the op

because you got a hunch.

l guess you're gonna have

to shoot me, huh?

l gotta do what's right.

-l'm out of here, captain.

-Rodgers.

Sir, l think he's right.

Go.

There is another container

in the truck.

Well, get it open.

Now acquiring target coordinates.

Locking on to signal.

Target is in that dome right there.

How you gonna deactivate it?

Electrical charge shuts it down.

Missile gets diverted

to the secondary target.

Well, we're not getting through that.

How much C-4 did you pack up?

How long till firing now?

-Six minutes, sir.

-Very good.

Still on approach vector.

Hold this position. l'm going up top.

l can hold them up from here, sir.

Take out the jeep!

-How much time now?

-Less than two minutes.

Missile is armed and hot.

What? What the hell

you talking about?

What is it?

Someone irradiated dead pigs.

lt's the container.

We gotta call off the fighter.

Do it.

Missile away.

Too late. The missile's on its way.

Oh, my God.

Target is down.

Secondary is hot.

What secondary target?

No!

That son of a b*tch did it.

You look like sh*t too.

Amanda, what is it?

That was the Kremlin.

Viktor lvanov is dead.

They're saying it's suicide.

lt looks like he's been set up

to take the fall.

lf the missile hadn't diverted,

the Kremlin would be in chaos.

God knows

how deep this really goes.

l'll be leaving for Washington

in the morning.

They'll call you in

for your account pretty soon.

Just like old times.

Not quite the same.

This time you'll have to say

you went against orders.

l listened to my instincts.

So did you.

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