Vice Page #5

A test bed for technology.

Eventually people will

get used to the idea.

It's for military, law enforcement.

The applications are endless,

But not if we're exposed.

Send this out to your team.

And stay on Tedeschi.

He's the one man that wants

this as badly as we do.

Understood.

Give me that. Ever seen

a bullet casing before?

It's a 223.

Nobody goes up there but me.

Get these bodies out of here.

They're starting to stink.

Give me everything

you have on Evan Lund.

I'm on it now.

A mad scientist.

Looks like our guy was some kind of

Biomechanical engineer.

Yeah, and I'm seeing it on my end.

Worked for a robotics

firm that was bought out

By our friend Julian Michaels.

Hmm, an interesting turn of events.

I've got some links here to

some old military research

He did back in the day on A.I.

Send it to me.

I'm gonna upload an image

of this girl to you now.

Copy that.

Where are you taking her?

This is where your friend lives?

Yeah, just up here.

Evan, why are you doing this?

I got you into this

mess. I'll get you out.

- Hey.

- Evan.

James, good to see you again.

- This is Kelly.

- Kelly.

Is this the girl you

were telling me about?

Yeah.

Now why would you want someone

like that to disappear, hmm?

I thought you said you

were a computer expert.

Is that better?

A little bit, yeah.

So what's the deal?

Why is getting her out of

here so important to you?

Well, she's a... a...

I'm an artificial.

Yeah.

You're serious?

Serious.

Holy sh*t. You're serious.

You freaking stole one?

I didn't steal her.

James, don't make it weird, okay?

This is just...

this is amazing. It's...

I'm glad you're enjoying it.

No, you don't understand.

You see, I've... I've...

I've never seen one this close before.

I mean,

Not like this.

Do you know what would happen

If anyone got wind that she escaped?

Yes, that's why we're here.

Her name is Kelly, okay?

Kelly.

You...

you know what you are?

Mm-Hmm.

How does that feel?

I thought you said

this guy was a genius.

Only with computers.

So are you gonna help us out?

James.

Yes.

Yes, I am.

But I swear to god, Evan,

this is the last time.

After this, we're square.

Deal.

You...

you follow me.

I'm so sorry.

An artificial.

Wow, James,

I really like what you've

done with the place.

It doesn't look like much,

but it gets the job done.

A little trick of the trade...

you see, most modern systems were built

To leave behind a fingerprint.

But these older models... they

can still hack into the grid

Without leaving behind

the standard imprint.

Okay, first things first...

let's get rid of the old Kelly.

Model number?

6126... technical file,

History, case maintenance,

Etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

Delete, delete, delete. Delete.

You are no more.

Outside of the people that

already know about you,

You don't exist.

Now what?

I make you reappear.

Your new name is Megan.

No, Jennifer Washington.

Passport renewed last

january, cleared for travel.

Where are we off to?

St. Helena.

- Tech-Free, huh?

- You know it.

Okay, commercial flights...

too much security.

So we've got charter flights.

None available.

Other vessels.

Here we go. The lady Anna,

Departing to St. Helena tonight.

I'll backtrack the reservations

so you can't be scrutinized.

But your departure is

90 minutes out from pier 62.

Wow.

- James.

- Hmm?

They've been tracking me too.

Clear the slate?

Do it, yeah.

Done.

Kelly,

We could give you an upgrade.

An upgrade?

Yeah, we could download

any skill set that you want.

And you could do that?

Oh, yeah.

If you wanted us to, yeah.

No, I don't.

Suit yourself.

The safest way to get

you guys to the docks

Is with something that will

blow out their thermal imaging.

Nice.

This ought to do it.

I want this back.

It's nice to want things.

- You know where to find it.

- Yeah.

All right.

We're in position, standing by.

Do you have eyes on the detective?

There. Right there.

Tap us in.

You're telling me within

an hour of running a search,

Everything we've got on these two

has been deleted from the system?

It's like they never even existed.

Hey, I want you to run these down

to Matthews. Get it down there now.

Okay, let's try something else.

Is there any way to look for somebody

Who's been added to the system recently?

Come on, Roy.

Those parameters could

take days to track.

Yeah, well, narrow it down.

How?

I want you to look at St. Helena.

I got a feeling about that.

You still got that image I sent you?

Yeah, of course.

All right,

I want you to run an image

capture using that image.

She might be able to

change her identity,

But she sure as sh*t

won't change that face.

All right? Get back to me.

We've got movement on our primary.

Stay on him.

All right, Roy,

I think we got a hit on our girl.

You think or you know?

Well, there is a very close resemblance.

Close? That's not good enough, pal.

We only got one shot at this, come on.

All right, we've got a

cargo ship off the coast.

It's making a run to St. Helena.

A passenger in the manifest

looks like our girl.

All right.

Where?

She's gonna be picked up

At pier 62 in less than 20 minutes.

You want backup on this?

No, I'm gonna go it

alone. And Matthews...

nobody in the department

knows I'm there.

Got me?

Yeah, man, I hear you.

Okay, stay close to me.

They should be here any minute.

Are you okay?

What are you thinking about?

St. Helena.

I've never been to the ocean before,

Not even in my memories.

You're gonna love it.

Why? Did Michelle?

No, because it's the ocean.

Everybody loves the ocean.

You know, you could come

with me if you want to.

No.

I can't.

You and I have both been

living in an illusion.

It's time for us to go

live in the real world.

All right, lovebirds.

Hey, hey, take it easy now.

It's a big gun. It's a sig

Sauer, with a compressor on.

In fact, why don't you guys turn around?

Look, you don't have to do this.

She's not gonna hurt anybody.

I know, I know. You're

in love with a robot,

But listen, the people who are after you

Are not gonna let you

just walk away, pal.

So what? So she gets defragged,

Or worse, reprogrammed,

sent back to Vice

As a cheap pleasure model?

Confirmation on 6126.

I'll put her in protective custody

Like a real person, all right?

Till I can prove that

real lives were lost.

Then we'll have a chance

of taking this place down.

Open your eyes, detective.

Just look at her. She's evolving.

She's changing with each new experience.

Then she'll learn what it's

like to be in jail. Turn around.

Get back.

Get her down!

Evan.

Shh. Shh.

It's okay.

You can still go. You

can still make the ship.

No, no, no, I'm not leaving you.

Michelle.

It's not every day one

gets to meet his maker.

I'm sorry.

Look, the way I see it,

You got two choices, okay?

You can run. I won't stop you.

I know you didn't kill anybody.

Or you can come with me.

Now if you really are more human

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