Virtuosity Page #4

You're the only guy|on my dance card, Parker.

The best we can do|is try to contain him.

We'll double our detail|and hope that Sid surfaces.

Parker Barnes just escaped|from prisoner transport.

- Both the guards are dead.|- I don't believe it!

- The fail-safe is still on-line?|- On-line, and at your disposal.

event in years. So let your voice...

Hello? Parker?

- I didn't kill those transport guards.|- Where are you?

Sid let me go. See, he's interactive.

He only enjoys the game|against his favourite opponent: me.

- Tell me where you are.|- "Listen to me!"

Did you know about the poison|they put in my head?

- Yes.|- When were you gonna tell me?

I never thought they'd have|a reason to use it.

I can't help you|unless you tell me where you are.

I'm with my family.

Parker? Parker!

- Madison Carter, line one.|- Cochran here.

- "Parker's out."|- No sh*t.

- He says he didn't kill the guards.|- You were right about the woman.

the Attorney General.

out for a Barnes hunt.

You should know something|about the locator implants.

- Mum! Your keys!|- Thanks! I'll be back as soon as I can.

Sunset and Vine.

South to Santa Monica.

- "East on Gower. Located..."|- There he is.

Go for it.

- What the f*** are you doing?|- Anybody using this chair?

What are you doing?

I told Cochran about the neural toxin.|He's taking care of it.

See, Grimes used my Linda|and Christine to get to me.

And now Sid, he...used my guilt|about losing them.

He's attacking your weakness,|just like he did in VR.

But he's not Grimes, see.

His appetite...is expanding.

He craves feedback.|He needs a larger...

He needs a larger audience.|I know where he is.

I wanna live! I wanna live!

on rumours

now serving time for homicide,

to help with the manhunt.

They must be really worried.|They let out Barnes.

He scared you, didn't he?

If you get scared,|you might do something foolish.

gun shops throughout the area.

Where would you go?

politically sensitive.

is also a possibility.

audience of unprecedented size.

Close our borders! Close our borders!|Close our borders!

by refugees from the Third World.

to the living hell of their own worlds.

another group of immigrants.

with an open mind.

you close off your soul to the future.

to cultural extinction.

Wejust lost New York!

You guys asleep?

Ladies and gentlemen,|my fellow Americans! Welcome.

- What the hell's happening?|- No!

To Death TV.

Death TV.

- Move back, now!|- Get back, go!

sweet viewers, is to ask.

Strangulation? Mutilation?

Cannibalism? Gunshots? Stabbings?

What about hanging by the testicles?

parents of our younger viewers.

contains scenes of violence.

for small children.

to take your eyes off the screen.

Don't f***ing move.

A Death TVspecial segment.

- On what floor is the studio on?|- The 38th.

from our own City of Angels.

- "At only nine years old..."|- No! No, no, no!

...a lover of macaroni and cheese.

Madison Carter.

You sadistic son of a b*tch!

It's my fault! That's my little girl!

Listen! As God is my witness,|I'm gonna find your daughter.

I need your help. You gotta find out|who's in charge of the building.

Get them to cut off all the phone lines.|Can you do that?

Go, go! Move it! Move it inside!

until she's blown into little bits.

Madison! I'll find your daughter for you.

Help me.

There's Barnes.

Barnes!

Parker!

Go, go, go!

Sh*t!

the demise of Karin Carter,

with our studio audience.

You're the supervisor?|You can do it.

I need you to cut every phone line|that leads into this building.

just for a moment...

That she is your daughter.

The child you have given birth to.

- Oh, my...|- Where's my daughter?

I don't know.

And what will you do now? Shoot me?

Ed, folks at home.

Enjoying the show, Ed?

I bet you're thinking, "Where's God?"

Look at the response. They love you.

What I am is not my fault.

It's not even my choice.

because of what you are.

they want you dead, Ed.

is in your nature.

Where's my audience?!

Parker!

Put down the weapon,|or we will open fire!

Call them off! I want that goddamn|helicopter down here right now!

Yes, sir!

F*** you, Parker.

I am made of everything!|I am the future! And you...

You're losing your sense of humour.

Come on!

Come on, Parker!

- Where's the girl?|- It's not the same this time.

She's not your daughter!

Come on, Parker!

Come on!

Where's the girl? Where's the girl?!

Banzai!

Jump, Parker!

Come and get the little girl, Parker!

Come on, you can make it!|Come on. Yeah, attaboy!

You can do it. Come on.

Okay, Parker! This one's for me.

Now...where is the girl?

Where's the girl?

Blow me, Parker!

Parker, Parker, Parker, Parker...

Parker!

So, Mr Barnes,|you've destroyed Sid.

You've effectively lost any chance|of finding the little girl.

No...

Yeah! You made it.|Come on, Parker, come on.

Come on, you can make it.|Oh, goody.

Hey, Parker, this one's for me.

Parker!

Hey, Maddy. You just missed Parker.

Where is she?

- You can't kill me, Maddy.|- Where is she?

She's waiting, Mommy.

Show me Madison.

- Tell me where my daughter is!|- You see.

Sid assumes he's still|in the real world.

- Come on, Maddy, forget the kid.|- Where is she?

- You really wanna know?|- Yes.

- You really, really wanna know?|- Yeah.

Just click your heels three times.

Oh, Karin! Mommy's here.

- She's here?|- Yeah, she is.

She's been right here all along?

- You're dead.|- And you're back in the box.

- This is VR?|- That's right.

- Get us out of here, Billy.|- Get them out now.

Madison first.|You have to help me lift her out.

Daryl? They couldn't have done|this without you!

- Lower it.|- I'll go lower Barnes.

Daryl? I'm back in the f***ing box?!

Smart. That's my boy.

Any time now, Billy.

Daryl! Daryl! Help me, Daryl!

I'm back in the box. Help me, Daryl.

Why did you betray me, Daryl?

Judas! Judas, Daryl!

- Billy?|- No!

You're in my world now!

Get away from there!|I'll kill you, too!

Parker!

Get in here! Come on!

What's going on here? I don't know|what you think you're doing...

Coward! Parker, I wanna play!

I wanna play!

Let's get your little girl.

Watch your step!

- Karin!|- Don't!

- It's booby-trapped.|- The bomb squad's five minutes away.

We don't have five minutes.

Karin!

Listen, I'm gonna get you|out of there, okay?

Hang on, sweetheart, I'm coming.

Just stay right where you are.

It's all right.|I'm gonna get you out of here.

- Are you gonna get me out?|- Yes!

Be careful, Parker!

- Hi, Mom... Hurry!|- Okay. Wait, don't move!

Hello, Parker. That can only be you.

is that I've thought of everything.

And I thought of it fiirst.

in case you got clever.

Let me move your hands back.|Stay where you are. Don't move.

He's got you sitting on a pressure plate.

Now, if you stand up,|it's gonna be very bad, okay?

Be still, honey. Don't move.

It's okay, baby. Hang in there.

Don't move, honey.

- Mom, get me out of here.|- We will, baby.

Everything will be okay.|Just stay still.

- Mom... Mommy?|- Hold on, baby.

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