"He's dead." "That's his problem." "No hostiles unaccounted for?" "That's everyone." "There'll be a debrief in 30 minutes." "We've hit four Red Cell substations in 10 days... and still no sign of the man you're looking for." "If this mission doesn't yield results..." "We'll hit four more." "Entry clear." "Madeline, you're looking for me." "I am Leon." "Step into the light." "You would have discovered it soon enough." "Maybe this way we can save us all some... unnecessary discomfort." "After all these years..." "I would never have taken you for a man who prefers... things comfortable." "Is that all he said to you?" "Yes." "He lied." "You are aware of the significance of that lie." "It means one of the men in that room is Leon." "I've got him." "You've been at it for hours." "How about a break?" " What?" " I said, how about a break?" "No." "I'm fine." "Is that according to your professional opinion?" "I found him." "Look." "I've been studying visual cues and body language." "There." "Did you see that?" "Watch that man there." "Watch his eyes." "That's Leon." "How can you be sure?" "I've reviewed more than eight hours of data." "Virtually no one in this room makes a move without a reference to him." "Even the physical space that they keep between themselves and him." "I'm sure of it." "Yes, I can see that." "But the question is, can I be sure of you?" "Extracting Leon... will have serious impact on Red Cell operations." "The amount of knowledge that he carries inside his head..." "I'm aware of the man's potential significance." "That's why I won't risk making any mistakes." "This isn't a mistake." "Well, then you won't object if we wait for confirmation." "We have reason to believe that this man might be Leon... code name for Red Cell's chief strategist." "We need to confirm this before we proceed." "Birkoff." "Birkoff." "Background." "Over the last 18 months, Red Cell has been transitioning... their security coding from a complex cipher to a gene-coded matrix." "As you know, Section has abandoned gene coding... more than four years ago." "The knowledge base regarding this technology is extensive." "I've narrowed down the three most likely routes of communication... between Red Cell command and Leon." "If we could intercept a gene-coded communiqué marked for Leon..." "We will be able to confirm or eliminate." "We'll send out three teams." "Michael will lead Alpha." "Birkoff will upload your panels." "Michael, do you think we've been fully briefed on this mission?" "Why?" "Seems clear that Madeline's already identified Leon." "If that's true, then Operations is using us to second-guess her." "He needs to make sure." "I don't know." "Something I've never seen in her." "Whatever it is, it's not just about capturing Leon." "It's personal." "Hey, amigo. {y:i}Everything okay with you?" "You seemed distracted." "Is something on your mind?" "You're the guy who makes the life and death decisions about other people's lives." "I thought you had all the answers." "I tried to tell you to let this thing slide." "But, no." "You had to push it." "And you found out." "Yes, you've got a twin brother." "Yes, he's free and you're not." "And I'm the one that made the call." "But that's the way the cookie crumbled." "And then he got the cookie, and I got the crumbs." "Let it go." "Like you let him go?" "First team returning through west air lock, sir." "What do you got?" "It's a directive for Leon." "Priority Level 1 ." "And it's gene-coded." "That won't be necessary." "Professional courtesy?" "A temporary reprieve." "And them?" "If I need them." "The results of their work won't be temporary." "I know who you are." "But it seems as if my superiors feel... they need confirmation." "It's hard to imagine, looking at you... that you have any superiors." "It would simplify things if you did this yourself." "You've intercepted a gene-coded transmission." "All's fair, as they say." "It's positive." "Bring the prisoner to containment." "Fifteen minutes." "The prisoner is ready for you." "I'll be right down." "No." "Get out." "You catch more flies with honey." "Is that it?" "It would be a shame to damage such a prize package prematurely." "I'll take that as a compliment." "It was meant as one." "You do understand what's expected of me?" "If I am who you think I am... you also understand what's expected of me." "You think you can break me." "With the threat of pain, no." "I'm sure you're quite able to turn away from that." "How then?" "Reason." "Rationality." "We know each other too well to continue playing past the end game." "Is this the end game?" "I think you know that it is." "Then you think you've won." "You're in the chair." "Sitting or standing, you seem to be answering my questions." "I gather that this fellow Leon... has been a formidable adversary." "Something, given your obvious intelligence... you're not accustomed to." "I'd imagine a woman like you would find that stimulating." "And given how lovely you are..." "I can only regret that I'm not him." "The gene code was positive." "Your Leon would think of that, wouldn't he?" "Possibly." "He's also smart enough to play it just the way you're playing it." "Touché." "So where does that leave us?" "Madeline, my office." "I hope this isn't on my account." "Before you die you'll tell me what I want to know." "It's up to you how you want to spend that time." "Dinner for two might be nice." "The man will not respond to conventional methods." "It's not even worth trying." "He doesn't appear to be responding to your unconventional ones." "You agreed to let me handle this." "He's playing with you, and he appears to be winning." "Of course." "That's what he needs to believe." "I told you I understand him." "He'll become overconfident." "He'll blunder." "We've already damaged Red Cell considerably by taking him out of play." "It's clear he's not going to give up any information." "He's outlived his usefulness." "You're not being fair." "We agreed this would take time." "I want this finished." "Birkoff, I want the interrogation disk as soon as you've transferred the data." "I'm working on it now." "What is that?" "I don't know." "I don't wanna know." "It looks like an incision." "And a fresh one at that." "Whatever." "Hey, Birkoff, it's about this whole mess." "You know, your brother and all..." "It's all right." "I understand." "It's over." "I have to get this to Operations." "Be good." "Tonight. 5:30?" "You know I have a meeting at 5:00." "So how is the merger coming along?" " Nervous?" " No." "They'll close." "We just have to sweat it out until they do." "It's them against us." "You just have to outlast the other guy." "Well, you're good at that." "You're good at a lot of things." "Sometimes I wish somebody would make my decisions for me." "Be a hell of a lot easier that way." "Cream or sugar?" "No, thank you." "I've always been curious." "Your attempt to intercept us in Khartoum failed." "And yet we know you had lead-time." "The airport there is hell." "Nothing but delays." "It was the same in Juba." "Given your failure to intercede, it's likely a geographical issue." "No substations in that area?" "What would you like me to say?" "That given the frequencies you use to transmit... the lag time involved... that the Algiers substation... is your headquarters." "I could tell you that." "Would that please you?" "Your appreciation and your confirmation would please me." "What I think you'd like me to say is that... like you... the best days of Leon's life over the last six years... have been those where you and he went toe-to-toe... sparring across continents." "Each one trying to outthink, outguess... and outmaneuver an equally matched opponent." "Those days... when he could almost taste the sweat on your brow." "Is that true?" "You know that it is." "Yes." "And Algiers?" "Is not our central link." "Now watch." "Here." "When I touch his hand, you get a sharp rise." "He's reacting to me." "And Algiers?" "Is not our central link." "He's lying." "You can tell by comparative reaction." "No margin for error?" "I've compiled the data a dozen times using variables." "I'm positive." "You're emotionally involved." "Did you figure in that variable?" "Of course." "Algiers is their substation." "I'll schedule a briefing." "What would you like me to say?" "Alpha team, approach and hold." "Birkoff." "They're shielded from our IR scans." "No readings from inside." "Exterior anomalies?" "None." "The perimeter is clean." "Go." "You're go to proceed, Michael." "Alpha team, go to proceed." "Alpha team leader." "No hostiles on premises." "Looks like we caught a bad one." "Hold position." "Michael, status?" "Anticipate a 70% loss." "It was a trap." "I'll adjust my numbers accordingly." "Madeline... kill him." "I still believe he's..." "What you believe is no longer a factor." "Cancel him." "You could just shoot me." "This is much more painful." "I wouldn't have imagined you'd be a sore loser." "You used me." "Nothing you wouldn't have done if the situation were reversed." "I suppose this means we're not going to have that dinner." "Your eyes are really quite...." "I imagine you put yourself at considerable risk bringing me here." "Why is that?" "The show you put on." "The lethal injection." "I gather I was supposed to wake up in...." "Well, somewhere else." "If Operations finds out about this...." "I made a judgment call." "I believe I am more aware of your value to us than he is." "I'm also aware... that using a heavy-handed approach to mining that value... is out of the question." "We're quite a pair, the two of us." "We may play for different teams... stand on opposite sides of the field... but at the end of the day... we have more in common with each other than we do with any of our teammates." "Maybe you're just playing for the wrong team." "We've known each other far too long to believe something like that, Madeline." "Teams." "Sides." "You'd do as well on my team as I'd do on yours." "For us... it's the thrill of the game that makes the heart pound." "You may not know me as well as you think." "I know you, Madeline... maybe better than anyone else." "I know how you have to live inside yourself." "Isolate yourself." "Because mentally and emotionally... you have no equals here." "How, more often than not... you have to compromise your thinking just to be understood." "How you long for someone with the capacity to meet you where you live." "On your level." "A day... even a moment, when you don't have to feel so alone." "You're not alone, Madeline." "Michael, the guy's not dead." "You saw it?" "I found a sample of the intravenous fluid she used as the lethal injection." "It's Copamine." "It'll lower body response to produce a flat line, but it is not fatal." "What do you think about this, Michael?" "The incision suggests a post-thalamic inversion." "Who the hell would risk that?" "It's almost damn near 95% fatal." "Red Cell?" "Maybe." "What is it?" "PTl." "It went out with lobotomies and hacksaws." "It's supposed to stimulate the emotional center of the brain." "You know, love, hate." "That kind of stuff." "If Red Cell could make her fall in love with him...." "She has to be reported." "Walter." "I saw him." "You saw who?" "My brother, Jason." "No, that's crazy." "No." "If they get wind of this..." "It was like... looking into a mirror." " No, listen to me..." " No." "No matter how long you've been in here... at least you know where you came from." "You know who you are." "Do you have any idea what it felt like to...." "Knowing that I'm a part of something, someone?" "Make that connection?" "How many times do I have to tell you?" "You know about the rules of contact in this place." "You know that if they even get the slightest sniff of this... you are dead and gone." "I know." "I just had to see him once." "It's over?" "Yeah." "Madeline hasn't been compromised." "She submitted to the procedure voluntarily." "To get him to believe that she's in love with him." "He's too formidable an opponent... to try and get him to believe anything." "She is in love with him." "He'll try to take advantage of that." "We're counting on it." "That all?" "A woman in love may prove... to be a more formidable opponent than the one she loves." "You know, you really almost convinced me." "I don't understand." "Oh, I think you do, Madeline." "First you save my life." "And when we made love...." "When we made love, I could almost believe it." "But that's what you wanted, isn't it?" "For me to believe it." "I was so smart about how to seduce you... yet you were in the lead all along." "Checkmate." "The game is yours." "This isn't a game." "Madeline." "No." "It may have started that way." "What will it take for you to believe me?" "What if I could get you out?" "I've been reviewing the monthly inventory on Birkoff's report." "There are a number of discrepancies... on your inventory that haven't been reconciled." "What kind of discrepancies?" "You're aware that checking out unauthorized equipment... is grounds for cancellation." "There must be some problem with the math." "That's all." "Then I suggest you correct it." "Within the hour." "Birkoff has the figures." "I'm on it." "Do you believe what Operations said?" "He has no reason to lie." "Is that all love is, Michael?" "Synapses in the brain... proper conditioning?" "I don't know." "Or you don't want to know." "She may feel something for this man." "It may even resemble love." "But I can't believe that's all there is to it." "They can't trace our movements?" "I've deleted you from the subsystem entirely." "My indicators have me in my office." "The downside of relying on technology." "This is it." "Paul." "I need a security team to transport." "This wasn't part of the profile." "I'm not on profile." "Think about what you're doing, Madeline." "Remember the mission." "We discussed the possibility of things going too far." "You let your emotions get in the way." "You have to remember your job." "My job." "I'm sorry, Paul." "But there's more to my life now than my job." "My resignation." "We have a prize package here." "See that it receives special handling." "The electric chair was imported from the United States." "It seems they, like you, have opted for a more civilized form of death." "A shame, really." "There's sort of a primitive beauty about the old ways." "I think we're past this now, don't you think?" "I don't think you understand how I feel." "How you feel, Madeline?" "Madeline, after all these years, to accuse you of having feelings?" "Even I wouldn't stoop that low." "I would have told you anything." "All you have to do is ask." "I love you." "All right." "Let's talk then." "Real bullets?" "Getting hit wasn't part of the profile." "As far as Madeline is concerned... given her feelings... for this man... there is no profile." "Once she'd had the operation... the rest was improvisation." "I've got a location on Madeline's secondary field locator." "Upload the data." "I want a storm team mobilized in 15 minutes." "So for love, Madeline becomes your Judas goat." "Does she know they've implanted a second locator?" "Fourteen minutes, Nikita." "I'll be on point." "You're aware that they'll track me through my implant." "They're most likely already on their way." "It's a known frequency." "It's been phase canceled." "No." "There's another one." "She's wearing an implant." "There's no time to vacate." "We're on hot standby as of now." "I'm picking up no sign of movement." "Because they don't want you to." "I want everyone on tactical." " If you're thinking of using me to protect..." " No." "I know that killing me is more important to them than you are." "But if there's a way out of this, I want you with me." "They'll have us on thermal." "Is there another way out of this room?" "Drop the gun." "Are you sure you're willing to die for him?" "Don't." "You didn't have to kill him." "You didn't have to kill him." " I'm so sorry." " Get her out of here." "I'm so sorry." "I love you so much." "We have to go." "You didn't have to kill him." "We could have used him." "I'm sorry." "How could you know?" "How could you know how I feel?" "How could you know how I feel?" "I'm so sorry." "Why did you have to kill him?" "We could have used him." "It's over." "100% containment." "We've downloaded their databases and cleaned their hard drives." "Birkoff is processing the data now." "In the end, worth the chances we took." "You took." "We were both at risk." "Yes." "That bullet really did come close." "Did you think I'd lost control?" "You survived the reversal." "Any side effects?" "Lingering feelings?" "No." "I feel quite well." "Have you seen my recommendation... for the Crystal Sky project?"