"Front gate, this is Mother Goose." "We're 10 seconds out." "Front gate, roger." " Ambassador." " There he is." "Post number 2, front gate." "Come in." " Post number 2, roger." " Mother Goose is home." "David." "David." " Tienna, what are you doing here?" " I had to see you." "I'm on duty." "I'll meet you at mass in the morning." "David, please, I need to talk to you." "My mother, she said..." " Wait." " David." "Go home." "On the wall, freeze!" "Put your hands on your head!" " Parr, don't shoot, man." "It's Douglas." " He was coming over the wall." "I challenged him, and he started shooting at me." "What happened to his weapon?" " Parr, where's his weapon?" " I don't know." "... emergency procedures." " Will do." "Over." " Post 2, report." "Over." "Geez, Parr, he's just a kid." "Oh, God." "Lieutenant Rabb, Lieutenant Austin, welcome to Lima." "I'm Gunnery Sergeant Granger with the Embassy detachment." "Follow me, please." "Do you have something against saluting, Gunnery Sergeant?" "No, ma'am." "But everyone within 1,000 yards would know you're an officer." "And that would make you a prime target for a sniper, Lieutenant." " We're lawyers, Gunnery Sergeant." " Yes, ma'am." "But they shoot lawyers in this country, too." "I guess your men don't know about the snipers, eh, Gunny?" "Move out!" " Rockproof, anyway." " And bulletproof, sir." "Side panels are armour-plated with Kevlar." "Did you arrange this welcoming committee, Gunnery Sergeant?" "No, ma'am." "It's been a little hairy since we zapped that terrorist." "I thought he was a Peruvian boy?" "One and the same, ma'am." "Sendero Luminoso has been quiet for several months." "But my government fears they will use this unfortunate incident to create more public support." "You have my personal guarantee of a full and fair investigation, Se�or Vargas." "And if I find our Marine was in the wrong," "I promise he'll be prosecuted." "We appreciate your cooperation, Ambassador." "Good morning, Ambassador Bartlett." "Lieutenant Rabb, Lieutenant JG Austin." "From the Judge Advocate General's office, ma'am." "Thank you, Gunny." "Lieutenants, this is Salgado Vargas from the Peruvian Foreign Ministry." " Welcome to Peru." " Thank you, sir." "I'm sorry we meet under these sombre circumstances, Lieutenant." "Such a tragic accident." "It's difficult for everyone involved." "You believe the shooting was an accident, sir?" "I would like to believe, Lieutenant, that US Marines do not shoot unarmed children who are curious." "So would I." "If there is anything I can do to help your investigation, please feel free to contact my office." " Ambassador." " Yes." "Would either of you like a drink?" " No, thank you, ma'am." " No, thank you, ma'am." "The Peruvians are nervous, Washington is nervous and I'm nervous." "My job is difficult enough without my Marines shooting Peruvian teenagers off the Embassy wall." "Has the victim been identified yet, ma'am?" " No." " Gunny Granger said he was a terrorist." "Granger would like to believe he's a member of the Sendero Luminoso." "Makes his corporal a hero instead of a screw-up." "I thought the Shining Path collapsed after Professor Guzman was arrested." "That's what the Peruvians would like the world to think." "They're still trying to assassinate and bomb their way into power and they will use this shooting to rally the people behind them, which means we may have to make an example of Corporal Parr." "Assuming he's guilty." " What's your opinion, ma'am?" " I don't have one, Lieutenant." "That's why you're here." "You're going to tell me what happened and then you're going to tell me how to fix it." "Any more questions?" "Yes, ma'am." "Where can we find Corporal Parr?" "I was patrolling near the rear gate when I heard a noise." "I went to investigate and I saw an intruder on the wall." " In the dark?" " I was using a starlight-scope." "I yelled for him to freeze." "He started shooting." "I returned fire." "Do you know how many rounds you fired, Corporal?" "Not exactly." "No." "According to Gunnery Sergeant Granger's report you emptied half your magazine." "How many rounds would that be, Corporal?" "Fifteen." " Did you recover the intruder's weapon?" " No, sir." " How can you be certain he had one?" " I told you, he was shooting at me." " Did anyone else hear him shooting?" " No, sir." "Doesn't that seem a little strange to you, Corporal?" "He was using a silencer." "I saw the flash." "Maybe he was lighting a cigarette or taking your picture." "No." "It was a muzzle flash." "Have you ever seen a muzzle flash through a starlight-scope before, Corporal?" " No, ma'am." " Then maybe you were mistaken." "Someone's on the wall, he doesn't stand down when you challenge him, you see a flare of light, you panic and you shoot." "No, it wasn't just a flare." "It was a muzzle flash." " I was returning fire." " Then why didn't he have a weapon?" "Why didn't you find any shell casings?" " We're still looking." " Lieutenant?" "Can I have a word with you outside?" "Sir, what's going to happen to me?" "That will be determined after the investigation." "I didn't know he was just a boy." "If he was shooting at you, it doesn't matter." "You're acting like a prosecutor, Lieutenant, not an investigator." "I respectfully disagree, sir." "We have a volatile situation here and the sooner we wrap things up the better." "There's no evidence that boy had a gun and Corporal Parr damn near emptied his magazine at him." "Corporal Parr doesn't strike me as a hothead." "Gunnery Sergeant Granger does." "He's probably got these kids so fired up they'll shoot first and ask questions later." "Well, we don't." "I don't care what the Shining Path wants, what the Peruvians want, or what the Ambassador wants." "We will not sacrifice Corporal Parr for the sake of expediency." "That's not my intention, sir." "I'm just trying to get at the truth." "Well, try it with a little more objectivity." "Good afternoon, Lieutenants." "Your presence is requested in the Ambassador's office immediately." "This was delivered to the front gate 10 minutes ago." "The Shining Path wants Corporal Parr delivered to the Peruvian authorities to stand trial for murder." "We can't do that." "If we don't, they're threatening retaliation." "What sort of retaliation?" "A bomb, assassination, poisoned drink." "Bomb!" "Bomb!" "Bomb!" "Hey, good boy." "That's good." "Distributor's clear, sir." "If security gets any tighter, they'll be strip-searching us." "I wouldn't get my hopes up, sir." "Oh, you've got to get me out of here, Mack." "I don't care." "Call in favours, threaten people." "Sleep with the first lady if you have to, but I want out of here." "If I'm going to get my ass blown off, I might as well be in Paris." "Sit down." "The shooting victim has been identified." "His name was Ramon Escamilla." "He was a 15-year-old high school student." "Have you spoken with his family yet, ma'am?" "No, Lieutenant Rabb." "I'm reserving that honour for you." "Ma'am, the Peruvian gate guard injured last night, how is he?" "He'll live." "Which may be more than I can say for the rest of us." "I'm supposed to dedicate an American-funded hospital tomorrow." "I might as well paint a bull's eye on my forehead." "Defuse this by tomorrow, Lieutenants, or you'll be seated in front of me at the dedication." "She just threatened to use us as human shields." "The Ambassador brings new meaning to the term "political survival."" "I'm going to pay an official visit to the family." "You go over the scene of the shooting with Corporal Parr." "Are you leaving me behind to hold the ponies?" "No, Lieutenant." "But if we're gonna defuse this situation by tomorrow, we're gonna have to split up." "Would you be saying this if I were a man?" "Yes." "But if you were a man, you'd have some explaining to do about the way you fill out that uniform." "Move it, move it." "Catch up, ladies!" "Parr!" "What the hell do you call that?" "You're supposed to be slitting his throat, not dancing with him." "Hold this." "Come on." "Come at me." "Suck it up, Marine." "This isn't a chow line." "Well, come on, Parr." "Kill me!" "You can't hesitate, Parr." "You can never hesitate." "It will get you killed." "Gunnery Sergeant Granger." "What was that about, Gunny?" "We call it unarmed combat training, Lieutenant." "Looked more like intimidation." "Well, ma'am, the enemy can be pretty damned intimidating." "Corporal Parr is supposed to be restricted to his quarters until our investigation is complete." "Training doesn't stop, Lieutenant." "If the Shining Path starts over the wall, we have to be able to take them." "You've got Corporal Parr and the rest of these Marines so wired they're trigger-happy." "They're not trigger-happy, Lieutenant." "But they are ready." "To kill teenage boys?" "That's how the Shining Path operate, Lieutenant." "They recruit them from rural towns and brainwash them into fanatics." "These kids carry automatic weapons, Lieutenant." "And most of them have killed before they've slept with a woman." "That boy didn't have a weapon, Gunnery Sergeant." "Yes, he did, Lieutenant." "We just haven't found it yet." "I'm taking Corporal Parr with me to tour the scene of the shooting and when I'm done I will return him to his quarters where he will await further orders from me or Lieutenant Rabb." " Do you understand, Gunnery Sergeant?" " Yes, ma'am!" " Dismissed!" " Corporal Parr!" "With me!" " Are you my interpreter, Corporal?" " Corporal Cortez, sir." "Interpreter, driver, anything else you need, sir." "What I need is a smoother ride than we had from the airport." "Can't guarantee that, sir." "They're not going to be glad to see you." "I'm a lawyer, Cortez." "No one's ever glad to see me." "I was about here when he started firing." "But I can't be sure because it was dark and I was running." " And no slugs were recovered?" " No, ma'am." "Was the area gone over with a metal detector?" "Yes, ma'am." "And PFC Douglas was the first to arrive on the scene?" " Yes, ma'am." " How long before he got here?" "A few seconds." "Where were you when you heard the noise?" "By the rear gate." " Is something wrong, Lieutenant?" " No." "It's just that this seems a strange place to sneak onto the grounds when there are other areas easier to access." "Maybe he thought this area wasn't guarded." "Why would he think that?" "It's just a guess, ma'am." "What rooms are those?" "Ambassador's living quarters." "Mrs Escamilla?" "No, my name is Tienna." "Ramon was my brother." "She says Ramon was her only son." "He was a good boy, never got in trouble." "Does she have any idea why he might have been sneaking into the Embassy that night?" "No, she doesn't know." "My brother, he was a very curious boy." "Please, I'd like your mother to answer." "She said it was God's will, sir." "Well, she doesn't agree." "Was your son involved with the Shining Path?" "No!" "No, he was a good boy, sir." "She wants you to look at the pictures, sir." "He took care of her when her husband died, sir." "She said he was too busy playing soccer and going to church to be involved with the Shining Path, sir." "No." "She wants to know the name of the Marine that killed her son, sir." "Tell her I'm sorry, but I can't reveal that." "Parr?" " Did she say Parr?" " Yes, she did, sir." "How do you know Corporal Parr?" "No, enough." "I want you out of my house." "Get out of my house." "Get out." "Go, go." " Corporal, tell me what she's saying." " I think I'd better tell you in the car, sir." "Get out, get out now!" "Is that where he fell?" "Are you okay, Corporal?" "He looked so small laying there." "He's the kind of kid that would climb a wall just to see what was on the other side of it." "What?" "My brother Jason." "He reminded me of my brother." "You having second thoughts about what happened, Corporal?" "No, ma'am, I'm having second thoughts about having killed someone." "Well, if you fired in self-defence, you did what you were supposed to do." "I know." "But I don't know if I could ever do it again." "You're not going to tell Gunny about any of this, are you?" "He doesn't tolerate any kind of weakness." "What you're feeling isn't weakness, Corporal." "It's what makes us human." "If we lose that, there's nothing left." "Ma'am, I'd like a chance to apologise to express my regrets to that boy's mother." "That's not necessary, Corporal." "But if it makes you feel better to put something in writing," "I'll see that his family gets it." "I'd rather do it in person, ma'am." "I don't think that's such a good idea, Corporal." "I'd feel better if I could tell her, face to face, how truly sorry I am." "It's an honourable desire, Corporal." "But like I said, I don't think it's such a good idea." "Why don't you come give me a lift?" " Ma'am?" " Come on." " You okay, Lieutenant?" " Yeah, fine." "Ma'am, I don't think it's wise for you to remain outside the Embassy without me." "I appreciate your concern, Corporal." "Now, why don't you go get a metal detector and start re-sweeping the area." " I'd better stay here with you." " That's an order, Corporal." "Yes, ma'am." "So, Corporal, what was Tienna's mother so upset about?" "Sir, evidently her daughter's pregnant and she's blaming Corporal Parr." "I found a shell casing outside the wall." "7.65 millimetre, Czech markings." "Probably fired from a Scorpion machine pistol." "Silenced, it would make a damn good assassination weapon." "And he was coming over the wall right next to the Ambassador's living quarters." "He wasn't after the Ambassador, Meg." "He was after Corporal Parr." " Corporal Parr?" " Ramon has a sister." "A pregnant sister." "Corporal Parr was her boyfriend." "God." "The only one who's gonna be relieved about this is the Ambassador." " A Czech scorpion?" " That would have been my guess when I thought that he was after the Ambassador." "That's the type of weapon the Shining Path would use." "But it could have been fired from any pistol that shoots a 7.65 millimetre round." "I'm going to inform the Ambassador." "You get Corporal Parr and bring him to her office." "You'd better get Gunny, too." " Let's go." " Got it." " Let's go!" " What's going on, Marine?" "Attention on deck!" "We're on alert, ma'am." " Where's Corporal Parr?" " He's gone, ma'am." "I told Gunnery Sergeant Granger he was restricted to quarters." "He was, Lieutenant." "Until the Shining Path kidnapped him." "The Shining Path threatened a retaliation, ma'am." "They've just made good on it." "The minute your men leave the Embassy they become an invading force." "They have kidnapped one of my men, Lieutenant." "I am not suing to get him back." "And I will not let you start a war!" "With all due respect, Lieutenant, stay out of my turf." "And I will stay out of yours." "This is my turf, Gunnery Sergeant." "Have your men stand down now." " Lieutenant!" " Now, Gunnery Sergeant!" "That's an order!" "Yes, ma'am." "I just got the word." "The Ambassador's throwing a fit." "So is Gunny Granger." "He thinks the Shining Path kidnapped Corporal Parr." "He wants to take his men out to find him." " Gunny!" " Sir!" "I've already ordered him to stand down, sir." "Get out of that combat gear." "I'll need you, Corporal Cortez and two other Marines to accompany us." "Aye, aye, sir!" "Fall out!" "Cortez, Mason, Douglas, with me." " You don't think Parr was kidnapped?" " There's no evidence to support it." "He asked me three times if he could visit Ramon's mother to apologise." "Yeah, well, she's not a woman in the mood for apologies." "But it's not the mother he wants to see, it's Ramon's sister." "Do we really need to take Gunnery Sergeant Granger with us?" " He's dangerous, sir." " It's a dangerous town, Meg." "Let's go." "I came as soon as I got your note." "How could you kill my brother?" "I didn't know it was him." "Would it have made any difference?" "He was trying to kill me." "He thought he was defending my honour." "But he knew about us." "I'm pregnant." "I'll marry you." "How can I marry the man who killed my brother?" "Sooner we get out of here, the better, sir." "Tell your men to stay cool, Gunny." "Keep your weapons out of sight." "And don't fire unless fired upon." "No." " Lieutenant, don't ever grab my..." " You would have shot that child." "Only if his weapon had been real." "He had a gun." "They're going to kill her daughter." "They're in a church in Santa Rosa." " What?" " He's a member of Sendero Luminoso." " You must go before he sees you." " Not without you." "No!" "Drop it!" "I want the two..." " I can take him." " No." "It's okay." "It's okay." "They can't hurt you now." "They'll be waiting for me when I go home." "Why are the Shining Path after you?" "They want to kill me because I'm carrying David's baby." "They hate the Americans and now they hate me." "We won't let them hurt you." "They are everywhere, David." "Everywhere." "Not in our Embassy." "I'm sure the Ambassador will offer her sanctuary." "With me, Parr." " What about Tienna?" " We'll take care of her, Corporal Parr." "Snap to it, Parr!" " I'll join you in a minute, Harm." " He's not going to shoot him, Meg." "I'm not so sure." " I'm sorry, Gunny." " Sorry is something you say when you bump into a little old lady in the liquor store." "You were AWOL, Corporal." "A-W-O-L!" " I'm sorry I let you down, Gunny." " To hell with me." "You let down your fellow Marines." "You let down this Embassy." "You let down the corps!" "Gunnery Sergeant Granger!" "Into Squad Bay, Parr." "I'm not through with you." " He's young, Gunny." " They're all young, ma'am." "There were extenuating circumstances." "He's a Marine, Lieutenant." "He's got a duty to perform." "Which is hard enough without you making his life miserable." "If you baby him, he'll start second-guessing his training and his instincts." "And that gets people killed." "In Texas we had a dog that'd take on anything to protect our cattle." "Eventually, we had to shoot him because he got so damn vicious he didn't care what he killed." "Permission to speak frankly, Lieutenant." "Put it on the table, Gunny." "I know you don't like me or the way I operate." "But it's my job to keep this Embassy secure and my boys alive." "This is not a courtroom." "It's a battle zone." "I don't get to appeal when I lose." "Tienna, who were those men at the church?" "I don't know." "They knew you were pregnant." "Sendero Luminoso know everything." "How do you know they were Sendero Luminoso?" "They were friends of Ramon's." "Your brother was with the Sendero Luminoso?" "He was only a boy who wanted to be a man." "Did the Sendero Luminoso send him over the wall?" "He was defending my honour." "He knew about you and Corporal Parr." " He knew you would meet, didn't he?" " S�." "Then why didn't he come after Parr in the town?" "I don't know." "Could it be because he wasn't after Corporal Parr?" "He was after the Ambassador?" "Let me get this straight, Lieutenants." "Corporal Parr kills a boy and now he wants us to give the boy's sister who is Corporal Parr's girlfriend, sanctuary?" "She's having his baby, ma'am." "Corporal Parr wants to marry her." "I ask you to solve a shooting and your solution is a wedding." "What's next, Lieutenant?" "You'll recommend a caterer." "Ma'am, there may be more to this shooting." "The boy who was killed was with the Shining Path." "He may have come here to kill you." "He was coming over the wall near your living quarters." "From the shell casing, it's possible he was carrying a Scorpion machine pistol with a silencer." "That's an assassination weapon, ma'am." "I strongly suggest you call off the hospital dedication, ma'am." "At least until the Peruvians can track the others down." "If you think that's best." "I'm in the middle of something." "Who?" "Who?" "Yes, sir." "It's good to hear from you too, sir." "I'm not easily intimidated, sir." " Thank you, sir." " Thank you." "That was the President." "I hope you brought your dress whites, Lieutenant." "You're going to need them for the dedication tomorrow." "We've sent a motorcade out as a decoy." "In 10 minutes, we will slip through the rear service gate and follow this route." "My government will provide an armed escort." "Meaning no offence, Mr Vargas, but what if the Shining Path have people within your government?" "I'm not offended, Lieutenant." "What you say is unfortunately true." "That is why no one outside of this room is to know your approach route." "Corporal Cortez and I will ride with the Peruvians as observers." "I will give them the route after we leave the Embassy." "Is this vest thick enough, Gunny?" "That's a top of the line, all-Spectra guardian vest, ma'am." "It'll stop a 9 millimetre slug at point-blank range." "What if someone aims at my head?" "Duck, ma'am." "You're riding with me, Lieutenants." "Yes, ma'am." "Home plate, we're moving out." "Our ETA for checkpoint Alpha is 10 minutes." "Over." "Home plate." "Roger." "Tienna." "You can't be in here." " They've all left." " I'm on duty." "Look, I'll come to you as soon as this is over." "I promise." "Your sergeant will never let us be together." "No one will keep us apart." "Not even Gunny." "I promise you." "Okay." "Okay, go, go." "You gotta get out of here before someone sees you." "Go." "Would you like to hear my dedication speech, Se�or Vargas?" "Please." ""If our children are the future, then their health..."" ""...will be a place of healing."" "Heads up!" "Back it up!" "Back it up!" " Get to the Ambassador." " Yes, sir." "Lieutenant, get us out of here!" " Hold on, ma'am." " Get down!" "Get down!" " Oh, God!" " Get him out!" " Vargas!" " He's dead!" "Get out!" "In there!" "Give me a clip!" "Your vest stopped the slugs." "You're going to be okay." "I am?" "None of us are going to be okay if we don't get the hell out of here." "Let's go!" " Where's Gunny?" " Sent me to get the Ambassador, sir." " Then go!" " What about you, sir?" "Get going!" " Go, go, go!" " Go, go." "Go, go, go, go!" " The Ambassador?" " She's all right." "No!" "He's dead." "It's Tienna's mother." "She and her son were both in the Shining Path." "Tienna." "Tienna must have seen the map with our route and tipped them off." "This is Lieutenant Austin calling the American Embassy." "Does anyone copy?" "This is the Embassy." "Over." " Corporal Parr?" " Affirmative." "Over." "Corporal Parr, our convoy was ambushed." " Do you need assistance?" " Negative." "The Ambassador is on her way back to the Embassy." "There's no other way to say this than to say it." "Tienna is with the Shining Path." " Negative." " You listen to me, Marine." "She is Shining Path and she's there to kill the Ambassador and you have to stop her." "Parr!" "Parr, do you read me?" "Parr?" "Do you read..." "Careful." "Get a medic upstairs." "Corporal..." " Ambassador, take my hand." " Get a doctor." " Get a doctor." " Watch your step." "They shot me, Mack." "We're talking the Purple Heart here." "What the hell do they give ambassadors who are shot in the line of duty?" "Tienna." "David." "I'm looking for you." " Come down here." " What's wrong?" " You're Sendero Luminoso." " No, my brother." "Not me." "Bring your hands out where I can see them, Tienna." " David, you're scaring me." " Bring your hand out!" "I love you." "We love you." "Oh, Tienna." "I loved her." "They were all in a Shining Path cell." "They weren't even related." "But most important, Tienna wasn't pregnant." "It was just another lie so she could get the Ambassador if they missed her on the street." "Pretty stupid, huh, ma'am?" "Thinking that someone like Tienna would fall in love with me." "I don't think it's stupid at all." "I could see a lot of women falling in love with you, Corporal Parr." "She had everyone fooled, Corporal." "Except him." "Detail." "Ten-hut." "Thank you, Lieutenants, for everything." "Detail." "Ten-hut!" "Suck it in, Douglas." "This isn't a chow line." "He's starting to sound like Gunny." "Hope he's as good a Marine as Gunny was." "Semper Fi, Gunny."