"After the ceremony, I'll have you transferred back to the hotel." "I've also taken the liberty of contacting a real estate agent." "We need to talk." "I'm busy." "Who's the guy?" "Not now, okay?" "My sincerest apologies." "Excuse me." "Welcome to what I'm sure is the beginning of exciting new lives... as United States citizens." "If you'll raise your right hands and repeat after me" "I hereby declare, on oath..." "I hereby declare, on oath... that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure... that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure... all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince... all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince... potentate, state or sovereignty... potentate, state or sovereignty" "Ma'am, please!" "Ma'am!" "Security!" "Someone please get security here now!" "Order!" "Please!" "Please remain calm!" "Remain calm and file in an orderly manner to the nearest exit!" "Please remain calm!" "Did you see the look on that poor woman's face?" "I know she's blind, but she acted like she'd seen the devil himself." "There are Pretenders among us." "I was taken from my family." "Thirty-six hours and he's already demonstrating more talent than any of our others." "How many people died because of what I thought up?" "Since I broke out, I've spent every moment searching for my past." "He's a Pretender" "A genius who can become anyone that he wants to be." "The Centre wants him alive." "Preferably." "He defends the weak and abused." "Life's a gift." "You a doctor?" "I am today." "I pulled a still frame off the front gate security camera." "Well, he signed in under the name Ki Mak." "Sounds Thai." "Cambodian." "Run it through our Interpol server, see what pops up." "Okay." "He has a tattoo." "A tattoo?" "On the back of his right hand." "It's a snake eating itself." "I'll make a note." "Think Lyle is up to something?" "I know Lyle is up to something." "The question is, what?" "Just make sure the invoices are signed and initialed." "Thanks." "Agent Berger, I. N. S.." "Uh, no, sir..." "I can't deport someone because you don't like the price of cigarettes." "Well, I suggest you shop at another store." "No, sir, that's-that's not a joke." "That's America." "Can I help you, Mr, uh..." "Agent." "Ellis." "Jarod Ellis." "I was sent down about a blind woman." "Sent down?" "Yes, from D. C." "I was working a case outside of Stockbridge when we got the call from your office." "From what agent?" "Rinker." "Mike Rinker?" "Jack." "Excuse me." "Security to the southwest door." "Carol." "Is Jack Rinker still in his offiice?" "He's gone." "Would you get me his car phone?" "Thanks." "I give up." "One hour, and all I get is her name and the same thing over and over again." "I'm fluent in five Asian languages, but I'll be damned if I know what she's tryin'to say." "She's thirsty." "She would like a drink of water." "You speak Cambodian?" "Doesn't everybody?" "I've got Jack Rinker on a car phone." "Should I put him through?" "Tell him to have a good vacation." "She's all yours." "Kim Chay." "Jarod." "Could we try this in English?" "Could you tell me what happened today at the ceremony?" "I mean you no harm." "Well, you're my second surprise visit from D. C. today." "Second?" "Agent Jarod Ellis?" "Jarod?" "6'2", 180 pounds, dark hair, dark eyes?" "You know him?" "We've met." "May I see your identification?" "I'm Agent Greene." "This is Agent Hill." "Internal Division." "I realize this is all very confusing... but I can't help you unless I know what's going on." "It was reported... that you kept saying the word "butcher" over and over again at the ceremony." "Can you tell me why?" "Where is he?" "He's in the last interrogation room, right down the hall." "Damn!" "This problem must be dealt with immediately." "I don't understand." "The woman you saw at the ceremony this morning... is an unfortunate link to my past... which now makes her a link to yours." "I am sensitive to your concerns." "But if I'm not mistaken, she was also blind." "Under estimating the meek has brought more than one army to its knees." "We have a very good army here." "Did you find her?" "The blind woman has been taken." "Taken?" "By whom?" "By Jarod." "I suggest you tell your soldiers this is war." "Here." "Let me get that." "Is that a picture of your family?" "Mother." "Father." "Brother." "Where are they now?" "Dead." "All murdered by the Butcher." "All murdered by the Butcher." "Mak came to the United States three months ago from Venezuela." "I'm more interested in his connection to Lyle." "Well, I don't know if it's related... but Lyle's made three business trips to Caracas in the past 12 months." "As far as I can tell, the Centre has no ties to anyone or anything in that country." "Not on paper, you mean." "I did hear something else." "I was in the bathroom and I overheard a couple Sweepers saying... that Willie had a close encounter with Jarod today." "Where?" "The men's room, SL-10." "The encounter with Jarod, you boob." "Oh." "Virginia." "Across the river." "But that's not all." "Willie has been assigned special temporary duty to Lyle's team." "Where are you going?" "To have a little talk with baby brother." "All murdered by the Butcher." "In a hurry?" "Extreme." "Hey, did you ever wonder why a Cambodian citizen... would choose to live in Venezuela?" "Isn't that interesting?" "I suppose it could be the climate." "Or the coffee." "Or is it, perhaps..." "Venezuela has no extradition treaty with the West?" "Something on your mind, Sis?" "Who's Ki Mak?" "And why is Raines's guard dog babysitting him?" "Shouldn't you be out hunting for Jarod?" "It's funny you should ask that... considering I heard your people had a close encounter with him today." "Can I get a little privacy?" "No." "Now, do you want to talk to me, or should" "I go put my foot down on Willie's throat?" "Mak is a former leader of the Cambodian Freedom Fighters." "He fled Southeast Asia after Saigon fell." "He went underground for his own safety." "What's he doing here?" "We met in Thailand about five years ago." "He helped me out of a situation." "I promised to return the favor." "Trust me, our little brush with Jarod was purely coincidence." "Go on." "Mak needed a sponsor to become a U. S. citizen." "I pulled some strings, got him a commission as cultural liaison at the local port authority." "Now, I suggest you refocus your attention on Jarod... and climb off my back before I run out of patience." "Is that a threat?" "What do you think?" "You must really like sugar dates." "Actually... they're for a friend." "These prayer beads belong to..." "Who are you?" "I'm a friend of Kim Chay's." "I need to ask you some questions." "I built this for the other Cambodians in the area." "A little piece of what we left behind." "Come." "We'll talk in the back room." "Please." "My country is very beautiful, but it has seen much pain... the war with America, the genocidal march of Pol Pot." "The leader of the Khmer Rouge." "Yes." "Please, sit." "Nearly 25 years has passed... but I can still smell the burning bodies." "I keep these to remember, to never forget what man is capable of." "Kim Chay was tortured by the Khmer Rouge." "Worse, I'm afraid." "I had a brother who lived in her village." "Kim Chay's family was at home when the soldiers came." "Her father, her mother, her brother... were executed in front of her." "Yousee, she wasn't born blind." "It is told that she attacked the officer in charge... to try and save her family... that she drew his blood... with her bare hands." "She was six years old." "This man?" "Yes." "This man is Colonel Chen Thon." "He was an officer in the Khmer Rouge." "An evil killing monster." "Did you witness Thon commit these murders?" "No." "The only witness still alive is Kim Chay." "Some of the worst officers fled to the Golden Triangle... and flourished in the heroin trade." "If Colonel Thon is here... then Kim Chay's life is in great danger." "And now, I fear, so is yours." "It turns out Mak is being sworn in by the Port Authority tomorrow afternoon." "And you intend to be there?" "Lyle knows his ticket to the top is still Jarod." "But all he seems to care about is making good on a promise he made five years ago... to a virtual stranger." "Your point?" "There's more to this than we know." "And this Mak character is the key." "Hell, maybe Jarod 'll even make a surprise appearance." "Well?" "It's like Mak just appeared out of thin air." "There's no birth certificate... uh, school records, nothing." "Records can disappear." "They can also be erased." "I tried to open up a computer file on Mak I had found earlier today... to double-check some information." "It was gone." "Wiped out." "It's like any history of this man is..." "Being destroyed before our eyes." "Lyle." "He told me he met Mak in Thailand." "Broots, take that photo, run it again for a visual match." "And this time isolate the primary search to Southeast Asian targets... books, magazines, newspapers." "And hurry." "This guy could be gone before we find out who he really is." "Kim Chay?" "Kim Chay?" "I know you don't want to talk about what happened... but I'm not going to just go away." "I never had a real home." "I understand pain... and loss." "Tell me about your blindness." "It was the time of Year Zero." "Pol Pot and his followers wanted to stop Thon... begin the war with themself as the only power." "The killings began with the teachers." "Then the spiritual leaders." "And finally the artists." "Your mother and your father." "They were writer of poetry." "Words of comfort and joy to the people." "Colonel Thon make my father read from his own book." "Then he kill him... and the other members of my family." "This was the day the sun went away." "I want to help the sun return for you." "But I have to examine your eyes." "Can I do that?" "I feel your pain and loneliness." "You have lost many people that you love." "Yes." "This is Sydney." "I checked Kim Chay's eyes." "There's no sign of damage or disease." "Have you ever encountered something called terror silence?" "First cases surfaced... after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki." "Hospitals began seeing patients quite unable to communicate." "And yet these people showed no signs of physiological damage." "Their afflictions were psychosomatic reactions to the horrific savagery they witnessed." "I believe that Kim Chay's blindness is a form of terror silence." "Well, the human mind is capable of almost anything in order to protect its host." "She doesn't deserve a life of darkness, Sydney." "What approach should I take?" "In some cases, the stricken have responded... by confronting the object of their terror." "But be very careful." "If she's pushed too hard, she may never emerge from the darkness." "Sydney!" "Oh, by the way..." "Miss Parker is planning a little trip across the river this afternoon." "It seems she has become interested in local politics." "A certain Port Authority commission hearing, to be more precise." "I thought you'd be interested to know." "Very interested." "Kim Chay." "I believe you have something that's known as a conversion disorder." "I do not understand." "When something emotional, something traumatic happens to a person... it can manifest itself in a physiological way." "In your case... blindness." "Can this disorder be cured?" "I believe it can." "But..." "What?" "You're going to have to face the thing that triggered it." "You're going to have to face Colonel Thon." "He's going to remain a free man unless you step forward." "Kim Chay, there is so much beauty in the world." "Don't let this monster take it away from you." "I have lived in the darkness for so many years... trying to erase the face of the killer." "I cannot let the monster back in again." "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "Okay, okay, okay." "We'll find another way." "Shh shh shh shh." "Okay." "I ran the picture of Mak and got a hit from a Bangkok newspaper." "It's a story that ran five years ago." "It turns out Mak's real name is Chen Thon." "He was some military bigwig with the Communists." "So, Lyle lied about Mak." "What a surprise." "What's it say?" "I would've taken the time to have the newspaper translated... but I knew you spoke the language." "Well, I'm not getting it all... but apparently Lyle was arrested for assaulting a couple of prostitutes." "Lyle?" "What is with this guy?" "First it's the murder of Chay Lin." "Then it's the two sisters in college, and then the bloody torture chamber... a-and now this?" "Parker, you okay?" "Fine." "I'm sorry, sir." "I don't know what happened." "I don't need excuses." "Just get it done." "I want any remaining trace of Thon's previous life wiped out." "And make sure the suppliers in Thailand are ready to move." "Excuse me, Mr. Lyle?" "Mr. Mak called and asked if you could meet him right away." "He said he has new information... concerning the woman from the ceremony." "He's waiting for you downstairs in his car." "Um, Lucy?" "Yes, sir?" "That's a lovely dress you're wearing." "Thank you, sir." "Driver, where's..." "What the hell is this?" "Where's Mak?" "I am sorry, sir... but there's been a slight change of plan." "You didn't think I'd let you sleep through all the fun, now did you?" "Take this thing off my head!" "Oh, quit your whining!" "You won't get away with this." "They'll be looking for me." "Meaning Colonel Thon?" "Didn't think I was gonna allow you to let that genocidal maniac... free in the world again, did you?" "That's a done deal." "Oh, yes." "That Port Commission thing." "Not a totally idiotic plan." "You have your guy appointed to the Port Commission... and then you have an open pipeline to smuggle in heroin from Southeast Asia." "It's just business." "Just business." "With a man who butchered thousands of innocent people in cold blood." "You know my philosophy, Jarod." "Don't ask, don't tell." "Besides, you can't show your face at that hearing." "Miss Parker will have a small army waiting for you." "Miss Parker." "Well, that could pose quite a problem, couldn't it?" "Ups a daisy." "What do you want from me?" "Time." "I'm going to dial Miss Parker." "You're going to tell her that you captured me." "You're gonna give her the address here." "She's gonna come down those stairs, trip this wire and..." "I think you can guess the rest." "And if I refuse?" "That's not really an option." "When you used to torture me at the Centre..." "I had to apply a technique that I learned as a little boy... to help block out the physical pain." "I had to go to places in my mind." "You, on the other hand... have not perfected this particular survival technique." "Have you?" "You..." "Intimidating, isn't it?" "I took it off this rancher in Montana who was abusing his cattle." "I know." "You're thinking it's not the same thing." "And you're right." "The cattle didn't deserve it." "Shall we make that phone call?" "Hmm?" "Interesting reading?" "Or can't you believe what it says?" "I've known you since you were a little girl, Parker." "I can tell when you're trying to hide something." "It just doesn't seem like the kind of thing you could say about a blood relation." "The story isn't about an assault." "It's about a double murder." "Lyle was the prime suspect." "Hmm." "According to the paper, he used an unidentified military source to cut a deal with the police." "Colonel Thon." "And that isn't all, is it?" "These girls weren't just killed." "They were mutilated." "Mutilated?" "Some of their... internal organs... were removed." "What?" "Are you sure?" "I hear you." "I'm on my way!" "That was Lyle." "He's captured Jarod." "I call this appointment session of the Port Authority Commission to order." "Today's business includes the confirmation of Mr. Ki Mak... as cultural liaison to the P. A. C." "Good morning, Mr. Mak." "Ms." "Owen." "Gentlemen." "As I review the data before me, I have to say I have never... in my 23 years as a member of this council... come across such an exemplary list of recommendations." "My life has been, uh, dedicated and devoted... to serving my fellow man." "I believe each of us is given the opportunity to make a difference." "It is our obligation and duty to do our very best." "Well, if there aren't any objections..." "I suggest that we dispense with formality and proceed to the vote." "That would be a very bad idea." "Who are you?" "Oh, it's not important." "It's the man to whom you're about to give the keys to the city... you should correctly identify." "You know him as Ki Mak, scholar, humanitarian, family man." "But his real name is Colonel Chen Thon... and his legacy consists of the torture and genocide... of thousands of people!" "Mr. Mak, do you know this man... or understand any of these outrageous accusations?" "Madam, my life is an open book, one you have sitting before you." "As for this man, I can assume that he's confused me with someone else." "What's confusing is that you've been allowed to live this long." "Colonel Thon was the commander of an elite killing squad... responsible for the cold-blooded murder of innocent men... women and children." "This is nonsense!" "Look, I demand that you remove this man..." "I realize all this sounds incredible, but... if you would suspend these proceedings..." "I did not come here to hear slander and false accusations!" "to investigate these charges, you would overturn a life fraught with torture and death!" "Mr. Mak." "Can you speak to these charges?" "America stands as the last great hope for liberty... a liberty many of my countrymen have fought and died for." "Let me just say, if I am this- this monster that I'm being accused of... let there be one voice, one person... step forward and prove that I'm guilty." "I agree." "Clearly, this is meaningless without eyewitness testimony." "Is there anyone that can confirm these horrific accusations?" "I can." "And you are?" "My name is Kim Chay." "I was born in the Siam Valley of Northern Cambodia." "The man standing before you... is responsible for the murderous deaths... of my mother, father and brother." "You witnessed these killings?" "I did." "And you can confirm the identity of this man that stands before us... as this Colonel Thon?" "This is ridiculous." "This woman is obviously blind." "How can she accurately identify anyone?" "For so many years, I have lived in the dark... afraid of the memory of your face." "I will not be afraid anymore." "This is the man... who killed my mother, my father and my brother." "This is his blood- blood drawn by a terrified six-year-old girl, and that was me." "I suggest that we seal the building... and have security to hold the accused for proper authorities." "Miss Parker!" "I know you're not in a very good mood having to spend the night trapped with Mr. Lyle." "Lord knows, anybody would be bummed out." "Not to mention being duped by Jarod again." "I mean, it's like the guy gets inside your head." "You can't make a decision without him being two steps ahead of you." "Go away!" "I found out what the tattoo on Thon's hand means." "Congratulations." "It's the Cambodian symbol for cannibalism." "If you're thinking of jumping..." "I suggest you go up on the roof and do it right." "You still haven't mastered the curiously simple art of the knock." "You look terrible." "I had trouble sleeping last night." "I couldn't stop trying to figure out... why Jarod didn't finish you when he had the chance." "I now know the reason." "What's that?" "He didn't want to kill the drama." "I mean, there are so many... tasty little secrets left... to be served up." "Not a very flattering picture, is it?" "I know you killed those girls." "And after seeing that artwork on your arm..." "I can only imagine what happened to the rest of them." "Well, you must not have finished the article... because I was acquitted of all the charges." "And as for the tattoo, well, it's just one of several." "Want to see the others?" "You bought yourself out of jail... and used a war criminal to broker the deal." "Well, you have been... a busy little beaver, haven't you?" "Okay." "For the sake of argument, let's say that..." "I did these horrible things you're accusing me of." "There's still no way to prove it." "I have Mak." "Or Colonel Thon, as it turns out." "I put the right deal on the table... he'll offer up you and your psycho pathetic sins on a silver platter." "No pun intended." "And... to whom are you going to give this information?" "The Triumvirate, for starters." "I'm sure they'd be very interested to know... they have a flesh-eating serial killer running their organization." "I cut a deal with Thon, and you're finished." "Oh, um, I'm sure the Colonel would be interested in your offer... if, of course, he could hear it." "So I guess you didn't read the paper this morning, huh?" "The authorities are calling it a tragic accident." "I prefer to think of it as karma." "I'm just crazy about left overs." "Aren't you?" "My God." "You're insane." "And that I take this obligation freely..." "And that I take this obligation freely... without any mental reservation... without any mental reservation... or purpose of evasion." "or purpose of evasion." "So help me, God." "So help me, God." "Congratulations." "You are now all United States citizens." "I didn't think you would come." "Are you kidding?" "I wouldn't have missed it for the world." "How does it feel to be a citizen?" "Like I finally have a home." "You heard that Colonel Thon died in a car accident?" "I saw the paper." "But you are wrong." "He died when you gave me the courage to face him." "What made you change your mind about confronting him?" "A friend reminded me how much beauty there was in the world." "Thank you, Jarod." "I hope you find a way to let the light back into your life." "Thank you."