"In a few minutes." "I'll be the first face he sees when he wakes up." "Me too." "Don't you have a family?" "My wife just asked me that same question." "What'd you tell her?" "We couldn't really talk." "She's at work." "At 4 in the morning?" "Yeah." "My wife trades derivatives on the Hong Kong desk at Goldman." "She speaks fluent Mandarin, you know so she's getting up when everybody else is going to sleep." " Can I ask you a personal question?" " Sure." "Your wife, she's a trader at Goldman." "She makes good money, right?" "I guess that's relative, but we're pretty comfortable." "You get shot at for a living." "I find missing people for a living, Mrs. Cain." "Getting shot at is just a bonus." "You might say I get shot at so people like yourself don't have to." "You heard about tonight." "I did." "And you're thinking, "What the hell was she doing out there?" "Didn't she know the guy she was meeting was a complete fraud?" "Or was she just being stupid?"" "I've spent time in the desert, you know, Mrs. Cain." "At some point, everybody sees a mirage, and that's okay until you kneel down and try to drink the water." "Excuse me." "King." "I'm on my way." "Good night." "It's lodged between C3 and C4." "The bullet tore through his body armour and a piece of the vest embedded with the bullet." "Now, two hours ago, that piece detached and lodged in his spine." "There are risks because of your husband's weakened state, Mrs. Hayes." "But if we don't operate, he could end up a quadriplegic." "Pain Management, Room 268." "Pain Management, Room 268." "You need to make a decision now." "Excuse me." " King." " Is he going into surgery?" " That was fast." " Fields have eyes, wards have ears." " And hospital orderlies come cheap." " Yeah, that too." "How's the wife?" " How would you be?" " As soon as the bullet's out..." "I'm really not thinking about that right now, all right?" "Let me know how things turn out." "Hello?" "That medical account just went into review." "We'd like it closed." "Dr. Perez to the ER." "Dr. Perez." "Sorry, only the surgical team from here, Mrs. Hayes." "You can watch from the observation room." "Dr. Patterson, Room 61." "Dr. Patterson, Room 61." "You forgot" "Move." "Move." "FBI, move!" "Notify N.Y.P.D." "Murder suspect fleeing south from the hospital in a stolen ambulance." "Thanks." "How's the contusion?" " Stable." " Good." "Core temperature 29." " Forceps." " Start another line here." " Here you go." " Thank you." "I'll be right back." "Do what you need to do but leave Virgil out of it." " Anything come back on the scalpel?" " No, he's clean." " Bard-Parker." " What?" "What they call the scalpel if the patient's awake during surgery." "That way, the guy doesn't get freaked out. " Pass the scalpel."" "My father sold medical supplies." "Get this to the lab." "I heard there was a problem." "Why was there a problem?" "Because there was a problem." "Well, that there was a problem is a problem." "We're not in the insurance game, you and I." "You can't just chalk it up to force majeure." "Next time you blame your incompetence on an act of God you can take it up with God." "What are you doing?" "Says here that the first 72 hours are crucial." " Where have you been?" " I've just been on a little walk." "For seven hours?" "You know, I keep thinking about the pool." "When he was little" "Leo!" "And..." "Roger has been calling." "He says that something was in play." "I don't know, it sounded Chinese." "You okay?" "What?" "What sounded Chinese?" "I don't know, some-- Whatever's in play." " Gangzhou?" " Yeah, I don't know, whatever he" " Well, what did he say?" " I don't-- it-- it has been over 72 hours." "Leo!" "He's not breathing." "He's not breathing." "He's breathing." "We don't need him to run a marathon." "He's less trouble this way." "We have to take him to a hospital." "Yeah, maybe we could stop at a street fair along the way." "He's gonna die." "That's what I've been trying to tell you all along." "Quick little sucker." "Doesn't hurt his chances that he's being chased by an old" "An old what?" " Andrews?" "An old what?" " Pro." " An old pro, sir." " Do me a favour, Andrews." "Go to before the shooting." "Make this guy come into the hospital." " Can we do that?" " Yes, sir." "Thank you." "Have you seen this?" "We're material witnesses." "No, we're not." "Last night, we see Cain dangle Sullivan over a ledge." "A few hours later, Sullivan's dead." "Cain didn't go to Queens and shoot Sullivan." " You don't think he's capable?" " I don't think he'd risk it right now." "He wants Sullivan dead, he throws him off the roof at the party, self-defence." "Mayor will give him a commendation." " Latimer, sometimes you gotta look at" " Andy." "Focus." "Focus." "Thank you." "Preliminary from Ballistics." " That bullet they pulled out of Virgil?" " Yeah?" "Mylar-coated, .50 calibre." "I was so annoyed, I yelled at him." "I actually yelled at him." "I left him on a bench in front of the Orange Julius and I told him not to move." "I was only gone a minute." "They didn't have my size." "When I came back, he was gone." "That was 10 years ago." "I think to myself, I have no idea what he would look like today." "I could pass him on the street and not have a clue." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "I've been looking all over for you." "The Gangzhou brothers are here." "As in here." "They arrived in New York this morning." "All three brothers:" "Yen, Chao and Minh." "They brought a dead cat with them and started swinging it." " Yeah?" "How bad?" " They put a five-hour clock on the deal then they're off to Rio to serve it to the Brazilians on a platter." "Did they have lunch yet?" "No." "Good." " Let's go serve it to them." " Attaboy." "There's one more thing." "You read the papers today?" " The kidnapping?" " No, no." "Someone went down to Sunnyside, ventilated Jimmy Sullivan." "He's dead." "Even-steven?" "Is this accurate?" " Who was that?" " Who was who?" "What's on the paper?" " What's the Gracen Group?" " PMC." " What's PMC?" " Private military company." "Think IBM with guns." "Lots of guns." "So we get a warrant, we subpoena their databases, we find our shooter..." "PMC are like small governments." "Very connected, very Dick Cheney on the speed dial." "You don't visit these guys through the front door." "How do we get inside?" "We don't." "We get an inside man." "Some disgruntled ex-FBI, CIA, DEA paramilitary, loner white guy with a history of instability and a plate in his head." "How are we gonna find someone like that?" "I can't do it." "New York private military companies put a high priority on guys with your kind of training." "You apply for a job, they'll give you an interview just like that." "Once you're inside, I know you can get the information we need." "Let's say I go through proper channels, they'll see me coming." "The information we're looking for disappears." " They'll see me coming too." " Yeah, but welcome you with open arms." "Knapp, all you gotta do you plug this into a USB port on their mainframe." "Before I get a moment to find the mainframe, they'll process me." "It's not like processing cheese, man." "It's just an interview." "Yeah, sure." "With electrodes pinned to your temporal lobes." "They're innocent-looking things." "Like earpieces for an MP3 player straight to your neural pathways." "The guy that shot Virgil was a player in the Leopold Cain kidnapping and his name is in their files." "You are the only guy that I know who could get in there today plug into their mainframe and get that name." "It's all we got, man." "Aside from time running out." "Gracen Group, how may I direct your call?" "Mr. Knapp." "My name is Mancini." "The Japanese at reception." "You conquer a people, then put them to work." "In 10 years, she'll be Arab." "Is this guy for real?" "You have an exceptional résumé." "We can always use men with your skill set." "We have a processing procedure." " There's nothing to it." "This way, please." " This is what worried him." "He'll be fine." "Where were you born?" " Montana." " What city in Montana?" " I was born in the Sapphire Mountains." " Did you ever serve in the military?" "Yes." "Would you say the statement "War is a necessary evil" is true?" "No." "Have you ever been married?" "I never met the right girl." "Restrict your response to "yes" or " no."" "No." "Do you have any children?" "No." "Would you say the statement "You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs" is true?" "Yes." "Have you ever lied under oath?" "Yes." "How's he been doing lately?" "He's great." "He's really good." "Is he great or really good?" " I don't know, he's" " Off the record." " Kellogg's been calling him." " Okay." " I think it's got him a little rattled." " What's he saying?" "He won't tell me." "Would you say the statement " Never leave one of your own behind" is true?" " Yes." " Have you ever left anyone behind?" " Yes." " Have you ever killed anyone?" " Yes." " Have you ever killed an innocent man?" "I don't know." "Is there a God?" "I don't know." "Is your mother still alive?" "I don't know." "Got one more little test." "When you're ready, hit Enter." "When you're done, I'll come find you." " What a freak show, huh?" " How Uncle Sam likes them." " No of fence, Latimer." " None taken, Ms. Turner." "This computer is not networked." " You gotta get to the mainframe." " I'll take the test for you." "Hook the wireless transmitter to the computer's motherboard." "I'm waiting for the signal." "Got it." "Good to go on the test." "Mainframe, man, mainframe." "You're almost home." "Welcome to the Gracen Human Assessment Path." "I have to see if I can get this as an MP3." "That best reflects who you are." "There are no wrong responses." "Okay, I just came out." "Where do I go?" "Straight ahead." " Left or right?" " Take the second right." "All right, you should be in." "We're hot. it's starting to load." "As fast as I can." "I'm a little exposed here, guys." "There are too many random files." "It'll take weeks to go through it all." "I need that." "Shoot, I'm sorry, Knapp." ""Sorry"?" " What's he sorry for?" " I'm not sure." "King just walked into the Gracen Group." " Security." " What the hell is he up to?" " Security." " There is a security breech in the building." "Knapp, you've gotta get the hell out of there." "Hey, I was just looking for the bathroom." "All right." "You're my kid, okay?" "You do anything that makes them think otherwise, you're my dead kid." "You hurt our feelings, Mr. Knapp." "I feel like I should be hurting something of yours." "Your Assessment Path results were outstanding." "Too bad." "You could have a future with us." "If you had a future." "So, what are you doing here?" " Tell the truth, Knapp." " The exact truth?" " Yes." " I'd like that." "Four days ago, a man was shot at 59th and 1 st by a Mylar-coated round fired by a man who I believe freelances for the Gracen Group." " Was it a kill?" " No." "They he doesn't freelance for us." "We work hot zones." "We employ men who can handle the heat." "We don't hire freelance hit men who shoot people in the streets of New York." "Goodbye." " Where am I going?" " You ever been to Dubai?" "This time of year, it can hit 120 degrees." "I hear it's a dry heat." "I'll have to stop by my apartment, pick up some sunscreen." "There's plenty on the jet." "I've got this." "What about Knapp?" "What about Knapp, Latimer?" "There." "That's our guy right there." "E-mail that to Atkins." "Tell him that right there is the only priority." "Right there." " Is this--?" "ls that my ride?" " Quiet, sir." "I was expecting a limo." "As far as my flight goes, I don't fly coach." " This is almost over." "It is over." "Don't." "You're wondering if this badge is real, right?" "If this guy's FBI, where's his backup?" "Well, because you can't see it doesn't mean it's not there." "On your belly, hands behind your head." "Now." "Go, go." "Now." "You have Mr. Mancini call me if he has any questions." "Other than that, none of us have ever met." "Let's go." "You threw me under the bus." "At nine cross-town, you would have done the same to me." " Did you get anything?" " Fingerprints and photographs." "Great." "You wanna get these things off me?" "Not particularly." "How did this happen?" "He was playing hide-and-seek and cut his leg on a fence." "All right." "You have other children here?" "No." "Then who was he playing hide-and-seek with?" "That was me." "Personally, I think you're a little big for hide-and-seek." "A child's size gives him the ad" "Your son has had heart surgery." "Is he taking any medication?" "Can you treat him?" "No, he needs to be in the hospital." "This infection could kill him." "Doctor, I'd rather not." "His" "His mother, she died in a hospital." "Yes, well, my mother drowned in a lake, but when I'm hungry, I fish." "Okay." " Any allergies?" " None." "Penicillin." "I'm allergic to penicillin." "What the hell are you doing here?" "There's a matter of a certain veiled threat you made earlier." "Veiled?" "I didn't mean it to be." "I could kill you here and now." "Yes, you could." "That's why I hired you." "But you're not the only man on the payroll." "And then there's that wife of yours who takes a walk in Tomkins Square Park every afternoon at 5." "Right before she does her marketing." "I love that she buys fresh groceries every day for dinner." "Personally, a little thick around the hips for my taste but the gentleman who violates her before sending her off I can assure you, he doesn't have a type, per se." "Do we understand one another?" "Good." "Have a nice day." "I know I will." "Here you go." " Gunpowder." " Where'd they pick him up?" "He was killed in Central Park." " Time of death?" " Tuesday, 10 a.m." "The abduction was Monday, 7:40 a.m.?" "They leave personal effects?" "They found on him 10 grand, a PDA and a two-way cell." " Anybody been over these?" " Yeah." "N.Y.P.D." "The PDA turns on but it won't hold data." "The phone makes calls but it doesn't keep a record or ID the service." "Wait, wait, wait." "Let me see that PDA for a second." "What are you--?" "What the hell's that?" "Microchip?" "Hey, hey, hey." " I'll do that." " Right." "Sorry." "What cell doesn't keep a record of calls or ID the service?" "CIA, NSA, FBI." "PMC." "Come here." "Got it." "All right." "Whose are these?" "Canton." " Point man at the kidnapping." " The guy who attacked Virgil." " Who's this?" " We don't know yet." "They're all connected." "All three guys, through cells on the same frequency." "They're covering tracks." "They're killing everyone from ground zero of the kidnapping." "I got the call when I'd gotten home from work." "And I thought my wife was kidding." "I mean, we don't have that kind of money, you know?" "I do okay, but $2 million?" "I found out later that the men who took Mark had taken the wrong boy." "You know, we worked so hard to send him to that school and they mistake him for some rich guy's son." "I didn't have the money." "I didn't have a choice." "I called the FBI." "They came." "And..." "And that's when everything went wrong." "And we lost him." "What went wrong?" " Everything." " But what, specifically, went wrong?" " What?" " We have a no-crosstalk policy." "I'm sorry, but I" " I-- What was it?" "What exactly?" " I need to know what went wrong." " My son was killed." "That's what went wrong." " You all right?" " Yeah." "You want a cigarette?" "Yes." " Thank you." " Your first time?" "Yeah." "The first time's the worst." "You never know what to expect." "I mean, those parents sitting around, talking about their dead children." "All those images of those dead babies at the bottom of swimming pools and then their guilt because they never locked the gate." "You know what, after a while, it becomes an addiction." "What do you mean, "addiction"?" "They say if you drive your car into a lake you have to wait for it to fill with water before you can open the door." " You know, equilibrium, right?" " So you come here to be with people..." "More pathetic than I am." "I know, it's awful." "No, actually, it makes sense." "Son or a daughter?" " Son." " Me too." "How old?" "He's 15." "Jack was..." "Wait a minute." "Your son is 15?" "What do you mean, he's 15?" "I thought" "I heard about people who come to these meetings..." "...to get off on other people's stories." " Oh, no. it's not" " No, it's" " You don't understand." " What don't I understand?" "My son was taken four days ago." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "I had no idea." "I'm so sorry." " I should go." " No, wait." "Listen, listen." "Look, look, anything you need just, day or night call me." "For anything." "Anything you need." "Seriously." "Thanks, Maureen." "Wait, I didn't get your name." "Ellie." "Take care, Ellie." "Okay, let's see what the dead guy was carrying." "Here we go." "How long will it take?" "A few minutes, a few months, I don't know." " It depends on" " Yeah, I get it." "Okay, just get it done." "Yeah." " Does your friend have to be here?" " He found the microchip, Andy." "But how'd he find the body it was buried in?" " He didn't say." " He's making me anxious." "We're all anxious." "We're over 100 hours into this kidnapping." "It's been 70 since we heard from these kidnappers." "I'd say it doesn't look good for young Mr. Cain." "Make sure the wound is cleaned every day and that the bandage is changed." "The anti-rejection meds will suppress his immune system so be sure that he takes these antibiotics, huh?" " Thank you, doctor." " One pill, twice a day with food." " I'll drive him." " No, no, no." "I'll drive him." "It's the least I can do, right?" "I really appreciate what you did for my kid." "I look after the children, for they are the future." "Can't imagine what you must think of me, you know?" "That I don't even know what my own son's allergic to." "Listen I gotta take a piss." "Where's my cell?" "Oh, ravishing." "Ellie Cain's not so bad herself." " Who's your daddy?" " Depends." "What do you got?" "Oh, this and that." "Is Ellie Cain having an affair with Senator Ross or not?" " I haven't the slightest." " What?" "What've you been doing there?" "What am I gonna buy with that bonus you'll give?" " Do you have something or not?" " I've got something." " What is it?" "What?" " It's bigger than O.J." "It's bigger than Monica." "Bigger than all the Kennedys combined." " Well, what is it?" " Just the story of the century." "Chinese soil, Chinese capital, Chinese labour." "Given that, we expect Cain's general contracting fee..." "...to be discounted 60 percent." " What?" "Your firm can front the financing but it must be through the bank Agongjo at 8 points." "Why not just put a gun to our heads?" "We're China, Mr. Cain." "And this is a $6-billion undertaking." "The French and the Brazilians have made overtures." "These are the terms." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on." "Mr. Cain?" "Come on!" "Okay, okay, okay." "Mr. Cain?" "Do you have anything to say?" "Just this." "Ten off the fee." "Five points on the financing." "Go to the Brazilians." "Go to the French." "End of the day, it's your money that's buying proprietary U.S. technology." "Now, do you think Congress is gonna allow that to happen unless it's done through the auspices of a company that follows their laws?" "As you say, you are China." "Well, we are America." "This offer will expire the moment we set foot outside this room." "Fifteen and 6." "Let's call the lawyers." "Microchip gave us a 10-grand wire transfer six days ago to a numbered account in the Bahamas." "Two more transfers to our other friends in the morgue." "Same amount." "Came from Schroeder Textiles, business in Brooklyn." " Let's move." " I'll get the warrant." "You handle the encouraging team." "It's not my strong suit." "I need an encouraging team prepped and ready to go, now." " Now you know where I am?" " Table for one, huh?" " My date's playing catch with himself." " Alone?" " Seems to be." " All right." "Let's not announce ourselves." "I remind you, there may be a child present." "Copy that, sir." " Where is he?" " I don't have him, but he didn't leave." "Something's off." "He got a call, didn't answer." " Grabbed his cell, stepped out of view." " What?" "Got a call like that?" "Yeah." " Take it." " Wait, wait, wait." "No, no." "Take it now."