"Thanks for the information." "There's no chance a mistake could have been made?" "Oh ..." "Well, that rules that out." "So this really is a reality ..." " Mr. Secretary." "Your car." " Thank you." "Eddie, let's take the parkway." "Okay, final offer." "Non-negotiable." "For every hour you give Algebra 2,   you get two of quality-time Nintendo and Sega." "Deal?" "Just don't tell your mother." "Now, put her back on." "Okay honey, he's back on the straight and narrow." "Me?" "Fine, just needed a little field trip." "Bit of a nightmare day." "I'll see you in a bit." "I love you, Liz." " lt's a dynamic game, Mr. Depina." " You can be honest, it's bloody." "The kids will eat this up." "But why does itkeep crashing?" " You've been virussed. lt's bad." " You're the best ." "What can we do?" "Don't try hitting the escape key." "It'll wipe out your whole system." "And I just ordered thatsecuritysystem, "Gatekeeper"." " But did you install it?" " The minute we gotit I think." " Don't worry, it'll be okay." " Can we putit on sale this week?" "Yes." "Everything but the virus." "A friend of mine collects them." " You are a genius, Angela." " Wait till you see my bill." "It's worth it." "Could I show my appreciation and take you to dinner?" " l'm very flattered, but ..." " You have to eat" " l already have dinner plans." " How about tomorrow?" "The next day?" "These other plans are actually a standing arrangement." "But thanks." " You're the best Bye now." " Bye." "pizza NET THE BEST pizza in CYBERSPACE" "Garlic." "YOUR pizza will arrive in 45 minutes" "No one leaves the house any more." "No one has sex." "The Netis the ultimate condom." "Iceman, talk like that could lead to the extinction of our species." "Exactly, Angel." "Let's have a date andprocreate." "Not me." "In two days, I'm off on vacation." "Just me, the beach and a book." " l'm there, babe!" "Look no further." " Sorry, not my type." "I'm crushed!" "What do you wantin a man?" "Butch ... beautiful   brilliant ..." "Captain America meets Albert Schweitzer." "Spends all day dashing into fray,   while making the world safe for democracy." "At night playing Bach cantatas   while curing cancer." "Settle fora guy who puts the seat down?" "Listen, Angel." "You're dreaming." "You're one ofus." "We acceptyou." "You're one ofus." "Yeah, I know." "It's beautiful." "I love Chopin." " You know this piece?" " l should." "You taught it to me." "I brought you something." "Don't let the nurses eat it all." "My favourite!" "How did you know?" "We could play together ... I'm going to the Yucatan for a week." "If you need to contact me,   talk to one of the nurses." " You must be one of my students!" " No, Mom." "My name is Angela." "Can you bring me some candy when you come again?" " My favourites are ..." " Almond Roca. I know." "Angela Bennett?" "FedEx!" "Thank you forusing ourservice." "Have a pleasant flight" "Hi ..." "Line five, please." "I have another one, going out." "Here's your virus, Dale." " Can I use your pen?" " Sure." "This is a nice place." "Thanks." "Have a nice day." "weirdness HERE!" "ring ASAP, DALE." "Mozart's ghost, the hottestband on the internet!" "click ON AN instrument" " Cathedral Software." " Dale Hessman, please." "Hello?" "You got the disk three minutes ago." "What took you so long?" "I was having too much fun with this "Mozart's Ghost"." "I sent you a whopper of a virus." "Be careful with the "escape" button." "Here's the problem." "Click on "concert information"." ""Houston Utilities"." "I think you took a wrong turn here." "Not quite "Ticketmaster", is it?" "See anything unusual?" "No, it looks like a normal Web page, except for that icon." "Click on it, then press "control-shift"." " My God!" " What do you make ofit?" "." "It's just a glitch that sends you to the wrong internet address." "Last night I got Amtrak and the Mayo Clinic." "They have different subnets." "I accessed a system lshouldn't have." "That disk is power." "Then find the error and delete it." "I'm not ready to do that yet." "What's your day like tomorrow?" "No!" "I'm going on my first vacation in six years." " lt's reserved and confirmed." " What time's your flight?" "Twelve." "But I have to pack ..." " Wait till I get back." " l don't think so." " Tell me what this is about." " Not on the phone." "I can fly down tonight in my Cessna ." "I could be there by breakfast." "Angela, you know this shit betterthan anyone." "Fine ..." "See you at seven." "So, they finally get to meet!" "I'll be the tall guy ." "I'll be the one with "spineless simp" tattooed to her forehead." "Why do I do this?" "Burbank Tower, Cessna 739 Mike Bravo." "Intercepting approach course lLS, runway eight." "39 Mike Bravo, we've lostradarcontact" " Say yourposition and altitude." " Passing middle marker, 1,300 feet." "That's a negative." "Checkposition and instruments." " Can't you see my lights?" " No." "Execute "missed approach" now." " Contactapproach control on 124.5." " Okay, Burbank." "But it looks okay." " Cathedral Software." " Russ Melbourne, please." "Angela!" "I thought you'd be long gone." " l was getting ready to leave ..." " When you get back, we should talk." " We really need yourgenius." " l'm far from being a genius." "Just think about it." "We can't take on someone new to replace Dale." " Because ofoursecurityproblems." " Replace Dale?" " You're kidding, right?" " l thoughtyou'd heard." "What happened?" "Dale's dead." "His plane crashed outside L.A." " He was coming to see me." " lt puts things in perspective." "Let's talk when you getback." "And ... try to have a good vacation." "Okay, I'll talk to you soon, Russ." "Plenty of time." "Ain't nothing coming in or going out for an hour." "Ladies and gentlemen, yourattention please." "We are sorry to announce that there is a computermalfunction ..." "The whole airport is down." "DELAYED" " CANCELLED" " For Christ's sake!" " We're really doing our best   a blood test taken last week at Bethesda Naval Hospital revealed   that Undersecretary ofDefence Bergstrom was infected with aids." " You okay?" " lt's just all these people ..." " l meant would you like a refill?" " Oh no, I've had three already." " l could fly myself to Mexico." " Looks like you won't have to." "Waiter?" "I'd like a Gibson, please." "It's a Martini, with an onion instead of an olive." "Thanks." "Could I have one too, please?" "I'll take mine up at the bar." " l didn't think anyone drank them." " Maybe I'm not so unfashionable." " ls that business or pleasure?" " ls there a difference?" "Not a great deal, if you're a hacker." "Nice hardware." "I assume you're in the business?" " lsn't everybody?" " Nope." "God, we're pathetic, aren't we?" "Excuse me?" "Well, we're here." "We're sitting on a perfect beach, and all we can think about is ..." " Where can I hook up my modem?" " Exactly." "I'm Jack Devlin." " Angela Bennett." " Angela." "Hi." "My most embarrassing secret?" "You know "Breakfast at Tiffany's"?" "It's my favourite film." "I wore out my membership renting it." "You know what I'm talking about, then." "When I was about thirteen, I had this sort of   identity crisis." " I thought I was in the film." " That you were Audrey Hepburn?" "No, I used to think I was the cat." "I'd sit there and I'd play out the last scene of the movie   over and over again." "You know the last scene?" "The alleyway in the pouring rain." "I'm soaked to the bone, and I'm scared, and ... I'm abandoned. I'm alone." "And that's it." "Would you have dinner with me tonight?" " Come on, it's your last night!" " You know what?" " l'd actually really love to." " Great." " lt's a company perk." " Some perk!" "I think I got a calendar one year from Cathedral." "You're from Colorado?" "It has to be the eastern   or maybe the southeastern part of the state." "The teeming metropolis of La Junta." "Population, fifty." "is my accent that strong after all these years?" "No, it's just a trick I do." " After all these years?" "How long?" " lt seems like a lifetime ..." "Let's see ..." "I was fifteen, going on ten,   and we moved from La Junta to San José, Tulsa ..." " Your father got transferred?" " Not really." "I don't know, he just ..." "transferred out, one day." "What are you looking at?" "You." "Me?" " Computers are your life, right?" " Yes, the perfect hiding place." " A picture of you." " Yeah, okay ..." " l have one or two other interests." " Such as?" "What's your speciality?" "Anything, pretty much." "Beta testing, mostly." "That's way over my head." "You just go into people's systems, find the faults, and fix them." " What if there are no faults?" " l don't believe I've met one, yet." " You must be a bit cold." " Not really ..." "Yeah, a little bit." "Here." "It goes round here." " Want one?" " l used to smoke those ..." "But you quit, right?" "Well, I refuse to." "I try to do without a safety net." "How else do you know you're alive?" "I take my share of risks." "I don't always floss." "I rip the tags off my pillows when they're new." "My kind of woman!" " Feeling adventurous?" " What did you have in mind?" "Dare you risk it?" "My purse!" "No, it's not worth getting killed over." "Jack, come back!" " lt's not here." " Or at the hotel. I looked." " So I do like magician ..." " Yeah, you're the midget Houdini!" "Dinero?" "Jack?" "I had everything in that bag." "My passport, my credit cards ..." "Thanks for doing this." "You're bleeding to death, and I'm crying about my MasterCard." " l apologise for being a jerk." " What do you mean?" "I'm the jerk." "I was only trying to impress you." "For future reference, the living interest me more than the dead." "I suppose that's quite healthy." "I suppose we should call the Cancun police on the radio." "It's not working." "We have to head further out." "Sail to Morocco, for all I care." "It's beautiful out here." " How are we doing?" " Still no dice." "I'm just going down below." "I won't be a minute." " Maybe we're not out far enough." " No, this should do it." "Tonight's been so out of control, huh?" "Don't take this the wrong way, but this isn't exactly my style." "I thought you liked taking risks." "Yes, but you know what I mean." "You know ... first date, sex, one-night stand." "That sort of thing." " You're the relationship kind?" " Absolutely." "Both times." " So when was the last time?" " 1933." "I see." "Who was he?" "A college boyfriend?" "I bet he was the captain of the drinking team." " Wasn't ready for a relationship." " l wish I had been that lucky." "No, it was my shrink, actually." "You know the story." "I thought I was lonely, and   he forgot he was married." "But it didn't last very long." "And then my mom developed Alzheimer's, so it was ..." "You know what?" "I'm going to shut up right now!" " lt's okay." " lt's me who can't bear to hear it." "Sorry. I'm rambling because I'm a Iittle nervous." " You want a drink?" " Yes, thank you." "So, what's this for?" " lt's for ... shark fishing." " Shark fishing?" "With a silencer?" "Yeah." " You certainly know your ordnance." " ln Colorado you grow up with guns." "So ... who are you, Jack?" "Who am I?" "Who am I?" "I'll tell you who I am!" "I'm Captain America meets Albert Schweitzer!" "Isn't that what you always wanted?" "Yes, I remember ..." "Butch, beautiful, brilliant ..." "Spends all day dashing into the fray, fists flying ..." "Sorry, I don't know any ..." ""organ cantatas" ... lf you'll excuse me, it's time to make the world safe for democracy." "Where's the clip?" "Give me that!" "Bitch!" "Somebody, I need help!" "Okay, the keys." "Hello, hello ..." "What?" "How did I get here?" "Fishermen found you." "They brought you here." "You were very lucky." " How long have I been here?" " Three days." "Try not to talk." "We found a man's wallet filled with money, but ..." " No, no ... he ..." " No, we couldn't find him." "There was a disk." "A green square, plastic." "Oh, yes ..." "The disk was ruined by the sun." " You relax now, and get well." " No, I need ..." " You haven't got the strength." " My clothes." "How much do I owe you?" " Please, you have to relax now." " No, I need my clothes." "I have to go." "I just need my clothes." "I have to go." "I just need my clothes." "Turning to national news, ourcorrespondentDaniel Schorr." "Wall Streetpanicked when stockprices seemed to tumble." "The losses were fictitious, caused by computerpranksters ... I need my room key for 2806, please." "Angela Bennett." "Wall Street will open tomorrow  protected by Gregg Microsystems' securityprogramme, "Gatekeeper"." " Whatabout thatprank downtown?" " Short-sheeting a bed is a prank." "These "Praetorians" could have done serious damage." " Justlike atLAX..." " Angela Bennett has checked out." "No, I'm Angela Bennett." "I didn't check out." "Sorry, it's not on the computer." "I'll try again ..." "No, Angela Bennett checked out last Saturday." "No, I didn't." "I would know if I checked out ..." "According to the computer, you did." "There's nothing I can do." " Excuse me, sir?" " Step in sir, please." "Excuse me, madam." "Please dial yourcard numberagain." "The numberyou dialled is not vaild." "Miss Marx?" " Ruth Marx ..." "Are you Ruth Marx?" " No." " You don't need a temporary visa?" " Yes, but ... ls your social security number 915-30-1717?" "You live at 407 Finley Avenue, Venice, California?" "Yeah." "Well, according to the computers at Motor Vehicles, you're Ruth Marx." "So if that's who you are, sign here, and we'll issue your visa." " But I'm not ..." " You're not what?" "I'm not clear about something." "Without this, I can't get back into the United States, right?" " So I just sign Ruth Marx ..?" " Right." "There." "Okay, think, think, think ..." "FOR SALE OPEN HOUSE" "Oh my God!" "Where are you running?" "Relax!" "Stan Whiteman, Whiteman Realty." "Come in, I'll show you round." "I saw her move out." "Three days ago." "Moving van, men, furniture ... I've been in Mexico for over a week." "How could I sell my house?" " She's not Angela Bennett." " l am Angela Bennett!" "The real client had the deed and papers. I've checked the computers." "It would help if you had some form of identification." "I agree!" "But as I've told you 1,000 times, I had everything stolen." " She's got no passport." " l had a temporary one." " l don't think they do that." " This is ridiculous." "Here it is ..." "It's just under a different name." " They think I'm not me." " ls this your signature?" " l just signed with another name." " That's a federal offence." " Then what is it to steal a house?" " Mike, you want to run this?" "But they've screwed with my information and my fingerprints ..." "Who's "they"?" "Do you work around here?" "I work in my house, butmy office is in San Francisco." "You've lived here for four years, and no one can vouch for you?" "My motheris not well, and my fatheris ... no." " My therapistis Alan Champion." " Yourtherapist?" "." "My ex-therapist, all right?" "." "prostitution" " LARCENY narcotics" "We've got a Ruth Marx." "She's wanted for prostitution and narcotics." "We'll bring her in." "Would you excuse me?" "I'll be right back. I'm just ..." "Mrs. Raines?" " ls she, or isn't she?" " She kept to herself." " Where's the girl?" " Where's my phone?" " Did you see a woman run out?" " No, I haven't seen anyone." " What the hell happened, Devlin?" " Don't worry, we'll get the disk." "She's alone, and feeling vulnerable." " We don't wantanothermistake." " l said I'd take care of her." "Cathedral Software." "Mr. Melbourne is no longer with the company." " What do you mean?" " Do you wantsomeone else?" " I don't know anybody else." " Whom may I connectyou to?" " Head of Security." "Say it's Angela." " l'll getyou Miss Bennett" "What?" "No, I'm Angela Bennett." "Hello, this is Angela Bennett." " Who is this?" " This is Angela Bennett" " Give us the disk, Angela." " What are you talking about?" "Give us the disk, and you'll get your life back." "I don't have your disk." "I don't know what you mean." "Give us the disk, Angela." " What's the number and address?" " 555-7605, 3100 California." "Hi, this is Dr. Alan Champion." "Please leave yourname, yournumber, you know the drill ..." " Are you screening?" "Please!" " Hello, I'm home!" "I need your help." "I'm in a lot of trouble." " What else can I do?" " This is a cell phone, right?" " Yeah, so we can't trace it..." " Listen!" "There's no problem." "Just get the number, but don't dial it, just send out a signal." "Then get two repeater cells to pick it up, give me the bisect,   and it'll find her within a few hundred yards." " Angie?" " Alan?" " Go, go, go!" " Nice to see you too!" " Come on, I'm not a cab!" "Say hi!" " Hi." "Can we go now?" " Do you still have that laptop?" " Yes, I have it." " Get it, then take me to a hotel." " Now that's do-able!" "Alan, just go!" "I swear, I asked her for a quarter, and she gave me a telephone!" "Clever girl!" "Voila!" "Alan, you don't have to stay if you don't want to." " l'm sure that ... what's her name?" " Amy." "Don't worry, it's over." " l'm sorry." " Don't be." "We're not." "This is bizarre." "What are we even doing here?" "I just figured you'd be safe." "Great!" "I've gone from being a self-centred asshole to "safe"." "I just figured that they couldn't trace me to you." " Patient records are confidential?" " l knew I had my subtle charms ..." " You're the only one I can turn to." " l'll take that as a compliment." "Guess what time it is?" "Gibsons!" "We've no onions, only Seldane." "The antihistamine of champions." " l could always make you laugh." " l'll pass on that." "No drink?" "All right, I come bearing gifts." "Some of Amy's clothes for you here." " l'm not even me anymore." " Hey, come here." "Look at me." "You're freaking me!" "Take a breath." "Take a pause." "If you're not you, tell me who you think you are." " You're not listening." " So somebody stole your purse ..." " l didn't think you'd believe me." " l do." "No, that's not true." "I believe you're very frightened and isolated from the human race." " And then your father leaving ..." " My father didn't take my car!" "He didn't sell my house, get the police after me or try to kill me!" "I believe something happened, but that doesn't make sense." "I don't want to be simplistic, but you're just reaching out." "Yes!" "I'm reaching out to anyone who knows me, will listen to me,   and be my friend." "Someone I can trust ... I'm sorry. lt's easier for me to play doctor than to listen." "I don't understand." "Why me?" "I'm nobody." "They knew everything ." "What I ate and drank, what movies I watched,   where l was from, what cigarettes I used to smoke ..." "They must watch the internet." "Our whole lives are on computer." "They knew I could be "vanished" and no one would care." " lt's okay." "What can I do?" " Put my mom somewhere else." "Put her under a different name." "You can do that, as a doctor?" "Sure. I can put your mom in the county sanitarium." "How's that?" "It would mean a lot." "She's all I've got left." "Christ, Angie!" "They've really gotten into your head with this." "Put yourself in my shoes." "Suddenly you ring with this convoluted story." "Listen, I don't buy the whole story, but I have a friend in the fbi ..." "No!" "I'm running from the police." "That's the last thing I need." "Well then, why don't you just live the rest of your life in this hotel?" " Do you trust him?" " I went with him to frat parties." " l'm serious." "Do you trust him?" " Yeah, I trust Ben. I do!" "Now I'll go and figure out how to transfer your mom to the sanitarium." "Then I'Il call Ben." "If I get any information, I'll call." "Don't be so down." "It'll be okay, I'm on watch now." "This would never have happened if you'd stayed with me." "Alan?" "Thank you ... for everything." "You're welcome." "You stay put, kiddo." "Welcome to the Swiss internet!" "Okay, you carried this around because it was important ..." "Bethesda Naval Hospital." "Password ..." "we're going to try you." "No." "Well, you look familiar." "I'll try again." "highly confidential" "michael BERGSTROM, DECEASED MlS-DlAGNOSED" "WAS NOT infected with aids" "My God!" "searching FOR NETWORK ADDRESS" " Someone's on." " Think it's our girl?" "Whoeveritis is covering their tracks." "A pop in Switzerland,   five differentrouters at Berkeley." "They're smart" " How soon can we track her?" " Depends on howlongshe stays on." " 15-30 minutes." " Call me the second you find her." " And that othermatter, Mr. Devlin?" " That's free of charge." "Thanks." "WHO is Iceman?" "KELLY MANN AGE:12" "WHO is GANDALF?" "MALlK DlLLON, 37 location:" "India" "WHO is CYBERBOB?" "ROBERT FOX, 39 WEST HOLLYWOOD" "CYBERBOB, HELP NEED YOUR expertise" "MEET ME lN private ROOM" "CYBERBOB HAS ENTERED" "HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A Pl SYMBOL ATTACHED TO A PROGRAMME?" "Pl = PRAETORlANS" "Praetorians ..?" "More information ..." "CYBERTERRORlSTS WANT TO BLOW THE HOUSE DOWN" "I need more information." "LAX airport, Wall Street ..." "Highly dangerous." "Don't mess with them." "They've started messing with me." ""Meet lRL, in private." ln real life ..." "No, it's got to be a public place." "Where it's safe." "With a lot of people." "Santa Monica pier." "By the ferris wheel." "AGREED." "SEVEN P.M. I'LL WEAR ..." "link DROPPED" " Any luck?" " 8833 Rosewood, WestHollywood." "Remind me to buy you guys something nice." "Hello?" "Angie!" " Come on, let me in. I have food." " Sorry." " l thought ..." " Forget it. I knew you'd be hungry." "I got you your favourite." "Chinese." " Yourfavourite. I don't like it." " Well, it was somebody's favourite." " How's my mom?" " Safe in the county sanitarium." "About the food ... how about that Greek restaurant we used to like?" " I can't, I have to go." " Whenever I see you, you run away." "It's a guy from the internet who might know what's going on." "Can I tell you about my friend, Ben Phillips?" "I told him your story." "He wants to see you in the morning." " Can't you wait?" " He knows what happened in Atlanta?" "That was just a couple of kids that blacked out part of a power grid." "If I don't talk to Cyberbob now, it'll be too late." "You're going to meet a guy named Cyberbob?" "Have you ever even seen him?" "I don't want you to go there alone." "BOB FOX" "Hi, Bob Fox?" "They killed Dale." "Now they think I have the programme." "First you say someone tried to kill you, then Dale?" " And they put someone in my place." " Why would anyone do all this?" "They would want someone at Cathedral to overwrite the programmes." "And you can't do that from outside." "You know Devlin's internet number?" "I plugged it in, and got into Michael Bergstrom's medical files." " The guy who blew his head off?" " A computer said he had aids." "But when they did the autopsy, there was no hiv." " lf you're dead, you get the truth." " l'm starting to believe you." "I need to go to Cathedral and find "Mozart's Ghost"." "They've got an echo system that can re-trace all your keystrokes ..." "Are you all right?" "Pull over." "You're scaring me." " The pills ..." " What pills?" "We'll go to the hospital." "He's okay, isn't he?" "He's allergic to penicillin." "He's being intubated." " l have no idea what you just said." " He'll be fine." "You can see him." "I would like that." "Thank you." "Hi." "How do you feel?" "I'm starving." "When you get out, I'll cook you the best microwave meal you've ever had." " How long will they keep me here?" " Just another day." "And will you be handling the out-patient care, nurse?" "Well, do you mind?" "Visions of sponge baths dance in my head." "I've got to go." "Are you going to be okay?" "Fine. I'm more worried about you." "I'll be fine." "I wish it was over, but I'll be fine." "Come here, I want to tell you something." "Come close." "I wanted to do that since yesterday." "When you get better, I might let you do it again." " Do you still think I'm crazy?" " Sure I do." "I always have." "Want to dance?" "Come on, give Benny a big hug!" "Come on back here!" "It's safer to stay right here." "Sorry, Bob couldn't make it." " ls that how to greet an old lover?" " You're not one." "I'm surprised you didn't kill me, then fuck me!" "It was difficult, because I was attracted to you. I still am." "I'm going to attract the police if you don't go away." "You've been avoiding them since you ran away." "They'd be interested to hear how you killed Dale and came after me." "Go ahead!" "They'll be happy to make your acquaintance." "Did you know that Ruth Marx has a criminal record for drugs   and prostitution?" "You've got quite a record." "Like Bergstrom's?" "I know about his suicide, and about the Praetorians." "I'm sure they'd love to hear about that." "Everybody has their button." "And Bergstrom's was homophobia." "You just have to know ..." "which button to push." "I don't have your disk." " lt was ruined in Mexico." " That's okay." "But what we need now is what's up here, so come with me." "I promise you, I'll look after you." " What do you want?" " lt's not what lwant." "It's what my employers want." "Take a look around you." "Are things working?" "No." "They can make things better." " By killing people?" " l don't ask too many questions." "Hey, quit!" "Don't push!" "Jerk!" "Everybody, clear!" "Let's go!" "Everybody, clear!" " He's got no pulse." "Get her out!" " No, he's my friend." "Let go of me." "Alan, no!" "Mrs. Champion, I'm sorry." "We did our best." "There were complications." " Would you like me to call a cab?" " Can someone pick you up?" "Ma'am ... would you like to talk with a counsellor?" " Maybe you should lie down ..." " You said he was going to be fine." " l'm sorry. lt was the insulin ..." " No." "He was on penicillin." " He was being treated for diabetes." " No, no!" " He was not a diabetic!" " But it says on his file ..." " hello?" " lt's great to hear your voice." "Don'thang up, Angela!" "This is important lfyou wouldjust  take a step back from this, you'd see we're not so different." "We're both loners, both isolated, both really untrusting." "We're both looking for the same clarity." " You mean a great deal to me." " Yeah?" "You mean shit to me." "I admit an arrogance in my perceptions of you." "I've come to visita friend ofmine." " An old piano teacher friend." " You leave my mother alone." "iseem to have no choice." "She's been moved by Dr. Champion." "The late Dr. Champion." "license verification REPORTED STOLEN" "Shit!" "Driver, this is the highwaypatrol." "Pull overand turn offyourengine." "There it is." "There she is!" "Police!" "Stop!" " Freeze!" " My name is Angela Bennett ..." "Get down!" "Hands behind your back!" "You have the right to remain silent." "What you say may be used in court." "You've the right to an attorney ..." "fingerprint MATCH" "BACKGROUND:" "MOTHER DEAD FROM OVERDOSE I want to help you, but what you're saying is so far-fetched." "They changed your name, medical records, crashed planes ..?" "Just think about it." "Our whole world is sitting there on a computer." "Everything." "Your car records, your social security,   your credit cards, your medical history. lt's all there." "Like a little electronic shadow just begging to be screwed with." " Today it's me, tomorrow it's you." " Look, Miss Marx ... I'm not Ruth Marx." "They put her on your computer." "I hate to tell you this, but all the police computers   have for the last six months been protected by "Gatekeeper"." "So nothing that you're describing could possibly happen." "Oh my God, it's the programme." "Gatekeeper has a flaw." "If they changed my identity, the Praetorians must know!" "Then that solves it." " Where did you get the stolen car?" " Okay, listen to me." "It's like a Trojan horse, this thing, the Praetorians." "They hack into computers and cause chaos." "LAX, Wall Street, the Department of Water and Power in Atlanta ..." "They do it so that people buy this programme for security." "Only to find out they've given the Praetorians access to the system." "Imagine what they can do with this power." " This is fascinating, Miss Marx." " Please, my name is Bennett." "Write it down, if you want." "B-E-N-N-E-T-T." " Why would I make this up?" " l'm your appointed attorney." "I'm obligated to do as you wish." "I'll call you Cleopatra if you want." "But if you go before the judge with this craziness,   you will be found incompetent to stand trial   and they will hold you indefinitely." "Hi." "Yeah, this is her daughter." "Hi Mom. lt's me." "Are you doing okay?" "How's that new nurse treating you?" "It's Angela, Mom." "It's Angela." "Mom, listen." "I need you to do something for me." "There's a lady here ..." "She's going to take the phone, and you tell her that I'm me." "Because she doesn't believe me." "Can you tell her that, Mom?" "Mom, don't." "Are you there?" "I just want you to know that I love you." "Lady?" "What?" "Who's come to get me?" "Special Agent Ben Phillips, fbi." "I'm Alan's friend." " Terrible, what happened to him." " l'm so glad that you're here." "As soon as I heard your story I had half our agents chasing this down." "Beating every bush, trying to find you." "Sorry it had to be here." " Me too." " Let's get out of here." " There's an office 40 minutes away." " And then what?" "Then I'm going fishing for a shark named Jack Devlin." "Know him?" "He's a one-man dirty-duty squad." "Efficient and lethal." "The moral conscience of a chainsaw." "But the guys behind him are worse." " The Praetorians." " We've been chasing them for years." "But we have to move A.S.A.P., so sketch me a quick background." "How the hell did you access their system in the first place?" "I didn't, a programmer at Cathedral sent a disk to me." "A goddamn disk!" "That's what started all this up." "Did you make a copy of the disk before it was ruined in Mexico?" " No." " Damn!" "That disk is ouronly hope ofcatching these bastards." " Did you give any copies away?" " You are amazing sons of bitches." "How did you know it was ruined?" "I only told Devlin that." "You're not even fbi." "But it doesn't matter." "Ever since I got that disk I've gone from one nightmare to the next." " But now I'm tired of it." " Get off the gas!" "You're gonna kill us." "My seat belt!" "Aftera month ofcomputertampering, an incident today took a dark turn." "We go live to Dermot Conley in Chicago." "Police were called when the comedy ofcomputererrors turned ugly,   with six ofChicago's banks forced to close." "Massive computertampering brought economic life here to a halt" "Essential cityservices will be conducted via the one local bank   that was protected by Gregg Systems' Gatekeeperprogramme." "Reporting live from Chicago, Dermot Conley." "JeffGregg, founderofGregg Systems, was in Washington   forthe new Undersecretary ofDefence's announcement  that the entire federal government will be installing Gatekeeper." "In this day and age, information is sacred." "It's power." "Society must protect thatatall costs." "Today's announcement comes two weeks afterthe suicide   ofMichael Bergstrom, an opponent ofthe Gatekeeperprogramme." "Local news." "A carcrash leaves one unidentified man dead." "We go live to the scene ofthe crash." "I'm near where the body was found with a ganglandshot to the head." "Police are looking fora passenger, a young woman in her20's,   going underthe name Ruth Marx, who is wanted forcartheft." "This is a reminder:" "The Cathedral convention booth is in the northwest cornerofthe hall." "All right." "Mozart's Ghost!" "Don't do this to me." "I am Angela Bennett." "terminal ECHO:" "SUSPENDED SELECT A workstation" " Cathedral Software." " Angela Bennett, please." "Programming, Angela Bennett Hello?" "Who the hell is this?" " Have you got something to say?" " Don't hang up." "Angela?" "SUSPECT "ANGEL" lS NEAR advise immediately" "Now I know where you are, let's get you off your machine." "How about I start a little fire ..." "right here ." "Fire alarm!" "Please proceed to the nearest emergency exit" " Angela, come on!" "There's a fire!" " Yeah, just a sec." "Don't give me a "sec", let's go." "Now, come on." " Mozart's Ghost!" " About time." "atomic ENERGY commission." "terminal ECHO" "Password, natoar23ae ..?" "REMOTE ACCESS GUEST LEVEL security" "Where are you?" "YOU MUST HAVE mainframe ACCESS TO DELETE files" " Where's the smoke?" " We're looking into it, ma'am." "Incoming MESSAGE" "What's this? "Terminate Mozart's Ghost and terminate Angel now."" "Got you, don't I?" "Who is Praetorian?" "Okay, let's search you out." "All employees, return to your workstations." "The Fire Departmentadvises that this was a false alarm." "All clear!" "Where are you?" "There you go." "All employees, return to your workstations." "The Fire Departmentadvises that this was a false alarm." "MATCH determined:" "JEFF GREGG" "So you did do this, didn't you?" " Come on!" " You've got to go to the john, too?" "Disk, disk, where are you?" "The virus." "Thank you, Dale." "SAVE" "SAVING file" "Come on, come on!" "You're going to the convention." "Oh my God!" "Security!" "Break-in on the fifth floor." "Female, about 5' 7" ..." " Did you see a brunette?" " There's only firemen around here." "Devlin." " Where is she?" " She must be with the firemen." " She's copied the disk." " You should have got rid of it." "If you'd shot her a week ago, she'd never have made the copy." "Smart." "Better call Gregg." "PAN-PAClFlC COMPUTER convention" "She's gone to the Moscone Centre!" " Are you sure she's out there?" " She's out there." "She won't be hiding." "She came here to use a computer." "electronic mail" "fbi" "I HAVE BEEN A witness TO serious crimes" "committed BY AND ON BEHALF OF JEFF GREGG." "ATTACHED TO THIS MESSAGE is evidence OF THESE FACTS." "SEND mail" "Get away from the computer!" " Were you trying to save the world?" " No." "Just myself." "It's too late." "The offer's withdrawn." "Look at the screen." "Everything on the disk was sent to the fbi." "Everything." "Proof of Gatekeeper's back door." "Proof that Gregg ordered Bergstrom's and Dale's murders." "Watch her." "The beauty of Gatekeeper is, we can get into the fbi like a library." "It's a beautiful system." "Let's finish and get out." "These people make me nervous." "Everything you've done will be wiped out by pressing "escape"." "Really?" "Goddamnit, you're in the mainframe!" "It's eating Gregg's entire system." "Devlin, it's a virus eating through Gatekeeper. lt's destroying it all." "Take the far side!" "Angela, stop!" "Angela?" "Shit!" "Angela?" "It's just you and me now." "Do you realise you've changed everything?" "One little stroke of the key and you wiped out my employer." "You've cancelled my contract." "Reversed everything they've done." "You've taken back your life." "That's what you wanted." "I knew you'd do the right thing." " lt's not responding." " Try a new password." "Excuse me, Miss ... I can't remember what you told me to plant." "Why don't I help you?" "FBI agents today escorted JeffGregg from his exclusive penthouse." "Gregg will be arraigned tomorrow for conspiracy, fraud,   and complicity in the death of Undersecretary Bergstrom." "An FBI spokes person attributes the arrest to a transmission   sent over the internet by Angela Bennett, a systems analyst" "Police are investigating two deaths at a computer convention." "A young woman foundshot dead has been identified as Ruth Marx." "The otherdeceased, a male in his 30's, is unidentified." "Now the weather." "The weekend will be brightand sunny." "It seems like summer is finally here."