XIII: The Conspiracy
Today we've honor the 25 million veterans
who have worn the uniform of the United States of America.
I'm specially thankful to be back home
honoring two veterans from my own family.
My father, former Senator Henry Sheridan,
and of course my brother Wally Sheridan, the Governor of this great state.
The observance of Independence Day, an official anniversary...
This morning I asked my Secretary of Defense, Ellery Shipley,
to formulate a schedule for the gradual withdrawal
of our troops from Afghanistan and Iraq.
And as Commander-in-Chief it is my responsibility to protect
the protectors, the men and women of the Armed Forces.
Our troops have served valiantly.
Now is the time to bring them home...
So, on this Independence Day, let us give thanks
to all those men and women who have volunteered to insure our freedom.
May God bless them...
May God bless the United States of America.
Sally.
The President is down, again we're still waiting for confirmation,
but it appears that a shot or some shots were fired.
The Secret Service has mobilized and is taking her to safety.
He is coming down.
- Did you get him? - No
Frodo, find it.
That's a good boy.
There, and there.
- Jones! What's happened? - Dioc wants that.
I can see that, how?
It's be about one hour since the call came in.
I placed sniper on cipher in sky
Satellite surveillance indicates that was a manageable distance.
That the guy approached on the water and all went south.
He placed four charges in wheel house to create a puff of smoke,
and lost sight of our agent.
Before we could respond, they opened fire,
there, there, there and there.
Four units, each position. They knew exactly where we positioned.
Sounds like they knew our protocol.
- Got to be a former agent. - Appears so.
The preliminary report.
These guys didn't shop the gun department at Wal-Mart.
Government issue.
Amos is presenting to the President at 9:00.
Give the description to the Coast Guard.
Sir, I think it's too late by now, they swapped vessels and are shore now..
I didn't mean the description of the boat, I meant the description of our man.
We need to identify the body.
I think if they wanted him dead, they would have killed him right here.
We have to assume he's still alive.
Lauren.
I know.
Fine.
We want action!
- We want action! - We want action!
After all preliminary examinations, we ran a full sweep of the area.
We're able to trace the line of fire back to this office building.
The shooter perch was quite clean. No prints, no hairs, no fibers. Nothing.
Power to the building was cut, security cameras were disabled.
The shooter walked into the building with a hacked security card.
His exit, however, was not that exactly smooth.
As you know, there were two security guards in the parking garage.
They engaged with the shooter,
and between the two guards, fourteen rounds were fired.
We only recovered twelve slugs.
That's means the shooter was probably hit twice.
However, a lack of blood evidence also suggests the scene was sanitized.
- So, who cleaned it up? - We don't know.
It doesn't appear that the shooter had any accomplices in the parking garage,
but he did kill two guards and managed to escape.
Powder traces indicate that he exited by the south side of the building.
We also found glass fragments spread around the scene.
Forensics was able to match those fragments
to a GM vehicle manufactured between 1996 and 2002.
My investigation has identified every
traffic and security camera in a five mile radius of the office building.
I issued a blanket warrant,
and I had agents work around the clock analyzing every frame of that footage.
This came from an ATM security camera three miles away from the office building.
Now, the drive was corrupt so we forwarded it to digital forensics.
It took a little bit time, but they were able to recover some of the data.
This is a Chevy Impala, GM built.
You will notice that there is no glare on the windshield.
That's because the glass is fragmented, which is consistent with a bullet strike, also...
there is no glass in the driver window.
Gentlemen.
I believe we are looking at the first image of our shooter.
- Do we have an ID? - Not yet.
Colonel Amos, are you telling me you've had all this time to investigate
and this is all what we've got to go on?
Some grainy video and a blurred photo of what could be our shooter?
Mr. President with all do respect, you are missing the significance of our findings.
You're fixated on the evidence, not what the lack of evidence is telling you.
I don't follow?
Our shooter got to the security perimeter.
He hacked into the city power grid.
He disabled security cameras for an entire city block.
And he killed the President of the United States
with a single shot fired from over a mile away.
And he didn't leave a single shred of evidence.
This is a highly skilled, highly trained professional. Special Ops, perhaps.
This is the type of man that is employed by governments or paramilitary organizations.
This is not Oswald or Henkely.
- This is political. - Colonel, it's always political.
His pockets are empty. No wallet and no ID.
His watch is stopped at 4:15,
apparently at the time when the plane crashed.
You say the parachute got caught in that tree.
He's to paying to live over the forest.
That plane had no place to touch down.
He has a bunch of wounds.
Probably from the branches, but... this one here...
It has a bullet inside it.
He was shot.
Twice.
The other one grazed his temple here.
His head was bleeding very badly. I'm gonna have to close it.
You can't do that. I will take him to the hospital.
No Abe.
I've seen what they do for people like him. No ID, no insurance.
He'll end up on a cart in a hallway.
- Martha, he needs a doctor. - I am a doctor.
No, you were one.
They can't take care of him the way I can.
Ok, Martha. Ok.
Abe, wait.
Look at this.
- Thirteen. - What do you think it means?
I don't know, it could explain his luck.
Colonel Amos, we have to find the killer, now.
Mr. Wax.
This came on USA Network this morning,
it will running all day.
Governor Sheridan, after taking over the GOP nomination from Dean Barber,
your campaign has made incredible inroads,
covering at a six point lead in the polls.
Well, I think the country has been forced to reevaluate its leadership.
I mean in the month since my sister's death,
we have seen an unprecedented wave of terrorist attacks on American soil.
The bombing of the electrical grid in New Hampshire
disrupted power in four states.
The tragic Sarin gas attack on Chicago subways.
Meanwhile, President Galbrain and his administration
have made no progress in their investigation of the assassination.
I don't know.
My sister was a great leader.
She served her country.
She deserves more.
The American people deserve more.
They deserve security.
And, that's why I'm running for the presidency. To take up my sister's legacy.
Because, whether you are a Republican or Democrat,
this election comes down to one key issue.
Who do you trust... to keep you save?
So in your opinion...
He should be ashamed, gorging Sally's name, capitalizing on her death, terrible.
This isn't working, and if we don't counter Sheridan he'll slaughter us in the polls.
Sheridan lost a sister,
do you think hitting him with an attack is gonna make us look good?
No, but it could hurt him, raise doubts.
Get the public talking about something other than the attack of the assassin.
Gentlemen, I wanna make myself very clear.
Sally Sheridan was more the just a President.
She was a friend, if I lose this election,
I will not lose it on account doing nothing.
I will not be remembered as the President
who let the killer slip through his fingers.
So Colonel... what's it gonna take?
Access, support, resources.
I need your Administration to stay out of my way.
This runs deep, I need a big shovel.
Ok.
Whatever it takes.
Just bring me the shooter.
Frodo!
Frodo?
Fight between the rivals factions along the Israel-Syrian border...
Initial reports find Israel responsible for killing at least 49 soldiers.
I checked the news, there are no reports of any planes crashing in the area.
It hasn't been that long, we should wait until tomorrow, maybe some more will turn up.
He can't stay here.
Why not?
You know that bullet you fished out of him... It's teflon coated.
Meaning it's designed to pierce body armor.
It wasn't a hunting accident that day he fell from the sky with two bullets in him, and he's dangerous.
Well, he is no to threat to us, Abe. He can barely move, you saw him.
I also saw his tattoo.
It's either a gang sign or a prisoner's tattoo.
For all we know, he may have killed somebody already.
I just think we should... let him wake up and explain himself, that's all.
Why won't you let me call the police?
What is it you're afraid of?
- Nothing. - You afraid they're gonna take him away?
Don't be ridiculous.
He's not a replacement.
- I know that. - Then why are you getting involved?
I'm sorry, Martha.
Do you hear that?
Hey, hold on!
Hey!
Hey, where are you going?
Who are you?
- Here, drink this. - Wait a minute.
Where am I?
You are in Bomont, West Virginia. I'm Martha.
This my husband, Abe.
You fell out of a plane in the woods. Do you remember anything?
- No. - Think son, you must remember something?
I don't remember anything.
Amnesia?
I've got a trauma to the head combined with the blood loss from the shoulder wound.
It could cause memory loss, yes.
There was a computer upstairs... is it working?
You don't have internet?
Well, we haven't had this thing on from more than a year,
they must have disconnected it.
- You know if they took the modem? - What?
I got it.
Internet technicians are mostly lazy.
Looks like they just blocked your hardware ID from access the network.
Let's see if that does it.
You can't even remember your own name, how did you manage to do that?
I have no idea.
Emergency crews still clearing debris from the McCarren airport tunnel,
site of this morning's bombing in Nevada.
So far, at least eight people have been confirmed dead
with dozens more believed to be trapped inside.
President Galbrian is currently en route to Las Vegas
where he is scheduled to deliver an address this evening.
Meanwhile, Republican nominee Wally Sheridan,
speaking from a campaign stop in Cincinnati, Ohio,
had this reaction.
This enemy strike weakens us in the eyes of the world.
It strengthens the resolve of those who hate us.
This country has fallen prey to a small group
of foreign extremists,
who are holding in us hostage by creating fear.
We can't give up to that fear.
Where you been?
I had to attend to a few things.
You smell like a smoke!
I don't know any thing about this man, but who ever he is...
there are people who want him dead.
I'm gonna make sure they don't find him.
Any luck?
No.
Well, maybe this can provide some answers.
I found it inside your watch. It looks like some kind of...
memory card.
In my watch! Why would I have this?
I've seen what you're capable of.
- The things you 'e capable of. - What do you mean?
We took a bullet out of your shoulder and stitched up your head,
you must have lost about three pints, but when I came up on you...
you took me down fast like nobody's business.
I served in the Corps.
Did a couple of tours in 'Nam. I know how to handle myself.
But you, you...
You're a different breed.
Now, you wanna found who you are, I can't help you with that, but...
I can tell you... what you are.
What am I, then?
You are the kind of person who bails out of a plane that's blown up.
The kind of person who can take a couple of bullets and still put up a fight.
The kind of person who hides something like that in the back of his watch.
I just pray to God that you are on the right side.
Sir, we just got a hit within our search parameter.
Open a server for an IP.
- Forward me the address when it comes. - Yes, sir.
I think we found our target, stand by for a location.
If this is him, make sure he is debriefed before he is canceled.
I want to know who has talked to him.
Come in.
Thank you for the clothing.
- I appreciate it. - Um.
Someone may as well use them.
The night we got the call, I knew the minute that phone rang.
Losing a child is...
it's not that easy to get over.
It stays with you.
Forever.
I'm sorry.
Thank you, dear.
I'm gonna be leaving tomorrow.
But, you don't even know where you are going?
I know.
But it's time.
I got to find who I am.
I'm gonna make a cup of tea.
Do you want one?
Sure, that would be nice.
Frodo!
Frodo!?
Martha?
Martha!
More coming. - Who? Who?
Go. - No, I'm not leaving you.
Alright, who's out there!?
Abe!
Who is out there? I'm coming, damn it.
Shooter is collateral, take him out.
Abe?
Shoot to kill. - We supposed to take him alive?
No, he is not coming out of there alive. I think he's made it clear.
Give me the phone, clean this place up and torch it.
- Is it done? - We lost him.
- Lost him, how? - He fought back.
That's not acceptable.
Well, if you had waited for me, he would be dead now
and we wouldn't be having this conversation.
You must understand something.
This will be done my way, now find him.
I believe there is a connection between the assassination and the tunnel bomb.
How so?
McCarren airport tunnel is the third attack since the assassination.
On the days leading up to all of this strikes, there hasn't been any typical chatter.
Now, a handful of fringe claim responsibility but is nothing is credible.
None of the big players have taken credit and that is concerns me.
So, what you are thinking?
To kill the President of the United States is the ultimate envy of these people
and none of them comes forward.
Also they are smart enough to understand that is better for them to have Sally Sheridan
in the White House than that hawk of a brother Wally.
Why would they open the door for a hard liner to win the Presidency?
Are you suggesting this is a domestic?
The assassination happened in a few months before the primaries.
Now we are in a thick of an election,
and American people have been targeted on American soil.
Whoever took out Sally Sheridan,
is trying to influence the vote and get their guy in office.
You saw the photo, the shooter was not foreign.
I suggest you follow your instincts.
But tread carefully, if we start blaming this on America and we're wrong,
God help us.
I know I'm late, sorry.
- Hey, would you mind. - Yeah, sure.
Like to keep busy, huh?
Yes.
You're not from around here?
Oh, geez.
Sam.
- Come on. - What? You change the locks and just I disappear?
That's the idea.
- We need to talk. - We're done talking.
I don't think so.
Hey! She said she doesn't want to talk.
Get lost.
- Look, just give me five minutes. - Forget it.
You got caught with the honey from Utah. We are through.
She's gone, Sam.
It's over... OK?
Hey, I mean it this time.
Let go of the gate, please.
- No, don't leave me when I talk to you. - She said she already heard.
Are you still here?
Because I think I told you, to get lost.
My arm.
See a doctor, it's broken its probably gonna swell.
Screw you.
Sorry.
Don't be, you just made my day, come on.
Whatever you need, it's on the house.
- Name is Sam. - Hey Sam, nice to meet you.
You gonna tell me your name?
- It's not a trick question! - No, I know, but...
You gotta to think on that.
Well actually...
I don't know my name, I don't even who I am, up until last April.
- I can't remember anything. - Like amnesia?
That's a good one.
- I know it sounds crazy but... - No, it's doesn't seem crazy.
It sounds like you're full of bull.
So, how did it happen?
I don't remember.
Some kind of a head injury, I think.
- No memory at all? - Not a thing.
If you could bottle that, I'd buy some.
God knows there are a lot of creeps in my life I'd like to forget.
So, tell me, man with no name,
how can I help you?
I got this picture here.
Nice shot of you, you want me to cut out the chick?
No, I... I actually I need to find this woman.
I notice that was printed here.
I was hoping I could get the customer name.
I'm really not supposed to give our customer's information.
I could get sued.
Please, it's the only lead I have to find some of the answers.
I'd really appreciate it.
Let me see it again.
You got to see this. Remains of the McCarren airport tunnel bomber
Guessing an ID is out, no prints, no teeth, we're waiting on DNA results.
Did find something interesting though, lower neck, below the clavicle.
I don't see anything.
I want photographs and the DNA results the second you get them.
BA-5645. I should see a profile.
Here we go, customer's name is Kim Rowland.
- Kim Rowland? - Girlfriend, wife, ex?
- The name doesn't ring a bill? - No.
Kim Rowland...
2864 East 18th Street.
Apartment 4B.
- 4B - Sound familiar?
Hey, you got a tat.
That's cool. What does it mean?
- You tell me? - I don't know.
Well, add another tattoo when you get a chance.
Thirteen is a bad luck.
Coffee machine is on a timer.
If I don't get my fix before 9 o'clock,
I'm a psychotic witch.
- Can I get you a cup? - Sure.
How do you take it?
Right.
I'll surprise you.
Well now, low down dreary cowboy.
It's security encrypted.
- One more wrong password your file is lost. - I know.
It's pretty important?
The one who rescued me found it on me. I got to know what's on it.
Look...
I have a friend named Sorender. He's pretty good at this kind of stuff.
He hacked to the city data base and erased all my parking tickets.
- I can have him take a look if you want? - And give it to someone else?
You helped me. I wanna help you.
Amos thinks the assassination is a domestic plot.
- Was he able to make an ID? - No.
He's on right track.
- Keep an eye on him. - Of course.
- What this? - Report.
- Arson Report. - This belongs to Langley.
They found a couple burned in their home.
Mt. Pilot, West Virginia. 200 miles from where we lost contact.
Do you think that's related?
Right before the place burned down,
someone tried to access our chip.
And this morning a second attempt was made and traced to an IP in New York City.
- It's thirteen. - No.
If he's out there, he would make contact by now.
Or maybe he can't, maybe that's why he initiated the tracking program,
to draw us to him.
I'll contact the old man.
You're going to New York City.
If thirteen is out there, we got to bring him in
before someone else does.
We have target on site. Verification has been made.
Kim Rowland?
Steve Rowland.
Why you are after me?
Secret Service man.
- This isn't real. - Check again.
Why me?
Why me!?
You thought they will leave you out there after what you did?
- You're a liability. - To who?
Come on man, I don't know who they are!
I just take their orders just like you did.
Who am I?
- You don't know. - What is my name!?
Steve Rowland.
You keep talking, keep talking!
They want you dead.
Tell me, who you are working for?
Tell me the names of the people you are working for?
Hey, Hey!
Stop!
He is heading north on the avenue.
What am I looking at?
This is the McCarren airport tunnel bomber, at least what's left of him.
The second photograph is a closeup of his left shoulder.
An alternate light source scan reveals the mark printed to the flesh.
It's another tattoo, number fifteen.
Understand Colonel.
- How this is relevant? - If you'll bear with me for just a minute.
I looked into the autopsy of the two security guards,
the men who were killed when they engaged Sally Sheridan's assassin.
At the time, the Coroner noted that both men
had chemical burns right above the left collar bone.
That's the same place we found the tattoo on the bomber.
- You think the other has a tattoos as well? - Yes, sir.
And this also supports my theory
that the recent terrorist attacks and the assassination are linked.
Take a look at this.
Another one, V-I-I-I. Eight.
Actually sir, you notice the serif is at the top of the numbers, but not the bottom.
Assuming horizontal symmetry,
X-I-I-I.
Thirteen.
Whoever is responsible of the recent attacks, also ordered the assassination.
They placed the two guards at the scene with the intention of taking out the shooter.
Why would they try to take out their own accomplice?
Because if the shooter escaped, or worse was captured, he could implicate the others.
They wanted to deliver us a trigger man.
They wanted the trail end with a dead body.
And the bomber?
Were you be able to identify him?
No, we're still waiting on the DNA results.
But these photographs prove my theory is correct.
That the shooter was a part of a larger network.
A network that contains at least fifteen conspirators.
These tattoos are not just body art.
They are a type of code system, that the players can identify each other without using names.
Have you shared this information with any one else?
Not yet, sir.
I would like to release a sketch of the shooter along with the information about the tattoos.
- And hope that may identify the conspirators. - No, I think that's a mistake.
Unless we have some concrete evidence to link these men,
I think the new information plus any other findings
should be kept completely confidential.
I believe it is important to release the information...
Mr. Wax is right.
We need hard evidence, Colonel.
Not conjecture and conspiracy theories.
Releasing this information to the public will only set us up for more criticism,
if we don't deliver the shooter.
Now, I don't have to remind you that the American public will at the polls next week.
If this Administration is to survive,
we need to give the people what they want.
Justice.
Is that understood?
Yes, Mr. President.
- General Carrington. - Walk with me.
I placed units in every subway station within a five mile radius.
- And nothing yet. - He's properly gone underground.
No way he will choose to face the public.
Doesn't make sense, he saw me, I looked into his eyes before he escaped.
After what happened, do you think he still trusts us?
I know this is painful to you, Lauren,
but if he wanted to make contact with you,
he would have done it by now.
No, something else, has to be.
- Keep me posted. - Yes sir.
Why do you have so much money, Steve?
He's down.
Good, you're awake.
We can begin.
Julius Caesar was once asked which death is preferable to every other?
His answer:
The unexpected.
Unfortunately for you, your death today will be anything but.
The human body can surprise you.
A man can lose 40% of his blood before he goes into organ failure.
In fact, he won't even know he is dying because of the reduced level of consciousness,
which is why, my friend, God invented pain.
Pain surfaces as a warning that let you know there is something is not right.
We're gonna get acquainted, you and me. Just you wait.
I can make three minutes feel like an eternity.
You caused to me a lot of trouble.
After what happened, I thought you would disappear but...
it takes money to be invisible, doesn't it, number thirteen?
- That's not my name. - Sorry... Mr Rowland.
You should have died that night.
It would have been a whole lot better for both of us.
It's tough, living the life of ghost, isn't it?
How would you know?
I'm a ghost too.
There are two ways for this to end.
One is quick and easy, the other is slow and painful.
Either way, we're gonna get what we want so... the choice is yours.
- What do you want? - Tell us who you've spoken to?
I don't know.
I'm gonna ask you again... Tell me who you've spoken to?
Look man, I don't even know who you are...
You did your job, now I'm doing mine. Number one doesn't like loose ends.
Come on, you always knew this is bigger than us.
Sacrificing the pawn for the king.
- Now, tell me, who you've spoken to. - I told you, I don't remember.
I will leave you with Mr. Cody. Maybe he'll jog your memory.
Morphine... enough of it to kill a man.
That's the one you'll be begging for.
Tell me what I need to hear and maybe I blind you.
The second one is adrenaline... In case you pass from the pain.
Friend, I have enough to keep you conscious for days.
Any questions?
- No talk. - He'd better talk.
Otherwise, we'll have to consider this operation compromised.
He'll talk, trust me. My man knows how to be quite persuasive.
Alone that last.
I'll start with your eyelids. That way you won't miss a thing.
What the hell ...?
Stop the truck.
Are you okay?
Can I help you?
Nice lamination.
Agent Lauren Jones, Central Intelligence Agency.
If you want me to find a customer photo, I need to see a warrant.
That's not why I'm here.
We traced some suspicious activity to your IP address.
It's appear someone used one of your computers to compromise national security.
- Get outta here, that is so cool! - Ma'am, this is serious.
Look, we have photo sites on all our computers. Customers are around them all day.
Checking email, surfing the web...
- Hacking to the NSA. - CIA.
Right. I don't monitor the usage.
You don't remember who used the computers this morning?
Even just after you opened? Around 9:15.
I don't really know, he was found this morning?
You don't remember a man, Caucasian, medium height, buzz cut...
- Handsome. - Handsome, I would remember, sorry.
- Thank you for your time. - You're welcome.
- Sam. - Hello!
What's the matter? Was it the wrong address?
No, I went to Kim's apartment. She wasn't there.
I gotta get going. I just came for the chip I left with you.
The chip. My friend took a look at it, he was afraid.
- He said he wouldn't touch it. - Why?
It's shield encrypted. National Security stuff.
He said if he tried to open it, the government will trace it back to him.
First, I thought you were messing with me, but then, like one hour later...
this lady shows up to the shop.
- Says she's CIA. - What did she want?
She said someone tried to access government files from one of my computers.
- They traced it back to the shop. - I'm sorry, Sam.
- I 'm sorry for get you involved in this. - In what?
I don't know, but I'm not about to drag you into it.
I'm sorry.
Hold on.
I have something to show you.
The tattoo on your chest, thirteen, I looked it up online.
The design goes back to ancient Rome.
Some generals in the south Asia colonies.
Tried to stage a coup.
All of the conspirators were printed with tattoos.
Numbers on their bodies, it says who is loyal to the cause.
It was a secret society, with a higher king.
The soldiers were the higher numbers.
The architects of the coup with the lower ones.
Right down to number one, the man in charge.
Number one is my concern.
Number one does not like loose ends.
- Because of your valiant... - You have to live in fear...
- Are you OK? - Yes.
I meant that what I said earlier... I want to help.
- I keep seeing these things. - What things?
These images... I don't know if they're real or dreams.
Maybe it's your memory coming back.
Maybe.
- I gotta get out of here. - You can stay here.
- I really should get going. - I have something else for you.
What are those?
I pulled a note from the pictures that you brought me...
I developed them all together.
I thought that there maybe something that could jog your memory.
"Where is the Indian goes"
- What? - Kim has this photograph in her apartment.
On the back it said: "Where the Indian goes"
It could be a vacation home or something!
Kellownee Valley, that's up-state.
House number 16.
- Do you think she's there? - I don't know, I gotta find out.
Thank you... I won't forget it.
With your track record, I wouldn't make any promises.
Amos is still in the field. He doesn't return the calls.
He's ducking us. - Sure you are not upset.
- That doesn't begin to describe it. - He's done the damage already.
- Do we take him out of the game? - We can't.
Everybody knows that he's heading up this investigation.
If we pull him right now, that will look like we made a mistake.
And we can't afford to make mistakes right now.
Sir, an assault case was opened at Precinct Twelve in Manhattan yesterday.
Complainant Roger Deakins alleged that a man with Roman Numeral thirteen tattoo broke his arm.
Suspect's description matches our guy.
Get me transport and notify the New York Field Office.
I want an all-points throughout the state, no way our guy can get off that island.
You got it.
This lead is a pivotal development in our investigation
into the assassination of the President Sheridan.
By releasing this digitally enhanced photo to the public,
we are confident that the suspect will soon be apprehended.
You can rest assured.
And when this man, thirteen, is found,
he will have to answer for his cowardly act.
I will take your questions.
Helen?
Sorry man.
Police! freeze!
Hey! Come on!
I didn't do anything.
Why? Come on! Tell me why.
Kim Rowland?
What happened to you?
Come in.
Come inside.
I got shot...
Would you tell me what is the hell going on!? I've been here for ten hours.
You can't just...
- I want a lawyer. - A lawyer?
Yes'
No, you're not.
You can take the picture after that.
What is the hell going on here? I didn't do anything!
Good.
If you're telling the truth, then you won't be retained for very much longer.
Tell me about your friend with the tattoo?
I met him yesterday, what do you want to know?
I want to know where he is?
Why? What did he do?
Now, would you like to cooperate with me?
- I don't believe he did it. - You said you just met him?
That didn't give you much time to become an expert on the man.
I looked him in the eyes...
- he is not the killer. - Really?
30 seconds after you met, he broke your boyfriend's arm...
Ex-boyfriend, and he was a bastard.
Listen to me very carefully.
You seem like a smart enough girl,
but you have no idea what you put yourself into.
This man killed President Sheridan.
And if he gets away because you didn't cooperate with me, your life is officially over.
Do you understand what that means?
You are going to kill me.
You are going to wish that I had.
You will spend thirty years mandatory, in a five foot by six foot rat hole.
No visitors, no parole.
All of your friends will be investigated and audited.
Then, they will be put in a watch list.
It is hard to have a normal life after that.
And your loving mother, who you send checks to every month,
like a good little girl. You can forget managed care.
I will personally make sure that she's turned out on to the street.
Then, she will starve. Afraid and alone.
Now, where is he?
Easy son.
Don't straggle,
just listen.
You are on assignment.
Undercover.
We lost contact. Why?
- How do I know I can trust you? - I'm the one with the gun.
Where else can you trust anybody right now.
Something happened.
I was shot.
I don't remember anything.
You remembered how to survive!
It's called instincts.
It's all I have.
Alright.
Let's go back to the beginning.
My name is Ben Carrington.
I'm Deputy Director of the National Security Agency.
This is my daughter Kim.
She was married Steve Rowland.
The man you think you may be.
You are saying I'm not Steve Rowland!
- You are just assuming his identity. - What?
A year ago, Steve was stationed in Iraq.
There was an incident.
They believed the bombers were hiding a little village called Haditha.
Steve's unit was sent in. By the time was all over,
five villagers were dead, and two of them were children.
A military tribunal determined Steve was responsible.
He was dishonorably discharged.
Steve was a different person when he came home.
Not just the US, the entire Western world
Our free democracy is under attack.
The government did nothing about it.
What? What are you looking at?
Steve was my husband.
We were married for six years, and suddenly I didn't know him anymore.
I tried to stick with him, but it was too hard.
Finally, he realized that I was going to leave and he panicked.
He opened up and told me everything that had happened.
He said that when he was in Iraq, he was recruited for special operation.
Only the target was here, in the US.
The people who recruited Steve arranged for his dishonorable discharge
to get him state side.
The whole thing was staged.
Who recruited him?
He never said, but he always gets his instructions from an undercover field agent
who went by the code name the La Mangueste.
Steve became upset.
Kim came to me for help, so I decided to look into Steve assignment.
Only there was no assignment.
None of the agencies have any record of it.
Steve Rowland didn't work for the government.
- Sounds like the government was his target. - That's right.
But we had to know who was employing him so I asked Kim to dig deeper.
I stopped retreating from Steve.
I tried to get into his head.
I waited for the perfect time, then I tried get him to bring me into the operation.
- No, I can't compromise the mission. - Kim is loyal to the cause.
She can be useful to us.
I gave him a fabricated NSA documents, I said I got them from my father.
That got me into a meeting.
And they finally brought me into the group.
I never did get the details of the operation.
It was clear they just brought me in to play Steve.
He was their shooter, they just wanted to keep him happy.
- So, you never found out about the target? - No.
I knew that it was someone big, but... I never imagined.
- Then it was the President. - Yes.
I managed to scape, but Steve he...
he wasn't so lucky.
We soon realized that the assassination was just a part of a bigger plan
from within the government, to overthrow the current administration.
A coup.
This is one of the hell of an effected group of fascists.
People in government, and from the highest echelons of corporate of America.
- How many people we are talking about? - We don't know.
But I was tattooed with the number seventeen, so we can assume there at least that many.
I don't understand?
- Why would Steve agree to this? - Because they got to him.
They filled his head with their so called ideology.
Then they ordered him to shoot the President,
and then when they were done with him, they just...
You shot me.
- They killed him. - Yes.
But the men who recruited Steve, they think he survived.
But still they want him dead.
So we decided to put an undercover agent into the field,
posing as Steve, to flush out the conspirators.
You were enlisted to the job.
And plastic surgery to make you identical to Steve Rowland himself.
So Steve Rowland is dead...
then, who am I?
Only the man who enlisted you you knows for sure.
And also what you looked like before you became Steve Rowland.
- All we know, is that you are a former Specialized Agent - I don't buy it.
- I want a name, I want the truth. - I'm telling you every thing I know.
But the time you got to us, you had already assumed Rowland's identity.
It's a lot to process, but it's the truth.
This is Agent Lauren Jones, CIA.
Stop!
I've seen her before, you were at the apartment.
That's the only memory you have of me?
- I knew you before? - Yes.
I was your field contact with the operation.
I was also oversight with General Carrington
My field contact?
Kim briefed you so you could assume your role as Steve Rowland.
Tell you how to play the part.
When you were ready, we had you resume contact with the conspirators.
By asking for more money, to buy your silence.
You set up a drop with La Mangueste,
down at the Port of Baltimore.
That's where we were supposed to strike,
but when La Mangueste and his men approached the bulkhead,
something happened.
Where's the cash?
They were ready for you, someone tipped them off.
That's were we lost you.
Now, listen to me...
Three days ago, I fell from the sky with a bullet in my shoulder.
And my head sliced open.
Since then I've been shot at, beaten, and hunted like an animal.
Two people that were trying to save me were killed.
And you come in here, and you dump all this on me and expect me to accept it?
How do I know you are not lying to me?
- The SD card, do you still have it? - I got it in my pocket, you want to cut these off?
Slowly.
What is the password?
'Cuttlefesh'
No, with two Ds
- Used to be a nickname for me. - You had a nickname?
Apparently.
See Margery Daw.
- What this all means? - Nothing the data isn't relevant.
Careful, it's encrypted with a tracking program.
The second someone enters a password attempt, it sends the location.
That's how we tracked you to the photo shop in New York.
It's supposed to be fail-safe, we figured if you were captured,
they will search you and find the card.
And when they try to crack the password,
it will initiate the program, and lead us right to them.
But I assume we over-estimated them, just if we underestimated you.
Before they could find the card, you managed to escape.
That's just fascinating.
Unfortunately, it doesn't tell me who I am?
As far as the world is concerned, you're still Steve Rowland.
- The man who killed the President, right? - That's right.
- Why would you do this to me? - You volunteered...
to help and protect your country.
That's the kind of the man you were.
That is the kind of the man you are.
Welcome to town hall, Johnstown, Pennsylvania,
where tonight we'll see the third and final debate of this year's presidential election.
My first question will be directed to Republican candidate Wally Sheridan,
and he'll have three minutes to respond.
The incumbent, Democratic candidate Joseph Galbrain, and will then be allowed one minute for rebuttal.
Gentlemen, let's begin.
So you dangle in me out there again? Is that the plan?
As long as Steve Rowland appears to be alive, the conspirators are vulnerable.
They will keep looking for you.
You've got to maintain your cover, help us find who did this.
This needs to be done.
I'm sorry.
For what?
For your loss.
The real Steve Rowland, the man that I loved... He died in Iraq.
The man who came home, was just someone else.
I lost my husband a long time ago.
But you, God... you sacrificed so much.
You sacrificed your whole self.
Get down now!
Missed him.
Carrington! She's hit!
I'm taking a piece, go!
- Cover the front and back. - Got it.
It's OK, honey.
She's breathing.
- Save yourself. - I love you.
No... no.
This is Colonel Amos
Put down your weapon, get down on your knees.
Put your hands on your head.
Promise me, you won't let my daughter die in vain.
- No. - Maintain your cover, complete your mission.
Only you can drive them out.
Only you can find who did this.
As far as the world's concerned,
you are Steve Rowland.
Move.
Freeze! Nobody move!
You! Come down!
Stand down, they're friendlies.
What do you are doing here General Carrington?
- What? - What are you doing here?
My daughter...
I'm sorry, my daughter called...
she needed my help.
Agent Jones and I got here as soon as we could.
What did he want with her?
My guess is...
to use her as bait to get to me.
- And he killed her? - No, the bullet came from outside.
Someone doesn't want that man talking.
We lost the target, Colonel Amos is taking him into custody.
You do whatever you need to do,
and just make sure that the thirteen is killed before he talks.
Let me see it my way.
I take issue with that.
My sister, more than anyone,
knew that the freedom is a privilege as much it is right.
I'm not asking for her disciples.
I'm asking them to elect a strong leader so those freedoms can be preserved.
We need to defend ourselves, and to defend ourselves the biggest thing
is no more inferiority.
Because the next attack...
may be the one that brings this country to it's knees.
President Galbrain's soft foreign policy...
my official world view would be he has has made this country vulnerable...
I have an urgent message for the President.
If elected, I will do what this Administration has failed to do.
I will issue executive orders to
increase our military presence in the Middle East and Asia.
And put pressure on countries that harbor extreme terrorists...
I will make this country safe again and that's a promise.
President Galbrain, you have sixty seconds.
President Galbrain, your rebuttal please!
I'm sorry... ladies and gentlemen
my staff has just informed me that we have apprehended thirteen,
the suspect we believe assassinated President Sally Sheridan.
- Yes. - No matter what you hear...
the schedule will remain the same.
I understand.
Scripted by Alsha3bo Edited by LeapinLar