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Valentine. What kept you?

Yeah, right.

I know you civil servants at Clockwatch, but I can't beat a 30 -knot headwind.

Is that it?

Don't look so disappointed.

I thought this was high security.

It is.

If this falls into the wrong hands... It could be the end of civilization as we

know it, yeah.

Maybe.

People are always so melodramatic.

Tell me where I'm meant to drop this thing?

The hive.

The what?

Government listening agency.

Never heard of it.

Not supposed to.

It's a secret.

I think your secret's out, sunshine.

What do they want us to do?

I think they want us to land.

We can't.

Lose them.

Lose them. I'm trying to, my friend. They've got a little more horsepower

we have.

Where the hell are they?

All right, they're behind us near the club high.

All right, all right.

I don't think they're trying to hit us. They're deliberately aiming low. Well,

they're shooting at us. They're after your device.

They're trying to force us down.

They don't want to destroy it. Well, then let them get their hands on it.

Hang on to your hat, Mr.

Ballantyne.

Are they still there?

Yeah, they're coming up here. Damn.

Watch out for that rock.

What rock?

Very sneaky. They're forcing us up the valley.

It's working.

Quick, have them cornered.

So when do I get paid?

When we get our hands on the goods.

Watch out for the downwind.

Valentine, listen.

Aim for the rear rotor.

Can't hit it.

Yeah, allow me.

They say video games aren't any good for you.

What exactly does it do, Mr Dent?

It's a vital new piece of equipment for the nation's defence, Pickett.

And we're lucky to have it here in one piece.

From what I heard, luck had nothing to do with it. It was all down some chopper

pilot. What worries me is how they knew about this at all.

Moore, haven't your security people come up with anything?

Nothing so far.

Valentine's gone to take a look at the crass chopper, but I doubt it'll tell us

anything. Maybe not, but keep me informed.

Now, let's get on with this, eh?

You better try one of the news channels. We don't want to mess with anything

serious.

A setback in the efforts to bring peace to a troubled area.

On the scene, our reporter Bob Gaydon reports now live by satellite.

Bob, you've been in the Capitol since the ill -fated elections two days ago.

Just how bad is this latest setback for the peace process?

Well, Dick, as government talks with the rebels have broken down completely,

heavy selling from the founding...

We seem to have temporarily lost Bob.

We'll re -establish that satellite.

If we let you.

Just a moment when we've lost that little gremlin. A gremlin called

She jams satellites, calls them up, and won't let go.

Thakros? What's Thakros? It sounds like some Greek island.

Satellite and communication remote override system.

I'll take Thakros.

That seems to work okay.

Nice machine.

Powerful weapon.

We rely so much on satellite communications.

Absolutely.

Anything and everything that goes by a satellite becomes vulnerable.

At the flick of a switch, you could disable a country's telephones.

Defenses.

Financial transactions.

You could bring half the world to a halt.

Beckett.

Hello? Hello?

Who's there? Beckett, it's me.

Valentine. The woman involved in the attack on the chopper.

I found her car.

I put a track on it.

I think we should meet.

Away from the hive.

Away from here? Why?

I think it was an inside chopper.

Someone in the hive set it up.

Excuse me, will you be long?

I'm sorry, I'll just be a couple of seconds.

Ballantyne?

Ballantyne?

I think it was an inside job.

Someone in the hive.

Give me a couple of seconds.

Could be anything.

Valentine's been shot, sir.

That's a gun with a silencer, I'm sure of it.

Beg it, it's been over ten years since a hive operative has been shot in action.

So? Well, I'm sure Valentine is perfectly all right.

And if you're that worried, I'll have a word with Dent about it, OK?

Oh, I'll have that tape filed.

So what is it you want?

Why the sudden meeting here?

We've decided we must take Zuckers out of the hive itself.

We need you to supply us with the access codes.

Take it from the hive?

That's crazy. It's impossible.

Easier than you think.

Anyway, all you need worry about is getting us the code.

Look... You need money, don't you?

Well, do as we ask.

Then you take the pen out of your pocket.

point it at the target, and turn on the transmitter.

If you want to record, you press the record button on the machine.

Excuse me a moment.

Hello, Gizmos.

Who's that? Ros, who's that?

Look, um, I need something enhancing, and it's, uh, well, rather sensitive.

Sounds intriguing.

I want the guy I dealt with before, uh, Terry.

Well, Terry's gone. I'm the guy now.

Uh, forget it.

Come on.

You want something doing? I can do it. No questions asked.

What's the originating format?

Mini -disc, digital cassette, that.

That. Oh, no problem then.

I can get that on audio file, pull up the signal so clear you could hear a pin

drop and know where to find it.

Sorry. What was that?

What you wear?

Right.

I'll be there.

Nick. Beckett.

Yep.

I'll see you then.

My name's Rose.

Rose Henderson.

Records room.

Mechanical fault, sir.

I'll check it out.

Problem, then?

Fault in the records room.

Probably that thing.

Beckett. Ident here, Beckett.

Hello, sir. I've been told you're worried about Ballantyne. Can you brief

Uh, yeah.

When? Five minutes in the conference room.

Beckett, I need Ballantyne's file. It's on my desk.

Could you pop into my office and bring it down to me?

Sure. I'll see you in a minute.

Can I help, Mr Beckett?

I'm just getting a file from Mr Dent.

Of course you are, sir.

He called me on an internal line. Mr Dent is out for the rest of the day. I

spoke to his secretary.

That's impossible.

He just asked me to bring him a file.

I'm sure there's some easy explanation.

Log it in the incident book and we'll say no more.

Regulation state. I know the rule book, Alan.

Okay, just that, Mr Beckett, that if by yourself there's nothing in there.

There's really no need for this, you know.

Is there a problem, Nick?

Smart place for a man on your salary.

Oh, paid for with stolen tapes, of course.

No joke, Beckett.

Am I long?

Check in there.

You should have lined the tape out. You know the procedure.

The castle.

Mr Beckett!

Drive!

We did say five, am I early? No, you're just in time, now drive!

Drive!

Oi!

Get off my car!

You wouldn't want to tell me what the hell is going on, I suppose. As soon as

find out, you'll be the first to know.

Are you from the Hive too?

Yeah.

How did you know that?

Pitch you out.

So what's the score here then? You're not playing your team, are you?

Do I look dishonest?

Right.

What are you doing?

Watch out!

Chicken!

Persistent, aren't they?

Yeah, I blame performance -related pain myself.

So you think you're a wrong -un, do you think? Someone's working very hard to

make it look that way.

It wouldn't exactly be our character, though, would it?

This was the U .S. base, I think. I believe 1989.

Court -martialed for failing to obey orders in 1991.

That's classified.

Mr.

Beckett. Oh, really?

Me? What about you?

A legal wiretap?

Bugging? Phone -freaking?

You hooked the Foreign Secretary's private line -up to a knocking job in

That was a nice job, wasn't it? How did you find that out, anyway?

The same way you did. Only I'm authorized.

That's about it.

Whatever you're going to pay me, the price just went up.

So it's on the tape that's so important.

Well, that's what I was hoping you'd find out.

That was very impressive, you know.

The way you lost Cottrell.

More coffee?

Yeah, yeah, thanks.

Cottrell's a perfectionist, though.

He won't just give up.

You know this guy? He lives on the top floor.

No! Beckett, he's my neighbour. Now put him down.

I'm sorry, all right? I thought you were someone else.

Obviously.

Nick Beckett.

Ed.

You make a habit of this, do you? Climbing up other people's balconies.

As a matter of fact, I was just trying to make my way home.

The interesting way.

He's always doing this.

When I bought the flat, no -one told me the block had a resident Spider -Man.

Ed. You would not believe the day we have had. Beckett works for... Actually,

should say he used to work for this place called The Hive. Now, we were...

Hive?

I did a job for them yesterday.

You're joking.

I got shot at for my troubles.

Wait a minute.

You were Ballantyne's pilot, right?

Collecting Thakros.

Ballantyne?

Hey, that was the guy's name. Is he a friend of yours?

He was.

He's dead.

At least I think he's dead.

I heard this shot. At least...

I thought I heard this shot.

On this tape. The trouble is, the tape's back at the hive. Right, so that's the

sound on the tape that you want me to enhance.

That's right.

Maybe I'm concussed. Why don't you just go back and get the tape?

Because I'm a wanted man, and the hive has got a security system that makes

Knox look like a playpen.

Sounds interesting.

Meaning?

Meaning...

I like a challenge.

This is Ballantyne.

He seemed like an okay kind of guy.

If something's happened, I'd like to help if I can.

And how exactly could you help?

Don't ask.

Fingers crossed, Ed.

The helmet camera's working well.

You're mad, you know that?

Nah, skip forward if I don't risk my life at least twice a day.

Twice on Sundays.

Now this tape, it's on the top floor, yeah?

Yeah.

You're on the right side there.

There's a window in the tower below you.

What, down here?

Yes.

All right, I'm going over.

That's the window there.

It's a bit small, isn't it?

They're the only ones open.

Use the bypass I gave you and make sure the contacts are clean.

The one in front leads to another corridor.

That's it.

Right, the records room is on your left.

There are cameras in that corridor, Ed.

If the night shift are as hot as the day lot, you've got about 30 seconds.

Oh, it's not here.

You're out of time, Ed. Get out.

It's got to be here somewhere.

Intruder on top floor!

Hey! Now I've found it!

Incontrol's in train!

I should have guessed.

If you thought of that in the first place, I could have saved myself a lot

trouble!

I can't get the money to work!

No doubt in my mind, that's a shot into a body.

Sorry, Beckett.

What's the sound just before that? In the background, there's a noise.

Let's see what I can do.

Excuse me, will you be loud?

It's a woman talking.

She's probably the killer.

There's another sound in the background.

It sounds mechanical, Nick.

I really... Why do you want to know?

Because it might be a clue as to where Ballantyne was shot, which could lead us

to the killer. How?

Ballantyne, he'd followed his suspect, right?

And he bugged her car.

But the range of that sort of bug is strictly limited.

Exactly.

So if we can find out where Ballantyne was shot, then we might be able to pick

up the frequency.

Come on, this is all I've got.

I'll see if I can get the background anything clearer.

Guys,

I

think I've got something.

Valentine's butt?

Yeah. Is it the frequency he was using?

It looks like it. Which direction?

North.

Right, let's get in the car. Come on.

Well, here it is.

The woman's car.

Rose, what are you doing?

I'm into the phone company's records, trying to find out who lives here.

Well, the House of the Lounge, and in the name of Elena Johnson.

You need anything to anybody?

Let's go and take a look around.

Well, hang on a sec.

We know she did it. Why play spy games on her?

Look, Ed, someone at the Hive has framed me, and I've got to find out who, okay?

Down.

Okay.

Ed,

you follow her.

Me and Roz are going looking for her.

Ed, this is for you.

What is it?

It's a tracer. It's not going to find you.

Roz, I'm not going to get lost.

I am out of short trousers now, you know.

Okay, fine.

I'll be thinking of you.

Tracer.

Makes him get lost.

I suppose you people from the Hive do this sort of thing all the time.

Only in the national interest.

Of course.

I'll take upstairs.

Here's the card.

And this is tomorrow's.

Look, I programmed them.

No one else knows the cards.

Now, have you got something for me?

Your payment.

Yes. It's being arranged, don't worry.

In the meantime, a little something extra as a thank you for being patient.

Open it later.

Now, let's enjoy our meal, eh?

Order for me, will you?

I want a moment.

Yeah. Hi.

What are you doing?

I'm updating that old photo we found at Elena's house.

Computer aging.

Oh, yeah.

The Americans invented this, didn't they? To find missing kids.

We've got this on the main frame at the hive.

Hang on a minute.

This is the one on the main frame at the hive.

You're catching on.

Hey, can you age him up? He looks kind of familiar.

That's what I was about to do.

How long does it take?

A couple of minutes.

Excuse me.

Hello?

Mr. Dent?

You've been rather a naughty boy, haven't you, Beckett?

And I must warn you.

Beware of women who drive too fast.

Over bridges.

Sorry, Beckett, couldn't resist.

I've been trying to think how they set you up.

Figured it had to be something like that. Someone just sampled him, then

voice synthesizer.

So, how did you get a sample of Dent's voice?

Easy, compared to getting into the hive's ageing system.

So that's how Mr Dent made an internal call when he wasn't in the building,

right?

Well, if he didn't make the call, who did?

Him.

Do you recognise him?

Recognise him?

I work for him. That's Cottrell, my boss.

I don't get it.

If Cottrell is the link, then what the hell is he playing?

I've no idea.

But I'm not going to be able to clear my name until we figure it out.

Stop the car.

Okay, so get low.

Hey! Five minutes earlier would have been better.

Rose, you're all right?

Yeah.

More than could be said for my car.

Thank God.

Where's Beckett?

I don't know.

Cottrell took him somewhere.

All right.

Let's find Cottrell and hope he leaves it to Beckett.

Thank you.

Appreciate it.

Standby roll.

Rolling.

Hello, ladies.

Morning, sir.

Buy a poppy? It's only once a year.

Thank you.

Put him in there for you.

Come on.

Sir.

Thank you.

Decent of you.

Ah, thank you, ladies.

Everything's okay as long as he doesn't take his jacket off.

Mr. Cottrell, what are you wanting?

Cyclops. We're doing some more tests.

Well, Mr. Dent told me there was restricted access to it.

Oh, yes, of course.

Well, I can't let you take it without authorization of Mr. Dent.

Oh.

Hmm.

Well, this, dear.

He's killed him.

To get Thackerel.

What chance has Beckett got now?

Looks like they're planning to leave the country.

You'd better get over to Elena Johnson's. Keep an eye on her.

So you steal Sacros?

What then?

Set up the biggest protection racket in the world?

Let's just say that the satellites are about to become redundant.

Unless we say so, of course.

How much are you paying Cottrell?

Pay him.

We are partners and have been for a very long time.

With the help of Sacros, we are going to become very rich.

I have it.

I'm leaving now.

Look, I'll meet you as planned. Then we can... What's happened?

There's something strange.

Damn. They're onto us, Ed. Yeah, I know. I bet.

I'm listening outside the land as now.

They could have heard every word. Then I'll kill him.

Now.

Roadless and vacant's here.

I'm going in.

Time's up, Becky.

some plane tickets. I'm pretty certain he's heading for the airport now.

Ross is on a control.

He's headed for the airport. Are you tailing him?

No, I'm going to pick you up.

I think I know of a way to make them change their plan.

Hello. It's me.

Hello, darling.

You disposed of Beckett?

He's dead.

Wonderful.

I don't think we should risk the airport. They'll be looking for us.

Now listen.

I've got an idea.

Well, you got that all right.

Let's see what she makes of your performance.

We need a change of plan.

We'll never get through immigration.

God.

You mean you won't? They haven't got my name on their computers.

It's all right.

I've got it all worked out.

I know a man with a helicopter.

He can take us to Paris.

We'll pick up a flight there. I've not had good experience with helicopters.

It will be okay this time.

All right. Right.

Where do we meet him?

Okay, we're in a go condition. Just lifting off. Do you copy?

What are you on about, Ed?

Well, isn't that the sort of thing you say in these situations?

I never do, no.

How come you've only just got airborne?

Hey, listen.

You can't park a helicopter just anywhere, you know.

Good idea to order a helicopter.

I didn't order the helicopter.

You phoned me and told me to meet you here. You phoned me.

You idiot.

Let's get out.

Okay, Roz. Look out. It looks like they know we're on to them. Don't worry.

We won't get far. Don't ram them. You'll damage that cross.

I knew it was a mistake to let you drive.

Oh, my poor clutch.

I mean, don't worry about the paintwork.

We really can't go on meet and seek, you know. At least we don't get car sick.

You want a trip to take or something?

Yep, we shouldn't go through all this.

And only pick up bits and pieces fit for the recycling skips.

They're getting people away.

No, they're not.

No, it looks like.

Ed, where are you? We're losing them.

We're not.

We're not losing them. We're just very much in second place.

Roger. We'll go. Estimated time of arrival is about pretty soon.

Just get here, Ed. All right, all right. I'm almost there.

Jake.

Where are you going? Someone died, Mark.

Where did this road lead to?

I don't know. It's not on the map.

We're going to be safe.

Ten years' work went into it, Sackross.

Now look at it.

Well, I guess that's your chances of getting your job back gone up in smoke.

Yeah.

I'd better get me old interviews due now, I think. Not necessarily.

I've got a proposition to put to you.

You too, Ed.

It's, uh... It's for you.

No.

You got me a present.

Sort of.

More a case of lost property, really.

My lovely car.

Yeah, we, uh... We don't know what it was before, but, um... Now it's a

Yeah, Ros, I mean, um... You know, it's probably better off this way.

Why you drive?

I suppose there is one good thing.

Be a Donald to park.