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A tissue box?

I paid all that money for a tissue box? Just watch.

System activate.

A 19th century scientist, Thomas Huxley, once asked, if a little knowledge is a

dangerous thing, then how much knowledge does a person need before they're safe?

My guess?

A whole hell of a lot.

Anything happen there?

The Department of Defense

is in a panic.

Apparently someone just broke through all their firewalls and into their ultra

-secure system.

It works.

Very impressive, Dr. Easton.

How long before we can take it with us?

Take it?

Mr. Alitas wonders when the QC will be fully operational. Well, I expect it

be several months.

There are still more tests around. A million more. We'll test it ourselves.

I want it day after tomorrow. No.

No. You have to understand, Dr.

Easton just wants to make sure there are no malfunctions. It takes time. Fine.

She has 48 hours. But it needs more time.

Let me remind you that we commissioned this project, not the other way around.

So in your own words, no.

Day after tomorrow.

I didn't think you'd be here so soon.

Neither did I.

And I didn't know it would work.

Who did?

You can't just let him take the QC. You know what he'll do with it.

We have no choice.

Look, I'm as heart sick about this as you are. Just get it ready, okay?

I'm truly sorry.

Okay, this chick named Pandora was so damn curious, she opened a box that

unleashed pain, disease, and other fun stuff into the universe.

This is a story of what happened when Darian Fox met Pandora.

System activate.

There once was a story about a man who could turn invisible.

I thought it was only a story.

Until it happened to me.

Okay, so here's how it works. There's this stuff called Quicksilver that can

bend life.

Some scientists made it into a synthetic gland, and that's where I came in.

See, I was facing life in prison, and they were looking for a human

So, we made a deal.

They put the gland in my brain, I walked free.

The operation was a success, but that's where everything started to go wrong.

Good morning, Claire.

Wow. You're early.

What's the occasion?

Oh, it's Monday.

That's all.

Oh,

and I figured out how to get the gland out of my head.

Okay, you ready for this?

Check this out.

Neurosurgeon in St. Louis. Look, I figured out how to use superconducting

magnets to direct a surgical instrument into the brain around corners.

And on a curved path, bam.

Darn. No, no, no, this will work. No, no, this won't work.

How do you know that?

I mean, you didn't even look at it. Well, you just looked at it? I did look

it. I pulled the study last week. Look, the micromagnetic field will cause

synthetic tissue of your gland to hemorrhage.

Quicksilver will leak into your brain stem and you die on the table.

That's a lie.

I'm trying to help you. No, no, no, you're trying to keep me.

Alive, yes.

Would you like to see the alternative?

Here's my research.

Possibilities for gland removal.

Acoustic ablations device. Patient dies. Viral induction.

Patient dies.

Nanotech microsurgery. 2 % chance success.

98 % chance patient dies.

Look, if I... When I find a way to safely remove the gland, I promise you

will be the first to know. You know, I just got an idea. Why don't you give me

copy of the files and I'll get up with the research. What do you... No, why?

It's safer if it's dead classified.

Yeah, it's safer for home. Look.

I know how you feel. Oh, yeah?

Really?

You ever felt this?

Now, now, boys and girls.

Let's play nice.

Fox, big man wants to see us upstairs.

Well, fine.

Is that weird when he does that?

Seriously, does it feel kind of weird, like?

Oh, buzz off.

Yeah.

Thanks, Mick.

Yeah, so long.

And here they are.

You two have an assignment.

No, no.

Hobbs had an assignment. I have a sentence.

Oh, it's my little darling upset.

Daddy want to fix it for you? All right, enough.

We don't have time for this.

You'll be investigating a security breach and theft of a special project at

Mayor Foundation.

What?

The Mayer Foundation is the nation's premier think tank. The government

contracts them to make extremely accurate projections on the future of

planet. No, I read about these guys in Scientific American.

Yeah, if you're brilliant or smart, they'd kick you out of here. I'd be like

genius. Don't you ever make an obsession for you two.

Okay, so what's the project that was stolen?

Trust me when I say this to you.

It's a secret.

Neither of us know.

You'll be met by Mick Callahan, Foundation Director, and a personal

mine. Dr. Callaghan prefers to keep this investigation at a very low profile.

That is why he has contacted the agency.

Why doesn't he use his own security people?

Because he has good reason to suspect it was an inside job.

Someone used his key card and faked his palm print identification.

Wait a minute.

How can you be sure it wasn't him?

Because I've known McCallaghan for 16 years.

Besides, why would he call in an outside party to head the investigation?

Well, if the outside party was the welfare office of all intelligence

Then his buddy old pal 16 years ran.

I'd say it's because he's smart. Genius.

That'll be all.

When did you start reading scientific literature?

Friday.

Can you hear anything?

Gentlemen, welcome to the Foundation.

I'm Dr. Callahan. You must be Mr.

Hobbs and Mr. Fawkes. Yes, that's correct, but I'm Mr. Hobbs.

Fawkes. Well, if there's any way I can aid in your investigation, please ask.

Well, I think the best thing is to start with the scene of the crime. No, I'm

afraid that's not possible. You see, Lab A is only accessible to specially

cleared personnel.

No, indeed.

Right?

So we can't get in there?

No, sorry.

Oh, okay. Why don't you just tell us exactly what was stolen?

I'm afraid that's highly classified.

Highly classified? Okay, you know what? Maybe I'm not a genius. You're going to

have to walk me through this. If you don't tell us what was stolen, how do

expect us to get it back?

Gentlemen.

You don't understand what we do here.

Well, apparently we're not supposed to. We are contracted to find solutions to

keep this world a...

safe place to sleep at night. But if you knew some of those solutions, you might

not sleep so well yourself.

Ah, this is Dr.

Easton, one of our stars.

Kate, hi.

Hey, Fox.

Robert.

Pleasure. How you doing?

So, you're investigating the theft?

Yeah, that's correct.

Bet it's a bummer with all the clearance issues, huh?

It's a bummer, yeah.

Well, believe me, I'm beginning to despise the word classified in ways

never imagined.

So, Kate, What project are you working on?

That's classified.

Of course, classified.

Actually, no, it's easy. It's the one that was stolen.

Yeah, you had to be clear to know about the theft, right?

Gentlemen, I'm sorry I restricted your investigation, but it was necessary for

the sake of security.

And I was... To get back to work as well.

Oh, good. We'll just continue our inquiry around the perimeter. Yeah,

we're just going to hit the bathroom. That's okay.

One of them did it. Sure did.

Him? Or her? Or both? I mean, come on, she signed something.

We'll come back tonight.

Yeah, pay a little visit to lab A. Security?

Never see me coming. Atta boy.

Thank you for coming. I know you didn't have to.

Katie, how did you get yourself involved in this? They were going to take the

prototype and all of my research. They paid for it.

Can I have a soda water, please?

When did you start drinking?

Susan, I just need some time.

The university's got to have a spare lab.

Look, I don't know what you think. I'm asking for your help, okay? You can say

yes or no.

Please say yes.

And you know what? Mark and I are leaving for Colorado tomorrow.

I'm just going to give you an extra key to my house. And that way, you can stay

there until this whole thing blows over.

All right? It's not going to blow over.

You know, we don't have the facilities that Foundation does, nor the funds.

if I provided the funds? You don't have that kind of money. What if I provided

the funds?

Thank you.

You were right about the yearbook.

I didn't want you to have a drink with Susan Altieri.

Well, I'm in.

Hopefully not locked in.

All right, just don't touch anything you don't understand, all right?

That doesn't leave many options, huh?

Here she comes.

Folks, you're going to have a little company tonight.

Dr. Kate is working late, and she's coming your way.

Well, this should be educational.

Here we go.

System activate.

Change data retrieval.

Access Hangson index.

Real time.

Okay.

Let's go to market.

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

That was better than Armax.

Hello, Doctor. How are you?

What are you doing here?

Catching a thief.

Hey, don't blame me. It's your fault. You're the one wishing me good luck,

Look, I have a right to be here. You don't. Okay, fine. Why don't you call

security?

I'll wait.

Yeah, that's what I thought. Now, I don't know what I just saw, except for

was actually very cool. But I do recognize the dollar sign.

You just stole 20 million bucks.

I earned it legally. Really? In ten seconds? Nice gig, huh?

You don't know what you're dealing with.

Why didn't you explain it to me?

You wouldn't understand.

It's high tech. What a coincidence. So am I.

What's that kid do?

Where are you going?

What are you doing?

Oh, great. You caused a ruckus. Now I got to deal with security.

That's not security.

I don't know.

Oh, wow.

Oh, crap.

So let me get this straight. They grafted a synthetic biopartition to your

cerebral cortex and your brain didn't reject the wet wiring?

Kate, it's really... That is so cool!

Hey, hey, we just shot it, remember?

Yeah, yeah, and it was the scariest thing that ever happened to me.

Until a second later when I was turned invisible.

Must be light refraction at a molecular level.

Now, redistribution, frequency, redistribution. What's the hormone

Quikfil.

Do you know the molecular properties?

Hey, you know what? It's actually kind of hard for me to talk about. I mean, I

kind of have mixed feelings about the gland. It's kind of a combo of hate and

fear. So if you don't mind, I'd like to switch to heavier topics like who just

shot at us and why.

This is why.

Yeah, I figured that. What is it?

What do you know about quantum physics?

Just slightly less than nothing.

In a nutshell, it's a theory which supposes that time and space are the

thing and that all points in the universe are both connected and

Thanks for clearing that up. I mean, it's really not that complicated. Yeah,

know. I get it. It's an infinite number of universes coexisting simultaneously.

That's exactly it.

Yeah, it's science fiction.

Good talking.

You are smarty pants, aren't you? All right. All right, so, um, what does

quantum physics have to do with this thing?

This is a quantum computer.

Q is a computer?

Mm -hmm.

Most powerful on Earth.

You ask it a question, it gives you every possible answer in every possible

universe. Finds order in chaos.

Now it finds $20 million in 10 seconds. That's what it finds.

Wasn't that amazing? It's phenomenal, man.

I had the QC analyze the Hong Kong market and the currency exchange.

It knew exactly which stocks were going to rise and fall and predicted the

fluctuation of the HK dollar. There was no way not to win.

I can make a fortune with that thing.

Or serve mankind.

Or make a fortune.

Wait a minute, so you built this yourself?

Me, the Mayer Foundation, and several million dollars from the NSA.

NSA? Yeah.

They want to use it for military purposes. Code breaking. I built it to

people. No, no, no. You stole it to help people.

It took the Human Genome Project 12 years to map the human DNA. The QC could

have done it in 10 minutes.

It could help cure Alzheimer's, MS, any genetic disease.

I don't want to ask you a question, do you?

You think you can figure out how to get this gland out of my head without

killing me?

In about a second and a half.

Einstein to Michelangelo. Einstein to Michelangelo. Come in, Mike.

Yeah, go ahead.

What the hell's going on in there? Where is she?

What do you mean?

Fuck, she walked in there like 15 minutes ago. Where is she?

I never saw her.

mean you didn't see her? I saw her go right in. Did you see anybody else go in

there? Kind of a mid -sized Asian ad? No.

Looked like stink. No, I didn't. We'll try to change the subject.

You hiding something from me?

Always. She made a move on you, didn't she?

You know exactly what she's up to, and she seduced you to keep quiet.

Dirty little down. Oh, she didn't seduce him. Oh, you seduced her. No.

Oh, but you admit she was there, right?

Blushing all over. I know you're lying to me. I am not blushing. Yes, you are.

am like a tomato.

I mean, you can get this benefit, my friend, from the agency. I'm scared. You

don't fish off the company pier, son.

Was it good?

Huh? Was it good?

You think I'm not going to rat you out because of your part? Well, I got news

for you there, buckwheat.

Incorrecto. I find out you crossed over the line, and I turn you and your fancy

pants little gland right in there, pal. You know, you're very pretty when you

get upset.

You don't think I know this?

I'm terribly sorry, but you have to understand... What I need to understand,

already understood when I saw the quantum computer operate on Monday. It's

simply not ready. You've already used that line.

Look, it's the truth.

I don't know what else to say.

Then don't say anything.

I'll talk to Dr. Easton and myself. Where is she? She's not here today.

What are you hiding, Doctor? Oh, please.

Let me remind you that we're not paying you to keep secrets from us. I know

that.

Now, if you'll excuse me for a minute, I'll make a call to settle the whole

thing, all right?

Fine.

I'll be right outside.

Yeah. Check back with me later.

Oh.

Sorry. Sorry, sir. Apologize.

Gentlemen.

Gentlemen, I think an explanation is in order.

Explanation? Beware the situation you place this agency in.

Situation? There was a second security breach at the Mayor Foundation.

Oh, well, that was us, sir. We were just zeroing in on a suspect.

Who? Names?

Why don't you tell them, Agent Darien Fox?

Well, no, I mean, we weren't exactly zeroing. It was more like narrowing. You

know, there were three or four people who were showing signs. Would one of

be Dr.

Easton?

When she failed to show up to work today, Dr.

Callahan called her apartment.

No one answered. Yeah, actually, she was a suspect, but we weren't, you know,

exactly sure.

You know, don't get me wrong, she definitely looked like a possibility.

know, possibly.

Potentially. But the last thing we wanted to do was...

Make a move before we were locked in, because if we were wrong, then we might

spook the real perp. Exactly. See, we were scared of spooking the real perp.

Spooking the perp. I tried spooking the perp, sir.

Do I need to remind you how important this case is?

It's very important.

The Mayer Foundation has contracts with all the major agencies. We are very

lucky, very lucky to have this opportunity.

If you screw this up, I'll kill you.

Thank you.

What is it? What's what? What's your angle?

What do you mean angle? I got no angle.

No, no, no. You covered for me. So?

So, you did something nice.

What's your angle? I just wanted to see if you were hiding something.

And you are.

Now, it throws me no good if the fat man hangs you out to dry because then maybe

I end up with a new partner.

And I don't want to start over with a new yutz just when the yutz I got is

running on the ropes. Boy, I am so happy for me.

The problem is, while you're learning the ropes, you're up there walking on

them.

Think of this as a reprieve there, friend.

If you don't come clean with everything you know about our little cheerleading

scientist, I'm going to cut you loose from my bosom of protection passport.

Now, what'd she tell you?

Nothing.

You don't have a clue where she might be?

None.

Hmm, okay, fine. Here's the plan. I'm going to do a background check, wait for

the results. Then we go to her place, do some invisible B &E. Okay.

Be ready in a half hour. Check.

You better start telling the truth around here, my friend, because I'm the

person to know if you want to be lying to me.

You think I don't notice when you're lying, you use these one -word answers.

You don't think I noticed that? I notice.

If. The.

Of. Check.

Hi. Hey. I didn't know if you were going to show.

What are you talking about? We're in it together now.

Wait, you realize you just consumed twice your body weight, right?

I was hungry.

I guess getting shot at works up a real appetite, huh?

Are you speaking from experience?

They didn't cover anything like this in my post -doctoral.

Oh, yeah? When you were, like, what, 19?

16, actually.

16. All right.

How does this whole genius thing work, anyway? What, do you hear things?

No, but I do see things.

Images, glimpses of something whole, and the rest is just working hard enough to

see the entire picture.

Yeah, I get it, but why?

Addiction. After one bite of the apple, you just want another.

And when it's pure, there is nothing more thrilling than the pursuit of

knowledge.

Yeah, I had a brother. He was a scientist. He was exactly the same way.

He was.

You done?

Yeah, thanks.

Let me ask you a question.

Do you ever think that there's kind of a...

Dad taught me to be young and brilliant.

Yeah.

I remember wanting to go to senior prom. I was obsessed with it, actually. But I

was 12 when I graduated high school, so you can imagine how many guys in my

class were just dying to ask me out.

Hey, they're lost, right?

Yeah.

Yes.

You know what was annoying?

When I was seven, my mom had me take ballroom dancing.

Ooh, ouch.

Just to get me away from the computer.

Never had a chance to use what I learned.

Think you remember?

What?

Your hand is really cold.

Oh, crap.

My God, what's wrong?

The Quicksilver takes over when my adrenaline gets pumping. Would it help

throw some cold water under something?

Just give me a second here.

Is this the first time it's happened?

Oh, thank you. That helps.

Come on.

Oh, there we go.

Right? See?

Guess everything's back to normal.

Yeah, I guess. You said it is normal.

Your brother, he created the Quicksilver Gland, didn't he?

Yeah.

What happened to him?

He was shot.

He died in my arm.

Sorry.

Kate, I was just thinking. I know how important your work is to you.

You know, it's not just work. It's your passion.

And Kevin wanted answers to questions. You know, he pursued knowledge. And he

ended up paying the price for it. So did you.

Hey, I'm still paying.

And I just want to help you get that thing out of your head.

Believe me, I want the same thing, but it ain't worth your life.

That said, what do you need to get the gland out?

All of the data on it. Anything I can feed into the QC.

I was afraid of that.

All right.

What makes you think this will work exactly?

Claire, I saw it work.

All right, now I have a question for you.

Have you ever heard of quantum physics?

Yeah, absolutely.

You know, space -time, parallel dimension, no you, no me, that kind of

sure. Right, right. And whoever says they understand quantum physics doesn't

know what they're talking about. Yeah, I know. I get it. That's the whole point.

No, the point is that you're putting your trust in the culprit of the crime

you're investigating. I mean, what she's talking about isn't even possible.

Yeah.

And the world's flat.

Okay, okay.

What's that? It means for a scientist, your body's open -minded to the people

that accused Galileo of being a heretic.

Oh, please.

Let me ask you something. You told me before that if... When you found a way

take the gland out, that you would put me ahead of the agency. I just wonder if

there's any truth to that.

Is there any truth to that?

Kate. Claire.

Claire. Kate.

Hi. Hello.

So, you really think you can find a way to extricate the gland?

Not me.

The quantum computer.

You have an operative prototype?

Yes. What are you using to retain particle separation?

Barium -helium mix. 3 to 1 ratio? 5 to 1. Charges localize to several atomic

units. Well, I can't stand girl talk.

Okay, I'll be leaving now. You know, getting ready, so...

Hard to believe.

I know.

When I first saw the answer, I couldn't believe it myself.

It was so clear.

I know the feeling.

You, uh, you work pretty closely with Darian.

We have a symbiotic relationship.

Which would end if the gland were removed.

Possibly.

I expect you find yourself in the same dilemma.

I wouldn't call it a dilemma. I'm just trying to help him.

Then, uh...

I think you'll need these.

Thank you.

I hope it works.

For his sake.

I'll sing my thoughts out.

Is that the two of them in there?

well this is definitely a hallmark moment i'm sorry it's just kind of hard

imagine that the key to my freedom is locked inside this little sucker well

things come in small packages huh um i can't use the qc until i

get all the peripherals but uh we can go somewhere and check that out sounds

like a plan

It's Jehovah's Witnesses.

Get in the car.

Come on. Go, go, go.

Pop, don't shoot.

No.

I wasn't aiming at them. I was aiming at the tire.

You've just been sitting there, waiting.

Spying on me since yesterday, huh?

Yeah, well.

I had to hunt you up to something. Just wait to see what.

I guess you think you know, right?

You're lying, Leo.

I know where you slept last night.

I slept in my townhouse. Yeah, where'd she sleep, huh?

What's wrong with you, man? What's the matter? Me? Yeah.

What's the matter with you?

Every time I think we're getting a little simpatico, you go pull a stunt

this. Wait, wait, wait.

She found a way to take the gland out, G. Yeah,

so? So?

So what? So? So that happens to be a little important to me.

Yeah,

that's right.

That's right, because then I'm gone. I'm out of this damn agency.

Yeah? That's right.

What are you going to do?

What am I going to do? Don't worry about me. I'll do fine.

As a thief?

Well, not for nothing, but you suck as a thief.

Okay? Yeah?

Well, there's other ways to make a living, my friend. What are you going to

Be a doctor, huh? Maybe.

Maybe. Lawyer?

Dr. Faulty?

I heard they need a new rabbi at the congregation down my block.

Fox, you have found the one thing that you can do, and you will always be the

best at it.

Why don't you just do it instead of wasting your energy and mine trying to

a way out?

There you go.

I think you know where that goes.

You've got a plan. It won't work.

Darien will shoot himself before he comes here. Oh, he'll come.

After all, you're a damsel in distress.

He's a big hero.

We can tell allodiceans they'll never touch the QC.

You're right about that.

No one will get their hands on the QC.

Not ever.

Oh, you had such vision, Kate.

Too bad you were blinded by it.

You know, I remember that day when you first came into my office. I was

with joy over your latest epiphany.

I knew that was the beginning of the end.

The end of what?

Kate, your invention will destroy the world.

No, no, it will improve it. It'll explain it. That's what Fermi thought

split the atom.

Of course, he never dreamed about nuclear winter.

Make you know it's just a tool. A tool placed in the hands of men?

Who? Uncle Sam?

Well, he'd use it to become omnipotent, break every country's missile code. They

launch, we launch, and then you and I, Kate.

We could sit down with Fermi for a nice dinner in hell.

How long have you been planning to betray me? Since June?

At first, I wanted to slow you down.

Discourage you.

But unfortunately, I underestimated your talents.

Oh, you also underestimated the people you hired to cover your tracks and give

you your own life.

You mean the agency?

Well, they haven't failed as much as I'd expected, but they'd have some time

left. Oh, Kate.

I'm so sorry.

Make the call.

Yeah, no, no, I got it.

He's safe, right?

Okay, we'll be there in half an hour.

What? They want a trade.

Hey, you're gonna have to give me a shot here. Give me? Yeah. Show me.

You're on this phone.

Yeah, well, I'm gonna have to use it up here, so... Well, the official didn't

call me. Oh, of course, the official doesn't know. You know...

And I mean this. One of the truly great things about you is your perceptiveness.

The other one is that I follow the rules.

Okay, look.

Kate's in trouble, okay? I'm going to have to go see her, and I can't let the

official know.

Oh, Dorian, there are reasons for the rules.

Yeah, well, you already broke one of them, so... Oh, in for a penny, in for a

pound. Is that it? Pretty much.

Come on.

Hey, thank you.

about her, don't you? I care about getting the glint out of my head is what

care about.

That's not what I asked.

Truth is, I never thought about it, so here we go.

Maybe you should.

I figure once we get the girl back, you disappear, you go and get the cube.

They already know she can make another one.

They ain't gonna trade her. They want her dead.

Hope you have time, B. I do.

You take the cube and you use it as bait.

But buy me time to get her out.

I want to get the girl.

I never get to get...

I'm

here for the swap meet!

It's about your training piece.

Oh, yeah. I got it right here.

Why don't you show me the girl?

Verify it's not a fake.

Got to make sure you're on the level.

Oh, I'm on the level, all right.

Let's see the girl.

You know, this is a genuine article.

Okay, okay.

No trouble.

Putting it right in the bag.

There you go.

Don't drop it, Putzley.

It's all yours.

Good boy, James.

Come on, James.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

It's over. It's over.

Give me the cube.

Give me the cube. Now take it easy.

Take it easy.

So I'll email you as soon as I get settled.

Guess I'll have to get me an email address, huh?

Any chance you'll come and visit?

England, huh? Yeah, sure, meet the queen.

You won't come.

No, I will, one of these days.

You know you gotta forget about that computer, don't you?

I know.

Believe me, I know about addiction. It ain't worth your life.

Maybe not, but it might have been worth yours.

Guess somebody else is gonna have to figure out how to get that gland out of

head.

Maybe your friend Claire.

Yeah, yeah, maybe.

You're gonna miss that plane, right?

Thanks for the dance.

I got a question.

If a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, then how much knowledge does a

person need before they're safe?

My guess?

They'll never be safe again.