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Johnny Domino was one of San Francisco's hottest young jazz musicians.

But fate and a cosmic event were about to change his life forever.

What the doctors told him seemed impossible.

John, your brain has managed to acquire the capacity to pick up certain

frequencies like a radio.

But Doc, I'm only hearing bad stuff.

Yes, exactly.

You're tuned to the frequency of evil.

Hold it now.

I'm on your side.

A whole new line of super tools developed for super policemen.

A belt which enables him to overcome gravity.

Fabs which are virtually bulletproof.

A belt which makes him seem to disappear.

A holographic display which makes him appear to be where he is.

I figured I'd find you here.

Since when do college professors work the night shift?

Well, Houston professors help me for tenure do their research when they can.

Give me a hug.

Who's your friend?

Oh, I couldn't resist it.

For Maddie. Ah, she's gonna love it. Yep.

How's she doing?

Not so good. She's back in the hospital.

Another kidney infection.

She's gonna need a transplant.

Oh, wow, that poor kid.

I'll go by and see her in the morning.

She'd like that.

You know, you've done so much for Maddie and me since Greg was... Yeah, well,

Greg was a good cop, honey.

Yeah. Best rookie I ever trained.

Well, I'll let you get back to work.

Yeah.

See you tomorrow.

Yeah, Frank, thanks for this and Maddie's present.

You tell her I'll come see her tomorrow morning. You got it.

It's not working.

She must have given us the wrong codes.

Nine!

I'd listen to that nine if I were you.

Drop it.

Drop it!

Drop it!

Gentlemen, I'm your worst nightmare.

A heavily armed ex-cop with nervous fingers.

Get over here!

Let's go!

Move it!

The problem began, I'll tell you all myself.

Now then my dear, what's the real code?

So you say the leader had either an Irish or a Scottish accent?

Or maybe South African. The others didn't say very much, and when they did,

it was in German.

German.

Great. Another segment of the melting pot heard fast.

Thanks for your time.

Will you let me off this thing? I've had worse hits than the 10 items or less

checkout line.

Johnny, you're just in time.

Would you tell these guys to release me? Just keep doing what you're doing. What

happened? You're becoming like a magnet for trouble. Oh, listen to who's

talking. I'm serious, Dad. You can't keep trying to take on the world at your

age. At my age? Hey, hey, hey. Johnny, cut him some slack. He saved my life

tonight. Oh, honey, you're wasting your time. He thinks he knows everything.

I mean, he thinks he knows it before it happens.

Don't listen to him. You got hit on the head.

Again.

You okay?

Yeah, thanks to your father. He was my hero tonight. He's my hero, too. But he

just gets a little too much practice at it. Listen, I'll see you at the

hospital. Well, you better hurry. I won't be there.

I'll be there.

Sorry, Professor, but I got a bunch of reporters over here frothing at the

mouth. Wanted to ask you a few questions. Probably be best to feed them

a few bones before they fight, huh?

I just got here. How's Frank?

Cranky, stubborn, and ornery. Oh, good. He's okay.

Dr. Farrell, Karen White, KDOA News. What was taken from the lab?

Some seismology detection equipment.

Could it affect public safety?

Not unless it falls on you. It's pretty heavy.

Could this theft have anything to do with the man who's been predicting the

earthquake? I don't know what you're referring to.

Last night on your local telly, he's predicting another quake. Well, I didn't

see it, but I wouldn't take it too seriously. Despite all of our work, it's

still impossible to predict an earthquake. And all the equipment that

was stolen is used for post-quake analysis only.

Yes, well, he seemed quite certain there'd be another quake at 8 o'clock

tonight. Well, I hope he's wrong. I got plans.

Okay, folks, that's it. This lady's been through enough for one night.

Hey, Johnny, what's up, man?

Something wrong with that guy.

He looked okay to me, Johnny.

Johnny. Go home, get some sleep.

All right, where do you want the equipment?

In the ocean.

Hey, man, it's worth thousands of dollars.

And this is worth millions.

All right, dump it in the ocean. That guy was lying about working for Skywatch

in England.

So?

Man, I got ten bones that says that guy works for the tabloids. Them fellas lie

just to keep in practice.

Yeah? Yeah.

Hey, how's your dad?

Hi, uh, he's doing okay. They want to keep him here a while to run some tests.

Any new thoughts on why someone would steal your equipment?

Well, unless they were trying to start a rogue seismology lab, I've got no clue.

I mean, there's no black market for it, so basically they stole about two tons

worth of paperweight.

Anything else missing?

Dad, I heard them downloading something from my computer.

What's in there?

Everything from world earthquake patterns to my little black book.

So, it was all about the earth moving.

Seriously,

any of this potentially dangerous? Only to my reputation.

Listen, I gotta go. My daughter's gonna be waking up soon.

Tell Frank I hope he feels better, okay?

Okay.

I think she digs me.

Thank you. Thank you very much. We'll be back in ten.

It's showtime. Don't touch that dial.

And if you do, it don't matter.

I'm on the next channel, too. I am Jubilee Jones of Human Earthquake, here

to entertain you until the real thing comes on in just a few precious minutes.

So let's make them count.

This is my favorite oldie.

What

time

is it?

Stay straight up.

Oh, nothing but a shot.

Charlie. Hey, Johnny.

How's the old man? Good. He's getting out today.

Good. Yeah.

Aren't you? That's me, Jubilee.

And I feel so good when I'm recognized.

I'm predicting that earthquake was really something.

Not exactly a crowd pleaser, though. I would love to take credit for it, but I

was just reading cue cards.

I didn't write them, and I don't even know who hired me.

In fact, I don't know nothing about nothing.

Yeah, well, you were a walking encyclopedia last night.

Charlie, there's a good chance he's telling the truth.

What, you psychic too?

Both of you should be bookies.

Come on.

So you think he's predicting that earthquake was a coincidence?

No.

I'm just saying that he doesn't know anything more about it than we do.

But we're going to change all that.

Yeah, no mercy.

Not even for cute little girls.

Hacker.

Dad. Hey, how you feeling?

Well, I'm terrible at it.

See, this little shark is whooping me.

Maddie, are you using those mark checkers again?

How'd you know, Johnny?

I can read minds.

Hey, Maddie, honey.

Dr. Carlson has some good news for you. We found a donor, and you're going to

get that new kidney tomorrow.

Oh, great, sweetheart.

All right. Oh, that's wonderful.

Oh, come on, baby. We've got to go. Dr. Carlson needs to do some tests.

You better come back later and finish this game.

Okay.

I'll be right back.

You call that a visit?

Megan, can I talk to you for a minute? Oh, go ahead, Mom.

But be careful. He reads minds.

Man, you must be thrilled.

Oh, we've been waiting for this day ever since her first kidney failed last year.

So, what's on your mind?

Your stolen equipment and last night's earthquake.

The answer's no. Those machines could not have caused that earthquake.

What about the stolen files?

Nothing directly relevant.

Unless one of the files does show major stress and slippage points on the major

fault lines.

Meaning? Meaning yesterday's Himmler was of a flip-strike variety.

If someone wanted to cause one, those points would be where they would start.

What do you know about the earthquake so far?

The U.S. Geological Survey and the Army Corps of Engineers are still examining

the epicenter of last night's earthquake.

What about the rumors that Jubilee Jones was able to predict this earthquake

because he actually caused it?

There's no way that he could have caused an earthquake, much less that he did.

That's why he's being released from custody today.

Well, looks like whoever sent the transmission was able to override the

satellite downlink.

Can't it be stopping that bit yet? Maybe, if we can figure out how and

where they did it.

And the original broadcast?

No one knows of a previous broadcast.

Charles, this is Skywatch News England. If it turns out this earthquake was

caused, is there anything to prevent a repeat performance?

Yeah, we'll call the cops.

If there's someone out there that caused it, we'll find them.

That's our man.

Mr. Hilliard.

Did I know you? I saw you at the university the other day. Can we talk?

Sorry, I'm coming up on deadline.

You said you saw Jubilee Jones predict the earthquake a few nights ago?

I can't find anyone else that's seen that broadcast.

I stumbled across it on one of those horrible UHF news channels.

Excuse me.

Good afternoon.

Ah, he's got an ass for everything, doesn't he?

In all lies.

Let's go. He's the key to this whole thing.

Hey, hey, out of the way.

Move.

Maybe you should wear that anti-gravity belt all the time, huh?

What's going on?

The city's top mover and shaker is fat.

By the way, I've just been assured that there will be no more earthquake.

That other one was just a coincidence.

In fact, I'll prove it.

Watch.

Shake me.

Shake me.

Shake me.

Come on, baby.

Shake me.

Bravo, Mr. Domino.

Brave of you to play to an empty room. You have quite a talent.

So do you.

For disappearing.

But I'm here now, aren't I?

Yeah, the question is why.

When the rest of the city's over there watching the telecast.

Maybe I just like good music.

Do you have a problem with that? The problem is you keep coming up with new

information on earthquakes.

Perhaps I'm just a good reporter.

And perhaps you already know what's going to be said on that broadcast.

Actually, I do have a psychic ability.

And I have a strong impression another earthquake's about to happen.

That's why I drink my martinis.

Shaken, not stirred.

See that? No problem.

And now Jubilee has a special mystery guest.

Johnny, you better hear this.

He's so special, even Jubilee doesn't know who he is.

Residents of the Bay City.

I am giving your city 48 hours to come up with $100 million.

If you fail to do so by Wednesday at 7 p.m., I will unleash an earthquake so

devastating that it will destroy your city.

What's that man saying?

He ain't talking about no earthquake, is he?

To show you how deadly serious I am.

He's getting away.

He wants me to follow him. It's a trap. You're not going to go after him?

No. You are.

Say what?

Some new friends.

Hey, Johnny.

That's not him.

Hey,

uh, you fellas know how to get back to Union Square?

Looking for someone?

The second

earthquake

to rock the city in as many days is too much for residents to ignore. They are

afraid, and who can blame them?

And adding to this growing sense of panic is the bizarre impact of

entertainer Jubilee Jones and the mystery extortionist who claims the

ability to start earthquakes.

But can you really hold a whole city hostage?

Mayor Booker today insisted that she would stay the course.

All right. All right.

The civilized world has learned that giving in to terrorism only promotes

more terrorism.

We will give millions for defense, but not one penny for extortion.

Besides. The police are making excellent progress.

Thank you. Excuse me. Oh, you are?

What'd you expect her to say?

Her investigation's better than your love life.

Well, it shows how much you know.

As a matter of fact, I'm on my way to a date right now.

See ya.

Dan here.

Okay, what's so important that you can only tell me in person?

I think I have your answers to your earthquake troubles.

Support that freighter.

And how do you know that?

No, no, let me guess.

This is another one of Frank's unofficial quasi-legal police

investigations, isn't it?

Something like that.

But he did get his head cracked on this one.

So what do you think?

It's worth a look?

Needed a warrant first.

Thanks.

There, see?

That's the detective who was on TV with you.

Police are already here.

Good.

We can make use of them.

You don't mind if I tag along on this one?

For Dad's sake.

Just don't mention it to anybody.

In this life or the next.

You are the prettiest little thing I ever did see.

Sorry, Frank.

You can't pick up a discard.

A card laid is a card played.

Oh, sure. I know that.

Gin.

Do you know how to play poker?

My favorite. The seven card.

Low Chicago, roll your own.

Never mind.

What's the matter, baby? Okay?

Look, why don't you get a little rest?

I'll go grab a cup of coffee.

But it's not... Fair.

I know. I know it's not. If you want me to tell her... No, no, no, no, no. I'll

do it.

What are you talking about? What's the matter?

Maddie's been passed over for a transplant.

What are you talking about?

Apparently, some kind of change in the assessment profiles moved another

candidate ahead of Madison.

Well, I better go break the news.

Excuse me.

Hey, wait a minute.

What is all this assessment profile mumbo-jumbo? What does that mean?

It's a rating system made up of a number of categories like general health,

immediacy... And who does all this rating? Who does that?

A committee led by Dr.

Henry Boone, director of the Bay City Organ Foundation.

So he bumped Maddie off the list the day of her surgery. Why?

I don't know why.

Patient privacy laws are very strict.

I don't know. How can one kid just jump ahead of another one like that? Maddie's

not on the children's list.

Her condition requires an adult kidney centrally positioned to take over the

work of both her failing ones.

Are you telling me it was an adult who pushed ahead of her? This doesn't add up

to me, doctor. You're telling me that you don't know who's getting this

kidney. You tell me you don't know why.

Just what the hell else don't you know, doctor? I don't know why it happened

once in my first ten years here, and I don't know why it happened three times

in the last eight months.

Now, if you'll excuse me.

Dr. Boone, I'd like a word with you.

About what?

About a very sick little girl who just got bumped off your transplant list.

I'm afraid you'll have to make an appointment. Yeah, well, I tried that,

but your staff threatened to call security.

Well, you should have taken the hint.

Uh-huh.

What the hell's going on, Doctor?

Who are you?

Police Lieutenant Frank Dominus, retired.

But I've still got friends in the department if you'd like to make this an

official inquiry.

What would you like to know?

I'd like to know why you bumped Matty Farrell off the top of the kidney

recipient list.

Because another patient of mine suddenly developed a more critical need.

Yeah, well, I'd like to check into that.

Sorry, but all medical records are confidential unless you have a court

order. Do you?

Not yet.

Well, don't come back until you do.

Police!

Nobody move.

Where are the others?

English. Nine.

Speck and G? I'm shocked.

Get out of here. Take these two up top. Get them out of here now.

Get them out of here. Let's go.

Charlie, check this out.

What do you got?

Research data stolen from Megan Farrell.

His initials, DUSD, Bay University Seismology Department.

This is what they're using to trigger the quakes.

Yeah. The epicenters of the first two match up with these red dots.

Yeah, but the big question is predicting where the next one's going to be.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. I want to get out of here.

I wonder who their tailor is.

Unless these guys are shopping at the Chernobyl gift shop.

We got big problems.

Get out of here.

Explosive devices.

High radiation levels.

Nuclear bombs sometimes.

Even a small device.

Detonate on one of those major pressure points.

You better have good earthquake insurance.

You're talking nonsense.

I cannot pay out $100 million based on some old commie field manual and a cup

of coffee. the radioactive suits. That's just for starters.

Interpol says that the two men we captured, they may have ties to an

international crime cartel. May have. It's not proof.

Mayor, we should at least alert the public to the possible dangers. People

have a right to know. Yeah, and scare the hell out of them. You think losing

$100 million is politically incorrect?

Try losing 100,000 lives.

Getting a little melodramatic, aren't we?

Mayor, Colonel Stratton is back.

Send him in.

Army Corps of Engineers.

Great, I've got some bad news, Mayor. We confirmed several deep holes drilled at

every location marked on that computer chart.

Any tests positive for radiation?

That's the worst news.

They all did.

You realize, of course, that this is totally illegal.

I thought you said it was public record.

The Foundation's financial statements are, Dr. Boone's aren't. Oh, I must have

missed that class at the Academy.

Maddie's life is on the line. Now, if you don't want to help... Dad, he didn't

say that. That's right. I didn't say that. Besides, we're in.

Now, when did you say the other two recipients were denied transplants? Dr.

Carlson said January and April. Okay, January.

January.

Look at this.

Dr. Boone.

His net worth jumped a half mil in January.

What about April?

April.

Coming up... There it is.

Another half mil.

I knew it.

I'm going to take that guy's head off. Oh, Frank, security is not going to let

you within a block of Dr. Boone.

What other chances has that kid got?

Someone has to convince Dr. Boone.

Someone very persuasive.

Dr.

Boone.

Who's there?

Who are you?

Let's talk about Manny Farrell's kidney.

I don't know what you're talking about. You illegally filled Oregon in January

and in April to buy things like this.

It's not even that reliable.

The ink doesn't hold up.

Whoa!

The stereo's a joke.

Workmanship is shoddy. Please, stop!

Make the call.

Make the

call. Wow!

Hello,

this is Dr. Boone.

There was an error in the kidney shipment to Saudi Arabia.

I want you to reroute it to the original recipient, Madison Farrell, and call

her doctor.

Don't argue with me. Do it. Do it now.

Quickly.

Don't make me come back.

Next time, no one, Mr. Nice Guy.

everything's going to be okay.

I know it's hard to move so far away at the last minute, but Dr. Carlson is

still in charge.

The mayor just wanted everyone to leave Bay City.

Except that they couldn't.

Yeah.

I know.

Just what Frank was here.

Why? You getting along gambling money?

Hi, honey.

Oh, thank you. Johnny told me how hard you worked to get Maddie back on the

list. You'll never know. Will you stop?

I just want another chance to win my money back.

Sorry, Frank.

It'll never happen.

National Guard troops are patrolling City Street to prevent looting.

Meanwhile, arteries leading out of town are jammed. Downtown Bay City is all but

a ghost town.

We're almost there.

Look at you up here with the Nero Act, playing while the city goes down the

tubes. Man, you need to be packing to get out of here.

It's too easy.

What do you mean, it's too easy?

Why would this extortionist threaten to kill thousands of people and set a

deadline that he knows will allow the city to be evacuated?

He expects the mayor to cave and give him the money.

When Charlie and I walked into his hideout, he had plans.

For an act of nuclear terrorism sitting right on his computer screen.

Served up on a silver platter, exactly.

Just like when he came to the club to try to set me up.

Attention, all personnel, evacuate sector D immediately.

That's it.

They're pulling everyone out of this area.

Everyone take your places.

Let's go, let's go.

Ready.

What do you see down there?

A lot of nothing.

Empty streets, empty buildings.

I think that's what he wants.

That he's using Charlie and me to spread the alarm.

So, the nuclear threat was just a hoax to clear the town.

Look, even if you are right, who in their right mind is going to risk

hanging around at ground zero to prove it?

Yeah. What do you got?

Okay. Got an alarm on 6th Street.

On my way.

Yeah,

what do you got?

Place called Hard Asset Management Company.

Online business registry says... Oh, man.

It's the largest private gold storage facility on the West Coast. It's on the

east side of town.

I'll get an exact location.

Heading east, Raleigh.

Move,

move, move!

6-3, coming up.

Time's up, let's go!

And here we go.

Hey, hey, we got 30 seconds to zero. How would you get out of that tunnel? There

isn't going to be another quake. It was a trick to get everyone out of the city.

Right. And I have every bit of confidence in your analysis, however.

Five, four.

Three, two, one.

You made it.

You were right.

All right, we're going to make it.

Raleigh, find out where the last military convoys are.

Okay, kill the lights in the next curve. The turnoff's coming up.

Raleigh, they just turned east on a side road heading south on 47 Junction.

That's good.

Schnell, schnell.

Sehr gut.

Mach schnell, mach schnell.

Sehr gut, meine Herr.

Schnell. Out.

Roy, they just moved the money to the semi. I'll stay with them.

I hope I'm going to get a good distance away.

Don't worry.

Everything is under control.

That'll come off quite well, doesn't it?

Nothing like planning a military position.

In other words, you love the smell of gold in the morning. It smells like

victory.

There was a whole lot of shaking going on.

Going my way?

You bet.

I'll drive.

Mrs. Farrell, everything went just fine.

Maddie's already in recovery.

Thank you, thank you.

Oh, you're welcome. Besides, I think I had less to do with this one's success

than your friend here. My pleasure.

Live from the house of soul, Johnny Domino

and Jubilee Joe.