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i want you in for debriefing this is a direct order i don't work for you

anymore i'm sending a team after him priority one get gone

we're gonna die string what's happened i can't tell the friendlies from the man

-eaters i'm up to my behind in alligators they're draining the pond

what do your instincts say about me you won't make it

You know, I don't think Dom had you pegged for a captain of industry.

I think it's a load of this.

That old wrench buster, I sure wish he could have come with you.

You know, I'll bet you he still thinks I stung him on that used chopper I sold

him, doesn't he? You know he does. I hear about it over and over and over.

Jennifer, I want you to meet Stringfella Hawk, the second best chopper jockey in

my unit. It's a pleasure, Mr. Hawk.

Was my boss really as good as he claims?

Well, he probably made you up with a little help.

Here, too, regardless of what he says.

I have several messages, and your tickets came. Oh, thank you.

Come on, stray dog. We're swapping war stories.

Jennifer, no calls. Only priority, you hear?

All right, partner, name your poison. What'll it be?

Wait. None for me, thanks. That stuff makes me drunk.

I'll tell you something, Hawk.

It gets laid a whole lot quicker than you think, you know that?

Eight years it took me to put this together.

Eight years of stringing together all kinds of junk with bubble gum and baling

wire and spit.

There it is. Not bad, huh?

I know where the spit is, but I haven't seen any baling wire.

Well, you don't see any sand in my teeth either, do you? But I have kissed a few

feet on the way up, believe me.

Before I forget about it, this is for you.

Here.

It's for a showing of an artist that I'm sponsoring. This is some of his work

right there.

Real good.

This is for tomorrow, eh?

Hold on a minute. Don't try weaseling out of it. You promised me the weekend.

The whole weekend, right?

If I can't convince you to come to work for me by then, well, I... Hell, I'll

never mention it again, all right?

Besides, you're gonna like this guy Tallner. He's working right up your

alley. Now, you be there.

Two o'clock tomorrow.

No excuses, you hear?

This guy's gonna be the biggest thing in the country by next year.

Well, then, you know...

You might just be right. He is really good.

Listen,

I just really don't want to be in the arms business.

Hawk, Hawk, I'm not in the arms business.

We simply teach and advise.

The only thing we manufacture here are a few small spare parts. That's it.

Listen, Hawk, Hawk, you come in with me. Hey, why don't you bring Dom with you?

Hell, bring anybody you want.

We'll be first class all the way, pal.

Hold that thought for a second.

Yeah.

It's a call I had to take.

Oh, yeah. I'll get some coffee. Yeah.

Hey.

I'll get a cup of joe here. Yeah, help yourself.

Can I help you?

Yes, we have an appointment with Mr. Carsten.

Sanitize the building.

Sorry, Victor, he got away.

That's all right. I recognized him. His name's Hawk.

Stringfellow Hawk.

He must be Carsten's contact.

We've got to find out.

Stop at the first phone booth.

My God, he tried to kill you! And me!

You're not a criminal, right?

Lady just drive.

No, of course not. He wasn't a cop.

We've got to call the cops.

Geez, you're hurt. You need a doctor.

A phone will do.

I'll manage from there.

All right.

My name's Marilyn. Marilyn Kelsey. What's yours?

Oh, yeah.

I like to read a lot.

Daphne Delane's my favorite. In fact, she wrote this book called The Rose and

the Lance.

Had a similar situation than...

As this. It was about this highwayman, and he had an arrow through his

shoulder, and he commandeered the Queen's carriage.

Highwayman?

Well, don't worry.

It worked out.

Do me a favor, will you?

Keep both hands up on the wheel so I can see them from the phone.

What?

I don't know if it was just a coincidence that you drove by that

intersection or not.

Right now, I haven't got time to take chances.

You don't trust me?

I got shot at and you don't trust me? Unbelievable.

Listen, I haven't got time for arguments. Put your hands on the wheel.

Now.

Please.

Yes,

he said urgent all right put him through

Michael, why did the firm hit Jerry Karsten today?

Karsten? I don't know anything about a hit on Karsten. Why do you think it was

us? Don't you stonewall me, Michael.

It was the firm. All the way I could tell from the uniforms and the weapons.

I even recognized one of the guys.

Who? I don't know. It was one of your boys. I've seen him in the hallway

before. Hawk, this is Zeus.

I want you in for debriefing.

Damn you, Michael. I thought this was a private conversation.

Don't play games with me.

I'll have a team after you in three minutes.

Yeah, well, you've already done that, haven't you?

Hawk, if you'll come in, I'll personally guarantee your safety.

If you could, I might come in.

I'll be in touch with you when I find some more answers.

You listen to me, Hawk. This is a direct order.

You listen to me.

You seem to forget.

I don't work for you anymore.

That's it.

I'm sending a team after him.

Priority one, national security.

One question.

Did we hit Karsten?

So where are we going to next?

Makes you think we're going anywhere.

Well, you've got people out there who are trying to kill you. You don't want

to go to the police.

I can tell from your expression you didn't get the answer that you wanted on

the telephone.

So, I can only deduce that you haven't been entirely forthcoming about...

Deduce? Forth... People don't talk like that.

I must read too damn much Agatha Christie.

Enough to know that a wounded man can't just slide into a taxi and ask for the

nearest hotel.

Hey, what's this?

Are you gonna shoot me to show your appreciation?

Oh, no, no. I was just kidding. I don't want a reward.

There's most of $300 there, take it.

No, I couldn't.

Well, I'm going to have to take your car.

What?

You take the money. It's a security deposit.

I'll get your car back to you just as soon as I can, I promise.

Forget it. No way.

You're not in any shape to drive.

Lady, I don't need another argument.

It's Marilyn.

Marilyn Kelsey is the name, not Lady.

And I've got news for you. I have already paid for this car. All but four

payments. I don't... I don't loan this car to anybody.

Not my mother, not my father, not my friends.

You just flew in my car out of nowhere.

I missed my appointment. I got shot at trying to help you. Now you come along,

you tell me you want to take my car and you won't even call me by my proper

name. I think I've got a little reason to be upset, okay?

I want to keep my car, not let you go out and wreck it.

I'll take you wherever you want to go.

I need to locate a friend.

That way.

I don't care if we have to tear the place apart. Find it.

Edwards, I want a bug on the phone. Strong transmitter. And I want the radio

frequencies they use. Hawk goes to ground somewhere else. He'll call. When

he does, I want it.

That job you were talking about, what was it?

It wasn't a job, just an interview.

Interview? What kind?

Catalog modeling, no big deal.

You probably would have got it if you were good looking.

Just don't try to make up with me, okay?

Would it make you mad if I told you I sure like your outfit?

It's brand new.

$178 new.

On sale.

This represents four weeks of tips at a coffee shop you wouldn't even know the

name of.

Probably wouldn't even go there if you did know the name of it.

I'm not a model.

And after two years of pounding on doors, they tell me I'm not an actress.

I'm a waitress.

And that makes you mad?

No, you make me mad.

You're the one that asked to drive.

You should be going to the hospital, and all you care about is to get to this

hangar.

That's right.

Let's take a right the next way up here, please.

Well, Dom's not back yet.

Must have made the finals.

Oh, great.

Don't tell her who your friends are or what's going on. She might understand

it.

Listen you stay right here No telling if we have a reception committee or not

Look at this place.

What happened here?

They came here looking for something.

Hey, are you okay?

I can't think straight.

Can I help you?

I've got to get down.

What is this?

Well, you almost died from macho. You nicked a major artery. They had to

perform microsurgery, Mr. Hawk.

Oh, I, um, discovered your ID in your wallet.

Did the doctors report a gunshot wound?

Oh, probably, but don't worry. I gave him a name that no one would ever

suspect. John Stringfellow. I thought it had a certain literary ring. I hope you

approve.

Where's my clothes?

What are you doing?

My clothes.

This is nuts. You're supposed to be resting.

Yeah, well, I'll have plenty of time to rest if I wait for the cops.

But if you just tell them the truth, then the police will protect you.

The police can't protect you from pros like these guys.

They just sit and they pick their time.

Come on.

But where's this friend's house? It's over there, on the beach. It belongs to

an old boyfriend.

It's a matter of no key.

I don't know about you, but I'm starved.

Let's see what he's got in the fridge.

Ryan doesn't use his place that much, but he keeps it stocked for emergencies.

Emergencies?

You're always in the record business.

A lot of gush and go, if you know what I mean.

Pretty plush.

A lot of bucks, too, huh?

You care that much about money?

Only when I don't have any.

I thought so.

You know, you're not an easy guy to read.

But you've got a few qualities that slip through the facade.

Facade?

I wasn't aware I had one.

You know, in Thompson's run, Carla Dayton writes about a character like

you. The guy's got fear, but he doesn't let it overcome him, you know? He

harnesses it.

You don't do so bad yourself.

Oh, no, that's panic.

It's a completely different thing.

You know, you don't trust so easily.

But it means a lot to you, maybe above all else.

Hawk, where are you? Zeus has got half the firm on the streets looking for you.

Well, I must have run into the other half. Somebody's trying to punch my

ticket. Well, not from here.

You can't guarantee that.

That agent's going to have been there before.

Got anything on why Carson was hit?

Not yet, but I do know we didn't do it.

I'd like to believe that.

Hawk, we just have bits and pieces so far.

Listen, you just keep working on it.

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to eavesdrop. I just wanted to know if you

wanted something to drink.

Um, beer, wine, soda.

Wine sounds good.

You gonna join me?

Oh,

Lord, what a mess.

Oh, mamma mia.

Hark it.

Santini!

String! What the hell has happened?

Where is he? Is he okay?

Check the phone.

String, we found it.

now the news is screaming that there's been a massacre over jerry carston

that's in your you're involved and that you're armed and dangerous and the cops

are looking for you and all that malarkey listen dom right now i'm up to

my armpits and alligators in the drain of the pond

i can't tell

the friendlies from the man eaters listen i need to be picked up

I'm south of the calling. First house on the point.

Land right in the sand.

I know the place.

Did I hear Caitlin?

Yes, she's standing right here.

Listen, tell her to stand by with the lady.

And Dom, please, hurry.

I'm on my way.

Well, what? Is he involved?

I didn't get too many details.

But I'm going to airlift him out of that place.

And he wants you to monitor us from the lair.

Airwolf? Is it that serious?

You made a phone call.

Uh, yes, Inspector.

I called my agent about my missed appointment this morning.

But don't worry, I didn't give away any secrets.

So you plan on deserting me when your friend gets here?

My friend?

Well, it's obvious you're waiting for someone.

I don't suppose you'd consider taking me with you?

Marilyn.

The police have your name and your car registration.

It's just a matter of time.

As people are trying to kill me, here you're safe.

Well, you would be safe here then, too.

No, I don't think so.

I suppose you're wondering why.

Why I helped you.

Maybe it's because I'm a romantic.

I read a lot of adventures like other people, but until today, I never touched

it.

In the last few hours, I have lived more than any other time in my life.

Every minute, every second, I was alive.

Well, don't develop a taste for it.

The next time you turn the page, it's liable to be empty.

I don't care.

I know what I have a taste for, Stringfellow Hawk.

I wish you'd trust me.

And don't deny it.

Because I can see it right there.

Every single time something unusual happens, it gets a little bigger, like

my knowing about the key and the phone conversation.

Marilyn, you know, in my business, my healthy skepticism is just that, it's

healthy. I know, but you've got to have instincts, too.

What do your instincts say about me?

That you're somebody special.

Listen, you stay here.

You don't move.

I mean, I'll call you.

Okay, that's the way it's gotta be.

Okay.

No sign of them.

Check the house again. They've got to be here.

Stay here.

If you think you're going to go and leave me here.

Listen, if I don't get to that chopper, Tom Lanser is a dead man.

My best chance is alone.

This is it then.

Come back.

Leave my lady.

You won't make it.

Dom, come here, Dom. This is Hawk.

I hear you, babe.

Listen, I'm about five minutes from touchdown.

Abort that. Bandits have taken that area.

Okay, okay.

What bandits?

Are you all right? For the moment.

What's going on? Listen, land someplace quick. Get on a clear line to Archangel.

I'll meet him at Twin Oaks in 30 minutes.

Twin Oaks, 30 minutes. Let's get to the lady and stand by with Caitlin.

I'd feel a lot better if I knew what was going on.

So would I. Just stand by the lady.

Where the hell have you been?

Dodging bullets, and I'm tired of it.

Talk to me, Michael.

Take a look at these.

What's the guy?

Victor Resnick.

Disappeared in East Berlin about six months ago. We weren't sure if he

defected or was captured.

Now we know.

So you're saying this guy works for the other side?

Mm-hmm.

Why did they kill Jerry Carsten? And why in the hell are they trying to kill me?

Your friend, Hawk, is a double agent.

Jerry! Oh, come on. We had him cold, and then Zeus pushed him. The only way he

could avoid prosecution as a spy was to deliver something, something big.

You guys always push.

That's part of the job. Anyway, Carsten promised to deliver the engineering

schematic for the new ground-to-air missiles the other side is moving into

the Middle East.

Victor and his pals showed up to collect the material and killed Jerry.

You know, when they saw me,

they must have assumed I was the pickup man.

Right. And obviously, they still haven't found the material.

Yeah.

They think I still got it.

That's Zeus.

I'm going with you.

Code four. We have a code four.

You're certifiable, you know that?

Yeah, but it's not nice work.

Yeah, but there's always tomorrow.

And these people aren't going to quit.

Not until they find that schematic.

Are you sure Carsten didn't say something or mention a place?

You know, he did give me this.

Supposed to go to an art show tomorrow afternoon.

Well, this could be it.

No, that is it.

He wouldn't take no for an answer.

What was supposed to happen? I mean, was the drawing supposed to be hidden in the

building somewhere?

Under a painting? Or maybe he was supposed to meet a third party who was

holding it for him.

I don't know.

In order to find out, we're going to have to play the whole thing out.

You're right.

Your ticket, sir.

Keep this. There'll be a drawing later.

For what? A painting. A Toner original.

Thank you.

They made me come here.

Why?

Okay, all they want is your ticket.

That little stub.

If you give it to them, they'll let you go. They'll let us walk out of here.

What do you want with this? I don't know. They just said to get it.

Could have a micro job with a schematic on it. Oh, don't ask me. Just give it to

me, please, and we can go.

Hawk, listen.

All I want is your ticket stub.

What do I get?

Safe passage.

Your life.

The girl's life.

Your friend Carsten made a terrible mistake. He stole from us. In order to

square his accounts with your man, Zeus.

Zeus is not my man.

Well, be that as it may, we've gone to a great deal of trouble and considerable

expense, loss of life. Yours and the girl's will not make any great

difference.

Your ticket, please.

All right.

She holds it till we get out of here.

Whatever you say.

Those guys get the ticket, we're as good as dead.

But he said... I don't care what he said.

What he says and what he does are two different things. It's dangerous.

Excuse me. Oh, what are you doing?

Hey, let go of him. What are you doing?

Stop. Stop pushing.

Help. Some people have no chance. Get out of here.

What are you doing?

Let go of him.

Hold it. Don't panic, everybody. Stay back.

Hold it. Hold it.

Just don't panic.

Remain here, stay calm, and everything will be all right.

Let's halt for time.

It's a trap. Let's get out of here.

We gave it our best shot.

I'm ready to take a draw.

The game's not over yet.

Why won't you stay here?

I'm in this thing till the end, strength will unlock.

I'll hold on to the outside of that thing if I have to.

I think I'll come along.

Ready to receive you. Proceed out of the danger zone.

Jane, you copy that transmission?

It sounds like they planned a rendezvous with a trawler.

How's that? Just like Antoinette Desmond's novel, Spy's Secret Passion.

We got less than three minutes. And if they reach that foreign ship outside of

U.S. territorial waters, they're home free.

But you know how the story ends, this time.

Well, you've done your country a great service, Miss Kelsey.

Unfortunately, there can be no official recognition due to the nature of the

circumstances. Why not, Michael?

The lady risked her life.

I still prefer Ms. Kelsey.

And without Marilyn, you and Zeus would be on the carpet.

Yeah, come on, Michael. She's a legitimate hero.

I agree, but if we call attention to it, every agency in the country will know we

don't have the micro dot.

Oh, but you do.

Thank you.