Sydney: I need to speak with you. I saw him at the hotel. It was only
for a moment, but I know now what Roberts was talking about. The man,
the imposter-everything about him Sloane. His clothes, his posture, the
way he looked at me-it's the way you look at me.
Sloane: And how is that, Sydney?
Sydney: Let's just say it's equally disturbing.
Sloane: Yeah. Well, quite frankly I'm surprised that you didn't get
to it before.
Sydney: What's that?
Sloane: You read the report. The operation, the elevator cables.
Sydney: Moscow, 4 years ago.
Sloane: Yeah, I tasked Julian Sark to a similar strategy in order to
relieve a Mr. Karpachev of a certain item I required.
Sydney: Why would someone be impersonating you?
Sloane: It appears to be more than that. This man-his strategy, his
appearance, his affinity for all things Rambaldi.
Sydney: You believe, he actually believes he's you.
Sloane: Ohhhh, perhaps Marshall was right. Perhaps I should recuse
myself from any further involvement.
Sydney: No, you have to stay in it. In fact, you may need to go deeper.
The coils, the manuscript, your sense of strategy. If your right about
this, he has access to everything. CIA files, your psych reports,
mission analysis. You may be the only one who can do it-anticipate his
next move.
Sloane: You're asking me to go back to Rambaldi?
Sydney: G-d help us, yes.
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At the CIA Rambaldi storage facility. Sloane is signing some papers at
a desk. Dixon watches him. Sloane places his hand on a scanner. Which
beeps and replies: identity confirmed. Doorway opens. Sloane enters
room of Rambaldi artifacts closely followed by Dixon. Sloane stares at
the picture of Sydney from the Rambaldi manuscript. He places his hand
on the Rambaldi manuscript cover.
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Sydney's apartment.
Sydney (to Nadia): I was wrong about your father. I'm sorry.
Nadia: I know it's been hard to work with Sloane, to trust him.
Sydney: That's no excuse.
Nadia: No, you're doing your job. You don't have to apologize.
Sydney: Thanks for saying that, but asking him to go back to the thing
that was the cause of so many problems. . .
Nadia: What do you mean?
Sydney: Chase authorized my request to Rambali-
Nadia: Are you serious?
Sydney: He's in there with Dixon, right now.
Nadia: Sydney. . .
Sydney: What is it? I thought-
Nadia: You don't know what I saw. Lat year when my father and I went
to Siena, the closer we got to finding this artifact that he wanted,
the more he began to change. I saw him slipping away from himself. His
passion, this desperation to connect with Rambaldi, it completely
overtook him. He became a different man. His eyes were mad, lost. I
didn't want to be around him after that. The only reason I agreed to
come back, to join APO, it was because he promised me that part of his
life was over.
We see Sloane pouring over the Rambaldi manuscript.
Sloane: I know what he's doing. I know what he's doing.
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APO Briefing room. Gang sits around the table.
Sloane: The man we're looking for is attempting to construct an
energy source- in essence, a massive battery. Is the simplest way to
describe it.
Marshall: What is the power?
Dixon: We don't know.
Weiss: So that's why he needed the transformer coil.
Sloane: That's right. But in order to use it, it's necessary to
have an engineer with a specialty in nuclear physics. An advanced
knowledge of quantum electrodynamics. There are only a handful of
scientists in the world.
Vaughn: You think one of them is working with our target?
Jack: Yes, but not by choice. (Turns to big screen. Picture of Sinclair
pops up.) Dr. Margaret Sinclair disappeared last week in Krakow. We can
presume this is no coincidence.
Sydney: Could this battery already be completed?
Sloane: It's unlikely. There are other important components,
including Xanthium 242.
Weiss: How do we know they don't already have it?
Sloane: I contacted a former colleague of mine in Sicily. Someone who
trades in illicit chemicals. Apparently yesterday morning, Arvin Sloane
placed an order for an unprecedented amount of Xanthium. I kindly told
him to hold the order. That I would be picking it up personally.
Nadia and Sloane walking into Sloane's office.
Nadia: Someone else can do this.
Sloane: No, it's my contact.
Nadia: Then you should have backup, I'll come with you.
Sloane: Nadia, it's a meeting. I don't need backup. Look,
sweetheart, I know what you're concerned about. Rambaldi. You have
nothing to worry about. I'll be fine.
Nadia: I think you're asking too much of yourself.
Sloane: Look, I've proven myself to you, to everyone. I don't have
to-
Nadia: The DSR was a contained environment. You were being watched
there were limitations.
Sloane: The only limitation that was necessary when I was at the DSR
was you. When I was studying those manuscripts, the only thing my
thoughts kept returning to was you. I was surrounded by symbols of all
the things I once believed in, and it all felt meaningless. Having a
daughter, knowing you means more to me than anything ever has or ever
will.
Nadia: What about Siena?
Sloane: I can't change what you witnessed in Sienna. But I can assure
you that the man that you saw there no longer exists. I'm sorry
Nadia.
Nadia: For what?
Sloane: Having me as a father is an arduous undertaking, one that I
imposed on you.
Nadia: Don't say that. I don't want to lose you again.
Sloane: Then I need to know that you have faith in me.
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Sicily
Racetrack. Sloane walks up to Ignacio in the stands and sits next to
him. A horse and rider are running.
Sloane: Considering she doesn't like running on a wet track, that
mare is quite the longshot.
Ignacio: Mr. Sloane, it's been so long-in person, I mean.
Sloane: Well, I've had to take some precautions of late. Do you have
the package?
Ignacio: Yes, of course. (hands Sloane a pair of binoculars)
Sloane twists the lenses off the binocular and pulls it out. There is a
tube of liquid inside. Sloane takes it.
Ignacio: There is a question I've been wanting to ask you for the
longest time. Now that you are here. . .
Sloane: Yes, what is it?
Ignacio: This Omnifam foundation you founded, feeding the world's
poor and hungry- what was that really about?
Sloane puts the binoculars up to his face.
Ignacio: What was in that food you sent to those impoverished
countries?
Sloane: Ignacio.
Ignacio: I know you were involved with genetic experimentation.
Sloane: Ignacio, the fact is that someone in the black market is posing
as me. And that same someone placed all the previous orders of Xanthium
242 with you.
Ignacio: Mr. Sloane, he- he followed all of you protocols. I didn't
know. I swear.
Sloane: Ignacio, I'm not here to hurt you. But you need to tell me
exactly where that shipment was supposed to be sent.
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APO
Jack walks into Marshall's office/lab. Marshall is looking at some
device.
Jack: Marshall: Our teams going to Santiago. Pull up satellite
surveillance. 1500 Court of Barrera Montin.
Marshall: Got it. I'm on it.
Jack: (walks out) Weiss, make sure the jet is on standby. Coordinate an
in-country rendevous with Sloane at 1200 hours.
Weiss: 1200? Jack, it's me. You can say noon.
Jack: Just do it!
Dixon: (walks up) Sloane is joining the tactical team?
Jack: Considering whom we're up against, and considering our need for
Rambaldi information
Dixon: And are you considering the man himself? It's one thing to
allow Sloane into the DSR, But if his imposter has assembled the
Rambaldi device and Sloane is put in front of it, what assurance do we
have-
Jack: I'm calling the shots here, Marcus.
Dixon: And you have a problem with my questioning Sloane's motives.
Jack: As far as I'm concerned, at this juncture, Sloane's motives
are irrelevant. If he can help bring the imposter to us, I say let
Sloane do what he needs to do. Go to Santiago. Let's end this.
Dixon nods and leaves.
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Santiago
A van pulls up to a gat. Vaughn is driving the van with Dixon in the
passenger side. They shoot tranqs at the guards. Dixon gets out to open
the gate and Vaughn drives through. The van drives up to a building. We
see Arvin Clone in his office. In walks Carter.
Cater: Mr. Sloane, the shipments here.
AC: Good. Meet them at the loading dock, see that it's properly
handled. I'll get Dr. Sinclair, we meet you at the lab.
Back at the van. Two guys go to open the back. When they do, they get
tranqed by Sydney and Weiss. They jump out the back with Sloane,
Vaughn, Nadia.
Sydney: (on comms) Outrigger, do you have visual.
Dixon: (still back at the gate) I count 7 tangos so far. Still
searching for the hostage. (He's looking through video surveillance.)
Back to AC flanked by 2 bodyguards walking into the room with Sinclair
in it.
AC: The Xanthium has arrived. You can begin assembly immediately.
Sinclair: I could have worked more efficiently if you hadn't ruined
my hands.
AC: I have faith that you'll find another way.
Dixon: I've got a twenty on Dr. Sinclair. Northwest side, Level 2.
Hangar's on the ground floor, east side.
Sydney: Understood.
Vaughn: All right, we'll split up. One team retrieve the hostage, the
other secures the lab.
Sydney: I go with Sloane.
Sloane: I was gonna suggest that myself.
The 2 teams walk off in separate directions. Sydney with Sloane. Nadia,
Vaughn, and Weiss.
Sydney, Sloane come to a password box. Sydney puts password device on
it.
Slaone: (watches Sydney) Strange, isn't it?
Sydney: What's that?
Sloane: All our years working together, this is the first time I've
been with you in action. Up close.
Dixon: Alpha team, you're almost on target. Take the next left.
Vaughn, Nadia, Weiss, running down a corridor. All of a sudden, bad
guys shooting at them. Bad guys run through a door and close it.
Vaughn: Watch your fire. They've got Sinclair.
They run up to the closed door.
Vaughn: It's locked.
Weiss: Stay back, stay back! (fires at the door with his gun)
On the other side of door, AC stands with 2 guys and Sinclair.
AC: (to guy) Give me your radio. (into radio) Carter, change of plans.
Secure the device from the hangar and meet me by the side exit.
Password box says -DECODING-JA
Sydney: What is this? This is taking too long. If this were your
facility, what would the access code be?
Sloane: J-A. . . Try "Jacquelyn" J-A-C-Q-E-L-Y-N.
Sydney types it in and door opens.
Sydney: Am I supposed to know who that is?
They walk into the hangar, They see big Rambaldi ball.
Sydney: I'll set the charges.
Sloane: No. No, we don't have to. We can dismantle it.
Sydney: No, Sloane.
Sloane: Sydney, we have to consider the value of this.
Sydney: I don't care.
Vaughn: (on comms) Phoenix, we're cut off. They've got Dr.
Sinclair. You've got to intercept them.
Sydney: Where?
Vaughn: Northwest corridor. Headed your way.
Sloane: Go. Go.
Sydney: I'm on it. (she leaves the hangar)
Minutes later, Cater enters hanger and sees Sloane's back.
Carter: Mr. Sloane? I thought we were supposed to rendezvous on the
side entrance.
Sloane: (turns around, gun drawn) Hello.
We see Arvin Clone with Dr. Sinclair and 2 guys. Sydney enters and
starts shooting. Sinclair runs and hides. Arvin Clone runs out with one
guy. Other guy start shooting at Sydney. Sydney shoots a can of vapor.
Vapor hits guy in the face. Sydney runs up and fights guy. Sydney
knocks guy unconscious. Vaughn and Weiss enter through other door.
Sydney (to Vaughn and Weiss, referring to Sinclair) Stay with her.
(Sydney runs out.)
Back to Sloane and Carter in the hangar.
Sloane: Who's the man misrepresenting me?
Carter: It's Arvin Sloane.
Sloane: I am Arvin Sloane.
Carter tries to pull out his gun. Sloane shoots him in the knee. And he
falls, screaming.
Sloane picks up the miniature Mueller device shown to Sinclair earlier.
Sloane: Do you know what this is that you're doing?
Carter: What the hell do you want?
Sloane: Do you understand what you're dealing with here, and for
what?
Carter: Please, he told me-Mr. Sloane-
Sloane: Listen to me. Don't make me tell you again who I am. You
fool.
Carter: He told me- he told me that I can live forever.
Sloane (goes berserk): No! (he hits Carter with the Mueller device) Is
that what you think this is all about?! Immortality?! You bought the
rumor, you simple-minded dilettante! (He hits him again. They both
scream. We see Nadia walking.) A mystery. The true secrets of these
creations will always be held back (Sloane has blood splattered across
his face.) from you, the unworthy!! (Sloane hits Carter about 5 more
times. More blood is splattered on Sloane. Nadia walks in. (He's calm
again.) Nadia. ( Carter is dead) It's all over. It's all over,
honey.