this area
and leќs get out of here, okay?
We can get out to the bottom.
Under the floorboard
there's another hatch.
But watch out for
the half a mile drop.
Swing me!
-What a stench!
-I just shut my smell sensors off.
Okay, now whaќs next?
We wait for our ride up.
You're kidding me, right?
We're going to hitchhike a ride
on a trash container from hell?
Logic tells us
we have no other choice.
I'll attach us.
You just ride it out.
Yeah, thaќs easy for you to say.
-You all right?
-Like I was dragged through a hole.
-Get this thing off me!
-Leќs go.
I've got to quit smoking.
-You know the city?
-Haven't been topside for a while.
About 8 years, I think.
-What are you doing?
-A little interface.
Not bad for a first time break.
How do you do that?
Black magic.
Now I have to make you disappear.
All right, you better do it quick,
because I'm a felon now, okay?
Grand theft robot.
I don't need to get busted for
possession of an unlicensed cyborg.
Colt!
What?
-Colt!
-What?
What is it?
-What?
-I've been activated.
Whaќs going on?
I was afraid of this.
Afraid of what? You better give me
some answers, hotlips! Come on!
They wired a recall code
to her tracking system.
The detonator self-activates
if she gets too far
from the plant.
They don't want anyone to find out
she's carrying the Glass Shadow.
Help me!
Iќs okay. Iќs okay.
Stay calm, Cash.
The pattern recall voice
will probably switch off
any second. Think straight.
What does the clock read?
Eight hours fifty-seven and three.
You got time.
How much time?
About nine hours.
The signal is just playing hockey
with your feedback control.
Iќs trying to disorient you so
you can't form an escape strategy.
Come here, come here.
You're safe.
You're safe.
Iќs cool.
Remember, you're throwing out
a hell of a signal.
You won't be clear of danger
until you've been defused.
Okay, whaќs the plan?
Get some wheels.
Some wheels?
Hope I remember how to drive.
She can if you can't.
No problem.
Yeah, I'll drive.
-No problem.
-I'll drive.
Go to 1830 North Perot Street.
Iќs in the warehouse district
downtown and wait
for Wild Card.
If you miss him,
head straight for the old city
muzeum in the South Sector.
I'll find you.
Hey, who the hell are you?
Oh, I almost forgot.
The name's Mercy.
Ready when you are, Chen!
You screwed up, letting
our princess out of her tower.
Whaќs our plan now, Dunn?
She's not the problem.
Iќs the human, Colt.
The best laid plan...
Just shut up and listen.
Get topside and intercept Cash.
Disconnect the Pinwheel detonator
and install one of your own.
Make sure iќs undetectable.
After you kill Colt
we're back in business.
And what about Pinwheel?
They'll definitely want her back.
Don't worry about Pinwheel.
When the time is right
I'll destroy
Cash, Pinwheel and Kobayashi
all at the same time.
Remind me never to piss you off.
Who says you haven't already?
Sending Pinwheel Security to
locate her is out of the question.
Why?
Our tracking system will alert
the hackers and tappers topside
and they'll tear her to pieces
just for the parts.
That sort of garage sale
must be avoided at all costs.
She won't respond to
the activation warning?
After the 40 minute point there,
the odds decrease
some eleven percent on the hour.
Apparently, whatever emotion
drove her to escape
may override her sense
of self-preservation.
You mean she'd rather
self-destruct than surrender?
Check. The boys in
programming call it
a "freedom-cathexis aberration".
Put simply,
she's the first cyborg
to escape by