LIKE? FOR THE TEAM? WELL, I... I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'D DO WITHOUT YOU. THAT'S NICE. HEY. -YOU OKAY? YEAH, I THINK THE CONFERENCE WENT WELL. I THINK I TURNED A FEW POLITICIANS' HEADS. AND NOW, IF THE BIG MONEY LOBBYISTS DON'T TURN THEM BACK THEN- I MEANT ABOUT MCTEAGUE'S SON TRYING TO KILL YOU. YEAH, WELL, CAN'T SAY THAT THAT MADE MY DAY. MAYBE WE SHOULD TALK TO THE POLICE. NO, BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ANY HARD PROOF THAT HE'S THE ONE WHO ORDERED THE HIT. YOU KNOW, IT KIND OF SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE PROTECTING HIM. WELL, MAYBE I AM. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHY. WELL, HE'S THE SON OF SOMEONE YOU LOVED. YOU KNOW, MAYBE YOU FEEL LIKE YOU OWE HER. MAYBE I DO. YEAH, BUT, YOU CAN'T JUST CLOSE YOUR EYES AND PRETEND IT'S ALL BETTER NOW. BECAUSE BEN IS STILL OUT THERE. AND HE'S INSANE.WHAT'S WRONG? BEING THIS CLOSE TO A COURTHOUSE GIVING YOU BAD MEMORIES? NO. I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO WITH MY TIME THAN SIT AROUND WAIT FOR SOME LOW-RENT HOOD. YEAH, A HOOD THAT HAPPENS TO BE A KEY WITNESS IN PUTTING AWAY THE LEADER OF A MAJOR CRIME SYNDICATE IN THE COUNTRY. EXACTLY. YOU KNOW, ADAM'S GOT US PULLING BABYSITTING DUTY FOR SOME PUREBRED GRADE A RAT. HEY, UH, ONE OF YOU GUYS WANT TO... WANT TO CRACK THE WINDOW OR SOMETHING? I'M BURNING UP BACK HERE, UH? BETTER, PRINCESS? NO. NO, LOOK, I DO NOT WORK WITH A/C. OKAY? IT DRIES UP MY SINUSES. WILL... WILL YOU JUST CRACK A WINDOW? I THINK YOU'LL BE A LOT HAPPIER ONCE VIC TESTIFIES. WITHOUT HIM, RAYMOND WALKS. THIRD TIME IN NEARLY A DECADE. HEY, SILVERMAN, GOOD LUCK TODAY. WHAT? ARE YOU AFRAID TO SHAKE MY HAND? I'M NOT AFRAID OF YOU. YOU ALL RIGHT? I'VE GOT MY PEOPLE ESCORTING VIC WHEN HE ARRIVES. YOU'VE GOT THE DECOY CAR ARRIVING AT THE BACK ENTRANCE, RIGHT? RIGHT. I FIGURE THAT'S WHERE RAYMOND'S PEOPLE WOULD EXPECT VIC TO ENTER FROM IF THEY HAD ANY INTENTION OF TAKING HIM OUT BEFORE HE TESTIFIES, SO... WE GOT IT COVERED. MY PEOPLE ARE OUTSIDE TO ESCORT VIC WHEN HE ARRIVES. GIVE ME YOUR PHONE. YEAH. VIC'S COMING AROUND THE FRONT - NOW. LOOKS LIKE OUR COMPANY'S ARRIVED. FBI. TWO IN THE BACK. LOOK, JUST SIT AND SHUT IT. FINE. BUT THIS IS ALL GOING IN MY BOOK. CHAPTER 7: HOW I WAS TREATED BY THE FBI AS A STAR WITNESS. GIMME THAT. HEY, HEY, THAT IS PRIVATE-- GET OUT OF THE WAY. GO! GO! LOOK OUT! THANK YOU. COME ON! IS HE DEAD? NO. THE RAT GOT AWAY. I AM ADAM KANE. I WAS A PIONEER OF GENETIC RESEARCH, MANIPULATING DNA TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES. BUT IN MANY THEIR GENES UNEXPECTEDLY MUTATED. THEY DEVELOPED SUPER-HUMAN ABILITIES. TOGETHER WITH FOUR OF THE MOST POWERFUL I FIGHT TO PROTECT A WORLD THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WE EXIST. WE ARE... MUTANT X. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE WE FIND HIM. WELL, UNLESS RAYMOND'S PEOPLE FIND HIM FIRST. ALL RIGHT, SO HOW DID RAYMOND'S PEOPLE KNOW THAT HE WAS ARRIVING IN FRONT? YOU AND I ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO KNEW. EVEN THE FBI MEN HAD NO SPECIFICS OF WHO THEY'RE ESCORTING. ALL RIGHT, BUT THE LEAK HAD TO COME FROM SOMEWHERE. THAT'S WHAT YOU WOULD THINK. LOOK, I'VE BEEN AFTER THIS GUY FOR TEN YEARS. THEY CALL HIM RAYMOND THE READER. HE CAN FIND OUT ANYTHING ON ANYONE. WHAT? SO HE'S CONNECTED SOMEHOW? GOES BEYOND THAT. HE KNOWS THINGS BEFORE THEY HAPPEN. WHY DO YOU THINK IT'S BEEN NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO BUILD A CASE AGAINST HIM? WELL, IT'S NOT OVER YET. ADAM, ALL I KNOW IS, IF VIC DOESN'T SHOW UP SOON, THAT MONSTER GETS ANOTHER FREE PASS. HEY. -WHAT'S UP? DO... DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN YOUR ATTITUDE ABOUT VIC? WELL, IT'S NO BIG DEAL. I JUST DON'T HOLD GUYS LIKE VIC IN THE HIGHEST REGARD, THAT'S ALL. WHAT DO YOU MEAN, "GUYS LIKE VIC"? WELL, YOU KNOW... SOMEONE WHO WILL SELL OUT ANYONE JUST TO SAVE THEIR OWN SKIN. HE'S JUST A LITTLE GUPPY TRYING TO TAKE DOWN A BARRACUDA. YEAH, ISN'T THAT THE POINT? NO. FOR A RAT LIKE VIC, THE WHOLE POINT IS "WHAT'S IN IT FOR ME"? SO IF VIC WERE TO END UP DEAD, ACCORDING TO YOU HE JUST ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Д'Артаньян и три мушкетёра на английском - текст Полицейский из Беверли Хиллз 2 на английском - текст Строгий юноша на английском - текст Клуб Парадиз на английском - текст Дом дураков на английском |