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| The Prophesy |
| Episode 16: The Prophesy ____________________________________________________________________________________ (Debriefing Room inside SD-6. Sloane, Jack, and Sydney discussing the identity and current situation of �The Man�) Sloane: Using all available resources, we have finally tracked down the enemy who we no longer have to refer to as The Man. Thanks to the surveillance photos you obtained in Brazil, we have confirmed his identity. He is Alexander Khasinau. Jack: Khasinau was the recipient of the Sark communiqu� reporting on the loss of the Rambaldi manuscript. Sloane: Highly decorated former lieutenant colonel for the KGB, Khasinau went underground. He's long rumored to be a power broker for the Russian mafia in its affairs with rogue states in the international arms bazaar. Sydney: So, we're up against the Russian mafia? Jack: As a source of financing, maybe, but in terms of tactics, reach and sophistication, Khasinau's organization operates on an entirely different order of magnitude. Sydney: So, what's next? _________________________________________________________________________________ (Jack and Sloane in Sloane�s office. Not wanting to show his vindictive side, Sloane tells Jack to find Khasinau and kill him.) Sloane: I want Khasinau dead. The Alliance doesn't know what the hell it wants. They're having a meeting in London on Tuesday to resolve whether or not the Alliance should invest all the necessary resources to find and kill Khasinau. Jack: It makes sense. Members from the old Soviet bloc still control five of the twelve votes. They're cold warriors who prefer the paradigm of d�tente. They'll likely reject going to war with Khasinau. Sloane: Those five men are cowards. All of them. Of the seven remaining members, there are only four that I know for certain who will vote in favor of aggressive action. Jack: Essentially then, three men control the outcome of this vote. Sloane: Khasinau sent men into this facility. They stole from us. They killed some of us. There should be no vote in the first place. Jack: What's your strategy? Sloane: Edward Poole oversees SD-9. He's one of the three swing votes. I'll start with him. (Sydney and Jack meet at Sydney�s request to discuss �the prophecy�.) Sydney: Thanks for coming. Jack: Are you all right? I heard about the tests. Sydney: This prophecy. Do you know anything about it? What it says? Jack: No. But the DSR was close to a panic when they had only half of it deciphered. They cracked the rest of it this morning. Sydney: That's what I wanted to ask. They need a code key. Do they have the right one? Jack: The DSR spent years trying to decipher Rambaldi's work. The key they're using is one they reverse engineered. Sydney: If the DSR is misreading the text, they're going to take me into custody, which would blow my cover with SD-6. And probably yours. Jack: You want Rambaldi's original code key. Sydney: If it exists. Jack: It does. But the agency won't go after it for political reasons. Sydney: Dad, what does that mean? Jack: The code key is in the Vatican. (Jack getting permission from Devlin for Sydney�s op) Jack: Think about what this means for Sydney! Devlin: I understand that! Jack: Then doing nothing shouldn't be an option! Devlin: You're asking me to authorize an op that goes deliberately against the DSR's work! Jack: Then classify it as recon! Devlin: Langley won't approve that! Jack: The DSR is being irresponsible and overreactive! Devlin: One thing you don't have to do is attack the DSR. Those bastards have just about taken over this office. Jack: Then this is the chance to prove them wrong! Devlin: Langley is watching us closely! Jack: Ben, it's a discretionary op. You're arguing semantics with me. (pause) Jack: If she weren't my daughter, Ben, I probably wouldn't be fighting for this. I understand this prophecy is special access but those who have it might be misreading that text. I'd go myself, but Sloane's headed to London and I'm overseeing operations at SD-6 while he's away. I don't have to tell you what an opportunity that is. So, Ben, I need your help on this. (Sloane�s office after Sloane has found out about the fake page 47) Jack: I understand Poole was here. Is he with us? Sloane: Where the hell is Sydney? Jack: I believe she's at the university. Sloane: We just got word from Kleinhoff in Munich. There's a counterfeit page in Rambaldi's manuscript. Jack: Counterfeit? Sloane: That's right. Page 47. There's nothing on it. We had it tested. Doesn't match any of the other pages in the manuscript. Now, number 47 had special significance for Rambaldi. In all his writings, page 47 had critical information on it. And I want to know why we don't have that page. Jack: I'll tell Sydney when she comes in. Sloane: Her school is a liability, Jack. Jack: She's familiar with your opinion. Her education is important to her. Sloane: Your daughter needs to re-examine her priorities. Jack: You're leaving for London a day earlier than expected. Sloane: I believe we have the necessary votes. When I get back the Alliance will officially be at war with Khasinau. I want you to follow up with Kleinhoff while I'm gone. I want to know what happened to that page. Jack: Done. Sloane: Tell Sydney that she and I need to talk. |
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