Prologue.

New York.

“ONCE THEY LABEL YOU AS A KiLLER - THAT’S ALL YOU’LL EVER BE.”

“MAKE SURE YOU DON’T MAKE THAT MiSTAKE, BEN. KEEP

THiNGS CLEAN: NO GUNS, NO ViiOLENCE, NO PROBLEM.”

You OK?

WHAT DiD YOU FiND

OUT?

THAT’S THE CHUMP

WHO TRiED TO KiLL ME.

MAJOR CLANCY WALLENCHECK, HEAD OF SPECiAL OPS UNiT

BLACKLiGHT.

PROFESSiONAL BAD ASSES, JUST WHAT WE NEED.

FROM WHAT I CAN

PiECE TOGETHER, MOST OF CLANCY’S TEAM WAS

WiPED OUT DURiNG A MiSSiON iN CUBA.

IT'S SEEMS YOUR HUNCH WAS

RiGHT...

...THiS iS FROM OUR GOOD FRiEND,

ELiJAH.

NO CONTACT: THAT WAS THE DEAL. YOU'VE GOT TWENTY

SECONDS….

...YOU jUST MAKE SURE YOU

OBTAiN THE DiSK AND THE HAND DiES iN THE

EXPLOSiON AS AGREED.

...MY EMPLOYERS

WANTED ME TO iNFORM YOU THAT ONE OF THEiR

OPERATiVES WiLL TAKE CARE OF PEMROSE...

understood.

CLANCY AND A FEW OTHERS,

iNCLUDiNG JACK KELLY, HiS SECOND-iN-COMMAND, SURViVED THE MASSACRE

AND THEN DROPPED OUT OF SiGHT.

WELL, WE'RE iN THE SHiT

NOW.

WOULDN'T BE THE FiRST

TiME.

ANY LUCK WiTH THE DiSK I GOT FROM PEMROSE?

WE NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S

ON THAT DiSK; iT COULD BE THE KEY TO THiS

WHOLE MESS.

I’VE ALREADY CONTACTED ALEX AND PUT HiM TO WORK ON iT - BUT SO FAR NOTHiNG,

UNTiL HE HAS SOMETHiNG,

WE SHOULD MAKE FOR THE NEAREST NON- EXTRADiTiON

COUNTRY.

I DON'T GiVE A SHiT

WHO'S AFTER US, I’M NOT

RUNNiNG. BUT iF WE’RE GOiNG TO

DO THiS, THEN WE’RE GOiNG TO NEED

BACKUP.

OK,

DON'T EVEN THiNK ABOUT iT -

WE’RE NOT BRiNGiNG THAT PSYCHO iNTO THiS.

I DON'T WANT

HiM ANYWHERE NEAR US. WHEREVER HE

GOES, PEOPLE DiE.

YOU SAY YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN,

FiNE...

...BUT iF WE'RE GOiNG TO

SEE THiS THROUGH, THEN WE NEED THE

REVEREND. OTHERWiSE, I’M GONE. I

MEAN iT BEN.

DAMNED iF WE DO, DAMNED

iF WE DON'T.OKAY –

MAKE CONTACT.

YOU WON'T REGRET

THiS.

I ALREADY

AM.

IT'S LiKE FORT KNOX. I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH COMPLEX ENCRYPTiON;

IT’S WAY OUT OF MY LEAGUE.

Los Angeles, Six years ago.

Wha...

...Hello?

…It’s three-thirty

in the morning Luther…

Versailles, FRANCE.

Mercure Paris, la defense hotel

KATHRYN?

IT’S LUTHER.

BUT I DO KNOW THE MEANiNG OF THE WORD

DEAD... ...AS iN YOU WiLL BE

iF YOU DON’T HAVE A GOOD REASON

FOR WAKiNG ME UP.

THERE WAS A TiME WHEN YOU DiDN'T

KNOW THE MEANiNG OF THE WORD SLEEP.

HOW FAST CAN YOU GET DRESSED?