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These are the journals of Darian Lambert, Captain, Fugitive Retrieval

.D. 2193.

You shouldn't have run Jake.

Now you know the penalty for running.

No, Drax.

I wouldn't have told nobody.

Stop it.

You'll kill him.

That's the idea.

What's the matter?

You're going soft on us, Luther.

There's no need for that.

You know, we're all strangers in a strange land. We've got to stick

You're either with us or against us.

You understand?

Now feed him to the gator.

Luthor's weak. I don't wait to find out he's against us.

You implant him.

He can live and work with the primitives.

It began in the future.

A time machine called Trax.

Criminals who vanish.

And a lawman who must pursue into the past.

Now he's among us.

A special breed of man.

He has one weapon and a computer named Selma.

Good morning, Captain Lambert.

With her, he will travel through our world.

Searching for fugitives from his own.

knowing he cannot go home until he has found them all.

His name is Darian Lambert, and this is his story.

has taken an historic turn this year. Here we have our Gainsborough gown. The

bodice of green brocade, the skirt of green catheter, lined in magenta, worn

with a matching hat.

Captain, would it please you if I changed periodically?

What do you mean?

Something like this.

Whoa!

So am I.

You look, uh...

Yes, Captain?

You look nice.

But do you think it's practical?

Yes, that would be a concern.

But since I'm a hologram, it really doesn't matter.

Well, to tell you the truth, I kind of like the old look a little better.

Yes?

My name is Cecilia Bell. You know my husband, Luther Bell?

I'm afraid not.

He gave me your name. He told me to call you if anything ever happened to him.

And has something happened to him?

They said he... he's dead.

They won't even show me his body. Won't even tell me how he died.

Who are they?

The men who run the prison farm where Luther works as a guard.

Mrs. Bell.

Could you hold on for a minute? I'll be right back.

I promise.

Yes.

Selma, scan your files, present and future, for a Luther Bell.

Scanning it.

Luther Bell.

A convicted accomplice in an armed robbery of a World Securities Bank in

I -4 in 2186.

An Enclave guard was killed during the crime.

Mrs.

Bell. Where are you calling from?

Pivotal, Louisiana.

Will you please help me?

I have no one else to turn to.

Yes, I will.

God bless you.

I run a boarding house outside of town.

It'll be just another boarder looking for a place to stay.

Thank you.

Goodbye.

Selma, did Luther Bell serve time?

He was sentenced to five years hard labor in Desert Penal Fortress MX -9.

During transport to the fortress, the shuttle crashed, allowing Bell and six

others to escape.

Selma, book us on the next flight to New Orleans.

Let's find out if Luther Bell is really dead.

Hi, my name is Darian Lambert.

I'm here about the room that was advertised.

Come in.

Thank you for coming.

The past few days have been very difficult for me.

What can you tell me about the prison?

Not much.

Who's running it?

The county.

I went out there after I got the phone call about his death and demanded to

to the warden, but he refused to see me.

Did you contact the county authorities?

Yes.

They said that they'd look into it, but I haven't heard from them.

I don't know what to do. I mean, if he's really gone.

I don't know how I'll live without him. He means everything to me.

I understand.

Are you in the military, Captain Lambert?

No, I'm a police officer.

I really don't know much about Luther's past.

You wouldn't talk about it.

Like his prison work.

Yeah.

I'll do all I can to find out what happened.

You're going to the prison?

Yes.

Rex?

No,

no, go ahead.

Bring him on over.

There's a man at the gate.

Claims he's an investigator with the state prison bureau.

Could I county judge it? All that covered.

So did I.

He got to prison for a long time. They found out he was sending his misdemeanor

criminals to work the operation.

So what about the investigator?

We talked to him.

Come on in.

Don Logan, State Bureau of Prisons.

I'm Warden Drax.

This is Morgan. He's here to my guards.

We don't often have a visit from the Bureau, Mr. Logan. What can I do for

I'm here to look into the death of one of your guards.

Luther Bell?

Yes, it was tragic.

He was one of my top men.

We didn't get a report about it at the Bureau.

We got a call from his wife.

Strange.

The county knew about it. I'm surprised they didn't report on through.

We'll find out where the system broke down. You can bet on that. In the

meantime, I'd like some details.

Of course.

What happened?

We had an escape.

It was just coming on the dawn when the hounds lost the center of the river.

Luther started across, but was taken by a gator. A big one.

Didn't find the body.

Why wouldn't you talk to Bell's wife about it?

I'm running a prison farm here, Mr. Logan. I don't have time to play

to a grieving widow.

Your husband died doing his job. She knew that job had inherent dangers.

I'm sure County will recompense her so she won't want for the basic things of

life. Yeah.

I'd like to talk to the other guards.

Well, that won't be a problem, but it'll have to be tomorrow. It's getting kind

of late in the day and we're heading for lockup.

Do you have a place to stay?

Yes.

Well, then we'll see you in the morning.

Guard!

Well, Judge, we got a problem.

A state investigator has been here asking questions.

Logan. Don Logan.

He's been asking about that guard we had trouble with.

Yeah, I know you're stonewalled at a county level.

You do that, I'll hold on.

I told you Bell's wife would cause trouble.

This operation's gone too well to have some bureaucrat mess it up.

Yeah.

Oh, that's interesting.

No. No, we'll handle it.

Mr. Logan's name was entered into the state computer file today.

No one's ever heard of him.

How do you want to handle it?

Mr. Logan wants to talk to the guards.

I suggest you introduce him to them.

Visual mode, Selma.

You're saying they're all fugitives?

Affirmative, Captain.

Drax, Morgan, and Luther Bell.

That's quite a cozy little group.

Tell me about Drax.

General Xavier Drax was commandant in charge of enemy prison camps during the

Hemispheric War of 2164.

He is credited with the development of the Scorcher, an insidious device...

which he used to turn his vast prison population into slave labor.

The scorcher is used in conjunction with an implanted thrall disc.

The disc is placed under the skin and acts as a conductor.

It can inflict minor pain or, in its extreme use, cause death.

And what about Morgan?

He was a prisoner on the same shuttle that Luther Bell escaped from.

Well, they're not here to rehabilitate criminals.

What are they up to?

I cannot speculate, Captain.

Whatever it is, it's no damn good. I've got to find out what they're up to, stop

it, and send them back.

Captain!

That's exactly what we're going to find out.

What do you mean?

Oh, come now. Let's not play games. You know exactly what I mean, and you're

going to tell me one way or the other.

Who are you?

I'm an investigator with the State Bureau of Prisons.

We have a friend in Baton Rouge who doesn't think so.

He's wrong.

Well, you supposedly worked for him.

Maybe you don't know what you're dealing with here. You see, we operate above

the law.

When someone like you comes along and lies to us, we get upset.

I'll ask you only once for the truth.

You've already heard it.

Where I come from, we have a technology which allows us to be creative in the

application of pain as control.

We can also be an effective confessor.

I'm a private investigator.

Why are you here?

Luther Bell's wife hired me to find out what happened to him.

So you want to know what happened to Luther Bell?

He's not dead.

Pretty soon he's going to wish he was.

Morgan will show you where he is.

You're part of my world now.

You tow the line, or I'll kill you.

Take care of these things.

Boss is taking a real personal interest here.

Okay,

here we go a five on the six a five on the deuce You wanna find luther bell

there he is New

blood on the floor

Okay, Savannah's to bed. Let's go.

They call me Pigeon.

I'm your trustee.

That's why I got the tea on my back.

You want stuff, I can get it for you.

You can trust me.

I know the boss has got it in for you, but I can have a smoke.

What's it to you?

I was just asking.

It will save your breath.

Oh, you're the friendly sort, aren't you?

Look, Blanco, just leave me the hell alone.

I don't like being called that.

And where I come from, that's a racial slur.

Where do you come from?

You should know, Luther.

You asked your wife to call me.

Darian Lambert?

How is she?

They told her you were dead.

Damn, I gotta get out of here.

Tell me what's going on, Luther.

I'd give my right arm to scorch him.

What happened to them?

They're coming from where we're going.

Listen, new blood, I don't know you from Adam and I don't want to, but choose

your friends carefully around here.

That screw is bad news.

What are they mining?

Latin.

Fire in the hole!

Okay, you two.

Get up the ladder.

You work the first tear.

What's the matter, Luther?

Tripping over those big feet of yours again?

Yeah, boss. Just clumsy, I guess.

You get up.

You're good for nothing.

You get up that ladder.

Why

do

you take it?

Because I don't want to die in here.

Cecilia is all that matters to me. And if I die in here, I'll never see her

again.

Stop it! No talking, I'm a fool, Luther, you know better.

Stop it! It was my fault, I was the one doing this.

Oh, so you want some of this too?

Go get him some water.

Ain't nobody ever stood up to the scorcher like that.

Man, you got brass in your pants.

Okay, just take it easy. Take it easy.

Thanks.

Let me through.

No one's ever done that for me.

I mean, stood up for me.

Especially some blanco.

I'm going to pretend I didn't hear that.

I'm sorry.

What I'm trying to say is thanks.

Look, you can't fight these men.

I know. I used to work with them.

They'll either break you or they will kill you. So you've given up?

No, I just, I don't know what to do.

Have you got any bright ideas?

The one thing you can't do is lose hope.

I was looking for something more specific.

Hey, Pigeon.

Come here, will you?

What can I do?

Can I do something for you?

The phone of yours.

Can anybody use it?

I don't think the boss would like me letting you use it.

Anyway, I charge four packs of smokes per minute.

Come on, come on. You said you could help me. I've got to talk to my

Give me a minute on account.

Okay. But I'm not going to time you.

Okay.

Hello, my love.

Captain?

Yeah, so, uh, what's happening?

Happening? I'm in a bag, Captain.

I miss you very much.

Captain, are you all right?

I'm born to death here. How is it there?

In the bag?

No, where you are, baby.

You know what I need is a diversion to pass the time until we're together

May I suggest cards, Captain?

They are an excellent way to... No, dear. A diversion until we can be

again.

Ah, I see.

You want me to create a diversion so you can come and get me. Yes, that's right,

sweetheart.

I love you, too.

Bye -bye.

Thanks.

I wish I had a love like that.

Yes, she's something special.

It is very rare and valuable in this century.

So Drax is getting rich off of slave labor. Now we've got to stop him.

Can you neutralize my thrall disc implant?

Not without access to a raw disc for now.

turn to say thanks.

Call us even.

Luther, you were one of them when they turned on you.

I was never one of them.

You were convicted and sentenced.

I'm not a criminal.

Murder is a crime in anyone's book.

Well, I didn't do it.

Needed money.

They said they wanted to be driven somewhere.

They flashed a wad of bills, and I took them to the bank, no questions asked.

Before I knew it, alarms were going off.

PPT pellets were flying everywhere.

Yeah, an enclave guard was murdered, but I had nothing to do with it. All I did

was drive the hovercraft.

I understand, Luther.

But you were an accomplice.

Does that mean you'll send me back?

It's my job.

If they set you up in the future, why didn't you learn your lesson when you

here?

After I met Cecilia, I wanted to give her everything I could to make a good

for us.

But I found out how hard it is for a black man to make it in this blanco

I couldn't get work, no matter how I tried.

Morgan and I had ten -ported together.

He called after he hooked up with Drax.

He was desperate.

A small piece of this operation looked to set Cecilia and I up for life.

But Morgan really has it in for you.

He's the one who killed the bank guard.

We've got to get rid of these implants.

Where do they keep the discs?

The infirmary.

Let's go. Lambert.

No matter what, I'm not going back.

Selma, scan the room.

Who's Selma?

Computer.

The disks are kept in the steel cabinet opposite you.

Analyzing.

Captain... The disc has an electron base that produces energy when stimulated by

magnetic waves from the scorcher.

So? So it is basically a sophisticated battery with an energy load of 5 .3

years. I feel confident that I can absorb the energy from the disc without

causing its human host any harm.

What do I do?

Simply place me over the implant.

Unbutton your shirt.

Finished, Captain.

I feel free.

That's one hell of a computer.

Hard to believe you were once one of us.

We're going to work your friend to death in the mine, but I've got an even

better way for you to die.

Take him away to the swamp.

Feed him to the gators.

Not this time.

Bad of his day.

Well done, Mr. Bell.

Thank you, Selma.

Now, quickly, we must help my captain.

What?

Morgan!

What is it?

The judge says the state computers are reading out all prisoner transfers and

discrepancies regarding this facility, including Luther Bell's death.

What's he doing about it?

He's running.

This place will be swarming with state investigators within hours.

Then let's get out of here.

Until we've taken care of business.

We'll load one last truck.

It's good to hear your voice.

I see they got you chained up, too.

Here.

Now I know what you mean about being free.

Captain, I had just picked up a continuous high -frequency pulse

that shed down below.

Amplify summer.

Detonator set.

Five minutes and counting.

Good. We'll go out through the tunnel to the truck, huh?

They're going to blow the mine.

We've got to get everybody out of here.

Go down the ladder.

Get a position.

You've got to get the prisoners to riot.

What about you?

I've got a score to settle with Drax.

Drax won't be scorching anybody anymore.

Hello, Mrs. Bell.

I have something for Luther.

Is he here?

No, Captain.

I, um... He's gone. I don't know where.

He promised me he'd be here.

I'm sorry.

You forgot this.

Thanks.

Well, I'd better be going.

Captain Lambert, thank you for all you've done.

It's a great relief knowing he's still alive.

Someone scan the house?

Scanning. It is someone else, Captain.

Male. Approximately 40 years of age.

Come on out, Luther.

Selma, scan the house. I know you're in there.

That's one hell of a computer.

Prison's been shut down.

All the prisoners have either been released or moved to legitimate

You're my only unfinished business.

Well, I told you I'm not going back.

No.

No, I guess you're not.

I can't send back the man who saved my life.

Thanks.

So you're out of work now.

What are you going to do?

We'll manage.

Well, I thought maybe a few of these would help.

There were so many of them.

Captain, thank you.

We'll never forget you.

I owe you one, Blanco.

Time Trapped is a Gary Nardino production in association with Warner

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