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Good night. A lot of firepower. Could be a mob hidden. Like the Russian mafia?

Nothing to the money.

You don't dictate to me, I dictate to you. Give it to me.

That hot little charm you found? It's radioactive.

I think you dropped this last night.

Okay, it's my bracelet.

Did you hear I said?

He's disintegrating. And there'll be more like him.

In the jungles of Peru, the fight for survival heightened his senses.

Now. Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman in the war against crime.

birthday celebration, lend them a bottle, something expensive, and make

they know it's from me.

Yes, sir.

To you, Katrina, my baby sister.

I wish you the happiest of birthdays and many more to follow.

Many more will follow. My time is just beginning.

Thank him for us.

You pick.

What time?

11 .30.

He's late.

He'll be here.

Where else is he going to go?

Happy birthday, Katrina.

Sergey.

Katrina, no.

Sergey.

That should never get here.

Took me much longer than I thought.

Are you okay?

Yeah. Go back to the table.

And we'll do this.

Oh, my

God.

Everyone take your time. I don't want any mistakes on this.

And no one, I repeat, no one gets onto this crime scene without authorization.

Oh, nice reds. What are you, moonlighting as a maitre d'? I was at a

the commissioner.

I got Paige while the mayor was in the middle of one of his captivating

speeches. Needless to say, it got everyone's attention.

What happened? Oh, he was going on and on about before his re -election.

I mean here, son.

Yeah. Well, some guy came in and shot the place up.

We've got two dead. We're lucky there weren't more.

Witnesses? Oh, yeah, plenty of them. You passed them on the way in.

But this is Little Moscow, remember?

Nobody's talking.

Captain, if it's okay with you, we'd like to bag them and take them downtown.

The sooner we can do some autopsies, the sooner you can get some answers.

Anything you can tell us so far?

This is real preliminary, but there's something odd about their teeth.

What about their teeth?

The fillings.

They're steel.

And they're crudely placed.

Not exactly the kind of work that would give you a perfect smile.

He was in a gulag.

Probably a guard.

What, are you working on your sixth sense, Jim? A guy I knew in the CIA told

about someone he was interrogating one time.

This guy had a mouthful of steel fillings, all courtesy of the Russian

system. Tough way to get a dental plan.

Well, if both of these victims were guards, this could be some sort of

getting even.

A lot of firepower. Could be a mob hit.

Like the Russian mafia?

That doesn't make sense, Jim. I mean, why do it in a public place?

Keeps everybody in line.

Everybody's too terrified to talk. Well, whatever it is, we need answers.

I got to call the mayor. You keep me posted.

I don't want any surprises.

Let me know as soon as you come up with a report, okay? Got it.

Thank you, boys.

I told you everything we saw. How much longer are you going to keep us here?

As long as necessary.

This is a murder investigation.

I'll take it over from here. Thank you.

I'm Detective Ellison. This is my associate, Blair Sandberg. And you would

Mickey Kamieris.

Look, we were here to celebrate my sister Katrina's birthday.

A man came here and started shooting.

That's all we know.

You ever see him before?

No, he was a stranger.

What did he look like?

About six feet, 200 pounds, brown hair.

Any scars, tattoos?

I don't know. I don't remember.

Everything happened so fast.

How about the rest of you? Anybody see anything?

I was just having a party. I don't know what happened.

We're just trying to get some information here, but if you don't feel

comfortable...

Speaking here, maybe we can go someplace private.

Why don't I give you my card?

If you or anybody else remembers anything, please don't hesitate to call

I'm scared.

They don't trust us. I mean, the last time they talked, they were probably

Well, they're not in Mother Russia anymore.

You think this is the first time I'm down here?

They're working on three unsolved policies.

Well, all I'm saying is you've got to find some way to break through the

barrier. Detective Allison.

I am the editor of a neighborhood newspaper.

People talk to me, so if I find out anything, I'll be in touch.

Thank you.

Thank you.

From Russia with love, I'd say.

Yeah, it is kind of hot in here. No, not the room. This.

My finger's tingling.

You're sure about this? Your test couldn't be wrong?

I know you know your job. It just wasn't the answer I was expecting.

All right. This information is need to know.

Until I decide how to handle this, I don't want anybody down there talking

it.

All right.

Yeah, I'll let you know.

That hot little charm you found?

It's radioactive.

Radioactive? What do you mean, like Chernobyl radioactive?

It's not dangerous, but enough to give readings.

You think this has anything to do with the shooting?

I don't know.

You know what people are like down there. They won't talk.

You better start shaking the tree.

If I don't get some answers, I'm going to have to turn this over to the feds.

Once they get in here, we'll be playing catch -up.

I'll get some answers, Simon.

Jim.

Don't take too long.

This one has hair on it.

You mean my hair?

I left

a

while.

What? A sign. It's the name of the paper.

Must be a play on words.

I thought

you'd give me a little more time.

I have nothing else to tell you.

Well, I have something to show you.

Do you recognize this?

No, should I?

It's radioactive.

And you think I know something about it?

I think you can help me.

And you're not.

This came very close to something that was hot.

From radiation.

And so did whoever that was wearing it.

It may have something to do with the shooting.

What's the expression?

Grasping at straws?

Even if it is a coincidence, someone may be very sick. Your sister or friend,

perhaps. It's the rumor.

Excuse me?

The name of your paper is The Rumor, right?

Very good, Mr. Sandberg. I'm impressed.

I know a little bit about the Slavic languages.

But why do you call your newspaper The Rumor? I mean, it's kind of a

contradiction in terms, isn't it?

Actually, it's more of a reminder than anything else.

Where I come from, we didn't have a free press.

Our truth came from rumor.

The world might have changed, but we still remember how it was like.

Does that answer your question?

Oh, yeah, absolutely.

So then maybe there's a rumor that you've heard that might help us.

I told you I didn't know anything.

Well, we don't need anything concrete, just something to get us started.

I mean, after all, we are talking about rumors, right?

There is this boy.

He's my sister's friend.

They like the same music, the same lifestyle.

He thinks she's living the American dream.

He was there last night.

I think that's his bracelet.

What's his name?

Sergei Tomsk.

Tomsk.

Why do I know that name?

You might find him here.

Thank you.

I'm looking for this man, Sergei Tomsk. Do you know him?

This man's supposed to live here, Sergei Thompson. Hey, hey, this is really

important. This guy could be really sick.

Ma 'am, we're only trying to help, okay?

Miss, if we could just have a second of your time.

Or maybe another time. We'll get back to you.

All right, let's forget about them and work with what we have here. Which is

what? Your senses.

Now, if this guy Sergei's here, he's probably leaving a trail of hot spots.

Quite the optimist.

Miss Day, would you...

Forget about it.

Metal's a good conductor.

Where do we change?

You getting anything?

I'm not sure.

It's not the exact science.

Yeah? This one's hot.

Yeah, some reach.

Two away.

Second floor.

The thing here is two very different and distinct cultures bombarding each other

in a cataclysmic space. You know, critical mass.

And when things reach critical mass, they usually explode.

Yeah.

Is it hot?

Yeah, like a toaster.

Gas gate, PD!

Open up!

Sorry to break up the party, folks.

I know you don't know me, but I'm Detective Allison, Cascade PD.

And you must be Sergei. He didn't do anything.

I didn't say that he did.

I think you dropped this last night.

No, it's not mine.

I don't know what you're talking about.

So these number sevens must just be some cosmic accident, right? How did you

find us?

Your sister.

She's worried about you.

She has no rights.

Okay,

it's my bracelet.

But if this is about shooting, I have no idea who did it or why.

We'll talk about that later. Right now, I want you two to get dressed. We're

going to go down to the emergency room.

Why? This bracelet is contaminated.

It's radioactive.

And you two need to be examined.

Please.

So that band you were listening to when we came in, that's Dread, right?

You like them?

Oh, yeah, yeah. I'm a big fan.

Especially their Frankfurt concert.

Oh, I was there. Come on, get out of here. You were there when they recorded

that? They have CD bootlegs out of Germany.

Listen to this.

Hey, that's great.

It's advert. This is getting a little painful.

Come on, Jim, just one more minute. Relax.

Great.

All right, you're next.

You know, we're doing this for your own good.

Yes, I know. Everyone is always worrying about my own good, especially my

sister. Well, you're lucky your sister cares for you.

Cut the music Don't worry about that

He does it all the time You get used to it Okay

Besides his name, what else do we know about him? Oh, he did a search of his

place. He found a passport.

Sergei's been doing some traveling. Where? Mostly Europe. Eastern Bloc. And

think he has radiation poisoning?

Possibly. Or at least been exposed to radioactive material.

Yeah, but from what? And where?

In Russia?

Until we find the kid, I can't tell you. And what about this woman? Katrina or

something? Kamarev. She's at Mercy General.

They're running some tests on her right now. That's all I've got. I should know

more later. Well, I've got something for you.

The two victims from last night's shooting.

We ran their prints through Interpol and came up with a match. Both are street

thugs with active warrants. It's like a buffet.

Drugs, smuggling, trafficking.

Are they connected or freelance?

These guys are too dumb to be freelance. They went for this man, Anton

Mayakovsky.

Mayakovsky was on his way to the top of the dung heap when the communists were

in control.

Lost it all when he fled the new regime.

Evidently, he's here to reestablish a power base.

You think he's in cascade?

Well, either that or his victims had a new employer.

The question is, does it connect with your guy, Sergei?

Tomsk. You're welcome. No, no, Tomsk. Forbidden city, that's it.

What are you talking about?

Sergei's name. I remember from a lecture on microcosmic societies. You know, a

society within a society.

I'm sure there's a point to all this.

Tomsk is the name of a city.

One of the seven cities, actually. That's why the number seven. You see,

cities are where the Soviets made their most potent nuclear weapons. There was

lots of leaks, lots of accidents.

It got so dangerous that they had to evacuate everybody and seal off all the

cities. But it's not unusual for an immigrant to take on a name of the city

he's from. That's why he calls himself Tomsk.

That's where he's from.

I have no idea how he knows all this, but if the kid's right, there's no

what he could have brought out with him. I don't know what you have to do, Jim,

but I want this guy found and found fast.

Right. Okay.

We won't let him see her.

They're running a lot of tests.

You'd just be in the way.

What about Sergei? Did you find him? Not yet, but we will.

Do you know where Sergei was from in the Soviet Union?

I hardly knew him.

Come on, your sister and he were a lot more than friends. She must have told

something. Does number seven ring a bell?

Why are you pushing this?

Because right now we need information, and you're the only one that's talking

us. This camera?

I'm Dr. Gladstone.

My sister, she's had a pretty heavy dose of radiation poisoning.

When we were examining her, she spiked a high fever. We're going to have to

bring that down.

I'm Detective Ellison.

When can I see the patient?

Not until she stabilizes.

When do you think that'll be?

24 hours, maybe a bit longer.

If you know something, you've got to tell me.

Mickey, please.

If you're trying to protect someone, you're not doing them any good. You

be jeopardizing their life right now.

It's complicated.

My sister and I see the world very differently.

The night of the party, Sergei came in and he was carrying a briefcase.

Do you know what was in it? No.

What did it look like?

Metal. He was going to give it to a man named Anton.

Mayakovsky?

I know him.

Did Mayakovsky take the briefcase?

No, the man who did the shooting grabbed it.

Do you know where I could find this Mayakovsky?

Whatever was in that briefcase was worth killing someone for.

Could have been anything. Could have been drugs, counterfeit money, security

secrets. Doesn't have to be radioactive.

Sergei had it. We know he's been contaminated.

I keep trying to imagine. Where'd he go? What'd he be doing?

And? I don't know. It's bugging me. I mean, it's like we know the answer, but

we're just not looking at it. Sounds like your brain's working overtime. He

could be anywhere.

No, we are creatures of habit. There's definitely a pattern here, Jim.

Do me a favor. Drop me off at home. I got an idea I gotta follow up on, all

right? All right.

I want you to be careful.

We don't know how desperate this guy is, you know, what he's capable of doing,

so just stay alert.

Come on, man. You have the knife, so use it.

You fight like a bitch.

Easier said than done.

I never said it was easy.

I'm looking for him.

He means nothing to me.

He was at a cafe the other night.

He had a metal case and he was here to give it to you.

He was relieved of it by somebody else. And in the process, they killed two of

your men.

Is any of this coming back to you now?

I think you have me confused with someone else.

I don't think there's any confusion.

I don't know what you're involved with yet.

But I know you're in it up to your eyeballs.

We'll see each other again.

What's his big discovery?

Well, doing a little surfing on the net.

In the countries that Sergei visited, there's a common denominator.

The dread.

The dread?

Yeah. They played in the same countries, the same dates that Sergei was there.

What do you think? This guy some sort of rock groupie? I'm saying the band

originated in East Berlin. They know what it's like to be repressed. And I

he feels their music speaks for him. You might be right. What does that give us?

A lot.

The lead singer is doing a one -nighter at a local club, and I'll bet you

anything that Sergei will be there. Why would he take the risk? He knows that

we're looking for him. Jim, his whole life has been a risk.

Besides, I don't think he's counting on us being there.

Or at least not you.

Great.

Thank you.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

What's wrong?

Your car.

What about it?

Too much has happened already.

You better find me that case.

Who is she with?

Mayakovsky.

Mayakovsky?

You

know,

if he's leaning on you, I can help.

What are you going to do, arrest him?

Arrest him for what?

You don't even know what he's done.

We'll find out.

By then it will be too late.

You're a nice man, Detective Allison.

And I believe you really do want to help.

Nicole, the boss. Call the committee.

How is he?

Alive, barely. He's got enough juice in him to light up a city. We've got to

talk to him, Simon. We've got to find out what he knows.

Sandberg, you always did have a firm grasp of the obvious.

You should have given me some more information, Detective.

Maybe I would have had a leg up on this.

I don't have more information. That's why I'm here.

We're dealing with a very sick man.

How sick?

You want to run down?

Okay. Severe internal bleeding.

Endotoxins leaking into his abdominal cavity.

Infections, septicemia, and massive bone marrow destruction.

This is very scary stuff.

We've isolated him in a wing that we don't use anymore.

I need to talk to him.

Didn't you hear what I said?

He's disintegrating. Yeah, and there'll be more like him.

Whatever he came in contact with is still out there. I need to find it

somebody else does.

We're working in a clean room.

You're going to have to suit up.

Any change?

Still the same.

BP's in the cellar and he keeps going into V -tach.

I want us to the lights drawn. 100 milligrams of lidocaine. Right. Start a

lidocaine drip. Staff.

Got it.

Get back!

I need some help here. Too much!

He's gone, Dave!

He's too much!

Beef is falling. We're losing him. Sam, he's going to V -fib.

One milligram. Happy death!

Right.

You're under duel. Clear.

Let's do it again. Charge.

Clear.

Byline. Yeah.

Didn't make it.

Well, who was he?

One of the guys we saw last night when we were chasing Sergei.

He was the one on the motorcycle.

I think that guy's your shooter from the other night. What makes you think that?

Well, when the EMT found him, he was kind of oozy.

Well, I just got the report back from Ballistics that it matches the slogs

from two DOAs.

Hold this.

That's what he was doing at the club last night.

He went there to meet Sergei so he could deal with that briefcase.

Well, Jim, I have got to call in the NRC on this. They have a special team

standing by. They could have somebody here in a few hours. I just need a

more time or two.

Will you take a look around? We are out of time. Listen to me.

That girl, Vicky, Camera, whatever her name is, she knows something. I know it.

And I think I can get her to talk to me.

But if the feds come in on this one, she's going to clam up.

I hate it when you do this.

Look, you have a few hours.

Nail down whatever leads you can. But I have to make the call, Jim. My hands are

tied.

Mine aren't.

Captain, I'm Lieutenant Michael Boyer.

Oh, Lieutenant Boyer. Welcome.

Grab yourself a seat there.

Let me just say this off the get -go. I'm not here to step on your toes, but

all the obvious reasons, the NRC is very nervous about this.

Well, sir, my toes are just fine.

Why don't we get down to it, hmm?

Okay.

We did an analysis of the particles that were found on the victim's clothes.

We're dealing with PU -239.

I'm afraid you had me there, Lieutenant. I only got a gentleman's C in physics.

Could you put it in layman's terms?

It's a high -grade plutonium.

We think that they ground it down into a powder state.

Does that make it more volatile?

Not volatile, but dangerous.

If it were to be leaked into the atmosphere, it would be catastrophic.

One speck of PU -239 is lethal.

Who's the detective working on the case?

Well, that would be Jim Ellison. He's one of my best men.

I should talk to him. I'm afraid you can't do that right now.

He went out for a newspaper.

You should be more careful about locking

your back door.

It frightened me.

A lot of people are frightened.

I talked to Katrina's doctor today.

Something was bothering me.

The complications that she mentioned.

Nothing to say.

Okay.

The test that she was waiting for, they came back.

I asked her if you had called to find out what they were, and she said you

hadn't. And I was thinking to myself, why wouldn't you call about your own

sister?

Unless you already knew that Katrina had leukemia.

I don't have to listen to this. You've been telling me half -truths the whole

time. I think you knew it was in that briefcase, but you just didn't say a

thing. How dare you judge me?

We are talking about my sister's life.

And the lives of a lot of other people.

I don't know.

I don't know what's in the case.

All I know is that Sergei was going to sell it to Mayakovsky for a lot of

Maybe you should just start at the beginning here.

The beginning is with my sister.

Katrina met Sergei at one of those concerts.

She fell in love and everything was wonderful.

Then she started getting pains in her joints. She went to the hospital, had

tests.

That's when her leukemia was diagnosed.

Why didn't you say this before?

I was trying to protect her.

A bone marrow transplant cost $250 ,000.

Sergei is going to pay for it. Yeah, from what he sells.

Did he tell you what his business was?

I didn't want to know.

Katrina's only 23.

She's all I have left.

The other day with Mayakovsky, what was that about?

Anton desperately wants what's in the case.

He needs to complete something. And because of Katrina, he thought I might

where it is.

But I don't.

And if I did...

I would die before I tell him.

Yeah. Somebody's coming down the alley, Jim.

Looks like Sergei.

And it looks like he's in pretty bad shape.

I'll stay right there.

There's no time.

Hey, don't worry. Don't worry. We're going to get help, man. We're going to

help. All right, just settle down a second. Keep him calm.

All right, this is Detective Ellison. I need an ambulance.

The market is 7th. The man has been shot.

No, no, no. Don't speak. Don't speak. You must know.

Anthony is more plutonium. Why?

He's selling it.

A man named Kim.

North Korean.

But he doesn't have enough.

The shooting at the cafe. What was that?

It looked like I was being robbed.

I was going to sell directly to Kim.

I was set up. Meet tomorrow.

Where? Dark area near airport.

Katrina got sick because I exposed her to radiation.

This was my way to help.

Wait, don't move. I'll get her.

Plastia.

This is how I think it stacks up.

Kim wants to build a nuclear bomb.

He's buying the plutonium from our friend Mayakovsky.

Mayakovsky doesn't have enough.

He's still missing two containers.

He can't make his big payday until he delivers the rest of his goods.

Don't you have enough to arrest Mayakovsky right now?

Yeah, but we still need Kim.

Why? Because we don't know which one of them has the rest of the plutonium.

Right. And if it's Kim, sooner or later he's going to find enough to finish his

little project.

All right, Jim, so what's the next move?

We set a trap.

As far as Kim knows, he's still meeting Sergei. We know it's at a dock area near

an airstrip. This is the only one that could be right here.

At the health resort, but it's off -season.

I know that place. They use it for hovercraft tours.

Has access to water, land, air.

Wait a minute. I hate to be a drag, but in order for this plan to work,

Mayakovsky's got to show up. And without the containers, he doesn't have

anything to sell.

I thought about that.

What we need is someone Mayakovsky will trust.

Someone he believes will sell out to him.

I have the plutonium.

How did you get it? Sergei told me where he hid it before he died.

He was going to sell directly to Kim.

I'm going to take his place, and I will include you.

The price is $250 ,000.

Anything over that is yours.

And why this sudden show of generosity?

Katrina is sick.

I need the money for an operation.

You still haven't told me why you need it.

Because I don't know Kim and I can't do this alone.

Do we have an agreement or not? Yes, we have an agreement.

Where's Saga?

I'm taking his place.

I assume the price you negotiated is fair to everyone.

Where is it? It will be here soon.

I don't have time for this game.

Don't let them reach the bowl.

All right, Jim, she just went out the door.

Can you see her yet?

She's on her way now.

Give it to me. Let me see the money.

You don't dictate to me. I dictate to you. Give it to me.

She wanted to deceive me, let her go, and in eight minutes... You'll see,

get it after the deal, and now she'll pay the price!

All right, they've got Katrina.

Let's move in. Go!

Now!

Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!

Come on!

Good luck to you, Miss Cameron. I'm glad everything worked out.

Come on. Mr.

Ellison, your government kept its promise they will pay for Katrina, bone

transplant, and any other medical expenses.

Oh, that's the way it should be.

You risked your life.

It wouldn't have happened without you.

It would be nice someday to see you again.

That would be nice.

You said you wanted to break down some barriers, man.

I think you just did.

Yeah, we'll see.