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Everybody stay close. When this thing breaks open, it's gonna go down fast.

So, uh, you and Vicky were high school sweethearts, huh?

Well, I'll go on ahead and meet up with Patterson and his men at the bar where

the smugglers were scheduled to make the connection.

You mean where Mike and I are gonna make the connection.

Right. I'll get along with her.

Thank you.

We gotta lose them before we reach our chopper.

We're losing them. Not yet.

Airwolf. Come in, Airwolf.

Good morning. This is your pilot, Sting. Cool, pilot.

Are we in business?

Negative. The smuggler's got the jump on us.

We'll do it!

Watch it!

Joe, are you guys okay?

We're fine, Sinjin.

Just nail those suckers.

Home free, baby.

Where the hell did that come from?

Damn different.

You and the black chopper. This is a federal narcotics investigator.

Set your machine down right now.

I said set it down now.

Looks like they want to play the hard way.

Who could play that game?

Dump the stuff.

Get rid of it!

Want to take a look at the goods we nabbed from those smugglers? Oh, yeah.

Two, maybe three million bucks.

That's what this nose candy's worth on the streets.

Peanuts compared to what we figure's been coming up the coast the past few

months. Well, at least we got the goods, even if we did miss out on the carriers,

huh? Well, they were small change.

It's the buyers the company's after.

So what's next?

Well, we got a pretty good lead from the evidence we found in the smuggler's

jeep. Shouldn't be long before we find our man.

I'll be in touch.

Everybody stay close. When this thing breaks open, it's gonna go down fast.

Anyone

expecting

a visitor?

Scotty.

Scotty?

Scotty, you always knew how to make an entrance. You... Hi, S.J.

Buy a girl a cup of coffee?

Vicki.

That's Scotty?

You still haven't told me why that husband of yours didn't come with you.

He, uh... He doesn't know I'm here.

Oh, no, thank you.

Scotty and me...

We're in quite a mess.

The business?

Right.

Trouble in paradise.

Fishing charters just aren't what they used to be.

Well, it's the off-season, isn't it?

It's more than that.

We haven't been able to keep up on the maintenance. We're behind on our back

taxes. Scotty just won't face the facts.

What can I do?

You can come back with me.

Talk some sense into him.

He wants to sell out.

Sounds like that may not be such a bad idea.

No, we can't.

The man trying to buy us out, he wants to log the island.

He needs our area for access. It's the only way on or off the island. I won't

let him do it.

All right, slow down.

What does Scotty think about all this?

You know, Scotty, he just wants the easy way out.

Sounds like things aren't too great between you two, either.

Just come back with me.

He always listened to you.

Okay, Jo, shut her down. We got it.

Okay.

So, uh, he and Vicki were high school sweethearts, huh?

Yeah, that's right.

Seems she dumped him for this guy Scotty back in the 12th grade.

I have a funny feeling she's still bad news.

Yeah, we'll get over it.

Green isn't one of your best colors.

Oh, Vicki, well, she's all set.

Hey, let me give you a hand.

Careful. Great, thanks, Mike.

Jason's not going to like this with the other business we have to attend to.

I'll be back tomorrow.

Two days, tops.

You sure you know what you're doing?

Yes, Mother.

Take it easy Sinjin.

There it is.

Paradise Island.

Oh, it's just like the old days.

Remember when you and Scotty used to fight over what was going to take me up

flying?

Those days were over as soon as you learned to fly on your own.

Well, flying solo is not all that's cracking up to me.

That's it? You just haul him away?

What about an investigation?

The man was murdered.

Look, Mr.

Hawkinson, we don't get a lot of this kind of stuff up here.

The body's got to be sent to the mainland for an examination.

We can't call it a murder until we get an official cause of death.

Cause of death?

He was shot full of holes.

Look, whoever did this could still be on the island.

I doubt that. The only others up here full-time are the Salish Indians, and

they're all friends of Scotty's. Have you questioned them yet? Just let us do

our job, Mr. Hawk.

Who are you?

Luther, many sons, a neighbor.

Vicki said you've been a great help.

Vicki, what do you say we get out of here? No!

This is my home.

You can't stay here.

Not after this. No!

Scotty and I came up here for keeps.

I won't let Patterson have it.

I won't.

Did she take something?

Yeah, Valium, I think.

Mixed with booze?

No wonder she's in another time zone.

Grab that blanket, boy.

We'll just let her rest.

There's some things you just can't sleep off.

So what do you think?

Is Patterson guy capable of murder?

Patterson would have his men do just about anything to get this land.

It's his only way of getting at the logs.

The rest of the shoreline is too rough to bring boats and equipment in.

Thought this was your land.

True.

But the government leased the timber rights to Patterson.

Fight him in court?

We tried.

But the law says his piece of paper is stronger than our centuries of

tradition.

Well, we'll see what they say when the police file that coroner's report.

There will not be a report.

Patterson owns the police. He owns the politicians.

But my people are not for sale.

Damn you, Scotty.

Vicki. Scotty?

Scotty. Take it easy. It's all right. Where's Scotty? Just rest.

We can talk about it later.

What the hell are we running here? Why didn't he check with me first?

It was an emergency. What?

He said he'd be back by today.

Get him on the horn.

Tell him this drug ring is about to bust wide open.

We need all the help we can get.

Paradise there? Good morning, Vicki. How's Scotty?

Patterson, you son of a... I want my property back, Vicki. I want it now.

Is that the phone?

Oh, no. No, it couldn't have been.

Phone's out of order.

Patterson's gorillas must have cut the line.

I thought I heard... Never mind.

How you doing? Oh, I'll live, I guess.

I don't know what I'd do if you weren't here for me.

I want you to come back with me.

No. No, I can't. Vicki, you can't run this place by yourself.

Especially after what's happened. I can't let Patterson... Forget about

Patterson.

I've got connections of my own he's gonna have to deal with.

You got another phone I can use?

No, but there's one on Luther's side of the island.

It's a big hike.

I'm not leaving you here alone.

You up to the walk?

Yeah, I guess so.

Come on.

Still out of order.

Still? Out of order?

It's a nice way to run an airline, huh?

Well, he'll have to call us.

We'd better get down to the company.

The surveillance team is due back with the goods on the buyer.

Looks like we've got our man.

Some of these trees are hundreds of years old.

They belong to the island.

And the island belongs to your people?

No.

My people belong to the island Scotty and I had such a great relationship with

Lutheran his people Everything was fine until Patterson crawled out from under

his rock How

she she seems all right, but I'd like to get her away

from this place There's your phone sorry the phones out of order

It's hard to get a repairman to make house calls up here.

My great-grandparents are in here.

So are my mother, father.

This is where Patterson is going to put his road.

To haul out the logs after he strips the island.

I still can't believe Scotty was ready to sell out to scum like Patterson. Sell

out? Scotty would never have sold out.

He hated Patterson more than we did, if that's possible.

Vicki said he was ready to give it all up.

Why would Patterson kill a man who was on his side?

Why would Vicki lie?

She gets confused sometimes.

She's like that.

Patterson has already got her spirit on the run.

Once he gets control of the dock, there's no way of stopping his men or

his machines.

His kind have a way of getting what they want.

Well, maybe this time Patterson will get what he deserves instead.

I should be getting back.

Oh, no, you can't go. Not yet.

I want to help you, Vicki. You really should come back with me.

No.

I can't leave this thing unresolved.

Well, watch your place.

Won't let Patterson near it. He should get away.

What do you say, Vic?

Vicki?

Vicki!

Why'd you lie to me, Vic?

What's that supposed to mean?

I mean you and Scotty.

He didn't want to sell out, did he? I don't know.

Did he? I don't know! I think you do.

Come on, Vic.

Talk to me.

Scotty and me, um... We were just about finished.

He was leaving me.

I thought... I thought he'd be long gone by the time we got back here.

Why'd you come to me?

Guess I just needed a friend

You're

ready I I still don't know come on now Vicki you're supposed to trust me

remember

Patterson. Vicki.

What the hell are you doing here?

Well, nice of you to come by.

Please make yourself at home.

This must be Mr.

Hawk.

Well, how very kind of you, sir, to come to Vicki in her hour of need.

The only thing she needs is for you and your men to get back on your plane.

Well, frankly, Mr. Hawk, I don't believe the lady's business arrangements with me

are any of your affair.

I could threaten to call a cop.

But I see you've already got one in your pocket.

I'm just here to see no laws are broken.

Oh, that makes me feel much better.

Look, I want you out of here now!

Well, not until we've discussed our unfinished business, darling.

You don't hear so well, Patterson.

Move!

Take him outside.

Move!

Hand it over.

Take a walk, Patterson.

Vicki.

Vicki, you and I can settle this thing without anyone else getting hurt,

darling. Move it, Patterson.

I'll be back.

Not if I can help it, Patterson. Mr. Hawk, the bite of the black widow spider

is quite deadly.

I suggest you watch your back.

I suggest you show us yours.

Come on, we're getting out of here.

Now.

All right, you want to play 20 questions or more, or you want to level with me

and tell me what Patterson's really after?

This landing area, this place? What do you think he's after?

Patterson's too smart to risk a triple murder rap and a lumber deal. Now, what

the hell's going on? I told you. Come on, Vicki.

All right, I was...

And Patterson had some kind of a deal. I don't know what it was.

All Scotty told me was that it was going to be good, fast money.

That's all I know.

I'm going to patch up this wiring.

By the time I'm finished, I want you ready to fly out of here.

Anything you say.

Still nothing.

I don't like it. It's not like Sinjin to be out of touch this long.

Well, if we're lucky, we can get in touch with him along the way.

So where do we go from here?

Well, I'll go on ahead and meet up with Patterson and his men at the bar where

the smugglers were scheduled to make the connection.

You mean where Mike and I are going to make the connection.

Right. So anyway, what's this guy look like?

Here you go.

A real Mr. Nice Guy, huh? The word is his last shipment was hijacked, so he's

plenty hot for this one.

You're sure he doesn't know what the smugglers look like yeah, I Hate

surprises this guy is strictly on the business end. He wouldn't risk getting

this close unless something big was going down Well Let's move

Well,

he'll have to wait.

You guys have an appointment to keep.

You're late.

Just be glad I'm not 15, 20 years old.

Time off for spilling our guts.

Escobar didn't tell us it was going to be heat.

It's a risky business.

So is getting your haircut in a strange neighborhood.

It's no gay job.

You see, any man that can outrun a federal agent is a valuable asset in my

book. And if you'd like to earn some extra money, you might be able to assist

me in one small other matter.

One of my carriers did a 180 on me.

And it might take some convincing to recover the goods.

What's in it for us?

People of commerce. I like that.

What, have I been a bad boy or what?

What did you think it was, West?

How about a taste?

Hey, I know ski resorts with less snow than you.

Hey, what's an ounce to a big-time operator like yourself, huh?

All right.

All right.

But we'll take care of that other little matter first.

How many times do I have to tell you not to play so close?

Why'd you kill him, Vic?

Is that the gun you killed him with?

What makes you say that?

Scotty was killed with a 9mm.

Patterson's men carried .357s.

Very good, Mr.

Holmes.

And the bullet I took out of the plane, I guess it's you who shot him as he was

trying to leave.

Why'd you do it, Vic?

It was all his fault.

He shouldn't have gotten in my way.

He had all the smug, easy answers.

You can do it, Vicki.

Come on, Vicki.

One day at a time, Vicki.

I had my ticket out of here, and he took it away from me.

He forced me to do it.

So you dragged me into this to protect you from Patterson's soldiers. Get back!

Don't come any closer.

It doesn't have to end this way, Vicki.

Let me help you.

It's too late for that.

So now what? You gonna kill me?

Is that it?

Don't make me use this

So what are you supposed to do after we find the dope?

Get rid of them.

Escobar never said nothing about offing anybody.

Hey, we're playing hardball here. What can I say? You know, it wasn't part of

the deal.

What is this?

What is this? A new dope runner's union I don't know about?

You know, first that Vicky pulls a fast one on me, and now you guys.

You do what you're told.

She was a real floss, too.

She had blonde hair down to her waist.

This one's a smart-mouthed little redhead that needs to be taught who she

should mess with.

See that?

Just fly it.

So

this

is what it's all about.

Scotty must have hidden it in a cemetery.

All he had to do was let me go.

That's all you have to do, too.

I'm sorry, Vicki.

How the hell did you let yourself get involved in this?

Me and Scotty were into this stuff pretty bad.

We came up here to get away, to get clean.

At least Scotty managed to shake it.

But you didn't.

No, I was still doing business with one of my connections.

He put Patterson on to me.

It's gonna be such easy money.

Only Scotty didn't see it like that.

There's nothing more self-righteous than a reformed addict.

He begged me not to do it.

But you did it anyway.

Yeah.

I guess I never was very good at making the right choice.

Was I?

let's go

back

inside

Get down.

Don't touch!

Hey, so this is the tough guy she brought in, huh?

Don't look so tough to me.

Where is it?

I ate it.

Now, you really are one tough guy, you know that, Patterson?

What are you, a Boy Scout?

It's right over there.

Take it and get out of here!

Well, I'm afraid it's not really that simple anymore.

You see, you had your chance, Vicki.

But you blew Scotty away instead.

Now get him out of here!

You heard the man?

Give me the bag.

Let me go. Let her go, Patterson. Shut up.

Give me the bag.

You won't get far, Patterson. Let me go.

Please let me go.

Shut up.

I'll get along with her.

Call me.

Get the gun.

You've got to stop him, Jason. He's not picky.

I know. They're digging out.

Attention in the plane.

I want to see you drop your weapons now.

The radio.

What the hell are you doing, Locke?

Don't worry. It's under control.

As instructed, drop your weapons and let the girl go.

I'm doing it. I'm doing it. I did it.

That was a wise move, Mr. Patterson.

Ricky, take the plane back to Paradise Dock.

I'm getting free.

I'm sorry.

Don't do it, Vic.

Vicki and Scotty came here looking for a new life.

Instead, shadow of death followed them here.

I only hope they can find a piece in death they could find in life.

You've done them a great honor, Rufus.

They belong to the Islet now.

She will guard their souls.

I wish I'd known they had a drug problem. I wish I would have trusted

them.

Maybe I could have helped somehow.

Maybe.

What can you do to save the land?

Everything we can.

We're going to take over the charter business.

Let's pay for a few lawyers.

We might even find a Supreme Court judge with Indian blood.

Thank you.