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The more you're willing to risk, the greater the reward.

Next on Airwolf.

They made off with 200 thermonuclear detonators.

You got a bomb on board plus one strapped to your lady friend.

My God.

If that girl is hurt in any way, you're as good as dead.

I have to know, last night... Didn't mean a thing.

Help! That's Kate.

This is it.

Move! Come on!

You're coming with us for security.

Before the Sawyer. They're headed your way. Try and cut them off.

You're too good at what you do, Sawyer, to have let this happen. What the hell

is that supposed to mean?

They parachute it in, otherwise nobody gets by my men.

It's a unique means of infiltration, but this caper has all the earmarks of an

inside job, more than likely by someone who had access to your security

contingencies. No kidding, Michael. Very astute. Got any more great revelations

for me?

Charlie, get over here. Not just yet.

You never could quite fit into the program, could you, Sawyer?

Well, that's why I left the firm.

I finally realized I could never learn to condescend.

Well, the investigation of this matter is now out of the hands of corporate

security. Uh-uh. No way. I'm in charge of security around here, and I don't

relinquish authority to anybody.

Maxi Tech is a go-co operation.

That means government-owned and contractor-operated. So you see, Ken, in

a way, you're still working for us. And I'm afraid that the theft of 200 nuclear

-triggering devices has gone beyond the scope of company security.

We're talking about a national, if not a global, threat here.

How far out are they?

They should be here any second, sir.

Good.

Glad you could join us, gentlemen.

I didn't quite see it as a request.

More like an order.

Well, I never thought I'd see the day you two became company, man.

I'd hate to think the firm finally got to you.

And why you quit, Sawyer?

Let's just call it a career move.

Now, if you'll excuse me, I got problems to handle.

Just as long as you understand that we're handling this from now on.

All right, Michael.

What's this all about?

Just before sunup, a four-man assault team managed to penetrate Sawyer's

security.

Yeah, well, knowing Sawyer, there was no fluke. Probably somebody from the inside

dropping the ball.

Exactly. In any case, they made off with 200 thermonuclear detonators.

Wait a minute. This is a little over my head, but...

Are you talking about triggering devices for nuclear bombs?

That's right. And if somebody's got either plutonium, deuterium, or tritium,

the radioactive ingredients that make nukes nuclear, they can make a bomb.

Well, what do you want us to do about it, Michael?

The triggers were impregnated with a special low-level radioactive isotope.

They can't be shielded in a conventional manner.

So it may be possible for Airwolf's surveillance system to pick up the

radioactive signals.

And where do you expect us to start looking for these detonators?

I suggest you start with California.

You

didn't

have to make it look so damn convincing.

I've hurt you a lot worse.

But afterwards, I enjoyed you.

You'll enjoy your share of the ten million a lot more.

You have a way of making promises, Ken, and then a nasty habit of not keeping

them.

Don't you trust me?

I used to.

This woman you want to use to get to Airwolf.

Why is it necessary to play with her? Why can't you just get on with it?

Because she interests me.

And because she's an integral part of my plan.

And because it's Sawyer's way or nothing.

Exactly.

It's always worked for me.

I have a little faith.

I introduce myself to this lady and she'll help deliver Airwolf.

You can bet on it.

Well, you'd better hope so.

Because if she doesn't...

I will more than pay you back.

I'm telling you, String, my eyeballs are about ready to fall out. I had no idea

there was so much radioactive material scattered around.

Unfortunately, most of us don't.

X-ray machine in the dentist's office.

Can you isolate the signal?

Working on it. Picking up a high plutonium gamma line reading. We may

have something.

Well, you got a fix yet?

Cut me some slack, huh?

Triangulating.

Location identification coming up.

Yeah, we got something all right. An X-ray laser mission from the Livermore

Biological Research Center. What now?

We keep looking.

Hey, buddy.

Tell me where I can find Caitlin O'Shaughnessy.

Who wants to know?

Come on, come on, kid.

I want some directions, not a smart mouth.

I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else.

Caitlin.

I'm Caitlin O'Shaughnessy.

Yeah, of course you are.

I heard you were one of the best.

What?

Flight instructors.

Oh, oh.

Look at this. You hurt yourself.

Maybe this will help a little bit.

Yes, I think it will. Thank you.

You're welcome.

Well, what about it?

What? What about what?

Teaching me.

Teaching you what?

To fly a chopper.

Oh, oh, sure.

Yeah, I can do that. Great.

When can we start?

Uh, well, do you have any fly time?

I got a commercial fixedly.

I just want to get my rotary add-on.

Great. It's no problem. We can start tomorrow morning, as a matter of fact,

if you really want to.

Yeah. I'd really like to.

The sooner the better.

Good.

I think you'll be a great student.

I know you're going to be a great teacher.

Hey, Dom.

Sleep well?

Like a baby.

Like a baby moose.

What? Nothing.

Listen, give me the next-degree search coordinates.

Oh, sure.

And bring up the firm's frequency in the radio.

Archangel's not going to be too happy if we've been off the air for two hours

with nothing to show for it. Yeah, except for some much-needed shut-eye.

I'm telling you, I don't think I could have kept my eyes open much longer.

I knew the feeling.

You know, it reminds me of the time your old man and me were ferrying a couple of

P-51s over the hump.

We hadn't had any sleep in 48 hours.

And when we finally got to Nepal, woo-hoo, were we a couple of tired pups.

I gotta say, Ken, you're a quick study.

Like I said, I knew you were gonna be a great teacher.

No, really.

You've got an almost natural ability.

Maybe some people were just born to fly.

Yeah, I believe that.

Yeah, I really need this fix.

There's almost nothing like it.

I know what you mean.

I don't fly for a while and the old cobwebs start to build up.

Yeah, up here you can really sever those earthbound problems.

Hey, did you hear that now that NASA's got male and female astronauts, they're

going to be asking them to take part in a lovemaking experiment up there?

You're kidding.

Seriously. I heard it on the radio this morning.

Wow.

Imagine that.

I think maybe we better get back to Van Nuys Airport.

Okay.

Yeah, boy, to be one of those astronauts.

Just think that lovemaking experiment will give a whole new meaning to the

phrase T minus 20.

And holding.

Ken!

No,

no, no.

I think you ought to do it exactly as we planned.

And I think you're enjoying this role you're playing just a little too much.

I don't want this woman suspecting one little thing.

She's very capable of interference.

And if she does?

Then I'll do exactly what I have to do.

That's the way it's always been.

You mean you'll do whatever you have to do as long as it satisfies you?

You never stop, do you? You just keep on coming.

You wouldn't have it any other way.

Oh, damn it, and that's what I hate.

About you? About both of us.

I hate you!

Because you just left her.

You'll use her.

Now you're here with me and you want to use me.

They'll probably let you and that's what I hate most of all.

You and I are cut from the same cloth.

We both know exactly what we want.

I want this to be over.

I want to move on to the next step of the plan.

Michael, this is Hawk. Come in.

Where the hell have you guys been?

Hey, don't rag on me, Michael. I'm in no mood.

Put us back in Section 86.

Search.

Go get him, fellas.

Terrific, sweetheart.

Just great.

You sure? I could do it again if you want. No, you were super.

Next time, I'm gonna get you some more lines.

Really?

Promise.

Okay, everybody, we're on the wrong set.

Let's all move to stage 20 for the process.

Bravo, bravissimo, a star is born.

Ken, how'd you get on the lot?

I've got friends in security.

Oh.

You were great out there.

Well, Shakespeare it ain't. But it's a lot of fun.

Yeah, it is fun. It's a lot of work.

Have you ever thought of going into this full time?

What, acting?

Yeah. Well, what little girl hasn't? Of course.

But you see, uh, I happen to be a grown-up.

And I'm also a pilot, and a good pilot knows his or her limitations.

Spoken like a true grown-up. Oh, I hope not.

Things can be so boring.

What have you got in there?

What? In this little basket, I have a bottle with a genie in it named Dom.

Oh, and I know this guy.

He grants great wishes.

I'm counting on it.

Oh.

Okay.

Oh, Ken, this is perfect.

Your gazebo.

Thank you.

Yes.

Ever since we first met, I've kind of had the feeling that you were working on

a little bit more than your helicopter rating.

Has it been that obvious?

No.

Hardly.

Well, how am I doing?

Well enough for me to wonder if you've ever been involved with someone.

Really involved?

Kate, in some countries, if you sit in a gazebo with a man and drink champagne,

you better be married to him.

You can.

No, seriously.

Serious, seriously?

Yes.

No.

Is that bad?

It all depends.

I think maybe I'm just too selfish for it.

Is that a warning?

What if I said I was willing to take the chance?

Life's a risk.

Caitlin O'Shaughnessy.

The more you're willing to risk, the greater the reward.

Two of the Sichuan specials, please.

Extra spicy.

I could get really used to this.

I'd like to cut in.

Sorry, this one's taken.

I think that's up to the lady, isn't it?

No, thank you.

Sorry. Say, you better take me up on this offer to dance quick.

In another 45 minutes, I'm going to give up and leave.

Look, you're somewhat amusing. In other words, you're bothering us.

Besides, not too smart. What else do you like in a man?

I think that's enough.

You heard the lady.

I don't think this guy's really got the goods that you need, you know?

No.

Before you make a complete pass out of yourself, I'd ask myself the question,

wouldn't I rather be at the bar having a nice, cozy drink?

Would you?

Yeah. Sure.

Why not?

Well said.

Actually, I hired him to make me look good.

Give the man a bonus.

We've searched the entire grid of California.

In fact, the entire left coast. We're zip on fuel.

We've got to make a rendezvous with the fuel ship.

Make one final high-speed run up the middle of the state and do a pattern

recognition for confirmation.

All right.

By that time, we'll have run a preliminary sequential sector search in

Arizona and we can transmit it to your sonic scanner for extrapolation.

You mean we may end up searching every state in the Union?

If we have to, we're talking about nuclear weapons here.

Heavy 004, Airwolf.

Airwolf, go.

We just about got you topped off. Anything else we can do before we

disconnect? Oh, sure. You can check the oil and clean the windshield, please.

Funny man.

Stand by to disconnect on your count.

5, 4, 3, 2, 1, disconnect.

your attitude.

Collective full down.

Roll the throttle off.

Good.

Well, I couldn't have done it better myself.

Thanks, coach. We aim to please.

You certainly do.

Ken, what is it?

I want you to know, Kate, what's about to happen has to happen.

What are you talking about?

Just get out!

Come on! What the hell are you doing?

Ken!

Single vehicle.

Looks like it went that way.

What's going on?

We picked up an ELT signal on our radios.

It's an emergency crash locator beacon.

It was identified as Santini Air.

Looks like somebody snatched Caitlin.

For what purpose?

Michael, your guess is as good as mine.

We're going to start a search immediately.

Now, wait a minute, Hawk. I'm concerned about her safety, too, but we... Now,

look, don't you give us any bull about your priorities, Archangel.

Not when it concerns Kate.

Or, by God, you and me are going to go nose to nose, pal.

All right, all right.

Besides, I know you two well enough to realize that until this thing with

Caitlin is cleared up, neither of you would be of any use to anybody anyway.

Place a call to the governor.

Tell him I'd like to request he activate the Air National Guard to assist us in

the search for those detonators.

Yes, sir.

I've still got a job to do.

Well, you do what you gotta do, Michael.

Sir, it's Ken Sawyer. He says he's looking for Mr. Hawk. He's got Kate.

Huh?

Sawyer?

Hawk, what are you doing out in the middle of nowhere?

Did you lose something?

You listen to me.

If that girl is hurt in any way, you're as good as dead.

Now, Hawk, she'll be fine.

As long as you follow my instructions to the T.

So what do you want?

Airwolf.

Just like that, huh?

Just like that.

You see, I need to move something out of the country fast and quiet. It requires

Mach plus speed, stealth capabilities.

This is an exchange for Caitlin, right?

That's right.

On the other hand, if you go jumping froggy on me, she's a long time dead.

I'll let you know where to pick me up.

Well?

Sawyer wants Airwolf.

Damn it!

He was staring me straight in the face all the time, and I didn't want to see

it.

The theft of those detonators was an inside job. Who better than the head of

security?

The woman betrayed, it's in your eyes.

Can you also see stupidity?

Don't be so hard on yourself.

All set.

Ken... I have to know...

Last night...

Didn't mean a thing.

ticket ride at Disneyland.

Let's get on with this, huh?

Fly a heading of 060.

Are we running on stealth mode?

You asked for it, you got it.

Now this is an interesting little device.

Some kind of bomb, I suppose.

Essentially.

There's a couple of electronic refinements that make the device

impossible to be tampered with.

Now this is a remote triggering device.

It's got a signal range of just over 300 miles.

If I release tension, it's jarred from my hand.

Angel 1, do you read me? Do you copy?

Sir, I have contact with Airwolf.

Are you sure Sawyer can't monitor our transmissions? No, only Mr. Santini can

hear us. He can relay communications via his terminal modem to our system.

I've also patched in a voice synthesizer. The computer will talk to

us, sir.

What are you doing back there?

This is the engineering console. I make sure we stay in the air, pal.

Have you informed them that we've located the ship?

No, sir. I've just made initial contact.

Hawk. Dominic.

can you copy roger we've located a ship from which sawyer made that call to you

negative but obviously sawyer wanted us to trace that call when we tried

to board the ship we found that it's been systematically booby-trapped with

explosives we're assuming she's on board

We're headed straight for Maxi Tech.

Very perceptive.

Those detonators were never even stolen, were they?

Perceptive again.

A fake.

It was all a fake.

Who knew that those detonators couldn't be triggered conventionally?

That we'd find them sooner or later, huh?

in the plant was just a smoke screen.

Dog chasing his own tail just gets dizzy.

Well, glad to see they sent you, babe.

Sounded interesting.

What's it look like, Mike? Well, we're not sure if the girl's on board, but

we've located several booby traps on the ship, and everything else tells us that

it's highly probable.

You run those facts through one of them there fancy computers of yours, Mikey?

Well, from the briefing I got, I'd lay odds that it's a good bet the little

lady's on the ship.

Open it.

Oh, that's why this whole area registered hot on our equipment.

Simple but effective hiding place.

Now pull those detonators out of there and get them on board, Airwolf.

Now!

This one seems to be like all the others.

Yeah, tension release.

You pull the door open, it releases the tension on the wire, the detonator goes

off, and you're stew meat.

I guess this means I'm not supposed to move.

Not unless you want to end up in the crow's nest.

When we hit Tijuana, hang a right to 101 and cut over to the Riojardi.

Yeah, and then what?

I've got two planes waiting to escort me south. We offload the nuclear triggers

onto my plane, and you two guys can split.

You expect us to believe that you're going to turn us loose?

What's to prevent us from coming after you?

This.

And the fact that you've got a bomb on board plus one strapped to your lady

friend. By the time your bomb squad guys get it disarmed, I'll be long gone.

Got a problem here, Michael.

Babe, you're one of the few people in the world who would get away with

calling me Mike. When you call me Michael, I know we're in trouble.

Well, I thought maybe you might want to move on out of here.

Sounds like a hell of an idea.

mechanism without triggering an arming device.

Detonator's protected, too.

Five will get you ten. There's a release trigger on the back side.

What do we do?

Well, I think we'll use the old version of the credit card trick.

Here goes nothing.

Your choice of words leaves a lot to be desired, man.

I want to see you.

What?

Can you fix it?

Babe?

Henry.

What?

That's my real name, Henry. I want you to know that, Michael.

Crazy if you think they're not going to come after us. They sure as hell aren't

going to send Airwolf after us.

Babe?

He armed it. If that top display gets to zero, that's it. How we doing?

I'm working on it.

If I can't find a detonator radio frequency, they won't be able to block

the firing mechanism.

We're going to know in 21 seconds.

I'm trying.

Pretty close, Tom. Three seconds.

Caitlin, you're okay.

I told you, Michael, everything is gonna be all right.

It's okay, Kate.

I've got you now.

Everything's all right.

Set those planes down now the detonator doesn't work go

Where have you guys been?

You missed all the fun.