24 Hours to Live Page #4

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I'm sorry, is that a problem?

I'm a handler now, sir.

No more wet work.

I gave my word.

To whom? Your wife?

Jim, this is the moment,

you realize,

that the unseen line between

friendship and profession

is not where you thought it was.

And because Conrad went soft

and let the interpol agent live,

you'll take care of her as well.

Yes, sir.

Now, this is it, Travis.

You're one hell of a weapon.

Godspeed.

Hey, Jim, get me off this thing.

I can't do that.

What do you mean?

This was always

going to be a patch job.

You're never going

to leave this box.

I'm going to get the doc

in here.

Give you something

to make it go quick.

We've done some

f***ed-up things.

This is how it ends, buddy.

I'm sorry.

Jim? Jim?

Jim!

Hydromorphone.

It's a very powerful narcotic.

I know what it is.

It's such a waste.

I'm sorry.

What is happening to me?

You're going to die.

Again.

How do I stop it?

You can't.

Who knows more than you?

No one!

I designed the procedure.

Your body will reject

the drug cocktail.

Your mental faculties

will break down.

Even if you survive that,

which no one ever has,

there's a built-in

fail safe.

The Lazarus unit.

How long do I have?

How long do I have?!

You have less

than 24 hours to live.

Secure the perimeter!

All right, come on,

move, move, move.

What are you doing here?

You're not supposed to be here.

Adam...

What's happening to me?

You're hallucinating.

It's a side effect of the drugs.

I'd run if I were you.

I made the mistake

of not killing a woman once

already today.

Don't make me regret this.

I'm sorry.

Travis, you disappeared on me.

Believe me, you have no idea

how much I wish I was there.

Well, where are you?

I'm in South Africa.

Jesus.

I'm not coming back, okay?

Not...

Not ever.

What? What's wrong?

I'm in a bad way, frank.

Bad like what?

Well...

Um...

Let's say bad as it gets.

It all caught up with me, pal.

You were right.

I don't think I do have a soul.

Probably never did.

You were such

a great father-in-law.

You really were.

I wasn't there for them.

No excuses.

Travis, you meant everything

to Kate and Adam.

Don't give up.

Hey, taxi.

Taxi!

Give me that cell phone.

All right, now give me the keys.

Give me the keys.

We'd been working security

on a crude pipeline

stretching from interior Congo

to the coast.

And one day we got a call

for reassignment.

By "we," you mean who

specifically?

Rapid-deploy unit.

Red mountain's top crew.

We'd been...

We'd been all over.

So our orders were to be

in Namibia by next morning.

So tell me about the events

of that morning,

June the 7th last year.

We traveled through the night.

Fifty kilometers

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