Terminal Velocity Page #5

Well, forget the dental records.

Her teeth are Chicklets.

What about fingerprints?

You could still I.D. her that way.

But they wouldn't, not if

there was a simpler way.

Like all of us on the ground

tellin' the cops who it was.

Let me ask you somethin'.

Who was the corpse?

I'll tell you on the plane.

We have to leave now.

What do I look like here, a brain donor? The

only place I'm goin' is the county sheriff.

- Think they'll believe you? - They will as soon

as the coroner double-checks the fingerprints.

They got somebody

on ice, right?

- Late again, Ditch.

- What do you mean?

Funeral director claimed the body

for cremation this morning.

- What funeral director?

- Ditch, meet Lex.

I don't think you really understand

what's happening here.

I got some D.A. talkin'

about manslaughter charges.

I'm not surprised, with

a safety record like yours.

What was it, 12 violations

just last month?

What kind of prison term

was he talkin'? Five years? Six?

If they prove negligence,

there'll be two or three more years.

- That's right.

- You've been workin' me from the start, haven't you?

Look, Ditch, you have a right to feel

used and deceived, because you were.

But if you come with me now,

I'll set the record straight.

I will hand you physical proof

that I'm still alive. I promise.

You just have to do

one thing for me first.

Wh-Wh-What do I...

I'm going, Ditch.

You're in or out.

I don't believe this.

Up you go.

Put these on.

Let me see if

I've got this straight.

You dumped your own roommate out

of a plane, and she was already dead?

- It served a cause.

- Aw, lady, that's cold.

Well, they would have murdered me too

unless I killed myself first.

I just had to

buy some time.

- We're gettin' close.

- I just want you to know...

that the idea of following you out that

door again makes me very uncomfortable.

Are you afraid

of a night jump?

- Hey, I invented the night jump.

- What are you afraid of then?

- Who says I'm afraid of anything?

- You're shaking.

The whole plane is shaking.

Not that your orientation

wasn't thorough or anything,

but do you mind tellin' me

what the hell we're doing?

- I'll tell you on the way down.

- Beautiful.

- Can you hear me?

- Hello.

Is this Suzie, my Time-Life operator? Hey,

what is this? That aerospace plant out by...

- You should speak only when asked a direct question.

- What are we doin' here?

We're here to retrieve vital

information. Do you see the north rooftop?

- Yeah, okay. Piece of cake.

- Don't land there.

- Don't?

- The roof has motion sensors.

See the red lights on

the west end of the tower?

- Can you hit it dead center?

- You kiddin' me? In these winds?

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