The Marksman Page #4

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We have an F-1 4 standing by

off a carrier in the Gulf.

They're waiting for a go-ahead.

And the Russians

have coordinated...

...a offensive move to coincide

with the strike.

Keep me informed,

and keep everything on track.

-Yes, sir, we certainly will.

-Good luck.

Thank you, sir. Bye-bye.

Captain Jack Stevens,

skipper of the Oakla.

-Lt. Randall, sir.

-Lt. Carter, sir.

Colonel Reynolds gave me

some details about your mission.

ln fact, too few.

l was impressed

with your flight record...

...particularly on the F-1 4 Tomcat.

l do see that you're carrier-qualified.

But what l don't see is why

a Navy pilot can't fly this mission.

The way we see this little get-to,

it's an Army problem.

So the Army ought to be the one

to clean it up.

-Not good enough, lieutenant.

-The dispatch from Col. Reynolds...

...explains the parameters

of this operation, the need for secrecy.

l don't give a damn

about dispatch, lieutenant.

lf l'm gonna entrust my airplane

to an Army pilot...

...and let him fly in harm's way,

then by God, l wanna know why.

Yes, sir.

l know the terrain,

l know the ground crew.

You could let a naval aviator

fly this operation...

...but the Army needs me.

-Fair enough, lieutenant.

-Roger that, sir.

This looks like the hospital.

The reactor's less than a mile away.

Go. Go.

Moffit says he was hiding

in the hospital.

He's here.

Got it going again for you, sir.

-Great.

-But Harg's set's dead.

-Damn.

-What do we do now?

This way. This way.

Go. Go with them.

Hargs, stay close to the Painter.

Sir.

Rodgers, Orin, upstairs.

Hightop, cover the lobby.

l got the morgue.

How come that don't surprise me?

Clear up here.

Your nerves shaky?

Yeah, a little.

Good.

Means your instincts are turned on.

-l found them.

-Please don't hurt us.

Please don't hurt us.

Nobody's gonna hurt you.

Come with me. Go on, let's go.

Go, go, go. This way.

Go.

We got bogeys.

Three of them, coming right at me.

-Who's she?

-Valentina Bakoff, my coworker.

-Where are the others?

-We don't know.

There were seven of us working here

when the soldiers came.

l think they were

in the breeder reactor.

-Where were you?

-Working in the cooling tower...

-...with her.

-How did you get there?

There's underground pipe ways

that connect to the reactors.

When we got here, soldiers were

wrecking the medical center.

-And we hid.

-Who's the woman in the morgue?

-What woman?

-One with the hole in the head.

-We don't know.

-How do we get through those pipes?

Through the morgue.

Hightop, pull back.

You know her?

She worked with us.

Come on.

Okay, it's clear.

-Which way?

-Left.

Check upstairs.

There's nothing here

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