《24 The Conspiracy》Act 1: The Decoy 4.1
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6:00 AM - 7:00 AM
The following is taking place between 8:00 AM and 9:00 AM on the day of the California presidential primary elections.
In the hotel room
Mandy closes the coffin with the guy's body in it. She goes into the bathroom and turns off the tap in the shower. She comes out of the bathroom and takes her bag on the bed. She opens the door of the room and goes out into the hallway.
In the CTU parking lot
Paul gets into his car. He starts it up and starts driving.
Outside Los Angeles in the old building
River and the man with her got out of a car. The man looked about thirty and had light brown hair. They enter the building and walk toward the stairs.
"You look pretty like him," River says. "I looked at his picture and your picture and I hardly noticed the difference."
"That's why they chose me to do the job," says the man as they climb the stairs.
They reach the second floor. James emerges from the corridor on the left.
"Sean, you can go up to the third floor and wait for me there," James tells the man.
Sean goes up the stairs.
James smiles a little smile at River and says, "Hey, how are you?"
"I'm all right," River replies, smiling at him.
James notices River's bandaged wound and asks, "What happened to you?"
"Oh," says River, looking at her bandaged wound. "One agent shot me, but the ball didn't come in. I'll be fine."
"Go and see the doctor. he'll Wrap the wound well."
"I don't need a doctor."
"All right," says James. "Do you have the electronic component?"
"Yes," says River, taking the component out of her pocket. She gives it to James.
"I have to sort things out now and then we can be together, get organized and wait for me in the room here," James says, pointing to the room.
James walks down the right corridor towards the right-hand room. He opens the door and enters the room. In the room sits Lucas and next to him on the table are the device, the metal detector and the three metals.
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"I got the electronic component," James says, putting it on the table. "You see, you make mistakes and I correct them, this is the last time it happens."
"Yes," says Lucas.
"How long will it take you to connect the component to the device?"
"You need to plug in the component and then boot the device," says Lucas. "I think it'll take between twenty and thirty minutes."
"All right, tell me when you're done," James says, leaving the room.
Mike's room at the Plaza Hotel
David stands and Mike sits in front of his laptop. Mike finishes typing and saves the document.
"Well, we're done here," says Mike, closing the computer's lid.
"When will I have the prepared speech?" Asks David.
"I'll make sure it will be send to your room in a few minutes."
"Good," says David, and leaves the room.
Outside Los Angeles near the old building
8:06:11, 8:06:12, 8:06:13, 8:06:14
The blue van is parking next to Sean's car. The man with the police uniform and the janitor leave the van and approach the rear end of the vehicle. The man with the policeman's uniform opens the back door. Inside the van are Marta and Tom. Their hands are tied and a duct tape is glued to their mouths.
"Get out," says the man with the police uniform.
Martha and Tom leave the van. The man is holding Martha and the janitor is holding Tom. They walk toward the building and Martha wails and tries to free herself from the man's grip.
"quiet!" Says the man.
Martha stops howling and struggling. The four of them enter the building. They walk toward the stairs.
In the bedroom on the second floor of the old building
The room has a bed and a nightstand. On the nightstand there is a shade. Under the bed there is a carpet and on the right wall hangs a mirror. The room looked much better than the other rooms in the building. River is in the room and stands in front of the mirror. She opens her ponytail and spreads her hair.
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In the old building on the second floor
The man and the Janitor hold Tom and Martha and turn left. They walk down the corridor until they reach the door on the right. The man opens the door and the four of them enter the room. The man and the Janitor take the tape out of Tom and Martha's mouth. The man and the janitor are walking toward the door.
"What do you want from us?" Says Martha.
The janitor and the man leave the room and close the door.
Ladera Park
8:08:23, 8:08:24, 8:08:25, 8:08:26
Paul parks his car. He leaves it and walks toward the park path. He reaches the path and looks to the left and then to the right.
On the third floor of the old building
James is on the phone.
"He's here," says the voice from the other side, and James hangs up.
James walks down the corridor. He takes a device out of his pocket that causes the distortion of the voice and puts it on his phone. He calls.
Split screen: James walks down the corridor and talks to Paul that is in the Ledera Park.
"Yes?" Says Paul.
"You're almost late," James's scrambled voice says. "Now listen to me, go to the bench next to you and sit down."
Paul walks over to the bench and sits down on it.
"I want that you will keep staring straight all the time and do not look back, is it clear?" Says the masked voice.
"Yes."
"You'll get a data card soon," says the masked voice. "You will have to make the CTU analysts work on this card instead of the real data card that you have."
How will I do that?" Asks Paul.
"Think of something, I'm sure you'll find a way to do it," says the scrambled voice.
A man with sunglasses holding a silver suitcase, walks from the back of the bench. The man has short black hair and is dressed in a suit and a tie. There is a round garbage can Next to the bench and the man throws a blue card into it. Paul keeps looking straight and does not notice anyone. The man walks away from the bench.
"Inside the bin next to you is the data card," says the scrambled voice. "Take it."
Paul gets up from the bench and walks toward the trash can. He sees the card in the bin and takes it.
"I took it," Paul says.
"You have until nine o'clock to change the cards and that the analysts to decipher this card."
"But it can take time for the analysts to decipher the card," Paul says.
"Don't worry, I did it that it will take them about ten minutes," says James's scrambled voice. James goes down the stairs and continues: "You have to do it until the end of the hour and if you don't get it until then, your family will pay the price."
James hangs up and walks toward the bedroom. He enters the room and sees River combing in front of the mirror.
"Waoh, this job is exhausting," James says in frustration. "I have too many things on my head."
River puts the comb on the shelf and approaches him.
"Maybe you should relax," says River with a smile, moving her hand over his chest.
"I guess so," James says, smiling at her.
They kiss.
"I love your hair when it's smooth and cozy," James says calmly, smoothing his hand on her hair.
They kiss and hold each other. James takes off his shirt and then River takes off her shirt. She wears a black bra. They land on the bed and Continue to kiss each other.
8:12:32, 8:12:33, 8:12:34 ...
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