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Steve closes the briefcase, then turns the ignition key. He backs out of the driveway.

INT./EXT. APARTMENT -- EL SEGUNDO -- MORNING

On the computer, we see her using her program to break into "The Cell", the main computer of a local cellular phone service. The screen fills with a window of calls made by Steve Ferguson. Sarah eyes the screen with satisfaction.

SARAH
I can take him.

KNOCKING comes from down stairs. Sarah immediately pulls out her Browning Auto. She and Cortez walk to one of the boarded windows in back. Who they see near the back door is a...

TEENAGER

about John's age, long blond hair, blue eyes, loose jeans, black shirt with "DAY OF AKIRA" written on it, John Lennon glasses.

INT. STAIRWELL -- APARTMENT BUILDING -- MORNING

Sarah, with a paranoid look in her eye, quietly unlocks the door with her Browning Auto drawn. She jerks open the door. Cortez yanks the teenager inside and they take him upstairs.

INT. APARTMENT -- MORNING

Sarah and Cortez bring the teenager into the apartment. Cortez holds the teenager inside the doorway, while Hector and Valdez frisk him. Sarah peeks through the cracks in the boarded up windows. She turns back.

SARAH
Check him for wires.

Hector and Valdez frisks the teenagers' armpits, rib cage, crotch, etc.

Cortez looks the teenager over.

CORTEZ
He's clean.
(takes another look at the teenager)
Maybe not clean. No wires, at least.

JOHN
(to teenager)
Sorry about this, Dave.

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