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    HUGH: Yeah that is definitely not wind outside
    HUGH: I’m going for the safe.
    MAY: The safe?
    TERI: he has a revolver
    TERI: ok I think I have all of it
    TERI: that’s all of it Owen
    OWEN: Naveem, check and shut down.
    OWEN: Forget the logs.
    NAVEEM: Ok if you say so.
    MAY: I have activity again guys
    MAY: Definitely Grand Central
    TERI: Denton?
    NAVEEM: Shutting down now.
    OWEN: Good.
    NAVEEM: Gotta book, catch you later.
    [NAVEEM DISCONNECTED]
    HUGH: so I can’t remember the combination to my safe
    TERI: hahahaha well done H
    HUGH: It’s not funny. Or well timed.
    TERI: like most of your jokes I guess
    OWEN: Teri, what’s your progress?
    TERI: packaging now. might take a sweet while for May to get it across the pond.
    OWEN: OK. Keep me posted.
    HUGH: what are you doing with the code?
    OWEN: I can’t tell you the answer to that, Hugh.
    HUGH: You need to!
    OWEN: It’s for your safety. No one can know.
    HUGH: Hey man it’s alright for you on the other side of the world, we’re the ones in the line of fire.
    HUGH: Speaking of fire,
    HUGH: what the fuck was tt4grsu78bgv c
    [HUGH DISCONNECTED]
    MAY: Um.
    TERI: fuck
    MAY: well that doesn’t sound good
    TERI: let’s hope he just fell over and banged his knee on the power switch
    MAY: or something
    OWEN: How much longer, Teri?
    TERI: packaged
    TERI: hey may are you seeing this
    MAY: interference
    MAY: weird
    OWEN: Keep reporting guys.
    MAY: received the package looks good
    TERI: hope those cables under the pacific can handle this
    NAVEEM: DIE UNSTERBLICHEN
    MAY: yep totally FUCKING CREEPED OUT NOW
    OWEN: Never mind the glitch. Are you sending?
    MAY: in the dead drop now posting
    TERI: great now im hearing sirens
    MAY: its brooklyn isnt that normal?
    TERI: maybe
    TERI: they got naveem didnt they
    MAY: it took you that long to figure it out
    TERI: shut up
    OWEN: Don’t think about it now. We need to finish this.
    MAY: still posting to the board and holy shit this virus is big ive never shunted this much code before
    TERI: you know denton was trained by james bond right
    MAY: yeah right
    OWEN: He was trained by the man on whom James Bond was based. Not quite the same thing.
    MAY: youre actually serious
    TERI: told you
    MAY: sending the whole damn Phoenix virus 50 seconds to go
    OWEN: Patience.
    MAY: oh no
    MAY: This is not good
    TERI: ???????
    OWEN: What’s happening, May?
    MAY: theyre here
    MAY: blue berets they shouldnt be here
    MAY: fuck it
    MAY: weve locked ourselves in
    MAY: emergency seal why not right
    TERI: can they get in
    MAY: not yet
    MAY: 35 secs
    MAY: SHIT THeyre everywhere
    NAVEEM: DIE UNSTERBLICHEN
    OWEN: Cancel it.
    OWEN: Wipe the computer. You can deny everything and live.
    TERI: oh my god
    OWEN: I don’t want you to die for us. We can extract you.
    MAY: valentina says goodbye
    TERI: send it
    TERI: FUCK THE FIFTH COLUMN
    TERI: FUCKING SEND IT
    MAY: they have Naveem its too late to turn back
    MAY: im seeing this through
    MAY: lets break the devils dishes
    TERI: im crying
    MAY: 10 secs
    TERI: this cant be happening
    MAY: 5
    OWEN: You did good, May.
    TERI: are you there
    TERI: anyone
    [MAY DISCONNECTED]
    OWEN: It’s just us now, Teri.
    TERI: what happened
    OWEN: My guess is they’re waiting for the Blue Berets to take them now.
    TERI: ok
    TERI: i dont know what to think
    OWEN: I have the virus. She got it out just in time.
    TERI: guess it was worth it
    TERI: was it worth it
    OWEN: Teri, this is worse than I thought.
    TERI: is there another phoenix virus
    OWEN: If I’m reading this right, there are three. And the Fifth Column already has the second one.
    TERI: what?? where?
    OWEN: They’re collecting them right under Denton’s nose.
    TERI: he doesnt know
    OWEN: Not yet, anyway. But that’s not the worst of it.
    TERI: what the hell is then?
    OWEN: We have a live one.
    OWEN: A child from Czechoslovakia. Blood work. Zophia Novotný. Three years old. Denton has her on some sort of list.
    TERI: what a psych out
    TERI: knock on the door
    OWEN: Denton