ALL BEN BUTCHER CAPTAIN_MICHAELS CHAIRMAN CHLOE CLERK_STEVE COLONEL_LAVELLE DETECTIVE DETECTIVE_BLAKE DETECTIVE_JANE DOCTOR ELLIE FRIEND GIRLS GUARD GUARDS GUARD_2 GUARD_3 GUARD_4 HENCHMAN HENCHMAN_2 KODERA MALE_VOICE MAN MAN_1 MAN_2 MAN_3 MAN_NEWS_ANCHOR MAN_REPORTER MARK NIKKI NIKKI_OFF OFFICER_KELLY RADIO SECURITY SERGEANT SINGER SOLDIER SULLIVAN SWAT_1 SWAT_2 SWAT_3 SYDNEY WOMAN_NEWS_ANCHOR WOMAN_NEWS_ANCHOR_2 WOMAN_NEWS_ANCHOR_3 WOMAN_NEWS_ANCHOR_4 WOMAN_NEWS_ANCHOR_5 WU WOMAN NEWS ANCHOR The overwhelming majority of victims we see are actually domestically born. MALE VOICE People think that it's international or it's over borders, and it's domestic, and it's occurring right here in our state. WOMAN NEWS ANCHOR 2 The Secretary of Defense is prepared to send an additional 15,000 U.S. Army soldiers to support ongoing combat operations in Eastern Europe. WOMAN NEWS ANCHOR 3 Las Cruces and the border region are an easy target for human traffickers. MAN REPORTER By order of the President, we are mobilizing 30,000 additional troops for deployment to the Middle East. MAN NEWS ANCHOR Tonight, the Pentagon is calling the latest escalation a dangerous situation. DETECTIVE A single drug cartel is trafficking children. MALE VOICE More profitable than any drug they've ever tried to bring up across the border. WOMAN NEWS ANCHOR 4 For more about this new deployment of U.S. troops to the Middle East... WOMAN NEWS ANCHOR 5 Human trafficking is a problem on a global scale, but it also leaves an impact right here in New Mexico. MALE VOICE The cartels are getting away with this. SOLDIER Breach! Breach! Breach! NIKKI It's funny how much training I've had in taking a life. NIKKI Years with the 3rd Cav, then the Regiment, Special Ops. NIKKI A lifetime of experience. NIKKI I can tell you to the exact second how long it'll take you to bleed out if I make an inch-long incision in your carotid artery. NIKKI Tactics, weapons, munitions, covert ops, black ops, battlefield triage. NIKKI The logistics of death. I've studied it all in great depth and detail. NIKKI Yeah. I've been taught all there is to know about taking a life. NIKKI But... giving a life, bringing someone into the world, caring for a child... NIKKI No one tells you jack shit. NIKKI You're on your own. NIKKI Chloe! NIKKI Happy birthday, baby! CHLOE Hi, Mom. NIKKI I'm so sorry Mommy can't be there. NIKKI Look at you, you're three years old! Can you believe it? I can't believe it! CHLOE Yeah. NIKKI Happy birthday! CHLOE Hi. NIKKI Surprise! NIKKI How are you six already? CHLOE I don't know. NIKKI I love you so much, baby. CHLOE I love you too. You're funny. NIKKI Hi! I love you! NIKKI Aww. NIKKI Well, look, we're having a party here too. NIKKI Did you have a good party at school? CHLOE Yeah, Dad brought cupcakes for my class. NIKKI Yeah? CHLOE They were really good. NIKKI Baby, I promise, I promise I'm gonna be there next year. NIKKI Keep your eyes closed. NIKKI OFF I didn't miss every birthday. NIKKI Open your eyes! CHLOE Is it gonna be a cat? NIKKI It better not be a cat. NIKKI I expect tears of joy and I expect a lot of thank yous. NIKKI Just give it to her! NIKKI OFF And the ones I made it back for were the happiest, most precious moments of my life. NIKKI Hey! Baby? NIKKI OFF They say on average a child spends the first 18 years with their parents. NIKKI Hello? NIKKI OFF Then after they move out, when you add up all the remaining time you see them... NIKKI OFF ...the visits home, the vacations together... NIKKI OFF ...precious snatched moments you share with them for the rest of your life... NIKKI OFF ...you're lucky if you see them for one more year. That's it. CHLOE How long? NIKKI I mean, another two, three months, so I'm not gonna be able to make it for the start of summer and I'm so sorry. CHLOE Mom, it's okay. It's okay. You don't need to apologize. CHLOE I understand the protocol. And things change and you can't control it. So. NIKKI Thank you. CHLOE You're like my best friend. CHLOE I just hope you know that. NIKKI Thinking about you. Always. CHLOE I just, I just want you to stay safe, okay? So don't worry about anything else. Just, just please, uh... CHLOE ...be safe because I love you and Dad loves you. NIKKI I promise. NIKKI OFF Well, I already lost the first 15 years. NIKKI And when Chloe's father died, I had to make a change. NIKKI I had to come home. For good. NIKKI I had to make things right. GIRLS Happy birthday! NIKKI That was fun. I had fun, didn't you, baby? CHLOE Yeah, it was fun. NIKKI Hey, do you want to open up another present? CHLOE Um, yeah, I mean, do you want to do it later? I think it'd kind of be better. NIKKI Okay, okay. NIKKI I mean, is everything okay, baby? CHLOE Yeah. CHLOE Yeah, I, um, we just, we wanted to like have plans later. NIKKI Oh. Well, I mean, okay. Like, how, how much later? CHLOE Um, nine-ish? NIKKI Nine? I mean, that's, that's late. CHLOE Yeah, yeah. Yeah, it's fine. NIKKI Well, nobody ate my cake. "Nikki It's so funny, Erica was like, gluten-free now? When did that even start?" CHLOE Um, yeah, she gets sick if she eats gluten, Mom. NIKKI Oh. Oh my god, what about your friend that was like always talking about her wellness journey and her sugar intake? CHLOE So like you. NIKKI What? CHLOE Her name's Sarah, Mom. And you're just critical about everything. CHLOE Like, I'm sorry that no one ate your cake. But it's my birthday and I kind of just, you know, wanted you to be there for me and do stuff that we wanted to do, but you just make everything about yourself. NIKKI What are you talking about? I, like, did all this for you! CHLOE All this? I'm 16, Mom. I want to go out with my friends. NIKKI I know, baby. CHLOE No, don't call me baby. Okay, I'm, I'm not a little kid anymore. But you wouldn't know that, would you? 'Cause you weren't here. Were you? NIKKI I was doing my duty. CHLOE Duty? You know, when I was a little girl, I used to think you were perfect. No, you were some kind of superhero. Like off fighting to save the world, to keep me safe. CHLOE But somehow, somewhere, I slipped through the cracks, didn't I? NIKKI No. CHLOE 'Cause you were fighting to keep everyone else safe. Everyone but me and Dad. NIKKI That is not true. CHLOE Yes it is! You left because you didn't care about us. You forgot about us. CHLOE This whole time I thought you had my back? NIKKI I do have your back. Look, I just, I make mistakes. CHLOE Look, yeah you have. NIKKI Okay, language. CHLOE Seriously? You're gonna mother me now? You think you can just come home and fix things just like that? NIKKI Well, I, I can try. CHLOE Yeah, you can try. But it's not gonna work, Mom, 'cause I got news for you. You don't fix things. You break things. NIKKI Chloe... NIKKI Chloe? You must be hungry. You want something to eat? NIKKI Clo? NIKKI Alright, you know how I feel about locked doors. Open up. NIKKI Okay, in advance, I'm sorry about this. NIKKI Goddammit, Chloe. SINGER When you love... CHLOE Mom? ELLIE Yo, what does she want? CHLOE I don't know. ELLIE Did you tell her you were going out? CHLOE What? No, I didn't tell her. ELLIE What? Are you serious? CHLOE Yeah. ELLIE Oh my god, that's so unlike you! CHLOE I know, I'm a rebel. ELLIE Let's go! CHLOE I mean, like, it's my birthday. ELLIE She wouldn't let you go out? CHLOE Not even now. ELLIE I want to see you guys. Period. Period. You know what? ELLIE To the birthday girl. CHLOE Happy freaking birthday. ALL Happy birthday! Cheers! FRIEND Salud. SYDNEY Don't look now. But at the end of the bar. CHLOE Wait, what? SYDNEY Oh! CHLOE He's cute. ELLIE Oh! Trouble. SYDNEY He's attacking. He's coming over here. ELLIE She's not going. SYDNEY Oh, you're going. ELLIE No, no, we're never acting like... SYDNEY Are you ready? Hold on. Wait, wait. Twenty bucks says she goes. SYDNEY I believe in you. CHLOE Hey, it's Chloe. Leave a message... BEN Hey, these pink ones are back. BEN Here we go. BEN Birthday girl needs a drink, right? CHLOE Thank you. BEN Yeah, of course. BEN Um, I hope you don't mind me asking. How old are you? CHLOE Eighteen. BEN Okay. CHLOE And a year. BEN Right. CHLOE Or two. SYDNEY See ya. ELLIE Bye! Don't do anything I wouldn't do. BEN Well, bottoms up, right? BEN Here's to you. BEN Happy birthday. NIKKI Ellie! NIKKI Hey girls. ELLIE So early tomorrow... NIKKI Where's, uh, where's Chloe? ELLIE Excuse me? NIKKI You heard me. ELLIE She's in the bar. NIKKI What, you, you left her alone? ELLIE Well, she's with Ben. NIKKI Who's Ben? SYDNEY It's a nice guy, don't worry. NIKKI He's a nice guy? NIKKI Fuck do you know? BEN Oh, what the fuck? Go, go, go, go, go! NIKKI Chloe! NIKKI Chloe! BEN Fuck was that? BEN Oh, what the fuck? MAN Oh, fuck! MAN Shit! MAN What the fuck? BEN No, fuck you! BEN Get your ass off the fucking car! BEN Fuck you! Get off the fucking car! MAN Fuck you! I can't see anything! BEN Get off! BEN Fuck you! BEN Jesus Christ. Who the fuck is that bitch? BEN Alright, take a left. Take a left. Take a left right here. BEN I think we lost her, man. MAN What the fuck? BEN Oh my god, where the fuck is she? BEN Stupid fuck bitch. NIKKI OFF They say that in any disappearance, especially that of a child... NIKKI OFF ...you have just 72 hours. NIKKI OFF 72 hours until the trail goes cold. NIKKI OFF 72 precious hours to find them. NIKKI OFF Or the chances are that... NIKKI OFF ...you'll never see them alive again. NIKKI OFF And I've already lost so much time. BUTCHER Scared me for a second, Nikki. BUTCHER I thought you were dying. BUTCHER Mr. Sullivan paid a lot of money to finish you himself. NIKKI Where is my daughter? NIKKI My daughter, Chloe. NIKKI What did you do with her? BUTCHER I didn't know livestock even had names. BUTCHER Been a very naughty girl, Nikki. BUTCHER Burned down a whole whorehouse. NIKKI I was looking for my daughter. NIKKI Where is she? BUTCHER You let all the livestock go. BUTCHER Killed five of Sullivan's men at Club 30 last night. BUTCHER Cost the Syndicate a lot of money. NIKKI Who is Sullivan? NIKKI Does he run the Syndicate? BUTCHER Yeah, you're not really in a position to be asking questions. BUTCHER Besides, the better question is... BUTCHER Oh my. NIKKI Not easy. NIKKI You're the Butcher. NIKKI That's what Ben told me. NIKKI Looks like you've been pretty busy today. BUTCHER I'm a conscientious worker. BUTCHER What can I say? NIKKI I can appreciate that. BUTCHER I love my work. NIKKI You did good. You killed that piece of shit Ben. NIKKI One of your own. BUTCHER Nah. BUTCHER No, he was just a spotter. BUTCHER Pretty face to lure 'em in. BUTCHER They're a dime a dozen. BUTCHER Now, Mr. Sullivan was very, very annoyed that Ben gave up the location of his best whorehouse. NIKKI He didn't have much choice. BUTCHER There's always a choice. BUTCHER Mr. Sullivan was also quite upset... BUTCHER ...that young Ben chose... um... BUTCHER What was her name? NIKKI Chloe. BUTCHER Chloe. BUTCHER Yeah. BUTCHER The daughter of some... BUTCHER ...Special Forces super badass, huh? BUTCHER With the little digger. BUTCHER Went all about you. BUTCHER Super scary. BUTCHER Special Forces bad motherfucker. BUTCHER That you? NIKKI I'm gonna give you one chance. NIKKI Tell me where she is... NIKKI ...and I'll let you live. BUTCHER You... BUTCHER Look at you making threats. BUTCHER I respect that. BUTCHER You got guts. BUTCHER Should we take a look? BUTCHER You know, in Japan, they um... BUTCHER ...they play classical music to the cows. BUTCHER They say it gives 'em joy. BUTCHER And makes the meat taste sweeter. BUTCHER I'm sorry. BUTCHER Can you hold this for me? BUTCHER Mr. Sullivan. BUTCHER What can I do for you, sir? BUTCHER No, no, no, yeah, she's fine. BUTCHER Yeah, a little banged up, but that's all. BUTCHER No, the spotter, he's... he's all taken care of. He'll be beefsteak by this afternoon. BUTCHER Nah, no worries, sir. BUTCHER Young Ben will be our blue plate special. BUTCHER But... but the woman, you uh... BUTCHER You want to handle her personally? BUTCHER Very well. BUTCHER I'm on the killing floor. BUTCHER We'll be waiting. BUTCHER Very well. BUTCHER Huh? BUTCHER Oh, fuck, Sullivan. BUTCHER I'm killing you my damn self. NIKKI I gave you a chance. NIKKI But you didn't take it. NIKKI This belongs to you. NIKKI Where's my daughter? BUTCHER I don't know. NIKKI Where is Chloe? BUTCHER I don't know. NIKKI Hey. NIKKI I don't like to repeat myself. BUTCHER Fuck you. NIKKI Hey. NIKKI Who's Sullivan? BUTCHER Okay. NIKKI You're not listening to me. NIKKI So you won't be needing these. BUTCHER Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Okay. Listen. Listen. BUTCHER If I tell you, they'll kill me. BUTCHER If I tell you, they'll kill me. NIKKI What do you think I'm gonna do? BUTCHER Hey, look. BUTCHER Look, give 'em a choice. NIKKI There's always a choice. NIKKI This can be fast... NIKKI ...or we can spend a lot more time together. BUTCHER Huh? NIKKI OFF Eventually, he told me everything. NIKKI OFF As I knew he would. NIKKI OFF He said he didn't know where Chloe was, and... NIKKI OFF ...in the end... NIKKI OFF ...I believed him. NIKKI OFF But perhaps this man Sullivan does. NIKKI OFF Butcher told me they call themselves the Syndicate. NIKKI OFF Sullivan is the man in charge, and above him is the Chairman. NIKKI OFF Fancy business names and... NIKKI OFF ...fancy business suits to make themselves feel better about the reality of their trade. NIKKI OFF Dealing in human flesh. NIKKI OFF Young girls to be imprisoned and exploited. NIKKI OFF On American soil if they're lucky. NIKKI OFF Or perhaps to be groomed for export. NIKKI OFF I have to find Chloe before it's too late. SULLIVAN Oh, Jesus Christ. SULLIVAN She's crazy. HENCHMAN Should we call the Chairman? SULLIVAN Absolutely not. SULLIVAN We keep this quiet. We deal with this ourselves. SULLIVAN Chairman doesn't even know about the whorehouse yet. SULLIVAN He's a man that doesn't appreciate weakness. SULLIVAN You understand? HENCHMAN Yes, sir. SULLIVAN Wake everyone up. SULLIVAN Get 'em on the streets now. I want this woman found. SULLIVAN And I want her dead. SULLIVAN Take care of that. HENCHMAN Sir? SULLIVAN Beefsteak. NIKKI OFF Whoever this Sullivan is... NIKKI OFF ...his men are well trained. NIKKI OFF They hold a perimeter... NIKKI OFF ...and watch their sight lines. NIKKI OFF Weapons always at the ready. NIKKI OFF They travel in convoy. NIKKI OFF Tight formation. NIKKI OFF Guard vehicle first. NIKKI OFF They're prepared. NIKKI OFF They don't use seatbelts, to be faster on the draw. NIKKI OFF There's too many to take out in the field. NIKKI OFF This home is a nightmare too. NIKKI OFF Compound. NIKKI OFF Well protected. NIKKI OFF Sealed tight. NIKKI OFF Just one route in. NIKKI OFF Guards have overlapping fields of fire. NIKKI OFF Cameras. Dogs. Drones. NIKKI OFF I'm gonna have to get creative. NIKKI OFF Fuck. NIKKI OFF First I better take care of this. CAPTAIN MICHAELS All right, people. This footage just came in. Take a look at this. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This is from a traffic camera opposite Club 30 last night. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This is from the bank across the street. CAPTAIN MICHAELS And this is from the building next door. DETECTIVE BLAKE Who the fuck is this guy? DETECTIVE JANE He never lets us see his face. DETECTIVE BLAKE It's like he knows we're watching. WU He's like a fucking ghost. DETECTIVE JANE What about cameras in the club? CAPTAIN MICHAELS Burned with the building. CAPTAIN MICHAELS He torched the whole place. Left five dead bodies inside. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Whoever he is, for our purposes, he's target number one. CAPTAIN MICHAELS He knows what he's doing, and he's extremely dangerous. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I want him off the streets tonight. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Questions? DETECTIVE BLAKE Ready for a long one. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Robert. What do you have on the vehicles in the downtown corridor? NIKKI Don't go to sleep. NIKKI OFF A good surgeon can be many things. But she can't be tired. NIKKI Stay awake. NIKKI OFF Pain is temporary. NIKKI OFF Infections are not. NIKKI Stay awake. NIKKI You've got this. NIKKI Just keep moving. NIKKI Time is running out. DETECTIVE BLAKE Tommy, I know you were there. Someone had to see something. DETECTIVE JANE Possibly sex workers? Might have mentioned Club 30? DETECTIVE BLAKE Tommy, those guys are out there all night. Somebody saw something. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This just in, people! Put it on the monitor, Wu. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Footage from the Red Bar from earlier last evening. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This is about two hours before Club 30 burned to the ground. CAPTAIN MICHAELS And this is one Benjamin Blaine. DETECTIVE JANE Ben. I know him. DETECTIVE JANE He works for the Syndicate. He's a low-level spotter. DETECTIVE JANE Picks the girls up in clubs. Multiple human trafficking violations. CAPTAIN MICHAELS And here's our target. DETECTIVE BLAKE This is starting to make sense. WU Yeah, Benjamin Blaine works for the Syndicate. Club 30 belongs to the Syndicate. WU Seems like our target has a grudge. CAPTAIN MICHAELS It gets better. CAPTAIN MICHAELS About 30 minutes ago, young Ben's prints were lifted off an Audi belonging to this man, Barry Lester. DETECTIVE BLAKE Where is he? CAPTAIN MICHAELS In the morgue. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Killed by a car key. WU Excuse me, sir? CAPTAIN MICHAELS That's right. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Driven into his left orbital socket. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Dmv says the key belongs to a 15-year-old black Honda Pilot, CAPTAIN MICHAELS which was sold 12 months ago to one Nikki Halsted. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Next one. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This is her. DETECTIVE BLAKE Wait a minute. DETECTIVE BLAKE Our target's a woman? A woman did all this? DETECTIVE JANE And why does that surprise you so much? CAPTAIN MICHAELS We have nothing yet. No criminal record, but we're still digging. CAPTAIN MICHAELS But here is the best part. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Guy who sold her the car 12 months ago, he says he sold it with two keys. DETECTIVE JANE She's still driving it. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Exactly. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Okay, I want to put out a bolo on a black 2010 Honda Pilot. CAPTAIN MICHAELS License plate is hjt-x17. CAPTAIN MICHAELS And get it to all hotels and motels too. This could be our girl. WU Sir? CAPTAIN MICHAELS What is it, Wu? WU What about 624 Spring Drive? CAPTAIN MICHAELS What about it? WU That's listed as her home address on her driving license. CAPTAIN MICHAELS The way she conceals her face, she's obviously a trained killer of some sort. CAPTAIN MICHAELS A trained killer currently on a murderous rampage who has to know by now that the cops are hunting her. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Do you really think she's gonna go back to her house? WU It's a possibility. CAPTAIN MICHAELS It certainly is. CAPTAIN MICHAELS All right, rookie. You've just earned your first stakeout. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I gotta get a fresh shirt. CLERK STEVE Mark, make sure you get those rc's put up. MARK Okay, I'm on it. NIKKI Um, can I get a five-point harness? CLERK STEVE What kind? NIKKI The best one. NIKKI And, uh, can I get one of those skateboards? CLERK STEVE They're decorations. They're not for sale. NIKKI Look, things have been kind of... rough. NIKKI So, could you please just... NIKKI get me one of the skateboards? CLERK STEVE Mark, bring me a ladder. MARK Okay. NIKKI Thank you. HENCHMAN 2 Mr. Chairman. HENCHMAN 2 I have Sullivan for you. CHAIRMAN Mr. Sullivan, when exactly were you gonna tell me about Club 30? CHAIRMAN Well, my most profitable whorehouse burned to the ground, all the merchandise is lost, and you say... CHAIRMAN nothing. CHAIRMAN No, no, no. CHAIRMAN No, no. Don't lie. CHAIRMAN Don't lie to me. CHAIRMAN We have a fresh shipment for export tonight. CHAIRMAN My father's expecting his livestock. CHAIRMAN We can't have a problem. CHAIRMAN Entiendes? CHAIRMAN Well, we have half the police force on payroll. Use them. CHAIRMAN Use them! I mean, you're supposed to be a manager, Sullivan. CHAIRMAN Manage this! Otherwise I'm gonna get somebody else who can. CHAIRMAN No. No. No more excuses. CHAIRMAN I want her dead. CHAIRMAN Now. HENCHMAN It's time, boss. SULLIVAN Brunette with us. SULLIVAN Get dressed. SULLIVAN Fuck! What the fuck! HENCHMAN Ah, fuck! What the fuck! SULLIVAN Shoot that bitch! SULLIVAN Get out! Get out! SULLIVAN Where is she? HENCHMAN I don't know! SULLIVAN Fuck! Get out! Get out! SULLIVAN It's stuck! SULLIVAN Fuck! Fuck! SULLIVAN Ah! Oh, God! SULLIVAN All right. All right. Look, no, no, it's okay. SULLIVAN Just take it easy, okay? SULLIVAN Just take it easy. SULLIVAN No, no, no, wait! No! SULLIVAN Ah! God! NIKKI Where is my daughter? SULLIVAN I don't know what you're talking about! SULLIVAN Ah! God! Fuck! NIKKI I don't like to repeat myself. SULLIVAN Ah! I don't know where she is! SULLIVAN Ah! God! Ah! Fuck! SULLIVAN Are you crazy? You... SULLIVAN You know I'm not in charge. Ah! God! NIKKI Who is, then? SULLIVAN The Chairman. He runs everything. SULLIVAN He's the big boss. He's at the Grand Hotel. SULLIVAN God. He's protected. But I... But I... SULLIVAN But I... I can help you get to him. Ah! NIKKI I don't need your help. SULLIVAN No, no, no, no! NIKKI Chloe? DETECTIVE JANE There's reports of a shooting on Brightview Road. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Is it our target? DETECTIVE JANE No sign of her yet. But her Honda Pilot was just involved in a head-on collision. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Any victims? DETECTIVE JANE Eight males. Multiple gunshot wounds. All of them dead. WU Jesus Christ. She's like a walking slaughterhouse. DETECTIVE JANE Looks like they were all members of the Syndicate. NIKKI OFF When you've seen as much death as I have... NIKKI OFF When it's touched people so close to you... NIKKI OFF Both enemies and friends. NIKKI OFF Comrades and lovers. NIKKI OFF You start to see how narrow the line is. NIKKI OFF The thin, delicate line between living and dying. NIKKI OFF You see how easy it is to lose someone. NIKKI OFF And you ask yourself... NIKKI OFF why? NIKKI OFF A grenade is tossed into a room. NIKKI OFF Some live. NIKKI OFF Some die. NIKKI OFF A sniper chooses a target. NIKKI OFF Seemingly at random. SOLDIER Hold up! NIKKI OFF Someone lives. NIKKI OFF Someone dies. NIKKI OFF You see enough of it, and you start to ask yourself... NIKKI OFF why? NIKKI OFF Why was I spared? NIKKI OFF A husband... NIKKI OFF in a hospital bed. NIKKI OFF Dying of leukemia. NIKKI OFF Is it all just random? NIKKI OFF Did I survive all this for no reason? NIKKI OFF Or is there... NIKKI OFF some greater meaning, something unseen? NIKKI OFF Some... hidden purpose. NIKKI OFF Don't sleep. NIKKI I'm so sorry, baby. You gotta wake up, okay? We're almost home. NIKKI Okay? NIKKI Okay, we're almost there. NIKKI You got it? NIKKI We're almost there, baby. We're almost home. WU Holy sh... WU Captain? NIKKI Okay, baby, we're home. NIKKI We're home. NIKKI Okay. NIKKI I'm just gonna sit you down on the couch, okay? You ready? NIKKI I'm just gonna sit you down. NIKKI Here. NIKKI Chloe. NIKKI Chloe, I need you to know that... NIKKI Chloe, you're safe now. Okay? NIKKI I promise you. NIKKI They're never gonna touch you again. NIKKI No one's ever gonna hurt you again, okay, baby? NIKKI You're safe. NIKKI Okay. NIKKI Okay, now I need you to... NIKKI I need you to look in the light, okay? I'm gonna touch your face. NIKKI I need you to look in the light. NIKKI Follow the light, baby. NIKKI Can you follow the light? NIKKI Good girl. NIKKI Okay, good girl. NIKKI Baby... NIKKI Baby, I'm gonna take your jacket off now, okay? NIKKI But you're safe. NIKKI I need to see where you're hurt. NIKKI Okay? NIKKI Here. SWAT 1 Gear check. SWAT 2 Gear check. SWAT 3 Gear check. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Confirming the target address. 624 Spring Drive. RADIO Copy that. We're a minute out. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Be advised, target is armed and extremely dangerous. RADIO Yes, sir. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Use of lethal force is authorized. DETECTIVE JANE Lethal force? CAPTAIN MICHAELS That's right. DETECTIVE JANE There's a civilian present, Captain. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Nikki Halstead killed five people last night and another eight today. CAPTAIN MICHAELS That we know of. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I'm not letting her add to that list. DETECTIVE JANE But those were all suspected syndicate members. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This woman is dangerous. She's in the hands of Swat now. They'll take her down. RADIO Target is still within the building, sir. CAPTAIN MICHAELS What is your status? RADIO 100% in position. Ready to breach. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Very good. On my mark. COLONEL LAVELLE I wouldn't do that if I were you. CAPTAIN MICHAELS What? COLONEL LAVELLE I said I wouldn't do that if I were you. COLONEL LAVELLE You have no idea what you're dealing with or what she's capable of. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Who the fuck are you? COLONEL LAVELLE I'm the guy... COLONEL LAVELLE ...that's going to save the lives of six of your men. COLONEL LAVELLE Now pull them back. CAPTAIN MICHAELS On whose authority? COLONEL LAVELLE On the authority of... COLONEL LAVELLE Go fuck yourself. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Attorney General signed this? COLONEL LAVELLE That's what it looks like. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You have command authority. COLONEL LAVELLE That's what it says. COLONEL LAVELLE Now pull your men back. COLONEL LAVELLE Or order six body bags. COLONEL LAVELLE Now. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This is Michaels. Stand down. SERGEANT Repeat. Stand down. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Do not engage the target. COLONEL LAVELLE Repeat. Do not engage. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Do you copy? SERGEANT Sir, but... but we have her. We have her, sir. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I don't like it any more than you do. But we have our orders. SERGEANT Copy that, sir. Stand down. NIKKI Chloe, I gotta run to the store and get some medical supplies, okay? NIKKI So I can help you. NIKKI I'll be right back, I promise. NIKKI I love you. NIKKI Be right back. NIKKI OFF Can't risk a hospital. NIKKI OFF Too many questions. NIKKI OFF But I can take care of her here. NIKKI OFF I can protect her. NIKKI OFF I'm all she needs. CAPTAIN MICHAELS It's Captain Michaels. SERGEANT Yes Sir? CAPTAIN MICHAELS Turn off your cameras. SERGEANT Sir? CAPTAIN MICHAELS Do as I say. No cameras, no live feeds. SERGEANT Cameras off, boys. SERGEANT Copy that, sir. We're dark. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Good. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Fuck those Pentagon assholes. SERGEANT Fuck 'em good, sir. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Now go take that bitch out. SERGEANT Yes, sir. COLONEL LAVELLE We follow Nikki at a discreet distance. Wait 'til she's home. No threat to anyone. Then I'll bring her in. DETECTIVE BLAKE And who exactly are you? COLONEL LAVELLE Lavelle. The bird indicates that I'm a United States Army colonel. DETECTIVE JANE And, Colonel, who are you to her? COLONEL LAVELLE I was her commanding officer for a long time. DETECTIVE BLAKE And do you think you can bring her in? COLONEL LAVELLE Without bloodshed. DETECTIVE BLAKE Are you sure about that? COLONEL LAVELLE I'd stake my life on it. NIKKI We need immediate medical assistance at the alley between Spring and Lakeshore. Broken bones, some blood loss, no fatalities. COLONEL LAVELLE What the fuck have you done? NIKKI Send six ambulances COLONEL LAVELLE Nikki. Nikki Halsted. Nikki. NIKKI Is that-- is that you, sir? COLONEL LAVELLE That's right. NIKKI What are you doing here? COLONEL LAVELLE I've come to bring you in. NIKKI I can't do that, sir. Not yet. COLONEL LAVELLE You're not in the field anymore, soldier. I need to bring you in. You're causing a lot of damage. You know that can't continue. You know that. NIKKI They took my daughter. COLONEL LAVELLE I know. I know they did. But Nikki, we need to talk. Just you and me. Alone. NIKKI I'm sorry, sir. Don't... Don't send anyone else after me. NIKKI Fuck. NIKKI Chloe! WU Don't move. WU I said don't move. NIKKI Where is my fucking daughter?! NIKKI I'm not gonna ask again. WU I... I don't know! WU I'm a cop! Cop! WU I was coming to get her but... she was gone when I arrived. WU I already searched the whole house, I have no idea where she is. WU Please! WU Believe me. NIKKI OFF They took her back. NIKKI OFF Why? NIKKI OFF Revenge? NIKKI OFF It's the only answer. NIKKI OFF I should never have left her alone. I think I made a mistake. I thought... NIKKI OFF I thought all I needed was Chloe back, but... NIKKI OFF But I was wrong. NIKKI OFF I killed the Butcher. And Sullivan. NIKKI OFF I burned down their whorehouse. NIKKI OFF This... has become personal. NIKKI OFF Now Chloe can't be safe. NIKKI OFF Not until the people that were responsible are dead. NIKKI OFF All of them. COLONEL LAVELLE Let me ask you something. COLONEL LAVELLE Why'd you send in the Swat team? CAPTAIN MICHAELS I made a judgment call. You don't make those in the military? COLONEL LAVELLE Sure we do. But we try to be more informed before we do it. CAPTAIN MICHAELS So tell me. Tell me about this woman. CAPTAIN MICHAELS This killing machine. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I assume you made her? COLONEL LAVELLE I trained her. Yes. CAPTAIN MICHAELS And then you lost control of her. COLONEL LAVELLE Nikki Halstead has given everything she has to this country. She's a hero. COLONEL LAVELLE She's seen shit you couldn't even understand. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Oh, you military guys. You think you're the only ones who've suffered. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Seen the dark side. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Made compromises. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You know what I think? CAPTAIN MICHAELS I think you didn't want Swat to get her. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You didn't want to see your bright shiny hero get taken down. CAPTAIN MICHAELS That woman has killed 13 people. She's gonna pay the price. COLONEL LAVELLE Human traffickers. CAPTAIN MICHAELS What? COLONEL LAVELLE 13 human traffickers. COLONEL LAVELLE Since when does the Las Cruces Police Department get so hot under the collar... COLONEL LAVELLE ...over the dismantling of a human trafficking ring? CAPTAIN MICHAELS I'm the law here. And we have rules. COLONEL LAVELLE Sure you do. COLONEL LAVELLE That's a nice suit. COLONEL LAVELLE How much did you pay for it? CAPTAIN MICHAELS You want to say something to me? COLONEL LAVELLE How about this? COLONEL LAVELLE If we find Nikki, I'll bring her in. COLONEL LAVELLE You stay out of my way and nobody else will get hurt. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Why are you really here, Lavelle? CAPTAIN MICHAELS To help us out? Or to protect your high-speed government asset? COLONEL LAVELLE I don't think she's the one that needs protecting. SWAT 1 Police! Search warrant! SWAT 2 Go, go, go! -Clear! SWAT 3 Clear! SWAT 1 Front room clear! Armed police! SWAT 2 Hallway clear! SWAT 3 Left bedroom clear! SWAT 1 Clear! SWAT 2 Hallway clear! SWAT 3 Back bedroom clear! SWAT 1 Clear! SWAT 2 Back bedroom clear! SWAT 3 Freeze! Don't move! WU I'm a cop! I'm a cop! WU Goddammit. SWAT 1 We got one! WU Get off me. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I want every piece of manpower we've got on the streets. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I want roadblocks at a five-mile radius. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I want searches. Block to block, then house to house. CAPTAIN MICHAELS I want this bitch in a body bag. CAPTAIN MICHAELS Problem? COLONEL LAVELLE No problem here. OFFICER KELLY Captain Michaels. CAPTAIN MICHAELS The fuck is this? COLONEL LAVELLE I thought you'd like to meet some friends of mine. OFFICER KELLY Captain Richard Michaels. OFFICER KELLY I'm placing you under arrest for suspected fraud, OFFICER KELLY bribery, perversion of justice, OFFICER KELLY corruption of authority, and protection of illegal activities. OFFICER KELLY Other charges are pending. OFFICER KELLY Your weapon and badge, sir. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You did this. OFFICER KELLY Someone at the nsa dropped Internal Affairs a copy of your... OFFICER KELLY overseas bank records. CAPTAIN MICHAELS What are you, a fucking accountant? CAPTAIN MICHAELS Big tough army guy. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You don't even have the balls to take me down yourself. You send a little girl to do it. You're nothing but a soft-as-shit pencil pusher. COLONEL LAVELLE I can see where a man like you... COLONEL LAVELLE might think that I got soft pushing papers around a desk. COLONEL LAVELLE So you can assume that I have no skills. COLONEL LAVELLE Or you can take a shot. CAPTAIN MICHAELS You talk too much. COLONEL LAVELLE Hey. You don't think I talk too much, do you? OFFICER KELLY Not at all, sir. NIKKI OFF This hotel... NIKKI OFF is the center of the whole operation. NIKKI OFF The bottom floors are imprisoned girls working for the syndicate. NIKKI OFF And the whole top floor is the Chairman's penthouse. NIKKI OFF That's what they call him. NIKKI OFF The Chairman. NIKKI OFF The head of the whole organization. NIKKI OFF He'll give me my daughter back. NIKKI OFF Right before I kill him. HENCHMAN 2 Sir, the new shipment's arrived. CHAIRMAN Good. Bring a sample up. Get her undressed. GUARD Go! NIKKI OFF Almost out of time. WU I'm fine. Really. COLONEL LAVELLE Are you sure there was no one else in the house when you arrived? WU Who are you? DETECTIVE JANE This is Colonel Lavelle. He's in charge now. COLONEL LAVELLE Nikki was already gone? WU Yeah. COLONEL LAVELLE Who is she? COLONEL LAVELLE A mother. Looking for a child that was abducted by the syndicate. DETECTIVE BLAKE All this chaos is over one girl? DETECTIVE BLAKE I don't get it. Syndicate has 13 men dead, why wouldn't they just give her back? COLONEL LAVELLE It's not that simple. DETECTIVE JANE What do you mean? NIKKI OFF Sullivan warned that it was heavily defended. NIKKI OFF A fortress. NIKKI OFF Impenetrable. NIKKI OFF But I've heard that before. NIKKI OFF In my job, you're trained to look for weakness. NIKKI OFF In a plan. NIKKI OFF In a fortification. NIKKI OFF In a person. NIKKI OFF You find the weakness. NIKKI OFF And then... you push. NIKKI OFF You exert pressure. NIKKI OFF Until that weakness first cracks... NIKKI OFF and then breaks. NIKKI OFF Until everything... NIKKI OFF comes tumbling down. NIKKI A crash! Please help us! -My family, we had an accident. GUARD Hey! What the fuck are you doing? You trespass-- NIKKI Go! Everybody leave, now! NIKKI Go, go, go, go, go! SECURITY There's a breach. Loading bay two. SECURITY She's headed for the kitchen. Andre, get out there now! CHAIRMAN Kodera? CHAIRMAN What the fuck? CHAIRMAN Kodera! CHAIRMAN You want to tell me what the fuck is going on? KODERA We have a situation, boss. CHAIRMAN We have a fucking what? NIKKI OFF Sullivan, the last one. NIKKI OFF He had people. NIKKI OFF This one... the Chairman... NIKKI OFF He has technology. NIKKI OFF But you know the problem... NIKKI OFF with technology? NIKKI OFF It fails. CHAIRMAN Go! Deal with this now! GUARD 2 Fuck! Get the power back on right fucking now! GUARD 2 Guys, we are blind up here. We can't see a thing. GUARD 2 Get the power back on! Let's go! GUARD 2 Where is she? NIKKI Chloe? NIKKI Chloe! NIKKI Go! Run! NIKKI Fire! Get out! NIKKI Go, go! Chloe! NIKKI Get away, look! NIKKI Fuck! NIKKI Fire! Get out! Chloe! GUARD 3 Hey! Who the fuck are you? NIKKI Come on. Let's get out of here. -You gotta go. Fire! NIKKI OFF They think they're protecting themselves by hiding behind their walls. NIKKI OFF Their cameras. NIKKI OFF But really... NIKKI OFF by crowding into one place... NIKKI OFF they're just... making it easier for me. NIKKI OFF In the service, we used to call it a kill box. NIKKI OFF It's a box, and well... NIKKI OFF you get the picture. GUARD 4 Move in! Move in! Come on, come on! Fucking bitch! GUARDS Aaaah � Aahhh - Let's go. -Fuck. Go, go! Move it, move it! Oh, shit. CHLOE Mama... Mama... CHLOE You are here. CHLOE Break things. CHLOE Don't call me baby, Mom. NIKKI Chloe... NIKKI I'm sorry. CHLOE No, don't be sorry. CHLOE Mom, it's okay. CHLOE I promise, it's okay. NIKKI I'm gonna find you. CHLOE I know. CHLOE Yeah, I know. CHLOE It's okay, Mom. NIKKI I'm trying so hard, baby. CHLOE I know. NIKKI I'm trying so hard. CHLOE I know. NIKKI I'm gonna bring you home, baby. NIKKI I'm not a baby. NIKKI I know. NIKKI You're so beautiful. NIKKI I love you, baby. NIKKI I'm coming for you. NIKKI I'm coming. MAN 1 Go get her. CHAIRMAN What is going on? Is she still coming? MAN 3 Shut your mouth! Shut your mouth! MAN 2 No! No! MAN 3 Okay! CHAIRMAN What the fuck is going on? MAN 3 No! CHAIRMAN What the... fuck? CHAIRMAN Fuck this. Fuck this. CHAIRMAN Go. Go! Go! NIKKI We have to... safe. NIKKI Go. NIKKI Get out. Go, go, go. NIKKI Leave. Now. MAN Ah, ah, ah, ah! No, no, no. Stop right there. CHAIRMAN Uh-uh. No further. NIKKI Chloe? CHAIRMAN That's right. CHAIRMAN Okay. CHAIRMAN Now... back up. CHAIRMAN Back the fuck up! CHAIRMAN There you go. NIKKI Let her go, please. She's... she's my daughter. CHAIRMAN This? She's my daughter. CHAIRMAN This? CHAIRMAN You want this? NIKKI Yes. CHAIRMAN That's what you want after all this? CHAIRMAN Okay, well... guess what, bitch? CHAIRMAN You better get on your f-- NIKKI Chloe. NIKKI Oh god. NIKKI Oh god. NIKKI Just stay with me. NIKKI Stay with me. Please stay with me. NIKKI My daughter needs help! NIKKI Assistance! Please help her! DOCTOR Can you tell me what happened? NIKKI Yeah, she was kidnapped. She was beaten. NIKKI She's got internal injuries. DOCTOR Weak carotid pulse. NIKKI Her name is Chloe Halsted. DOCTOR Shallow respirations. Let's go ahead and start bagging. NIKKI She... she couldn't communicate. DOCTOR Patient has multiple puncture wounds. DOCTOR bp 102 over 64. NIKKI Is she gonna be okay? DOCTOR We're trying our best, ma'am. DOCTOR Go ahead and get an Iv started. Thousand Ccs of normal saline. COLONEL LAVELLE Who is she? NIKKI A mother. Looking for a child that was abducted by the Syndicate. DETECTIVE BLAKE Syndicate already has 13 men dead. Why not just... give her back? COLONEL LAVELLE It's not that simple. DETECTIVE JANE What do you mean? COLONEL LAVELLE Because Nikki Halsted... already found her daughter. COLONEL LAVELLE Almost a week ago. COLONEL LAVELLE But by the time she found her... COLONEL LAVELLE Chloe was already dead. COLONEL LAVELLE Nikki just couldn't accept it. COLONEL LAVELLE She had a complete breakdown. COLONEL LAVELLE She was hospitalized, heavily medicated. COLONEL LAVELLE I went to see her in the hospital when she got to the other side of it. NIKKI Colonel. COLONEL LAVELLE I came as soon as I heard. COLONEL LAVELLE Physically, she was recovering. But mentally... COLONEL LAVELLE You're my soldier. The best I ever had. COLONEL LAVELLE You saved a lot of lives. COLONEL LAVELLE Soldiers and civilians. COLONEL LAVELLE You gave us everything you had. COLONEL LAVELLE I'm not going to abandon you. NIKKI I need to get out of here, Colonel. NIKKI I need to find her. She needs me. NIKKI I've already lost so much time. NIKKI What she said... one of the last things she said before they took her... NIKKI Said I was always fighting for everyone else. Never for her. NIKKI She was right. NIKKI I can change that. NIKKI I'm here now. COLONEL LAVELLE She blanked out Chloe's death completely. COLONEL LAVELLE She just couldn't accept it. DETECTIVE JANE She thinks her daughter's still alive. COLONEL LAVELLE I've seen it on the battlefield. COLONEL LAVELLE Soldiers are taught to compartmentalize. COLONEL LAVELLE Doctors call it retrograde amnesia, caused by the trauma. DETECTIVE BLAKE What the hell does that mean? COLONEL LAVELLE It means that she's not able to form new memories. COLONEL LAVELLE And every time she falls asleep... COLONEL LAVELLE Her mind resets to the night that it all began. COLONEL LAVELLE The night that they abducted Chloe. DETECTIVE JANE Then she's going on the hunt again. COLONEL LAVELLE I visited Nikki in the hospital again 72 hours ago. COLONEL LAVELLE When I got there, she'd already left. COLONEL LAVELLE She woke up... convinced that they had just abducted Chloe. COLONEL LAVELLE They tried to stop her, but... COLONEL LAVELLE Nikki is a force of nature. DETECTIVE BLAKE But if her daughter is dead... who is she saving? NIKKI Mommy got you. I found you. NIKKI I found you. COLONEL LAVELLE She fixates on girls that look like Chloe. COLONEL LAVELLE Same pale skin. COLONEL LAVELLE Same hair. COLONEL LAVELLE She sees Chloe everywhere. COLONEL LAVELLE Her daughter needs protecting. COLONEL LAVELLE And she's compelled to do it. COLONEL LAVELLE She's going to get them all. COLONEL LAVELLE It's her sole purpose. COLONEL LAVELLE It's what drives her. COLONEL LAVELLE And she's never going to stop. NIKKI They say that in any disappearance, especially that of a child, you have just 72 hours. Don't worry, Chloe. NIKKI I'm coming.