Tony has been quite stealthy and clever. But things don’t ring true to Jack, and even though his mental state is becoming more and more muddled, he is still putting pieces together. And then he sees that the transponder assigned to agent Stoller (the agent that Gaston killed and assumed his identity) is nowhere near the rest of the agents who are sweeping an abandoned apartment building. He realizes that Renee and the other agents were set up, and he alerts them, but sneaky Gaston is on the same com channel and he detonates some hidden C4 in the abandoned building. Kaboom!
Jack and other agents rush to the scene and find that Renee is fine. Tony sneaks off and finds Gaston, who is also fine, but fakes injury by smearing a dead agent’s blood all over his face. Ick. If it were me, I would have just faked a limp. Gaston’s canister was also fine, just a little shaken up.
Jack is still mulling over the recent events, and he gets more confirmation from Mizelli (the man trying to debrief poor Jack before his mind is gone) that Tony’s story had too many holes in it. Jack goes to find Tony, who has been helping the “wounded agent” Gaston into an ambulance. The ambulance leaves and Jack starts to ask Tony questions about the earlier ambush, and about Larry, and whether he wanted fries, paper or plastic, or if he wants to add an extra two year’s warrantee for only another $10.00 – and when Tony does not answer fast enough, Jack whips out his gun and aims it at his old friend.
But before much else can happen, Jack starts to shake, rattle, and roll as a series of spasms cause him to drop to the ground. He searches for his little medical kit that is supposed to stave off the convulsions, and Tony suddenly whips it out of his own pocket. He then leans down and pulls a shiny silver dollar from behind Jack’s ear, and Jack gazes in disbelief that not only is Tony a prick, but he’s quite the magician too.
Article comments
1 - Dr Dreadful
What's the betting that when Jack gets to the bottom (and he will) of who's running this shady superorganization that Tony's working for, he will be told that it's just the tip of the iceberg and there's another even bigger, shadier superduperorganization behind that one. And so on and so on... Dammit!
Where will it all end? I suspect with a man in a shack who talks to his cat.
2 - Mary K. Williams
That was awesome Dr. D - Thanks for all the fish!
And regarding that Iceberg theory... I know exactly what you mean. It's like a more violent take on - "it's turtles...all the way down"