Location: The Diamond Hotel, Las Vegas
Harlan takes a deep breath. He crawls to Billy's dead body, gets the ring off him, and puts it on.
Harlan grunts in pain as he crawls back to the control pad. Seven minutes left. Harlan painfully stands up, picks up the control pad and puts it on a table.
Harlan stands at the front of the pad, out of time and no where to go. Harlan sighs. He takes out his earpiece and turns it on. He puts on the earpiece.
Harlan: Hello Jas?
Jasmine: HARLAN! Thank god. You alright? Where's Billy?
Harlan: Billy's dead.
Jasmine: So we're all good right?
Harlan sighs.
Harlan: Not exactly.
Jasmine: What's wrong?
Harlan: The launch started.
A pause.
Jasmine: How much time do you have left?
Harlan looks at the control pad. Five minutes.
Harlan: Five minutes. I need to stop it.
Jasmine: Sure. I mean, how hard can it be? There should be a -
Harlan: No. Jasper and Billy didn't put a cancel button. What they did put- ARGH-
Jasmine: You alright?
Harlan falls to the ground because of his wound. His arm hits the suitcase and it falls with him also.
Harlan: I'm fine. I'm fine.
Harlan tries to sit up, but as he tries to push himself up from the ground, he sees his hand on a small puddle of blood. His blood. He grabs and puts the control pad at the front of him.
Harlan: There is a way. Only one way to stop it.
Jasmine: Which is?
Harlan sighs.
Harlan: There is a self destruct button.
A pause. Harlan knows that Jas understands the situation.
Jasmine: Bullshit.
Harlan: I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'm gonna have to break my promise.
Jasmine: You have the control pad?
Harlan: Yes but-
Jasmine: THEN GET OUT OF THERE! GET OUT OF THERE AND SELF DESTRUCT THE MISSILES OUTSIDE! USE YOUR HEAD! YOU'RE AN AGENT OF T.H.E.P.A. FOR CRYING OUT-
Harlan: I can't.
Jasmine: Why?
Harlan doesn't say anything. Jas understands.
Jasmine: That bad?
Harlan looks at his hand to see the blood from his wound.
Harlan: That bad.
Harlan looks at the control pad.
Computer: Three minutes remaining.
Harlan takes a deep breath.
Harlan: We would have made a great pair wouldn't we?
Jas laughs.
Jasmine: Yeah, we could have. We could have.
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Diamonds and Blood
Action|| NOTHING LASTS FOREVER || T.H.E.P.A. agent Harlan Brandle and vet Jasmine Olsen go on a mission to find the truth about SERPENT's evil plan known as Project Nexus, five years after breaking up. Rating: PG-13 Contains: Action Scenes Mild Language ...
