" Your name isn't Doug. It's Hauser. Carl Hauser."
With his eyes going as wide as saucers as he looks at Lori to see her nodding her head slightly slowly Doug shakes his head as he leans his back against the glass post.
" No. I'm not Carl Hauser. My name is…."
" No it isn't. Douglas Quaid is only a memory implanted into your mind. He doesn't exist. But Carl Hauser does."
Shaking his head as he feels his legs giving in on him slowly Doug slides down the glass before slowly as he feels himself gently hitting the ground reaching up Doug takes his head in his hands as he roughly grabs his hair.
" I can't be him. I just can't. I would never kill anyone…."
For the next few seconds as she hears Doug mumbling to himself slowly walking over Lori kneels down next to Doug before gently she lays a hand down on his shoulder as she looks closely at his face.
" I'm sorry but it's the truth. You are Carl Hauser. Cohaagen has never lied to me before and i don't think he is doing so now. But i do know this your name maybe Carl Hauser but i don't think you are him. Not really anyways."
Glancing up as he sees Lori staring down at him with a smile Doug can't help but look at her with a confused look before he feels her giving his shoulder a squeeze.
" No. I don't think so. Tell me this. If given the chance would you set off a bomb in a city square intending to take out as many civilians of the UFB as you could? No i don't think so.
You may have his name but you are nothing like him. You may have his memories deep down in that brain of yours but when i look at you, I don't see a killer. Instead i see someone trying to do the right thing.
I will do everything that i can to help you but i need for you to help me. I need you to concentrate and think about that message. What is the key that you need to find?"
" I honestly don't know…."
" Think. It's in there somewhere deep inside. Only you know the answer. Only you know what the key is and where to find it. You just have to search within."
Taking a deep breathe as he nods his head leaning back against the glass Doug closes his eyes as he repeats the word key in his head for a couple of seconds when suddenly within a flash a memory starts to come flooding into his mind.
Parts of a memory that he was still unsure of as he watches. The memory of being lead to the inside of a room. Some sort of vault. The memory of taking out a small deposit box and placing it down on a small table before suddenly the memory vanishes.
Opening his eyes as he looks over towards Lori to see her staring at him with interest slowly Doug nods his head.
" What did you see? What do you remember?"
" I saw myself being lead into some sort of vault. I don't know…."
" No this is good. What else?"
" I….i had this safety deposit box there. 10549."
" Good. This is good. It must be a safety deposit box stored at the First Bank here. Come on."
Slowly getting up as she extends her hand down and helps Doug up slowly reaching down Lori grabs a hold of his arm before mere moments later they slowly disappear into the crowd.
Walking through the front doors as he glances around his surroundings to find citizens going about their business not paying any attention towards him slowly Doug makes his way towards the front counter of the bank with Lori following close behind with her eyes watching everyone in the bank carefully.
" Can i help you sir?"
" Yeah i have a safety deposit box here. The number is 10549."
For the next few seconds as he watches the man behind the counter type in the number to only watch him point towards the screen slowly extending his hand out Doug presses his thumb against the scanner before a mere moment later he watches the scanner go green as the man gives him a nod.
" Okay this way please."
Slowly rounding the counter as he waves Doug to follow after a few steps as he glances over his shoulder to see if his client is following a confused look forms across the bank employee's face when he sees Lori following close behind Doug.
" It's okay. She's my wife."
With a simple nod slowly turning his head back the bank employee leads Doug and Lori through the bank before mere minutes later as they arrive outside of a secure area slowly the bank employee opens up the door and steps to the side allowing them access into the room.
" You can use any one of those tables. And i'll be just outside if you need me."
" Thank you."
Receiving a nod as he watches the bank employee leaving the room making sure to close the door behind them glancing over to his side as he see Lori making her way over towards one of the shelves inspecting each drawer she finds slowly turning on his heels Doug does the same on the opposite wall.
" It's around here somewhere."
" Over here."
Looking over his shoulder as he sees Lori nodding her head at the drawer in front of her slowly Doug makes his way across the room to see a label with the numbers 10549 across it with a small thumb scanner to it's side.
Reaching out as he gently presses his thumb against the scanner to see it light up blue suddenly as he hears the sound of a lock being unlocked Doug takes a step back as he sees Lori doing the same before he watches as the drawer extends out revealing a silver box inside of the drawer.
Without any hesitation reaching in as he takes the box in his hand to only slowly place the box down on a nearby table reaching out Doug unclips the locks as he sees out of the corner of his eye Lori looking down at the box with interest before within a flash Doug opens up the box revealing a variety of items inside.
Items that he instantly recognized but some he didn't.
Stacks of passports that as he rifles through them contain images of people he never recognized before. Some sort of large silver choker device resting just next to them.
Stack after stack of money from 20 dollar bills to 100's neatly sorted with bands wrapped around them. But the real interest was a small black object just under the stack of money.
A small black block that he couldn't quite figure out what it was. And from the look he could see across Lori's face he knew she didn't know either. But she knew what the other item is. He knew that for sure as he saw the look of awe in her eyes once she spotted the object.
Reaching into the box as he places item after item to the side until the box is completely empty without any hesitation slowly Doug glides his hand through the box searching for some kind of hidden compartment before suddenly after a couple of seconds as his finger slides across the side to have a small panel unlocked causing a small board to slide out glancing up Doug watches Lori turn away from the black block in her hand to look down towards the box.
Looking closely as he sees what he thinks to be a small mouse reaching out Doug clicks on the mouse before suddenly as the message of 1 data file received comes up on the screen glancing up Doug watches Lori place the block down to hover his shoulder to look at the screen.
Clicking on the mouse once again as he sees the file opening to reveal a line of codes to suddenly flash across the screen slowly a confused look forms across Doug's face before he glances up to see
the same look of confusion across Lori's face.
" Do you…."
" Scroll down."
Turning back towards the screen as he slowly scrolls down the page to see pictures of different designs that he instantly recognized as the synthetic robots that he had grown accustomed to making down at the factory slowly Doug shakes his head as his confusion deepens.
" What the hell is going on?"
Synthetics? What the hell do they have to do with any of this?
Snapping out of her thoughts as she glances away from the road to look over towards her side to see Doug glancing out the passenger's side window with his head up against the glass letting out a sigh slowly Lori turns to look back ahead towards the road before she looks out her mirror to see the two police cruisers still following close behind her.
" My name is really Lori Quaid. Even though it doesn't happen often in your case you took your wife's last name."
Letting out a chuckle as he glances over to his side to see Lori glancing at him with a ghost smile across her face Doug can't help but do the same before slowly he turns to look back out his window.
" Was any of it real?"
" What?"
" Our marriage? Was any of it real for you?"
Glancing over towards Doug as he sees him staring at her through the glass taking a deep breathe Lori turns to look back forward as she nods her head.
" Some of it yes. I was only doing my job but i found this assignment to be more challenging than i originally thought."
" Like what?"
" I knew when i was assigned to take on this assignment that as your wife, I would need to have a physical relationship with you. Don't get me wrong the sex was great. I just didn't expect to….
" Didn't expect what?"
Turning her head to look at Doug just as she is about to respond suddenly Lori is forced to brace herself as the police cruiser shakes from behind.
Snapping her head to look over her shoulder as she sees a one of the police cruisers filled with synthetic robots ramming against the bumper of the cruiser a confused look forms across Lori's face before her eyes widen when she sees one of the synthetic robots rearing back to point the machine gun in their arms at the cruiser.
In a sudden motion as she hears the sound of a few rounds striking the back of the cruiser whipping her head down Lori glances over to her side to see Doug doing the same as she steers the cruiser blindly through the highway.
" Why the hell are they shooting at us!?"
As she shakes her head suddenly Lori's eyes widen as she sees a police cruiser quickly coming up quickly from the passenger's side of the cruiser with a one of the synthetic officers raising up a gun in their direction.
" Keep your head down!"
In a sudden motion as she turns on the steering wheel hard sending the cruiser to ram hard against the synthetic cruiser causing the synthetic officer's aim to miss it's mark causing the rounds to strike against the back of the cruiser without giving the synthetics a chance to react rearing back again Lori sends the cruiser back into the synthetic's cruiser causing the synthetic's cruiser to mere seconds later spiral out of control and off the ramp leaving a trail of some behind them.
Snapping her head back up as she looks through her front mirror to see the two remaining synthetic cruisers quickly making their way towards them glancing over to her side in a sudden motion Lori slides the steering wheel across the dashboard towards Doug as she rears back and unhooks her handgun from her belt.
" Here drive!"
With his eyes widening as he grabs a hold of the steering wheel Doug can't help but glance over to his side to look at Lori before his eyes widen even more when he sees her leaning out the window with a gun firmly in both of her hands aimed directly in the direction of the synthetic cruisers.
Rearing back as she fires round after round in the direction of the synthetic's cruisers to see each round she fires striking against the cruiser's windshield to no effect pulling back Lori releases the clips to only slap in a new clip into each of her handguns before slowly just as she pops her head out Lori quickly jerks her head back inside when she sees a synthetic officer pointing a gun in her direction to only watch as her side mirror is blasted off with a round intended for her head.
As she feels the cruiser shaking from a series of bullets striking the back of the cruiser in a sudden move as sees out of the corner of her eye Doug turning hard on the steering wheel causing the cruiser to drastically turn seeing an opening in a sudden move Lori leans out of the window with her handguns raises up before just as the synthetic cruiser's driver window comes flying by rearing back Lori sends round after round at the synthetic officer's helmets instantly shattering the driver's window causing every round the strikes into the synthetic officer's helmets causing tiny sparks to spark out from their helmets towards the windshield.
Suddenly as she feels the shockwave of the crusier exploding sending shattered car parts everywhere ducking her head back into the cruiser snapping her head to the side Lori watches Doug send the cruiser through the smoke in the opposite direction as she releases her empty clips intending to slap in a new clips with the given chance.
Seeing a small lift to the side pulling the cruiser into the spot as he feels the car being lowered down into the next level glancing over to his side Doug looks over to see Lori loading a fresh clip into one of her handguns as she disposes the other in the back seat.
Feeling the lift coming to a stop without any hesitation rearing back on the controls Doug sends the cruiser flying down the level while out of the corner of his eye he watches as Lori glances around their surroundings with the gun in her hand at ready.
Glancing over his shoulder as he looks through the shattered back window of the cruiser to see a police cruiser quickly making their way towards them with a synthetic standing up from the back with a machine gun ready to fire slamming on the breaks within seconds Doug catches his head from slamming into the dashboard as the two cruisers collide sending the synthetic officer sliding down the synthetic's cruiser onto their hood before without giving them any chance to react Doug sends the cruiser flying down the level.
Without so much as glancing back as he steers the cruiser past numerous cars nearly avoiding them by fraction of inches suddenly Doug's eyes go wide as saucers when he sees off in the distance two synthetic police barricade parked at the end of the highway.
Reaching out as he tries to turn off the cruiser to no prevail as an access denied comes across the screen rearing back Doug sends fist after fist into the console unaware that Lori is staring at him with wide eyes.
" What the hell are you doing!?"
" You're gonna need your seatbelt on."
Suddenly as the thought of what he is trying to do transpires in her mind reaching out as she clips on her seat belt to see him reaching to do the same mere seconds later as she turns back towards him to see him smash his hand through the console with the slightest of nods being directed in his direction suddenly as she hears the cruiser shutting down reaching out Lori grabs a firm hold of the dashboard as she feels the cruiser tumbling down at high speed.
With his eyes locked firmly down as he watches the cruiser fly down at high speed descending down nearby buildings at high speed just as the cruiser is about to hit the ground rearing back Doug sends the cruiser's engine back into full gear nearly avoiding the ground by inches sending a nearby parked car flying as he feels the cruiser itself tipping over.
Mere seconds later as the cruiser tumbles over in a series of spins to land upright with blood dripping down from his forehead taking as he takes a deep breathe reaching up Doug unbuckles his seat belt before just as he turns to look at Lori suddenly his eyes widen when he sees Lori laying across her seat with her eyes firmly closed as a small gash above her eyebrow causes a small stream of blood to run down her face to the seat below.
Reaching out with a shaky hand as he gently touches Lori's neck with his fingers instantly finding a pulse Doug breathes a sigh in relief before slowly ignoring the pain coursing through his body Doug makes his way out of the cruiser to look around his surroundings to find countless civilians staring at the scene with wide eyes.
Glancing all around as he sees no police officers in sight slowly racing around the cruiser with a burst of energy reaching out Doug slowly pushes open the cruiser's passenger door far enough to gently grab Lori before within moments as he pulls back to carry Lori firmly in his arms to glance around his surroundings suddenly a street sign catches his eye.
A street sign that he instantly recognized before suddenly within a flash another memory comes flooding through his mind. A memory of walking down this street while he was constantly glancing over his shoulder as though looking for any followers.
The memory of walking through a large apartment complex with the feeling of being followed before the memory ends just outside of an apartment door.
Snapping out of his thoughts as he glances down to see Lori resting in his arms taking a deep breathe as he suppresses the pain that is surging through his body slowly Doug makes his way down the street.
