Harry lies still in the boot of the car. He has long abandoned trying to file off the zip ties. He stopped after feeling a good amount of blood drip down his hands. He has not heard any noise at all since he heard the fading footsteps of his captor hours ago. He decides that periodically he will kick at the boot to make noise. He lies still and he waits.
Harry hears the sound of an engine. The sound of large car engine. It must be some type of SUV he thinks, and it is approaching, climbing. It stops, the vehicle stops yet the engine is still running.
"Adam, it's Zaf here, we found the vehicle," he says as he exits the CO-19 truck. Two members of the team exit and surround the vehicle. They hear a sound from the boot of the car.
"Blasted, he's in the boot!" says Zaf. The communication is picked up on the Grid. Ruth and Malcolm gather near Adam's desk. "Get him out, open the boot!" yells Zaf. They hear shattering glass. Ruth shudders. A CO-19 has used the butt of his machine gun to smash the driver side window. He reaches into the vehicle and pulls a lever to release and open the boot. Zaf pulls Harry out and removes his gag.
"All set?" Zaf asks.
"Fine," says Harry. Zaf carefully cuts off the zipties. Harry curls his arms into his chest and sinks his head.
"You're all bloody here," says Zaf.
"Zaf, tell me what's going on," says Adam into his headset.
"We got him, he's alive, he's a little banged up, we're going to take him to hospital," says Zaf.
"Great, good work," says Adam, "we'll meet you there."
Zaf turns to Harry. "We've foiled their plot to crash planes over London. Colin had filmed it all. Those crazy bastards, Collinwood and Millington, they're dead now. Jensen, the man who put you in the boot killed them. He worked for Six. But he died trying to escape. We've been trying to find you all day Harry."
"What time is it?" asks Harry
Zaf laughs at what seems an absurd question after all that's happened. "Some date to keep Harry?" he winks, and looks at his phone, "it's almost 4pm."
"Yes," he says hoarsely, "a date to keep, with Ruth. Now let's get going."
"A date with Ruth? Let me help you here Harry. You look like shit. You're covered in blood," he grabs at Harry's t-shirt. "We're going to bring you to hospital, you'll need a stitch or two."
"Well let's be quick about it," says Harry as he walks to the truck. Zaf smiles and follows him into the truck.
Ruth runs to her desk and is putting on her coat.
"Ruth, why don't you head to hospital and check on Harry," says Adam. Ruth is halfway out the pod door, "I have to meet with the Home Secretary, update him on the events here…" he trails off. Ruth is gone. He turns to Malcolm and smiles.
"Wow," says Malcolm with a laugh, "I think I owe Zaf some money!"