Scene Sixteen
Broots is sitting at his computer, not really doing anything. Rachel is walking down the hall towards his office when she notices Lyle walking off of the elevator. She hurries into the room.
"Broots! Make yourself look useful!" she yells practically running to his computer.
"Wha...what? Why?"
"Lyle is coming. Make it look like you have a lead on Jarod."
"Oh...okay." He begins typing fast. She paces back and forth, watching the door to see Lyle's shadow. When his figure reaches the door and begins to pull on the handle, she clears her throat and looks at Broots.
"Found anything on where monkey boy was when he sent back the 'ape shit in a box'?" Lyle walks in to hear this.
"Working on it Miss Parker." says Broots quietly, staring at his screen.
"Glad to see back to work so soon Mr. Broots." Broots glances up and nods. Lyle then turns to Rachel who was watching him like a hawk watches her dinner before it attacks. He stares back. "Find him."
"Don't worry, we will." she hisses back.
"Good." He exits. She sighs and looks at Broots.
"We're going to have to keep up the searches Broots."
"But---"
"Even if I want him out there, they can't know that anything is going on."
"Right."
Meanwhile...
Lyle has walked to the elevator and is with some sweepers. They step off onto SL-26. They walk to a manhole and climb down. Under a single bulb light swinging from the ceiling is Alex, still in his cage.
"Get him out on there."
"Yes sir." They remove the cage and the jacket. As soon as he is free he jumps at Lyle, trying to yell at him, but the medicine is still working. The sweepers pull him off.
"Now, now Alex, relax. We'll be getting you back to the Triumvirate soon enough. That is of course, unless you object?" Alex swears at Lyle but of course is inaudible. Lyle grins, "That's what I thought." He looks at the sweepers. "Leave him here." They let him go and go the hole and climb up and lock the hole, leaving Alex banging on the door, trying to scream. He pounded for a few minutes then gave up. No escape this time. He looks around the rooms until he finds one room with an old box. He bends down to open it. He removes the lid and finds dynamite. He eyes widen and a smile creeps across his face. Well, maybe one.
Meanwhile...
Lyle is now in his office. He called the Triumvirate to tell then that Alex has been apprehended. He writes down something. He hangs up and leaves his office. Angelo climbs out of the vent and takes the paper Lyle wrote on. He climbs back in and goes to his computer. He types the information in an email box and sends it. He then puts the paper back and climbs back to the same spot. He takes a box of "Cracker Jacks" and begins to eat them.
