Desert Saints

May I help you, señor?

Thank you.

- Hello. My wife and I have a reservation

- under the name Pellham. - Pellham.

Okay, one moment please.

Ah!

I'll get this one.

You got gas?

I need gas for my car.

The pump truck came this morning.

We have a motel with showers for the truck drivers

and a certified scale.

You gonna order anything?

Steak and fries, medium coffee.

Anything else?

We'll see.

Can I get you anything else?

You got a motel room?

How you doin'?

Good.

Are you agent Scanlon?

Yeah.

Yeah, we've been expecting you.

Where's the guy who found the body?

He's over there in the squad car.

He's been waiting around for you.

Good, thanks.

I'd like to talk to him.

May I see the paperwork?

Hi, Donna Marbury.

Hi.

Nice to meet you.

Good to see you again, Dora.

We also found this.

It was buried a good hundred yards from the body.

The only prints on it match the victim.

Kinda weird.

You guys need me. I'll be right over here.

I'll be damned.

All right, the locals should be working the crime scene

for the next 24 hours. Maybe 36.

Looks like our mystery woman kept some elite company.

I just ran the criminal case file about that Maria López

was just released from prison four months ago.

Ever hear of Arthur Banks?

Arthur Banks, sure.

We studied some of his work at Quantico.

His name would come up anytime there was a high profile hit.

But, but he hasn't been active for years.

Agency thinks he's been working in Latin America, for one of the drug cartels.

And what's his connection to Maria López?

She's his partner.

Or was.

He had a partner?

Look at this.

Ms. López was killed by a bullet with a Tungsten core.

Make a bullet spin faster, much more accurate.

- Very rare, very expensive. - How does that tie her to Banks?

Jobs done with this kind of bullet are one of two

things that get cases put into Banks's file.

The other?

Dead young women.

What do you mean?

Arthur likes to find a woman who doesn't

have a lot of options.

Someone he can easily control.

He gets her to do whatever might put him in risk.

Buy a weapon, steal a car... anything.

Once the job's done,

he kills her and buries her with the weapon

from the hit that he was actually hired to do.

That's the theory, anyway.

Will that be all?

Yeah, thanks.

There.

What's the story with the girl?

Oh, she's got a busted up car in the garage.

It's a shame, cause she don't have the cash to fix it.

Thanks a lot.

No problem.

You going to Paradise, Arizona, or just paradise, paradise?

Arizona, I guess.

Mostly I'm just tryin' to get outta here.

Small town blues, huh?

Yeah, something like that.

Looks like I'm not goin' anywhere, though.

Been on the road for two days and the stupid thing

craps out on me and then that guy wants 600 bucks

to fix it and--

You could try and get a couple bucks for your car.

I can give you a ride into town and help you get a bus ticket.

Oh, no, thanks I'll be okay. Really, thanks.

Look, I understand I was... I was just trying to help.

Good luck getting outta here.

Hey, you're not some kind of maniac, are you?

I mean, you haven't killed anybody, have you?

No, not today.

Well, there's a bus stop out in Pine Ridge.

It's about two hours from here.

You think you could just give me a lift there?

Sure, if you know how to get there.

Oh, yeah, there, there are signs all over the place.

You got yourself a deal.

- Okay, I'll be right back. - Okay.

More coffee?

Yeah, Thanks.

So, Dora?

Mm-hmm?

You've know this guy for 12 years.

Yeah, that's about right.

Used to come in more often,

but, um, he stops by every couple of years now, you know.

So when he stopped by yesterday, was he alone?

Did you see his car?

He's always alone.

I'm not very good at cars.

I think it was, uh, kinda old, green.

He did say he needed gas.

This guy kills people, Dora... for a living.

Well, I been hearin' how dangerous this guy is

for 10 years now, Officer Scanlon.

And in all that time I ain't never heard him say one

cross word, let alone raise his hand against nobody, so,

I think you're lookin' at the wrong guy.

So what line of work are you in?

Self-employed.

See that's the way to do things.

I've been working for other people way too long.

I'm headin' west to start fresh.

I'm an idea person.

- Hey, you passed our exit. - Yeah, I'm sorry about that.

Well, that's okay, you can make a quick' u-ey right up here.

I don't think that would be a very good idea.

Where, where are you taking me?

I don't know yet.

I, I don't, I don't think this is gonna work,

um, can you just pull the car over and let me out?

I thought you were looking for a fresh start, lady.

I'm not lookin' for anything.

Okay?

I don't have any money.

You're kidnapping me.

Well, it's a little more complicated than that.

You're not gonna hurt me, are you?

I don't think so.

I'm trying to quit.

Thank you.

Light me one.

Look, we're gonna camp off the highway tonight.

By morning, you still want to go west,

you can walk.

I'll take you wherever you wanna go.

Even the police.

I don't trust cops.

Neither do I.

You seem almost impressed.

If he's responsible for even half of what's in his file,

he's gotten to more highly guarded targets than

any killer in probably the last half century.

We thought he was the guy behind the grassy knoll

'til we found out he wasn't even born yet.

You wanna know the kicker?

What?

Ivy League.

He's got a better education than I do.

Class of 1983.

Every kind of Academic honor.

Phi Beta Kappa. Dean's List.

He disappeared without a trace right after graduation.

Hmm.

It seems like there's still a missing piece to all of this.

What's that?

Well, where's the other body?

You're right about all this. He hired Maria López

because he was going to kill somebody.

With the profile of work he does, we'd already know

about it if he'd actually made the hit.

His target's still out there.

Why wouldn't you let me out this afternoon?

It's complicated.

You already said that.

What are you doing out here, anyway?

I'm on a job.

Are you planning on whacking me?