Agent X

We know you are CIA.

Just admit it, and we will stop.

I'm a missionary.

I'm here to spread bibles and love.

A bomb.

You call this "love"?

Sometimes love hurts.

Aah!

I heard you're looking for a new job.

What's this? We didn't order room service.

This is just compliments of the house.

No scars. Not him.

Volker.

Nicolas volker, where is he?

I do -- I do not know.

Damn it!

How are you still standing?!

No, no!

No, no, no! No, no, no!

Where did volker go?!

Oh!

Damn it.

What's your name?

Olga. M-My name is Olga.

I come from the novosibirsk.

They sold me to that man.

Did you get a good look at his face?

No. You didn't, either?

No, I was -- I was improvising.

Who are you?

Wait.

You're lying.

Please! I do not understand.

Your perfume -- clive Christian,

a little pricey for siberian farm girls.

Impressive.

Jesus!

Good morning.

Did you catch volker?

No. But I'm getting closer.

Caught an associate of his

with some Russian spetsnaz training.

Tell the FBI she's ready for pickup in my trunk.

Sending a message to the Berlin legal attaché right now.

I thought you liked being tied up.

Ladies and gentlemen,

the vice president of the United States.

Thank you. Thank you.

Today, vice president Thomas Eckhart

realizes his dream of becoming president of the United States.

But for many others,

this day marks another dream fulfilled --

the inauguration of america's first female vice president,

Natalie maccabee.

But here she is, just moments away

from taking her oath with the eyes of the world upon her.

I, Natalie Kane maccabee, do solemnly swear...

I, Natalie Kane maccabee, do solemnly swear...

...that I will support

and defend the constitution of the United States

against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

...that I will support

and defend the constitution of the United States

against all enemies, foreign and domestic.

Natalie, congratulations. You have survived

the first and the most brutal test of office --

11 inaugural balls.

But listen, listen -- all joking aside,

surviving challenges is what Natalie here does best.

In both her public and private lives,

she's overcome extraordinary difficulties.

It's also why I'm so proud,

as a former vice president myself,

to present her with this --

the key to this magnificent residence.

I promise...

To do my utmost to honor its legacy.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you.

There's a new man in your life, Natalie.

This is Malcolm millar.

Oh!

Chief steward of this residence.

Now, you'll find him an invaluable asset

during your tenure here.

I look forward to serving you, madam vice president.

Oh, please, call me Nate.

I can assure you that will never happen,

madam vice president.

You'll find Malcolm here a bit of a stickler

when it comes to protocol.Thank you, Mr. President.

Malcolm, after you.

Actually, the vice president

always precedes the chief steward by at least a half step.

Oh. Okeydokey.

Oh, Malcolm.

Come on in.

You caught me having one of those

"how the hell did I get here" moments.

You ever have those?

Daily, madam.

Is there anything I can get for you before I retire?

Maybe a Latin dictionary.

Come again?

The inscription on the fireplace there...

...lux in tenebris.

"Light into darkness."Correct.

Seems like a riff on the old freemason aphorism,

"light out of darkness."

Isn't it?

You have a very eclectic range of knowledge.

My late husband, Stephen,

used to say that my mind was like a vacuum cleaner.

Except when we were playing scrabble.

I'll be right back with that dictionary.

Well done. Oh!

You just beat lyndon Johnson's record at finding the lock.

What exactly have I found?

The greatest secret in the history of our country.

One step behind, ma'am.

Tell me this is a wine cellar.

I can assure you that it's not.

To your right, ma'am.

Who in god's name built this?

Anonymous patriots.

Our is a nation born of unknown heroes.

Ah, here we are.

The history room?

Well, shut the front door.

Yes, ma'am.

What is this place?

A shrine of sorts --

men devoted to protecting this document.

They were on the table.

Thank you.

Oh.

This is a superb copy of the constitution.

Not a copy, ma'am. The original.

This is the only complete document

containing article ii, section five.

Article ii only has four sections, Malcolm.

Ah.

Section five.

"An agent of unknown identity is hereby authorized

to serve at the discretion of the vice president

for the purpose of aiding the republic

in times of dire peril."

So the vice president was some kind of crisis manager of sorts?

Didn't it always seem strange to you

that the founding fathers

gave the second-most important job in the executive branch

virtually no duties?

Yeah. Mm.

Section five.

So what is an agent of unknown identity?

Who, ma'am, and we've always considered

Nathan hale there to be the first.

His last words before the British hanged him for espionage

have become a sort of credo for our group.

"I regret that I have but one --"

"I only regret

that I have but one life to lose for my country."

John case at your service, madam vice president.

No kiddin'?

No kiddin'.

Madam.

So, why report to me instead of the president?

That's a great question, Malcolm.

Malcolm?

The, uh, founding fathers understood, ma'am,

that, um, certain emergencies require the, uh...

How shall I put it?

...the judicious disregard for accepted legal formalities.

In English, the president needs plausible deniability.

Some of the founding fathers were lawyers, ma'am.

Okay, so how long do I have?Come again?

How long do I have to...

Learn my job before I'm expected to run a mission?

You're in play now.

Uh, we will, of course,

walk you through this, madam vice president.

Define "in play."

We have discovered a new chaos merchant

on the international scene.

The recent nuclear accident in marseilles,

the unexpected rise in guerrilla warfare in Nigeria,

and the suicide of the Argentinean prime minster.

Those three things have one thing in common --

Nicolas volker.

Who's Nicolas volker?

Nicolas volker is the most dangerous

international criminal since Carlos the jackal.

My people have dubbed him the fatality designer,

and that's exactly what he does.

So why haven't you been able to capture him yet?

He's a ghost, sir. No face. No identity.

But now, thanks to an unknown source,

a key member of his network is sitting in my jail.

A former Russian spy turned private intelligence broker,