XIII: The Series

2x02 - Rampage

The kind of horror and chaos we've become accustomed to

seeing in Mexico and Canada has made its way back onto U.S.

soil despite recent increases to Homeland Security.

An eco-terrorist group known as "The Veil",

is claiming responsibility for the fertilizer truck bomb

that was detonated today in front of

Synequanon Corporation's Metropolitan offices.

Eighty-two confirmed deaths at this hour

and rescue personnel are still pulling injured

and dead from the rubble.

Secretary of State Lauren Jones, who was in the building

at the time of the blast, suffered only minor injuries.

Among the dead are Laura and Abigail Amos, wife and daughter

of Colonel Samuel Amos, the COO of Synequanon.

Amos, who was formerly the National Security advisor to

President Carrington, remains hospitalized with serious,

though non-life threatening injuries.

It's over. This whole movement.

Everything we stood for is dead. We are dead.

We died this morning with those innocent people were killed.

We're not responsible for this...

Well, somebody is. And made sure they put blame on us!

And if you ask me, it was your friend...

You don't know that! It could of been Ralston!

- Who knows! - It's not Ralston.

We were known as a humanitarian movement, Betty!

I don't know anything more than you right now!

Get back to communications!

- All that is over now, because of him. - Something must have gone wrong.

Something they couldn't fix or stop. There is no other way.

Are you in love with him?

That is none of your business. Not anymore.

Those plotting against us seek not only to undermine

our security, but also the open society

and the values that we cherish as Americans.

Therefore, I have enacted a special order

which extends the Patriot Act,

so as to insure protection, from these internal threats,

which jeopardize our very way of life.

The American people should be assured that we are doing

everything within our power to apprehend

and to bring to justice the perpetrators of this act of terror.

They will be found, they will be punished.

Thank you, and God bless America.

Thank you Mr.President.

Madam Secretary, I'm sure I speak for everyone here,

we're glad you're alive.

Thank you, thank you, Bill.

The Veil has long been associated with environmental

causes and interfering with the industrial exploitation

of remote environments.

Was this attack at all related to the recent lobbying campaign

by the Synequanon Corporation to further open up

Alaskan National Reserve mineral rights?

Bill, we don't have that information at this time,

but what I can tell you, the Carrington Accord

will put a moratorium on private stewardship

of our precious public spaces. Alright, whose next?

Asylum.

Do you see what you've done?

You did this horrible act.

You are a terrorist.

You killed innocent people.

I'm not a terrorist!

I don't kill the innocent! You did this!

No. You did.

You've killed many people.

It was your job, remember.

You were programmed by your government to kill.

It's what you know how to do.

It's what you are.

I couldn't do this... I couldn't do this.

But you did.

Don't you remember?

Why... why are you putting this into my head?

You did it for The Veil.

You did it for your cause...

You did it for love.

You did it for Betty.

Who are you?! Who are you!

Who are you?

Stop! Stop please, stop it...

I'm sorry. I can't do that.

It's way too much fun.

I was a secret agent, betrayed by my own people,

robbed of my face, my memories, my history.

Hidden in my past is a secret that threatens all humanity.

I search for answers with nothing to hold on to.

But the tattoo that has become my name.

I am Thirteen.

What is wrong with you?!

What? You want the cops to find our DNA in the car?

Not the car, the bomb! It's all over the news.

Please. Tell me it was an accident.

I went through with the plan. You remember the plan?

It was supposed to be when the building was empty!

There was a delay. I had to make a choice.

Okay, give me the keys, I'll drive.

Come on! Let's go, let's go!

Well, well, well. Look what the cat dragged in!

You've come a long way from the man

who was ashamed to throw a punch.

There were some snags, but the mission was a success.

Nearly a hundred people were killed!

You were supposed to detonate the bomb after the building was empty.

- It was meant to be symbolic! - There was a delay.

Where's Ralston? Enh? I want to hear his story.

He's dead. He died in the blast.

What?!

Why?! Why did you do this?

I had to make a choice. I chose to take it to the next level.

It's not up to you to make command decisions!

I started The Veil. I am The Veil.

- And you listen to my orders. - You don't have the balls.

You would have pulled the plug on the operation.

- You're damn right, I would have. - The DHS was one step behind us.

We wouldn't of had another chance to collect

that much nitrogen again without taking notice... ever.

- We're terrorists now! - We're revolutionaries.

Maybe you haven't seen the news today, they're calling us murderers!

Unfortunate casualties, but in the grand scheme of things,

perfectly acceptable.

You're insane.

There is a price to pay for every decision that you make.

Now, you asked me to join your cause

because you know that I can make those decisions.

I would kill a thousand to save a million.

Would you kill a million to save a billion?! Would you do that?!

Maybe the citizens of developing nations don't matter to you?

You know they do.

Three million will be dead in Somalia this year alone

because of draught. Oh, but America doesn't care

because not one of them is Kim Kardashian or a real housewife.

We're an Activist Organization.

Yeah, and you're not active enough. Now, I'm not gonna stand by

and bear witness as the world goes to shit.

I'm gonna take action, and I'm gonna keep taking action against

the corrupt military-industrial complex

until people wake up and see what I've seen.

You have... twisted my message.

Look, you know that we had to strike hard...

to kill the snake you gotta cut off its head.

I mean, by hitting them when Amos and the Secretary of State

were in that building, we have crippled their progress

and won ourselves another six months.

And that is where you screwed up, my friend.

That's where you screwed up.

- They both survived the attack. - Yes...

You didn't kill the snake, you just made him angry.

And now, you've turned the whole world against us.

- Don't... make me. - You want to shoot me?

I love you Betty, but I'll kill you both.

I don't agree with what happened but what's done is done.

We need to handle the situation united. Maybe he's right.

We've struggled for years to be heard, and we've been ignored.

One thing's for certain: If you kill him, you kill me

...and then you'll discover

that not everyone in this room is on your side.

We're in this together, Max. All of us.

E pluribus unum.

It's okay.

- Thanks for coming. - A closed door meeting

with only the the President and National Security Advisor.

Why do I feel like I'm being ambushed?

How long have you and I known each other, Jones?

Now, I know I'm being ambushed.

Not an ambush, Madam Secretary. Not yet, at least.

Twelve years.

Twelve years. Since Costa Verde,

when I made General thanks to an ambitious Army sniper.

We came out through the ranks together Jones, you and I,

through good and bad.

You've always been loyal.

- Mr. President, what is this about? - Sit down.

Show her.

Finally received the CCD video from the street cameras

outside of the Synequanon Building just prior to the explosion.

We have an ID of the bomber?!

We do.

The next angle is from Synequanon's internal camera system.

It's a better shot. They haven't seen this footage yet.

The hard drive this was recorded on had to be reconstructed...

but we won't be able to keep it from them for long.

Who else has seen this footage?

Just us.

Mr. President could I speak with you alone?

No.

We had a team exhume the body outside of Paris,

and discovered that it wasn't him.

God dammit, Jones. You were ordered to Shoot to kill!!!

I... look, he must have...

I gave you a direct order to terminate XIII in Paris!

You do understand what "terminate" means, don't you?!

- Yes, sir, I do. - It's no coincidence

that he surfaces right before the election. You know that.

You, Amos... even I, could be the next target.

You'll have my resignation within an hour, Sir.

Oh no, I won't.

That's not fall of yourself. That's taking me down with you.