Painkiller Jane

My name is Jane Vasco.

I could use you on my team.

I work for a secret government agency that hunts Neuros.

People who can do dangerous things with their minds.

On my first assignment...

something a little weird happened,

okay, something really weird.

Until I get some answers I'm getting on with my life,

doing my job...

stocking up on aspirin...

because I gotta tell ya,

pain's a bitch!

The van will be here at 10:00 to take agent McBride...

and his team to the airport tomorrow.

Sure that's early enough?

Wouldn't want them to miss their flight home.

More than enough.

It's so very red.

It was the only shade that was able to completely cover the blood stains.

There was a lot of blood.

I knew I shouldn't have bought it on e-bay.

No, darlin' it's not like that.

Of course I want you to come and visit, it's just...

that if I give my contact information to anyone...

it might jeopardize the safety of those orphans being held captive.

Orphans? You said their parents were worried about them.

Their soon-to-be parents who just selected those kids for adoption.

God, they must be frantic right now.

That's why it's so important I go in undercover to help find them.

Be careful, Connor.

Oh, darlin', oh yeah, I will.

Wish me luck.

Try it again.

Boss, I've hit it a dozen times in the last half hour.

I can't even get Morgan's office on the emergency channel. Everything is shut down.

Could it be a satellite problem?

No, if it was, there's a dozen others they could piggyback on to.

I sent him that message two days ago.

All right, put me through to his house.

We're sorry, the number you have reached is not in service.

Try Rio-six-two.

Boss,

- ... that's for catastrophic events only. - I know what it's for, Riley.

Rio-six-two, do it!

Emergency communications, what's your department code?

One-seven-three-six.

Did you say, one-seven-three-six?

That's correct, one-seven-three-six.

That's a non-functioning code.

That's impossible.

That code registers non-functional.

This is special agent Andre McBride, put me through to Gerald Morgan, immediately!

We have no one by that name on our personnel roster.

All right, Riley, you try to reach him, use everything in your bag of tricks.

I'm going to talk to Hamilton, see what he knows.

Boss, what the hell is going on down there?!

Riley, override security and lock the facility down now! High alert!

Someone's trying to take out the whole operation.

This is it, Riley, we're going to war.

Main power is gone. We're on emergency back up.

No, this is not a communications problem with Washington.

Morgan's not even on the roster.

Whoever's did this, they planned it well.

- Is captain Rawlings... - He's on his way down.

Ok, got 'em boss.

Connor's in an elevator and Jane's in a stairwell at the northeast sector.

- They're conferenced. - All right, people, talk to me.

Little problem with a locked door. Working on it.

Stuck between floors, darlin', wanna trade?

I want both of you get back to the command center ASAP. We have a situation.

Tell me about it.

Exits all secured. No one's entered or left the facility in the past three hours.

- Was anyone seen near Hamilton's office? - Nearest camera's fifteen meters down.

Didn't show anyone except who we found at the scene.

But there's two hallways leading to the area that aren't monitored.

All right, cordon all detainees in a secured area and get me a head count.

- Guys, this is not good. - What is it?

When the power surged, it blew the electronics in red sector.

We got at least four cell locks that were disengaged.

- Red sector's the... - I know what red sector is!

Get me Rawlings.

Captain Rawlings, this is McBride, I've just been informed there is been...

a security breech in red sector that's red sector,

all available personnel there immediately.

Freeze!

I've got Jane.

- Jane, go. - I'm out of the stairwell.

What's the quickest way back?

Ok, go right at the next T.

You should be able to access a utility ladder about ten yards down...

and get up to level four.

- Comm me when you get there. - Jane...

We've had a security breech in red sector. I don't know if anyone got out.

Just be careful.

Got it.

Oh, that sucked! All right, Riley, talk to me.

Connor, where are you?

Third level, quadrant seven.

Quadrant seven?

Boss, there's a sub-panel just around the corner.

He might be able to activate an overload and regain full power.

Do it.

Connor, head for the labs at the end of hall.

There's a power sub-panel in the wall.

We might be able to get some power back on.

Right, roger that.

All right.

All right, I'm here.

Ok, you'll see two yellow switches about a third of the way down,

the circuit overload should've pushed them to the left,

you need to reset them.

Done.

On top you'll see a numbered dial.

Turn it clockwise until the indicator lines up at 450.

- 450 done and done. - To the left you'll see a red lever.

Pull it up, and then back down.

Now we're done like dinner! Got any other plans, Einstein?

Whoever cut the power must have damaged the systems at the mains.

- They're in the sub-basement. - Just tell me how to get there.

That's too risky. We've got potential escapees from red sector.

Get your ass back here.

I'm on level four, B-ward.

Head to the fire doors. They're probably locked, but there is windows.

On it.

Come on!

Come on, you sons of bitches!

That doesn't make any sense.

It's just a supply area, and those doors wouldn't lock down,

they're not even part of the emergency system.

I don't know what to tell you, Ri.

If they're not supposed to lock, someone must've forgotten to tell them.

No need for sarcasm, maybe I just made a little mistake.

- Hey, wait a second. - What is it?

"It" is you eating your words.

You're on the wrong floor, Jane!

What?

- Still can't get her. - Just keep trying.

Report.

Don't worry about me, boss. I don't heal as fast as Vasco, but I'll be okay.

Your theory about red sector escapees ain't a theory.

- They're packing. - How many?

There was four, now there's three.

Vasco get back yet?

She was on the wrong floor and we lost connection with her comm.

We've unaccounted for red sector detainees.

- Yes, we know captain. - They killed three of my men at the ward.

- Another two on level 3. - We lost Jane on level 3.

What about the rest of the population?

Everyone accounted for except a couple of trustees.

- How many men can you spare? - Two would be stretching it.

Then stretch it! We'll do a grid search.

Connor, you and I will make our way down from here.

Take your men down to ground level Start there.

Boss, guns.

Guns.

Dead?

Be better off if they were.

- Julien Ellison. - Had the power to make people catatonic.

- Don't shoot! - Freeze!

Slowly hands in the air.

I didn't do it.

Eddie, what the hell are you doing here?

I'm a trustee. I was cleaning up when he came in.

- He just froze them. - We can't trust this freak.

It's all right, a guy with this kind of power if he wanted us dead,

we'd be dead already.

So, how come you aren't comatose, Eddie?

I didn't bother to ask, if you know what I mean.

All right, get back to your ward. Go on.

Doesn't make sense. Guys in lockdown don't do trustees favors.

It fits the pattern.

They're taking out staff, not other Neuros.

Clear!

Fire broke out in the records room.

Sprinklers were activated, but the temp's still rising.

Rawlings?

I've lost communications. It was sudden, just like Jane.

Doctor, your predecessor ran unauthorized experiments on some of the population, yes?

- That's correct. - Did he un-chip them?

The experiments would've required him to do that. Temporarily.

The Neuros on the loose must have been involved.

Taking out the staff, destroying records.

They're trying to wipe out any evidence of our existence.

And yet they didn't touch a trustee.

Because he's a Neuro.

Whoever's behind this, they're planning on sending...

every Neuro we've ever captured back into the world.

- We aren't secure here. - We aren't secure anywhere.

We are in the safe room. It's on level two, blue sector.

She's right. Got an ultrasonic barrier that deflects every neuro-ability we know of.

Connor, get our weapons ready. Riley, pack up your computer.

Dr. Newman, with me.

Clear.

Okay, guys, I've got Jane!

We've got escaped Neuros from red sector.

- I know, I'm headed your way. - No, Jane, we've moved.

We're on a safe room on level 2.

- Where are you now? - Near the kitchen area on three.

How do I get there?

I'm gonna try to open up a stairway east of you.