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00:22I'm the only engineer on earth who can fix a failing military satellite in orbit.
00:26That's why the government assigned me a jet.
00:28Special permit tail number, 0001.
00:31The second it hits the system, runways clear.
00:34Any airport.
00:35Any country.
00:36We land first.
00:37We take off first.
00:38Sometimes we even get fighter escorts.
00:40The day I got the jet, I parked it in my fiancé Ethan Bale's private hangar.
00:44He said he'd take care of it.
00:46Yeah.
00:46Big mistake.
00:47Today, a classified satellite glitched out.
00:50If I don't get there now, the entire defense grid goes down.
00:53So I floor it to the hangar.
00:54I run for the stairs.
00:55A woman I've never seen before leans out of my jet.
00:58Like she owns it.
01:00She's in a couture gown.
01:01Six inch heels.
01:02Old money cosplay.
01:03Glossy hair.
01:05Diamond drop earrings.
01:06Blood red lips.
01:07She looks me up and down.
01:08Oh.
01:09New crew.
01:10She says.
01:11Perfect.
01:12Fly me to Milan first.
01:13I need a new bag.
01:15Then swing by Switzerland and grab my friend.
01:18And don't make me wait.
01:20I'm not patient.
01:21I stare at her.
01:22Then I laugh once.
01:24Dry.
01:24Lady.
01:25This is my plane.
01:27I have an emergency call.
01:28Get off.
01:29She lifts one brow.
01:31Smirks.
01:31Your plane.
01:32She says.
01:33Ethan keeps this jet for me.
01:35Ask anyone around here.
01:37Before I can answer, the lead pilot walks over.
01:39Mid fifties.
01:41Stiff suit.
01:42Fake smile.
01:43The kind who folds when money walks in.
01:45He gives me a flat look.
01:46Everyone knows Chloe gets whatever she wants.
01:49He says.
01:50If she's flying we fly.
01:52My chest goes cold.
01:53Ethan.
01:54That lying bastard.
01:55He used my jet to fly his side chick around the world.
01:57On a government jet.
01:59That's not messy.
02:00That's federal prison.
02:01I look past Chloe's face.
02:03Then into the cabin.
02:04Champagne flutes.
02:05Luxury shopping bags.
02:07A silk stocking thrown over the seat.
02:08Like she turned my jet into her private hotel suite.
02:11I lock eyes with her.
02:13Using this plane without clearance is a federal crime.
02:15I say.
02:16You steal a federal aircraft.
02:18You go to jail.
02:19You block a defense mission.
02:21That's worse than jail.
02:22I take one step forward.
02:24If you leave this plane right now.
02:25I can still bury this.
02:27Chloe bursts out laughing.
02:28She covers her mouth.
02:30Like I just told a joke.
02:31Captain.
02:32She says.
02:33Turning to the pilot.
02:34Where did this psycho come from?
02:36He gives me a look full of contempt.
02:37Probably ground staff.
02:39He says.
02:40New girl.
02:41No clue how things work.
02:43Then he points to the door.
02:44Move.
02:45You're holding up Chloe's trip to Milan.
02:47I check my watch.
02:48Three hours.
02:49After that, the satellite is gone.
02:51And there's more.
02:52Ethan's grandfather is alive because his cardiac monitor runs on that same satellite link.
02:57And I'm the only one who can fix it.
02:59If the signal drops, his medical team goes blind.
03:01If his heart stops, nobody gets a second shot.
03:04I don't have a choice.
03:05So I stop talking.
03:07I step around Chloe, head straight for the cockpit, and fire the system up.
03:10She screams.
03:11Are you insane?
03:12She lunges for the kill switch.
03:14You do not take off without my permission.
03:16The nose tips hard.
03:17Almost hits the hanger beam.
03:19I shove her back.
03:20Grab the controls.
03:21Steady the jet.
03:23Then I look at her.
03:24Buckle up.
03:24I say.
03:25Or get thrown around.
03:27She opens her mouth again, but Ethan's security team is already storming up the stairs.
03:31Three men.
03:32Black suits.
03:33Thick necks.
03:34Empty eyes.
03:35They grab me and drag me out of the cockpit.
03:37One of them barks.
03:38Do you even know who she is?
03:40Another laughs.
03:41Chloe isn't just an intern.
03:43She's basically royalty at Vale Global.
03:45The third cracks his knuckles.
03:47You picked the wrong person to mess with.
03:49I pull out my secure sat phone.
03:51Matt Black.
03:52Military only.
03:53My last clean line to HQ.
03:55This is your last warning.
03:57I say.
03:57Step back, or I call the feds.
03:59That wipes the smile off Chloe's face.
04:02She didn't think I'd push back.
04:03Her heels hit the metal steps.
04:05Sharp.
04:06Loud.
04:07Then she gets right in my face.
04:08Her perfume is sharp.
04:10Expensive.
04:11Nasty.
04:11Do you even know who I am?
04:13She says.
04:14Ethan told me.
04:15On this plane, I make the rules.
04:17Then she swings.
04:18Fast.
04:19Her ring cuts my cheek.
04:20Hot pain.
04:21Blood.
04:22Throw this crazy bitch out.
04:24She snaps.
04:25The guards freeze for half a second.
04:26Some of them know me.
04:27That should've mattered.
04:29It doesn't.
04:30They choose her.
04:31The lead guy reaches for my shoulder.
04:32I slip sideways.
04:34Hit the emergency key on the sat phone.
04:36Then one of them slams into me.
04:37The phone flies out of my hand.
04:39Hits the ground.
04:40Screen shattered.
04:41Chloe picks it up.
04:42Looks at it.
04:43Then stomps on it with her heel.
04:45Once.
04:46Twice.
04:46Crunch.
04:47She tosses it in the trash.
04:48Now.
04:49She says.
04:50Get on your knees.
04:51Apologize.
04:52Or I make sure you never work in this industry again.
04:54I stare at the broken pieces.
04:56My stomach drops.
04:58That phone was my only direct line.
04:59No backup.
05:00No time.
05:01I want Ethan.
05:02Now.
05:03Chloe smiles like she's been waiting for that.
05:05She taps her phone and opens a video call.
05:08Ethan answers from some rooftop restaurant.
05:10City lights behind him.
05:11White tablecloth.
05:12Crystal glass.
05:14Perfect hair.
05:15Perfect suit.
05:16Still a snake.
05:17Ethan.
05:18Chloe purrs.
05:18Boy sweet.
05:19Like poison.
05:19There's a crazy woman here trying to hijack your plane.
05:22She says she's calling the feds on me.
05:24He frowns at the screen.
05:26Then he sees me.
05:27For one second.
05:28His face changes.
05:29He knows exactly who I am.
05:31Then it's gone.
05:31Cold again.
05:32Claire.
05:33He says.
05:34Already annoyed.
05:35What are you doing now?
05:36Your intern hijacked my federal aircraft.
05:39I say.
05:39Flat.
05:40Clean.
05:40A classified satellite is failing.
05:43National defense is on the line.
05:45Your grandfather's life support relay is tied to the same feed.
05:48If I don't get to the launch site right now.
05:50Stop.
05:51He snaps.
05:52Every time with you.
05:53It's some giant story.
05:55He leans back in his chair.
05:56Chloe checked into you.
05:57You're not some irreplaceable expert.
05:59Homeland?
06:00Strategic aircraft?
06:02Seriously.
06:02What's this?
06:03A movie script?
06:04My hand curls into a fist.
06:06He keeps going.
06:07You fed my grandfather that whole hero act.
06:09That's how you got engaged to me in the first place.
06:12You really thought I'd buy it too?
06:14That lands harder than the slap.
06:16I look straight into the camera.
06:17That plane is federal property.
06:19I say.
06:20You used it.
06:21You broke the rules.
06:22And if this mission fails, you can't handle the fallout.
06:26He goes quiet for a beat.
06:27Then his tone changes.
06:29Soft.
06:29Smooth.
06:30Patronizing.
06:31Claire.
06:32He says.
06:32I know getting engaged made you think this was something it wasn't.
06:35I almost laugh.
06:36You've got to be kidding me.
06:37He glances at Chloe.
06:39The look in his eyes is sickening.
06:41Warm.
06:41Possessive.
06:42Then he looks back at me.
06:43But the one I really want to marry is Chloe.
06:45He says.
06:46Chloe may be an intern right now, but her mother runs the space agency.
06:50He lets that sit.
06:51And you?
06:52All you know is how to fix machines.
06:54What do you even bring to the family?
06:55I stare at the screen.
06:57I can't believe what I just heard.
06:59Director Shaw, head of the space agency, is my mother.
07:02Since when does Chloe get to call her mom?
07:03And engagement?
07:05Ethan still doesn't get it.
07:06I wasn't marrying up.
07:08Ethan.
07:09Director Shaw is my mother.
07:10Not Chloe's.
07:12Watch what you say.
07:14Every minute you waste.
07:16That satellite gets closer to failure.
07:18If it goes down, the entire defense grid is compromised.
07:22Tonight is the only repair window.
07:24Miss it, and the system stays exposed for months.
07:27Miss it, and his grandfather dies too.
07:29Oh?
07:30Really?
07:31Claire, I'm so scared.
07:32Stop using these scare tactics on me.
07:34He says, voice dripping mockery.
07:36I checked on you.
07:37Sure.
07:38You work on satellites.
07:39But you're not the only engineer out there.
07:41So stop acting like the world stops without you.
07:43My chest tightens.
07:45I open my mouth.
07:46He doesn't let me speak.
07:47I already had Chloe call a friend.
07:49He's flying out now.
07:50Best engineer in the world.
07:52He'll handle it.
07:53Your plane's busy today.
07:55Chloe's got more important things to do.
07:57For one second, I honestly think I misheard him.
07:59Best engineer in the world?
08:01That's me.
08:02There is no backup.
08:03Never was.
08:04I take a slow breath.
08:06If that satellite fails, can you handle that?
08:09It's not going down.
08:11He snaps.
08:12Then he hangs up.
08:13One of the maids standing nearby folds her arms and smirks.
08:15You heard him, Mr. Vale was crystal clear.
08:19So don't walk in here like you run this place.
08:21Chloe stands up like she owns the place.
08:23She's twirling the cabin key around one finger.
08:25Number 0001.
08:27My number.
08:28My plane.
08:29You really don't know when to quit, do you?
08:31Ethan put me in charge of the hangar and the plane.
08:34And, maybe now you know, I'm the woman Ethan chose.
08:37I almost laugh.
08:38These people are insane.
08:40If my mother had known what the valas were really like, she never would have agreed to
08:43this marriage.
08:44Not even for his grandfather's sake.
08:46The second I get that bird stabilized, I'm done with all of them.
08:50Relax.
08:50I don't want your man.
08:53He's all yours.
08:54Then I look her dead in the eye.
08:56For the last time.
08:58Step away from the plane and let me do my job.
09:01Unless you want the feds involved.
09:03That sets her off.
09:04Her face twists.
09:06Oh, don't you talk to me like that.
09:09And don't even think you can threaten me.
09:11She rips a stack of cash from her Hermes bag and slaps it across my face.
09:15Bills hit my cheek.
09:16Fall to the floor.
09:17I could kill you.
09:18And nobody here would say a word.
09:20I don't pick the money up.
09:22I don't answer.
09:23I turn and head for the hangar doors.
09:25I need another way out.
09:26Another way to reach HQ.
09:28A helicopter.
09:29A car.
09:29Anything.
09:30Three steps from the exit, something slams into my lower back.
09:33A brutal kick.
09:34I pitch forward and hit the concrete hard.
09:36Pain explodes through me, white hot, deep, crushing.
09:39It feels like something inside me just tore apart.
09:41I choke.
09:42Then blood spills out of my mouth.
09:44Behind me, heels click against the concrete.
09:47Chloe strolls over and looks down at me like I'm a dress she's deciding whether to buy.
09:50Then she smiles.
09:51You really wanna do your little job that bad?
09:53She crouches.
09:54What if I tie you to the wing?
09:56And let the pilot drag you around the runway a few times?
09:59If you're still alive after that?
10:02I'll let you go save the world.
10:05No.
10:06You can.
10:06Do this.
10:07I try to get up.
10:08I barely make it halfway before two guards slam me back down.
10:11Hard.
10:12They move fast.
10:13Like they've done this before.
10:15Nylon rope bites into my wrists.
10:16Then my ankles.
10:17They tie the other end to the right wing.
10:19I go cold all over.
10:21This is real.
10:22They're really doing it.
10:23I twist and fight, but my body is already giving out.
10:26Chloe bends down and pats my cheek.
10:28Her crystal nails rake across my skin, leaving tiny cuts.
10:31Relax.
10:33You're not gonna die.
10:35Probably.
10:35Then says it like gossip over brunch.
10:37Last month a reporter lasted five minutes before he died.
10:41My blood turns to ice.
10:42She steps back in her heels and motions to the cockpit.
10:45The engines roar to life.
10:46Loud enough to rattle my teeth.
10:48Loud enough to drown out thought.
10:50Go.
10:51The jet starts to move.
10:53The second it clears the hangar, the blast hits me hard.
10:56The airflow rips me off the wing like I weigh nothing.
10:58One second I'm up.
10:59The next, the rope yanks me back.
11:01My back smashes into metal.
11:02I hear something crack.
11:04Or maybe I feel it.
11:05Pain explodes through my ribs.
11:06Blood floods my mouth.
11:08Over the speaker, Chloe's voice cuts through the engine noise.
11:12First lap.
11:14The wind tears at me like a thousand knives.
11:16My shirt tears apart almost instantly.
11:18My skin goes raw.
11:19Then wet.
11:20Then burning.
11:21I grab for a service latch on the wing.
11:23My fingers lock around it.
11:24My nails peel back, one by one.
11:26I want to scream, but I bite it back.
11:28The plane banks.
11:29My body whips outward.
11:30The rope cuts deep into my wrists, deeper with every second.
11:33Blood runs down the rope and splashes across the tarmac behind me.
11:39Second lap.
11:41My vision starts to blur.
11:42But my mind is still counting.
11:44Two hours left.
11:45By now, HQ had to be in meltdown.
11:47Secure channels blowing up.
11:49People yelling over each other.
11:50No signal from me.
11:51No solution.
11:52No backup plan.
11:53Then the plane jolts.
11:55Violent.
11:55My thigh is on fire.
11:57The rope has sunk into muscle.
11:58Another minute like this, and my leg rips apart.
12:00Over the speaker, Chloe is laughing.
12:03Half a lap lift.
12:05Look at that.
12:07She's tougher than the reporter.
12:09One last shot.
12:11I wait for the next vest.
12:12Use it.
12:13Throw my leg back toward the wing.
12:15Barely hit it.
12:15My teeth cut through my lip.
12:17The copper taste keeps me awake.
12:18One more second.
12:19Then finally, the jet slows.
12:21Rolls back into the hangar.
12:23By the time it stops, I'm not even sure I'm still in one piece.
12:26Everything hurts.
12:27Everything is soaked.
12:28I can't even see my skin anymore.
12:30They cut the rope.
12:30I hit the floor like dead weight.
12:32I can't catch myself.
12:34Can't move.
12:34Can barely breathe.
12:35Chloe crutches in front of me.
12:37She tips my chin up with her shoe.
12:39You actually lived.
12:42I force words out through a mouthful of blood.
12:45Can I do the job now?
12:46Her face changes.
12:48Instant rage.
12:49She slaps me so hard my head snaps back against the concrete.
12:52Light bursts across my vision.
12:55You're still sticking to that story.
12:57She grabs my hair and jerks my head up.
12:59Blood runs into my eyes.
13:01Ethan told me everything.
13:03So you can stop acting like some genius trying to save the world?
13:06Then she freezes.
13:07Just stops.
13:08Ethan?
13:09I force my swollen eyes open.
13:11Barely.
13:11Through the blur, I see Mason Reed, Ethan's assistant, rushing into the hangar.
13:16Sharp suit.
13:16Clipboard in hand.
13:18Corporate fixer vibe.
13:19Then he sees me and stops dead.
13:21His whole body locks up.
13:22Miss Jones.
13:23Mr. Velo said to get Claire Hart to HQ immediately.
13:27Chloe's smile drops.
13:28What?
13:29Mason swallows hard.
13:30The satellite drift got worse.
13:32He rushes out.
13:33It's already hitting the defense grid.
13:35They asked for Claire by name.
13:38Chloe goes shrill.
13:39That's a lie!
13:40She lunges for the file in his hand and rips it apart.
13:43Pages are everywhere.
13:44Ethan told me she was a fake!
13:47Mr. Velo must have misunderstood.
13:49The situation changed.
13:51This is urgent.
13:52A misunderstanding!
13:54She grabs my hair and yanks my head up.
13:56Pain rips through my scalp.
13:58Look at her.
13:59Does she look like she knows how to fix a satellite?
14:02My vision is already fading.
14:04I can barely make out Mason's face.
14:06White.
14:07Stiff.
14:08Panicked.
14:08His fists are clenched so tight his knuckles go bone pale.
14:11Ms. Jones.
14:13Please calm down.
14:15This is way bigger than any of us.
14:18It's a national security issue.
14:20Mr. Valey's grandfather is involved too.
14:24National security?
14:26Then she laughs.
14:27Soft at first.
14:28Then it turns ugly.
14:30The kind of laugh that makes your skin crawl.
14:32You know what the real threat is?
14:34She lets go of my hair.
14:36I drop hard.
14:37Then I hear a cap twist open.
14:38I know that sound.
14:40Her eye drops.
14:41She carries them everywhere.
14:42But something is off.
14:44Even through the blur, I catch the liquid inside.
14:46It's not clear.
14:47It's pale blue.
14:48Wrong.
14:49Chemical.
14:50Eye slides down my spine.
14:51She crouches beside me.
14:53I heard what you do depends on your eyes.
14:56So what happens?
14:58If you can't see?
15:00Stop!
15:01Too late.
15:02The liquid hits my eyes.
15:03And the world turns to fire.
15:04I scream.
15:05Not like a person.
15:06Like an animal being ripped open.
15:08It feels like a thousand needles drilling straight through my eyes.
15:11Then deeper.
15:11Into the nerves.
15:12Into the back of my skull.
15:14Burning.
15:14Melting.
15:15Eating through me.
15:16I claw at my face.
15:17My hands come away slick.
15:18Wet.
15:19Thick.
15:19Wrong.
15:20I can feel tissue breaking down under my fingers.
15:22My body folds in on itself.
15:24Convulsing.
15:24I choke on blood and vomit.
15:26Everything is pain.
15:27Everything is heat.
15:28Everything goes black.
15:30Chloe!
15:31What the hell do you think you're doing?
15:34But Chloe just laughs.
15:35Still sweet.
15:36Still calm.
15:38What are you gonna do about it?
15:42Ethan's going to marry me.
15:46My thoughts start to come apart.
15:48The pain is too big.
15:49Too loud.
15:49Too deep.
15:50But through all of it.
15:51One thing is clear.
15:52Without my sight.
15:53I'm done.
15:53No more in orbit repairs.
15:55No more satellite work.
15:59Without me.
16:00That satellite is lost.
16:02The whole defense system goes blind.
16:04And Ethan's grandfather dies.
16:13I'm shaking so hard I can barely move.
16:15Blood and sweat soak my hands.
16:17Then my fingers brush the emergency locator clips to my waist.
16:19Tiny, cold, hidden.
16:21My last resort.
16:22A direct line for the worst case scenario.
16:24If I hit it, a response team would lock onto my signal and be here in minutes.
16:27I'm on it.
16:28I drag in one shredded breath.
16:29Pull together whatever is left of me.
16:31And press it.
16:35Looking for this honey?
16:37Your little LL toy?
16:38She kicks the locator across the concrete.
16:40Her heel grinds into my fingers.
16:42Bone snaps.
16:43My world goes gray.
16:45Then, the heavy hangar doors slam open.
16:47Fast footsteps.
16:48Shouting.
16:48Where is Claire?
16:49That voice.
16:51Ethan.
16:52So he finally came.
16:53Chloe flips the switch.
16:54Instant tears.
16:55She runs to him.
16:56Clings to his arm.
16:57Ethan!
16:58Thank god you're here.
17:00This psycho tried to hijack the jet.
17:02She's been pretending to be some kind of expert just to get to you.
17:05Ethan looks past her.
17:06He looks at me.
17:07For a second, his hand shakes.
17:09His face goes blank.
17:10You did this to her.
17:12She attacked me first.
17:13I just...
17:15You know?
17:16I had to stop her.
17:17You don't want your bride walking down the aisle looking like this.
17:21Do you?
17:23Do whatever makes you happy.
17:24Ethan looks at her.
17:25He strokes her hair.
17:26Gentle.
17:27Devoted.
17:28The words hit like a blade.
17:29I thought he'd save me.
17:30But he chose her while I was bleeding on the floor.
17:32That whole lot of theirs, they're just birds of a feather.
17:35Flocking together in their vileness.
17:37If I live to see the sun rise again, I'll make them pay.
17:41Ethan grabs my collar.
17:42Yanks me up like a rag doll.
17:44Get on that jet.
17:46One hour.
17:47You're coming with me to fix that satellite.
17:49If my grandfather dies, I'll make sure you go down with him.
17:54I stumble.
17:55My head lurches back.
17:56Fresh blood runs down my face.
17:58Ethan.
17:59I force my head up.
18:01Lift my face into the light.
18:02Look at me.
18:03His eyes lock on mine.
18:05He finally sees it.
18:06The raw, ruined mess of my eyes.
18:08My fingers, white bone showing through the skin.
18:10He lets go.
18:11Stagger's back.
18:13Your eyes.
18:14I try to smile.
18:15Gone.
18:16Ethan.
18:17She blinded me.
18:19Chloe just laughs.
18:20No shame.
18:22That's what you get for trying to steal me.
18:25A blind engineer?
18:26She's useless now.
18:28Ethan goes pale.
18:29He looks at Chloe.
18:30For the first time, he looked terrified.
18:33Then, a siren blares.
18:35The radio on Ethan's bell crackles to life.
18:37Sir.
18:38It's your grandfather.
18:40He's in cardiac arrest.
18:41We're losing him.
18:43The backup engineer was a fraud.
18:44He just crashed the entire system.
18:48There's only one person left who can fix this.
18:50We need Claire Hart.
18:52Now.
18:53Ethan goes still.
18:54Then he turns on Chloe.
18:56Who the hell was that engineer?
18:57Chloe's smug face crumbles.
18:59I...
18:59I don't know.
19:00My mother recommended him herself.
19:03The sound cracks through the hanger.
19:05Chloe hits the floor.
19:06For the first time, she looks small.
19:09She stares up at him, hand on her burning cheek.
19:11Ethan.
19:12You hit me?
19:13Over this.
19:13That is my grandfather.
19:15Ethan screams.
19:16His voice is raw.
19:17Pure rage.
19:18If he dies, I swear to God, you're next.
19:21Chloe goes pale.
19:22Then, her face twists.
19:24Vile.
19:24Desperate.
19:25It's a setup.
19:26It's her.
19:27She did this.
19:28She crawls to Ethan.
19:29Grabs his legs.
19:30My mother is Director Shaw.
19:32She doesn't hire idiots.
19:33Ethan looks at me.
19:34He looks wild.
19:36Director Shaw doesn't make mistakes.
19:37And neither does her team.
19:39He looms over me.
19:40So tell me what you did, Claire?
19:42Me?
19:43I cough, blood spilling down my chin.
19:45You blinded me.
19:46You broke my hands.
19:48What do you think I did?
19:50Liar.
19:51Chloe shrieks.
19:51She lunges.
19:53Grabs my hair.
19:54She slams my head against the concrete.
19:56The world flashes red.
19:57Enough.
19:58Ethan barks.
19:59I look up.
20:00I think he's finally going to stop it.
20:02But he takes off his suit jacket and slowly rolls up his sleeves.
20:05Don't touch her face.
20:06He says coldly.
20:07We may still need to explain this.
20:09Chloe smiles like she's been waiting for this.
20:11She grabs a rusted iron pipe from the floor.
20:14She swings.
20:16Miney gives with a sickening crack.
20:17I try to scream, but nothing comes out.
20:20Pain rips through my leg as something breaks deeper.
20:22Talk.
20:23Chloe screams.
20:24She drives her heel into my shattered knee.
20:26Did you crash the satellite out of spite?
20:28Answer me!
20:29Everything is going dark.
20:30Ethan kneels down.
20:32He grips my chin.
20:33His voice is soft now.
20:34Gentle.
20:35Like he's talking to a child.
20:37Claire.
20:37I get it.
20:38You're jealous.
20:39You hate that I chose Chloe over you.
20:41He strokes my matted hair.
20:42But if you did this to get back at me?
20:44That's sick.
20:45I choke out a laugh.
20:46Blood in my mouth.
20:47Ethan.
20:48You're pathetic.
20:49You're losing everything.
20:50And you're too blind to see it.
20:52Chloe raises the pipe again.
20:53Still melting off, bitch.
20:55The hangar doors are blown off their hinges.
20:57Blinding white light floods the room.
20:59Laser sights dance across the walls.
21:02Federal agents.
21:03Drop the weapon.
21:04Hands in the air.
21:05Now.
21:05Flood lights blast the hangar white.
21:07Twelve armed agents move in.
21:08Heavy boots on concrete.
21:10Barrels leveled at Ethan and Chloe.
21:12Eric steps through the smoke.
21:13Defense intelligence.
21:15My emergency contact.
21:16He looks at me.
21:17His jaw locks.
21:18His whole face hardens.
21:20Claire.
21:20I can't see him.
21:22I just hear the gravel in his voice.
21:23Eric.
21:24I whisper.
21:25You're late.
21:26Who did this?
21:27Eric's voice shakes the room.
21:28Who the hell laid a hand on her?
21:30The room goes dead silent.
21:31Chloe shrinks behind Ethan.
21:33She's shaking.
21:34General.
21:35Sir.
21:35This is a misunderstanding.
21:36Trying to sound calm.
21:38We were just.
21:39Shut up.
21:40You're not just looking at assault.
21:41You assaulted federally protected personnel.
21:44Arrest them.
21:44He points at the agents.
21:46All of them.
21:47The metal pipe clatters out of Chloe's hand.
21:48She finally gets it.
21:50She messed with the wrong woman.
21:52No.
21:52That's impossible.
21:53She's just some nobody.
21:55Nobody?
21:55Eric rips a file from his aide's hand.
21:57Claire Hart.
21:5824.
21:59Lead engineer on the Orbital Defense Program.
22:01Youngest in the program's history.
22:03Presidential Medal of Freedom.
22:05He slams the file onto the floor at Chloe's feet.
22:07She looks at my photo, then at the classified markings.
22:10That's when panic finally hits her.
22:12Now you get it.
22:13His voice flat and cold.
22:14You just put your hands on a woman this country cannot afford to lose.
22:17Chloe still tries to fight.
22:19Even now, she won't back down.
22:21You can't arrest me.
22:22I'm marrying Ethan Vale.
22:23My mother runs the agency.
22:25A strange silence falls over the hangar.
22:27That's strange.
22:28I don't remember raising a lying little bitch.
22:30My mother.
22:31Grace Shaw.
22:32She steps into the light.
22:33Black suit.
22:34Agency insignia at her collar.
22:36Twelve agents fall in behind her.
22:38Chloe goes pale.
22:40Grace.
22:40My mother doesn't even look at her.
22:42She walks straight to me.
22:43She sees my eyes.
22:44She sees the blood.
22:45My mother never cracks.
22:46Until now.
22:47Claire.
22:48My god.
22:49She whispers.
22:49Her hand trembles against my cheek.
22:51I'm here sweetie.
22:52I'm so sorry I'm late.
22:54Ethan looks like he's been struck by lightning.
22:56He staggers back.
22:57Director Shaw.
22:58You.
22:58You're Claire's mother.
22:59Surprised?
23:00My mother turns to him.
23:01Her eyes turn cold.
23:02My daughter got into Harvard at 16.
23:04And became chief engineer at 20.
23:06She looks him up and down with total contempt.
23:08And you chose a fraud over her?
23:09Chloe starts screaming.
23:10Hysterical.
23:11That's not true.
23:12My mother is.
23:13Enough.
23:14My mother snaps her fingers.
23:15An aide taps a tablet.
23:17Chloe Jones.
23:17Her mother is a cleaner.
23:19Every ID.
23:19Every record.
23:20Every degree.
23:21All fakes.
23:22Chloe's knees buckle.
23:23She hits the cold concrete.
23:25No.
23:25It's not.
23:26I.
23:26Ethan snaps.
23:27He lunges at her.
23:29His hands wrap around her throat.
23:30You played me.
23:31Ethan.
23:32Stop.
23:32Chloe gasps.
23:33She claws at his wrists.
23:34Just because I love you.
23:36Ethan's fingers dig in.
23:37His eyes are full of murder.
23:38Love me?
23:39That world class engineer you brought in?
23:41He's a handyman.
23:42From your mother's cleaning crew.
23:43The hangar goes silent.
23:45Only the sound of Chloe's choking fills the air.
23:47Her expensive acrylic nails snap as she fights him off.
23:49Commander Vance steps forward.
23:51His voice is a blade.
23:52We check the records.
23:53Chloe's so-called genius is a maintenance worker for her mother's company.
23:56He couldn't even read the satellite's blueprints.
23:58Ethan lets Chloe go.
24:00She slumps like a broken doll.
24:01No.
24:02Ethan staggers back.
24:03He hits the hangar door.
24:04The satellite.
24:05My grandfather.
24:06Vance looks at his tablet.
24:07The satellite just hit the Pacific.
24:09Total loss.
24:10Data gone.
24:11He pauses.
24:12His voice drops.
24:13And your grandfather?
24:14The engineer accidentally cut his life support.
24:16He's dead.
24:17Ethan.
24:18Chloe curls into a ball.
24:19Her makeup is a mess of black tears.
24:21Ethan.
24:21I didn't know.
24:22My mom said he was the best.
24:24Your mom.
24:25Ethan screams.
24:26He kicks her in the stomach.
24:27A handyman?
24:28And you let him touch my satellite.
24:29Chloe lets out a gut-wrenching shriek.
24:31Her hair is matted with grease.
24:33Director Shaw watches chaos.
24:34Cold.
24:35Unmoved.
24:35She looks at Vance.
24:37Arrest them both.
24:38Charge them with treason sabotage and homicide.
24:41Treason.
24:41Ethan turns white.
24:42No.
24:43This is all her.
24:44She lied to me.
24:45He grabs Chloe by the hair.
24:46Drags her toward Vance.
24:47She forged the IDs.
24:49She brought that fraud in.
24:50I'm innocent.
24:51Chloe shrieks in pain.
24:52Her nails dig bloody lines into Ethan's arms.
24:55You bastard.
24:55You knew.
24:56You let it happen just to spite Claire.
24:58Shut up.
24:59Ethan backhands her.
25:00Chloe's lips splits open.
25:01You bitch.
25:02You killed my grandfather.
25:03You're not taking me down with you.
25:05Vance watches the rats eat each other.
25:06He waves his hand.
25:07Take them.
25:08All of them.
25:09You can't do this.
25:10Ethan thrashes.
25:11His $5,000 suit is shredded.
25:13I'm the only heir.
25:14I'm a veil.
25:15Director Shaw sneers.
25:16A veil family?
25:17It ends tonight.
25:18As they drag Chloe away, she's still wailing.
25:22Ethan.
25:23You promised.
25:24You said you'd protect me.
25:25Ethan turns a deaf ear.
25:26He breaks free and falls to his knees by my stretcher.
25:30Claire.
25:31Please.
25:31Think about us.
25:33Think about what we had.
25:34I open my eyes.
25:35Just a sliver.
25:37What did we have?
25:39Ethan.
25:41My voice is the ghost of a whisper.
25:44You watched her blind me.
25:46You let her destroy my life's work.
25:48Ethan shakes.
25:49He's totally broken.
25:51I'm sorry.
25:52I'm so sorry.
25:53Too late.
25:54Vance yanks him up by the collar.
25:55Save it for the judge!
25:57The medic gasps as he cuts my sleeve.
25:59Severe burns to the corneus.
26:01Three fractured fingers.
26:02Severe internal bruising.
26:05Save her!
26:06Whatever it takes!
26:07Get the best team in the country!
26:10I find Eric's hand and reach out.
26:12Eric.
26:13I'm sorry.
26:14I lost the satellite.
26:16I failed everyone.
26:18Eric grips my hand tightly.
26:19No.
26:20His hand is shaking.
26:21When we saw you in that hangar.
26:23When we saw what they did.
26:25I try to smile.
26:27Hey!
26:27I'm still breathing, right?
26:29Breathing!
26:30He points at my bandaged eyes.
26:31Look at you.
26:32We spent years protecting you.
26:35And they destroyed you!
26:37A scream pierces the air from outside.
26:39Through the glass, I see Chloe.
26:40Let go of me!
26:42Do you know who I am?
26:44Eric's eyes turn into cold steel.
26:46He pats my hand softly.
26:47He heads for the door.
26:49I called out.
26:50Eric!
26:51Don't!
26:52Don't do anything illegal!
26:53He stops in the doorway.
26:55His back is like a stone wall.
26:56Don't worry.
26:57Or let the law do its job.
26:58The hardest way it can.
27:00The trial ran for three days.
27:02The courtroom is dead silent.
27:04I sit at the front.
27:06My eyes are still covered.
27:07The prosecutor stands.
27:09The defendants caused $10 billion in damage.
27:13They crippled our national defense.
27:15The rumor wraps in whispers.
27:18Chloe Jones, do you plead guilty?
27:21Chloe is a ghost of herself.
27:22Her hair is greasy.
27:23Her designer suit is a rag.
27:25I didn't know.
27:26I just wanted to surprise Ethan.
27:28I wanted to help.
27:30Help?
27:32You hired a plumber to fix a billion dollar uplink.
27:35That's not a surprise.
27:38That's a suicide mission.
27:40He turns to Ethan.
27:41Mr. Valey.
27:42You were the CEO.
27:43How did this happen?
27:45Ethan looks pathetic.
27:46I was blinded by her, Chloe.
27:48She manipulated me.
27:50Mipulated?
27:52It's Ethan.
27:53He's laughing.
27:54He has his arm around Chloe.
27:55Whatever makes you happy, babe.
27:57She's just an engineer.
27:59You're more important.
28:01My jaw tightens.
28:02Even without sight, I feel the sting.
28:04Betrayal is a physical weight.
28:06It's not like that.
28:07Ethan screams.
28:08I didn't know she was under federal protection.
28:10If I knew.
28:11If you knew, you would have been nicer?
28:13My voice cuts through the room.
28:15Cold.
28:15Sharp.
28:16Ethan.
28:17You make me sick.
28:18Silence falls.
28:20The judge bangs his gavel.
28:21The court has reached a verdict.
28:23Chloe Jones.
28:24On charges of treason and manslaughter, the court sentences you to life without parole.
28:29Chloe screams.
28:30A high, thin sound.
28:32She faints.
28:32The guards drag her out like trash.
28:35Ethan Veil.
28:35On charges of aiding and abetting, the court sentences you to life imprisonment.
28:40All assets are hereby seized.
28:42Ethan's legs give out.
28:43He hits the floor.
28:45He stares at me.
28:46His lips move.
28:47He wants to say my name.
28:48But the words won't come.
28:50Three months later.
28:51I'm standing in the new lab.
28:52My sight is still blurry, about 30% recovery.
28:55But with these tech glasses, I'm back in the lab.
28:57Ms. Hart.
28:59The trajectory is off by 0.02.
29:02My assistant says.
29:03I scan the data.
29:05Adjust the thrusters.
29:07Compensate for the drag.
29:08Footsteps behind me.
29:10I turn.
29:10It's my mother and General Eric.
29:12I have news.
29:13Mom says.
29:14She's actually smiling.
29:16The surgery is scheduled for next week.
29:18If all goes well, your vision could recover to 90%.
29:22My throat tightens.
29:23I can finally see the stars again.
29:25Clearly.
29:26And this.
29:27Eric says.
29:28He hands me a velvet box.
29:30Inside is the National Space Medal.
29:32The president wants to thank you personally.
29:34I touch the gold.
29:35It feels heavy.
29:36One more thing.
29:37Mom says.
29:38Her voice turns cold.
29:40Ethan Veil.
29:41He's been begging for your visit.
29:43I pause.
29:44My fingers hover over the medal.
29:45What does he want?
29:46To apologize.
29:48Personally.
29:49I shake my head.
29:50I put the box in the drawer.
29:52Tell him no.
29:53Some things can't be fixed with a sorry dot.
29:55A man like Ethan doesn't feel guilty.
29:57He only feels the loss of power.
29:59His tears are just another currency.
30:01And I'm not buying.
30:03One year later.
30:03The control room is buzzing.
30:05I'm standing at the center.
30:06On the massive screen.
30:08Claire won.
30:08T minus 10.
30:109.
30:118.
30:12The countdown vibrates in my chest.
30:13My vision is still hazy around the edges.
30:15But my mind has never been clearer.
30:17I watch the engines ignite.
30:193.
30:202.
30:211.
30:22Lift off.
30:23The rocket tears into the sky.
30:25A streak of pure white light.
30:27Orbit achieved.
30:28The tech yells.
30:29Signals are 100%.
30:30The rumor erupts.
30:32People are hugging.
30:33Crying.
30:34I just look out the window.
30:35My phone buzzes in my pocket.
30:37Breaking news.
30:38Veil global assets seized.
30:40Ethan Veil's final appeal denied.
30:41I don't even open it.
30:42I swipe the notification away.
30:44The people who tried to break me.
30:46I don't care about them anymore.
30:48They're part of the past now.
30:49I look at the launch tower in the distance.
30:51New ships.
30:52New missions.
30:53This is my life.
30:54This is my honor.
30:55I'm
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