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One of the soldiers walks off, and Head looks down at Pruitt. "Well done," he snarks. Pruitt easily gets to his feet. "Oh my god," says Syd. He walks over to her and informs Syd that he's not who she thought he was, and that her personality profile revealed that empathetic suffering is harder for her to endure than physical torture. "So�thanks for caring," he says. He walks off. "There's just one more procedure left, Agent Bristow," says Head. "We'll have the neurostimulation prepped in about an hour. And we'll finally know what happened to you in the last two years." Or, you know, not until next week. Whatever comes first.
After yet another batch of horrific commercials, we're back with Doc Avari and his neurostim tools. He explains that after he drills a hole in Syd's skull, he'll insert a cranial shunt and drain the water from her brainpan. Ew. Once she's unconscious, they'll remove her skullcap and begin the neurostim. Yuck. Head's in the room, along with a non-surgical-glove-clad assistant. Nice sterile environment you got there, Doc. If the procedure doesn't kill her, then it's for damn sure all the rampant germs and infections will handle the job quite nicely.
Outside, a camouflage truck drives up to the outer gates. The team that Shaft's assembled is inside, along with Jack and Vaughn. Jack informs the team that an operative inside will gain access to the security room and initiate a reverse lockdown protocol, which will lock the majority of the MPs into their patrol areas. Once that's done, they'll go get Syd. "Hope your man knows what he's doing," says Shaft. "She does," says Vaughn. Heh.
Inside, Lauren (see -- I told you I'd do it) enters the security room and requests to see Head. An MP goes off to inform Head that she's here to see him. Lauren takes a seat on a table next to the security console and sticks a device to it. Outside, Shaft and the boys wait for the lockdown to go into action. While they wait, Lauren sits inside, waiting herself. Just then, Pruitt enters, dressed in a nice suit from Big & Tall. He orders a chopper to Fort Lewis. He sees Lauren and warmly greets her, saying that Head's spoken fondly about her. They shake hands. At that moment, the device Lauren placed goes off and the monitors go down.
Outside, the gate starts to go up, and Shaft and the boys take down the outer guards with tranq darts. The boys move inside. Back in the security room, the MP at the monitors tells Pruitt that something's overriding the system. We hear a voice over the PA system that announces they're in lockdown and that all the doors are sealed. Pruitt tries the door, then turns and looks at Lauren. "What did you do?" he spits. "Nothing," she says innocently. And then Pruitt cracks her one on the face. Heh. Sorry. That was mean.