(Riely enters his own darkened apartment, senses someone there.)

RILEY: Get out.

ELLIS: I need to talk to you.

RILEY: I'm not in a talkin' mood.

ELLIS: Then listen.

GRAHAM: Riley, just give the man a chance. You don't like what you hear, we'll be on our way.

RILEY: Talk fast.

ELLIS: We have a Code One in Belize. A demon tribe is taking apart missionaries in the rain forest down there.

RILEY: And you're telling me this because?

ELLIS: We're going down to terminate their operation. We want you to join us.

Riley looks from one to the other, then away.

RILEY: (quietly) I'm a civilian.

ELLIS: You're a soldier.

RILEY: I quit the government a long way back.

ELLIS: We're not government. We're army.

GRAHAM: Just like you.

ELLIS: It's not the Initiative, Finn. We don't do experiments. None of us give a damn what makes monsters tick. We just stop 'em.

RILEY: What do you need me for?

ELLIS: I think you can handle yourself. And I always need bodies. I'm not gonna lie to you. It's the real deal. High risk, low pay, and seriously messy. We ship out for Central America tomorrow midnight. Now maybe civilian life is working out for you... and maybe not. Midnight. Tomorrow. The decision's yours.

• Riley & the initiative

written by: Marti Noxon; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
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