Nowhere Left to Run/Transcript

== Cutscene ==
A television turns on and the song Spirit In The Sky by Norman Greenbaum is heard playing.
The television shows the Statue of Liberty, life in 1980’s, and then shows the Soviet Union with Soviet troops marching. Footage transitions to the United States Capitol and Ronald Reagan getting sworn in as President of the United States.
Excerpt from Ronald Reagan’s First Inaugural Address speech.
Reagan: We must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.
A group of Soviet ZIL-131Vs driving through the Red Square with an SA2 Guideline Missile mounted on an SA-2 transporter and shows demonstrations around the world.
Reagan: It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
A huge parade is seen in the Red Square and Leonid Brezhnev walking in the parade. In addition, a man is shown holding a Soviet newspaper.
Reagan: Let that be understood by those who practice terrorism and prey upon their neighbors.
Footage shows Soviet officials and Leonid Brezhnev with Fidel Castro.
The television transitions to a new station that shows Soviet planes flying, Soviet tanks and cosmonauts going to space with the news headline "STATE OF WAR?".
(Male) News Anchor: Some U.S intelligence analysts believe America is already in a state of war with the Soviet Union.''
The television transitions to another news network. The news headline with "RED SCARE. Footage shows larges satellites and people walking in the streets.''
(Female) News Anchor: Are Soviet spies living among us?
The television transitions to another news network. The news stations shows the Hostage Crisis in Iran and shows American hostages at the embassy. Iranian citizens are seen cheering.
(Male) News Anchor: 52 American citizens have been taken hostage at the American Embassy in Tehran.
The television transitions to a previous news station. Magnetic tape are seen spinning, a nuclear missile is seen being launched and detonating.
(Male) News Anchor: An unnamed White House official claims that a Cold War disaster could be just around the corner.
The Seal of the President of the United States appears on the television. Jason Hudson's CIA superior named Emerson Black who works for CIA's Directorate of Operations is heard calling President Ronald Reagan.
Black: Mr. President, we have two names linked to the hostage situation: Arash Kadivar and Qasim Javadi. Just give the word.
Mugshots of Arash Kadivar and Qasim Javadi are shown on the television.
Reagan: It's time to send a message. There will be no more hostages.
Cutscene ends.
== Gameplay ==
Alex Mason's and Russell Adler's voices are heard speaking.
Mason: You sure we can trust the police, Adler?
Adler: This guy has done more for less. He’ll look the other way.
A lighter is seen being lit. Mason and Adler are seen sitting in a bar and the song The Stroke by Billy Squier is heard playing. Mason is holding a burning picture of Qasim Javadi and throws it into an ashtray. A man in a suit with a black trench coat holding a police cap is seen approaching them.
NOWHERE LEFT TO RUN
Alex Mason - CIA Operative
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
January 12 1981
Police Chief (Hans): Adler
Adler: Glad you could join us, Hans. You remember Mason.
Mason: (to Hans) We clear to move on the target?
Police Chief (Hans): (to Mason) Qasim's in his apartment, but he's well protected. I can keep my men out of the area for 15 minutes. (to Adler) I hope you brought an army.
Adler: We brought enough. Pleasure doing business with you, Hans.
Hans walks away and heads to the bar counter to ask the bartender to give him a telephone to call someone.
Adler: (to Mason) Come on. Woods is itching for a dust-up.
Mason leaves money on their table.
Adler: We don't want to let him down.
Adler and Mason exit the bar. Frank Woods is seen opening the truck of a black car and throws Adler an XM4. Adler grabs the weapon. 
Adler: We're on the clock, Woods. Let's not keep Qasim waiting.
Woods grabs an XM4 as well.
Woods: Hey, Mason - party favors are in the trunk.
Mason grabs a weapon out of the trunk.
Woods: Dipshit probably thinks he's safe. 
Adler: That piece of trash is a lot of things, but safe ain't one of 'em.
Woods: Do we really need to take this son of a bitch alive, Adler?
Adler: Qasim has info we need. Everyone else can take a powder. Apartment's just up ahead. 
Mason, Woods, and Adler reach the gate towards the apartment.
Adler: Hans only bought us 15 minutes. We need to hit Qasim hard and fast. Let's go.
The three soldiers walk through the gate and reach the building. Inside the house, some Iranian terrorists are seen watching a soccer game. 
Adler: Let's help them ring in the New Year.Light 'em up, Mason.
Mason and the others open fire on them through a sliding glass door. OpFor terrorists scramble to get their weapons to return fire. 
Adler: Go! Go! Go!
Qasim is seen running.
Adler: There's Qasim!
Woods: Come on, Mason!
Qasim runs upstairs.
Adler: Qasim's headed up stairs! We need Qasim alive! Qasim can't escape. Find him! Move. Move!
Qasim exits through a window and runs on the roof. One OpFor terrorist charges at Mason. Mason either kills him or uses him as a human shield. More OpFor terrorists arrive to help Qasim escape.
Mason and other chase after him on the rooftops and battle their way to capture him.
Adler: Go, go! Hurry up! Let's go. Come on. There's Qasim! Move it! We can't let Qasim get away. Qasim can't escape. Move! Move!
Woods fires a few rounds at Qasim.
Adler: Watch it, Woods, we need him alive!
Woods: I'm just softening him up a little!
Adler: Go, go! He's bolting. Keep on him.
Woods: Jeez, this guy is fast! 
Qasim jumps off one building and on to another. Mason and the others slide down the roof and use it to leap after Qasim. Mason shoots the OpFor terrorists who were waiting for Qasim. Adler shoots and wounds one of the terrorists, leaving Qasim all alone. 
Adler: (to Mason) Hurry up! (to Qasim) Nowhere left to run, Qasim. 
Qasim: (to Adler) We can work someth-
Adler punches Qasim in the nose causing him to fall on the ground. Qasim is seen clutching his bloody nose. 
Adler: You're up, Mason.
Mason grabs Qasim by the jacket and pushes him near the edge of the building and interrogates him.
Qasim: (Scared) Wait! Wait--No!
Mason is given multiple dialogue options to choose from during the interrogation.
<tabber>
"Tell us where Arash is and you’ll live."=
Qasim: I… I just handle the money …I have no idea where Arash is.
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"You messed with the wrong people. Where’s Arash!?"=
(Same response)
</tabber>
Adler: I don’t think you understand the situation…
Adler throws the wounded terrorist he shot off the building. The terrorist falls onto a yellow car and dies.
Qasim: You Americans have rules!! You have rules!
Adler: You took hostages. The rules changed.
<tabber>
"You have to tell my friend something or I can’t stop him from throwing you over."=
Qasim: (scared) W-wait! He’s in Turkey! He’s meeting someone at Trabzon Airfield tomorrow night!
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"Talk or you’re going over"=
(Same response)
</tabber>
<tabber>
"Who’s Arash meeting with?"=
Qasim:  I swear-  I swear I don’t know! They only communicate with coded messages.
</tabber>
<tabber>
[Throw] Time to join you friend. We’ve got plenty of cars down there.=
Mason throws Qasim off the building and Adler watches as he falls.
Adler: One down, one to go.
Woods dials Hudson's phone number on a cell phone and passes it to Adler.
Woods: I get the next one.
Adler: Hudson, Arash is in Trabzon, Turkey
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[Release] I told you he would talk.=
Qasim: Thank you!
Mason: There you go.
Adler: You gonna finish this, Mason?
Qasim: Please, I gave you what you asked for! I can pay you whatever you want!
If Mason does not shoot Qasim, Adler pulls out his M1911 and points at Qasim.
Qasim: Don’t –
Qasim dies.
Adler: Guess I’m the bad cop.
Woods: Whatever you say, Poncherello. 
Woods dials Hudson's phone number on a cell phone and passes it to Adler.
If Mason kills Qasim. Qasim falls off the building.
Adler: No loose ends.
Woods dials Hudson's phone number on a cell phone and passes it to Adler and Woods goes sees what happened Qasim's body.
Woods: I'm not scrapin' him off the pavement.
Adler: We got what we came for. Hudson, Arash is in Trabzon Trukey
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[Capture] You’re coming with us.=
Qasim: This is not-
Mason punches him out cold and pulls him away from the ledge.
Adler: Alright, let's load him up. He’ll find his voice soon enough.
Woods dials Hudson's phone number on a cell phone and passes it to Adler.
Woods: Lemme know if he needs some help lookin’ for it.
Adler: Hudson, we’re bringing you a present. He’s in Trabzon, Turkey.
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</tabber>
== Cutscene 2 ==
Jason Hudson is heard talking to Black on the phone. A map of Amsterdam is shown.
Hudson: Qasim is out of the picture. 
Black: How long before we get Arash?
Hudson: The team arrived in Turkey a few hours ago… they should be in position shortly.
A map of Turkey and a picture of Arash is shown. Trabzon, Turkey is shown circled in blue.
Cutscene ends.
== Gameplay ==
Cutscene transitions to Trabzon Airfield in Turkey. Mason and the others are seen near a small building near the airfield. 
Mason is seen cleaning blood off his knife after killing a OpFor terrorist and the bodies of other OpFor terrorists who were killed by Woods and Adler is also shown. A wounded OpFor terrorist in a pickup truck is seen trying to move, but Adler drags him out of the truck and shoots him.
Woods: Airfield is just up ahead... Let's go find this shithead.
Adler: Priority is to ID Arash before things go hot.
The group heads up a hill that overlooks the airfield and a cargo plane is seen on the runway as OpFor terrorists are seen loading crates on the plane.
Adler: Mason, check it out.
Mason gets his binoculars to scan for Arash.
Adler: (to Mason) Any sign of Arash?
Mason looks for Arash through the binoculars.
Adler: That's not him. 
A SUV truck is seen entering the airfield.
Woods: Incoming truck. Left side. 
Adler: Arash might be in the truck. 
The truck stops near the cargo plane.
Woods: I can't make out his face yet.
A man wearing a blue jacket with a tiger symbol on the back, who is Arash, steps out of truck. Arash is seen talking to two people inside the truck. Arash pulls out his M1911 and shoots his associate, who is wearing a ski mask, and the driver of the truck. He holsters his gun and heads to the cargo plane.
Woods: The fuck! He just iced everyone in the truck! That's gotta be Arash! 
Adler: Hold fire, we need a positive ID
Arash stops to talk to an associate of his on the cargo plane and Adler gets a positive ID on Arash.
Adler: That's our man, take him out.
Mason pulls out his Pelington 703 sniper rifle and fires a shot. The shot hits Arash's associate instead of Arash. Arash and the other OpFor terrorists realize that they are under attack.
Woods: Shit, we missed him! We can't let him get away! Get Arash! 
The cargo plane is seen starting up.
Adler: We have to stop that plane!
Woods: Quick, before the plane takes off! Get to that truck!
Woods and the others rush to a pickup truck that is parked on the runway.
Woods: Hop in! 
Mason jumps in the back of the truck.
Woods: (to Adler) Come on! Get in!
Adler gets in and taps on the window to tell Woods to get going.
Adler: Go! Go!!
Woods floors the truck. Terrorists in trucks pursue after them and open fire. Mason returns fire at the terrorists. Adler points out trucks approaching them. 
Adler: To the left!; Truck to the left!; Look left!; Look right! 
The plane is to far away from them and is almost ready to take off.
Woods: Damn it! They're getting away!
Adler: We're not done yet. Mason, deploy the RC.
Mason pulls out an RC controller and Adler places the RC-XD car on the ground.
Mason: (to Adler) On the ground!
Mason guides the RC car to the plane.
Adler: Take out the landing gear! Get under the plane!; Hurry, before it takes off! 
Mason detonates the RC car under the landing gear. The cargo plane loses control and crashes to the ground.
A SUV crashes into them and launches over them before dropping back down to the ground. Another truck rams them and Woods shoots the driver of the SUV. Their truck spins out of control, causing Adler and Mason to fall out of the truck. One of the plane's wings is about to fall on Mason, forcing Mason to shield himself.
Screen goes dark. 
Mason manages to survive and wakes up. Adler rushes over to Mason and helps him up.
Adler: We've got Arash.
Wood is seen dragging a wounded Arash out of the plane wreckage.
Woods: (to Arash) You should have freed the hostages when you had the chance!
Arash: (to Woods) Hostages! It was never about the hostages.
Arash pulls out his M1911 and attempts to shoot Woods, but Woods kicks it out of his hands.
Arash: His plan is already underway! You won't be able to stop him this time.
Woods: Stop who?
Arash: Perseus.
Adler: Bullshit. Perseus is dead.
Adler checks his M1911 to see if it's loaded.
Arash: (laughs) Dead? All this time, and you didn't even know! (continues laughing) Perseus will watch the West burn!
Adler shoots him in the head.
Adler: (to Mason and Woods) Hudson will want to hear about this. Let's sweep the tarmac for survivors and get to Langley. 
Adler begins to search the tarmac. Woods and others follow him.
Woods: (to Mason) Who the fuck is Perseus?
Mission Ends.
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