Episode: 6Episodes: 120
Claire relies on negotiation tricks from her old pizza job to stay alive. In the lab, Adrian Cross and Kane Meccer move Elias Reed away so she cannot hurt him. Claire halts them with an offer to rescue Silas Viere from Black Site 7. She demands credits and a shuttle. Both men assume she has selfish motives. Claire accesses a terminal and promises to break their forced links, but Kane walks out.
Claire stands in the holographic control room and plans her next move. She remembers her past years working under an awful boss at a pizza restaurant. She decides to use the customer negotiation skills she learned there to stay alive.
Adrian Cross and Kane Meccer help a weakened Elias Reed walk across the laboratory floor. They guide him toward the exit to protect him. Adrian tells Claire that they will not let her harm the injured sentinel any longer.
Claire stops the men and offers to pull Silas Viere out of Black Site 7. She lists the tasks needed for the mission. She asks for an armored shuttle ready to fly and ten thousand credits transferred to her.
Adrian Cross and Kane Meccer reject her terms. Adrian accuses her of demanding money to spend on Evan. Kane suspects she wants to isolate Elias Reed so she can torture him in the laboratory again.
Claire activates a Voss console in the room. She promises to cut every forced neural link and release all four sentinels after saving Silas. Kane Meccer dismisses her claim as a lie and leads the group out the door.
“We need to get Elias to the infirmary. We won't let you hurt him again.”
“Wait! I'll get Silas out of Black Site 7.”
“You? Rescue someone? You only buy people and break them. What do you want this time?”
“Help me rescue Silas, then I'll sever every forced link and set all four of you free.”
“Do you really think we'd believe it? Adrian, let's go.”
Kane Meccer refuses to trust Claire and leads Adrian Cross and Elias Reed out of the laboratory. Claire is left standing alone by the terminal after making her biggest offer yet. Will she find another way to convince the sentinels to assist her before Silas dies at Black Site 7?