A shredded transit bus. Kai, then in full EOD suit, cuts a wire. Sweat drips off her chin. PARTNER > Red or green? KAI > Neither. She cuts a third wire—black, hidden under a plate. The timer stops at .
The pendulum stops. 11:59:59.
She sees it: a municipal clock tower. The pendulum, wired with a concentrated C4 ring. KAI > The bomb is the clock itself. When the pendulum reaches dead center—exactly noon—the C4 compresses. Fires into the fuel depot across the street. The watch: . TimeBomb Script
A TACTICAL AGENT (40s, buzz cut) speaks through an earpiece: AGENT (V.O.) > Kai. Talk to me. Where is it? Kai doesn't answer. She’s counting.
At , a food truck’s gas tank ignites—not explosion, just flame. Panic. A shredded transit bus
The watch: .
At , all traffic lights go red simultaneously. Gridlock. PARTNER > Red or green
Inside: fifty fuel barrels. And one junction box marked "CLOCK TOWER - SERVO CONTROL."