A van is seen driving across a grassy field, occupied by Uzbekistan
military militia soldiers. They are carrying a nuclear scientist, Dr.
Leonid Pavel, in front. In the back are three prisoners with hoods over
their heads, who have rifles trained on them. The van arrives at an
airfield, to meet with a commuter jet occupied by a young CIA agent
(Aiden Gillan) and some U.S. Special Ops soldiers from an extraction
team, whom Dr. Pavel has cut a deal with. The CIA agent refuses to let
the hooded prisoners come on his aircraft, but is told to reconsider
when the truck driver, Barsad (Josh Stewart), tells him that the three
prisoners are mercenaries who work for Bane, the infamous masked
terrorist.
During the flight, the CIA agent becomes excited and
begins interrogating the prisoners for information about Bane. He takes
one prisoner, takes him over to the cargo door, leans him out, and
demands to know who paid the men to kidnap Dr. Pavel.
