Die Hard Page #9

65-B CONFERENCE ROOM - RESUME 65-B

Hans slowly takes out his Walther and his silencer. He feels

his silencer a moment, as if making a decision, then slips it

back into his coat pocket.

HANS:

(weighing the gun)

The code key, please...?

TAKAGI:

It's useless to you! There's seven

safeguards on our vault, and the

code key is only one of them! You'll

never get it open!

Hans lifts the gun.

HANS:

Then there's no reason not to tell

it to us.

THEO:

(aside to Karl)

I told you...

KARL:

It's not over...

Hans gives them both a look like an annoyed schoolmaster,

turns back to Takagi.

HANS:

This is too nice a suit to ruin,

Mr. Takagi. I'm going to count

to three. There will not be a

four. Give me the code.

He c*cks the gun:

TAKAGI:

I don't know it! get on a Goddamn

jet to Tokyo and ask the chairman!

I'm telling you! You're just going

to have to kill me --

HANS:

Okay.

BANG!! He pulls the trigger:

66 OUT IN THE MUSEUM - MCCLANE 66 *

reacts as if shot.

A66-A HIS P.O.V. A66-A *

The glass doors to the boardroom are splattered red and

dripping...

66-A INSIDE 66-A

Takagi is still seated, but the chair in flat on its back,

blood flowing out into the carpet.

Hans springs to his feet:

HANS:

We do it the hard way! Tony, see if

you can dispose of that. (the body)

Karl, you'd better check Heinrich's

work up on the machine floor.

Karl, in the midst of handing Theo a fifty dollar bill, nods.

67 OUTSIDE - MCCLANE 67

stunned, sees Hans move and tries to retreat. But his gun

bumps the underside of the table:

68 INSIDE - HANS 68

hears it. Karl is the first to move:

69 KARL 69

springs through the door, finds nothing. He checks two

adjoining rooms, the first is deserted. The second...is

locked.

70 KARL 70

returns to Hans.

KARL:

Nothing...

HANS:

(nods)

See to Heinrich...

(to Theo)

Now...you can break the code key...?

THEO:

(grins)

You didn't bring me along for my

charming personality.

As he heads for the elevator.

THEO:

(under his breath)

'Though you could have...

Hans smiles, confident in his team, and follows. CAMERA

SETTLES ON the door that Karl found locked.

71 INSIDE THE SUPPLY CLOSET - MCCLANE 71

slowly lets out a breath, praying softly:

MCCLANE:

Argyle. Tell me you heard the shot.

Tell me you heard the shot and you're

calling the police right now...

CUT TO:

72 INT. LIMO - PARKING GARAGE 72

Argyle is on the car phone. The music is playing.

ARGYLE:

I'm working, honey. Working hard.

'Course I'll be by later to pick you

up, have I ever lies to you? My boss?

He thinks I'm cruising to Palm Springs...

72-A MACHINE LEVEL - TIGHT ON CEILING 72-A

Heinrich PRESSES something into a niche here, scrambles like

a monkey to a new position. Helped by one of his men, he

JUMPS down, moves to another area, climbs up again, removing

something from his shoulder bag.

73 VAULT ROOM - 31ST FLOOR 73

Hans and Theo enter the safe room. The huge corporate safe

looms in front of them. Theo places three kit bags onto a

table and rolls up his sleeves. He swivels a computer console

into handy reach, sits down.

HANS:

How long?

THEO:

Thirty minutes to break the code...

Two hours for the five mechanicals.

The seventh lock...that's out of

my hands.

HANS:

If out plan works...the FBI will

get rid of it for us.

Theo grins, begins typing.

73-A HIS SCREEN 73-A

He types BEGIN ALGORITHM CODE PROGRAM. RANDOM NUMBERS AND

LETTERS begin going by: AAAAA; 11111; AAAAB; 11112.

74 32ND FLOOR 74

McClane moves out onto the 31st floor, angry at himself.

MCCLANE:

Why the f*** didn't you stop him?

(beat)

Because, you ignorant sonofabitch,

you'd be dead, too. Think...think,

Goddammit!

Suddenly he looks up at the ceiling and sees a sprinkler head.

His look drops to the wall and focuses on a small red fire alarm

switch by the door.

75 INT. MAIN FLOOR - L.A. FIRE STATION - NIGHT 75

An ALARM sounds. Quickly firemen move to their machines as a

voice of a 911 DISPATCHER drones.

911 DISPATCHER

Main Wilshire units. Two alarm fire

at Nakatomi Plaza --

The voice continues as the station doors open and we:

CUT TO:

76 INT. NAKATOMI - GROUND FLOOR OPERATIONS ROOM - SAME 76

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