Mission: Impossible Page #14

INT. CIA COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

-- the secured terminal room. It's not large but it's

impressive. A single terminal is bolted into the middle of

the floor and the glass and tile walls of the room overlook

computer storage towers.

ETHAN (V.O.)

The first system is sound-sensitive,

anything above a whisper sets it off.

The second system is on the floor and

pressure-sensitive --

The ANALYST closes the vault door behind him and walks across

the room. As he walks, the floor tiles light up under his

feet, turning off again when he lifts the weight from them.

ETHAN (V.O.)

--and the third detects any increase in

temperature. Even the body heat of an

unauthorized person in the room will

trigger it.

A thermometer on the wall shows the temperature is 72

degrees. The ANALYST sets his glass down, boots up the

computer, and starts entering data from the file folders.

ETHAN (V.O.)

All three systems are state of the art.

The ANALYST turns and takes a sip of his iced tea. A drop of

condensation runs down the glass and hits the floor. When it

makes contact, the floor panel lights up.

INT. TRAIN STATEROOM - NIGHT

The other team members gathered around the table look at

ETHAN skeptically.

LUTHER:

And you really think we can do this.

INT. TRAIN CORRIDOR - NIGHT

The middle of the night and the train is dark. The team

members come out of the stateroom to go to bed -- KRIEGER

heads in one direction, ETHAN and CLAIRE in the other.

ETHAN stops. His attention is drawn to the car ahead. There

is a window in the door to the car and he looks through it.

ETHAN'S P.O.V. THRU WINDOW (INT. BUSINESS CAR - NIGHT)

Ethan sees the business car, a plush space for busy

executives to get some work done on the train. There are

laptops, cellular phones, desks that fold out in front of

spacious seats.

A FEMALE EXECUTIVE, forty or so, is seated at one of the

desks, typing away into her laptop.

INT. TRAIN - CORRIDOR - NIGHT

ETHAN knocks on the compartment door.

ETHAN:

May I come in?

CLAIRE:

(wary but interested)

Sure...

INT. TRAIN - CLAIREíS COMPARTMENT - NIGHT

ETHAN and CLAIRE enter, ETHAN closing the compartment door.

He pulls an envelope from his jacket and holds it out to her.

She takes it, waits.

ETHAN:

It's cash. And a second passport. If

anything goes wrong when we're inside, if

you sense even the slightest deviation

don't look over your shoulder, you walk

away - you hear me? Just walk away.

CLAIRE:

You don't think we're going to make it.

ETHAN:

I didn't say that.

CLAIRE:

You didn't have to.........

ETHAN:

I just need you to be safe.

CLAIRE:

What about you?

ETHAN:

What about me - Jim called an abort - I

didn't comply. I lost the team. I just

need you to be safe.

CLAIRE's coolness causes ETHAN to hesitate just enough to

take it in.

CLAIRE:

I wish I'd never laid eyes on you..

And they're suddenly, violently in each others arms, kissing

and half-falling onto the converted bed. She suddenly

resists. He senses it and pulls away.

ETHAN:

Sorry.

He rises and goes to the door. He's got his hand on the knob

when CLAIRE wraps her arms around him from behind, turns him

to her and kisses him, deeply. This time they sink slowly to

the bed.

CUT TO:

EXT. CIA LANGLEY - DAY

Seen from the air, CIA headquarters is a sprawling complex,

two huge buildings surrounded by acres of parking lots hacked

out of a thick forest.

LANGLEY:

INT. COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - DAY

KITTRIDGE, BARNES, and their STAFF are hard at work,

photographs and biographical data of ETHAN on various

computer and television screens around the room. KITTRIDGE

leans back in his chair, staring at the ceiling.

BARNES:

What I want to know is how Hunt accessed

the disavowed file, even after we cut off

his authorization code.

AGENT LOWDEN/AGENT

MAREK:

He may have used Phelps' code. They were

friends, and Phelps, was still valid for

twenty-four hours.

BARNES:

If that's the case, we need to implement

a system to immediately deactivate an

agent's code immediately...

KITTRIDGE brings his chair legs down on the floor with a

BANG.

KITTRIDGE:

I can't believe what I'm listening to.

Hunt just kicked us in the ass, you guys

are standing here trying to figure out

what kind of shoes he had on! I don't

care how he did it, I want to know why he

did it! Is he recruiting? For what

purpose?

From somewhere in the building, an ALARM sounds, not too loud

in here.

AGENT PAT/AGENT

LOWDEN:

Survival.

The alarm get louder as it goes off in another part of the

building.

KITTRIDGE:

Too short sighted. This guy's proactive,

he initiates. The question is what does

he want now and where does he need to get

it and Barnes what the hell is that

noise?!

An AGENT is just coming in from the hallway.

AGENT:

Fire alarm, Gene.

KITTRIDGE:

Oh, for -- do we have to evacuate?

BARNES:

That's S.O.P..

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