Mission: Impossible Page #17

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN's ear receiver WHISPERS ever-so-slightly. He reaches

out, to the upside down keyboard, cranes his head to see it

and starts typing, softly.

The computer HUMS, activated. ETHAN unbuttons his pocket,

withdraws a 3.5 disk and slides it gently into the floppy

drive.

The computer accepts it with a soft WHIR. ETHAN winces, even

that soft sound is deafening in these circumstances.

But no alarms go off.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

LUTHER cranes his head again to see the computer terminal

through ETHAN's trembling viewpoint. He WHISPERS more

commands.

LUTHER:

Ok, good! It's scrolling. 0K, now we're

going to download. Edit menu. Select

"copy to disc". You're downloading.

When it's all green it's done.

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN types in the contends, presses enter and the screen

displays a comforting message:

DOWNLOADING:

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

LUTHER'S eyes widen as he gets his first look, on the Visco

monitor, of the specific information they're downloading.

The NOC list.

LUTHER:

Holy mother of God.

INT. DUCT - DAY

KRIEGER shakes with the strain of holding the rope. His eyes

suddenly widen as he sees something next to him.

It's a rat. KRIEGER stares. The rat stares back. Neither

moves. Puzzled by KRIEGER'S lack of response, the rat crawls

forward, inquisitive.

KRIEGER's eyes water, his nose twitches. He's about to

sneeze.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

LUTHER pulls himself together and WHISPERS another command

into the microphone.

LUTHER:

You've done it. Eject it.

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

The 3.5 disk is ejected from the floppy drive. ETHAN pockets

it and signals to be raised.

Slowly, his body starts to move up. As it does, a bead of

sweat rolls down his nose, balling at the tip.

ETHAN ignores it. But below him, he sees the floor tiles,

four of them lit up under the wheels of the chair at the

computer terminal.

His eyes widen as he realizes something --

--the drop of sweat falls --

--and he catches it with his right hand.

INT. CIA - MEN'S - DAY

CIA ANALYST crosses corridor from restricted access door to

bathroom.

A toilet FLUSHES, smashing the silence, and the TECHNICIAN

staggers out of the bathroom. He goes to the sink and throws

some water on his face. He's still unaware of the piece of

shiny metallic tape stuck to his shoulder blade.

He walks out of the bathroom, crosses corridor to door.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

On one of LUTHER'S laptops, the blinking cursor starts to

move down a corridor. LUTHER speaks into his microphone.

LUTHER:

He's rolling. Get moving!

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN is near the ceiling, but KRIEGER isn't pulling any

more. ETHAN looks up at him, wide-eyed and gestures to pull

him up. KRIEGER shakes his head no.

ETHAN gestures -- "WHAT?!"

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

The cursor is halfway across the screen.

LUTHER:

Get out of there -- get out of there --

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN still dangles. Holding the rope with one hand, KRIEGER

holds out his other, demanding something. He wants the disk.

INT. CIA CORRIDOR/GUARD STATION - DAY

The TECHNICIAN makes his way back down the corridor, toward

the computer room.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

The blinking cursor is near the edge of the screen and LUTHER

is sweating.

LUTHER:

He's at the vault - get moving! 1

yellow, 2 yellows...Toast!

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN, still hanging upside down, has refused. KRIEGER

demands again.

INT. CORRIDOR/GUARD STATION - DAY

The TECHNICIAN passes through the optometric scanner.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

LUTHER:

You're not moving!

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN is hoisted up.

INT. FIRE TRUCK - DAY

LUTHER:

Phew! (to himself) NOC list.

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

ETHAN has the diskette in his mouth. KRIEGER leans down and

takes it. He drops the knife.

KRIEGER:

Merci.

ETHAN:

We're not outta here yet.

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ANTEROOM - DAY

The TECHNICIAN deactivates the alarm systems, swings the

door open and comes back into the room.

He turns to close the door behind him and in so doing just

misses seeing ETHAN'S head as it is pulled back up into the

ceiling.

CUT TO:

INT. DUCT - DAY

ETHAN throws smoke cannisters and he and KRIEGER crawl

frantically back through the duct, the way they came.

INT. CIA LANGLEY - LOBBY - DAY

CLAIRE walks quickly past the GUARDS in the reception area

and out of the building.

INT. CIA - COMPUTER ROOM - DAY

The TECHNICIAN enters the room and shuts the door. He sees

the knife, picks it up, looks at it and then puts it down.

He resumes his work at the computer but when he punches up

his program, something prints out on his screen. Its header:

KEYSTROKE LOG -- FILE DOWNLOAD

11/18/95 9.58 AM

And it goes on. The TECHNICIAN'S eyes widen in disbelief.

He spins back in his chair and reaches for the nearest

telephone.

INT. CIA - COMMUNICATIONS ROOM - DAY

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