Mission: Impossible Page #22

KITTRIDGE looks at him. He rips it open. A note inside

simply says:

TGV. LONDON TERMINUS

Noon.

KITTRIDGE looks at his watch. Itís ten to twelve.

As he reads the note, something else falls out of the

envelope and CLUNKS to the ground.

He bends over, picks it up, and looks at it. Cradled in his

hand, we canít see what it is. But to him, itís very

interesting.

He steps up his pace, headed for the car.

KITTRIDGE:

(to the Agent)

How long to the London Terminus?

AGENT:

Twenty, twenty-five minutes.

KITTRIDGE:

Youíve got ten. Move!

INT. WATERLOO STATION PLATFORM - DAY

The sleek front power car, looking like the nose of an SST,

gets its 25,000 volt charge from the overhead catenary.

The rear power car gets its jolt.

The TGV starts to move, pulling out of the station.

INT. BUSINESS CAR - MOVING - DAY

The business car is similar to the one ETHAN saw on the first

train they look across Europe. Itís crowded, maybe THIRTY

MEN and WOMEN in suits, most of them already immersed in work

on their laptops or talking on their cellular phones.

One such woman is MAX in her seat, number 27. MATTHIAS and

the OTHER MAN, last seen dropping off ETHAN in Prague, sit

across from her, her laptop is on the table next to her, in

her briefcase.

MAX:

How long until we reach the Chunnel?

MATTHIAS:

Twenty minutes.

INT. REAR CAR - MOVING - DAY

A MAN puts a cellular phone and a radio/cassette machine on

the bunk-bed. We only see his hands as he proceeds to take

the parts of a pistol out of the cassette machine and

assemble a wicked-looking pistol from the seemingly innocuous

electrical parts inside.

INT. BUSINESS CAR - MOVING - DAY

MAX is reading the Financial Times. MATTHIAS is looking out

of the window. A cellular phone rings inside MAXís briefcase

in front of MATTHIAS. MATTHIAS takes the phone out.

MATTHIAS:

Yes...

(holds phone out for Max)

Itís him.

MAX:

(into phone)

This wasnít what we discussed.

ETHAN (O.S.)

(on phone)

My apologies Max. Couldnít be helped.

Thereís a piece of black cloth under your

seat. Tear it away and youíll find the

disk.

MAX reaches down and does as instructed, finding the computer

disk as promised. She hands it to Matthias who strips off

the velcro covering and slots it into the drive next to the

computer in the briefcase. He boots it up quickly and turns

the briefcase containing the computer toward MAX for her to

see.

One half of the screen, with the heading "CRYPTONYM AND

OPERATIONAL SPECS" is already jammed with information. The

blank second half of the screen acquires the title "TRUE

NAME," and information starts filling itself in rapidly --

names, addresses, identities.

As the two sides match up, a legend flashes:

IDENTITY MATCH:

MAX:

(back into phone)

Ha, dear boy! I do hope this doesnít

prelude a meeting in private.

ETHAN (O.S.)

It doesnít, dear girl. as long as you

tell me where the money is.

MAX:

The possibility alone is worth ten

million. Baggage car, rack 3. Silver

briefcase. Combination 314.

ETHAN (O.S.)

What about Job?

MAX:

I wouldnít worry about him. Once youíve

got the money -- heíll find you.

INT. BUSINESS CAR - MOVING (ANOTHER ANGLE)

LUTHER, three rows behind in another seat, is at work on a

laptop of his own. A mobile Nokia phone is beside it - red

light flashing.

INT. SECOND CLASS CAR - MOVING (ANOTHER ANGLE) - DAY

KITTRIDGE and BARNES move through the second class car. They

turn around and start working their way back again.

At the front, CLAIRE is getting desperate. A LARGE MAN

passes through the door behind her.

The LARGE MAN continues back, nearing KITTRIDGE and BARNES,

who are forced to step into empty seats on the side in order

to make room for him to pass. As they move by him, their

vision is momentarily blocked --

-- and CLAIRE gets up to follow.

She follows to the rear of the car and she passes through the

door and out of the car, after KITTRIDGE and BARNES talk in

doorway.

BARNES:

Only four more cars.

KITTRIDGE:

And if we donít find him - weíll search

the whole train again.

BARNES:

Whatís Hunt doing on the TGV?

KITTRIDGE:

High speed train. No-one gets on. No-

one gets off. High security. Good place

for a pass off to Max.

BARNES:

But why tell us?

KITTRIDGE:

Heís putting on a show, Barnes.

BARNES:

What kind of show.

KITTRIDGE:

I donít know.

(looks at his wrist monitor)

It didnít say on the tickets.

KITTRIDGE and BARNES go off back through the next coach.

CLAIRE follows into the same doorway and stops to speak into

her wristwatch to ETHAN:

CLAIRE:

Ethan...Kittridge is on the train.

ETHAN:

Kittridge is Job. Max delivered. How

far is he from Luther?

CLAIRE:

Two cars. Where are you?

ETHAN:

You are my eyes. Stay with him.

She moves onto the next coach, going after KITTRIDGE and

BARNES.

INT. BUSINESS CAR - MOVING - (MAX) - DAY

On her computer screen in the business car, an ominous

message flashes.

LIST COMPLETE:

MAX dials a number on her cellular phone. She is calling Job.

MAX:

(into phone)

Heís in the baggage car.

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