Sound of Metal Page #19

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Earlier Neil gets a hand on the Protagonist’s GAS MASK andYANKS – it comes off in his hands... this time we see that

Neil is looking at the UNMASKED PROTAGONIST. Neil, surprised,

turns and BOLTS back the way he came – the Protagonistwatches him go, then TURNS –

INT. VAULT CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS

The Protagonist races down the angled corridor –

The Protagonist SKIDS through the doorway leading out of thecorridor and into the SMOKE-FILLED cargo area where heleft...

INT. VAULT 2, FREEPORT – CONTINUOUS

Neil races up to the Earlier Protagonist, grab his arm –

NEIL:

NO! Don’t kill him!

INT./EXT. FREEPORT SHIPPING AREA – CONTINUOUS

...Neil (respirator on) guarding Kat, STRAPPED to the gurney.

Behind them, the fire crew battle the blazing plane. Neil isalready looking up at the Protagonist who POINTS right – TheProtagonist DUCKS THROUGH the breach, into the chaos... Neilmoves BACKWARDS towards the outside...

EXT. BREACH – CONTINUOUS

The Protagonist RUNS THROUGH THE SMOKE AND FLAME, DODGINGDEBRIS FALLING FROM THE PLANE... heading towards theEMERGENCY SERVICES...

The Protagonist CREEPS along the side of an AMBULANCE... theAMBULANCE DRIVER spots him in the mirror – the ProtagonistDARTS in, HITTING the driver in the face –

INT. VAULT CORRIDOR – CONTINUOUS

Neil (moving FORWARDS) ducks back behind the corner asEarlier Protagonist (business suit) and Earlier Neil(business suit) walk backwards away from the Rotas vault.

Neil pushes Kat towards the broken roller door and pushes herinside...

107.

EXT. APRON, OSLO AIRPORT – MOMENTS LATER

The Protagonist SWERVES the ambulance, trying to get close tothe breach – the Protagonist SPINS the ambulance around asclose to the breach as possible. He JUMPS out – opens theback – PEERS into the smoke and water... waiting...

Neil EMERGES, pushing the gurney with Kat on –

INT./EXT. AMBULANCE – MOMENTS LATER

The Protagonist DRIVES, sirens blaring.

PROTAGONIST:

You knew it was me coming out ofthat vault. Why didn’t you say?

NEIL:

That’s a lot of explaining whensomeone’s about to put a bullet intheir own brain.

PROTAGONIST:

But afterwards –

NEIL:

With things the same, I knew you’dbe okay. What’s happened happened.

If I’d told you and you acteddifferently... who knows? Thepolicy is to suppress.

PROTAGONIST:

Whose policy?

Neil GRINS, offering his hand –

NEIL:

Ours, my friend. We’re the peoplesaving the world from what mighthave been...

INT./EXT. PARKED AMBULANCE – NIGHT

Neil and the Protagonist are in the back, checking on Kat...

whose eyes OPEN.

PROTAGONIST:

Kat?

KAT:

I’m here.

Neil checks the dressing on her wound –

108.

NEIL:

Be quite a scar, but you’re okay.

We did it.

KAT:

Did what? Andrei’s got thealgorithm. You don’t know where heis –

Neil looks at the Protagonist –

NEIL:

Or when.

PROTAGONIST:

Get Priya here to Oslo.

NEIL:

Why?

PROTAGONIST:

If I don’t do something now, in twodays she’ll tell me about the 241.

NEIL:

Nothing can change that.

PROTAGONIST:

We’ll see. Just get her here.

EXT. OSLO WAR MEMORIAL – DAY

The Protagonist makes his way through the crowd, following anelegantly dressed lady... Priya. He takes her by the arm,

away from the crowd...

PROTAGONIST:

Hello, Priya.

PRIYA:

What’s going on? Where’s Neil?

PROTAGONIST:

Nursing Katherine Barton. Whoalmost died because of you.

PRIYA:

What did I do?

PROTAGONIST:

It’s what you’re going to do. Intwo days you’re going to have medangle plutonium 241 in front ofthe world’s most dangerous armsdealer... I want to know why.

109.

PRIYA:

You let him get hold of 241?

PROTAGONIST:

No. I let him get hold of thealgorithm.

Priya looks at the Protagonist, surprised he knows the term.

PROTAGONIST (CONT'D)

Tell me about it, Priya.

PRIYA:

It’s unique. The scientist whobuilt it took her own life so she

couldn’t be forced to make another.

PROTAGONIST:

A scientist in the future?

PRIYA:

Generations from now.

PROTAGONIST:

Why did she have to kill herself?

PRIYA:

You’re familiar with the Manhattan

Project? As they approached thefirst atomic test, Oppenheimerbecame concerned the detonation

might produce a chain reaction,

engulfing the world.

PROTAGONIST:

They went ahead anyway, and gotlucky.

PRIYA:

Think of our scientist as her

generation’s Oppenheimer – she

devises a method for inverting theworld, but becomes convinced that

by destroying us, they destroythemselves.

PROTAGONIST:

The grandfather paradox.

PRIYA:

Unlike Oppenheimer, she rebels,

splitting the algorithm into ninesections and hiding them the bestplace she can think of...

PROTAGONIST:

The past. Here. Now.

110.

PRIYA:

There are nine nuclear powers. Ninebombs. Nine sets of the most

closely guarded materials in thehistory of the world. The besthiding places possible.

PROTAGONIST:

Nuclear containment facilities.

PRIYA:

Sator’s lifelong mission, financedand guided by the future, has beento find and reassemble the

algorithm.

PROTAGONIST:

Why did they choose him?

PRIYA:

The necessary combination of greedand ambition. But mostly, he was inthe right place at the right time.

PROTAGONIST:

The collapse of the Soviet Union.

PRIYA:

The most insecure moment in the

history of nuclear weapons.

PROTAGONIST:

And there he was. How many of thesections does he have?

PRIYA:

After the 241? All nine.

PROTAGONIST:

Christ. And that’s why you’re goingto do it differently this time.

PRIYA:

To change things? So Katherinewon’t get hurt?

PROTAGONIST:

So Sator won’t get the algorithm.

PRIYA:

If that universe can exist, we

don’t live in it.

PROTAGONIST:

Let’s try. You’re going to warn me.

111.

PRIYA:

No. I’m not. Ignorance is ourammunition. If you’d known what thealgorithm was, would you have letit fall into Sator’s hands?

PROTAGONIST:

You want him to get the lastsection?

PRIYA:

It’s the only way he’ll bringtogether the other eight.

PROTAGONIST:

I was supposed to steal it, thenlose it?

PRIYA:

(smiles)

Mission accomplished.

PROTAGONIST:

You used me.

PRIYA:

As you used Katherine. Standardoperating procedure. You’ve done

your part.

PROTAGONIST:

My part? I’m the protagonist ofthis operation –

PRIYA:

You’re a protagonist.

(off look)

What? You thought you were the onlyperson capable of saving the world?

PROTAGONIST:

No. But I am. Because I haven’t

told you where he’s assembling thealgorithm, or when.

PRIYA:

You’re about to.

PROTAGONIST:

No, I’m not. So deal us in.

PRIYA:

Why would you involve her again?

PROTAGONIST:

She can get close to him.

112.

PRIYA:

Does he still trust her?

PROTAGONIST:

He thinks she’s dead. But he used

to.

PRIYA:

You have started looking at theworld in a new way.

PROTAGONIST:

And now it’s your turn. Assumingshe makes it out alive, whether or

not you feel she knows too much...

PRIYA:

I can’t.

PROTAGONIST:

If you don’t have the authority,

talk to whoever’s in charge ofloose ends. I need your word thatshe and her son will be safe.

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