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Roberts looks at the agent.

DARK SUIT #2

Sorry, sir.

ROBERTS:

Go get him.

Three of the agents bring Stanley over.

Stan slides down by the back wheel.

ROBERTS:

What are you doing in L.A., Stan?

STANLEY:

(catching his

breath)

Vacationing...

(CONTINUED)

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ROBERTS:

Why were you running? We just

wanted to talk.

STANLEY:

Are you arresting me?

ROBERTS:

For violating your parole by

leaving Texas without permission

or for evading a federal agent and

almost getting me killed in the

process?

Stan just looks at him.

ROBERTS:

No, I'm not.

STANLEY:

Then why are we talking?

ROBERTS:

Didn't know the court lifted the

sanction preventing you from

seeing your daughter.

STANLEY:

F*** you.

ROBERTS:

You just want to cut through the

pleasantries and get down to

business? Fine. I can help you

with your daughter, Stan. Help

me, I'll help you.

STANLEY:

You'll have to forgive me, the

fact that you put me in jail for

18 months doesn't inspire a lot of

trust.

ROBERTS:

Whether I agreed with what you did

or not, you broke the law,

Stanley.

STANLEY:

I guess we were both doing what we

had to. This was a nice trip down

memory lane, but if you're not

arresting me...

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ROBERTS:

So, why was it you are in L.A.

again?

STANLEY:

I told you -

ROBERTS:

-- vacationing. That's right. Ya

know it's funny. Axl Torvalds was

just here for a vacation, too.

Isn't it odd that the two best

hackers in the world are here at

the same time.

STANLEY:

I'm a sucker for Disneyland.

(getting up)

Tell Torvalds I said hello.

ROBERTS:

If you're not careful you can tell

him yourself. He's dead.

Stanley looks at Roberts.

ROBERTS:

(to his men)

Give him a card.

They do. Stan looks at it.

ROBERTS:

In case you think of anything else

you want to tell me.

Stan turns to walk off.

STANLEY:

(to the agent

he elbowed)

Sorry about your nose.

ROBERTS:

Hey, Stan.

Stan turns.

ROBERTS:

You know, you're in way over your

head here.

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STANLEY:

(walking off)

I know.

ROBERTS:

It's a long walk back up the hill,

Stanley. You want us to give youa lift?

Stan lifts his middle finger behind him and begins thelong journey back up the hill. Roberts collapses intothe passenger seat.

Follow him.

ROBERTS:

Yessir.

RANDOM AGENT:

CLOSEUP ON ROBERTS

watching Stan walk away.

CUT TO:

70 INT. GABRIEL'S HOUSE - GINGER'S ROOM - DAY 70

Ginger walks in and closes the door. She walks over to

the dresser and takes off her earrings. Then she reaches

under her dress and unVelcros the modified 10mm. Glock

and its thigh holster, dropping it on the dresser. She

then pulls off the hip, little designer dress she iswearing, revealing the fact that she is wearing a tinytransmitting receiver taped between her breasts.

She stares at herself in the mirror for a moment, then

slowly starts to untape the bug.

STANLEY (O.S.)

I have to hand it to you, Ginger.

You look good wearing anything.

Even a wire.

Ginger grabs her Glock and spins around, the holsterdropping away with the touch of a button.

She levels it on the dark corner of the room where

Stanley sits waiting, drinking a bottle of Gabriel'sexpensive wine.

STANLEY:

You gonna kill me?

(CONTINUED)

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GINGER:

I'm thinking.

(beat)

What are you doing here, Stanley?

STANLEY:

I should probably ask you the same

question.

He leans forward into the light.

GINGER:

What happened to you?

STANLEY:

Little accident.

(tossing her

her keys)

Sorry about your car. I've had a

pretty shitty day so far. Looks

like it just got worse.

(beat)

Who are you, Ginger?

GINGER:

I can't tell you.

STANLEY:

(incredulous)

You can't tell me? Well, that's

just f***in' peachy.

GINGER:

Think, Stanley.

STANLEY:

(loudly)

Who are you?

GINGER:

He'll kill me.

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY

Gabriel walking down hallway.

(CONTINUED)

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INT. GABRIEL HOUSE - GINGER'S ROOM - DAY

STANLEY:

That's not my problem, is it?

You're asking for a lot of faith

here, Ging, without givin' me any.

You -

GINGER:

-- Stanley -

STANLEY:

-- brought me into this mess -

GINGER:

(pleadingly)

-- Stanley -

STANLEY:

-- I deserve to know who's playing

me, Ginger.

(hitting each word)

Who the f*** are you?

CUT TO:

INT. HALLWAY - ANGLE ON GABRIEL

nearing Ginger's room.

INT. GABRIEL'S HOUSE - GINGER'S ROOM - DAY

GINGER:

(quietly)

I'm D.E.A., Stanley.

Stan and Ginger hold a moment, as:

GABRIEL (O.S.)

Ginger...?

Stanley, in one quick thinking movement, rips the wire

from Ginger's chest and flings it behind the bed just as

the door swings open. Gabriel stands staring at them.

Ginger topless, weapon in hand and Stanley who looks like

he had the sh*t kicked out of him.

Ginger and Stanley both stare at him.

GABRIEL:

Well, Ging, doesn't this look

friendly.

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GINGER:

I'm a friendly girl.

Stanley looks at Ginger for a beat.

STANLEY:

Actually...

Ginger stares at Stanley, who turns to look at Gabriel.

Gabriel looks at Stan, waiting.

STANLEY:

Thought maybe you'd like to see me

get you your hydra.

GABRIEL:

Get?

(CONTINUED)

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Stan walks toward Gabriel.

70

C'mon.

STANLEY:

Gabriel walks into the hall. Stanley looks back atGinger who mouths the words "Thank you." Stanley ignoresher. Ginger reaches down and grabs a shirt off the bed.

GABRIEL (O.S.)

You look like sh*t. Ginger kickyour ass?

STANLEY (O.S.)

(deadpan)

Funny.

Ginger sighs and tosses her gun onto the bed, thenfollows them.

71 INT. GABRIEL'S HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY 71

Stanley, looking a little rough, sits in front of thehuge array of flat-panels. He works quickly. The

nitrogen system, an array of hoses winding across theliving room floor, intermittently SHOOTS JETS of GASupwards, dropping the temperature to a livable 85degrees. Gabriel sits next to Stan.

Ginger walks in. She stands behind Stan as he works.

GINGER:

Miss me?

Terribly.

STANLEY:

COMPUTER:

The screen shows the MIT University logo.

DENIED." His fingers work the keyboard.

Then "ACCESS

CUT TO:

72 INT. MIT BASEMENT - NIGHT 72

As he talks, we TRACK DOWN an old, concrete stairwell and

down a long, dank hallway.

(CONTINUED)

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STANLEY (V.O.)

My senior year at M.I.T., Icreated the source code for the

worm that I've been using for

years.

We TRACK AROUND a corner.

STANLEY (V.O.)

In the basement and through a fileroom is the only P.D.P.-10 stillactive and on the internet,

although only a few people knowthis. It's an I.T.S. machine and

kept online just for historicalsake. I hid my worm inside itwhere no one would ever think to

look.

We DOLLY INTO a CLOSEUP ON a large, ominous, darkmainframe.

73 CLOSEUP ON STANLEY'S FINGER 73

hitting a key.

74 ANGLE ON PDP-10 74

as it HUMS TO LIFE.

75 CLOSEUP ON COMPUTER SCREEN 75

as it fills with lines of code.

ANGLE ON STAN:

who turns around, a cocky grin on his face, like a proudparent, she smiles at him.

Gabriel walks in.

STANLEY:

Now I just have to modify thecode.

GINGER:

He's f***ing amazing.

GABRIEL:

Yes he is.

(CONTINUED)

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