The Dark Knight Page #2

The commuter plane is dwarfed by a massive transport plane

looming over it, dangerously close...

5.

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The plane lurches. The noise is building.

SERGEANT:

Sir?

CIA MAN:

Well congratulations, you got

yourselves caught. What's the next

step of your master plan?

BANE:

Crashing this plane...

EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS

The ramp of the transport opens... Four men leap out on

tethers - dropping towards the commuter plane, two each

side...

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Spacial Forces react to the turbulence from the plane

above. CIA Man looks at Bane.

BANE:

(RISING)

With no survivors.

A Special Forces soldier spins around - an Armed Man is

outside the window. Bang -

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

Two men shoot through the windows, the other two attach

grapples to the fuselage - give the thumbs up - hoists start

to pull and the tail of the commuter plane is lifted,

unnaturally.

INT. COCKPIT, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward.

6.

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

Like lightning, Bane has the CIA Man is his handcuffed arms,

legs wrapped around a seat back, The entire cabin upends.

Tumbling chaos - Soldiers falling - Bane cracks CIA Man's

neck and drops him onto the Sergeant - they tumble down the

plane, smashing into the cockpit door with a terminal thud.

Dr. Pavel, strapped in, pushes against the seat in front of

him - the plane vibrates, trying to tear itself apart.

EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS

The men climb the tail of the smaller plane as it dangles

helplessly above the mountains. Its wings shear off.

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

Bane breaks his handcuffs as if they were plastic, then

opens his legs and drops down the cabin, somersaulting

gracefully and using his arms to stop himself halfway down,

by Dr. Pavel.

EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS

The men attach explosives to the tail, then jump away,

swinging out as the tail explodes.

INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS

An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the

Armed Men drop through the smoke on cables.

A body bag is lowered into the cabin. Bane lies it on the

seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body

the same age and build as Dr. Pavel.

Bane rips Dr. Pavel's sleeve - pulls out a length of

surgical tubing - pushes a needle into Dr. Pavel's arm -

runs the tube to the body's arm... Dr. Pavel watches,

horrified, as Bane starts compressions on the body's chest,

drawing Dr. Pavel's blood across the tube and into the

body...

An Armed Man pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and

out. Bane stops Hooded Man 2.

7.

BANE:

Friend. They expect one of us in

the wreckage.

The man nods, unhooks himself, takes Bane's arm.

HOODED MAN 2

Have we started the fire?

BANE:

(NODS)

The fire rises.

Hooded Man 2 hands Bane his line. Bane clips it around Dr.

Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel's seat belt. Dr.

Pavel panics, flails. Bane takes his arms. Gentle.

BANE:

Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for

fear...

Bane slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the

vertical, windblown cabin. Bane takes out a detonator.

BANE:

That comes later.

Bane presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around

them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr.

Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport,

and we -

CUT TO:

EXT. GOTHAM - EVENING

Drifting over the vast city...

MAYOR (V.O.)

Harvey Dent Day may not be our

oldest public holiday...

...moving past the enormous Gotham Bridge...

MAYOR (V.O.)

But we're here tonight because it's

one of the most important...

...over the Gotham river to the Palisades on the far side...

8.

MAYOR (V.O.)

Harvey Dent's uncompromising stand

against organized crime and, yes,

ultimately, his sacrifice, have

made Gotham a safer place than it

was at the time of his death, eight

years ago...

...finding a party in the grounds of Wayne Manor. The Mayor

addresses the wealthy and powerful of Gotham.

MAYOR:

This city has seen a historic

turnaround. No city is without

crime. But this city is without

organized crime because the Dent

Act gave law enforcement teeth in

its fight against the mob. Now

people are talking about repealing

the Dent Act. And to them I

say...not on my watch.

Enthusiastic applause as the Mayor wraps up.

I want to thank the Wayne

Foundation for hosting this event.

I'm told Mr. Wayne couldn't be here

tonight, but I'm sure he's with us

in spirit...

High above, on a darkened balcony, a lone figure. Watching.

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