The Dark Knight Rises Page #20

Wayne stares out the window. Blake glances across.

BLAKE:

When you began...why the mask?

WAYNE:

To protect the people closest to

me.

BLAKE:

You're a loner with no family.

WAYNE:

There are always people you care

about. You just don't realize how

much until they're gone. (Collects

himself.) The idea was to be a

symbol. Batman could be anybody,

that was the point.

BLAKE:

It was damn good to see him back.

WAYNE:

Not everybody agrees.

BLAKE:

They'll figure it out in the end.

WAYNE:

Got anything on Bane's whereabouts?

BLAKE:

Yeah, I've got five hundred pages

of tunnel records and a flashlight.

I could use some help.

WAYNE:

(THINKS)

You know what? Drop me in Old

Town...

EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - DAY

Blake drops Wayne off.

WAYNE:

Don't wait. I'll get a cab.

77.

BLAKE:

You got money?

WAYNE:

(smiles, sheepish)

Actually, no.

Blake hands him some bills, watches him cross the street.

The radio squawks. Blake reacts - drives off.

INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

Selina is packing a bag. She hears voices in the stairwell.

JEN (O.S.)

I told you, money first.

WAYNE (O.S.)

I don't think so.

INT. STAIRWELL OUTSIDE SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS

Selina finds Wayne standing there with Jen.

SELINA:

He's not a mark.

Jen looks at Selina. At Wayne.

SELINA:

And he doesn't have a cent to his

name, anyway.

INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - MOMENTS LATER

Wayne looks at the cramped space. Selina shifts,

embarrassed.

SELINA:

Yeah, it's not much. (Smiles.) But

it's more that you've got right

now.

WAYNE:

Actually, they're letting me keep

the house.

SELINA:

(SHAKES HEAD)

The rich don't even go broke same

as the rest of us, huh?

78.

WAYNE:

(spots her bag)

Vacation?

SELINA:

Let's just say that I've incurred

the wrath of some people less

susceptible to my charms than you.

WAYNE:

My powerful friend hopes to change

your mind about leaving.

SELINA:

And how would he do that?

WAYNE:

By giving you what you want.

SELINA:

It doesn't exist.

WAYNE:

He says it does. He wants to meet.

Tonight.

SELINA:

Why?

WAYNE:

He needs to find Bane. He thinks

you'd know how.

SELINA:

Tell him I'll think about it.

Wayne nods, starts to leave.

SELINA:

Mr. Wayne? I'm sorry they took all

your money.

WAYNE:

No, you're not.

INT. HOSPITAL CORRIDOR - DAY

Blake moves through the hospital corridor, looking for -

79.

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - CONTINUOUS

Blake enters. Gordon is sitting up in bed, talking to Foley.

FOLEY:

Can we help you, officer?

BLAKE:

John Daggett's body was found in a

dumpster an hour ago. I thought you

might like to know.

GORDON:

Why?

BLAKE:

Because Daggett's name is all over

the permits I pulled to map the

tunnels under Gotham.

Blake hands Gordon a stack of files. Foley glares at Blake.

BLAKE:

MTA maintenance, sewer

construction...

GORDON:

(TO FOLEY)

Where did you get to with the

tunnel searches?

FOLEY:

(TO BLAKE)

Remind me to tell the detail to

keep hotheads out. (To Gordon.)

We've had teams down there, but

it's a huge network -

GORDON:

Get more men, work a grid. I want

him found.

FOLEY:

Yeah, yeah - the masked man. We're

on it.

Gordon eyes the files hungrily - glances up at Blake.

GORDON:

This is good work. Lose the uniform

- you're working for me now. We

could use some hotter heads around

here.

80.

BLAKE:

This could just be a coincidence.

GORDON:

You're a detective now, son, you're

not allowed to believe in

coincidence anymore.

Blake tries to conceal his excitement from Foley.

EXT. WAYNE MANOR - EVENING (END OF DAY)

Wayne, covering his head with a newspaper, hurries up the

driveway in the rain. Steps into the alcove. Hits the bell.

MIRANDA (O.S)

Nobody's answering.

Wayne turns to find Miranda there.

WAYNE:

No. I'm on my own now.

MIRANDA:

Do you have keys?

Wayne looks a little helpless all of a sudden.

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