The Dark Knight Rises Page #21

WAYNE:

Never needed them...

She takes his hand.

MIRANDA:

Let's find a window.

INT. GREAT ROOM, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS (END OF DAY)

They force the French windows - enter, brushing off the

rain.

MIRANDA:

Fox worked the board like you've

never seen - I'm in, Daggett's out

and he's not happy.

Wayne sets down the newspaper:

FROM BILLIONAIRE TO BUM

81.

WAYNE:

Hope you don't like me for your

money.

Miranda kicks off her shoes. Glances at the paper.

MIRANDA:

Suffering builds character.

Then at a photo of Wayne's parents.

MIRANDA:

I'll take care of your parents'

legacy, Bruce.

Miranda picks up a photo of Rachel.

MIRANDA:

Who's this?

Wayne looks at her. Can't find words...

MIRANDA:

Where's Alfred?

WAYNE:

He left. Taking everything.

Miranda puts the photo down. Kisses him. Passionately. Then

again. He kisses back. Suddenly the lights go out.

MIRANDA:

What's that?

WAYNE:

(SHEEPISH)

I think my power's been shut off.

INT. SAME - LATER (NIGHT)

Wayne watches as Miranda tends to a roaring fire.

WAYNE:

You're pretty good at that.

MIRANDA:

When I was a child we had almost

nothing. But on the nights we had a

fire, we felt very rich indeed.

She returns to him, pulling a blanket around both of them.

82.

WAYNE:

I assumed your family was wealthy.

MIRANDA:

Not always. Not when I was young.

He traces a scar on her shoulder.

MIRANDA:

An old mistake.

WAYNE:

I've made a few myself.

She turns to him, tracing the scars across his chest.

MIRANDA:

More than a few... (Smiles.) We

could leave. Tonight. Take my

plane. Go anywhere we wanted.

WAYNE:

Someday perhaps. Not tonight.

She pulls him close. He kisses her. They fold into each

other, the warm heart at the center of a vast, cold room.

INT. GREAT ROOM, WAYNE MANOR - NIGHT

Miranda is sleeping, wrapped in the blanket. Wayne studies

her for a moment, then slips out...

INT. BATCAVE - MOMENTS LATER

Wayne moves to the Batsuit. Picks up the cowl.

EXT. SKIES ABOVE GOTHAM - NIGHT

The Bat roars towards downtown. Batman kills the lights and

main engines - the Bat quietly autorotates into the canyons.

INT. MIA TUNNEL - LATER

Catwoman on a wall, watching trains go by. She senses...

CATWOMAN:

Don't be shy.

...Batman is there.

83.

CATWOMAN:

Wayne says you can get me the

'Clean Slate'.

BATMAN:

That depends.

CATWOMAN:

On what?

BATMAN:

On what you want it for. I acquired

it to keep it out of the wrong

hands.

CATWOMAN:

Still don't trust me, huh? How can

we change that?

BATMAN:

Start by taking me to Bane.

CATWOMAN:

(SHRUGS)

You asked.

Catwoman jumps down. Batman follows. Catwoman leads him down

into a service tunnel...

INT. SERVICE TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS

Catwoman speaks over her shoulder as she walks.

CATWOMAN:

From here, Bane's men patrol the

tunnels...and they are not your

average brawlers.

BATMAN:

Neither am I.

Catwoman swings into a -

INT. SEWER TUNNEL - CONTINUOUS

A Mercenary patrols. Catwoman comes up behind.

CATWOMAN:

He's behind you.

84.

MERCENARY:

(SPINS)

Who?

Batman hangs upside down behind him.

BATMAN (O.S.)

Me.

Darkness smashes onto the Mercenary. Gunfire in the tunnel.

Catwoman races along, pursued by a Mercenary. He is yanked

off his feet by darkness - he screams...

Batman picks off more and more Mercenaries. Screams echo...

Batman follows Catwoman through the dark tunnel.

CATWOMAN:

Just a little further.

A grate slams down, separating them - the lights come on. He

is deep inside.

INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS

Mercenaries look down on him from above. Catwoman turns.

CATWOMAN:

I had to find a way to stop them

trying to kill me.

BATMAN:

You've made a serious mistake.

BANE (O.S.)

Not as serious as yours, I fear.

Batman turns. Bane emerges from behind the waterfalls.

BATMAN:

Bane.

BANE:

Let's not stand on ceremony here,

Mr. Wayne.

Catwoman hears the name. Less sure of what she's done.

Batman moves at Bane - strikes powerful blows - Bane catches

his fist.

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