The Dark Knight Rises Page #38

MIRANDA/TALIA

My mother named me Talia before she

was killed. The way I would've been

killed if not for my

protector...Bane.

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the child, Talia, makes eye-contact with the

Protector, then leaps. Down below, Prisoners swarm over the

protector, ripping the muslin from his face. Bane looks up

at Talia, says one quiet word -

BANE:

Goodbye.

Then is overrun.

TALIA:

I climbed out of the pit...

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Young Talia stands by the hole looking out at

the landscape...

I found my father and brought him

back to exact terrible vengeance -

but by that time...the prisoners

and the doctor had done their work

to my friend...my protector...

Talia reaches up to touch Bane's mask.

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the League of Shadows descend into the prison -

at their head, R¯'s al Gh¯l. They slaughter prisoners. Then

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stop. R¯'s al Gh¯l has found Bane, bandaged.

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TALIA:

The League took us in. Trained

us...

INT. TEMPLE, LEAGUE OF SHADOWS - DAY

Bane in a prototype mask, stands on logs, blocking blows

from men with sticks.

TALIA (V.O.)

But my father could not accept

Bane.

R¯'s al Gh¯l watches Bane training. Turns away.

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INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS

Talia looks into Bane's eyes as she holds the knife in

Batman's side.

TALIA:

He saw only a monster who could

never be tamed. Whose very

existence was a reminder of the

hell he'd left his wife to die in.

He excommunicated Bane from the

League of Shadows. His only crime

was that he loved me. I could not

truly forgive my father...

Talia looks at Batman, cold.

Until you murdered him.

BATMAN:

He was trying to kill millions of

innocent people -

TALIA:

'Innocent' is a strong word to

throw around Gotham, Bruce. I honor

my father by finishing his work.

Vengeance against the man who

killed him is simply a reward for

my patience...

Talia twists the knife in Batman's side.

You see, it's the slow knife...the

knife that takes its time, the

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TALIA (CONT'D)

knife that waits years without

forgetting, then slips quietly

between bones...that's the knife -

Talia arms the trigger...

- that cuts deepest.

She hits the button - nothing.

EXT. FIFTH STREET - CONTINUOUS

A light on the metal box is blinking. Gordon hangs on -

INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS

Talia turns, furious.

BATMAN:

Your knife may have been too

slow...

A Mercenary steps forward -

MERCENARY:

The truck's under attack -

Talia looks around, mind racing.

TALIA:

Gordon. (To Batman.) You gave him a

way to block my signal. No matter -

(Looks at watch.) He's bought

Gotham eleven minutes. (Shouts at

Mercenary.) Prepare a convoy. We

must secure the bomb until it

detonates.

Talia jumps to her feet. Bane grabs a shotgun from a

Mercenary - points it at Batman.

TALIA:

Not yet... I want him to feel the

heat. (To Batman.) Feel the fire of

twelve million souls you failed.

Talia reaches up to Bane's mask, reconnects his tubes,

tenderly.

Goodbye, my friend.

Bane nods at her, slowly. Talia moves out with the

Mercenaries.

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EXT. CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS

Talia gets into a Tumbler with a Mercenary. Three Tumblers

pull out in convoy, blowing anything out of the way - cars,

cops.

Foley stands in the road, firing his sidearm. Talia's

Tumbler SMASHES him out of the way.

INT. LOBBY, CITY HALL - CONTINUOUS

Bane grabs Batman, throws him into the floor - checks the

rounds in the barrels.

BANE:

You'll have to imagine the fire -

He shuts the gun - jams it into Batman's face.

We both know I need to kill you

now.

He squeezes the trigger. BLAMMM! Bane is blasted across the

lobby by cannon fire.

Catwoman is there, on the Bat-Pod.

CATWOMAN:

The whole no-guns thing? I don't

feel as strongly about it as you

do.

EXT. GOTHAM BRIDGE - CONTINUOUS

Blake pulls up to the barricade, leads the kids off,

marching them up the bridge, Father Reilly at the rear. A

Uniform shouts through the loudhailer -

UNIFORM:

Stay there! What are you doing?!

BLAKE:

(PULLS BADGE)

Blake, MCU - I'm getting these boys

to safety -

UNIFORM:

Safety?! You're gonna get us all

killed. Anyone crosses this bridge

they blow the city -

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BLAKE:

It's gonna blow anyway. We need

this bridge open right now.

UNIFORM:

No one leaves the island. Orders -

BLAKE:

Whose orders? Bane's?

UNIFORM:

Police Department's.

BLAKE:

Haven't you heard the shooting? The

Batman's battling it out with Bane

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