The Dark Knight Rises Page #41

Gordon looks up at the figure standing across from him...

Alfred. Tears streaming.

Fox places a gentle hand on Alfred's shoulder, then leaves.

Gordon and Blake follow. Alfred, alone with the Wayne

family, turns to the grave beside Bruce's - the grave of

Thomas and Martha Wayne.

ALFRED:

I'm so sorry. I failed you. You

trusted me, and I failed you.

And the old man's shoulders begin to shake with sobs.

EXT. FRONT ENTRANCE, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS

Gordon nods at Lucius. Blake is at Gordon's side.

GORDON:

Can I change your mind about

quitting the force?

BLAKE:

No. What you said about structures.

About shackles. I can't take it.

The injustice. (Gestures at

gardens.) I mean...no one's ever

going to know who saved an entire

city.

GORDON:

They know. (Off look.) It was

Batman.

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EXT. PLAZA, DOWNTOWN GOTHAM - DAY

Gordon, on a platform with dignitaries, watches a statue

being unveiled. The curtain parts: Batman, immortalized in

granite. We move in on the stone face...

VOICE (V.O.)

Mr. Wayne's will was not amended to

reflect his more modest estate...

INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY

The voice belongs to Wayne's lawyer, addressing a small

group.

LAWYER:

Nonetheless, there are considerable

assets to dispose of... The

contents of the house are to be

SOLD -

He glances up to see someone slip into the room - Blake.

EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY

Movers carefully bring artworks and furniture out of the

house, watched by a solitary figure. Alfred.

LAWYER (V.O.)

- to settle the estate's accounts.

The remainder is left in its

entirety to Alfred J. Pennyworth...

INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY

Blake shifts. Out of place. The Lawyer continues.

LAWYER:

The house and grounds are left to

the city of Gotham, on condition

that they never be demolished,

altered, or otherwise interfered

WITH -

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EXT. WAYNE MANOR - DAY

Different movers carry bunk beds into the huge house.

LAWYER (V.O.)

And that they shall be used for one

purpose, and one purpose only...

A schoolbus pulls up. Father Reilly shepherds children

towards the house. The children look up at the house,

wide-eyed.

The housing and care of the city's

at-risk and orphaned children.

A sign reads:

THE MARTHA AND THOMAS WAYNE HOME FOR CHILDREN

INT. LAWYER'S OFFICE - DAY

People file out as the Lawyer stands.

LAWYER:

My clerk will help anyone with the

smaller correspondences and

instructions...

Blake approaches the Clerk. She smiles.

BLAKE:

Blake, John.

CLERK:

(CHECKS LIST)

Nothing here.

Blake realizes, offers her his driving license.

BLAKE:

Try my legal name.

The Clerk glances at the license. Checks.

CLERK:

Yup, here it is.

She reaches down behind the desk, sorting through various

items, and hands him a sports bag. Blake takes it, curious.

CLERK:

You should use your full name. I

like that name... Robin.

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Blake smiles, embarrassed. Leaves.

LAWYER:

Any word on the missing item?

CLERK:

No, not yet.

LAWYER:

Well, they'd better leave no stone

unturned... We can't just put a

string of pearls on the manifest as

'lost'.

INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - DAY

Fox stands in front of the second camouflage rotor. Two

Techs are examining the controls in the cockpit.

TECH 1

Why worry about the stabilization

software? This whole autopilot

system's obsolete -

FOX:

Please, I just need to know what I

could've done to fix it.

TECH 2

But Mr. Fox, it's already been

fixed. (Typed on panel.) Software

patch...six months ago.

FOX:

(CONFUSED)

Check the user ident on the

patch...

Tech 2 types some more keys. Looks surprised.

TECH 2

Huh. Bruce Wayne.

Fox turns away from the rotor, an idea starting to form...

EXT. WOODS - DAY

Blake sits in his car looking at a GPS device, puzzled.

Beside him, the sports bag, open. In it is a piece of paper

with coordinates, on top of some climbing rope and shackles.

Blake gets out of the car with the bag. Follows the GPS into

the trees.

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EXT. CAFÉ, FLORENCE - DAY

Alfred, paper under his arm, heads to his usual table. Sits.

WAITER:

Lei e solo?

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