The Dark Knight Rises Page #8
INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS (NIGHT)
They approach a figure, turned away, crouched in the
firelight. Bare-chested, muscular, masked. Bane. A crooked
line of scar tissue runs the length of his spine...
BANE:
Why are you here?
The Thugs drop Gordon at Bane's feet.
THUG 1
Answer him!
Bane slowly turns to the Thugs.
29.
BANE:
I'm asking you.
THUG 1
It's the Police Commissioner.
BANE:
And you brought him down here?
THUG 2
We didn't know what to do. We -
BANE:
You panicked. And your weakness
costs three lives.
THUG 1
No, he's alone -
Bane flips the Thug's chin up and to the side with a crack.
Thug 1 drops. Bane turns to Thug 2.
BANE:
Search him. Then I will kill you.
The Thug, terrified, pulls out Gordon's badge, wallet,
gun...and the folded papers of the speech he did not read.
Bane takes these one by one with quick glances. He stops at
the papers. Unfolds them...
As he reads, Gordon rolls off the steps, dropping into the
rushing flow of water - gunshots ring out...
THUG 2
He's dead.
Thug 2 trails off as Bane looks up from the papers...
BANE:
Then show me his body.
THUG 2
That water runs to any one of the
outflows - we'd never find him.
Bane turns to the Lead Mercenary.
BANE:
Give me your GPS.
Lead Mercenary hands him a GPS - Bane tucks it into Thug 2's
jacket, zips it up like a mother sending her kid to school.
30.
BANE:
Follow him.
THUG 2
Follow him?
Bane shoots Thug 2, kicks him into the water. Turns to Lead
Mercenary.
BANE:
Track him. Make sure both bodies
will not be found. Then brick up
the south tunnel.
EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - NIGHT
Blake comes out to the catchment basin. He spots something
stuck up against the grille, thrusts his hand into the
raging waters - Gordon is there, alive. Just. Blake pulls
him up onto the concrete, hoists him up, hurrying...
INT. FRONT HALL, WAYNE MANOR - DAY
Alfred opens the door to reveal Blake in his dirty uniform.
BLAKE:
I need to see Bruce Wayne.
ALFRED:
I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne doesn't take
unscheduled calls. Even from police
officers.
BLAKE:
And if I go get a warrant, in the
investigation of Harvey Dent's
murder? Would that still count as
unscheduled?
INT. STUDY, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER
Blake is sitting, drumming his leg, nervous. Wayne enters.
WAYNE:
What can I do for you, officer?
BLAKE:
Commissioner Gordon's been shot.
31.
WAYNE:
I'm sorry to hear that -
BLAKE:
He chased a gunman down into the
sewers. When I pulled him out he
was babbling about an underground
army. A masked man called 'Bane'.
WAYNE:
Shouldn't you be telling this to
your superior officers?
BLAKE:
I did. One of them asked if he saw
any giant alligators down there. He
needs you. He needs the Batman.
WAYNE:
If Commissioner Gordon thinks I'm
the Batman he must be in a bad way
-
BLAKE:
He doesn't know or care who you
are. (Off look.) But we've met
before. When I was a kid. At the
orphanage. See, my mom died when I
was small. Car accident, I don't
really remember it. But a couple of
years later my dad was shot over a
gambling debt. I remember that just
fine. (Looks at Wayne.) Not a lot
of people who know what it feels
like, do they? To be angry. In your
bones. People understand, foster
parents understand. For a while.
Then they expect the angry kid to
do what he knows he can never do.
To move on. To forget.
Wayne stares at Blake.
BLAKE:
So they stopped understanding and
sent the angry kid to a boys' home
- St. Swithin's. Used to be funded
by the Wayne Foundation. See, I
figured it out too late. You have
to hide the anger. Practice smiling
in the mirror. Like putting on a
mask. You showed up one day in a
cool car, pretty girl on your arm.
(MORE)
32.
BLAKE (CONT'D)
We were so excited - Bruce Wayne,
billionaire orphan. We made up
stories about you. Legends. The
other boys' stories were just that.
But when I saw you I knew who you
really were... (Beat.) I'd seen
that look on your face. Same one I
taught myself.
Blake gets up to leave. Wayne is lost in thought.
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