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means that anyone that we haven't

unplugged is potentially an Agent.

Inside the Matrix, they are

everyone and they are no one.

Neo stares at the Agent.

MORPHEUS:

We've survived by hiding from

them, running from them, but they

are the gatekeepers, they're

guarding all the doors, holding

all the keys, which means that

sooner or later someone is going

to have to fight them.

NEO:

Someone?

MORPHEUS:

I won't lie to you, Neo. Every

single man or woman who has stood

their ground, who has fought an

Agent, has died. But where they

failed, you will succeed.

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NEO:

Why?

MORPHEUS:

I've seen an Agent punch through aconcrete wall. Men have emptiedentire clips at them and hitnothing but air. Yet their

strength and their speed are stillbased on a world that is built byrules. Because of that they willnever be as strong or as fast asyou can be.

Neo scratches his head.

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NEO:

What? Are you trying to tell methat I can dodge bullets?

MORPHEUS:

No, Neo. I'm trying to tell youthat when you're ready, you won'thave to.

Morpheus' cell PHONE RINGS and he flips it open.

TANK (V.O.)

We got trouble.

64 EXT. SEWER MAIN 64

The Nebuchadnezzar blisters by, trailing a swirling,

supercharged, electromagnetic wake.

65 INT. COCKPIT 65

Morpheus slides into the copilot's chair next to Dozer.

MORPHEUS:

Did Zion send the warning?

DOZER:

No. Another ship. Big Brother Ithink, they're running a parallelpipeline.

Morpheus scans the decayed landscape of the sewer mainthat rolls by as Neo and Trinity squeeze into the cockpitbehind him. An ALARM BEGINS TO SOUND.

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DOZER:

Sh*t, Squiddy's sweeping in quick.

MORPHEUS:

Set it down in there.

NEO:

Squiddy?

TRINITY:

A Sentinel. It's a killingmachine designed for one thing.

DOZER:

Search and destroy.

Neo feels the ship rock to the side as it squeezes into atiny supply line.

66 EXT. HOVERCRAFT 66

The Nebuchadnezzar sets down, almost wedged into a pipethat barely accommodates its size.

67 INT. COCKPIT 67

Morpheus clicks the intercom.

MORPHEUS:

How we doing, Tank?

68 INT. MAIN DECK 68

Tank works furiously at the operator's station as theceaseless WHIR of the ship's TURBINES GRIND TO a HALT.

The main deck is plunged into dark silence. The rest

of the screw stands behind him as he whispers.

TANK:

Power off-line. E.M.P. armed and

ready.

Tank's fingers curl around a small key that glows a dimred.

69 INT. COCKPIT 69

Neo leans into Trinity's ear.

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E.M.P.?

NEO:

TRINITY:

An electromagnetic pulse. It

disables any electrical system inthe blast radius. It's the onlyweapon we have against themachines.

Dozer looks up.

Now we wait.

DOZER:

THROUGH the cockpit's windshield, the vast cavern of thesewer main yawns before them. Strands of green haze curlround mossy icicles that dangle into a pool of churningfrozen waste. Neo begins to angle around Dozer butMorpheus grabs him.

MORPHEUS:

Don't move. It'll hear you.

Neo freezes and they wait. Without the Nebuchadnezzar'sheating systems, the temperature in the cockpit begins torapidly drop. The crew members huddle together, theirbreath freezing into a uniform cloud as it gets colderand colder.

Dozer quietly reaches to brush away the frost on thewindshield and as his hand clears a swath -They

see it.

In the darkness, a shifting shadow of mechanized death.

It is beautiful and terrifying. Black alloy skinflickers like sequins beneath sinewy coils and skeletalappendages.

Neo can feel the hairs on the back of his neck rise as it

silently glides over them with shark-like malevolenceuntil it disappears into the darkness.

In the frozen little room, everyone breathes a littleeasier.

70 INT. HALL 70

The ship is quiet and dark. Everyone is asleep.

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71 INT. MAIN DECK 71

The core glows with monitor light. Cypher is in theoperator's chair as Neo comes up behind him.

CYPHER:

Whoa! Sh*t, Neo, you scared thebejeezus out of me.

NEO:

Sorry.

CYPHER:

No, it's all right.

Neo's eyes light up as he steps closer to the screensthat seem alive with a constant flow of data.

NEO:

Is that...?

CYPHER:

The Matrix? Yeah.

Neo stares at the endlessly shifting river ofinformation, bizarre codes and equations flowing acrossthe face of the monitor.

NEO:

Do you always look at it encoded?

CYPHER:

Have to. The image translatorssort of work for the construct

programs but there's way too muchinformation to decode the Matrix.

You get used to it, though. Your

brain does the translating. I

don't even see the code. All I

see is blonde, brunette, and

redhead. You want a drink?

Neo nods and he pours a clear alcohol from a plastic jug.

CYPHER:

You know, I know what you'rethinking 'cause right now I'mthinking the same thing.

Actually, to tell you the truth,

I've been thinking the same thingever since I got here.

He raises the glass.

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CYPHER:

Why, oh why, didn't I take thatblue pill?

He throws the shot down his throat. Neo does the same

and it almost kills him. Smiling, Cypher slaps him onthe back.

CYPHER:

Good sh*t, eh? Dozer makes it.

It's good for two things:

degreasing engines and killingbrain cells.

Red-faced, Neo finally stops coughing. Cypher pours himanother.

CYPHER:

Can I ask you something? Did he

happen to tell you why he did it?

Neo looks up, unsure.

CYPHER:

Why you're here?

NEO:

... Yeah.

CYPHER:

Gee-zus! What a mindjob. You're

here to save the world. You gottabe shitting me. What do you sayto something like that?

Neo looks down at his drink.

CYPHER:

I'm going to let you in on alittle secret here. Now don't

tell him I told you this, but thisain't the first time Morpheusthought he found the One.

NEO:

Really?

CYPHER:

You bet your ass. It keeps himgoing. Maybe it keeps all of usgoing.

NEO:

How many were there?

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Five.

CYPHER:

Since I've been here.

NEO:

What happened to them?

Dead.

CYPHER:

All dead.

How?

NEO:

CYPHER:

Honestly. Morpheus. He got themall amped up believing inbullshit. I watched each of them

take on an Agent and I watchedeach of them die. Little piece ofadvice: you see an Agent, you dowhat we do; run. Run your assoff.

Neo gulps down another shot.

NEO:

Thanks... for the drink.

Anytime.

CYPHER:

Cypher nods as Neo heads for the ladder.

Sweet dreams.

CYPHER:

A71 INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT A71

CHAMBER MUSIC and the ambiance of wealth soak the

restaurant around us as we watch a serrated knife saw

through a thick, gorgeous steak. The meat is so perfect,

charred on the outside, oozing red juice from the inside,

that it could be a dream.

We hear a voice that we recognize immediately.

AGENT SMITH:

Do we have a deal, Mr. Reagan?

A fork stabs the cube of meat and we FOLLOW it UP TO the

face of Cypher.

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