The Matrix Page #14

COP:

They're in the walls!

113 INT. WALL - DAY 113

Trinity pulls Cypher free just as the Cop OPENS FIRE,

BULLETS PUNCHING shafts of light like swords into the boxof soot-black space.

Neo finds his GUN first and begins BLASTING wildlythrough the plaster and lath.

114 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 114

The Cop spins out of the bathroom for cover, Neo'sBULLETS SPLINTERING the door jamb.

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About to whirl back in, he freezes as something seems toseize hold of him. The Cop's body starts to spasm andhis M-16 falls to the ground, long shadows springing upfrom the mounted flashlight.

115 INT. WALL - DAY 115

Neo listens for a moment, the gunfire quiet, when hehears FOOTSTEPS RISING FAST.

Two arms suddenly smash through the wall, punching Neoback against the iron stack pipe, fingers gouging intohis neck.

CYPHER:

It's an Agent!

Just as Neo's throat is about to collapse, Morpheusexplodes through the tattered plaster and lath, diving ontop of Agent Smith.

The two men crash to the wet terrazzo floor.

Before Agent Smith can find his weapon, Morpheus is onhim, pinning him in an iron grip.

In the crawlspace, Trinity tries to scramble up pastCypher.

TRINITY:

Morpheus!

Morpheus squeezes Agent Smith's throat.

MORPHEUS:

Trinity, you must get Neo out. Do

you understand? He is all that

matters.

Neo suddenly glimpses what is happening but is powerlessto stop it.

NEO:

No. No! Morpheus! Don't!

MORPHEUS:

Trinity! Go!

Trinity's fists ball in frustration. She yells down toApoc.

TRINITY:

Go!

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NEO:

We can't leave him!

We have to!

TRINITY:

She grabs his ankle and they begin almost falling, usingthe lath as a brake, skidding down the inside of thewall.

116 INT. BASEMENT - DAY 116

This part of the basement, a dark concrete cavern, wasthe main mechanical room. There are four enormous

boilers, dinosaur-like technology that once pumped hotwater like arteries.

Soldier's blinding lights cut open the darkness asTrinity, Neo and the others crash through the ceiling.

Around them they hear a chorus of short, sharp coughs ofgrenade launchers from gas-masked figures.

Smoke blossoms from the green metal canisters. Trinitynever stops moving. Searching the floor, she finds whatshe needs; the cover of the catch basin.

Cypher watches her pry open the grate, when a gas canbounces near him.

Come on!

TRINITY:

Cypher seems to trip as the cloud envelops him.

Trinity watches Cypher disappear into the smoke, thenfollow the others down the wet-black hole.

117 INT. ROOM 608 - DAY 117

Morpheus and Agent Smith remain on the ground, locked ineach other's death grip.

AGENT SMITH:

The great Morpheus. We meet at

last.

MORPHEUS:

And you are?

AGENT SMITH:

Smith. I am Agent Smith.

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MORPHEUS:

You all look the same to me.

Agent Smith counters Morpheus and slowly begins to pryhis hands from his throat. Striking like a viper,

Morpheus, drives a vicious head butt into Agent Smith'sface. His nose and glasses shatter.

Agent Smith, unfazed, smiles, blood oozing from theshattered bridge of his nose, and returns Morpheus's headbutt with three of his own in pneumatic succession.

Morpheus staggers back, his body going slack when anotherkick buries him deep into crunching plaster and lathe.

Morpheus turns in time to see a wall of men in thedoorway.

AGENT SMITH:

Take him.

The wall of cops rushes Morpheus, filling the tinybathroom until he disappears under the tide.

118 INT. MAIN DECK 118

Tank reaches out to the screen as if reaching forMorpheus.

TANK:

No!

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120 EXT. STREET - DAY 120

A manhole cover cracks open. Two eyes peek out just as aTRUCK RATTLES over it. The THUNDER DOPPLERS away and the

cover opens. Trinity climbs out.

121 INT. MAIN DECK 121

Tank is again at the monitors, searching the Matrix whenthe PHONE RINGS.

TANK:

Operator.

CYPHER (V.O.)

I need an exit! Fast!

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TANK:

Cypher?

122 EXT. STREET - DAY 122

Cypher is standing at a public phone. Across the street

is the burning paddy wagon that appears to have collidedwith an oncoming car.

CYPHER:

There was an accident. A goddamncar accident. All of a sudden.

Boom. Jesus, someone up therestill likes me.

TANK (V.O.)

I got you.

CYPHER:

Just get me outta here.

TANK (V.O.)

Nearest exit is Franklin and Erie.

An old TV repair shop.

Cypher hangs up and smiles as we hear FIRE TRUCKS in thedistance.

CYPHER:

An actor. Definitely.

123 INT. MAIN DECK 123

The PHONE RINGS. Tank answers.

TRINITY (V.O.)

Tank, it's me.

124 EXT. STREET - DAY 124

All four are moving quickly down a back street.

NEO:

Is Morpheus alive?

TRINITY:

Is Morpheus still alive, Tank?

TANK (V.O.)

Yes. They're moving him. I don't

know where yet.

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TRINITY:

He's alive.

Again, inevitability seems to cinch around Neo.

TRINITY:

We need an exit!

TANK (V.O.)

You're not far from Cypher.

TRINITY:

Cypher, I thought -

TANK (V.O.)

So did we. I sent him to Franklin

and Erie.

TRINITY:

Got it.

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EXT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY A124

In a deserted alley, Cypher steps onto a dumpster in frontof a small boarded-up window.

125

INT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY 125

Dead machines, eviscerated and shrouded with dust, lay onmetal shelves like bodies in a morgue. Plywood coveringa small window is ripped off and Cypher crawls inside.

Deep in the back room, a PHONE that has not rung in yearsbegins to RING.

126

EXT. STREET - DAY 126

Trinity sees the TV repair shop.

127 INT. MAIN DECK 127

Tank punches the exit command.

TANK:

Got him.

Cypher's body twitches in its harness, jerking itselfawake.

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128 INT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY 128

Neo crawls through the window that Cypher opened.

129 INT. MAIN DECK 129

Tank finishes loading the exit program as Cypher pullsback a heavy blanket, exposing a high-tech rifle.

130 INT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY 130

The PHONE begins to RING as the others crawl in.

SWITCH:

God, I love that sound.

131 INT. MAIN DECK 131

Suddenly, a white bolt of LIGHTNING EXPLODES against

Tank's chair, blasting him into the air.

Cypher checks the GUN, unable to believe he missed.

CYPHER:

Sh*t.

Tank is on his feet, lunging when Cypher FIRES again,

square into his chest.

DOZER:

No!

132 INT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY 132

The PHONE is still RINGING.

TRINITY:

You first, Neo.

Neo answers the PHONE when there is a CLICK. There is no

signal. Nothing but silence.

TRINITY:

What happened?

NEO:

I don't know. It just went dead.

Trinity listens to the dead line and takes out thecellular.

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133 INT. MAIN DECK 133

The operator PHONE begins to RING. Cypher steps over theSIZZLING BODY of Dozer and looks at the monitor.

134 INT. TV REPAIR SHOP - DAY 134

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