The Matrix Page #17

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He lifts Morpheus' head, holding it tightly with bothhands.

AGENT SMITH:

I must get out of here, I must get

free. In this mind is the key.

My key.

Morpheus sneers through his pain.

AGENT SMITH:

Once Zion is destroyed, there is

no need for me to be here. Do you

understand? I need the codes. I

have to get inside Zion. You have

to tell me how.

He begins squeezing, his fingers gouging into his flesh.

AGENT SMITH:

You are going to tell me or you

are going to die.

148 INT. MAIN DECK 148

Tank sits down beside Morpheus, whose face is ashen likesomeone near death. He takes hold of his hand.

TANK:

Hold on, Morpheus. They're coming

for you. They're coming.

149 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 149

A dark wind blows.

150 INT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 150

In long black coats, Trinity and Neo push through therevolving doors.

Neo is carrying a duffel bag. Trinity has a large metalsuitcase. They cut across the lobby to the securitystation, drawing nervous glances.

Dark glasses, game faces.

Neo calmly passes through the METAL DETECTOR which beginsto WAIL immediately. A SECURITY GUARD moves over toward

Neo, raising his metal detection wand.

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GUARD:

Would you please remove any

metallic items you are carrying:

keys, loose change --

Neo slowly sets down his duffel bag and throws open hiscoat, revealing an arsenal of guns, knives and grenadesslung from a climbing harness.

GUARD:

Holy sh*t --

Neo is a blur of motion. In a split second, three guardsare dead before they hit the ground.

A fourth guard dives for cover, clutching his radio.

GUARD #4

Backup! Send in the backup!

He looks up as Trinity sets off the metal detector. It is

the last thing he sees.

The backup arrives. A wave of soldiers blocking theelevators. The concrete cavern of the lobby becomes awhite noise ROAR of GUNFIRE.

Slate walls and pillars pock, crack, and crater

under a hail storm of EXPLOSIVE-tipped BULLETS.

They are met by the quivering spit of a SUB-HAND MACHINEGUN and the RAZORED WHISTLE of throwing knives. Weaponslike extensions of their bodies, are used with the same

deadly precision as their feet and their fists.

Bodies slump down to the marbled floor while Neo andTrinity hardly even break their stride.

151 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE 151

Agents Jones and Brown burst into the room. Agent Smithreleases Morpheus.

AGENT BROWN:

What were you doing?

Agent Smith recovers, replacing his earpiece.

AGENT JONES:

You don't know.

AGENT SMITH:

Know what?

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Agent Smith listens to his earphone, not believing whathe is hearing.

152 INT. ELEVATORS - DAY 152

They get in. Trinity immediately drops and opens thesuitcase, wiring a plastique and napalm bomb.

Neo hits the emergency stop. He pulls down part of thefalse ceiling and finds the elevator shaft access panel.

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INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 153

Agent Jones looks at Morpheus.

AGENT JONES:

I think they're trying to savehim.

154

INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - DAY 154

Neo ratchets down a clamp onto the elevator cable. Both

of them lock on. He looks up the long, dark throat ofthe building and takes a deep breath.

NEO:

There is no spoon.

Neo whips out his GUN and presses it to the cable, lowerthan they attached themselves.

BOOM!

The CABLE SNAPS.

The counter-weights plummet, yanking Trinity and Neo upthrough the shaft as the elevator falls away beneath them,

distending space, filling it with the sound of WHISTLINGMETAL as they sear to the top.

155

INT. LOBBY - DAY 155

The ELEVATOR hits the bottom.

BA-BOOM!

The massive explosion blows open the doors, fire clouds

engulfing the elevator section of the lobby.

156 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 156

The Agents hear the BLAST of FIRE ALARMS.

AGENT JONES:

Lower level -AGENT

BROWN:

They are actually attacking.

Another enormous EXPLOSION thunders above them, shaking

the building. The ALARM sounds, emergency sprinklers

begin showering the room.

Agent Smith smashes a table.

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AGENT SMITH:

Find them and destroy them!

Agent Jones nods and touches his earpiece.

157 EXT. ROOF - DAY 157

The roof-access tower is now engulfed in flames as Neoand Trinity stand amongst a pile of their fallen enemies.

Across the roof, the PILOT inside the army helicopterwatches the last of their ferocious onslaught.

PILOT:

I repeat, we are under attack!

Suddenly his face, his whole body dissolves, consumed byspreading locust-like swarm of static as Agent Jones

emerges.

Just as she drops the final Marine, Trinity sees what'scoming. Neo sees her, the fear in her face, and he knows

what is behind him.

Screaming, he whirls, guns filling his hands withthought-speed.

Fingers pumping, shells ejecting, dancing up and away, welook THROUGH the sights and gun smoke AT the Agentblurred with motion -Until

the hammers click against the empty metal.

Trinity!

NEO:

Agent Jones charges.

... Help.

NEO:

His GUN BOOMS as we ENTER the liquid space of ---

BULLET-TIME.

The AIR SIZZLES with wads of lead like angry flies as Neotwists, bends, ducks just between them.

Agent Jones, still running, narrows the gap, the bulletscoming faster until Neo, bent impossibly back, one handon the ground as a spiraling gray ball shears open hisshoulder.

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He starts to scream as another digs a red groove acrosshis thigh. He has only time to look up, to see AgentJones standing over him, raising his gun a final time.

AGENT JONES:

Only human...

Suddenly Agent Jones stops. He hears a sharp metalclick.

Immediately, he whirls around and turns straight into themuzzle of Trinity's .45 -

-- jammed tight to his head.

TRINITY:

Dodge this!

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! The body flies back with a flash ofmercurial light and when it hits the ground, it is thepilot.

Trinity helps Neo up.

TRINITY:

Neo, how did you do that?

NEO:

Do what?

TRINITY:

You moved like they moved. I've

never seen anyone move that fast.

NEO:

It wasn't fast enough.

He checks his shoulder wound.

TRINITY:

Are you all right?

NEO:

I'm fine. Come on, we have to

keep moving.

Neo sees the helicopter.

NEO:

Can you fly that thing?

TRINITY:

Not yet.

She pulls out the cellular phone.

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158 INT. HOVERCRAFT 158

Tank is back at the controls.

TANK:

Operator.

TRINITY (V.O.)

Tank, I need a pilot program for a

military B-212 helicopter.

Tank is immediately searching the disk drawers.

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