The Matrix Page #18

TRINITY (V.O.)

Hurry!

His fingers flash over the gleaming laser disks, findingone that he feeds into Trinity's supplement drive,

punching the "load" commands on her keyboard.

159 EXT. ROOF - DAY 159

Trinity's eyes flutter as information surges into herbrain, all the essentials of flying a helicopter absorbedat light-speed.

TRINITY:

Let's go.

160 OMITTED 160

161 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 161

Agent Jones throws open the door and enters, walkingthrough the puddles pooling in the carpet. Over the

RUSHING WATER and the ALARMS, Agent Smith hears a soundand understands the seriousness of the attack.

He turns to the wall of windows as the helicopter dropsINTO VIEW --

Neo is in the back bay, aiming the mounted .50 machine

gun.

AGENT SMITH:

No.

The GUN jumps and BULLETS EXPLODE THROUGH the WINDOW in aCACOPHONY of CRASHING GLASS as the Agents go for their

weapons.

But Neo is too close, the .50 caliber too fast and

BULLETS are everywhere, PERFORATING the room.

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Agent Jones is hit first, his body jack-knifing back,

blood arcing out with a sudden flash of light -

Then Agent Brown, his GUN still FIRING as his body falls.

And finally Agent Smith.

Neo stares at Morpheus, trying to will him into action.

NEO:

Get up, Morpheus! Get up!

Neo grabs the climbing rope and attaches one end to hisharness.

162 INT. HALL - DAY 162

Just outside the executive office, three Marines blister

with snow-static.

163 INT. EXECUTIVE OFFICE - DAY 163

Slowly, Morpheus lifts his face into the room's rain.

When he finally opens his eyes, they are again dark andflashing with fire.

He rises from the chair, snapping his handcuffs just asthe Agents enter the adjoining room. Agent Smith stopsand sees Morpheus run past the open door.

AGENT SMITH:

Nooo!

He FIRES SWEEPING ACROSS the sheetrocked WALL in a

perfect line.

For an instant, we see the BULLETS SHRED, PUNCTURING the

WALL, searing through the wet air with jet trails ofchalk.

And as Morpheus starts his dive for the window, a bulletburies itself in his leg, knocking him off balance.

NEO:

He won't make it.

Morpheus lunges, out of control -

As Neo spins, every move a whip crack, snapping the otherrope-end on to a bolted bar as -

Morpheus begins to fall, when Neo hurls himself into thewide blue empty space, flying for a moment.

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The rope snaking out behind him; an umbilical cordattached to a machine.

As their two bodies, set in motion, rushing at each otheron a seemingly magnetic course until they collide.

Almost bouncing free of each other, arms, legsscrambling, hands searching in furious desperation,

finding hold and clinging.

Until the LINE ends, SNAPPING taut, cracking theirfragile embrace. Morpheus tumbles, legs flipping over,

falling down -

The ground deliriously distant as Neo snatches hold of hismentor's still handcuffed wrist.

NEO:

Gotcha!

164 EXT. GOVERNMENT BUILDING - DAY 164

Trinity pulls the copter up and away as Agent Smithstands in the shattered window, aiming his GUN outthrough the curtain of rain.

PONK. PONK. PONK. The rear hull is punched full ofholes and smoke and oil pour out like black blood.

TRINITY:

Sh*t-sh*t-no!

Neo hears the helicopter begin to die.

NEO:

Uh-oh -

Trinity throws the helicopter towards the roof of thenearest building.

Morpheus and Neo cling to one another as they and themachine above them begin to fall.

The ENGINE GRINDS, the chopping blades start to slowwhile -

Trinity guides the parabolic fall over the nearest roofwhere --

Neo and Morpheus drop safely, rolling free as the ropegoes slack. Neo gets to his feet, trying to detachhimself but -

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The helicopter is falling too fast, arcing over the rooflike a setting sun -

The coils of slack snap taut, yanking Neo off his feet,

dragging him with ferocious speed towards the edge even as -

Trinity lunges for the back door, her gun in one hand,

grabbing for the rope with the other --

Neo flies like a skipping stone, hurtling at the parapet,

when his feet hit the rain gutter and he levers up just

as -

Trinity fires, severing the cord from the helicopter,

falling free of it as it SMASHES, blades first into aGLASS skyscraper.

Holding on to the rope she swings, connected to Neo, whostands on the building's edge watching her arc beneathhim as the HELICOPTER EXPLODES -

She bounces against a shatterproof WINDOW that SPIDERCRACKS

out while flames erupt behind her.

165 INT. MAIN DECK 165

Tank stares at the screen, his mouth agape.

TANK:

I knew it! He's the One!

166 OMITTED 166

167 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 167

Neo pulls Trinity up into his arms. Both shaking, theyhold each other again.

MORPHEUS:

Do you believe it now, Trinity?

Trinity looks at Neo.

NEO:

Morpheus, the Oracle... she told me -

MORPHEUS:

She told you exactly what you

needed to hear. That's all.

Sooner or later, Neo, you're going

to realize just like I did the

difference between knowing a path

and walking a path.

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168 INT. MAIN DECK 168

The PHONE RINGS.

MORPHEUS (V.O.)

Tank.

TANK:

Goddamn! It's good to hear your

voice, sir!

MORPHEUS (V.O.)

We need an exit.

TANK:

Got one ready, sir. Subway.

State and Balbo.

MORPHEUS (V.O.)

We're on our way -

169 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 169

We rush at the roof access door as it suddenly slams openand the three Agents charge out. But Neo, Trinity andMorpheus are already gone.

AGENT SMITH:

Damnit!

AGENT BROWN:

The trace was completed.

AGENT JONES:

We have their position.

AGENT BROWN:

Sentinels are standing by.

AGENT JONES:

Order the strike.

Agent Smith can't stand listening to them. He moves to

the edge of the building, looking out at the surroundingcity.

AGENT SMITH:

They're not out yet.

170 INT. SUBWAY STATION - DAY 170

An old man sits hunched in the far corner of the station,

shadows gathered around him like blankets.

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Mumbling, he nurses from a bottle of Thunderbird when -A

PHONE begins to RING.

Neo leads Trinity and Morpheus bounding over a set ofturnstiles towards the ringing phone inside a graffiti-

covered booth.

Let's go!

NEO:

You first, Morpheus.

Morpheus gets in and answers the phone.

Lost in the shadow, the old man watches as Morpheusdisappears, the phone dropping, dangling by its cord.

His eyes grow wide, glowing white in the dark.

171 EXT. ROOFTOP - DAY 171

Agent Smith stares, his face twisted with hate.

never be free of the Matrix.

He will

He starts to turn from the edge of the building when hesuddenly hears it, his head whipping back around,

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INT. SUBWAY - OLD MAN'S POV - DAY 172

Through the old man's eyes as the world begins to RUMBLE.

Trinity hangs up the phone, then turns to Neo.

TRINITY:

Neo, I have to tell you something.

I don't know what it means or even

if it matters but I feel I have to

say it.

The RUMBLE GROWS, the ground beginning to shake.

TRINITY:

I've never told anyone thisbefore. I think I've been afraid

to.

Behind her, the PHONE begins to RING.

TRINITY:

When I went to the Oracle, she

told me... she told me that I was

going to fall in love... But...

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