The Thirteenth Floor Page #4

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DOUGLAS:

Let's talk, " honey bear" You remember her?

GRIERSON:

Of course not. She's mistaken me for someone else. Or someone

else.

DOUGLAS:

I want you to look around and tell me what you remember.

GRIERSON:

I don't know, Mr. Hall. I'd rather go home. I don't feel very

well.

DOUGLAS:

You have the feeling you've been here before? Please try to

remember. Do you recognized anybody?

GRIERSON:

I'm trying.

DOUGLAS:

Her? What's her name?

GRIERSON:

I think her name Erika, I believe. I believe her name is Erika.

DOUGLAS:

Do you remember did you talk to her?

GRIERSON:

I'm not sure. And that one looks familiar too.

DOUGLAS:

Bridget. Her name's Bridget.

GRIERSON:

Bridget. Oh Yes. I remember Bridget.

DOUGLAS:

Did you give her something to give me? Did you give her a letter

or a note?

GRIERSON:

The man behind the bar. You're right. I wrote a letter. And gave

it to him.

INT. THE BASEMENT

ASHTON:

You looking for anything special? What are you?

DOUGLAS:

My name's Ferguson. I'm a bank teller.

ASHTON:

I'm Clark Gable. I talked to the Ferguson guy. He doesn't know a

thing. I need to talk to Fuller.

DOUGLAS:

He's upstairs.

ASHTON:

Cut the crap! You think I don't know what's going in? I need to

see him I need to talk to him again.

DOUGLAS:

You read the letter. I need to know what's in the letter.

ASHTON:

Everything. When I read it, I thought it was a gag. The world's a

sham. Fat chance. but I'm not stupid, Mr. Hall. I watched you and

Ferguson do the old switcheroo. That stuff about going to " the

ends of the earth"

DOUGLAS:

What stuff?

ASHTON:

I did exactly what the letter said. I chose a place I'd never go

to. I tried to drive to Tucson. I figured, what the hell. Never

been to the countryside. And I took that car out on the highway.

I was going over 50 through that desert. After a while, it was

the only car on the road. It was just me, the heat and the dust.

I did exactly what the letter said. "Don't follow any road signs

and don't stop for anything. Not even barricades." But just when

I should've been getting closer to the city. Something wasn't

right. There was no movement, no life. Everything was still and

quiet. And then I got out of the car. And what I saw scared me to

the depths of my miserable soul. It was true. It was all a sham.

It ain't real.

DOUGLAS:

Why would Fuller write about the limitations of the simulation?

I know them.

ASHTON:

I'm asking the questions now. I want to know why would you put us

through this? Why are you f***ing with our minds?

DOUGLAS:

You weren't supposed to find out.

ASHTON:

Well I did. Now I want you to show me what is real. Is this real?

Is that real blood? How do you like having your life f***ed with?

DOUGLAS:

Damn, what's going on? Where's the letter?

INT. THE 13Th FLOOR

WHITNEY:

Snap out of it. You won't hit me again?

DOUGLAS:

Did you yank me back?

WHITNEY:

Yeah, barely, man. Just barely. You didn't start the timer. It

couldn't engage. What are you doing this alone for anyway?

DOUGLAS:

He tried to kill me.

WHITNEY:

Who?

DOUGLAS:

Ashton.

WHITNEY:

Jesus!

DOUGLAS:

he found out his world isn't real. This is a mistake. This whole

project, this experiment. We are screwing with people's lives!

WHITNEY:

Now you're talking crazy. I know you just had a bad f***ing trip.

DOUGLAS:

Bad f***ing trip? These people are real. They are as real as you

and me.

WHITNEY:

Yeah, that's because we designed them that way. In the end,

they're just a bunch of electronic circuits.

DOUGLAS:

I tell you something else. I'm shutting this bad f***ing trip

right down. I'm telling everybody tomorrow.

WHITNEY:

You can't do that. You're talking about 6 years of our lives.

All of us. You can't just pull the plug and go home.

INT.HOTEL ROBBY

DOUGLAS:

I'm looking for Jane Fuller.

Receptionist

I'm sorry, she's no longer with us.

McBAIN

the lady vanished. Any idea where to?

DOUGLAS:

Why would I?

McBAIN

Hannon Fuller doesn't have a daughter. I think I made the age-old

mistake. "Never trust a beautiful woman."

DOUGLAS:

Who is she, then?

McBAIN

We don't know. It took us a couple days to contact the French

authorities. Guess what? They never heard of her either.

EXT.OUTSIDE THE HOTEL

DOUGLAS:

Do you remember me? Miss Fuller checked out. Did you drive her

anywhere? I'm looking for her.

DRIVER:

No can do. Company rules.

EXT.

DOUGLAS:

Hello! My name's Douglas hall. I'm looking for a young woman

named Jane Fuller.

WOMAN:

I think you picked the wrong house.

DOUGLAS:

Maybe she's going under another name. She's about 5'8". Blonde

hair.

WOMAN:

What do you want from her?

INT. SUPER MARKET

DOUGLAS:

Excuse me, I'm looking for Natasha Molinaro.

CLARK:

Over there on register 4.

NATASHA:

$7.01 Just slide it through. Want cash back?

DOUGLAS:

No.

NATASHA:

Why don't you take a picture? It'll last longer.

DOUGLAS:

Must be deja vu or something.

NATASHA:

Paper or plastic?

DOUGLAS:

plastic.

NATASHA:

there you go.

EXT.OUTSIDE THE SUPER MARKET

NATASHA:

Mr. Hall. You forgot your credit card.

DOUGLAS:

Thanks.

NATASHA:

No problem.

DOUGLAS:

Sorry about staring at you in there. You must get that a lot.

NATASHA:

Yeah, but mostly from the wrong kinds of guys. You're not from

here, are you?

DOUGLAS:

What makes you ask?

NATASHA:

Well, it's just I don't know I just had this funny feeling that

we met before.

DOUGLAS:

Maybe in another life.

NATASHA:

yeah, I guess that would explain it. Anyway, I got to get back to

my daily grind, so. Maybe I'll see you around sometime.

INT. THE SUPERMARKET

NATASHA:

7.28 Out of 10. Here's your change. Thank you very much.

McBAIN

Thank you.

COP:

Natasha Molinaro.. 27 single. Changes job like other change

underwear. Came from Austin, Texas, made some money modeling.

Left school without a degree. Her roommate has no idea what she

was doing yesterday or the day before. Looks like Molinaro

doesn't have an alibi.

McBAIN

What else did the roommate say?

COP:

Says lately, Natasha hasn't been feeling well. She's been having

some sort of amnesia attacks. Going out all night sleeping all

day. Thought she was using drugs.

McBAIN

Did she have a history of drugs?

COP:

Nope. She's clean.

McBAIN

Hey Bernie? Good work.

JANE:

look, I can explain. I'm sorry. I need to see you Fuller' office.

DOUGLAS:

I know the truth.

JANE:

Where are you?

DOUGLAS:

You could call it the end of the world.

INT. THE OFFICE

DOUGLAS:

How many simulated worlds like this are there?

JANE:

Thousands. Yours is the only one that ever created a simulation

within the simulation. Something we never expected.

DOUGLAS:

So you had to kill Fuller.

JANE:

No. I was sent in after his death. I was to pretend to be his

daughter, inherit the company. And shut it down. But he tricked

us. He changed his will.

DOUGLAS:

If you didn't kill Fuller. Who did?

DOUGLAS:

I stabbed him.

JANE:

But it wasn't you. It was your user. He downloaded into you.

Manipulated you.

DOUGLAS:

Like a puppet.

JANE:

A puppet doesn't have a soul.

DOUGLAS:

I can't have a soul any more than Fuller.

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