Wonderwoman Page #15

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STEVE:

Stay here.

Diana nods -- a beat -- then she proceeds to follow Steve

down the aisle, running her hand across the rows of

chairs, nodding and smiling to the dumbfounded men

staring at her.

SIR PATRICK:

Gentlemen! Germany is a proud

nation who will never surrender.

The only way to end this war and

restore world peace is to

negotiate an armistice.

The ASSEMBLY ROARS objections at Sir Patrick as Steve

finds COLONEL PHILLIP DARNELL (40s) in the crowd.

(CONTINUED)

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STEVE:

(to Darnell; urgent

whisper)

Colonel!

SIX COLONELS, who are not Darnell, turn their heads.

STEVE:

(to the Colonels)

Sorry.

(another urgent

whisper)

Phillip! Phil!

Darnell turns, amazed to see Steve there -- alive! Steve

nods toward the door, then realizes the room has gone

silent.

Every eye in the hall is fixed on Diana, the only woman

in a room that doesn't allow women. Diana, oblivious,

looks up at Sir Patrick.

SIR PATRICK:

(distracted by Diana)

Our only aim at this moment --

must be to achieve peace at any

cost.

The crowd GRUMBLES again, about a woman's presence there

as much as Sir Patrick's rhetoric. Steve takes Diana's

arm and leads her out of the auditorium, Darnell follows.

SIR PATRICK:

Gentlemen, I beg you, please, if

you'll just hear me out --

DIANA:

Why will they not let him speak?

He's talking peace.

STEVE:

That's why they won't let him

speak.

DIANA:

But if they want to stop the war,

isn't that foolish?

(beat)

Are they fools?

STEVE:

(shakes his head

"no")

Most of `em.

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60 INT. WAR OFFICE BLDG. - LOBBY - CONTINUOUS ACTION 60

An agitated and embarrassed Colonel Darnell makes his way

to Steve and Diana, glancing at others watching him.

Colonel Darnell makes his way to Steve and Diana.

COLONEL DARNELL:

Trevor?! What the hell were you

thinking bringing a woman into the

council chamber?

Diana looks at Steve, indignant. He holds his hand up,

calming Diana --

STEVE:

(to Darnell)

I'm sorry, sir, but the intel I've

brought back is very time

sensitive. We were attacked by

men looking for it on the way

here. One of Maru's notebooks.

STEVE:

We need to get it to Cryptography.

And I need an immediate audience

with the Generals --

COLONEL DARNELL:

You don't just rush in here, like

this, and demand an audience with

the cabinet. Cryptography takes

time and --

SIR PATRICK (O.S.)

Captain Trevor!

Sir Patrick emerges from the auditorium, making his way

over to the threesome.

SIR PATRICK:

I'd heard you were lost on one of

your missions, yet here you are.

And you've brought a friend.

Sir Patrick smiles sweetly at Diana, she smiles back,

noticing his cane.

COLONEL DARNELL:

Our deepest apologies for the

interruption, sir --

SIR PATRICK:

Nonsense.

(MORE)

(CONTINUED)

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SIR PATRICK (CONT'D)

Thanks to this young woman, the

room was finally quiet enough for

me to get a few words in.

(a humble bow)

Sir Patrick Morgan, at your

service.

Diana bows her head in return.

DIANA:

Diana, Princess of --

STEVE:

(over)

Prince, Diana Prince. We... she

and I... we work together. She

helped me get this notebook here.

From Maru's lab --

Steve presents the notebook. Sir Patrick takes it,

understanding the implications immediately.

SIR PATRICK:

`Dr. Poison' herself? My God...

(to Darnell)

I suggest we assemble the war

cabinet so they can tell us more.

Darnell hesitates, then nods. Steve and Diana grateful

for the assist --

60A INT. HANGAR - DR. MARU'S LABORATORY - DAY 60A

TIGHT ON:
a GAS CANISTER. Maru turns a valve on it,

adjusting the pressure.

She screws the canister onto the side of a small GLASS

CHAMBER containing a GAS MASK. She locks the canister in

place, then releases the gas into the chamber.

Ludendorff and Maru watch as the NEW GAS hisses in,

creeping towards the gas mask, enveloping it.

The mask begins to disintegrate -- thin cracks in the

glass, wear on the straps, corrosion on the metal. It's

just as it was before.

Maru, filled with anticipation, wonders: Will it work

this time? It does. The gas continues, eating away at

the mask -- the glass cracks apart, the straps sever, the

metal breaks. A sign of the pain and horror it will soon

inflict. It is Maru's greatest achievement -- then even

the glass chamber itself starts to shudder -- and crack!

(CONTINUED)

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60A CONTINUED:
60A

Maru grins, waiting until the last possible second before

unleashing a SINGLE SPARK into the chamber, causing the

highly flammable gas to COMBUST in a burst of FLAME!

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