Metropolis Page #2

TANNER:

He had keys.

HALDEN:

Of course the legend would like to

think that. But no one has keys.

(fierce)

Your maze was run.

EXT. WAREHOUSE - MOMENT LATER

Halden and his men escort Tanner to the waiting copter.

CUT TO:

INT. VACANT CITY STREET - THAT NIGHT

Christoph stands naked in the middle of the vacant street,

staring down at himself in reverent awe.

It is as if he's been reborn. His body no longer

decrepit, but rather pulsing with an almost inhuman

vitality.

He heads down the street, the walk becoming a run, then a

sprint, his head back, mouth open, tasting the wind.

CUT TO:

EXT. MANHATTAN SKY-LINE - CONTINUOUS

A jet-copter screams across the night sky, while inside --

INT. JET-COPTER - CONTINUOUS

Tanner studies the holographic image of the maze projected

in front of him:

A constantly shifting sea of lines swirling furiously in

random directions.

A small BLUE SQUARE rockets into the maze. Sound of

laughter as the square dodges, feints, spinning it's way

down into --

The center of the maze. A pattern so intricate it seems

to be a solid wall of light with no way through --

Only the square suddenly shoots up, twisting, somehow

finding the smallest of fissures and blurring through.

The square is gone. Only the laughter remains.

HALDEN:

He had fun ripping your maze, that's

good.

(tight smile)

Now that it's obsolete for security

purposes, maybe we can turn it into

an amusement ride.

Tanner silently snaps off the hologram as the jet-copter

banks sharply for a landing onto --

CUT TO:

EXT. VSI CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS - ROOF

A towering black monolith which seems to burst straight up

through the heavens.

INT. VSI CORPORATE BUILDINGS - CONTINUOUS

Halden leads Tanner down the long hall.

Dex, who has traded his dark "assassin's" suit for a VSI

standard issue gray pin-stripe, stands waiting for them.

He keeps his eyes on Halden, as if Tanner wasn't even

there.

DEX:

We just tracked the runner to the

hotel district.

Halden nods as all three of them head into --

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Long rows of programming consoles manned by engineers

wearing wireless 'tele-com' headsets.

Dex directs Halden's attention to one of the high-def

monitors lining the walls. The monitor showing --

INT. SAVOY HOTEL ROOM

Rock music pounds the room as silver confetti drops from

the ceiling.

A KID, sixteen at most, watches excitedly from the bed as

the two Playmates, Barbie-Doll bodies, slow-dance a

striptease.

INT. CONTROL ROOM

Dex finally acknowledges Tanner's presence.

DEX:

Still going through puberty and he

shreds your maze.

(hard)

That's gotta hurt.

Tanner remains silent. Eyes locked on the monitor as

Halden turns to EMMA, VSI's senior security engineer.

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