Tomorrow Never Dies Page #4

GENERAL BUKHARIN

We didn't know it was missing.

M:

Get me the Prime Minister. Alert

NATO, the CIA, the Pentagon.

(presses a button:)

Seven:
This is a direct order. I

want you out of there. Do you copy?

THE ROCK OUTCROPPING -

Bond's headset lies on top of the rock, along with the telescopic

sight - still broadcasting.

Find Bond, crouching BEHIND the rock. Automatic rifle in one hand,

GRENADE in the other. He pulls the pin, hurls it 40 feet away.

Pauses. Waits, counting down time. Then -

BOND SPRINGS. SHOOTS at one of the CRATES. IT BLOWS UP, just as -

THE GRENADE EXPLODES.

There's PANIC ON THE GROUND. Men running everywhere as THE RADAR/

GATLING GUN spins, and SENDS A HAIL OF FIRE at Bond's diversion.

And with this, BOND is off, SPRINTING INTO THE CHAOS.

THE SAME SCENE - VIDEO SCREEN - MI-6 SITUATION ROOM.

Stoned silence. Disbelief. Tanner whispers:

TANNER:

God help him.

THE CRUISE MISSILE - FLYING THROUGH A MOUNTAIN RAVINE -

God help the rest of us.

THE SECRET AIR BASE -

As various factions shoot at each other (Who's the traitor?) Bond

streaks toward the action. Without breaking stride, he swings his

gun to the right: TWO BURSTS. THREE MEN DIE. Still running, he

swings to the left: ANOTHER BURST. TWO MORE DOWN.

Ahead, Bond sees the FLIGHT CREWS DASHING for the MiG's. He makes a

beeline for MiG-1.

ANGLE ON THE BALD MAN -

Slamming the gate on the RED BOX in a cargo truck. Rushing to the

passenger door. Climbing in. The SHORT ROUND MAN floors the

accelerator, driving them away.

THE CRUISE MISSILE - STARTING ITS DESCENT DOWN A MOUNTAIN

MI-6 SITUATION ROOM - M, WATCHING HELPLESSLY -

VOICE FROM WARSHIP

Time to target:
Thirty seconds.

WIDE ON MiG-1 -

The pilot climbs the ladder to the cockpit. Running at full tilt,

BOND LEAPS, pulls the man down. They fall to the tarmac, FIGHTING.

Bond SHOVES A KNIFE in the man's ribs, killing him.

Kneeling, Bond takes the pilot's helmet off. He looks up: A MAN is

coming at him with a GUN. In one unbroken move, Bond YANKS THE KNIFE

from the pilot's body and THROWS IT - thwack - into the man's heart.

ANGLE ON MIG-2'S PILOT - WATCHING THIS FROM HIS COCKPIT.

RETURN ON BOND - CLIMBING INTO THE COCKPIT -

Where the COPILOT (having climbed in from the other side,) sees it's

not the right guy. As he fumbles for a weapon, BOND BASHES HIM WITH

THE HELMET. The copilot collapses into his seat, unconscious.

Bond settles into his seat, fires the engines, closes the double

canopy, and begins taxiing out.

THE CRUISE MISSILE - CROSSING OVER THE PERIMETER OF THE AIR BASE

MI-6 SITUATION ROOM - ROEBUCK, TANNER, M, WATCHING, UNABLE TO BREATHE -

HIGH ANGLE - THE RUNWAY -

The CRUISE SKIMS IN DIRECTLY OVER BOND'S PLANE, speeding to takeoff.

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