THE MATRIX V 3.03

EPSIODE 3 SWEET DREAMS

BY ROBERT ‘CHOI’ BOEHM

b4483@alltel.net

The screen is completely white we start to hear a pulsating hum grow louder and louder. The camera pulls away revealing a hover disc, and eventually The Nostradamus is fully revealed flying through the sewers. The camera pans around the ship then zooms in on the bridge transferring through the windshield and we are shown a female pilot. Voices are herd and the camera fades to a hallway inside of The Nostradamus showing Arbiter and Carnan talking to each other.

INT. NOSTRADAMUS HALLWAY

ARBITER
Thanks for saving my ass back there.

CARNAN
I do what I can. What’s so special about this woman anyways? She’s too old; you’re going to get burned.

ARBITER
Perhaps, but did you see what she did with her car? It defied the laws of the Matrix.

Carnan lets out a slight laugh

CARNAN
Don’t tell me you think this is the one that Somnus is after.

ARBITER
She may be.

CARNAN
Man, Somnus is crazy. I can’t believe your even considering the so-called ‘prophecy’.

ARBITER
It doesn’t matter if I believe in it or not. She has incredible abilities that can be used for the resistance.

CARNAN
Perhaps, but I’ve got a bad feeling about this. Shit’s gona hit the fan.

ARBITER
Perhaps -- I’ve got support for Talon today. I must be off.

CARNAN
See you around

Arbiter and Carnan walk different ways. The camera switches to the main deck. Phase is at work on the terminal. A young woman late twenties is looking over his shoulder. Arbiter walks into the room.

INT. NOSTRADAMUS MAIN DECK

ARBITER
We ready to go?

PHASE
Almost.

ARBITER
Good. -- Time for another action packed day at City High?

TALON
Didn’t you have enough action last night? You know you should be careful what you wish for. It just may come true.

ARBITER
How’s Signat coming along?

TALON
He’s coming along; should be ready to take the plunge in about a week.

ARBITER
Good.

PHASE
Ok, everything is ready.

ARBITER
Let’s go.

Arbiter, Talon, and Phase start to walk over to the chairs as the screen fades to a classic ’71 Nissan Skyline 2000 GT-R parked on the street across form City High School. Arbiter is sitting in the drivers’ seat reading a magazine. The camera pans up to the school building and fades to an office door. ‘Ms Suadela, Teenage Counseling’ is imprinted on the window. A teenage man walks up to the door and knocks.

INT. CITY HIGH SCHOOL

MS SUADELA
Come in.

The teenager opens the door and walks in. Talon dressed in business attire is sitting behind an office desk.

TEENAGER
Hello Ms. Suadela.

TALON (MS SUADELA)
Hello Chase. Have a seat.

Chase closes the door and sits down in a chair in front of Ms Suadela’s desk.

INT. MS SUADELA’S OFFICE

TALON (MS SUADELA)
You wanted to talk to me about your dreams?

CHASE
Yeah, every night I have the same dream. I’m sitting in on a wooden chair. I have an earpiece on my left ear and some of those sensors that hospital patents ware on my arms and chest. There’s various electronic equipment in the room and a whole bunch of people too. I don’t recognize any of them, except one.

TALON (MS SUADELA)
Who do you recognize?

CHASE
You.

TALON (MS SUADELA)
Interesting, what happens next?

CHASE
The floor starts to turn into quicksand, and I start to sink. Just before my head goes under I wake up.

The camera switches back to Arbiter in the Skyline. The passengers’ side door opens and Satin gets in

EXT. CITY HIGH SCHOOL STREET

SATIN
Scouting the schools for young talent?

Before Arbiter realizes who it is he pulls out his gun and aims it right at her head.

SATIN
Whoa, easy there tiger, it was only a joke.

ARBITER
Shit. Satin, What the hell are you doing here.

SATIN
I saw you sitting in your car. I was wondering what happened to you last night. You never made it back to the warehouse. Now put away that thing.

Arbiter shaking his head.

ARBITER
I’m sorry; I can’t do that.

SATIN
Why not?

ARBITER
I don’t want to have to kill you.

SATIN
Well that’s why you need to put away that gun.

ARBITER
I wish I could explain.

Arbiter gets out an earpiece and puts it on.

PHASE (V.O.)
Operator.

ARBITER
Yeah, we have a problem.

Camera switches to Phase at his controls. He types and touches a few screens.

INT. NOSTRADAMUS

PHASE
I’d say so. Sorry, I was overlooking Talon and Signat’s conversation.

ARBITER(V.O.)
How’s that going?

Camera switches to the Skyline

EXT. CITY STREETS

PHASE(V.O.)
Too good, were going to have to take him out soon.

ARBITER
Great. Is she bugged?

Camera back to the Nostradamus control room. Phase back at work

INT. NOSTRADAMUS

PHASE
Oh yeah, one belly buster.

ARBITER(V.O.)
Damn It. Were going to need an extraction team in here.

PHASE
They’re on their way. Room 202, Oceanview Apartments?

ARBITER(V.O.)
Sounds good. Get Talon out of work.

Camera switches to Ms. Suadela and Chase in her office.

INT. MS SUADELA’S OFFICE

TALON (MS SUADELA)
You’re viewing the world differently than most people. There’s nothing wrong with this. Most people won’t understand what you’re going though. If you let me. I can help you.

The Phone rings.

TALON (MS SUADELA)
Hello, this is Ms. Suadela (pause) I see, I’ll be right there.

Talon hangs up the phone

TALON (MS SUADELA)
I’m sorry, but I’m going to have to cut our meeting short. Family emergency.

CHASE (SIGNAT)
I understand.

Both Ms Suadela and Chase stand up and exit the room. The camera then switches to the Skyline. Talon walks up to the passengers’ side door, and opens it.

EXT CITY HIGH SCHOOL STREET

TALON (MS SUADELA)
Get in the back

Talon pulls out a gun from her purse and aims it at Satin, trying to conceal it as much as possible, as Satin gets from the front seat to the back. Talon enters the car, still aiming the gun at Satin, kneeling on the passengers’ seat and closing the door. Arbiter puts his gun away and drives off.

INT. SKYLINE 2000 GT-R

SATIN
What’s going on here? Why am I being kidnapped?

Talon laughs slightly.

TALON
Kidnapped? Were setting you free.

ARBITER
How did you turn your car up on two wheels last night?

SATIN
I have a modified stabilizer. It's overweighed and on manual control.

ARBITER
What?!?

SATIN
An overweighed stabilizer.

TALON
Damn it Arbiter, We're wasting our time.

SATIN
Geeze, I didn't think you'd be desperate enough to hold a gun to my head in order to win.

EXT. OCEANVIEW APARTMENTS

The car pulls into an abandoned hotel that is in front of an ocean. Arbiter, Talon, and Satin get out of the car. Talon still aiming the gun in Satin’s face. Carnan and Tachyon are sitting in chairs on a second floor balcony on the second floor; both have their feet propped up on the railing.

INT. OCEANVIEW APARTMENTS ROOM 202

CARNAN
Getting too hot for you yet Arbiter?

Arbiter pulls out his gun and waves it at Carnan.

ARBITER
You're lucky we have a battery with us.

Arbiter enters the hotel with Talon and Satin. Once inside they travel up a flight of stairs, then walk down the hallway to room 202. Arbiter opens the door and steps in. We see Carnan and Tachyon get up from their seats out on the balcony and walk into the room. There is a pigeon in a cage in the center of the room.

CARNAN
The infamous Satin has arrived.

Talon leads Satin over to an Italian leather sofa.

TALON
Lie down on the couch.

Satin does. Aquanis a young woman late in her teenage years (18,19) walks though a doorway from another part of the apartment. She is carrying a rather large mechanical device on her shoulder. It has a glass bowl on one end and a glass tube on the other with an output screen and some kind of triggering device.

ARBITER
Hello Aquanis.

AQUANIS
Does somebody have a tummy ache?

Satin looks startled and confused.

ARBITER
Have any dreams about the Men in Black recently, Satin?

SATIN
How do you know that?

AQUANIS
Alright, lift up your shirt and good ole’ Doc. Aquanis will take care of it.

Satin is in disbelief but does as she is told. Aquanis takes the mechanical device from her shoulder and places the bowl end of it over Satin’s belly button. Three claws quickly retract down around the bowl and Aquanis adjusts the targeting lever.

AQUANIS
Now what are you running away for?

Satin has a frightened look on her face as Aquanis continues to work.

AQUANIS
Ah, ha gotcha.

Aquanis pulls the trigger of the device that the three claws exert an electrical shock onto Satin. Satin jerks back in pain as a metallic bug device comes out of stomach and up through the device, and into the glass tube. Aquanis ejects the glass tube and lays the device next to the couch.

AQUANIS
It's so cute. Can we keep it Arbie?

Arbiter rolls his eyes.

ARBITER
I think Zion needs to increase the age on the guard.

Aquanis playfully pouts.

AQUANIS
Awe, your no fun.

Aquanis smiles and hands the tube to Arbiter. Arbiter hands the glass tube to Tachyon who takes out a flare gun from his coat and loads the tube into the gun. Tachyon walks over the balcony and fires the tube out over the ocean.

ARBITER
Aquanis, do you have the pills?

AQUANIS
You bet.

Aquanis takes out a silver case and hands it to Arbiter.

SATIN
Can someone please tell me what the hell is going on now?

ARBITER
You are dreaming Satin, it’s time to wake up. You now have two choices. You can either wake up from this dream, and soon forget everything that has happened today, or you can come with me and I can show you what dreaming is all about.

Arbiter hands the silver case to Satin.

ARBITER
The blue pill takes you home; the red pill sets you free.

Arbiter hands the silver case to Satin. He grabs a glass of water from an end table and takes it over to Satin. Satin opens the case and looks at both pills for a while. She takes out the blue pill, and closes the case, then puts the blue pill in her mouth. Arbiter hands her the water.

ARBITER
Sweet dreams Satin.

Satin’s takes a drink of water and swallows the pill, her eyes begin to close and she passes out on the couch. Arbiter lets out a slight sigh. Arbiter's phone rings, He reaches into his pocket and pushes a button.

PHASE (V.O.)
Arbiter, We have a slight problem.

ARBITER
What now?

PHASE (V.O.)
Satin doesn't have a hardline into her apartment.

ARBITER
Wonderful.

Arbiter turns off his phone.

CRAHAN
What’s the good word?

ARBITER
No Hardline.

Carnan chuckles

CARNAN
Wonderful.

ARBITER
Tachyon, Carnan, take her home. Talon, you have anything important left to do at City High?

TALON
Nothing that is important for us.

ARBITER
Ok. Aquanis, Talon, lets get out of here.

Arbiter, Talon, and Aquanis leave the room where there is a phone ringing. Carnan and Tachyon walk over to Satin.

CARNAN
Who wants to carry her?

TACHYON
Rock, Paper, Scissors?

We can hear the sounds of Arbiter, Talon, and Aquanis dematerializing. Carnan nods, they play one round. He looses, sighs, and then dreadfully picks up Satin, Both Carnan and Tachyon walk over to the balcony.

FADE TO BLACK:

To Be Continued.