THE MATRIX V 3.03
EPSIODE 6 THE PLUNGE
BY ROBERT ‘CHOI’ BOEHM
b4483@alltel.net
INT. OCEANVIEW APARTMENTS ROOM 202
There is a phone on an end table in a deserted apartment room; it is
ringing. Suddenly numerous strands of
blue neon cords start to spring up from the ground. These strands take the form of five humans and two crates. The strands then begin to retract from the
ground up, revealing the textures of these human and crate objects; it is the
crew of the Nostradamus. Once the crew
is fully loaded, Arbiter walks over to the ringing phone and picks it up.
ARBITER
Were in.
Arbiter hangs up the phone.
ARBITER
Alright. Lets get to work.
Aquanis walks over to one of the crates, and opens it up. It is filled with electronic equipment. She pulls out a laptop and a router. Aquanis carries it over to the end table and
sets it up. She boots up the laptop,
and unplugs the cord from the phone, inserting it into the router, then hooking
the laptop up to the router. Carnan
retrieves some additional equipment from the crate and begins setting it up as
well.
ARBITER
I want us up and running in a
half hour. Talon, Tachyon. Lets get moving.
Arbiter, Talon, and Tachyon head out of the apartment, we follow
them. They walk down the hall and head
down the stairs, then through the parlor and out the door.
EXT. OCEANVIEW APARTMENTS HALL (NIGHT)
There is a 1968 AMX Rebel Sedan with machine hood which they get in
to. Tachyon is at the wheel, Arbiter in
the passengers seat, and Talon is in the back.
The car starts and they drive off.
FADE TO BLACK:
There is a green blinking curser. We see the following being typed on the
screen.
ssh -l bluepawn 192.168.0.1
Mon Aug 11 11:43:33 EST 1999-192.168.0.1
info@192.168.0.1for support
bluepawn@192.168.0.1’s password:
Last login: Mon Aug 11 11:34:15 2003 from signat
bluepawn@192.168.0.1:~$ echo
Good evening Signat, are you there?
evening blue pawn i’m here
whats up
bluepawn@192.168.0.1:~$ echo
It’s time to wake up Signat. I believe
you are ready to see what I have to show you.
whats that
bluepawn@192.168.0.1:~$ echo
Look out your window. There is somebody
there who wants to speak with you.
EXT. SUBURBAN CITY STREETS (NIGHT)
The Rebel pulls up to a two story house. Only one light is on.
Talon steps out of the back seat.
BLACK COMPUTER SCREEN
ms suadela
whats she doing here
bluepawn@192.168.0.1:~$ echo
Why don’t you go ask her, but do it quietly.
EXT. SUBURBAN CITY STREETS (NIGHT)
Talon is standing in front of the porch. The front door quietly opens and Chase (Signat) walks out.
TALON
Good evening Signat – Are you
there?
Talon has a friendly smile on her face.
CHASE (SIGNAT)
How do you know that name?
TALON
I know more about you than you
know about your self.
CHASE (SIGNAT)
Are you Blue Pawn?
TALON
Sometimes – The person on your
computer was Aquanis. Would you like to
meet her? I can take you to her. She has something that she’d like to show
you.
Talon looks back at his house for a moment, then back at Talon.
CHASE (SIGNAT)
Sure.
TALON
Follow me.
Talon walks back to the Rebel and opens the door for Signat. He gets in and Talon enters after him.
INT. REBEL
Arbiter has his earpiece on.
PHASE (V.O.)
He’s clean.
ARBITER
Excellent.
Arbiter pushes ‘End’ and closes his phone. They start to drive away.
TALON
Signat, I’d like you to meet
Tachyon.
Tachyon looks the rear-view mirror at Signat and smiles.
TACHYON
How you doin’
SIGNAT
Fine.
TALON
And Arbiter.
Arbiter turns around and greets Signat.
ARBITER
Welcome.
SIGNAT
Thanks. – Ms. Suadela, where
are we going.
TALON
Please, from now on you can
call me Talon, and were going to our escape so to speak.
SIGNAT
What’s at the escape.
TALON
…Enlightenment. – Be patient
Signat. The answers are coming.
FADE IN TO:
INT. OCEANVIEW APARTMENTS ROOM 202
Tachyon, Arbiter, Talon and Signat enter the living room of the
apartment.
TALON
Signat, have a seat
Talon motions over to the leather sofa. Signat walks over and sits down on it. Tachyon opens the doors to another room. Tachyon and Arbiter exit through the doors
as Aquanis enters. Aquanis walks across
the room and sits on the couch opposite of Signat, putting one foot up on the
cushion.
TALON
Signat, this is Aquanis
SIGNAT
Blue Pawn?
AQUANIS
I am tonight.
Aquanis is smiling cheerfully.
SIGNAT
You have something to show me?
Aquanis reaches into her pocket and pulls out a silver case, then
hands it to Signat; he opens it.
TALON
That case contains two
pills. You take the blue pill, you wake
up in your bed and forget whats happened her tonight. You take the red pill and we can give you the answers to all the
questions that you’ve been asking, but those answers come with a cost.
SIGNAT
I can’t go back home can I?
AQUANIS
It’s the price that we’ve all
had to pay.
SIGNAT
Somehow I knew that before I
turned on my computer tonight.
Signat takes the red pill from the case and closes it. Aquanis reaches over to an end table and grabs
a glass of water, then hands it to Signat.
He places the pill in his mouth and takes a drink of water. Aquanis takes the glass from Signat and
places it back on the table as she stands up.
AQUANIS
Come on, follow us.
Aquanis grabs Signats hand and leads him through the doors. Talon is right behind them. They enter the adjacent room. It is the same room from witch the crew
jacked into, but it is filled with electronic equipment. Aquanis guides Signat over to a wooden chair
in the center of the room and sits him down.
Signat looks at Talon.
SIGNAT
Is this? – Am I dreaming?
Aquanis places an ear piece on his left ear, and attaches sensors on
his arms and temples.
TALON
I know it’s hard, but try to
relax.
Signat gasps and picks his feet off of the floor and places them on
the chair, he is breathing heavily and shaking in fear.
SIGNAT
I’m sinking… stop it, stop it!
Signat starts shaking and jerking in his chair. The chair would fall over if it weren’t nailed
to the ground.
TACHYON
He has an arrhythmia.
CARNAN
I’ve almost got ‘em.
Signat has his head cocked back and is gasping for air.
CARNAN
Targeted, Drain ‘em.
TALON
Wake up Signat.
Signat’s body jerks back and become consumed in blue neon strands,
then dematerializes. His earpiece and
sensors drop to the floor. The phone
begins to ring.
FADE TO:
INT. NOSTRADAMUS MAIN DECK
Arbiter awakens, he reaches back and unloads him self, then pulls his
plug. Phase is working at the
controls. Arbiter gets up just as
Aquanis awakens. He walks over and
unloads her, then pulls her plug.
ARBITER
Make sure the others are
unloaded. I’m heading to the bridge.
As Arbiter heads for the bridge Aquanis stands up, Tachyon awakens and
she proceeds to unload him. We follow
Arbiter to the bridge.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS BRIDGE
The Nostradamus is sitting in the shadows of the sewers overlooking a
large pool of murky water, there are several intake pipes that are slowly
leaking water. Xandara is sitting at
the controls as Arbiter walks in.
ARBITER
What’s the good word.
Xandara loads up a hologram, that is composed of several pillars. There is a blue blip half way up one of them.
XANDARA
I’ve got some activity here.
Xandara pushes a button and the blip disappears from the hologram, the
hologram then zooms in where the blip was.
It shows a human kneeling in a power plant pod. The human is currently being unplugged by a
machine.
XANDARA
If my calculations are
correct, he should come out of that second pipe.
The hologram shows the machine flying away and the human plunging down
into the pod. A moment later and rush
of water gushes out of the second pipe followed by a human.
ARBITER
Let’s not waist any time.
EXT. SEWERS
The Nostradamus’s hover pads light up and it takes flight. I flies over the pool and rotates into
position, then a claw drops from it’s belly and splashes into the water. The claw slowly retracts up, with the human
in it’s grasp. Once the claw is
retracted, the Nostradamus quickly turns around and flies away.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS LOADING BAY
Signat is in the grasp of the claw, Tachyon is manning the
controls. The claw swings over just
above a pad, then releases Signat.
Talon and Carnan are there to ease him on to the pad. Talon then places her ear next to his mouth
and two finger on his neck.
TALON
I’ve got a pulse, but he’s not
breathing.
CARNAN
Chest compressions.
Carnan kneels down and locks his hand together over Signat’s chest and
begins compressing Signat’s chest once every second. Talon, tilts Signat’s head back, and leans it to the side. By this time everyone but Xandara have
gathered around Signat. By the eighth
compression Signat coughs up some water, and gasps for air. He looks over at Talon and extends his arm
out to her. Talon hold it with both
hands.
SIGNAT
Ms. Su…
TALON
Shhh, save your strength.
Signat’s eyes close and his body goes limp. Talon quickly checks his breathing and pulse.
TALON
He’s alright.
ARBITER
Alright, let’s get him to the
infirmary.
Tachyon steps over and helps Talon and Carnan pick him up and carry
him to the infirmary.
FADE TO:
INT. NOSTRADAMUS INFIRMARY
Talon, Carnan, and Tachyon carry Signat over to a bed. Arbiter, Phase, and Aquanis are right behind
them. As soon as Signat is on the bed
Phase starts to get to work. He inserts
some IV’s into Signats plugs and places a respirator over is mouth and nose.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS BRIDGE
Xandara is flying the Nostradamus through the sewers. Then all of a sudden the eyes of a sentinel
that is holding on to the roof of the sewers light up but 50 yards in front of
her. Only these eyes are not red, they
are purple. Proximity warning sensors
start going off. Before Xandara has
time to react the sentinel leaps down and on to the back of the
Nostradamus. A loud bang is herd
through out the ship.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS INFIRMARY
The rest of the crew hear the bang, Arbiter runs out of the infirmary
and heads for the bridge.
EXT. SEWERS
The sentinel is perched up on the Nostradamus’s back. Two of it’s arms are holding on to the
Nostradamus, the rest are flailed out as if it’s getting ready to strike. Electricity begins to surge through out its
body as if it’s charging up.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS BRIDGE
Xandara looks at her holographic scanner and sees the sentinel on the
Nostradamus. She quickly pulls the
Nostradamus up and grinds it against the roof of the sewers.
EXT. SEWERS
The sentinel is knocked off of the Nostradamus. It falls to the floor of the sewers,
tumbling to a halt. It’s eyes fade to
black. We see the Nostradamus fade from
view in the distance.
INT. NOSTRADAMUS BRIDGE
Arbiter is entering the bridge.
ARBITER
What just happened?
XANDARA
A sentinel ambushed us. I didn’t see him until it was too late. I was able to scrape him off of our back
though.
ARBITER
Damages?
XANDARA
Some of the disks are damaged,
but nothing critical.
ARBITER
Alright, let’s head back to
Zion as planned.
EXT. SEWERS
The sentinel is lying in a pile of rubble. It’s purple eyes light back up then springs up from the sewer
floor, hovers for a while looking down the sewers, then turns around and flies
right into the camera.
FADE TO BLACK.
To Be Continued.