THE MATRIX V 3.03
EPSIODE 10 FULFILLMENT
BY ROBERT ‘CHOI’ BOEHM
FADE
IN TO:
INT. EXORDIUM BUILDING BASEMENT HALLWAY
Arbiter and Aquanis are walking down a hallway toward the room where
Satin is at. We overhear Somnus’s
words.
SOMNUS
Believe it or not, fate has
put you in a dream and fate has brought us together to wake you up from this
dream.
Just before Arbiter and Aquanis get to the door, it slams shut. Aquanis and Arbiter look and each other with
puzzled looks on their faces. Arbiter
ruses up to the door and tries to open it, but can’t. He turns toward Aquanis, she shrugs her shoulders then readies
her gun. Arbiter pulls out his phone
and calls the Nostradamus.
PHASE (V.O.)
Operator
ARBITER
What’s going on?
PHASE (V.O.)
I’m not sure. The code is a little odd, it seams to be
morphing. I can make out anything.
ARBITER
Alright, See if you can’t call
Tachyon
Arbiter closes his phone, just then gun fire is herd in the adjacent
room. Arbiter bangs and kicks on the
door trying to get it to open but it still won’t budge. He gives up once the gunfire stops. He pulls out his phone and begins to speak
with Phase again while pacing back and forth.
Aquanis just stands alert with her gun ready.
PHASE (V.O.)
Operator
ARBITER
Any luck?
PHASE (V.O.)
None. I tried Carnan too.
ARBITER
Damn it. – Alright I’ll try
and get in touch with the Delphi. In
the meantime load Talon into the construct.
Arbiter closes his phone. Just
then the door opens into a white hallway.
An oriental man dressed in a white frog button shirt and black pants
with circular sunglasses steps out of the hallway and behind Arbiter, who
quickly turns around and takes a step back.
Seraph bows slightly.
SERAPH
I am Seraph, your friends are
in trouble. But first I must apologize.
ARBITER
For what?
SERAPH
For this.
Seraph attacks Arbiter with a punch, which Arbiter blocks to the
side. Seraph continues to assault
Arbiter, forcing him to back up down the brick hallway. Seraph attempts to kick Arbiter in the head
with a roundhouse, Arbiter ducks under his foot. As he does this, Aquanis leaps over Arbiter’s head, spinning one
complete revolution, and targeting Seraphs head with her foot. Seraph quickly dodges the kick with a back
flip. As soon as Aquanis lands she
continues the assault by leaping forward and jumping off of a wall, bring a
punch into Seraph’s chest which he evades by sidestepping and tossing Aquanis
to the ground behind him.
Arbiter has now found his way to his feet; he pulls out his gun and
fires it at Seraph. Seraph dodges every
bullet with incredible speed making his body blur like that of an agent. Once Arbiter stops firing, Aquanis scrambles
to her feet. Seraph holds out his hands
motioning both Arbiter and Aquanis to stop.
SERAPH
Good.
Seraph lowers his hands.
SERAPH
As I said, I must apologize
for you do not truly know somebody until you fight them.
There is a pause.
ARBITER
You’re a program.
SERAPH
Yes, I’ve been sent her to
help you.
AQUANIS
By who?
Seraph turns to Aquanis.
SERAPH
The Oracle.
Seraph begins to speak with Arbiter again.
SERAPH
A renegade program called Mara
has just abducted Somnus and paralyzed Satin.
ARBITER
Why would the Oracle send a
program to help us?
SERAPH
All you need to know is that
Somnus’s rescue is integral to the completion of the prophecy.
ARBITER
What do you want us to do?
SERAPH
First you must dig in to the
room adjacent to where the incident has taken place. Then you must remove Satin from the matrix. Because in her condition she cannot consume
a pill; you must inject her with the contents of this syringe.
Seraph reaches into his sleeve and pulls out a syringe and hands it to
Arbiter. He accepts it. Seraph starts to head back to the white
hallway. Arbiter follows
ARBITER
What do we do after this?
Seraph enters the white hallway; Arbiter stops just outside.
SERAPH
Ask Tachyon, he has been told
what to do.
Seraph turns around, slightly bows and pulls the door close. Arbiter quickly reaches to open the door.
INT. EXORDIUM BUILDING ROOM 3-B
Carnan, Tachyon, and Snipe are finishing their conversation with
Cherub. Satin is collapsed in the
corner of the room.
CHERUB
Ask the appointed judge.
Cherub turns around and closes the door, instantly the door opens
again, Arbiter and Aquinas enter the room from the hallway.
TACHYON
What do we do with Satin?
Arbiter holds out the Syringe.
ARBITER
She is paralyzed, we need to
inject her with this then substantiate her, but first we need to dig in.
The door to the adjacent room opens, The Delphi crewmember, Wraith
enters the room
SNIPE
Alright lets go.
WRAITH
What the hell just happened?
Tachyon moves to Satin and picks her up. Wraith backs into the room as everybody else files in. There is one other crewmember in the room
already in the room.
INT. EXORDIUM BUILDING ROOM B-3a
SNIPE
Wraith, Scion; Somnus has been
abducted. We need to dig in and protect
the door into the hallway.
WRAITH
Dig in?!?
Wraith sees the paralyzed Satin.
WRAITH
What happened to Satin?
SNIPE
We don’t have time for twenty
questions. Agents are coming.
Wraith pulls an empty steel desk over a few feet in front of the door
and lays it on its side. Snipe walks
over to a rotary dial phone in the middle of the room. It is on a round end table. He picks up the receiver and dials a number.
SNIPE
Radon, We need a dig in box.
There is a pause.
SNIPE
Just do it. Give me a sledge as well.
Snipe hangs up the phone. A
moment later it rings. Florescent blue
vines start to spring up from the ground; they take the shape of a box, half
the size of a typical chest, with a long cord wrapped around it. At the end of the cord there is a clamp with
large spikes retracted into it. The
form of a sledgehammer takes shape beside it to. The blue vines recede and the objects are textured. The box is green with a black cord and the
hammer is wooden with a red head. Snipe
slides to cord off of the box and grabs the clamp along with the sledgehammer. He then follows the hardline over to the
wall and sets the clamp down. Holding
the sledge with both hands he smashes it into the brick wall a few times above
where the phone jack is. In the hole
that he as just created the wall there is a thick cord, he drops the sledge and
grabs the clamp and places it on the cord, then slams the spikes into the
cord. A surge of electricity surrounds
the clamp and fades a way.
SNIPE
Alright; Wraith, Scion grab a
pair of headphones. Let the Nostradamus
take care of the substantiation.
Snipe grabs an assault riffle and Wraith and Scion grab shotguns from
crates that were already in the room.
They also grab a pair of head phones that are wired to the dig in box
that has been placed in the middle of the room. Snipe takes position behind the steel desk in front of the
door. Scion takes position right next
to the door with her back to the wall, Wraith takes position on the opposite
side of the door.
As the Delphi crew has been digging in Tachyon has laid Satin down on
an empty table and prepped her for substantiation by placing sensors on her
head and arms and an ear piece on her left ear. Carnan and Arbiter have been at work on the consoles as
well. After everything is set Arbiter
walks over to Satin with the syringe in hand.
ARBITER
I normally like to give people
a choice, but it seams as we have run out of options.
Arbiter sticks in the needle in her upper arm and injects the fluid
into her. Then he looks over and speaks
with Carnan
ARBITER
Let me know as soon as you’ve
got her.
Carnan nods.
The camera is positioned over Snipe’s shoulder it slowly zoom in on
the door which leads into the hallway.
In slow motion, an agent casually walks in and draws his gun, squeezing
off a few rounds in Snipes direction.
Snipe open’s fire and the agent quickly runs to the side and steps right
into Scion’s view. She fires her shot
gun right at the agent nailing him. The
agent flies back and strikes the wall.
The agent instantly leaves the body and the corpse of a bum is left in
it’s place.
Back to Satin
Her body begins to have muscle spasm’s
ARBITER
Hold her down!
Tachyon and Arbiter hold down Satin’s arms and legs, Arbiter looks
over to Carnan.
ARBITER
Call Radon as soon as you have
her.
CARNAN
Wait for it…
Carnan pulls out his phone and dials, then waits just a moment longer
before he presses send.
CARNAN
Drain her!
Satin’s body dematerializes into the earpiece. After she is gone, Arbiter motions Carnan
for the phone. Carnan tosses the phone
over to him.
ARBITER
She’s in your hands now. When she’s stable, jack in all available
reinforcements.
Arbiter closes the phone and more gun fire is drawn. This time Wraith gets the kill shot; however
just as he does, Snipe is hit in the shoulder.
His body fall back and instantly dematerializes into his
headphones. The phone rings and Snipe
is spawned back into the matrix. He
quickly runs back behind the desk and puts his headphones back on then grabs
his gun.
ARBITER
You okay?
Snipe keeping his eyes focused on the doorway.
SNIPE
Never better.
Arbiter nods and dials Carnan’s phone.
PHASE (V.O.)
Operator
ARBITER
Send in Talon
Arbiter closes the phone and tosses it back over to Carnan a moment
later the hardline rings and Talon is spawned in. Arbiter turns toward Tachyon.
ARBITER
Alright; how do we get Somnus
back?
Tachyon take the key out of his pocket and hands it to Arbiter
TACHYON
I was given this key, It can
only be used on the door which leads into the hallway. It will lead us to Somnus. That’s all I was told.
ARBITER
Let’s hope fate is on out side
tonight.
FADE TO BLACK
To Be Continued.