"REALM'S GRAIL" Written by Sullivan LePostec TEASER EXT. BUILDINGS - NIGHT - ESTABLISHING LEGEND reads : SANTIAGO CITY, HARSH REALM INT. APARTMENT - NIGHT A luxurious place. The camera shows medals of honor for good service to Santiago attributed to MIKE PIERSON. Mrs. PIERSON watches a second her two sons, MATT, 10, and PAUL, 12 playing with a Playstation. MRS PIERSON You should stop now. We're going to eat soon. MATT Yeah, yeah, Mom. We'll just finish this level. Mrs. Pierson goes back to the kitchen. MATT Paul, gimme the code please. PAUL What code? MATT I know Richard gave you a code. I know that's why you always win. PAUL Who told you that? MATT Just gimme the code. PAUL OK... Cross, cross, triangle and square. MATT Now I'll have fun too... The doorbell rings. We hear Mrs. Pierson from the kitchen: MRS PIERSON (OS) Can you open the door, Paul? Paul gets up unwillingly and goes to the door. We see his frightened face when he opens it. INT. KITCHEN - NIGHT Mrs. Pierson is still busy cooking. MRS PIERSON Who is it? No answer. MRS PIERSON Paul? Suddenly we hear Matt's voice. MATT (OS) Mom!!!! MAN (OS) Shut up! INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT Mrs. Pierson runs from the kitchen to discover the man, STEVE MORGAN, a gun in his hand pointed at Matt. The boy struggles to escape, but Steve won't let him go. MRS PIERSON (trying not to cry) What do you want? STEVE (smiling) What do I want? MRS PIERSON (crying now) What do you want...anything...I'll give you anything, just don't... MATT (breaking up) Mom! Mom!! STEVE Shut up! I said shut up! Mrs. Pierson takes one or two step toward her son. Steve points his gun at her. STEVE Don't move! Mrs. Pierson starts to cry a little bit. She turns her head. From where she is, she now can see Paul lying on the floor, unconscious, near the door... MRS PIERSON Oh my God! INT. BEDROOM - NIGHT The lights are off. We recognize MIKE PIERSON from the pictures we saw near the medals. He's awake, seated on the bed. We see that he was ill. MRS PIERSON (OS - we can barely hear it) My God! Paul? Paul, are you okay? MIKE opens a drawer and takes a gun. As he prepares it, the voices continue from the other room: STEVE (OS) Listen to me! I don't want to hurt him, and I don't want to hurt you either. INT. LIVING ROOM - NIGHT STEVE I want you to give me your money, your jewels, and those medals. I want you to give me all that you have. MRS PIERSON Okay, okay. I'm going to do that, don't worry. Don't worry. STEVE Yeah, yeah... fast, please. Give me that now. Mike Pierson appears behind Steve, pointing a gun at him. MIKE She's not going to do that. Steve turns to face Mike. He smiles, not worried... STEVE Oh yeah, she is. And you'll help her. You don't want anything bad to happen to your son, do you? MIKE Let him go! STEVE Only when I'll have what I want. MIKE Why? Why us? STEVE Because there's a lot of people who need all you have badly. And they deserve it more than you do. Suddenly Steve falls on the floor. The camera reveals that he has been beaten by Paul. Matt manages to escape. MIKE It seems to me that now there isn't any little kid to protect the coward you are! Mike pulls the trigger. The bullet hit Steve's chest. Steve starts to DIGITIZE. But, soon, the process stops, and the particles reform Steve's body. He's smiling. STEVE I'm afraid I don't need the boy to protect me. Just to be sure you follow my instructions. Mike jumps at Steve. Steve shoots him. Mike DIGITIZES. Steve looks at Mrs. Pierson, her two sons in her arms... ACT ONE EXT. A CAMP OUTSIDE THE FENCE - DAY The Sun is RISING. We're in a very poor place. INT. TENT - DAY STEVE MORGAN enters. He seems tired. He takes a glass of water. It is a very simple place. Everything seems used. However, we can see a perfect computer in the background. RYAN You're back... RYAN McARTHUR is on a very used couch. He slept there, obviously, waiting for Steve to come back. STEVE Ryan? You were waiting for me? RYAN Yeah. I know what you've done. STEVE Really? How? Ryan doesn't answer. STEVE Well. I'm glad you've learned. That woman was so happy to receive that money. She was looking at her daughter and I read so much in her eyes. RYAN Steve... STEVE I knew you'd be proud. RYAN Proud? You're expecting me to be proud? STEVE What's up with you? RYAN You killed a man! Two children will never see their father again! STEVE That guy was a bastard! He worked all day kissing Santiago's ass! RYAN That guy was a father! STEVE I don't understand you, Ryan. RYAN *I* don't understand *you*... I've never told you to kill someone. STEVE Sometimes you have to. RYAN I don't buy that. STEVE Then go to hell! Steve LEAVES, letting Ryan alone, asking himself what he should do. INT. PIERSON APPARTMENT - DAY WATERS is there, with a couple of REPUBLICAN GUARDS, investigating the murder. He's talking to Mrs. Pierson. WATERS O.K. There's nothing more you could tell me? Mrs. Pierson HESITATES a few seconds. WATERS Ma'am, if you know something else, you should tell me. MRS. PIERSON No, no. There's nothing. It... it was just horrible. WATERS Thanks you. Someone will see with you for the photofit. WATERS leaves Mrs. Pierson, and goes to a room in the apartment. INT. MATT's BEDROOM - DAY MATT is there, with a female PSYCHOLOGIST. WATERS (to the psychologist) I'd like to ask him a few questions. The Psychologist doesn't move. WATERS Alone. The Psychologist finally stands up. She stares at him, and just before leaving the room: PSYCHOLOGIST Try to not hurt him. Waters acts as if he's not heard, and sit near Matt. WATERS (softly) Hi. MATT Hi. WATERS I'm trying to arrest the man who did that to your dad. I need as many information as I can gather. Are you okay to help me? MATT Yeah. WATERS Can you tell me what happened? MATT He was pointing his gun at my head. He wanted my parents to give him all that we have. And he beat my brother. Matt is almost crying, even if he tries hard not to. MATT Paul... Paul... My brother managed to hurt him -- so I was able to escape. Dad had a gun. He shot him. He shot him, mister! But he didn't digitize. It started, but never ended. He was like nothing had happened to him. Waters watch the boy gently, but obviously he doesn't believe him. TIME CUT TO: INT. PIERSON APPARTMENT - DAY We see Mrs. Pierson and her two children in the background. Waters is talking to one of the Republican Guards. GUARD With the photofip, we shouldn't have difficulties identifying the killer. You've learned something from the boy? WATERS No. Nothing the mother didn't say, except a beautiful fantasy... Hope that I'll be able to solve that fast. I don't like such a killer hunting in Santiago City. And I know Santiago won't like it either. EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - DAY PINOCCHIO and HOBBES are seated near a fire. They're eating. You can read on their faces that they've had a hard day. Hobbes sees a man APPROACHING. It's Ryan McArthur. RYAN Hi, Pinocchio. Ryan has a brief look for Hobbes HOBBES Hi. PINOCCHIO You have a problem, Ryan? RYAN Yeah... Well, let's say a friend of mine has a problem. HOBBES What kind of problem? RYAN He's gone too far. PINOCCHIO What do you mean? RYAN He killed someone. And I'm afraid he's going to do that again. PINOCCHIO When did that happen? RYAN Last night, in Santiago City. HOBBES Then your friend has more than a problem. PINOCCHIO Not to mention the Republican Guard. RYAN I'm afraid my friend has nothing to fear. PINOCCHIO What do you mean? RYAN Steve has found something... Something important. TIME CUT TO: INT. TENT, PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - NIGHT RYAN is sleeping in a dark part of the tent. Hobbes and Pinocchio are both awake, talking. HOBBES That guy... You know him well? PINOCCHIO Yeah. Ryan...let's just say he's got a reputation. But it's a good one. On this side of the fence, at least. HOBBES What has he done? PINOCCHIO He's a thief. He takes on one side of the fence, and gives on the other. He's become somehow a legendary figure. He has a number of followers, but became too much well known at one point. If he wanted to continue, he had to become more discreet. HOBBES Do you know his friend? Steve Morgan. PINOCCHIO No. All that is very frightening. He wants to impress his master. But with what he's found... He's extremely dangerous, Hobbes. EXT. SANTIAGO CITY. NIGHT Steve Morgan exits a building. He has two large bags. One on the back, the other in one hand. On the other hand, he has his gun. Suddenly: GUARD #1 Don't move! Two REPUBLICAN GUARDS that were patrolling are pointing their weapon at Steve. STEVE You, don't move! There's nothing you can do to me. GUARD # 2 Sure there is. Everybody is looking for you, Morgan. You won't manage to leave Santiago City. STEVE You think?! Steve starts to move again, with a smile on his face. GUARD # 1 Morgan! Don't move or I'll kill you! Steve doesn't listen. The GUARD # 1 pulls the trigger. Steve starts to DIGITIZES, but, again, the process stops. The two GUARDS can't believe their own eyes. Steve is in front of them. Alive. Steve fires twice. The Guard # 1 DIGITIZES. The second one receive one bullet in the leg and falls on the floor. INT. HOSPITAL ROOM - DAY SANTIAGO enters the room. WATERS is behind him and stays near the door. SANTIAGO Are you okay, lieutenant? GUARD # 2 Not really, General. But I feel well enough to answer you questions. SANTIAGO Feel free to start. He shows the photofit Waters has given to him: GUARD # 2 It was him. Steve Morgan. SANTIAGO Are you sure? GUARD # 2 Completely. I have no doubts on that. SANTIAGO So... What happened? GUARD # 2 That was incredible, sir. We shot him. He was dead! But he came back. Waters listens, very interested. Understanding that the boy was telling the truth. Santiago gives him a look, and his surprised to read on his expression that he has already heard that story. SANTIAGO What do you mean? GUARD # 2 He too a bullet in the chest. He started to digitize. But the particles never disappeared, and then they re-formed his body. Then, while we were completely surprised, trying to understand what happened, he shot us. SANTIAGO Are you serious? GUARD # 2 As serious as I can be, Sir. Santiago is silent for a second. GUARD # 2 Sir. You have to understand. He could have killed us from the beginning. But he wanted us to try to kill him first. He wanted to show his power. SANTIAGO Thank you for that information, Lieutenant. As a reward, I have something for your pain. Santiago makes a sign to a NURSE. While Santiago walks toward Waters, we see her injecting a product to the guard. After a moment, the Guard begins to panic. GUARD # 2 What are you doing? What are you doing?! SANTIAGO (to the Guard) Please. Just get some rest. WATERS I'm going to mobilize all the available forces, Sir. SANTIAGO That is the least you can do. Santiago EXITS. Waters looks at Guard # 2 DIGITIZING. ACT 2 INT. COUNCIL ROOM - DAY Waters is conducting a briefing. There's a giant reproduction of Steve's photofit projected on one wall. Republicans Guard are seated around the table. In the dark, SANTIAGO is listening. WATERS This man is named Steve Morgan. He already killed one civilian and two Republican Guards. For now, he's your first and only priority. He's extremely dangerous and, somehow, hard to kill. Be extremely cautious while approaching him. Waters makes a sign and it is now RYAN McARTHUR that is projected. WATERS Morgan is known to be Ryan McArthur's protegee. You should know McArthur very well. He has managed to construct for himself the reputation of Realm's Robin Hood. Unfortunately, you failed in putting an end to it. He hid those past few months. There is big chances that if you find him, you'll find Morgan. Waters makes a bit, dramatizing his last words: WATERS I want reports in three hours. And they better be good. All the guards stand up and WALK OUT the room. Waters is alone with Santiago. SANTIAGO I hope they don't fail, Waters. I hope you don't fail. WATERS I won't, Sir. I'll bring you Morgan, and his secret. EXT. NEAR A FOREST - DAY Pinocchio and Hobbes are near the car. Pinocchio has a can of gas for the car. Ryan ARRIVES. RYAN He killed again. HOBBES When? RYAN Last night. The same thing, all over again. He's going to kill whoever tries to stop him. He killed two Republican Guards, from what I've heard. They're all after him. I hope they don't find him. HOBBES (to Pinocchio) We have to do something. PINOCCHIO Hobbes... What do you want us to do? HOBBES I don't know, but we can't let him kill innocent people. PINOCCHIO They were working for Santiago. HOBBES Are you suggesting that they deserved to die? PINOCCHIO No. Of course not. But... HOBBES But?! Do I have to remind you where you come from? PINOCCHIO That is unfair, Hobbes. HOBBES Nobody deserves to be killed for no reason. No father should be killed. PINOCCHIO remains silent for a few seconds, trying to find the better way to express his idea. PINOCCHIO There's something you have to consider. Pinocchio stops again. RYAN What do you want to say? PINOCCHIO Ryan, I know he's completely wrong, but he's trying to impress you. He wants you to go back to him and congratulate him. You have to consider what he'd be ready to do for that. RYAN You mean... He could try something against Santiago? PINOCCHIO That is an opportunity we can't miss. HOBBES You know how much I want to kill Santiago. You know how much I want to finish the game and go back to Sophie. But I won't do that at any cost. Republican Guards are going to look for him everywhere. That'll be a horror. I can't let that happen. We have to stop him. Pinocchio is looking at Ryan. Waiting for a different opinion. PINOCCHIO Ryan? What do you think? A beat. RYAN I don't know. I don't know what to do. INT. GOVERNMENT HOUSE - DAY WATERS is walking fast in a hallway. Suddenly, INGA FOSSA shows up behind him. INGA Waters! Waters stops, and turns slowly. He makes clear that he doesn't want to talk to her and has others things to do. WATERS What do you want? INGA To know what's happening. I've heard there was a problem, some kind of threat. But I don't know what. WATERS A thief. INGA (she doesn't understand - just a thief?) A thief? WATERS An invincible thief. And I have to stop him. I just don't have a single idea about how I can. INGA Waters... what are you talking about? WATERS You've understood. There's a man out there, who steals and kills Santiago's men, and we can't stop it. He doesn't digitize. He just can't die. INGA He... My God! WATERS Happy to see you have no clues either. Waters leaves, angrier than when they started talking, if that is possible. INGA is alone, in the middle of the hallway. INGA He found a code. He found the code!... EXT. A SHANTYTOWN - DAY There's quite a lot of animation. Nobody notices STEVE MORGAN at first. He has a bag in his hand, and is walking, looking around him. As he passes in front of a 'house', a CHILD, around 8, comes out, crying. Steve approaches her. STEVE Hey! Stop crying! Everything is going to be Okay. What's your name, little girl? CHILD Rosie. STEVE You're so beautiful, Rosie. You shouldn't let those tears roll on your face. ROSIE What's your name, mister? STEVE (smiling) I'm Steve Morgan. Call me Steve. Do you want to tell me why you're crying? ROSIE It's my father. He never let me do the things I want to do! STEVE Really? You're sure? ROSIE Yeah! That is the truth. STEVE You know what? I have a gift for your father. When he sees that, he'll be happier. And he'll let you do more things. You'll leave this place. ROSIE Sounds great. STEVE I agree. You'll give him that for me, okay? STEVE gives her a big wad. ROSIE takes it and goes back inside the house. STEVE watches her with a smile and leaves. But, before he has time to go far: FATHER Hey, you! STEVE Yeah? The FATHER recognizes Steve. He has fear in his eyes... FATHER I wanted to know you you are. I... Take back your money. STEVE It's not mine. It's yours. FATHER No. This belongs to the people you murdered. I don't want it. STEVE Don't be stupid. You'll give your little girl a better life. FATHER I don't wanna do that with your crap. I don't want to build my life on a murder. STEVE DON'T BE STUPID! FATHER I'm not! YOU are. Steve is yelling to everyone, now: STEVE Everything I do, I do it for all of you. FATHER I believe you're doing that for yourself. STEVE I won't take back that money. FATHER And I won't keep it. STEVE Sure you will. FATHER No! Steve takes his gun and points it and the father's head. STEVE You will. FATHER My God! You're completely crazy! All life seems to suddenly stop at the sound of the shot. The father DIGITIZES. EXT. A DESERTED AND QUIET PLACE, NEAR A HOOD. DAY HOBBES is waiting, impatiently. Behind him we can see someone moving toward him. INGA I'm happy to see you again, Tom. Hobbes turns to see INGA FOSSA. He was waiting for her. HOBBES There are important things we have to talk about. INGA Sure. You're looking for Steve Morgan. You shouldn't. HOBBES Why? INGA Because he has a lot of power. Nothing will stop it. HOBBES You know where his power comes from. Inga's silence indicates she does know, but she's not going to tell Hobbes. HOBBES I've been told that he can't die. And that he get this power with a computer. I don't understand how. INGA By hijacking Harsh Realm's program. He found something. HOBBES What? INGA Human nature is complex, Tom. Humans want to face challenges. But they always want to have some kind of emergency exit. HOBBES I don't understand. INGA Harsh Realm is a game. A game like every other. Have you ever played video games, Tom? HOBBES Yeah. INGA Did you cheat? HOBBES No! I... You can't cheat. It's a computer. INGA That's what I'm telling you, Hobbes. There's always a way to cheat. There's always a code. You can have an infinite number of weapons... Or an infinite number of lives. (beat) Even in Harsh Realm. Hobbes is so shocked by the revelation he can't talk. INGA Santiago's men have been searching in the program for a long time. Looking for the place this code is hidden. They searched so much that it became a myth. Some started to believe that there was no such code in Harsh Realm. That this game was different. We both know it isn't. Santiago doesn't yet. HOBBES What can we do to stop him? INGA Nothing. There's nothing you can do. You have to accept that and to not risk your life. You have a more important mission, Tom. Sophie is still waiting for you. As is your child. Hobbes blinks. HOBBES My... INGA Goodbye, Tom. Take care. That's the most important. HOBBES Inga...Wait! But she's already walked away from him. EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - DAY HOBBES ARRIVES. PINOCCHIO Tom! We've been looking for you.? Where...? HOBBES I had an appointment. PINOCCHIO What? HOBBES That doesn't matter. I've learned more important things on my way back. PINOCCHIO What did you learn? HOBBES He killed again. And this time it wasn't a Republican Guard. It wasn't even someone of the other side of the fence. He killed someone because he didn't want to accept his money. PINOCCHIO Damn it! HOBBES There's no way I'm going to wait here and do nothing. PINOCCHIO What do you think we can do? HOBBES We have to find him. Ryan could talk with him. Maybe... PINOCCHIO Hobbes!... HOBBES No. We'll try tomorrow morning. End of discussion. ACT 3 INT. TENT - DAY It is still dark. HOBBES, PINOCCHIO and RYAN are SLEEPING. We can see MOVEMENTS in the tent. Hobbes OPENS his eyes. He has a GUN pointed to his face. It's WATERS. WATERS Good morning. Hobbes remains silent, wondering what to do. WATERS Don't worry. You're not my main problem any more. HOBBES What do you want? Waters drop his gun : WATERS Your help. TIME CUT TO : INT. TENT - DAY The tent is now largely open. The sun enters in it. Hobbes, Pinocchio, Ryan are standing in front of Waters, seated on a chair. Waters' weapons are on a table, near Hobbes and the others. The atmosphere is very tense. WATERS He's killed in Santiago City again last night. Twice. We have to stop him. HOBBES We know that. What do you want from us? WATERS (to Ryan) This guy is hiding somewhere. You're the only one who knows where. RYAN I don't. And I'm not going to risk my life working with you. WATERS I've told you. For today, I don't care about you, Pinocchio, or even Hobbes. RYAN And we're supposed to believe you? WATERS You have to. If we don't stop him, he'll take the power in the Realm. HOBBES And even Santiago is better than him. With Santiago, there's still hope... PINOCCHIO can't believe what Hobbes is saying. PINOCCHIO You trust Waters? HOBBES Not really. But I'm sure he doesn't want to die. WATERS Ryan, I'm sure you have an idea about where he is. RYAN I don't! There's hundreds of places where we used to hide. HOBBES If we know where he kills, you may be able to find him? RYAN Maybe. WATERS I can show you that. Do you have a map? PINOCCHIO Yeah. Pinocchio takes a map and puts it on the table. There's an uncomfortable moment where he doesn't know what to do with Waterss gun. He gives it to Hobbes, but Hobbes gives it back to Waters. WATERS Okay. All his crimes occurred in the same area of Santiago City. Waters shows the place on the map. WATERS The first one here. And he killed the Guards there. Then last night, it was here. HOBBES And this side of the fence, he killed someone there. WATERS He killed someone here? PINOCCHIO He doesn't like when someone tries to resist. HOBBES (to Ryan) Any conclusions? RYAN Maybe. There's a glitch in this area. If he's using it to enter Santiago City, then... WATERS Then? RYAN Then I know a place near the glitch, on this side. HOBBES Let's go. EXT. IN THE HOOD - DAY Pinocchio PARKS the car. He, Hobbes, Ryan and Waters goes out. RYAN leads the other in the forest. They reach a HUT, between two trees. INT. HUT - DAY It's empty. But it has been occupied very recently. RYAN goes out. Waters and Pinocchio enters and starts searching for any clue. EXT. HOOD - DAY RYAN is with HOBBES outside. He's looking in the forest. He starts to talk : RYAN Steve! I know you're here. I know you hear me! RYAN takes a few steps. RYAN Please! I have to talk to you. A beat. RYAN Please! You have to listen to me! Suddenly, HOBBES sees a movement between the trees. HOBBES There! Hobbes and Ryan start RUNNING. A few seconds later, Pinocchio and Waters COMES OUT the hut, and start running after Hobbes and Ryan. Hobbes stops running. Ryan stops near him. HOBBES Did you see where he went? RYAN No... We hear the SOUND of Pinocchio's CAR. They start running again. They arrive just in time to see the car which GETS MOVING. Steve stops a second, and yells : STEVE Your dream will become true, Ryan. I promise. Pinocchio and Waters arrive PINOCCHIO Hey! My car!! HOBBES Your dream? What is it? RYAN I don't know, I... WATERS Talk! RYAN I told him... A few days ago, I told him that I would love to be able to distribute outside the fence the money that is in Santiago City main bank. HOBBES God! It's going to be a carnage... EXT. SANTIAGO CITY - DAY Hobbes and the others arrive at the bank with Waters on a REPUBLICAN GUARD's HUMVEE. There are four other cars waiting. Waters approaches one of his aides. WATERS How is it, inside? AIDE It's not good, Sir. From what I've heard, one hostage has been killed, plus two or three of our men. Waters almost asks another question, but is interrupted by Steve leaving the bank... STEVE Nobody moves!! I'll kill you! RYAN Steve! You're completely out of your mind! STEVE Don't move, Ryan. Steve looks in the bank. He makes a sign. STEVE You can come. THREE MEN, with big bags, leave the bank. Steve walks with them toward one of the Republican Guard's Humvee. Hobbes see that Waters wants to shoot. HOBBES (whispering) Waters! You can't. You're going to kill one of them. WATERS I've to try, Hobbes. I have to. At one point where the three "hostages" are farther away from Steve, Waters SHOOTS! Steve starts to DIGITIZE, but, again, it stops. But the three MEN manage to escape. Steve is alone. Waters shoots, again and again, and the others GUARDS too. Steve digitize each time and come back to life. The Humvee is just behind him. PINOCCHIO Waters! Be careful! HOBBES BEHIND YOU! Suddenly, the Humvee EXPLODES. We can see Steve digitizing again and again in the fire. Each times, Steve manages to make a few steps away. And the fire is slowly disminishing. Hobbes watches that with attention. He has an idea. Finally, Steve manages to reach the point where the heat doesn't kill him. Steve escapes. ACT 4 INT. TENT - DAY Hobbes and Waters are in the tent. WATERS I can't, Hobbes. HOBBES I need it to stop him! WATERS Maybe, but there's nothing I can do! I don't have access to that. HOBBES Really? WATERS I'm under Santiago's control! If I steal that kind of things, I'll have to justify myself, and I can't those days. HOBBES Okay. I'll find another way. WATERS Another way? Hobbes leaves the tent. CUT TO : Hobbes is with Inga, near the hoods, like last time. INGA I can do that for you, Tom. HOBBES Thank you, Inga INGA But you'll have to be careful. We can't lose you over something like this. HOBBES I have to do something. INGA I know. That's why you're who you are. HOBBES I'm just me. But there is something deeper behind his "aw, shucks" demeanor - he also is "the One." INGA You're our last hope. HOBBES Really, I'm just... Hobbes leaves, letting Inga alone. INGA A very good idea, Tom. I may even manage to keep the code all for myself... EXT. PITTSBURGH ENCAMPMENT - DAY Hobbes, Pinocchio and Ryan are together. Steve SHOWS UP. STEVE Hi, Ryan. Ryan STARES at Steve, looking surprised. RYAN What do you want? STEVE To talk to you. To explain you. RYAN What do you want to explain? STEVE That I was only creating your dreams. Fulfilling your vision. RYAN I don't think you are. STEVE We can talk about that, can't we? I miss you. I don't want to continue without you. What you've done. It's so important. I just want to be as great as you are. As you've always been. RYAN I don't think you're following the good path if you really want to do that. STEVE Come with me. We'll talk about that. RYAN Okay, Steve. I'm coming with you. Ryan stands up and joins Steve. Hobbes and Pinocchio, watch them leaving. Pinocchio rolls his eyes. PINOCCHIO Pathetic. HOBBES Sure. CUT TO : Waters is talking into a walkie-talkie. HOBBES (O.S.) It worked, Waters. Steve came, and they left. WATERS Okay. He is watching a screen. There is a map, and a moving point. WATERS Everything is working fine. I can see where he's going. INT. COUNCIL ROOM - DAY Inga Fossa enters the room where Santiago is alone, waiting for her. INGA You wanted to see me. SANTIAGO I want an explanation. INGA (ever so innocent) About? SANTIAGO About what you took from the lab. INGA Oh! This... SANTIAGO Precisely. INGA I was just following Waters' orders. SANTIAGO Why wasn't I informed? Inga feigns surprise. INGA Major Waters is your second in command. Don't you trust him? Santiago is waiting. INGA And Waters didn't wanted to disappoint you if it fails... Santiago is still not amused. INGA We will bring you Morgan, Sir. INT. PINOCCHIO'S CAR - DAY Pinocchio is driving. Hobbes has a walkie talkie. WATERS (O.S.) You're on the way, Hobbes. They're near you. On the North. HOBBES Okay. WATERS (O.S.) Only 100 meters. HOBBES Stop the car, Pinocchio. We'll walk for the rest. Pinocchio stops. Before leaving, Hobbes takes something. A circular technological device built from what Inga gave him. HOBBES (to himself) Hope this works. PINOCCHIO (putting his head through the door) What? HOBBES Nothing. We have to go. INT. A LITTLE HOUSE - DAY RYAN Steve... If you think that it's what I was trying to do... You've completely misunderstood. I've done what I've done cause life is sacred. Cause no one should die because they're poor. But no one should die because fate just happened to make them born in a city filled with wealth. STEVE But, I didn't want to... I was forced. RYAN No you weren't. You pulled the trigger. You had no right to do it. Especially since you weren't risking your own life. Hobbes and Pinocchio shows up suddenly. PINOCCHIO Don't move! Steve stands up, looking at them. STEVE You... How?... He looks Ryan : STEVE (whispering) You betrayed me... RYAN No. I had to do something. You had to understand. STEVE YOU BETRAYED ME!! Steve has a gun under his vest. He takes it. HOBBES No. Drop it! STEVE (still talking to Ryan) How dare you? RYAN I had to!... STEVE I don't want to hear you! I can't trust you anymore. There's a beat, for a second. Hobbes is looking at Steve. Suddenly, he understands. HOBBES NO!!!! Hobbes SHOOTS. But it's to late. Steve already has. At the same second, Steve and Ryan start DIGITIZING. But only Ryan disappear forever. HOBBES Ryan! When he comes back to life, Steve is about to pull the trigger again. Pinocchio pushes Hobbes, and they both fall on the floor. Steve escapes... EXT. NEAR THE LITTLE HOUSE, LOST IN OPEN COUNTRY - DAY ...But Waters is waiting for him. A gun pointed in his direction. He doesn't hesitates a second, and SHOOTS. And shoots AGAIN. And again. Hobbes and Pinocchio exits the house. They see Steve DIGITIZING, again and again. WATERS GO HOBBES! Hobbes approaches Steve, carefully (Waters is still shooting). The circular device is on his hand. Waters stops shooting. Steve is materialized for a second. Hobbes sticks the device onto his back. STEVE What?... Steve never finishes the question. Pinocchio pushes a button on a remote control. A light switch on on the device. Steve digitizes, again and again. Forever... PINOCCHIO It's okay, Hobbes. WATERS We won. HOBBES Nobody wins. Men died. Ryan is dead. (to Waters) But you don't care, I guess. Most of them were only VC. PINOCCHIO Hobbes... WATERS You should leave. Santiago's troops will soon be here. HOBBES Thank you for your help, Waters. At times, I could even remember the guy you used to be. The friend you used to be. Hobbes and Pinocchio leave... TIME CUT TO : EXT. NEAR THE LITTLE HOUSE - DAY Waters is leading Santiago. WATERS He's here, Sir. They turn at a corner of the house, and Santiago discovers Steve, frozen in his surprised expression, digitizing forever. WATERS It's an electrical device that constantly subject his body to fatal electric discharges. Eventually he'll burn the circuits out. SANTIAGO Inventiveness, Waters. That's what I want from my men. WATERS Yes, Sir. SANTIAGO Have you learned his secret? How can he be what he is? WATERS Unfortunately, we didn't had time. We had to kill him. SANTIAGO We? WATERS I mean... I worked with my men. SANTIAGO Fine. My technicians will deal with him. Maybe they'll be able to understand. WATERS Yes, Sir. Waters leaves Santiago. He meets Inga Fossa, who came with Santiago. INGA I'm happy you've been able to handle the situation. WATERS I guess you are. For know, I'm more concerned by your involvement in this. INGA My involvement? WATERS Don't lie to me, Inga. I know you gave this material to Hobbes. You see him. I really wonder why. INGA Well. I think I myself am quite impressed by your collaboration with Hobbes. It feels like the old day, doesn't it? WATERS You won't always win, Inga. You won't. Waters leaves Inga alone. Inga watches Santiago and his men who are around Steve. INGA (to herself) I don't, Waters. I've lost. He has the code. And Santiago doesn't even know it... END