INT. PENTHOUSE APARTMENT (MATRIX) - NIGHT

 

The apartment is luxuriously laid out and furnished. Gregory sits on a

leather couch, watching whatever on the tube with the sound off. He

absentmindedly manipulates a quarter over and around his fingers.

Finally, he stops and looks at the quarter.

 

Holding it between his thumb and forefinger, he folds it in half as

though it was a disk of bubble gum. He folds it again, then rools it

as though it’s a musket ball.

 

Chandra enters the living room and collapses on the couch. She reaches

points the remote at the TV, but Gregory puts his hand over it to get

her attention.

 

                          GREGORY

 

   " So, you really don’t have any idea how you got here? "

 

                          CHANDRA

 

          " No. I only remember being on the bike."

 

                       GREGORY sighs.

 

                          GREGORY

 

 " Yeah, you took a pretty good knock on the head. Do you know how we

                      got this place? "

 

                 She looks at him, annoyed.

 

                          CHANDRA

 

       " Duh. We broke in. We don’t own a penthouse."

 

                          GREGORY

 

                  " What if I said we did? "

 

                          CHANDRA

 

                  " I’d say you’re insane."

 

She finally gets the remote and changes the channel. The volume comes

on, louder and infinitely more tinny and obnoxious than anything in

life. Chandra laughs at the images as Gregory stares into space.

 

INT. BURNT-OUT CATHEDRAL (MATRIX) - NIGHT

 

NEO sits with his back against a blackened brick wall, staring ahead.

He’s in the belfry of an ancient, destroyed cathedral, among the

pigeon nests, soot, and bird crap.

 

FROM here, in downtown, we can see the modern, uptown section, with

its gleaming skyscrapers. METACORTEX still stands, illuminated by

searchlights.

 

NEO sits and broods. Isolated, his world turned upside down and right

side out in less than a week, his mind and spirit are a blank.

 

Again, he tries his cell phone. Static. He collapses it and puts it.

Just as it leaves his mind, it rings. The face flips open.

 

NEO puts it to his ear without speaking.

 

                      MORPHEUS (O.S.)

 

                           " Neo."

 

         NEO’S grim expression is melted by relief.

 

                            NEO

 

  " Morpheus! Holy shit! You won’t believe what happened."

 

                          MORPHEUS

 

                         " I know."

 

                            NEO

 

      " I couldn’t do it. Morpheus, there’s a problem."

 

 

INT. MAIN DECK - NIGHT

 

  MORPHEUS has the headset on. He stands and surveys NEO.

 

                          MORPHEUS

 

       " Yes, there is a problem. The Matrix exists."

 

 

EXT. BURNT-OUT CATHEDRAL (MATRIX) - NIGHT

 

             NEO’S relief fades into confusion.

 

                            NEO

 

                    " I know. I’m sorry."

 

                      MORPHEUS (O.S.)

 

                   " And the problem is..."

 

                            NEO

 

 " Uh, it’s impossible. If the Matrix is destroyed, the people within

the system will die. They will all die. There has to be a different

                           way."

 

                 MORPHEUS doesn’t respond.

 

                            NEO

 

               " Morpheus? Did you know this? "

 

We hear nothing. NEO can hear his own heart beating. Anger and

confusion add to the already heavy mental burden he carries.

 

                      MORPHEUS (O.S.)

 

         " I didn’t say things would be easy, Neo."

 

   NEO sinks to the ground, shocked. He shakes his head.

 

                            NEO

 

                           " No."

 

 

INT. MAIN DECK - NIGHT

 

MORPHEUS isn’t happy about what he has to tell his proté gé, but there

is no bending his will. The others look on soberly.

 

                          MORPHEUS

 

" Neo, the Matrix... it’s not real. And it’s up to you to end it."

 

 

EXT. BURNT-OUT CATHEDRAL (MATRIX) - NIGHT

 

NEO can’t stand the reality of the situation. He’s coming apart.

 

                            NEO

 

" No, Morpheus, this can’t be! We can’t do this! We have to get the

                        people out."

 

                      MORPHEUS (O.S.)

 

 " Even if we could somehow get to them without cutting through their

defenses, there’s no way we can rehabilitate billions of people. They

            wouldn’t even want to be woken up."

 

                       Neo is silent.

 

                      MORPHEUS (O.S.)

 

             " You can do it. You can free us."

 

                            NEO

 

        " Why me? Why the fuck do I have to do this? "

 

            MORPHEUS is silent for a long while.

 

 

INT. MAIN DECK - NIGHT

 

Everyone is watching Morpheus, and no one can quite believe what is

happening.

 

                          MORPHEUS

 

" You know what needs to be done. Time is short. Make up your mind. The

only way you’re getting out of the Matrix is through its destruction."

 

               Morpheus kills the connection.

 

 

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