Utilisateur:Leosoras/WIP/ODST Transcription/VO

Circle 1, Arc

SURINTENDANT :: HELLO, TRAVELER. MOMBASA WELCOMES YOU! ANXIOUS? STRESSED? PLEASE REMAIN CALM. CONTROL CIRCUITS NOW OPEN -- WITH PRIDE!

[SOUND: Vergil chime.]

[SOUND: Trains whistle as morning commuters crowd the station.]

KIOSK: (from speaker) Hello, traveler! The Mombasa Transit Authority welcomes you to Kikowani station. How may I serve you?

SADIE: One ticket to Old Mombasa, please. Here's my card-- No, scrap that. Traceable.

SADIE: Damn it! Coins, need coins...[Puts coins in the kiosk.]

KIOSK: Thank you! What is your final destination?

SADIE: Magongo, if I don't get caught...Hell, if I do.

KIOSK: Thank you! Transport for one to Magongo!

SADIE: Let's go, let's go!

KIOSK: Please collect your ticket.

SADIE: Wait! Hold the doors, please!

[SOUND: train doors slid shut.]

TRAIN: (from speakers) All aboard Train number 14.

SADIE: That was close...

TRAIN: Next stop-- Makupa, Nairobi Road, Hope Station and Magongo-- end of the line.

SADIE: Almost there... almost--

[SOUND: Train squeals to a stop.]

SURINTENDANT :: (from train) EMERGENCY STOP. PLEASE REMAIN CLAM. EMERGENCY STOP --

SADIE: Damn it! He found me.

Circle 1, Arc 2

[SOUND: Train grinds to a stop.]

CROWD: Is something wrong?

CROWD: How long are we going to sit here?

SURINTENDANT :: (from train) EMERGENCY STOP. PLEASE REMAIN CLAM. EMERGENCY STOP--

SADIE: Vergil, you can't stop the train! There are other people on board!

SURINTENDANT :: (distorted) EMERGENCY STOP--

SADIE: Cut it out, Vergil!

PASSAGER: What are you doing, crazy lady? Talking to the train?

SADIE: (to Vergil) I wouldn't even be here if you hadn't kept turning all the traffic signals red!

SURINTENDANT :: [Vergil chime.] DETOUR! PROCEED WITH CAUTION!

PASSAGER: Whoa. Wait... Train's talking back to you now? What the heck's going on?

SADIE: Sir, I'm really sorry about this. I was just trying to get out of the city.

SADIE: (whisper) Vergil, I am going to enlist!

SURINTENDANT :: WATCH YOUR SPEED! CHILDREN AT PLAY!

SADIE: I'm nineteen.

SADIE: And besides, the UNSC is taking everyone it can get!

SURINTENDANT :: [plays recording of traffic accident.]

SADIE: That's exactly what Dad would say!

PASSAGER: You know...train's got a point. A lot of soldiers are dying these days.

SADIE: He's not a train, he's a city.

SADIE: (whisper, to Vergil) A bad, bad city!

SURINTENDANT :: [whines like a puppy.]

SADIE: That worked when I was a kid, Vergil. Open the doors, now!

[SOUND: Train doors hiss open]

CROWD: What was that all about?

CROWD: Great, so now we have to walk to the station?

CROWD: Out of my way! Let me through!

SURINTENDANT :: NOW DEPARTING, HOPE STATION. LEAVING, HOPE STATION--

SADIE: Vergil... go to hell.

[SOUND: Crackling roar of Covenant slip-space rupture]

CROWD: The Covenant! Run!

CROWD: Mommy! What's happening?

CROWD: They're! They've found us!

SADIE: Scratch that... Hell just came here.

Circle 1, Arc 3

[SOUND: Cars honk, crowd panics as a Covenant carrier passes overhead.]

CROWD: Move! The Covenant are coming!

CROWD: Please, mister, you gotta take me! Get me outta here! Please! Wait!

CROWD: Can I use your chatter? I gotta call my family!

CROWD: I told'em! I told'em this was gonna happen! They don't listen, and now we are all going to die!

SADIE: (into Chatter) Vergil? Can you hear me? I'm on my Chatter. But I'm off the train in Old Mombasa and--

SURINTENDANT :: (from Chatter) NO PARKING. VIOLATORS WILL BE TICKETED AND TOWED.

SADIE: I know! I can see it! A giant Covenant ship, just hanging above the city center!

SADIE: There's a kiosk on the platform! Makupa station. Meet me there, okay?

SURINTENDANT :: [Vergil chime.]

SADIE: (pushing through the crowd) Excuse me! Sorry. Hey! Watch it, mister!

KIOSK: (from speaker) Please state your destination.

SADIE: Vergil, give me eyes on Dad! Quick!

KIOSK: I'm sorry. I didn't recognize that-- [distortion]

DR ENDESHA: (from kiosk) Sadie? Where are you?

SADIE: Train station. Old Mombasa. Dad, there's a ship--

DR ENDESHA: Listen sweetheart. I wanted to tell you at breakfast, but you left so early...

DR ENDESHA: You know my latest project? The seismic survey for the new construction downtown?

SADIE: Dad! There's a Covenant ship--

DR ENDESHA: Well, Vergil found something under the city. I've never seen anything like it--

SADIE: Dad! Covenant are attacking the city! Do you hear what I'm saying! You've got to get out of there!

DR ENDESHA: Don't worry, I'm nine levels underground. And I built Vergil's data-center to be very, very secure.

SADIE: Fine. Then I'll come to you.

DR ENDESHA: No! Absolutely not! Stay exactly where you are! I'll have Vergil--

SADIE: Sorry Dad! (fakes static) There's, uh, something wrong...

DR ENDESHA: This is a video connection, Sadie. I can see you making those sounds.

SADIE: Right... Well, tough!

SAID: Vergil, get that train going in reverse!

DR ENDESHA: Sadie Endesha. I will not allow you to put yourself in danger--

[SOUND: Whistle of Covenant plasma fire]

DR ENDESHA: What's that noise?

SADIE: Uh oh... Incoming!

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire slams into station.]

Circle 2, Arc 1

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire slams into station.]

CROWD: They blew up the train!

CROWD: No! My husband was on board!

CROWD: Screw you! I'm outta here!

[SOUND: Siren wails as a police car pulls up to the curb beside the station.]

SADIE: (moves through the crowd to street, coughs) Ow! Hey! Stop pushing!

KINSLER: (from police car) Sadie? Miss Endesha, is that you?

SADIE: Commissioner Kinsler!? [to crowd] Ow! Get off of me!

KINSLER: Officer Branley! Control this crowd before they trample her into the sidewalk!

MIKE: (exiting car) Yes, sir!

MIKE: NMPD! Everyone back off!

CROWD: Lousy cops.

CROWD: Hey! Give us your car!

MIKE: I said, back off! (Fires pistol into the air)

MIKE: (to Sadie) Are you hurt?

SADIE: No, I'll be alright...

CROWD: Hey, why don't you help us?

CROWD: Yeah, give us your car, cops!

KINSLER: Branley! Get her inside!

MIKE: Take my hand. We gotta go.

[SOUND: Sadie and Mike enter the car and slam the doors.]

KINSLER: What the devil are you doing out in the old city?

SADIE: There was...something wrong with the train.

KINSLER: You don't say...

KINSLER: (laughs) I know all about Vergil and his overprotective urges, Sadie.

[SOUND: Angry crowd pounds on the car]

KINSLER: Branley! Drive!

MIKE: Yes sir! [Honks car horn.] What's our destination?

KINSLER: That's a very good question...

SADIE: My dad. He's at work.

KINSLER: The data-center below the ONI building?

KINSLER: No, I don't think so. There are too many Covenant in that district.

KINSLER: I'd like to take you someplace much more... private.

[SOUND: Police car accelerates away from the station.]

Circle 2, Arc 2

[SOUND: Police car accelerates away from the station.]

KINSLER: Branley? The partition, if you please.

MIKE: Yes, sir... [Raise the privacy partition]

SADIE: Where are we going?

KINSLER: The police department has an emergency bunker outside the city limits. We'll be very safe.

SADIE: That's very kind of you, Commissioner. But I can't, I'm sorry. If you would please take me to the city center--

KINSLER: Such a serious young women. Just like your mother... 'New Mombasa's most passionate public defender.'

KINSLER: Too bad her last client really was a sick, murdering bastard.

KINSLER: (sliding across the seat closer to Sadie) She had your eyes...

SADIE: (into her Chatter) Vergil, stop the car!

KINSLER: As police commissioner it’s my job to uphold the law. And I'm afraid this city has very strict, personal privacy statues.

KINSLER: My car is off the grid, Sadie. As far as Vergil is concerned, you just disappeared...

[SOUND: Sadie slaps Kinsler's face]

KINSLER: (laughs) Assaulting a police officer. That's a serious offence.

SADIE: Don't come any closer!

KINSLER: (laughs) Just like your mother...

SADIE: (struggling) Let go of me!

KINSLER: It's the end of the world...

SADIE: Vergil! Please! Somebody!

KINSLER: Nobody cares what happens to one...lost...soul!

[SOUND: Tires squeal as the car comes to an abrupt stop]

KINSLER: Officer! Why are we stopping! Keep going!

[SOUND: Mike exits the car and opens Kinsler's door]

MIKE: Get out.

KINSLER: What?!

MIKE: You heard me... [Grabs Kinsler]

KINSLER: Let go of my coat! What do you think you're doing?

MIKE: My job.

[SOUND: Mike punches Kinsler, knocking him to the ground]

SADIE: I hope that hurt, you son of a bitch!

KINSLER: (panting) Not as much as you're going to hurt when I--

[SOUND: Mike punches Kinsler again.]

MIKE: Commissioner, I'm taking the car.

MIKE: You want to get out of the city? You can walk like everyone else. [Enters car, slams door]

KINSLER: (spitting blood) You'll pay for this, Branley!

MIKE: It's the end of the world... Nobody cares what happens to you.

[SOUND: Tires squeal as the car pulls away from Kinsler.]

Circle 2, Arc 3

[SOUND: Mike lowers the privacy partition.]

MIKE: You okay back there?

SADIE: Thanks for...pulling him off me.

MIKE: Kinsler had it coming. I've been his driver for two weeks? Seen enough to last a lifetime...

MIKE: Name's Mike. Mike Branley.

SADIE: Sadie Endesha.

SADIE: You know for a cop, you make a pretty good guardian angel.

MIKE: Ex-cop.

SADIE: Yeah... Sorry about that.

MIKE: Ah, I was looking for a career change anyway.

SADIE: How about solider?

[SOUND: Distant explosions in the city.]

MIKE: Does seem like a growth sector...

SADIE: Mike. I need to get back over the bridge, to the ONI building downtown.

MIKE: Well that's a problem, because I need to keep away from Covenant plasma fire.

SADIE: OK...just drop me off here.

MIKE: Don't be stupid! What are you going to do?

MIKE: Fight your way through a few million refugees just so the Covenant can kill you a little faster?

SADIE: (whisper) And this is why you always bring cab fare on a first date...

MIKE: I'm trying to save your life!

SADIE: You're trying to save your own ass!

MIKE: And yours!

SADIE: I think I'm the only person in this car who needs to be thinking about my ass!

MIKE: Fine.

SADIE: Fine!

[SOUND: Tires squeal as the car comes to an abrupt stop.]

SADIE: (opening her door) Thanks for saving me for, like three minutes!

MIKE: You're welcome!

[SOUND: Sadie slams her door, Mike drives away.]

SADIE: Well...I sure showed him.

Circle 3, Arc 1

[SOUND: Tires squeal as Mike's car pulls away from Sadie.]

SADIE: Great. I'm stranded on the wrong side of the bridge in the middle of an alien invasion...

SADIE: And I just pissed-off the only person willing to help me out.

SADIE: Go me.

[SOUND: A goat near Sadie bleats.]

SADIE: My feeling exactly...

CROWD: Move those animals!

CROWD: Step aside! Let us pass!

CROWD: Clear those out of the street, we need to move!

SADIE: (into her Chatter) Dad?

DR ENDESHA: (from the Chatter) Sadie? Thank God! Vergil couldn't find you anywhere!

SADIE: Yeah, you can thank Kinsler for that.

DR ENDESHA: Police Commissioner Kinsler? What do you mean?

SADIE: I don't want to talk about it...

JONAS: Get your kebabs here!

SADIE: Oh my God!

DR ENDESHA: What? What is it, Sadie?

SADIE: The biggest man I've ever seen!

DR ENDESHA: Where are you?

SADIE: The Old Town Market. A butcher is giving away his food.

SADIE: Too bad it won't keep the Covenant from glassing the city...

DR ENDESHA: They won't glass the city!

SADIE: (walking to the butcher) Hang on, dad...

DR ENDESHA: I'm in contact with an ONI officer. She thinks these Covenant are just a reconnaissance force.

DR ENDESHA: And I think they are looking for the same thing Vergil found in his seismic survey!

SADIE: Dad, I'll call you back.

[SOUND: Honking car horn]

ANGRY DRIVER: Move, you oaf! Get that table out of the road!

JONAS: Calm yourself, friend. Stop honking (laughs) and have a kebab.

ANGRY DRIVER: For the last time, move your fat ass--

[SOUND: The car creaks as Jonas leans on the hood]

ANGRY DRIVER: Hey! Get off my car!

JONAS: My friend, I am an eight hundred pound man with a large cleaver who kills animals every day and chops them into pieces.

JONAS: (laughs) Do you really want us to be enemies? Or would you rather have a nice kebab?

Circle 3, Arc 2

[SOUND: Bleating goats and a honking car horn.]

CROWD: Mommy, that's too loud!

CROWD: Somebody make him stop!

CROWD: Move that car!

ANGRY DRIVER: (honks) For the last time, you blimp! Get out of the road!

[SOUND: Jonas hefts his cleaver and smashes it into the car.]

ANGRY DRIVER: You put your cleaver through the hood of my car!

JONAS: Oh, a thousand pardons. But it was either that or smash your windshield, pull you out...

JONAS: And make you into kebabs.

ANGRY DRIVER: What? No! No-no! Hey wait!

JONAS: Then please, stop honking your horn. It frightens the children.

[SOUND: The car backs-up quickly.]

SADIE: (into her Chatter) Sorry, Dad. There was sort of a...thing here. What where you saying?

DR ENDESHA: (from the Chatter) Sadie, New Mombasa is the only place on Earth the Covenant are attacking.

SADIE: What? Why?

DR ENDESHA: Vergil's survey! He detected some very unusual seismic activity all along the Great Rift.

JONAS: (to Sadie) Would you like a kebab, young lady? Chicken, mutton, beef! One free for every refugee!

SADIE: I'm not a refugee! I'm going...there!

JONAS: Across the bridge! To where the aliens are landing?

JONAS: Take two kababs...

DR ENDESHA: Sadie, stay out of the city center! I don't want you coming anywhere near the security zone!

SADIE: Sorry, Dad. Gotta go. I'll call you back.

DR ENDESHA: Sadie-- (Chatters disconnects)

JONAS: Come my friends, don't be shy! Free food for the journey!

CROWD: Thank you! Asante. Asante sama.

[SOUND: Distant explosions in the city.]

JONAS: Now young lady... If you are heading into in the war zone, you must eat! Curried lamb? Roast chicken?

SADIE: They look delicious. Really. But I'm not hungry.

[SOUND: Another explosion near the market.]

JONAS: (biting into a kebab) My dear...

JONAS: The end of the world is nothing to face...(swallows) on an empty stomach.

[SOUND: Jonas chews, burps loudly and continues to eat his kebab.]

Circle 3, Arc 3

[SOUND: Jonas ignores nearby explosions and continuous to loudly chew his kebab.]

SADIE: Listen, what you're doing? Feeding all these hungry people? It's really a noble thing...

SADIE: But you can't stay here! The fighting is going to spread -- across the water, into the old city!

JONAS: (chews and swallows) Would you be a dear and run to the wine merchant?

JONAS: (burps) This lamb would be perfect with a twenty-three Ida Sirah...

SADIE: I understand you're...too heavy to walk very far. But there are other options!

JONAS: (laughs) You could carry me, perhaps?

SADIE: (into the Chatter) Vergil, you listening?

SURINTENDANT :: (from Chatter) [Vergil chimes]

SADIE: I need you to divert a city vehicle to my current location. A forklift, or maybe an Olifant--

JONAS: A garbage truck? I thnk I am insulted.

SADIE: If you stay here, you'll die!

SADIE: You need to get to the train station. Or the waterfront -- it's much closer!

JONAS: Look at me...

JONAS: Nobody is going to give me a place on a boat, a bus, or a train. I would take up five seats.

JONAS: I am not worth five people...

SADIE: You can't just give up -- throw away your life!

JONAS: And what about your life? You seem determined to go to the one place you are most likely to die.

SADIE: I'm going to find my father. He needs me. Just like all your customers need you!

JONAS: Very well, young lady. I am convinced. I to will leave Mombasa...

SADIE: Good!

JONAS: ...As soon as you do.

SADIE: No!

JONAS: First you make your father safe. Then you come back and rescue me!

JONAS: My brave warrior princess, riding her fearless fork-lift! (laughs)

SADIE: Deal. Just... don't give up.

JONAS: Well if I run out of hope? (laughs) I will still have kebabs!

[SOUNDS: Covenant plasma fire slams into the market.]

CROWD: The Covenant's getting closer!

CROWD: My shop! Everything is gone!

SADIE: (pushing through crowd) Excuse me. Ow! Sorry!

SADIE: (to Jonas) I'll be back soon!

JONAS: Of course you will.

CROWD: Wrong way, crazy girl!

SADIE: Please, just let me through!

SURINTENDANT :: (from Chatter) CAUTION ONE WAY STREET!

SADIE: Stop it, Vergil.

SURINTENDANT :: WARNING! NO U-TURN ALLOWED!

SADIE: I'll find Dad. Then I'll come back.

SURINTENDANT :: [whines like a puppy.]

SADIE: I'm not crying...

SADIE: I'm not.

Circle 4, Arc 1

[SOUND: Civilians scream as fighting rages in the city.]

CROWD: Oh God, Oh god!

CROWD: Out of the car! We'll go on foot!

CROWD: No! My bags! I have my whole life in there!

CROWD: I don't give a damn! Leave it!

LOOTER: Smash the machines! Take the money!

LOOTER: Get back! This one's mine!

LOOTER: Screw you! There's plenty for everyone!

ATM: (from speaker) Welcome to your African Trust automated teller machine! Banking with pride!

SADIE: Finally, an ATM that still works... Vergil, get Dad!

ATM: Please place your right hand-- (distortion)

DR ENDESHA: (from ATM) Sadie! Where are you?

SADIE: Outside one of the casinos, down by the river! I can barely hear you, dad! There are looters inside smashing everything!

DR ENDESHA: Covenant troops are spread all over the city center!

DR ENDESHA: I can see them on the monitors in my lab! You've got to get as far away as you can--

SADIE: Forget it! I'm coming to get you! End of discussion!

[SOUND: Smashing glass and a scream from inside the casino.]

SURINTENDANT :: (from ATM) INVEST WISELY! OPEN A PERSONAL SAVINGS ACCOUNT TODAY!

DR ENDESHA: Listen to Vergil, Sadie!

SADIE: This looting is just the beginning, dad!

SADIE: Pretty soon we won't need the Covenant to tear us apart -- we'll do that all by ourselves!

SADIE: Vergil, you've watched me all my life, kept me safe. Now, you've got to save the city!

[SOUND: Vergil plays a recording of a police siren over the PA.]

LOOTER: It's the cops. Run for it!

LOOTER: Crap. Grab what you can and go!

LOOTER: No way I'm getting busted!

SADIE: That-a-boy! Scare them all the way to the river! I know they can afford the ferry!

SADIE: Dad, can Vergil track the Covenant as they move? Stream positional data to the UNSC?

DR ENDESHA: Yes, I might be able to re-configure the traffic congestion cameras to isolate known Covenant vehicle profiles.

SADIE: Maybe the ARGUS sniffers can pick up their soldiers too?

SADIE: I've only seen vids of the different Covenant species, but I bet they all stink in their own, special way.

DR ENDESHA: That's an excellent idea! Vergil, get right on it!

SURINTENDANT :: (from ATM) [Vergil chimes]

DR ENDESHA: Sadie, I know I've been busy, and we don't always have time to talk.

DR ENDESHA: But sweetheart...you make me very, very proud.

SADIE: Well...I just figure if we know where the bastards are, we can at least run away better.

[SOUND: Shotgun pump.]

CRONE: That was a nice trick with the police sirens, girly. But I ain't so stupid.

CRONE: Step away from that cash machine, or I'm going to blow your pretty head off!

Circle 4, Arc 2

[SOUND: Distant explosions mix with the jingle of nearby slot-machines.]

CROWD: She's got a shotgun! Look out!

CROWD: Come on! She's old, we can take her!

CRONE: (shoots into the air) You think I'm deaf?! Last warning! Back away from my cash machine!

CRONE: (to Sadie) You too, girly!

DR ENDESHA: (from ATM) Sadie, get out of there!

SADIE: Look, I'm stepping back OK? Why don't you put down your gun--

CRONE: (shoots into the air) Time to break the piggy bank!

SADIE: Hey! You almost hit me!

[SOUND: The Crone smashes the ATM with her fist.]

SURINTENDANT :: (from ATM) AFRICAN TRUST--

CRONE: Open up!

SURINTENDANT :: BANKING WITH PRIDE!

CRONE: Open up!

[SOUND: As the Crone continues smashing, a drop ship flies toward the casino.]

SADIE: Everyone! Listen! That's a Covenant drop-ship!

LOOTERS: Commies! Let's get out of here!

LOOTERS: Leave the money! Run! Run!

CRONE: Forty years I've been coming to this place. Forty years of losing my hard earned cash...

CRONE: Well, today I hit the jackpot! You hear me, you damn machine? I... want...my...money!

[SOUND: The Crone shoots the ATM.]

SURINTENDANT :: [Vergil chime] INCORRECT PASSWORD. PLEASE REMOVE YOUR CARD.

SADIE: Vergil, give her the money! Then we've got to find some cover!

[SOUND: Money whirls out of the ATM.]

CRONE: (laughs) Out of the way, you little slut!

SADIE: (running) Gotta find a place to hide...There! Dumpster. Across the street.

[SOUND: Brutes exit the drop-ship and walk to the ATM]

SADIE: (whispers) Brutes! Look how big they are!

CRONE: Jackpot! I win! I win!

SADIE: (whispers) Move! They're right on top of you!

BRUTES: [Angry roar.]

SADIE: Oh my God! It just tore the ATM off the casino wall!

[SOUND: the Brutes slams the ATM into the Crone.]

CRONE: [gurgling scream.]

SURINTENDANT :: (from Chatter) TRANSACTION COMPLETE! PLEASE COME AGAIN!

Circle 4, Arc 3

[SOUND: Slot-machines jingle inside the casino.]

CRONE: (dying) Jackpot...jackpot...

SADIE: (whisper) Oh my God! She's crushed under the ATM!

BRUTE: [Angry growl.]

SADIE: (whipser) Please, don't look behind this dumpster, you big dumb Brutes. Please, please, please...

BRUTE: [Angry roar.]

CRONE: Alien son of a bitch! Think I'd share any of this with you--

[SOUND: A Brute shoots the Crone then they all march down the street.]

SADIE: That's it... keep walking. Nothing more to see here...

DR ENDESHA: (from the Chatter) Sadie, are you all right?!

[SOUND: The Brutes turn and shoot Sadie's dumpster.]

SADIE: I was!

[SOUND: The Brutes are shooting at Sadie as she runs for cover.]

DR ENDESHA: I'm sorry! Run! Run!

[SOUND: Suddenly, a car races down the street, smashes the Brutes and then plows into the casino.]

BRUTES: [Dying growls.]

SADIE: Vergil?! I car just came out of nowhere-- smashed into the Brutes! Was that you?

[SOUND: The car door opens with a groan.]

MIKE: (exiting the car) My head...I thought air-bags where supposed to stop you from getting hurt.

SADIE: Mike! You came back!

DR ENDESHA: Who's 'Mike'? Sadie, what's going on?

SADIE: Hang on, dad...

SADIE: (to Mike) Let me help you out of there.

MIKE: (groans) I'm OK... Seriously.

SADIE: That whole macho tough-guy thing? It's never really worked for me.

SADIE: Give me your hand...

MIKE: Uhn... Be gentle.

MIKE: Take me around front. Let me see what I hit...

MIKE: Brutes huh?

MIKE: Well that's never coming out of the grille.

Circle 5, Arc 1

[SOUND: Jingle of slot-machines, groaning car metal.]

DR ENDESHA: Sadie, thank the gentleman.

SADIE: (whisper) Great etiquette tip, Dad! Let me get back to you... [Chatter disconnect]

SADIE: My father says I should thank you for saving my life.

MIKE: Couldn't save the car, though. I think there's something stuck in the.. Oh.

SADIE: That's a.. Eww.

MIKE: Paw... Yeah. I can see that.

SADIE: Mike. Seriously. Thanks.

MIKE: Hey, I didn't want to be the guy who leaves the damsel in distress.

SADIE: Plus all the lights turned red when you tried to drive away.

MIKE: How did you...?

SADIE: Vergil.

MIKE: Who's that? Your... boyfriend?

SADIE: (laughs) Not quite. You know the Superintendent?

MIKE: Sure. The AI that runs the city. Picks up the garbage, monitors the traffic. It helped me trace a license-plate last week.

SADIE: Well... Vergil is part of the Superintendent-- a subroutine my Dad wrote to look after me when I was a kid.

MIKE: Look after you?

SADIE: After my mom died, it was just Dad and me. He did his best. But his job...

SADIE: When Dad couldn't be there, Vergil was.

SADIE: He helped me get to school on time, made sure I bought a healthy lunch and didn't watch too much TV...that sort of thing.

MIKE: Must have been annoying.

SURINTENDANT :: (from Chatter) YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!

SADIE: It still is...

SADIE: Mike. Why are you helping me?

MIKE: I'm a cop. 'Service to All,' right?

SADIE: Uh-huh.

MIKE: Look, the city is under attack... A lot of people need help.

MIKE: Well... I can die a hero or I can die a coward but--

SADIE: Got any choices that don't involve dying?

[SOUND: distant explosions in the city center.]

MIKE: Not if you want to go back over that bridge.

Circle 5, Arc 2

[SOUND: Honking car horns and panicked screams.]

CROWD: Hold my hand, son! Don't look down!

CROWD: Is it true? That they've shut down the tether!?

CROWD: Officer? Where should we when we're off the bridge?

COP: Just keep walking! Get out of the city!

COP: Everyone try and stay calm! Marines will be here soon!

PROPAGANDA: (from PA) Citizens! Your neighbors are resisting!

PROPAGANDA: A popular uprising is inflicting heavy causalities on the invaders! We will prevail!

MIKE: How are we going to get across this bridge? It's packed!

SADIE: Good manners and pointy elbows!

MIKE: (whisper) Jeez, Branley. The things you do for a kiss...

SADIE: What?

MIKE: I said, I won't let you down, miss!

SADIE: Right!

CROWD: Ow, wrong way, girl!

CROWD: Hey! Watch where you are stepping!

SADIE: (pushing through crowd) Excuse us! Sorry!

MIKE: Hey, step aside! Police business!

SADIE: It's an emergency! Let us through!

MIKE: Step aside people!

SADIE: You know, if the panicked mobs would just stay in nice, neat lines we'd-- Ow! Watch it!-- get across this bridge a lot faster!

MIKE: Do you hear that?

SADIE: What, the water? Don't tell me you're afraid of heights!

MIKE: Pelican drop-ship. Hard to see through all this smoke. But its heading our way.

SADIE: (to Chatter) Vergil? Got eyes in the sky?

[SOUND: (from Chatter) Vergil chime followed by a tapping and barking.]

SADIE: Not good. Cane tapping. Seeing-eye dog. Means Vergil can't see it...

MIKE: And who do we know that likes to travel off the grid?

CROWD: That's a police drop-ship! We're saved!

CROWD: We can't all fit on that!

CROWD: Says you! I'm getting on first!

[SOUND: A Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge and opens its troop-bay door.]

MIKE: Aww, crap...

KINSLER: Hello, Sadie... Remember me?

Circle 5, Arc 3

[SOUND: Kinsler's Pelican drop-ship settles on the bridge.]

CROWD: The commissioner! We're saved! He has a drop-ship!

CROWD: Yeah, and a sub-machine gun!

CROWD: Why's he pointing it at that girl?

CROWD: Not our problem! Keep moving.

KINSLER: (readies his weapon) It's so good to see you again Sadie.

KINSLER: But please, no sudden movements. This Pelican isn't the stablest thing to stand on. I'd hate to shoot you accidently.

KINSLER: Branley. Your service pistol. Remove it from your hostler. Slowly...

MIKE: Yeah, yeah...

KINSLER: Now toss it off the bridge.

[SOUND: Mike throws his pistol into the water.]

KINSLER: Good. Now, I must say, Sadie. You play very hard to get.

SADIE: Bet that makes you angry.

KINSLER: Oh... quite the opposite.

SADIE: (whispers into Chatter) Vergil... a little help here!

KINSLER: Your chatter made you easy to track. But I think you and Vergil have talked quite enough. Take it off.

[SOUND: Sadie rips her Chatter off her wrist.]

KINSLER: Now smash it!

[SOUND: Sadie crushes her Chatter with her foot.]

KINSLER: Do you know what I've learned in all my years in politics?

SADIE: That you're an asshole?

KINSLER: The value of escalation. For example, last time we met, Branley hit me with his fist.

MIKE: Keep talking. I might do it again.

KINSLER: I think not. This time, I have a sub-machine gun. You see? Escalation....

KINSLER: Goodbye, Branley.

SADIE: Do it and you're a dead man.

KINSLER: Sadie. You're such a bright, beautiful girl. You have no idea how much it pains me when you act so incredibly stupid.

[SOUND: Rattle of approaching treads.]

KINSLER: I have. The gun.

SADIE: Yes... But I have the garbage truck.

[SOUND: Metal crunch as an Olifant smashes into the Pelican.]

CROWD: An Olifant just hit that Pelican!

CROWD: Don't see that every day!

KINSLER: My drop-ship! That's city property, Vergil! What the devil do you think you are doing?

SADIE: Escalation.

[SOUND: The Olifant honks then drops its garbage on the Commissioner.]

KINSLER: [Chokes and gags]

CROWD: (laughs) It just dumped its whole load!

CROWD: (laughs) The commissioner is totally buried in garbage!

MIKE: Ugh... Man, what a smell!

SADIE: Come on! That's our ride!

MIKE: Oh, no... No, no, no!

MIKE: I am not getting into the back of an-- (gags) --Olifant.

SADIE: Think of it as an armored personal carrier, for the ... smell impaired.

Circle 6, Arc 1

[SOUND: Olifant engine and clanking treads.]

PROPAGANDA: (from PA) Stay strong, Mombasa! Our noble militia is hitting back hard! The enemy has begun to retreat!

MIKE: (groans) I think I'm going to puke...

SADIE: Might make it smell better.

MIKE: Why do we have to ride back here again?

SADIE: It's the safest way to get to the ONI building. If we sit in the cab, we're targets.

SADIE: If we let Vergil drive us to the ONI building, the Covenant thinks we are just a harmless machine.

SURINTENDANT :: (from Olifant radio) RECYCLING! DO YOUR PART!

[SOUND: The Olifant’s access-door cranks open.]

MIKE: Uh-oh... Company! Get behind me!

TOM: Finally! Something between me and all the shooting! Guess we all had the same bright idea, huh?

TOM: Name's Tom Umberti. Damn glad to meet you! Married, right? You two own a house? Of course you do!

TOM: Say, when this is all over, if you're in the market for new ceramic siding? Hey now -- I'm your man!

SADIE: Tom? Shut-up.

SADIE: Vergil, can you raise Dad on this Olifant's radio?

TOM: Wow, buddy. Is she a tough customer or what?

MIKE: You have no idea.

DR ENDESHA: (from radio) Sadie! You had me worried half to death!

SADIE: I'm okay. What about you?

DR ENDESHA: The fighting is spreading, damaging all sorts of systems. Power, data...

DR ENDESHA: The entire Superintendent infrastructure is close to collapse. I'm doing all I can but--

SADIE: Dad, you've done an incredible job of keeping Vergil together.

DR ENDESHA: Sadie, it's not me...

DR ENDESHA: It's the Covenant.

Circle 6, Arc 2

[SOUND: Explosions rock the Olifant on its treads.]

SADIE: Dad, it's hard to hear inside this Olifant. Say that again?

DR ENDESHA: (from radio) A plasma bombardment collapsed on of Vergil's tertiary data-centers.

DR ENDESHA: I was accessing the damage through the underground cameras, and I saw Covenant splicing cables, patching switches--

MIKE: Wait-- the Covenant are helping us?!

TOM: Well, I'll be damned!

SADIE: Dad, I just meet my first Brutes. They didn't seem too helpful.

DR ENDESHA: No. The ones in the data-center weren't Brutes-- or any of the Covenant I've heard about.

DR ENDESHA: It's a whole new species, Sadie. And they are actually quite... beautiful.

DR ENDESHA: They have some sort of automatic defense system, but so long as you don't get too close--

TOM: You know -- and I'm just thinking out loud here -- maybe this whole invasion is just one big misunderstanding!

SADIE: Shut-up, Tom!

DR ENDESHA: Vergil's observing another group of them now inside Kikowani Station.

DR ENDESHA: Hang on a second. I'll connect the audio feed...

TOM: Number one rule of sales? Understand exactly what the customer needs. Not what he wants -- what he needs. You understand?

MIKE: Tom. Seriously. Zip it.

DR ENDESHA: It's dark in the station. Switching the camera to thermal...

DR ENDESHA: Strange... There aren't any Brutes around. Usually they never leave them alone.

DR ENDESHA: Alright, I see six of the new aliens floating in a circle. They're surrounding a seventh, touching it with their tentacles...

DR ENDESHA: Amazing! You wouldn't believe how fast they can move their limbs!

DR ENDESHA: They're working... Doing something to the explosives in the seventh's aliens armor--

[SOUND: Series of loud explosions.]

Circle 6, Arc 3

[SOUND: Series of loud explosions.]

SADIE: Dad, what where those explosions?! Vergil, can't this Olifant go any faster?!

DR ENDESHA: (from radio) I'm not sure what just happened... Six of the aliens are dead. But I think...

DR ENDESHA: Sadie, I think they gave their lives to free their companion.

DR ENDESHA: Yes! Yes, I can see it floating away down the subway tube. Vergil, keep an eye on that one!

MIKE: Covenant with feelings, huh? That's a first.

TOM: What was I saying! Don't you see? We gotta negotiate.

SADIE: Negotiate?

TOM: We shoot at them, they shoot back at us! That's just bad business!

TOM: Hey! Hey aliens! We're in here! We want to surrender!

MIKE: Settle down, you idiot!

SADIE: Tom, don't you get it?! The friendly Covenant aren't the ones doing all the shooting!

TOM: To hell with demographics! This is a down market! Time to bargain if you want to make the sale.

[SOUND: Tom opens the Olifant's top hatch.]

TOM: You! Yeah, you in the tank! Over here!

SADIE: Close the hatch!

MIKE: Leave him Sadie. I'm opening the back hatch. We're out of here.

[SOUND: Mike opens the Olifant's ramp.]

TOM: That's right! Up here! Let's say you and me make a deal?

SURINTENDANT :: (from PA) DON'T WALK! DON'T WALK!

MIKE: Sadie! It's a Wraith! Move!

SADIE: Where to?

MIKE: Alleyway! Come on!

SURINTENDANT :: Clear the street! Oncoming traffic!

[SOUND: Wraith round hits the Olifant, killing Tom.]

SADIE: Surrender accepted.

Circle 7, Arc 1

[SOUND: The Olifant burns in the background.]

MIKE: (running) That Wraith blew the hell out of our Olifant!

SADIE: (running) Poor Tom...

MIKE: Poor Tom?! He almost got us killed!

[SOUND: Rain begins to fall.]

MIKE: Now what?

SADIE: Stay out of sight, find a kiosk. My dad's in the data-center under the ONI building.

MIKE: Basically right at the heart of the Covenant occupation.

SADIE: We are going to need Vergil's help getting him out of there.

MIKE: Here. Take my jacket.

SADIE: I don't mind the rain.

MIKE: It's fiber-armored. I mind you getting shot.

SADIE: Thanks.

KIOSK: (from speaker) Optican, health care on demand. Please place your hand on the touch pad-- (distortion)

SADIE: Vergil, get me dad.

SURINTENDANT :: (from kiosk) ELEVATED HEART-RATE. ARE YOU FEELING ANXIOUS? STRESSED?

SURINTENDANT :: TRY OPTICAN’S NEWEST MOOD-SETTLING DRUG "STATENIZOL."

SADIE: And stop playing doctor!

DR ENDESHA: (from kiosk) Finally, a kiosk with a camera! Now I can see that you are alright.

DR ENDESHA: But why are you dressed like a police officer?

SADIE: It's Mike's. (to Mike) Say hello.

MIKE: (clears his throat) It's good to meet you Doctor Endesha.

DR ENDESHA: You know... You are the first young man Sadie's ever introduced me too.

SADIE: Dad?!

[SOUND: Engineer sound followed by Vergil's imitation.]

SADIE: What's Vergil doing?

DR ENDESHA: Learning to whistle!

MIKE: Whistle?

DR ENDESHA: So he can communicate with the tentacle aliens!

SURINTENDANT :: STRESS HARMS RELATIONSHIPS. GOOD COMMUNICATION AND GOOD MEDICINE CAN HELP.

SADIE: We just meet a guy that tried the whole 'communicate' with the enemy thing. It didn't work so well, Dad!

DR ENDESHA: These new aliens are different. Inquisitive, not violent. They are searching for something under New Mombasa. I'm sure of it!

DR ENDESHA: And if Vergil can learn to speak with them, we'll be able to determine whether or not they can-- (static)

SADIE: Dad!

PROPAGANDA: (from PA) Attention citizens! The enemy has infiltrated our data systems!

SURINTENDANT :: IRREGULAR PULSE. HEART RATE FALLING. REPORT TO THE NEAREST-- (static)

SADIE: Vergil!

PROPAGANDA: All civilian chatter is restricted!

SADIE: No!

MIKE: Whoa-whoa! Calm down!

SADIE: They killed him!

MIKE: Who?

SADIE: The police! They just pulled Vergil's plug!

MIKE: No way. The whole city would shut down. The evacuation would ground to a halt. No one would be crazy enough to--

SADIE: No one?!

MIKE: Aww crap...

Circle 7, Arc 2

[SOUND: Rain and distant thunder.]

MIKE: (running) Police Headquarters! Straight ahead!

SADIE: (running) How does a level one blackout work? How do we bring Vergil back?

MIKE: Emergency Communications department. But we can't just--

SADIE: Kick down the door? Plug Vergil back in?

SADIE: You bet your ass we can!

MIKE: Sadie! Wait!

SADIE: Here's a directory... Emergency Comms. Fourteenth Floor. Elevators are--

MIKE: Hold up! Look... the lobby's all shoot up. And over by the elevators...

SADIE: Are those cops?

MIKE: All dead. Probably a Brute kill-squad...

MARSHALL: Howdy, folks.

SADIE: ...Or not.

MARSHALL: Sorry about the mess. Since it appears we are all going straight to hell today...

MARSHALL: I figured I'd send some of my old pals on their way myself.

MIKE: Listen, buddy. We don't want any trouble.

SADIE: We just need to get upstairs--

MARSHALL: Stay right where you are!

MARSHALL: Here comes another one now...

[SOUND: Elevator appears. Jim walks into the lobby.]

JIM: (into Chatter) Mmm-hmm... Yeah. I don't know why they shut the Super down. We'll keep broadcasting as long as we--

MARSHALL: Hey there, Jim bo!

JIM: What the... Officers down! There may be Covenant--

MARSHALL: Come now. Get off your Chatter and pay attention.

JIM: Marshall? What are you doing here? Didn't you get fired?

MARSHALL: Remember how often I asked you not to use my half-and-half? And remember how often you didn't listen?

JIM: You? You did this?!

MARSHALL: Should have stayed in the elevator, Jim.

JIM: No! Please!

MARSHALL: I wrote! (fires) My name! (fires) Right there on the carton! (fires)

JIM: (dying gurgle)

MIKE: Sadie, let's go.

MARSHALL: According to this department, I have issues with anger management...

MARSHALL: If I we're you? I'd stay right where you are.

Circle 7, Arc 3

[SOUND: Marshall reloads his rifle.]

MARSHALL: You two are my hostages. Sit tight, or you're gonna end up like these old buddies of mine.

SADIE: Mike, we have to get upstairs -- turn Vergil back on!

MARSHALL: No talking!

MARSHALL: You work for the NMPD?

SADIE: Uh...

MIKE: No.

MARSHALL: Oh yeah? Where did you get the jacket?

SADIE: I stole it. From the trash.

MARSHALL: A thief, huh? Got a record, you little punk?

MIKE: Look. Why don't you put down your rifle and--

MARSHALL: Why don't you shut your goddamn mouth!

[SOUND: boots in the stairwell.]

MARSHALL: Hear that? SWAT pussies finally woke up. They'll be wearing body armor, so you have to take the head-shot.

MIKE: Get down, Sadie! Now!

[SOUND: SWAT officer kick-opens the stairwell door.]

SWAT COP: Drop your weapon!

MARSHALL: Come and get it! [fires]

SWAT COP: (dying gurgle)

SWAT COP: Damnit! Take him down!

SWAT COP: Cover me!

SWAT COP: Man down! Man down!

SWAT COP: We're blocked in!

[SOUND: SWAT cops and Marshall exchange heavy fire.]

SWAT COMMANDER: Bang and clear!

[SOUND: SWAT commander tosses a flash-bang grenade.]

MARSHALL: (screams) My eyes! Awww, you lousy sons of bitches--

[SOUND: Marshall dies in a hail of bullets.]

SWAT COMMANDER: Got him! Suspect down!

MIKE: Sadie? Sadie?! Are you, OK?

SWAT COMMANDER: You! Hands where I can see them!

MIKE: Don't shoot! I'm NMPD damnit!

SWAT COMMANDER: Let me see your badge! Nice and slow!

SADIE: The whole city's crawling with Covenant, and we're killing each other.

MIKE: Here, see! Metro pee-dee!

MIKE: I need to get her to the fourteenth floor. It's an emergency!

SWAT COMMANDER: OK. Take her up. We'll deal with this mess...

SADIE: There must be a dozen bodies here...

MIKE: We can't save them, Sadie. But we can save Vergil.

MIKE: We have to go.

Circle 8, Arc 1

[SOUND: Sadie and Mike running up the stairwell.]

MIKE: Emergency Comms. Fourteenth floor. Should've taken the elevator...

SADIE: After what just happened? I don't think so.

MIKE: So... what exactly are you going to say to make them re-initialize Vergil?

SADIE: I'll think of something.

MIKE: 'Hi! I'm cute! Break the law for me!'

SADIE: That's not funny!

MIKE: I'm just saying... It worked on me...

[SOUND: Police communications officers type and answer phones.]

COMM COP: Still no Covenant activity outside the city!

COMM COP: I need a medivac! Nyali bridge!

COMM COP: I've got three more evac points at 200% capacity!

COMM COP: Somebody answer that damn Phone!

MIKE: Where's the duty officer?

COMM COP: Big desk. At the back.

MIKE: Thanks.

COMM COP: No way we can get everyone out!

COMM COP: Reports of another riot starting at Kikowani!

COMM COP: I need someone else to man these comm lines!

DUTY OFFICER: (talking into chatter) As I've been trying to tell you Captain, I don't have the authority to override--

DUTY OFFICER: What do you mean 'gross misconduct?' Captain Dare, I assure you. People are dying down here!

SADIE: Excuse me....

DUTY OFFICER: Yes, of course I could turn the Superintendent back on. But Commissioner Kinsler gave me explicit instructions--

SADIE: You're busy, so I'm just going to borrow this stapler...

DUTY OFFICER: Listen, Captain, there is a Covenant carrier hovering outside my window!

DUTY OFFICER: There's a sniper in my lobby and you're threatening to have me fired!? [Slams chatter into desk.]

DUTY OFFICER: Office of Naval Intelligence. Now there's a contradiction in terms...

DUTY OFFICER: (Sees Sadie and groans) What do you want?

SADIE: I need you to turn Ver-- the Superintendent back on.

DUTY OFFICER: Not you, too! I am telling all of you, the commissioner--

SADIE: I know. But I'm making you do it! At gunpoint!

DUTY OFFICER: What gun?

SADIE: This one!

DUTY OFFICER: You're holding my stapler inside your pocket and pointing it at me.

SADIE: You don't know that.

MIKE: It might be a gun.

SADIE: Or a rifle!

MIKE: Or a rocket launcher!

SADIE: And if it was, why, you would have to turn the Superintendent back on.

MIKE: Nobody could blame you.

SADIE: Or fire you...

DUTY OFFICER: If it was a gun...

DUTY OFFICER: Oh, no... Please don't shoot. I'll do.. anything!

SURINTENDANT :: (Loud Engineer whistle) SADIE! SADIE! SADIE! SADIE! SADIE!

SADIE: It's OK, Vergil. I'm here.

MIKE: He sounds...different.

SADIE: Vergil? What have those aliens done to you?!

[SOUND: Loud Engineer whistle.]

Circle 8, Arc 2

[SOUND: Loud Engineer whistle.]

COMM COP: You hear that crazy noise?!

COMM COP: No clue. Must be a corrupted signal!

COMM COP: We've lost the connection with the UNSC orbital command!

MIKE: Sadie, what's going on?!

SADIE: I don't know. Those aliens have been working on Vergil and now that he is back on he sounds...

MIKE: ...Different.

SADIE: Vergil? It's still you, isn't it?

SURINTENDANT :: [barks like a dog]

SADIE: Can you get Dad for me?

SURINTENDANT :: [frightened Engineer whistle.]

SADIE: Vergil can't reach him! Something's wrong...

PROPAGANDA: (from PA) Reports are coming in from all over the city! Covenant forces are pulling back in the face of furious resistance!

MIKE: Man, I have had it with his crap!

PROPAGANDA: Our enemies are cowards! Battle on, brave citizens, and victory will be ours!

MIKE: Hang on... That's coming from inside the building!

SADIE: Mike? Wait! Where are you going?

PROPAGANDA: This hour we will pay tribute to our fallen heroes. Jim Odingo Roberto Burstomenta and Marshall Glick.

MIKE: This is his office. Public Service Announcements Division...

PROPAGANDA: These officers were gunned-down in the very lobby of this building by Covenant snipers.

PROPAGANDA: But moments ago members of our citizens militia wiped out the sniper nest with a homemade flame-thrower...

PROPAGANDA: Made from nothing more than an old leaf blower and a can of gasoline! Keep fighting, Mombasa! Fight and we will win!

[SOUND: Stephen turns-off his microphone.]

STEPHEN: Off the air...

MIKE: Covenant Sniper nest? Those people were massacred by a crazy ex-cop! Hell, one of those people was the crazy ex-cop!

STEPHEN: And your point is?

MIKE: People are dying out there and you're feeding them this...this garbage? None of it is true!

STEPHEN: Yes, well... [Stubs out cigarette.]

STEPHEN: Some days, truth really isn't a luxury we can afford.

Circle 8, Arc 3

SADIE: Come on Mike... He's a propaganda officer. He's just doing his job.

MIKE: His job?! More like lying to people for a living!

STEPHEN: Do you know who is still listening to my announcements? An old women, to weak to leave her bed...

STEPHEN: A man, bleeding in the street. A teacher, hiding with her students in the school's basement.

STEPHEN: They are all going to die.

MIKE: Maybe, maybe not. The marines will be here soon...

STEPHEN: They are all going to die!

STEPHEN: My job before they die is to fill their life with truth... with hope.

STEPHEN: But maybe you can do better... [Exhales cigarette smoke.]

STEPHEN: On the air... [Turns-on microphone.]

STEPHEN: A special honor, New Mombasa! I have here in studio uprising Commander Harris "Two Shot" Kabaki.

STEPHEN: Commander, tell our listeners the latest news from the city center.

STEPHEN: Commander? Go ahead. Speak the truth.

MIKE: Well, things aren't as good as they could be. But they're looking up. We're... we're fighting hard.

STEPHEN: Good to hear it! Any words of advice, Two Shot?

MIKE: Just... keep fighting. We can win this battle if we stick together. We can save this city. We can win this war.

[SOUND: Stephen turns-off his microphone.]

STEPHEN: Off the air... Now, you are also a hero.

SADIE: You are, you know.

MIKE: I feel sick.

STEPHEN: No. What you feel is hope.

[SOUND: Stephen's control-console chirps.]

STEPHEN: Ah, See! You already have an admirer!

STEPHEN: (hitting a switch) Go ahead. You are on the line with Harris "Two Shot" Kabaki.

KINSLER: (from console) That was truly inspiring Officer Branley. Sadie must be very impressed.

SADIE: Kinsler!

KINSLER: But I think she will be much more interested in this...

KINSLER: Sadie. I now control the fire fighting systems in your father's lab. If you want to see him alive again...

KINSLER: You'll do exactly as I say.

Circle 9, Arc 1

[SOUND: Sadie and Mike run down a broken escalator.]

SADIE: Kinsler told me to meet him at the train station. That's what I am going to do.

MIKE: Come on Sadie. You can't trust him! You know that!

SADIE: My father is still in Vergil's data-center.

MIKE: I've been listening to your dad all day. And the one thing he wouldn't want you to do? Put yourself in even more danger by--

SADIE: You're not listening at all! Kinsler said he'd trigger the emergency fire response!

MIKE: And that will -- ?

SADIE: Flood the data center with argon!

MIKE: Can people breath argon?

SADIE: No, Mike. It freezes you! Dead!

MIKE: Look, I didn't know. I'm sorry.

SADIE: Vergil? Are you there?

SURINTENDANT :: (from PA) [Engineer whistle.]

MIKE: I know that look... What's your plan?

SADIE: Escalation.

Circle 9, Arc 2

[SOUND: Frightened civilians crowd the station.]

CROWD: Out of my way, I'm getting on that train!

CROWD: Not before me you're not!

CROWD: There's not enough room!

CROWD: My wife, has anyone seen my wife?!

CROWD: There getting closer, we have to go!

KIOSK: (from speaker) Trans-bay express train now departing Kikowani station.

KIOSK: All passengers must depart from platform fourteen-- (distortion)

[SOUND: (from kiosk) Loud Engineer whistle.]

SURINTENDANT :: PLEASE REMAIN CALM! NO TICKETS -- NO PROBLEM! SLOW CHILDREN -- USE CAUTION!

SADIE: Maybe dad was right... The tentacle aliens he found? I think they are helping Vergil. Bringing him back from the dead.

MIKE: Why would they do that?

SADIE: Dad said they were looking for something... Something Vergil found.

SURINTENDANT :: KEEP IT CLEAN! LEAVE ALL LUGGAGE ON PLATFORMS!

SADIE: Maybe they're sick of fighting, just like us. I don't know.

SADIE: Dad would know the answer...

MIKE: We'll ask him when we see him, OK?

SADIE: OK.

MIKE: Now where are you suppose to meet the Commissioner?

SADIE: Platform nine. He's got a private train.

MIKE: I still think you should let me--

SADIE: If I don't come alone, my dad will die! Kinsler made that clear!

SADIE: You and Vergil know what you have to do?

MIKE: Yeah...

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire slams into the station, crowd panics.]

CROWD: Mommy! What's happening?!

CROWD: I won't let them get me! I won't!

CROWD: Quiet! You're scaring my children!

MIKE: The Covenant are closing in! People are panicking. This is gonna get ugly...

SADIE: This day is a nightmare! It all keeps getting worse! Everything's falling apart!

MIKE: Not everything.

SADIE: Listen. I know I'm just a girl who got you fired...

SADIE: I might also be the girl that gets you killed!

MIKE: Maybe. But not today.

SADIE: Mike... I want you to live.

SADIE: I need you to live... For me.

Circle 9, Arc 3

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire slams into the station, crowd panics.]

CROWD: Let us aboard!

CROWD: The Commissioner’s got plenty of room!

CROWD: And goons with guns...

CROWD: At least take my children!

CROWD: Selfish devil! To hell with you!

SADIE: Platform nine...

MIKE: There's Kinsler's private train. Guarded by corrupt cops with machine-guns.

SADIE: I'm going in. My father's life is on the line.

MIKE: Be careful.

SADIE: You too.

CROWD: What? Wait your turn!

SADIE: (pushing through the crowd) Excuse me! Sorry! Coming through...

CROWD: Watch it, girl! Quit shoving!

CORRUPT COP: [Shoots into the air.] Get away from the train! You hear me! Everyone back off!

KINSLER: Steady, officer. Not yet.

CORRUPT COP: I can't hold the crowd back much longer, sir!

SADIE: (from crowd) Kinsler!

KINSLER: You won't have to. My passenger has arrived.

KINSLER: This way, Sadie! Push right on through!

CORRUPT COP: Make some room! Let her through!

CROWD: Why does she get to come on board?!

CROWD: It's not fair! We all deserve to live!

CROWD: Now's our chance! Rush the train!

[SOUND: Corrupt cops fire into the crowd.]

CROWD: I'm hit! Please... someone help!

CROWD: Murdering bastards!

KINSLER: Any other objections?

CROWD: Why?! Why?!

KINSLER: Careful, Sadie, watch your step.

SADIE: You ever worry there might really might be a hell?

KINSLER: Oh I know there is, my dear. And you and I are leaving it.

KINSLER: Officer, close the doors.

CORRUPT COP: Button-up men! We're out of here!

[SOUND: Train doors clanks shut.]

CROWD: (muffled) Stop the train! Block the tracks!

CROWD: (muffled) Jump for it!

KINSLER: I don't want any of that on board!

CORRUPT COP: Yes sir!

[SOUND: Corrupt cops fire into the crowd.]

SADIE: You can't just kill them!

KINSLER: Why? I'm getting quite good at it. For instance...

KINSLER: I killed your father an hour ago.

Circle 9, Arc 4

[SOUND: Corrupt cops fire into the crowd.]

SADIE: You... killed my father?

KINSLER: My men near Vergil's data-center tripped the fire response system. He suffocated and froze.

KINSLER: Not a bad way to go, all things considered...

KINSLER: I wanted to tell you face to face.

SADIE: [Cries softly.]

KINSLER: (pouring a drink) Please, get all your tears out now.

KINSLER: It's a long ridem and I don't want to hear you moaning all the way to Nairobi.

KINSLER: Well, come to think of it... I might.

CORRUPT COP #1: (on radio) No sign of it yet, sir.

KINSLER: It's a pink, airborne octopus. How hard could it be to find?!

CORRUPT COP #1: The tunnels are crawling with Buggers, Commissioner. We've lost a lot of men. Maybe we should--

KINSLER: No one leaves until I get that alien! Do you hear me, officer?

KINSLER: It found a way to hack a Superintendent-class A.I.! Knowing how it did that is vital to the war effort!

SADIE: Like you ever cared about anyone besides yourself!

KINSLER: Just because I'm a murderer, doesn't mean I am unpatriotic.

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire hits the station, rocking the train.]

CORRUPT COP #2: Covenant armor approaching the station sir. What do we do?

KINSLER: (slamming his drink) We wait!

KINSLER: (sighs) Don't you see the beauty of it, Sadie? Whatever you think of me, whatever I have done...

KINSLER: I will leave this city with vital intelligence about the Covenant.

SADIE: Bastard!

KINSLER: Call me what you like...

KINSLER: But the world will call me a hero.

Circle 9, Arc 5

[SOUND: Corrupt cops fire into the crowd.]

MIKE: (muffled) Listen to me! The Covenant are coming!

CROWD: (muffled) [Angry shouts and panicked screams.]

MIKE: (muffled) Listen to me if you want to live!

KINSLER: I've killed your father, Sadie, and now we're leaving the city. No one is coming to save you.

KINSLER: Not Branley. Not Vergil. It’s the end of the line!

[SOUND: (from train) Engineer whistle.]

[SOUND: Sparks fly from the train's control-panel.]

KINSLER: What the hell is that?!

SURINTENDANT :: (from train) WARNING, FIREWALL DOWN! CONTROL-CIRCUITS NOW OPEN TO REMOTE ACCESS!

KINSLER: That damn machine is dead! I killed it!

KINSLER: It doesn't matter. Anything he does to this car happens to you too!

MIKE: (muffled) Are you ready to die?

CROWD: (muffled) No!

MIKE: (muffled) Do you want to live?

CROWD: (muffled) Yes!

MIKE: (muffled) Are you ready to fight?!

CROWD: (muffled) Yes!

[SOUND: Crowd pushes past the cops, pounds on the train.]

SADIE: That's it, Mike!

CORRUPT COP: We need to move now, sir!

KINSLER: Yes...go... The rest of your men will have to--

SADIE: Die?

CORRUPT COP: Sir? We aren't moving. I've lost engine control!

KINSLER: Listen to me, Vergil, or whatever you are now! Move this train out of the station or Sadie dies!

KINSLER: You hear me? The Covenant will kill us all!

[SOUND: (from train) Angry Engineer whistle.]

CORRUPT COP: I'm locked-out the system! The train is not responding!

KINSLER: There is nothing you can do that will hurt me that won't kill her!

SADIE: Almost nothing...

SADIE: Vergil. Open the doors.

[SOUND: Train's doors open, the angry mob claws inside.]

KINSLER: What? No! No! Get back! Get back! Get away from me!

[SOUND: Furious, blood-thirsty shouts.]

KINSLER: [screams as the crowd tears his apart.]

Circle 9, Arc 6

[SOUND: Crowd climbs onto the train.]

CROWD: Let's go! Covenant's coming!

CROWD: Up we go, baby! Hold momma's hand!

CROWD: Help her up, c'mon, there we go!

MIKE: Sadie! Sadie! Are you alright?

MIKE: What about Kinsler?

SADIE: They tore him to pieces... I gotta go, Mike!

SADIE: Excuse me! Sorry! Let me through!

MIKE: Where are you going?!

SADIE: Underground!

MIKE: What!?

[SOUND: Covenant plasma fire slams into the station.]

SURINTENDANT :: (from PA) DO NOT EXIT, PLEASE!

MIKE: Sadie, stop! We are getting on that train, and getting the hell out of town!

[SOUND: (from PA) Engineer whistle.]

SADIE: That creature helped Vergil! It helped you and me! It helped all of us!

MIKE: Sadie...

SADIE: Dad knew how important it was! That's what he died for! I'm willing to die too!

SADIE: Let me go, Mike!

SURINTENDANT :: [Engineer whistle.] EMERGENCY STOP!

SURINTENDANT :: (as Jonas) 'I am not worth -- your life -- my brave warrior princess!'

SADIE: If you don't find you, who will?

SURINTENDANT :: (as Duty Officer) 'Office of Naval Intelligence--'

SURINTENDANT :: YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK!

SURINTENDANT :: (as Stephen) 'Fallen heroes -- on the air.'

SADIE: Vergil, I--

SURINTENDANT :: (as Sadie) 'I need you to live... for me.'

CROWD: Get on the train, you two!

CROWD: Brutes! Coming this way! Hurry!

CROWD: No time! Argue later!

MIKE: We gotta go.

SADIE: Vergil! You're all I have left of this place!

SURINTENDANT :: (as Dr Endesha) 'Sadie-- Sadie-- Sadie-- Sadie!

SURINTENDANT :: (as Dr Endesha) 'Sadie, sweetheart... You make me very, very proud.'

SADIE: You're all I have left of him...

MIKE: Sadie. Take my hand.

SADIE: OK...

SADIE: I'm ready.

[SOUND: Train whistles as it leaves the station.]

SURINTENDANT :: ALL ABOARD! LAST TRAIN NOW DEPARTING!

SURINTENDANT :: NEXT STOP-- MAKUPA, NAIROBI ROAD, HOPE STATION...

SURINTENDANT :: And beyond.

[SOUND: Final train whistle and a Vergil chime.]