Trancendence
He reaches for her, but she pushes him off.
EVELYN Fuck you, Max!
Max shakes his head, defeated.
MAX
I promised Will I’d protect you.
But I can’t save you from your selfdestruction.
The POLICE arrive. Max runs off. Evelyn watches the blaze.
EXT. ABANDONED BUILDING – NIGHT
Joseph and Anderson step out of their car. Joseph pushes past FIRE FIGHTERS, COPS, and PARAMEDICS to find Evelyn in a heap, watching the inferno. She’s badly bruised from Lance’s blow.
EVELYN They killed him.
JOSEPH Killed who?
Evelyn won’t answer. Joseph’s PHONE RINGS. He picks it up.
WILL ON THE PHONE Joseph. Please take Evelyn to the field computer in your car.
will’s voice hits Joseph like a brick. He freezes, paralyzed.
JOSEPH
… Will?
WILL ON THE PHONE Get Evelyn to the computer.
JOSEPH
… I don’t understand.
WILL ON THE PHONE
Do it now!
Joseph jumps to do as ordered.
liE. JOSEPH’S UNMARKED CAR – NIGHT
Joseph opens the FBI FIELD COMPUTER for Evelyn. The PASSWORD fills automatically. A VIDEO CONFERENCE comes up. WILL’S AVATAR appears.
EVELYN You’re alive …
Will’s avatar sees the bruises on her face.
WILL IN THE MACHINE
This was my mistake. One that won’t happen again .•. Joseph, you understand what I am. What I’m capable of.
Joseph, pale, nods.
WILL IN THE MACHINE (CONT’D) We will end this tonight.
JOSEPH
• .. What about Max?
EVELYN
What does he have to do with this?
JOSEPH
He fled protective custody with members of the RIFT-
WILL IN THE MACHINE
(Already knowing)
-And two FBI agents were murdered. But that report can’t be right. Max would never-
Evelyn’s eyes harden.
EVELYN
I think Max lead them here. He thinks this, the machine, what we did .•• He thinks everything about this is wrong.
Will processes the information.
WILL IN THE MACHINE Go to the FBI field office. I’ll meet you there.
Joseph just stands there, reeling.
WILL IN THE MACHINE (CONT’D)
Now!
Joseph pushes Anderson into the car. As Anderson starts the engine, Joseph shuts the computer. He stares at Evelyn.
JOSEPH
… What have you done?
Evelyn doesn’t answer. Anderson drives them away.
EXT. ONE CENTER PLAZA – NIGHT
Anderson hurries Joseph and Evelyn into the FBI building.
INT. FBI STRATEGIC OPERATIONS CENTER – NIGHT
They enter the large room filled with FBI AGENTS, computers, and wall-mounted screens to monitor operations. The agents are in full panic because-
FBI TECH
Someone just took control of our network! We can’t even isolate it!
Evelyn and Joseph share a glance. The screens fill with CODE. The room fills with the sound of-
WILL IN THE FBI NETWORK I can find them.
The assembled agents back away from the talking computers.
JOSEPH
We have no evidence. No records. No leads. No way to find them.
WILL IN THE FBI NETWORK It won’t be difficult.
The screens fill with images pulled from CRIMINAL RECORDS DATABASES. PROFILES appear, labeled RIFT SUSPECTS. LANCE’s image is tagged: DECEASED. Next to it are images of BREE and BOB labeled: WANTED. There are dozens more.
will searches PHONE RECORDS and INTERNET HISTORIES. Images of RIFT SUSPECTS are pulled from social-networking sites. BANK and CREDIT HISTORIES. INSURANCE PROFILES. TAX FORMS lead to ADDRESSES. will compiles a massive tree of the entire RIFT organization. The dossier on each would put the NSA to shame.
Anderson’s excited. Joseph glances at Evelyn, accusing. Evelyn looks away.
Satellite images fill with DOTS over the united States. A TITLE READS: CURRENT LOCATIONS OF SUSPECTED RIFT MEMBERS.
WILL IN THE MACHINE There they are.
Anderson moves to a phone. Joseph holds up a cautioning hand.
JOSEPH
You don’t understand what’s going on here-
WILL IN THE MACHINE
This is the first actionable intelligence you’ve had on the RIFT since the murders began. I’ve found them for you. Give the orderl
Anderson turns his back to Joseph and picks up the phone-
EXT. VARIOUS LOCATIONS – NIGHT
COPS, FBI OPERATIONS TEAMS, and SWAT mobilize. SUSPECTS are caught in LIVING ROOMS, MOTELS, BARS.
IN AN APARTMENT: SWAT breaches the door. A RIFT SUSPECT pulls a gun and FIRES. The cops BLAST him with automatics.
INT. FBI STRATEGIC OPERATIONS CENTER – NIGHT
One by one, photos of the RIFT SUSPECTS are labeled CAPTURED or DECEASED. Only Bree, Bob, and a handful of others are still WANTED. Agents CHEER. Joseph turns to Evelyn.
JOSEPH
They don’t understand.
Evelyn stays neutral.
WILL IN THE FBI NETWORK There’s evidence one of your agents protecting Max was a RIFT member.
EVELYN
Do you think Max is innocent?
ANDERSON
He’s a suspect in the murder of two federal agents. We have to bring him in.
The profile on Max fills with BANK RECORDS. The balances reduce to zero. Will puts HOLD ACCOUNT notices on Max’s credit cards. In the DMV database, will flags Max’s drivers license: “ARREST ON SIGHT”.
EVELm
Will. Stop. This is too much. This is Max we’re talking about.
