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THE DARK KNIGHT RISES by Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan Story by Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer Based upon characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics Batman created by Bob Kane Transcribed to PDF from: "The Dark Knight Trilogy - The Complete Screenplays" Published July 2012 by Faber & Faber Ltd. (UK) In memory of the victims of the tragedy in Aurora, CO, on July 20, 2012. FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY THE DARK KNIGHT RISES BLACK SCREEN. GORDON (V.O) Harvey Dent was needed. He was everything Gotham has been crying out for . He was ... a hero . Not the hero we deserved - the hero we needed. Nothing less than a knight, shining . . . The sound of cracking. Splintering. A shape appears, in ice. The shape of a BAT. The ice disintegrates... EXT. GOTHAM STREET - DAY Gordon stands before a massive picture of Harvey Dent. GORDON But I knew Harvey Dent. I was... his friend. And it will be a very long time before someone inspires us the way he did. Gordon, choked with emotion, gathers the papers of his eulogy . I believed in Harvey Dent. And we FADE TO BLACK. CUT TO: Racing along a cratered dirt road, and we are - INT. LAND CRUISER JOSTLING OVER UNEVEN TERRAIN - DAY Three Hooded Men guarded by East European Militia. A third Militia drives. Next to him is a nervous, bespectacled man. EXT. AIRSTRIP, EASTERN EUROPE - DAY An airstrip overlooking a grey city rocked by artillery fire. A bland CIA Operative, flanked by Special Forces Men, stands in front of a commuter plane. CIA Man watches the Land Cruiser pull up, hard. The Militia Men jump out of the vehicle . The Driver shoves the bespectacled man in front of the CIA Man . 2 . CIA MAN Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA. Dr. Pavel nods, nervous. CIA Man hands the Driver a briefcase . DRIVER He wasn't alone. CIA Man, confused, spots the Hooded Men. He turns to Dr. Pavel . CIA MAN You don't get to bring friends. DR. PAVEL (shaken) They are not my friends. DRIVER Don't worry, no charge for them. CIA MAN Why would I want them? DRIVER They were trying to grab your prize. (Smiles.) They work for the mercenary. The masked man. CIA MAN (excited) Bane ? The Driver nods. CIA Man turns to his Special Forces Men. CIA MAN Get 'em on board - I'll call it in. EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - DAY The commuter plane struggles over snow-capped mountains. INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS The three Hooded Men kneel by the cargo door, handcuffed. CIA Man grabs Hooded Man 1 . CIA MAN What are you doing in the middle of my operation? 3 . Hooded Man 1 says nothing. CIA Man pulls out a handgun. The flight plan I just filed with the Agency lists me, my men, and Dr. Pavel here. But only one of you . CIA Man opens the cargo door. Special Forces hang Hooded Man 1 out into the howling wind - CIA Man shouts above the wind. CIA MAN FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON MY AIRCRAFT! (Cocks weapon.) SO... WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR. PAVEL? ! Nothing. CIA Man fires out the open door and the Special Forces yank Hooded Man 1 back in, clubbing him quiet. CIA MAN HE DIDN'T FLY SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO TRY NEXT?! The Soldiers grab Hooded Man 2, hang him out the door. CIA MAN TELL ME ABOUT BANE! WHY DOES HE WEAR THE MASK? ! The prisoner says nothing. CIA Man presses the gun to the man's hood - he cocks the gun ... nothing . CIA MAN LOT OF LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN! THIRD PRISONER (O.S.) Or he's wondering why someone would shoot a man before throwing him out of an aeroplane. CIA Man turns to the Third Prisoner. Shuts the cargo door. CIA MAN Wiseguy, huh? At least you can talk. Who are you? THIRD PRISONER We are nothing. We are the dirt beneath your feet . And no one cared who I was until I put on the mask . . . CIA Man, wary, approaches the Third Prisoner - pulls off his hood, revealing a dark mask with a breathing apparatus. The eyes behind it are cold. Still. This is Bane. 4 . BANE Who we are does not matter. What matters is our plan. CIA MAN (fascinated) If I pull this off, will you die? BANE It would be extremely painful . CIA MAN You're a big guy - BANE For you. CIA MAN (unnerved) Was being caught part of your plan? BANE Of course. Dr. Pavel refused our offer in favor of yours. We had to know what he told you about us. DR. PAVEL Nothing! I said nothing! CIA MAN Why not just ask him? BANE He would not have told us. CIA MAN You have methods. BANE Him, I need healthy. You present no such problem. CIA Man laughs for the Special Forces' benefit. A heavy bass tone is rising. The Sergeant looks out the window. EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS The commuter plane is dwarfed by a massive transport plane looming over it, dangerously close... INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS The plane lurches. The noise is building. SERGEANT Sir? CIA MAN Well congratulations, you got yourselves caught. What's the next step of your master plan? BANE Crashing this plane... EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS The ramp of the transport opens... Four men leap out on tethers - dropping towards the commuter plane, two each side . . . INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS The Spacial Forces react to the turbulence from the plane above. CIA Man looks at Bane. BANE (rising) With no survivors . A Special Forces soldier spins around - an Armed Man is outside the window. Bang - EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS Two men shoot through the windows, the other two attach grapples to the fuselage - give the thumbs up - hoists start to pull and the tail of the commuter plane is lifted, unnaturally . INT. COCKPIT, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward. INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE CONTINUOUS Like lightning. Bane has the CIA Man is his handcuffed arms, legs wrapped around a seat back. The entire cabin upends. Tumbling chaos - Soldiers falling - Bane cracks CIA Man's neck and drops him onto the Sergeant - they tumble down the plane, smashing into the cockpit door with a terminal thud. Dr. Pavel, strapped in, pushes against the seat in front of him - the plane vibrates, trying to tear itself apart. EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS The men climb the tail of the smaller plane as it dangles helplessly above the mountains. Its wings shear off. INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS Bane breaks his handcuffs as if they were plastic, then opens his legs and drops down the cabin, somersaulting gracefully and using his arms to stop himself halfway down, by Dr . Pavel . EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS The men attach explosives to the tail, then jump away, swinging out as the tail explodes. INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the Armed Men drop through the smoke on cables. A body bag is lowered into the cabin. Bane lies it on the seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body the same age and build as Dr. Pavel. Bane rips Dr. Pavel's sleeve - pulls out a length of surgical tubing - pushes a needle into Dr. Pavel's arm - runs the tube to the body's arm... Dr. Pavel watches, horrified, as Bane starts compressions on the body's chest, drawing Dr. Pavel's blood across the tube and into the body . . . An Armed Man pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and out . Bane stops Hooded Man 2 . 7 . BANE Friend. They expect one of us in the wreckage. The man nods, unhooks himself, takes Bane's arm. HOODED MAN 2 Have we started the fire? BANE (nods ) The fire rises. Hooded Man 2 hands Bane his line. Bane clips it around Dr. Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel's seat belt. Dr Pavel panics, flails. Bane takes his arms. Gentle. BANE Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for fear . . . Bane slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the vertical, windblown cabin. Bane takes out a detonator. BANE That comes later. Bane presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr. Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport, and we - CUT TO EXT. GOTHAM - EVENING Drifting over the vast city. . . MAYOR (V.O.) Harvey Dent Day may not be our oldest public holiday . . . ...moving past the enormous Gotham Bridge... MAYOR (V.O.) But we're here tonight because it's one of the most important . . . ...over the Gotham river to the Palisades on the far side.. MAYOR (V.O.) Harvey Dent's uncompromising stand against organized crime and, yes, ultimately, his sacrifice, have made Gotham a safer place than it was at the time of his death, eight years ago . . . ...finding a party in the grounds of Wayne Manor. The Mayor addresses the wealthy and powerful of Gotham. MAYOR This city has seen a historic turnaround. No city is without crime. But this city is without organized crime because the Dent Act gave law enforcement teeth in its fight against the mob. Now people are talking about repealing the Dent Act . And to them I say. . .not on my watch. Enthusiastic applause as the Mayor wraps up. I want to thank the Wayne Foundation for hosting this event. I'm told Mr. Wayne couldn't be here tonight, but I'm sure he's with us in spirit . . . High above, on a darkened balcony, a lone figure. Watching. MAYOR (O.S) Now I'm going to give way to an important voice... Down below at the bar. Commissioner Gordon examines some sheets of densely written paper. A Congressman muscles in. CONGRESSMAN Commissioner . GORDON Congressman . CONGRESSMAN Ever lay eyes on Wayne at one of these things? Gordon shakes his head. Gordon's Deputy Commissioner, Foley, cuts in. 9 . FOLEY No one has . Not in years . MAYOR (O.S) He can tell you about the bad old days, when the criminals and corrupt ran this town with such a tight grasp that people put their faith in a murderous thug in a mask and a cape. A thug who showed his true nature when he betrayed the trust of this great man - (Turns to picture of Dent.) And murdered him in cold blood. The Congressman watches a tray of canapes breeze past, then grabs the ass of the maid carrying them. She freezes. CONGRESSMAN Sweetheart, not so fast with the chow . MAID (turns, tight smile) Shrimp balls? The Congressman grabs two. The Maid moves off. The Congressman glances down at Gordon's papers. MAYOR (O.S) Jim Gordon can tell you the truth about Harvey Dent . . . CONGRESSMAN Jesus, Gordon, is that your speech? We're gonna be here all night. GORDON Maybe the truth about Harvey isn't so simple. Congressman. MAYOR (O.S) But I'll let him tell you himself - Commissioner Gordon? Applause. Gordon approaches the mike. Looks down at his long speech. Thinks. GORDON The truth . . . ? INSERT CUT: Harvey Dent, face half destroyed, threatens Gordon's son with a handgun. Gordon surveys the audience. Deciding. I have written a speech telling the truth about Harvey Dent . . . Gordon folds up his speech. Maybe the time isn't right... Gordon stuffs the papers inside his jacket. The Congressman mutters under his breath. CONGRESSMAN Thank Christ for that... GORDON Maybe right now all you need to know is that there are a thousand inmates in Blackgate Prison as a direct result of the Dent Act. These are violent criminals, essential cogs in the organized crime machine that terrorized Gotham for so long. Maybe, for now, all I should say about Harvey Dent's death is this... it has not been for nothing. The figure on the balcony turns back into the mansion. People clap as Gordon leaves the mike. Gordon approaches Foley . GORDON The second shift reports in? FOLEY On your desk. But you should put in some more time with the Mayor - GORDON That's your department. Gordon heads for the line of town cars in the gravel drive. CONGRESSMAN Anyone shown him the crime stats? FOLEY He goes by his gut, and it continues to bother him, whatever the numbers . CONGRESSMAN Must be popular with the wife. FOLEY Not really. She took the kids and moved to Cleveland. CONGRESSMAN He'll have plenty of time for visits. Mayor's dumping him in the spring . FOLEY Really? He's a hero. CONGRESSMAN War hero. This is peacetime. Stay smart, the job's yours. INT. KITCHENS, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER Our Maid dives into the bustle of Wayne Manor below stairs - Caterers and Maids, Wait Staff. She overhears another Maid. MAID 2 They say he never leaves the East Wing . MAID 3 I heard he had an accident - that he's disfigured. The other Maids signal her to be quiet. All the chatter has died. Alfred has entered the kitchen. ALFRED Mr. Till, why are your people using the main stairs? Alfred places a glass of water on a tray next to a covered plate. Picks up the tray, looks around the chaotic kitchen. ALFRED Where's Mrs. Bolton? MAID She's up at the bar, sir. Can I help? Alfred looks at the Maid. Hands her a key and the tray. ALFRED The East drawing room. Unlock the door, place the tray on the table, lock the door again. Nothing more. The Maid nods. Takes the tray. 12 . INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER Following the Maid through the empty house. She comes to the large oak door to the East Wing. Unlocks it... INT. DRAWING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS The room is dark, quiet. The Maid places the tray on the table. She looks at the inner door opposite. It is ajar... INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS Alfred talks to an elegant woman, thirties, Miranda Tate. ALFRED I'm sorry. Miss Tate, but I've tried. He won't see you. MIRANDA It's important, Mr. Pennyworth. Her accent is European. Hard to place. ALFRED Mr. Wayne is as determined to ignore important things as trivial ones . MALE VOICE (O.S. ) Don't take it personally, Miranda. They turn to see a man in his fifties. Daggett. DAGGETT Everyone knows Wayne's holed up in there with eight-inch nails, peeing into Mason jars. (To Alfred.) Good of you to let me on the grounds . ALFRED The Dent Act is about all Gotham. Even you, Mr. Daggett. Miss Tate, always a pleasure. Alfred turns and walks off. Daggett smiles, glib. 13 . DAGGETT Why waste your time talking to the man who threw away your investment on some save-the-world vanity project? He can't help you get your money back. But I can. MIRANDA I could try explaining that a save-the-world project, vain or not, is worth investing in, whatever the return. I could try, Mr. Daggett, but you understand only money and the power you think it buys, so why waste my time, indeed? She walks away. Daggett watches her go. INT. DRAWING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS Close on the dinner tray. We hear a labored step approach. Bruce Wayne appears, leaning on a cane. Gaunt. Grey temples. He lifts the lid of his dinner, then freezes, hearing something. He slowly limps into the next room. . . INT. SITTING ROOM, EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR, CONTINUOUS The Maid looks at framed photographs of Rachel, Thomas and Martha Wayne. Some are half-burned. She notices an archery target, arrows stuck in it. She reaches out. WHAM! An arrow sticks into the target - the Maid spins around, flustered. Wayne, at the other end of the long room, lowers a composite bow. Picks up his cane. MAID I'm, I'm terribly sorry, Mr. Wayne. It is Mr. Wayne, isn't it? Wayne nods, gently. Limps towards her. MAID Although you don't have the long nails... (Nervous laugh.) Or facial scars . . . She trails off, embarrassed. Coy. She seems very young. WAYNE Is that what they say about me? MAID It's just that ... nobody sees you... Wayne approaches slowly. He nods at her pearl necklace. WAYNE That's a beautiful necklace. Reminds me of the one that belonged to my mother. It can't be the same one - her pearls are in this safe - He reaches out with his cane to press open a panel on the bureau, revealing a safe door... - which the manufacturer clearly explained is uncrackable. ...which swings open with an awkward creak. MAID Oops. No one told me it was uncrackable . The Maid suddenly seems more confident. Older. WAYNE I'm afraid I can't let you take those . She smiles at him. Moves towards him. MAID Look, you wouldn't hit a woman any more than I would beat up a cripple . She kicks his cane from under him, smashes him down. Of course, sometimes exceptions have to be made. The Maid vaults onto the bureau and up to a high window. Goodnight, Mr. Wayne. She flips backwards through the window. Wayne smiles, then rocks forward on his good leg and rises with athletic grace. He looks at the safe, notices something. Powder... EXT. DRIVE, WAYNE MANOR - CONTINUOUS Moving toward the line of town cars, the Maid pulls off her white apron, cuffs and collar, leaving a black dress and pearls. A Valet hurries to open a car door for her - she slips into a town car... beside the Congressman. MAID Can I have a ride? The Congressman, a little tipsy, looks at her hungrily. CONGRESSMAN You read my mind. INT. EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR - LATER Alfred enters, to find Wayne kneeling at the safe. ALFRED Miss Tate was asking to see you again . WAYNE She's very persistent. ALFRED And quite lovely, in case you were wondering . WAYNE I wasn' t . ALFRED What are you doing? WAYNE Examining print dust. We've been robbed . ALFRED And this is your idea of raising the alarm? WAYNE ( shrugs ) She took the pearls. Tracking device and all . ALFRED She? WAYNE One of the maids, perhaps you should stop letting them in this side of the house. 16 . ALFRED Perhaps you should learn to make your own bed, then. Why are you dusting for prints? WAYNE I'm not. She was. EXT. ROOFTOP, MAJOR CRIMES UNIT - CONTINUOUS Gordon brings a stack of files against the air duct, settles to read. Next to him is a rusty, broken searchlight. YOUNG VOICE (O.S. ) Sir? A young Cop is standing there. This is Blake. BLAKE I didn't want to bother you up here, but they're looking for you. GORDON What's the problem, son? BLAKE Congressman Gilly's wife's been calling. He hasn't made it home from the Wayne Foundation event. GORDON That's a job for the police? BLAKE Sir, I've been a cop for a year and I've only logged half a dozen arrests. When you and Dent cleaned the streets you cleaned 'em good. Pretty soon we' 11 be chasing overdue library books. Gordon smiles at this. Blake looks at his stack of files. BLAKE But here you are. Like we're still at war . . . GORDON Old habits. BLAKE Or instinct . GORDON What's your name, son? BLAKE Blake, sir. GORDON You have something you want to ask me. Officer Blake? BLAKE It's that night. This night, eight years ago. The night Dent died. GORDON What about it? BLAKE The last confirmed sighting of the Batman. He murders those people, takes out two SWAT teams, breaks Dent's neck... then just vanishes ? GORDON I'm not hearing a question, son. Blake shifts uneasily. Then looks at Gordon. BLAKE Don't you want to know who we was? Gordon turns to look at the broken searchlight. He brushes his fingers across its rusted shell. GORDON I know exactly who he was. (Turns to Blake.) He was Batman. Gordon walks past Blake, heading for the stairs. GORDON (O.S.) Let's go see about the Congressman' s wife. . . INT. EAST WING, WAYNE MANOR MORNING Alfred takes his tray into the bedroom. The bed is empty. ALFRED Master Wayne? Alfred's voice echoes through the vast mansion. No reply. INT. STUDY, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER Alfred hits three notes on the piano. The bookcase opens. INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - CONTINUOUS Alfred descends into the caverns beneath Wayne Manor. INT. BATCAVE - CONTINUOUS Alfred walks through the arches as the stone floor starts to lower, becoming a ramp. At the bottom, Alfred is level with a series of dark slate obelisks - a bridge over the water to where Wayne sits at a computer atop a massive slate cube. ALFRED You haven't been down here in a long time . . . WAYNE Just trying to find out more about our jewel thief. I ran her prints from the photos she handled - Wayne pulls up a mug shot - a fat, male armed-robbery suspect . - but she was wearing someone else's fingerprints. She's good. ALFRED She may be. But we have the trace on the necklace. WAYNE We do, so I cross-referenced the address she went back to with police data on high-end B-and-E' s . . . Wayne hits a key. A photograph of the Maid appears. Selina Kyle. The databases are full of close calls, tips from fences... 19 . Newspaper headlines appear - THE CAT STRIKES AGAIN, POLICE SUSPECT 'CAT' BURGLAR IN JEWEL HEIST . WAYNE She's good, but the ground is shrinking beneath her feet. ALFRED We should send the police before she fences the pearls. WAYNE She won't. She likes them too much. And they weren't what she was after . ALFRED What was she after? WAYNE My fingerprints. There was printer toner mixed with graphite on the safe. Gives you a good pull, and it's untraceable. ALFRED Fascinating. Maybe you should exchange notes over coffee. WAYNE Now you're trying to set me up with a jewel thief? ALFRED At this point, sir, I would set you up with a chimpanzee if I thought it would bring you back into the world . WAYNE There's nothing out there for me. ALFRED And that's the problem. You hung up the cape and cowl, but never moved on. You won't get out there and find a life. Find someone - WAYNE (bitter) I did find someone, Alfred. ALFRED I know. And then you lost them. That's part of living, sir. But you're not living - you're waiting. Hoping for things to go bad again. Wayne says nothing. Remember when you left Gotham? Before all this. Before Batman. Seven years you were gone. Seven years I waited. Hoping that you wouldn't come back. Wayne looks at Alfred. Not understanding. Every year I took my holiday. I'd go to Florence. There's a cafe by the Arno. . . Any fine evening I would sit there and order a Fernet Branca . . . INSERT CUT: Alfred seated in a cafe sipping his drink... I had a fantasy. I liked to imagine that one day I'd look across the tables, and see you. Sitting there with your wife. Perhaps some kids. You wouldn't say anything to me, or me to you, but we'd both know... that you'd made it. That you were happy. INSERT CUT: Alfred spots a couple at another table and looks closer, hopeful. But they are strangers. I never wanted you to come back to Gotham. I knew there was nothing there for you but pain and tragedy, and I wanted more for you than that. I still do. Alfred leaves Wayne to his cave. His bats. EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - DAY Blake and his partner, Ross, get out of their patrol car. A DWP Man leads them down a long concrete trough. DWP MAN They wash up a couple times a month. More when in gets colder - homeless sheltering in the tunnels. We had to pull him to clear the basin, but other than that we didn't touch him... They come out by the catchment basin. Above the grille lies a body - a teenage boy. Blake looks down at him. Freezes. ROSS What? BLAKE Name's Jimmy. He's at St. Swithin's. (Off look.) The boys home where I... I coach some ball. EXT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - DAY Blake looks up at the shabby building. INT. ST. SWITHIN'S HOME FOR BOYS - MOMENTS LATER Blake is talking to Father Reilly. FATHER REILLY Jimmy hadn't been here for months. BLAKE Why? FATHER REILLY You know why, Blake - he aged out. We don't have the resources to keep boys on after sixteen - BLAKE The Wayne Foundation gives money for that - FATHER REILLY Not for two years now. BLAKE He has a brother here, right? FATHER REILLY Mark. I'll tell him. BLAKE I'd like to, if that's okay. EXT. PLAYGROUND, ST. SWITHIN'S MOMENTS LATER Father Reilly watches as Blake sits with Mark - ten. BLAKE I'm sorry. Mark nods slowly. Staring straight ahead. BLAKE What was he doing in the tunnels? MARK Lot of guys been going down the tunnels when they age out. Say you can live down there. Say there's work down there. BLAKE What kind of work are you gonna find in the sewers? MARK More than you can find up here, I guess . Blake considers this. Troubled. INT. DIVE BAR - NIGHT Selina Kyle, in a little black dress, walks in with a drunk in a Hawaiian shirt. She sits him on a bar stool - walks over to a table where a neatly dressed man, Stryver, sits. STRYVER You brought a date? SELINA I like having someone around to open doors for me. Selina glances around. Things scattered throughout the bar. Jumpy. Selina hands an envelope to Stryver. SELINA Right hand. No partials. Stryver slides a transparency out of the envelope. Holds it up to the light. Four perfect fingerprint transfers. 23 . STRYVER Very nice. He pockets the envelope. SELINA Not so fast, handsome. You got something for me? STRYVER Oh, yes. Stryver signals a Thug who locks the door. Another Thug joins them at the table. Selina smiles. SELINA I don't know what you're going to do with Mr. Wayne's prints... but I'm guessing you'll need his thumb. As Stryver checks the envelope again - SELINA You don't count so good, huh? STRYVER I count fine. The Second Thug puts a gun to Selina's head. STRYVER In fact, I'm counting to ten right now . . . Selina looks in his eyes. The Thug cocks his gun. She blinks . SELINA Okay, okay - She reaches for her purse. The Thug stops her, reaches in himself - pulls out a cellphone. Slides it across the table. SELINA My friend is waiting outside. Just hit ' send' . . . Stryver looks at the phone. Hits 'send' . Selina sizes up her options. A knock on the door. Second Thug hides his gun. The door opens - a young woman, Jen. She enters, cheerful, spots Selina. Pulls out an envelope, looks around. JEN Place is a little dead. SELINA (takes envelope, tense) It'll liven up in a minute, trust me . JEN Everything okay? SELINA Great. Catch you later. Jen leaves. Stryver checks the envelope. Satisfied. SELINA It would've been a lot easier to just give me what we agreed. STRYVER We can't have loose ends. And even in that dress, no one's going to miss you. SELINA No. But my friend over there...? Stryver looks at Selina's 'date' drooling into a bowl of nuts at the bar - he looks familiar... SELINA Every cop in the city' s missing him . Across the bar, the TV on mute - MANHUNT FOR MISSING CONGRESSMAN. Stryver looks at Selina. STRYVER Cute. But they're not gonna be looking in a place like this. SELINA I don't know. . . You did just use his cell phone. Stryver glances down at the cell phone as - SCREECH - the Thugs look out the window at cop cars and SWAT units descending on the bar. Stryver glances at the window and - SMASH - Selina CRACKS his head against the table, grabs 25 . Second Thug's gun hand, flips over the table, firing at the other Thugs, who drop. The SWATs batter down the door. Selina crouches, cowering, screaming. SWAT It's alright. Miss. Just stay down The SWATs barrel past, chasing the remaining Thugs back through the bar and out into the back alley. Selina smiles. EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS The Thugs turn and open up on the SWATs with automatic weapons . INT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS Selina moves to the door. Spots the Congressman under the bar, clutching his bleeding leg. SELINA Keep some pressure on that, sweetheart . She adjusts her dress in the broken mirror behind the bar. Moves for the door. CONGRESSMAN (weak) Call me? EXT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS Selina waltzes out - right into Blake. She feigns panic. SELINA There's a man in there - he's bleeding ! BLAKE It's okay. Miss. It's okay. Blake helps Selina down onto the tailgate of a SWAT truck. He heads into the bar, weapon drawn. Selina slips behind the truck and into the night . 26 . INT. DIVE BAR - CONTINUOUS Blake enters, gun drawn. Spots the Congressman. BLAKE (into radio) I've got the Congressman - bullet to the leg, but he's okay. EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS The SWATs return fire. The Thugs lay down cover fire, then race around a corner into a smaller passage. A cop car pulls up, blocking the mouth of the alley - Gordon jumps out, gun drawn. The SWATs approach the passage, massing on both corners tactically. The two corner SWATs exchange hand signals, counting down... They round the corner, aiming low and high. The passage is empty. The SWATs cover a fire escape, but Gordon spots at once - GORDON Manhole ! He races to the manhole cover - SWATs wrench off the cover, Gordon grabs a flashlight from the nearest SWAT. GORDON You three, down with me. You two, head down to cover the next exit - SWAT Where -? GORDON Get the DWP down here, now! Gordon starts climbing down the ladder... INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS Gordon moves down the tunnel, flashlight low. Three SWATs fall in behind. . . EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR CONTINUOUS Blake comes into the alley. Cops surround the manhole. COP Where's the DWP guy? BLAKE They went down there? FOLEY (shaking his head) And Gordon took SWAT in after them. INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS Gordon hears a noise up ahead - pushes forward, rounds the corner. BANG! GUNFIRE. SWATs return fire, shots sparking off the concrete walls, then - BOOM - behind him the tunnel ERUPTS IN FIRE, blasting the SWATs. Gordon races forward, tearing through the tunnels. EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS Blake jumps back as a fireball bursts out of the manhole. INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS Gordon races around a corner, gun drawn. A noise makes him turn - WHACK, he is clobbered from behind by a Thug. EXT. ALLEY BEHIND BAR - CONTINUOUS Blake pushes forward. BLAKE Come on, we gotta get down there - COP That was a gas explosion, kid - BLAKE Gas? This is a sewer! FOLEY No one goes in there till we know what's down there. BLAKE We know what's down there, sir. The Police Commissioner! FOLEY Somebody get the hothead out of here. And get me a DWP guy! Blake backs off. Gets an idea - goes for his patrol car. INT. SEWERS - CONTINUOUS Thug 1 flips Gordon onto his back. THUG 1 This one's alive. (Looks closer.) Jesus. It's the Police Commissioner . THUG 2 What do we do? THUG 1 Take him to Bane. The two Thugs drag Gordon down through the maze of tunnels. As they descend deeper they encounter work crews of muscular men wielding large drills and jackhammers, working the walls and ceiling of the larger tunnels. Some of the men are armed Mercenaries, overseeing gangs of homeless street kids. They stare as Gordon is dragged past. The Thugs drag Gordon between two waterfalls, into - INT. BANE'S LAIR, SEWERS - CONTINUOUS (NIGHT) They approach a figure, turned away, crouched in the firelight. Bare-chested, muscular, masked. Bane. A crooked line of scar tissue runs the length of his spine... BANE Why are you here? The Thugs drop Gordon at Bane's feet. THUG 1 Answer him! Bane slowly turns to the Thugs. 29 . BANE I'm asking you. THUG 1 It's the Police Commissioner. BANE And you brought him down here? THUG 2 We didn't know what to do. We - BANE You panicked. And your weakness costs three lives. THUG 1 No, he's alone - Bane flips the Thug's chin up and to the side with a crack. Thug 1 drops . Bane turns to Thug 2 . BANE Search him. Then I will kill you. The Thug, terrified, pulls out Gordon's badge, wallet, gun . . . and the folded papers of the speech he did not read. Bane takes these one by one with quick glances. He stops at the papers. Unfolds them... As he reads, Gordon rolls off the steps, dropping into the rushing flow of water - gunshots ring out. . . THUG 2 He' s dead. Thug 2 trails off as Bane looks up from the papers... BANE Then show me his body. THUG 2 That water runs to any one of the outflows - we'd never find him. Bane turns to the Lead Mercenary. BANE Give me your GPS. Lead Mercenary hands him a GPS - Bane tucks it into Thug 2's jacket, zips it up like a mother sending her kid to school. BANE Follow him. THUG 2 Follow him? Bane shoots Thug 2, kicks him into the water. Turns to Lead Mercenary . BANE Track him. Make sure both bodies will not be found. Then brick up the south tunnel . EXT. WATER TREATMENT FACILITY - NIGHT Blake comes out to the catchment basin. He spots something stuck up against the grille, thrusts his hand into the raging waters - Gordon is there, alive. Just. Blake pulls him up onto the concrete, hoists him up, hurrying... INT. FRONT HALL, WAYNE MANOR - DAY Alfred opens the door to reveal Blake in his dirty uniform. BLAKE I need to see Brice Wayne. ALFRED I'm sorry, Mr. Wayne doesn't take unscheduled calls. Even from police officers . BLAKE And if I go get a warrant, in the investigation of Harvey Dent's murder? Would that still count as unscheduled? INT. STUDY, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER Blake is sitting, drumming his leg, nervous. Wayne enters. WAYNE What can I do for you, officer? BLAKE Commissioner Gordon's been shot. 31 . WAYNE I'm sorry to hear that BLAKE He chased a gunman down into the sewers. When I pulled him out he was babbling about an underground army. A masked man called 'Bane'' . WAYNE Shouldn't you be telling this to your superior officers? BLAKE I did. One of them asked if he saw any giant alligators down there. He needs you. He needs the Batman. WAYNE If Commissioner Gordon thinks I'm the Batman he must be in a bad way BLAKE He doesn't know or care who you are . (Off look.) But we've met before. When I was a kid. At the orphanage. See, my mom died when I was small. Car accident, I don't really remember it. But a couple of years later my dad was shot over a gambling debt. I remember that just fine. (Looks at Wayne.) Not a lot of people who what it feels like, do they? To be angry. In your bones. People understand, foster parents understand. For a while. Then they expect the angry kid to do what he knows he can never do. To move on. To forget. Wayne stares at Blake. BLAKE So they stopped understanding and sent the angry kid to a boys' home - St. Swithin's. Used to be funded by the Wayne Foundation. See, I figured it out too late. You have to hide the anger. Practice smiling in the mirror. Like putting on a mask. You showed up one day in a cool car, pretty girl on your arm. (MORE) 32 . BLAKE (cont'd) We were so excited - Bruce Wayne, billionaire orphan. We made up stories about you. Legends. The other boys' stories were just that. But when I saw you I knew who you really were... (Beat.) I'd seen that look on your face. Same one I taught myself. Blake gets up to leave. Wayne is lost in thought. BLAKE I don't know why you took the fall for Dent's murder, but I'm still a believer in the Batman. Even if you' re not . WAYNE Why did you say your boys' home used to be funded by the Wayne Foundation? BLAKE Because the money stopped. Might be time to get some fresh air and start paying attention to the details. Some of those details might need your help. INT. HALL, WAYNE MANOR - MOMENTS LATER Wayne and Alfred watch Blake drive away. WAYNE You checked that name? 'Bane' - ALFRED Ran it through some databases. He's a mercenary. No other known name. Never been seen or photographed without a mask. He and his men were behind a coup in West Africa that secured mining operations for our friend John Daggett. WAYNE Now Daggett's brought them here? ALFRED It would seem so. I'll keep digging . 33 . Alfred turns to leave. WAYNE Why did the Wayne Foundation stop funding boys' homes in the city? ALFRED The Foundation is funded from the profits of Wayne Enterprises... (Off look.) There have to be some. WAYNE Time to talk to Mr. Fox, I think. ALFRED I'll get him on the phone - WAYNE No. Do we still have any cars around the place? ALFRED (lights up) One or two. WAYNE And I need an appointment at the hospital. About my leg. ALFRED Which hospital, sir? WAYNE Whichever one Jim Gordon's in. Alfred is less excited by this part of the request. EXT. WAYNE ENTERPRISES - DAY Moving towards the tall skyscraper downtown. MIRANDA (V.O.) Mr. Fox, I believe in what Mr. Wayne was trying to do. . . INT. BOARDROOM, WAYNE ENTERPRISES - CONTINUOUS Miranda is talking to Lucius Fox at the table. MIRANDA I'm only asking for explanations because I think I can help. FOX I'll pass along your request. Next time I see him. Miranda catches something in this. MIRANDA He doesn't talk to you either? FOX Let's just say that Bruce Wayne has his. . .eccentricities. MIRANDA (rising) Mr. Fox, are you aware that John Daggett is trying to acquire shares in Wayne Enterprises? FOX I was not. But it wouldn't do him any good - Mr. Wayne still retains a clear majority. Miranda leaves. Fox moves into his office - stops FOX Bruce Wayne. As I live and breathe. Wayne rises, pushing hard on his cane. FOX What brings you out of cryo-sleep Mr. Wayne? WAYNE I see you haven't lost your sense of humor... even if you have lost most of my money. FOX Actually, you did that yourself. See, if you funnel the entire R and D budget for five years into a fusion project that you then mothball, your company is unlikely to thrive. WAYNE 35 . Even with - FOX A wildly sophisticated CEO, yes. Wayne Enterprises is running out of time. And Daggett is moving in. WAYNE What' re my options? FOX If you're not willing to turn your machine on - WAYNE I can't, Lucius. FOX Then sit tight. Your majority keeps Daggett at arm' s length while we figure out a future for the energy program with Miranda Tate - she's supported your project all the way. She's smart, and quite lovely. WAYNE You too, Lucius? FOX We all just want what's best for you, Bruce. Show her the machine. WAYNE I'll think it over. FOX Anything else? WAYNE No, why? FOX These conversations always used to end with some ... unusual requests. WAYNE I retired. FOX Let me show you some stuff, anyway. Fox hits a button - the bookcase opens into a hidden elevator . 36 . INT. APPLIED SCIENCES - MOMENTS LATER Fox leads Wayne into the vast, gadget-filled space. They pass Tumblers with different weapons configurations... WAYNE I figured you'd have shut this place down. FOX It was always shut down, officially . WAYNE But all this new stuff? FOX After your father died, Wayne Enterprises set up fourteen different defense subsidiaries. I've spent years shuttering them and consolidating all the prototypes under one roof. My roof. WAYNE Why? FOX Stop them falling into the wrong hands. Besides, I thought someone might get some use out of them. . . Wayne shakes his head. FOX Sure I can't tempt you to something? Pneumatic crampons? Infrared lenses? Least let me get you something for that leg. WAYNE It's fine the use it gets these days . FOX Well, then I have just the thing for an eccentric billionaire who doesn't like to walk... Fox opens a door - we glimpse a sleek vehicle. Wayne's eyes light up. 37 . WAYNE Now you're just showing off. FOX Defense Department project for t ight-geomet ry urban pacification. Rotors configured for maneuvering between buildings without recirculation . WAYNE What's it called? FOX It has a long and uninteresting Wayne Enterprises designation. So I took to calling it the Bat. And yes, Mr. Wayne, it does come in black . Wayne touches its sleek side. Marveling. FOX Works great except for the autopilot . WAYNE What's wrong with that? FOX Software-based instability. Take a better mind than mine to fix it. WAYNE Better mind? FOX I was trying to be modest. A less busy mind. Yours, perhaps. Wayne looks wistfully at the machine. Turns away. WAYNE I told you. I retired, Lucius. INT. EXAMINATION ROOM, GOTHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL - NIGHT Wayne listens, distracted, while a Doctor examines an X-ray. DOCTOR I've seen worse cartilage in knees WAYNE That ' s good - DOCTOR No, that's because there is no cartilage in your knee. And not much of any use in your elbows and shoulders. Between that and the scar tissue on your kidneys, residual concussive damage to your brain tissue and general scarred-over quality of your body... (Takes a deep breath.) I cannot recommend that you go heli-skiing. About the only part of your body that looks healthy is your liver, so if you're bored I recommend you take up drinking, Mr. Wayne . Wayne smiles. The Doctor leaves. Wayne pulls on a ski mask, steps to the window, hops up, pulls a wire from his cane, which he clips to his belt. He props his cane behind the frame - jumps out. The wire unspools from the cane as - EXT. TENTH FLOOR, GOTHAM GENERAL HOSPITAL - CONTINUOUS Wayne drops three floors... INT. PRIVATE ROOM, GOTHAM GENERAL - CONTINUOUS Gordon lies in his bed, hooked up to machines. Wayne, in sk mask, stands over him. Gordon's eyes flutter open. He tries to speak with a weak, hoarse voice... GORDON We were in this together. Then you were gone . . . WAYNE The Batman wasn't needed anymore. We won. GORDON Built on a lie. Our lie. Now there's evil rising from where we tried to bury it. Nobody will listen... The Batman has to come back . 39 . WAYNE What if he doesn't exist anymore? GORDON He must . He must . INT./EXT. LAMBORGHINI ON GOTHAM STREETS - NIGHT Wayne pulls up in front of a row of shabby subdivided town houses. Checks a tracking device. Jon, provocatively dressed, leads a Yuppie Banker-type in through a front door. INT. SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS Selina sits in a small room getting ready to go out. She picks up the pearls - hears a disturbance in the hall. JEN (O.S.) I told you - money first - YUPPIE (O.S.) Goddammit, you took my wallet! INT. STAIRWELL OUTSIDE SELINA'S APARTMENT - CONTINUOUS The Yuppie has Jen against the wall - he reaches back to hit her with an expensive wristwatch-clad arm. But Selina has grabbed his wrist with a powerful grip. SELINA Get out . YUPPIE She took my wallet! Selina twists his arm behind him in a blinding move. SELINA Now . She releases the Yuppie, who moves off down the stairs. Selina turns to Jen. Who is examining a wallet. SELINA I told you not to try it with the assholes, Jen. JEN They're all assholes. SELINA Okay, the assholes who hit. JEN I don't know what he's so upset about, he only had sixty bucks in here . SELINA Probably the watch. YOUNG WOMAN Watch? Selina opens her hand and gives Jen the Yuppie's Rolex. EXT. SELINA'S BUILDING, OLD TOWN, GOTHAM - LATER Selina exits and hails a cab. Wayne watches her go. Then pulls out. Checking his tracker. EXT. MUSEUM, GOTHAM - LATER Town cars dispense Gotham society in tasteful masquerade. Wayne pulls up to the Valet. Paparazzi line the entrance. Wayne uses his cane to get out of his Lamborghini... PAPARAZZI Another stiff too old to climb out of his sports car. PAPARAZZI 2 No, that's Bruce Waynel Hey, Wayne, where you been hiding? Lenses swing onto Wayne, who pushes a button on his key fob - a pulse. The cameras die. Wayne heads to the door. WAYNE I'm not sure if my assistant put me on the guest list - GREETER Right through here, Mr. Wayne... INT. MUSEUM CONTINUOUS A lavish ball - the expressively attired dance under falling confetti... Even Bruce Wayne is struck by the ostentation. He spots Selina dancing with a deeply smitten Rich Twit. She wears a small, velvet pair of cat ears. And the pearls. MIRANDA (O.S) Bruce Wayne at a charity ball? Wayne turns to find Miranda Tate, amazed, a small mask her only concession to fancy dress. WAYNE Miss Tate, isn't it? MIRANDA Even before you became a recluse, you never came to these things . . . WAYNE True. Proceeds go to the big fat spread, not the cause. It's not about charity, it's about feeding the ego of whichever society hag laid it on. MIRANDA Actually, this is my party, Mr. Wayne . WAYNE Oh . MIRANDA And the proceeds will go where they should, because I paid for the big fat spread myself. WAYNE That's very generous of you. MIRANDA You have to invest to restore balance to the world. Take our clean-energy project... WAYNE Sometimes the investment doesn't pay off. Sorry. MIRANDA You have a practiced apathy, Mr. Wayne. But a man who doesn't care about the world doesn't spend half his fortune on a plan to save it . . . (Gentle.) And isn't so wounded when it fails that he goes into hiding . . . Wayne looks at Miranda. Intrigued. MIRANDA Have a good evening, Mr. Wayne. Wayne watches Miranda glide away. Then turns to Selina. WAYNE Mind if I cut in? Rich Twit turns, annoyed - Wayne hands him his cane. Takes Selina by the waist. She glares at him. WAYNE You don't seem very happy to see me . SELINA You were supposed to be a shut-in. WAYNE Felt like some fresh air. SELINA Why didn't you call the police? WAYNE I have a powerful friend who deals with this kind of thing. (Admires her cat ears.) Brazen costume for a cat burglar. SELINA Yeah? Who are you pretending to be? WAYNE Bruce Wayne, eccentric billionaire. Who's your date? SELINA His wife's in Ibiza. She left her diamonds behind, though. Worried they'd get stolen. 43 . WAYNE It's pronounced ' Ibeetha' . You wouldn't want these folks realizing you're a crook not a social climber . SELINA (flash of anger) You think I care what anyone in this room thinks about me? WAYNE I doubt you care what anyone in this room thinks about you. SELINA Don't condescend, Mr. Wayne. You don't know a thing about me. WAYNE Well, Selina Kyle, I know you came here from your walk-up in Old Town - modest place for a master jewel thief. Which means either you're saving for your retirement - or you're in deep with the wrong people . SELINA You don't get to judge me because you were born in the master bedroom of Wayne Manor. WAYNE Actually, I was born in the Regency Room . SELINA I started off doing what I had to. Once you've done what you had to they' 11 never let you do what you want to. WAYNE Start fresh. SELINA There's no fresh start in today's world. Any twelve-year-old with a cell phone could find out what you did. Everything we do is collated and quantified. Everything sticks. We are the sum of our mistakes. 44 . WAYNE Or our achievements. SELINA The mistakes stick better. Trust me . WAYNE You think that justifies stealing? SELINA I take what I need to from those who have more than enough. I don't stand on the shoulders of people with less. WAYNE Robin Hood? SELINA I'd do more to help someone than most of the people in this room. Than you. WAYNE Maybe you're assuming too much. SELINA Or maybe you're being unrealistic about what's really in your pants other than your wallet. WAYNE Ouch . SELINA You think all this can last? Wayne glances around at the sumptuous party. SELINA There's a storm coming, Mr. Wayne. You and your friends better batten down the hatches, because when it hits you're all gonna wonder how you ever thought you could live so large and leave so little to the rest of us. WAYNE Sounds like you're looking forward to it . SELINA I'm adaptable. WAYNE These pearls do look better on you then they did in my safe... Wayne rolls her into his shoulder - reaches up to the back of her neck, unclasps the necklace. But I still can't let you keep them . The pearls slide off her neck into his other hand. Selina looks at him. Angry. Then kisses him, hard, and disappears into the crowd. Wayne's cane reappears. RICH TWIT (annoyed) You scared her off. WAYNE Not likely. EXT. MUSEUM - MOMENTS LATER Wayne approaches the Valet. Pats down his pockets. WAYNE I must have lost my ticket - VALET Your wife said you were taking a cab home, sir. WAYNE My wife ? INT./EXT. LAMBORGHINI RACING DOWN STREETS - CONTINUOUS Selina permits herself a little smile as she guns the engine . INT. ROLLS ROYCE - LATER Alfred watches in the mirror as Wayne climbs into the back. ALFRED Just you, sir? Wayne gives him a withering glare. (MORE) ALFRED (cont'd) Don't worry. Master Wayne. Takes a little time to get back into the swing of things. Wayne dials his phone. FOX (O.S.) This is Fox. WAYNE Remember those 'unusual requests' I used to make? FOX (O.S.) I knew it ! Up front, Alfred listens. Concerned. INT. BATCAVE - DAY Wayne pushes a button on a hi-tech carbon fiber brace strapped to his good knee - the brace tones. As Wayne starts moving his knee, bending, stretching, Alfred puts down a Thermos . ALFRED You've got the wrong leg, sir. WAYNE You start with the good limb so it learns your optimum muscle patterns . Wayne swaps the brace to his bad knee. Puts his weight on it - the knee bends, kicks. He sits again. Cautious. Now we tighten it up. Wayne gingerly pushes a button - the brace starts to shrink tight to his leg, digging in. Wayne grits his teeth. ALFRED It is terribly painful? WAYNE (gritted teeth) You're welcome to try it, Alfred. ALFRED Happy watching, thank you, sir. Wayne shouts as the brace clicks home. He gets to his feet. Not bad WAYNE 47 . Wayne executes a perfect roundhouse, knocking out a brick. Not bad at all. Alfred picks up the brick. Considers it. Uneasy. He follows Wayne across the bridge to the cube. ALFRED Master Wayne, if you're considering going back out there you need to hear some rumors surrounding Bane. WAYNE I'm all ears. ALFRED There is a prison. In a more ancient part of the world. A pit. Where men are thrown to suffer and die. But sometimes, a man rises from the darkness. Somet imes . . . the pit sends something back. WAYNE Bane . ALFRED Born and raised in a hell on earth. WAYNE Born in a prison? ALFRED No one knows why. Or how he escaped. But they know who trained him one he did...Ra's al Ghul . Your mentor . Wayne takes this in. Shocked. ALFRED He plucked Bane from a dark corner of the earth and trained him in the blackest disciplines of combat, deception and endurance. Just like you . WAYNE Bane was a member of the League of Shadows . 48 . ALFRED Until he was excommunicated. And a man considered too extreme for Ra' s al Ghul is not to be trifled with. WAYNE I didn't realize I was known for trifling with criminals. ALFRED That was then. And you can strap up your leg and put the mask back on. But it won't make you what you were . WAYNE Which was? ALFRED Someone whose anger at death made him value all life. Even his own. WAYNE If this man is all the things you say he is, then this city needs me. The Batsuit emerges from the cube. ALFRED Yes, this city needs Bruce Wayne. Your resources, your knowledge ... not your body. Not your life. That time has passed. WAYNE I tried helping as Bruce Wayne, Alfred. And I failed. ALFRED You can fail as Bruce Wayne. As Batman, you can't afford to. WAYNE That's what you're afraid of - that if I go back out there I'll fail. ALFRED No. I'm afraid that you want to. Wayne looks at Alfred. Then turns to examine the Batsuit. INT. STOCK EXCHANGE EVENING A frenzy of trading on the packed floor... Two Traders sit on a shoeshine stand in the lobby. TRADER 2 You can't short the stock because Bruce Wayne goes to a party - TRADER 1 Wayne coming back is change. Change is either good or bad. TRADER 2 On what basis? TRADER 1 I flipped a coin. Near the front entrance: a Food Delivery Guy is standing there negotiating with a Trader. TRADER 3 No. Rye. I told 'em rye. Trader 3 spots bad news on a screen. Alright, I'll take it. He thrusts Food Guy a tip and grabs the bag, distracted. . . At the rear secure entrance: a Motorcycle Courier enters, wearing his helmet - a Female Security Guard gets in his face . FEMALE SECURITY GUARD Rookie! Lose the helmet! (Points at a camera.) We need faces for cameras . In the rest room: a Janitor mops the floor, shifting out of the way of two Traders who rush in to pee. At the shoeshine stand. Trader 1 waves a bill down at the man shining his shoes without a glance. Shoeshine Man takes the bill, then, as the Traders step off, he reaches into a gym bag and checks an automatic weapon. He clicks the slide home, then hoists the gym bag and heads for the trading floor . At the secure entrance: the Courier pulls off his helmet. The Female Security Guard's eyes go wide. In the rest room: the Janitor reaches into his bucket and pulls out a machine pistol in a Ziploc bag. Near the front entrance: Food Guy pulls an automatic pistol - clubs Trader 3 with it, pastrami flying. Shoeshine Man moves onto the floor, pulls out his weapon. Under the Courier's helmet - a mask. Bane. He grabs the Female Security Guard and throws her into her colleagues, lashing out in four directions with rapidfire lethality. Shoeshine Man fires into the large trading screens. The floor erupts into a different frenzy - traders hit the deck screaming. Bane moves onto the floor... TRADER 1 This is a stock exchange, there's no money you can steal - He dries up as Bane stops. Turns to him... BANE Why else would you people be here? Bane grabs Trader 1 by the throat and drags him across the floor to an online automated trades terminal... He puts the man's thumb onto the print reader - the screen lights up. BANE Enter your password. Or I send these men to your home. Trader 1, terrified, types in his password. Outside, sirens Shoeshine man pulls out a USB drive with an antenna - plugs it into the computer - figures race across the screen... EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS Police vehicles screech into the narrow street - construction vehicles are blocking. Blake argues with a burly Construction Worker. BLAKE Move it, now! We've got a situation . CONSTRUCTION WORKER Where can I move it?! BLAKE That way ! Blake points - but SWAT vehicles pile in, blocking. 51 . BLAKE Get in your vehicle and stay there! Foley and the SWAT Commander, Allen, approach the entrance. The Market Security Chief walks up, frantic. SECURITY CHIEF You've gotta get in there! FOLEY This is a hostage situation - SECURITY CHIEF It's a robbery! They've got direct access to the online trading desk. FOLEY I'm not risking my men for your money - SECURITY CHIEF It's not our money, it's everyone ' s ! ALLEN Really? Mine's in my mattress. SECURITY CHIEF If you don't shut these guys down, the stuffing in that mattress might be worth a whole lot less, pal. FOLEY Cut the fiber line - shut down the cell tower. That'll slow them down. INT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS Shoeshine Man looks up from the laptop. SHOESHINE MAN They cut the fiber. Cell's working. BANE For now. How much longer does the program need? SHOESHINE MAN Eight minutes. BANE Time to go mobile. Shoeshine Man picks up the laptop, slips it into his pack.. EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS Allen shouts at his men. ALLEN Get the barriers up - no more in and out on this street! Steel wedge-shaped barriers rise up at the mouth of the street. A Sniper watches the doors through a thermal scope. Six large heat signatures bloom, too big for people... SNIPER I've got something - The door explodes. SWATs duck, six sportbikes race out and leap the ramp-like barricades, sending SWATs scattering. Cops scramble to pull their vehicles out to give chase. EXT. GOTHAM STREET - CONTINUOUS The bikes weave through traffic. Traders strapped to the back, facing backwards - screaming, ties flying in the wind A cruiser falls in behind. ROOKIE COP Shoot the tires! A Veteran Cop sights a shot, but the Traders are in the way VETERAN COP No shot ! EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS Foley is barking into his radio. FOLEY Back off, back off! They've got hostages ! 53 . INT./EXT. CRUISER ON GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS The cruiser follows the bike into a large tunnel. A Rookie Cop looks up into his rear-view. ROOKIE COP What's going on with the lights? The Veteran Cop looks back - streetlights and headlights are dying one after another. The darkness is chasing them - the darkness hits them. Their lights, sirens, and engine die... And, out of the silence, a dark shape roars past - VETERAN COP It can' t be . . . ROOKIE COP The hell was that?! VETERAN COP Oh boy. You're in for a show tonight, son. EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS Food Guy drives the rear bike. He looks back - sees streetlights explode behind him - darkness catching him up. The engine chokes and dies. The Trader jumps off, shouting for the cops. Food Guy turns, pulling his gun. SMASH! - Food Guy is thrown backwards off his bike by a dark wing as BATMAN races by on the Bat-Pod. EXT. STOCK EXCHANGE - CONTINUOUS Foley rushes to Blake's cruiser. FOLEY Let's roll, they've spotted the Batman ! EXT. HIGHWAY INTERSECTION - CONTINUOUS The remaining bikes split up as they reach a high overpass. EXT. HIGH OVERPASS CONTINUOUS Batman pulls up, overlooking the intersection - pulls a rifle-shaped device. A tone builds - he aims it at the bike and fires. EXT. HIGHWAY OFF-RAMP - CONTINUOUS Janitor's bike sparks and dies. Sirens as Cops move in. Another bike splutters and dies - the Hostage breaks for cover . EXT. HIGH OVERPASS - CONTINUOUS Batman sees the last two bikes disappear beneath an overpass. He holsters his EMP rifle and guns the Bat-Pod. INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS Foley, in the back, is using the cruiser as a mobile command station . FOLEY (into radio) Call everyone in - every car patrol, beat cop, off-duty, too! Pull 'em in, close every street! Now ! Foley looks out at Gotham rushing by. FOLEY I'm gonna do what Gordon never could . BLAKE What' s that? FOLEY I'm gonna take down the Batman. BLAKE Sir, what about the armed robbers? Foley ignores him. EXT . GOTHAM CONTINUOUS All around the city, cops mobilize - cars, vans, choppers... EXT. HIGHWAY - CONTINUOUS Bane pulls up at speed alongside Shoeshine Man. Shoeshine Man glances inside his pack - signals '2' . Bane turns, sees darkness approaching, reaches back and grabs his Hostage, lifting him onto the back of Shoeshine Man's bike. Bane peels off - Batman stays on Shoeshine Man. INT. CHOPPER - CONTINUOUS A Spotter watches Bane peel off, hits the radio. SPOTTER (into radio) One bike's pulled off, no hostage - INT. BLAKE'S CRUISER - CONTINUOUS Foley listens to the radio, hungry - SPOTTER (over radio) Should we pursue? FOLEY Negative! Stay on the Batman! BLAKE But he's getting away! FOLEY (annoyed) Who do you want to catch? Some robber, or the son-of-a-bitch who killed Harvey Dent? INT. DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS Coverage of the pursuit blares from all the TVs, as Daggett and Stryver watch. Tense. TV ANNOUNCER People aren't saying much - frankly, they're too busy - but all signs suggest that what we're (MORE) 56 . TV ANNOUNCER (cont'd) seeing is, in fact, the return of the Batman . . . INT. INNER OFFICE, DAGGETT'S PENTHOUSE - CONTINUOUS Moving in on a shadow, crouched in front of Daggett's safe, working the dial... The shadow slides up a pair of goggles onto the top of its head creating the silhouette of cat ears. It is Catwoman. She turns to the TV, watching the pursuit . CATWOMAN Well, what do you know? Catwoman opens the safe. Nothing inside. She frowns. EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS Bane slips between two cruisers who tear after the Batman. He jumps up onto a concrete barrier, then down to the mouth of an outflow pipe. He glances at the entire Gotham Police Department descending on one man. Disappears into the pipe. EXT. GOTHAM STREETS - CONTINUOUS Shoeshine Man glances into his pack - the program beeps, finished. He looks back to see the Bat-Pod racing at him, ducks as it comes alongside

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