*CYPHER* Directed by Vincenzo Natali Written by Brian King Scene 1. _Digicorp_ SECURITY Planning a vacation, Mr.~ Sullivan? MORGAN No. No. Just... just some reading to pass the time. SECURITY Step ahead, Mr.~ Sullivan. You're expected in Room 102. Down the hall and to the right. MORGAN Thank you. Scene 2. _Digicorp_ TECHNICIAN What is your name? MORGAN Um... Morgan Sullivan. TECHNICIAN Where were you born? MORGAN Madison, Wisconsin. TECHNICIAN Are you a spy? MORGAN No. TECHNICIAN Are you an undercover operative for Sunways Systems? MORGAN No. TECHNICIAN Were you paid by Sunways Systems to steal data from Digicorp Technologies? MORGAN No. TECHNICIAN Have you ever worked in any capacity at Sunways Systems? MORGAN No. Scene 3. _Digicorp_ FINSTER This is a technology firm, Mr.~ Sullivan. If we choose to employ you as an agent of Digicorp, you will spy on other corporations, inform us of their business plans, research programs, and counter-intelligence operations. Thus far, your determination has been very impressive. MORGAN Well, if there is anything more I can tell you about myself, anything that has not already been checked by Digicorp... FINSTER Your personal records are fine. You've passed our neuro-graph five times. MORGAN I'll take the test again if you'd like me to. FINSTER You've been married four years. You live in a respectable neighbourhood. You've always had stable jobs. You have an excellent credit history. No drug habits. No drinking problems. You don't smoke? MORGAN No. FINSTER No other vices to speak of? Is there anything else we should know about you? MORGAN Well... It might have taken me quite a while to get to this point, Mr.~ Finster, but now that I'm here, I'm going to make most of it. This is who I am and this is what I want to do. FINSTER The stakes in this line of work are very high. MORGAN Yes, I understand. FINSTER It will be like nothing you've ever done before. MORGAN Oh, I'm prepared for that. FINSTER You will be sent to conventions across the country. You will record the speeches. MORGAN That's been made very clear. FINSTER You will have to deceive other people about what you do for a living. MORGAN Yes. FINSTER Even your own wife. MORGAN Yes. FINSTER You don't mind lying to your wife? MORGAN No. No, I don't mind. Scene 4. _Digicorp_ PHOTOGRAPHER That was a good one. Move on ahead to the next station. TECHNICIAN Hello, Mr.~ Sullivan. MORGAN Hello. TECHNICIAN Keep it out of view until the convention speeches actually start. Press the back notch. You see the flash? It's now on. Press again. It's now off. Easy, isn't it? MORGAN And the transmissions are really clear? TECHNICIAN Within fifty yards. Just keep it up front for good reception. MORGAN Where do the signals go? TECHNICIAN Up to our satellite systems, and back down to our data banks. MORGAN I guess the speeches must be pretty important. FINSTER The speeches are not your concern, Mr.~ Sullivan. Just do your job. Follow our instructions, nothing else. Do you understand? MORGAN Yes, Mr.~ Finster. PHOTOGRAPHER Ready! MORGAN [reading the card] Jack Thursby? FINSTER That's what you'll be called from now on. As far as Digicorp is concerned, Morgan Sullivan doesn't exist. We never met him. We never will. MORGAN What's he like? FINSTER Pardon? MORGAN What's his personality? FINSTER He's whoever you want him to be. Scene 5. _The Sullivans_ AMY Buffalo? Why do they need you to go all the way to Buffalo? MORGAN They want me to tutor them on that spreadsheet software I was using at my last job. AMY And you'll be paid freelance for this? MORGAN Sure. Independent contractor. You know, if things work out, there could be more trips down the road. AMY I thought we agreed you weren't going back to work yet. Not until that position at my father's firm opened up. MORGAN I can do this in the meantime, can't I? AMY I really need you at home right now, Morgan, with me being so busy with the Williams case. MORGAN It's only temporary, honey. I won't be gone for long. Scene 6. _Airport_ MORGAN Hello. FINSTER After the convention, you will confirm the transmission on your returning flight. MORGAN Yes. FINSTER Do you remember the location of the briefcase? MORGAN Uh, yes. FINSTER Good luck, Mr.~ Thursby. We're counting on you. MORGAN Thank you. Scene 7. _Men's Room_ PILOT I left it in the stall. Scene 8. _Plane_ STEWARDESS Something to drink, sir? MORGAN I'll have a ginger ale. Actually, I'll have a scotch. STEWARDESS Scotch? MORGAN Hmm. Single malt. On the rocks. STEWARDESS Yes, sir. Scene 9. _Buffalo_ DESK CLERK Welcome to Buffalo, Mr.~ Thursby. Scene 10. _Convention_ FRED Yes, this is our new mascara line. It doesn't flow, it's known hypoallergenic and it's vitamin enriched. MORGAN Really? Mr... FRED Fred Garfield. MORGAN Hi. Hi. Jack Thursby. FRED `Fairway Fragrances'. Where are they located exactly? MORGAN Uh... Tulsa. Tulsa, Oklahoma. FRED You don't say? I've got family from Tulsa. You don't have much of an accent. MORGAN I didn't grow up there. FRED Oh, where did you grow up? I said, where'd you grow up? MORGAN South Pacific. FRED I'm sorry, where? MORGAN The South Pacific Islands. The Tuamotu Archipelago. French Polynesia. Tahiti. Papeete. FRED Wow. Pretty unusual. MORGAN Yeah, I plan to go back there someday when I retire. WAITER Water, sir? MORGAN Thanks. FRED Well, see you around, Jack. MORGAN Sure thing, Fred. P.A. The conference room will be open in five minutes. Scene 11. _Conference Room_ SPEAKER 1 Good morning, everyone. My name is Robert Tuttle. I'll be your first speaker. I will first discuss shaving cream distribution outlets in North American markets. Let me begin by acknowledging what has become axiomatic in the field of shaving cream distribution. Mainly that shaving cream, indeed almost all personal hygiene products for men, are what we call fashion resistant. The overwhelming majority of shaving cream users will adopt a brand and remain loyal to it. SPEAKER 2 Especially interesting to note, is the difference in methods used to penetrate that market. Because these two methods employed by the respective companies really illustrates the essential strategic choice that faces... Scene 12. _Hotel Bar_ MORGAN The Mediterreanean is beautiful; but if it's real sailing you want, I recommend the Sunda Islands in the Banda Sea. I was there on a trip last spring. WAITER Your cigarettes, sir. MORGAN Thank you very much. Hmm, Cohibas, my favorite brand. Thank you. Oh, I'm sorry. WAITER Thank you. MORGAN [to other guests] Would you excuse me? BARTENDER Good evening, sir. What'll it be? MORGAN Give me a scotch. Single malt, on the rocks. BARTENDER You got it. MORGAN [to Rita] Haven't we seen each other before? RITA You'll have to come up with something more original than that. MORGAN I'm here for the convention. RITA That's fascinating. You're in marketing, right? MORGAN Uh-uh. Sales. RITA Is there a difference? MORGAN What about you? RITA I do health inspections of hotel restaurants. MORGAN That sounds interesting. RITA No, it doesn't. MORGAN Do you have an answer for everything? RITA Yes. Rita Foster. MORGAN Jack Thursby. RITA So what do you do besides travel to dull cities and talk to women in hotel bars? MORGAN I... uh... play golf. RITA Are you any good? MORGAN No. RITA Honesty. I like that. MORGAN What else do you like? RITA No commitments. No bullshit. MORGAN Uh-huh. RITA And no rings. MORGAN No rings? RITA You might want to take yours off? MORGAN Oh, I'm sorry. I'll leave you alone now. Scene 13. _Plane_ FINSTER Your transmission came through, Mr.~ Thursby. The signal was clear. MORGAN Perhaps I can do something else on my next trip. I think I'm ready to handle a bigger assignment. FINSTER We'll be sending you to Omaha next Wednesday. MORGAN Omaha? FINSTER You'll perform the same job that you did in Buffalo. Scene 14. _The Sullivans_ AMY Omaha? Why can't they find someone in Omaha? Why do they need to fly you all the way out there? It doesn't make sense. Morgan. Morgan, are you listening to me? Since when did you ever care about golf? You're not going on this trip, Morgan. I'm sorry. MORGAN [sigh] What do you mean, I'm not going? AMY My father wants you to come to his office tomorrow. Getting a position with his company is more important than a silly freelance job. MORGAN I said I'd go. AMY You're not going, Morgan. End of discussion. You're staying here. I'll call my father tonight and we'll... MORGAN Tell your father to go fuck himself. AMY What did you just say? Say you're sorry, Morgan! Morgan! If you don't apologize, I want you out of this house. Morgan! Are you listening to me? What in God's name has gotten into you? Since when did you start smoking? Morgan, what's going on? I think I deserve an explanation. Scene 15. _Plane_ STEWARDESS Your scotch, Mr.~ Thursby. Scene 16. _Hotel Roof_ RITA Turn around slowly, please. What is your transmission device? MORGAN I thought you were a health inspector. RITA I'll ask you again: what is your transmission device? MORGAN The pen, in my jacket pocket. RITA Do not turn the pen on. MORGAN What? RITA When you're inside the convention room, keep the pen turned off. Do not send the transmission to Digicorp. If you tell Digicorp you met me, they'll kill you. [she gives him a bottle of pills] Take two every six hours, it will get rid of the nightmares you've been having. Your headaches will go away, too, and the pain in the back of your neck. MORGAN How do you know I'm having nightmares? RITA We'll be in touch in Boise. MORGAN What will they do if I don't turn on my pen? RITA Just remember who you are. You are Morgan Sullivan. You are not Jack Thursby. MORGAN Wait! Scene 17. _Conference Room_ SPEAKER Good morning, everyone. I'm Alex Chen. I'll be your first speaker. Ladies and gentlemen, I'm here to address the controversy that's been raging around new techniques in the preparation of processed cheese. Now at the risk of oversimplifying the question facing the average manufacturer of processed cheese is this: Given an increased consumer prejudice against chemical additives, how do we stem the tide away from natural or organic based products and instill in the cheese buyer... Scene 18. _Plane_ FINSTER I'm glad to hear that there were no problems at the convention, Mr.~ Thursby. I'll call down to the lab to make sure the transmission went through. [...] Excellent work, Mr.~ Thursby. MORGAN Thank you. FINSTER Your transmission came through perfectly, just as clear as the last time. I want you to take another trip. Boise, Idaho. MORGAN Boise? FINSTER We scheduled a connecting flight for you to board once you've landed. You won't have time to go home. That's not a problem, is it? MORGAN No. No problem. Scene 19. _Hotel_ DESK CLERK Room 1493, Mr.~ Thursby. The convention room will be open in an hour. MORGAN Thank you. DESK CLERK Mr.~ Thursby! One last thing: the first letter from each word is the phone number to call her. Scene 20. _Room 1493_ RITA Hello, Mr.~ Sullivan. You've dialed a special number that can't be traced or monitored. Now, listen carefully. Take the service elevator at the end of the hall down to the basement level. You'll be clear for the next five minutes. MORGAN Wait a minute, wait! Scene 21. _Hotel Basement_ HOTEL JANITOR Keep moving. RITA Roll up your sleeve, please. We don't have much time. Scene 22. _Truck_ MORGAN Are you insane? You're not sticking that into me! RITA He has medical training, Mr.~ Sullivan. MORGAN I don't care if he's a fucking brain surgeon! You're not gonna drug me. RITA We're undrugging you. The shot will block out the Digicorp narcotic. MORGAN What? RITA The chemical they're putting in your bloodstream at every convention. Do you normally drink something inside the convention room? MORGAN Mineral water. RITA The drug is tasteless and odorless. You wouldn't have known. Did you take the pills I gave you? Had the noises in your head started to go away? And the recurring dreams? MORGAN Jesus, what is this? W-w-why didn't Digicorp check my transmission in Omaha? RITA There was no transmission in Omaha. Or in Buffalo. Or anywhere else. MORGAN Why are they sending me to these conventions? RITA The conventions are charades. MORGAN Charades? RITA You and the other convention guests all work for Digicorp. You're all spies. You're given phony assignments, phony identities. You think your pen is a transmitting device, another guest thinks it's his tie clip or her watch. The whole thing is just a ploy to keep you all distracted, to not realize what's really going on. MORGAN What is really going on? RITA If you want answers, take the shot. Scene 23. _Hotel Basement_ RITA When you're inside the room, act as you always act. Order the mineral water. Drink it. Don't make them suspicious. The shot we gave you should protect you. MORGAN Should protect me? What'd you mean? What if it doesn't? RITA Listen to me carefully. Whatever happens in that room, show no reaction, no emotion, no surprise. No matter what you see, do not move. MORGAN What will I see? Who sent you? RITA A friend. MORGAN I don't have any friends. When will I see you again? RITA Soon. I promise. Scene 24. _Conference Room_ SPEAKER 1 There are several points of interest here. First of all, the fact, that by an impressive margin, new home purchases took most of the brunt of that decline. By this I mean that sales of older homes are done on an individual basis where there's considerably more room for negotiation. Therefore, in those sales we're more likely to find that the official rise in mortgage rates has been offset somewhat by the... SPEAKER 2 ... rates of return on high tech investments, which led to a surge in business capital spending and significantly increased the underlying growth rate of productivity. The capitalization of these higher than expected returns boosted equity prices generally beyond even that expected by the enhanced rise in real incomes. The elevated level of light vehicle sales, for example, has put more vehicles on the road than the industry could sustain. And even though demand for a number of high tech products was doubling or tripling annually, in many cases new supply was coming on ever faster. Overall capacity in high tech manufacturing industries rose nearly 50 percent last year, well in excess of its rapid rate of increase. Accordingly the slowdown in the economy that began in the middle of last year, intensified, perhaps even to the point of growth stalling out around the turn of the year. As the economy slowed, equity prices fell, especially in the high tech sector, where previous high evaluations were being re-evaluated, resulting in significant losses in some investors. Clearly some slowing in the pace of spending was necessary, if the economy was to progress along balanced and sustainable growth. With the process likely to intensify with the rise in the cost of energy that has strained business and household purchasing power, purchases of durable goods and investment in capital equipment declined in the fourth quarter. Because the slowdown was not anticipated by businesses, it induced some backup in inventories, despite more advance in recent years that enabled firms to adjust production level more rapidly to changes in demand. Inventory sales ratios rose only moderately, and even after the policy actions taken in January, the risk continue skewed toward the economies remaining on a path inconsistent with satisfactory economic performance. Crucial to the assessment of the outlook and the understanding of recent policy options, is the role of the technological change in productivity in shaping near-term transcyclical forces as well as long term sustainable growth, perceptible for sustaining slow advances in quality. Moreover, although recent short-term business profits have softened considerably, most corporate managers appear not to have altered their appreciable extent through any of the long-standing optimism about the future returns. A recent survey of purchasing managers... TECHNICIAN Just a reflex. SPEAKER 2 ... suggests that the wave of new online business activities was far from impressive. Corporate managers appear to be more generally sanguine about the potential for innovation. VOICES You are not Morgan Sullivan. You are Jack Thursby. You are not married to Amy Sullivan. Your wife is Diane Thursby. San Jos is not your home. You live in Redmond, Washington. SPEAKER 2 ... expressed concern over current declines in market interest rates. The FOMC reduced its target of federal funds rate by one half percent, though it's current rate is five and a half percent. Accordingly to foster financial conditions, the federal reserve has quickened the pace of adjustment for its policy. In conclusion, a cautious approach is always the best strategy. Thank you for your attention. BUSINESSMAN Excuse me, do you have the time? The time? Your watch? MORGAN Yeah, it's 3:30. BUSINESSMAN Already? Gosh, that last speech just flew by. MORGAN Yeah. BUSINESSMAN Did you enjoy it? MORGAN Oh, yeah. Very much. Scene 25. _Lift_ OLD LADY Hello? It's for you. RITA Digicorp will approach you at the airport. Tell them you are Jack Thursby. Tell them you've never heard of Morgan Sullivan. Make them think you're brainwashed. If you're exposed, they'll kill you. MORGAN What happened back there? RITA You're feeling the side effects of the neutralizing agent in your system. Don't worry. You'll be fine. Scene 26. _Men's Room_ PILOT Mr.~ Sullivan. There's been a change of plans, Mr.~ Sullivan. You need to come to Digicorp's local office right away. Mr.~ Sullivan? Mr.~ Sullivan? Are you all right? MORGAN I think you're mistaken. My name isn't Sullivan. PILOT You're not Morgan Sullivan? You don't work for Digicorp? MORGAN No. My name is Thursby. Jack Thursby. I think you're looking for somebody else. PILOT I'm sorry, Mr.~ Thursby. My mistake. MORGAN That's okay. Scene 27. _Plane_ STEWARDESS Hello, sir. How are you? I just need to see your boarding pass, please. MORGAN Oh. STEWARDESS Thank you. MORGAN Thank you. STEWARDESS You're welcome. MORGAN Excuse me. STEWARDESS No problem. Scene 28. _The Thursbys_ DIANE Your turn. There's not much hot water left. Sorry. Scene 29. _The Thursbys_ DIANE Could you make dinner a half hour earlier tonight? MORGAN Sure. DIANE I wrote down a list of errands I need you to do today. MORGAN Okay. DIANE Your car keys are in the foyer next to your briefcase, right where you left them. Scene 30. _Sunways_ SECURITY Planning a trip? MORGAN Just some reading to pass the time. SECURITY You're expected in reception, Mr.~ Thursby. Down the hall and to the left. Scene 31. _Sunways_ TECHNICIAN What is your name? MORGAN Jack Thursby. Scene 32. _Sunways_ CALLAWAY My name's Frank Callaway. I'm head of security for Sunways Systems. According to your neuro-graph, you're lying. You're lying when you say that your name is Jack Thursby. You're lying when you say that you are not an undercover agent. You are lying when you say that you do not work for Digicorp. And I cannot tell you how happy that makes us. Scene 33. _Sunways_ MORGAN No way. I am not going back to that house. CALLAWAY You are in a unique position here, Morgan. Digicorp thinks that you're brainwashed as Jack Thursby. They think that you've passed our neuro-graph and they want us to hire you as one of our agents. MORGAN I don't care what they want. CALLAWAY Your counter-intelligence work for Sunways will be very simple. Digicorp will never suspect that you're working for us. So they won't watch you too closely while you're in the house. All you have to do is place one bug in each room. MORGAN You don't fucking understand. I'm going home. I'm going to my real home. CALLAWAY Your real home is gone, Morgan. MORGAN What are you talking about? CALLAWAY Your wife put your house up for sale. Her lawyer has been trying to contact you for the last few days. She filed for divorce three days ago. I'm sorry, Morgan. Look, Morgan, I know this is hard. MORGAN I want to see Rita. CALLAWAY Who? MORGAN Rita Foster. She pulled me out of the brainwashing. CALLAWAY No, Morgan. You cannot see her. MORGAN Why not? She works for you. CALLAWAY She does not work for us. MORGAN But you sent her to find me at the hotels, right? CALLAWAY No. MORGAN But you know who she works for? Who does she work for? CALLAWAY She works for Sebastian Rooks. MORGAN Who's Sebastian Rooks? CALLAWAY Sebastian Rooks is a freelance operative who we hired to find out how Digicorp was getting their agents past our neuro-graph. Then we asked him to send us an agent who wasn't brainwashed. He delivered you. He's the best in the business, but he's also very dangerous and very ruthless. I advise you to stay away from him. Stay away from him and her. Look, we are offering you a very good deal here. When your work for us is finished, we will give you a new identity and a new home, somewhere very far away and safe from Digicorp. MORGAN I'm sorry, Mr.~ Callaway, but to find someone else for your job. CALLAWAY You won't last long out there. Anywhere you go outside this complex, Digicorp will have agents watching you. If you try to run, if you behave like Morgan Sullivan instead of Jack Thursby, they will eliminate you. Quick. Efficient. Ruthless. You're fortunate, Morgan. If we hadn't interrupted the brainwashing process you'd be like the other convention guests: programmed with a new identity, sent to companies across the globe, disposed of when you'd outlived your usefulness to Digicorp. You have a chance to fight back. So, are you ready to be a spy, Morgan? Scene 34. _The Thursbys_ DIANE I get some more broccoli. Scene 35. _Sunways_ TECHNICIAN 1 Phone lines are tapped. TECHNICIAN 2 We've got visual in all the rooms. TECHNICIAN 1 There they are in the dining room. CALLAWAY That salt shaker gives us a nice angle, doesn't it? DIANE Very well. He believes he's Jack Thursby. He believes I'm his wife. He's adjusted to this house. MORGAN Who's she talking to? CALLAWAY Digicorp agents. She's giving them a report on you. DIANE He spends much of his time indoors. Of course he has no friends and he has little contact with the outside world. TECHNICIAN We've got the internet lines tapped too. CALLAWAY Excellent work, Morgan. Excellent. MORGAN My God. My life is the same as it ever was. CALLAWAY That's because Digicorp monitored your old life and then duplicated it. It helps ease the transition of becoming another person. MORGAN That's not who I am anymore. I... I smoke cigarettes. I like to drink scotch. I play golf. I'm not supposed to live in the suburbs. I'm not supposed to be like that. CALLAWAY Well, I'm sorry if you're disappointed, Morgan. But that is your vision of Jack Thursby. It's not Digicorp's. [to technicians] Can you guys clean up the camera reception in that hallway? Scene 36. _Men's Room_ RITA Yes, Jamison? MORGAN This isn't Jamison. It's Morgan Sullivan. [she hangs up] Bitch. RITA What do you want, Mr.~ Sullivan? MORGAN I need your help. I want to hire Sebastian Rooks. Are you still there? RITA Goodbye, Mr.~ Sullivan. MORGAN I'll pay for his service. RITA He doesn't work for individuals. MORGAN Ask him to make an exception. Do whatever it takes. RITA You're on your own, sorry. MORGAN No. No! Listen, you gotta help me. RITA There's nothing I can... MORGAN You gotta help me, please. You said I could trust you. I believed you when you said that. RITA Meet me at the carwash at Fourth and Jefferson in three hours. Scene 37. _Sunways_ CALLAWAY Morgan! We're sending you on your first assignment next week. Our surveillance of your house has already paid off. We know exactly what sort of data Digicorp is trying to steal from us. So tonight you will say that you're going out of town on a business trip. Now, you know how to tell her that, right? Morgan? MORGAN Yes. CALLAWAY You will stick to the script, Morgan. You won't try anything risky, do you understand me? Scene 38. _Carwash_ RITA Sebastian Rooks has agreed to help you. MORGAN When does he want to meet me? RITA Not yet. He's in the car behind us. MORGAN How much money does Rooks want? RITA He's not interested in your money. It's your situation. He thinks he can use it to his advantage. MORGAN How? RITA I'll be in touch with you in Wichita. MORGAN Wichita? RITA That's where Sunways will be sending you on your last assignment. MORGAN How do you know that? They haven't even told me. RITA Rooks knows. He knows everything. MORGAN Can I trust Rooks? RITA I can't give you guarantees. But he has the resources to provide you with a new life, a new identity. It's your choice, Mr.~ Sullivan. Scene 39. _Montage -- company man_ MORGAN What do I have to do? RITA Sunways will send you on a series of assignments. You'll receive a courier disk on each trip. Digicorp agents will be following you wherever you do. Let them, that's what Sunways wants. At each destination you'll be met by a Sunways contact. They'll download data onto your disk. Digicorp's agents will assume you're receiving valuable information. As you travel to more cities, collect more data, and complete more assignments, your agent status will rise. Digicorp will then assume you have become one of Sunways top company men. DIANE Jack? RITA Each disk you bring home will seem more important than the last. As they copy the Sunways files, Digicorp will think they have won a major victory against their greatest rival. In reality, Digicorp is the loser. Sunways is feeding them corrupt data that will sabotage their operations. But make no mistake, Mr.~ Sullivan. Sunways is just as ruthless as Digicorp. Once this operation is complete, they will eliminate you. Rooks will protect you. Please. You can trust me. Scene 40. _Sunways_ CALLAWAY We're sending you to Kansas. Wichita. It's almost over, Morgan. After this trip to the vault, your work for us will be finished. MORGAN The vault? CALLAWAY It's our data warehouse. It's completely insulated from the outside world, but we send in agent couriers if we need to retrieve or add a file. You will be our next courier. And Digicorp will think they have hit the motherlode. Scene 41. _Hotel Room_ RITA Shh! We need to keep our voices down. Switch this disk with the one in your briefcase, before you go to the vault. Take off your ring. MORGAN What? RITA Your ring. This is a tracking device. It'll give us your precise location at all times. MORGAN Does this mean we can see each other again? RITA I'll pick you up after you leave the vault, deliver you to Rooks. MORGAN I mean, after that? RITA We can never see each other again. It would compromise your new identity. MORGAN I'm never getting out of this, am I? Scene 42. _Taxi_ MORGAN 500 Horse Creek Road, please. FINSTER I know where to go. Settle down, Mr.~ Sullivan. We have a long ride ahead of us. Scene 43. _To the vault_ FINSTER You don't have to pretend to be Thursby. I know you're not brainwashed. I know that Sunways has been using you as a double agent against Digicorp. MORGAN You got to kill me? FINSTER Not if you return your loyalties to me instead of Sebastian Rooks. Oh, yeah. I know that you work for him. As a matter of fact, we both do. I'm Rooks'~ inside source at Digicorp. MORGAN His what? FINSTER He paid me to hire you so you could be his pawn once you were sent off to Sunways. You didn't think I hired you because I was impressed by you, did you? It's a good plan, really. Rooks knew that you'd end up here in Kansas on the way to the Sunways vault. He knew he could convince you to switch their disk with his. That was his scheme from the very start. MORGAN It's not possible. FINSTER Rooks'~ disk contains a search program. It will penetrate the vault's secure network and quietly steal a data file without triggering any alarms. MORGAN What data file? FINSTER Who knows? But if Rooks has gone through all this trouble to get it, it must be extremely valuable. The plan was foolproof. Except for one factor he failed to consider: me. MORGAN What do you want? FINSTER When you come out of the vault, deliver the disk to me, not Rooks. I've been loyal to Digicorp all along. MORGAN Why should I trust you or Digicorp? FINSTER Because we'll let you live and Rooks won't. It's as simple as that. No one sees his face and lives to tell about it. MORGAN No one sees his face? FINSTER He's a deep cover operative. A Yuri in cyberspace. He's a phantom. Companies hire him without actually knowing who he is. If they did, they'd kill him. The moment you give that disk to Rooks is the moment he eliminates you. There's only one person Rooks trusts with his identity: Rita Foster, his lover. She's completely loyal to him. No one else. I'm the only person you can trust now. Scene 44. _500 Horse Creek Road_ FINSTER I'll be nearby when you come out. [he gives Morgan his phone number] Just in case we get separated. No charge for the ride. Scene 45. _The elevator_ VIRGIL Good evening, Mr.~ Thursby. My name's Virgil Dunn. Welcome to the vault. First time? Hope you didn't have a big dinner. Scene 46. _The vault_ VIRGIL Step ahead, please. Now that we know you are bug free, I can call you by your real name, Morgan. Dunn, Virgil C. Scene 47. _Virgil's Office_ VIRGIL I need your disk now, please. Good, good. Digicorp will cream in their pants when they copy the bogus data that I've just cooked up for them. You wouldn't believe the number of times they tried to jack into the systems down here. MORGAN Have they ever succeeded? VIRGIL Hell, no. This place is tighter than a nun's asshole. Uh, snort while we wait? MORGAN Oh. Sure. VIRGIL I distilled it myself down here. It's one of my little hobbies to pass the time. MORGAN Thanks. VIRGIL Here's to the information age. I used to be an agent like you once. I was the best mole spotter in the business. You put me in a room with a possible double agent, let me ask him a couple of questions, and I could tell you right there whether he was a spy or not. That was before Sunways put me down here. That was three years ago. MORGAN What happened? VIRGIL Those fucking machines is what happened. They said the neuro-graphs were 100% accurate, but I wasn't. That a really good spy, a really good liar, could trick me every time. It's bullshit, I told them. But they wouldn't listen. You see, there are things that only a person can know about another person, Mr.~ Sullivan, things that a machine could never pick up. For example, let me ask you a couple of questions. MORGAN Excuse me? VIRGIL What is your favorite drink? Go ahead. Answer. I just want to prove my point. What is your favorite drink? MORGAN Er, scotch, single malt, on the rocks. VIRGIL You're telling the truth. Are you married? MORGAN Yes, I am. VIRGIL Truth again. See, you're very... very easy to read. Now... Are you in love with your wife? MORGAN Yes. VIRGIL There, you just lied. Am I right? MORGAN Yes, I lied. VIRGIL It's more than just questions, however. For instance, I'm sensing a kind of tension in you. It's been evident ever since I put your disk in my computer. Now why would that be? We both know the disk is from Sunways. There's nothing on it that should make you uneasy. One last question, all right? MORGAN Sure. VIRGIL Are you a double agent? Scene 48. _The Vault_ SECURITY Where's Mr.~ Dunn? MORGAN He decided to stay in his office. SECURITY Right. You can go ahead, Mr.~ Sullivan. MORGAN Thank you. VIRGIL Open the door! Scene 49. _The elevator_ P.A. Emergency crews are on their way. For your safety, please remain inside the elevator. RITA Jump! Now! Scene 50. _Helicopter_ RITA I told you I'd know where you'd be. I can take the disk now. MORGAN Is this Rooks? RITA Jamison, one of our operatives. Rooks is back at the hotel. He's looking forward to seeing you. Scene 51. _Hotel_ RITA [to Jamison] The car's waiting downstairs. Call me when you get to the lab. MORGAN This is where Rooks lives? RITA For now. He moves around a lot. MORGAN But you know where he is at all times? RITA We have a special relationship. Your assignment is nearly finished, Mr.~ Sullivan. I'll be back in a moment. Scene 52. _Rooks'~ Office_ FINSTER [on the phone] Finster. MORGAN It's Morgan Sullivan. FINSTER [on the phone] Sullivan! What happened to you? MORGAN I'm in the penthouse suite of an old building. I don't know where it is. FINSTER [on the phone] We're tracing the call. We'll be there shortly. Where's Rooks? MORGAN I'm just about to meet him. FINSTER [on the phone] Get off the phone before he sees you. He will kill you, understand? Hold on to the disk. We're on our way. MORGAN [to Rita] Don't come any closer. RITA Put the gun down, Mr.~ Sullivan. MORGAN [holding the disk] I'll break it. If you come any further, I'll break it. I gave you the Sunways disk. This one is yours. The one Rooks wants. RITA Stop! You really don't want to do that. MORGAN You used me. You and Rooks. You used me from the very start. RITA Wait, let me explain. MORGAN No. Finster already explained everything. RITA When did you talk to Finster? MORGAN He's on his way. I just called him. If Rooks wants this disk before Finster arrives, you better unlock that door and let me go. RITA Listen to me. Sebastian Rooks is not the person you think he is. MORGAN Sebastian Rooks is a ruthless spy and so are you. RITA No, you're wrong. He's... MORGAN I know about you. I know about the two of you. I know about your special relationship. RITA Please, just hear me out. I... MORGAN I don't want to hear any more lies. I don't want to hear any more lies! God! I can't believe I thought you actually cared about me. I can't believe I was such a fool. RITA I do care about you. No, no. Just go see Rooks. It'll be okay. Hurry. Find him. Scene 53. _Rooks'~ Office_ RITA I tried stopping you, but you insisted. You said it was the only way to steal the data from the vault. Welcome home, Mr.~ Rooks. Come on. Finster will be here any minute. MORGAN No, no. No more lies. You can't trick me anymore. RITA Listen to me. You are not Morgan Sullivan. You created him out of your own imagination. Your life in the suburbs, your miserable marriage... Your wife, Amy, was one of your own operatives playing a part you assigned her. The more you fight the truth, the more it'll hurt. MORGAN It's not possible. RITA You used the same brainwashing technique Digicorp uses. You were the one who sold them the technology to begin with. MORGAN It makes no sense! RITA It makes perfect sense! Turning yourself into Morgan Sullivan was the only way you could pass Digicorp's neuro-graph. It was the only way you could get hired to be their spy and get sent to Sunways. MORGAN Why would anyone do this? RITA For this. MORGAN What's on it? RITA I was hoping you could tell me. MORGAN You don't know? RITA I've put a lot of faith into this assignment. SECURITIES Clear! Freeze! Don't move! SUNWAYS SECURITY Sunways Security! Identify yourself! DIGICORP SECURITY Digicorp Security! FINSTER Are you following me, Callaway? CALLAWAY I'm here for Rooks, not you. FINSTER That's who I'm here for. Scene 54. _Helicopter_ MORGAN You've flown this before? RITA No, never. You know how to fly it. You designed it. MORGAN I don't know what to do. RITA Sebastian Rooks knows. MORGAN I can't remember Sebastian Rooks! RITA You remembered that you loved me. Just think. Scene 55. _Helicopter_ ROOKS We are out. Scene 56. _Hotel Roof_ CALLAWAY Did you get a look at him? Did you see Rooks'~ face? FINSTER Just Morgan Sullivan, our pawn. Jesus! He's Rooks. Scene 57. _South Pacific_ RITA Is it what you wanted? ROOKS Yes. It's you. The file in the vault was erased. And this is the only copy. Now there's no copy at all.