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| title    = Turnabout
 
| title    = Turnabout
 
| image    = turnabout.png
 
| image    = turnabout.png
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| titletext = Whenever I miss a shot with a sci-fi weapon, I say 'Apollo retroreflector' really fast, just in case.
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| titletext = Whenever I miss a shot with a sci-fi weapon, I say 'CIA MAN
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Dr. Pavel, I'm CIA.
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Dr. Pavel nods, nervous. CIA Man hands the Driver a
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briefcase .
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DRIVER
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He wasn't alone.
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CIA Man, confused, spots the Hooded Men. He turns to Dr.
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Pavel .
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CIA MAN
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You don't get to bring friends.
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DR. PAVEL
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(shaken)
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They are not my friends.
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DRIVER
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Don't worry, no charge for them.
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CIA MAN
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Why would I want them?
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DRIVER
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They were trying to grab your
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prize. (Smiles.) They work for the
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mercenary. The masked man.
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CIA MAN
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(excited)
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Bane ?
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The Driver nods. CIA Man turns to his Special Forces Men.
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CIA MAN
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Get 'em on board - I'll call it in.
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EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - DAY
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The commuter plane struggles over snow-capped mountains.
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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The three Hooded Men kneel by the cargo door, handcuffed.
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CIA Man grabs Hooded Man 1 .
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CIA MAN
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What are you doing in the middle of
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my operation?
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3 .
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Hooded Man 1 says nothing. CIA Man pulls out a handgun.
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The flight plan I just filed with
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the Agency lists me, my men, and
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Dr. Pavel here. But only one of
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you .
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CIA Man opens the cargo door. Special Forces hang Hooded Man
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1 out into the howling wind - CIA Man shouts above the wind.
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CIA MAN
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FIRST ONE TO TALK GETS TO STAY ON
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MY AIRCRAFT! (Cocks weapon.)
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SO... WHO PAID YOU TO GRAB DR.
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PAVEL? !
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Nothing. CIA Man fires out the open door and the Special
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Forces yank Hooded Man 1 back in, clubbing him quiet.
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CIA MAN
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HE DIDN'T FLY SO GOOD! WHO WANTS TO
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TRY NEXT?!
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The Soldiers grab Hooded Man 2, hang him out the door.
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CIA MAN
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TELL ME ABOUT BANE! WHY DOES HE
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WEAR THE MASK? !
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The prisoner says nothing. CIA Man presses the gun to the
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man's hood - he cocks the gun ... nothing .
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CIA MAN
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LOT OF LOYALTY FOR A HIRED GUN!
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THIRD PRISONER (O.S.)
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Or he's wondering why someone would
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shoot a man before throwing him out
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of an aeroplane.
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CIA Man turns to the Third Prisoner. Shuts the cargo door.
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CIA MAN
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Wiseguy, huh? At least you can
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talk. Who are you?
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THIRD PRISONER
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We are nothing. We are the dirt
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beneath your feet . And no one cared
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who I was until I put on the
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mask . . .
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CIA Man, wary, approaches the Third Prisoner - pulls off his
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hood, revealing a dark mask with a breathing apparatus. The
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eyes behind it are cold. Still. This is Bane.
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4 .
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BANE
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Who we are does not matter. What
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matters is our plan.
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CIA MAN
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(fascinated)
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If I pull this off, will you die?
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BANE
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It would be extremely painful .
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CIA MAN
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You're a big guy -
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BANE
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For you.
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CIA MAN
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(unnerved)
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Was being caught part of your plan?
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BANE
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Of course. Dr. Pavel refused our
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offer in favor of yours. We had to
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know what he told you about us.
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DR. PAVEL
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Nothing! I said nothing!
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CIA MAN
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Why not just ask him?
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BANE
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He would not have told us.
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CIA MAN
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You have methods.
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BANE
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Him, I need healthy. You present no
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such problem.
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CIA Man laughs for the Special Forces' benefit. A heavy bass
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tone is rising. The Sergeant looks out the window.
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EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
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The commuter plane is dwarfed by a massive transport plane
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looming over it, dangerously close...
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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The plane lurches. The noise is building.
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SERGEANT
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Sir?
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CIA MAN
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Well congratulations, you got
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yourselves caught. What's the next
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step of your master plan?
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BANE
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Crashing this plane...
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EXT. MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS
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The ramp of the transport opens... Four men leap out on
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tethers - dropping towards the commuter plane, two each
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side . . .
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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The Spacial Forces react to the turbulence from the plane
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above. CIA Man looks at Bane.
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BANE
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(rising)
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With no survivors .
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A Special Forces soldier spins around - an Armed Man is
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outside the window. Bang -
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EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
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Two men shoot through the windows, the other two attach
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grapples to the fuselage - give the thumbs up - hoists start
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to pull and the tail of the commuter plane is lifted,
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unnaturally .
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INT. COCKPIT, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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The Pilots battle the controls as the plane tilts forward.
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE
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CONTINUOUS
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Like lightning. Bane has the CIA Man is his handcuffed arms,
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legs wrapped around a seat back. The entire cabin upends.
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Tumbling chaos - Soldiers falling - Bane cracks CIA Man's
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neck and drops him onto the Sergeant - they tumble down the
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plane, smashing into the cockpit door with a terminal thud.
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Dr. Pavel, strapped in, pushes against the seat in front of
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him - the plane vibrates, trying to tear itself apart.
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EXT. ATLAS MOUNTAINS - CONTINUOUS
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The men climb the tail of the smaller plane as it dangles
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helplessly above the mountains. Its wings shear off.
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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Bane breaks his handcuffs as if they were plastic, then
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opens his legs and drops down the cabin, somersaulting
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gracefully and using his arms to stop himself halfway down,
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by Dr . Pavel .
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EXT. SKIES OVER MOUNTAIN RANGE - CONTINUOUS
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The men attach explosives to the tail, then jump away,
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swinging out as the tail explodes.
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INT. MAIN CABIN, COMMUTER PLANE - CONTINUOUS
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An explosion takes off the rear door of the cabin - the
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Armed Men drop through the smoke on cables.
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A body bag is lowered into the cabin. Bane lies it on the
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seat backs next to Dr. Pavel and unzips it to reveal a body
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the same age and build as Dr. Pavel.
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Bane rips Dr. Pavel's sleeve - pulls out a length of
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surgical tubing - pushes a needle into Dr. Pavel's arm -
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runs the tube to the body's arm... Dr. Pavel watches,
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horrified, as Bane starts compressions on the body's chest,
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drawing Dr. Pavel's blood across the tube and into the
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body . . .
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An Armed Man pulls Hooded Man 1 up through the cabin and
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out . Bane stops Hooded Man 2 .
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7 .
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BANE
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Friend. They expect one of us in
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the wreckage.
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The man nods, unhooks himself, takes Bane's arm.
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HOODED MAN 2
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Have we started the fire?
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BANE
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(nods )
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The fire rises.
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Hooded Man 2 hands Bane his line. Bane clips it around Dr.
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Pavel, takes out a knife and cuts Dr. Pavel's seat belt. Dr
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Pavel panics, flails. Bane takes his arms. Gentle.
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BANE
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Calm, Doctor. Now is not time for
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fear . . .
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Bane slides Dr. Pavel out of his seat. They hang in the
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vertical, windblown cabin. Bane takes out a detonator.
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BANE
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That comes later.
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Bane presses the detonator - the cabin drops from around
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them, revealing the terrifying drop to the peaks below. Dr.
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Pavel screams as they are hoisted up towards the transport' really fast, just in case.
 
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