INT SECRET PASSAGE NIGHT-- shines through into the secret passage behind the wall.
Langdon draws in his breath and forces himself through the tiny
slit, just wide enough for a determined person to squeeze through.
Vittoria follows.
They look ahead, shining the light. They're in an extremely narrow
passageway.
They start carefully down it, flashlight in front of them. They
whisper.
LANGDON
Do you still have the gun?
VITTORIA
You told me to give it back.
She pulls the gun from her waistband.
VITTORIA (cont'd)
I ignored you.
LANGDON
Ignore me any time you like.
To their right, they pass half a dozen tiny jail cells, the iron
bars on most eroded away. Several of the larger cells are
intact, and on the floor of one they see black robes and red
sashes.
They approach an iron doorway in the wall. The door is ajar and
beyond it there is some sort of passage. Langdon squints at two
words above it -- II Passetto.
Vittoria gestures -- that way?
Langdon shakes his head no.
103.
LANGDON (cont'd)
(WHISPERS)
Leads to the Vatican. Or from it.
An ancient escape route.
They round a corner, where the tunnel takes a ninety degree turn
to the right. At the corner, Langdon notices another
pentagrammal block in the floor.
He bends, studies the direction it's pointing, feels the wall --
LANGDON (cont'd)
Another overlap.
-- and finds another overlapping angle, this one even smaller
than the last. The wall is actually joined at the floor, seems
to open out at the middle (in roughly the shape of a human form
turned sideways), and joins again at the top.
HE TAKES A DEEP BREATH, SLIPS THROUGH THE GAP --
-- and finds himself at the base of a set of steep spiral stairs.
Langdon looks up, to the top of the stairs. There is an
archway, adorned with a tiny carved angel.
Vittoria slips through the gap, sees the carving too.
VITTORIA
An angel.
Langdon, sensing they're close, starts up the stairs.
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INT APOSTOLIC PALACE - HALLWAY NIGHT
Commander Rocher, eyes dead-set, walks down a hallway in the
Apostolic Palace. He passes two Swiss Guardsmen with radios.
ROCHER
Get on the radio and put the word out.
Conclave is to remain sealed.
SWISS GUARDSMAN
But the Camerlengo gave the order for
evacuation at eleven fif-
ROCHER
I'm countermanding it.
SWISS GUARDSMAN
BUT-
104.
ROCHER
That door stays SHUT! Do you
understand?
SWISS GUARDSMAN
Yes sir.
Rocher keeps walking.
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INT CHURCH OF ILLUMINATION NIGHT
Langdon and Vittoria creep into the Church of Illumination, and we
get our first good look at it.
The embellishments, though faded, are replete with familiar
symbology. Pentagram tiles. Planet frescoes. Pyramids.
VITTORIA
We have thirty minutes left, I can
still change the battery if we can
find the cannister.
Langdon nods, but he's fascinated by the place.
In the center of the room, there is an open fireplace, its embers
still smoking. The four Illuminati brands, their faces wiped
clean, have been placed back in a molded velvet case.
Langdon, fascinated, spots an empty slot in the very center of the
case, surrounded by the four used brands.
But this one's missing.
Vittoria arrives over his shoulder, having completed a quick
search of the place.
VITTORIA (cont'd)
It isn't here.
LANGDON
There's a fifth brand.
VITTORIA
What?
He touches the indentation in the velvet, puzzling it out.
LANGDON
Two crossed keys.
105.
VITTORIA
The symbol for the Vatican?
LANGDON
The papacy.
(THINKING)
They're going to kill him. Before
they blow up the Vatican they're going
to kill and brand the pope himself.
VITTORIA
But there is no pope.
LANGDON
Technically, there is.
VITTORIA
The Camerlengo?! We have to-
MR. GRAY (O.S.)
Please place your gun on the floor.
They freeze. Vittoria looks at Langdon, who nods -- you'd better
do it. She does.
MR. GRAY (cont'd)
Now turn around.
They turn and face Mr. Gray. He looks quite dapper, and not too
much the worse for wear. There is a briefcase on the ground
beside him, and he's changed into a fresh shirt.
MR. GRAY (cont'd)
Kick it to me.
She does. He picks it up, ejects the clip and the round in the
chamber, pockets them, and tosses the gun into the smoldering
fire.
LANGDON
You could have been long gone by
now.
MR. GRAY
Some do God's work for love, others
for money. Which do you take me
for?
As if to answer his own question, he picks up the briefcase from
the floor beside him. Then studies Langdon for a moment.
106.
MR. GRAY
You're not one of them.
LANGDON
Neither are you. I was expecting a
fanatic.
MR. GRAY
When they call me -- and they all
call me -- it is so important to
them that I know what they ask is
the Lord's will. Or Allah's, or
Yahweh's. And I suppose they're
right. Because if He were not
vengeful, I would not exist, would
I?
He picks up his briefcase.
MR. GRAY (cont'd)
Be careful. These are men of God.
He turns to go. Langdon can't help himself:
LANGDON
Why didn't you kill us when you had
the chancer
Vittoria looks at Langdon like he's nuts. Mr. Gray turns back,
seems puzzled by the very thought.
MR. GRAY
Because no one asked me to.
He leaves.
Langdon and Vittoria pause for a moment, look at each other --
LANGDON
We've got to get to the Vatican.
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