INT PAPAL OFFICES - HALLWAY NIGHTRocher reaches the office of the Pope. Two uniformed Swiss Guard
are stationed outside.
Another Swiss Guardsman steps out of the office, reporting back
from within.
107.
SWISS GUARDSMAN
The Camerlengo says he will grant you
an audience.
ROCHER
I'd like to see him alone.
The Swiss Guards look at each other.
SWISS GUARDSMAN
That's impossible, sir. No one-
ROCHER
Have you forgotten who you work for?!
Rocher is truly intimidating when he wants to be.
SWISS GUARDSMAN
No, sir.
He nods to the other Guards, who raise their swords, allowing
access.
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INT SECRET PASSAGE NIGHT
Vittoria and Langdon barrel down the stone stairs, into the
passage, and through the open doorway to Il Passetto.
INT IL PASSETTO NIGHT
The passetto is narrow and dark, lit only by streaks of moonlight
coming through the vertical slits in the walls.
But up ahead, there's light. They race for it.
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INT OFFICE OF THE POPE NIGHT
The Camerlengo kneels in prayer in front of the fire. He hears a
sound behind him and turns as the door to the papal office opens.
Rocher enters, closes and locks the door behind him.
CAMERLENGO
Have you come to make me a martyr?
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108.
INT/EXT IL PASSETTO NIGHT
Vittoria and Langdon race up a flight of stairs, and the passetto
comes out into the open for a hundred yards or so as it leaves the
Castel Sant'Angelo.
Ahead, they see a rope ladder over the side. They look down.
Directly below them, Mr. Gray is getting into an Alfa Romeo parked
discretely at the end of a dead end street, making his escape.
DOWN ON THE STREET,
the car door SLAMS.
IN THE CAR,
Mr. Gray turns the key.
UP ON THE PASSETTO,
Langdon and Vittoria are running toward the Vatican again when the
EXPLOSION rips through the still night.
They stagger and turn back, in time to see Mr. Gray's car go up in
an enormous fireball.
VITTORIA
Men of God.
Langdon grabs her arm and they take off. The Passetto descends
again, into --
INT IL PASSETTO NIGHT
-- another underground space. The outline of a steel gate
looms ahead, blocking their way.
But as they draw closer, they find the ancient lock hanging open,
and the gate swings freely. This tunnel has been used, and
recently.
FURTHER AHEAD,
they plow onward, and now there is a low ROARING sound from above
them. Langdon pauses, looks up.
LANGDON
We're under St. Peter's Square.
They keep on.
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109.
INT PAPAL OFFICES - HALLWAY NIGHT
In the hallway outside the Pope's office, there are raised VOICES
from behind the closed door. Lt. Chartrand approaches
nervously.
He and the Guards look at each other, don't know what to do. From
the other direction, Father Simeon, Cardinal Mortati's Aide,
strides toward them.
FR. SIMEON
I demand to speak to the Camerlengo.
AN ANGRY SHOUT from behind the door draws their attention --what
the hell is going on in there?
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INT IL PASSETTO NIGHT
Langdon and Vittoria hit another gate, this one heavier, but it
too is unlocked. The sound of St. Peter's Square fades behind
them now.
UP AHEAD,
they turn a corner and, without warning --- the tunnel ends.
There is only a thick iron door, and as Langdon searches it with
his flashlight, he finds no handle, no knob, no keyhole, no
hinges.
LANGDON
Senza chiave! A one-way portal, the
only access is from the other side!
With a ROAR of anger, he starts to POUND on the door. Vittoria
joins in.
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