INT PAPAL OFFICES - HALLWAY NIGHT

Rocher 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.

CUT TO:

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.

CUT TO:

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?

CUT TO:

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.

CUT TO:

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?

CUT TO:

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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