10/58.  CONTINUED                                              10/58.

                                 BECKETT
                   Human microchips? Slave brains
                   for CyberAx to use? Is that what
                   this is leading to? It's
                   monstrous. You'll never manage
                   it.

                               JEAN DANIEL
                   We already have.

                                BECKETT
                   How? The same way you got that
                   computer virus into Ros` head?

                                JEAN DANIEL
                   What virus would that be?

                                  BECKETT
                   That little piece of destructive
                   programming that CyberAx leaves
                   behind, when it's violated
                   someone's brain for its own
                   purpose. The one we've been
                   trying to protect her from.

                                JEAN DANIEL
**                 Ah.  The dangerous truth about                          **
                   CyberAx.

**         He moves aside and beckons someone forward.                     **

**         ROS steps from darkness into the downward spotlight.            **
**                                                                         **



                   BECKETT is horrified.


                                   BECKETT
                   No. I didn`t mean that. I didn`t
                   say it.
                               JEAN DANIEL
                   I rather think it's too late.
                                                    
                                      ROS
                                    (calmly)
                    It's all right, Beckett. I
                    understand everything.

**        More figures move into the light.                                 **

**        Ed with CASSANDRA's hand clamped over his mouth and               *
          her machine gun held up to his head.

                               BECKETT
                  Ros, fiqht it.
                                    ROS
                  You can't fight it. You've got
                  to excuse me now. There's
                  something I have to do.


          ON ED -- he suddenly reaches up and grabs the arm
          with which CASSANDRA is gagging him and leaning
          forward, throws her over his shoulder.

          She hits the floor.

          ED dives for one of the life-support units.

          His hands clamp onto a power cable, and he wrenches
          it out.

          CASSANDRA's scrambling to her feet, raising the
          machine gun.  ED touches the cable to the metal of
          the gun. A bang and a flash and CASSANDRA spins over
          and falls.

          JEAN DANIEL is levelling his FUTURISTIC HANDGUN at
          ED, but..

          BECKETT shoulder-charges him and sends him flying.

          ED turns to ROS, the sparking cable still in his
          hands.  Their eyes meet.

                                   ED
                   Is it too late?
                                   ROS
                   Not yet. I know what you're thinking.
                   Do it.
                                                    
          And without hesitating, ED rams the cable against
          ROS' chest.

          BIG BANG, BIG FLASH, ROS flies backwards and hits
          the ground.

          BECKETT stares, incredulous.

                                   BECKETT
                  What have you done?
                                     ED
**                I think I've killed her.  Quick,                            **
                  give me a hand.  He starts to lift
                  Ros.  Beckett moves to help.


**  10/58A. INT.   RESTAURANT-STYLE AREA.  DAY.                      10/58A.   **

**           Into the debris of the abandoned party, emerge                  **
             BECKETT and ED, carrying ROS between them.

                                   BECKETT
**                   Why did you kill her?                                  **
                                  ED
**                   If a virus is on the disk, you                             **
                     delete the code.  If it's in the
                     memory, you switch off the
                     machine and reboot from a clean
                     set of instructions.

**           Understanding dawns on BECKETT.                                    **
                                    ED
**                    The City hospital's only two blocks away.                 **
                                  BECKETT
**                    You'll have to get her there.                             **
                                    ED
**                    What about you?                                           **
                                  BECKETT
**                    I set the charges with a manual                           *
                      trigger.  I couldn't set if off
                      until CyberAx was in.  I've got
                      to go back.