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ARTIFICIAL VOICE
Power shut-down complete—commencing
system-wide reboot.
Iron Man olummets toward the Earth and the HORIZON BEGINS e
TO FLATTEN. He spirals, wildly, end-over-end, unable to right himself. No sound but Tony's quickening BREATHING.
ARTIFICIAL VOICE
Initial attempt at reboot has failed.
Would you like to try again?
Iron Man falls THROUGH THE CLOUDS. Trying to stay calm:
IRON MAN
YES. TRY AGAIN.
Below Iron Man, the CITY GROWS LARGER as the surrounding mountain range and lakes slide closer to the far horizon.
ARTIFICIAL VOICE
Second reboot attempt is successful.
ARTIFICIAL VOICE (cont'd)
Thruster control will commence...in
two minutes and thirty-five seconds.
IRON MAN
Swell.
The city is getting larger. It takes on definition now. The skyscrapers clearly rising above the other rooftops. Iron Man tumbles through the air as the buildings grow.
INT— INSIDE THE IRON ARMOR—DAY
TONY is inside the armor. Trying to look calm. Waiting.
EXT—HIGH ABOVE THE GROUND—DAY
IRON MAN looks headed for one of the skyscrapers. Closer and closer. As if he's going to hit the roof. THE ROOF OF THE SKYSCRAPER RACES PAST as Iron Man narrowly misses the building--plummeting toward the CROWDED STREET BELOW.
ARTIFICIAL VOICE Reboot is complete.
IRON MAN
Initiate stabilizing thrusters now.
Immediately, the MANEUVERING THRUSTERS FIRE, turning Iron Man, stabilizing the armor in an upright position as the FOOT JETS FIRE FULL FORCE. Iron Man slows down, but he is still falling, fast. The street so close. Too close.
IRON MAN CRASHES THROUGH THE STREET with a loud DOOOOOOM.
INT—UNDER THE CITY STREET—DAY
IRON MAN lies on his back in an UNDERGROUND SEWER TUNNEL. DIRT and a few PIECES OF RUBBLE fall from the HOLE IN THE CEILING. A moment passes. Then slowly Iron Man sits up.
EXT—BUSTLING URBAN STREET--DAY
IRON MAN RISES from the hole. His MANEUVERING THRUSTERS move him over solid ground, and his FEET JETS set him on the street. CARS are driving past in the other lanes, the DRIVERS gaping. PASSERS-BY on the sidewalk pointing.