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EXT. ROOF -- ACROSS STREET -- DAY

John and Sarah are in the cross hairs of the rifles of FBI snipers on rooftops. We hear McCallum's voice on the radio.

MCCALLUM (V.O.)
Remember, no Cyberdyne incidents.

On the street, McCallum lifts his arm. He gives a signal to the FBI snipers to hold their fire.

THE PHONE in the apartment RINGS. Sarah picks up the receiver.

MCCALLUM
(filtered)
This is Agent McCallum of the FBI. You can't escape, Connor. Your freedom ends today.

SARAH
Freedom is DEAD!

Sarah flings the phone across the room. It SHATTERS the window.

AN FBI SNIPER

watches from the roof across the street. His finger holds the trigger of an MP-5. He is startled by the shattering glass. He pulls the trigger.

SARAH pulls back on John as we hear the first shot. BANG! A round breaks through glass in the window. Sarah holds John as she falls with him to the floor. She covers John with her body.

Cortez, Hector and Valdez drop to the floor, grabbing M-16's.

DAVE
Hey, what the -- ?

The bullet STRIKES Dave in the chest. His "Day of Akira" shirt ripples from the shock. He is knocked back off of his feet and slams down onto a ratty couch, dead.

ON THE STREET, McCallum picks up a bullhorn and shouts into it:

MCCALLUM
HEY! HEY! Hold your fire! Hold your fire!

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