Lot begins stepping down the stairs.  His flashlight is off and he is looking down the stairwell.  Although you don't see anything, everyone can hear a faint clunking sound.  It is the sound of shoes on the metal stairs.  Apparently, somewhere below, the Agent is quickly running up at a very fast pace.

Viper is still rising quickly on the cable.

Laz and Roach go back into the office with the computer.  On the screen, the following words still appear:

Welcome, Sarah.  Please input your login id and passcode.  You look very beautiful today.

Roach sits down at the computer while Laz pulls out the disks given to him by Binary.

A familiar voice comes on your headsets.  "Hello out there."  It is X.  You've never been so glad to hear the voice of your Operator.  "We've had some problems with calamari out here.  They know we're in this vicinity.  For now, they've moved on.  Hammer's got the EMP pulse up.  We've got enough to give them one solid hit, but as you know, we can't do that with you in the Matrix."

There is a momentary pause.  "Okay.  Let me get that computer accessed for you."

Suddenly, the pop up password window flashes off and the screen flashes: "Welcome to the NSA."

"Okay," X says.  "Just put the first disk in.  I'll upload it from remote."

As he waits for Laz to respond, X says, "By the way, you've got two marines standing at the north stairwell.  There is also an AMC and jeep en route to the building right now.  Total of approximately 15 marines.  The security station is currently unmanned, as they are helping the injured marines and demolition team out."

He lets out a deep breath.  "I've found Binary.  He's approximately 200 miles southeast of your location in the vicinity of Las Vegas.  Don't know how he got there, but we can't do anything for him right now."

[Note: This is the same map.  It is just reproduced here for your convenience.]

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Laz slips the first disk into the computer and says, "Ready when you are X."

Laz puts in the first CD.  He sees that it is labelled:  "Agents" and "Arms and Armaments."

Lot is doing something with the grenades on the the stairwell.

"Great!" X says.  "I'll start uploading it now."

Viper is ascending.  About 10 seconds until he reaches the top.  (The jump will be Acrobatics -4 because of the speed, but +2 for two people helping him.  Or he may choose to do something else.)

Viper gulps on realizing how close he's come to death dangling at the end of this cable. As he rises faster and faster, though, a rush starts to come over him. By the time he's nearing the door at the top, a big grin is plastered to his face. He yells to the waiting figures, "Clear the door!"

As X comes back online, Viper laughs out loud, they just might make it out of here alive. "Welcome back, X! Watch this one!" It's apparent that Viper's youth and a certain 'Devil May Care' attitude has begun to reassert itself.

A figure comes into view below.  Lot's flashlight has picked up the Agent.  He is quickly moving up.  Just 15 seconds or so...

Viper launches himself just before the cable reaches the top...

Roach and Laz sit idly as a DOWNLOADING bar appears on the screen.

Lot finishes his preparations and runs up the stairs.

Viper lands safely, rolls into a ball, and smashes past the others.

You all look down at the figure quickly ascending.  Lot's thermite grenade goes off, and the entire stairway begins to shake and rupture.  A smoke grenade goes off at the same time, obscuring the entire area.

The agent enters the smoky trap.  He steps...and begins to fall into the gaping hole created by the grenade.  His feet slide through, but his grip catches tight.  He is dangling by the strength of his two hands.  His feet hang over the abyss.

The stairs, however, are not very stable.  They begin to bend inwards as cables snap.  The stairs are leaning at a 45 degree angle into the actual shaft itself, held up only because they are leaning on the elevator cable and one bent piece of metal.  The Agent is holding on at an impossible angle.

And then his grip slids back.  He tries to pull himself up...

But it is too late.  The Agent falls silently into the deep elevator shaft with the bottom waiting for him over 2000 feet below.  The last thing you see is his hand go to his earpiece.  He seems to be mouthing something.
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