(as the room darkens, the ghost of THUY appears)



THUY

did you think I'd gone away

this is the face you saw that day

staring at you with open eyes

you're safe in the daylight

but in the dark I rise



I'm the crime that you hid

for you want yo forget that you killed, but you did!

you will never be free

not as long as there's me



did you think you would escape the judgement that was planned?

did you think you would escape the truth's avenging hand

just because you have escaped the bound'ries of your land

I'm here! I'm here! I'm never dead

I'm here! I am the guilt inside your head



(KIM finds herself back in Saigon, April 1975)



you think your marine's not like other men



(CHRIS appears)



he betrayed you once

and he will again

think about that night

where was he back then



CHRIS

I'm getting you out!



CAPTAIN SCHULTZ

sorry, sergeant, as things degenerate

all I'm giving her is her emigration papers

without the wait, sign here



CHRIS

that's not good enough. . .



CAPTAIN SCHULTZ

this will get her on board the carrier

you're declaring that you will marry her

when you get back to the states, sign here



(a solider brings in KIM)



SOLDIERS

by order of the old man

the embassy will close according to plan



CAPTAIN SCHULTZ

I'll stretch a couple rules to issue her pass

that's it, you're ready. nice ass. who's next?



SOLDIERS

by order of the old man

we're processing the gooks as fast as we can



CAPTAIN SCHULTZ

I mean Vietnamese, hey don't get me wrong

can't leave these looks for t