Chapter 7

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Kim was getting ready to meet Chris but suddenly, she saw the ghost from Thuy.

[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 hide
for you want to 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!

You think your marine's not like other men?
he betrayed you once
and he will again
think about that night
where was he back then

Kim gets flashbacks from the night that Chris and Kim were ripped apart:

[CHRIS]
I'm getting you out!

In a street.

[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.

[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 the Cong - right?

Kim and Chris layed in their room.

[CHRIS]
Christ, I am due at the embassy
no time to lose

[KIM]
I don't want you to leave me today

[CHRIS]
well at least Uncle Sam bought our honeymoon cruise

[KIM]
if you're going I don't want to stay

[CHRIS]
look I'm leaving my gun
we got time
stay and pack

[KIM]
well I will do whatever you say

[CHRIS]
we'll get plenty of word when the VC attack
I want you in that bed waiting when I get back

Back on the street.

[DOC]
sorry, sergeant, we must accelerate
state department says we evacuate
the word is, we must be out by dawn

[CHRIS]
but my girl is out there!

[REEVES]
sorry, sergeant, it's straight from Washington
no one leaves the grounds now, not anyone
as fast as we load the planes, we're gone

[GIBBONS]
okay! Keep quiet! don't shout!
the Ambassador won't leave till everyone's out
the choppers're on their way, there's room for you all

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