(Hospital. Dawn slips into the mental ward. All the patients begin to mutter nervously as she enters.)

PATIENT 1: It's here. It's here. It's here.

PATIENT 2: Can't stop.

PATIENT 1: It's here. It's here. (repeats over and over)

PATIENT 2: Make it stop. The skin's too tight.

PATIENT 1: Can't hear it. What's the frequency? Empty. All spilled out.

DAWN: Please. Y-you see me, right? Look at me.

PATIENT 2: (fearful) Can't stop it!

DAWN: You know what I am, don't you? You all know!

PATIENT 1: Can't hear it, can't hear it, can't hear it (repeats over and over)

DAWN: Tell me!

PATIENT 1: Can't hear it, can't hear it ... (repeats)

DAWN: What am I?

ORLANDO: The key.

(Dawn whips her head around to look at Orlando. )

ORLANDO: I found it. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

DAWN: You know what the key is? Where did I come from? Who made me, wha-what am I?

ORLANDO: Thank you, thank you...

DAWN: Please!

ORLANDO: Destroyer! Cracked ... bones ... the sun bleeding into the sky! The key is the link.

DAWN: No, no.

ORLANDO: The link must be severed. Such is the will of God. Such is the will of God. Such is the will of God.

(He continues repeating this phrase as Dawn backs away, then turns and runs away. She opens the door to leave, and comes face to face with Ben.)

• Dawn as the Key

written by: Steven S. DeKnight; Transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com).. Full transcript at:
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