<br>
(The ENGINEER, in a peasant clothes, <br>
is brought back to the city from a re-education camp by THUY's soldiers. <br>
THUY instructs him to find KIM in exchange for his freedom)<br>
<br>
(The ENGINEER tracks down KIM and leads THUY to her. <br>
Once more, she rejects his love declaring that she's sworn herself<br>
to CHRIS; the enraged THUY, now the people's commissar, <br>
orders his soldiers to attack. <br>
They wreck the room and beat up  the ENGINEER)<br>
<br>
[ENGINEER]<br>
Are you waiting for them to kill me?<br>
Did you not get what he said?<br>
There's a big screw loose inside you<br>
I will rip it out of your head<br>
That's a mad dog on the rampage<br>
If you think he'll change - save your<br>
Breath<br>
Just say "Yes" - I don't care if you love Him<br>
Princess, life has it all over death!<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
I have a husband<br>
Real as the sun in the sky<br>
I cannot live with a lie<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
Do you see now who has power<br>
Do you still think crazy things?<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
Chris will come to me like the phoenix<br>
and he'll take me off on his wings<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
You're a traitor to your country<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
If I am, then let it be<br>
<br>
[KIM], [THUY] AND THE [ENGINEER]<br>
I am talking of life or death now<br>
I am talking of staying free<br>
<br>
[ENGINEER]<br>
So there it is now - it's time to move on<br>
If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone<br>
Two kids in love don't need strangers around<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
Just get out<br>
<br>
[ENGINEER] <br>
Right! I won't make a sound<br>
<br>
(grabs his sack and leaves)<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
And as for you<br>
Come with me<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
NO<br>
<br>
There is a secret<br>
That you don't know<br>
There is a force here<br>
I never show<br>
You say it's treason<br>
To keep my vow<br>
Season after season<br>
I survived somehow<br>
If you want a reason<br>
I will show you now<br>
<br>
(KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs a scared two year old boy. <br>
KIM hugs him.)<br>
<br>
Look, Thuy, this is my son<br>
He has kept me alive<br>
Now you see why<br>
I must tell you "No"<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
No one must ever see<br>
This thing you're showing me<br>
Your bastard fouls our name<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
My baby's not to blame<br>
For what I've done<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
You must decide upon<br>
Which side you're really on<br>
You whored to make this kid<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
That isn't what I did<br>
Don't touch my son<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
You must see how it is<br>
 When you're my wife<br>
Having that child of his<br>
 Brands us for life<br>
No alternative!<br>
The child cannot live<br>
<br>
(THUY pulls a knife, threatening the boy)<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
No<br>
You will not touch him<br>
Don't touch my boy<br>
He's what I live for<br>
He's my only joy<br>
<br>
[KIM] <br>
You will not touch<br>
him   <br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
He is my enemy <br>
It's he turns you from me<br>
<br>
[KIM] <br>
Don't touch my boy<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
Erase him from your life<br>
Even your memory<br>
<br>
[KIM] <br>
He's what I live for<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
He's one drop in a flood<br>
Left here to taint our blood<br>
<br>
[KIM] <br>
He's my only joy   <br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
Our marriage bond was sworn<br>
Forget that he was born<br>
<br>
(KIM pulls out a gun)<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
Of course you have a gun<br>
And now you'll shoot your cousin'<br>
And it's a U.S. gun<br>
<br>
[KIM]                  <br>
Don't touch my  <br>
little boy        <br>
<br>
And do not test    <br>
<br>
A gun that lost the war<br>
my will          <br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
You're the corrupted one  Go on and shoot - don't wait <br>
To save your bastard son You must not hesitate<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
Im warning you,<br>
for him  <br>
I'll kill <br>
<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
The earth moves where I stand<br>
I feel the turning of a wheel<br>
I feel nothing in my hand<br>
Not even the feel of steel<br>
You will not take my child...<br>
<br>
[THUY]<br>
You don't know how to kill<br>
<br>
[KIM]<br>
I have no other choice<br>
What I must do I will<br>
<br>
(She shoots THUY - and at the same moment, <br>
the street pageant continues in the street outside)<br>
<br>
[CROWD]<br>
This is the hour<br>
This is our land<br>
We found the power<br>
In our brother's hand<br>
And from a storm<br>
Pierced with light<br>
Fierce and white<br>
The lightning came<br>
A bright'ning flame<br>
To end the night<br>
<br>
(A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Mihn is raised in the square outside)<br>
<br>
One man to heed us - <br>
 Each girl, each boy<br>
One voice to lead us<br>
 In a song of joy<br>
<br>
This is the hour<br>
This is our land<br>
<br>
(In the room, KIM stares and THUY's body)<br>
<br>
(KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack, <br>
and taking TAM by the hand, escapes)<br>
 <br>