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            INT. HALLWAY - DORMITORY

            Mitch and Wes hear screams and run down the hallway towards
            Josh's room.

            INT. JOSH'S DORM ROOM - NIGHT

            Wes and Mitch kick down the door.  Wes has his 9mm drawn and
            ready.  They react in horror to Josh, slumped in a chair, 
            who has knife wounds all over his body, including his slit
            throat. 

            The Girl is laying across the bed, her throat cut as well,
            but that is the only wound on her.

            Wes sees movement by the window.

                                WES
                      Freeze!

            The Killer runs down the fire escape.  Wes goes through the
            open window to give chase.

            Mitch checks Josh, whose eyes just barely flutter open.  He
            talks, blood flowing freely out of his mouth.

                                JOSH
                      C-C-C...

                                MITCH
                      Don't talk Josh.  Help is coming.

                                JOSH
                      C-C-Clau-Claudia.

            He dies and Mitch closes his eyes in sorrow.  He looks to the
            bulletin board and sees pictures of Claudia all over the
            room.  Blood is smeared on them.

            Sirens are heard in the distance.

            Wes comes back in through the open window.  He takes a CB
            radio off of his belt.

                                WES
                          (into radio)
                      All units be advised, suspect is out in
                      the four block area between Combs Street
                      and 4th.  Combs Street and 4th.  And
                      where's my damn ambulance?

            He gets a response that it's on its way.  But Mitch just
            shakes his head at him.

                                MITCH
                      He's already gone.

                                WES
                      Son of a bitch!

            Wes kicks the wall in frustration.

                                WES (cont'd)
                      This looks like the same guy doesn't it?

                                MITCH
                      He tried to put the girl in her position. 
                      But this is strange.  Why would he kill
                      them?  He only goes for escorts?

            Suddenly it clicks for him.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      Shit!  Wes, I know who it is.

            INT. HALLWAY - OUTSIDE ANOTHER DORM ROOM - NIGHT

            Wes is breathing heavily as he draws his weapon.

                                WES
                      You had better be right Mitch.  You just
                      ran me all the way across the campus.

                                MITCH
                      It's him, I'm sure.

            Wes bangs on the door.  A tired voice replies.

                                VOICE
                      Who is it?

                                WES
                      Police!  Open up!

                                VOICE
                      This had better not be a joke.

            Brian Seth opens the door wearing only sweat pants.  It looks
            like he just woke up.

                                BRIAN
                      What do you want?

                                WES
                      We need you to come with us to answer
                      some questions.

                                BRIAN
                      What?  Dr. Johvas?  What's all this
                      about?

                                WES
                      You'll find out.  Now get dressed.

            INT. INTERROGATION ROOM - POLICE STATION - NIGHT

            Kemper sits inside the dank room with a very frustrated
            Brian.

                                KEMPER
                      Look, just tell us what we need to know.

                                BRIAN
                      I can't tell you anything because I don't
                      know anything!

                                KEMPER
                      C'mon Brian.  You and Josh both worked
                      campus security.  You get along for
                      awhile, but then you notice that Josh is
                      moving in on your girlfriend.  That
                      pisses you off.  Shit, that would piss me
                      off too.   So you make a mistake.  You
                      killed him.  It just so happens that you
                      kill him with the same knife that's been
                      killing escorts and their dates for the
                      past two months. The blade marks match
                      up.

                                BRIAN
                      Escorts?  Date?  What the fuck are you
                      talking about?

                                KEMPER
                      Don't dress me up and try to fuck me. You
                      know what I'm talking about.  You think
                      about it and try to remember.  I'll be
                      back.

            He walks out of the room.  Brian just sits there with a blank
            expression on his face.

            INT. OUTSIDE INTERROGATION ROOM - NIGHT

            Kemper walks over to Mitch and Wes, who are standing near the
            one way mirror that they have looking at Brian through.

                                KEMPER
                      I dunno Mitch.

                                MITCH
                      It's gotta be him.  He fits the profile
                      in every way.

                                KEMPER
                      Well, we know that the knife that killed
                      Josh and that other girl killed the other
                      victims, and we know Brian had motive to
                      kill Josh, but nothing else fits. The
                      girl was an escort.

                                MITCH
                      Josh hired an escort? 

                                KEMPER
                      Maybe he couldn't have Claudia, so he got
                      the next best thing. I dunno what he was
                      thinking.  We didn't find a knife in his
                      room.  Only some chloroform.  That could
                      have been used to incapacitate the
                      victims, but none of the victims had any
                      in their systems. Brian says he uses it
                      to get high and go to sleep.  That's
                      possible.  Without hard evidence we don't
                      have a lot to go on.  

                                MITCH
                      Wait a minute!  Gabriel told me on the
                      phone that he was going to E-mail me
                      tonight.  We could trace the E-mail back
                      to him.

                                KEMPER
                      All right.

            INT. HOMICIDE DIVISION - POLICE STATION

            Mitch hurries to a computer terminal with Kemper and Wes
            close behind.  Mitch logs on to the internet with his ID and
            password.

            It greets him with a "You've Got Mail".  Mitch opens it and
            reads the note from Gabriel.  It reads:

            MEET ME TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE TRINITY CROSS CHURCH.  10:00. 
            BRING NO ONE ELSE.  YOU ARE MY LAST CHANCE.

                                WES
                      We got him.

                                KEMPER
                      Where did he send it from?

            Mitch checks the address and sighs.

                                MITCH
                      Just from the general school computers.

                                WES
                      No way to trace it?

                                MITCH
                      I'm afraid not.

            Mitch looks closer at the log and rears back in surprise.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      Goddammit!

                                WES
                      What?

                                MITCH
                      It's not Brian!

                                KEMPER
                      How do you know?

                                MITCH
                      This letter wasn't sent until ten twenty
                      tonight.

                                KEMPER
                      Brian was in custody at nine thirty!

                                WES
                      He could have had it timed to send it
                      later.

            Mitch shakes his head in frustration.

                                MITCH
                      No, you can't do that on the school
                      computers.  You can only send mail
                      immediately.

                                KEMPER
                      What about his girlfriend?  Claudia is
                      her name?

                                MITCH
                      She wouldn't do anything like that.  Too
                      shy.  Besides, I think they broke up.

                                KEMPER
                      So we're looking for somebody different.

                                MITCH
                      It's probably nobody I even know.  How
                      long can we hold Brian?

                                KEMPER
                      Twenty four hours.  Thirty six at most.

                                MITCH
                      Keep him here as long as you can.  Just
                      in case.

                                WES
                      Are you gonna meet Gabriel?

                                MITCH
                      Yes.

                                KEMPER
                      Not without us.

                                MITCH
                      No, don't worry.  You'll still get your
                      collar.  But I want to talk to him first.

            Kemper thinks on this.

                                KEMPER
                      All right.  But you're gonna be wired. 
                      And if he so much as breathes on you,
                      we're moving in.

                                MITCH
                      Fine.

            EXT. LAURA'S HOUSE - DAY

            Mitch walks timidly up the front steps and knocks on the
            door.  After a moment, Laura answers.  She doesn't look very
            happy to see him.

                                MITCH
                      Hi.

                                LAURA
                      Thought you didn't want to see me.

                                MITCH
                      That was never the case.  I
                      just...couldn't.

                                LAURA
                      I've heard that before.  I heard about
                      Brian.  Is this what you've been working
                      on?

                                MITCH
                      Yes.  I wanted to tell you...

                                LAURA
                      But you didn't want me to be in any
                      danger.  Mitch, this is all sounding
                      pretty generic to me.

                                MITCH
                      I'm sorry.  I'm not very good at...I just
                      don't know what to say.  That was generic
                      too, wasn't it?

            Laura nods, but now she's trying to hide a smile.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      I guess I'm just a generic kinda guy. 
                      That's weird.  I used to be so creative.

            Now Laura giggles, but she wipes it right off and again gets
            a stoic face.

                                LAURA
                      You really hurt me.

                                MITCH
                      I know.  What can I do to make it up?

                                LAURA
                      Tap back into your creativity.

            Mitch smiles and she returns it.

                                LAURA (cont'd)
                      Come inside before the neighbors see what
                      an idiot I'm being seen with.

            They walk inside.

            INT. LIVING ROOM - LAURA'S HOUSE - DAY

            Mitch and Laura are sitting on the couch, but none of the
            affection is there like before.

                                LAURA
                      I don't know Mitch.  Meeting Gabriel
                      could be pretty dangerous.

                                MITCH
                      I know.  But I have to do it.  I have to
                      try.

                                LAURA
                      Do you think you can actually help him?

                                MITCH
                      Anything's possible.

                                LAURA
                      What about Mr. FBI?

                                MITCH
                      I don't know.  If I can break through
                      with Gabriel, I'll do whatever I can to
                      keep him away from Kemper.

                                LAURA
                      Just be careful.  Do you think we should
                      be together right now?  I know what I
                      want, but I'm not sure about you.

                                MITCH
                      I just need time.  Let's take it slow, so
                      I can put the pieces back together again. 
                      Losing Anna never changed my feelings
                      about you.

            This is what Laura was waiting to hear.  She holds him
            tighter and kisses him gently on the forehead.

                                LAURA
                      Take your time.  I can be your friend
                      until you're ready.

            INT. HOMICIDE DIVISION - POLICE STATION

            Two Detectives are wiring Mitch for sound.  Wes and Kemper
            are nearby, watching.

                                MITCH
                      This thing's pretty clear, right?

                                KEMPER
                      Not a problem.  We'll be able to tell if
                      you're picking your nose.

                                MITCH
                      I'll keep that in mind.

                                KEMPER
                      Now we're gonna be right across from the
                      church.  We'll get there plenty early so
                      Gabriel won't have a clue.

                                MITCH
                      Now remember, don't move in until I give
                      the word.

                                KEMPER
                      What's the word?

                                MITCH
                      Don't fuck with me.  I'm nervous enough
                      as it is.

                                KEMPER
                      What exactly do you hope to accomplish by
                      talking to this guy?

                                MITCH
                      I don't know.  An answer.  No answer. I
                      don't know.

            One of the Detectives pulls on a strap that's going around
            Mitch's chest.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      Ow!  Too tight!

                                DETECTIVE
                      Sorry.

                                WES
                      You be careful.

                                MITCH
                      Don't say that.  It's a death warrant.

                                WES
                      Just had to get in that old cop cliche.

                                MITCH
                      Thanks a lot.
                          (to Detectives)
                      You ready?

            They nod and step away.  Mitch buttons up his shirt.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      Let's do it.

            EXT. TRINITY CATHEDRAL - NIGHT

            Gothic and magnificent in every way.  It's over five stories
            tall with a huge bell tower on the roof. Lights shining up
            from the ground make it look eerie and forbidding.

            Mitch drives up and parks in front of it.  He gets out and
            walks up to the massive doors.

            INT. ANTIQUE SHOP - NIGHT

            Wes, Kemper, and other assorted Cops are stationed here by
            the window.  They can see Mitch walking up to the church. 
            The store is littered with valuable looking items.

                                WES
                      You could've picked a better place for
                      the stakeout.

                                KEMPER
                      She was the only one who agreed to let us
                      into her shop.  And then it was only
                      because we promised to wipe some old
                      parking tickets off her record.

                                WES
                      Nothing like good old blackmail to fight
                      for justice.

                                KEMPER
                      Fuck you.

            A Cop's elbow hits an old looking vase.  It wobbles and tips
            over, but Kemper catches it.

                                KEMPER (cont'd)
                      You break it, you buy it.

            INT. FOYER - TRINITY CATHEDRAL - NIGHT

            Mitch opens the door with an ominous squeak.  The noise
            echoes throughout the church.  His footsteps echo on the
            floor as he walks into:

            INT. SANCTUARY - TRINITY CATHEDRAL

            Grand and elegant.  It's shaped like a cross in the old
            Gothic style.  Lavishly decorated with a huge vaulted
            ceiling.

            Mitch walks down the center aisle looking in the pughs on
            both sides.  He stops in the middle of the sanctuary and
            looks around.

                                MITCH
                      Hello?

            Only his echo answers him.

            INT. ANTIQUE SHOP - NIGHT

            Kemper listens intently to Mitch's wire setup.  He shakes his
            head.

                                WES
                      Anything?

                                KEMPER
                      No.  I don't like this.

            INT. SANCTUARY - TRINITY CATHEDRAL

            Mitch walks up towards the alter, noticing the intricate
            carvings on either side.  The church is still deathly silent.

                                MITCH
                      Hello?

                                VOICE
                      Dr. Johvas.

            The Voice echoes all around him.  It sends a chill down his
            spine.  But there is something else.  The Voice is distinctly
            female.

            Mitch turns around and Claudia is standing there.  It
            startles him.

                                MITCH
                      Claudia?  What....what are you doing
                      here?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I think you know.

                                MITCH
                      It's you...

            He can't believe it.  He sits down in one of the pughs trying
            to sort it out in his head.

                                CLAUDIA
                      I know it's strange.  I can't figure it
                      out either.  That's...why I'm here.

                                MITCH
                      Oh Claudia...

            Claudia sits down in the pugh ahead of Mitch.  Tears begin to
            form in her eyes.

                                CLAUDIA
                      I don't know what's happening to me.

            INT. ANTIQUE SHOP - NIGHT

            Kemper, Wes and the other Cops are in utter shock.  They keep
            looking at each other as if to say, "Is this for real?"

                                WES
                      It can't be.

                                KEMPER
                      This has to be a setup.  There's no way
                      that girl is Gabriel.

            He starts to get up, but Wes holds him back.

                                WES
                      Listen.

            They both listen to Mitch through the wire tap.

                                MITCH
                          (over speaker)
                      Now Claudia, I have to ask.  Am I in any
                      danger right now?

                                CLAUDIA
                          (over speaker)
                      No, I just want to talk.

                                WES
                      He's telling us not to move in yet.

            Kemper sits back down, but he doesn't look happy about it.

            INT. SANCTUARY - TRINITY CATHEDRAL

            Mitch looks Claudia over with sympathy.

                                MITCH
                      How did this happen?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I don't know...well, I think I know.  It
                      just all happened.

                                MITCH
                      Why me?

                                CLAUDIA
                      You were so against Proposition 55B.  I
                      thought with you I might have a chance. 
                      I don't want to die.  I just want all
                      this to go away.

                                MITCH
                      It's not going to go away.  You have to
                      be responsible for your actions.

                                CLAUDIA
                      I know.  God, I know.  But how can I take
                      responsibility for something I don't even
                      remember doing?

                                MITCH
                      So that was true?  You really don't
                      remember doing any of this?

            Claudia shakes her head.  Her tears are flowing freely.

                                CLAUDIA
                      When I wrote that message to you on the
                      mirror?

                                MITCH
                      I remember.

                                CLAUDIA
                      That was the first time I remember being
                      there.

                                MITCH
                      That doesn't make sense.  How did you
                      know to go there?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I found the room key in my bed the next
                      morning.

                                MITCH
                      And the night before?  You don't remember
                      anything?

            Mitch hands her a handkerchief.  She wipes her face, but is
            still crying.

                                CLAUDIA
                      No.  I was in my room studying. I went to
                      bed.  Then I woke up the next morning. 
                      There was blood on my clothes and on me. 
                      And I found the room key.

                                MITCH
                      So you just black out.

            Claudia nods.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      Do you remember when they started?

                                CLAUDIA
                      Not too long ago.

                                MITCH
                      Are you aware of multiple personality
                      disorder?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I've heard of it...

            INT. ANTIQUE SHOP - NIGHT

            Kemper sits back in disgust.

                                KEMPER
                      Ah, man!  She's playing with his dick!

                                WES
                      It's a put on?

                                KEMPER
                      It has to be!  There's no way that she
                      committed those murders!  She's working
                      with someone.

                                WES
                      Should we stay put until she tells who it
                      is?

                                KEMPER
                      Or until he shows up.

                                WES
                          (softly)
                      Shit.

            INT. SANCTUARY - TRINITY CATHEDRAL

            Claudia is still crying a little, but her interest has perked
            up.

                                CLAUDIA
                      So I might have...it?

                                MITCH
                      You could have another personality that's
                      acting out your aggression.  It's rare to
                      appear so late in life, but it's
                      possible. 
                      People develop multiple personalities to
                      cope with some sort of severe traumatic
                      event that their own persona just can't
                      deal with.

                                CLAUDIA
                      But I'm pretty normal...I don't get it.

                                MITCH
                      We could run some tests on you.  See what
                      happens.  But you have to turn yourself
                      in.

                                CLAUDIA
                      What?

                                MITCH
                      That's the deal.  If you're telling the
                      truth, and I think you are, then you have
                      nothing to worry about.

                                CLAUDIA
                      As far as I know I am.  Brian, you know
                      him, said that sometimes I don't act like
                      myself.  I never know what he means by
                      that, but I guess it's...possible.

                                MITCH
                      So Brian witnessed some of your changes?

                                CLAUDIA
                      Sometimes I remember him in the room with
                      me at night, but when I wake up in the
                      morning he's gone.  He always tells me
                      that I was acting weird so he left.

                                MITCH
                      You're very sick Claudia.  You can be
                      helped and made better, but you have to
                      trust me.

                                CLAUDIA
                      I...do.

                                MITCH
                      There's something about the murders that
                      I want to know about.

                                CLAUDIA
                      But I don't know anything.

                                MITCH
                      But you've seen the aftermath of your
                      hidden...rage.

            INT. ANTIQUE SHOP - NIGHT

            Kemper sighs and takes a sip of coffee.

                                KEMPER
                      How much more of this shit do I have to
                      take?  Jesus, let's just bust her. 
                      She'll talk.

                                WES
                      Wait.  Give Mitch a chance.

                                KEMPER
                      To do what?  Get her to say she's sorry? 
                      He's got five minutes.  Then we move in.

            INT. SANCTUARY - TRINITY CATHEDRAL

            Claudia has relaxed a bit.  Mitch is talking to her in a
            soothing voice.

                                MITCH
                      Why escorts?  Why their dates?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I don't know...

                                MITCH
                      Yes you do.  Trust me Claudia.  Talk to
                      me.

                                CLAUDIA
                      I don't...my father.

                                MITCH
                      Your father?

                                CLAUDIA
                      He cheated on...my mother.  She was a
                      stewardess.

                                MITCH
                      She was gone a lot?

                                CLAUDIA
                      Yes.  My father...he got escorts to come
                      over while she was gone.

                                MITCH
                      You didn't like that.

            Claudia begins crying again softly.

                                CLAUDIA
                      No, I hated him.  I got locked in a
                      closet...sometimes he made me watch.

                                MITCH
                      Jesus...

                                CLAUDIA
                      He said...he said he'd kill me if I ever
                      told.  I was only four.  My father left a
                      year later.  Not a goodbye.  Not an
                      apology to me or Mom.  She killed herself
                      two years ago.

                                MITCH
                      Claudia, I'm sorry.  I do want to ask you
                      one more thing.

            Claudia wipes her eyes and nods.

                                MITCH (cont'd)
                      The eyes.  Why did you switch the eyes?

            Claudia looks completely confused.

                                CLAUDIA
                      The eyes?  Switched?

                                MITCH
                      Yes, you put the escort's eyes into the
                      man and vice versa.  Why?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I never knew about that.

                                MITCH
                      You always cleaned it to make it
                      unnoticable.

                                CLAUDIA
                      Jesus...it all makes sense.

                                MITCH
                      What?

                                CLAUDIA
                      A fantasy.  I wish escorts and men could
                      see the pain they caused.  I wish the
                      escort could see that she was a
                      homewrecker...catering only to men with
                      cold hearts...and the man could see
                      himself betraying his wife, the woman who
                      loved him.

                                MITCH
                      That's where you came up with your plan. 
                      Your other personality made it happen for
                      you.  Where did the name Gabriel come
                      from?

                                CLAUDIA
                      I don't know.  The name just popped into
                      my head.

                                MITCH
                      I think Gabriel might be your other
                      personality.  It makes sense.  An
                      avenging angel.

            Claudia completely breaks down crying and Mitch comforts her.

                                CLAUDIA
                      Oh my God...those poor people.  I'm so
                      sorry....so sorry.

                                MITCH
                      It's all right.  We'll set things right.

            Suddenly the doors burst open and Kemper and his Cops are
            standing there guns blazing.

                                KEMPER
                      All right!  Don't move!

                                MITCH
                      Kemper no!

            Wes runs up behind Kemper.

                                WES
                      Listen to him.  Please.

            Claudia uses the distraction to run for a door to the side of
            the sanctuary.

                                MITCH
                      Claudia!

                                KEMPER
                      After her!

                                MITCH
                      Wait, you don't know what you're doing!

            But he can't stop the stampede of Cops running down the
            aisle.  Mitch runs out the same door that Claudia did.
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