Audrey Rose Page #7

- When it's ajar.

- (they laugh)

Hi, Mom.

Hi, sweetheart. Could I have

a few moments alone with my daughter?

Why, certainly.

They're going to hypnotise me

to find out why I do these things.

You're not going through with it.

I'm not gonna let them do it.

But I want to. I want to know what's wrong

with me. I want to know who I am.

Who you are?

You are lvy Templeton, my daughter.

- But Mr Hoover says I'm his daughter.

- Ivy, you are my child.

I'm not sure any more who I am, Mom.

And I want to know. I've gotta know.

- I am taking you home with me.

- No, I wanna stay.

Janice.

I wanna talk to you outside.

You mustn't let them do this to her.

I know what you want.

To turn my child over to Elliot Hoover.

No, I want what's best for her.

I am doing what's best for her.

Now, if you don't mind, they're ready.

No, please, Bill.

For God's sake, please don't do this.

Don't do what? Destroy the man

who's robbing me of my family?

Don't destroy our child.

What we're attempting

is unique in the annals of psychiatry.

To regress a subject hypnotically

into a former lifetime has never,

to my knowledge, fallen with the purview

of serious psychiatric inquiry.

True, there are hypnotists who have had

subjects claim, under hypnosis,

that they've lived before,

and that while in the hypnotic state

had spoken languages that they

did not know in the awakened state.

While I have never participated in

nor witnessed such an event,

I am here at the behest of the court

to perform a function

for which I have been trained

and am licensed to perform.

I will be hypnotising the subject who

will be brought to me while you watch.

But as observers it is important

you stay totally alert and awake,

completely alert and awake.

Before I bring in the subject,

let me warn you that regression

will frequently arouse memories

of a traumatic nature.

The subject may even cry out

or display bizarre personality changes.

This is normal and to be expected,

but will not prove harmful to the child

in any permanent way.

We'll now bring her in.

Hello, lvy. Come over here.

Sit right here, hm?

Thank you.

Now, relax, lvy.

Relax and allow every muscle

in your body to become loose and limp.

Now, as we discussed this morning,

you will not be harmed in any way,

but would simply

begin to feel very relaxed.

Very relaxed.

Very comfortable.

So that you will wish

to go to sleep for a while.

You will not mind

going to sleep for a while?

- No, I won't mind.

- Good.

Soon you will begin to feel relaxed.

And more comfortable.

More and more comfortable.

Watch the light, lvy. Keep watching it.

Now, as you're watching it, you're

beginning to feel your eyes grow heavy.

Your eyelids are getting heavier,

so heavy that you want to close them.

Your eyelids are getting heavier.

And you're finding it harder and harder

to keep them open.

Your eyelids are getting so heavy...

so heavy...

so heavy...

that you cannot keep them open.

So heavy... that you must close them.

Must close them...

close them...

close them.

There.

You cannot open your eyes.

They're so heavy

that they simply must stay closed.

You're safe and snug

and fully asleep now.

Fully asleep.

When I wish to awaken you,

I will count to five.

I will say "Awaken, lvy" and you will

awaken promptly. Do you understand?

- Yes.

- Good.

Now that you're deeply asleep

and completely relaxed,

you're gradually moving back in time.

Back, back, lvy.

Back in time.

You're moving back

to your eighth birthday.

When I count to three, you will be

back at your eighth birthday party.

You will open your eyes,

but will remain deeply relaxed.

Ready?

One.

Two.

Three.

You're now at your party

amongst your friends.

Do you see your friends, lvy?

Tell me about them. Who's at the party?

There's Bettina.

And Carrie.

Mary-Ellen.

The twins.

Peter.

Do you love your presents, lvy?

Oh, yes, especially my Terry Doll

with travel wardrobe.

And my flute game Bettina bought me.

Let's leave this party now

and go back to an earlier birthday.

I want you to go back in time

to your fourth birthday party.

I will count to three, then you will be

at your fourth birthday party.

Just relax, now.

Ready?

One.

Two.

Three.

Did your parents buy you this nice

birthday cake with four lovely candles?

No, they didn't buy it.

Too expensive.

Mommy made it from a magazine.

Well, what are you feeling? Let it go.

He broke it.

This little boy broke my monkey.

(sobs incoherently)

It's all right, lvy.

It's all right. We'll leave this party now

and we'll move farther back in time.

Farther back. Way back.

I want you to go back to a time when

you can see and hear and feel and think...

but you cannot say any words.

You're just a little baby

in Mummy's arms now.

And maybe she's putting you

into your carriage.

(gurgles)

Ah, very good, lvy.

Very good.

Now we're going to go

even farther back in time.

Way back.

Way back.

To a time before you were born.

Before you were born.

Before you were born.

Before you were born.

Before you were born.

Before you were born.

Very good, lvy.

Back. Back, lvy, back in time.

At a time before you existed as yourself.

The time before you were lvy.

When you were not lvy...

but you were another person.

To the time just before you were lvy.

Not lvy, but somebody else.

Somebody else.

To the last moment

you can remember in your previous life.

When you were not lvy...

but somebody else.

Somebody else.

Who are you?

I'm...

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

Who are you?

M...

Mommy. Mommy.

Mommy. Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy. Mommy.

Mommy. Mommy.

Mommy.

Mommy?

Mommy?

(rising panic) Mommy? Mommy?

Mommy? Mommy?

Mommy? Mommy?

Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy! Mommy!

Mommy!

- Mommy! Mommy!

- It's all right.

It's all right, lvy.

You will leave this memory now.

It's all right. You can go back in time

even farther, away from this memory.

- Mommy!

- Ivy!

When I count to three,

you will be even farther back in time.

One, two, three.

(lvy continues screaming)

- Mommy!

- One, two, three.

Can you hear me, lvy? Can you hear me?

Lvy, can you hear me?

One, two...

Ivy!

Lvy.

Can you hear me, lvy?

Lvy? Lvy?

Can you hear me?

Lvy?

Can you hear me, lvy?

She's not lvy.

Ivy?

She'll be all right, Your Honour.

She'll come out of it.

You will now awaken, lvy.

When I count to five, you will awaken

promptly and feel rested and well.

Rested and well.

One. Two. Three.

Four. Five.

Awaken, lvy.

(she screams)

Lvy! You will awaken.

Four. Five. Awaken, lvy.

- She's not lvy.

- Awaken, lvy.

- (screaming)

- Ivy. Awaken, lvy.

- Daddy, help.

- Four, five.

Awaken, lvy.

Ivy, can you hear me?

Can you hear me, lvy?

- Audrey Rose!

- One. Two.

Three. Four. Five.

- Two... Ivy!

- I want this test stopped immediately.

When I count to five,

I order you to awaken. One. Two.

Damn it, I want it stopped.

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