The Exorcist III: Legion Page #3

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Mrs. Clelia is a patient?

Yes, she is.

In Neurology?

Dr. Randolph to Examining Bay 2.

Dr. Randolph to Examining Bay 2, please.

How we doing today?

They're all harmless.

Some more serious problems here too,

though, of course.

Some catatonics,

some with Alzheimer's, autism.

Mm.

Are you my son?

I'd be very proud to believe so.

You're not my son.

There's your girl over there.

Mrs. Clelia?

My name is William Kinderman.

Yes.

Would you help me, please?

What about my radio?

Pardon me?

I said, my radio.

Aren't you gonna fix it?

Oh. Nothing ever gets fixed around here.

Just a bunch of pies and anchovies.

Go away. I don't ever talk to strangers.

I'm the radio repairman, Mrs. Clelia.

Well, fix it.

Well, what's wrong with it?

Dead people talking.

Lab technician to Oncology.

It's right here. Do you see it?

Yes, I see it.

I just knew

you weren't really a radio repairman.

That's a telephone I'm holding.

It's all right.

A lot of people

wouldn't know the difference either.

It's all right.

You have a very kind face.

You will do well.

You caught her on a talkative day.

You being funny?

No, she's quasi-catatonic. In and out.

What's this?

The disturbed ward.

To get out...

you punch a four-digit combination that sends

a signal out to the control booth.

The inner door opens.

The control-booth operator

visually checks through the one-way glass.

And every day, there's a new combination.

I'd like to look around.

Bill.

Lieutenant...

Dr. Freedman's gone ballistic, sir.

I think you need to come.

Death, be not proud

Though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful

Thou art not so

Though soonest our best men with thee go

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery

But those thou dost think'st

Thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death

Nor canst thou kill me

I was only 21 when I died.

We're a hospital, not a war zone.

How do you expect us to keep people calm

when you're running around here...?

You need a court warrant in order

to be here doing what you're doing!

Look, I fully appreciate you're trying

to prevent further tragedy here.

But think of the state of our patients' minds

when you've got these policemen here...

Lieutenant wants fingerprints taken.

He said fingerprints.

Not on your life, goddamn it. No way, Jose!

He's standing right here.

You think I want a hundred lawyers here?

Do you want to talk to him?

You ever heard of malpractice suits?

Have you ever heard of the Gemini Killer?

Have I what?

I said.

Yes. So what?

He's dead. That's right. He

died in the electric chair.

And so why are we talking about...?

Just a minute. I'll explain.

Yes, the Gemini is dead. We all know that.

But do you recall all the stories

in the papers and on television...

about the Gemini's strange MO?

I'll remind you.

Supposedly, supposedly...

the middle finger of the victim's left

hand was always found severed.

Always missing.

In addition, on the victim's back,

we were told, the killer carved out...

a sign of the zodiac.

The Gemini symbol, the twins.

That was 15 years ago.

Go ahead, lieutenant.

Temple, why are you encouraging-?

Would you shut your mouth?!

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Um...

EKG stat to ER.

EKG Stat to ER.

The Gemini MO

that you heard about is false.

The missing finger was not on the victim's

left hand but on the right.

It was the index finger. This one.

And the sign of the Gemini was carved...

not on the victim's back...

but on the victim's left-hand palm.

Only Richmond Homicide knew that.

No one else.

The misinformation was fed

to the press in order to weed out...

all the crackpots who were coming in

saying they were the Gemini Killer.

"How did you kill him?" "First I cut

off this finger," the loony says.

"And on their backs I made my mark."

Next case.

But in this case, gentlemen, in this...

three decapitations, three victims...

with this finger

severed, the correct one...

and the sign of the Gemini here.

Here.

One more thing.

The Gemini wrote letters to the newspapers,

bragging about his murders.

And he always doubled his final L's,

whatever the word.

Two L's, as in "wonderfull."

Yes.

The victims' names always starting with K,

like Karl, his father...

the famous evangelist,

whom he hated and wanted to shame.

And whom he wanted to kill

and keep killing and killing.

But the priest, Father Dyer, Joseph Dyer...

Father Dyer's middle name was Kevin.

Kevin.

Even that could do it.

Would it take a lot of strength?

No, not at all.

Very little, in fact.

Spring-activated.

Open it, and it closes on its own.

Takes strength just to open it.

Oh?

It's a little stiff.

Needs adjustment.

What's this?

What?

This label.

Just a shipping tag.

Is it new?

Just came in.

A replacement?

Where's the old one?

Two priests and a crucified boy, Father.

Clearly some religious connection.

But what is it?

I don't know what I'm looking for.

I'm groping.

But besides being priests...

what might Kanavan and Dyer

have had in common?

Where's the link?

I don't know. I don't know.

Dear God.

It could be that exorcism.

The MacNeil kid, Regan MacNeil.

The exorcism over on Prospect Street

that Damien Karras did.

The one that killed him.

Oh, ha, ha! Excuse me.

Alice!

The speech! Will you give this

to Father, please? I gotta run.

What's the matter with these lights?

Good night!

Good night, Father.

Your speech, Father.

Thanks.

That's all right.

Need a drink?

I do.

Do you believe in possession, Father?

Who cares? I've got enough to do worrying

about kids who need scholarships.

I'll talk to Paul Morning, if you like.

Who is he?

Our chaplain over at the hospital.

They say he performed an exorcism once

in the Philippines.

The story is his hair turned

white overnight. Is that true?

What's the difference?

What's that got to do with this?

Well, you mentioned that exorcism.

As a connection.

To the people who were murdered you mean?

That's right.

Joe and Damien Karras were very close.

Yes, I know.

Joe was also a friend of the MacNeils.

And Father Kanavan?

Kanavan had my job back then.

He gave Damien permission

to investigate the case.

That leaves us with the Kintry boy, Father.

Does it?

Damien gave our School of Linguistics

a tape he wanted them to analyze for him.

The voice of the MacNeil kid,

supposedly possessed.

He wanted to find out if the sounds on the tape

were a language or just gibberish.

He was looking for proof

the MacNeil kid...

was speaking in a language

she couldn't have known.

And was she?

No.

The tape was really English in reverse.

But the expert who figured that out...

Was Kintry's mother.

This is impossible.

Do you remember coming in here

when the priest died, Mrs. Clelia?

You're the radio man.

Yes, that's right.

Do you remember coming in here?

Do you remember coming in here

and touching those jars?

Why did you touch them, Mrs. Clelia?

Was there anyone else in this room?

Who was in here?

That radio isn't mine. Mine is newer.

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