The Rapture Page #10

FOSTER:

Is this Hell?

SHARON:

(tenderly)

Hello, Mary.

SHARON walks to her, but MARY is just out of reach and

stays there.

FOSTER:

That's your daughter.

SHARON:

Mary? Where are you?

MARY:

I'm here.

SHARON:

Where are we?

MARY:

You know when you hear those songs

about the river that washes away all

your sins? Well, here it is. Heaven

is on the other side of the river.

FOSTER:

We're in Heaven. Why are we in

Heaven?

MARY:

You're not in Heaven. Heaven is

over there.

She points to the distance, into the darkness.

FOSTER:

I can't see it.

MARY:

It's there. If you love God, it's

there. Foster. Do you love God for

giving you the gift of life?

FOSTER:

(whispers)

Yes.

Then he smiles, and then he disappears.

SHARON:

No!

MARY:

Mommy! Gabriel is coming. You have

to make up your mind.

SHARON:

There's nothing more to say. Take

me to God, Mary. I have to speak to

Him.

MARY:

You have to love God.

SHARON:

I love you, Mary.

MARY:

That isn't enough.

SHARON:

Baby, it's all I have. If life is a

gift, if it really is a gift, and

there really is a Heaven ...

MARY:

There really is a Heaven.

SHARON:

Then why should I thank Him for the

gift of so much suffering, Mary, so

much pain on the Earth that He

created. Let me ask Him why?

MARY:

Tell God you love Him.

SHARON:

I can't.

MARY:

If you don't tell God that you love

Him, you can't go to Heaven. Tell

God that you love Him. Mommy!

SHARON:

No.

And then we hear Gabriel's final call. Gabriel's melody is

like the infinite regression of an image in parallel mirrors,

and the melody stretches into the end of time. While they

listen, a gold light, as though a sun is setting, fills

SHARON'S face. MARY takes her hand and stands beside her.

The gold light shines on both of them.

MARY:

Do you see Heaven?

SHARON:

Yes.

MARY:

Isn't it beautiful?

SHARON:

Yes.

MARY lets go of SHARON.

MARY:

Do you know how long you have to

stay here?

SHARON:

Yes.

MARY fades away.

MARY:

How long?

And to the darkness, SHARON says:

SHARON:

Forever.

She is alone. We pull back.

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