[Preface]
Matthew 6:22 The Light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness.
Act One
[Mickey]
We're soldiers Goofy. We don't question, we act.
Hand over the file! That's an order Goofy! We can't let that information get out!
[Goofy]
We have to. It's our moral obligation.
[Mickey]
But Goofy . . .
[Goofy]
We can't let them go on with this.
If you want the files, you're going to have to kill me.
[Mickey]
Don't make me choose between my country and you. You're like a brother to me.
[Goofy]
Then look me in the eye when you do it. Tell my Maxie . . . I love him.
[Mickey]
I took her husband. The kid, he's lost. I'm lost. I've killed myself. Maybe that's my punishment. No burning bush, no smiting. No anything. Nothing. Just that I have to look into the eyes of the people I've wronged. See their tortured souls. See Goofy in Max's eyes. An abyss in my own.
Act Two
[Mickey]
They took something from me. Something I haven't thought about for months, years. Donald is missing. I told his wife that he had been working from the office for a few days, cracking a case. She didn't buy it. I'll find him if it kills me.
[Mysterious note]
YOU CAN'T HIDE WHAT YOU DID
YOU'LL KNOW WHERE TO GO NEXT
[Mickey]
The fly is handmade, just like the ones we used when we were kids. Only now, I'm the fish.
[Donald]
What's this supposed to be?
[???]
It's the coroner's report from the death of Lieutenant Goofy.
[Donald]
And?
[???]
I'd like you to read it. Out loud.
[Donald]
"While the corpse is charred beyond recognition, it is clear that the cause of death was a bullet to the torso, piercing his stomach. No exit wound was found." Are you trying to intimidate me? What did you want to happen here? You don't think I've read this? A hundred times? A thousand times? F**k you.
[???]
See you at the next location or Donald will die.
[Mickey]
There's a weight on my chest when I come here. Not from guilt or sadness, but the feeling of being watched. I can feel it now. The sensation of being hunted.
[Donald]
What am I looking at now?
[???]
A bullet.
[Donald]
Terrifying.
[???]
It's the bullet that killed Goofy.
[Donald]
And what? You want me to cry? You want me to beg you to take it away from me?! It's been years, and you think reminding me of his death is going to break me? I've made my peace with it.
[???]
The bullet was manufactured in America, used exclusively by the US Army.
[Donald]
What?
[???]
Hurry up! There's one more!
[Mickey]
How does God account for abandoned churches? Do people just stop believing, stop caring, and move on? Or does He see them as no longer fit for purpose? All I know is that God isn't here anymore.
[Donald]
Why did you untie me?
What is it?
[???]
It's what your team recovered in Cambodia. You don't recognize it? I want you to read it.
[Donald]
This can't be real. If this had been leaked the war would have . . . Christ . . . my nephews would still be alive. My friends . . . where did you get this?!
[???]
Sergeant Mickey's house.
[Donald]
No . . . No! That would mean . . . it would mean that he . . . I . . . how could he? My nephews . . . they died for nothing. So many died for nothing. And I . . . I flew that mission. Jesus . . . so many died . . . thousands. And I . . . I had a hand in it. I was a part of it! Why Mickey? Why would you do that?! And why would you make me a part of it? God . . . Goofy . . . I'm so sorry.
H-How? That can't be . . .
[???]
You can make it right.
[Donald]
Forgive me . . .
[???]
It's been a long time, Mickey.
[Mickey]
Goofy? Is that . . . is that you?
[???]
All that's left of him. All that you left of him.
[Mickey]
Wait . . . is that . . . M-Max?! What are you doing here?! What did you do to Donald?!
[Max]
Me?! What did I do to him? How can you be so arrogant?! I didn't do anything to him! He did it! You did it!
[Mickey]
Why?
[Max]
Why? Why? Why? Because you took everything from me. Because you are a selfish monster. And in his final moments, Donald saw that. I opened his eyes.
[Mickey]
How did you find out?
[Max]
I didn't find anything out! I knew from the beginning. From the moment you couldn't look me in the eye when you told me how he died. I knew.
[Mickey]
But . . . Donald. He . . . he was innocent.
[Max]
But you aren't. This was the only way to make you understand my pain. You had to know . . . you had to know . . . what it feels like to lose everything. And now you do.
Go ahead. Finish what you started.
Act Three
[Mickey]
I don't know who I am anymore. I'm going crazy! Because you're dead. You're dead and I f**king killed you! So you're not really here, are you? You're just a f**king apparition! A mirage! A lie! So why are you here?! To punish me?! To remind me of what I did to you?! To remind me of how much you look like Max? What do you want from me Goofy?! To atone? To make it all right?! How the f**k can I possibly make up for the things I've done?! There's nothing I can do!
[????]
What is America?
[Mickey]
Life.
[????]
What is Vietnam?
[Mickey]
Death.
[????]
What is country?
[Mickey]
Everything.
[????]
What do you remember from the mission?
[Mickey]
Nothing.
[????]
What do you remember about Sergeant Gabriel Gibson?
[Mickey]
Goofy.
[????]
What do you remember about your childhood?
[Mickey]
Everything.
[????]
What do you remember about Vietnam?
[Mickey]
Nothing.
[????]
Are you a traitor?
[Mickey]
No.
[????]
Did you destroy the documents?
[Mickey]
Yes.
[????]
What is reality?
[Mickey]
Nothing.
[?????]
Mickey?! Mickey are you in there?! What are you doing?! I know you blame yourself! I blame myself too! Mickey! Right! I'm coming in!
[Donald]
Jesus Mickey! What was going down here? I heard you screaming! What have you done to yourself? Come on man! You're scaring the f**k out of me! Don't do this. You can't do this. You can't blame yourself. Come on Mick . . . let's get you sorted out.
[Max]
Coward.
End Credits
Epilogue
[Mickey]
I haven't been here in years. I'm surprised this place is still standing.
[Gabriel]
I thought it was a fitting place to say goodbye. Before . . .
[Mickey]
I wonder why it closed down.
[Donald]
Something about money laundering and corruption. It deserves to be dust.
[Mickey]
That was only a rumor. Are we even allowed to be here?
[Donald]
What does it matter? We can't exactly be forced to war twice.
[Gabriel]
So what's the first thing you're gonna do when you get home?
[Mickey]
Well . . . after six months in Vietnam I think I'm gonna need a woman. Or at least a beer that isn't warm.
[Gabriel]
Be serious.
[Mickey]
I don't know . . . hug my mom? Punch my dad? Tell my wife I love her? What do you want me to say?
[Gabriel]
And you?
[Donald]
I don't want to play.
[Gabriel]
Why?
[Donald]
Because it's stupid.
[Gabriel]
What is stupid about it?
[Donald]
We're not coming back are we?! We're all going to die, so what's the point?
[Mickey]
Not tonight.
[Donald]
Of course tonight! Every night!
[Mickey]
Here we f**king go!
[Donald]
It's bulls**t!
[Mickey]
It's necessary!
[Donald]
It's unfair!
[Mickey]
It's duty!
[Donald]
Duty? Duty?! To go to a country where we don't belong?! To slaughter people we don't know?! All for a president we didn't vote for?! We didn't even get a choice!
[Gabriel]
Did they?
[Mickey]
Coward!
[Donald]
F**k you!
[Gabriel]
Stop it!
[Mickey]
I'm sick of this!
[Gabriel]
It hasn't even started and it's tearing you apart. You can't lose yourselves. You've gotta hold on to a piece of yourself. To a piece of home. That's the point.
[Mickey]
What's so good about home, anyway? What's so good about this that you've gotta make it back?
[Gabriel]
I . . . I'm going to be a father.
