EXCERPT

Your aura's been red the last 3 times.

JACKIE

I know. I think I'm too pissed off. Or else I keep taking in everybody's pissed off energy. I'm like a sponge, I just sop it up.

DOCTOR YIN YANG

Well, it's too red, doll. Gotta get a little blue back in there or you're gonna explode. Bend to the side, stretch out your ribs -- (JACKIE does) There -- can you feel that?

JACKIE

And she touched a spot, right below my breastbone. (looking down at the spot, surprised) Ahhh. It feels like a fist. Like something burning.

DOCTOR YIN YANG

That's a sure sign. She's in there, all right.

JACKIE

What? Heart disease, ulcer, cancer, what?

DOCTOR YIN YANG

It's the Red Girl. The One you've been worshipping these days.

JACKIE

I'm not worshipping anyone.

DOCTOR YIN YANG

Sure you are, says Doctor Yin-Yang. You just don't know Her name yet. You're giving all your energy to the Red Girl. She's not a bad one...none of 'em are. But you oughta know Who you're feeding.

JACKIE

Feeding? I'm not feeding anyone.

DOCTOR YIN YANG

Sure you are. Now somebody else might call it a "mood disorder". Somebody else might call it a "syndrome". But let's get down to the real truth, girlfriend. You better realize that you're taking your energy and feeding one powerful, big-ass psycho-spiritual entity. You pull these Forces to you based on the waves you put out. Most people don't even know WHO they're feeding.

JACKIE

Then she pulled out a book and opened it to a picture. A real scary picture.

DOCTOR YIN YANG

This is Her. The Red Girl.

JACKIE

Skulls around her neck, big fangs, teeth dripping blood. She looked like that Indian death cult eater, Kali, to me. Kali-Ma. (to DOCTOR) Whoa, whoa, whoa -- I'm not worshipping her!

(CONTINUES)

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