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Not another one.

Calm down, little guy. I'm not the one

that set this trap.

Looks like you scraped your wing.

I'll take care of that for you.

Alec.

Alec?

Where are you?

Alec?

Alec.

What's the matter? What's wrong? Arcane

is spraying the swamp yesterday with

some sort of chemical. Sprayed the swamp

with

Alec, your outer skin is dissolving. We

have to get you out of here. Come on.

I rented an old boat house as a lab.

Were you planning to capture me in that?

Not quite. Someone's been trapping blue

doves.

This one's injured, so I'm taking it

back to the lab. Can you walk? Yes.

We haven't found Holland's body yet.

Well, I'm afraid there won't be enough

left of him to fill a decent sponge.

Consider my brilliance, Graham.

The first environmentally sound method

of assassination.

A virus that will seek him out.

Him only, and kill him.

Without harming anything else.

Even Holland would approve. Yes, Dr.

[music] Arcane.

And your little species is next, my

darlings.

This is bizarre.

It's a synthetic virus that's attacking

your cell structure, literally

dissolving the cell walls.

Damn it, Alec. It's eating you up.

Is it a threat to you or the swamp? No,

it specifically targets your genetic

code.

Nothing else is at risk.

There's got to be a way to stop it. What

is this?

Oh, this is my surprise.

It's an old Navy decompression chamber.

Alec,

I may have found a way.

A possible way to cure you.

The swamp is my world.

It is why I am.

It is what I am.

I was once a man. I know the evil men

do.

Do not bring your evil here. I warn you.

Beware the wrath of

Swamp Thing.

If we could get your DNA back to its old

code,

I managed to synthesize this. It's a DNA

milkshake with a dash of radioactive

cesium to activate it. It has all the

elements necessary to reconstruct your

original DNA strands. No, Ann. The cell

distribution would be too random. My

body would never chance to adjust. True,

if you just drank it.

What's missing is

pressure.

Now, there's a Mylar cocoon inside the

chamber to keep you from hurting

yourself during the transformation.

I crank it up to 250 psi of pure oxygen,

and it forces the fluid into all your

cells at the same time. [music]

Yes.

Very good. And the oxygen prevents the

plant cells from taking hold.

Exactly. Your plant cells need carbon

dioxide. We deny them that, then

it can work, Alec. It has to work.

Arcane's virus is killing the creature

I've become. This may be my last chance.

Alec, wait. A million things could go

wrong. Just please give me a couple more

days to run some tests. I could use your

help.

The last time I worked in the

laboratory, my wife, Linda, died

in the explosion.

I know.

I'm sorry.

But that's not going to happen.

Well, it's too late for me to go back to

town, so

I'll just sack out in the other room.

Is there anything you need?

Just time.

With you.

We'll make the time. I promise.

Good night.

No.

No.

Arcane, that's madness.

Alec.

No, that'll kill him for sure.

Alec, no! The chamber will explode.

Alec.

My god.

Every sense is alive.

It's so much more than I remembered.

I can feel sunlight on my skin. I feel a

breeze.

I can smell flowers.

I feel

human.

You're already acting like one.

You could have been killed. The only

reason you're standing here is due to a

lot of luck.

Now, if we're ever going to work

together, you're going to have to learn

to [music] trust me.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

But, Ann,

there's something else.

I had to do it because of Arcane.

I had to.

When I listened to the birds the last

night, I could feel their panic, their

absolute fear.

It was like a chorus of voices with one

common note.

Arcane.

And I thought he was just trying to kill

you again. I was the only one of my kind

in existence.

What better subject to test a virus that

kills by genetic code? What if he

decides to use it on certain crops or

animals?

Or people.

Now, one of these trunks is bound to

have some standing water.

The top layer should have some of

Arcane's spray left.

This is it.

The neutralizing agent.

If I could get it to Arcane's virus

supply, I could completely destroy it.

What's wrong?

I ran some blood tests.

That rash isn't dry skin, it's

cellulose, plant cells.

Damn it, Alec, you're changing back.

Your cells are using your old plant DNA

as a guideline when they reproduce.

How long do I have?

Billions of cells, some change faster

than others, there's no way to tell.

I'm sorry, Alec.

This is my fault.

Maybe if I'd used an alkaline base

instead. Damn it.

Ann.

Ann.

You were close.

You are close.

Every experiment has its [music]

setbacks, this is just one.

We'll figure it out eventually.

Besides, if it weren't for you, I'd be

totally lost on Arcane's virus.

Chances are I'd be dead by now.

Damn.

As I recall, Ann,

the last time we were together, we

didn't exactly part as friends, much

less anything else.

What's this? Change of heart? Alec is

dying.

I was in the swamp, he didn't even

recognize me.

Really? His body, his whole appearance,

he's going through rapid deterioration.

But why call me, Ann?

I'm appealing to you as a man, Anton, as

someone whom I admire for his science.

Very well. I'll be at your apartment at

7:00.

I'll bring a bottle of Chateau Lafite

from my private collection.

7:00 then,

my apartment. Au revoir.

You did beautifully.

We don't have much time. I'll get my

purse.

Not this fast, Alec.

You don't seriously believe her, do you?

Of course [snorts] I don't.

With Holland out the way, what

difference does it make?

It's bizarre, isn't it, Graham?

I infect a man with a virus,

then I get to see him expire,

and his lady love becomes my conquest.

It's all so wonderfully symmetrical,

don't you think?

Good evening, Ann.

You look so nice. Yes, I do.

The same could be said for you.

Here's a corkscrew.

Why don't you open the wine? I'll be

right back.

I've got a surprise for you.

Oh, good.

I do love surprises.

I paid $5,000 for you.

It's worth every cent for a night with

Miss Fisk.

Then you paid too much.

Holland.

How's it going, Anton?

Surprised?

How the hell did you reverse your

condition? You're not going to like it,

but that stuff you sprayed in the swamp

worked.

It killed off my plant side and left me.

I did this?

An accident?

No, it's it's bloody obscene. Damn it,

Arcane.

What happened to you? You were

brilliant.

The most brilliant young scientist I

knew. I envied you. You envied me?

You had a unique gift, but you've wasted

it.

You've used your talents for acts of

cruelty and destruction.

Where is that pure scientist as a young

man? He grew up.

He faced the realities of the world,

which is something as a plant or a man

you've never been able to do.

Maybe you're right.

You're a lost cause.

Go, get out of my sight. Gladly.

If you tell me how I affected your

transformation.

Why should I do that? Alec.

No.

For the first time, I have all the

answers.

And that, more than anything else, will

eat you up from the inside. Now, get

out.

Alec, we don't have time to throw him

out. Wait. Wait. I know this man.

Look, Holland. [music]

Alec. You despise me a great deal, fine.

But whereas you have all the answers, I

have something you don't have.

I have the questions.

Which is to say,

you know very well how you got out of

this,

but I know the mechanics of how you got

into it. What do you propose? A truce.

A deal.

I'll tell you everything [music] I know

if you do the same for me.

My cells were like machines, storing,

converting, transmitting the molecules,

but they were doing so by feel, by what

was actually called for. It's absolutely

fascinating.

Gone.

Over here is our latest acquisition, a

100,000 power electron microscope.

There's not a microbe on Earth we can't

see with it.

You seem to know so much about

everything, Graham.

I guess we know who really does the

work.

So, this microscope must be what he used

to develop the bacteria culture that

targets individual species.

Oh, he he told you about that?

Of course.

We're all associates now, can't you see?

That's all very interesting, Holland,

but what about the biorestorative

formula?

Let's get down to work.

My goodness, you're sweating rather a

lot. It's the readjustment, I expected

it. I'm fine.

You know, I spent a fortune on this lab.

Still not enough.

I assume you would like to start with

this substance I acquired in your lab

during that rather nasty little

accident. I have some of it right here.

Yes, sir. Put a small amount in six test

tubes.

So, the key to what you're doing to

developing this gene-specific culture is

to grow it at different temperatures.

Yeah, that's right.

Did you know that bacterial cultures are

one of my specializations?

I'd love to see your setup, Graham.

Excellent.

Just like I anticipated it would be

within the biorestorative chain. Do you

realize, Holland, when we've achieved

this, we shall have wealth and power and

control?

That's all you ever thought of. Our

level of brilliance deserves rewards,

don't you think?

Nothing to be ashamed of.

Yes. Nothing.

You admit there's nothing to be ashamed

of going after wealth and power. That's

not like you at all. You don't know who

I am.

No one knows the real me.

My god, Holland, look at your arm.

It's temporary.

It'll go away. Well, I don't think

you're at all well, Holland. Damn it,

Arcane. Do you want to work on the

formula or not?

Well, yes.

That's the culture in the large petri

dish. It's all we have.

It's taken us months to get it to this

point.

You know, the heat really is getting to

me, Graham.

Could you check?

Sure.

I presume you want to start with the

protein chain next, right?

God, Holland.

YOU'RE CHANGING BACK. KEEP WORKING, damn

it.

Ann,

stop.

My god, Alec.

Don't destroy THE CULTURE.

ALEC, NO. Arcane is right, control is

everything. My bacteria. Alec, you're

not thinking straight, the

transformation's affecting YOUR MIND.

NO, YOU STUPID WOMAN.

GO TO HELL, ARCANE. Come on. No, my

power is the only thing that'll help me.

Securing. To the lab now.

Alex, stop.

Don't just stand there. Get him.

Get him.

Alex, please.

Damn it.

NO. [screaming]

WHY?

Why did you let me taste it?

No.

Alex. [music]

Alex. No, Ann.

Don't come any further.

I am as I was before.

Please,

leave me.

I won't come out.

What was the point of it, Ann?

What was the point of it all?

It was a start.

We know a lot more about the formula

than we did before.

We'll make it happen.

But I can't do it alone.

I won't.

I need to know you'll keep believing.