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Heat. Heat.

Dr. Arcane.

Doctor,

lay it down. It's okay.

Stella, where's Dr. Arcane?

There.

Where?

What are you talking about? He was in

that. He said he was doing some kind of

mind over body experiment in there. It

exploded.

Graham, he's dead.

Oh, it can't be. Dr. Arcane wouldn't

allow it.

Somebody needs to secure the area and

find out what kind of damage was done

and turn off those gosh awful alarms.

Whenever you secure the area, turn off

the alarms.

babies.

They witnessed it.

They must be horrifying.

I want to talk to you in my office.

You stay here and make sure nothing gets

disturbed

and calm those mutants down.

So, old Doc finally did himself in

just as well. Whack old Limey.

Daddy's going to heaven little ones.

Want some of this?

Heat.

Heat.

The swamp is my world. It is who 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.

I find your story absolutely incredible.

It doesn't hold any water, Stella. Dr.

Arcane doesn't often hold experiments

without me being present.

He said he didn't need you.

He said that

his very words except change the

pronouns, of course. I instead of he.

But he needed you.

I had experience with sensory

deprivation tanks like that before. It's

not like I climbed in with him.

Not this time.

I resent that.

I would not. Once more with that word

not consider anything but a business

relationship with him. You don't trust

me, do you?

I've watched others try to worm their

way into Dr. Arcane's good graces. They

all fail. You know why? because they

have only their selfish interest at

heart, not loyalty to the man in his

dream. Not like me. And because of that,

none of them have succeeded in replacing

me.

I never wanted to replace you. Really,

Graham?

Doesn't matter. Until we find Dr.

Arcane, I'm in charge.

He's dead.

I don't know how he could have survived

that explosion.

Boom.

Splat.

Splat.

Anton Wallpaper.

I guess his death, if it happened,

wouldn't bother you considering your

relationship.

I admired him, his genius, his

abilities. I only worked for him,

Graham. I wasn't in love with him.

He seduced you. If not your body, then

your mind.

Doesn't matter now.

Yeah, I guess it doesn't really.

But what does really matter is that you

understand that I'm in charge now. If

you want to stay, you have to do what I

want. You jump when I yell. You move

when I say move. Do you understand?

Move when you say. Yes, Graham.

Call me doctor. I think I'd like that.

Dr. Graham.

Just doctor.

Yes, sir. Doctor.

Mr. Graham.

What's going on?

We got a problem at the front gate.

What kind of problem? A dead problem,

sir.

Arcane.

No, it can't be.

Fire.

whatever it was that was efficient. It

sliced right through the jugular. I

wonder what did it and where it is right

now. If

it's out there, we're safe enough. What

if it isn't?

Secure the perimeter. Start an internal

search.

This is Graham.

They just found another body in in the

lab near the mutants.

Maybe it was one of them and he's out

there.

But which one of them could have done

this?

No, it can't be.

I want it alive. These tranquilizing

darts should do the job.

Now get going.

Come on.

How did you meet Dr. came.

I did a thesis in college on

microsurgical techniques. I guess he

read it and wanted to talk to me. We

went out to dinner.

He talked about what I wanted in my

life, my career.

I bet he did.

I turned him down. I wanted to work for

him, not under him. He was angry. I

thought I'd blown it. Lost a good

opportunity. I was desperate when he

called and asked me if I wanted to work

at the complex. No strings attached.

Funny, at that moment, I was ready to

follow him blindly.

I often wonder if his anger was all just

part of a plan.

You're right.

He did seduce my mind. He was very good

at that.

I know.

It's one of the things I've always

admired about you,

Graham. I see now is the same Graham I

knew back at the lab. I respect that.

What was that thing that you found by

the dead guard?

The mutant stole Dr. Arcane's brooch.

Maybe it was one of the mutants that

likes shiny objects. Some of them do.

You know, I feed him at night.

The mutant is Dr. Arcane, Stella. He was

doing an experiment in what he called

the alternate man. something about

bringing out the beast in the human

mind.

I thought you told me you didn't know

what he was working on.

Of course, I knew. Even when Dr. Arcane

didn't tell me everything, I could

usually figure it out. That chamber you

helped him with was supposed to

facilitate the release of the inner

animal. I think the beast became real.

You're correct,

doctor. What is that?

Of course, I'm correct, Holland. What do

you mean? I mean, how do you know? The

creature attacked me. It's Arcane.

This is Alec Holland.

Dr. Holland. Stella. Stella's one of Dr.

Arcan's.

She's my assistant.

I've heard so much about you.

I need to know what Arcane was working

on so I can put a stop to this.

Don't worry about it. I was going to

capture him.

I doubt it. It's a vicious animal with

Arcane's cleverness. It almost killed

me.

I think Dr. Arcane would want me to take

my own chances. He'd be a little

suspicious of you trying to help him.

Come on.

Nice meeting you.

So that's what Alec Holland looks like.

He hates Dr. Arcane. He's jealous and

angry that the doctor's so successful. I

told him, didn't I?

You told him?

Yeah, I did.

Of course, it did make sense. I mean,

with what you told me, Dr. Arcane is

running on residual memory. The recent

ingrs of impressions left on his brain

probably influence his behavior.

How would you know about that?

As much as you'd like to believe it,

Graham. Doctor, I wasn't just an

ornament for Dr. Arcane's amusement.

I wasn't thinking that.

So, you think he'll be following

familiar patterns, associating himself

with things he knew when he was Dr.

Arcane?

Pretty much. Studies in Hamburgg and

Beijing show that residual memory is

present even in labized mice. It stands

to follow that his behavior will revolve

around recent memories. People that he

attacks will probably even be people

that he knows pretty well, like you.

Like that. Me out of the way, you'd

probably move right up to Dr. Arcane's

chief assistant.

I don't want to see you dead.

I kind of like you.

being in charge of the other assistants.

What was that?

His

gun is fired. You didn't stop him.

And he's out there.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Come on.

But I'm moving.

Lock the door.

No.

Hannah's ground. YOU'RE GOING TO SHUT

DOWN.

STELLA, where is she?

She's not here. Which way did Arcane go?

He's got her. Arcane's got her. I got to

go after her.

Tell me what Arcane was working on.

You won't be able to capture him. I

doubt if I could take him on without

knowing what I'm fighting. If you want

Stella back, you have to talk to me.

It's our only chance.

He was trying to get in touch with this

primal man.

The beast within all men. Yes, I know

the theory that releasing the primal man

could cause physical changes in someone.

The theory was right on the money.

Arcane succeeded

and he's got Stella.

this solution. It's a liquid radon

mixture. If I could isolate the trace

elements, I might be able to do

something.

It's all there. Arcane keeps

kept meticulous records.

You know,

Stella was always coming in here

feeding the mutants.

She felt sorry for him.

That's possibly why he didn't kill her.

In his present form, he reacts as an

animal might. She was kind to the

mutants. She was kind to him. He

remembers that

after the accident. She was concerned

how the mutants might be upset.

She fed them.

You love her.

Love her. Don't be ridiculous. She's a

good employee. She's a good worker.

She's

nice.

I think she kind of liked me though.

Dr. Arcane,

I know you're in there somewhere.

It's me, Stella.

You've had an accident. We need to go

back to the laboratory so Graham can

make you better.

Yes, that's right, Graham.

He's very smart. If anyone knows what to

do, it's him. So, let's go see him.

Okay. Come on.

Give me your paw. Paw.

Good boy. It's a good doctor.

Let's go.

We can use a Geiger counter to track Dr.

Arcane's radon content. I figure I can

modify the freezing unit Dr. Parnell

developed to use on Arcane.

It was effective enough when you used it

on me. Yeah, sorry about that. I'll get

it to spray whatever we fill it with.

But it isn't as easy as just spraying

Arcane. We have to douse him with a

cordite fixitative first and give it

time to enter his pores.

What's so hard about that?

We lose the element of surprise. The

cordite will take a full minute to

become effective, and Arcane moves

quickly. I'll have to keep him occupied

until then.

If you can't, it'll kill us all.

and Stella.

Would it be easier to just

kill Dr. Arcane?

Dr. Dark King.

Yeah.

Heat.

Let it first.

That's Stella.

NO,

NO.

FIRE.

GRAHAM, SPRAY HIM NOW.

IT'S WORKING. He's changing back to

human.

Ow.

What happened? What's he doing here?

You changed into an animal. You killed

Stella.

And the experiment worked. Fantastic.

Ow.

I said you killed Stella.

Stella's dead. Oh dear. What a shame.

Well, she was quite a good assistant.

Fairly attractive in an odd sort of way.

What are you doing, Graeme? Put that

down before you shoot yourself.

You killed him.

I did not. My beast did.

Put that down or shoot me. One of the

two. Decide now.

As for you, well, suppose we'll talk

again later.

Come along, Graeme.

I'll take care of Stella.

The beast within is a necessary evil. It

gives a balance to the ultimate nature

of man. But when that balance is

disturbed, the innocent are forced to

suffer.