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Come on, Alec.

Hurry up.

Soon as that sun goes down, this baby

boy is getting himself some shutye and

you're going to have to wait on your

lectures on swamp communication.

Hello swamp. I am communicating with

you. So how is the misses or rather the

moss?

What? No laugh. Oh, you're no fern. fun.

Dad, will stay back.

What is that thing?

I don't know, but it doesn't belong

here. And it threatens the swamp.

I'll take care of it.

Dr. Arcane.

Yes.

Graham,

you don't know how close to immortality

you just came. Just got back. Stella

told me he wanted to see me as soon as

possible. What immortality?

How was your vacation?

It was great. I got your t-shirt.

Lovely. Come with me.

What immortality?

This is incredible. Dr. Arcane, how far

does this cavern go back?

Over 2 km, Graham. And look, ceiling's

over a kilometer high with its own

atmosphere.

Turn on the EFTD.

It's an EFT.

Energy field detector. That thing in

your hand measures an organism's

evolutionary potential.

It's almost half off the scale.

Yes, thanks to my genius, each plant in

here is mutating a 100 times faster than

normal. Look, Kiba Carellis, creeping

vine kills its victims with nerve

poison. Raptosa stillis debilitates and

paralyzes its victims using enzymes.

All deadly, all my children.

You mean that plant back at the lab

could have killed me?

Of course. These plants have all been

genetically altered using my DNA. They

all have my genetic stamp. They'll kill

anything in their path, including Alec

Holland and that disgusting swamp of

his. I've already planted one in the

swamp. When he finds it, it'll lead in

straight to us.

And my children, my world will destroy

him.

Systems malfunction alarm. Quickly.

Systems malfunction alarm. Quickly,

Graeme. Quickly.

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.

Graeme, what are you doing? The energy

field detector. I I I thought I dropped

it right here. I've

got plenty more of those. Come here.

Something I want to show you.

Look, Graeme. Two days ago, I brought

this disgustingly healthy bush in from

the swamp and planted it next to my

mutated version of a Carson flower. Now

look, it's completely overrun it. No

match for my little mutant flower.

There's no doubt about it, Graeme. I've

done it. I'll be able to transplant my

biosphere into the swamp ahead of

schedule. It'll take over in no time.

Sir, do you feel any particular kinship

with the environment right now?

I'm not sure, Graeme. Theoretically, my

genetic linkage with the plants inside

the swamp should enhance my powers.

I

think your biosphere is going to rain.

Wait, let's try that again. Lightning.

I did that, Graham. Thunder.

My powers are greater than I thought

possible. Graham, let's see what else

I'm capable of.

Rain.

It's raining.

IT'S RAINING. GRAHAM, LORD AND MASTER OF

THE UNIVERSE. THAT'S WHAT I AM.

My god, it's incredible. It's

incredible. Graham, what am I talking

about? I'M GOD NOW AND FOREVER MORE. IT

SUITS ME, DON'T YOU THINK, GRAHAM?

Like a glove, sir?

YES, OF COURSE IT DOES.

OH, wait till Holland gets here. What

happened to this nasty little bush is

nothing compared to what I'm going to do

to him. Ow.

Little sub bit me. Well, he is a

carnivore. He does take after his daddy.

Strange. These plants are among the

strongest in the swamp.

It's like they got hit with some kind of

disease.

Come to think of it, you're not looking

too good yourself. Maybe we ought to

wait till you can regenerate.

No, we may not have the time.

I have to find out what's causing this

and where that plant came from. There's

no sign of insect damage or disease. The

further south we go, the stronger the

feeling becomes.

Feeling? What feeling?

The plants. They seem to know they're in

grave danger, and what affects them

affects me.

It's Arcane. It's got to be. His lab is

directly due south.

I know, but in my present condition, I

can't go any further.

All right. Well, you stay here. I'm

going to scout on ahead.

Will, don't do anything. Rash. It'll be

night soon. Wait for me. Rash me.

Sorry, Alec.

I'm sorry.

I forgot my badge.

Hey, let me see that.

You tried to slip one by me.

I don't know what you mean.

Your badge expired yesterday. Here, get

a new one in personnel.

Yes, sir. Right away.

Alec Holland must have found the flower

I sent him. Strange that he sent the boy

instead of coming himself. That's not

like him. all our security and have kit

taken into custody.

No, no, no, no. This is better than I

planned, Graeme.

If the brat's here and the vegetable

can't be far behind, he'd never let the

boy blunder in here himself.

Ah, young Kip. What seems to be the

problem?

All right. All right. You know that I'm

here and you're going to do what you're

going to do to me, but first you take a

look. Come on.

Looks like somebody's had a nasty little

accident.

Ah, the energy field detector unit.

What's this doing here?

I think nature has a little surprise for

us, Graham.

I can hardly wait to see what it is.

First the electronics cabinet was

cannibalized and now this

will

Graham,

I made sure the electric fence was

turned off. Don't you think Holland will

realize it's a trap? Of course he will.

But he also knows we have young Kip.

Let's see if our attacker left any

cellular residue.

Lovely.

There's not one fang, tooth, or claw

mark here. It's as if the flesh

lacerations were cauterized,

sliced apart by a red hot razor. If only

dead men talked.

I'd love to know what cut you into

little ribbons.

I got the DNA test results.

The organic matter you found in the

victim's wounds are from a plant. Its

genetic structures at the bottom of the

screen.

But is it one of mine?

Well, we have a match on this section of

the DNA. It's evolved from the genetic

base you created. No wonder it's so

highly advanced, Graham. My genetic

makeup's at the very core of its being.

A plant that kills like a machine. Oh,

the mutations of nature's music to my

ears. I feel like a proud father,

Graeme. There must be a way I can lure

this child of my genius out into the

open. It apparently feeds on

electronics, metal, and flesh.

Human flesh.

Alec.

Will

Check its energy output. By my

calculations, it's evolving over a

million times normal, mutating into new

life forms.

Very good, Graeme. You're learning.

No plant could withstand an internal

energy level this high. Ah,

but a machine could. Is it possible,

Graeme? That energy detection device

that we found torn apart.

Yes. Excellent. If my organisms has

absorbed that, well, there's no telling

what it could have evolved into. My god,

I've created a totally new life form. A

living, breathing machine, and it has my

DNA.

I've never communicated with a mutant

life form before.

You're nuts, Arcane. You're talking to a

monster. No, I'm talking to my creation.

My child, my magnumopus.

It's more than a [ __ ] like you could

ever comprehend.

The power of a thousand sons. Pure

blinding energy with my intelligence.

My baby.

What is to keep your baby from coming

after you and not me?

Because I created it. I'm its father.

Come to daddy.

The damn thing's out of control. Graham

knows what I'll mutate into next. And

it's all your fault leaving that EFD in

here.

It's gone, sir. It's probably heading

for the swamp.

Well, bloody good luck to it.

What have you done, Arcane?

Save the lecture, Holland.

He's created some kind of weird monster.

Shut up. He's not a monster. He's a

biochemical life form.

It's not only inherited your genetic

essence. It's also inherited your soul.

The thing is evil incarnate. And it

draws its power from the energy created

in this perversed mutated garden. The

same energy that's destroying me.

There must be a way to control it. Think

it's half plant, half machine.

It must be destroyed.

Destroy my creation, but it's part of

me. Certainly, it needs some

modification. But think of the

potential.

All of this must be destroyed or I'll be

powerless to stop it. This place weakens

me.

But you can't destroy my world.

Can't you see, Arcane? Your creations

will be the death of us all.

They didn't need you as a god. They

never did. Listen to me. You know it's

the truth.

Doctor, remember that plant that bit

you? It was already turning against you

back then.

Thank you, Graeme.

I'll do what it takes.

Now go.

It could be hiding anywhere.

It's here. I can feel its presence.

It's a shame you have to destroy all

your hard work.

I know. It's a bloody tragedy. They're

just poor, misguided children who grew

up too quickly. There, that should do

it. This frequency of radiation should

rob them of their energy and take away

their genetic advantage.

They'll die soon enough.

I wish I was back in Hawaii.

Let him alone.

You're not a plant. You're an

aberration.

You must die.

No.

They're not dying, sir. They're They're

not

I know what they're not doing, Graeme.

They're obviously getting their power

from another source other than the light

available.

Of

course.

This must be the answer.

Look at this, Graeme. The plants have

invaded my generator.

drawing power directly from the

generator.

If God cannot control his creation, then

God shall destroy it. You brainless

examples of failed evolution.

Heat. Heat.

Alec. Alec, do you see this? All of

those plants that were dying, they're

coming back to life.

It's a miracle.

Yes, it is. Nature is full of miracles.

What Arcane was doing to recreate nature

in his own design was not a miracle, but

a perversion.

Oh,

hey.