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[CREATURE GROWLS][WOMAN SHRIEKS]

[CREATURE GROWLING][OBJECTS CLATTERING]

[GROWLING][STRUGGLING]

[DISTANT SCREAMING]

Open up!WOMAN: No, go away.

Please. Please, let me in!

MAN: Don'’t let him in.[SNARLING]

Please let me in.

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

[GRUNTS]

Damn it!

Come on! Damn it!

[CREATURES GROWLING]

[ALARM BLARING]

What is that?Yeah. And how fast can we kill it?

[ALARM STOPS]

JESSE: Oh, it was an emergency alarm.

It'’s coming through Adam'’s private frequency.

What kind of emergency?

I don'’t know. But I'’m guessing, he'’s about to tell us.

Adam, you were right. We shouldn'’t have gotten involved.

This project'’s gotten out of control.

What'’s he talking about?

What project? Where are you?

He can'’t hear you. It'’s a one-way distress call.

I'’m sending you a video about what'’s happening on the base and around me.

It'’s horrible. What the hell?

[BREATHING HEAVILY]

Adam, please, I need your help!

What just happened?

JESSE: Transmission has been cut at the source.

We'’ve lost him.

NARRATOR: Scientist Adam Kane was a pioneer of genetic research.

Manipulating DNA to save human lives.

But in many, their genes unexpectedly mutated

and they developed superhuman abilities.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

NARRATOR: Together, four of the most powerful fight to protect a world

that doesn'’t even know they exist.

They are Mutant X.

JESSE: Dr. Vincent Arrigo was another ex-Genomex alumni.

When Genomex folded, Adam pulled some strings

to get into the Army'’s bioresearch division.

He was stationed at Fort Perry.

It'’s a military medical installation.

Let me guess. Gene-based research?

Ten points.

His work is majorly classified.

I'’m talking Level Six clearance.

JESSE: I can'’t even see the work he'’s been doing.

Try germ warfare.

It'’s safe to assume that whatever Arrigo and his team were working on

isn'’t a cold and flu remedy.

Well, what did you find?

My contacts tell me it'’s a new form of weaponized plague.

Other than that, they'’re completely in the dark.

The military is blocking all communications within the base.

They want us to answer that distress signal.

Whoa, whoa! Hang on here.

Plague exterminator, not on my job description.

Yeah, Brennan'’s right. Why aren'’t they calling in Center for Disease Control?

'’Cause if the Army asks for outside help,

they admit culpability. They have to hand over

whatever classified research relates.

That'’s never gonna happen.

She'’s right.

Right now, Dr. Arrigo is our only chance.

He is smack dab in the middle of ground zero.

Yeah. And what if he'’s already dead?

There'’s only one way to find out.

So, what'’s the plan once we land?

Well, take the most direct route to Arrigo'’s lab.

Do not pass go.

Do not get cornered by whatever it was we saw in that video.

Good strategy.

So, you think Arrigo is gonna fix whatever it is he opened up?

[SIGHS] Well, if he'’s the one that opened it.

He'’s got the best chance of dealing with it.

All right, Fort Perry dead ahead.

Shal, what have you got on the sensors?

Well, there'’s a heavy military presence all around the perimeter.

And... it looks like the base is circled by some sort of energy fence.

High-tech quarantine. Can we land inside the installation?

It'’s risky.

As soon as we get close enough to land, it will probably fry out our nav systems.

Looks like we'’re going in the front door.

All right, I'’m taking her our of stealth.

I'’m guessing these military types wouldn'’t look so kindly upon us

for just appearing out of thin air.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

Guys... being hailed on broadband.

[MAN ON RADIO] Unidentified craft, you are entering restricted military airspace.

Land immediately or be considered hostile.

Copy that. We'’re coming in.

So, if any of your buddies have military pull

now might be a real good time.

I'’m on it.

All we'’re asking for is entry.

You'’re in no position to ask me what I had for breakfast,

let alone breaching my quarantine.

I'’ll do this one more time.

Who do you work for? How did you hear about this? And who else knows?

Fine. I want them restrained.

[CELL PHONE RINGING]

Oh, hey, hey. Wait, wait, wait. Wait up. You might wanna get this.

It'’s for you.

This is Major General Klein.

Yes, sir.

I'’d pay big money to take a look at your Rolodex.

That'’s what all the boys say.

I understand, sir.

It seems I am to give you cooperation.

Good.

So, what steps are being taken to averse the infection?

Military doctors are working off-site.

We'’re running a straight "quarantine and containment" op out here.

You sure we don'’t need some sort of protective masks or hazmat suits?

It isn'’t airborne. Transmission requires contact through skin, bites, scratches.

So keep your distance from anyone infected.

You can count on that.

KLEIN: Okay, let'’s clear one last thing.

your connections got you an entry pass, not an exit.

Once inside, you all become contagion risks.

You'’ll be considered quarantined, just like the rest.

Understood?Understood.

Cheery little guy, isn'’t he?

I don'’t know if I like going in there

knowing he'’s our only way out.

Well, one of us is going to have to stay behind, then.

Oh, no, no, no, no. Absolutely not.

Jesse...Come on, we'’re outnumbered in there as it is.

Well, then one less one wouldn'’t make that much of a difference.

Look, the helix is linked to your systems in Sanctuary.

You'’ll be more help if you stay with it.

Fine.

Good. Listen, find out about the containment measures,

and see if there'’s any back door exit, in case we need it.

Start with that fence.

Kill Section Nine.

Here we go.Wis us luck.

Luck.

[ENERGY FENCE ZAPPING]

Uh, it'’s not a good sign.

How far are we from Arrigo?

His lab should be in the main building.

What'’s up, Shal?

That smell.

It'’s like rotting, infected flesh or something.

Now, there'’s a reason I'’m glad I'm not feral.

Can you track it?

There.

Get out of here! Run!

Go!Go!

[GROWLING]

You'’ve got 250,000 volts running through that fence.

Where are you getting the juice?

We'’ve diverted every bit of power from the installation to the fence,

Nothing is gonna get through there.

Maybe I could take a look at those schematics, just to make sure.

Defense specs are classified.

Your team took a big risk of going in there on their own.

Ah, that'’s what we do.

What makes them think they can succeed

where our resources have failed?

Let'’s just say we've got some pretty unique resources of our own.

Such as?

That'’s classified.

Just make sure you obey the quarantine orders and you won'’t haveany problems.

I don'’t think there'’s anyone left to roll out the welcome wagon.

I hope you'’re wrong.

Whatever we do, we better do it fast.

Okay, now would be a good time, Brennan.

Don'’t fry it. We need to lock it behind us.

BRENNAN: Just let me work here, huh?

Go, go, go!

Just so you know,

there are probably just as many infected inside as there are outside.

Ah, great. Just when I was starting to feel all warm and fuzzy.

They'’re onto us.

They can probably smell people who aren'’t infected.

Arrigo'’s lab should be right around the corner. Go!

[DOOR RATTLING]

Dr. Arrigo, let us in.

DR. ARRIGO: Who are you?

We got the message you sent.

Adam sent you?

Yes.

Guys!

Look, just let us in.

I didn'’t know if anyone had received the message.

All right, you wanna tell us what'’s going on here?

It'’s pretty complicated genetic theory.

Well, try us.

My field is behavioral shadowing.

It'’s a rare phenomenon where parasites actually control their hosts,

instead of feeding off it.

Like, little puppet masters.

So far, it'’s only been proven to occur with the lower species,

spiders, rats.

Our directive was to create a parasite

that would influence human behavior.

Allow us to gain control over an entire enemy force

just by infecting it.

That'’s possible?

It'’s happening right now on this base.

Let me show you.

The parasite we designed secretes a neurochemical

that triggers hyper aggression.

So, what, you just infect one of them

and then, sit back and watch as they infect each other?

We could win a war without firing a single shot.

It was brilliant.

It'’s insane.

What went wrong?

She did. I blame myself.

My assistant, Rachel, accidentally infected herself

before we could develop an antidote.

[GROANING]

Hey, you okay?

BRENNAN: What'’s happening to me?

[GRUNTS]

Tie him down. Tie him down now!

He'’s infected!

Come on, now. Move it, move it!

He'’s right. He'’s right. Do it.

Do it!

Wait, wait!

You have to help the others.

Listen to me. Listen to me!

For all our sakes, kill me.

Please.

Just kill me.

I was on my way back from the base hospital when I was ambushed.

Were you trying to get out?

No. The woman I was hiding with fell into diabetic shock.

I volunteered to go get insulin.

That'’s a pretty ballsy move.

You had to know half the installation was infected.

Well, the least we can do is make sure you didn'’t do it for nothing.

All right, Doc, do you know where his friends are?

The old kitchen in the basement.

Take this first-aid kit. You'’re gonna need it.

[STRAINING]

[REMOTE BEEPS]

Go ahead.

Shal.

Well, we'’re clear as far as the corner.

Let'’s hope we can make it all the way to the kitchen.

Are you sure he'’s infected?

Take a look.

LEXA: Well, how many of these things are inside him?

At this stage, thousands, maybe more.

He only has a few hours left before he turns.

And their imperatives will direct his actions.

I was working on a treatment before the Army shut down the main computer system.

He can'’t stay here. It'’ll put us all at risk.

Your job is to reverse the effects. Correct?

Well, meet your first patient.

Under 10 minutes. Sometimes, I am just freakin'’ good.

Now, let'’s see what you'’ve got for me.

No!

No.

Oh, I'’m gonna bookmark you for later.

Bingo!

Hey, Jesse, what'’s your status?

Well, I got some news on that fence.

Good news?No.

Whoever designed it knew what they were doing.

They'’ve got you locked up in there, tight.

They'’ve got all the power from the whole base jacked into the fence.

It could take me all night to work out a workaround.

How'’s it going in there?

Well, it turns out Arrigo was close to experimental treatment.

He had to abort because he lost the main research server.

Can you hook it back up?

Well, if the server'’s down, it'’s down.

But I could link up your computer in the lab to mine here in the Helix

and then, to ours back in Sanctuary.

That way, we could task share during the procedures.

Perfect.

Okay, one network link for the lady coming up.

Thanks.

I don'’t know about you, but this place is creeping me out.

I'’m not arguing.

That was your only warning.

Take it easy. We'’re not infected.

Show me.

Peter sent us. We have insulin and medical supplies.

Okay. Get up here.

Move!

LEXA: Sorry about the restraints. Doctor'’s orders.

Don'’t be sorry. Shivering and fever are just the first stage.

It gets a whole lot worse.

Guess you'’re probably all experts on this by now, huh?

Yeah.

Me more than most, though.

My sister was the first one infected.

LEXA: Rachel, his assistant.

Yeah.

The one that infected herself in the lab?

PETER: That'’s a load of crap.

Rachel was terrified of that project

There'’s no way she would've got close enough to infect herself.

LEXA: What are you saying, he'’s lying?

I don'’t know what I'’m saying.

I just don'’t trust him.

Well, you might have to start.

He'’s come up with a treatment...I'’ll do it

Oh. Ten minutes ago, you were about to give up.

Now, you'’re ready to fight. That'’s a good sign.

This isn'’t about some cure, this is about debt.

I owe my sister.

Things got bad for her near the end.

She tried attacking me and I had to hurt her just to get away.

That'’s what this parasite is.

Turned my own flesh and blood into something I was afraid of.

Can you imagine what that'’s like?

Actually, I can.

I'’ll go tell the Doctor you'’re ready.

[DOOR OPENS]

There'’s about 20 of us left.

At first, we just found each other on the run.

But then, a few of us armed ourselves, started doing sweeps,

looking for other uninfected.

Well, no new one infected for hours.Yeah?

We'’re starting to think we'’re the last ones.

How many were injured?

A handful. Through falls, mostly.

Well, except for Angela.Who'’s Angela?

She'’s the one you'’re here for.

Get in. Come on, move!

That'’s Angela over there.

It'’s okay. I got it from here. Go ahead.

Okay, Lexa, we'’re ready to go here. All systems are synced.

I'’ll run a real-time analysis as you run the procedure.

I'’m going to attempt to purify the patient'’s blood

with a first bore anti-parasitic wash.

Starting initial drip now.

[GRUNTING]

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Doc, there'’s something wrong.

Well, what is it?

The parasites are multiplying fast.

Give him a sedative.

I said, the sedative.

Killing him would be a kindness right now. This is the right thing to do.

I am not gonna ask you again.

[SNARLING]

[HISSES]

You'’re gonna be as good as new. It'’s gonna be okay.

Feel better?

What'’s the matter?

Is there some place you can lock yourselves?

Why?

Someone here is infected.

Brennan![GRUNTING]

[SCREAMING][GUNSHOTS]

Oh, my God. Brennan...

What?

You'’ve been infected.

We need to get out of here.

That'’s too late!

Drop it.Drop it!

Open that door.

It'’s started hitting me. I can feel it.

Let'’s go.It'’s not safe for you to be around me anymore.

I trust you.I don'’t.

[SHALIMAR GRUNTING]

MAN 1: Get the door![INDISTINCT CHATTER]

MAN: Get the door!

Is there no other way, sir?

[MAN ON PHONE] Barring new developments, no.

Start readying your team to move out.

It'’s a tough call, Klein, but it'’s the right one.

Done.

Prepare to move the unit. Washington is calling in an air strike.

[COMPUTER BEEPS]

And we have a winner.

Okay, what are we doing here?

Experimenting with anti-sense agents.

Different varieties are toxic

to different parasites.

Okay, is now a good time to tell you I failed chem class?

Yeah.

Is that good?No.

It may have been overkilled.

What happened?

We verified what we saw during Peter'’s experiment.

The parasites have apparently developed some sort of protective mechanism.

And when they sense an attack, they multiply.

No, it'’s all right. You can'’t be that easily infected.

You need broken skin.

Let me get rid of this.

LEXA: Tell me you guys got something. Hey, Lexa.

We'’re coming up squat here.

Maybe.

I ran some recognition software on Arrigo'’s bug,

hacked into a parasitology database,

got kind of a match.

What do you mean "kind of"?

Well...

Arrigo'’s bug has kind of a defining physical characteristic.

It stores iron in a very peculiar manner in its body.

Now, the only other parasite that does that

are called plasmodiums.

Plasmodiums cause malaria.

And this is exciting why?

Because plasmodiums can be killed.

Now, there are four different plasmodium of groups, though,

and they each have their own cure.

Yeah. But it'’s a hell of a good way to start.

I'’ll alert Arrigo.

Jesse, one more thing.

I need you to hack the prelim autopsy report on Rachel Morton.

It should be in the base hospital files.

Well, that'’s the first victim, right?

What'’s that all about?

Look, it'’s a long shot, just humor me.

All right.

Brennan?

[SIGHS]

Okay, first of all, I got the autopsy reports you were looking for.

I'’m sending it to you now over a secured channel.

Okay. What about the malaria issue?

Looks promising.

There'’s a new treatment that involves dosing the host

with rotating electromagnetic fields.

It causes the iron in the parasite'’s body to twist, rupturing them.

So you can fry the parasites without harming the host?

You got it. But only if it'’s done with exactly the right frequency impulse,

otherwise, it could be deadly.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]Hey, hold on.

What?

Sensor'’s showing incoming planes locked in your position.

What "planes"?

I don'’t know. They're not on any registered flight plans.

Bombers.

Shalimar, where are you?

Main floor offices. I can'’t find Brennan.

No, it'’s too late. You need to get away from him.

[GRUNTING]

[GROANING]

[GROWLING]

Shalimar, what'’s going on?

I think I heard him.

No, you can'’t get close to him. He'’s too strong.

He won'’t hurt me.

[GROWLING]

Lexa, he'’s turned.

LEXA: I think we have it.

We think we'’ve found a way to treat him.

Well, you know the fence?

Yeah, I can get to it. Why?

Okay. Well, you need to get Brennan to form a Tesla coil

and throw him against the electrical fence.

You crazy? That will kill him.

I know. It would kill a normal person.

But with Brennan, we think it will form a magnetic field

that will rupture the parasites in his system.

Look, these things are gonna kill him anyway, Shalimar.

You need to get out of there before he kills you, too.

I can'’t risk it.

You have no choice. It'’s the only way to save him.

[GROWLING]

[GROANING]

Hey. Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

Lexa, it worked.

Okay. Both of you guys get back here now, as soon as you can.

We still don'’t know if it works on non mutants.

[EXHALES]

You called an air strike! Why?

The infection has spread too far.

Based on what? Your profound understanding of parasitology?

The infected have a raised body temperature.

They show up red on thermal images.

This is a satellite scan of the base as of 48 hours ago.

This one is from an hour ago.

Less than 50 people on that base are uninfected.

But they can'’t get off the base.

That'’s an assumption, not a certainty.You said so yourself.

How many thousands of lives are you willing to gamble on that?

We are very close to an antidote.

I promise you.

I'’m sorry, son. But your friends knew the risks going in.

Give them more time. Please.

The order'’s been given.

They'’re out of time.

Jesse, how much time do we have?

You don'’t have long. I'’d say about 10 minutes.

Oh, damn it.

Look, this isn'’t hopeless. Let'’s just think this through, okay?

Now, if you can establish that this works on non mutants

and figure how to do it large scale,

then I can kill the fence and you can get the hell out of there.

Yeah, but that doesn'’t save anybody else.

We don'’t have enough time to evacuate in time for the drop.

Let me worry about the bombs.

You take care of the infection, I'’ll take care of Klein. Good?

Oh, I just hope this works.

[GROWLING]

[PETER GROANING]

Faster.

Don'’t stop. The parasites are ripping apart.

It worked.

Well, don'’t get too excited.

There'’s no way I'm gonna be able to do that with all the infected that are left.

Well, what if we find you a power source to feed from?

Hey, Jesse.

JESSE: I can direct the base'’s power from the fence, back into the insulation.

But Klein'’s men will be all over us

the moment they realize the fence is down.

We have to find a way to get all the infected in one spot

so we can get them all with one blast.

We need bait.

DR. ARRIGO: Blood.

It'’s what draws them.

Uninfected blood to pass the parasites on to,

especially if they run out of new hosts.

I have blood in the fridge.

There'’s a generator in the basement of the building you'’re in right now.

I can give ya five minutes.

All right. We'’re on our way.

You coming?

No. Actually, there'’s something I got to take care of here.

[DEVICE BEEPING]

[GROWLING]

[ALL GROWLING]

They'’re coming. Lots of them.

LEXA: Peter'’s sister's autopsy results.

How did you know?

You said the parasite could only pass through open wounds.

Well, according to these photos, Rachel'’s only wound was a needle puncture

in her back.

You couldn'’t even do it to her face.

I'’m not a monster.

I thought I could find a cure for her.

I didn'’t know that it would get out.

Rationalizations are a beautiful thing, aren'’t they?

I had no choice.

This discovery could change the face of war.

It would make this country invincible.

What, by infecting people in someone else'’s country?

Just think of the lives you'’ll be saving here.

Why don'’t you think about the people you killed today?

This isn'’t about saving lives for you.

This is about going down in the history books, isn'’t it?

Come on, Bren, they'’re on us.

No, we need to wait.

They need to all be in the room. I only got one shot at this.

Brennan, I'’m at the transformer'’s controls now. Powering it up.

[ALL GROWLING]

Now, Jesse!

The fence is out? Get out there.

Shoot anyone on sight.

What are you going to do?

I should give you to those things out there.

Let them have their way with you.

[GROANING]

Hey, you okay?

[METALLIC THUD]

I have another idea.

[GRUNTS]

It really would have been fine

if you would have just stayed out of it.

[SCOFFS]

[GUNSHOT]

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY] Nice.

[SOLDIERS SHOUTING]

[SIREN WAILING]

On my signal.

Hold your fire!

Hold your fire!

What is this?

You said that no-one got out

until you had proof that the threat of contagion was over.

There'’s your proof

Stand down.

I think you might wanna call off those bombs.

This is Major General Klein.

SOLDIER: They'’re okay. They'’re okay.

You all right?Yes.

Couldn'’t have gotten much closer.

Arrigo?

Well, maybe guys like this will finally learn.

Mess with mother nature, she messes back.

Yeah, I wonder how long we'’re gonna have to pay for it.