Most people don't see it, or don't want to see it.
The evidence is right there,
but they refuse to make the connection.
We have Colleen on line one
Oh, absolutely.
We are living in a world of high strangeness.
The fact is, all this activity
standed happening at a certain definite point in our history.
Before the early '50s, there's nothing. Then it all began.
The sightings, the signals... too many to deny.
So you have to ask yourself...
What specific event caused this sudden uptick
in alien visitation after thousands of years of silence?
It was our atomic energy. They detected it.
I mean, that many megatons? How couldn't they?
And then, they followed it here.
What do they want? Are they studying us?
Warning us? Harvesting us?
We don't know, but the fact is they're here.
They're here now, and they are not going away.
Mercy, six-two actual. We've lost visual contact.
Say position. Over.
Roger, six-two. Stand by.
Chopper's lost us.
I think we took a wrong turn.
Can't see a damn thing out here.
Friday, April 13th. My last day alive... maybe.
What does that matter when so many have died before me?
They said she was beautiful.
I suppose she was.
The pant of her that was human, anyway.
And the pant that wasn't? What about that?
Did the men she killed understand,
in some final flash before dying, what she really was?
Cold. Indifferent. Inhuman.
Insatiable.
And terrifyingly wondenful.
And what about the civilization
that beamed her DNA code through space?
They knew we'd use it.
Knew we'd mix it with our own genes.
But did they know the monster that would result?
Twice, she was built. Twice, she brought destruction.
And now it's my turn to take Eve's body.
Take her dying DNA and somehow create something better.
More pure.
Only then will we understand why she was sent.
Only then.
Slow down. Easy.
She's dead.
I don't think she cares at this point.
You up from the Reserves or something?
Something like that.
- Wait. - What?
The road.
We're supposed to be on a gravel road.
The one we passed back there.
Pull over, man.
I told you to stay on the road!
Did you hear me? I said pull over.
Six-two, this is Mercy.
Put down the radio. Now.
- I said put it down now! - Okay! Okay! Chill out!
What are you, back from Iraq or something?
Shut up. Now get out.
Jesus fucking Christ!
Anybody! This is Mercy! Cargo's alive!
Repeat, the cargo is alive...
Now get out as I told you.
What the hell are you doin'?
Mercy six-two, come in.
Do you read me? Over.
Do you read me? Over?
- Nothing. - Find them.
Are you...
Eve.
I got him. 16 miles east-southeast.
Looks like they're not moving.
Still no contact?
Mercy six-two, come in.
Come in. Do you read me? Over.
Negative.
Send a ground team in there to meet us.
Six-two ground. Six-two ground. This is six-two actual.
Rendezvous, Mercy.
Coordinates, 87 Foxtrot. Over.
Can't see anyone down there.
Let's pay 'em a visit.
- Who's he? - Specialist Robert Kelly.
- Who else was here? - Just the driver.
- Where's his body? - No idea, sir.
I want a full autopsy.
Check every inch of this ambulance and destroy it.
- And find that driver. - Yes, sir.
Good afternoon, sir.
This monster's been sucking in natural gas
and spewing out electricity for over 50 years.
Now, you might be wondering why we still need this in the 21 st century.
After all, it's loud, expensive, inefficient, temperamental,
and it smells terrible.
And it's the best way we have of keeping the lights on.
But, if you follow me, I'm gonna show you
how we're gonna put it out of business.
Come on upstairs.
Come on in, folks. Just gather around here.
- How's it going, guys? - Okay, Dean.
Warning...
Ladies and gentlemen, meet the Tokamak.
You're looking at a prototype fusion reactor.
The university cut a deal with the city to build this down here.
Now, we're just in the experimental stages,
but soon, everything from cars and cell phones
to washing machines, and even spacecraft,
will be powered with clean, limitless fusion energy,
all courtesy of the atom.
- How does it work? - Glad you asked.
- Glen, you wanna fire this thing up? - Sure.
We take hydrogen and deuterium,
put them together inside the reactor,
and then heat the mixture to 10 million degrees.
We then try to get the two elements to combine or fuse,
which produces a staggering amount of energy.
Basically, it's how the sun works.
So you're telling us inside that thing, it's as hot as the sun.
- Yeah. - Isn't that dangerous?
Yes, it is. Very. But don't worry.
Inside the Tokamak are a series of magnets powered by the plant here.
The magnets keep the super-hot plasma contained at all times.
Positive air flow keeps the room pressurized,
and the walls here are six feet thick,
which is two feet thicker than the walls in the pyramids of Giza.
That's a little trivia for you.
Now, I'd love to be able to fire this thing up myself and show you,
but unfortunately, there's only one guy who can do that,
and that's the head of the department, with his own personal access key.
And now, for the highlight.
On Sublevel C is the plant cafeteria,
where I understand the grilled cheese is excellent,
but the tuna fish sandwich is not.
I'd love to join you, but I gotta get back to class.
So, anyway, thank you very much.
- Thank you. - Thank you so much.
- Thank you very much. - No problem. Thanks a lot.
Have a good day. Bye-bye.
Behold, the T-4 bacteriophage virus...
nature's most elegant killing machine.
Look at it. It's beautiful, isn't it?
Invading our living cells, it has killed unabated
since the beginning of time. Who made it?
Where did it come from?
What immortal hand or eye framed this dreadful symmetry?
You know what, just between us,
I think...
Who are you?
- I'm Dean. - Dean?
Of what? Leisure studies?
No, Dean's my name.
- An atrocious one. - Sorry, sir?
I don't even think you're in this class.
- Yes, I am. - I think not.
Because if you were Dean,
you obviously would have arrived on time
along with the rest of your classmates.
Won't happen again, sir.
As I was saying, between us,
I think we made these viruses, you and I.
They're our own renegade microbes,
escaped from our cells... evolving, mutating,
they become our curse, our punishment.
Multiplying our sorrows... the perfect predator.
It's hardly perfect.
What was that?
- Nothing. - No, no, no. Repeat your comment.
Well, it's just that you said that viruses are perfect,
but they're not.
For one thing, they can't reproduce on their own,
and that's their Achilles' heel right there.
Without a host mechanism, they're just slowly dying proteins.
It seems we have a future CDC administrator among us.
I don't get it.
On level four of the Center for Disease Control,
there are preserved in frozen nitrogen
the world's last remaining strains of smallpox...
strains which are now scheduled for destruction.
Rendered extinct.
Like the dodo bird, dinosaur...
...and I guess that pleases you, right?
Who are you to judge which species lives or dies?
What?
What the hell was that?
- Specist. - Specist?
Someone who's prejudiced against other species.
Yeah, I know what it is, but of all the things I've been called...
Did you get beat up on the playground a lot?
Shut up.
- Got any change? - Yeah.
Word.
Come on, man.
I will buy you something nice out of the vending machines.
- Thanks. - Uh-huh. It's 'cause I like you.
Dean! Can I have a word?
- Shit. - I gotta go, dude.
I got an online auction, you know?
Yes, Dr. Turner?
As you know, being your department head,
it's my responsibility to review your funding.
I must say I'm concerned with what I've seen.
- Concerned? - You're all over the place!
Physics, biochemistry, bioengineering...
too many interests, too few results.
Especially for graduate-level work.
Sir, lately the Tokamak's been giving us a very...
Oh, forget it. The Tokamak's history.
- Fusion power's a pipe dream! - What?
We're ending our contract on it by the end of the month.
So you either find yourself an approved project
overseen by a professor...
or you forfeit your scholarship next semester.
Is that clear?
Wait, wait, wait. You're cutting the funding?
You can't cut the funding!
I can do anything I want.
No, sir, just listen to me for one minute!
Asshole!
Cat?
Cat.
I'm hungry.
How did you get out of the lab?
I'm hungry!
I'd be, too, if I grew six inches a day.
- Lobster. - What?
They play it every hour. Red Lobster.
For the seafood lover in you.
What else did you learn from television today?
No, no, no.
If you eat upstairs, use silverware, all right?
This is a fork...
this is a knife.
But with lobster, you take the fork
and you stick it in there like that, and you pull it down and you... pull.
- Sara. - Excuse me?
You don't have a name.
Sara.
Yes. Sara.
Before you fall asleep, I want you to promise me something.
I won't lock you in here anymore
if you promise not to leave this house.
Ever.
Because the outside world is dangerous for you.
Dangerous?
You're gonna grow up very fast.
Your childhood... lasts only days, not years.
See, you were the third generation of something very special.
An alien species...
...created with a new sequence of DNA,
received in a transmission from deep space.
That's right.
Some of my colleagues tried to study your kind.
Things ended badly.
I won't make those same mistakes.
I just want to protect you because...
I think there's a message, a very important message, inside you...
a reason why you're here.
Someday, you'll tell me what it is...
in your own time.
Are there others like me?
Not like you.
You're unique...
and the most important thing in my life.
Wouldn't worry.
She won't be giving you any more trouble.
Signature?
Wait a minute. Wait just a minute.
This can't be right. Pregnant?
She was.
Gave birth, too, from the looks of it.
The yellow copy's yours.
I just need the top copy for my records.
No records. This never happened.
And burn the body. Now.
Yes, sir.
Abbott? Dr. Turner here.
I've been looking everywhere foryou.
That repont to the foundation...
I'll need to account for how you've been using their funds.
Why?
If line items are too much trouble, then just give me a general...
Damn.
Look, Dr. Turner, I really don't have any time for...
Dr. Abbott.
Yes?
Tell me, where is it?
Where's what? Who are you?
Where is it?
Look. Listen, I don't know what you're talking about, or who you are...
You can either leave now, or I'm gonna call security.
There is no... security.
Hang on. I'm getting help.
You don't... recognize me, do you?
No.
The ambulance... that night... in the woods.
Remember?
You're the boy.
A half-breed.
How did you get in that... Where did you...
I escaped... into the world.
How did you find me?
Things will go much... easier for you if you tell me where it is.
You're having respiratory failure.
Look, until I know what's going on, I can't help you, all right?
Let me draw some blood.
Some others are sick, too.
- Others? - Half-breeds.
Those like me.
I do see some foreign structures here, but none of it's viral.
If I didn't know better, I'd say it was just pollen.
It is pollen.
And some dust particles, too... very common in the bloodstream.
Nothing that should make you this sick.
Antihistamines should stabilize you.
Should clear it up.
Are the others the same way?
Yes... sore throat, skin rash, and no explanation.
You shouldn't... you shouldn't be sick like this.
Take me to it... now!
Professor?
You wanted to see me?
Yeah. I wanted to see you.
What happened to you? Did you pull an all-nighter?
Something like that.
I heard Turner pulled the funding on your project.
- Yeah. - Sorry.
Thanks.
Dean, I think I can help.
There's something I want to show you.
Go on in.
- Oh, shit. - Take a closer look.
What the hell is this?
I was hoping you could tell me.
I've never seen anything like it.
It's definitely organic.
All right, where did this come from?
It's a half-breed.
The result of some unfortunate coupling between human and alien DNA.
Its flawed genes made it vulnerable to common diseases.
As a result, they're all a doomed species.
What's more, they know it.
If this thing could track me down for help,
we can only assume others will be coming, too.
Possibly even more desperate and dangerous.
Wait.
You're not planning on just dissecting this, are you?
No.
Then what?
Something profound.
Something that will assure my place in the pantheon of science.
Yours, too, of course.
I'm talking about the engineering of a disease-resistant,
perfect alien species.
How?
First, we cut up our friend,
then we strip out the disease-prone human DNA
and create a pure strain of alien nucleic acids.
All those aging mediocrities in the genetics community
pinning awards on each other for sequencing DNA.
Sequencing it!
What good is it if you don't do anything with it?
Even if you've got a pure strain,
you'd still have to mate it with something, right?
You're getting the idea.
Let's get this thing out of here.
Quietly... and in pieces.
Garbage bags in the cupboard.
I knew it.
So just what are we working on?
Oh! Oh, I'm terribly sorry.
L... l... I...
Excuse the intrusion. L... I didn't mean to interrupt.
- I just came to see Abbott. - He's not home.
Well, I'll come back another time.
Would you like to come inside?
Why don't you look at me?
Aren't I attractive?
You are by any standard... perfect.
Are you Abbott's girlfriend?
Housekeeper?
Just a friend.
Just friends. No need to use names.
Your lack of inhibition is truly inspiring.
Careful! Brooks Brothers!
Am I asleep? Am I awake?
Who the hell cares?
That's enough.
You can leave.
Excuse me?
Go! Shut the door on your way out.
Not so fast.
Moments like these don't happen every day.
I think we should go for it.
No!
It's not polite to be a prick tease!
Don't you know that?
Here.
Let's get inside.
What is that?
- It's happened. - What's happened?
- Sara, where are you? - What happened?
Sara, where are you?
Holy shit!
What the hell happened?
What the hell was he doing here?
Lmpressive.
She's already quite powerful.
What are you doing?
Here. His access card might come in handy sometime.
No, no, just leave him. We gotta call the police.
- I don't think so. - You don't think so?
There's a dead man on your bedroom floor, Professor!
Turner had it coming for years now.
That's crazy.
You're not thinking about reporting this, are you?
- Yeah! - It's not murder.
- She was just following instinct. - Instinct?!
Listen, this whole situation has gotten way out of control.
We gotta call the police immediately.
Do you really think the police are gonna believe you
when you tell them an alien species killed the head of your department?
If anything, they'll take a closer look at you,
who recently had a very heated disagreement with the victim
over your funding... which he cut?
That's insane.
I need your help.
Sara's producing eggs now.
We can build something, something amazing.
You walk away now, it's back to beakers and Bunsen burners.
I like beakers and Bunsen burners.
You're upset, I know.
This part of it isn't pleasant.
- It's in the name of science. - In the name of science?!
You gotta give me something better than that!
The end result, the end result. The outcome.
Don't ever lose sight of what that all will mean.
I want shared credit.
What?
My name next to yours on everything we do.
Agreed.
I was sure you'd turn that down.
What, and give you a graceful way out?
Truth is, you don't want a way out. Not after what you've seen.
Give me Turner's keys.
I'll get rid of the car.
Easy. Easy.
Come on.
- Now we gotta find Sara. - How?
You don't even know what she looks like at this age.
No, no.
I'll know her when I see her.
She could be anywhere.
No, she's close by.
It's Saturday night...
in a college town.
Mating opportunities everywhere.
Damn, baby!
All right, my turn.
I always wanted a girl who could kick my ass.
How about putting a little tongue on that?
You don't want the tongue.
She's not here.
What if she doesn't come back?
- She will. - How do you know?
We've accepted her, provided her with food and shelter.
You look beat. Get some sleep.
Thanks.
Lent day.
Dear, are you all right?
Honey, you must be freezing. You got a name?
I'm Colleen.
Come on, let me give you a ride home. It's okay.
It's okay. Come on.
Don't feel bad.
There really aren't any good men in the world.
So what do you do?
Sometimes, you settle for less.
Other times, you curl up in bed with a book and a Dove bar.
Oh, I know. I'm a huge sci-fi geek.
All that Roswell stuff? It's real.
I'm going to a convention next month on government conspiracies.
I even know how to defend myself against alien abduction.
- You do? - Oh, believe me.
We are living in a world of high strangeness.
Turn here!
- I thought you said... - Turn!
Fine.
Stop!
Sweetie, there's nothing out here.
What... Where are you going?
Oh, my God!
What, are you crazy?
What are you doing running?
What are you doing?
Oh, my God.
Oh, no.
Oh, my God.
God...
Oh, my God! Oh, God!
Oh, God! Start! Start!
Start!
Okay, okay! That's it!
Okay! Okay! Just go!
Asshole.
Wakey, wakey, sunshine.
What time is it?
- So what's her name? - Who?
Whoever you were out with till 3:00 last night.
It was nobody.
- Where are you going? - Got to go to class.
On Sunday?
Hello?
Listen, sorry I'm late. My alarm clock didn't go off.
Hello?
- Who are you? - I'm Dean.
- You must be Sara. - How do you know my name?
Because I'm working for Abbott. Please let me go. Please.
You're late. Again!
Sorry.
I just met Sara. She's friendly.
It's better to stay away from her as much as you can.
No reason for you two to have any unnecessary interactions.
And another thing.
She's not to be told what we're doing down here, all right?
As far as she knows, we're just observing and studying her.
The half-breed's immune system is shredded.
Lungs clogged with every imaginable toxin.
All of them will end up like this, I'd wager.
- The same thing happen to Sara? - No, no, no.
Her superior DNA should keep her quite healthy.
Let me bring you up to speed.
From Project Athena, using Fitch's files,
I've done a comparative DNA analysis
of the three generations of alien species.
Sil... the original.
Created with equal amounts human and alien DNA.
It's not a bad effort, really.
This, of course, is Eve... genetic duplicate of the original.
Blood chemistry was highly toxic in both subjects.
Behavior unpredictable, often aggressive.
Disease-free.
Slightly susceptible to hydrochlorine solutions.
Half-breeds...
first life forms created naturally, outside the lab.
Mother was human, father was an astronaut
infected by the alien strain...
resulting in unstable offspring riddled with disease.
Evolutionary mistakes with no defense against infection.
Now we have perfection.
Or close to it.
With a half-human mother, Sara still has traces of our DNA,
but she is the purest species yet.
No...
I'm going out now. Don't try to stop me.
Have I stood in your way, Sara?