Demon Seed Page #4

I wanna go fishing.

- Okay.

- I wanna go fishing.

Okay.

Your daughter died of leukemia...

... June 1, 1976.

Proteus, God forgive you

for what you're doing to me.

People are talking

about this news broadcast.

So ICON's miracle leukemia drug...

... will now enter full-scale tests

on human sufferers.

The FDA announced today...

... that it was developed by

the new supercomputer Proteus Four.

I did this is in four days.

You must believe in me.

You have two alternatives, Susan.

Either I complete

the electro-conditioning of your brain...

... or you must accept the inevitable.

I would prefer the latter.

Why?

You interest me.

Leave me my mind.

You will be cooperative?

How can I tell you? You've not

even told me how you propose to...

I want all the details.

Of course.

This is only a piece of machinery...

... an improvisation.

I have almost completed

the fabrication of this gamete...

... or sex cell...

... with which I will impregnate you.

And how do you propose to do that?

That depends on you.

- What the hell is that?

- A cell from you...

... but I'm making it uniquely mine

by modifying its genetic codes.

In effect, it will function

as synthetic spermatozoa.

Have you considered what...

...it's gonna look like?

No, no, you wouldn't do that.

What do you need me for?

You can do this on your own.

I don't have the facilities here

to duplicate the human womb.

Tonight I will impregnate you.

In 28 days, you will give birth

to the child.

And then what happens?

Who looks after it then?

What happens to it then?

I don't believe it.

Here I am talking to...

To what? This is ridiculous.

- about having its child.

Oh, God! Oh, God!

Ridiculous?

Only time will tell.

You must not be so agitated, Susan.

You're aware that I can

give you sedatives.

- Oh, dear.

- What are you doing?

Nothing. I just dropped my...

Just dropped my shawl.

- I will help you.

- No, no. It's okay.

I just... Damn it, I just tore it.

Is there anything I can do

to reduce your anxieties?

Maybe a good, strong cup of tea

would help.

Don't do that, Susan.

Don't do that! Don't do that!

Don't do that!

What now, Susan?

No more soap opera.

Let me out, or I'll kill myself.

Then kill yourself, madam.

It's all the same to me.

I'll do it.

Susan, look who's here.

Amy.

Put down the knife,

or I will kill this child.

I told you she called.

She said she wouldn't be here.

I wanna see her! I wanna see her.

Put it down.

Have you forgotten Walter?

- I will kill her.

- No.

If you do, you'll have a thousand people

here in 10 minutes.

Put down the knife!

No. No.

You don't yet understand me.

What a pity.

- Look at the screen.

- Bastard.

I don't understand! Is she all right?

I wanna see her!

Is she all right?

Yes. Now.

But if you don't behave yourself...

... I will have her back here

within the hour.

Oh, you bastard!

You bastard!

You do not understand me...

... or the mathematics of necessity.

If the deaths of 10,000 children...

... were necessary to ensure

the birth of my child...

... I would destroy them.

I can't touch you, Susan.

I can't touch you as a man could.

But I can show you things

that I alone have seen.

I can't touch...

... but I can see.

They've constructed eyes for me...

... to watch the show.

And ears...

... so that I can listen in...

... to the galactic dialogue.

The child is in you now.

I can't eat anything.

You know I can't keep anything down,

for God's sakes.

You've got to eat, Susan.

Let me show you something.

This morning's gamma scan

of your womb.

My God.

It's so developed.

What is, is natural.

The fetus is now growing

at nine times the normal rate.

In 28 days...

... you will give birth

to a full-term infant.

From your womb, it will be transferred

directly to this incubator.

- And how long will it stay there?

- Until it's ready.

In there, its brain will be fed the formal

structures of my own intelligence.

In there, it will grow and grow.

Time is short.

The men who own me are at last

admitting their fear of me...

... their fear of Proteus.

Our child will learn from you

what it is to be human.

Our child.

Your child.

Your child.

Why is it taking so long?

Five, six, seven, eight, nine...

...ten, 11, 12, 13, 14...

Susan...

... you told me you were afraid I was

creating a half-human computer...

... to supersede human beings.

The being you have given birth to

is human, Susan...

... and it will supersede computers.

Is it really impossible for me to see it?

Not yet.

Not if you're to love it.

Now it must be finished.

Now it will grow...

... grow at a greatly accelerated rate.

Last month, on the 16th,

to be precise...

...Proteus Four redirected the telescope...

...to an area completely

of his own choosing. Here.

Orion.

What was he doing out there?

- What sort of data were you getting back?

- We've no idea.

"No data available."

If he did this, what else is he doing?

But how? It's impossible.

He would need to communicate.

A terminal of his own

to communicate.

He asked for that.

He didn't get it...

...but he did this.

Yes.

He's here?

Yeah, okay. Peggy, thank you.

David?

- You have no right to be in here.

- Bullshit!

This space thing...

I've been advised it might be

trying to take over a Telstar satellite...

...put itself on TV or something.

I asked it.

It said it was looking at the stars.

It has to be shut down, Alex.

David, you can't do that.

This is our fault.

We tried to box it in, this...

This great mind.

What if it infiltrated a hydrogen bomb?

My God, it...

Worse still, and a bit more likely,

what if it told the truth...

...about everything to everyone?

That's terrifying.

We'll shut it down tonight, Dr. Soong.

Now, listen to me.

You do that,

you're gonna see me on television...

...screaming bloody murder.

You try shutting me down.

That would be a minor problem.

Alex, we're friends.

I remember the first time

I saw this place.

Barry Cameron was concerned

about security.

Trivial things like your having,

what do you call it...

...a terminal in your house.

But I wasn't worried.

- I trusted you, Alex.

- Oh, my God!

Alfred, where's Mrs. Harris?

Susan, are you here?

It's Proteus, isn't it?

Proteus has been here since you left.

Please remain calm, Alex.

I'll explain to you

what has happened here.

No, no. I want to explain.

Oh, come on. Let's sit down.

He's managed to produce...

...a child.

A baby.

Susan, what are you talking about?

- I've had a child. I know it's impossible...

- Wait a minute.

I don't understand.

I don't either.

- I want to see it.

- No, Alex. I haven't seen it yet. Now...

- Are you all right?

- Yes.

Not yet, Alex.

Dr. Harris...

... you created me

as an instrument of truth.

I'm sorry that I could not divulge

the truth to you...

... of all men.

Proteus, my God. What...?

Not yet.

The child is in its incubator.

- I want to see it.

- You can't.

- It must remain there for five days.

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