Dragon Wasps Page #5

Come on, Gina,

we gotta get going!

One minute!

Ugh.

They're uglier

when they're young.

Gina, come on!

What's taking you

so long?

Well?

You were right about me

not liking what I found.

I'm more concerned

what's gonna find us soon.

Getting close to the hive.

Two more clicks

south by southwest.

We gotta get moving.

This stuff

is wearing off.

I can't even smell it

anymore.

That's the last of it.

Try not to sweat it

all off.

Yeah, right.

Whoo!

You know, guys, I'm feeling

pretty good considering.

Oh, yeah,

I got to admit.

I mean, I'm feeling

a little bit

of an energy boost

myself here.

Whoo, how

you feeling, Gina?

Hey, Gina?

I'm good.

I just had a bit

of a zone-out. I'm good.

Hive's not far

from here.

Let's, uh...

Let' double time it,

come on!

They were here

not long ago.

Let's go.

Is this a bad time

to tell you

I'm allergic

to bee stings?

Don't worry, Meyers.

Only the females

have stingers.

You were actually listening.

Does that mean the...

the other half still do?

No. Most of the drones

are male.

Only a small percentage

of them are female,

except for the...

The what?

The queen.

All right, let's get moving

before the drugs wear off

and Meyers

loses his nerve.

Meyers? Left or right?

Left about 100 meters.

I think... I think

the coca leaf's wearing off.

We don't have much time.

Let's pick up the pace.

Is he still alive?

Technically, yes,

but I don't know

if he'll ever wake up again.

Aah!

Down!

Aah! Aah! Aah!

Oh!

What the hell

was that?

Now we know

why they wanted us alive.

They're using human bodies

as hosts for their young.

So those things,

they're in all of my men?

There must be more chambers.

There's gonna be dozens.

But these are Jaguar's men,

so we must be getting close.

Well, let's move.

Rhonda!

Rhonda?

Gina, Gina, we gotta go.

No, she's fine.

She's fine.

There's no helping her

right now.

Rhonda, can you hear me?

She's fine.

Come on, wake up.

Rhonda? It's okay,

it's okay!

I'm gonna get you

out of here!

Where am I?

Where am I?

We're here! We're here!

We're gonna get you

out of here!

You're fine.

You're fine,

you're fine.

It's okay.

Gina? Gina?

What's wrong?

What's wrong?

My chest!

I can't breathe!

I'm out of ammo!

Oh, God.

I'm sorry.

Okay, here, here, here.

It's okay. It's okay.

Gina? Gina?

Look at me. Look at me.

I would have done

the same thing, all right?

If it was one of my men,

I would have done

the same thing, okay?

Boss, found Humphries.

Come on, come on.

Your father! Come on!

Dad!

Dad!

Dad? Dad?

Can you hear me,

Dad?

Dad?

Gina.

Is it really you?

What are you doing here?

I came here

to get you, Dad.

Help me get him up.

There's no way

he's going with us.

He's got one of

those things in him.

No, he's fine.

His pulse is normal.

The other guy's pulse

was racing.

He's fine.

You're positive?

Yeah, he's fine.

Help me get him up.

Can you walk?

I think I can.

Good, 'cause

you may need to run.

Let's go.

Come on!

Oh, my God!

All right.

We're gonna blow

this whole chamber,

the rest of the colony

with it.

How much C-4

you got left?

Two bricks.

How about you?

A dozen.

Okay, great.

Let me see.

Wait a minute.

This isn't C-4.

This is cocaine!

Cocaine?

It's a long story, Dad.

Are you sure?

Positive.

How was I supposed to know?

It all looks the same.

There's no way we got enough

ordnance to blow this place.

Actually, we do.

If we can get them all

into the same chamber,

we can start a chain reaction

using their chemical spray.

Nature's napalm, remember?

All right, yeah.

But how do we get them

all to this same chamber?

I have

one adrenal gland left.

You've had that with us

the whole time?

How come they haven't

been following us?

It was surrounded

by cocaine.

They couldn't detect it

until now.

You're a genius.

Hear that, Dad?

I have my moments.

Only one problem.

That oil's

wearing off.

We go anywhere

near that queen,

they'll swarm us.

Damn.

You got

any leaves left?

Damn!

But I do happen to have

of super concentrated

coca paste.

Good news is,

it's super potent.

The bad news?

It's super potent.

This stays off the report?

You got that.

Gina, you and your dad

lay low here!

Meyers, get over here!

I got my C-4

in my bag.

Let's go plant it.

I found

your glasses, Dad.

Thank you, my dear.

So you gonna finally tell me

what you were doing out here?

They told me we were

only doing theoretical research

on pharmaceutical

applications.

I was promised repeatedly

that there would never be

any actual

specimens grown.

I was a fool.

Transgen Tech never

intended to do anything

with my research

except this.

Who is Transgen Tech?

I'm not really sure.

I know they have

vast resources.

They'll do anything

to keep me quiet.

And they may have connections

to the military.

The military?

Does that surprise you?

No, nothing surprises

me anymore.

They have stations scattered

throughout the jungle.

It took me three months

to find the hydra

where the first horrible

creatures were born.

You shouldn't have come

looking for me, Gina,

but I'm glad you did.

All right, C-4's set.

Meyers, you

get them out of here.

All right,

John, yeah, okay.

Go!

What are you doing?

Someone's gotta stay behind

and make sure this gets done.

I'll give you three minutes to get clear

and then

this place blows.

You understand?

But you're following

right after us, right?

No. I only have

one man left alive.

All the rest

of them are in here.

I can't

leave them behind!

You know,

if a Navy captain

can go down

with his ship,

I can go up

with my men.

It's gonna

be okay, huh?

It's all right.

It's gonna be okay.

This is

the right thing.

Okay? Okay?

Okay.

Get them out of here,

Meyers! Go!

Someone's coming.

In here, quick.

Got you now, Beastman.

It's time to pay up.

You killed my doula!

Now you're going to pay

with your life!

Yeah? Well, when my hand

comes off this detonator,

this entire place

is gonna blow.

So I guess

you're gonna go with me.

Oh, Beastman.

It seems as if

the spirit of the jungle

has led us both

to the same destiny.

But...

Meet you

on the other side, Jaguar!

No!

Come on, come on,

come on, come on!

Let's go!

He's changing.

No! No!

No!

I'm okay, I'm okay!

Gina,

what's going on?

He's fine. He's fine.

Why wasn't

he affected then?

I don't know, but he's fine.

I guess they weren't interested

in an old man like me,

or maybe my hearing aid

stopped them.

Well, Meyers, what are you gonna

put in that report of yours?

Most of it's classified,

but...

John Hammond

was a good friend.

He was a hero.

But he was every part

of this jungle.

It'll be all right.

I wish

I hadn't slapped him.

You slapped him?

I'm sure he loved it.

I don't know

about you two,

but I'm ready to get the

hell out of this damn jungle.

You? Really?

Yeah.

What about Transgen Tech?

What about the other stations?

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