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the heart started beating.

And this is just the beginning.

I mean, since then, they've even

managed to fabricate

simple human organs.

They've even transplanted

some of them successfully.

There's a revolution coming.

At some point in the

not-so-distant future,

they'll be able to manufacture

organs specifically created

to suit each patient.

I mean, imagine, I could just

simply replace my pharynx

with a new one.

That's that.

I could keep on living.

Are you serious?

I am.

But for that to happen,

first they'd have to bring

you back to life, right?

That part doesn't seem

so difficult to me.

They've already reanimated insects

and small animals trapped in

ice for who knows how long.

And babies conceived with

frozen sperm and eggs

are alive when they're born, right?

How do you know they'll

keep their end of the deal?

I mean the people you

signed the contract with

won't be around

to take responsibility.

I guess I'll have to trust humanity.

You know...

it sounds good to me.

I mean after all,

we are talking about

what they'll do with your

body after we die, right?

Yeah.

Yeah. Yeah, it might not be

such a bad idea.

Let's have a toast.

To cryonization.

- And to the future.

- Sure, what the hell.

- Cheers.

- Thanks.

We love you, Marc.

You know, I bet the

future's gonna be full of

- hot chicks.

- And super horny!

An improvement on the present.

- And men would be sensitive.

- Oh, come on.

Yeah, but we'll be old

and wrinkled by then.

Not me.

I'm gonna f*** all

your grandchildren.

- Calcium channels?

- All clear.

Sodium's at 110.

We need to bring it down.

Invert sodium/potassium pump.

Inversion initiated.

Temperature variation?

Two decimals.

Thanks, Elizabeth.

Exocellular potassium rising.

Okay, time remaining in spine?

Four minutes.

Arm 6, confirm closure.

Confirmed.

Arm 2, I need you out.

Copy that. Moving.

Mitochondrial RNA levels?

90 percent.

Muscular insertions?

Completed.

Activate neuromuscular connections, now.

Activating.

Arm 5 to enter pericardium.

Go ahead. Arm 3, I need you

to change access with Arm 5.

Copy. Initiating movement.

- Sodium levels?

- 109.

Still too high.

Introducing hypotonic solution.

- Temperature?

- 73 fahrenheit.

Troponin under 001, good job.

What are you looking at?

What do you think?

Look man, the truth is,

I still don't trust it.

All the websites I've seen

look like they belong

to a cult or something.

There's no guarantee.

Did you know that in 1979,

they found the bodies of nine

people that have been cryonized?

In a cemetery,

here in California...

Thawed, 'cause the company

was cutting costs.

You guys are all over me tonight.

Yeah. And people who

cryonize themselves

trust that the 40 or 50 grand

they set aside will be enough

to pay for reviving

them and all the rest.

You see my dad's pension's almost

gone since the last crisis.

I know. And I agree.

There were problems at first.

But cryonization's gone

mainstream since then.

I mean, now it depends on

how well prepared you are.

For example, the money question,

I'm gonna set aside a lot more.

I'm gonna set all

of my money aside.

Why do you think that

anybody from the future

would want to bring

you back to life?

Or anybody else for that matter?

The world is gonna be

totally overpopulated.

You'll be like a man

from the 19th century.

I mean, what's the point of that?

Unless they wanna use you as

guinea pigs for science.

I'm sorry, I shouldn't

have brought it up.

No.

No, it's okay.

I wanted to talk to

you two about it.

Okay.

Then I have question.

Shoot.

So...

Everywhere I look,

they say the body needs

to be cryonized as soon as possible

after you're declared legally dead.

So your cells don't deteriorate.

But no matter what they did,

it would take several hours.

Even a day or more to

complete the process.

The damage will be huge.

Not to mention the harm caused

by the disease and the

treatment before you die.

Yeah.

I'm not doing any more chemo.

I already saw my father

spend years of his life

fighting his disease.

Dying little by little.

I won't go through that.

And as far as the time

between death and cryonization...

Well, I have a plan to make sure

that they get to me quickly

and start pumping blood right away.

How... How will you do that?

I mean you would have to know

the exact circumstances of your death.

Yeah.

Um, I'm gonna make sure

they're waiting close by

and that I'm in good physical

shape when the time comes.

I gotta die before the

disease gets a hold of me.

And I need your help.

I need somebody close by.

When I do it.

Hi Marc!

- Hi, Marc.

- How do you feel, Marc?

Great to see you.

Welcome back to life, Marc.

Heartrate, 190.

Blood pressure rising.

It's okay, Marc, we're here.

I'm here.

Can you see yourself?

Don't worry, you'll look a lot

better when your hair grows back.

Try to tell us how you feel.

Can your feel your whole body?

It hurts.

What hurts?

Everything.

That's a good sign, Marc.

I'm Dr. West.

The pain will go away

little by little.

You have to go easy

on the painkillers.

Now, tell me if you feel this.

I don't know where it is.

You don't know where I'm touching you?

My arm. I don't know where it is.

Is it the same with your legs?

Don't worry about that right now.

We'll try to fix it.

Tell me, Marc, can you remember?

Do you remember your life?

Yeah.

What about after that?

The years up until now?

Do you remember anything

about the other side?

Nothing?

Fear.

Dying.

Waking up.

Okay, Marc, you don't say anymore.

We know this is

incredibly hard for you.

Ladies and gentlemen of the future,

it's time to introduce myself.

I'll use the same words as Dr. West.

My name is Marc Jarvis,

And I am the first man

ever to be resurrected.

To summarize, this is what I am.

20 percent remains of

vital organs and tissue

recovered from my old body.

Mainly the brain

and the rest of the

central nervous system.

65 percent cloned bones

muscle, skin, nerve endings,

and other organ remains.

10 percent bionic implants

to reinforce the muscular,

skeletal system and sensory organs.

And 5 percent internal technology

designed to regulate and monitor

the correct functioning of the organism.

On top of that, add a system

of external connection.

A detachable umbilical cord.

A nearly constant means

of connecting me to my

new mechanical mother.

Dr. West and his team

have had to face

innumerable problems

since my reanimation.

and their respective

solutions have been

insufferable.

More surgery.

Organ removal.

Induced coma.

External control of vital signs.

The administering of drugs

to prevent adverse reaction.

More drugs to ease the

effects of those drugs.

And so on, and so on, and so on.

All this resulting in a

terribly fragile organism.

Permanently on the edge of collapse.

The Laboratory Man.

Frankenstein's monster.

- Very good, Marc.

- Well done!

It's amazing.

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