The Fly Page #4

Look at this. What's this?

I don't know.

I seem to be stricken by a disease

with a purpose, wouldn't you say?

Maybe not such a bad disease

after all.

I can't stay.

No, no, no.

Why not? Why can't you?

I can't take it. It's too much.

Why? The disease

has revealed its purpose.

We don't have to worry about

contagion. I know what it wants.

What does it want?

It wants to turn me

into something else.

Most people would give anything

to be something else.

Turned into what?

What do you think, a fly?

Am I becoming a 185-pound fly?

No, I'm becoming something

that never existed.

I'm becoming "Brundlefly".

That's worth a Nobel Prize.

Here.

I want to give a demonstration...

...that I think you'll want

to record for posterity.

I think you must chronicle...

...the life and times of Brundlefly,

don't you?

At the very least, it should make

a fabulous children's book.

You seem tired.

You got me there?

How does Brundlefly eat?

He found out the hard way

that he eats like a fly eats.

His teeth are now useless.

Although he can chew up

solid food, he can't digest it.

Solid food hurts. So, like a fly...

...Brundlefly breaks down solids

with a corrosive enzyme...

...playfully called "vomit drop".

He regurgitates on his food.

It liquefies.

And then he sucks it back up.

Ready for a demonstration, kids?

Here it goes.

Oh, my God.

My God!

Hey, Ronnie.

Ronnie!

What is it?

I'm pregnant.

Oh, no.

Oh, no.

I'm pregnant with Seth's baby.

What do you want to do?

I don't know.

I just....

I don't know.

- Stathis, I'm scared.

- It's going to be all right, Ronnie.

It's going to be fine.

I don't think I want to lose it.

- Why am I losing it?

- It's better this way. You'll see.

It's the best thing that could happen.

She's expelling it.

I don't think we'll have to go in.

It's gonna be easy.

Don't worry, honey.

No. Please, no.

It'll be over soon. Here we go.

A little suction here.

A little suction.

Hold on a minute.

There's more in there.

There's more?

- Yeah, I mean a lot more. Okay.

You're gonna have to help us.

Push.

Push it out. Come on, push.

- That's it. Come on, push.

- No, wait.

Give us a push. You can push it out.

Come on.

No, wait, wait. No.

You can do it.

Wait.

No!

I want a disc.

Give me preliminary integration.

I want a disc.

Give me preliminary integration.

You're relics. Yes, you are.

You can't deny it.

Vestigial, archaeological, redundant.

Artifacts of a bygone era.

Of historical interest only.

You've missed some good moments.

Is that why you're here? To catch up?

I wanted....

My teeth have begun to fall out.

The medicine cabinet's now

the Brundle Museum of Natural History.

Want to see it?

No.

Then...

...what do you want?

I came to tell you....

I just....

I wanted to see you...

...before....

You have to leave now...

...and never come back here.

Have you heard of insect politics?

Neither have I.

Insects don't have politics.

They're very brutal.

No compassion.

No compromise.

We can't trust the insect.

I'd like to become...

...the first insect politician.

I'd like to...

...but I'm afraid....

I don't know

what you're trying to say.

I'm saying....

I'm saying I'm an insect...

...who dreamt he was a man

and loved it.

But now the dream is over...

...and the insect is awake.

No, Seth.

I'm saying...

...I'll hurt you if you stay.

Let's go. Let's do it now.

Now? Wait.

Wait a minute. What did he say?

I couldn't tell him.

Let's go, damn it.

No! I think we should

wait a few days.

You're not

in the right state of mind.

I want it out of my body now.

You should have seen him.

There could be anything in here,

in me, in my body.

I don't know if I can

arrange it now, tonight.

Why do we have to...?

I don't want it. Understand?

I don't want it in my body!

Well, okay, what's the story?

She's pregnant

and she wants an abortion.

In the middle of the night?

We have good reason to think that...

...this child will be deformed.

- Yeah, but in the middle of the night?

- Look, Brent.

Please.

Is it your child?

No.

It's the child of a man

who is deformed.

I don't mean to interfere...

...but I detect a certain

uncertainty here.

There are tests we can do

to determine whether...

I don't want tests.

Tests can't guarantee anything.

The baby could start off normal,

then become....

I want an abortion.

I'll do it myself if I have to.

If you'll slip into that,

we'll be on our way in no time.

No.

Wait, Seth, no.

Why did you want to kill Brundle?

The baby might be all that's left

of the real me.

Please don't kill me.

I can't have it. I'm afraid.

Please, have the baby.

I can't.

I can't.

Too bad.

Too bad.

Jesus!

Ah!

No, don't. Don't, please.

Please.

Help me.

Help me be human.

How?

Well....

I go there...

...and you go there.

We come apart...

...and then we come together there.

You, me and the baby.

Together.

No....

We'll be the ultimate family.

A family of three,

joined together in one body.

More human than I am alone.

No, no!

Oh, God. Please!

Oh, God, please!

No, I can't.

I can't.

No. Oh, God!

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