The Lazarus Effect Page #3

why didn't they just hire us?

I mean, let's imagine for a second

that you're Crylonis, OK?

And you find out

about the Lazarus serum.

You realize this thing is a gold mine,

and you also realize

that Werner-Goss sponsored it.

So you buy Werner-Goss,

that's the first thing right there.

Then you realize all is takes is

one anonymous call to the Review Board,

and all of a sudden

you own everything in that lab.

You have the legal rights.

Suddenly, you're not

splitting the profits anymore.

All that money is yours.

Come on.

They're not gonna spend $50 million

just to get our serum, right?

We're gonna duplicate the experiment.

It's the only way.

- You're joking, right?

- What, we're gonna walk away now?

We have no proof. No one's ever

gonna believe that it was us.

We're never gonna have

another chance at this, OK?

Look, they're not gonna start

cleaning the lab till tomorrow, right?

That gives us at least,

what, like 12 hours?

We break in there,

we duplicate the experiment.

You film it,

and we take back what's ours.

Duplicate it how?

I mean, they took all the serum.

We figured, just in case.

The lab is on a time lock,

there is only one security guard,

we know exactly what his route is.

This is absolutely doable.

And how are we supposed to get in?

They took our key cards.

Not all of them.

Working late?

Dr. Jackson wants me to take him in

for overnight observation.

Just the way I wanted

to spend my Friday night.

- You know where you're going?

- Sure do.

Look, if you get caught here,

you're gonna get expelled, or worse,

so no one's gonna blame you

if you wanna take off now.

I know.

- How's it looking?

- On a scale of one to shitty,

their security system is shitty.

Great. Can we just loop that?

- Loop it?

- Yeah, like they do on TV.

Or I could just stop it from recording.

It's not like he's gonna notice.

That works.

- "You're amazing, Niko."

- You're amazing, Niko.

Thank you, Zoe.

Dog.

All right, Eva, you rolling?

- Yeah, rolling.

- OK, Clay, how we doing?

Cells appear healthy.

- Full diffusion in 30.

- OK. I need 45cc's Trimexialin.

- Niko, how you doing?

- Uh, neural overlay synced.

- Capacitors charged. Ready when you are.

- Serum blood ratio is 6.8.

- Oxygen levels look good.

- Great. Check on the guard, please.

Yeah, he's still there.

OK, let's make some history.

Again.

You wanna do the honors?

Event one, 11 kilowatts,

in three, two, one.

I didn't do it.

Sh*t. Somebody flipped the breaker.

Zoe!

Sweetie? No pulse! No pulse!

She's been electrocuted.

- Get me an adrenalin shot right now!

- What can I do? What can I do?

- Come on, Zoe!

- What can I...?

Here you go.

No pulse. No pulse. OK.

- I need the defibrillator right now.

- I got it, I got it.

- All right, move her off the grate.

- OK.

One, two, three!

OK. Sh*t.

- 200 joules!

- 200?

Yeah.

Clear!

Sweetheart? There's no pulse.

There's no pulse.

- Clay, 360 joules.

- Way too high.

360! 360 joules! Do it!

Come on.

Clear!

No pulse. Come on, Zoe. Come on!

Come on! Come on!

Come on, come on.

Come on, sweetie.

Come on! Come on.

Frank, what are you doing?

- No! No! Absolutely not. No.

- Whoa... Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa.

Can we just talk about this a second,

man?

There's nothing to talk about.

The serum works, we know it works.

Yeah, but what if she comes back

all messed up like the dog?

Not gonna happen! I'm gonna adjust

the dosage and tailor the levels.

- It'll be fine.

- Frank, I want her back, too,

but if the cops come

and we're cutting up a human body,

- we're going to jail, all of us.

- Do you think I care about jail?

- Frank, this isn't some lab experiment.

- I know!

This is a person. You're talking about

bringing someone back from the dead.

- We've done it before. It's gonna work.

- Not like this.

I am so sorry, but this is

crossing a line. This is a human being!

Fine. Get outta here.

I'm gonna do it myself.

- Frank, come on, man.

- I am not gonna lose her.

Not like this.

Thank you. Thank you.

I need you to pull the switch.

Niko, we good?

Half of this stuff is fried.

I can't read...

Niko, are we good?

- Yeah, we're good.

- OK.

Clay, tone. Starting event one,

9.5 kilovolts.

Here we go. Three, two, one.

- Clay.

- I got nothing.

We're going again, 13 kilovolts.

- That's gonna fry...

- Do it right now, 13 kilovolts.

Starting event two.

Here we go in three, two, one.

Clay.

- Where's the guard?

- Who cares? We're going again.

- Reset the array.

- Where's the guard?

- Find the guard, Niko!

- I need you. Going 15 kilovolts.

Just hold on! Wait.

He's coming.

- What is...

- Can't help her in jail, all right?

All right? Let's go.

Sh*t.

- Come on.

- Sh*t.

- Careful.

- All right. We're good, we're good.

Damn it. He's coming.

Holy sh*t.

Hey, hey. It's me.

Hey. Hey, sweetheart, it's me.

She's in shock.

I need a blanket, please.

Yeah. Yeah, I'll...

Hey... Baby, it's me. You're OK.

- Frank? I can't find them.

- Get me the blanket. Hurry up!

Right over there. In the top...

Did I just die?

OK...

You're good.

What was it like?

Well, I mean... did you see anything?

- Like heaven or...

- You know,

this might not be the best time.

Start breaking down the lab.

Let's set up the MRI.

I want to do these diagnostics and

get out of here as soon as possible, OK?

Yeah.

And there goes the guard.

We're clear.

All right, let's get this over with.

Awesome.

- That's not right.

- What?

I don't know. Frank,

you want to come take a look at this?

What?

Not only is her body

almost completely healed,

but that's too much neural activity.

Yeah, that's too much.

I want to get her out of there.

We'll retest her in an hour, once

the serum has had a chance to dissipate.

I'm sorry,

but do you not remember the dog?

The serum still has not dissipated.

Yes, that was a goddamn dog.

This is a person. Let her out of there.

Clay!

What's going on?

You know how they say humans

only use ten percent of their brain?

- I thought that was a myth.

- No, the myth is that we don't know

what the other 90 percent does.

Humans use their entire brain,

we just use ten percent at a time.

She's just sitting in there.

A small chunk of her brain

should be lighting up.

But... the whole thing is lit up.

Yeah. That's the weird part.

Just take a seat, OK?

All right.

- How are you?

- Shouldn't we be going to the hospital?

Look, we have

all the same equipment here,

and there's nobody more qualified

to take care of you than me.

They don't understand this.

Just gonna get you stable first, OK?

Hey.

You're gonna be OK.

- I thought I lost you.

- You did.

But I didn't.

I have something for you.

Gimme this.

Ah, sh*t. Sorry. Sorry.

OK. Um...

Here. Can't believe I'm doing this.

This is the one and only time

I go Catholic.

But this once.

Thank you.

It's good to hear you laugh.

Something's definitely wrong.

What?

- What did you just say?

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