The Lazarus Effect Page #4

- I didn't say anything.

Are you OK?

Yeah. Yeah.

I think I'm just tired.

- You've just been through...

- "A traumatic experience.

You need to let your body heal.

Just try to take it easy, OK?

I'll be right outside the door."

What?

Nothing.

Gonna come check on you in a second.

I'll be right back.

OK.

Hey.

I love you.

I love you, too.

Oh, my God, this is a mistake.

I should not be here.

We actually killed someone.

I killed someone.

I know this isn't right.

This is such a bad idea.

Did you not see the dog?

The serum stays in the brain.

We can't cover this up.

That's not Zoe in there.

We shouldn't have brought her back.

I need more time.

I'm gonna fix it, though.

I'm gonna fix this.

There is something very wrong with her.

Just keep making her think

everything's fine.

Letting her know

that she's gonna be fine.

Hey.

I think something's wrong.

OK, OK, all right, you're OK.

Come here. Come here. You're OK.

- No. No, I'm not OK. I'm not OK.

- You're OK. You're all right.

Something's happening.

- Something happened. I'm changing.

- OK, OK...

OK, shh. Calm down. What's happening?

I can hear things. I can see things.

Look, look at my hand.

Wait...

- There's nothing wrong with your hand.

- Frank, when I died, I went somewhere.

I was in the building. I was there.

I could hear the people,

they were stuck!

Zoe, that was a dream.

It's a traumatic memory

from your childhood. It's not real.

That's what I thought.

I couldn't wake up.

I was stuck. It was endless. I tried.

It went on and on.

And every day, I was there.

It was the same, over and over.

Every single day.

Zoe, you were gone

for less than an hour.

- You were right here. You didn't...

- Oh, no, no. You don't understand.

It's been years.

I've been in there for years.

Look, listen to me, OK?

Your brain was failing

due to the lack of oxygen.

You're hallucinating from the DMT.

This is a terrible memory

from your childhood,

- but it's playing in a traumatic loop.

- No. It was hell.

That's what hell is.

You relive the worst moment of your life

on a loop, over and over,

and you can never wake up.

Listen, you're here.

You are here now and you are awake.

You're fine.

- Yeah.

- OK.

OK.

All right, that's just gonna

help you sleep a little bit, OK?

Zoe?

Frank?

Zoe?

Frank! Zoe, can you hear me?

I should not be here.

Hi. Do you know... where we are?

What have you got there? I...

What do you have in your hand?

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Eva.

Eva!

- Need some help...

- Hey.

Hey, look at me.

Look at me. You're OK, you're OK.

What happened? Tell me what happened.

I was... I was somewhere else.

I was in this building, a hallway,

and I saw this girl.

And the building was on fire and...

there were these people in an apartment,

and they couldn't get out, and...

I could see their fingers

underneath the door.

What's that on your arm?

Holy... This is...

That's where it grabbed me! Oh!

What... What grabbed you?

- I don't know.

- Frank?

You wanna tell us what's going on here?

- Frank! What the hell's going on, man?

- I... You...

She told you, right?

Obviously she told you.

- What?

- She told you.

- No.

- What? Told her what?

Look, when Zoe was a little girl,

the apartment building she lived in

caught on fire

and her neighbors

got trapped behind a door.

She still has nightmares about it.

That sound like what you saw?

Yeah.

How's that even possible?

How's that possible, Frank?

Zoe said... after you die,

your body creates... like a compound,

- and it helps your soul move on or...

- DMT.

Right.

She said it opens a door

to somewhere else.

What... What if the door didn't open?

What if Zoe's soul couldn't get through?

What if she's trapped

in her own nightmare?

This is bullshit. You're lying.

- Lying?

- Frank...

Frank, I'm not lying! I'm not lying!

Hey. We can't deal with this

by ourselves.

We have no idea

what's going on in there!

- Did you see her arm?

- Yes, I saw it! OK?

What do you want me to do?

Look... if we screw this up,

we're gonna lose Zoe.

Help me. Please.

- A**hole.

- Dude.

All right, rest 24 hours,

take an Advil, and call me.

You good?

It was like I was there.

How is that even possible?

I'm telling you, it's the serum.

It's... It's like...

unlocking the part of the brain

that lets you do crazy psychic sh*t.

That's your big theory?

"Crazy psychic sh*t"?

There's a reason why evolution

happens really slowly.

And right now, her brain is doing things

a human brain was never designed to do.

And it's not taking millions of years,

it's taking minutes.

Hail Mary, full of grace...

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray...

Frank, you're gonna want to see this.

- What am I looking at here?

- I logged in as an admin

so I could scrub through

the security footage, and I found this.

It's a dummy account. Every day

it downloads everything in our system

- and makes a copy of it.

- So?

Someone's been watching us for...

like, months now.

All right, maybe it's the school.

The school doesn't need

to hack into our system. It...

It's gotta be Crylonis.

When was that last updated?

- Twenty minutes ago.

- Means they know we're here already.

If they don't, they will very soon.

We need to leave now.

Get the dog, gather everything.

- Can you take care of that?

- Where's the dog?

- I put him in his cage.

- Not in the cage.

All right. Everybody,

drop what you're doing,

find the dog, get your stuff together.

- Niko, handle that. We're leaving!

- OK.

Zoe?

Zoe?

- Niko.

- Jesus, what're you doing in here?

- I need your help.

- We gotta get you back.

I need your help.

You have to make me feel normal.

- OK, wait. OK, what... Are you OK?

- You have to make me feel normal.

- I need it. Please.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa. Just...

You just went through something

very traumatic, OK?

- I think you may be confused...

- You don't understand.

Niko, you are the only one

I can trust. OK?

Help me.

No! No! No, stop.

- I thought you were my friend.

- I am your friend.

But you're not being yourself right now.

We still don't understand...

"...what's happening to you."

I spent my whole life

trying to make up for one mistake.

I did everything right.

And I still ended up in hell.

Zoe, we can help you.

Frank said we can fix this.

- We just need more time.

- Oh, no.

It's too late for that.

You have no idea what you've done.

But you will.

Zoe, please!

Zoe?

Zoe, please!

Zoe...

Hey.

- Everything OK in here?

- Yeah. Why, what's wrong?

- Hey, guys, where's Niko?

- He was gone when I got here.

- I think he went to the bathroom.

- I was just there a second ago.

- It's what he said.

- To hell with this.

- Wait. Wait, what?

- I'm calling security, man.

- Hey, wait. Think about this.

- This is too much weird sh*t!

OK? I'm done! They can arrest me,

whatever, I don't care. I'm done!

You've wasted three years of my life

because you can't read a contract.

You're not my boss

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