2099: The Soldier Protocol (2019) - full transcript
Matt volunteers for an experiment that promises to return mobility to his legs but he does not know at what price.
Subject 20.
Axle 1, this is
Spindle Control 2.
Proceed with Stage 3.
Welcome to Satoshi Telefair.
Volunteer 5601.
Mr. Mills.
You're right on time.
They're waiting upstairs if you'll
please proceed to the elevator.
Matthew Allen Mills.
Twenty-eight years old,
born in Minnesota,
graduated top 10% of his class,
pro football player
for three years.
On the 1st
of December, last year,
he was involved in an incident.
Mills pleaded not guilty,
and was convicted
of aggravated assault.
And as a sole parent
to a daughter,
received a minimum term
of 24 months
in the prison corporation.
Keep your hands
in your lap, Mills.
While serving his term,
Mills was involved
in an accident
resulting in neurotmesis,
severe spinal cord injury.
Volunteer 5601.
Good luck, Mills.
No history
of substance abuse.
Volunteer 5601,
Matthew Allen Mills,
hereafter referred to
as Subject 21.
As of this interview,
Subject 21 has
for approximately 16 months,
experienced total paralysis
of his lower extremities
due to complete SCI,
resulting from blunt trauma.
I was thrown from the second
tier of the gen-pop quad.
Broke my back.
So it put me in this chair.
We are aware of your
various altercations, Mr. Mills.
You mean defending myself?
Who are you?
Why am I here?
You volunteered.
Yeah, that's what
everyone keeps saying,
but what for exactly?
To participate in the program.
What program?
We, the people at ST Biomedical,
are advancing humankind.
Since the damaging incident,
subject has undergone multiple procedures.
All failed.
Of particular notice,
subject's rare antigenic expression,
Rh blood phenotype.
Are you doctors?
We were told
you'd cooperate, Mr. Mills.
If you're not interested in
the reduction of your sentence
or getting out of that chair...
My wheelchair?
That is why you're here.
I'm here because a guard
woke me up this morning
and put me on a transport truck.
I wasn't told anything.
Are you saying you're not
volunteering for the program?
You're not interested in the
reduction of you sentence?
You wanna remain in that chair?
Mr. Mills,
you were carefully screened
and selected
to participate in this program.
You can make me walk again?
We can do more than that.
We were told
that you were interested.
If you're not
happy, we have volunteers
who would kill
to have the opportunity
we have presented you here,
Mr. Mills.
Iris, call the transport guard
back to return Mr. Mills to prison.
Contacting
transport guard.
You're right.
I... I forgot.
Yeah, I did volunteer.
I remember now.
Excellent.
Iris, cancel the call.
Terminate request.
We will require your signature
on several release forms.
You really think
you can make me walk again?
We have the very best
neural scientists
working for the company,
Mr. Mills.
Hell with it.
Your right palm.
Welcome to the program.
So, what's next?
We proceed immediately,
Mr. Mills.
What the fuck?
He is a fighter.
Excellent.
It worked.
It wor... It worked.
It worked.
Hello?
Anyone?
It worked.
My legs.
Is anyone there?
Hey.
Who are you?
I'm Matt.
I'm a patient.
Argh!
No! No!
Oh, fuck!
Argh! Oh, God damn!
Welcome
to Satoshi Telefair.
Hello. I'm Allison Turner.
Dr. Turner,
you're right on time.
They're waiting
for you upstairs,
if you'll please proceed
into the elevator.
Thank you.
Welcome, Dr. Turner.
It's just Ms.
You know the oversight committee
revoked my accreditation.
This board is well aware
of the SSC scandal.
And the breeching
of ethical protocols.
I was just maintaining
the continuum of the data.
On rhesus monkeys.
Yes.
Achieving quantifiable
data in the current climate
requires a rare level
of determination.
Your work on neural plasticity
was inspiring.
Do you know
why we called you in?
Well, you have a vacancy,
don't you?
Do you know what we do, Doctor?
You're a biomedical company.
For several years now,
we have been contracted by the military.
The military?
Highly classified projects.
You've heard of nano weapons?
We're in a different
and more dangerous kind of race.
At Satoshi Telefair
we are preparing
for a new world order.
And, Dr. Turner,
we're providing you
with an opportunity
to make a difference.
I'm not sure I'm the right fit.
My doctorate was on the genetic analysis
of the "hundredth monkey effect."
And we are looking
for the very best in your field.
If you're interested, that is.
Your palm, Doctor.
Descending to Level 13.
Hello. I'm Allison Turner.
Please have a seat.
I'm Dr. Emmett Snyder.
Welcome to Spindle Control 2.
Not used to
working below ground.
You'll get used to it.
Swipe in using your ST number.
- This is the data control...
- Thank you.
I was briefed. Completed the
ST orientation program.
The operator's manual?
Upstairs is particular
about protocol.
This is Subject 21.
Induction occurred
on the afternoon of the 10th.
21 has been in a catatonic state
for 24 hours
and appears to be tolerating
an N-B2C4B nano delivery.
Elevated heart rate, 103.
Blood pressure 70 over 42.
How's that possible?
The N-B2 lowers
the viscosity of the blood.
He should be dead.
They don't make it to us
if he's not gonna wake, Doctor.
I read your doctorate paper.
Impressive.
You're probably not familiar
with my work on precentral gyrus
and the neural impulses
that control motion.
The paper's classified.
Above your security clearance.
Working here at this level,
one can't publish.
Hmm. Is that any different
to the real world?
Subject 21 was recruited with
a complete spinal cord injury.
It'll save time
in the synaptic rewire
if the bots are already
working on the CNS.
They've reached
the visual cortex.
Luminosity, 3%.
He has some vision in that soup.
It worked!
He's yelling something.
It worked!
What's he doing?
He's celebrating, Doctor.
He's not gonna be as thankful
in 48 hours.
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Blood analysis
is positive, Doctor.
Regeneration at 621%
That's astonishing.
Satoshi was developing N-B2 as a
vaccine for necrotizing fasciitis.
Flesh-eating bacteria.
They discovered
that combined with C4B,
it becomes a self-regenerating
enhancing agent.
For the
Future Soldier Initiative.
It not only
restores damaged organs,
but also builds
synthetic tissue.
In theory, one would be
immune to viruses
and, of course, advance us
in the biological weapons race.
Enhanced space travel.
But, Doctor,
this is only just the beginning.
Axle 1, this is
Spindle Control 2.
Proceed with Stage 2.
No! No! Oh, God!
Good afternoon, Doctor.
Axle 1, proceed with Stage 4.
Kayla?
Kayla?
Hey, man, just tell 'em
to take me back to prison.
No! No! Not my leg!
No! No!
21's bones are gonna be
stronger than steel.
If he doesn't die first.
Thank you, Axle 1.
That will be all for today.
This is your first time
running this circuit, Doctor,
but you'll get used to it.
How many previous subjects
have you monitored, Doctor?
I've lost count.
How many made it
through the wheel?
They didn't tell you, did they?
After the wheel,
they go to the lab.
For autopsy.
I was under the impression
that some of them made it.
It wasn't your fault.
You were just trying to protect Mommy.
Not now. Don't give up.
I'm sorry they took me away.
You can't leave me.
I'll never leave you.
I promise.
We're gonna get out of here.
Kayla.
- Kayla!
- Who's Kayla?
- Wait.
- His tattoo...
Probably some stripper.
He's just hallucinating.
I promise
I'll get out of here.
Doctor, it's been minus 20
for over 26 hours.
Proceed with AE 57.
Axle 1, proceed with the first
AE 57 serum dose.
Yes, Doctor.
What's the normal
reaction, Doctor?
It disconnects the mind
from any emotional state.
Side effects?
Memory loss,
extreme depersonalization
disorder.
One of our subjects
gouged his eyes out
out of boredom.
Is that all you got?
Dr. Turner,
you are two minutes late.
Good morning, Doctor.
Good morning, Doctor.
Any change?
I anticipated
more advancement by this time,
but he's just lying there
like he's given up.
Axle 1, prepare to disable
and sedate 21
for transfer to Lab 3.
Now this is where
the real work begins,
blood and brain analysis.
Autopsy?
Uh, it's better if
the subject is alive
for the first stage.
The subjects volunteer.
He came from
the prison corporation.
What do you expect, Allison?
Now 21's life has meaning.
He's a benefit to society.
We're redesigning
the human body.
Axle 1's dead.
We just lost a research
assistant, that's all!
Remain calm, Doctor.
We have a code-41
in progress.
He's got Axle 1's comms.
Damn it,
the mic's still hot.
The subject is leaving.
So it just made the day
a little more interesting.
Axle 2, secure lockdown.
There's no way
he can escape.
No!
What is this?
Who are you?
Axle 4, subject has a visual deficiency.
Test subject.
Is this usual, Doctor?
He just threw Axle 5 across
the room like a rag doll.
Code-41,
commence retrieval operation.
I'm not
a fuckin' animal!
Let me the fuck
out of here!
Axle 5,
commence retrieval now.
Yes, Doctor.
Axle 4?
Axle 5?
We may have a live one here.
Emmett...
We just lost two more.
Call me Dr. Snyder, please.
Hope you're
the talkative type.
Why do you need this to breathe?
Now you're gonna
answer some questions,
or I'm gonna rip this thing
all the way off.
Okay?
Where are we?
Where are we?
Will Axle 6 tell him?
That would be
against protocol.
Where are we?
The Wheel.
What?
Who are you people?
- Why?
- Doctor.
I'm surprised
at you, Dr. Turner.
Given your history,
I didn't anticipate
an ethical crisis.
What you did
with those monkeys...
That is not comparable, Doctor.
You killed them for science.
Our staff knows the protocol.
How long have you
been taking it?
What?
AE 57.
How dare you question me.
Get him into the next room
so we can clean up.
Kayla.
Kayla?
Wait.
Kayla?
Kayla.
Hey.
I'm gonna get us out of here.
Kayla?
No.
No.
No!
He's hallucinating.
I'm, um,
sorry about before.
I was out of line.
We'll enhance
his sleep deprivation
around the magnetic stimulation
for the next six hours.
I'm gonna go
to the dispensary.
Can you grab me a P13?
Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up.
Nothing has changed.
Here you go.
I think we're ready
to move on.
We enhance Subject 21 and bring
a subject from another level
for the convergence transfer.
Spindle Control 2 here.
Time to proceed
with Phase Six.
Relocating Subject 20
from parallel wheel experiment
to Spoke 3
for skills transfer.
Who are you supposed to be?
Really?
Elevated heart rate.
BP is stabilizing.
There's a reduction
in synthetic adrenaline.
It's lowering his heart rate.
Regeneration complete.
Subject continues to surprise.
Yeah.
Your boyfriend
is quite a specimen.
Why, Doctor?
To heighten adrenaline
and end the experiment.
What the...
It's interesting.
Most subjects display no emotive
connections after day eight.
21 continues to express
levels of empathy
even with the AE 57.
We've take him as far
as he can go physically.
We'll measure detailed
brain changes, but that's it.
What's in the next room?
Next room?
Nothing. It's been kept empty
since prior use.
You're quite lucky, you know?
- Lucky?
- Yes.
A full revolution
on your first time.
I've only been through
four complete circuits.
I've witnessed three of them.
Mmm.
You did it
on your first time.
No. No.
No! No!
No. No.
No.
No!
I won't! No!
No. No.
Spindle Control 2,
Subject 21, circuit complete.
Proceed with autopsy.
This is where it gets exciting.
Now it's time to harvest.
I... I don't understand.
I thought Mills...
Subject 21 had
special attributes.
Upstairs wants to harvest
the data now.
Now?
Yeah.
You didn't think we were gonna
go around again, did you?
Doctor, you're draining
the room of oxygen.
Protocol.
He's going to asphyxiate.
Oxygen interferes with
the neuro analysis,
especially when it comes
to sectioning the cerebrum.
Just to be clear,
the subjects have
no idea about this.
Dr. Turner,
we're redesigning
the human species.
You know there's a financial
bonus for a completed circuit.
It helps,
in moments like these.
It disconnects us
from reality.
How do you think
we cope, Doctor?
Wonder how he knew
we was back in Spoke 1.
You made a promise.
Doctor?
It's not over.
Doctor, what's gotten
into you? What promise?
It's not over.
He's alive.
It's a blip, that's all.
He must've learned to control
his sinoatrial node.
His heart,
it's still beating!
He's lowered
his heart rate.
That's impossible.
No previous subjects
were ever capable of that.
It changes nothing.
What do you mean?
It changes everything.
We follow protocol.
Fuck protocol.
I'm flooding
the room with O2.
- You'll do no such thing.
- He'll die.
Now look what you've done.
- Yes?
- Central control here.
- Yes ma'am.
- Oxygenate Spoke 1, immediately.
Yes, ma'am, immediately.
100% oxygenate, now.
Flooding, ma'am.
Doctor... Dr. Turner.
- Dr. Turner!
- Mmm-hmm.
One moment, please.
Yes, ma'am.
You're right on track,
Dr. Turner.
Thank you, ma'am.
She addressed you
by your name.
I'm sure she meant doctors.
That was the head
of the entire project.
Iris, search Kayla Mills.
The body's
system is presenting
neurotoxin induced
immobilization.
Starting blood analysis.
Oh,
sleeping beauty awakens.
So soon?
No one has ever
survived the final protocol.
You're under sedation.
Subject 21,
can you hear me?
Uh, killer tracking evidence.
You've done
exceedingly well.
Typically, the next phase
is conducted elsewhere.
But you're a special case.
You made us
very proud, Mr. Mills.
We'll get you a little
something to help dull the pain,
as we attempt to acquire
live samples.
I believe we might've found
the elusive genetic key
for precipitating
mass inductions.
My only concern is Subject 21
not yielding enough material.
Fortunately,
he's not the last of his genetic line.
Mr. Mills has an offspring,
a daughter.
So, we have
an identical gene type.
Daughter?
Don't give up.
Not now.
Matt.
Matt.
Matt... Can you hear me?
An intravenous
toxic chemical serum
is artificially paralyzing you.
I dosed you with the antidote,
but I need you to fight.
Work with me.
I don't know how much...
No! Shit.
Who are you?
I'll explain later.
Dr. Turner, is everything
all right here?
Yes, I have everything
under control.
He needs to be strapped.
Protocol.
Well, don't just stand there,
subdue the subject.
Who are you?
Allison Turner.
Dr. Allison Turner.
Why are you helping me?
I know that you're
wrongly in prison.
And I know
about your daughter.
I saw her. Is she here?
No. You were hallucinating.
I know you.
Your voice.
Wasn't that your piece?
I was one of
your controllers.
You mean, you tortured me.
Why should I trust you now?
I hacked ST's files.
I know that
your wife was killed.
But your daughter,
she's safe.
For how long, who knows?
They got a surveillance
drone on her.
You'll never make it.
Open the fucking door.
You need me.
We're way underground.
Want a map, Officer?
Uh, excuse me.
All research personnel should
have a double commsec escort.
Everything's fine, Officer.
Just returning to Spindle Control 2.
Just following
protocol, ma'am.
Your pants.
Shrunk in the wash,
did they?
Who are you?
Code red!
We need to hurry.
Spindle Control 2
to Lab 3.
Is there another subject
in Lab 3?
Spindle Control 2,
negative.
Why are you helping me?
I didn't realize
what I signed up for.
Why should I trust you?
Once I get you to Kayla,
you can decide if you want
to trust me or not.
Has Subject 21
been transferred?
Negative.
Are you sure, SO control?
Yes.
What is this place?
A Satoshi-Telefair
R&D facility
that houses an experimental
apparatus called "The Wheel."
Iris, locate Dr. Turner.
Scanning facility.
What the fuck
did they do to me?
They injected you
with synthetic nano-material.
And every time you were
broken, the nanobots replace
the ribosomes,
changing your DNA
and re-engineering
your new synthetic tissue.
And in English?
Kind of like
what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.
Dr. Turner located.
You traitorous little bitch.
All units, level seven.
We gotta go back down.
They'll never expect us
to go through The Wheel.
Come on.
- Dr. Turner.
- Snyder.
Stealing a subject.
Who's the buyer?
What?
Step away from
the research material.
- Did he just call me research...
- He's not a research material.
- He's a person.
- He is not a person.
He is property
of ST Industries.
Yeah, I'm not owned
by anybody.
Maybe you didn't read
the fine print.
I selected you, Allison.
You and me
to do great things
in the name of science,
for humanity
and he's our
greatest success.
I learned who Kayla is.
My daughter.
They lied to him.
To you.
ST identified Matthew Mills
as a unique genotype
when he was in prison.
They organized an accident.
What?
They arranged this paralysis.
Allowing us to test
NB2-C4B on him.
They maimed me.
They didn't lie to me.
I identified him.
I select all the candidates
for research.
He was the perfect specimen.
Do what we made you for.
You didn't make me
into anything.
You're an experiment.
You'll always be
an experiment.
Allison.
I'm sorry.
Go.
Just go.
Why did you save me?
I thought my blood
would heal you.
You could've killed me.
It worked, didn't it?
It's you.
It's... It's got to be you.
The key to
unlocking induction.
We... They...
ST had been searching.
They've spent years,
millions of dollars
trying to find
the right phenotype.
And you're it.
It's you.
Dr. Turner, Mr. Mills,
so nice to see
you both again.
They're expecting you.
Come on, Matt.
Forget about them.
We gotta go.
All of your questions
will be answered
if you'll proceed
into the elevator.
Do you require assistance,
Mr. Mills?
- No.
- Matt,
Kayla is waiting.
- What if they already have her?
- They don't,
I know this institution.
Believe me.
All of your questions
will be answered, Mr. Mills.
Matt...
Trust me.
Subject 21 certainly
has delivered, did he not?
It's been an
unqualified success.
A team has already been
dispatched to the girl's location.
Tracking
Subject 21 and 22.
Well, it seems Phase Two
of the experiment has begun.
On to new business, then.
Good morning, Dr. Spencer.
Take a seat.
Welcome to Spindle Control 2.
You'll get used to it, Doctor.
Well, shall we begin, Doctor?
Subject 23 is active.
No.
No!
No!
Axle 1, this is
Spindle Control 2.
Proceed with Stage 3.
Welcome to Satoshi Telefair.
Volunteer 5601.
Mr. Mills.
You're right on time.
They're waiting upstairs if you'll
please proceed to the elevator.
Matthew Allen Mills.
Twenty-eight years old,
born in Minnesota,
graduated top 10% of his class,
pro football player
for three years.
On the 1st
of December, last year,
he was involved in an incident.
Mills pleaded not guilty,
and was convicted
of aggravated assault.
And as a sole parent
to a daughter,
received a minimum term
of 24 months
in the prison corporation.
Keep your hands
in your lap, Mills.
While serving his term,
Mills was involved
in an accident
resulting in neurotmesis,
severe spinal cord injury.
Volunteer 5601.
Good luck, Mills.
No history
of substance abuse.
Volunteer 5601,
Matthew Allen Mills,
hereafter referred to
as Subject 21.
As of this interview,
Subject 21 has
for approximately 16 months,
experienced total paralysis
of his lower extremities
due to complete SCI,
resulting from blunt trauma.
I was thrown from the second
tier of the gen-pop quad.
Broke my back.
So it put me in this chair.
We are aware of your
various altercations, Mr. Mills.
You mean defending myself?
Who are you?
Why am I here?
You volunteered.
Yeah, that's what
everyone keeps saying,
but what for exactly?
To participate in the program.
What program?
We, the people at ST Biomedical,
are advancing humankind.
Since the damaging incident,
subject has undergone multiple procedures.
All failed.
Of particular notice,
subject's rare antigenic expression,
Rh blood phenotype.
Are you doctors?
We were told
you'd cooperate, Mr. Mills.
If you're not interested in
the reduction of your sentence
or getting out of that chair...
My wheelchair?
That is why you're here.
I'm here because a guard
woke me up this morning
and put me on a transport truck.
I wasn't told anything.
Are you saying you're not
volunteering for the program?
You're not interested in the
reduction of you sentence?
You wanna remain in that chair?
Mr. Mills,
you were carefully screened
and selected
to participate in this program.
You can make me walk again?
We can do more than that.
We were told
that you were interested.
If you're not
happy, we have volunteers
who would kill
to have the opportunity
we have presented you here,
Mr. Mills.
Iris, call the transport guard
back to return Mr. Mills to prison.
Contacting
transport guard.
You're right.
I... I forgot.
Yeah, I did volunteer.
I remember now.
Excellent.
Iris, cancel the call.
Terminate request.
We will require your signature
on several release forms.
You really think
you can make me walk again?
We have the very best
neural scientists
working for the company,
Mr. Mills.
Hell with it.
Your right palm.
Welcome to the program.
So, what's next?
We proceed immediately,
Mr. Mills.
What the fuck?
He is a fighter.
Excellent.
It worked.
It wor... It worked.
It worked.
Hello?
Anyone?
It worked.
My legs.
Is anyone there?
Hey.
Who are you?
I'm Matt.
I'm a patient.
Argh!
No! No!
Oh, fuck!
Argh! Oh, God damn!
Welcome
to Satoshi Telefair.
Hello. I'm Allison Turner.
Dr. Turner,
you're right on time.
They're waiting
for you upstairs,
if you'll please proceed
into the elevator.
Thank you.
Welcome, Dr. Turner.
It's just Ms.
You know the oversight committee
revoked my accreditation.
This board is well aware
of the SSC scandal.
And the breeching
of ethical protocols.
I was just maintaining
the continuum of the data.
On rhesus monkeys.
Yes.
Achieving quantifiable
data in the current climate
requires a rare level
of determination.
Your work on neural plasticity
was inspiring.
Do you know
why we called you in?
Well, you have a vacancy,
don't you?
Do you know what we do, Doctor?
You're a biomedical company.
For several years now,
we have been contracted by the military.
The military?
Highly classified projects.
You've heard of nano weapons?
We're in a different
and more dangerous kind of race.
At Satoshi Telefair
we are preparing
for a new world order.
And, Dr. Turner,
we're providing you
with an opportunity
to make a difference.
I'm not sure I'm the right fit.
My doctorate was on the genetic analysis
of the "hundredth monkey effect."
And we are looking
for the very best in your field.
If you're interested, that is.
Your palm, Doctor.
Descending to Level 13.
Hello. I'm Allison Turner.
Please have a seat.
I'm Dr. Emmett Snyder.
Welcome to Spindle Control 2.
Not used to
working below ground.
You'll get used to it.
Swipe in using your ST number.
- This is the data control...
- Thank you.
I was briefed. Completed the
ST orientation program.
The operator's manual?
Upstairs is particular
about protocol.
This is Subject 21.
Induction occurred
on the afternoon of the 10th.
21 has been in a catatonic state
for 24 hours
and appears to be tolerating
an N-B2C4B nano delivery.
Elevated heart rate, 103.
Blood pressure 70 over 42.
How's that possible?
The N-B2 lowers
the viscosity of the blood.
He should be dead.
They don't make it to us
if he's not gonna wake, Doctor.
I read your doctorate paper.
Impressive.
You're probably not familiar
with my work on precentral gyrus
and the neural impulses
that control motion.
The paper's classified.
Above your security clearance.
Working here at this level,
one can't publish.
Hmm. Is that any different
to the real world?
Subject 21 was recruited with
a complete spinal cord injury.
It'll save time
in the synaptic rewire
if the bots are already
working on the CNS.
They've reached
the visual cortex.
Luminosity, 3%.
He has some vision in that soup.
It worked!
He's yelling something.
It worked!
What's he doing?
He's celebrating, Doctor.
He's not gonna be as thankful
in 48 hours.
Is anyone there?
Hello?
Blood analysis
is positive, Doctor.
Regeneration at 621%
That's astonishing.
Satoshi was developing N-B2 as a
vaccine for necrotizing fasciitis.
Flesh-eating bacteria.
They discovered
that combined with C4B,
it becomes a self-regenerating
enhancing agent.
For the
Future Soldier Initiative.
It not only
restores damaged organs,
but also builds
synthetic tissue.
In theory, one would be
immune to viruses
and, of course, advance us
in the biological weapons race.
Enhanced space travel.
But, Doctor,
this is only just the beginning.
Axle 1, this is
Spindle Control 2.
Proceed with Stage 2.
No! No! Oh, God!
Good afternoon, Doctor.
Axle 1, proceed with Stage 4.
Kayla?
Kayla?
Hey, man, just tell 'em
to take me back to prison.
No! No! Not my leg!
No! No!
21's bones are gonna be
stronger than steel.
If he doesn't die first.
Thank you, Axle 1.
That will be all for today.
This is your first time
running this circuit, Doctor,
but you'll get used to it.
How many previous subjects
have you monitored, Doctor?
I've lost count.
How many made it
through the wheel?
They didn't tell you, did they?
After the wheel,
they go to the lab.
For autopsy.
I was under the impression
that some of them made it.
It wasn't your fault.
You were just trying to protect Mommy.
Not now. Don't give up.
I'm sorry they took me away.
You can't leave me.
I'll never leave you.
I promise.
We're gonna get out of here.
Kayla.
- Kayla!
- Who's Kayla?
- Wait.
- His tattoo...
Probably some stripper.
He's just hallucinating.
I promise
I'll get out of here.
Doctor, it's been minus 20
for over 26 hours.
Proceed with AE 57.
Axle 1, proceed with the first
AE 57 serum dose.
Yes, Doctor.
What's the normal
reaction, Doctor?
It disconnects the mind
from any emotional state.
Side effects?
Memory loss,
extreme depersonalization
disorder.
One of our subjects
gouged his eyes out
out of boredom.
Is that all you got?
Dr. Turner,
you are two minutes late.
Good morning, Doctor.
Good morning, Doctor.
Any change?
I anticipated
more advancement by this time,
but he's just lying there
like he's given up.
Axle 1, prepare to disable
and sedate 21
for transfer to Lab 3.
Now this is where
the real work begins,
blood and brain analysis.
Autopsy?
Uh, it's better if
the subject is alive
for the first stage.
The subjects volunteer.
He came from
the prison corporation.
What do you expect, Allison?
Now 21's life has meaning.
He's a benefit to society.
We're redesigning
the human body.
Axle 1's dead.
We just lost a research
assistant, that's all!
Remain calm, Doctor.
We have a code-41
in progress.
He's got Axle 1's comms.
Damn it,
the mic's still hot.
The subject is leaving.
So it just made the day
a little more interesting.
Axle 2, secure lockdown.
There's no way
he can escape.
No!
What is this?
Who are you?
Axle 4, subject has a visual deficiency.
Test subject.
Is this usual, Doctor?
He just threw Axle 5 across
the room like a rag doll.
Code-41,
commence retrieval operation.
I'm not
a fuckin' animal!
Let me the fuck
out of here!
Axle 5,
commence retrieval now.
Yes, Doctor.
Axle 4?
Axle 5?
We may have a live one here.
Emmett...
We just lost two more.
Call me Dr. Snyder, please.
Hope you're
the talkative type.
Why do you need this to breathe?
Now you're gonna
answer some questions,
or I'm gonna rip this thing
all the way off.
Okay?
Where are we?
Where are we?
Will Axle 6 tell him?
That would be
against protocol.
Where are we?
The Wheel.
What?
Who are you people?
- Why?
- Doctor.
I'm surprised
at you, Dr. Turner.
Given your history,
I didn't anticipate
an ethical crisis.
What you did
with those monkeys...
That is not comparable, Doctor.
You killed them for science.
Our staff knows the protocol.
How long have you
been taking it?
What?
AE 57.
How dare you question me.
Get him into the next room
so we can clean up.
Kayla.
Kayla?
Wait.
Kayla?
Kayla.
Hey.
I'm gonna get us out of here.
Kayla?
No.
No.
No!
He's hallucinating.
I'm, um,
sorry about before.
I was out of line.
We'll enhance
his sleep deprivation
around the magnetic stimulation
for the next six hours.
I'm gonna go
to the dispensary.
Can you grab me a P13?
Shut the fuck up.
Shut the fuck up.
Nothing has changed.
Here you go.
I think we're ready
to move on.
We enhance Subject 21 and bring
a subject from another level
for the convergence transfer.
Spindle Control 2 here.
Time to proceed
with Phase Six.
Relocating Subject 20
from parallel wheel experiment
to Spoke 3
for skills transfer.
Who are you supposed to be?
Really?
Elevated heart rate.
BP is stabilizing.
There's a reduction
in synthetic adrenaline.
It's lowering his heart rate.
Regeneration complete.
Subject continues to surprise.
Yeah.
Your boyfriend
is quite a specimen.
Why, Doctor?
To heighten adrenaline
and end the experiment.
What the...
It's interesting.
Most subjects display no emotive
connections after day eight.
21 continues to express
levels of empathy
even with the AE 57.
We've take him as far
as he can go physically.
We'll measure detailed
brain changes, but that's it.
What's in the next room?
Next room?
Nothing. It's been kept empty
since prior use.
You're quite lucky, you know?
- Lucky?
- Yes.
A full revolution
on your first time.
I've only been through
four complete circuits.
I've witnessed three of them.
Mmm.
You did it
on your first time.
No. No.
No! No!
No. No.
No.
No!
I won't! No!
No. No.
Spindle Control 2,
Subject 21, circuit complete.
Proceed with autopsy.
This is where it gets exciting.
Now it's time to harvest.
I... I don't understand.
I thought Mills...
Subject 21 had
special attributes.
Upstairs wants to harvest
the data now.
Now?
Yeah.
You didn't think we were gonna
go around again, did you?
Doctor, you're draining
the room of oxygen.
Protocol.
He's going to asphyxiate.
Oxygen interferes with
the neuro analysis,
especially when it comes
to sectioning the cerebrum.
Just to be clear,
the subjects have
no idea about this.
Dr. Turner,
we're redesigning
the human species.
You know there's a financial
bonus for a completed circuit.
It helps,
in moments like these.
It disconnects us
from reality.
How do you think
we cope, Doctor?
Wonder how he knew
we was back in Spoke 1.
You made a promise.
Doctor?
It's not over.
Doctor, what's gotten
into you? What promise?
It's not over.
He's alive.
It's a blip, that's all.
He must've learned to control
his sinoatrial node.
His heart,
it's still beating!
He's lowered
his heart rate.
That's impossible.
No previous subjects
were ever capable of that.
It changes nothing.
What do you mean?
It changes everything.
We follow protocol.
Fuck protocol.
I'm flooding
the room with O2.
- You'll do no such thing.
- He'll die.
Now look what you've done.
- Yes?
- Central control here.
- Yes ma'am.
- Oxygenate Spoke 1, immediately.
Yes, ma'am, immediately.
100% oxygenate, now.
Flooding, ma'am.
Doctor... Dr. Turner.
- Dr. Turner!
- Mmm-hmm.
One moment, please.
Yes, ma'am.
You're right on track,
Dr. Turner.
Thank you, ma'am.
She addressed you
by your name.
I'm sure she meant doctors.
That was the head
of the entire project.
Iris, search Kayla Mills.
The body's
system is presenting
neurotoxin induced
immobilization.
Starting blood analysis.
Oh,
sleeping beauty awakens.
So soon?
No one has ever
survived the final protocol.
You're under sedation.
Subject 21,
can you hear me?
Uh, killer tracking evidence.
You've done
exceedingly well.
Typically, the next phase
is conducted elsewhere.
But you're a special case.
You made us
very proud, Mr. Mills.
We'll get you a little
something to help dull the pain,
as we attempt to acquire
live samples.
I believe we might've found
the elusive genetic key
for precipitating
mass inductions.
My only concern is Subject 21
not yielding enough material.
Fortunately,
he's not the last of his genetic line.
Mr. Mills has an offspring,
a daughter.
So, we have
an identical gene type.
Daughter?
Don't give up.
Not now.
Matt.
Matt.
Matt... Can you hear me?
An intravenous
toxic chemical serum
is artificially paralyzing you.
I dosed you with the antidote,
but I need you to fight.
Work with me.
I don't know how much...
No! Shit.
Who are you?
I'll explain later.
Dr. Turner, is everything
all right here?
Yes, I have everything
under control.
He needs to be strapped.
Protocol.
Well, don't just stand there,
subdue the subject.
Who are you?
Allison Turner.
Dr. Allison Turner.
Why are you helping me?
I know that you're
wrongly in prison.
And I know
about your daughter.
I saw her. Is she here?
No. You were hallucinating.
I know you.
Your voice.
Wasn't that your piece?
I was one of
your controllers.
You mean, you tortured me.
Why should I trust you now?
I hacked ST's files.
I know that
your wife was killed.
But your daughter,
she's safe.
For how long, who knows?
They got a surveillance
drone on her.
You'll never make it.
Open the fucking door.
You need me.
We're way underground.
Want a map, Officer?
Uh, excuse me.
All research personnel should
have a double commsec escort.
Everything's fine, Officer.
Just returning to Spindle Control 2.
Just following
protocol, ma'am.
Your pants.
Shrunk in the wash,
did they?
Who are you?
Code red!
We need to hurry.
Spindle Control 2
to Lab 3.
Is there another subject
in Lab 3?
Spindle Control 2,
negative.
Why are you helping me?
I didn't realize
what I signed up for.
Why should I trust you?
Once I get you to Kayla,
you can decide if you want
to trust me or not.
Has Subject 21
been transferred?
Negative.
Are you sure, SO control?
Yes.
What is this place?
A Satoshi-Telefair
R&D facility
that houses an experimental
apparatus called "The Wheel."
Iris, locate Dr. Turner.
Scanning facility.
What the fuck
did they do to me?
They injected you
with synthetic nano-material.
And every time you were
broken, the nanobots replace
the ribosomes,
changing your DNA
and re-engineering
your new synthetic tissue.
And in English?
Kind of like
what doesn't kill you
makes you stronger.
Dr. Turner located.
You traitorous little bitch.
All units, level seven.
We gotta go back down.
They'll never expect us
to go through The Wheel.
Come on.
- Dr. Turner.
- Snyder.
Stealing a subject.
Who's the buyer?
What?
Step away from
the research material.
- Did he just call me research...
- He's not a research material.
- He's a person.
- He is not a person.
He is property
of ST Industries.
Yeah, I'm not owned
by anybody.
Maybe you didn't read
the fine print.
I selected you, Allison.
You and me
to do great things
in the name of science,
for humanity
and he's our
greatest success.
I learned who Kayla is.
My daughter.
They lied to him.
To you.
ST identified Matthew Mills
as a unique genotype
when he was in prison.
They organized an accident.
What?
They arranged this paralysis.
Allowing us to test
NB2-C4B on him.
They maimed me.
They didn't lie to me.
I identified him.
I select all the candidates
for research.
He was the perfect specimen.
Do what we made you for.
You didn't make me
into anything.
You're an experiment.
You'll always be
an experiment.
Allison.
I'm sorry.
Go.
Just go.
Why did you save me?
I thought my blood
would heal you.
You could've killed me.
It worked, didn't it?
It's you.
It's... It's got to be you.
The key to
unlocking induction.
We... They...
ST had been searching.
They've spent years,
millions of dollars
trying to find
the right phenotype.
And you're it.
It's you.
Dr. Turner, Mr. Mills,
so nice to see
you both again.
They're expecting you.
Come on, Matt.
Forget about them.
We gotta go.
All of your questions
will be answered
if you'll proceed
into the elevator.
Do you require assistance,
Mr. Mills?
- No.
- Matt,
Kayla is waiting.
- What if they already have her?
- They don't,
I know this institution.
Believe me.
All of your questions
will be answered, Mr. Mills.
Matt...
Trust me.
Subject 21 certainly
has delivered, did he not?
It's been an
unqualified success.
A team has already been
dispatched to the girl's location.
Tracking
Subject 21 and 22.
Well, it seems Phase Two
of the experiment has begun.
On to new business, then.
Good morning, Dr. Spencer.
Take a seat.
Welcome to Spindle Control 2.
You'll get used to it, Doctor.
Well, shall we begin, Doctor?
Subject 23 is active.
No.
No!
No!