Uber Jason - Regeneration 4

"What are we waiting for?" Bella Morte was the first to wonder aloud.

"Why the serum, of course."

"What serum?" London peered into the chamber and watched it go from opaque to transparent. The mixture in the vial had turned a glowing crimson.

Bardox opened the chamber and removed the vial, which contained about an eighth of an inch of liquid. He held it up to the group proudly, as if he had mixed the perfect cocktail. "The serum that will incapacitate Jason X/"

Akako said, "And how will that happen, if these nano fucking ants repair his system instantly? Won't they eliminate anything that's foreign?"

"Yes they will, but not this serum. The reason is, the serum is made from the DNA of Jason X. I know it is his DNA because I extracted it."

"Alright, so the serum will invade his body and the nano ants will ignore it because it seems to belong there," London said. "And then?"

"And then the retro agents take over."

"will you fucking spell it out?" Akako shouted, losing whatever slim control she normally managed with people who did not operate at her pace.

Bardox shook his head and lowered the vial. "So impatient. You were definitely not a candidate."

"For?"

"Evolution."

"What?" She screamed. "Are you fucking insane?"

London got between them again. "Tell us what you anticipate this serum will do once it's in Jason X's body."

Bardox Smiled at her, as if she were a prize-winning student. "The DNA in this serum is like his and yet not like his. It's broken into two layers, if you will. The outer layer, which the nano ants will encounter is composed of Jason X's DNA."

"So they'll go stupid and leave it alone," Helmet said.

"Very good, Mr Schmidt."

Helmet looked pleased with himself for a moment, then remembered the danger and glanced at the monitor.

"Within that DNA," Bardox said, "is another layer which has been altered because it contains both Jason X's DNA as well as the codes for the nano ants. The outer layer will dissolve slowly, so slowly that the inner layer will infiltrate cells in his body without the nano ants noticing. If any do notice, the altered DNA will act as a signal to the ants, and turn them against other ants, perceiving them as  a foreign body, because I've altered them."

"Okay," London said slowly. "This sounds complicated, but you're saying that the DNA is going to turn the ants against themselves, leaving Jason X without the ability to repair himself, and then the altered ants will do what?"

"They will now be re-programmed for one purpose and that is to temporarily shut down Jason X's anger receptors."

"So... this will let us capture him?"

"Essentially, yes."

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As Jason X turned on her, she jumped forward and stabbed him with the needle, close up, into the exposed skin where the breastplate left a space on his left side about kidney level. If this serum was going to be effective, it would work better close up, and she wanted to give it the best chance of working

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Bardox pulled back slightly. "But if the serum worked, and there's no reason to assume that it did not, then Jason X should be as gentle as a lamb."

"Professor Bardox, does this look like a lamb to you?" She waved a hand at the destroyed elevator ahead of them where something had smashed through the door. It could only be one thing.

"That might have happened before the injection."

"Unlikely. He came along the corridor for us, almost scenting us, and according to the scan of the corridor, he didn't stop. This happened after Akako injected him, if she injected him, because neither you nor I were conscious at the time and we don't know what happened, although we know that after he destroyed Akako and Bella Morte and left the lab, he managed to do this."

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