▁and ▁Jim ' s ▁partner ▁got ▁shot ▁at ▁point ▁blank ▁range . ▁However , ▁Rach el ▁is ▁confident ▁that ▁with ▁surg ery , ▁he ▁should ▁to ▁be ▁okay . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁adjacent ▁bed , ▁Fred ▁begins ▁conv ul sing ▁and ▁wind s ▁up ▁vom iting ▁an ▁insect ▁pup a ▁out ▁of ▁his ▁mouth , ▁after ▁which ▁he ▁seems ▁to ▁stabil ize . ▁The ▁pup a ▁is ▁hurried ly ▁contained ▁in ▁a ▁bell ▁jar ▁in ▁the ▁hospital ' s ▁in - house ▁labor atory . ▁Rach el ▁is ▁concerned ▁that ▁whatever ▁Fred ▁had ▁might ▁be ▁cont ag ious ▁and ▁orders ▁mand atory ▁check ups ▁of ▁everyone , ▁including ▁Jim . ▁When ▁Jim ▁comes ▁back ▁clean ▁of ▁any ▁myster ious ▁par as it ic ▁insect s ▁Rach el ▁dec ides ▁to ▁show ▁him ▁around ▁the ▁hospital , ▁including ▁their ▁high - tech ▁research ▁facility ▁where ▁they ' re ▁testing ▁out ▁new ▁and ▁powerful ▁surg ical ▁las ers . ▁Att empt s ▁to ▁x - ray ▁the ▁pup a ▁prove ▁fut ile , ▁so ▁it ▁is ▁decided ▁to ▁slice ▁it ▁open . ▁In ▁doing ▁so ▁the ▁do ctors ▁un le ash ▁a ▁particularly ▁fe ist y ▁insect - like ▁creature , ▁but ▁with ▁Jim ' s ▁help ▁they ' re ▁able ▁to ▁get ▁it ▁contained . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Fred ▁is ▁far ing ▁worse . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁having ▁been ▁par as ites ▁from ▁the ▁insect , ▁he ' s ▁come ▁down ▁with ▁a ▁myster ious ▁disease ▁the ▁creature ▁was ▁carrying . ▁ ▁He ▁goes