▁In ▁the ▁prison ' s ▁under ground ▁ma zes ▁Alex ▁and ▁Ze e ▁discover ▁the ▁dark ▁truth : ▁the ▁in m ates ▁are ▁lab ▁r ats ; ▁the ▁whe ez ers ▁perform ▁procedures ▁on ▁them ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁become ▁black su its ▁but ▁these ▁experiments ▁sometimes ▁fail ▁so ▁they ' re ▁either ▁turned ▁into ▁' r ats ' ▁which ▁seek ▁only ▁for ▁food ▁and ▁reven ge ▁or ▁' mut ants ', ▁half ▁r ats ▁half ▁boys , ▁who ▁are ▁har ml ess ▁because ▁they ▁remember ▁their ▁old ▁lives . ▁In ▁the ▁inf irm ary ▁Alex ▁finds ▁Gary ▁and ▁Don ovan ▁( who ▁is ▁later ▁sm other ed ▁by ▁a ▁pill ow ) ▁who ▁are ▁turned ▁into ▁black su its . ▁Alex ' s ▁second ▁escape ▁plan ▁doesn ' t ▁go ▁smooth ly ▁either : ▁Ze e ▁is ▁taken ▁to ▁the ▁inf irm ary ▁but ▁is ▁later ▁saved ▁by ▁Simon ▁and ▁Alex , ▁the ▁ste e ple ▁doesn ' t ▁lead ▁to ▁the ▁outside ▁but ▁to ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁r ats ' ▁la ir ▁and ▁on ▁their ▁way ▁through ▁the ▁inc iner ator ▁Alex , ▁Ze e ▁and ▁Simon ▁are ▁caught ▁by ▁the ▁black su its . ▁ ▁Death ▁Sent ence ▁Alex ▁under go es ▁the ▁black suit ▁procedure , ▁while ▁Simon , ▁Ze e ▁and ▁O z zie ▁are ▁locked ▁up . ▁With ▁the ▁' nect ar ', ▁a ▁dark ▁liquid ▁full ▁of ▁tiny ▁golden ▁fle cks , ▁in ▁his ▁ve ins , ▁Alex ▁starts ▁to ▁forget ▁things ▁- ▁his ▁life ▁prior ▁and