The Paradise Virus

Thanks again boss.

It's a pleasure doing business with ya.

Have a good one.

Hey pretty bird, how are you pretty bird?

We all know that Creutzfeldt-Jakob

is cow to man.

West Nile mosquito to man.

Now ebola, some believe is monkey to man.

Others believe the culprit was a bat.

20 years later, we still don't know for sure.

But what we do know is that new viruses are natures

bioterrorists hijacking animal hosts--

Hmm, encephalitis?

Could be a reaction to my dynamic personality.

Either one have been known to cause periods of deep sleep.

Hello.

And our time is up.

Do have a pleasant holiday.

Relax your brains, come back refreshed.

If any of you have any questions over the break,

here's my email address.

Okay, have a great spring break.

Be careful out there, thank you.

Pleasure doing business with you.

Thanks boss, see you around.

Ladies and gentlemen,

welcome to Barsarato Island.

The local time is 9:45.

Please remain seated with your safety belts fastened

until the captain has turned off the seat belt sign.

What did they, close the island?

Where is everybody?

They're all hiding so they don't see you

vacationing with your mother.

- Welcome to Barsarato Island Dr. Flemming.

Well thank you very much!

How did you know it was me?

- Let's just say you have an excellent travel agent.

You enjoy your stay on the island now.

Oh, I'm sure we will.

Thank you, bye bye.

Here, I'll take that.

Oh no, we're alright, thanks.

You want a cab, right?

I'll take ya to your hotel

or I'll give ya a tour of the island for a good price.

What do ya say?

- Actually, I think somebody from the hotel's

gonna be picking us up.

That's right.

Well, you could be out here all day.

Is that what you want?

We're fine really.

- It's alright Mr. Banes, I'll take care of 'em.

Take a hike kid, they're mine.

They're staying at our hotel.

Dr. Flemming, Kathy Johnson from the hotel.

So good to meet you.

Sorry I'm late.

Maybe you didn't hear me.

Look, is it Mr. Banes?

Perhaps another time, thank you.

Well, that was pleasant.

Sorry, it's my fault.

I should've been here on time.

Oh here, let me get those.

I don't believe it.

Please leave me alone.

Hello?

Yes.

So, you wanna dive today?

Sure, the sooner the better.

Good 'cause I'm takin' ya.

My Dad owns the hotel and I'm his dive master.

Got the tanks ready to go.

Oh, rock and roll.

So, vacationing with your mom, huh?

What's that like?

It's not so bad.

She usually behaves herself.

Maybe your mom can keep her busy, distract her.

My mom passed away.

What, like you were supposed to know?

No but I'm sorry.

No, no, forget about it.

It happens all the time.

People just assume, ya know?

Yeah.

- First thing we gotta do is get that thing away from her

and then bury it.

- You ever try taking a pork chop away from a coyote?

Ouch.

Welcome to beautiful downtown Barsarato,

an island with a dark and hideous past.

Oh really, in what way?

- Oh come on Ma, everybody knows Godzilla was born here.

- That was another island just east of here,

the one that glows in the dark.

Oh right.

- No ya know, Columbus stopped here on his way

to the new world.

He took one look at this place and said,

"Wow, what a beautiful island.

"Let's kill everybody."

And they did, they slaughtered the inhabitants

and then, took everything they had.

Geez, what was his problem?

Tours from hell.

- The next group of people to come were the slaves.

They were forced to harvest the salt crop.

Ya know, most of the salt used by the civilized world

came from this island.

I don't remember reading any of this

in your hotel brochure.

- Well, we were afraid we would attract the wrong

kind of people.

Wise choice.

Cool band.

Everybody's so laid back.

It's great huh?

This is paradise.

Ya know, we have people that come here all stressed out

and they just never leave.

We have banking executives working here as waiters

just so they could stay.

It's so totally cool.

Alright, that's it Mom, I'm staying.

Send the rest of my stuff, will ya?

Can I have your room?

Right on.

Poppy, I didn't hit him, did I?

We need an ambulance.

Somebody call an ambulance.

Do you have a hospital here?

Yes, what's wrong with him?

Just step back, both of you.

Do you know this man?

Everybody knows Poppy.

So he lives around the island.

He has family here?

Yes.

Poppy?

Poppy, just relax.

I'm a doctor.

An ambulance is on the way.

Leave him.

Excuse me?

Leave him alone please.

- Hey, hey! - Hey, hey, hey.

Back off.

- It is a good son who protects his mother.

Now step back.

What are you doing?

Don't touch him!

Linda, it's okay, this is Joseph.

I don't care who he is.

This man is seriously ill.

He could be highly contagious.

You a doctor?

That's right.

Listen to me.

You are putting yourself in danger.

Where are you taking him?

I'm asking you a question!

Where are you taking him?

Who is that man?

Joseph.

Who is Joseph?

- He's a leader of a religious group called The Faithful.

They practice natural medicine.

Ya know, herbs and stuff.

He's healed a lot of people.

You know this for a fact?

It's what everybody says.

Hello.

Welcome to the Tropics Hotel.

This is my father.

Dad, this is Dr. Flemming and this is Will.

Mr. Johnson.

Please, call me Paul.

We're really casual around here.

Oh, alright then.

Linda.

Linda.

And you must be Will.

Sir.

Nice to meet you.

Hi.

Well let's get you folks settled in.

We had a near miss on the road.

What happened?

It wasn't your daughter's fault.

This man collapsed in the street right in front of us.

It was Poppy.

I missed running over him by about a foot.

Was he hurt?