The Outer Limits

OFFICER TRAINING MANUAL

SECTION THREE,

SUBHEADING "GENETIC REJECTION

SYNDROME, OR G,R,S,":

A RECENT PHENOMENON

LINKED TO THE BLACK MARKET

IN GENETIC ENGINEERING

OF THE DNA OF HUMAN FETUSES

RESULTING IN TRAGIC

IRREVERSIBLE MUTATIONS,

ANOTHER G,R,S, ATTACK

FOR YOU, RAY,

WHAT DO WE GOT?

NIGHT WATCHMAN WENT

TO MAKE HIS ROUNDS,

NEVER CAME BACK,

SUPERVISOR SHOWED UP,

FOUND THE BODY,,,

IT WAS TOO LATE,

LET'S HAVE A LOOK,

EVENING, CAROLYN,

DETECTIVE VENABLE,

HOW LONG'S

HE BEEN DEAD?

JUDGING FROM TEMP AND LIVIDITY,

HALF HOUR, 45 MINUTES,

CAUSE?

CERVICAL TRAUMA,

SOMEONE WITH A LOT OF STRENGTH

SNAPPED HIS NECK,

BITE AND CLAW MARKS

ARE POST-MORTEM,

TISSUE

AND SERIOLOGY?

ALREADY ON RUSH TO THE LAB,

YOU'RE THE BEST,

YOU SAY THAT TO ALL THE GIRLS,

YEAH, RENFRO HERE,

OKAY, HOLD YOUR 20,

WE'LL BE RIGHT THERE,

THEY GOT HIM SPOTTED,

COVER THE EXITS,

THERE!

RAY, BE CAREFUL,

YOU SEE ANYTHING?

RAY!

WHAT ARE YOU, NUTS?

LET IT GO!

RAY!

HANG ON, MAN!

HANG ON, RAY!

HANG ON, RAY,

HANG ON,

LAY OFF OF HIM!

GOT HIM,

THERE IS NOTHING WRONG

WITH YOUR TELEVISION,

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST

THE PICTURE,

WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING

THE TRANSMISSION,

WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL,

AND THE VERTICAL,

WE CAN DELUGE YOU

WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS

OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE

TO CRYSTAL CLARITY,,,

AND BEYOND,

WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION

TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION

CAN CONCEIVE,

FOR THE NEXT HOUR,

WE WILL CONTROL

ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR,

YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE

THE AWE AND MYSTERY

WHICH REACHES FROM

THE DEEPEST INNER MIND

TO

-THE OUTER LIMITS,

WITH EVERY SCIENTIFIC ADVANCE

WE GROW CLOSER TO UNLOCKING

THE MYSTERIES OF LIFE

AND CREATION,

BUT WHAT HAVE WE GAINED

IF IN THE PROCESS

WE LOSE OUR HUMANITY?

THIS SUSPECT, HE'S DEFINITELY

ONE OF THESE GENETIC

REJECTION CASES?

YES, SHE'S G,R,S,

BUT BASED ON

THE LAB WORK

AND THE TEETH

AND CLAW MARKS,

SHE COULD NOT HAVE

BEEN THE KILLER,

LIEUTENANT O'NEILL,

IF SHE DIDN'T KILL THIS MAN,

WHO DID?

WE'RE WORKING

ON THAT,

HOW?

WITH YOUR FANCY G,R,S,

RESPONSE UNIT

THAT'S COST THE TAXPAYERS

HALF A MILLION DOLLARS

AND IS SO FAR

COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE?

WE CAPTURED ANOTHER ONE

LAST NIGHT,

NOT THE ONE RESPONSIBLE

FOR THIS ATROCITY,

HE'S STILL OUT THERE,

FREE TO KILL AGAIN,

THE SWITCHBOARD

AT CITY HALL

IS FLOODED WITH CALLS

FROM SCARED CITIZENS,

RADIO'S RUNNING WILD

WITH G,R,S, STORIES,

I WANT TO KNOW

WHAT EXACTLY IS BEING DONE

TO ADDRESS THIS SITUATION,

DETECTIVE VENABLE

IS OUR EXPERT

ON THE SUBJECT,

DETECTIVE,

PLEASE BRING

THE CHIEF AND COUNCILMAN

UP TO SPEED,

I'M NO EXPERT, BUT I DO KNOW

WE'RE NOT UP AGAINST

THE SAME PROBLEM WE WERE

WHEN THIS STARTED SHOWING UP

ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO,

UNDERGROUND LABS TURNED OUT

GENE-ALTERING DRUGS,

AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WORKED--

PERFECT KIDS WHO GREW UP

TO BE PERFECT ADULTS,

BUT SOMETIMES

IT RESULTED IN G,R,S, KIDS,

THEY LOOKED SCARY,

THEY HAD BAD TEMPERS

AND THEY ATTACKED PEOPLE

SOMETIMES,

A LOT OF THEM GOT CAUGHT

AND PEOPLE GOT BORED

WITH THE STORY,

BUT THE ONES THAT SURVIVED

WENT UNDERGROUND

AND THEY GREW UP,

THEIR HORMONES KICKED IN,

AND YOU CAN MULTIPLY THE THREAT

BY A HUNDRED NOW,

WE'VE GOT G,R,S, ADULTS

RUNNING AROUND,

AND THEY ARE STRONGER AND FASTER

AND SMARTER THAN EVER

AND THEY'RE GETTING BOLD,

YOU REALLY PUT

THEIR MINDS AT EASE,

O'NEILL CAN GET SOMEONE ELSE

TO TELL HIM FAIRY TALES,

BESIDES, IF I REALLY WANTED

TO SHAKE HIM UP,

I'D HAVE

SHOWN HIM THIS,

LOOKS LIKE

AN ENHANCEMENT SERUM,

DID YOU BUST A LAB?

NO, TOOK IT OFF

THE G,R,S, GIRL LAST NIGHT,

WHY DO YOU THINK SHE'D HAVE IT?

WHEN EVERYBODY

STARTED CRACKING DOWN

ON GEN-ENGINEERING,

LABS NEEDED

A NEW MARKETPLACE,

SOMEBODY HID THEM,

MAKING THIS STUFF

CUSTOM ENGINEERED

FOR ADULTS--

CATCH UP

WITH THE ONES

WHO HAD A HEAD START

IN THE WOMB,

WHAT WOULD SOMEONE WHO'S

ALREADY G,R,S, WANT WITH IT?

IN THEORY IT WORKS LIKE

A BOOSTER FOR THEM,

THEIR SYSTEMS ARE

ALREADY ALTERED,

THE SERUM JUST HEIGHTENS

THE EFFECTS,

THE STUFF WE'VE TESTED CAN BE

COUNTERACTED UP TO 72 HOURS

AS LONG AS THE TOTAL AMOUNT

INGESTED IS MINIMAL,