PLASTIC MAN

O'Brien climbs the polymerized stairs in giant steps.  He

is heading for Susan's lab when --

Argon's eyes snap open.

INT.  ARGON'S OFFICE

Susan wakes up as the BUILDING continues to GROAN.

She goes to the elevator but it no longer works.  She then

sees the open roof door.

INT.  HALL

Argon attacks with snake-like speed, whip-wrapping both

arms like twin boa constrictors around O'Brien's neck.

A small "gak" spits out as O'Brien feels his windpipe

pinch.

EXT.  ROOF

The helicopter BLADES begin to CHOP as Susan flings open

the roof door.

INT.  HALL

O'Brien throws himself backward against the wall, trying

to smash Argon off him, but --

Everything is polymerized.

They bounce and roll into a smaller lab, Argon wrapped

around O'Brien like a creeping-ivy vine.

O'Brien thrashes through the room, slamming into stainless

steel scientific equipment --

Only to bounce off them like they were nerf toys.

Desperate, he hurls them both at a large window but --

The polymerized glass balloons out, both bodies visible

inside the bulging bubble that --

Snaps back, slinging them across the lab and out into the

hall.

EXT.  ROOF

Susan tries to climb into the helicopter when the tower

tilts more violently than ever.

The helicopter slides out hooking its landing gear on the

guard rail, flipping up out of control, killing the

engine.

Thrown free, Susan slides toward the same edge where the

helicopter dangles precariously.

Below them is the roof of the main lab.

INT.  MAIN LAB

O'Brien falls to his knees.  He is ready to give up when

he sees something.

His face as red as his suit, his breath a tiny rasp, he

begins to crawl.

                         ARGON

          Die!  Die!  Damn you!  Why don't you

          just die!

The world spins and goes spotty as he collapses.

                         ARGON

          Yes!

But his hands keep going, cartoon fingers groping down the

hall toward --

The tank of liquid nitrogen still laying near the broken

fire extinguisher.

The hands take hold of it --

                         ARGON

          No!  Oh no!

And come rushing back like the cavalry.

Argon screams as the nitrogen sprays out, soaking his

arms, freezing them solid.

A little frosted, O'Brien slips his head free while Argon

tries to crack apart his arms.

He looks up and sees O'Brien aiming the nitrogen again.

                         ARGON

          No.  O'Brien!  Don't!  Please!

O'Brien lets him have it, full frosting blast.

He grabs hold of him and with two huge steps bursts into

Susan's lab.

INT.  SUSAN'S LAB

The room pulses with a seething sense of sickness as

everything turns to gray slime like a rotting banana

turning brown.

Fluorescent lights drip like stalactites from the drooping

drop-ceiling.

Equipment hangs like swamp-moss, or sits in puddles like

melting chocolate.

The center of the room is a crater, the floor sagging

limply like a wet napkin.

At the bottom of the crater where the assembler tank used

to be is a pond of pale glowing goo.

Argon cracks his jaw loose.  They stand at the edge of the

crater.

                         ARGON

          Please, O'Brien, don't do this to

          me!  I'll give you anything you want!

                         O'BRIEN

          Yeah, I'm going to finish what you

          started --

O'Brien sees the finger slither out like a black tentacle

around his leg.  O'Brien slips free and --

Hurls Argon out over the crater.

Argon screams as his finger reaches for the soft pipes

above the drop-ceiling.

The finger finds a hold just before Argon hits the white

pool.  He bounces, dangling above it.

                         ARGON

          You can't do this!  You owe me,

          O'Brien.  I made you plastic!  I

          made you!

                         O'BRIEN

          That's right.  And making me was the

          biggest mistake you ever made!

O'Brien's hand sears at us shaping into a huge pair of

scissors.

Argon screams as the scissors clip through the finger

strand --

Dropping Argon into the pond of moon-milk.

Almost immediately there is an reaction.

The pool sizzles and begins to swell into a single

volcanic bubble.

O'Brien whirls and runs.

EXT.  ROOF

Susan carefully slides to the edge, reaching out to help

Poppy.

                         SUSAN

          Grab my hand!

INT.  CONSERVATORY

The building is shaking as Nebbleman wakes up.

INT.  LAB

The bubble continues to swell.

INT.  HALL

O'Brien races through the rubbery hall.

EXT.  ROOF

Poppy is struggling to get out of the safety harness

when --

INT.  MAIN LAB

The bubble bursts.

INT.  HALL

The force of the blast launches O'Brien into the air and

he recoils tucking himself into a ball --

Super-bouncing down the hall.

EXT.  ROOF

The building shivers from the explosion and the helicopter

pitches back.

Swinging out from Susan who loses her balance and slips.

INT.  SUSAN'S LAB

The chain reaction spreads out from the crater as

molecules shift, rebounding, changing into an ionic

solid --

Like blown glass that is cooled too quickly --

Shivering with the sound of CRACKING ICE FLOES.

EXT.  ROOF

The tower tips again, ready to fall at any moment.

Susan clings to the rail while inside the helicopter Poppy

is no longer struggling.