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Oh, my

God.

I won.

Sure did that. What about your neck, Matt? You going to be okay? I'll be

yeah.

That was a hell of a throw, Tanner. Where'd you come up with that one?

It was like I could see it move.

I could see it. It was a white light from where I was to where I had to be.

I saw it, and I went for it. I was there.

Thanks, boys.

Man was in the zone.

That's good stuff, Tanner.

Reminds me of that movie we made at Manila Elkman a couple years ago.

Well, you were still a top ten then, weren't you?

Yeah.

The tour won't be the same without Tanner Brooks.

I just hope I get a chance to go up against him one last time.

Of course.

The only way that'll happen is if we both make it to the finals.

I'll see you there.

Count on it.

How are you going to prepare for that?

Will it be a grudge match?

Hey, you look good out there. Are you okay?

Yeah.

Don't let Marcus strike out. He's just a lot of noise.

Dad, kick his butt.

Yeah, not even on my best day.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh, hi.

I wanted to congratulate you on your match today.

Thanks. If you want an autograph, you can talk to the lady out front. She'll

send you one. Oh, no, no, thanks, but I didn't come here for your autograph.

What can I do for you?

Well, um, would you like to win this tournament?

Of course I would.

You can't.

Is that right?

Mr. Brooks, I've been a fan of yours for a very long time. I've watched your

progress your entire career.

But your performance today clearly indicated to me the limits of your

I see. Yes.

Now, if you really, really want to win this tournament, you need something

extra.

Now, I've developed this treatment. That's real? And if you come down to my

office... I'll tell you what, Doc. I don't know what you're selling, but I

want to eat your snake oil, okay? I'm not talking about taking drugs. I don't

care what you're talking about.

Get the hell out of here.

Why don't you make me?

Come on. What are you afraid of?

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

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.

Please stand by.

Evolution is guided by the principle of survival of the fittest. For the human

animal, the urge to compete is ingrained in our spirit.

But in some arenas, the rules are not clear, and victory may well be an

illusion.

Loser.

I used to keep my extra bottle under the flip -flop.

Or have you checked there already?

Looking for my sneaker.

I don't want to wake you up.

Sorry.

You going to the gym?

Yeah.

You can plenty work out the day of the match.

I just thought I'd try something different, you know.

Shake things up a bit.

It can't hurt to change a little.

No, I guess it can't.

Tanner, I was thinking that, you know, between your term and my clients, we

haven't had a lot of time to spend together lately.

I think we've been doing all right, huh?

Yeah, well, I was hoping that afterwards we could get away for a while.

Afterwards?

You mean like after I lose the match?

No, I mean after the tournament. Did you see me yesterday?

Yeah. I really think I can win this one, Jess.

There used to be a time I didn't have to try to convince you that. That's not

fair, and you know it.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

But win or lose, you are retiring.

Right?

I said I would, didn't I?

You're late.

You're lucky I came at all.

What are you doing with military hardware?

Well, you can hardly buy this kind of stuff at Radio Shack.

You know, for a sports doctor, you look an awful lot like a rocket scientist.

Yeah.

Well, the defense technology transfer to the private sector is very commonplace

these days.

You know, microwave ovens came from the space program. Look, you said you had

some kind of treatment that could guarantee me to win in the octal.

Huh?

Is it legal?

It's not illegal.

How does it matter?

How does it work?

I thought you were the one that told me you weren't into drugs. Look, I've never

been on drugs.

I've been in the game a lot of years.

But I'm in top shape now. I've never felt better in my life. I don't need you

any treatment to win.

I just... You just maybe would like an edge, perhaps.

Just in case, yeah?

Yeah.

Tell me, have you ever heard the phrase,

Transcortical reflex.

Now, well, it has to do with a high -speed response to neural stimulation.

You see, when you take a nerve impulse and allow it to go much faster directly

to the cerebral cortex, it will influence involuntary muscle control.

Is it?

I'm not a doctor.

What do you say?

Would you turn that switch on for me?

Sure.

Case in point.

You see, your hand reacted before you even knew what was happening. Before

brain could process the event, the event was already passed.

You see, now my treatment accelerates the human neuromuscular system.

so that a person can comprehend and take part and react to events in a much

shorter time scale than would ordinarily be possible.

Do you mean like how baseball players say they can see the ball slow down

they hit it?

Yes, yes, exactly, exactly.

Now, my treatment results in some remarkable improvements in reflex and

times. Now, this is temporary, of course.

However, it lasts long enough to make the difference in the octal.

Hmm.

What do you get out of it?

Well, I get out of it what any couch potato armchair athlete would in

his favorite sport, a vicarious thrill.

You're going to bet on me, aren't you?

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I am.

But not for money.

Sometimes success alone is indeed its own reward.

I see.

So, Mr. Brooks.

Tell me.

Do you feel like a winner today?

What the hell is that stuff?

Oh, human nerve tissue.

Genetically engineered.

This stuff is not easy to grow.

But you see...

The energy required to accelerate you through this whole process, it's got to

come from somewhere. So what I do is I pull the energy out of the tissue, then

amplify it, and I put it back into you. The conductive fibers in this special

suit serve to equalize that effect throughout your entire body.

The hormones that you give off during intense physical effort will kick in,

trigger that reflex acceleration. So all you got to do is concentrate and let it

work for you.

Thank you.

Your health insurance paid out?

I feel pretty good today.

You won't be.

Oh, you hit the bag. What happened? I don't know what happened.

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner once

again, Hannah Brooke!

Hannah.

treatments were wearing off me. What treatments?

Who's this?

Jessica, this is Michael Chen.

He's a sports medicine specialist.

This is Brooks.

Your husband is an exceptional athlete. I'm sure you must be very proud of him.

Dr. Chen's been helping me with my training program.

How long has this been going on?

Not long.

Look, why don't you drop by the office later this evening? Perhaps we can

discuss the situation further then. That's great.

That's what I'll do. Come on. I've got to hit the showers.

I'll meet you outside.

Mr. Brooks?

Yeah. Do you think you could sign this?

Sure.

Thanks. What's your name? Douglas.

Douglas.

Thanks, man.

Hey, guys!

Check it!

I got Tanner Brooks autographed! Look out!

Kid, you all right?

Tanner! Come on, guys, let's get out of here.

Are you okay?

Give me the chance to lab.

Hurry.

If you can't do anything for him, I'm taking him to a hospital.

To see a real doctor.

Mrs. Brooks, please, try to understand.

The treatments your husband underwent, and quite by choice, I might add, were

enhance his reflexes and his coordination. Now, on occasion, there

stresses on the body, certain side effects. Side effects doesn't begin to

what I saw.

Do you remember?

Not all of it.

Man, it was like my senses were on a rubber band.

I was being snapped from one wall to the other. One place, everything was moving

real slow.

In the other place, everything was moving really fast.

Mr. Brooks, it appears that the energy from my treatments is building up in

system. It's affecting you more than just on a cellular level.

It's affecting you also on a quantum mechanical level.

What does that mean?

Well, it means that your body is shifting in and out of an entirely

quantum phase, a phase where time flows much differently than here. Can you do

anything about it?

Well, I believe the effects should dissipate on their own in due time.

It may take a little while, but in the meantime, no more treatments for you

starting immediately, all right?

Hey, Chen, you can't do that to me.

The finals are tomorrow.

There's no other choice.

Chen said this energy buildup's going to dissipate.

I can take another treatment.

I'm in great shape. I can take a hundred more treatments. Will you listen to

what you're saying?

I don't understand any of this.

You've never taken drugs before in your life. You used to feel sorry for the

players that did. It's not a drug. There's no difference.

I can't win without it.

Well, then that's something you're just going to have to accept.

That's easy for you to say.

I have spent my entire life training to be the best.

Not my best. The best.

And for the first time in my career, I can actually see it happening.

But you know what? You don't understand that.

And you never will. You know why? Because you don't know what it's like to

winner.

You don't know what it's like to be the best.

Well, I'm sorry, honey.

But you're not best.

And so what if you're not?

This game is not who you are.

Winning only lasts for a moment.

You can't build your life around a moment.

Because a moment doesn't last.

You know that I love you, right?

Of course.

Then please, forfeit the match tomorrow.

Walk away from this while you still can.

I can't do that.

I can't, Jess. That'd be pathetic.

Everybody would think I was scared. Not the people that matter. I don't want to

go out that way, okay?

You know, when I nearly drank my way out of our marriage, you helped me stop.

You stopped me from hurting myself.

I'm just trying to do the same for you.

And with the startling news of Tanner Brooks' injury just before the finals,

spoke to his opponent in the mat.

Margaret, do you think this is just bad luck?

Considering the timing of Tanner's injury, I'd say his luck's holding out

fine. Gotta be honest with you boys, I mean, look at the man's career.

It's always been second place, second best.

Never really had what it takes.

He's no different now.

Won't surprise me if he doesn't show, I mean, look at me.

Can you blame the guy if he's scared to go up against this?

Here at ringside, time is running out.

And unless Tanner Brooks reports to the arena within five minutes, by rule, the

match will be declared a four.

Tell me he's coming.

I don't know where he's going.

I don't know where he's going.

Check it first.

Yes, again.

Stay an angel, old man.

What kind of lab is this?

Why did you give my husband another treatment?

I didn't.

I got here, the locks were cut, the equipment was all on. Your husband broke

into this place last night.

Then I want to know exactly what's happened to him.

Look, the treatments were developed to improve the reaction times of fighter

pilots. There were some side effects, and the DOD decided to abandon the

project. It doesn't look abandoned to me. Their decision was premature.

My principles were sound.

And I decided to develop the treatment on my own.

All it needed was a few refinements. And a guinea pig.

The treatment works best with individuals that have a very high degree

athletic ability.

So a professional athlete was the perfect choice.

You know, you're just like my husband.

Obsessed with victory no matter what the cost.

No matter who it hurts.

Is Tanner dead?

No. I don't think so.

Mrs. Brooks.

Your husband subjected himself to power levels even higher than I've ever used

before.

My readouts indicate that the effect has probably shifted him into an entirely

different quantum phase, another time continuum, if you will.

And in that state, everything around him has to be going so slowly that seconds

to us have to seem like hours to him.

How long can he survive like that?

I have to guess that he can't last more than 10, maybe 12 hours. I mean, the

strain on his body, his cells, his metabolism has got to be absolutely

incredible. Is it supposed to be doing that?

We've got to catch this.

It is Tanner.

I thought you said he couldn't interact with anything.

The chamber is energized the same way your husband is.

It's been responding to his presence.

If you're right about what's happened to him, he may have been in that chamber

for hours just to get our attention for a few seconds.

We did not even realize we saw him.

Can you use the chamber to bring him back?

It's possible.

Even if it is.

How are we going to let him know he has to get back in there?

I'll tell him.

In person.

This treatment will shift you into the same state as your husband, at which

point you will be able to touch and interact with him.

Assuming you can find him. I think I know where he might be. Get back as

as possible. Every second counts.

Okay.

Mrs. Brooks.

I'll bring you back, I promise.

Let's do it.

That's it.

She's gone.

Not quite.

You still have to bring them back.

That depends entirely on her.

And Tanner Brooks comes up from behind.

Incredible effort.

He snags the ring.

Nice slam now.

The crowd was alive.

Tanner.

What'd you get here?

The same way you did.

I know everything's going to be okay, but... We have to get back to the lab.

Why?

Tim thinks he can reverse the process.

We got the idea from you. We saw you in the chamber when you were calling for

help.

I wasn't calling for help. I was waving goodbye.

Why?

I thought I'd never see you again.

I was in the chamber. It seemed like...

Forever, I just... Wanted to say goodbye.

Are you telling me that you don't want to come back?

You know, when I first started Chen's treatments, it was like I was

Nobody could touch me in here.

And you know what?

Nobody could.

It was easy.

It wasn't challenging.

It wasn't exciting. It wasn't dangerous.

It wasn't fun.

I managed to take the fun out of the only thing I was ever really any good

And hurt the only woman I ever really loved.

Very impressive, huh?

Tenor.

Look, I'm sorry.

I blew it.

Sometimes it's not about winning or losing.

It's about accepting what's happening.

It's not working.

What's the matter? I should have realized.

There are two of them.

What are you doing?

The system is designed for only one person.

There's not enough nerve tissue left to absorb the energy of two of them.

What are you talking about?

If I'm going to bring them back, I have to absorb the excess energy.

Please, there's plenty of time left.

On ahead.

All the bugs worked out.

Here, when they get back, give them that.

What for?

It's an explanation.

I'm so sorry.

It's cold.

I'm okay.

Here you go.

Anna.

What?

Your face.

You've aged.

Aging process.

Even though you were only there a few hours.

Felt like years.

Jen said to give you this.

I was only 30 years old.

He tested the treatment on himself.

this to myself i can deal with it hey

we'll deal with it

for

the human race life is a ceaseless competition

for power for fame even love but when the desire for victory is reduced

to winning At any cost, then we can only guarantee our defeat.