14. Ability

Complete story — includes the ending

Dr. David Robert Jones turns himself in to the FBI, having begun to suffer side effects of his teleportation. The side effects will do something terrible to Jones. As insurance, Jones developed an adhesive which causes the orifices of those exposed to it to seal up, suffocating them. A bomb containing the toxin will go off if Olivia cannot pass his tests. The first test is to shut off lights using only her mind. Jones says that this is possible due to a nootropic drug present in Olivia, one designed by William Bell and patented by Massive Dynamic. The team discovers a manuscript, which explains the letters ZFT (Zerstörung durch Fortschritte der Technologie), which is essentially a Bible to Jones and his followers. According to the manuscript, their world is in conflict with another universe. Jones wants Olivia as a "recruit" and the tests are a part of the selection process. When forced to disarm the bomb in the same manner as the test, Olivia succeeds. Jones is taken to a hospital for further observation. There, he eventually disappears leaving a hole in a wall. Later, Olivia gets confirmation from Nina Sharp that she was indeed injected with the chemical as a child. Walter realizes that the ZFT document was written with the lab's typewriter, indicating that either Walter or Bell was the author of the manifesto.