Three people who find themselves betrayed by colleagues and supervisorsaras their lives become entangled in a race against death.  Dr. Weston Anderson, a slightly autistic research scientist, is at the center of the entanglements after he creates a virus that is accidentally exposed to the public when his fiancé's mother bursts into his lab.  The virus spreads and Anderson and his former lover, Erica, become targets of the government when his company tries to claim he purposely released the virus. As they race to stop the spread of the virus, their infant daughter is kidnapped and they must enlist the help of Caleb Phillips, an outsider hired by a senator to find out what is happening in Anderson's lab.