Warren Lewis Knowles, or Lew, is confined to a jail cell surrounded by shifty and sly neighbors. He's struggling to grasp the reality of his approaching fate—the death penalty. Convinced that the crime he committed was not worthy of death, he makes conversation with his fellow cellmates in an attempt to silence his anxieties. Unfortunately, these anxieties just echo even louder. One elderly man tells Lew that the teenager in the cell next to them has been convicted of "organlegging", a crime that involved kidnapping people and bringing them to a doctor who would kill them and remove their organs. Further terrified, Lew watches as these criminals face their deadly fate. They are killed and their organs are removed and stored for medical use.
As Lew ponders his impending capital punishment, the old man tells him that he won't have his organs removed because he has replaced the bone in his right leg with a bomb. Taken aback, Lew ducks for cover as the old man explodes, leaving blood splatters on the wall and a gaping hole in his cell. Amidst the commotion, Lew is able to squeeze out of his cell bars—freshly lubricated with blood. He makes it into the old man's cell and drops out of the hole. Lew finds himself in another connected building, that he soon realizes is a hospital. Coincidentally, it is the same hospital being used to store the organs of the deceased criminals. In rebellion, Lew begins to shatter the organ storage containers. Sirens approach, Lew is caught, and later finds himself in court. As the prosecutors deliberate, it is revealed that his original crimes were running red lights and accumulating speeding tickets.