During this time, Chi-lo is kidnapped by the creature, which is revealed to be a deformed, insane woman who has mistaken the boy for her son.
When the government tried to reclaim the area, a riot ensued and Chan's husband was killed in a subsequent explosion.
After her son was killed by falling debris while looking for food, Chan left the area and returned some time after the new apartment was completed.
While May tries to tell her that her son had died years ago, Chi-lo arrives and Chan takes him out of the apartment while driving back May.
Back in the complex's utility systems, Chan sees a vision of her dead husband, begging her to let go of their "home" that no longer exists.
Upon seeing a reflection of herself in the glass door of an electrical grid, she smashes it, causing a blackout throughout the entire complex.