Ya know...we never saw Samantha die/turn. We all know how resourceful Datu is, this whole thing is a delicate, elaborate ruse to get Datu back to the Arena. "Smart in life, Smart in death", but not SmartER. Perhaps Ink needs Datu's human-resourcefulness, so he let loose a little one with a non-turning dose of the Zed virus to infect Datu and get him to come back to the arena and has Samatha there, alive (and human). Ink just wanted to get Datu there and have Datu work for him as a willing human rather than a Zed.


yea....that's it.