Before Lena’s eyes Ventress’ form comes apart, and we see the energy that remains absorb blood from a cut on the protagonist’s face.
She finds the hole that was created by the crashing meteor that brought The Shimmer, and follows it down into the ground.
Like Kane, Ventress has lost herself within The Shimmer, recognizing the deterioration her body and mind, and dubs the spread of the extraterrestrial force, “Annihilation.”
It’s in a cavern that she finds Dr. Ventress (Jennifer Jason Leigh) sitting and muttering to herself.