Mutant X s03e01 Episode Script
Into the Moonless Night
WATCH HIS HEAD! I JUST WANT TO KNOW HOW HE'S DOING.
PLEASE, MISS, STAY BACK.
TALK TO ME! HE'S MY FATHER! LOOK, PLEASE, JUST LET US DO OUR JOB.
WE'RE LOSING HER! WE'RE LOSING HER! SHE'S GONE.
EMMA.
EMMA? BRENNAN, SHE'S DEAD.
LET ME THROUGH! SHE'S GONE.
EMMA! EMMA THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
WHERE'S ADAM? SCIENTIST ADAM KANE.
WAS A PIONEER OF GENETIC RESEARCH, MANIPULATING DNA TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES.
BUT, IN MANY, THEIR GENES UNEXPECTEDLY MUTATED.
THEY DEVELOPED SUPER-HUMAN ABILITIES.
* * TOGETHER FOUR OF THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHT TO PROTECT A WORLD THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THEY EXIST.
THEY ARE MUTANT X.
I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THE LAST TEN MINUTES, GUYS.
THE LOCATOR IS STILL SAYING THAT ADAM'S COMLINK IS OFF THE GRID.
WELL, THE MAIN SYSTEM AT SANCTUARY HAS BETTER SEARCH CAPABILITIES.
I THINK WE'LL HAVE BETTER LUCK THERE.
WELL, IF HE CAME OUT OF THE WATER HE COULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN TOO FAR.
IF? I'M GOING TO INCREASE THE SENSITIVITY.
HE WASN'T THERE, JESS.
MAYBE THEY TRANSFERRED HIM TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL.
NO ONE MATCHING HIS DESCRIPTION WAS TRANSPORTED.
ALIVE OR DEAD.
THIS IS LIKE A NIGHTMARE.
EXCEPT WE'RE WIDE AWAKE.
JESSE, YOU GONNA BE OKAY? OKAY? I GUESS WE SHOULD MAKE SOME ARRANGEMENTS FOR EMMA.
A FUNERAL.
YEAH.
YEAH, WE SHOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE SHE KNEW.
HER MOM.
YEAH.
I THINK I MIGHT HAVE KEPT TRACK OF WHERE SHE MOVED TO.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE SHE COULD WALK RIGHT BACK IN THAT DOOR ANY MINUTE, YOU KNOW? I KNOW.
OH I REMEMBER WHEN WE TOOK THIS ONE.
EMMA HAD ONLY BEEN HERE A COUPLE OF MONTHS.
WE WERE PICNICKING ON THE MOUNTAIN.
SHE SAID IT WAS THE BEST DAY OF HER LIFE.
SHE TOUCHED MY MIND.
SHARED IT WITH ME.
SHE ALWAYS SHARED THE GOOD STUFF.
AND KEPT THE PAIN TO HERSELF.
SORRY FOR WHAT? WHAT? FOR FEELING? OH, SHAL, WE JUST LOST ONE OF OUR BEST FRIENDS.
HEY, NOW, IF YOU WEREN'T READY TO BREAK DOWN RIGHT NOW, THEN I WOULD THINK THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU.
WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO WITHOUT HER? IT WILL JUST TAKE TIME TO GET PAST THIS, YOU KNOW, AND AND THEN WE'LL FIGURE OUT WHERE WE GO FROM THERE.
I'M GOING TO MISS HER SO MUCH.
I KNOW.
GUYS, GET IN HERE.
I GOT A HIT FROM ADAM'S SIGNAL.
WHERE? IT'S DOWNTOWN, AND IT'S MOVING.
SO ARE WE.
GIVE US AN UPDATE, JESS? HE'S HEADING NORTH ON FAIRWAY, ALMOST TO RICHLIN.
OKAY.
I'M TAKING HER DOWN.
SCAN'S SHOWING HE'S STANDING NEXT TO A IT'S A PHONE BOOTH.
FOUR O'CLOCK TO YOUR POSITION.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT? WHAT'S GOING ON? IS HE OKAY? JESS, WHAT'S HAPPENING? I'M NOT SURE.
IT'S DEFINITELY ADAM'S SIGNAL.
WHO COULD'VE DONE SOMETHING LIKE THIS? HOW SOON I'M FORGOTTEN.
ECKHART! THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
HE'S BROADCASTING OFF ADAM'S FREQUENCY.
IT WOULD BE IF I DIDN'T HAVE ADAM AND HIS CLEVER RING IN MY KEEPING.
YOU'RE LYING.
AM I? MR.
SILVA? BAD IDEA.
IF YOU DO ANYTHING STUPID, MANY, MANY PEOPLE WILL DIE.
INCLUDING YOU.
I'M ALREADY DYING.
MY IMMUNE SYSTEM WAS DESTROYED YEARS AGO.
MY ENTIRE BODY MELTING DOWN AT THE GENETIC RATE.
THIS SYNTHETIC DERMAL CASING THAT I'VE WORN IS ALL THAT'S KEPT ME ALIVE.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS BREACHED IN THE ESCAPE FROM NAXCON.
WHAT DO YOU WANT FROM US? ALL OF ADAM'S RESEARCH ON HOW TO TREAT MY CONDITION.
AND YOU'LL GET YOUR FRIEND BACK - HOPEFULLY, STILL ALIVE.
IF YOU HARM ADAM IN ANY WAY I'M GONNA RIP YOU LIMB FROM LIMB.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE TO HEAR - THE OPENING SALVO IN A NEGOTIATION.
UGH YOU REALLY SHOULD KNOW BETTER BY NOW, MR.
MULWRAY.
I'LL BE IN TOUCH.
EVEN IF WE WANTED TO GIVE ECKHART WHAT HE WANTED, THE SYSTEM WON'T JUST COUGH IT UP.
IT'LL NEED LITERALLY MILLIONS OF POTENTIAL PASSWORDS.
THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF BACK DOOR.
NO.
THE SYSTEM WOULD SENSE THE INTRUSION IN SECONDS.
IF IT SENSES THE INTRUSION AS AGGRESSIVE ENOUGH, IT'LL WIPE THE DRIVE.
WE'LL BE LEFT WITH NO USABLE DATA AT ALL.
WELL, MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION.
I MEAN, MAYBE HE SHARED IT WITH SOMEBODY.
YEAH.
UM YOU EVER KNOWN ADAM TO SHARE INFORMATION? FACE IT, GUYS.
WE'RE SCREWED.
WOW.
YOU GUYS GIVE UP EASY, DON'T YOU? WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND HOW'D YOU GET IN HERE? JESS, WHAT'S GOING ON? SHE CONTROLS THE LIGHT, JUST BENDING IT AROUND HER.
SHE STILL GIVES OFF HEAT.
YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO FOOL MY FRIENDS, BUT I CAN SEE YOU DAY OR NIGHT.
THEN HERE'S A LITTLE DAY FOR YOU.
CAN WE CONSIDER THE INTRODUCTIONS MADE AND JUST GET ON WITH IT? WHAT IS THE "IT" THAT YOU WANT? WHAT IS THE "IT" THAT I WANT? WELL, TO BE BACK HAVING DINNER WITH A DELECTABLE PAINTER NAMED MARCO ON THE ITALIAN RIVIERA.
BUT, UNFORTUNATELY, I WAS CALLED BACK HERE.
SEE, ADAM KANE'S DISAPPEARANCE HAD WORRIED A NUMBER OF POWERFUL PEOPLE AND THEY ASKED ME TO BECOME INVOLVED IN HIS RETURN.
WHY YOU? BECAUSE I HAVE A UNIQUE UNDERSTANDING OF THE SITUATION.
ALSO, ADAM AND I HAVE A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP.
BULL.
WE'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF YOU.
AND THAT MEANS? WE'D KNOW.
IF YOU KNEW ADAM AS WELL AS YOU SAY YOU DO, YOU'D KNOW HE DOESN'T SHARE ALL THE INFORMATION WITH ANY ONE PERSON.
WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE ANY OF THIS? YOU WANT TO GET INTO ADAM'S FILES? YOU'D HAVE A BETTER CHANCE IF YOU KNEW HIS PASSWORD.
MY NAME - LEXA.
SO, FIND THE INFORMATION YOU NEED AND YOU'D BETTER BE FAST.
CONNECTIONS ALWAYS SHUT YOU OUT AFTER TWENTY MINUTES.
MEANWHILE, THERE'S SOMETHING IMPORTANT I'VE GOTTA DO.
SHE'S IN.
ADAM ALWAYS KEPT STUFF AROUND FOR A LATE NIGHT SNACK.
WELL, YOU SURE MAKE YOURSELF AT HOME PRETTY QUICKLY.
THIS WAS MY HOME.
FOR TWO YEARS.
YOU LIVED HERE? YEAH.
I WAS MUTANT X 1.
0.
OR I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
I REALIZED SOMEWHERE ALONG THE WAY I WASN'T A JOINER.
OH, GOD, I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH ADAM TOLD YOU ABOUT WHAT HE WAS DOING, WHY HE WAS DOING IT, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE OUT THERE ADAM ANSWERED TO.
ADAM WORKED FOR PEOPLE? IN A WAY.
SEE, ADAM LIT THE FUSE TO A GENETIC TIME BOMB, AND THERE WERE SOME POWERFUL PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO DECIDED IT HAD TO BE PUT OUT.
THEY REALIZED THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD DO THAT WAS ADAM HIMSELF, SO THEY GAVE HIM FUNDS, ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND HOME SWEET HOME.
DON'T TRY AND TELL ME THERE'S SOME PEOPLE IN YOUR WORLD ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT SOMEBODY ELSE.
ADAM MADE A DEAL.
HE WANTED TO ESCAPE GENOMEX AND THE GSA.
YOU KNOW, CERTAIN PARTIES ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT HE MAY HAVE MADE A DEAL TO SLIP THEIR TETHER AS WELL.
YEAH, AND YOU STILL WORK FOR THESE PEOPLE.
I WORK FOR MYSELF, STUD-MUFFIN.
BUT YOU SEE, SOMETIMES MY GOALS AND THEIRS COINCIDE.
AND WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS? I SAID I'M ON YOUR SIDE.
THAT'S ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.
WHY SHOULD WE BELIEVE YOU? BECAUSE IF I WASN'T, YOU WOULDN'T STILL BE ALIVE.
ADVANCED GENETIC RESEARCH WAS NEVER MY FORTE, BUT I FOUND A DOCUMENT THAT LISTS EXPERIMENTS IN DNA, TAKEN FROM ECKHART, THAT ADAM WAS WORKING ON.
AND I CHOSE A RESULT WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT POSSIBLE THERAPIES.
ACCORDING TO THIS, ECKHART MIGHT'VE BEEN TELLING THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, THE LATER EXPERIMENTS WERE ACTUALLY SUCCESSFUL.
THEY REVERSED THE DAMAGE TO HIS IMMUNE SYSTEM.
WELL, WHY DIDN'T WE KNOW ABOUT THIS? WELL, THERE'S MORE.
ADAM WAS WORKING ON THIS ALL ALONG.
YOU'RE SAYING HE WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO HELP ECKHART? WELL, I MEAN, THAT'S THE WAY IT LOOKS.
BUT I DON'T KNOW, I MEAN, MAYBE MAYBE HE WAS TRYING TO SAVE IT AS A BARGAINING CHIP FOR THE FUTURE.
WHO KNOWS? YEAH, A FUTURE THEY'D BE DIVVYING UP IN SOME WAY.
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? DOMINANT SELECTION.
OKAY? WHO LIVES AND WHO DIES.
THAT IS THE ONLY POWER THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN.
I SAY WE SIT ON THIS INFORMATION.
WHAT ABOUT ADAM? THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT ECKHART EVEN HAS ADAM, OKAY? AND IF HE DOES, WHO'S TO SAY THAT HE'S GONNA TURN ADAM OVER ONCE WE HAND HIM THAT RESEARCH? THE MORE THAT WE LEARN ABOUT ADAM AND ECKHART'S RELATIONSHIP THE MORE IT STINKS.
THEY ALWAYS SEEMED LIKE THEY WERE SO DIFFERENT, RIGHT? THEY WEREN'T.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER THEY HAVE THE SAME AGENDA.
WE KNOW ADAM'S AGENDA.
BETTER LIVING THROUGH CONTROLLING DISEASE.
IS THAT SO BAD? SHAL, WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN THE LAST TWO YEARS? ANY TIME THAT YOU MESS WITH HUMAN GENES, YOU OPEN PANDORA'S BOX.
IF ECKHART MANAGES TO SAVE HIMSELF, HE IS GOING TO BE HARDER TO STOP THAN EVER.
THE WHOLE WORLD WILL SUFFER.
JESSE'S RIGHT.
WE MAKE THE TRADE.
OH, SINCE WHEN DO YOU GET A VOTE? SINCE I GAVE YOU THE BARGAINING CHIP.
LOOK, GUYS, I'M NOT SAYING WE JUST HAND IT OVER.
WE GO IN WITH A PLAN.
WHICH I ASSUME YOU ALREADY HAVE FIGURED OUT.
YEAH.
LISTEN.
IT'S ALL ABOUT RISK ASSESSMENT.
INFORMATION'S ON A DISK, RIGHT? NOW WE HAVE TO ASSUME THAT ECKHART'S NOT PLANNING ON GIVING UP ADAM EVEN IF HE HAS HIM.
WE ALSO HAVE TO ASSUME HE'LL TRY TO TAKE THE DISK BY FORCE.
FIRST SIGN OF EITHER, WE TOAST THE DISK, GUARANTEE IT'S USELESS TO HIM.
NOW THAT'S WHERE YOU COME IN, SPARKY.
ADAM WON'T BE FAR AWAY.
SOON AS WE HAVE HIM, YOU NEUTRALIZE ECKHART.
ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, HE'S NOT WALKING AWAY FROM THIS MEETING.
ANY QUESTIONS? I GUESS WE GO IN.
I'LL FIRE UP THE HELIX.
FOR YOUR SAKE, YOU BETTER NOT BE PLAYING US.
DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME.
JUST WORRY ABOUT ECKHART.
NICE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
I KNEW YOU'D DO THE RIGHT THING.
WELL, YOU DIDN'T GIVE US MUCH CHOICE.
I KNOW.
COME TO THE CITY-WEST CHEMICAL PLANT.
NOW THIS IS SMELLING WORSE BY THE MINUTE.
DO YOU TRUST HER? DO YOU? I'M STILL TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT.
STARE AT ME ANY HARDER, YOU'RE GONNA BURN A HOLE IN MY HEAD.
JUST TRYING TO GET A TAKE ON YOU.
YOU JUST WORRY ABOUT HOLDING UP YOUR END.
GOOD ANSWER.
RIGHT THERE WILL BE FINE.
-FULL HOUSE.
MUTANT X, PLUS ONE.
MS.
PIERCE -ECKHART I'D LOVE TO SPECULATE AT THE POLITICAL MACHINATIONS THAT BROUGHT YOU ALL TOGETHER, BUT ALAS, MY TIME IS RESTRICTED.
WELL, DON'T STRAIN YOURSELF.
YOU KNOW WHY WE'RE HERE.
INDEED.
WHAT HAVE YOU BROUGHT ME? WHERE'S ADAM? WHERE IS ADAM? BELIEF IS A FASCINATING THING, ISN'T IT? BELIEF THAT I WOULD LIVE TO CRUSH ADAM KANE IS ALL THAT SUSTAINED ME, IMPRISONED IN MY POD ALL THOSE MONTHS.
AND BELIEF THAT YOUR MENTOR IS STILL ALIVE HAS CONVINCED YOU TO BRING ME MY SALVATION.
BUT IN THIS CASE, NEITHER OF THESE TWO CONFLICTING BELIEFS CAN BE BORNE OUT AS TRUTH.
I WON'T ASK YOU AGAIN.
ALAS, I WAS DENIED THE PLEASURE OF DESTROYING ADAM.
WITH MY OWN HANDS.
YOU'RE LYING.
ADAM'S COMLINK WAS RETRIEVED FROM HIS LIFELESS BODY.
HE WAS LYING ON THE SHORE, CHARRED BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION.
IF HE IS WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO LEARN THERE'S NOTHING YOU HAVE THAT I CAN'T POSSESS? I'LL GET HIM.
UGH! NOW, STAY DOWN! YOU HEARD ECKHART.
ECKHART.
ECKHART? ECKHART'S BEEN LYING TO US SINCE FOREVER.
THEY WERE READY FOR US.
THEY EXPECTED US TO TRY AND DESTROY THE DISK.
THEY TOOK THE DAMNED THING FROM UNDERNEATH OUR NOSES.
YOU KNOW, AND I CANNOT BELIEVE THAT I WAS DUMB ENOUGH TO EVER TRUST YOU PLAN.
YOU WANT TO BE THE BOSS AROUND HERE? YOU AT LEAST NEED TO BAT HIGHER THAN A FIVE HUNDRED.
IT WAS A SOUND PLAY, ALL RIGHT? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO FUMBLED THE BALL.
WE WERE SMART, HE WAS SMARTER.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR GAMES HERE, BRENNAN.
ECKHART'S OUT THERE GETTING HIMSELF WELL.
NOW, WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG IT'S GOING TO TAKE HIM TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO IMPLEMENT THE GENE THERAPY, BUT WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE.
ECKHART GOT WHAT HE WANTED.
ADAM'S DEAD.
HE DOESN'T NEED US ANY MORE.
MAYBE THAT'S THE END OF IT.
DON'T BELIEVE IT.
YOU GUYS BETTER FASTEN YOUR SEATBELTS.
BECAUSE ONCE ECKHART'S BACK IN BUSINESS, GENOMEX, THE GSA, ALL OF IT WILL SEEM LIKE SUMMER CAMP IN COMPARISON.
YEAH? WHAT'S CHANGED? YOU'VE BEEN LUCKY.
THERE ARE OTHERS WHO WEREN'T SO LUCKY.
LITTLE PARTY FAVOUR FROM ECKHART'S PEOPLE.
YEAH.
I'M DONE.
IT'S HIGH TIME THAT I STOPPED MAKING ECKHART MY PROBLEM.
WHAT IS THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN, BRENNAN? I DIDN'T SIGN UP FOR THIS CRAP, JESS.
AND I'M DAMN SURE NOT GOING TO STICK AROUND, AND END UP BEING SOMEBODY'S LAB RAT.
REALLY? NOW WHAT DO YOU THINK ADAM WAS DOING WITH YOU ALL THESE YEARS, HUH? LAYERS AND LAYERS, BRENNAN.
YOU'RE STILL JUST SCRATCHING THE SURFACE OF WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON.
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR ABOUT IT.
AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF IT.
THERE IS NO OPTION.
YOU KNOW, I SPENT A LOT OF YEARS LIVING ON THE STREET BEFORE I KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT ADAM, OR THIS WHOLE MESS THAT HE CREATED.
I CAN EASILY DO IT AGAIN.
-OKAY, LET'S JUST NOT GET SPUN OUT HERE.
WE STILL HAVE A MISSION.
WHAT MISSION? WHAT? LIVING LIKE FUGITIVES IN THIS HUNK OF ROCK? RUNNING AROUND RISKING OUR LIVES EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR A WORLD FULL OF PEOPLE THAT WANT US DEAD, IF THEY KNEW WE EXISTED? WELL, YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM THIS, BRENNAN.
WATCH ME! AND TO HELL WITH YOU AND THOSE PEOPLE THAT YOU WORK FOR? BRENNAN! BRENNAN, WHERE YOU GOING? I NEED SOME BREATHING SPACE.
LOOK, WE NEED TO STICK TOGETHER.
WHY? HUH? SHAL, I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A GOOD GUY BEFORE I JOINED MUTANT X, BUT AT LEAST I ALWAYS PICKED A MARK WHO PROBABLY DESERVED IT.
RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE'VE BEEN FIGHTING FOR ALL THESE YEARS.
OR FOR WHO! WE KNEW! IT WAS FOR ADAM.
OH, ADAM.
YEAH, THE GUY THAT MESSED AROUND WITH OUR DNA AND LIED TO US ALL THESE YEARS? WE HAVE NO CLUE WHO HE REALLY WAS OR WHAT HE WAS REALLY TRYING TO DO.
I LOOK, I JUST NEED TO THINK.
OKAY? LOOK I UNDERSTAND YOU GIVING UP ON ADAM.
DON'T GIVE UP ON ME AND JESSE.
YEAH.
NEVER.
I DIDN'T ASK WHETHER YOU COULD DO IT OR NOT.
I ASKED HOW LONG? ASSUMING THAT ADAM KANE'S THEORIES WERE CORRECT, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO FINISH ASSEMBLING THE NECESSARY EQUIPMENT WITHIN THREE HOURS.
A ANOTHER TWO TO COMPLETE THE MODIFICATION ON THE STEM CELL QUICKENING SYNTHESIS, AND IT ANOTHER TWO HOURS OF TESTING YOU WILL READY THE CHAMBER IN TWO HOURS, AND THE SYNTHESIS WILL BEGIN ONE HOUR LATER.
THERE WILL BE -MR.
ECKHART NO TESTING.
MY TIME IS DISAPPEARING.
WITHIN THREE HOURS I LIVE OR I DIE.
DON'T DISAPPOINT ME.
I WON'T.
I WON'T.
YOU WILL BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
IF I DIE, HOWEVER, IT WON'T BE ALONE.
OKAY.
EXCUSE ME.
HELLO, TOMMY.
BRENNAN.
IT'S BEEN AGES.
WHAT? TWO YEARS? YEAH.
ABOUT THAT.
YEAH.
LISTEN, I NEED THE USUAL, MY FRIEND.
DIRTY VODKA MARTINI, STRAIGHT UP, THREE OLIVES.
YES.
SO, YOU, UH BACK TO STAY? NOT QUITE SURE YET.
THINGS ARE WELL, THINGS ARE A LITTLE COMPLICATED RIGHT NOW.
YOU, UH LOOKING FOR SOME ACTION? YEAH, COULD BE.
COULD BE.
I MIGHT NEED A STAKE TO DISAPPEAR FOR A LITTLE BIT, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
JUST LET ME KNOW IF YOU HEAR OF ANYTHING, HUH? KEEP IT.
CHEERS, BUDDY.
ANYTHING? I'VE BEEN TRACKING THE EQUIPMENT ECKHART WOULD NEED TO IMPLEMENT ADAM'S THERAPIES.
MOST OF IT'S PRETTY STANDARD ISSUE IN ANY GENE LAB, BUT IF HE'S SPECIALIZED PIECES THAT HAVE BEEN STOLEN THE LAST TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
I FIGURE IF WE FOLLOW THOSE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT WE SHOULD FIND ECKHART.
YOU WORRY ME.
WHY? BECAUSE I'M NOT IN YOUR FACE LIKE THE OTHERS? SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
GONNA JOIN MUTANT X, HUH? COULD USE SOMEONE LIKE YOU.
JUST A LITTLE WORD OF ADVICE: DON'T LET PEOPLE IN TOO EASY.
IT'S A GOOD WAY TO GET YOURSELF KILLED.
SO ADAM WAS A MAD SCIENTIST, HUH? SOMETIMES PEOPLE LET THEIR OBSESSIONS DRIVE THEM TO DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD.
IS THAT WHY YOU LEFT HIM? YOU DIDN'T TRUST HIM ANYMORE? MAYBE.
WHATEVER ADAM IS, HE TAUGHT ME GOOD IDEAS.
IDEAS THAT I'M STILL GOING TO FIGHT FOR.
ANOTHER IDEALIST.
YES.
YEAH, I I DIDN'T KNOW IF THIS NUMBER EVEN WORKED ANY MORE, BUT SOMEONE TOLD ME IF A GUY CAME INTO MY PLACE AGAIN I SHOULD CALL.
HE SAID THERE'D BE MONEY IN IT FOR ME.
THAT DEPENDS WHICH GUY.
BRENNAN MULWRAY.
YOU KEEP HIM THERE.
AND YOU'LL GET YOUR MONEY.
THEY'RE READY.
ARE YOU?
HELP ME UP.
HE'S ALONE.
NOT FOR LONG.
TAKE HIM.
IT'S ALREADY UNDERWAY.
COME ON.
AND SILVA IF THIS PROCEDURE IS NOT SUCCESSFUL, KILL THEM ALL.
AND IF IT IS SUCCESSFUL? KILL THEM ANYWAY.
NOW.
WHAT DOES A GIRL HAVE TO DO TO GET A DRINK AROUND HERE? WHAT HE'S HAVING LOOKS GOOD.
YOU'RE BRENNAN, RIGHT? AND YOU ARE? OBLIVION THE OXYGEN IS EVERYWHERE, EXCEPT IN YOUR LUNGS RIGHT ABOUT NOW.
DON'T FIGHT IT, BRENNAN.
IT'S SO MUCH EASIER JUST TO LET GO.
RUN ME A TAB, WILL YOU? MS.
PIERCE, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DRAW MUTANT X TOGETHER.
NOT TEAR THEM APART.
LOOK, I DIDN'T' SIGN ON TO RUN A GROUP THERAPY SESSION IN A MUTANT HALFWAY HOUSE, OKAY? YOU SIGNED ON TO ACHIEVE OUR GOALS, HOWEVER THEY MUST BE ACHIEVED.
THEY'LL COME BACK.
THERE WILL BE NOTHING FOR THEM TO COME BACK TO.
IF ECKHART MANAGES TO HEAL HIMSELF, HE WILL COME AFTER THE REST OF ADAM KANE'S RESEARCH.
THAT CANNOT BE PERMITTED.
WELL, AS THEY SAY AROUND HERE, YOU OPEN PANDORA'S BOX, YOU DEAL WITH THE CONSEQUENCES.
YOU CONSIDER THIS OUR PROBLEM? YOU RAN ADAM.
YOU USED HIS RESULTS.
WE WERE PARTNERS.
DON'T PLAY GAMES.
I KNOW TOO MUCH.
I'LL MAKE PREPARATIONS TO SHUT SANCTUARY DOWN.
YOU CAN STERILIZE THE FACILITY.
WHEN ECKHART ARRIVES, IT'LL BE USELESS TO HIM.
OUR STRATEGY CALLS FOR YOU TO ENSURE THAT SANCTUARY AND ITS INFORMATION REMAIN ACTIVE.
ALSO THAT MUTANT X REMAINS A VIABLE FORCE.
MEANING? WE'VE LEARNED THAT ECKHART'S PEOPLE KIDNAPPED BRENNAN MULWRAY FROM A DOWNTOWN BAR TWENTY MINUTES AGO.
MAKING HIM TALK WON'T BE EASY.
BUT ECKHART WILL MAKE HIM TALK.
YOU WANT ME TO STAGE A RESCUE.
LOOK, ADAM KANE IS PROBABLY DEAD, AND THIS WAS A TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT.
WE'VE DECIDED YOU SHOULD REMAIN.
HUH! THAT WASN'T THE DEAL.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU, MS.
PIERCE.
REMEMBER, WE CAN HELP YOU LOCATE THE PEOPLE YOU'RE SEEKING, OR WE CAN JUST AS EASILY OBSTRUCT YOUR SEARCH FOREVER.
THINK ABOUT IT.
WELL, WELL, WELL.
WHAT'S IT GONNA BE? NOT SO EASY BEING A TOURIST SOMETIMES, IS IT? BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU COULD END UP UH, NATIVE.
DO YOU ALWAYS LISTEN IN ON PEOPLE'S PRIVATE CALLS? MY FRIEND'S FATE IS AT STAKE.
OH, YEAH.
MULWRAY.
WHEN WE HAVE GUESTS, WE DO THINK OF EVERYTHING.
WHAT THE HELL DO YOU WANT FROM ME? WELL, EVERYTHING I WANT INCLUDES EVERYTHING ADAM HAD, AND THAT INCLUDES EVERYTHING HE CHEATED ME OUT OF.
I WANT SANCTUARY AND ITS INFORMATION.
-YOU'RE INSANE.
YOU WANT SANCTUARY? START LOOKING.
WHY? WHEN I HAVE YOU TO HELP ME.
MR.
MULWRAY, MUTANT X IS DEAD.
SANCTUARY IS JUST REAL ESTATE NOW.
NOW THAT'S THE FRUSTRATING THING ABOUT MUTANT X.
IT'S NOT REALLY DEAD UNTIL IT'S REALLY DEAD.
MR.
SILVA, I WANT THE LOCATION OF SANCTUARY.
ACCESS CODES, ENTRY POINTS, EVERYTHING.
LET ME GUESS: WE CAN DO THIS FAST, OR WE CAN DO IT SLOW.
NO.
I'M GONNA DO SLOW.
AGGHH! UGH!
-WHAT FRIEND? BIG GUY.
GOES BY THE NAME BRENNAN MULWRAY.
NEVER HEARD OF HIM.
-I CAN SMELL YOUR FEAR.
RIGHT NOW, YOU STINK LIKE LAST WEEK'S GARBAGE.
WHERE IS HE?! AGH! MR.
SILVA.
RESULTS? HE STAYED CONSCIOUS UNTIL JUST A FEW SECONDS AGO.
PERHAPS YOU'VE FORGOTTEN MY DISTASTE FOR EXCUSES.
MARIKA WILL TAKE HIS MIND APART UNTIL I GET WHAT I NEED.
AS WITH MOST OF HER KIND, THERE WON'T BE MUCH LEFT OF YOUR MIND AFTER SHE'S DONE WITH IT.
YOU EXPECT ME TO TALK? NO, MR.
MULWRAY, I EXPECT YOU TO DIE.
AGGH! I'M IN.
THE BARTENDER CALLED A FREIGHT BROKER BRUSSE INTERNATIONAL.
IT'S NO ADDRESS.
OUT OF BUSINESS TWO YEARS.
NAH, IT'S AN OLD GSA FRONT COMPANY.
THE ONLY THING THEY BROKER IS INFORMATION ON MUTANT ACTIVITY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT? I USED TO WORK FOR THE GSA.
OH, DON'T WORRY, IT WAS ANOTHER LIFE.
I'VE HAD A FEW OF THEM.
WELL, IT LOOKS LIKE THE FINAL SIGNAL GOES TO A CELLPHONE.
TRY TO TRIANGULATE THE SIGNAL NOW.
AND VOILA! IT'S THE OLD ABANDONED POWER PLANT ON GOVERNOR.
LET'S GO.
FOCUS NOW.
PLEASE? SHOW ME
WHAT IS THAT? WHERE IS THAT? WE NEED MORE DETAILS.
PASSWORDS? ACCESS CODES COORDINATES.
YES
A PLACE HAVE MEANT SO MUCH TO BOTH OF US.
A PLACE YOU KNEW I'D NEVER LOOK.
ENOUGH.
WE HAVE WHAT WE NEED.
KILL HIM.
IT'S YOUR TURN.
WITHOUT ADAM, YOU'RE LIKE LOST CHILDREN.
I CAN GIVE YOU PURPOSE.
I KNOW WHAT HE WAS DOING TO YOU.
I CAN HELP.
DON'T BE STUPID, BRENNAN.
ADAM WOULDN'T HAVE WANTED THIS.
ADAM'S DEAD! MULWRAY YOU WILL NOT DEFEAT ME!
WE'RE HAVING THE DEDICATION FOR ADAM AND EMMA NOW.
ARE YOU COMING? OH, I DON'T THINK SO.
THIS IS YOUR TIME.
I THOUGHT YOU AND ADAM HAD A RELATIONSHIP? LOOK, I KNOW YOU DON'T LIKE ME BEING HERE.
YOU'RE A FERAL, YOU WANT TO PROTECT YOUR TURF.
I'D SENSE IF YOU WERE A THREAT.
I DON'T FEAR YOU.
I JUST DON'T THINK I LIKE YOU IN MY HOME.
LISTEN, WHETHER WE LIKE IT OR NOT, WE'RE IN THIS TOGETHER.
GOTTA GO.
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