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ARE YOU SURE YOU SAW THESE
RUSSIANS FOLLOWING YOU?
'TIL I LOST THEM
THIS MORNING AT THE DEPOT.
YOU'RE CERTAIN THEY
SAW YOU USE YOUR ABILITIES?
I MEAN, THERE'S NO
WAY THEY COULD'VE MISSED IT.
I WAS UNDERWATER
FOR TWENTY MINUTES.
IN THAT CASE, WE REALLY
OUGHT TO GET OUT OF HERE.
COME ON, TINA, I'LL
TAKE YOU SOMEWHERE SAFE, OKAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
I MEAN, I'VE HEARD WEIRD
STORIES ABOUT THE UNDERGROUND.
DETECTION WORKS.
BUT WE ARE STILL
OUT OF RANGE TO NEUTRALIZE.
WHO KNOWS
THIS BETTER THAN I?
TINA, LOOK AT ME.
NOW, DO I LOOK LIKE THE
KIND OF GUY THAT'D HAVE
ANYTHING TO
DO WITH SOMETHING
SOMETHING WEIRD, HUH?
NO.
NOW, WHAT DO YOU SAY WE ALL
TAKE A WALK AND GET IN THE MV?
COME ON.
BOZHEMOI,
ANOTHER ONE.
IT'S WORKING.
JESSE, GET TINA
IN THE MV, NOW.
YURI.
YURI, COME ON.
GET UP.
GET IN.
I LOST MY POWER.
GET HIM IN, LET'S GO.
LIE STILL, BRENNAN.
SCAN'S COMPLETE.
HOW YOU DOING?
FINE.
OW!
OKAY,
THIS REALLY SUCKS.
THAT GUN, IT
FIRED SOME SORT OF
WEIRD LASER BEAM THING AT ME.
ADAM SAID IT WAS
SOME KIND OF PARTICLE BEAM
THAT BLEW YOUR DNA OUT OF WHACK.
IS THAT WHAT HE SAID?
NOT IN SO MANY WORDS.
I'LL JUST BET.
DID YOU GE A LOOK AT THE WEAPON?
NO,
I DIDN'T SEE MUCH.
I'M PRETTY SURE
THEY DIDN'T SEE ME.
I GUESS THEY BLEW
UP BRENNAN'S CHARGE
TEMPORARILY, HUH?
I'M AFRAID IT'S DONE MORE THAN
JUST NEUTRALIZE HIS POWER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I WON'T KNOW
THE DAMAGE UNTIL I'VE
GONE OVER THE SCAN.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
IF ANYONE'S
RESPONSIBLE, IT'S ME.
THAT'S CRAZY.
WELL, NO MORE
CRAZY THAN YOUR GUILT.
CAN YOU TELL
ME ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?
IT WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN.
TINA SAID THEY WERE RUSSIANS.
RUSSIANS?
PUSHKA H5B7, ALL FILES.
IS THIS THE WEAPON?
YEAH, IT COULD BE.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN' GET A VERY GOOD LOOK AT IT.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S TOP SECRET RUSSIAN
MILITARY ORDINANCE, CIRCA 1980.
IT'S A DEVICE INTENDED TO DETEC AND NEUTRALIZE NEW MUTANTS.
THE GUN'S DESIGN SCHEMATICS,
DIRECT FROM THE KGB.
LOOK,
ACCORDING TO THIS,
THE WEAPON CAN REVERSE
THE NEUTRALIZATION PROCESS.
SO WE'VE GO TO GET THE WEAPON.
YES.
BUT THERE'S A FAIL-SAFE,
IN CASE SOMEONE
LIKE US GETS A HOLD OF IT.
WITHOUT THE PRECISE
TRIGGERING SEQUENCE,
THE WEAPON SELF-DESTRUCTS.
AND WITHOUT THE REVERSAL
PROCESS, BRENNAN WILL DIE.
I'M GOING TO GO
SEE HOW BRENNAN'S DOING.
ANSWER?
ADAM, I'M WITH THE FAMILY.
SHALIMAR, WHAT'S GOING ON?
WELL, I GOT TO TELL
YOU IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.
I MEAN, TINA'S AT THE TABLE,
BUT THEY'RE ALL JUST SITTING
AROUND STARING AT EACH OTHER.
EVERYBODY SMILES
TOO MUCH, NOBODY'S TALKING.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
WHAT DO I KNOW
ABOUT FAMILY THERAPY?
YOU HAVE A FAMILY, DON'T YOU?
YEAH, BUT
WELL, THAT'S ALL
THE TRAINING YOU NEED.
STEAK TARTARE?
NO, THANKS.
I MAY BE FERAL, BUT I DO
PREFER MY MEAT MEDIUM-WELL.
OH.
MR.
ECKHART.
YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.
ALL THAT WORK AND STRESS.
I HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR
YOU, THE PLANS FOR THE PUSHKA.
ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS.
YOUR FATHER'S WEAPON
WAS AN EMBARRASSMEN TO YOUR GOVERNMENT,
A HUMILIATION WHICH LED TO HIS
UNTIMELY DEATH IN THE GULAG.
I PROMISED YOU TWENTY THOUSAND
FOR EACH NEW MUTANT THAT YOU
COULD BRING ME, NEUTRALIZED.
THE PUSHKA H5B7 WORKS.
OH.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
WHERE ARE THESE NEW
MUTANTS THAT YOU BROUGHT ME?
WE HAD A GLITCH
IN OUR OPERATION.
I'M BUSY.
YOUR MANNERS HAVE
DETERIORATED WITH YOUR WHITE
CELL COUNT, MR.
ECKHART.
EVEN WITH OUR GLITCH,
WE MANAGED TO NEUTRALIZE
AN ELECTRICAL NEW MUTANT.
AND WHERE IS HE?
HE GOT AWAY BU THE PUSHKA GOT HIM.
IT DID.
I SWEAR ON MY FATHER'S GRAVE.
DOSVEDANYE, MR.
ECKHART.
YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH
ME IF YOU WANT TO CHA ABOUT ANYTHING FURTHER.
I'M A TELEKINETIC,
AND CAROLINE REGARDS MY
ABILITIES AS PRETTY WILD.
WELL, I'LL GET DESSERT.
SO I GUESS A
FERAL NEW MUTANT'S A WHOLE
NEW BALL GAME FOR HER, HUH?
CAROLINE WAS
VISITING HER MOTHER.
THE ONLY TIME WE
HAD A FERAL IN THE HOUSE.
THE ONE WE PLACED
WITH THE STEWARTS.
THAT OUGHT TO BE CLASSIFIED.
ADAM TRUSTS ME,
AND I TRUST MY SON.
I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM.
SO WHAT ABOUT YOU, DANIEL?
ANY NEW MUTANCY?
I TAKE AFTER MY MOTHER.
AS NORMAL AS CAN BE.
CHOCOLATE FONDUE
FOR FIVE, EVERYBODY.
THINK OF IT AS CATCHING
YOUR DESSERT WITH A FORK.
I'M BURNING UP HERE.
IT'S YOUR SYSTEM'S REACTION
TO THE NEUTRALIZATION.
I GOTTA GO GET THAT WEAPON.
THE MORE YOU MOVE
AROUND, THE FASTER THE
NEUTRALIZATION SPREADS.
LIE STILL.
WE HAVE TO STABILIZE YOU.
NO, NO, I'M STABLE ENOUGH.
IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY, BRENNAN.
I'VE GOT TO GO.
IT'S TIME FOR
A LITTLE SERENITY.
ADAM,
WE CAN SAVE HIM RIGHT?
HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO
BUY HIM ALL THE TIME WE CAN.
JESSE'S GOING
TO FIND THE WEAPON.
WHAT'S THAT?
SOMEONE CALLING GENOMEX
FROM ONE OF OUR SAFEHOUSES.
I'VE ALREADY GO A TRACE ON THE SYSTEM.
SAFEHOUSE COMPROMISE?
ECKHART HERE.
CAN I HELP YOU?
ECKHART?
I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THE
WHEREABOUTS OF TWO NEW MUTANTS.
IS THAT SO?
ONE IS MY FATHER.
THE OTHER IS A NEW MUTANT PLACED
HERE YESTERDAY BY MUTANT X.
THAT WEASEL.
I'M LISTENING.
I WAN A FACE-TO-FACE.
WE'LL GET BACK TO YOU.
I HELD HIM IN MY ARMS
WHEN HE WAS A BABY.
CAN I ASSUME
YOU CALLED WITH GOOD NEWS
IN REGARD TO MY PROPOSAL?
I HAVE AN INFORMANT WHO'LL LEAD
YOU TO A FAMILY OF NEW MUTANTS.
BUT I DON' WANT THEM DEAD.
THAT DEVICE INSERTS
A SUBDERMAL GOVERNOR,
SO THAT YOU'LL BE
ABLE TO CONTROL THESE NEW
MUTANTS WHEN YOU FIND THEM.
BUT THIS WON'T BE NECESSARY.
WE HAVE THE PUSHKA.
OH, YES, OF COURSE.
PUSHKA.
ISN'T THAT RUSSIAN FOR
"COLOSSAL ERROR IN JUDGMENT?"
I'VE SOLVED
THE PUSHKA'S PROBLEMS.
THAT'S WONDERFUL.
TAKE IT ANYWAY, JUST FOR ME.
THE BOUNTY?
TWENTY THOUSAND
EACH, AS WE DISCUSSED,
PROVIDING THAT YOU BRING THEM
TO ME NEUTRALIZED AND ALIVE.
THEN WE'LL DISCUSS A CONTRACT.
OF COURSE, I FULLY
EXPECT TO BE DISAPPOINTED.
SINCE, AS I RECALL, THE PUSHKA
NEUTRALIZES NEW MUTANTS AND
THEN DISINTEGRATES THEIR
INTERNAL ORGANS CELL BY CELL,
UNTIL THEY'RE DEAD.