A TEENAGE
GIRL FALLS SIX STORIES,
THEN WALKS AWAY UNSCATHED.
A MAN BURSTS INTO FLAMES
WITH NO SIGNS OF BURNS.
ONE THING'S FOR SURE:
IT'S GETTING WEIRDER
OUT THERE EVERY DAY.
BUT THE TRUTH IS SPOKEN HERE.
HELP ME.
WHAT?
SMILE, LOSER.
NO NEED TO RUN ANYMORE, EMMA.
YOU'RE AMONG FRIENDS.
HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?
WAIT, WHAT'S GOING ON?
ALL YOUR QUESTIONS
WILL BE ANSWERED.
RIGHT NOW, TIME TO GO.
CHECK OUT THESE SHOTS, ADAM.
TERRIFIC. UPLINK
TO SANCTUARY DATABASE.
SHALIMAR, JESSE, GREAT WORK.
WILL SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME
WHO THE HELL YOU GUYS ARE AND
WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.
SORRY, EMMA. I'M ADAM.
AND THIS IS MUTANT X.
EMMA, YOUR ASSAILANTS
WERE MEMBERS OF A
SECURITY WING OF GENOME X,
A BIOTECH FIRM
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SECRET
BRANCH OF U.S. INTELLIGENCE.
NOW THIS IS
A VISUAL CLOAK AND...
PLEASE DON'T PANIC.
I CAN'T SEE.
IT'S ONLY TEMPORARY.
SO, WHY DO
THEY CARE ABOUT ME?
IT'S YOUR
TELE-EMPATHIC GIFT.
YOUR POWER TO SENSE
THE FEELINGS OF OTHERS AND
TO INFLUENCE THOSE FEELINGS.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
PRETTY COOL, HUH?
IS THAT WHAT I LOOKED
LIKE WHEN I FIRST SAW IT?
NO,
YOU JUST STARTED CRYING.
KIDDING.
SHALIMAR AND JESSE AND YOU
ARE ALL CHILDREN OF GENOME X.
GENOME X CONDUCTED A SECRET
HUMAN GENETICS PROGRAM WHICH HAD
THE UNFORESEEN CONSEQUENCES
OF CREATING MEN AND WOMEN WITH
SPECIAL ABILITIES LIKE
YOUR TELE-EMPATHIC POWER.
I KEEP TELLING YOU:
I DON'T HAVE ANY POWERS.
NOW, YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE
ODD STORIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT RECENTLY.
CURIOUS EVENTS, INEXPLICABLE
MYSTERIES, HUMAN ODDITIES.
YEAH, BUT I NEVER BELIEVED
THOSE STORIES WERE TRUE.
YES, ALRIGHT, SOME OF
THEM ARE FAKE, SOME OF THEM ARE
HOAXES, BUT TO AN ALARMING
DEGREE, IT'S THE CHILDREN OF
GENOME X THAT ARE
BEHIND SUCH PHENOMENA.
SO, IT'S NOT ALL ALIENS AND
CRYSTALS AND RE-INCARNATION,
HUH?
YEAH, WELL OF COURSE NOT,
YOU'VE SEEN WHAT JESSE AND
SHALIMAR CAN DO.
THERE ARE PERHAPS A THOUSAND
CHILDREN OF GENOME X. NOW, SOME
OF THEM KNOW WHO AND WHAT
THEY ARE, BUT SOME OF THEM ARE
TERRIFIED AT THE CHANGES
THAT ARE HAPPENING TO THEM.
WELL, I STILL DON'T
GET WHY YOU KIDNAPPED ME.
WELL, I PREFER
TO CALL IT RECRUITMENT.
SO, ARE YOU ONE
OF THESE CHILDREN TOO?
NO, I WAS CHIEF
BIO-GENETICIST AT GENOME X.
THERE WERE TWO
MEN AND ONE WOMAN.
THE WOMAN,
SHE ATTACKED LIKE A TIGER.
ONE OF THE MEN SEEMED TO BE
ABLE TO GO FROM INTANGIBLE TO
MASSIVE AT WILL.
AND THE SECOND MAN GRABBED
THE GIRL BEFORE WE WERE ABLE TO
GET TO HER.
THAT SOUNDS LIKE
ADAM AND HIS PEOPLE.
OUR GS AGENTS
ARE NEW AT THIS.
WELL, THEY HAVE TO GET BETTER
-- AND FAST, MR. THORNE.
YES, MR. ECKHART.
YEAH.
AH, GOOD TO GO, HUH?
DESPITE
YOUR GENETICALLY ENHANCED
ABILITIES, THE CHILDREN OF
GENOME X ARE NOT SUPER-HUMAN.
I KEEP TELLING YOU,
I DON'T HAVE ANY...
IT'S WIDELY
IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO
RECOGNIZE THE TOLL THAT
THESE ABILITIES TAKE
ON YOUR BODY, MIND AND SOUL.
SOUL?
SOUL.
THERE'S A SPIRITUAL
SIDE TO YOUR CONDITION TOO.
MANY OF THE
NEW MUTANTS ARE UNDER THE
DELUSION THAT THEY'RE GOD.
NOW, I'VE DESIGNED THIS VDD
TO DIAGNOSTICALLY CALIBRATE YOUR
GENETIC ENHANCEMENT AND TO
IDENTIFY ANY ADJUSTMENT TO YOUR
DNA THAT MIGHT BE REQUIRED,
SINCE YOUR NEW MUTANT DNA,
IT'S IN A CONSTANT
STATE OF EVOLUTION.
WELL, THAT WAS TOO WEIRD.
KIND OF LIKE HIM MYSELF.
YEAH, ME TOO.
HELPS ME GET IN
TOUCH WITH MY POWERS.
WELL, I DON'T
HAVE ANY POWERS.
AND I'M CERTAINLY
NOT A FREAK LIKE YOU TWO.
FREAK?
JESSE IS VERY SENSITIVE.
SHALIMAR IS VERY TERRITORIAL
AND VERY PROTECTIVE OF THE
PEOPLE SHE LOVES.
AND THAT INCLUDES JESSE.
CALL ME PARANOID.
BUT I FIGURE THE PARANOID
WILL INHERIT THE EARTH.
I THOUGHT YOU'D
OUTGROWN CARTOONS.
I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT ALL
THE STUFF THAT'S BEEN GOING ON
AH, IT'S CRAP.
AND THE INTERACTIVE
HOTLINE'S GOT TO BE A SCAM.
WHEN YOU TWO ARE FINISHED,
CAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW WE'RE
STEPPING UP TO
THE BIG LEAGUES TOMORROW.
THE DEAL WITH CARTER'S A GO.