A FULL-FLEDGED PANIC ON OUR HANDS. AFTER WHICH, I CAN ALL BUT GUARANTEE THAT EVERY NEW MUTANT - INCLUDING YOURSELF - WILL QUICKLY BECOME A PUBLIC PARIAH. NOT TO MENTION SHUT DOWN GENOMEX, AND RELEGATE YOU TO THE STATUS OF A TRAITOR, I'M SURE. I WANT THIS CANCER CUT OUT BEFORE IT SPREADS. YOU DO UNDERSTAND I'LL NEED THE LATITUDE TO USE EXTREME MEASURE TO RESTORE ANONYMITY. CERTAINLY. AS LONG AS YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ANYTHING SHY OF COMPLETE SUCCESS WILL MEET WITH CONSEQUENCES JUST AS DEADLY. YOU'RE PROBABLY AS ANXIOUS AS I AM TO GET A FIRST-HAND LOOK AT THE FACE-OFF AT HILLSIDE PROPERTIES. I PROMISE, THE MOMENT I SEE IT - SO WILL YOU. OFF. TELL ME YOU KNOW WHO SET US UP. NOT EXACTLY. BUT WE MAY BE CLOSER TO FINDING OUT. WE'VE BEEN TAPPING PROXY BLUE'S HOTLINE AND THE ONLY UNUSUAL CONTACT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS HAS COME FROM INSIDE A COMPANY CALLED MACKLIN EXPORTERS. THEY'RE AN INTERNATIONAL RETAIL SHIPPING FACILITY. YEAH, WELL LET'S HOPE WE'RE IN TIME TO STOP THEM FROM SHIPPING THIS PARTICULAR PACKAGE . I WANT TO KNOW WHO ORDERED THE SURVEILLANCE EQUIPMENT, AND I WANT TO KNOW NOW. WHERE DID HE THINK HE WAS GOING? HOLD ON. YOU WORK HERE? WHAT'S YOUR NAME? I'M JAY MINHOUSE. WELL, JAY, HOW'S ABOUT YOU TELLING ME EVERYTHING YOU KNOW ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AT THE HILLSIDE PROPERTIES LAST NIGHT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT. YOU SURE? BECAUSE YOUR CO-WORKERS DIDN'T SEEM TO HAVE ANY CLUE EITHER AND... I'M ABOUT OUT OF PATIENCE. I SWEAR, I DON'T KNOW. WRONG ANSWER. WE CHECKED THE OFFICE PHONE LOG. SOMEBODY'S BEEN MAKING PERSONAL PHONE CALLS TO PROXY BLUE ON THE COMPANY DIME. LAST CHANCE. PLEASE, I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH. WELL, LOOKS LIKE IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU JOIN YOUR PALS HERE. NO. NO, PLEASE. WHY DON'T YOU PICK ON SOMEBODY YOUR OWN... MY SIZE? COME ON. WHO THE HELL ARE YOU PEOPLE? WE'LL GET TO THAT, BUT WE GOT TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE. WELL, UNLESS YOU WANT TO STAY AND GET BETTER ACQUAINTED. I WANT HIM CAUGHT - AND CONTAINED. I'LL FINISH CLEANING UP HERE. WELL, AT THIS POINT WE DON'T KNOW A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN YOU. YEAH, RIGHT. WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE? OR, IF YOU DON'T MIND MY ASKING WHAT ARE YOU? I SAW YOU THROW ELECTRICITY FROM YOUR HANDS. WE'RE NEW MUTANTS. WE HAVE GENETIC ABILITIES, THEY... THEY MAKE US... MAKE US A LITTLE SPECIAL. WELL, THAT'S PUTTING IT LIGHTLY. WE HAVE REASON TO BELIEVE THAT SOMEBODY AT YOUR COMPANY HAS VIDEO FOOTAGE OF US, AND THEY PLAN ON TURNING IT OVER TO THE MEDIA. YOU GOT ANY IDEA WHO THAT IS? NO, NOT AT ALL. JAY, YOU'RE INVOLVED IN THIS SOMEHOW, YOU BETTER TELL US. YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME. I'M NOT A SPY. I SWEAR. I'M TELLING THE TRUTH. ALL I KNOW IS THAT THE ONLY REASON I'M ALIVE IS BECAUSE I WAS LATE FOR WORK. EXCUSE ME. HAVE A SEAT. LOOKS A LITTLE FREAKED OUT. YOU KNOW WHAT, I DON'T CARE. WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR GRIEF COUNSELLING. SOMEBODY IN HIS COMPANY IS TIPPING OFF PROXY BLUE. NOW IF HE HAS THE INFORMATION THAT CAN LEAD US TO THE DISC, HE NEEDS TO TELL US NOW. SO FAR, NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THAT SUDDEN EXPLOSION AT MACKLIN EXPORTERS, WHICH LEFT FIVE DEAD. IS THIS HOW YOU CONTAIN THE PROBLEM? IT SEEMS TO ME YOU'VE ONLY SUCCEEDED IN EXACERBATING OUR PREDICAMENT. THE SITUATION CALLED FOR DESPERATE MEASURES. OH, AND BY "DESPERATE MEASURES" YOU MEAN BLOWING MACKLIN EXPORTERS SKY-HIGH? WHAT'S NEXT, PUBLIC EXECUTIONS? I AM TELLING YOU, SIR, AT THE MOMENT, IT WAS THE ONLY PRUDENT MOVE TO MAKE. I STAKE MY REPUTATION ON IT. THERE APPEARS TO BE NO CONNECTION BETWEEN LAST NIGHT'S ALTERCATION AT HILLSIDE AND THE EXPLOSION AT MACKLIN. HOWEVER, IT IS A RATHER STRANGE COINCIDENCE - DON'T YOU THINK? LET'S HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT, MR. LANCHESTER. AT THIS POINT, WHAT'S AT STAKE IS FAR MORE PRECIOUS THAN YOUR REPUTATION. DAMN, I WOULDN'T WANT TO BUMP INTO THIS GUY IN A DARK ALLEY. LANCHESTER IS A NEW MUTANT WITH THE PSIONIC ABILITY TO GENERATE ------------------------------ Читайте также: - текст Похитители тел на английском - текст Дом на Трубной на английском - текст Вся королевская рать на английском - текст Перевал на английском - текст 12 на английском |