THE METRE.
IT IS IMPERATIVE
THAT YOU BRING HIM
INTO CUSTODY IMMEDIATELY.
I PROMISE YOU, SIR,
HE'LL BE BACK AT GENOMEX
BEFORE YOU KNOW IT.
HEY. I HOPE I'M
NOT INTERRUPTING.
NO, I'VE JUST
BEEN TRYING TO RELAX
FOR THE LAST HOUR.
GOOD, BECAUSE THE
WEIRDEST THING JUST HAPPENED
TO ME AT THE SAFEHOUSE.
AND JUST THINK,
IF I WOULD HAVE HAD
A COUPLE MORE MINUTES,
I MIGHT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RELAX.
OOH, I'M SORRY.
I JUST TRULY THOUGHT
I SHOULD TELL
SOMEBODY ABOUT THIS.
SO TELL US.
OKAY.
I MET THIS GIRL.
WHY DO ALL OF YOUR STORIES
SEEM TO START LIKE THAT?
IT'S NOT THAT
KIND OF A STORY, EMMA.
SHE JUST SHOWED
UP AT THE SAFEHOUSE,
HANDING OUT THESE FLYERS
TO SOME ORGANIZATION.
WHAT,
LIKE A NEW MUTANT CLUB?
THE STRAND.
"AN ORGANIZATION OF GIFTED
MEN AND WOMEN SEEKING THEIR
RIGHTFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD."
YEAH, SHE'S CALLING IT AN
ALTERNATIVE TO MUTANT X.
YOU TELL ADAM ABOUT THIS?
NAH, NOT YET.
HE'S BEHIND
CLOSED DOORS.
WE BETTER WAIT
TILL HE GETS OUT TO
BRING HIM UP TO SPEED.
WELCOME HOME, GABRIEL.
WHEN YOU'RE RESTED,
WE'RE READY TO WORK.
RESTED?
I'VE BEEN IN
A GENOMEX-INDUCED COMA
MY ENTIRE ADULT LIFE.
I'LL GET ALL THE REST
I NEED WHEN I'M DEAD.
I CAN'T THANK
ANY OF YOU ENOUGH.
ARGH.
BRENNAN.
OH MY GOD, I'M SORRY.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YEAH, I THINK SO.
WHAT THE
HELL WAS THAT?
YOU DIDN'T
EVEN LOOK AT ME.
I HAVEN'T GOT A CLUE.
IT'S LIKE I KNEW YOU
WERE THERE AND EVERY BLOCK
JUST KIND OF AIMED ITSELF.
KIND OF LIKE YOUR ABILITIES
GOT KICKED UP A NOTCH?
BAM.
IT'S KIND
OF LIKE I HAD EYES IN
THE BACK OF MY HEAD.
YEAH.
YOU MIGHT HAVE
JUST EXPERIENCED YOUR
OWN VERSION OF WHAT
HAPPENED TO BRENNAN YESTERDAY.
ADAM!
ADAM!
THERE'S SOMETHING
WRONG WITH EMMA.
ADAM,
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?
I CAN'T STOP IT.
ARGH.
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?
I'M SORRY.
THAT'S ALRIGHT, YOU
DID THE RIGHT THING.
SHE'S ALRIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT HAPPENED, ADAM.
THAT'S ALRIGHT, JESS.
YOU KNOW,
WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER.
NOW I GOT TO FIGURE OUT
HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL.
WELL, YOUR BLOODWORK CONFIRMS
WHAT I'VE SUSPECTED FROM WORD
ONE, WHICH IS THAT
YOU'RE ALL EXPERIENCING WHAT
I CAN ONLY CALL A...
NEW MUTANT GROWTH SPURT.
A GROWTH SPURT?
WELL,
THAT'S INTERESTING, BECAUSE
ALL OF A SUDDEN I'M ROCKET
BOY, AND SHALIMAR'S GOT EYES
IN THE BACK OF HER HEAD,
JESSE'S PHASING
STAIRWELLS AND EMMA'S
GOT A MENTAL BAZOOKA -
AND THAT'S
A GROWTH SPURT?
YEAH.
HOW ARE YOU STAYING SO
CALM, COOL AND COLLECTED
THROUGH ALL THIS?
REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE A KID
AND YOU WERE FIRST GETTING A
HANDLE ON YOUR POWERS?
YEAH.
YEAH,
I HAD A FEW
PROBLEMS AND...
CAUSED A FEW
PROBLEMS TOO.
YEAH,
BUT THEN EVENTUALLY - LIKE
WHEN YOU LEARNED TO WALK
AND TALK - IT ALL
BECAME SECOND NATURE, RIGHT?
YEAH, I GUESS I GOTTA TAKE
WHAT SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM
AND MAKE IT A SOLUTION.
AND THEY CALL ME A GENIUS?
YEAH.
HOW ARE THE OTHERS?
FINE.
SHALIMAR'S FINE,
JESSE AND EMMA
ARE SLEEPING IT OFF.
YEAH.
I DIDN'T HURT HER, DID I?
SEE, BUT THAT'S
THE THING: YOU USED
EXACTLY THE RIGHT AMOUNT
OF FORCE;
WHICH MEANS THAT YOU'RE
CLOSER TO GETTTING THIS
THING UNDER CONTROL
THAN YOU THINK.
I'M SO GRATEFUL
- TO ALL OF YOU
- FOR KEEPING MY DREAM ALIVE.
ECKHART HAS PUNISHED US.
BY INVADING OUR
BODIES AND OUR MINDS.
NOW THEY WANT TO USE US...
AS WEAPONS OF DESTRUCTION
- AGAINST OUR OWN KIND.
I'M NOT HERE TO TELL
ANYONE - AVERAGE OR GIFTED
- HOW TO LIVE.
I'M TALKING
ABOUT A FELLOWSHIP...
OF LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS
- FROM GSA POWER TRIPS.
NO MUTANT X INVISIBILITY.
JUST LIFE...
AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED.
WOW. NICE MOVES.
BAD ENOUGH THAT
YOU ALMOST TOOK ME OUT
WITH YOUR BACK TURNED,
BUT NOW YOU'RE KICKING
THE CRAP OUT OF SILENT
HOLOGRAMS BLINDFOLED?
WELL, ISN'T
THAT JUST SPECIAL?
YEAH,
WELL, I WISH I COULD
TAKE CREDIT FOR IT,
BUT IT KIND OF JUST HAPPENS.
WELL,
THAT'S FRUSTRATING.
I CAN'T
EVEN GET A HANDLE
ON MY "NEW THING",
AND YOU'RE
ALREADY USING YOURS
IN SIMULATIONS?