BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES.
I READ YOU
LIKE A BOOK.
AND I'M NOT TALKING
ABOUT PSIONICS.
IN THAT CASE,
YOU KNOW EXACTLY
WHAT'S ON MY MIND.
OH YEAH.
I KNOW THAT LOOK.
THAT'S YOUR
I-HATE-MYSELF-FOR-WHAT-I'VE-DONE
-TO-THESE-POOR-NEW-MUTANTS LOOK.
AH, IT'S MORE
COMPLICATED THAN THAT.
WELL,
IT'S AS SIMPLE AS "THAT
WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW".
COME ON,
YOU PROTECTED THOSE PODS
AND THE GOVERNORS TO
PROTECT THE
WORLD FROM A MONSTER.
RIGHT,
BUT I GAVE ANOTHER MONSTER
THE TOOLS THAT HE NEEDED
TO CREATE AN EMPIRE.
WOULD YOU CUT
YOURSELF SOME SLACK?
YOU'RE NOT
A FORTUNE TELLER.
NOBODY COULD HAVE KNOWN
WHAT ECKHART WAS PLANNING
- AND DON'T TELL
ME YOU SHOULD HAVE.
ALRIGHT, THEN, I'LL
JUST KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT.
GOOD.
SO,
BRENNAN AND I ARE GOING TO
GO PRACTICE AT A SAFEHOUSE.
HE'S AFRAID OF
BREAKING SOMETHING HERE.
HUH.
I SUPPOSE I
SHOULD BE GRATEFUL.
SO,
THIS NEW MUTANT ASHLOCK,
YOU SAID HE WAS THE MOST
POWERFUL ONE
YOU'VE EVER KNOWN.
WHAT IS HE?
ELEMENTAL, MOLECULAR,
FERAL, OR PSIONIC?
TRY ALL OF THE ABOVE.
SO YOU BETTER
GET THESE NEW POWERS
OF YOURS UNDER CONTROL.
OR WE'RE ALL
TOTALLY SCREWED.
WE'RE DOING THE
BEST WE CAN, SIR.
NO, I'M NOT SEEING
THE KIND OF TIMELY RESULTS
I HAD ANTICIPATED, DR. HARRISON.
WE HAVE SEVERAL LEADS, BUT
NOTHING CONCRETE AS TO WHO MIGHT
HAVE BEEN IN LEAGUE
WITH MS. FORTIER.
YES, AND MEANWHILE I'VE GOT A
RENEGADE NUMBER TWO OUT THERE,
PLOTTING WHO-KNOWS-WHAT WITH
A POTENTIALLY MONSTROUS ANOMALY.
WE'VE BEEFED UP SECURITY AT
EVERY LEVEL, AT EVERY SHIFT.
YOU BETTER PRAY
THAT THAT IS ENOUGH.
BECAUSE IF YOU THINK THAT ADAM
AND HIS PACK OF SUPER-POWERED
HOODLUMS WERE A PAIN IN THE ASS,
GABRIEL ASHLOCK GIVES
NEW MEANING TO THE TERM.
I HEARD YOU TRIED
TO LEAVE THE STRAND.
I STARTED TO THINK THAT
YOU WERE NEVER GOING
TO COME BACK TO US.
I'VE ALWAYS
HAD TROUBLE WITH FAITH
IN WHAT I COULDN'T SEE.
THAT CAN BE A PROBLEM.
BUT THINK OF IT THIS WAY:
I WASN'T ASLEEP ALL
THOSE YEARS IN THAT POD.
I WAS AWARE OF EVERYTHING.
THAT'S HORRIBLE.
BUT FAITH IN ALL
OF YOU IS WHAT SUSTAINED
ME THROUGH THOSE YEARS.
TO USE MY POWER TO PROTECT
THE GIFTED FEW AGAINST
THE CLUELESS MASSES.
WE HAVE TO LEARN
TO LIVE ALONGSIDE THE
AVERAGE MAN AND WOMAN.
I THINK
IT'S TIME THE AVERAGE
MAN AND WOMAN LEARNED
TO LIVE ALONGSIDE US.
YOU KNOW THOSE
YEARS IN THE POD...
THEY WERE
INCREDIBLY LONELY, KELLY.
WHAT ABOUT MORGAN?
WHAT ABOUT HER?
AM I TO KEEP
MY GIFTS TO MYSELF?
JUST AS IT'S SELFISH TO KEEP
OUR GIFTS TO OURSELVES ALONE.
WE HAVE TO BRING
ALL THE CHILDREN OF
GENOMEX INTO THE STRAND.
BUT WHERE TO START?
I THINK I HAVE AN IDEA.
WELL, ONE MORE TIME,
THERE'S TROUBLES
OUT THERE IN THE REAL
WORLD AND WE'RE STILL
PRACTICING ON EACH OTHER
- IN HERE.
YOU'RE STARTING
TO GET BORING, JESS.
COME ON,
YOU HEARD ADAM.
WE GO UP
AGAINST THIS ASHLOCK GUY
UNPREPARED AND WE'RE DEAD.
NOW AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO
BE PRACTICING YOUR THING TOO?
YEAH, I'M SUPPOSED
TO BE PRACTICING.
BUT EVER SINCE
THE STAIRS INCIDENT,
I'M NOT
ALLOWED TO PRACTICE
IN HERE ANYMORE.
EUGH...
EMMA?
 COME ON,
I'M JUST PLAYING AROUND.
YOU HAVE A FUNECTOMY OR WHAT?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW WHAT TO TELL YOU.
EVERYBODY ELSE
SEEMS TO BE GETTING A
HANDLE OF THE NEW THING
AND I'M NOT EVEN CLOSE.
AND DON'T TELL ME I'M TRYING
TOO HARD, BECAUSE SHALIMAR'S
ALREADY GIVEN ME THE
"GO WITH THE FLOW" SPEECH, OKAY?
FARTHEST THING
FROM MY MIND.
YOU KNOW,
THE FACT IS I THINK
YOURS IS THE TOUGHEST.
I MEAN,
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE
WHOLE WORLD AROUND YOU, RIGHT?
AND SINCE I'M HAVING SO
MUCH FUN WITH MY NEW THING,
I WOULD BE GLAD TO
HELP YOU OUT WITH YOURS.
COME ON. COME ON.
YOU ALMOST
DODGED THE LAST ONE.
YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT?
ALMOST DOESN'T COUNT.
AH, DON'T WORRY.
ONCE YOU GET A HANDLE ON YOUR
LATEST THING, WE'LL BE EVEN.
LEMME BUY YOU A DRINK.
WHO'S IN
CHARGE OF RESTOCKING?
JESSE.
YEAH, WELL, HE DIDN'T.
THIS IS IT.
WELL,
I'LL SPLIT IT WITH YOU.