MUTANT THAT
WE'VE GOT TO FIND BEFORE
THE GSA DOES,
FOR HIS SAKE AND OURS.
IS IT JUST ME OR IS THIS
KILOHERTZ GUY TOO MUCH OR WHAT?
A DOZEN COUNTS OF ELECTRONIC
VANDALISM IN A WEEK AND
COUNTING,
A MILLION E-MAILS REROUTED
TO NEVER BE SEEN AGAIN...
THE GUY'S A RIOT.
I KNOW WE BELIEVE
EVERYTHING WE'RE TOLD...
MUTE.
YOU SEEN
THE MESSAGE PORTS?
LOOKS LIKE EVERYBODY IN THE
WORLD'S BENDING OVER BACKWARDS
TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW HE DOES IT.
YEAH, WELL, EVERY NEW
MUTANT KNOWS THE TRUTH.
IT'S A THREAT TO
EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING.
WELL, YOU DON'T
HAVE TO CONVINCE ME.
HE ALMOST GOT
ME AND JESSE KILLED.
AND HE'S CAUSING TROUBLE
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING
TO DO WITH NEW MUTANTS TOO.
A HIGH SCHOOL FRESHMAN
WAS BEATEN INTO A COMA BY THREE
STUDENTS WHO
DECIDED HE WAS A FREAK.
HOSPITALS HAVE LOST
POWER DURING HIS LAST RAMPAGE.
YEAH, WELL, LUCKY THE
EMERGENCY GENERATORS KICKED IN.
YOU KNOW, AND THE TRAFFIC
ACCIDENTS HE'S CAUSED BY EATING
THE POWER GRID, THAT'S
NOT WON HIM MANY FRIENDS.
PART OF ME THINKS THAT
HIS RANTS ARE A CRY FOR HELP.
THAT'S NOT HELPING
THE PEOPLE THAT HE'S HURT.
YEAH, AND SOONER OR LATER,
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO REALIZE
WHAT HE REALLY MEANS BY "FREAK".
IT'S NEW MUTANTS WHO'LL
TAKE THE HEAT FOR THAT.
I ASSUME YOU'VE HEARD
ABOUT THIS KILOHERTZ,
MR. RENFIELD, AND HIS
INVASION OF THIS FACILITY?
IT'S ALL ANYONE AT THE ACADEMY'S
TALKING ABOUT, MR. ECKHART.
ALLOWING HIM TO
CONTINUE TO OPERATE COULD
BE A DISASTER FOR THE GSA.
THE MINUTE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC GETS AN IDEA OF THESE
ANOMALIES OUT
THERE, OUR WORK GETS
HARDER - AND UGLIER.
I MEAN, THE LAST THING
WE WANT IS PUBLIC KNOWLEDGE
OF THESE MONSTROSITIES.
IT'S BAD ENOUGH
THESE SUPER-POWERED
FREAKS ARE OUT THERE
JUST WAITING TO AMBUSH THE
STATUS QUO, BUT TO HAVE THIS
ANARCHIST ELECTRONICALLY
INVADE THIS FACILITY AND WREAK
ELECTRONIC HAVOC AT WILL...
WELL WE
HAVE TO STOP HIM.
I UNDERSTAND
COMPLETELY, SIR.
I SEE YOU'RE
IN YOUR FINAL SEMESTER.
I SEEM TO RECALL
THAT YOUR INDOCTRINATION
HAD ITS PROBLEMATIC SIDES.
GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START,
SIR, BUT ONCE I REALIZED
EVERYTHING THE GENETIC
SECURITY AGENCY HAS TO OFFER...
AND EVERYTHING YOU AND YOUR
POWERS HAVE TO OFFER THE GSA.
IT'S RARE THAT SO RAW A RECRUIT
IS PRESSED INTO EARLY SERVICE.
EARLY SERVICE?
YOU MEAN A FIELD
ASSIGNMENT, SIR?
YES, I'VE COME TO BELIEVE
THAT A MAN OF YOUR PECULIAR
TALENTS COULD BE A
BOON TO US ON THIS MANHUNT.
I'M HONOURED, SIR.
WE'VE TRACKED THE SIGNAL TO
SEVERAL POSSIBLE SOURCES AROUND
THE COUNTRY AND WE'VE DEPLOYED
AGENT TEAMS TO INVESTIGATE.
THESE ARE YOUR FCC CREDENTIALS.
SEE WHAT YOU
CAN UNCOVER AT WXTV.
THANK YOU, SIR.
I WON'T LET YOU DOWN.
PRETTY SCARY-LOOKING,
IF YOU ASK ME.
AH, HE'S JUST
A NEW MUTANT TRYING TO GET A
HANDLE ON HIS NEW ABILITIES.
HE'S SCARED.
YOU CAN BE THAT SYMPATHETIC
EVEN AFTER HE ALMOST
KILLED YOU AND SHALIMAR?
IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
YEAH, WELL THAT DOESN'T MEAN
YOU WOULDN'T KICK THE CRAP OUT
OF HIM IF GIVEN HALF THE CHANCE.
YEAH.
SYMPATHY'S ONE THING BUT THIS
GUY'S DEFINITELY ASKING FOR
SERIOUS WHOOP-ASS.
OH, HEY, TOUGH GUY.
ARE YOU READY?
YEAH, WHENEVER YOU ARE.
WELL, WE'VE GOT ABOUT
A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT
FRAMES TO WORK WITH, RIGHT?
SO WE'RE GOING TO TAKE
THOSE IMAGES AND TRY TO WORK
BACKWARDS TO SEE WHAT
HE REALLY LOOKS LIKE.
IT'S KIND OF LIKE
EDUCATED GUESSWORK.
YOU KNOW, IN A WEIRD SORT OF
WAY, WHAT YOU'RE DOING WITH THE
COMPUTER IS LIKE WHAT
I DO WITH MY TELEPATHY.
WELL, YOU'VE GOT A
BUNCH OF IMAGES AND
YOU'VE GOT TO FIGURE
OUT HOW THEY FIT TOGETHER
AND WHAT THEY MEAN.
YOU WANT TO
TAKE A WHACK AT IT?
I'VE NEVER GOT A HANDLE
ON ALL THAT CYBER STUFF.
COMPUTERS KIND OF
GIVE ME THE CREEPS.
COME ON, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU
NEVER DID ANY PLAYING AROUND
NOT EVERYBODY
WAS BORN WITH A SILVER
SPOON IN THEIR MOUTH, JESS.
NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
MY PARENTS WERE REAL ORGANIC
TYPES - MACROBIOTIC FOOD,
SOLAR POWER,
THE WHOLE DEAL.
I GREW UP KIND OF