STOPGAPS.
BUT I THOUGHT
YOU GUYS BUILT A...
WE DID,
BUT I UNDERESTIMATED HIS POWER
AND HE BREACHED THE FIREWALL.
SO JESSE, IT'S UP TO US NOW
TO INITIATE SOME DAMAGE CONTROL.
I NEED YOU TO USE
THE SANCTUARY SYSTEM TO TRY
TO STABILIZE THE MARKETS.
TRY TO REBUILD
THE STOPGAP FROM INSIDE.
I JUST HOPE HE DOESN'T
DECIDE TO MAKE A RETURN VISIT
WHILE I'M DOING THE REPAIRS.
BARRY.
KILOHERTZ.
WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU'RE THAT FCC GUY.
NICK RENFIELD,
GENETIC SECURITY AGENCY.
I WAS UNDERCOVER
AS AN FCC REP.
I WANT TO TELL YOU,
I REALLY LOVE WHERE
YOU'RE COMING FROM.
ALL OF US FREAKS, WE
HAVE TO STICK TOGETHER.
THANKS, MAN.
ARE YOU REALLY A FREAK, OR IS
THAT JUST A FIGURE OF SPEECH?
ALL RIGHT, WHEN DO I
GET TO LOOK AT THE PLACE?
JEEZ,
SETTLE DOWN, SETTLE DOWN.
HOLD STILL.
MAN, THIS IS OFF THE METER.
JEEZ, IF YOU'RE SO JAZZED TO
BE HERE, WHY DIDN'T YOU JUST
COME WITH US
IN THE FIRST PLACE?
WELL,
YOU NEVER TOLD ME YOU WERE
WITH MUTANT X. AND BESIDES,
I WANTED TO SEE HOW
I SCREWED UP THE ECONOMY.
WELL,
SORRY ABOUT THAT BUT ADAM
INCREASED THE MARKET STOPGAP
MEASURES TO PREVENT THE
DOW FROM FALLING ANY MORE THAN
TWO THOUSAND POINTS.
WELL, YOU CAN'T
BLAME ME FOR TRYING.
WHO'S ADAM?
THAT WOULD BE ME.
YOU CAUSED A LOT
OF TROUBLE FOR A LOT OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE, BARRY.
BESIDES YOUR VANDALISM OF
THE STOCK MARKET, I'VE JUST BEEN
READING REPORTS ON THE HAVOC
THAT YOU CAUSED AT THE AIRPORTS.
THINGS HAPPEN.
HEY.
HEY.
SOMEBODY'S GOT
TO TELL THE TRUTH.
I MEAN, THAT'S WHY
YOU BROUGHT ME HERE, RIGHT?
MUTANT X, KILOHERTZ.
EVER SINCE I
HEARD ABOUT YOU GUYS,
I KNEW SOONER OR LATER
YOU'D HOOK UP WITH ME.
THAT WAS PRETTY COOL.
WHEN YOU THREW THOSE LIGHTNING
BOLTS AT THOSE GUYS IN MY PLACE.
WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
WHAT?
YOU THROW ENERGY.
I AM ENERGY.
WOW.
YOUR PARENTS MUST
BE REALLY PROUD OF YOU.
YEAH.
I GATHER YOUR HESITATION ALLOWED
KILOHERTZ TO ELUDE OUR GRASP?
THAT IS A COMPLETE MISREAD
OF THE SITUATION, MR. ECKHART.
FRANKLY, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT
THE EMPATHY YOU SEEM TO HAVE
DEVELOPED FOR THIS RENEGADE.
I BELIEVE HE IS
A DANGEROUS ANOMALY THAT
SHOULD BE NEUTRALIZED.
NICE RECITATION
OF THE MANUAL,
MR. RENFIELD,
BUT HARDLY CONVINCING.
I'M AFRAID I MIGHT HAVE
BEEN A BIT PREMATURE
IN RUSHING
YOU INTO THE FIELD.
I THINK PERHAPS
YOU MIGHT NEED JUST
A LITTLE MORE TRAINING
BEFORE YOU
GO BACK ON ASSIGNMENT.
FREAKS OF THE WORLD,
MY NAME IS KILOHERTZ
AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK TO YOU,
FOR YOU AND ABOUT YOU.
I HAVE HAD IT UP TO HERE
WITH THE WAY WE ARE TREATED.
SO CONSIDER THIS FAIR
WARNING, WE HAVE THE POWER.
AH, BARRY...
BARRY,
WHEN YOU TRANSFORM INTO RADIO
WAVES, WHAT'S YOUR RANGE?
WITHOUT A
TRANSMITTING DEVICE?
NOWHERE.
NO, BUT WITH A
TRANSMITTING DEVICE?
I SURF THE WAVELENGTH UP TO A
SATELLITE, THEN BAM, I'M IN A
MILLION
HOMES ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
PAVING THE WAY FOR THE NEW
MUTANTS OUT THERE TO COME
OUT OF THEIR SHELLS AND TAKE
WHAT'S RIGHTFULLY THEIRS.
NOW, WHERE DO
I SIGN ON FOR MUTANT X'S
MINISTER OF PROPAGANDA?
WHAT?
I DON'T MEAN TO GET ALL PUSHY,
BUT YOU NEED SOMEONE LIKE ME
TO SHAKE THINGS UP A LITTLE.
BARRY, DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE
SUFFERED BECAUSE OF YOU?
I'M JUST DOING
WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
OH, YEAH?
HOW IS THAT?
KEEPING THE FAITH.
REMINDING THE FREAKS OUT THERE
THAT THEY'VE GOT THE POWER
IF THEY'RE WILLING TO...
TO STEP UP TO
THE PLATE AND USE IT.
ALL RIGHT, FINE.
YOU WANT TO MAKE THE WORLD
BETTER FOR NEW MUTANTS, THEN YOU
JUST STOP WHAT YOU'RE DOING
BECAUSE EVERY ACT OF VANDALISM,
IT JUST CAUSES MORE
PREJUDICE AGAINST NEW MUTANTS,
PREJUDICE AGAINST
ANYBODY WHO'S DIFFERENT.
IS THIS
SOME KIND OF JOKE?
NO, NO, NO.
I'M DEADLY SERIOUS.
I WANT YOU TO STOP.
EITHER YOU'RE JEALOUS
OR YOU'RE A SELL-OUT
LIKE THE REST OF THEM.
LISTEN, YOU LITTLE...
NO!
NOBODY SHUTS ME UP.
YOU DON'T WANT
ME ON YOUR SIDE?
FINE.
BUT YOU DO NOT WANT
ME AS AN ENEMY EITHER.
I'M OUT OF HERE.