TIME ON YOUR HANDS.
THE ONLY PROBLEM I'VE GOT
IS THE MISTAKE I MADE ABOUT YOU,
THINKING YOU
WERE HEROES AS OPPOSED TO A
BUNCH OF POSERS AND LOSERS.
I LOVED THIS PLACE
FROM THE MINUTE I SAW IT.
SO I FIGURED IT'D BE FUN TO
TAKE IT APART AND PUT IT BACK
TOGETHER -
VIRTUALLY SPEAKING, THAT IS.
BUT I'M NOT THE ONE WHO'S
GOING TO RUN OUT OF OXYGEN NOW
THAT I CUT OFF THE
AIR INTAKE SYSTEM, NOW AM I?
OOH, NO ONE TO HIT, HUH, HONEY?
NO ONE TO ZAP, HUH, PAL?
NO ONE TO PUSH AROUND.
AND YOU,
YOU CAN GHOST OR GRANITE,
DON'T MEAN A THING TO ME.
NOW, THE GSA, THE MINUTE I
SHOW UP, THEY'LL TREAT ME LIKE A
CONQUERING HERO.
YOU REALLY THINK THEY'LL
LET YOU CONTINUE THIS RAMPAGE?
WELL, I'D SOONER GO WHERE
MY TALENTS ARE APPRECIATED.
NO, NO, NO, THEY'RE GOING
TO TURN YOU INTO A WEAPON.
THEY'LL CRUSH YOU LIKE A BUG.
THE GUY I TALKED TO SAID THEY'D
LOVE TO HAVE ME ON THEIR TEAM
- ESPECIALLY AFTER
I'VE TAKEN YOU DOWN.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU MIGHT HAVE A POINT.
SO INSTEAD OF JOINING GSA,
I'LL JUST TAKE THEM OVER.
NOTHING LIKE STARTING
FROM THE TOP, HUH?
HAVEN'T YOU HEARD
"RESISTANCE IS FUTILE"?
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
IT'S A WASTE OF TIME.
OVERLOADING THE MAINFRAME
TO GET PAST MY FIREWALL?
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
BUT IT'S GOING TO TRAP
YOU IN HERE PERMANENTLY.
YOU'RE BLUFFING.
TRY ME.
BRENNAN, HIT THE MAINFRAME
WITH EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT.
GOT TO GO, BUT I'LL BE BACK
WITH MY NEW GSA BEST FRIENDS.
BRENNAN,
HIT THE COMLINK SYSTEM NOW.
GOOD WORK, BRENNAN.
I'VE RECONFIGURED THE COMLINK
SYSTEM SO HE'LL NEVER FIND HIS
WAY BACK IN AGAIN.
CAN I ASSUME YOUR EXPERIENCE
IN RETRAINING HAS HAD NO
DETRIMENTAL EFFECTS
ON YOU, MR. RENFIELD?
NOT AT ALL, SIR.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT
GOT INTO ME, MR. ECKHART.
THE ANSWER TO THAT IS FOUND
IN YOUR GENETIC MISFORTUNE.
THE VERY GIFT THAT MAKES
YOU SO SPECIAL LEAVES YOU
VULNERABLE TO HUXTERS AND
CHARLATANS WHO WANT NOTHING MORE
THAN YOUR UTTER CORRUPTION.
I UNDERSTAND,
SIR, AND I'VE RENEWED
MY VOWS OF COMMITMENT
TO CONSTANT VIGILANCE.
DOES THAT MEAN I CAN ASSUME
YOU'RE READY TO GO BACK TO WORK?
ABSOLUTELY.
I'M READY TO TAKE ON WHATEVER
YOU HAVE TO OFFER, SIR.
SECURITY.
NOW THIS IS WHAT
I'M TALKING ABOUT.
I'LL HANDLE THIS.
HEY, IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I THOUGHT YOU GUYS
WOULD BE GLAD TO SEE ME.
GLAD TO SEE YOU, BARRY?
WE'RE THRILLED.
NICELY DONE, MR. RENFIELD.
SO KILOHERTZ TURNS OUT
TO BE A COMPUTER GEEK LOSER
WHO ATE A BULLET
WHEN THE COPS...
MUTE.
YOU GOT TO GIVE ECKHART CREDIT.
YEAH, REALLY.
WHEN HE LIES TO THE PRESS,
HE DOESN'T SCREW AROUND.
WELL, WE LOST ONE TODAY,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
I'M NOT SO CERTAIN.
I MEAN, YOU KICKED HIS BUTT,
ALBEIT IN THE NICK OF TIME.
YOU SAVED THE DAY, ADAM.
NO,
I WAS THINKING ABOUT BARRY.
HE HAD SOME GOOD IDEAS.
WE LOST SOMEBODY WHO COULD'VE
BEEN AN IMPORTANT ALLY,
EXCEPT HE GOT CARRIED AWAY
BY HIS OWN SENSE OF POWER.
LET'S JUST HOPE HIS LOSS
DOESN'T COME BACK TO HAUNT US.YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT TO SAY IT'S
GREAT TO FINALLY MEET YOU, RICK.
GETTING ALL THOSE NEW
MUTANTS IN THE UNDERGROUND
HAS MADE YOU QUITE THE LEGEND.
WELL, I'VE BEEN LUCKY.
WHAT?
GETTING THAT SHAPE SHIFTER
PAST THE GSA BLOCKADE IN AKRON,
I THINK THAT TOOK
A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN LUCK.
WELL, HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP
THESE TWO UNDER THEIR RADAR.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THEIR STORY?
THEY SEEM OKAY.
SOMETHING'S A LITTLE OFF,
IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
HUH.
WHAT ABOUT THEIR MUTANCY?
HEY, TODD.
WHOA, SUPERSPEED.
YEAH.
THAT'S GOING
TO COME IN HANDY.
YEAH.
HE'S A SHOW-OFF.
OH, MY WIFE, JERRI.
OF COURSE, YOU'VE
GOT PLENTY TO SHOW OFF
THERE YOURSELF, BIG GUY.
SHE'S GOT X-RAY VISION.
OH, HEY...
,
BRENNAN.
RICK?
STAY BACK.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I CAN'T STOP.
ADAM, WE'VE GOT A PROBLEM.
THAT SHOULD
CONTAIN HIS POWERS.
EVEN WHILE HIS VITAL
SIGNS ARE WEAKENING.
I THOUGHT YOU
HAD HIM STABILIZED.
I'VE DONE THE BEST I CAN.
BUT I'LL BE HONEST WITH
YOU: HE'S BARELY HOLDING ON.
HE'S NOT GOING TO DIE, IS HE?