INFECTION.
HER POWERS ARE SPINNING
COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.
YEAH, I WOULD HAVE THOUGHT
IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS THE
THEY WOULD HAVE
BEEN, BUT THEY GOT CALLED
OFF BY HIGHER AUTHORITY.
JESSE TOLD ME.
BETTER ACTIVATE
YOUR HAZMAT SUIT.
GOOD.
HOW COME YOU'RE
NOT WEARING ONE?
WELL,
NOT BEING A NEW
MUTANT I'M IMMUNE.
SO I'M THE ONLY
ONE THAT GETS TO MAKE A
HAZMAT FASHION STATEMENT?
BUT YOU JUST WAIT, IT'LL BE THE
RAGE OF THE SPRING COLLECTION.
I'M SURE.
IT'S LOCKED.
IT'S HOT.
ALICE?
ALICE?
YOU THINK YOU
CAN TAKE THIS DOWN?
I GUESS SO.
WELL, IF YOU'RE AFRAID
OF CATCHING SOMETHING,
DON'T BE -
THE SUIT WILL PROTECT YOU.
NO, IT'S NOT THAT.
IT'S...
YOU KNOW HOW I
AM AROUND FIRE.
SHALIMAR,
THE FEAR OF FIRE IS PERFECTLY
NATURALLY FOR A FERAL.
YOU AND I BOTH
KNOW THAT THERE'S ONLY ONE
WAY FOR YOU TO GET OVER IT.
WELL, YOU BETTER
STAND OVER THERE, THEN.
GOD, SHE...
SHE'S BURNING UP.
I MEAN, LITERALLY.
ADAM.
IS THERE
ANYTHING WE CAN DO?
TOO LATE.
JUST GO.
HOW LONG UNTIL
HER NEXT FLARE?
NOT LONG.
I'M AFRAID THE
NEXT ONE MIGHT KILL HER.
SO, IT LOOKS
LIKE THE NEWS IS OUT.
WELL NOW I KNOW WHO
CALLED OFF THE AUTHORITIES.
BACK OFF OR HE'S DEAD.
LIKE I GIVE A DAMN.
WELL WORKING
FOR ECKHART HAS BROUGHT
OUT YOUR SENSITIVE SIDE,
HUH MARLOWE?
SEE, NOW THAT'S NOT FAIR.
I WAS BITTER LONG
BEFORE I TOOK THIS JOB.
YEAH, WELL WE'LL DEAL WITH
YOUR PSYCHE SOME OTHER TIME.
MISS ROBBINS HERE IS ABOUT
TO REACH HER IGNITION POINT.
THERE'S NOT A LOT WE CAN DO.
I SUPPOSE THAT WOULD
MEAN A SWIFT DEATH FOR HER.
YEAH, AND FOR ANYONE
ELSE IN THE VICINITY.
DON'T STAY ON MY ACCOUNT.
ALICE, WHAT CAN I DO?
JUST GO, PLEASE.
JUST GO.
WE'VE GOT
TO GET OUT OF HERE.
MARLOWE.
TELL ME.
LOOK OUT!
WELL, I GATHER YOU'VE
MET MY NEW LIEUTENANT.
THIS INFECTION,
IT JUST KILLED THIS WOMAN.
IT COULD WIPE OUT EVERY
NEW MUTANT IN A WEEK.
NOW,
I MIGHT BE ABLE TO BEAT IT,
BUT I DON'T STAND A CHANCE
IF I HAVE TO FIGHT
YOU AT THE SAME TIME.
WHAT ARE
YOU SUGGESTING?
A TRUCE TO ACCOMPLISH
A COMMON GOAL.
WHAT?
DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE
I'D SHED A SINGLE TEAR IF YOUR
FREAKISH MONSTROSITIES
WERE WIPED OUT?
IF THE NEW MUTANTS DISAPPEAR,
SO DOES THE GSA, MASON.
OVERNIGHT YOU'RE OBSOLETE.
OBSOLESCENCE IN
THE WAKE OF TOTAL VICTORY
IS A MIXED BLESSING,
BUT A BLESSING NONETHELESS.
YES, BUT WHAT ABOUT YOU?
YOU LOSE YOUR BETE NOIR,
YOUR REASON FOR LIVING.
I'M DEEPLY TOUCHED BY YOUR
CONCERN FOR MY WELFARE, ADAM.
FOR A MAN
WHO'S LIFE IS COMPLETELY
DEFINED BY THAT WHICH HE
HATES THE MOST,
THIS COULD BE YOUR UNDOING.
GIVE ME A MOMENT.
SO WHO'S
THE NEW LIEUTENANT?
CHARLES MARLOWE.
I LOST TRACK OF HIM
SINCE HE LEFT GENOMEX.
I THINK IT'S A HUGE
MISTAKE TO TRUST ADAM WITH
THE GSA TECHNOLOGIES
AND SECRETS.
WHILE GAINING ACCESS TO
HIS GENIUS AND EXPERTISE.
BOTTOM LINE IS OUR
PRIORITIES AND HIS REMAIN
FUNDAMENTALLY OPPOSED.
WELL,
UNDER NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES
YOU'D BE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
BUT RIGHT
NOW WE FIND OURSELVES
IN THE RARE POSITION OF
HAVING OUR
AGENDAS INTERSECT.
AT LEAST UNTIL HE
DISCOVERS A REMEDY.
HE REALLY
HATES YOU, YOU KNOW?
ECKHART'S ALWAYS HATED ME.
I'M TALKING
ABOUT MARLOWE.
HM.
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED.
YOU MADE A
DEAL WITH THE DEVIL.
I CAN'T DENY THAT, EMMA.
LOOK, WHAT HAVE THEY GOT
THAT WE DON'T HAVE HERE?
HIGHLY TRAINED SCIENTISTS
AND MEDICAL STAFF THAT WORKS
AROUND THE CLOCK
WITH UNLIMITED FUNDS.
IF RICK STAYS HERE, THERE'S
NO REASON TO RISK MOVING HIM.
BUT ECKHART IS GOING TO TRY...
I KNOW, I CAN HANDLE
ECKHART, ALL RIGHT?
THE REAL PROBLEM HERE IS
THE SPEED OF THIS INFECTION.
NOW, WE HAVE APPROXIMATELY
TWENTY HOURS BEFORE THE MAJORITY
OF NEW MUTANTS ARE CUT DOWN.
HEY, BUDDY.
I'VE BEEN THINKING, WE'VE
BEEN HERE A FEW HOURS, RIGHT?
IF WE WERE GOING TO GET SICK,
CHANCES ARE IT WOULD
HAVE HAPPENED BY NOW.
FOLLOW ME?
YEAH,
I THINK I FOLLOW YOU.
SO IN THAT CASE,
I FIGURE WE MAY AS WELL
GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
NO.
AW, COME ON.