HELL IS THIS?
A FRIEND.
SHE TEACHES A SPIN
CLASS AT MY GYM.
YEAH.
I BET THAT'S
NOT ALL SHE TEACHES.
NOW, THAT WAS REALLY SWIFT.
SEE,
NOW IT DOESN'T TAKE A GENIUS
TO KNOW THAT A MARRIED MAN
DOES NOT CARRY
A PICTURE OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AROUND IN HIS WALLET.
ADAM?
I JUST CAME THROUGH THE WARD.
MARLOWE IS AT IT AGAIN.
ALRIGHT.
THANKS, TAKE OVER.
TAKE ANOTHER READING, QUICK.
COME ON,
YOU CAN DO IT.
WHAT ARE YOU,
THE ANGEL OF DEATH?
NO,
I'M JUST ASKING THOSE ON
THE EDGE A FEW QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT,
THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE
ON THE EDGE AROUND HERE.
WE'RE TRYING
TO SAVE THEIR LIVES.
WELL, YOU DON'T SEEM
TO BE DOING A VERY
GOOD JOB, DO YOU?
YEAH, AND
YOU'RE NOT HELPING.
I'M NOT HERE TO HELP.
ALRIGHT, THERE'S
NO PLACE FOR VOYEURISM.
I WANT YOU TO
KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.
WELL, WE CAN'T ALL HAVE
WHAT WE WANT, CAN WE NOW?
YOU KNOW, I CAN'T
BELIEVE THAT YOU'VE
ENDED UP LIKE THIS.
A MAN WITH YOUR INCREDIBLE GIFT.
LET ME TELL
YOU ABOUT THE PRECIOUS
GIFT YOU GAVE ME, DOCTOR.
STANDING IN THE WRECKAGE
OF A CAR CRASH YOU CAUSED.
SEEING YOUR WIFE
AND CHILD, BREATHING THEIR
LAST TERRIFIED BREATHS.
AND YOU'RE JUST
GOING TO WALK AWAY.
KNOWING THAT YOU'RE NEVER
GOING TO SEE THEM AGAIN.
NOT IN HEAVEN, NOT IN HELL.
AND FOR THAT
I THANK YOU, GOOD DOCTOR.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU.
HOW ARE YOU FEELING, JESS?
NEVER BETTER.
YOU?
FINE.
PERFECTLY NORMAL.
AS NORMAL
AS WE EVER GET, HUH?
I FEEL BAD ABOUT RICK.
YEAH, ME TOO.
YOU THINK HE SUFFERED?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT DIDN'T LIKE THE
MOST PEACEFUL WAY TO GO.
HARD TO THINK THAT'S WHAT
WE'VE ALL GOT COMING, HUH?
I CAN'T THINK THAT WAY,
JESSE, AND NEITHER SHOULD YOU.
WELL YOU BETTER
FACE REALITY, EMMA.
WHAT IF ADAM CAN'T
COME UP WITH A CURE?
HE WILL.
BESIDES,
WE BOTH FEEL FINE, RIGHT?
RIGHT.
SO FAR SO GOOD.
MAYBE WE GOT LUCKY, HUH?
MAYBE WE DID.
ALRIGHT.
OKAY.
EMMA.
GET IT OFF.
EMMA,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
SAY SOMETHING.
OPEN YOUR EYES.
WHAT HAPPENED?
COME ON, WE'VE GOT
TO GET YOU TO BED.
YOU'VE GOT IT TOO.
ADAM.
JESSE.
EMMA'S SICK.
I THINK I'VE GOT IT TOO.
ALRIGHT, JESS, YOU BE CAREFUL.
IF YOU PHASE FOR MORE
THAN THIRTY SECONDS YOU COULD
DISSIPATE FOR GOOD.
YEAH, TELL ME
SOMETHING I DON'T KNOW.
SHALIMAR, JESSE AND EMMA
HAVE COME DOWN WITH IT.
OH, NO.
ALRIGHT, NOW I NEED
YOU TO GET THEM OVER HERE
AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT HAPPENED?
APPARENTLY RICK
WENT INTO ARREST,
EMMA TRIED TO REVIVE
HIM AND JESSE JUMPED IN.
OKAY, I'M ON MY WAY.
GO. NOW. HURRY.
THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH ADAM
SEEMS TO BE AS BIG A MISFIRE AS
THE ONE YOU
FORGED TWENTY YEARS AGO.
YOU'RE GIVING HIM EVERYTHING
THAT HE ASKS FOR, AREN'T YOU?
YES.
HE STILL CAN'T
GET A HANDLE ON THE CURE.
I HAVE TO SAY,
MR MARLOWE, I FIND YOUR
ATTITUDE RATHER SINGULAR.
YOU CERTAINLY WOULDN'T
BE WALKING AROUND TODAY
IF IT WASN'T FOR ADAM'S EFFORTS.
I'M SUPPOSED
TO THANK HIM FOR THAT?
MOST OTHER
NEW MUTANTS SEEM TO.
YEAH, WELL MOST OTHER
NEW MUTANTS AREN'T BLESSED
WITH MY PARTICULAR POWERS.
POWERS, I MUST SAY,
I WOULDN'T MIND
POSSESSING WERE I ONE OF YOU.
WELL, THEN YOU SHOULD HAVE
GOTTEN ADAM TO TWIST UP YOUR DNA
WHEN YOU WERE STILL
ON GOOD TERMS WITH HIM.
THAT'S NOT WHAT GENOMEX
WAS ABOUT BACK THEN.
YEAH, WELL THAT
WAS THEN THIS IS NOW.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'RE
PUTTING YOUR TRUST IN HIM.
YOU HAVEN'T HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH ADAM IN YEARS.
I'VE HAD EVERYTHING
TO DO WITH ADAM.
I KNOW THE MAN.
WITH SOMETHING SO
DEAR TO HIM AT STAKE...
IF THERE'S A CURE TO
BE FOUND, HE'LL FIND IT.
THAT SOUNDS
LIKE WISHFUL THINKING.
IT'S BETTER THAN
THEN YOUR PERPETUAL NEGATIVE
THINKING, MR MARLOWE.
NEGATIVE, POSITIVE,
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?
IN THE END, THE RESULT'S
ALL THE SAME TO ME.
JUST DON'T LET YOUR PERSONAL
DESPAIR IMPEDE THE SUCCESSFUL
COMPLETION OF THIS MISSION.
I TOLD YOU, HE'S
GETTING EVERYTHING HE WANTS.
BECAUSE WHOEVER
CONTROLS THIS DISEASE AND ITS
CURE CONTROLS NEW MUTANTS.
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WRESTING
IT AWAY FROM HIM,