RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS PAIN.
YOU KNOW EVERY
NEW MUTANT ALIVE TODAY
OWES THEIR LIFE TO YOU
- FOR WHAT YOU
DID AT GENOMEX.
I LOST TOO MANY
TO THIS DISEASE.
THEN THERE'S THE ONES
LIKE MARLOWE THAT CHOOSE TO
SERVE ECKHART AND THE GSA.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT.
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME YOU CAN'T
FORCE RIGHT OR WRONG ON ANYONE.
ALL YOU CAN DO IS
LEAD BY EXAMPLE AND HOPE
THEY LEAN TOWARD THE LIGHT.
I'M GLAD YOU REMEMBERED.
YEAH.
THANKS.COME ON.
ERIC,
MAYBE I CAN DO WITHOUT IT.
WELL,
YOU TRIED TO STAY OFF IT
BEFORE, AND YOU ALMOST DIED.
YEAH, BUT, SEE, I
HEARD ABOUT THESE PEOPLE.
MUTANT X. THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE ME.
I'M LOOKING
AFTER YOU NOW.
I LOVE YOU, ASH,
AND NO ONE'S GOING
TO KEEP US APART.
NOW,
YOU STAY BACK THIS TIME.
HOLD IT RIGHT THERE, ASHLEY.
TIME TO STOP RUNNING
AND COME ON HOME.
HEY!
THE POWER GRID JUST DIED.
THE WHOLE NORTHWEST
QUADRANT'S BLACKED OUT.
OH, MY GOD.
YOU KILLED HIM.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO.
ONE TWIST
AND HE'S HISTORY.
PLEASE,
JUST LET HIM GO.
I KNEW HE'D
BE YOUR SOFT SPOT.
GO.
COME ON NOW, BEFORE YOU
NEED ANOTHER FEEDING.
LET'S GO.
LISTEN TO HIM, ASHLEY.
FOR ME.
NOW!
ASHLEY!
DAMN IT!
COME ON, GO!
GO!
GO ON!
UFOS?
BLACK HELICOPTERS?
WHO KNOWS? AND WHO CARES?
TRUST PROXY BLUE TO
HAVE HER OWN GENERATOR.
WHATEVER IT WAS, IT ATE
ONE OF THE CITY'S POWER GRIDS.
SO LOCK YOUR DOORS
AND BAR YOUR WINDOWS.
I'M BEGINNING TO LOATHE THAT
COMPUTER-GENERATED TROUBLEMAKER.
SHE'S THE ONLY THING ON-AIR.
COME ON, I OUGHT
TO HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT
WHAT'S GOING ON OUT THERE.
WELL, SOMETIMES
NOTHING IS BETTER THAN
ENDLESS STREAM OF PARANOIA.
SHALIMAR?
YEAH, WE'RE STILL HERE, ADAM.
GOOD.
HEY, ADAM, FIGURED OUT
WHAT'S CAUSED THE BLACKOUT YET?
WELL, TRANS-EL HASN'T
MADE ANY PUBLIC STATEMENT YET,
BUT I'M CONCERNED
ABOUT RUMOURS I'VE HEARD
FROM THE UNDERGROUND -
ABOUT NEW MUTANTS WITH A
TREMENDOUS APPETITE FOR ENERGY.
I WANT YOU TWO BACK HERE.
EMMA'S TAPPING INTO
TRANS-EL'S MAINFRAME.
AND I THINK I MIGHT'VE
FOUND SOMETHING.
TRANS-EL'S
TECHNICAL INVESTIGATION
UNIT SEEMS TO THINK AN
OUTSIDE SOURCE KNOCKED OUT
THE GRID AND DRAINED THE POWER.
HM.
WELL, A NEW MUTANT DATABASE
SEARCH SHOULD TURN UP ANY
ELEMENTALS WHO
COULD BE SUSPECTS.
BUT ALL THE ELEMENTALS I KNOW
THROW OFF ENERGY LIKE BRENNAN.
YEAH, BUT I'VE HEARD
ABOUT A COUPLE ENERGY ABSORBERS
IN THE UNDERGROUND.
YEAH, AND ONE OF
THEM COULD BE MUTATING.
THESE THREE ARE THE
MOST LIKELY POSSIBILITIES.
NOW, WHEN ONE
OF THESE ENERGY-ABSORBING
ELEMENTALS MUTATES,
THEY SEEM TO BECOME RAVENOUSLY
HUNGRY FOR POWER AND
COMPLETELY UNABLE
TO CONTROL THAT APPETITE.
PUT THAT OUT, MR. CROSS.
NOW.
WHERE'S ASHLEY ELLIOTT?
I HAVEN'T GOT
HER IN CUSTODY - YET.
YES, I GATHER THAT.
SHE MANAGED TO REACH A
TRANSFORMER BEFORE I GOT TO HER.
I EXPECTED BETTER
FROM YOU, MR. CROSS.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE MY TRACK
RECORD MAKES YOUR GS AGENTS
LOOK LIKE LOSERS.
WELL, I WON'T ARGUE WITH THAT.
YOU ARE THE BEST BOUNTY HUNTER
THAT I'VE EVER WORKED WITH.
THAT SAID, IT IS IMPERATIVE
THAT YOU UNDERSTAND:
MISS ELLIOTT IS UNLIKE ANY NEW
MUTANT YOU'VE TRACKED FOR ME.
WE WENT OVER THIS WHEN YOU
TOOK OUT THE CONTRACT FOR HER.
YOU WANT TO USE HER AS A WEAPON
TO WIPE OUT AN ENEMY'S POWER
GRID, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
I SUPPOSE YOU CAN AFFORD
TO BE SO CAVALIER SINCE WE DID
AGREE TO PAY YOU
A MILLION-DOLLAR BOUNTY.
THAT'S JUST BECAUSE YOU REALIZED
YOU HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.
YOUR PEOPLE WOULD'VE
NEVER FOUND HER.
I EXPECT YOU TO
EXECUTE OUR AGREEMENT.
NO MORE EMPTY PROMISES, NO
MORE EXCUSES, NO MORE DELAYS.
NO PROBLEM.
HELLO?
ASHLEY.
OH, ERIC.
OH, GOD, I'M SO SORRY TO
LEAVE YOU IN A LURCH LIKE THAT.
I... I... I JUST DIDN'T
KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO.
NO, NO, BABY,
IT'S ALL RIGHT, REALLY.
WE BOTH KNOW YOU
DID WHAT YOU HAD TO DO.
WHERE ARE YOU?
CROSS STUCK ME IN A QUONSET HUT
ON AN ABANDONED AIR FORCE BASE.
I THINK IT'S
SOMEWHERE NEAR ROUTE 17.
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, HE LEFT ME