ALONE.
HE STUCK ME IN SOME
KIND OF STORAGE CAGE.
SHOULD I CALL THE POLICE?
NO, NO, NO.
THEY'LL ASK TOO MANY QUESTIONS.
THEN I'M COMING TO GET YOU.
ERIC?
ERIC?
STATION TWELVE HAS A
FOUR-HUNDRED-MEGAWATT CAPACITOR.
YOU'RE SAYING ONE OF THESE
THREE ELEMENTALS ABSORBED
THAT MUCH ENERGY?
HE OR SHE
IS MUTATING WHICH MEANS
THAT THE HUNGER IS SO
INTENSE THAT ONLY
ENORMOUS QUANTITIES
OF PURE ENERGY IS
GOING TO SATISFY
- AND THEN NOT FOR LONG.
YOU CAN STOP
THE MUTATION, THOUGH.
WELL, THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT
BIOLOGICAL STAGE SHE'S AT.
BUT BRENNAN,
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THIS
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
GENETICALLY RELATED,
THOUGH, RIGHT?
WELL, YEAH, YOU'RE ALL
ELEMENTALS BUT, YOU KNOW,
THE SIMILARITY ENDS THERE.
BESIDES, I'LL
BE MONITORING YOU.
WELL,
JESSE AND I WILL GO
CHECK OUT THE STATION.
NO, NO, NO.
SHALIMAR AND EMMA WILL DO
THAT FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
I WANT YOU AND JESSE
TO WORK THE DATA FROM HERE.
WHAT?
WELL, THE PROBLEM
IS THAT THIS NEW MUTANT
CONSUMES ENERGY, RIGHT?
SO, I MEAN, THINK OF IT
LIKE THIS, THAT THIS ROGUE
ELEMENTAL'S DC POWER.
YOU'RE AC.
SO YOU TWO GET TOGETHER,
IT COULD BE EXPLOSIVE.
BRENNAN, POTENTIALLY LETHAL.
ASHLEY!
ERIC.
I SHOULDN'T
HAVE CALLED YOU.
ARE YOU OKAY?
I COULDN'T
LEAVE YOU HERE.
YOU DON'T
KNOW THIS GUY.
HE'S... JUST A BUSINESSMAN.
IT'S REALLY NOTHING PERSONAL.
BUT CERTAIN PARTIES HAVE
A STRONG INTEREST IN YOU
AND YOUR UNIQUE ABILITIES.
WHO?
WHY DON'T WE LET YOUR
BOYFRIEND EXPLAIN THAT TO YOU?
WHAT'S HE TALKING ABOUT?
JUST DO
WHAT HE SAYS, ASH.
SEE?
IT'S THAT SIMPLE.
WHEN IN DOUBT,
ALWAYS BEST TO COOPERATE.
UNLESS YOU WANT THINGS
TO GET EVEN MESSIER.
THINK I'VE GOT SOMETHING.
YEAH, ME, TOO.
YOU FIRST.
A WOMAN'S FOOTPRINTS
BURNED INTO THE GRASS.
I GUESS WE'RE LOOKING FOR
THE FEMALE ELEMENTAL THEN, HUH?
YEAH, ASHLEY ELLIOTT.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
WELL, I'M THINKING
SHE HAD COMPANY.
CIGAR BUTT.
A CHEROOT, TO BE PRECISE.
AND I'M HAVING A HARD
TIME BELIEVING SHE SMOKES THESE.
ADAM WILL
WANT TO ANALYZE THAT.
I THINK SO.
HEY.
"LEAVES OF GRASS"?
POETRY HAPPENS
TO HELP ME RELAX AND
WHITMAN'S A GREAT POET.
AREN'T YOU
SUPPOSED TO BE WORKING?
NO,
I'M WAITING FOR ADAM'S DNA
REPORT ON THAT CIGAR BUTT.
THANK YOU.
NOW, A GOOD CHEROOT,
THAT'S RELAXING.
WELL, AT LEAST WE
AGREE ON SOMETHING.
GOOD POETRY, GOOD
CIGAR GO HAND IN HAND.
YEAH.
WELL, WE'D BOTH RATHER
BE OUT LOOKING FOR HER.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
COME ON, WHO'S MORE
QUALIFIED TO FIND HER THAN ME?
WITH MY ELECTRICAL CHARGE,
I'M THE BEST BAIT THERE IS.
YEAH, AND OF COURSE
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON, RIGHT?
I MEAN, THE FACT THAT SHE IS
SO HOT SHE COULD MAKE YOUR EYES
BLEED HAS NOTHING
TO DO WITH IT, RIGHT?
SHE'S JUST
YOUR TYPE, BRENNAN.
BEAUTIFUL,
VULNERABLE, DANGEROUS.
HEY, YOU TWO.
YOU KNOW, THE BOTH OF YOU
MAKE IT SOUND LIKE ALL
I EVER
THINK ABOUT IS SEX.
TRUTH IS I ONLY THINK
ABOUT SEX HALF THE TIME.
THE OTHER HALF OF THE TIME,
HE'S THINKING ABOUT POETRY.
WHICH JUST MAKES
HIM THINK MORE ABOUT SEX.
BUT YOU'RE NOT
SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT.
YOU GOT ALL THAT
FROM A CIGAR BUTT?
WELL, IT WAS WELL-CHEWED.
LEFT PLENTY OF
GENETIC RESIDUE BEHIND.
THAT'S NICE.
WE'VE GOT
A MATCH: NEIL CROSS.
YOU KNOW HIM?
I KNOW OF HIM.
STARTED AS A REPO MAN,
MOVED INTO SKIP TRACING.
YEAH,
TRACKING BAIL JUMPERS.
UH-HUH.
CONVICTED
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER, GOT EARLY
RELEASE FOR GOOD BEHAVIOUR.
YEAH, WELL, SOMETHING TELLS
ME THERE WASN'T A WHOLE LOT
OF GOOD BEHAVIOUR INVOLVED.
I HEARD RUMOURS
THAT ECKHART PULLED SOME
STRINGS TO GET HIM OUT.
TO WORK FOR THE GSA.
UH HUH.
FREELANCE
AS A BOUNTY HUNTER.
OH, THAT'S NICE.
BRINGING IN
NEW MUTANTS FOR MONEY.
WELL, I'LL SEND ALL THIS
INFORMATION OVER TO JESSE,
ALL PREVIOUS ADDRESSES,
BECAUSE WE FIND HIM,
THEY FIND ASHLEY ELLIOTT.
JUST SO LONG AS
I GET A PIECE OF HIM.
HEY, WE GOT LUCKY.
CROSS HAS BEEN
ON A SPENDING SPREE.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, HE'S GOT A HALF DOZEN
DIFFERENT ALIASES,