'VE BOTH SEEN THAT
KIND OF DENIAL BEFORE.
YOU OKAY?
FINE, WHY?
WELL, SHE WAS PRETTY
NASTY TO BOTH OF US.
YEAH, SHE WAS ALSO
SCARED OUT OF HER WITS.
STILL, IT WOULD
HAVE BEEN NICE TO HAVE
ANOTHER WOMAN ON THE TEAM.
I'M WITH YOU ON THAT ONE.
I THOUGHT SHE WOULD
HAVE MADE A GOOD FIT.
"WHEN GENOME X WAS CONCEIVED,
WE SAW OURSELVES AS PIONEERS
IN A NEW FRONTIER OF KNOWLEDGE.
MEN AND WOMEN WITH THE
POWER TO REMAKE THE WORLD.
THE POWER TO PLAY
GOD WITH THE GENETIC CODE.
ALL OF US AT GENOME X FEEL
ENORMOUS GUILT FOR THE HARM WE
HAVE CAUSED IN MANIPULATING
DNA AGAINST THE LAWS OF NATURE."
SPEAK FOR YOURSELF, PAUL.
AND WHAT'S THAT
SUPPOSED TO MEAN?
I DON'T
SHARE YOUR GUILT.
"THE GOVERNMENT OWES ENORMOUS
REPARATIONS TO THE VICTIMS OF
GENOME X FOR THE HORROR
INFLICTED ON THESE INNOCENTS."
CAN'T PUT THE DEMONS
BACK IN THE BOX AFTER
THEY'VE BEEN RELEASED.
THERE'S NO NEED FOR THEM TO
SUFFER WITHOUT COMPENSATION.
THE ONLY THING THIS
COMPENSATES IS YOUR GUILT.
YOU CREATE THESE ANOMALIES
AND THEN MAKE IT BETTER BY
APOLOGIZING, AND LET SOMEONE
ELSE CLEAN UP AFTER YOU.
PERHAPS IF YOU RECOGNIZED ADAM
FOR THE CRIMINAL THAT HE IS,
YOU WOULDN'T
BE SO SELF- DELUDED.
MR. THORNE.
BEFORE YOU WENT OFF THE DEEP
END YOU SHOULD HAVE CONSULTED
WITH ONE OF
YOUR INNOCENT VICTIMS.
WHAT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
DON'T HAVE TO
APOLOGIZE TO ME, DR. BREEDLOVE,
BECAUSE I'M A CHILD OF
GENOME X AND, QUITE FRANKLY,
I WOULDN'T HAVE GOT THIS
JOB IF I WASN'T SO SPECIAL.
IF ONLY YOU'D
KEPT YOUR MOUTH SHUT,
EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN FINE.
BUT YOU HAD TO
BEAT YOURSELF UP WITH GUILT
OVER THE MESS YOU'VE MADE.
AND NOW I HAVE TO USE
YOUR LEMONS TO MAKE LEMONADE.
IT WAS NICE OF HIM TO REBUILD
THE DATABASE BEFORE HE DIED.
IT WILL MAKE TRACKING THESE
ANOMALIES THAT MUCH EASIER.
SO MUCH FOR THE PAPER TRAIL.
YOUR NEW IDENTITY.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
HEY.
TELL JESSE I'M SORRY
FOR THAT "FREAK" CRACK.
I DIDN'T MEAN IT.
IT'S ALREADY FORGOTTEN.
I GOT TO TELL YOU,
GIRL, I UNDERSTAND YOUR
DECISION COMPLETELY.
WHAT DECISION?
NOT TO JOIN MUTANT X. I
MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY NEW
MUTANT'S A HERO.
DID EVERYTHING GO AS PLANNED?
FIVE HUNDRED
TREASURY CERTIFICATES,
EACH WORTH TEN GRAND.
FOR A TOTAL OF TEN MIL'.
OH, WELL, ACTUALLY
THAT'S TWENTY MILLION.
SINCE THE CERTIFICATES BELONGED
TO YOU ALREADY, THAT'S TEN
MILLION AND ANOTHER TEN
FROM THE INSURANCE COMPANY.
SMART BOY.
A THIEF WHO KNOWS
HIS INVESTMENTS.
I'D KEEP AN EYE ON
HIM IF I WERE YOU.
WHAT, HE PAYS US CHUMP CHANGE
AND DOUBLES HIS TEN MIL'?
THAT'S THE NATURE
OF THE BUSINESS.
HOTLINE.
CAN I HELP YOU?
YEAH.
IS IT TRUE YOU'RE
OFFERING MONEY FOR STORIES.
IF THEY'RE INTERESTING.
DO I HAVE A FREAK FOR YOU.
THIS GUY NAMED MULWRAY, BRENNAN
MULWRAY, SHOOTS LIGHTNING
FROM HIS HANDS.
AND HE'S A THIEF TOO.
WITH DR. BREEDLOVE'S DEATH,
I HAVE SET
IN MOTION SEVERAL SWEEPING
CHANGES IN OUR OPERATION.
STARTING WITH AN
EXPANDED BUDGET THAT WILL
AFFECT ALL DEPARTMENTS.
WE HAVE OPERATED UNDER
COVERT CONDITIONS SINCE
THE INCEPTION OF THIS PROJECT.
THAT NEED FOR
SECRECY HAS BEEN BROUGHT
HOME BY THIS BRUTAL MURDER.
A HEINOUS CRIME THAT WAS
COMMITTED BY A PRODUCT OF THE
PROGRAM, WHO SOMEHOW MANAGED
TO BREAK INTO OUR ARCHIVES
SECTION AND BURN
THAT HISTORICAL LANDMARK TO
THE GROUND IN THE PROCESS.
GENOME X WILL
NOT BE COWED, CORRUPTED OR
CO-OPTED BY THESE CREATURES.
INSTEAD, I HAVE BEEN MANDATED
TO CREATE THE GENETIC SECURITY
AGENCY TO PROTECT THE WORLD
FROM THIS RAPACIOUS MENACE.
WHILE OUR
PURE RESEARCH CONTINUES,
THIS COVERT FORCE WILL
TAKE THESE ANOMALIES
INTO CUSTODY UNDER A
CLOAK OF ABSOLUTE SECRECY.
I KNOW I CAN COUNT
ON YOU ALL TO DO YOUR BEST
IN THIS TIME OF TRANSITION.
THANK YOU.
THAT WENT WELL, DON'T YOU THINK?
WELL, THEY SEEMED HAPPY.
DON'T GET CARRIED
AWAY, MR. THORNE.
THEY'RE ALL JUST
EASILY BOUGHT BY FLATTERY
AND BIGGER PAYCHEQUES.
STATUS?
OH.
WE HAVE A LEAD ON THE ELECTRICAL
ANOMALY FROM OUR TAPS