PROTECT
OUR OWN AT ANY COST.
OH, BE QUIET,
YOU BIG PUSSYCAT.
LOOKS LIKE A GIANT HICKEY.
YEAH, WELL, TRUST ME:
IT LOOKS
LIKE A LOT MORE FUN
THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS.
WHAT THE HELL WERE
YOU DOING ON YOUR OWN?
YOU COULD'VE CALLED
ME ON THE COM-LINK.
OH, I'M SORRY.
I WAS TOO BUSY HAVING
THE LIFE CHOKED OUT OF ME.
SO THEY WERE FERALS, HUH?
YEP.
I WAS DOING ALL RIGHT
WITH THE FIRST TWO 'TIL
THE HUMAN
MOUNTAIN SHOWED UP.
THAT BIG, HUH?
AT LEAST.
YOU KNOW,
EMMA WAS RIGHT.
SHE PICKED
UP A TELE-EMPATHIC
TRANSMISSION FROM
A RENEGADE
PACK OF NEW MUTANTS.
RENEGADES WITH A SERIOUS GRUDGE
AGAINST TRICORP BOTANICALS, HUH?
NO.
NO.
HEY.
HEY.
COME UP WITH AN
ANSWER FOR WHY THESE GUYS
HAVE IT IN FOR TRICORP?
NOT YET.
NO. ALRIGHT,
I GOT ANOTHER QUESTION.
WHO ARE THESE GUYS?
I MEAN, WE'VE JUST GONE THROUGH
THE ENTIRE NEW MUTANT DATABASE.
WE CAN'T FIND
ANYBODY WHO MATCHES
THE DESCRIPTION
THAT YOU GAVE US.
I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO TELL YOU, ADAM.
THEY WERE NEW MUTANTS, AND
THE ONE WHO NAILED ME COULD'VE
DOUBLED FOR MOUNT EVEREST.
ALL RIGHT, BUT ARE THERE
ANY OTHER DISTINGUISHING
CHARACTERISTICS?
YOU MEAN ASIDE
FROM THE GUY BEING
A SEVEN-FOOT GIANT?
YEAH.
WELL, THE WOMAN WHO TOOK
ME ON, SHE WAS A PROFESSIONAL.
SHE HAD COMBAT TRAINING.
HUH.
MILITARY?
DEFINITELY.
AND SHE CALLED
THE WOUNDED GUY CORPORAL.
ANY INSIGNIA
ON THEIR CLOTHING?
NO.
BUT THEY DID HAVE THE
SAME TATTOO ON THEIR WRIST.
A RED DISC WITH A BLACK,
FIVE-POINTED STAR IN THE MIDDLE.
HUH.
DOES IT LOOK
ANYTHING LIKE THIS?
THAT'S IT.
DARK STAR: AN INTERNATIONAL
ANTI-TERRORIST
UNIT FIELDED BY INTERPOL.
OH, YEAH,
I KNOW THESE BAD BOYS.
THEY MAKE THE NAVY SEALS
LOOK LIKE A SATURDAY AFTERNOON
PAINTBALL CLUB.
YEAH, BUT LOOK.
DARK STAR DOESN'T
EXIST ANY MORE.
ACCORDING TO THIS REPORT,
THEY WERE ALL KILLED IN A SOUTH
AMERICAN DRUG WAR
FIREFIGHT TWO MONTHS AGO.
OKAY, SO WE
GOTTA FIGURE OUT HOW THREE
MEMBERS OF AN ELITE COMBAT
UNIT,
LISTED AS KILLED IN ACTION,
SUDDENLY TURN UP
WITH NEW MUTANT ABILITIES.
I'M CONCERNED, DR. HARRISON.
THIS OPERATION WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE TIGHTLY CONTAINED.
I COMPLETELY AGREE.
BUT IT SEEMS
DARK STAR REFUSED
TO LAY DOWN AND DIE.
WELL,
NINE OF THEM SEEMED
TO HAVE COMPLIED.
AND I'M GUESSING
THE THREE SURVIVORS
WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
ATTACK ON
TRICORP LAST NIGHT.
REALLY?
AND YOUR SECURITY BRANCH
WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THEM OFF.
SECURITY BRANCH.
MY SECURITY TEAM CAN
BARELY TIE THEIR SHOELACES.
WE'RE IN THE AGRIBUSINESS.
SECURITY HAS NEVER BEEN
A MAJOR ISSUE - UNTIL NOW.
WELL,
WELCOME TO MY WORLD.
I'LL ASSIGN MY STAFF
TO TAKE OVER YOUR SECURITY
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.
GOODBYE, CORPORAL.
I PROMISE, I'LL GET THOSE
PEOPLE WHO DID THIS TO YOU.
YOU KNOW THAT WOMAN, AT
TRICORP, SHE'S LIKE US.
SHE'S NOT LIKE US.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN.
HER EYES, THEY
HAVE THAT SAME GLOW,
AND SHE MATCHED ME,
HEAD TO HEAD.
MAYBE THERE'S
OTHERS LIKE US, TOO.
TO HELL WITH THAT.
THIS IS WAR.
I AM A WARRIOR
AND IF WE DIE, WE TAKE
OUR ENEMIES WITH US.
WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?
ADAM,
I HAVE RUN BACKGROUND CHECKS
ON EVERY MEMBER OF DARK STAR.
THERE IS NO INDICATION
OF ANY OF THEM EXHIBITING
NEW MUTANT ABILITIES.
OKAY. THEN YOU
GOTTA DIG DEEPER.
WE'VE GOT TO FIND A
LINK THAT'LL TELL US WHERE
THEY MIGHT BE HOLED UP.
WHATEVER
CONNECTION THERE IS BETWEEN
TRICORP BOTANICAL AND DARK
STAR IS DIRECTLY RELATED
TO WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM IN
THE JUNGLES OF BOGOTA.
ALL RIGHT, THEN,
WHY DON'T YOU DIG AROUND
IN THE TRICORP DATABASE?
HOW ABOUT THIS, ADAM?
SPECIALIST
SERGEANT ANGEL DORN'S
FATHER OWNS AN ABANDONED
ENGINE PLANT AT WESTHAVEN.
GOOD.
THAT'S IT.
AND I'LL SEND
SHALIMAR AND BRENNAN.
YOU TWO STAY HERE
AND RESEARCH TRICORP.
CAREFUL.
THEY'RE FERALS.
IF I CAN HEAR THEM,
THEY CAN HEAR US.
TRUST ME.
I CAN HANDLE MYSELF.
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
A REALLY BIG GUY.
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK YOU
MADE YOUR POINT ALL RIGHT?
LET'S NOT FORGET, I HAVE
THE ELEMENT OF SURPRISE.