OF ADAM'S PEOPLE.
PERHAPS WE COULD
ACCELERATE THE GROWTH RATE.
TAKE SOME TIME OFF
THAT TWENTY-FIVE YEARS.
WHO KNOWS WHERE I'LL
BE IN TWENTY-FIVE YEARS?
BUT I HAVE A GOOD
IDEA WHERE YOU'LL BE.
THIS IS HOW IT SHOULD BE.
TO ALL OF OUR FALLEN HEROES,
WHO FOUGHT WITH HONOUR
AND DIED WITH GRACE.
I KNOW
YOUR SQUAD WOULD BE REALLY
PROUD OF WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I HOPE SO.
ANGEL AND I, WE...
WE DON'T KNOW
HOW TO THANK YOU.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO.HEY, NEIL.
HEY, WHAT'S UP, BRO?
HEY, GUYS.
SORRY WE'RE LATE, MAN.
EVERYTHING OKAY?
YEAH, EVERYTHING EXCEPT
FOR THE LINE AT THE JAVA HUT.
OH, THAT'S MY FAULT.
I DON'T GET A DOUBLE
LATTE BEFORE NOON,
I'M TOAST THE REST OF THE DAY.
NEVER BEEN A PROBLEM FOR ME.
YEAH,
NOT WITH YOUR NEW MUTANCY.
HEY, HOW MUCH SLEEP
DO YOU NEED, ANYWAY?
ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, MOSTLY.
I'D SAVE FIFTY
BUCKS A WEEK ON COFFEE ALONE
IF I HAD YOUR MUTANT POWERS.
ONLY PROBLEM IS FINDING
STUFF TO DO TO FILL THE TIME.
SURE DOES HELP
DRIVING CROSS COUNTRY.
BUT THAT MAKES YOU THE
PERFECT COURIER FOR THE
NEW MUTANT UNDERGROUND.
STILL MEANS I GOT TO WATCH
A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE SNOOZE
WHILE I'M WIDE AWAKE.
THE CYTO-FILTER ADAM REQUESTED
FROM DOC HOLLIS IS OVER THERE.
AND THIS GOES BACK
WITH YOU TO DR. HOLLIS.
IT'S ADAM'S NEW PROTOTYPE
FOR A GENETIC SEQUENCER.
IF DR. HOLLIS CAN
REPLICATE THE TECHNOLOGY,
THEN WE CAN STICK THEM IN
SAFE HOUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
HELP RESTORE THE
DNA OF AILING NEW MUTANTS.
NOT TO WORRY.
YOU CAN TELL ADAM
IT'LL RIDE UP FRONT WITH ME.
GREAT.
WANT TO GIVE
ME A HAND OVER HERE?
ADAM'S GEAR
IS ON THE BOTTOM.
YEAH.
I'LL BE
RIGHT THERE.
YEAH.
WHAT THE HELL?
HEY, GUYS.
WHERE DID IT GO?
ACH. FORGET IT.
I THOUGHT I HEARD SOMEONE
IN HERE BEFORE YOU GUYS CAME IN.
YEAH, WELL, WHOEVER OR
WHATEVER IT IS IS LONG GONE.
WHO'S GOING
TO TELL ADAM?
HE IS.
I KNEW THE
MINUTE THAT WORD ABOUT
THE SEQUENCER GOT OUT
THERE THAT SOMETHING
LIKE THIS MIGHT HAPPEN,
SO I INSTALLED
A BUILT-IN TRACKING
DEVICE IN THE CONTROL PANELS
SO THAT THE MINUTE IT'S
ACTIVATED IT CAN BE TRACKED.
RIGHT IN THE HEART
OF GENOMEX I'LL BET.
OH, NOT NECESSARILY.
IT'S NOT REALLY OF ANY
USE TO ECKHART OR THE GSA,
BUT FOR ANY NEW MUTANT
WHOSE DNA IS MUTATING...
OUT OF CONTROL IT
COULD REALLY BE USEFUL.
NOW, I HAVE TO SAY, YOU SEEM
TO BE TAKING THIS VERY CALMLY.
WELL,
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
I DON'T SEE HOW ANGER'S
GOING TO BRING IT BACK?
YEAH, BUT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT A ONE-OF-A-KIND PROTOTYPE
YOU SPENT A YEAR
OF YOUR LIFE WORKING ON.
I DON'T
KNOW - I JUST FIGURED
YOU'D BE A LITTLE BIT
MORE UPSET ABOUT IT.
WELL, YOU SEEM UPSET
ENOUGH FOR BOTH OF US.
LOOK. THERE ARE VERY
FEW MUTANTS WITH THIS STEALTH
GIFT OUT THERE, RIGHT?
SO, IF ONE OF THEM IS
DESPERATE ENOUGH TO STEAL IT,
THEN THEY PROBABLY
REALLY NEED OUR HELP.
YOU KEEP SAYING STEALTH
INSTEAD OF INVISIBLE.
YEAH.
BECAUSE THEY'RE
NOT LIKE H.G. WELLS'
INVISIBLE MAN.
THEY EMIT AN AURA
THAT SERVES AS A KIND
OF LIGHT-REFLECTING
SHIELD AND THEN
THEY REMAIN INVISIBLE
WITHIN THIS SHIELD.
NOW, THE PROBLEM
IS THAT IF THIS AURA
STARTS TO BREAK DOWN,
IT CAN BE EXTREMELY
DEBILITATING.
WHY DON'T YOU
AND SHALIMAR GO OVER TO
THE SAFEHOUSE AND SEE
WHAT YOU CAN
FIND OUT FOR ME.
OKAY, BUT...
OKAY?
THANKS.
OKAY.
AH, THE INFORMANT ALDEN BERKLEY.
IT'S ALDOUS.
COME ON, MAN.
I'VE BEEN FEEDING
YOU TONS OF DOPE ON THESE
MUTANTS FOR A WHILE NOW.
AND YOU'VE
BEEN WELL-COMPENSATED
FOR IT, I MIGHT ADD.
WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW?
I'M SICK OF BEING
ON THE OUTSIDE LOOKING IN.
SEEMS TO ME I
DESERVE A STEADY GIG.
DO YOU EXPECT ME TO
PROVIDE THIS "STEADY GIG"?
WELL, I'VE...
I'VE GOT SOME INFORMATION
ON THE DISAPPEARANCE
OF A VALUABLE PIECE
OF MUTANT X HARDWARE.
MILD INTEREST, AT BEST.
RIPPED OFF FROM
MUTANT X BY AN INVISIBLE THIEF.
INVISIBLE?
ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES, THIS
THIEF HAD STEALTH ABILITIES.
AND WHERE IS THIS
STEALTH MUTANT NOW?
THAT I COULDN'T TELL YOU.
BUT, MAN, YOU GIVE
ME A