COUPLE OF DAYS.
YOU EVER GET A CHANCE
TO VISIT THE COAST?
NO.
WELL, NO, SHE'S GREAT.
YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TELL ME THAT.
DONE A WONDERFUL
JOB RAISING HER.
HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN EASY.
YOU KNOW I HAVE
TO ASK YOU, RIGHT?
SHE'S NOT YOUR DAUGHTER.
I CAN SEE HOW
DISAPPOINTED YOU ARE.
I'M SORRY FOR THAT.
WELL,
I WAS WONDERING WHERE SHE
GOT THOSE BLUE EYES, ANYWAY.
THANK YOU.
NOW YOU HAVE TO GO.
YEAH.
I'VE GOT A DAUGHTER
TO FINISH RAISING.
BUT YOU KNOW WHERE I AM.
THAT I DO.
I'LL SEE YOU.
SOON.YOU ALWAYS TAKE ME
TO THE NICEST PLACES.
WELL...
IT WASN'T MY CHOICE.
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW
THIS CONLAN ANYWAY?
I GUESS AS
WELL AS YOU CAN KNOW
ANYONE YOU WORK WITH.
NOW, BY WORK ARE YOU TALKING
ABOUT YOUR PAST ENDEAVOURS
AS A LOWLIFE AND A HOODLUM?
HEY, THAT'S NOT VERY NICE.
OH YEAH, JUSTIFIED,
BUT STILL NOT NICE.
HEY, I AM JUST GOING
BY WHAT YOU'VE TOLD ME.
YEAH,
YOU KNOW, MATTY AND I...
COLLABORATED ON A FEW PROJECTS
TOGETHER HERE AND THERE.
AND YOU NEVER NOTICED
ANY SIGNS OF NEW MUTANCY?
NO, NO.
IT'S LIKE, PARTY TRICKS,
SLIGHT OF HAND STUFF, YOU KNOW?
IF THERE WAS ANY
KIND OF POWER INVOLVED,
IT WASN'T ANYTHING MAJOR.
THEN I WONDER WHAT RAISED
THE GSA'S SUDDEN INTEREST.
HEY, MATTY.
HELLO?
HAH-HAH.
COME HERE.
WHAT'S UP?
YEAH, YOU'RE
LOOKING BETER THAN EVER.
YEAH.
YEAH, YOU'RE NOT
LOOKING SO BAD YOURSELF.
I WAS AFRAID
YOU WOULDN'T SHOW UP.
OH, COME ON, I WOULDN'T
HAVE MISSED IT.
MATTY, EMMA.
EMMA, MATTY.
HEY.
BRENNAN, YOU NEVER...
SO HOW YOU BEEN?
ME? YEAH.
GOOD. GOOD.
BUT YOU...
WELL, MY FRIEND, I'M AFRAID
YOU AIN'T DOING SO HOT.
EMMA, GET BEHIND ME.
MATTY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
SORRY, BREN', I HAD TO.
BRENNAN.
EMMA?
EMMA?
DAMN, MY HEAD IS KILLING ME.
NO BRENNAN.
HIS GIRLFRIEND WILL HAVE TO DO.
GRAB HER AND LET'S GO.
I FEEL SO HOT.
YEAH.
HEY, DON'T TRY TO GET UP.
YOU FEEL OKAY?
I THINK SO.
I'M NOT
SURPRISED IF YOU DON'T.
PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW THAT
YOUR MOLECULAR STRUCTURE'S
BEEN SOMEHOW
ALTERED BY THE ATTACK.
HOW?
I DON'T KNOW.
WE'LL KNOW
MORE AFTER I CAN ANALYZE
THE RESULTS OF THE EDD SCAN.
OKAY.
WHAT'S WRONG?
THIS THING IS SAFE, RIGHT?
OF COURSE.
LOOK, YOU GOT CONNED.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL.
AND EMMA'S FINE.
YEAH, NO THANKS TO ME.
I WALKED RIGHT INTO IT.
SO WHAT ARE
YOU GOING TO DO,
KEEP BEATING
YOURSELF UP OVER IT?
YEAH, I TELL YOU WHO
I'D LIKE TO BEAT UP.
YOU'D HIT A WOMAN?
NO, NO, BUT IF THERE WAS
A WOMAN WHO COULD DRIVE ME
TO DO IT IT WOULD BE HER.
HEY, YOU LET YOUR
GUARD DOWN, THAT'S ALL.
IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
THE MATTY CONLAN I
KNEW WAS TOTALLY STAND-UP.
STAND-UP, LIAR, CHEAT OR THIEF?
YEAH, WHERE DID THIS
ENERGY THING COME FROM?
YOU NEVER SAW HER
USE HER POWERS BEFORE?
SHE DIDN'T HAVE
THOSE POWERS BEFORE.
WELL, WAIT, IT'S HARD TO
BELIEVE THAT THEY COULD HAVE
EVOLVED LIKE THAT IN
SUCH A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
YEAH.
TRUST ME, WE'VE BEEN
IN SOME PRETTY TIGHT
SITUATIONS TOGETHER.
I'LL BET.
YEAH, NOT THAT KIND OF TIGHT.
NOW, IF SHE HAD
HAD THOSE ABILITIES,
THEN SHE WOULD HAVE HAD PLENTY
OF OPPORTUNITIES TO USE THEM.
YOU'RE CERTAIN OF THAT?
YOU KNOW, I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I'M CERTAIN OF ANYMORE.
THE FORCE
OF YOUR POWER'S MAGNITUDE
SHOULD HAVE KILLED HER.
WOULD YOU RATHER SHE WAS DEAD?
HAVING HER AS A PRISONER
GIVES US MORE OPTIONS.
WHAT STOPPED YOU
FROM DELIVERING MULWRAY?
I PROMISED
YOU A MEMBER FROM MUTANT
X AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT.
MY CONCERN
OVER THE TOLL IT TOOK ON
YOU REMAINS, MISS CONLAN.
IT'S JUST A HEADACHE.
IT'LL GO AWAY.
TALK TO DR HARRISON ABOUT
THESE SIDE EFFECTS WHEN HE SEES
YOU FOR YOUR FINE-TUNING.
NO.
NO MORE OPERATIONS.
IF IT WASN'T FOR
THESE OPERATIONS,
YOU'D STILL BE
A SMALL TIME HUSTLER.
A JOB HERE REMAINS
OPEN, MISS CONLAN.
WHEN I AGREED TO DO THIS,
I DIDN'T REALIZE EVERYTHING
THAT WAS INVOLVED.
YOU'RE STILL
INTERESTED, AREN'T YOU?
AND IF I SAY NO?
I CERTAINLY
WOULD NEVER FORCE ANYONE
TO BETTER THEMSELVES.
ARE YOU STILL
INTERESTED, MISS CONLAN?