YEAH.
I'M STILL INTERESTED.
THEN YOU HAVE
TO MAINTAIN YOUR HEALTH.
I'M FINE.
IF YOU'RE
TO ASSUME A POSITION
OF AUTHORITY IN THIS
ORGANIZATION, WE HAVE
TO BE CERTAIN OF THAT.
I JUST NEED A
LITTLE TIME TO RECUPERATE
BEFORE MY NEXT OPERATION.
OF COURSE,
TAKE SOME TIME OFF.
WE CAN WAIT
TO MEET WITH DR HARRISON
UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.
THREE O'CLOCK?
FINE.
SEE YOU AT THREE.
YO, MAN.
HEY, HEY.
HEY, BABY, MM.
NO WAY.
WELL, IF IT
ISN'T THE MAN HIMSELF.
HOW'S IT GOING, MAX?
NOT BAD, NOT BAD.
I HEARD SOME CRAZY
RUMOURS ABOUT YOU, MAN.
YEAH?
WELL,
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
ARE ALWAYS TALKING.
WHAT BRINGS YOU TO
THIS PART OF TOWN?
WELL I'M LOOKING
FOR MATTY CONLAN.
HAPPEN TO
KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT?
IT'S BEEN MONTHS.
WHAT'S SHE UP TO?
I WAS KIND OF
HOPING YOU'D TELL ME.
I MEAN, THIS IS KIND
OF HER OFFICE, RIGHT?
SHE PRACTICALLY
LIVED HERE.
YEAH,
THEN ONE DAY SHE JUST
STOPPED COMING IN.
BEEN WEEKS NOW.
WEEKS?
WELL, THAT'S FUNNY,
BECAUSE A FEW SECONDS
AGO YOU SAID MONTHS.
YEAH, WEEKS,
MONTHS, WHO CARES?
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME, OKAY?
YOU KNOW, I'M GUESSING THAT
YOU KNOW WHERE SHE'S AT.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING,
I'M LYING TO YOU?
YEAH.
YEAH,
YOU'RE ALWAYS LYING.
LET ME
TELL YOU SOMETHING, MAN,
I CAN MAKE ONE PHONE CALL
AND YOU'LL QUICKLY LEARN
JUST WHAT PAIN REALLY MEANS,
YOU UNDERSTAND ME?
YEAH?
YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN
MAKE ONE PHONE CALL TOO.
YOU KNOW MR SUNNY MARCO?
YEAH, I CAN
TALK TO HIM ABOUT ALL
THE GAMBLING KICK BACKS
THAT YOU'VE
BEEN SKIMMING.
ALL RIGHT, MAN,
JUST BE COOL.
I'LL BE STRAIGHT
WITH YOU, ALL RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT.
TELL ME WHAT
I NEED TO KNOW.
A FEW WEEKS
BACK SHE GOT POPPED FOR
PINCHING STOLEN GOODS.
AND THEN THE COP WHO BUSTED HER
WAS ON SOMEBODY ELSE'S PAYROLL.
SOME GOVERNMENT
GUY OR SOMETHING.
NOW, THE WORD IS
SHE CUT SOME KIND OF DEAL.
WHERE'S SHE STAYING?
REMEMBER ROSS,
HER EX-BOYFRIEND
UP ON MASON STREET?
YEAH, SECOND FLOOR.
SHE MIGHT BE STAYING
AT HIS PLACE.
THANK YOU.
GET NEAR
ME WITH THAT,
DOCTOR, YOU'VE BREATHED
YOUR LAST BREATH.
THE MAN YOU ARE HOLDING
IS DR KENNETH HARRISON,
THE GSA'S MOST
ILLUSTRIOUS BIOGENETICIST.
IS IT ALWAYS
SO DAMN COLD IN HERE?
WELL, ACTUALLY THE TEMPERATURE
OF THE LAB HAS BEEN LOWERED
TO INHIBIT THE SPREAD
OF DISEASE AND VIRUSES.
GERMS FREAK YOU OUT, HUH?
I'M AFRAID DR HARRISON
MUST COMPLETE HIS EXAMINATION.
I'M NOT GOING TO
BE YOUR LATEST GUINEA PIG.
WELL, THIS IS A SIDE OF EMMA
DELAURO MY INTELLIGENCE ON
MUTANT X TOLD ME NOTHING ABOUT.
WELL, I'M NOTHING LIKE THE
REST OF THOSE MUTANT X FREAKS.
YOU CALL YOUR
OWN TEAMMATES FREAKS?
YOU CONSIDER
YOURSELF NORMAL?
I CONSIDER
MYSELF GIFTED.
TOO VALUABLE TO BE WASTED
AS SOME DOCTOR'S LAB RAT.
I KNOW IT'S A PLOY,
BUT I'M INTRIGUED.
WHAT DID YOU HAVE IN MIND?
WHY NOT TRY
A REAL EXPERIMENT?
AND LET ME JOIN YOU.
I BEG YOUR PARDON?
YOU HEARD ME.
I WANT TO LEAVE MUTANT X
AND COME WORK WITH THE GSA.
HEY, WOULD YOU
TWO PLEASE BE CAREFUL?
CAREFUL?
YOU ALMOST FELL BACK THERE.
NO, I DIDN'T.
HE LOOKED FINE TO ME.
WELL,
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.
THIS IS DANGEROUS
BUSINESS, YOU GUYS.
SOMEONE COULD GET REALLY HURT.
WELL, THAT'S
WHY WE PRACTICE, EMMA.
SO WHEN WE GET INTO A
REAL FIGHT WITH THE BAD GUYS,
WE DON'T GET HURT.
YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I WISH WE
DIDN'T HAVE TO FIGHT THE GSA.
THERE SHOULD BE A BETTER WAY
FOR US TO DEAL WITH THEM.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
BUT, UM, THERE'S NOT.
WHICH IS WHY I SUGGEST WE
START TAKING MORE PRECAUTIONS.
PRECAUTIONS?
YEAH.
I MEAN, LOOK AT
OUR DAILY ROUTINE.
FIGHTING, FLIPPING,
OFFENSE, DEFENSE,
THROWING AROUND OUR,
LET'S FACE IT, POTENTIALLY
DANGEROUS POWERS.
BUT THAT'S WHAT WE DO.
YEAH, I KNOW.
AND I
UNDERSTAND THAT, I DO, BUT
IF ADAM EXPECTS US TO TRAIN
LIKE THIS, WE HAVE TO
THINK MORE ABOUT OUR SAFETY.
ARE YOU FOR REAL?
ALL I'M SAYING IS:
LET'S BE SAFE OUT THERE.
AND IN HERE.
POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.
I HAVE TO SAY, MISS DELAURO,
THIS IS QUITE UNEXPECTED.
AND QUITE