AND
THEN WE CAN COPY ALL THE
FILES HERE AT SANCTUARY
WITHOUT DETECTION.
GREAT.
LET'S GET TO WORK.
GOOD LUCK.
THANKS.
HEY.
IT'S JUST ME, OR YOU
BEEN A LITTLE AWOL SINCE
YOUR DAD POPPED UP?
NO, I'VE BEEN AROUND.
I'VE JUST BEEN KEEPING BUSY.
HUH, YEAH.
SO ADAM
AND I DID A LITTLE
RESEARCH ON NEXXOGEN.
SOUNDS LIKE YOUR DAD
HAD A PRETTY ROUGH TIME.
YOU MIGHT SAY THAT.
I MEAN,
I DID TRY TO RUN THE
GUY OVER WITH A CAR.
OH, YEAH.
DOES THAT HAPPEN A LOT?
DOES WHAT HAPPEN A LOT?
YOU KNOW,
YOUR DAD SHOWING UP
OUT OF NOWHERE WITH
A BUNCH OF GUYS CHASING HIM?
WELL, YOU NEVER REALLY KNOW
WHAT TO EXPECT WITH THEM.
I MEAN, HE HAS HAD
A PRETTY AMAZING LIFE.
OH, NO KIDDING.
NOT YOUR AVERAGE GUY, HUH?
NO.
I MEAN, HE'S NOT
EXACTLY WHAT YOU'D
CALL A STAY-HOME DAD,
BUT HE'S ALWAYS
BEEN THERE FOR ME.
YEAH.
I'M JUST SAYING THAT...
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE
SAYING AND YOU'RE WRONG.
JESSE,
MY FATHER WASN'T EXACTLY ...
BRENNAN, PLEASE.
DON'T START THIS WHOLE
YOUR CHILDHOOD/MY CHILDHOOD
COMPETITION THING NOW, OKAY?
LOOK, I GOTTA GO.
I GOT A DATE.
I'LL SEE YOU.
YEAH,
BE CAREFUL, HUH?
NOAH?
NOAH.
DAD.
GET IN THE CAR.
WHERE ARE YOU?
JUST GET IN THE CAR.
THESE GUYS AREN'T GOING
TO TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.
I'M NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU.
WELL, THAT'S
NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?
GO.
WHAT'S THIS
PLACE SUPPOSED TO BE?
WELL,
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE
A NEW MUTANT SAFEHOUSE.
I'LL EXPLAIN LATER.
WHY DON'T
YOU GO ON DOWN?
LET ME
PATCH YOU UP.
OH, COME ON, JESS.
I'M FINE.
YEAH.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE
JUST LIKE YOUR MOM.
YOU'RE ALWAYS
TRYING TO...
TAKE CARE
OF THINGS, YOU KNOW.
THAT'S FUNNY.
SHE WAS ALWAYS SAYING
I WAS JUST LIKE YOU BECAUSE
I WAS ALWAYS ACTING UP.
SIT.
GUESS I GOT A
FOOT IN BOTH CAMPS, HUH?
YEAH.
SO...
YOU WANT TO TELL ME WHY
THOSE GUYS WERE CHASING YOU?
WELL, I WAS DOING PRETTY
GOOD AT THIS JOB AND THEN I GOT,
UH, DOWNSIZED.
THAT'S WHEN I WENT TO NEXXOGEN.
AND I STUMBLED ON THIS COMPANY
SCANDAL INVOLVING NEW MUTANTS.
HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH THE MARTEZ ACCIDENT?
WELL, WHAT DO
YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT?
JUST WHAT
WAS IN THE NEWS.
AH,
IT WAS ALL A COVER-UP.
IF THE REAL TRUTH CAME
OUT, HEADS WOULD ROLL.
LET ME GUESS:
WITH YOUR HEAD FIRST ON
THE CHOPPING BLOCK, HUH?

YOU GOT THAT RIGHT.
WHEN I REALISED
WHAT HAD HAPPENED,
I KNEW THAT THERE
WAS NO TURNING BACK.
SO I DOWNLOADED EVERYTHING
ABOUT THE INCIDENT
- AS INSURANCE.
WHERE'S THE FILE?
I PUT IT ON A DISK.
WHICH I SLIPPED IN YOUR
COAT POCKET LAST NIGHT.
WHAT?
WELL, I WAS AFRAID THEY
WOULD TAKE IT AWAY FROM ME.
WELL, I KNEW THEY WOULDN'T
TAKE IT AWAY FROM YOU.
GLAD YOU TRUST ME, DAD?
WELL...
IN FACT,
I HAVE SOME PRETTY POWERFUL
FRIENDS WHO I TRUST,
WHO I THINK MIGHT
BE ABLE TO HELP US.
I CAN'T LET YOU DO THAT.
THESE PEOPLE ARE WILLING
TO KILL AT ANY COST
TO KEEP THIS SECRET.
YEAH. NO,
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND...
I FEEL BAD ENOUGH
DRAWING YOU INTO IT.
I DON'T WANT
TO RISK ANYONE ELSE.
WE HANDLE
THIS MY WAY.
ALL RIGHT, DAD.
OKAY.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
AH.
I KNEW I SHOULDN'T
HAVE WORN THESE PANTS.
MY UNDERWEAR IS
RIDING UP BIG TIME.
YOU'RE WEARING UNDERWEAR?
YOU'RE NOT?
YOU TWO DONE?
YEAH.
I THINK THAT
ABOUT COVERS IT.
NOW,
THE COMPUTER CENTRE SHOULDN'T
BE TOO FAR PAST THE LOBBY.
ONCE YOU'VE PASSED THROUGH
THE EMPLOYEES' ENTRANCE,
GET THERE FAST.
YOUR ID GIVES
YOU LIMITED ACCESS.
SHALL WE?
YEAH.
JUST A MOMENT.
IS THERE A PROBLEM?
GO AHEAD.
NO. NO PROBLEM.
IT'S UNDER CONTROL, SIR.
SINCE YOU DON'T HAVE THE
DISK, I'LL HAVE TO ASSUME THAT
YOUR DEFINITION OF "CONTROL"
DIFFERS WILDLY FROM MINE.
THE NEXXOGEN EMPLOYEE
WHO STOLE THE DISK IS
JESSE KILMARTIN'S FATHER.
AND WITH A MEMBER
OF MUTANTX INVOLVED,
THE PLAYING FIELD
IS VERY DIFFERENT.
ARE YOU TRYING TO SHIRK
RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR FAILURE?
I'M SIMPLY POINTING OUT HOW
COMPLEX THE SITUATION IS.
MR. PORTER,
I WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE
SITUATION CRYSTAL CLEAR.
IF THAT