WELL, THIS IS IT.
WELCOME.
I WAS HOPING I'D GET TO
SEE WHERE YOU GUYS WORKED.
IT'S JUST POLICY, CHARLOTTE.
THIS IS JESSE.
SO IT'S NOT BECAUSE YOU
THOUGHT I WAS LIKE MY FATHER.
YOUR FATHER AND I WORKED
TOGETHER A LONG TIME
AND I'M VERY SORRY
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM.
YEAH, YEAH.
THAT'S ALRIGHT.
IT'S ALL JUST HISTORY.
I'M MORE
INTERESTED IN NOW.
I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE I
WANT TO JOIN UP WITH YOU GUYS.
WELL, I'M SORRY.
THAT'S JUST
NOT POSSIBLE.
I COULD
REALLY HELP YOU.
WELL THAT'S
NOT THE ISSUE.
I KNOW YOU'RE
VERY GIFTED
YOU HAVE THE
RARE NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING
ON STRAND 17 OF YOUR...
YEAH, I CHANGE PEOPLE.
TURN BAD PEOPLE GOOD.
YEAH, I NOW.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
WELL WE'VE BEEN FILE ON
ALL THE CHILDREN OF GENOMEX.
SO YOU KNOW
HOW VALUABLE I'D BE.
TELL HIM.
ADAM?
COME ON, ADAM, DON'T YOU
THINK YOU OWE THIS TO ME?
HEY, BRENNAN, HOW WELL
DOES ADAM KNOW CHARLOTTE?
WELL, SHALIMAR SAID THAT
ADAM WORKED FOR THEIR FATHER
AT THE BIOCHEMISTRY
DEPARTMENT AT STANFORD.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
I THINK THERE'S A
LITTLE MORE TO IT THAN THAT.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
HER FATHER WAS ANTHONY COOKE.
THE GUY THAT WAS CONVICTED
FOR SELLING BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS.
YES.
AND IT WAS ADAM
WHO TURNED HIM IN.
WOW, CHARLOTTE CAN'T
BE TOO FOND OF ADAM.
WELL, IT GETS WORSE.
COOKE COMMITTED SUICIDE
RIGHT BEFORE THE TRIAL.
THAT'S ROUGH.
WHAT'S HER NEW MUTANCY?
SHE CAN MANIPULATE
MORAL POLARITY.
BAD TO GOOD,
OR GOOD TO BAD?
MY GUESS IS SHE
COULD GO EITHER WAY.
DEFOLIATION.
IT'S NO BIG DEAL IN
THE CITY, OF COURSE, BUT...
TELL ME
ABOUT CHARLOTTE COOKE.
WE HUNG AROUND
IN HIGH SCHOOL.
SHE WAS PRETTY HOT, BUT...
I WAS THE ONLY ONE...
JUST TELL HIM ABOUT THE GIRL.
SHE WAS ALWAYS KIND OF WEIRD.
IT USED TO BOTHER HER THAT NO
ONE WOULD HANG AROUND WITH HER.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THAT STUFF
ABOUT HER FATHER CAME OUT.
THAT WAS... SHOCKING.
WHY DID SHE CONTACT MUTANT X?
SHE HATES THIS ADAM GUY.
SHE... CHARLOTTE
FIGURES THAT IF...
ADAM
WANTS HER TO JOIN MUTANT X,
SHE CAN HE RUIN HIS LIFE...
LIKE HE DID WITH HERS.
WHAT IS IT EXACTLY
THAT MISS COOKE DOES?
WHAT'S IN IT
FOR ME IF I TELL YOU?
IT CAN WAIT.
SHE... SHE...
SHE CAN CHANGE PEOPLE.
SHE... SHE... SHE MAKES THEM...
SHE CAN MAKE THEM BAD.
IT ONLY LASTS A
MINUTE ON NEW MUTANTS...
BUT ON...
YOU KNOW, REAL PEOPLE
IT CAN LAST FOREVER.
A NEW MUTANT
WITH THE ABILITY TO
ADJUST THE MORAL COMPASS.
SHOW THE
YOUNG MAN HIS ROOM.
OKAY, WE'RE READY TO GO.
GOOD.
ALRIGHT, CHARLOTTE, HERE'S
THE TELEPHONE NUMBER WHERE
YOU CAN REACH ME.
NOW YOUR CALL WILL
BE FORWARDED TO ME FROM
ONE OF THE SAFE-HOUSES.
I DIDN'T CONTACT YOU SO YOU
COULD STICK ME IN UNDERGROUND.
CHARLOTTE,
THE GSA KNOW ABOUT YOU.
WE HAVE NO CHOICE.
WE'RE JUST TRYING
TO KEEP YOU SAFE, CHARLOTTE.
I CONTACTED YOU BECAUSE I WANT
TO JOIN MUTANT X.
ALRIGHT. LOOK,
CHARLOTTE, I'M VERY SORRY,
BUT YOU CAN'T
JUST JOIN MUTANT X.
FINE.
IF THAT'S THE WAY YOU WANT IT...
THEN THAT'S THE
WAY IT'S GOT TO BE.
ADAM, WHERE DOES IT
SAY THAT YOU GET TO MAKE
THE DECISIONS FOR EVERYBODY?
WHAT?
JESSE, ARE YOU OKAY?
WAS I TALKING TO YOU?
HEY, WOAH...
HEY, DON'T USE
THAT TONE ON ME, ADAM.
I'VE HAD IT!
AND I'VE HAD IT WITH
YOUR ATTITUDE TOO JESSE.
ARGH...
HEY, HEY!
WAIT!
HEY! STOP IT YOU TWO.
SHALIMAR.
ARE YOU ALRIGHT?
YEAH.
IT MUST HAVE
BEEN CHARLOTTE.
I'M SORRY.
CHARLOTTE?
CHARLOTTE?!
SHE'S GONE.
OUR SOURCES TELL US CHARLOTTE
COOKE IS BACK ON THE STREETS.
QUELLE SURPRISE.
HER PLAN TO BRING
DOWN ADAM HAS FAILED.
I THINK WE
COULD MAKE USE OF MISS
COOKE'S TALENTS AND
ACHIEVE OUR OWN GOALS.
WELL, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTOOD
FROM OUR LITTLE FRIEND
MR VOSBURG, SHE'S
A TRIFLE UNSTABLE.
SHE'LL NEED PROPER
TRAINING AND GUIDANCE.
ARE YOU SUGGESTING
YOU'D LIKE TO BECOME
HER MENTOR, MR. LYNCH?
I AM.
SHE'S YOUR
RESPONSIBILITY.
IF SHE
FAILS, YOU FAIL.
EXTEND AN IMMEDIATE
INVITATION TO MISS COOKE.
WE'RE TRYING
TO LOCATE HER NOW.
MIGHT I OFFER A PIECE OF MY
OWN