USUAL HOSTILE
FORCES ATTACK, ADAM.
YEAH,
I MEAN, COME ON...
WHA... WHA...
POPPING IN AND OUT LIKE THAT?
AND THEN IT
WOULDN'T BE A SURPRISE
- OR SUDDEN
- NOW, WOULD IT?
IT ONLY LOOKS LIKE I'M ALONE.
I'M WAITING FOR SOMEONE.
OKAY.
EMMA.
EMMA.
YOU'RE LATE.
JUST LIKE ALWAYS.
AND YOU ARE TAKING A
REALLY BIG RISK HERE, EMMA.
COME ON, YOU NEVER RATTED
ME OUT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
YEAH, WELL, THIS
ISN'T HIGH SCHOOL.
FINE.
REGARDLESS OF WHAT SIDES WE'RE
ON, WE'RE STILL FRIENDS, RIGHT?
I GUESS.
YOU GUESS?
YOU'RE FORGETTING
SOMETHING HERE, MICHELLE.
BEFORE EITHER OF US KNEW
ABOUT NEW MUTANTS OR GENOMEX OR
MUTANT X, WE BOTH
KNEW THAT WE WERE DIFFERENT.
AND WE WERE REALLY LUCKY TO HAVE
EACH OTHER TO SHARE OUR SECRET.
SO, WHAT DO YOU SAY
YOU MEET ME AT JASPERS?
OH, I DON'T KNOW.
WE'RE ON DIFFERENT
SIDES OF THE FENCE NOW.
COME ON, MICHELLE,
FENCES ARE FOR CLIMBING.
THIS IS YOU AND
ME WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
OKAY.
I CAN SPEND AN HOUR AND
THEN I HAVE TO GET BACK.
OKAY, IS THAT AN HOUR IN
REAL TIME OR BIGELOW TIME?
I'LL SEE YOU IN FIFTEEN
MINUTES - REAL TIME.
THE ONLY THING THESE TRAINING
EXERCISES ARE PREPARING US FOR
IS TO FIGHT SIMULATIONS, AND
I DON'T CARE HOW MANY MILLIONS
OF SCENARIOS THE
COMPUTER COMES UP WITH,
THEY'RE STILL JUST HOLOGRAMS.
THEY'RE NOT HOLOGRAMS.
THEY'RE TACTILE.
AND I PROGRAMMED THEM
ALL TO HAVE FREE WILL.
I MEAN, SEE, BUT YOU...
YOU'RE JUST
ANNOYED BECAUSE THE COMPUTER
OUTFOUGHT YOU BOTH, RIGHT?
THE ONLY REASON YOU DON'T
LIKE VIRTUAL SIMULATIONS IS
BECAUSE YOU HAVEN'T
BEATEN ONE YET.
AW, IT'S NOT TRUE.
WE'VE BEATEN
THEM LOTS OF TIMES.
YEAH, WELL,
ONLY WHEN YOU KNEW WHAT
EXACTLY WHAT TO EXPECT.
BUT THE MINUTE YOU HAVE A
VIRTUAL OPPONENT WHO ZIGS,
YOU KNOW, BOOM, POW,
AND YOU EXPECT IT TO ZAG,
WELL, THEN,
IT'S HOME FOR A LOSS.
I BET YOU HAD
TROUBLE WITH, UH,
VIDEO GAMES WHEN YOU
WERE A KID, RIGHT?
STILL DO.
 OH, GOD.
SO, UM, DO YOUR FRIENDS
KNOW YOU'RE HERE?
NOT ANY MORE.
GOTTA ADMIT IT,
THOUGH, IT IS SO WEIRD
TO BE HERE AGAIN.
I KNOW.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT SAME
GUY STILL WORKS AT THE COUNTER?
I KNOW.
WE MADE HIS LIFE A
LIVING HELL, DIDN'T WE?
SO YOU WANT
ME TO DO IT, OR WHAT?
WELL, DO WHAT?
THANKS.
EXCUSE ME?
TWO DOUBLE LATTES.
JUST LIKE YOU ORDERED.
YOU DID ORDER THEM, DIDN'T YOU?
OH, THAT IS SO SWEET.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND THEN, WHEN WE WERE READY
TO SKIP OUT OF THIS PLACE...
I'D SAY THE MAGIC PHRASE.
I'M OVER THIS PLACE.
AND THEN?
OOPS.
NO POWER.
AND THEN WE'D SKIP OUT THE
BACK WITHOUT PAYING THE CHECK.
OH, MY GOSH.
WE WERE TERRIBLE.
WE'RE STILL TERRIBLE.
AND SOMETIMES,
WE WERE THE ONLY
ONES WHO COULD KEEP
THE OTHER ONE SANE.
YEAH,
I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT
WHEN I SAW YOU ON...
YOUR SECURITY VIDEO.
YEAH.
I GOTTA SAY,
IT'S NOW HOW I PICTURED
RUNNING INTO YOU AGAIN.
SO HOW LONG
YOU BEEN WITH THE GSA?
A LITTLE UNDER A YEAR.
YOU KNOW,
I'M SURPRISED, MICHELLE.
IN SCHOOL, YOU ALWAYS HAD
SUCH HIGH GOALS FOR YOURSELF.
AND NOW,
THANKS TO MR. ECKHART,
I'M ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS.
SO ADAM SEEMS
TO THINK JESSE'S PROBLEM
IS THAT HE GOT HIS
BUTT KICKED BY
THE TRAINING SIMULATION.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
GOT AN
OPINION THERE, BUSTER?
OR AM I BOTHERING YOU?
NO.
BUT, JUST FOR
THE RECORD, I'M READING
A GSA TRAINING MANUAL
FILE THAT
I SWIPED LAST TIME
WE PAID THEM A VISIT.
I'M TRYING
TO FIND A CLUE AS TO
HOW THEY'RE BYPASSING
OUR SECURITY SYSTEM.
AS FOR THE TRAINING
SIMULATIONS,
I THINK JESSE'S JUST TAKING
IT WAY TOO SERIOUSLY.
THAT'S FUNNY.
I ALWAYS ENJOY THEM.
YEAH,
YOU JUST LIKE ANYTHING THAT
GETS YOU UP AND MOVING.
EVEN IF THERE'S A LITTLE
VIRTUAL ASS-KICKING INVOLVED,
ALL THE BETTER.
ANYTHING WE
CAN USE IN THERE?
NAH, NOT REALLY.
WELL, OTHER THAN THE FACT
THAT ECKHART CONSIDERS YOU
- AND THIS IS A QUOTE
- "SHALIMAR
FOX IS, BY FAR,
THE LEAST INTERESTING
MEMBER OF MUTANT X."
WHAT?
GIVE ME THAT.
MADE YOU LOOK.
YOU IDIOT.
OW.
THE GSA
IS A LAW ENFORCEMENT