YOU REPAY ME.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S ONE OF
YOUR BIGGEST PROBLEMS,
ECKHART, IT'S JUST
NOT ALWAYS ABOUT YOU.
AND THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE
WRONG, MISS DELAURO.
AND THE SOONER YOU LEARN THAT
YOU'RE NOTHING BUT A SATELLITE
THAT REVOLVES AROUND ME,
WE'LL ALL BE THE BETTER FOR IT.
AFTER WHAT I
SAW ON YOUR DATABASE,
I'M ASHAMED
I EVER TRUSTED YOU.
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
IT'S NOT WHO I
THINK I AM THAT MATTERS;
IT'S THE FEAR I STRIKE IN OTHERS
THAT MAKES LIFE WORTH LIVING.
AND THIS IS THE
GUY THAT YOU TRUSTED.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YEAH.
WE'RE BOTH
OVER THIS PLACE.
SEAL THE COMPLEX.
YES, SIR.
CHECK LEVEL ONE.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
ADAM'S GOING
TO BE PISSED.
YEAH, JUST WAIT'LL WE
GET YOU HOME, YOUNG LADY.
WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?
LOOK, DON'T BLAME EMMA, OKAY?
IF YOU HADN'T HAVE DONE THIS,
I'D STILL BE WORKING
FOR MR. ECKHART, RIGHT?
ALL RIGHT. TAKE A SEAT.
I DON'T REALLY FEEL LIKE
STICKING AROUND AND DUKING IT
OUT WITH YOUR GSA BUDDIES.
I'VE BEEN THINKING
ABOUT WHAT YOU SAID.
ABOUT THE WAY
I DEAL WITH SIMULATIONS AS
OPPOSED TO THE REAL THING.
YEAH?
DID YOU COME
TO ANY CONCLUSIONS?
WELL, ACTUALLY, I DID A
LITTLE READING IN THE GESTALT
CONCEPT OF THE WILLING
SUSPENSION OF DISBELIEF.
YEAH?
WELL,
THAT'S PRETTY HEADY STUFF.
I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT FIGHTING HOLOGRAMS HERE.
WELL, RIGHT. THAT'S MY POINT.
I MEAN, WHEN I'M
FIGHTING VIRTUAL GSAGENTS,
I CAN'T SEEM TO LOSE MYSELF THE
SAME WAY AS IN THE REAL THING.
RIGHT.
WHICH IS WHY I
SUGGESTED THAT YOU APPLY
THE SAME ENERGY AND
THE SAME EFFORT THAT
YOU DO IN REAL COMBAT.
MAYBE.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE
MIGHT BE ANOTHER ANSWER.
I MEAN, I STILL
GET COMPLETELY CREEPED
OUT BY A GOOD HORROR MOVIE.
AND TOTALLY LOST IN...
IN AN ACTION FLICK.
RATHER THAN TRYING TO PRETEND
THAT IT'S REAL WHEN YOU KNOW
THAT IT'S A SIMULATION, YOU
WANT TO SORT OF GIVE YOURSELF
OVER TO THE
VIRTUAL COMBAT THE WAY YOU
GET SUCKED INTO A MOVIE?
COULDN'T HAVE
PUT IT BETTER MYSELF.
NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE FUN.
WHATEVER WORKS.
DON'T WORRY - I DISENGAGED
MY TRACKING CHIP THE SAME TIME
I TURNED OFF
MY SUBDERMAL GOVERNOR.
IT'S GOING TO BE WEIRD
- MEETING ADAM, I MEAN.
WHY WEIRD?
WELL, LET'S NOT FORGET,
I'VE ONLY SEEN ADAM
THROUGH MR. ECKHART'S EYES.
MR. ECKHART?
FORCE OF HABIT.
THEY'RE HERE, ADAM.
NOW,
THE MINUTE SHE'S INSIDE,
LET'S GET HER INTO THE LAB.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT
WE FIND OUT WHAT ECKHART
MAY HAVE DONE TO HER
GENETIC MAKEUP
AND WHAT WE MAY HAVE
TO DO TO COUNTERMAND IT.
OH, EMMA, YOU
SAID IT WAS BEAUTIFUL,
BUT THIS PLACE
IS OUTRAGEOUS.
HEY, MICHELLE, WELCOME.
ADAM,
THIS IS MICHELLE.
AND THAT'S JESSE.
WELL,
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
WE WERE
CONCERNED ABOUT YOU.
CONCERNED?
YEAH, WELL, ECKHART.
YOU KNOW, HE'S GOT
A LONGSTANDING HISTORY
OF TINKERING WITH
THE DNA STRANDS
OF NEW MUTANTS.
AND YOUR GENETIC
MAKEUP MAY SEEM
TO BE UNBREAKABLE,
BUT THERE'S A
CERTAIN FRAGILITY THERE THAT
NEEDS TO BE RECKONED WITH.
MR. ECKHART DID
HAVE HIS TECHNICAL DIVISION
WORK ON MY GENETIC MAKEUP.
I SEE.
I'M NOT SURPRISED.
WELL, MY CONCERN
IS THAT HE MIGHT
HAVE AGGRAVATED THE
EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS
THAT ARE A RESULT OF
YOUR COMPUTER INTERACTION.
IT'S NOT AN ISSUE, ADAM.
WELL... WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
THANKS TO
THE GENETIC MANIPULATION
PERFORMED ON ME BY
GENOMEX TECHNICIANS,
I HAVE BEGUN THE PROCESS OF
SUCCESSFULLY SHEDDING
MY ORGANIC FORM TO BEGIN THE
TRANSFORMATION FROM
MEATWARE TO LIVING HARDWARE.
IN A MATTER OF MOMENTS, THE
COORDINATES OF ALL OF MUTANT X'S
DATA WILL BE AT GENOMEX.
THAT'S NOT GOING
TO HAPPEN, MICHELLE.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU
WHAT IT'S LIKE TO FEEL AGAIN,
WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT.
DON'T WASTE
YOUR TIME, EMMA.

NOT SO ROBOTIC
NOW, HUH, MICHELLE?
YOU CAN'T
MANIPULATE ME LIKE THIS.
TRY AND STOP ME.

STOP!
I THOUGHT YOU HAD
NO FEELINGS OR EMOTIONS.
I DON'T.

I'M BEYOND EMOTIONS.
WHAT'S WRONG, MICHELLE?
A LITTLE UNCOMFORTABLE?
FRUSTRATED?
SCARED?
DID I KILL