WITH
THE ABILITY TO ABSORB MEMORY.
WELL THAT EXPLAINS WHY
ADAM DIDN'T RECOGNIZE US.
YEAH,
AND WHY HE RAN STRAIGHT
INTO THE ARMS OF THE POLICE.
WAIT 'TIL I GET
MY HANDS ON THIS GUY.
I'M GOING TO LEAVE HIM
WITH A FEW MEMORIES OF MY OWN.
WAIT A MINUTE.
IF GRIFFIN CAN
ABSORB ADAM'S MEMORY,
THEN HE CAN ABSORB
ALL OF HIS KNOWLEDGE.
HE KNOWS
ABOUT THE SAFEHOUSES.
HE KNOWS THE SECURITY CODES.
SANCTUARY ACCESS.
HE KNOWS WHERE WE LIVE.
WHAT'S THAT?
OW! EASY.
ALL MR. GRIFFIN HAS MANAGED
TO PROVIDE US WITH ARE A FEW
SAFEHOUSES AND A FEW
MUTANT X CONTACTS.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
HE SAYS IT'S TOO
MUCH INFORMATION.
HALF OF WHAT HE SPEWS OUT ARE
DISJOINTED SCIENTIFIC EQUATIONS.
I SEE.
SADLY, HE HAS THE MEMORIES
BUT LACKS ADAM'S SUPERIOR
INTELLECT TO PROCESS THE DATA.
EXACTLY.
GRIFFIN ONLY POSSESSES
HALF THE EQUATION.
AND ADAM POSSESSES
THE OTHER HALF.
AND CONSIDERING MR GRIFFIN
HAS WIPED HIS SLATE CLEAN,
ADAM MUST HAVE
NO IDEA WHO TO TRUST.
NOT AT ALL.
HIS WORLD HAS
BEEN QUITE LITERALLY
TURNED UPSIDE DOWN.
WELL, THEN.
PERHAPS HE'D BE RECEPTIVE TO
A FAMILIAR FACE FROM THE PAST.
ADAM.
THANK GOD YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.
WHO ARE YOU?
WELL, THEY SAID
YOU HAD A MEMORY LAPSE.
I WOULD NEVER HAVE
BELIEVED IT IF I HADN'T
SEEN IT WITH MY OWN EYES.
ADAM?
IT'S MASON.
MASON ECKHART.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED TO ME?
A BAND OF
OUTLAWS SET YOU UP.
DEVIANT LIARS
THE LOT OF THEM.
THEY CALL
THEMSELVES MUTANT X.
GRIFFIN'S ONE
OF THESE MUTANTS?
YES, I'M AFRAID SO.
NOW DOCTORS
ARE WORKING FEVERISHLY TO
ASSESS WHAT HE DID TO YOU.
SO WE CAN
REVERSE THE PROCESS.
RESTORE MY MEMORY?
GOD WILLING.
WE DESPERATELY NEED YOU BACK,
ADAM, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WAIT, WAIT, WAIT.
YOU... YOU AND
I WORK TOGETHER?
I KEEP FORGETTING
YOU'RE IN THE DARK HERE.
THOSE BASTARDS!
WE WORK AT GENOMEX.
A BIOTECH FIRM,
WHICH IS ACTUALLY A SECRET
BRANCH OF US INTELLIGENCE.
YOU'RE OUR CHIEF BIOGENETICIST.
AND THIS IS WHY THEY'RE
TRYING TO SET ME UP?
TO DISCREDIT
GENOMEX AND MYSELF.
ALL RIGHT.
THIS MAKES SOME SENSE.
BUT NOW WAIT, WAIT.
THESE MUTANTS,
ARE THEIR ABILITIES THE
RESULT OF NATURAL EVOLUTION?
SADLY, NO.
THESE ANOMALIES ARE THE
TRAGIC RESULTS OF GENETIC
EXPERIMENTATIONS GONE WRONG.
OUR JOB IS
TO PROTECT THE WORLD FROM
THEIR FREAKISH POWERS.
WHAT,
SO YOU AND I ARE TRYING
TO CURE THESE ANOMALIES?
ADAM,
THIS ISN'T THE PLACE TO DISCUSS
THESE SENSITIVE MATTERS.
TRUST ME.
IT'LL ALL BE CLEAR WHEN
WE GET YOU HOME TO GENOMEX.
WAIT!
HOW CAN YOU PROVE TO THE
COPS WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
AND WHAT MAKES YOU SO
SURE THAT I'M SO INNOCENT?
ADAM, PLEASE.
WE BOTH KNOW YOU'D NEVER
BE CAPABLE OF SOMETHING
SO BARBAROUS AS MURDER.
HEY, TIME'S UP.
DIG DOWN INTO
YOUR CORE TO FIND THE
INNER STRENGTH YOU NEED
IN THIS TIME OF STRUGGLE.
I ONLY ASK
YOU REMAIN PATIENT.
I'M PULLING AS
MANY STRINGS AS I CAN TO
ARRANGE FOR YOUR RELEASE.
WAIT. MASON.
THANK YOU.
SO,
TAPPED INTO THE PD DATABASE,
YOU'LL NEVER GUESS WHO JUST
PAID ADAM A VISIT IN JAIL.
WHO?
MASON ECKHART.
WELL,
THAT EXPLAINS IT.
I DID A LITTLE
TAPPING MYSELF.
HE'S BEING TRANSFERRED TO
A SECRET FEDERAL FACILITY.
I'LL BET YOU ECKHART
TRYING TO REPROGRAM
HIM TO WORK FOR THE GSA.
HE'S CRAZY IF HE THINKS
ADAM WOULD EVER AGREE TO THAT.
OH, JESS, COME ON.
ADAM DOESN'T
EVEN KNOW WHO
HE IS AT THIS POINT.
THERE'S NO TELLING
WHO HE'S GOING TO TRUST.
HOW ARE THE
GIRLS DOING REPROGRAMMING
THE SECURITY CODES?
I THINK THEY
GOT IT COVERED.
WHY?
WHAT DO YOU GOT PLANNED?
I THINK THAT WE SHOULD
TAKE ADAM FOR A LITTLE
STROLL DOWN MEMORY LANE.
COME ON.
ADAM, IT'S ME.
IT'S JESSE.
YOU'RE ONE OF
THEM, AREN'T YOU?
MUTANT X.
DO YOU REMEMBER?
NO.
MY FRIEND MASON ECKHART
TOLD ME ALL ABOUT YOU.
YOU AND YOUR KIND.
LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT LINE
HE'S LAYING DOWN ON YOU.
BUT YOU ARE THE
LEADER OF MUTANT X.
THAT'S A LIE.
NO. IT'S THE TRUTH.
OKAY,
AND I CAN PROVE IT.
LOOK,
DO YOU REMEMBER THIS?
YOU DESIGNED IT.
IT IS