THIS IS THE KIND OF
GET-AWAY CAR I COULD LIVE WITH.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT
YOUR WHEEL MAN TURNING YELLOW
AND LEAVING YOU HIGH AND DRY.
SHAL, WE'RE
PIT-STOPPING AT SAFEHOUSE
6 WITH THE NEW MUTANT.
HEY, YOU GOT A NAME?
I CAN RUN IT
THROUGH THE DATABASE?
ZACK.
ZACK LOCKHART.
HEY, SHAL, LONG TIME
BETWEEN DRINKS, HUH?
NOT LONG ENOUGH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S THE GOOD
THING THE GSA DIDN'T KILL YOU.
MAYBE NOW I CAN HAVE MY SHOT.
AW, HASN'T CHANGED A BIT.
LOOK, I DON'T CARE WHAT HE
TOLD YOU, ZACK IS BAD NEWS.
SHALIMAR...
NO. WE HAVE TO
WALK AWAY FROM THIS ONE.
SHALIMAR,
YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THIS
GUY IN SIX YEARS.
PEOPLE CHANGE.
YEAH, WELL, ZACK'S
NOT EXACTLY PEOPLE.
TRUST ME.
THANKS TO HIM, I GOT TO
SPEND A WEEK IN JAIL AFTER HE
STASHED THE LOOT
FROM A JOB - IN MY FREEZER.
STILL, WE GOTTA FIND
OUT WHAT THIS GUY HAS TO SAY.
FINE. THEN I'LL SMOKE HIM.
I DOWNLOADED ZACK'S
FILE FROM THE DATABASE.
YOU SURE KNOW HOW
TO PICK 'EM, DON'T YOU?
KNEW.
I'VE GOTTEN A LITTLE
MORE SELECTIVE SINCE THEN.
WELL,
HE IS DEFINITELY CUTE.
IN A 'THIS IS ONE
YOU DON'T WANT YOUR PARENTS
TO MEET' KIND OF WAY.
WELL, ZACK CAN CHARM
THE PANTS OFF OF ANYONE,
SO YOU BETTER BE CAREFUL.
AND YOU BETTER
BE CAREFUL, TOO.
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN AND
YOUR HANDS ON YOUR WALLET.
YEAH, WAIT A MINUTE,
WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
WHAT?
LIKE YOU SAID,
I MEAN, I HAVEN'T SEEN
THIS GUY IN SIX YEARS.
I THOUGHT MAYBE IT'S TIME
FOR US TO GET REACQUAINTED.
NO. I NEED A LITTLE
OBJECTIVITY HERE.
I CAN BE OBJECTIVE.
YOU JUST SAID YOU WERE
GOING TO SMOKE HIM.
ACH.
PLEASE.
WHAT...
WHAT AM I GOING...
I'M GOING TO SMOKE HIM?
NO. COME ON. THA...
THAT WAS A...
FIGURE OF SPEECH?
EXACTLY. FIGURE OF SPEECH.
WE NEED TO FIND OUT
WHAT THIS GUY HAS TO SAY.
SO YOU HAVE TO KEEP
YOUR EMOTIONS OUT OF IT.
ABSOLUTELY.
ALL RIGHT?
I WANT IT CLEAN,
I WANT IT SIMPLE,
I WANT IT PROFESSIONAL,
ALL RIGHT?
OKAY.
OKAY.
SIMPLE AND PROFESSIONAL.
THIS PLACE IS EXACTLY THE
SAME AS THE OTHER SAFEHOUSE
BEHIND THE BOOKSTORE.
WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
GSA HASN'T FOUND
THIS ONE, FOR ONE THING.
AND, FOR ANOTHER THING,
THERE'S NOT ANOTHER SAFEHOUSE IN
TOWN THAT MAKES A BETTER
SAUSAGE AND PEPPER SANDWICH.
SO, THIS OLD PAL
OF YOURS... ARTIE HILL.
HMM.
HE HAD A... HE HAD
A CREW I USED TO RUN WITH.
AND YOU HAD NO IDEA
HE WAS WORKING WITH THE GSA?
NO, I NEVER
EVEN HEARD OF THE GSA.
WHAT AM I GOING TO DO?
A BACKGROUND CHECK?
WELL, SOMEONE
PAYS HIM, HE PAYS ME.
NO QUESTIONS ASKED.
THE END.
WHAT'S THIS?
OH, IT'S PROBABLY
JUST MUTANT POWER.
CHEAP PARTY TRICKS.
HOW ARE YOU WITH THE
RABBITS AND HATS?
VERY FUNNY.
THIS IS JUST
SIMPLE SLEIGHT OF HAND.
THIS IS MY MUTANT POWER.
EIGHT GALLONS
OF BOTTLED WATER.
FIVE CANS OF POP,
THREE REGULAR AND TWO DIET.
TWELVE FRUIT JUICES,
SIX GRAPE, SIX ORANGE.
TWO HUNDRED AND TWENTY
VOLT MULTI-AIR UNIT,
MOTOR MODEL NUMBER 323SL.
MISSED ONE.
THAT MUST'VE COME
IN HANDY IN HIGH SCHOOL.
WELL, I USED TO CHARGE
THE GUYS LUNCH MONEY
TO HANG OUTSIDE THE GIRLS' GYM.
THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I PHASED THROUGH
A FEW INCONVENIENT WALLS
ON MY OWN IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HUH.
FROM LECHERY TO LARCENY
IN JUST A FEW SHORT YEARS.
WOW, IMAGINE THAT.
YOU ASSURED ME HE WAS THE
BEST SAFE MAN IN THE BUSINESS.
YET, AT THE FIRST SIGN
OF ADVERSITY, MR. LOCKHEART
TURNS TAIL AND RUNS STRAIGHT
INTO THE ARMS OF MUTANT X.
LOOK, IF I HAD A CLUE...
ZACK NO LONGER HAD
THE STOMACH FOR THIS...
THAT'S PRECISELY THE CLUE
I'D EXPECT YOU TO HAVE.
SO I WOULDN'T BE
SITTING HERE EMPTY-HANDED.
ZACK JUST GOT
A CASE OF COLD FEET.
WELL, THEN,
FOR BOTH YOUR SAKES,
BETWEEN NOW AND TOMORROW
NIGHT, YOU'D BETTER FIGURE
OUT HOW TO WARM THEM UP.
NOT TO MENTION HOW TO GET HIM
BACK FROM ADAM AND HIS PEOPLE.
I'VE CHANGED, BUT SHALIMAR
DOESN'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT.
YEAH.
YOU'RE STILL PULLING JOBS
FOR A LIVING, AREN'T YOU?
YEAH, BUT LIKE I
TOLD YOU, THAT WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE MY FINAL ONE.
ZACK.
YEAH.
WHAT WERE THEY AFTER?
I