HE SAID?
NOT IN SO MANY WORDS.
I'LL JUST BET.
DID YOU GET
A LOOK AT THE WEAPON?
NO,
I DIDN'T SEE MUCH.
I'M PRETTY SURE
THEY DIDN'T SEE ME.
I GUESS THEY BLEW
UP BRENNAN'S CHARGE
TEMPORARILY, HUH?
I'M AFRAID IT'S DONE MORE THAN
JUST NEUTRALIZE HIS POWER.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I WON'T KNOW
THE DAMAGE UNTIL I'VE
GONE OVER THE SCAN.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT.
IF ANYONE'S
RESPONSIBLE, IT'S ME.
THAT'S CRAZY.
WELL, NO MORE
CRAZY THAN YOUR GUILT.
CAN YOU TELL
ME ANYTHING ABOUT THEM?
IT WAS A MAN AND A WOMAN.
TINA SAID THEY WERE RUSSIANS.
RUSSIANS?
PUSHKA H5B7, ALL FILES.
IS THIS THE WEAPON?
YEAH, IT COULD BE.
LIKE I SAID, I DIDN'T
GET A VERY GOOD LOOK AT IT.
WHAT IS IT?
IT'S TOP SECRET RUSSIAN
MILITARY ORDINANCE, CIRCA 1980.
IT'S A DEVICE INTENDED TO DETECT
AND NEUTRALIZE NEW MUTANTS.
THE GUN'S DESIGN SCHEMATICS,
DIRECT FROM THE KGB.
LOOK,
ACCORDING TO THIS,
THE WEAPON CAN REVERSE
THE NEUTRALIZATION PROCESS.
SO WE'VE GOT
TO GET THE WEAPON.
YES.
BUT THERE'S A FAIL-SAFE,
IN CASE SOMEONE
LIKE US GETS A HOLD OF IT.
WITHOUT THE PRECISE
TRIGGERING SEQUENCE,
THE WEAPON SELF-DESTRUCTS.
AND WITHOUT THE REVERSAL
PROCESS, BRENNAN WILL DIE.
I'M GOING TO GO
SEE HOW BRENNAN'S DOING.
ANSWER?
ADAM, I'M WITH THE FAMILY.
SHALIMAR, WHAT'S GOING ON?
WELL, I GOT TO TELL
YOU IT'S A LITTLE WEIRD.
I MEAN, TINA'S AT THE TABLE,
BUT THEY'RE ALL JUST SITTING
AROUND STARING AT EACH OTHER.
EVERYBODY SMILES
TOO MUCH, NOBODY'S TALKING.
SO WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?
WHAT DO I KNOW
ABOUT FAMILY THERAPY?
YOU HAVE A FAMILY, DON'T YOU?
YEAH, BUT...
WELL, THAT'S ALL
THE TRAINING YOU NEED.
STEAK TARTARE?
NO, THANKS.
I MAY BE FERAL, BUT I DO
PREFER MY MEAT MEDIUM-WELL.
OH.
MR. ECKHART.
YOU'VE LOST A LOT OF WEIGHT.
ALL THAT WORK AND STRESS.
I HAVE SOMETHING WONDERFUL FOR
YOU, THE PLANS FOR THE PUSHKA.
ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THIS.
YOUR FATHER'S WEAPON
WAS AN EMBARRASSMENT
TO YOUR GOVERNMENT,
A HUMILIATION WHICH LED TO HIS
UNTIMELY DEATH IN THE GULAG.
I PROMISED YOU TWENTY THOUSAND
FOR EACH NEW MUTANT THAT YOU
COULD BRING ME, NEUTRALIZED.
THE PUSHKA H5B7 WORKS.
OH.
WELL, IN THAT CASE,
WHERE ARE THESE NEW
MUTANTS THAT YOU BROUGHT ME?
WE HAD A GLITCH
IN OUR OPERATION.
I'M BUSY.
YOUR MANNERS HAVE
DETERIORATED WITH YOUR WHITE
CELL COUNT, MR. ECKHART.
EVEN WITH OUR GLITCH,
WE MANAGED TO NEUTRALIZE
AN ELECTRICAL NEW MUTANT.
AND WHERE IS HE?
HE GOT AWAY BUT
THE PUSHKA GOT HIM.
IT DID.
I SWEAR ON MY FATHER'S GRAVE.
DOSVEDANYE, MR. ECKHART.
YOU KNOW HOW TO REACH
ME IF YOU WANT TO CHAT
ABOUT ANYTHING FURTHER.
I'M A TELEKINETIC,
AND CAROLINE REGARDS MY
ABILITIES AS PRETTY WILD.
WELL, I'LL GET DESSERT.
SO I GUESS A
FERAL NEW MUTANT'S A WHOLE
NEW BALL GAME FOR HER, HUH?
CAROLINE WAS
VISITING HER MOTHER.
THE ONLY TIME WE
HAD A FERAL IN THE HOUSE.
THE ONE WE PLACED
WITH THE STEWARTS.
THAT OUGHT TO BE CLASSIFIED.
ADAM TRUSTS ME,
AND I TRUST MY SON.
I COULDN'T DO IT WITHOUT HIM.
SO WHAT ABOUT YOU, DANIEL?
ANY NEW MUTANCY?
I TAKE AFTER MY MOTHER.
AS NORMAL AS CAN BE.
CHOCOLATE FONDUE
FOR FIVE, EVERYBODY.
THINK OF IT AS CATCHING
YOUR DESSERT WITH A FORK.
I'M BURNING UP HERE.
IT'S YOUR SYSTEM'S REACTION
TO THE NEUTRALIZATION.
I GOTTA GO GET THAT WEAPON.
THE MORE YOU MOVE
AROUND, THE FASTER THE
NEUTRALIZATION SPREADS.
LIE STILL.
WE HAVE TO STABILIZE YOU.
NO, NO, I'M STABLE ENOUGH.
IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY, BRENNAN.
I'VE GOT TO GO.
IT'S TIME FOR
A LITTLE SERENITY.
ADAM,
WE CAN SAVE HIM RIGHT?
HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW.
BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE TO
BUY HIM ALL THE TIME WE CAN.
JESSE'S GOING
TO FIND THE WEAPON.
WHAT'S THAT?
SOMEONE CALLING GENOMEX
FROM ONE OF OUR SAFEHOUSES.
I'VE ALREADY GOT
A TRACE ON THE SYSTEM.
SAFEHOUSE COMPROMISE?
ECKHART HERE.
CAN I HELP YOU?
ECKHART?
I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ON THE
WHEREABOUTS OF TWO NEW MUTANTS.
IS THAT SO?
ONE IS MY FATHER.
THE OTHER IS A NEW MUTANT PLACED
HERE YESTERDAY BY MUTANT X.
THAT WEASEL.
I'M LISTENING.