VISION.
THEY WENT OUT THIS WAY.
NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA.
OR THE NEW MUTANT.
OR LIFE.
NEVER EVEN FOUND OUT HER NAME.
NOW SHE'S JUST MORE GRIST
FOR ECKHART'S GENETIC MILL.
WOW.
IF IT WASN'T FOR YOUR
DECRYPTION PROGRAM,
WE WOULDN'T
HAVE EVEN KNOWN THE
CAPTURE WAS GOING DOWN.
STILL, WISH WE'D GOTTEN
TO HER BEFORE THEY DID.
DISPLAY.
THIS IS THE GSA COMMUNICATION
FOR THE PAST TWELVE HOURS.
DECRYPT.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE ANY
NEW MUTANT'S BEEN BROUGHT IN.
WHAT'S ANOMITE?
WHAT ARE YOU READING?
SOMETHING ABOUT
THE GSA ARRANGING TO ACQUIRE
STOLEN SUPPLY OF ANNOMITE.
UH OH.
THAT'S YOUR SERIOUS LOOK.
YEAH.
TRY VERY SERIOUS.
IMAGINE ECKHART WITH THE
ABILITY TO RENDER THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED CYBER-SECURITY
SYSTEM COMPLETELY INEFFECTIVE.
EVEN OURS?
YEAH.
WELL, ANOMITE'S A VIRUS.
AND IT CAN BE INTRODUCED
INTO ANY CONNECTED COMPUTER.
IF HE GETS HIS HANDS ON
IT HE'D HAVE THE ABILITY TO
COMPROMISE ANY SAFEGUARD
I COULD COME UP WITH.
WE'D BE OUT OF BUSINESS.
AND ANYBODY ELSE
WHO STANDS IN HIS WAY.
OOH. AH. UH HUH.
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.
KICKING YOUR
BUTT USUALLY DOES.
LETTING THAT
NEW MUTANT GET AWAY,
THAT KIND OF PUTS
A DAMPER ON THINGS.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
THIS IS HOW I FIGURE.
AS LONG AS WE RESCUE
MORE THAN WE LOSE...
DO YOU WANT TO BREAK?
DO YOU WANT TO LOSE?
I DON'T THINK SO.
OKAY, WOULD YOU STOP.
YOU'RE DISTRACTING ME.
TOUGH BREAK.
MUST HAVE STILL BEEN MOVING.
I DON'T THINK SO.
NO.
I DIDN'T LAY A FINGER ON IT.
C'MON.
YOU KNOW WHAT?
JUST TAKE THE FIRST SHOT.
I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
BRENNAN.
WHAT'S UP, TONY?
LONG TIME, MAN.
LAST TIME I SAW
YOU, YOU WE'RE TURNING
ME INTO PROXY BLUE.
YEAH.
LOOK, I'M... I'M
SORRY ABOUT THAT, MAN.
IF I'D KNOWN
WHERE TO FIND YOU,
I WOULD HAVE
APOLOGIZED MONTHS AGO.
IS THAT SO?
HONESTLY.
I... I'M A CHANGED MAN.
OH, WHAT?
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION?
BETTER.
I'M IN LOVE.
WELL, THAT'S FUNNY.
FOR AS LONG
AS I'VE KNOWN YOU,
YOU COULDN'T
EVEN GET A WOMAN
TO LOOK AT YOU.
NOW ALL OF A SUDDEN
YOU'RE IN LOVE?
BELIEVE ME, BRENNAN, SHE'S
A TOTAL KNOCKOUT, MAN.
ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL.
I CAN'T BELIEVE MY EARS.
TONY REESE GIVING UP
THE LIFE FOR A WOMAN.
WAIT A SECOND.
I... I NEVER SAID I WAS
GIVING UP THE LIFE, MAN.
I'M WORKING FOR HER.
AH.
WHATEVER FLOATS
TOUR BOAT, MAN.
SINCE WE HOOKED, WE
BEEN RAKING IT IN, MAN.
CHECK THE FRINGES.
WOW. FLASHY.
IN FACT,
SHE JUST BROUGHT IN A GUY
WHO CLAIMS HE CAN DELIVER
A FIVE MILLION DOLLAR PAYDAY.
IF YOU WANT,
I COULD TALK
TO HER ABOUT BRINGING
YOU IN FOR A DEAL OR TWO?
NO. THANKS FOR
THE OFFER, THOUGH.
I'M RETIRED.
YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT YOU'RE MISSING.
ANY WORD ON
OUR MISSING AGENT?
THE ONE GS AGENT WHO MIGHT
HAVE TOLD US WHAT HAPPENED
TO AMES DIED
DURING THE MISSION.
INITIAL ANALYSIS
INDICATES CARDIAC ARREST.
SOUNDS LIKE A REVIEW
OF AGENCY FITNESS STANDARDS
IS IN ORDER, MR HALLORAN.
I'LL GET
THAT GOING, SIR.
AND THE OTHER FOUR
GS AGENTS ON THE MISSION...
WHAT, THEY WITNESSED NOTHING?
THEY WERE DISTRACTED.
BY MUTANT X, SIR.
WELL, ONCE WE
ACQUIRE THE ANOMITE,
THESE MUTANT X DISTRACTIONS
CAN FINALLY BE PUT TO REST.
I'VE GOT GOOD NEWS ON
THAT FRONT, MR ECKHART.
DEAL'S SET
FOR THIS AFTERNOON.
WE'VE MADE CONTACT
WITH THIS DISGRUNTLED
GOVERNMENT SCIENTIST.
DR TORK IS ANXIOUS
TO DO BUSINESS.
I'LL JUST BET HE IS.
OH MY GOD.
ADAM?
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
I JUST DECRYPTED THE FINAL
E-MAIL FROM THE GSA TO DR TORK.
THEY'RE MEETING AT THE PETERSON
BUILDING FIVE MINUTES FROM NOW.
SHALIMAR? BRENNAN?
DEAL GOES
DOWN IN FIVE MINUTES.
WE'LL BE THERE.
DR. TORK?
HALLORAN?
IT'S THE ANOMITE, I PRESUME?
THE MONEY?
LET'S SEE WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE MUCH.
LOOKS CAN BE DECEIVING.
WITH THE ANOMITE IN THIS
CASE COULD EASILY INFILTRATE
HUNDREDS OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS.
I'VE GIVEN TEN YEARS
OF MY LIFE TO THIS PROJECT.
CONGRATULATIONS,
IT'S ABOUT TO PAY OFF.
NOW.
MULWRAY?
YOU KNOW HIM?
OH YEAH.
GO.
SHAL...
TONY!
SHALMAR.
OH...
I GOTTA GET THAT ONE.