THAT WAS A PRETTY
LOW BLOW THERE, BRENNAN.
YEAH.
I'M SORRY.
YOU OKAY?
I'M FINE.
BESIDES,
IT WAS MY FEELING THAT
WERE HURT MORE THAN ANYTHING.
YOU'RE JUST LUCKY
SHE WAS STILL AROUND
TO SAVE YOUR BUTT.
WE'RE JUST GLAD
TO HAVE YOU BACK.
YEAH,
IT'S GOOD TO BE BACK.
HEY, LOVER BOY.
HOW YOU FEELING?
AH... LIKE AN ASS.
OH, GOOD.
THAT'S HOW YOU ACTED.
WHATEVER HAPPENED
WITH THE ANOMITE?
IT'S LOCKED AWAY WHERE NOBODY
CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.
WELL, I VOTE USING
IT AGAINST ECKHART,
FIND OUT ALL HIS
DIRTY, LITTLE SECRETS.
OH, NO. NO WAY.
IT WOULD BE LIKE
OPENING PANDORA'S BOX.
SOONER OR LATER THE WRONG PERSON
WOULD GET THEIR HANDS ON IT.
I NEED TO
GET OUT OF HERE, MAN.
I'M DYING OF THIRST.
NO, I'LL GET IT.
STAY THERE.
THAT'S A GOOD IDEA.
LET'S ALL HAVE
SOMETHING TO DRINK.
WOULD YOU LET
ME AND EMMA PICK OUT YOUR
GIRLFRIENDS FROM NOW ON?
YEAH, JUST TELL
US YOUR TYPE AND WE
WILL KEEP AN EYE OUT.
OH, LET'S SEE.
FIVE-FIVE TO SIX FOOT,
BLOND HAIR/BRUNETTE,
BLUE EYES/GREEN EYES...
YOU KNOW WHAT?
YOU COULD BE A
LITTLE BIT MORE SPECIFIC.
NO STINGERS.
COME ON.
AH,
SLOW DOWN, SLOW DOWN.
COME ON.WHY'D ADAM PICK THIS DUMP
TO MEET THIS NEW MUTANT, HUH?
HE DIDN'T.
WE RECEIVED AN ANONYMOUS EMAIL
FROM THAT WEBSITE THAT ADAM
SET UP FOR NEW MUTANTS
LOOKING FOR PROTECTION.
BIT PARANOID, HUH?
LATE TOO.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO
MEET THIS GUY LIKE
FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.
MAYBE HE'S
BLOWING US OFF.
WHAT?
JUST THOUGHT
I HEARD SOMETHING.

WELL,
UNLESS THAT'S THE NEW MUTANT
WE'RE SUPPOSED TO MEET,
I'M OUT OF HERE.
I'M GOING TO STAY AROUND
ANOTHER FIVE MINUTES.
WELL IF YOU
WANT TO STAY...
WHERE'D THEY COME FROM?
I DON'T KNOW, IT MUST
HAVE BEEN A SET-UP.
THIS IS
REALLY STRANGE.
THE NEW MUTANT WHO SENT US THE
EMAIL SUDDENLY DOESN'T EXIST.
HAH.
TOLD YOU IT WAS A SET-UP.
YEAH,
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
BUT WE WEREN'T THE ONLY ONES.
ECKHART WAS DUPED AS WELL.
HOW DO YOU KNOW?
BECAUSE PROXY BLUE'S BEEN
REPORTING ALL MORNING ABOUT
YOUR FIGHT LAST NIGHT.
BUT THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE THERE.
APPARENTLY THAT'S NOT THE CASE.
FROM WHAT MY INSIDERS TELL ME,
THE CONFRONTATION AT HILLSIDE
PROPERTIES INVOLVES A CERTAIN
COVERT GOVERNMENT AGENCY AND
BAND OF RENEGADES, BOTH OF
WHOM HAVE SO FAR MANAGED TO
MAINTAIN THEIR
ANONYMITY - UNTIL NOW.
IT SEEMS THE
CLASH WAS SECRETLY RECORDED
IN CRYSTAL DIGITAL QUALITY.
MY INFORMANT PROMISES TO DELIVER
THE DVD TO THE STUDIO SHORTLY.
SO SOON, LOYAL VIEWERS, YOU'LL
FINALLY BE ABLE TO SEPARATE
FACT FROM FICTION
WITH YOUR VERY OWN EYES.
OFF.
SO LAST NIGHT WAS STAGED
JUST SO WE COULD LOCK HORNS.
THEY MUST HAVE HAD CAMERAS
HIDDEN ALL OVER THE WAREHOUSE.
YEAH.
WELL, IF THAT'S TRUE, PROXY
BLUE'S ABOUT TO EXPOSE MUTANT X.
NOT IF WE CAN STOP HER, RIGHT?
NOW,
ANY CHANCE THAT YOU CAN TRACE
THE IDENTITY OF THIS EMAILER?
EVEN IF
I COULD TRACE THE SERVER,
THERE'S NO WAY OF KNOWING
WHETHER OR NOT HE BOOMERANGED
THE MESSAGE OR EVEN SENT
IT FROM HIS OWN COMPUTER.
ALRIGHT, SO ALL WE KNOW FOR
SURE RIGHT NOW IS THAT IT LOOKS
LIKE WE FINALLY GOT SOMETHING
IN COMMON WITH GENOMEX:
BOTH FIGHTING THE SAME ENEMY.
MR. LANCHESTER,
I DON'T LIKE IT WHEN OTHER
PEOPLE KNOW MY BUSINESS.
PARTICULARLY WHEN IT COMES
VIA THE BROADBAND SPECTRUM
OF THE LIKES OF PROXY BLUE.
MY MEN FOUND SIX OF THESE
CAMERAS HIDDEN IN THE WAREHOUSE.
I SEE.
THEN WE CAN ASSUME
THE DISK INDEED EXISTS.
THE QUESTION IS:
WHO IS BEHIND THIS?
GENOMEX IS A LARGE FACILITY.
HAVE YOU CONSIDERED YOU MAY HAVE
A LEAK IN YOUR ORGANIZATION?
WITH THE STRINGENT INTERNAL
SECURITY I HAVE IN PLACE,
NONE OF MY PEOPLE CAN SO
MUCH AS THINK AN UNPURE THOUGHT
WITHOUT ME KNOWING ABOUT IT.
NO, THE TIP-OFF HAD TO
COME FROM AN OUTSIDE PARTY.
WE'RE TRYING TO LOCATE A
SUSPECT BY TRACING THE SERIAL
NUMBERS OFF THE CAMERAS.
YOU MUST MOVE QUICKLY.
WE CAN'T LET ANYONE
SEE WHAT'S ON THAT DISK.
IF THE WORLD CAUGHT A GLIMPSE
OF THE REALITY OF NEW MUTANTS,
WE'D SOON HAVE