WELL, WELCOME
TO HOW IT IS FOR THE OTHER
99.9% OF THE POPULATION.
WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEBODY,
YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW
WHAT'S IN THEIR HEARTS.
YOU TAKE YOUR CHANCES.
YEAH, WELL I DON'T
THINK I CAN DO THAT.
NOT IF IT FEELS LIKE
THIS WHEN IT DOESN'T WORK OUT.
WELL, BUT YOU GOTTA
PUT YOUR PAIN BEHIND YOU.
YOU GOTTA MOVE ON, YOU
GOTTA TAKE ANOTHER CHANCE.
IT MAKES LIFE A LITTLE
BIT MORE INTERESTING.
THAT'S EASY FOR YOU TO SAY.
LOOK, THE GUY WHO I
THOUGHT WAS HELPING US FIND
SHALIMAR TURNED OUT
TO BE THE GUY WHO SET US UP.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN I'M NOT
GOING TO TRUST ANYBODY AGAIN...
I UNDERSTAND.
BUT I'M STILL
HAPPY I HAVE MY POWER.
BECAUSE HOWEVER
PAINFUL IT IS SOMETIMES,
IT'S NOWHERE NEAR AS PAINFUL
AS HAVING TO RELY ON TRUST.
HARD WAY TO
LIVE YOUR LIFE, EMMA.
I MEAN, EVEN WITH YOUR
POWER, I THINK YOU'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO TAKE
YOUR CHANCES SOMETIME.
YOU GOTTA... YOU
GOTTA TRUST SOMEBODY.
WELL, YOU CAN KEEP YOUR TRUST.
I'LL TAKE THE
SURE THING ANY DAY.
YOU KNOW, THERE
WASN'T REALLY TIME BEFORE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TELL
YOU I'M SORRY ABOUT AMANDA.
SHE DIDN'T WANT
TO BE A PART OF OUR WORLD,
SHAL, BUT OUR WORLD
CAME AFTER HER, ANYWAY.
 WELL, I'LL TELL YOU THE
MINUTE LIFE STARTS GETTING FAIR.
 YOU
HANG IN THERE, OKAY?
YEAH.
THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE TO HANG.HELLO, MARK.
ADAM... BEEN A LONG TIME.
YOU'RE THE LAST PERSON
I THOUGHT I'D FIND HERE.
I HEARD MALONE WAS SPEAKING.
I WANTED TO HEAR HIM.
I HOPED HE MIGHT'VE
LEARNED SOME THINGS FROM WHAT
HAPPENED BACK AT GENOMEX.
IF THERE'S A PROFIT TO
BE MADE IN AN ETHICAL VACUUM,
DENNIS MALONE'S
GOING TO BE ALL OVER IT.
I SOMETIMES WONDER HOW THINGS
MIGHT'VE BEEN DIFFERENT FOR ME,
HAD I CHOSEN TO WORK ON YOUR
PROJECT INSTEAD OF MALONE'S.
IT WASN'T JUST MALONE
THAT DOOMED GENOMEX.
WE ALL MADE MISTAKES.
THERE HE IS. DR. MALONE!
CARLA REED, WXTY.
YOU'RE ADVOCATING FUNDING
FOR A PLETHORA OF NEW GENE
MANIPULATION TECHNOLOGIES.
IS IT TRUE THAT MANY OF
THESE GENETIC TECHNOLOGIES HAVE
BEEN ASSESSED AS POTENTIAL
THREATS BY EXPERTS AT THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION?
"EXPERTS" ARRESTED
GALILEO WHEN HE SAID THAT THE
EARTH TRAVELED AROUND THE SUN.
IS IT ALSO TRUE YOU'RE
RECOMMENDING THESE NEW GRANTS BE
GIVEN MAINLY TO YOUR FRIENDS
AND FORMER ASSOCIATES OF THE
GENOMEX CORPORATION?
FUNDING GOES TO PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON THE CUTTING EDGE.
PEOPLE WHO AREN'T
AFRAID TO TAKE CHANCES.
EVEN IF THOSE CHANCES
THREATEN PUBLIC SAFETY?
I ONLY ADVOCATE RESEARCH
WHICH IS CONDUCTED
IN A SECURE FACILITY.
HUMAN COMFORT AND
HUMAN LIFE ARE NOT AT RISK.
WHAT ASSURANCES DO
THE PUBLIC HAVE OF THIS?
I'M AFRAID WE'RE DONE HERE.
DR. MALONE...
CARLA, THERE'S NO STORY HERE.
LEAVE IT ALONE.
COME ON, I JUST
HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
CARLA, I TOLD YOU... COME ON.
LET'S GET OUT OF HERE.
I'M TIRED AND I'VE HAD ENOUGH.
WHAT DO YOU
CALL THIS MESS ANYWAY?
THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE.
AND WHAT YOU DID WASN'T?
WHAT'S THE MATTER, DOC?
LOOKS LIKE YOU'VE
JUST SEEN A GHOST.
AGH... AGH...!
VIC! COME ON.
YOU GOTTA GET THIS!
KEEP ROLLING.
TELL ME YOU GOT THAT.
IT HAPPENED SO FAST,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I GOT.

HE'S DEAD.
I AM ADAM KANE.
I WAS A PIONEER
OF GENETIC RESEARCH,
MANIPULATING DNA
TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES.
BUT IN MANY, THEIR
GENES UNEXPECTEDLY MUTATED.
THEY DEVELOPED
SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES.
TOGETHER WITH FOUR
OF THE MOST POWERFUL,
I FIGHT TO PROTECT A WORLD
THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW WE EXIST.
WE ARE...
MUTANT X.
DENNIS MALONE WAS ONE
OF THE POWERS AT GENOMEX WHEN I
ARRIVED, YOU KNOW, AND
THESE WERE THE GLORY DAYS.
THESE WERE THE DAYS WHEN
WE HAD THE FREEDOM TO TAKE THE
RESEARCH WHEREVER
WE WANTED IT TO GO.
IF YOU'LL EXCUSE
ME, WHILE WE GET ALL
WARM AND FUZZY ABOUT YOUR,
YOU KNOW, GOOD
OLD DAYS AT GENOMEX,
BUT I'VE SEEN WHERE
THOSE GLORY DAYS ENDED UP.
RIGHT.
AND DENNIS MALONE WAS ONE
OF THE REASONS WHY, BUT WHEN I
FOUND OUT WHERE HIS RESEARCH
WAS HEADED, I QUIT THE TEAM.
AND WHERE WAS IT HEADED?