Are you sure you saw these Russian's following you?
Until I lost them this morning at the depot.
You're certain they saw you use your abilities?
I mean, there's no way they could've missed it.
I was underwater for twenty minutes.
In that case, we really ought to get out of here.
Come on, Tina, I'll take you somewhere safe, okay?
I don't know. I mean...
I've heard weird stories about the underground.
Detection works.
But we are still out of range to neutralize.
Who knows this better than I, huh?
Tina, look at me.
Now, do I look like the kind of guy
that'd have anything to do with something.
Something weird, huh?
No.
Now, what do you say we all take a walk and get in the MV?
Come on.
(Russian)
Another one.
It's working.
Jesse, get Tina in the MV, now.
Yuri.
Yuri, come on.
Get up.
Get in.
I lost my power.
Get him in, let's go.
Lie still, Brennan.
Scan's complete.
How you doing?
Fine.
Okay, this really sucks.
That gun,
it...
Fired some sort of weird laser beam thing at me.
Adam said it was some kind of particle beam
that blew your DNA out of whack.
Is that what he said?
Not in so many words.
I'll just bet.
Now, 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?
Uh, 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.
You're 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.
(Russian) 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 Stewart's.
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 safe houses.
I've already got a trace on the system.
Safe house 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.
I want a face to face.
We'll get back to you.
I held him in my arms when he was a baby.
Can I assume you called with good news in regard to my proposal?
Yes, I have an informant,
he'll lead you to a family of New Mutants.
But I don't want them dead.
That device inserts a sub dermal governor,
so that you'll be able to control these New Mutants when you find them.
But this won't be necessary.
We have the Pushka.
Oh, yes, of course.
Pushka.
Isn't that Russian for "Colossal error in judgment"?
I've solved the Pushka's problems.
That's wonderful.
Take it anyway, just for me.
The bounty? Twenty thousand each, as we discussed,
Providing that you bring them to me neutralized and alive.
Then we'll discuss a contract.
Of course, I fully expect to be disappointed.
Since, as I recall, the Pushka neutralizes New Mutants
and then disintegrates their internal organs cell by cell,
until they're dead.
I am an associate of Marcus Eckhart, Daniel.
I understand you are interested in issues of concern to the GSA?
Yes.
Then meet me at three o'clock today at the southwest side of Millennium Park and...
We can discuss these issues.
I'll be there.
So, when did the GSA start hiring Russians?
Eckhart believes in outsourcing.
He wants to use this Pushka, against the New Mutants and apparently,
this Sonya woman controls the weapon.
So, we've got to move fast. You're gonna meet Sonya in Daniel's place.
So, I get the Pushka and...
Find out if it works, how it works,
how to reverse the neutralization,
and then, you bring it to me.
what's he doing for the rest of the afternoon?
I know it's a lot but we don’t have a lot of time.
And Brennan's life depends on it.
The Russian's are gonna expect Jesse to lead them to Daniels family.
We'll deal with that when we get to it. What about Daniel?
He's in for a little lesson in moral responsibility.
Hey. Hey. Did Sonya send you?
Take it easy.
Where's Sonya?
I have to say, I'm very curious.
Why are you informing on your father and your foster sister?
So...
You're Mason Eckhart.
My father used to scare me into behaving with stories about you.
You certainly know how to ingratiate yourself.
Answer my question, please. Why are you betraying your father?
New mutants are a virus.
A disease.
They're marrying, mating and reproducing.
I have to stop that from happening.
They belong here, in a controlled environment
Have you any idea...
What we do with, people like your father?
Reprogram them I guess.
It's a little more,
complex than, uh...
Reprogramming, Mr. Benedict.
Your father and foster sister,
will be placed in a stasis unit.
For future study.
Hey, that's uh...
That's exactly where they belong.
Man after my own heart.
Wait here for me, until I get back.
And, don't touch anything.
I'll keep an eye on him.
Ever since Jesse dragged him into the MV, he's been terrified and...
The force field will keep him from going anywhere.
Fine.
I'll still keep an eye on him.
The isolation unit will keep him stable.
And, he's comfortable thanks to Emma.
And as for you...
The minute, things get even a little bit dangerous,
I want you out of there.
With or without the Pushka.
I want you to maintain video contact via your com-link.
How long can he stay in there?
Well, isolation will slow the deterioration but it won't stop it.
You've got 24 hours.
You can count on me.
Yeah, but...
Don't let any pointless guilt make you foolhardy.
Or, you'll both be lost.
Sonya?
They call your kind,
rats in this country, correct?
What do they call 'em in your country?
I call you, Krysa.
You don't want to know what that means.
You have addresses for me?
Yeah. I'm not just gonna hand that over to you.
Why else would I have agreed to come?
Yuri.
Our Krysa thinks he's sly fox.
The names and addresses?
You know, I could've just given that to Eckhart over the phone.
And why didn't you?
Cause he didn't come up with the right price.
I'll show you the right price, Krysa.
Patience, Yuri.
What have you got for me?
I can give you my foster sister and my father.
And, I know the New Mutant underground, like a book.
How much?
Ten thousand each.
Five. They're worth ten.
I'm getting bored, Yuri. Shoot him.
Five.
Scan him for bugs.
Scan me?
I'd uh, scan you.
Clean.
He's on his own.
How well do you know Sonya?
I don't know her at all.
She told me she was working for you.
Why?
Let's just say she's a...
Freelancer,
who hasn't earned my trust.
Well, you can trust me.
I'm the guy, who can blow the whole New Mutant underground, wide open.
You think because I work with my father, that I care about New Mutants?
Don't you?
My father has blinders on, to everything but the cause.
He doesn’t care about me or his family.
All he cares about is rescuing and hiding New Mutants.
From you.
From me?
I don't think so.
Hey, what's going on here?
Hello, Daniel.
Shalimar?
This isn't the GSA?
Nothing gets by you, huh?
Adam.
Daniel.
It's been a long time.
The weapon works fine.
What's to worry about?
It has to work perfectly.
The Pushka is my father's legacy.
Does the GSA know about the Pushka?
Of course. But,
Eckhart has no faith in Russian technology.
Hey!
You dare get any of that on the Pushka, you'll lick it off.
If your father was so smart...
Then, why couldn't he make the weapon work?
Who are you to speak like that about my father?
Sorry, Sonyashka.
You will make it work.
I have to.
Our future depends on it. And, once I do...
We are rich,
decadent
and free.
Like real Americans.
Get back to work.
Find for me, a tube that works.
Yuri?
What is it about the Pushka that doesn't work?
The neutralization is just a little too...
Deadly.
Hey! What do you care?
Nah, I just want to make sure that I can count on the Pushka when the time comes.
Come on! I'm after the big bucks here man.
(Russian)
You can't hold me here.
We seem to be doing okay in that department.
I have rights, you know?
Please.
What about your family's rights?
I'm not talking about them anymore.
Then, shut up and listen.
Don't you feel even a little ashamed for betraying your father's trust?
I don't want to talk about it!
Maybe it's time you thought about your mother.
My mother has nothing to do with this.
How is she going to feel when she finds out that you betrayed the man that she loves?
You're a treacherous little Judas.
You don't seem to have considered the further consequences...
Shut up!
You're one of us.
You're telekinetic, just like your father.
How long have you known?
I'm not a New Mutant.
Hey.
The weapon is ready.
Hmm. Tomorrow, huh?
Can I hold it?
So, what happens if you neutralize a New Mutant and uh,
change your mind.
Changing your mind about neutralizing your father, Krysa?
No. No. I just wondering if there was a way to reverse the neutralization. That's all.
Smart kids.
There's a sequence that reverses the process,
A7Z41.
Then, the trigger.
Bring me the Pushka, Yuri.
I need to calibrate the power ratios of the new prototype.
Right away, Sonyashka.
No fun being different, huh, Daniel?
Keeping secrets from everybody?
Always afraid of being found out?
I was like that when it hit me.
You should have seen this one, when she came on the scene.
I had a hard time coming to terms with my abilities.
It's all about acceptance.
I don't give a damn.
And, we don't give a damn about you.
We do, however, care about the people whose lives you almost destroyed.
You know, I didn't ask for this.
I don't want to be one of you.
None of us asked for this.
But, you play the cards you're dealt.
It's not New Mutants you hate.
It's yourself you despise.
Who are you going to blame for that Daniel? Your father?
Cos he didn't pay enough attention to you.
That man works for our cause, but he'd lay down his life for you.
Does he know what I did?
Yeah.
Adam had to tell him.
How does it feel, to betray that kind of trust?
Answer. Hello?
I'm here.
It's all working out.
And, I've got the information we need.
Good. Get the weapon and get out of th...
Who are you talking to, Krysa?
Hold on a sec, Dad.
Just making sure my dad's gonna be home tomorrow.
Sorry, Dad, that was Bobby.
Yeah, I'll see you then.
Bye.
You almost blew it, you know?
Whatever.
Sonya.
I'm busy, Yuri.
Our little Krysa's, one of them.
What means, molecular configuration?
It means...
We have our New Mutant.
Let me try the Pushka on him.
Shoot me and you lose three more New Mutants.
Three?
My mother's a closet New Mutant.
She's a telekinetic like my daddy...
Keep that away from me.
There's plenty more, where they're from.
Let me test it.
No, no. Don't shoot him.
The last thing we need to do, is lose the bounty on these other freaks.
Keep him covered.
Turn around.
Jesse is in trouble.
I saw him chained to a wall.
Sub dermal governor.
They found him out.
We've got one chance to get the weapon and get Jesse out of there.
I'm home.
Daniel. Glad you could make it.
Hi! Dad.
Hi, Honey.
I wish you told me you were bringing friends. I don't think we've enough chicken.
Mom.
Sweetie, can you go get some?
Sure, Mom.
Hi, Daniel.
Tina.
We're not his friends.
We're his accomplices.
Oh, any accomplice of Daniel's, is a friend of ours.
The reversal process, A7Z41 and then the trigger.
You got the Pushka.
I've got some unfinished business back at their hideout,
at the Old Drexel Packing Plant.
Give me six hours, then come and get me.
Are you sure?
You trusted me to do this in the first place. Let me finish the job.
All right.
They implanted you with the sub dermal governor?
Yeah. Yeah.
This will deactivate it until I can remove it later.
Okay.
I'll explain later.
Are you okay?
The Pushka?
It's too late. They're gone.
They've got the Pushka.
And now I've got you.
A-7.
Z-41.
And then, I pull the trigger.
Man,
I hope Jesse got that sequence right.
Now, Adam. We don't have much time.
Yeah.
How am I doing?
Well, thanks to Jesse, we've managed to reactivate your New Mutant DNA.
You'll be fine in a few hours.
I'm fine, Guys.
No, no, really. Go ahead without me. I'll catch up.
Yeah.
That will be a terrific addition to the arsenal.
Yeah, if it still worked.
Looks like the reversal process blew out the circuits.
Oh, please. You'll have it up and working in no time.
I don't know, maybe.
Right now, I'll have a little chat with Daniel.
Adam.
Daniel.
Are you gonna beat me up too?
No.
I gather your self loathing was punishment enough.
You were such a quiet little boy.
Oh, please.
I was terrified of the silence.
The minute I learned about my dad,
I knew there was someone out there to hunt him like a freak.
And you wanted to make it easy for the predators?
When Eckhart...
When you asked me,
why I was ratting out my father?
Yes.
I thought it was for his own good.
But, I guess I, uh, never thought things through.
Cause I was afraid he wouldn't believe me.
I like the fact that you're more like your dad than you ever could've imagined.
Or ever wanted to be.
Thanks, Adam.
For the second chance.
It's your father you have to thank.
What do I say to him?
It's deeds, not words.
It should have been easy. I mean, you had the Pushka, right?
Had the Pushka.
It will take me a month to construct another one.
I'll be the laughing stock at the GSA.
And the minute you walk in with the perfected Pushka, you are golden.
And meanwhile, we have our guinea pig to test it on.
Yuri.
I have an idea.
Come on.
(Indistinct)
Hey. Hey, hey. I'm Daniel Benedict.
He's lying! I'm Daniel Benedict.
And, uh, I've changed my mind about our little deal.
My work!
Yuri, shoot him.
Whoa!
The mother. The electrical one.
I thought you're dead.
Yuri?
Hey! You don't have to worry about them.
They'll be taken care of.
Trust us.
Now, is that the real GSA?
No. But it is the real immigration and naturalization service.
Something tells me, those Russians don't have their papers in order.
Daniel.
That was very brave.
And very stupid.
Yeah. But when it comes to forgiveness it's, uh,
deeds not words, right?
Right.
Now, go home and stay home.
Adam.
The plans for the new and improved Pushka are all right in here.
All we gotta do is download 'em.
Hey, now you don't have to repair the Pushka.
It would be wonderful to have a device that could detect New Mutants, but,
if it ever got in the hands of the GSA...
I'd never forgive myself.
So...
How are you feeling after getting back to work?
Well, I'll certainly give it a try.