(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
(CREATURE BREATHING)
(CREATURE BREATHING GETS LOUDER)
(CREATURE SNARLING)
(YUI SCREAMS)
Dr. Sasaki.
It's below us.
(YUI SCREAMS)
(GASPS)
Dr. Sasaki!
(RASPY CLICKING)
HISAKO: Dr. Sasaki!
What is it? What's the matter?
Come on. Let's get out of here.
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
(GASPS)
(BANGING AND SCREECHING)
(WHIMPERING)
HISAKO: Okay. Run now!
HISAKO: Get behind me!
(COUGHING AND CHOKING)
Emma! Take care of those two.
Not a problem.
(BUZZING)
Oh, great, so now it can fly.
(GASPS)
Damn it.
(SCREECHING)
Hey, Cyc. We're back.
Blackbird ain't going nowhere, so it looks like we're stuck here...
(LOUD CRASH)
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
(CREATURE SNARLS)
Hisako!
(SNARLS)
What, did the Brood land again or something?
It appears to be focusing on Dr. Sasaki.
As I suspected. Its genetic compounds are breaking down. Just like the others.
-Breaking down? -Okay, but how do we stop the thing?
BEAST: They've been infected with a virus that attacks the mutant genome.
I've synthesized a counter-agent for it,
but I doubt administering it will be easy.
CYCLOPS: We need to take it alive!
Uh-huh...
HISAKO: No problem.
We have to save this one.
(SCREAMING)
Come on, Hisako, get it together!
Look out!
Armor! Stay focused and we will get through this!
Just concentrate, kid. You can wring your hands later.
I'll try.
(GROWLING)
(CREATURE SCREECHES IN PAIN)
(GASPS)
(SNARLING)
(STORM STRUGGLING)
(WOLVERINE GRUNTING)
Now would be good!
Okay. Armor to the rescue.
(YELLS)
(CREATURE SCREAMS)
HISAKO: Guess I don't know my own strength.
I just knocked it out, didn't I?
(GASPS)
(ALL GASPING)
It's Riko.
It can't be. Oh, Riko.
(KOICHI SCREAMS)
Not a fan of bugs, huh?
Wasn't he supposed to be the girl's friend? Why the hell did he run off like that?
Something don't smell right here.
COMPUTER: 15 minutes until destination.
CHARLES: It's been so long since I first met Yui.
On that trip I took to Japan, searching for possible students.
She was an amazing teacher. It never mattered to her if a child was a mutant or not.
To her, they were all just people.
And then...
(CHARLES SIGHS)
Somewhere along the line, I fell in love.
And when it was time for me to go,
and I asked her to come back to New York with me,
she wouldn't hear of it.
YUI: I have children here who depend on me.
Just like your students back in the States.
They need me. I could never leave them.
You of all people should understand that, Charles.
CHARLES: When my life had finally calmed down enough
that I could go back and see her,
she...
She refused to see me.
YUI: This boy you're seeing is probably Takeo.
Takeo?
Yes. My son.
Our son.
CHARLES: Looking back, it all makes sense.
She was trying to hide our son from me.
And the boy, my boy, he may very well have possessed mutant powers.
But Yui inferred that he was... Gone.
Someday I'll tell you. I promise.
CHARLES: Perplexing. These visions of my son.
I thought they were related to the disturbances in Japan.
I need to see Yui in person.
And get answers.
YUI: It seems to be working.
BEAST: I'd like to examine her further, back in my lab at the Institute.
Though it's quite clear that the X-Gene has suffered some serious degradation.
Hopefully, we're not too late.
With any luck, this anti-viral should halt any further genetic erosion.
Doctor, I'm going to administer it now.
She's in your hands.
Oh...
She's no stranger to injections, apparently. Does she have a medical condition?
Oh, uh... I'm not really sure.
She told me once she was diabetic, so insulin is a possibility.
Shouldn't you know if one of your staff has a condition?
YUI: I try not to get involved in people's private affairs.
So I'm afraid that's all I can tell you.
(SIGHS)
I couldn't believe it when we figured out that thing was Riko.
But you don't have to worry, Dr. Sasaki.
Now that we're giving her this medication, she'll be fine. There won't be a relapse.
Right, Emma?
Let's hope.
EMMA: Right, Doctor?
WOLVERINE: So where the hell is this poindexter?
CYCLOPS: In there.
WOLVERINE: This is Riko's room.
Whatever happened to that kid must have kicked off in here.
CYCLOPS: (SARCASTICALLY) You think?
(WHIMPERING)
KOICHI: You promised it would cure us!
How could this have happened? (SOBS)
(KOICHI CRYING)
WOLVERINE: Found him.
Hey! Open up!
You don't answer, I'm just gonna have to invite myself in.
(WOLVERINE'S CLAWS SCRAPING METAL)
(DOOR OPENING)
WOLVERINE: You're a mutant too, ain't you, kid?
I can smell it on you. Not that I'd need to.
You were shaking in your boots when we saw your bug pal back there.
Wasn't too hard to do the math.
Yeah, it's true.
Back when our powers first manifested, Riko and I enrolled at Sasaki Academy.
Then when the Academy closed its doors,
Dr. Sasaki asked us if we wanted to stay on and assist her in her research.
Riko and I had been working together ever since.
And to have something like that happen to her...
(SOBS)
CYCLOPS: What were you just injecting?
KOICHI: Nothing.
WOLVERINE: Your friend was taking the same stuff.
You know, it'd probably help if we knew what it was.
KOICHI: I can't say.
Not without Dr. Sasaki's permission.
CYCLOPS: Doc's orders, huh? Well that's interesting.
How about Sanada? What's his deal?
KOICHI: What do you mean?
Is he from the Academy too?
No. He's only been here for about nine months.
Dr. Sasaki took him on.
Because of his talent as a researcher.
WOLVERINE: And there's nobody else in the lab, right? It's just the four of you?
KOICHI: Correct.
CYCLOPS: Well, look. Whatever the facts are, you need to let Beast examine you,
and make sure you're virus-free.
KOICHI: But... What about Dr. Sasaki?
WOLVERINE: You need a permission slip or something?
KOICHI: I have great faith in her.
WOLVERINE: Suit yourself.
(GROANING)
-BEAST: I still don't understand. -YUI: Hmm?
There are an anomalous amount of mutants in this area.
And yet, Cerebro is unable to detect them.
And then there's the virus targeting the mutant genome.
As far as I can tell, this seems to be ground zero. Why would that be?
I don't know. I wish I had the answer, but...
YUI: I have no idea. Whatever this virus is, it's beyond anything I've...
Forgive me, Doctor, but I find it somewhat implausible that a woman
with your extensive background in mutant research could claim ignorance in this matter.
BEAST: Look at this girl!
Maybe it's time you told us exactly what kind of research it is you're doing here!
You have to believe me, I never dreamed any of this would happen.
If I had thought Riko was in danger...
YUI: Forgive me. I'm not feeling very well at the moment.
Please excuse me.
I don't like where this is heading.
WOLVERINE: Here we go.
Oh, no, not again.
(GROANING AND YELLING)
(EXPLOSION)
(HEAVY FOOTSTEPS)
(CYCLOPS GRUNTS)
Son of a...
-CYCLOPS: We gotta catch him. -With pleasure.
How could this happen? It's all falling apart! Damn it all to hell.
(YUI GASPS)
(TERRIFIED GASP)
(CREATURE ROARS SOFTLY)
(GASPS) It's Koichi!
(CREATURE ROARS LOUDLY)
CYCLOPS: I think we found him.
(CREATURE ROARS)
-HISAKO: This should be fun. -BEAST: Exercise extreme caution, everyone.
It's Kaga, he's out of control just like the others.
I don't get it. How come he ain't ripping her to pieces already?
WOLVERINE: What's he doing with her?
CYCLOPS: Look at him. I mean if I had to take a guess, I'd...
Say he's got a thing for her.
What? Oh, man, that's just wrong.
The kid was falling all over himself around the good doctor.
CYCLOPS: I mean, he's known her since he was little. Working so close together...
It would be easy to develop feelings for her.
WOLVERINE: Yeah. And now that he's more monster than man,
he's just acting on raw emotion.
HISAKO: Okay, that's it. I'm going in.
EMMA: Hisako!
(CREATURE GRUNTS)
(HISAKO CRIES OUT)
(CREATURE ROARING)
Hisako!
(STRUGGLING)
(GROWLS)
(YUI MOANS) That's enough.
Stop this. Please, Koichi.
(GROWLS)
No more.
(ROARING)
Thank you. (SOBS)
CYCLOPS: Did he come to his senses?
BEAST: Too early to tell.
(GROWLS)
(ROARS)
(ALL GROANING IN PAIN)
(GROANING LOUDLY)
(MOANING)
STORM: Wolverine!
(CREATURE HOWLING IN PAIN)
Wolverine! Are you all right?
Ain't dead yet.
(EXHALING WEARILY)
(MOANING)
CYCLOPS: So many.
What is she trying to do?
(ROARING)
(STRAINING)
(EMMA GRUNTS)
(CREATURE CRIES OUT)
HISAKO: He's... Like a brick wall!
Can't budge him!
(CREATURE GRUNTS)
Give it another go, kid!
(STRAINING)
(CREATURE GRUNTS)
(YELLS)
(CREATURE MOANING IN PAIN)
STORM: We did it.
WOLVERINE: Probably needs a nap after that.
(GASPS)
(EMMA GASPS)
So it was you? The whole time.
WOLVERINE: Hey, Summers, you still breathing? Not really your day today, is it, bub?
-CYCLOPS: Is it ever? -BEAST: It seems he's returned to normal.
STORM: We need to get him back to the med center to be sure.
WOLVERINE: Poor bastard. The guy has every right to be crying.
(CRYING)
It'll all be okay now, won't it?
(MEDICAL MONITOR BEEPING)
YUI: Why did it happen to Koichi?
BEAST: I've given him the anti-viral.
But in doing so, I noticed additional track marks on his left arm.
Just like Riko had. Are you going to tell me those are from insulin as well?
(YUI CRYING)
BEAST: Ms. Sasaki. We need to inoculate your other assistant.
YUI: Jun? We can do that later.
Found something interesting. Some sort of liquid concentrate.
Somebody was stockpiling it.
There's a mini-fridge full of the stuff.
(GASPING)
Doc, are you okay?
Interesting. I'd say you owe us an explanation.
NAVIGATION SYSTEM: We are now entering Japanese airspace.
Please enter landing coordinates.
(CHARLES GASPS)
What could that have been?
Some kind of entity reached into my thoughts!
They managed to sever my psychic link with the X-Men!
(GASPS)
STORM: The anomalies in the mutant population of northern Japan
have all been traced back to Dr. Sasaki's research facility.
Unfortunately, the good doctor isn't all that forthcoming.
Emma has discovered the terrible truth behind Yui's assistant, Jun Sanada.
Meanwhile, Professor X takes a detour on his way to Japan.
Next time on X-Men... "Revelations."