"Well." "See, it's no reason to stop the party now, guys." "Especially since you got me right where i want you." "You know, when is that guy gonna learn?" "No matter how many guys he sends after us, you're always outnumbered." "Huh?" "Nice." "Well, thank you very much." "But where the hell were you?" "You said you'd be at fawcett avenue near briggs." "No, what i said was that's where i figured they'd catch up with me." "Yeah, and that's where i was waiting." "Oh, waiting." "Well, who would've guessed that you'd beat me there?" "Coming, or what?" "Twenty bucks." "What?" "We both agreed, first one to use their powers pays the other one twenty bucks." "You know, i should've let them crack you in the back of the head." "No." "Yeah." "Twenty bucks." "Okay, you know what?" "You're just lucky i'm a man of my word." "Uh huh." "Ow." "Oh, gee, i'm sorry." "I... i must have rubbed my feet on the carpet." "Yeah, you know, i never would've taken you for a sore loser." "Keep it up." "I'll show you what sore really means." "Oh, really?" "That sounds like a threat." "Mom." "Josh." "Josh." "Oh, my god." "He's gone." "I'll call the police." "Joshua valentine, ten-year-old son of big-time hero corbin valentine was snatched from the family home... see, now you know why i don't want to be famous." "Who's corbin valentine?" "You know, the astronaut who saved the shuttle crew?" "The one that crashed into the french space station." "Oh, yeah." "Yeah, i vaguely remember that." "What good is that congressional medal of honour doing him now, huh?" "But the real question is why joshua valentine... off." "Well, proxy blue's right on the money." "Lisa valentine's a new mutant." "So's her son." "You think the gsa's behind the kidnapping?" "Can't see eckhart doing something that would attract this kind of attention." "He's more subtle than that." "Well, what can the boy do?" "Thermal transfer." "Although his abilities are, you know, barely developed." "I know when i was ten i could barely jump-start a car battery." "You were boosting cars when you were ten?" "I was just, you know, helping people out when they had a dead battery." "Ah, a regular good samaritan." "Exactly." "So you think this is just a run-of-the mill kidnapping?" "With a new mutant twist." "Which means we need to bring him home safe." "Right." "Now, corbin valentine has a kidnap and ransom policy." "So, emma, you and i are going undercover as insurance investigators, see what we can find out." "Should be fun." "And what about the real k  r team?" "Yeah, well, why don't you find them and throw them a little telempathic diversion?" "Shalimar, i want you to track all the physical evidence." "You got it." "You're in charge of monitoring the wall, for tech support." "Let's go." "You run a scan of every media item you can turn up on valentine." "Oh, wait, wait, hold it." "Adam left me in charge." "Oh, is that right?" "Yeah." "Oh." "Because from where i was sitting it seemed like he was talking to me." "When lisa valentine was contacted, she made it clear she didn't want anything to do with us." "Well, once we get inside, she's going to find out i'm a psionic pretty fast." "Well, we're here to find her son." "She's just going to have to deal with it." "Hello." "Zoller and denonno." "Barbican k  r." "Sac wendy stone." "Trainee?" "Trauma counseling intern." "Any ransom demand yet?" "No, not yet." "But it's on its way." "This place has a highly advanced security system." "So whoever pulled this obviously hacked his way in." "Guy's a pro." "Where's mrs." "Valentine?" "You can counsel the valentines if you like, but if you compromise my investigation, you're history." "Farthest thing from our minds." "Hello?" "This is agent denonno." "I'm investigator zoller." "Looks like he rapelled down from the kid's room, then took off in a car." "The place is crawling with feds." "I'm gonna come back later, see if i can get a little closer." "We'll be here." "Let's play nice, boys." "You know, you keep chowing down like that, you're going to be all mass, all the time." "Oh, did adam put you in charge of a pizza now?" "I thought rich kids were supposed to be well-mannered." "I have perfectly fine manners." "Get away from the window." "C'mon." "What's all that stuff?" "That's none of your damn business." "I want to go home." "When my dad pays you, then can i go home?" "Any more whining, you're not going anywhere." "How did you do this?" "I don't know." "When i get afraid, it just happens." "What?" "You light matches and throw 'em at people?" "Huh?" "Try it again, you'll find out what trouble really means." "Come on." "I'll be back." "Don't try anything." "And i'm gonna need a list of family and friends, acquaintances, anybody who knew your son." "Why don't we... why don't we step over here?" "Lisa?" "Are you all right?" "Yeah." "When we first arrived, i couldn't read her." "She was a blank wall." "But i just intercepted a psychic link between her and joshua." "He's calling out to her." "Good." "Maybe she can't block you because she's so vulnerable." "Yeah, maybe." "Alright, and see if you can continue to read her, but without revealing who you are." "Assuming she'll trust me." "The assignment was simple and straightforward." "But as yet, your investigation has turned up nothing." "It took a great deal of effort to convince the fbi to back off and let us carry the ball." "The mother is a telepath." "She must have some sort of connection with her son." "I suggest you use that connection to your advantage." "Absolutely, sir." "We'll deal with mrs." "Valentine." "You do what you have to." "She's of no interest to me whatsoever." "The boy's a priceless commodity." "Bring him to me, ms stone." "And make it soon." "Lunch time." "Hope you like cheeseburgers." "You're big news, kid." "That means everybody's looking for me." "So they're coming to get me, right?" "They're scrambling for the ransom money right now." "This'll all be over before you know it." "What does that mean?" "It means what i said." "Arghh." "What'd i tell you, you little freak?" "I can't help it." "It's not my fault." "How the hell did you do that?" "Let me go." "I want to see my mom." "Keep... keep your hands where i can see 'em." "Up, up." "I already told you everything's gonna be fine." "You're going on a trip." "I don't want to go on a trip." "I want to go home." "This is odd." "I smell sulphur." "Maybe the kidnapper brushed by here." "Send us a sample." "We'll do an analysis." "We?" "Yeah." "What, do you want me to do it myself?" "No, i'll handle it." "Your lab work's still a little sloppy." "Oh, kind of like your eating habits?" "It's petroleum-based." "You vultures make me sick." "Souvenir hunting in the midst of somebody else's tragedy." "Beat it." "I'm going to wait for josh at my sister's." "Lisa, we're wasting time." "Look, you're here for psychological support, right?" "Support i need is to be left alone." "I can help you." "I know all about your gift." "I'm a telempath." "I can pick up other people's feelings and emotions." "What about you?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "We both know that you've got a psychic link to your son." "Now, somehow you're serving as a connection between me and josh." "I keep picking up these images from you." "Lisa, we could find him together." "Just let the fbi handle this, okay?" "There's been a ransom demand." "Hey, guys." "Hey." "Hey, shal." "So i talked to emma." "She got a flash of joshua in the dark with pennies falling all around him." "Maybe it's the ransom." "Well, she said it's a symbol." "Not necessarily literal." "Okay, so we got the kid and we got pennies falling and we got the oil and sulphur that you got from the tree bark." "Yeah." "Marine oil." "Yeah." "Do you have to do that?" "What?" "What?" "It helps me think." "So maybe this guy... you know, maybe this guy works at the docks somewhere." "Or, maybe the guy has some yacht." "Hey." "No, i'm serious." "Maybe this kidnapper has a boat." "So the kid's on a boat surrounded by lots and lots of money." "Pennies." "Yeah, a kid's idea of lots of money." "Maybe it's not even money." "Pennies, copper, circles." "Lincoln." "Lincoln." "Lincoln fiduciary." "Lincoln motors." "Lincoln all-american export." "Lincoln salvage." "Oh, went bankrupt last year." "Hmm, they got a waterfront address." "Oh." "Listen, why don't you guys check it out?" "Let me know when you get there." "I think k  r should be the ones to deliver joshua to his parents, so i'll let adam and emma know." "Won't be long now, kid." "For what?" "Couldn't you find some place a little homier?" "Good to see you." "Hands up." "You know it's not going to help you, kevlar, head to toe." "Why didn't you zap him?" "Because." "The boat is metal." "Now, if i would've hit him with an arc, then we'd all be toast." "All right." "We'll take care of him later." "Let's get the kid out of here." "You're like me." "Both of you." "What?" "Water affects your powers, too, kid?" "What's that?" "Ah, it's... a little something the kidnapper left behind." "Hey." "Josh, c'mon." "Go." "I can't begin to express our gratitude." "Thank you." "Yeah, well, we're very happy that your son's safe, but we're still concerned... joshua needs some rest." "Come on, honey." "My wife's been through a lot." "If you could see yourselves out?" "No." "I keep getting the same vision." "Someone's trying to grab joshua, but i can't see their face." "The kidnapper?" "No, someone else." "What's this?" "Well, this is an itinerary for two to switzerland, leaving tonight in the name of penrose." "They've ordered a kid's meal." "Oh, i didn't notice that." "One of the tickets must be for josh." "Hmm." "Travelling with a woman." "Hey, guys." "Check out proxy blue." "An american hero and his wife's terror has been brought to an end." "Joshua valentine is home again thanks to the fbi, who also nabbed the kidnapper." "But the special agent in charge declined to speak to the press." "That's weird." "Yeah, whoever heard of a fed who didn't want a piece of the spotlight?" "I couldn't agree more." "Mute." "Alright, hack into the fbi database... way ahead of you." "Check out agent stone." "Oh." "There's a shocker." "The fbi's got no record of her." "We should have checked our own database." "We'd have found out she's a new mutant." "With the special power to increase the molecular density of organic matter." "Heavy." "Stone was working undercover for eckhart, huh?" "Yeah, but why was the gsa trying to get joshua back with his parents?" "Yeah, i mean, they gotta know as much about his abilities as we do." "That's what i don't understand." "And who's the woman flying off with josh?" "Who knows?" "All i know is i wouldn't want to be his kidnapper right now." "Who hired you?" "Please stop." "There's only so much g-force the human body can take, mr." "Burke, before it simply explodes like a crushed grape." "Lisa valentine hired me." "She had her own son kidnapped." "Should i bring her in?" "There's no need." "Why would mrs." "Valentine do that?" "To keep him away from someone." "I don't know who." "I think we're finished here." "Mom." "Adam." "The connection." "It was so powerful." "Lisa, she wanted me to know." "What?" "Corbin just took joshua." "So she had him kidnapped to protect him from his own father." "What is this place, dad?" "Trust me, josh." "Your mom and i want to give you the best." "We want... you want me not to be a freak." "Please, josh, you need help, buddy." "Mom was trying to help me." "You just want to get rid of me." "Right on time." "You're goggling, mr." "Valentine." "I would've assumed a man of your reputation could handle any surprise that might come along." "Why didn't you tell me you were... we maintain a firm need-to-know policy here at the gsa." "Now, do you prefer josh or joshua?" "Josh." "Hey." "What the hell is that thing?" "A necessary precaution, mr." "Valentine." "He's not in full control of his abilities yet." "We don't want any unfortunate accidents." "Ow." "Josh." "So this must be joshua." "Have you any idea what a special little boy you are?" "Not very talkative, is he?" "What do you think of my world?" "I think it sucks." "It's a credit to the gene pool when a father's heroic nature finds its place in the son, but it can be terribly disturbing when these genetic anomalies create such a turmoil in the family." "I've tried to explain that to joshua." "He's got a little glitch in his genetic makeup that we can fix." "That's why we're here, right?" "Right." "So this whole ransom demand was a charade, hmm?" "A distraction?" "Where am i?" "It's okay." "You're safe." "My son." "He's gone." "Corbin." "Corbin." "Corbin gave you a sleeping pill." "It'll be out of your system in about an hour." "Lisa, do you have any idea where your husband might've take josh?" "He wants what's best for his son." "So would corbin ever talk about whatever plans he might've had for josh?" "He mentioned this place that he could take josh for... they'd make him normal." "Some sort of a secret genetic bioengineering facility." "You know where he's taken him." "Yeah." "We got a pretty good idea." "We'll have to transfer joshua to another facility in order to get a full reading on the extent of his abilities." "But i thought you were going to neutralize him." "Well, it's a little more complex than that." "When someone as special as joshua is handed over to us, signed, sealed and delivered, well, how can we say no?" "Jesse." "Yeah, it looks like valentine's taking josh over to genomex." "I want you to track the car, keep tabs on him." "We're heading over there now." "You're covered." "Double helix:" "Activate stealth cloak." "Hey, what are you doing?" "Well, adam thinks valentine's taken the kid to genomex." "Yeah, they're on their way there now." "Just making sure that is where they're going." "You hacked into the nujack satellite system?" "Figured a guy like valentine'd have an expensive car, he'd want that kind of security." "Makes sense." "Well, we find valentine's car, we find the kid." "How'd you learn how to do that?" "Ha ha." "I taught him." "You don't have a problem with that, do you?" "I don't know what you're talking about." "Hey." "Let me do that." "I know the nujack system inside and out." "You know what?" "You never admit you're a criminal, but you pull this criminal rank on me all the time." "Hey." "Out." "You guys go work this out in the dojo." "Got it." "Adam." "Got a bead on valentine's car." "Good." "Alright, based on his route, he's heading for gsa clinic six." "That's what i thought." "Brennan and jesse are already on their way." "We'll need some help finding josh." "This place is huge." "All right." "Hang in there." "We'll get back to you." "Lisa, you need to link to josh and i'll try to connect through you." "I haven't been able to find him." "He doesn't seem to be there." "We're a lot closer now." "You're asking me to do something i don't know if i can do." "Just try." "I'm not strong." "I spent my whole life denying i have any power." "I'm not like you, emma." "Yes, you are." "Lisa, you reached me from your unconscious." "And we can find him together." "He'll hear us, i promise." "Take her hand." "Try it, please." "He's in a room, with white walls." "Okay." "Okay, is there a window?" "I don't know." "There are four towers outside of his window." "What kind of towers?" "I... i don't know." "It could be a building." "Building." "I got it." "The four apartment buildings." "All right." "Compound four." "Compound four." "Go there now." "You guys came for me." "Oh, like we'd ever leave you hanging." "Come here." "Hey, no fair." "That tickles." "Oh, yeah, you know, adam showed me how to disengage those." "Cool." "See, kid?" "Being a freak definitely has its good points, huh?" "Did they find joshua?" "Brennan and jesse are with him now." "So where do we stand?" "Well, i got josh right here, and jesse's getting the car." "He'll be fine." "Am i going to see my mom again?" "Yeah, buddy." "Count on it." "Wait." "You've got company." "You stay here 'til i tell you to come out, all right?" "Okay." "Joshua." "Joshua?" "Josh?" "Where's your backup, miss stone?" "The hell with my backup." "Where's the boy?" "Don't tell her anything." "Way i see it, you gotta go through him to hit me." "Now where's the boy?" "Get going, josh." "C'mon." "Stop them." "So this is freak central, huh?" "Yup." "Can i stay here with you guys?" "Maybe, when you're old enough." "And we've got a height requirement, too." "You know, by the way, good job with your hands back there." "I saw the way you did it, and it worked." "Like a charm." "My dad things something's wrong with me." "You know, come here." "Sit down." "You know, you ask me, i think he's just afraid." "Afraid?" "Yeah." "Of me?" "But i'm just a kid." "You know, a lot of people are afraid of what they don't understand." "But my dad said he thought he was helping me." "Take it from me, he's totally wrong." "I never thought my dad could be wrong about anything." "He's human." "Just like us." "Well, not just like us." "Yeah." "Josh." "Mom." "Come here." "Mom." "Oh, i was so worried about you." "It's okay, mom." "These guys are cool." "They came and saved me." "That's great." "Lisa?" "Hey, you know what?" "Let me show you the rest of this place." "Thanks." "I thought it was the right thing to do." "You didn't listen, corbin." "If anything had happened to joshua... believe me, lisa." "I'm so sorry." "Where's josh?" "He's here." "If you ask me, i can't believe she's taking him back." "If you ask me, i'd say the valentines have got a lot of issues before they're home free." "Yeah, but that's what relationships are all about, confronting challenges every day, right?" "Well, if anything good has come out of all this, we've got corbin valentine on our side." "Yeah, and the gsa gets to keep miss wendy stone." "Hmm." "I'd say we came out ahead." "Plus, corbin gets a chance to be a real hero to lisa and josh, huh?" "Guess so." "I'd say we won."