" Hey, Max." " Alec, what the hell are you doing here?" "Stealing a baseball." "How about you?" "Trying to get back the money I lost because of you." "Me too." "Figured I'd swipe this ball, repay my friend Max..." " Yeah, right." " I'm serious." "You wanna pay me back?" "Get a job." "Find out what it's like to live in the real world." "Sorry, is this what you call your real-world job?" "This is an extreme situation, which, in case you didn't hear me, is your fault." "I wanna make it right." "If you hadn't paid that doctor, I'd be dead." " Don't remind me." " I owe you, Max." "Go home." "I'll finish up." "I'll fence it and get you the money tomorrow." "A:" "I don't believe you." "B:" "Sammy Sosa's 756th home-run ball is worth way more than what you owe me." " Give it back!" " All right, we'll split it 50-50." " Yeah, right." "I got here first." " OK, 60-40, hm?" "Get a life, get a job and stop sticking your nose into mine." "Don't make me kick your ass." "This whole tough-chick-act thing is really unbecoming." ""I'll bounce you on your ass, I'll smack your bitch head." It's so unfeminine." " Great." "Look what you did." " God, I hate you!" "Hey, I know this is a bad time, but can I get a ride home?" "Whoa, whoa, whoa." "Stop." "Stop." " What now?" " No sector pass." "I've been gettin' past checkpoints the sneak-and-creep, Manticore way." " Thanks for the ride." " Thanks for blowing my plan to get money." "You should have let go when you had the chance." "I should have let your head explode when I had the chance." "All right, let's see your sector pass." "Come on, I haven't got all..." "Jam Pony messenger." "OK." "Hey." "Let's see some ID." "I'm talkin' to you." "Hey!" "Come out of there." "You make me come back there to get you, you're comin' out on a stretcher." "Hear me?" "Argh!" "They designed her to be the perfect soldier, a human weapon." "Then she escaped." "In a future not far from now, in a broken world, she is haunted by her past." "She cannot run." "She must fight to discover her destiny." "I practically had it in my hand." "My fence even had a buyer lined up. 15 grand." " And Alec had to ruin everything." " I couldn't believe it." " It was your heist." "You were there first." " That's what I said." "He was gonna take whatever he got from it and blow it on hookers and beer." " Guy has no decency." " Tell me about it." "To rip off what you were rightfully stealing!" "Exactly." "It's like he's a child who doesn't know right from wrong." " Are you busting on me?" " Me?" "I only steal from bad people, and only for a good cause." "Like when you need a part for your motorcycle or a cocktail dress for a wedding." "Without my motorcycle, I can't..." "And the dress thing, I was gonna return it." " This isn't even about me." "This is about you." " How do you mean?" "I went after that baseball to pay you back the money you lost on that doctor." " Really?" " Really." "Huh." "But seeing how you feel, I'll forget it." "Yeah, I guess so." "I mean, I could use the cash to keep Eyes Only going, but I'll figure it out." " I could find something else to steal." " There are a lot of bad guys out there." "But I wouldn't wanna drag you down to my level." "See ya." "Joshua." "Hey, big fella." "Hey." "It's me, Max." "Max." " I'm sorry." " Bad dream?" "You didn't come yesterday." "I know." "I'm sorry." "I had this thing." "It took a lot longer than I thought." "I was hungry." "Little Debbie." "I bought you a book." "It's about a killer clown that lives under the city, eats small children." "Why?" "I don't know." "Why do clowns do anything?" "Maybe it's angry." "Maybe." "What's wrong?" "You OK?" " Hurt." " Let me see." "What happened?" "Did you go outside?" "Had to." "I was hungry." "Who did this to you?" "Dog bit me." "I was trying to get his food." "Look, I'm sorry I didn't come by yesterday and get you food." "I'll try to never let it happen again, but going out is too dangerous." " If people see who..." " I know." "People are afraid of what they don't understand." "I know." "Never forget it." "OK." "I gotta go to work, but I'll be back tonight." " Promise." " OK." "What's up with the checkpoints?" "Lines are round the block." "I dunno." "I heard some cop got jumped or somethin'." "Huh." "I cannot believe this." " Who's that?" " You don't wanna know." "Was "Stay out of my life" not direct enough?" "You told me to find a job." "What better place than somewhere I already have a friend?" "If by "friend" you mean someone who'd just as soon drop an anvil on you, then welcome." " You don't mean that." " Find me an anvil and watch me go." "Max, that hurts." "It really does." "Your words inspired me." "I wanna change my ways." "Whatever." "This'll only take a second." "Hey, Normal." "Loser lookin' for a job." "No jobs here." "Got enough of you slugs to keep me in Maalox till the cows come home." " Oh, well." " Hey, aren't you that boxer dude?" " You're Monty Cora." " Monty Cora?" "It's a stage name." "I once saw this man take down Mangler Miller in less than 45 seconds." " Wonderful." "Bravo!" " Thank you, um, Normal?" "Please, call me Reagan." " So you're lookin' for a job, huh?" " Yeah." "I'd love to be a part of team Jam Pony." "I can always use a strong rooster in the henhouse." " Normal, you don't wanna do this." " Shut up, missy." "Know where I could score a bike around here?" "Here we go." " Here we go." "Easy-peasy Japanesey." " Thank you." "Oh, uh, don't I need one of those sector pass things?" "Yes, you'll have it by morning." "This one'll show you the ropes." "Now bip!" "These packages are missing their mommies horribly." " This isn't happening." " Good catch, Maxie." "You're a rock star!" "Shut up." " Monty Cora?" " Yeah, it's a play on Manticore." "Yeah, I got that." "Way to lay low." " Why don't you relax?" " Why don't you wise up?" "You can start by covering that bar code." "Now remember, be polite." "I need a signature." " What's this?" " Jam Pony, ma'am." "It's a package for you." "I'll go and get my glasses." "You call that polite?" " What are you looking for?" " Nothing." " You're casing the place." " No, I'm not." "Yes, you are." "I knew that's why you took this job - for a sector pass and to rob places." " Isn't that why you took this job?" " It was, but it's not any more." "Check it out." "Grandma's got a plasma-screen TV." " You're not gonna steal her TV." " Why not?" " It's wrong." " As opposed to stealing a baseball?" "The guy who owns that gallery is a major crook." "So it's OK to steal from him because he's a bad guy." " I'm just trying to get by." " Get by on a salary." " Minimum wage?" "!" " Plus tips." " That's where the whole polite part comes in." " Right!" " Did I get it right?" " Yeah." "Have a nice day." "Oh, just a second." "These are for you." "Oh, a quarter?" " Thanks again." " She might as well kiss that TV goodbye." "He's from Manticore, huh?" "Say what you want, they sure knew how to make 'em pretty." "Spend an afternoon with him." "He'll drive you crazy with his laughing, talking, breathing..." " Sugar, you got issues." " Ladies, let me get the next one." " Skippy owes me about $80 worth of beer." " You don't have to." "No, no, I want to." "I'm telling you, he's no good." "I know." "Free beer." "Just flat-out evil." "I saw on the board you're working Sector Four tomorrow." "Yep." "Do me a favour." "Drop this off for me at this address." "$20 in it for you." "What's inside?" " Don't ask and I'll make it $30." " That works for me." "Hear about that cop attacked by a mutant last night?" " Here we go again." " Some kind of dog-faced thing." " Dog-faced?" " Yeah, big with lots of shaggy hair." " Really?" " Cop caught it looking for food in the trash." " Ate the tongue out of his mouth." " Ugh." "He got a piece of it before it ran off, so you gotta figure it's hurt and none of us are safe." "I gotta go." "What is with her?" " Where you going?" " Gotta swing by Joshua's." " You think he had something to do with this?" " Of course not." "Joshua'd never hurt anybody." " You don't know what he's capable of." " Yes, I do." " Then why are you going over there?" " Because I promised I would." "Joshua?" "Anybody in there?" " Been paging you all morning." " Couldn't find a payphone." "What's up?" "A cop was attacked last night." "Makes three in the last week." " Yeah, I heard about that." " One survived." "Claims he was jumped by some kind of half-man, half-animal." "Good news is no one believes him." "Apparently he's known for drinking on the job." "So what do they think it was then?" "A pack of wild dogs maybe, or some coyotes that wandered into the city." " Makes sense." " Except for the half-man, half-animal part." " I thought you'd be all over this." " I can't chase down every rumour." "It's no rumour." "Two cops are dead." "A third's in the hospital with his tongue ripped out." "If a transgenic's responsible, you have to do something." " Give me some solid evidence and I will." " I'm working on it." "What is with you anyway?" "I gotta get to work." "What are you not telling me?" "I went by Joshua's last night and he wasn't there." " But you don't think..." " No!" "I'm just worried about him, that's all." "There's something else, isn't there?" "People are dying." "If a transgenic's involved..." "Yeah, I know, it's on me cos I let them out in the world." "I was gonna say you better do something, otherwise it means exposure for all of you." " I gotta go." " Hey." "In case you can't find a payphone again." "Can I help you, little man?" "No." "I'm just making a delivery." " I think you might be lost, mate." " No, dude." "This is the address." "Says so here." " Yeah, it says so right here." " Then I stand corrected." "What's in it?" "None of your business." "Well, it is our business." "That's the problem." "See, this is our little piece of paradise." "We're what you'd call... territorial." "So he hits me in the face three times." "I'm just smiling, you know, waiting for my opening." "And then wham!" "One punch right in the jaw, goes down." "What about Sammy the Superfly?" "How'd you handle him?" "Superfly." "Superfly's not as fast as you think." "Holy..." "What happened to you?" "Steelheads." "Beat the snot out of me." " Steelheads?" " They're into implants and biotech stuff." "Shouldn't hang out with those lowlifes." "They're amped off their gourds on hormones." " Wait." "You weren't on a run, were you?" " Not exactly." "Thank God." "So, uh, what was in that package anyway?" " Drugs?" " Of course not." "Why don't you tell me, or I'm gonna bust you and Normal'll can your ass." "Androstamine." "It's a synthetic hormone." "Bodybuilders use it." "Been doing some nice business with it." "Not any more." "They told me to tell whoever I was working for to stay off their turf." "Really?" "Sorry." "I didn't know." "I wouldn't have sent you if I did." " Well, next time just keep me out of it." " Hey, hey." "Why don't you..." "Why don't you get a new shirt on me?" "Got some dirt on my pants." " Get yourself some new pants." " Thanks." " And you're buying at Crash tonight, right?" " You got it." "Buddy." "Officer Pearson." "I'm Doctor Livingston." "I need to ask you a few questions." "You claimed you were attacked by some kind of creature." "If that's the case, rabies could be a concern." "Did you get a good look at whatever it was that did this to you?" "You think you could identify it in a picture?" "That's him?" "You're sure?" "I'm sorry." "I don't..." "Bar code." "He had a bar code on his neck." "OK." "Max, it's me." "I talked to the cop that survived the attack." " Yeah?" " Bad news." "I showed him that picture of Joshua that turned up in the tabloid a few weeks ago." " He ID'd him." " That's impossible." " Max, the guy recognised him." " Well, he's wrong." " Well, he got a look at his bar code." " Bar code?" " Joshua doesn't have a bar code." " I thought you all did." "He's the first one Manticore ever made." "He doesn't have one." "What?" "I couldn't hear you." "Max?" "Max!" "Joshua?" "That's not very nice." "Run, Isaac!" "Run!" "Joshua?" "What are you doing down here?" " We should cap this sack of crap right now." " Yeah." " It'll walk on the doggie defence." " It's not a dog, you idiot." "It's a werewolf." " I'm an idiot?" "So where's the full moon?" " Full moon's just a legend." "Read a book." "You're both idiots." "What we have here is one of those mutants." "It's been in the paper the last few weeks." "Sarge says Feds are coming to take him off our hands." " The Feds?" " Some agency I never heard of." "I don't care who they are." "This thing's been killing cops." "We oughta teach it a lesson." "How you doin', dog-man?" "Come on." "How do you like that, huh?" "Huh?" "Don't..." "Don't like it." "Christ." "The damn thing talks." " Two of them." "You're sure?" " That's how Joshua got hurt, stopping Isaac." "Whoa, slow down." "Joshua got hurt?" "Who's Isaac?" " That's the other one's name." " OK." "When I went to Joshua's the other day, his side was all bandaged up." " You didn't tell me that." " Now I know what it meant." " Care to let me in on it?" " He got hurt stopping Isaac killing that cop." "That's a bit of a reach." "For all we know, they both attacked him." " Joshua would never hurt anybody." " Why didn't he tell you what happened?" " I don't know." " He's protecting a killer." " The cops got the wrong guy." " Guess what, it doesn't matter." "They've got a dog-man." "They don't care if he's murdering cops or herding sheep." "They just wanna know what the hell he is." " I gotta get him outta there." "Where is he?" " 12th Precinct." " What about Isaac?" " I'll get to him later." "After he kills somebody else?" "Instead of busting my chops because I can't do two things at once, you do something!" "Are you gonna help me, or is the one-armed guy gonna load the whole truck by himself?" "I'm just trying to figure out what's in it, that's all." " What do you hear?" " Oh, sloshing." "All right, lads, step it up." "Better get these lovelies on ice." "Uh, Eddy, we're just wondering." "What's in the boxes?" "Livers and kidneys." "You mean..." "We're hefting these around so you can make some nasty English pie?" "!" " These are human livers and kidneys." " Whoa." "I'm not eating pie made out of people." "We're gonna sell 'em." "They're for transplants." "We got buyers overseas willing to pay top dollar for this lot." "Excuse me, gentlemen." "I'm looking for three ugly Steelheads that beat up my friend this morning." "Well, you found them." "What happened to you?" "Did you accidentally chew your arm off?" "Actually, I'm pre-op." "Getting a top-of-the-line, Japanese-made cyberarm put in next week." "Whatever moves your furniture." "Here's the thing." "My friend was carrying a package that belonged to me." "You guys took it." "I need to get it back." "This seems to be a breakdown in communication, doesn't it?" "Maybe your friend didn't relay our message." "Nobody around here sells andy but us." "Yeah." "See... here's the problem." "I had a buyer that was willing to pay me $500 for that package." "He's upset he didn't get his andy, I'm upset I didn't get my cash, you're upset because..." "Well, I'm not quite sure why you're upset, but you seem to be, so why not give me $500, and I get outta here before anybody gets more upset than they already are." "What's a poofter like you need with 500 bucks anyway, eh?" "Actually, I need it for a ride on your mum." "It's me." "Excuse me, fellas." "I'm sorry." "Hello?" "You cheeky bastard." " Alec, it's Logan." " Oh, hey." " What was that?" " Nothin'." "What's goin' on?" "You OK?" "No, no, I'm fine." " So, what's up?" " I need your help." " It's just cos she's hot, you know." " What is?" "Everything." "Everything she gets away with." "D'you think we'd be in this dump looking for God knows what if she were ugly?" "We're down here to give Max a hand." "You're so whipped." "I'm doing a public service." "Monsters on the loose..." "People have the right to know." "All right." "Take as many pictures as you want." " So, uh, this newspaper you work for..." " New World Weekly." "Right." "If you need any quotes, you know, something from the law-enforcement perspective, let me know." "To your left." " Can I get closer?" " Sure thing." "Come as close as you want." "Careful." "It's dangerous." " You're never gonna believe this..." " Try me." " It talks." " Really?" "What did he say?" " Max." " Hey?" "Hey, come on, what about us?" "Get us out of here!" " Hey!" " Open the gate!" "Open the gate!" "Don't take this the wrong way, but I got a thing with dogs." "Come on." "Well, after you." "Whoa, what is that smell?" "Are those... tongues?" "Guess we shoulda called first." "Why didn't you tell me about him the other day?" "Wanted to." " We could've done something to stop him." " Tried to stop him." "I know." "Why's he doing it, Joshua?" "Why's he killing people?" "Angry." "About what?" "Manticore guards." " They hurt him bad." " They hurt us all." "You don't know." "You don't know." "Little brother was gentle." "Father made him that way." "Then Father was gone." "Lost in all the people and..." "Father!" "Isaac was sad." "Couldn't stop crying." "So the guards tried to make him stop." "Father..." "Father never came back." "He was gone." "Isaac wouldn't stop." "So they made him stop." "Father!" "Father!" "Argh!" "The police..." "Isaac sees Manticore guards." "That's why he hurts them." "This is great." "Great." "This is so great!" "Maybe you should try this." "Stay here." "Don't open the door, don't do anything." "Stay put." " Where you going?" " To find Isaac." " I'll..." "I'll come." " No!" "The cops are looking for you." "You have to stay here." "Don't hurt little brother." " Stay put." "You hear me?" " You hear me?" " He's killing people, Joshua!" " I'll stop him." " You tried!" "Look what he did to you!" " They made him like this." " Doesn't matter!" "He still has to be stopped!" " You let him out!" "You let us all out!" "Now you hurt him?" "I won't unless I have to." " Out of my way, big fella." " No." "I don't think so, little fella." "Joshua!" "Joshua!" " Isaac!" " Joshua!" "Hey, open up." "Where's Max?" "Isaac's out there." "Jo..." "Hey, come back here!" "What is it with these guys, huh?" "Yeah." "Joshua?" "Joshua?" "No, Isaac!" " No!" " Argh!" "Max?" "Max?" " Thanks for hanging with me." " No problem." "I shouldn't have let them out." "I should've known something like this would happen." " You did the right thing." "The only thing." " Tell that to the families of those dead cops." " Manticore made Isaac a killer, not you." " What if there are others like him?" "For every one you let out that may be a threat, you gave 100 others the chance to have a life." "Like him." "Thought you were trying to make me feel better." "I almost forgot." "He gave me this." "Said it was to cover the money we lost on that doctor." " Where'd he get it?" " Off some bad guys." "All I needed to hear." " I'm gonna drop by Joshua's." " How's he doin'?" "I don't know." "He won't even talk to me, except to say go away." "Thanks." "Bye." "So what did you say your name was again?" " My friends call me Lux." " Lux." " I think you might know some of them." " Oh, yeah?" "Those three guys you went all primitive on." "Nice." "Are you vibrating?" "We know what you are." " Go away." " I can't." "Joshua, you saved my life." "I'm sorry about your brother, I really am, but..." "I'm glad to be alive." "I want you to be, too." "Brother gone." "Not alive any more." "I know." "But I'm here." "And I'm not going anywhere." "I'm just not." "You don't have to be alone." " Tell me about him." " Why?" "Isaac gone." "I wanna know him the way you did." "Isaac... was Father's favourite." "Must have made you jealous, huh?" "At first." "Later, no." "Then you got over it?" "Little brother... smaller... gentle." "Father said protect him." "I tried." "You did." "You were a good brother."