"My car's not far from here." "I'm calling it a night." "Coming home?" "Umm... after i walk dana to her car." "See you soon." "Not too soon, i hope." "Who the hell are you and why are you following me?" "It's me, jesse." "I... i can't believe it." "hey, you're getting bigger." "Hitting the gym, huh?" "Oh, it's good to see you." "Uh, what are you doing here?" "I'm on an undercover assignment." "It's gotten kind of ugly." "What's going on?" "I'm in a little bit of trouble." "Who are these guys?" "Nexxogen security." "Well, we gotta get out of here." "Now." "You can't keep running, noah." "Give it up." "Noah!" "Noah!" "Get out of the way!" "He's one of eckhart's new mutants." "Noah." "Hey, you okay?" "What the hell happened here?" "My dad showed up." "And all of a sudden - bam - there he was, standing right in front of me." "I mean, it was... it was great." "I've never heard you talk about your dad before." "Oh, that's because i don't get to see him very much." "He's a covert operative, so he's always away on assignment." "Thanks." "What?" "I've just never seen you this happy - or this wired." "Well, it's great to see him again." "But, um, i am a little concerned about what's happening with him?" "Who did you say was after him?" "Nexxogen." "It's a bioengineering firm specialising in the genetic replication of protoplasm." "You mean cloning." "In a way." "And it seems likely that genomex has had something to do with them in the past." "Outsourcing?" "I remember we heard about nexxogen last year:" "They had an industrial accident outside the city of martez?" "Right." "Big fire at their facility." "Yeah." "Didn't they blame that on a gas leak or something?" "Yeah." "Hey, maybe... maybe my dad's investigating it." "He could be." "Have you heard from him again?" "No, not yet." "Why?" "All right." "You let me know the minute he calls." "Maybe we can do something to help." "Okay." "Mr. Eckhart, sir?" "My name is calvin porter and i was hoping to speak to you about a promotion." "I understand a field agent position has just opened up and i'd like to be considered for the job." "That information was classified." "Whoever told you about that is in serious trouble." "Actually, i heard it from you, sir." "I'm a new mutant with genetically enhanced hearing." "Is that so?" "Yes, sir." "In fact, the sounds of the world nearly drove me out of my mind, until the genomex biotech lab created this audio filter." "Now i can pinpoint any frequency over many miles." "A great advantage in a field agent." "Well, mr." "Porter, with those outstanding abilities, i assume you'll be able to hear this:" "Don't ever speak to me directly again." "I don't care." "Tell eckhart that nicole carter's here to see him." "What it is it?" "There's a woman named nicole carter here to see you." "And she's giving your assistant hell." "Call off your dogs, eckhart." "We have to talk." "Of course." "Thank you, gentlemen." "That'll be all." "How can i help you, miss carter?" "We've got a problem... we?" "We." "A member of my security staff invaded our database and downloaded sensitive information regarding the martez incident." "How awful for you." "I'm not alone out on this limb, eckhart." "Genomex shares responsibility for what happened there." "It's fascinating." "We have entirely different memories of that tragedy." "And as far as the public is concerned, genomex saved nexxogen from bankruptcy." "Which i've always regarded as an act of unbelievable generosity" " since your company is technically our competition." "Is that how we're going to play this game?" "Well, let me be more clear." "A computer disk with information implicating your company in that incident has been stolen." "If this information comes to light, the world will learn that martez was no industrial accident." "In other words... if i go down, you go down." "I'll put my agents at your disposal." "I thought that might change your tune." "We need to get that disk back immediately." "You think?" "Oh, and i believe one of your new mutants is standing in our way." "One of my men wrapped a car around him" " but he walked away without a scratch." "I'll see if i can help." "You do that." "Mr. Porter." "Since i assume you've been eavesdropping already, i have an assignment for you." "Get that disk nexxogen is chasing and you might just earn yourself that promotion." "How you doing?" "I'll be doing a lot better when my dad calls." "I saw the picture the two of you you got in your room." "Oh, the father-son martial arts tournament." "Yeah." "We went every year until my parents split up." "My dad's job with the feds took him undercover and overseas." "Is that why i never met him?" "No." "I haven't even seen him since he went off to europe." "You okay?" "You look a little worried about him." "The guy is a decorated hero." "He's been on a lot of assignments, but something's... something's different." "Well, if you need any of us to jump in and help, you just say the word." "Thank you." "Oh, hey." "I did a little nosing around in nexxogen's personnel files." "Yeah?" "It turns out, noah kilmartin was listed as the head of security until a month ago." "He works for them?" "Yeah, until he got fired." "Seems like they might have tried to screw him over." "Well, let's keep digging before we pass judgement." "What else did you find?" "Some interesting information on nicole carter." "She's the director of operations at nexxogen." "Since before the explosion." "Yeah, she must be pretty powerful" " or bulletproof - to have lasted." "Yeah, maybe a little of both." "According to this, nexxogen would've gone belly-up if they hadn't gotten funding from genomex." "Exactly." "But... why would eckhart want to keep them in business?" "Well, my first guess is that genomex had something to do with the incident." "Well, do you think jesse's father is tied to the incident too?" "I think i know a way we can find out." "Dad?" "Sorry about last night, jesse." "I didn't mean to run out on you and leave you in the lurch like that." "You all right?" "Oh, i'll live." "But i didn't want to get you involved in this." "I... i just had no idea where else to turn." "No." "Forget about it." "We're family." "Let me come get you." "Oh, i don't know." "In fact, the situation is kind of dangerous right now." "And all the more reason why we should be handling this together." "All right." "But you have to come alone." "And you have to promise not to tell anybody about this." "You think he'd be up for it?" "Let me talk to him." "Check it out." "Jesse?" "Are you still there?" "Yeah." "I'm here, dad." "But... look, there's no buts." "Okay." "I won't tell anyone." "That's my boy." "I knew i could count on you." "Look, i still think we're taking a big chance here." "And that's a chance we have to take." "If you say so." "Now, where are you?" "Okay." "I'll be in the courtyard of the fairview complex." "I'm on my way." "Got him." "Let's go." "Hey, adam." "You ready to give nexxogen a visit?" "Absolutely." "I want you both to be careful." "So brennan tells us to be on heightened security alert?" "Yeah, but we'll have you covered on that." "Here, emma." "Give me your thumb." "A little press." "Ow." "Sorry." "They screen all their employees through thumbprint identification." "This'll get you in." "bigbaby." "So what's the best place to tap into their database?" "Ah, their main computer system." "Sorry." "From there, we can access all their files." "And with this little baby over here, we can have you in and out in a couple of minutes." "What do we do with it?" "Install it into their system and then we can copy all the files here at sanctuary without detection." "Great." "Let's get to work." "Good luck." "Thanks." "Hey." "It's just me, or you been a little awol since your dad popped up?" "No, i've been around." "I've just been keeping busy." "Huh, yeah." "So adam and i did a little research on nexxogen." "Sounds like your dad had a pretty rough time." "You might say that." "I mean, i did try to run the guy over with a car." "Oh, yeah." "Does that happen a lot?" "Does what happen a lot?" "You know, your dad showing up out of nowhere with a bunch of guys chasing him?" "Well, you never really know what to expect with them." "I mean, he has had a pretty amazing life." "Oh, no kidding." "Not your average guy, huh?" "No." "I mean, he's not exactly what you'd call a stay-home dad, but he's always been there for me." "Yeah." "I'm just saying that... i know exactly what you're saying and you're wrong." "Jesse, my father wasn't exactly... brennan, please." "Don't start this whole your childhood/my childhood competition thing now, okay?" "Look, i gotta go." "I got a date." "I'll see you." "Yeah, be careful, huh?" "Noah?" "Noah." "Dad." "Get in the car." "Where are you?" "Just get in the car." "These guys aren't going to take no for an answer." "I'm not leaving without you." "Well, that's not going to happen." "What are you waiting for?" "Go." "What's this place supposed to be?" "Well, it's supposed to be a new mutant safehouse." "I'll explain later." "Why don't you go on down?" "Let me patch you up." "Oh, come on, jess." "I'm fine." "Yeah." "You know, you're just like your mom." "You're always trying to... take care of things, you know." "That's funny." "She was always saying i was just like you because i was always acting up." "Sit." "Guess i got a foot in both camps, huh?" "Yeah." "So... you want to tell me why those guys were chasing you?" "Well, i was doing pretty good at this job and then i got, uh, downsized." "That's when i went to nexxogen." "And i stumbled on this company scandal involving new mutants." "Have anything to do with the martez accident?" "Well, what do you know about that?" "Just what was in the news." "Ah, it was all a cover-up." "If the real truth came out, heads would roll." "Let me guess:" "With your head first on the chopping block, huh?" "you got that right." "When i realised what had happened, i knew that there was no turning back." "So i downloaded everything about the incident" " as insurance." "Where's the file?" "I put it on a disk." "Which i slipped in your coat pocket last night." "What?" "Well, i was afraid they would take it away from me." "Well, i knew they wouldn't take it away from you." "Glad you trust me, dad?" "Weli... in fact, i have some pretty powerful friends who i trust, who i think might be able to help us." "I can't let you do that." "These people are willing to kill at any cost to keep this secret." "Yeah." "No, you don't understand... i feel bad enough drawing you into it." "I don't want to risk anyone else." "We handle this my way." "All right, dad." "Okay." "All right." "Okay." "Ah." "I knew i shouldn't have worn these pants." "My underwear is riding up big time." "You're wearing underwear?" "You're not?" "You two done?" "Yeah." "I think that about covers it." "Now, the computer centre shouldn't be too far past the lobby." "Once you've passed through the employees' entrance, get there fast." "Your id gives you limited access." "Shall we?" "Yeah." "Just a moment." "Is there a problem?" "Go ahead." "No." "No problem." "It's under control, sir." "Since you don't have the disk, i'll have to assume that your definition of "control" differs wildly from mine." "The nexxogen employee who stole the disk is jesse kilmartin's father." "And with a member of mutantx involved, the playing field is very different." "Are you trying to shirk responsibility for your failure?" "I'm simply pointing out how complex the situation is." "Mr. Porter, i would like to make the situation crystal clear." "If that file gets into the wrong hands, genomex could be shut down permanently." "I understand, sir, but... no more excuses." "There better not be." "It's terrible, huh?" "No, it's great." "I was starving." "You know, i think i may be getting too old for this kind of work." "Oh, shut up." "You're not old and you're going to be around for a long time, dad." "No, you may have to take over for your old man, yeah?" "But, from what i hear, it sounds like you already have." "What do you mean?" "I know about you and your "team"." "Mutant x?" "How?" "I got my sources." "Hey, come on, i've been in covert ops my entire adult life." "I know what's happening." "Particularly where it concerns my own son." "I'm proud of you, jesse." "It's great work you're doing." "Thank you." "Dad?" "No, i'm okay." "You look beat." "Look, why don't you get some rest?" "I'll go get you some clean clothes and some real food." "No, i got some work to do." "Well, i'll help you with that when i get back, okay?" "What about the... i'll get the disk." "Okay?" "Get some rest." "There's a cot right there." "I'll be back soon." "You come to a decision?" "The price is non-negotiable." "Besides, i have protection now." "You can't stop me." "You step up with the cash or i go public with the disk." "Don't worry." "I've got this covered." "I need you two to scout the outer perimeter." "Get moving." "Nicely done." "Thanks." "Ready?" "Yeah." "Adam, the computers are blocked by a laser grid." "I know." "We'll have to deactivate it." "Look around." "There should be an unprotected keyboard somewhere." "Okay." "Okay, good." "Now that you got the keyboard, we can start the decryption for access." "All right, good." "Now, i want you to key in this sequence: 6-9-6-2-4-1." "That did it." "Hold it right there." "Why aren't you guarding the computer centre?" "Miss carter... miss carter." "We've got a breach." "Where?" "Move." "All right." "Try that." "Okay." "Here we go." "Adam?" "Yes." "We're getting the feed." "I'm assuming that you haven't had any problems with security." "No." "It was pretty good." "Emma had to get rid of a couple of gs agents, but aside from that... wait." "Gs agents?" "Yeah." "All right, both of you get out of there now." "We're about three minutes away from a complete download." "Yeah, but if eckhart's men are there, they've changed the security codes." "They're going to know we're tapped into the system." "I want you both out of there now." "All right." "I want you and jesse to take the double helix, get over there, get them out." "Okay." "Only there's one problem with that." "Jesse left a while ago." "Turned off his comlink." "All right, forget about jesse." "You go get them." "Hurry." "Hold it." "Come on." "Somebody call for a ride?" "We are so screwed." "Deactivate cloak." "No, we're not." "I knew eventually saner minds would prevail." "Are you prepared to meet my price?" "Yes." "I'm tired of dealing with your new mutant friends." "What?" "When i hired you to head security, i never realised your extortion skills were so refined." "It'll take me at least a day to put the funds together." "Just call me when you have the money." "How'd you find me here?" "My cell phone's untraceable." "Yes." "But thanks to my specialty, your voice isn't?" "Oh!" "Go." "Find the disk." "Jesse?" "Yeah." "You heard from your father?" "Yeah, actually, i just... just left him." "I thought you were going to let me know when he called." "I'm sorry." "It obviously just slipped my mind." "Well, we could've used your help getting emma and shalimar out of nexxogen." "What?" "Yeah, they broke into the databank." "They found out why they're after your father." "Yeah, he stole a file with the real story of martez." "Afraid it goes a little deeper than that." "Turns out your father stole the file to... blackmail nexxogen." "What?" "Yeah." "Sorry." "I know it's hard to hear something like this, but... look, my dad is the good guy here." "I mean, obviously, they're trying to frame him." "I don't think so." "Adam, we're talking about my dad here." "I think i know him a little better than you do." "Jesse, just listen." "I want you to look at the evidence." "You can see that, you know, we're not just making this up." "Jesse... he doesn't have the disk." "And refuses to tell us where it is." "So, mr." "Kilmartin, you're as big a pain as your son." "Perhaps i should turn you over to miss carter." "She lacks my tolerance and patience." "Don't threaten me." "I know full well that nexxogen is just a puppet of genomex." "It's impossible to prove." "don't bet on it." "How do you think the world would react if they knew what happened at martez?" "It was an industrial accident." "It was new mutants." "And because of the experiments nexxogen performed at your behest, their genes replicated out of control until their bodies simply exploded." "Of course, the file goes into more graphic detail." "My apologies at your rude reception, mr." "Kilmartin." "Dad?" "Dad?" "!" "I tried to talk to him, but he wouldn't hear it." "So you have no idea where he went?" "No." "Why can't he just face it?" "His father's not the good guy that he pretends to be." "Yeah, well, it' a little more complex than that." "What's complex?" "All the evidence is there in black and white." "Yeah, well, it's not black and white to jesse." "Hey, don't get mad at me." "I'm not." "I just... shalimar, look, i know that you and jesse are close, but... he just wants to believe that he grew up with the perfect father." "Yeah, well, i'll talk to him when he gets back." "No, you won't." "Can't we just give him some time to absorb this?" "No." "We don't have time." "Every minute that that disk is out there we run the risk of the world finding out what happened in martez." "And if that happens, then new mutants are exposed and our life and our cause becomes that much more complicated." "Mason, there's been another security breach at nexxogen." "Yes." "I heard they'd installed a revolving door at your facility." "Don't try to pin the blame on me." "It was more new mutants, and your gs agents were of no help whatsoever." "They'll be disciplined." "Are you any closer to retrieving the disk?" "I'm going to pay him off." "Really?" "I'm putting the funds together now." "But i hate to disappoint you, miss carter." "But you're a day late and a dollar short." "The deal's off." "But thanks so much for helping to drive the price up." "Eckhart, that disk is mine." "It was." "But perhaps it will be a tad safer in my possession." "So, mr." "Kilmartin, where exactly is the disk?" "You'll have it soon enough." "Now, how do you propose we conclude our transaction?" "I've thought that through." "Somehow, i had a feeling you might." "Jesse, where have you been?" "Adam's been trying to find you all night." "Why?" "Did he find some more dirt on my dad?" "Look, adam's not the bad guy in all this." "But my dad is." "I'm not saying that." "Yeah, you are." "Jess... you're just like everybody else, aren't you?" "Look, jesse, i know you love your dad, but you... oh, c'mon, you can't ignore what is right in front of you." "Do you know what it's like to see your dad being shot at?" "Or found and beat to a pulp?" "No." "No." "Well, i thought that, of everybody, you'd be on my side." "Hold on." "Dad." "Thank god, jesse." "Dad." "Look, we got a bunch of documents from nexxogen that make it look like... well, they make it look like you're an extortionist." "They're trying to frame me, you know that." "What happened at the safe house?" "A pack of gs agents tracked me down." "I... managed to get away." "Are you all right?" "For now." "I want you to listen carefully to me, jesse." "I need you to take the disk back to the safehouse." "I want you to leave it in the first aid kit and then get out of there." "Why don't i meet you there?" "Because i don't want anything to happen to you." "Now, do as i say, jesse." "My life is at stake." "You lie beautifully, mr." "Kilmartin." "Well, i'm not lying about this." "If anything happens to my son, the deal's off." "Your loyalty is something to behold." "Mr. Kilmartin will take you to the disk." "Once you have it, i'll wire the money we agreed on." "Mr. Porter... once you have that disk, kill him." "Maybe i should try talking to him." "Oh, shalimar tried." "He said he just wants to be left alone." "Well, shouldn't we try again?" "Might end up driving him farther away, instead of helping him face the truth." "Adam, jesse just took off in the double helix." "Jesse?" "Jesse." "Yes." "Where are you going?" "I'm going to give my dad the disk on the martez incident." "What?" "Why didn't you tell us you had the disk?" "I couldn't." "I... jesse, we're all on your side." "All right, jesse, look." "I know this isn't easy, but your dad is not the guy he pretends to be." "You have to believe us." "Look, i just don't know what to believe right now." "Jesse, just come back." "C'mon, can't we can't talk about this?" "Jesse?" "Off." "Where the hell is it?" "It was supposed to be here." "I don't know what happened to it." "I do." "Finally." "You were supposed to bring the disk here and then leave." "Yeah." "I lied." "You know, like you did, about giving these guys the slip." "Jesse, give me the disk." "Everybody told me what was happening." "I guess i had to see it for myself, huh?" "Hold it right there, champ." "Hand over that disk or become an instant orphan." "Oh, go ahead." "What?" "Well, you've been using me all along, go ahead." "It's no loss." "No." "No, don't shoot." "Don't." "Argh!" "Argh!" "Argh!" "Argh!" "You followed me." "You got that right." "I always got your back." "Thank you." "Yeah." "Jesse?" "You know, dad." "I hate to break it to you, but the moment they had their hands on that disk you were dead." "Look, all i ever wanted was a chance to start over again." "I didn't mean to hurt you, jesse, but i had no choice." "No choice." "You know, you always got choices, dad." "You just made the wrong one." "My life wasn't going the way i wanted it to." "I wanted to provide for you and... don't." "Okay?" "Just... just don't." "Do you have the disk?" "Why couldn't you have just come back for me, huh?" "Look, i know the kind of father you want." "And i'm sorry - but i'm not that guy." "Yeah." "I'm sorry, too." "Your gs agents have blocked me from entering my own facility." "It's not your facility anymore." "I've convinced the federal government to allow genomex to take over nexxogen." "Well, i certainly couldn't keep letting people just run in there and take anything they wanted." "I've ordered a complete overhaul of the database." "As far as the disk is concerned, you'll be happy to know it's been destroyed." "What am i going to do?" "Well, we have some wonderful job opportunities on the genomex website." "Of course, we require excellent references." "And as for you, mr." "Porter... you'll be listening to me for a long time." "Jesse?" "I heard what happened." "You okay?" "Yeah, i'm fine." "You want to talk about it?" "No." "Do you want me to leave you alone?" "No."