"So are you swallowing those things whole, are you actually managing to get a few bites in on the way?" "Whole." "I'm heading over to the cyclotron if that's okay with my bodyguards." "Sure." "Yeah, that's cool." "Be right behind you." "Thanks, bren." "what's so funny?" ""Thanks, bren. " someone has a crush on you." "Oh, c'mon." "She's a sweetie." "can't be easy being the senator's daughter, either, right?" "Yeah, especially with her mom having all those death threats, can't make life any easier." "Well, i think she's dealing with it okay." "She's a good kid." "Bren, you've gotta see this one." "maybe next time, kids." "Time to go." "Come on, we're having fun." "Yeah." "Come on." "Not from you." "c'mon." "Fine." "Your mom would be very worried about you if we brought you home late." "We have our orders." " Fine." "Then can i ride on your bike with you?" "No, no, no." "Hey, no." "You only ride on four wheels, which means you and shal get to go in the car, but you know, i'll be right behind you." "Why don't you pick a cd for the way back?" "Can i help you guys?" "Girlfriend's got a nice car." "Yeah, i know this." "I'm gonna look good driving it." "The girl comes with us." "I don't think so." "Ugh!" "Ahh!" "What the hell are you?" "Wrong people to mess with." "You didn't think you were just going to get the girl, did you?" "Tell me who you're working for." "I'm not going to ask you twice." "Brennan?" "Brennan!" "Stay away!" "Brennan, what's happening?" " Brennan?" "Get away!" "Agh!" "Get away!" "Brennan!" "Agh... aghhhh!" "Get the girl before the whole place goes up!" "Brennan, help me!" "Please!" "Brennan!" "Help, brennan!" "Brennan!" "Brennan!" "Fight it!" "Agh...!" "Ugh!" "Jesse!" "We lost the senator's daughter." "And prep the lab." "Brennan's down." "I am adam kane." "I was a pioneer of genetic research, manipulating dna to save human lives." "But in many their genes unexpectedly mutated and developed super human abilities." "Together with four of the most powerful i fight to protect a world that doesn't even know we exist." "We are... mutant x." "Adam, you were supposed to keep her safe." "You were supposed to take care of her." "Senator, you have my personal assurance that all my efforts are focussed on getting your daughter back quickly and safely." "We'll be in your office in less than an hour." "No." "I have already turned this over to a team of investigators, hired to handle this kind of investigation." "Getting anybody else involved at this stage is the worst thing you can do." "Open your eyes, adam!" "Things couldn't be any worse than they are right now." "I will find her." "I promise." "I'm sorry, adam." "That's all right." "There's nothing you could have done about it." "Oh, what the hell happened to me?" "I won't know until i finish running some tests." "You know, could've been a random occurrence." "What?" "Random occurrence?" "You can't write off shalimar and me almost being killed as a random occurrence, adam." "Even if you knew, you wouldn't tell me, would you?" "Brennan, when i know something definite, you'll be the next to know." "Hey, what'd adam say?" "Nothing, as usual." "He likes keeping us all in the dark." "But that's not his style, brennan." "If he knew something he would tell you." "No, adam's world is based on having all the facts." "He doesn't have that with me." "That scares him." "Yeah, well, something like that scares all of us." "Well, you know what scares me?" "Megan is in danger." "I was the one who lost it." "It's my fault she got kidnapped." "Our fault." "Yeah, well, you seem to be doing just fine." "I was the one that almost killed both of us." "Yeah, well, lucky for us adam's all over it." "Yeah?" "We'll see." "You know what?" "You and adam are a lot more alike than either one of you would care to admit." "Shal, adam's not the one whose body's falling apart here... he's on it, bren." "Look, don't lose faith." "Oh, yeah, that's easy for you to say, standing in your shoes..." "okay, you know what?" "I know you're hurting right now, so i'm going to let that one go." "But just so there's no confusion, let me make one thing perfectly clear." "If this is about your mutation taking another step, then it is about me - it's about all of us." "And you know what?" "I do still have faith." "Think of this as hallowe'en." "All dark and spooky and scary... for all involved i'm gonna go to your momma's house and say" ""trick or treat"." "And if she gives me my treat... i'll go next door..." "and scare the neighbours." "But if she doesn't give me my treat, i have to do a trick, a really bad trick." "The one where you end up dead." "So you better hope your momma's in a generous mood, huh?" "Maybe i should talk to him." "I think maybe we should all have a talk." "What do you mean?" "Maybe what's happened to brennan was supposed to happen." "Maybe his accident wasn't an accident at all, but was just the natural progression of his mutation." "No, that's not true." "Come on." "Look, none of us want anything bad to happen to brennan." "God, he's closer than my own family." "But we are all continuing to mutate, and sooner or later that mutation's going to go out of control." "You don't know that." "You're right." "I don't know that." "But maybe i'm right." "Maybe we're like a... like a comet or a light bulb that burns brightest right before we die." "Brennan is not dying." "I hope to god you're right." "But right now, adam doesn't have the answers, which means that nobody does, and that's scaring me." "Wha... what?" "Did he... um...?" "Yeah." "Yeah, he did." "Of course he did." "Jesse... emma." "Let's go pay the senator a little office visit." "I thought she kicked us off the case." "She did." "I don't get fired that easily." "We'll find her." "We're connecting our system to a high speed tracer." "Adam...?" "What the hell is this?" "I thought i made myself clear in our last conversation." "You did, senator." "I'm very sorry." "I was just hoping that you would reconsider." "Let us work in tandem with your security team." "I'm sorry." "I'm adam kane." "Simon fletcher." "Mr. Kane, my agency is trained to deal with these types of recoveries, and we work alone." "Mr. Fletcher, this isn't a time for a power play." "These people are about to make their demands and we have to be ready." "As far as i'm concerned, you don't have to be anything, because you're out of here." "Do you need to be forcibly removed?" "Adam, please don't make this any harder than it already is." "No, sorry, senator." "Our prayers are with you." "Sorry." "I really should send those guys a thank you note." "They've already done all the hard work." "You managed to piggyback the tracing system?" "Yeah." "You okay?" " Yeah." "I don't know, maybe it was just... there was a lot of really intense emotions in there." "Well, let's see if we can get her daughter back and turn it around." "All right jess, so as far as we know, we still haven't had any communication from the kidnappers, right?" "No." "But when they do, we'll know where the call is coming from." "We should have the kidnappers' exact coordinates within a few seconds." "Good." "And once we have those, shalimar, i want you to lead the team on the rescue effort." "Okay." "Brennan, i want you to stay here at sanctuary." "I want you to monitor the situation." "No, i'm going." "I'm afraid that's just not possible, not in your current unstable state." "My "state"?" "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" "All right, man." "Look, i know you just want to help, but until we have your situation under control it's safer if you just stay here." "Adam, this is not a hospital." "Okay?" "And i'm not a patient or... or a prisoner." "I can help the team." "Adam just doesn't want you getting hurt." "Oh." "Is... is that it?" "Or do you just think i'm going to hurt somebody else?" "Right." "Now listen to me." "I'm working on a way to stabilize your powers at the same time we've gotta find a way to find the girl." "And so what?" "Meanwhile i'm just supposed to sit here waiting to die?" "Brennan, take it easy." "No." "I just want to be allowed to do my job, jess." "You're hands, bren." "I'm fine." "All right." "Brennan... brennan." "No, no." "Listen to me." "You have to concentrate." "I'm fine... i want you to concentrate." "Agh...!" "Brennan." "Brennan." "Concentrate!" "Brennan, please..." " aghh!" "Brennan!" "He doesn't look good." "Well, that last episode took a lot out of him." "He's not the only one." "What in the hell happened, adam?" "I don't know." "I do know that right now he's highly unstable." "What does it mean for the rest of us, adam?" "All right, look, i know that you're all afraid that your powers are mutating, but right now there is no reason to think that any of you are in any danger." "Yet." "I am not going to give up here." "I am going to find a way to stabilize brennan, and i'm going to make sure that nothing bad happens to any of you." "You just have to trust me." "I could've killed jesse, adam." "I could've killed any one of us." "And believe me, i am going to do everything in my power to make sure that that doesn't happen." "see,i ... i know you're all thinking about gabriel ashlocke." "You're all wondering whether or not you're going to self-destruct like he did, right?" "Why don't you look me in the eye and tell me that's not going to happen?" "Ashlocke's genes were at the point of ripping themselves apart." "Your genes are highly unstable, but i believe that that is a result of a ramping of your power." "And i have to find a way to allow you to control it." "So what if you don't?" "We all just go up like a big bang?" "All right, brennan, right now you have to learn how to control your emotions, because i believe that that is triggering the problem." "Adam, do you have any idea what it feels like to walk around like a living time bomb?" "To know that at any second i could explode and... and kill shalimar, jesse... you?" "Anyone?" "I walk around with these thoughts in my head every single day and... and you want me to control my emotions?" "Are you out of your mind?" "All right, look, i know i don't know how you feel, but i do know that every time you lose your temper your power overloads." "So until i can allow you to restore conscious control, you have to stay calm." "Stay calm?" "Adam, there's a little girl that's in danger because of me." "Okay, one minute i go from owning this to... to feeling my body tear itself apart... adam?" "Agh... brennan." "Brennan, i want you to take a deep breath." "Breathe in." "And out." "all right." "You okay?" "That was good." "No." "No, adam." "None of this is good." "hello?" "Senator morrison?" "You know why i'm calling." "I want to speak to my daughter." "It's good to have goals." "Do you remember saying that, senator?" "Huh?" "You remember that?" "Yes." "Well, i've set my goal." "Are you ready?" "Just tell me what you want." "Your campaign fund has over $5 million." "You have access to that account." "You can't expect me to embezzle campaign money?" "What?" "An honest politician?" "Mom!" "Honest enough to let her daughter die for principles?" "I... i'll do what you ask." "Five million dollars - in twenty-four hours." "You'll get another call as to where and when." "Move, senator." "Did you get a fix on the kidnappers?" "Got 'em." " Where are they?" "An old factory downtown." "Well, the helix should get us there before the cops." "Let's just hope the show's not over." "You sure about this, jess?" "Yeah." "The call came from here." "What do you say?" "Open sesame?" "This end's clear." "I got nothing." "Nothing over here, either." "Let's try upstairs." "What the hell is that stuff?" "It's a redialer." "Relays the call to a clean line." "Can you find the location of the kidnappers?" "Shouldn't be a problem... (recorded) trying to track me was stupid, senator." "You broke the rules." "uhoh." "Jesse, that's a bomb." "Come on." "I can almost get 'em." "Yeah, and we're almost dead!" "Now come on!" "I can get him!" " Jesse, come on." "Jess!" "Agh... go!" "Go!" "Go!" "This is all bad." "How did they know we would be there?" "Well, they didn't know it would be us." "They're smart." "They knew the senator'd have her lines tapped." "I don't know." "Well, look, we had to take the shot." "The question is, what do we do now?" "Hey." "What you working on?" "Nothing." "It's nothing." "Come on, it's all right." "Or is it not all right?" "Look, it's just with everything going on right now, and adam... you know, i just want to be in the loop here." "Okay?" "I hate this whole situation." "I feel totally useless." "All right?" "I just want to be a part of the team." "Please?" "Fine." "Just don't zap out or anything." "Yeah." "No zapping." "Promise." "Okay, you know senator morrison's head of security, simon fletcher?" "Yeah." "Met him with shalimar when we first picked up megan." "Right." "Well, i thought i got a funny vibe from him this afternoon when i met him at the senator's office, and then when his people didn't show up i got a little suspicious." "So let's check him out." "I already did." "At first glance, his record seemed perfect." "Until i found this." "It came from seattle." "A governor's son was kidnapped and held for ransom, and the head of security that worked the release was... simon fletcher." "What happened?" "Well, simon was the one they sent to pay the ransom, and the kidnappers were never found." "What about the kid?" "Look, i think simon was in on it, and i think he had something to do with megan's kidnapping as well." "Yeah, well, i think i might have a little chat with him." "I don't think adam's going to go for that right now, brennan." "(on pa) brennan, could you come to the lab, please?" "Don't want to keep the boss waiting." "It's going to be okay." "What's up?" "Hey." "I've developed a theory." "I don't want to hear theories." "I want to hear cures." "All right." "Now, look." "Unfortunately, what works on the level of the microscopic sample will not work on you as a whole." "Damn." "Why don't you just admit that i'm dying?" "Because i'm not going to admit that and you shouldn't even think it." "I don't believe you, adam." "You don't even believe yourself." "I fought for you and what you stood for." "But what you did to us... adam, i accepted my fate and i made it my own, but you lied to us." "I'm not doing it your way any more." "Listen, i can help you." "I just don't want to put you in any more danger." "Now, why can't you understand that?" "I am not going to let you die!" "It's too late!" "Okay?" "I'm sorry, i got something i gotta do." "All right." "Anything you do you put yourself in danger, do you understand that?" "The reality is, adam, i got nothing to lose." "Hey, em, i just saw brennan tear out of here." "You know what that's all about?" "I screwed up." "I told him my suspicions about simon fletcher." "I'm pretty sure i know where he went." "You're a hard man to find." "I know you." "You're one of the people that lost the senator's daughter." "Well, then we have something in common, seeing as you're the one that kidnapped her." "Oh, yeah." "You got me." "I kidnapped my boss's daughter." "Nice try, freak." "Get lost." "Hey!" " Governor nelson's son, four years ago." "Ring any bells?" "I have no idea what you're talking about." "Now, see, that's a lie." "I hate it when people lie to me." "What is that?" "This is how i figure it." "You're too stupid to have set this up on your own, but you're just greedy enough to have set up that little girl for a piece of the ransom." "And you're going to tell me who your partner is and where i can find him, and you're gonna tell me now." "Who's your partner?" "I can't." "He'll kill me." "Don't worry about your partner." "Worry about me." "What the hell is that?" "It's something i can't control." "You got about ten seconds before i light up like old sparky." "Is that how you were looking to go?" "Okay." "Okay, the guy's name is christian." "Where... and when... god." "Tonight." "Eight o'clock." "I gotta deliver the money by eight o'clock." "A warehouse by the dock." "The girl is there." "Don't kill me." "Aghh... hey, brennan." "Hey... hey." "You still with us?" "I think so." "That is by far the dumbest move you have ever made." "Is he dead?" "No." "We're bringing him with us." "Bringing him where?" "Back to sanctuary, brennan." "Back to adam." "And i'm not asking you to come with me, i'm telling you." "Look, i know you're scared." "We all are." "I don't care about that any more." "What i do care about is you." "I'm sorry." "But at least you're consistent - did he tell you where megan is?" "Yeah, he told me everything." "Fill me in on the way." "And let adam take care of you, brennan." "Look, he says he has a fix, and you have to try it." "Okay, whatever he works out for you just might end up saving all of us." "Can you walk?" "Absolutely." "Good." "You get to carry the bad guy." "I can't believe simon actually knew what was going on." "Oh, he's done it before." "So he knows where megan is?" "That's right." "He does." "And now we do, and we're ready to move." "Okay?" "Well, simon said that he'd be calling any minute, so i want you to pretend like you know nothing." "I want you to go along with whatever they say." "answer it." "Hello?" "Ah, hi." "I take it all the necessary lessons have been learned." "Is my daughter okay?" "I've managed to vent my frustrations in a more productive way, senator, but i assure you... one more mistake - one more mistake!" " And i will do much more than hurt her." "Okay, listen." "You bring your head of security to warehouse 16, by the docks, at eight in the morning... with my money." "If he is one minute late, your daughter dies." "You understand?" "I... i thought you only wanted to deal with me." ", yeah, well, i... you... you've disobeyed me once already." "Perhaps your employee will follow directions better." "He wants simon to make the drop." "What are we going to do now?" "He doesn't know we have simon." "So we follow that plan." "And simon opens the door for us." "Senator... you don't worry." "You'll have your daughter back by tomorrow." "What is going on?" "Well, there's a strange smell in the air, kiddo." "I have a feeling i'm not the only one playing tricks out there." "What are you doing?" "Buying myself a little insurance." "Your new necklace is packed with a half pound of c4 explosive." "Because if anything goes wrong with the switch, momma's little girl is going home without a head." "So, do you understand exactly what it is we're about to do?" "Yeah." "I do my thing." "Emma does her thing." "Something like that." "Well, not exactly." "Okay." "I light up and lose it, emma links up with me telempathically to help me reboot, right?" "So, what?" "Is that the technical explanation?" "Well, why don't you tell me, because i don't see how this is going to work." "Look, i'm just going to try and get you to help yourself." "Exactly." "I want you to think of this as a telempathic booster shot." "Wait... wait." "What are you saying, that this is just mind over matter?" "Yeah, something like that." "Your body is mutating faster than your mind has the capacity to process the change." "Let's get the two to catch up." "Exactly." "That is the idea." "You ready with this?" "Here we go." "You sure you're ready for this?" "Ask me once it's over." "Okay." "Let's get started." "Here we go." "Good." "Keep going." "This doesn't look safe." "I think we should stop them." "Couldn't if you wanted to." "Emma insisted on doing it." "Now?" "Not yet, emma." "Aggh... aghhh...!" "Okay, emma." "Now!" "Emma, help him focus." "Focus!" "What's happening?" "I think it's working." "hey, you all right?" "You all right?" "Hey, you okay?" "You okay?" "Yeah." "Let's not do that again." "Well, maybe you won't have to." "Hey, brennan." "Hey." "How do you feel?" "Let's find out." "Wait, you sure you're ready for a test run there?" "What do you think, emma?" "Whaddaya say we go find the senator's daughter?" "Better not screw up." "We're serious." "Serious as a heart attack." "You let those kidnappers know anything's going on, there'll be about a half million volts running through your chest, you understand?" "I understand." "Okay." "Here's your ransom money." "You know what to do." "Let's go." "What was that you strapped to his chest?" "Oh, hell if i know." "Some adhesive tape and old computer parts." "Butt he doesn't know that, right good work." "All right, shal." "Cover the floor from up here." "And give us any updates on what's going on." "We'll find our own ways in." "Right on time." "Can i assume we have no unexpected problems?" "Everything is running exactly as... as planned." "Put the money on the table." "I said put the money on the table." "Now!" "Open it." "Nice to see senator morrison still knows all the right strings to pull when her back's against the wall." "I'm gonna go get the girl." "I'm afraid there's been a slight change of plan." "Change of plans?" "I'm going in." "We're on our way." "We have a deal." "The deal is over." " Time to renegotiate." "Brennan, help!" "Take one more step... go on." "Take one step closer and the senator's precious daughter loses everything..." "from the neck up." "Brennan, help!" "Please, help me!" "You got what you want." "Let her go." "Little late for that now, don't you think?" "Come on, man, she's just a kid." "Help!" "Nah, better she finds out sooner than later." "Life doesn't come with many breaks." "tell me about it." "Ugh... no...!" "No, no, no." "Don't touch." "Don't touch." "Don't touch." "Sure enough." "The device has a hair trigger mechanism." "If i try to take it off it could detonate." "Please get this off of me." "I don't want to die." "Megan, we're not going to let that happen." "Jesse, why can't you phase it off her?" "The mechanism acts with electrostatic impulses given off by our own bodies." "If i try to take it off it'll blow." "Yeah, but there's gotta be a back door on that thing, right?" "If there is, i couldn't find it." "Wait." "What if i create a safe zone?" "Fill the area with the same low-grade electrostatic impulses?" "It could give me the second i need to take it off." "A second is all we need." "No!" "You don't know what you're doing." "there has to be another way." "Sh... it's okay." "Listen to me." "Listen to me." "You have to trust me." "I am not going to let anything happen to you, okay?" "Yeah." "You ready?" "Is this the safe zone you're talking about?" "I guess we're going to find out." "Now, jess." "He shoots, he scores." "Okay?" "Adam, thank you." "Words are a poor substitute to describe what i feel inside." "And believe me, i understand." "Simon fletcher pled guilty to all charges." "I guess that should make me feel happy, right?" "I guess." "How's megan?" "Oh, she's amazing under the circumstances." "I think she worries about me as much as i worry about her." "Tell bren i said thanks, will you, mr." "Kane?" "Yeah, well, i think you just told him yourself." "Hey, kiddo." "Glad to hear you're all right." "So you'll take me to the science centre again?" "Heh... it's a date." "Thanks again, adam." "Yeah, you bet." "She's a sweet kid." "Yeah." "Terrific mother." "Kid's got a lot to be grateful for." "Seems to be a lot of that going around." "I'm grateful just to be standing here." "Well, you got a new lease on life?" "You tell me." "Is that what i've got?" "Come on, adam, you can level with me." "Well, you want me to level with you?" "Yeah." " All right." "Emma helped you dodge one hell of a bullet last night." "Oh, man, you don't have to tell me." "No, i do have to tell you." "Because the truth is... i can't even predict which one of you's going to be the next one to mutate out of control, much less how i'm going to treat it." "Oh, that's... that's gotta make you feel pretty helpless." "Yeah." "It does." "Okay?" "Because i'm supposed to be the guy with all the answers, and i don't have 'em." "And until i do, i can't rest, until i know exactly what makes all of you tick." "Oh, yeah, hopefully what keeps us all ticking." "Yeah, that too." "Well, listen." "Thank you, adam." "Hey, i'm not the one who deserves the thanks." "Oh." "I hope i'm not shocking your chakra." "Come in." "So, i just wanted to come by and tell you that i thought you were pretty terrific last night." "Are you sure you don't have that the other way around?" "Emma, if it wasn't for you i wouldn't be here right now." "I doubt that very much." "Please - you saved my life and i will never forget it." "Why did you do it?" "I mean, you had... you had no idea what could've happened." "You could've died." "Look, it's not like i have a choice, brennan." "I mean, we're all in the same boat." "What do you think you would've done if it was my power spinning out of control?" "Run and hide?" "Well, it's always an option." "Just not our style." "No, we stick together 'til the bitter end." "All right, so let me ask you all a question." "Which one of you actually thought that i was buying my last ticket out of here?" "You kidding?" "Thought never crossed our mind, man." "Yeah, we knew you'd bounce back." "Never doubted it for a minute." "Hm, really?" "you guys are lousy liars." "well...thanks." "So... you really all right, man?" "Yeah, yeah, i'm good, man." "Thanks." "Good."