X: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes Page #2

the most important one right here.

In this hospital,

there are people I can help.

Help by seeing inside them,

as if they were windows.

By seeing their sicknesses

with a clarity

that would make X-rays

a tool fit only for witchdoctors.

Your foundation doesn't like my work,

does it?

They want you to appear before them

the day after tomorrow.

I'll be there, and I'll bring them

much more than a report.

No, it's too dangerous.

Then who is going to try it?

Some student? Some intern?

Yes. Or better yet,

some convicted murderer.

Anyone who has less to lose than you.

And how are they going to report it?

"My eyes feel funny"?

"Gee, Doc, I've got a headache"?

That monkey died.

It was a monkey, not a man.

- I tell you, no.

- Yes.

I won't be a party to it.

All right. I'll proceed without you.

Sam.

Sam, I need you.

- All right. When do you want to do it?

- Now.

August 14th,

notes on experiment designated "X."

Experimental subject myself,

James Xavier.

Assisting in experiment,

Dr. Samuel Brant.

You ready, Doctor?

Ready, Doctor.

The compound fully described

in a written report has been prepared.

Dr. Brant will administer one drop

into each eye of the subject.

One drop. Any choice?

Yeah. One in the middle.

Tilt your head and look directly up.

Well, here it goes, James. Good luck.

How long?

Eight to 10 seconds.

All right, open your eyes.

James?

It's like a splitting of the world.

Vision is fragmented.

More light than I've ever seen.

Filled with light.

I have to close them.

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

I'm gonna try again.

Everything is normal.

Wait.

Sam, I can see through it.

Right through it.

"The exact combination

of hormones and enzymes

"is to be determined by analysis."

Good Lord, Jim.

You can!

Sam, your lab coat.

My coat?

There's a pen in your shirt pocket.

And there's a button missing

under your tie.

Sam, it works.

It works!

I still have just penetrated

the surface.

My eyes are not quite conditioned yet.

But it's a start.

Sam, another drop in each eye.

Not now. There should be tests.

There might be side effects.

All right, I'll do it myself.

The light!

The light!

Well, that's the tape, gentlemen.

And, of course, the reason

Dr. Xavier can't be present today.

I've asked Dr. Brant

to represent him here.

Dr. Xavier has been unconscious

since yesterday,

when this experiment took place.

I've been asked by Dr. Fairfax

to speak on his behalf

about the continuation

of his research funds.

Now, you read the reports,

you heard the tape

of Dr. Xavier's first experiment.

I think, gentlemen, you will agree

that a fantastic breakthrough is possible.

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