In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Season One
US Airdate : 24 November 2001
UK Airdate : 5 December 2001
At Genomex, Eckhart (Tom McCamus) vows to concoct a scheme to take over and control Proxy Blue. He is concerned that if the virtual news reporter continues to leak details concerning the GSA, it will be difficult for the agency to remain a covert operation. He enlists the services of Agent Kendra MacEvoy (Joy Tanner), who believes she has the perfect way to solve the Proxy Blue problem.
Later, Brennan (Victor Webster) and Jesse (Forbes March) help Toni (Reagan Pasternak), Jesse's new mutant girlfriend, a well-known computer genius, set up for the grand opening of her new internet coffee bar, Datadive. When Kendra, a longtime friend of Toni's walks in, Brennan and Jesse assume she's paying a friendly visit. Suddenly, four agents burst into the coffee bar. Brennan and Jesse manage to elude capture as Toni is taken away, leaving the two to wonder about the nature of Toni's involvement with the GSA.
Back at Genomex, Toni is injected with a subdermal governor and ordered by Eckhart to get started on fixing the Proxy Blue problem. Meanwhile at Sanctuary, Adam (John Shea) and the Mutant X team discover that a virus may have invaded Sanctuary's system. Adam runs complete diagnostic tests. He discovers that when Toni sent Jesse a picture file, her application spread throughout the hard drive, but was unable to crack Mutant X's system. If the GSA finds the matching software, however, they'll be able to use satellite technology to pinpoint the exact location of Sanctuary, destroying everything they have created. Jesse, concerned about Toni's fate, begins to wonder if she had been truthful with him. Suddenly, Toni calls, warning Jesse that Kendra is heading to Datadive to retrieve the mapping software. When Brennan and Shalimar (Victoria Pratt) race to Datadive to try to get a hold of the software, they find the place empty and conclude that Kendra must have taken the equipment to Genomex.
Back at Genomex, Toni unveils the "new and improved" Proxy Blue to Eckhart. Believing that the GSA now has total control over the virtual reporter, Eckhart is completely unaware that Toni has actually created a fake Proxy Blue, utilizing her to send a distress message to the Mutant X team through her news report.
Upon receiving Toni's message, Adam and the team disguise themselves and head to Genomex to rescue and retrieve both Toni and the mapping software microdrive. Utilizing all of their new mutant powers, they break into Genomex and find Toni engaged in a fight with one of Eckhart's agents. Jesse uses all of his strength to pull the agent off Toni, slamming him into a nearby computer monitor, and destroying the mapping computer microdrive in the process. As Kendra scurries around the lab looking for Toni, Brennan shoots her with an electrical bolt that sends her flying. Meanwhile, Eckhart gets a message from Proxy Blue telling him that Adam put her to work cleaning out his system, and as of the next morning, Eckhart will have to start everything from scratch.
Back at Sanctuary, Jesse and Toni reunite while Adam explains to the others that it is best if they hide Toni in plain sight rather than placing her in the underground.