Storm objected: "Well, that""s ridiculous.You can""t cure being a mutant...Since when did we become a disease?" At that moment at his Alcatraz Facility, Worthington was holding a press conference to announce the miraculous discovery, what he called "the answer to mutation.Using all weapons at her disposal to curry favor with Big Daddy, Mae has her brood of five children play ""Dixie"" on a combination of instruments to greet him.She explains how she ended her trip in Martinique because she was broke: "Because I didn""t have money enough to go any further.Nor will my soldiers...If retreat does become necessary, I""ll send a coded radio signal.15 minutes later, you""re to range the missile at Ape City, and activate it with this button." A convoy of military jeeps with mounted weapons, trucks, motorcycles and armed mutant soldiers departed from the forbidden city, a rigorous three-day march in the heat of the desert.Rose: Is it dangerous?Charlie: Bless you, no, Miss.That""s safety stuff, that is.You can get it wet and it don""t do it any harm.You set fire to it and it just burns.You can hit it with a hammer and it won""t go off - at least I don""t think it will.It takes a detonator to set it off.I""ll put it over the side, though, if it worries you.Rose: No, we may want it.Mr.Allnut?...What are these long, round, orpedo-like things?Charlie: Oh them? Them""s oxygen and hydrogen cylinders, Miss.