[news anchor on TV] World nations are on alert
as another mutant dome has mysteriously appeared.
As impenetrable as the one found in Mexico, this dome has formed
over an ancient pyramid in the Shaanxi province of China...
I don't want you watching those mutant reports, Dorian.
News like that always gets you too upset.
And for a local response, Frank Lee has gone to the Bayville mines
to talk with a young man with firsthand mutant experience.
Yeah. I had a few run-ins with mutants in high school.
All I can say is they do whatever they want whenever they want.
So somebody's gotta shut them down or we're all in trouble.
[manhole cover squeaks]
[man 1] There's a mutant!
-Hey, mutant! -[man 2] Get him!
-Get him! -[tires screeching]
[panting]
[grunts]
Take a good look at us, mutie.
Because we're the reason you're getting out of Bayville.
[all shouting]
Leave him alone.
[theme music playing]
-He's coming! -Look out!
[grunting]
[men yelling]
Like I said, leave him alone.
-Let's go! -Let's get out of here!
-Let's run! -Come on!
-Move! -Yeah.
[man 1] Move it. Move it.
Hey, wait up!
I... I was just getting food.
I know, Lucid. This wasn't your fault.
Let's go.
[Callisto] I heard what happened.
They had it coming.
Spyke, listen to me.
You're making the topsiders angry.
-It's hard enough out there without you-- -No!
They're already angry.
I'm just stopping them from taking it out on us!
You're very brave. We all know that.
And some Morlocks will follow your lead.
But what chance have they got if you lead them into a battle?
[Spyke] Hiding in the sewers, eating garbage, and still we're hunted?
Tell me, Callisto. What chance have they got if I don't?
So, Hank, what is your assessment of the new dome?
Well, for one thing, they're not actually domes.
They're spheres. The pyramids are completely encased.
Ah. So no tunneling underneath.
You had to know it wasn't gonna be that easy.
As we've seen, any energy directed against them is multiplied and repulsed violently.
What of the pyramids themselves?
[Beast] From what I've learned, both date back to 3000 BC.
Roughly the same time as Apocalypse's rule in Ancient Egypt.
Significance?
We scientists have a special term for that called "I don't know."
I expect we'll learn the hard way.
In any case, we've got bigger problems right now.
Military buildup around the dome in China.
[Beast] An attack on that dome would have catastrophic consequences.
-And the media backlash... -Would not be favorable to mutants.
[Sam] Books.
This report's gonna take us forever if we gotta read books.
You know the assignment. No Internet.
Yeah. But we could've been finished with this report hours ago.
I think that was what Miss Carter was trying to prevent.
You think this will fit on Kitty's scanner?
[shouting]
Oh, isn't that nice, Sam?
There goes your allowance for a month at least.
[tires screeching]
I saw that, freak.
-Damaging public property. -It was an accident.
I'm gonna pay for it.
Yeah. You will. Right now.
[Amara] Hey. Accidents happen.
Like if I accidentally drop this,
it would accidentally burn a hole right through your car.
[Duncan] Get away from there!
Or I'll show you how accidents can go both ways.
[yells]
Sam, Amara, get home.
-But... -Go!
[grunts]
As for you, threatening little girls?
You're lucky I just damaged your car.
You think you're gonna get away with messing up my ride?
Well, I guess the question is, what are you gonna do about it?
[gasps]
Huh?
Go ahead. Make your call.
Spread the word.
Tell them the mutants of Bayville are off-limits to hate crime as of now.
[shouts]
Get me the police.
[indistinct radio chatter]
Has he located him?
Still looking.
You guys shouldn't be mad at him.
He stepped in to protect us. You can't tell me that's wrong.
Evan's intentions were good, Amara.
But that boy has always ignored the consequences of his actions.
When did the porcupine start shooting flaming arrows?
Did I miss an upgrade notice or something?
His powers are developing in ways none of us expected.
There. He's in the sewers beneath Lythia and Ashland Streets.
I'll find him.
Wait, Storm.
Someone else should go.
Charles, he's my nephew.
I have to go!
I should have-- I should have gone long before this.
Evan made his own choices.
You know that.
But he is part of my family.
Storm, he's also still a rebellious teenager.
And for that reason, a family member might not be the best choice right now.
Then who?
Me?
Hey, maybe it slipped your notice, Chuck, but I ain't exactly the model of restraint myself.
Which is why I feel a word from you would have the most impact on Evan.
[sighs] All right.
I'll try to sweet talk the kid into not smacking down creeps and thugs who deserve it.
But you'll be lucky if I don't end up joining him myself.
[Beast] Charles. I'm afraid we have a situation.
What is it, Hank?
Chinese military has evacuated everyone in the province
-so they could drop explosives on the dome. -Oh, no.
-Hank? -Checking.
Reports are coming in.
The dome is still there, but everything else is leveled for miles.
You're coming with me, Trask.
I've been ordered to release you so you can reinstate your Sentinel program.
Whatever mutant threat these domes hold for the world, we intend to be ready.
I sense him too, Caliban. Façade?
[growls, then sniffing]
Let's keep things peaceful, gecko-boy.
I just wanna talk.
[Spyke] So what's with you?
I kind of expected my aunt.
Yeah. But she'd just wanna hug you.
Since you're a big boy now, you get me?
What's the problem?
As if I have to ask?
Let's just say your actions lately have Charles deeply concerned.
I've got one question for you, Logan.
Do you think what I'm doing is wrong?
[sighs] Bub, I'll be honest with you.
In your place, at your age, I'd be doing exactly the same thing.
So why are you here?
Because I'm not in your place, kid.
I'm part of the big picture now.
There's trouble brewing all over the world.
And people are way too tense.
We have a right to walk down the street.
Or go into a store.
I know you do.
Logan, the mutants down here don't get to live in a mansion.
They have no defense.
They need a guardian, and that's me.
[indistinct chatter]
[people gasping]
-[groaning] -Another headache?
It's okay, honey.
Just give it a minute. It'll pass.
There's gonna be trouble.
You trying to prove a point, mutant?
No. Are you?
I'm exercising my right to refuse service to anyone.
-Why? -Because you're bothering my customers.
-Take this one with you! -[groaning]
Wait! No, he's not a mutant.
He's just sick.
Leave him alone!
Don't lie to us.
We can see what he is!
[groaning]
[man] Get him out of here.
-Stay out of this part of town. -What did you bring this kid in here for?
-We don't need your kind here, -We don't want that kind around.
Mutants.
[shouting]
Look out!
-[woman] Call the police! Call the police! -[man] Help us!
Through there!
-Mom. -You people are monsters!
International rescue teams are pouring into the site
of the largest mutant-related disaster the world has ever seen.
The mutants got some kind of plan. I know that.
What is our government doing to control them?
That's what I want to know.
I'm starting to think the old lady next door might actually be one.
What's a mutant?
The one that did this, they call him Spyke.
He lives in the sewers with a bunch of other crazed mutant lowlifes.
Bayville is just not safe anymore.
We gotta stand up and defend ourselves!
[news anchor] As anti-mutant hysteria grows, Bayville police try and disperse angry mobs
from the Xavier Institute as well as the Brotherhood Boarding House.
Let's just see how their mutant powers hold up against these.
[tires squealing]
[all shouting and cheering]
Goal!
Dorian, please.
Stay away from the window. Someone might see you.
But, Mom, you said I'm not a mutant.
I know.
But these are scary times right now. People aren't thinking straight.
[groaning]
And all of this is just making your headaches worse.
But what if I am a mutant?
Shh. Sweetie.
Don't even think that.
[grunting]
[all shouting]
[engine revving]
[tires screeching]
[grunting]
Go get him!
[boys shouting]
A crazed mob now seems to be pursuing the mutant identified in earlier reports as Spyke.
[shouting]
[door opens]
Dorian? [gasps]
[crowd shouting]
Evan's in trouble.
What are you doing here?
You stand up for us, we'll do the same for you.
[tires screeching]
Look out!
You guys shouldn't be here!
Neither should you!
Duncan, don't do this!
Save it, Jean.
My days of listening to you are over.
[shouting]
And my days of putting up with you are over!
[officer] This is the police! Stay where you are!
Put down your weapons!
[gun cocks]
Huh?
[Spyke] Watch out!
[groaning]
No, stop!
[groaning]
Hey, are you okay?
Dorian? Dorian!
What are you doing out here?
[Dorian] It's okay, Mom. The headaches are gone.
It doesn't hurt anymore.
[gasps]
That kid.
He's somehow suppressing the energy around here.
Including mutant powers.
Yeah.
How nice.
Let's get out of here.
Not so fast.
[Spyke] Ma'am?
I'm really sorry about all this. I'm just glad he wasn't hurt.
Hurt? Thanks to you, my little boy's been exposed as a mutant!
What chance has he for a normal life now?
[sighs]
None. None at all.
[groans]
[siren wails]
Evan, please.
You don't have to go back with them.
Return to the Institute.
Sorry, Auntie O.
But this? This isn't over.
And you guys don't need me.
Not like they do.
Then just know that I am proud of you.
[chuckles]
Mrs. Leech, I realize these will be difficult times.
But there is a place where you can find help.
The Xavier Institute for Gifted Children will welcome Dorian when you feel he is ready.
[theme music playing]