X-Men. No longer am I the woman you knew.
I am light incarnate. I am Phoenix!
(GROWLING)
Jean!
Jean! Don't let it take you over!
Fight it!
(GRUNTING)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
(GRUNTING)
Professor, I'm afraid we've reached the point
where there's nothing more we can do here.
Jean is no longer in control.
CHARLES: She's not responding to my telepathic calls.
Hank, there's something terribly wrong.
It must be the Inner Circle. They've... They've done something to her.
Jean's an Omega-level mutant. If she goes supernova... We're all dead.
No...
No! Wait, Cyclops, what are you doing?
CYCLOPS: Jean, I know you're in there.
(SCREAMING)
Jean, don't do this.
(SCREAMING)
Please... Please!
Scott...
Jean. It has to be done.
You have to kill me. You know I could never do that!
JEAN: I'm hanging by a thread. I can feel it taking over.
Part of me even likes it. Don't let them control you.
You can fight them.
CYCLOPS: I believe in you. I'm sorry.
No. That's just Mastermind talking. Please.
Don't do this!
Huh? Emma Frost.
What the hell are you doing to Jean?
Jean! I love you!
What's happening to her body?
She's powering up. We need to leave.
CYCLOPS: Fight it. You have to fight it!
I love you. I always will.
Jean!
(CRYING)
(SCREAMING)
(LAUGHING)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
CHARLES: When I created the Xavier Institute, I thought it would be
a safe haven for those of us who were...different.
Those of us born with the X-Gene.
Some insisted we were the next step on the evolutionary ladder.
That our genetic gifts somehow made us better.
But those gifts also led to our kind being ostracized by the rest of humanity.
I had hoped the Institute would allow young mutants a place to be themselves.
Somewhere to learn about their powers without fear of persecution,
for the betterment of human and mutant alike.
The X-Men are...were... my crowning achievement,
both faculty and part of my elite strike force,
believing in my dream with all of their hearts.
They were so dedicated
to making peaceful co-existence between man and mutant a reality.
But...look at us now.
It's been nearly a year since the Inner Circle tried to destroy us.
Nearly a year since they almost succeeded.
We lost one of our best and brightest that day.
One of our family.
A loss from which we have yet to recover...
(CRYING)
What is it, children?
Now, come here, everyone.
You're scared. I understand.
But, please, don't worry. Whatever happened in the past,
no one's going to hurt you here. I will keep you safe.
That goes for you, too. There's nothing to be afraid of.
(CHARLES GASPING)
Wait! I can't read your thoughts... Why?
Who are you?
(GASPING)
A dream.
The same dream. Again and again...
(PANTING)
Who's there?
Where are you?
(GASPING)
(DART WHIZZING)
(SCREAMING)
MAN: There we go.
CHARLES: When did this happen?
I see. No, I'm glad you called.
In fact, I've been waiting for a good excuse to reassemble the team.
As soon as I can do so, we'll look into it.
Not at all.
(COMPUTERS BEEPING)
(GUNS FIRING)
MAN: Pirates! WOMAN: What do they want?
PIRATE: Pull up on the starboard side!
We're screwed. We're all gonna die. That's how these things always end...
STORM: Excuse me, everyone. I got this.
MAN: Uh, okay.
(GUN FIRING CONTINUES)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
(AIR WHOOSHING)
STORM: You just don't get between a girl and her cruise.
(ALL SIGHING AND CHEERING)
That was so cool.
MAN: That was amazing! You're one of those X-Men aren't you?
Maybe.
(BEEPING) Excuse me.
It's about time.
(BEEPING)
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
In short, as my research makes evident,
it is possible to enhance the intelligence of mollusca cephalopoda,
such as the squid, to the same level as that of the average human.
Even a little... above average.
What? (LAUGHING)
Perhaps I can best demonstrate my point
by putting this microphone in the tank so that he can speak with us.
(SPLOOSHING)
STUDENT 1: Dude, seriously?
(LAUGHING) A talking squid?
(LAUGHING) The Doc's lost it this time!
(BEEPING)
STUDENT 1: Think he'll take requests?
STUDENT 2: I hope so!
I'm afraid I must leave early. So I'll hand you over to my new teaching assistant,
Mr. Cephalopod.
That squid's gonna finish his lecture?
(ALL LAUGHING)
Calm down, everyone. Now, where were we?
Ah, yes. The neurological aspects of cognitive intelligence.
Were there any questions?
WOMAN ON PA: Flight 181 to Madripoor, now boarding at gate X23.
(DETECTOR BUZZING) WOLVERINE: Ah, come on. Whaddaya want?
AIRPORT SECURITY: I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to empty your pockets, sir.
WOLVERINE: Listen, you're not gonna find anything on me, okay?
Trust me. Empty your pockets into the tray, sir, or we'll have to.
(SIGHING)
Your pockets, sir?
Lady, the problem isn't in my pants. (CLAWS EXTENDING)
(GASPING)
Okay, now you've seen 'em. We good?
Well, I... (BEEPING)
You're in luck, sister.
I'm not gonna be takin' that flight after all.
Looks like I'm headed to New York.
Hello, Charles.
Welcome home, Ororo. I've missed you.
You know, some of us have got things to do, Chuck.
I was supposed to be on my way to Madripoor.
So, how's it goin'? Still bald, I see. Logan. Welcome.
I can't tell you how happy I was to get your call.
Between faculty meetings and dining hall food, academia can get rather dull.
It's good to have you all back again.
But, where is Scott?
It would seem he's not quite ready to return to us yet.
CHARLES: Last week, a teenage girl named Hisako Ichiki went missing in Tohoku.
The northeastern part of Honshu, Japan's main island.
The police have run into some problems.
So, her parents contacted me.
STORM: If they called you, Charles, then does that mean the girl is...
Yes. One of us.
Though she only exhibited her powers one time, when she was very young.
That's unusual.
CHARLES: While the X-Gene runs in her family,
neither her father, who's an old friend of mine, nor her mother,
have any mutant powers. Nevertheless, they're keenly aware that she does.
And they fear that her disappearance might have something to do with them.
Probably a runaway. Why don't we just let the cops handle it?
The problem is, every detective who's been assigned to the case
has met with a sudden and untimely demise.
That's why no progress has been made.
The obvious inference being that someone doesn't want this girl found.
Someone who's hunting mutants.
According to the girl's father,
there's been a surge in mutant activity in the area recently.
Furthermore, and even more puzzling,
I detect no such activity there when I use Cerebro.
Huh. Big deal. You're gizmo's probably just got a worn-out doohicky or somethin'.
And you ain't gettin' any younger yourself, Charlie.
Oh, grow up. (GROANS)
Keep your wig on. I'm just pullin' his chain.
BEAST: Professor.
Are you suggesting that we should go to Japan ourselves? Look into the matter?
I find it very difficult to believe that everything that's happening
is merely the product of random coincidence.
So, yes. I want the X-Men to go to Japan and find this girl.
I agree something has to be done, Charles. But what about Scott?
We're not the X-Men without Cyclops.
Unbelievable. Don't tell me you've been hangin' out here this whole time.
Where do ya take a dump?
There's nothing wrong with Cerebro that I can find.
No other areas seem to be affected.
All mutant activity shows up clearly.
It's only Tohoku that comes up blank.
BEAST: Perhaps some thing, or someone, is cloaking the area,
preventing it from being scanned.
CHARLES: Whatever it is, it may be connected with Hisako's disappearance.
Well, we'll find out soon enough, once we get to Japan.
Mmm.
By the way, was it wise to send Logan to fetch Scott,
considering their rather bumpy history?
You'll notice I made sure Ororo went along with him.
CYCLOPS: I can't fight any more.
You need a reason to fight and I've lost mine.
STORM: Scott, snap out of it. Who said anything about fighting?
We're just going to look for a missing teenage girl.
WOLVERINE: If emo boy wants to spend his life cryin' about somethin'
that happened a year ago... Let him. Logan!
Aww, come on. Listen to him, will ya? Full of self-pity.
He'd be useless to us anyway.
He acts like he owns her.
Like Jean meant nothing to the rest of us.
Well, there's one thing I know for sure, bub.
Jeannie'd die all over again if she saw the way you're actin'.
(CRASHING)
Stop this!
Hey, Cyc, what'd I do, hit a nerve?
You know, that might've stung a little bit more if it weren't for my healing factor.
You wanna feel real pain? Say her name again.
Jean.
STORM: That's enough!
Why do you have to be such a guy and pretend that you don't care?
Is it that hard to admit that you've been as worried about him as the rest of us?
Please, we have to find her. She's out there somewhere, all alone.
If we don't find this girl, nobody will.
There are still people that need you, Scott.
The X-Men need you.
You know it's what Jean would have wanted.
Well... You know where we'll be.
(FOOTSTEPS RETREATING)
JEAN: So beautiful... So far away...
Strange to think that some of the stars we're looking at
have been dead for thousands and thousands of years.
It makes you realize where we stand.
Just how small all our troubles are in the scheme of things.
How incredibly brief our lives are.
We have to try and make the most of every moment because we're given so few of them.
(SIGHING)
(SNIFFING)
What is it?
I'd recognize that smell anywhere.
(CHUCKLING)
WOLVERINE: Well, well.
If it isn't the guy who put shoulder pads and tights back in fashion?
Yeah, well, I couldn't miss another minute of your, uh, witty repartee.
The X-Men have received a call for help and we answer every call.
Whether from mutant or human.
Right now, there's a young girl in Japan who desperately needs us.
Welcome back
to the X-Men.
(ENGINE FIRING)
You sure you're okay? This ain't some crazy death-wish, is it, Cyc?
Huh, the lousy way you handle that bike of yours and you're worried about my driving?
Yeah, yeah.
STORM: With Cyclops back on board, the X-Men travel to Japan to find Hisako Ichiki
and the truth behind her disappearance.
Their investigation uncovers more than they bargained for
when they run headlong into the U-Men, a group of anti-mutant fanatics.
Fighting every step of the way, the X-Men continue their search for Hisako.
A search that ultimately leads them to a horrifying secret.
Next time on X-Men... "U-Men."