(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
BEAST: We found the Ichiki girl, Professor,
and a number of the other missing.
They seem to be well.
The U-Men's plan has been thwarted, at least for the moment.
Huh?
(MECHANICAL FOOTSTEP)
(HISAKO GROANING)
(EMMA GRUNTING)
C'mon
Kid!
(PANTING)
WOLVERINE: Kid! You all right?
(SCREAMING)
(DIAMOND SHELL SHATTERING)
What's happening?
(GASPS)
My body. What's happened to it?
KICK: Damn all you mutant freaks!
(LASER POWERING UP)
(YELLING)
BEAST: You've never manifested these powers before?
EMMA: No!
Wow! Just look at her.
Whoa.
Well, aren't you full of surprises?
I think we're gonna need... Some back up. (WHIMPERING)
STORM: Relax. The X-Men are here. Good.
KICK: You didn't really think it would be that easy, did you?
Let's see how those powers stop this! (BLASTING)
WOLVERINE: Got incoming! Run, kid!
(PANTING)
(LASERS BLASTING)
CYCLOPS: Whoa!
(GRUNTING)
That...
Hurts!
(SCREAMING)
Oh, this isn't good.
(WHIMPERING) No.
What's going...
(BOTH SCREAMING)
Oh! The people on the bus! We have to help them!
BEAST: Hisako!
(SCREAMING)
CYCLOPS: What's she doing?
(GRUNTING)
(SCREAMING)
(YELLS)
(SCREAMING)
(KICK GRUNTING)
(KICK SCREAMS)
Gotcha!
(SCREAMING)
(SNARLING)
(CLAWS SWISHING)
(VIDEO FEED COMING ONLINE)
(GROANING) Damn mutants!
Nothing but trouble.
It should have killed you all when we had the chance.
(GASPS)
What just happened?
Look, you're back to normal.
BEAST: It's not unheard of for mutants
to manifest different or enhanced powers as they age.
I wasn't always so hirsute.
EMMA: You think that's all it is?
These changes can appear quite naturally,
or they can be triggered suddenly by emotional stress or anxiety.
That would explain why it came on when Hisako was attacked.
You wanted to protect her.
Yes, more than likely,
but all the same, considering everything that's happened here,
the fact that you were captured by the U-Men,
and we know they've been experimenting on mutants,
I think it would be wise to try to determine the exact nature of your new powers.
HISAKO: You think it's something they did to her?
BEAST: I'm only suggesting that it's a possibility. That's all.
I'd feel better knowing for sure.
Emma...
Mom! Dad! I'm all right!
(TIRES SCREECHING)
(DOOR OPENING)
Hisako! Mom!
My darling.
My darling girl.
We thought that we had lost her forever,
but you brought her back.
We can't begin to thank you enough.
Mr. and Mrs. Ichiki,
forgive me for not getting in touch the minute I got to Japan.
No need for apologies. You see...
We're just happy to know that you're safe.
We were delighted when Dr. McCoy told us you'd come.
We've all waited so long for you and Hisako to get together.
KYOKO: I don't believe it!
Hisako!
(KYOKO LAUGHING)
Huh? KYOKO: You're back! It's really true!
(CONTINUES LAUGHING)
Good to see you too, Kyoko.
KYOKO: Everybody at school is so worried about you,
but especially me.
Can you tell that these two are best friends?
CYCLOPS: She's a mutant too?
MR. ICHIKI: No. Kyoko's a human girl.
She just has a big heart.
At least someone here doesn't hate us.
Hey, she's just a kid. Give her a few years, she'll get the hang of it.
MR. ICHIKI: It's not only having Hisako back,
it's such a relief to know that no more people will be disappearing.
Words can't express our thanks.
That's true but the least we can do is offer you
a home-cooked meal before you have to go.
Will you lend me a hand?
Oh, sure.
Put more milk in it. He's like a big cat.
Cats like milk, right?
Oh, a little more. Yeah. That's it. (GIGGLING)
In my opinion,
it's essential Emma returns with us to the Institute.
The Institute? You mean New York?
Hank, you...
It's the only place that has everything I need
to run a full battery of tests on you.
EMMA: I...uh... Yeah, that's a great idea.
Why don't we just invite her into our home like none of this ever happened?
You forgetting that Cerebro couldn't detect anything in this whole area?
How do you think that happened?
Lemme guess, you're blaming me for that?
No. I'm suggesting that Cerebro was somehow blocked telepathically
and you're a telepath.
You figured it all out, haven't you?
Listen, you raging paranoid,
try and be logical for a minute.
Why would I wanna hide mutants from Cerebro?
And besides,
there's not a telepath alive powerful enough to jam a system like that.
Yeah, according to you. Excuse me.
Lunch is... ready.
Thank you, Hisako.
Okay.
I gotta go with the dame on this one, Slim.
You saw the way she threw herself in front of the kid back there.
My money says she's okay. Hmm.
I quite agree.
And that's why I think it's essential we find out the nature of her new powers.
She told us that she quit the Inner Circle and I believe her.
If you really think these tests will solve anything, fine,
I'll come with you to New York.
What?
EMMA: After all,
no one wants to find out what happened to me more than I do.
But, whatever these tests are, they can only be done in New York?
BEAST: Yes. You see, my laboratory is there at the Xavier Institute.
So I'm afraid Miss Frost won't be able to stay here with you after all.
At least not quite yet.
Well, if that's the case, I'm coming with you.
What? No. Hisako!
I'm just learning how to use my powers.
I'd be completely lost if Emma left now.
Mr. and Mrs. Ichiki,
would you allow Hisako to accompany me to New York?
We... I don't... Well...
I promise to take good care of her.
And believe me,
there's no safer place on Earth she could be than the Xavier Institute.
STORM: And no one who can teach her more about her powers than Professor X.
MR. ICHIKI: Well...
All right, then.
MRS. ICHIKI: As long as she's with you, Emma.
She will be. Every minute.
HISAKO: Awesome!
Guess I'd better start packing.
STORM: Looks like we've got another passenger for the Blackbird.
EMMA: The more the merrier, right, Scott?
Sure.
(WOLVERINE GROANS)
(ENGINES THRUSTING)
Do you think I could see a Broadway musical sometime, while we're in New York?
Yes, perhaps we can all make a night of it once we've completed Emma's tests.
I enjoy a good show tune myself.
You do?
(RADAR BEEPING)
Huh? Look alive.
There's something on our tail and it's closing in on us fast.
What?
(BEEPING CONTINUES)
So where to go anyway? I don't see a thing.
(THUD) (GASPS)
STORM: What is that?
WOLVERINE: Biggest damn pigeon I've ever seen.
(THUD) (GRUNTS)
(THUDDING CONTINUES)
WOLVERINE: Hey! What the hell? (GLASS CRACKING)
Okay, I got this.
He's all yours.
What's going on? Are we gonna crash?
We'll be fine.
(GRUNTING)
Huh!
My stars and garters!
(THUDDING CONTINUES)
WOLVERINE: Hey, ugly!
Step away from the vehicle.
(GLASS CRACKING)
(SNARLING)
(GROANING)
(GRUNTS)
(WOLVERINE'S CLAWS SLICING)
(WOLVERINE GROWLING)
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
I just had to volunteer.
(WOLVERINE GRUNTING)
(PANTING)
Where are you going, bub? I ain't done with you!
(CLAWS EXTENDING)
(GROWLING)
(CREATURE SCREECHING)
(WOLVERINE COUGHS)
(WOLVERINE GRUNTING)
(CREATURE SCREAMS)
(GRUNTS)
Sorry, kid. Had no choice.
WOLVERINE: Even while he was trying to kill me,
I could sense hesitation in his movements.
It was almost like his mutant powers kicked into overdrive,
and he didn't know how to control 'em.
Perhaps, yes.
EMMA: I've seen this boy.
He was one of the mutants the U-Men were holding in their lab.
WOLVERINE: You serious? Yes.
He's almost unrecognizable.
WOLVERINE: Great. So now I guess we're looking at
two cases of mutant powers going haywire.
Both occurring in the same area.
To individuals who were held prisoner by the U-Men.
Are you sure?
Hank, just what are you suggesting?
That they did something to us while they held us there?
That those U-Monsters somehow twisted that poor kid into this?
HISAKO: What?
There's... There's still something you can do to help him get better, right?
He's not gonna die, is he?
EMMA: Hisako, if anyone can help him, the X-Men can.
Don't worry.
I'll do all I can,
but we won't know anything till we get him back to my lab.
Greetings, Miss Frost and Miss Ichiki.
Welcome to the Xavier Institute.
I am Charles Xavier.
Pleased to meet you.
I'm hoping you'll come to think of this as a second home.
You're both part of the family now.
Thanks, uh... Thank you, Professor.
(MACHINE BEEPING)
I'll be a while examining the boy,
and your own tests will take some time, Emma.
So I suggest everyone get some rest before we begin.
WOLVERINE: Music to my ears, Doc. I'm beat.
(CREATURE SCREAMING)
EMMA: What's happening to him?
Hang on!
(YELLS)
(SCREAMING LOUDLY)
(CRUMBLING)
Good Lord!
(FLATLINING)
That poor boy!
(SOBBING) I can't believe he's really...
Don't cry, Hisako. It'll be okay.
(MACHINE WHIRRING)
CYCLOPS: This all seems like something your crew, the Inner Circle, would do.
EMMA: Oh, give it a rest.
They're not my crew, all right?
And butchering mutants isn't really their thing.
Besides, they don't operate in Japan.
Like you'd admit it if they did.
Does that visor mean you're blind, Mr. Summers? Do the math, will you?
The boy was kidnapped by the U-Men. So logically if anyone's behind it, they are.
Why keep dragging the Inner Circle into it?
STORM: She has a point.
We know the Inner Circle disbanded after our battle.
You don't think maybe you're stretching too much to connect them to it?
WOLVERINE: Give it up, Cyc. This has got U-Men written all over it.
STORM: It would explain why the boy went berserk.
Just like that kid who attacked us in the U-Men's laboratory.
BEAST: I have some preliminary results here.
I can't say for certain the U-Men were responsible.
I've discovered some peculiar anomalies in the boy's system.
A virus targeting the mutant genome has caused his powers to surge through him
until it ultimately left him a husk.
But, like you said, we can't be certain who did it.
Man, and just when I thought we'd all kissed and made up.
BEAST: Miss Frost, if you're ready we can begin.
EMMA: Right.
(MACHINE BEEPING)
Hmm.
No.
No way, Summers. You are not clearing the slate on me again.
Stop! (BLOWING)
CYCLOPS: Look, I know you're full of hot air, but that's not going to work.
Told ya. (GROANING)
You're Canadian. Maybe you should stick to hockey.
Yeah. This game takes finesse and that's something you don't have.
One more!
Let's raise the stakes this time.
I'll bet my bike.
It's fine with me, if you wanna walk everywhere, short stuff.
Oh, yeah? Yeah.
I have troubling news.
I just tried Cerebro again, and in spite of all your efforts
northern Japan is still a dead zone.
CYCLOPS: Damn it! Are you sure?
CHARLES: I'm afraid so.
(HUMMING)
(CONTINUES HUMMING)
We'll run an MRI now, if you're up to it.
You're the doctor.
CHARLES: I suppose you're anxious to hear about Emma, aren't you?
Yeah. I thought I'd just wait here.
By the way, there's something I wanted to ask you, Hisako.
Sure, anything.
Hmm.
Have you ever heard of the Sasaki Academy?
It sounds like something I might have heard about a long time ago,
when I was a kid maybe?
But I don't really know. I'm not sure. Sorry.
It's all right. Just curious.
(BEEPING) (DOORS OPENING)
Is she okay?
Well, there are some inconsistencies regarding this recent power manifestation.
What?
You don't mean that same thing is gonna happen to her?
She's going to be just fine.
That's right. I've got a clean bill of health.
Really? Really.
(SOBBING) Thank goodness.
There, you see.
Nothing to worry about.
EMMA: That's right. No more tears.
You're gonna make me cry in a minute. (STOMACH GROWLS)
Hungry?
Let's go see if there's anything to eat in this place other than beer and cat food.
(CONTINUES SOBBING) You bet.
On the one hand, we found Hisako and defeated the U-Men.
On the other, we were attacked by this boy with a mysterious virus.
And Cerebro still can't detect mutant activity in northern Japan.
Things aren't over for us yet, are they, Hank?
In fact, I fear they're just getting started.
STORM: The team's newest recruit, Hisako Ichiki,
finds she still has a lot to learn
as she's put through the paces to prove she has what it takes to be one of the X-Men.
Meanwhile, Emma Frost agrees to undergo a telepathic examination with Professor X,
revealing all her secrets,
while Beast tries to get to the bottom of a mysterious virus targeting mutants.
Next time on X-Men... "Power."