X-men: First Class Page #5

Well, we can't stay here.

Even if they reopen the department,

it's not safe.

We've got nowhere to go.

Yes, we do.

The law says we've got to turn her over.

The law applies to human beings.

The same laws don't apply to mutants.

They're too dangerous.

In times like this,

security is more important than liberty.

- There is a war coming, John.

- Yes,

but a war with who?

Excellent question.

Though I wouldn't call it a war, exactly.

That suggests both sides stand

an equal chance of winning.

Captain, no sign of any American ships.

Maintain course, full ahead.

The Russians have sent

their warheads to Cuba.

We have a week

before the ship hits the coast.

Our fleet can be on this line

when the Russian missile ship arrives.

If that ship crosses the line,

they will have declared war

against the United States.

And we will have no choice but to

retaliate with a full nuclear response.

Do we agree?

Dispatch the 7th fleet.

This is yours?

No, it's ours.

Honestly, Charles. I don't know how

you survived, living in such hardship.

Well, it was a hardship softened by me.

Come on. Time for the tour.

Dear comrades...

The United States have dispatched

warships for Cuba.

This leaves us with no choice.

Comrade First Secretary...

We must send in our fleet.

Dispatch the fleet!

President Kennedy

has signed a formal proclamation

setting up a blockade

of all missiles bound for Cuba.

The Soviet Union reacted by terming it

"A step along the road to unleashing

a thermo-nuclear war."

You're sure?

I'm sure.

All right.

No. No, I can't. I'm sorry.

I can't shoot anybody point blank,

let alone my friend.

Oh, come on. You know I can deflect it.

You're always telling me

I should push myself.

If you know you can deflect it,

then you're not challenging yourself.

Whatever happened to the man

who was trying to raise a submarine?

I can't. Something that big?

I need the situation, the anger...

No, the anger is not enough.

It's gotten the job done all this time.

It's nearly gotten you killed all this time.

Come here.

Let's try something

a little more challenging.

My stepfather took the possibility of

nuclear war quite seriously. This way.

That is why he had this bunker

built down here.

I thought we could use it

as a practice range of sorts.

You don't think I'm going to

blow through the walls?

He had this place built to

withstand a nuclear bomb.

I think it can handle you, Alex.

You know, when I do this,

bad things tend to happen.

That's because you can't control it.

It controls you.

That's why we're here, Alex.

It's why we're training.

What you're doing is incredible.

You're hitting a pitch with sound waves

that have the same resonant frequency

as the glass. That's why it shatters.

But this, it's like any other muscle

in the body.

You can control it.

"In each of us, two natures are at war."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Jekyll and Hyde.

Top marks.

The story wasn't really about

good and evil though, was it?

It was about man's animal nature

and his struggle to control it, to conform.

And it's that struggle

which is holding you back.

No, Jekyll was afraid of what

he could be capable of.

And you are, too.

If you're serious about me doing this,

you might want to get back.

All right.

- Shall I shut the door?

- Yeah.

Whenever you're ready.

Oh, my God!

I will teach you to control this, Alex.

And you're sure that this will work?

Anything is possible. I based the design...

Hank, stop talking. Come on.

Now, remember.

Scream as hard as you can.

You need the sound waves

to be supersonic.

Catch them at the right angle

and they should carry you.

They should carry me.

- That's reassuring.

- Good luck.

And don't forget to scream.

Now, if you want to beat me this time,

you have to set the beast free.

On your marks,

get set,

go!

Congratulations, my friend.

Robert Louis Stevenson

would have been proud.

Impressive, Hank.

With feet like those,

all you need is a red nose.

Right, Bozo?

- I'm done here.

- Thank you, Alex.

Come on, Hank.

If you're using half your concentration

to look normal,

then you're only half paying attention

to whatever else you're doing.

Just pointing out something

that could save your life.

You want society to accept you,

but you can't even accept yourself.

Sexy!

Well, this is just the prototype.

The real one will look considerably better.

It will be a whole suit. See, these

sensors measure your energy output.

This panel focuses it

and the excess is absorbed.

Try hitting the one in the middle.

Just the one in the middle, mind.

Good luck.

You got to see this. Your genes are

extraordinary, you know that?

Your cells age at half the rate

of a normal human.

When you're 40, you'll still

have the leucocytes of a teenager.

You have the most incredible

cellular structure I've ever seen.

And you truly believe I'll fly this time?

Unreservedly.

- I trust you.

- I'm touched.

- I don't trust him.

- Say nothing.

I'm gonna die!

Look, we're not going to

make you do anything you don't feel...

Here, let me help.

Erik!

What?

You know you were thinking the same.

Wonderful work, Hank.

Thank you very much.

All right, Alex, I want you to hit the "X".

And try not to hit me. There's a good chap.

- You're serious?

- I'm very serious.

I have complete and utter faith in you.

Am I still a bozo?

Yes, Hank, you're still a bozo.

But nice job.

See that?

Try turning it to face us.

You know, I believe that true focus lies

somewhere between rage and serenity.

Would you mind if I...

What did you just do to me?

I accessed the brightest corner

of your memory system.

It's a very beautiful memory, Erik.

Thank you.

I didn't know I still had that.

There is so much more to you

than you know.

Not just pain and anger.

There is good, too. I felt it.

When you can access all of that,

you'll possess a power no one can match.

Not even me.

So, come on. Try again.

- Hey!

- Well done.

The President is about to make his address.

It shall be the policy of this nation

to regard any nuclear missile

crossing the embargo line

that surrounds Cuba

as an attack by the Soviet Union

on the United States

requiring a full retaliatory

response upon the Soviet Union...

- That's where we're going to find Shaw.

- How do you know?

Two superpowers facing off

and he wants to start World War III.

He won't leave anything to chance.

So much for diplomacy.

I suggest you all get a good night's sleep.

...ultimately leads to war.

Tensions mount as

the Soviet missile ship nears Cuba.

All diplomatic efforts to avert

nuclear war have thus far failed.

As the American people ready themselves

for the likelihood of an atomic attack,

there are widespread reports

of panic-buying,

supermarkets cleared, as shelters

unused since the Second World War

are stocked for what may lie ahead.

In all its history,

America has never faced a greater threat.

The world is primed for war

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