X-Men Page #12

Xavier turns to Logan.

XAVIER (contíd)

-- Weíre going to give her that.

Logan looks at rogue, contemplating this. Then to

Xavier.

LOGAN:

Forty-eight hours, old man. But if

you cross me, I wonít feel any guilt

about what I do to you.

XAVIER:

Deal.

Logan eyes the rest of the gang until he settles his gaze

on Jean. He offers a faint seductive smile. This is not

lost on Cyclops.

INT. MAGNETOíS LAIR - CELL - LATER - NIGHT

A cell with bars, but no visible door.

Kelly is hunched over his toilet, heaving. His suit is

rumpled and dirty, showing signs that time has passed.

There is a television just outside the door:

We see SEVERAL NEWS HELICOPTERS circling a platform built

against the backdrop of the main entrance to Ellis

Island. We see massive security measures, the likes of

which have never been attempted, being prepared.

(Voice plays over the rest of the scene)

NEWSCASTER (V.O.)

Is there such a thing as too much

security? A possible complication

adding to the United Nations

Anniversary is the sheer number of

security personnel for what will be

the largest single summit in the

history of the planet.

He walks towards the cell and tries to look down the

hall, pressing his face to the bars.

NEWSCASTER (V.O. CONTíD)

While the Secret Service has never had

difficulty handling one or even

several world leaders, it has never

had to handle the daunting task of

watching over all of them.

It is only then that he hears a slight crack and his head

squeezes between the bars like a soft-shelled egg. He

gasps in pain, but more from shock. He pulls his head

back with some difficulty and POP, it squeezes right back

through.

KELLY:

What have you bastards done to me?

Kelly is horrified. Disgusted. He paces the cell,

unable to comprehend what has happened to himself.

It is only when he hears the sound of a HELICOPTER IN THE

DISTANCE that he reacts. He starts to panic, then

collects himself. Then he goes over to the bars again.

He pauses, afraid... then:

He pops his head through again. He turns his shoulder

toward the bars and begins to push. His feet slip in the

floor and his fingers stretch and crack inside, then his

ribs begin to pop one by one with the brittleness of

undercooked spaghetti. It is agonizing, but Kelly

finally manages to pull his horribly-altered body through

the bars.

INT. HALLWAY - NIGHT

Kellyís whole chest and pelvis are slightly flattened

beneath his clothes, but with a hideous crunching sound,

they seem to inflate again back to normal.

Kelly looks at his body with a mixture of fascination and

disgust.

VOICE:

HEY.

Kelly turns and screams. Blob has just walked into the

room and lunges, grabbing him by the arms. Kelly is

enveloped in this fat, hulking mass. He manages to keep

one hand free and all he can do is push it against Blobís

face. It is futile. Until...

Steam begins to come off Blobís face. And Blob SCREAMS

IN PAIN.

EXT. HELIPAD - NIGHT

Senator Kellyís helicopter, which has obviously been

pilfered for Magnetoís use, lands.

Magneto, Sabretooth, Pyro, Mystique (no Toad) all climb

out, having returned from their ill-fated attempt to get

Logan.

INT. HALLWAY - ELSEWHERE - NIGHT

Kelly peers down the hall where we first went on our way

to meet Magneto.

Kelly, with only that way to go, does so, passing once

again the odd assortment of machines, very reminiscent of

the one he was exposed to.

He hears voices coming toward him and he looks around

wildly, wondering what to do. Shadows foretell the

arrival of the brotherhood headed this way.

Kelly turns to run back from where he cam from.

INT. HALLWAY - ELSEWHERE - NIGHT

Magneto and Sabretooth come walking from the other end of

the hall and pass the very spot where we just saw Kelly.

No sign of him.

INT. CELL - NIGHT

From which Kelly has escaped. The bars bend to make room

for Magneto as he walks into the room.

MAGNETO:

How are we feeling today, Senator?

Advanced, I hope...

But he freezes when he actually enters the room.

First, he sees that Blob is laying on the floor with a

purple, welt-like hand print across his face. It is

blistered and hideous. Blob is gasping for air.

Magneto looks and sees the cell is empty. He looks at

Sabretooth.

MAGNETO (contíd)

I want him alive.

SABRETOOTH:

Iíll find him.

MAGNETO:

ALIVE.

And Sabretooth bolts back from where they came.

EXT. MAGNETOíS LAIR - NIGHT

Kelly hits the fresh air, looking around wildly. He runs

for the edge of a cliff high over the ocean.

He raises his hands, we see his palms are covered with

those wicked spines and they are dripping a venomous

fluid not too different in color from the wound on Blobís

face.

But then suddenly, something is wrong. Kelly buckles,

clutching his stomach again. He squelches what would

have been a scream of agony.

He looks at his palms and the spikes are gone.

Kelly hears footsteps. Suddenly out of the darkness

Sabretooth barrels toward him.

Kelly turns and LEAPS. Sabretooth comes to the edge of

the cliff.

When he looks over, Kellyís body has vanished. Swallowed

by the sea.

Only his clothes remain on the rocks below.

INT. LOGANíS ROOM - NIGHT

Jean shows Logan the simple dorm cube with a bed and a

small desk. Jean opens the door for Logan and he

inspects the sparse surroundings grimly. Cyclops stands

just outside the door - eavesdropping.

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