X-Men Page #15

CYCLOPS:

I just wanted to make you clear on

something. Personally, I donít care

what Magneto wants with you. He can

take those claws of yours and use them

for Barbecue skewers. What I do care

about is the safety of this group.

The Professor is in charge, and after

the Professor, thereís me. So, for

the remainder of your time here,

youíre going to keep that killer

instinct of yours locked down so no

one else gets hurt.

Beat.

LOGAN:

(smirks)

Iíve served with men like you before.

Methodical. Systematic -- Naive. You

know what happens to those men in a

real fight?

CYCLOPS:

You know, you --

LOGAN:

Shut up. I got no interest in you,

Xavier,

(he points mockingly at the

Xís on Cyclopsí uniform)

or your... X-Men.

Logan takes him in for a moment.

LOGAN (contíd)

And I donít think this has anything to

do with my ìkiller instinct.î You

just donít like the way Iím looking at

your girl -- Or maybe you donít like

the way sheís looking back. And maybe

you think youíre man enough to do

something about it.

Cyclops is enraged. A red light begins to glow around

the edge of his visor and the ruby-quartz lens brightens.

We can faintly hear the low hum of immense power that is

now barely contained. Before Cyclops can even react,

Logan puts his fist against Cyclopsí throat. SHOOK!

Logan extends one claw up one side of Cyclopsí neck. He

smiles.

LOGAN (contíd)

Címon sport. You think you can blow

the meat off my bones before I gut

you? Letís find out.

The air is now charged with tension. The two men are

about to attack when-

XAVIER (O.S.)

Cyclops!

Logan whirls and sees Xavier regarding them sternly.

Logan turns his building anger on Xavier.

LOGAN:

I have a question for you, Chuck.

Whatís the point?

Xavier sits calmly as Logan, claws still extended,

marches over to him.

XAVIER:

The point of what?

LOGAN:

This. This whole God damn thing.

(derisively, at Cyclops)

Making yourselves into some sort of

ìteamî of super-powered freaks.

Teaching wayward mutants about

classical literature. For what?

Logan continues to advance on Xavier. Cyclops moves to

stop Logan, but Xavier waves him off.

XAVIER:

The point is to step into a more

evolved position of social

responsibility. To recognize that

there is a world out there and that we

mutants are as much a part of it as

normal human beings.

LOGAN:

What if it never happens? What if

theyíre so afraid of us that we become

the enemy? -- This place is gonna be

one giant cemetery.

Xavier has heard this argument before.

XAVIER:

Now thatís Magneto talking.

LOGAN:

No. Thatís me talking. And you know

what? Itís only been thirty-two hours

and you still have no idea what this

guy wants with me.

XAVIER:

I believe he wants you for your

Adamantium.

Logan raises his hand to his chest grasping for something

that no longer hangs from his neck.

XAVIER (contíd)

Youíre thinking of your dog tag. It

was made of Adamantium wasnít it?

JEAN (O.S.)

Professor.

Logan turns and sees Jean walking towards them.

XAVIER:

What is it?

JEAN:

Rogueís missing.

Logan looks at Jean with concern.

INT. CORRIDOR - NIGHT

A long, dark subterranean corridor with gleaming walls

and floor. Well lit and strangely echoless.

Logan follows Xavier, who are in turn followed by Storm,

Cyclops and Jean to a thick steel door at the end of the

hall.

LOGAN:

Where are we going?

XAVIER:

To find Rogue.

LOGAN:

How?

XAVIER:

The brainwaves of mutants are quite

different than those of the average

human being.

At Xavierís eye level is a black screen with a chin-rest

like you see at the eye doctor. Xavier rests his head in

it and the screen lights up.

XAVIER (contíd)

Cerebro amplifies my power. It allows

me to browse the worldís consciousness

and find the genetically enhanced.

A vertical beam scans across his eye and a picture of

Xavierís retina appears on the screen next to a

computerized image of the same. The two images overlap

and match perfectly.

XAVIER (contíd)

This is how I found you.

A small beep and a loud KNOCK of tumblers rolling and the

vault door opens.

They walk inside.

INT. CEREBRO - CONTINUOUS - NIGHT

They come into a room with a high sphered ceiling -

entirely black.

In the center of the room is a huge - for lack of a

better term - device. Part computer, part super-

structure, it is the sort of precision tangle of metal

and wire that would make Da Vinci weep. It has a space

in the bottom that seems to fit Xavier and his chair

perfectly. Suspended above its center -- a web of wires,

tubes, and cables all connecting to the heart of the

device -- a CHROME SKULLCAP.

Logan slowly circles the device.

Logan looks at Xavier, perhaps even a little impressed.

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