X-Men Page #7

LOGAN:

Where is it?

He looks at Jean who recoils from him in terror. Logan

thinks, then bolts.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Logan comes out into an empty hall. Strange. Deathly

quiet. It is very sparse and modern, matching the lab we

have just left. Logan runs and goes through the first

door he comes to, to keep Jean from seeing where he has

gone.

INT. READY ROOM - DAY

He looks around and sees he is in some sort of locker

room. A row of lockers run along one side of the wall.

And hanging from the other side in a row, are UNIFORMS,

much like the ones Cyclops and Storm were wearing in the

snow.

He starts to rummage through the lockers, coming up with

a shirt and pants that almost fit. A pair of sneakers as

well.

He hears the sound of approaching foot-steps coming from

the hallway. He spots another entrance on the far side

of the room and, carrying his clothes, he staggers out,

still in considerable pain.

INT. HANGER - DAY

Logan rushes through the door, looking behind to see if

he has been seen. He closes the door and leans back to

catch his breath... which stops momentarily as he looks

around the massive hanger he has entered.

The X-Jet, the stealth plane we saw in Alaska, now sits

parked and quiet.

Logan walks to the plane and stops -- listening. We hear

a strange THUMPING. He listens for a second. The sound

picks up in speed and we realize that we are listening to

the SOUNDS OF A BASKETBALL GAME coming from above.

As Logan tries to digest this, the door that he had just

come through begins to open, letting in a shaft of light.

Logan looks around wildly for a moment, looking for a

place to hide when -

BING.

An elevator door opens in the wall of the hanger ten feet

from where Logan now stands. He whips around and runs

for it.

There is a button marked ìG.î He presses it.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

The elevator opens on a hallway that doesnít match the

rooms we have already seen at all. It is plush and

stately, the hallway of a great mansion.

He hears a voice coming from a room.

As he gets closer to it, we can begin to hear:

VOICE:

... until the Emperor Constantine

converted to Christianity. With that

one act, history was changed. The

Christians who were once prosecuted

and fed to the lions, became accepted.

Now the voice is clear as a bell, coming from a room with

the door slightly ajar.

INT. CLASSROOM - DAY

Logan peeks in and sees in front of a chalk board, a

massive blue furry creature called BEAST. Besides two

arms and two legs, the only remotely human thing on his

ape-like face is a pair of wire spectacles. He addresses

a class of kids between the ages of 16 and 17.

Besides the occasional physical alterations, there is an

overall oddness to the group, giving way to the fact that

in some way or another these are all mutants.

BEAST:

So as their leaders went, so did

follow the hearts and minds of the

people of the Roman empire. Which

made for some very happy Christians.

Now he sees Logan standing in the door, looking back at

him in mute shock.

BEAST (contíd)

Can I help you?

All the students turn to see Logan, standing in a

hospital gown with a mean case of bed head. They start

to giggle.

Logan turns and heads down the hallway to the left.

INT. HALLWAY - DAY

Logan hears footsteps and quickly does a one eighty back

down the hallway. He turns a corner, hugging the wall.

He halts. A large oak door stands down the hall. He

smells something, taking in a deep breath, his head

cocking to the side - listening.

He turns and looks behind him. More foot steps. Someone

is about to enter the hall.

He turns again, ready to run the other way when he sees

the SHADOWS of two more people coming from the other

direction. Logan is trapped. He lunges for the large

oak door and bursts through.

INT. XAVIERíS OFFICE - DAY

Logan shuts the door and leans his head back against it,

exhausted.

VOICE (O.S.)

Good morning, Logan.

Logan, still clutching his stolen clothes, opens his eyes

and sees a man sitting behind a large mahogany desk --

PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIER, an intense and intelligent man

just to look at him.

XAVIER:

Would you like some breakfast?

Logan, who was prepared for anything but this, just

stares.

XAVIER (contíd)

Iím sorry, allow me to formally

introduce myself -- I am Professor

Charles Xavier. This is my school.

LOGAN:

How do you know my name?

Xavier taps the side of his head with his finger.

XAVIER:

Youíre not the only one with gifts.

When he speaks, his lips do not move. We realize Logan

ìhearsî the voice in his head. In addition, the voice is

accompanied by the FAMILIAR SOUND OF FOOT STEPS

indicating that perhaps Xavier had herded Logan through

the mansion with his mind. He does not like it.

Xavier comes out from behind his desk. We see that he is

in a MOTORED WHEELCHAIR. Realizing that he is safe for

the moment, Logan begins putting on his stolen clothes.

LOGAN:

What am I doing here?

XAVIER:

I brought you here so that you would

be safe from Magneto.

LOGAN:

Who?

XAVIER:

A very powerful mutant who for some

reason has taken an interest in you.

Iím not sure why, but until we find

out, I must ask you to stay.

Logan looks Xavier over. He is obviously a kind man who

is offering his help. Logan is silent for a moment.

LOGAN:

No thanks.

Logan goes to the door.

Xavier, disappointed, just watches him go.

INT. FRONT HALL - DAY

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