X-Men Page #8

Logan sees a grand entrance with two huge oak doors and

brightly-polished steel knobs that scream ìexit.î He

starts in that direction when the doors begin to open.

A moment of traffic, laughing, chatter... then they are

all gone.

He gets to the doors and pushes them open. Bright white

sunlight floods in, nearly blinding him.

EXT. MANSION - DAY

The first thing he sees through the haze is wings - GIANT

WHITE, FEATHERY ANGEL WINGS.

A young boy, no more than fourteen, has them sprouting

from his back. He is stretching not only his limbs, but

his unusual appendages in the morning breeze.

Sensing something - the boy turns, and sees this

shambling ruin of a man in the doorway.

Off Loganís expression, we hear the flapping of wings and

see his awestruck face following the boy onto the sky.

This only holds his attention for a moment. Logan looks

across an expanse of grounds that house the Mansion. A

high, wrought-iron gate surrounds the entire property.

He watches as several children play basketball across a

large court.

Logan shakes his head and is out the closing door.

Xavier simply watches from his window.

EXT. MANSION - FRONT GATE - DAY

Logan heads for the gate.

SHOOK -- Logan pops his claws.

Suddenly, the gate slowly opens -- Inviting him to leave.

He pauses, momentarily confused. He takes one long look

back at the mansion. And then leaves.

Stay for a moment. Watch him go. Then pan across a sign

which reads --

PROFESSOR CHARLES XAVIERíS SCHOOL FOR THE GIFTED

Westchester N.Y.

PANNING slowly across the road to the thick woods on the

other side of the street.

SOMETHING MOVES in the trees, catching our eye. Someone

is watching. It is Toad, camouflaged amidst the trees

and branches.

EXT. SKY - DUSK

A helicopter streaks across the sky.

INT. HELICOPTER - DUSK

Kelly sleeps fitfully in the large seat. A bump of

turbulence. He wakes suddenly and looks out the window

seeing the ocean below.

Kelly looks out the window again and sees water. They

are flying low.

He looks at Guyrich, who sleeps as well. He wakes him.

KELLY:

Where the hell are we?

Guyrich looks out the window and looks at Kelly, puzzled.

He stands and goes to the door to the cabin of the

helicopter.

GUYRICH:

Pilot?

No answer. Guyrich tries to open the door. Itís locked.

GUYRICH (contíd)

Pilot?

Kelly looks out the window now and sees the helicopter is

closing in on an island - where, is anyoneís guess. What

is known is that the place is no pleasure resort.

It is in fact some sort of refurbished island fortress,

complete with turrets, built right into the side of the

cliffs.

EXT. ISLAND HELIPAD - DUSK

A clearing in the middle of a ring of trees at the base

of a rocky rise. The helicopter touches down.

THE PILOT, wrapped from head to toe in a flight suit and

helmet, gets out and opens the side door, exposing Kelly

and Guyrich to the intense wind of the rotors. They

cover their eyes, cowering.

KELLYíS P.O.V.

Two figures come out of a hole in the mountain. One

seems extremely larger than the other.

Guyrich and Kelly step out. As they get closer he can

make out Magneto and Sabretooth.

KELLY:

Dear God... Dear... God.

The Pilot removes his helmet to REVEAL:

Pyro, smiling.

KELLY (contíd)

What the hell is this?

Kelly is utterly confused. As Magneto nears, Guyrich

steps forward to greet him, putting arms around Magnetoís

neck and kissing him deeply. Then Magneto looks deep and

lovingly into Guyrichís eyes.

And with that GUY SHAPE SHIFTS into a beautiful woman who

herefore will be known as MYSTIQUE. Her body is covered

in iridescent blue scales, which complement her lovely,

solid yellow eyes.

Kelly, of course, is shocked. Mystique shows a little

hip, raising the scales at her mid-section mockingly, as

the last of what we thought was Guyrich slips underneath.

KELLY:

You... wha... Who are you... Where is

Henry?

MAGNETO:

Mr. Guyrich has been dead for some

time Senator.

KELLY:

You mutant bastards...

Pyro grabs the Senator as he runs back for the helicopter

in vain.

KELLY:

Whatever you do to me... no matter

what youíll make me right. Every word

I have spoken will be confirmed.

MAGNETO:

Gosh, I hope so.

As Kelly struggles against all hope.

KELLY:

People like you are the reason people

like me exist.

And with that, Mystique walks up.

MYSTIQUE:

And people like you are the reason I

was afraid to go to school as a child.

With that, Mystique punches Kelly. Knocking him out

cold.

BLACK:

INT. MACHINE ROOM - MAGNETOíS LAIR - NIGHT

Kelly comes to.

Magneto walks past him, holding Loganís dog tag.

His thumb crushes one last time over the curious

ìWolverine.î

PULL OUT TO REVEAL:

Kelly is strapped to a metal chair, bound impossibly

tight. He struggles. Mystique watches from the far side

of the room.

MAGNETO:

Are you a ìGod-fearing man,î Senator?

Kellyís reaction tells him he is certainly afraid of

something right now.

MAGNETO (contíd)

That term always confused me. As if

there were something to fear.

Kelly looks around wildly, terrified.

MAGNETO (contíd)

God after all, is often defined as all-

forgiving. A description I rather

like. I think what you really are

afraid of...

Magneto uses his mind to move Kellyís chair a little

closer. Kelly nearly loses it.

MAGNETO (contíd)

...Is me and my kind. The Brotherhood

of Mutants.

He touches Kellyís face and Kelly recoils.

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