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CYCLOPS: For the record, Professor,

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I still haven't been able
to contact Taylor Prescott

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in over two weeks.

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My last conversation with him
worried me.

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Pretty desolate country around here.

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I should arrive in Skull Mesa
in 15 minutes.

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I'll give Dr. Prescott your regards.

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I'm confident one day humans
and mutants will live in harmony.

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Each of us is blessed with gifts.

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Until that time,

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I know I can count on you
and your X-Men, Charles,

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to help nurture those
whom society would attack or abandon.

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CYCLOPS: His former students,
Andrew and Nicole,

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made this for Dr. Prescott.

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Our young friends have come
quite a long way

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since they first visited here.

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You know Dr. Prescott,
he never wants to accept recognition

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for the work he did
in establishing a community

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where mutants could live in peace.

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I'm sure he'll appreciate
something like this,

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with the thought that's gone into it.

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A plane's approaching the town.

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He seems to have images
of Taylor Prescott in his mind.

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BRADDOCK: Is he human or mutant?
It doesn't matter.

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Take him down, Watchdog.

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What in blazes!

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(GRUNTING)

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BRADDOCK: Scratch one
trouble-maker.

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(GROANS)

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It looks like I'm lucky to...
My glasses! My powers are gone.

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That weird glow.
Somebody tried to take me out.

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Busted!

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I wonder which mountain range
Skull Mesa's behind.

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Hey! Hey, wait!

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-Didn't you see me?
-Sorry, mister.

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I rarely pick up strangers.
I'm Darrell Tanaka.

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Scott Summers.

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So, what made you decide to take
a stroll in the desert at high noon?

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I was heading toward Skull Mesa

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when my plane
suddenly fell out of the sky.

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Hmm.

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That's odd.

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-You got business in Skull Mesa?
-l do now.

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Most folks in Skull Mesa
don't like strangers.

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I'm used to that.

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Please, please.

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BOY 1: Say! What's going on?
BOY 2: He did it again!

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-Get him!
-I'm sorry! It was an accident!

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Mutant freak! Get out of here!

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-Whoa, now! Where's the fire?
-I'm sorry Dr. Prescott. I...

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Here now!
You boys stop picking on him!

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He wrecked our ball! He's a freak!

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You know it's not his fault!

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He's like the rest of you.
He doesn't have anybody.

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Now get another ball
and get back to your game.

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-They hate me.
-Hate is an awfully strong word, Scott.

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They're just afraid of anyone
who's different.

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But they'll learn. Now come on.

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Let's see if Mrs. Feeney
has any ice cream in the kitchen.

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(DOOR SHUTTING)

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I told you, they don't take to strangers.

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Now, let's get a look
at that head of yours.

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You the only doctor around here?

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Doctor and coroner.

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In a town this small,
people tend to do double duty.

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Here.

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-An old recipe of my grandmother's.
-l feel better already.

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Good. Now, what else do you have
to do here?

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I've got a better question, Doctor!
What's going on here?

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What do you mean?
Who are you calling?

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Someone just tried to make me
a permanent part of your living desert!

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And why is everyone around here
acting like scared prairie dogs?

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I'm looking for Dr. Taylor Prescott!
Know where I might find him?

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Prescott?

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I... I didn't realize he still lived here.

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He did two weeks ago, Doc.
I'll take a look around town myself.

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(BOTH EXCLAIM)

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That's quite a garden you've got there.

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(GASPS)

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I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you.

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Folks here don't take too much
to strangers.

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Is that the town motto?

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-I'm Bill Braddock.
-Scott Summers.

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Heard your plane had trouble.
Landing trouble, wasn't it, Chet?

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Yes.

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Where did you hear that?

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(LAUGHING)

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I know the owner of the gas station.
He'll fix you up with a rental.

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Have you out of here in no time.

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Also heard you got a nasty smack
on the head.

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-Isn't that right, Chet?
-Right, Mr. Braddock.

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No hospitals around here,
Mr. Summers.

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A city boy like you'd be better off
with a city doctor.

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-Ain't that right, Chet?
Yes.

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Yep. That's my advice.
Head back to the city.

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For medical attention.

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-You telling me to leave, Braddock?
-Just being neighborly.

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Of course, those who follow my advice
are usually happier in the long run.

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And healthier.

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Tell me, Braddock,
while you're being so helpful,

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maybe you can tell me
where I can find a friend of mine.

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-I'm looking for Taylor Prescott.
-Prescott?

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Hmm.

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The old fellow that moved into
the Chandler place, Chet?

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-Yes.
-And moved out.

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Funny way for a man to act
right after inviting me to visit.

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You calling us liars, Mr. Summers?

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No! A helpful man like you?

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Now, how about being real helpful,

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and tell me how to get
to the Chandler place.

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Just be a waste of time.

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I'm on vacation.
I've got all the time in the world.

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Good day, gentlemen.

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I think Mr. Summers
just wore out his welcome.

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(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

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I need your jeep
and some directions. Now!

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Please, go!
I can't be seen with you any more!

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Dr. Prescott?

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All right, Tanaka! I want some answers!
What have they done to Dr. Prescott?

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You can't help him, no one can.

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Game's over, Doc!
Who shot my plane down?

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What are all the mutants here
hiding from?

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He won't tell you,
because I don't want him to.

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Toad!

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(GRUNTS)

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You should have left
when you had the chance, boy!

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I would hate for you to travel
all this way and not see your friend.

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You're sick, Braddock!
What did he ever do to you?

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He was stupid enough to oppose me!

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He's alive, I assure you.

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Toad here is quite versatile.

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This particular resin acts like curare.

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Prescott is in a state
of suspended animation.

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You, however, will not be so fortunate.

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Tomorrow you will serve as an example
to those who disobey me.

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Take in all our lovely sights now,
Mr. Summers, while you still can.

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I have friends, Braddock.

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They'll come after me
when I don't return.

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So0? Your plane crashed.

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We tried to help,
but, well, tragedies happen.

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You don't understand.
I'm a mutant! Like all of you here!

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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I don't care whether you are or not!
It makes no difference.

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You got in my way. He got in my way!

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We came here
looking for somewhere to hide.

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We kind of took to the place.

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Especially when we found out
the dear doctor's little secret.

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Nothing like a gold mine
to make a man wanna put down roots

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-and become part of the community.
-Braddock!

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My name is Solarr!

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(SCREAMING)

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Throw him outside!
Let him try to get help.

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Let him beg for it!

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Scott! Come in!

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Let me get you something to eat.

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I tried to call for help,
but all the phones are dead.

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That's Watchdog's doing.

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Solarr doesn't want
any outsiders finding us.

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-Because of the mine?
Yes.

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Your friend Dr. Prescott made sure
our community would be self-sufficient.

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The little gold
he had us mine each year was enough

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SO NO one was ever in heed.

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And Solarr made someone tell him
about it.

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We wanted to live quiet, normal lives.

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We thought we could find that here
in Skull Mesa.

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When Solarr showed up,
didn't anyone oppose him?

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-Just Prescott.
-Nobody tried to help him?

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Look at us! Do we look like soldiers?
All we want is to be left in peace!

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Solarr and his men attacked anyone

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who so much
as questioned his authority.

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Then they would never be seen again.

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Prescott and the others are alive.

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Help me now, and we can rid the town
of these criminals!

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Scott! I can't!

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How can you call yourself a doctor?

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How, indeed?

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-CYCLOPS: Excuse me.
-Evening, Mr. Summers.

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I guess there aren't many secrets
in this town.

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-Nope.
-l came to ask for your help.

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They said you might.
Look, I'd like to help you.

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I mean, Doc Prescott is a nice old man.
He got me out of a real jam once.

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But I'm just one man!

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Sometimes it starts with just one.
Dr. Prescott taught me that.

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Are you married? I am. I got a family...

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Tusk, Solarr wants to know
if you fixed that generator coil yet?

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Almost, sir.

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Better let that boy
get back to work, Summers.

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Oh, Tusk, how's your wife and kids?

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-Please, go away.
-If I could just talk to you a moment.

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(TOAD LAUGHING)

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Hey! We got someone
who needs some help here.

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Anybody willing to lend a hand?
Or acar?

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He could drive
to the next town for help.

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Yeah! He's just dying
for some assistance.

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(TOAD LAUGHING)

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Guess nobody's home.

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Hey, maybe Prescott can help him.

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I don't need help
to take care of trash like you!

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Okay, tough guy.
Let's see what you got.

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(GROANING)

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(BOTH LAUGHING)

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CYCLORPS: It's crazy.

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All my life I wanted to get rid
of my powers and be normal.

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Now it's gonna be the end of me.

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So much to live for.
So much left undone.

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Powers or not, I'm still an X-Man.
They won't take me without a fight.

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-Good morning, Mr. Summers.
-Braddock, don't do this.

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My friends will hunt you down
to the ends of the Earth!

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Let them! No one can hurt me here.

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Soon these pathetic fools
will have dug me enough gold

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to fill a palace.

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Rich men can buy armies.

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Now it's time to give these cowards
another lesson in obedience.

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Lambert! Toad!
Take him to the center of town!

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(GROANS)

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Citizens, come forth.

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My friends, I have long told you

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of the efforts of subversives
to destroy your perfect community.

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A community I have taken into my heart
as my very own.

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Now, I give you proof.

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An outsider,
summoned by the traitor Prescott,

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a spy who wants to steal your gold!

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Do you see this?

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It's a transmitter.
He tried to use it last night

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to summon his confederates,
to come and destroy you!

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That's a lie!

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Fortunately, Watchdog,
was able to jam his signal.

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And I will soon destroy it
with the power of Solarr.

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That crystal was a gift for Dr. Prescott.

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A gift from two mutants he helped,
just as he helped many of you.

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Taylor Prescott is no mutant hater!

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How can you let this madman
destroy his work?

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A very pretty speech,
but I'm afraid they aren't listening.

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The time has come for justice!

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Farewell, interloper.

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(SCREAMS)

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Feel my power!

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(BOTH SCREAMING)

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What are you doing?

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What I should have done before,
neutralize Watchdog's effect on you!

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(GROANS)

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Meddler!

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(GROANS)

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We have traitors among us! Stop them!

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CYCLOPS: Watch out!

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(EXCLAIMING)

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(COUGHING)

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You shall be reduced to cinders!

249
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(GROANING)

250
00:19:23,328 --> 00:19:27,765
They're not afraid anymore, Solarr!
You just lost your town!

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(SCREAMS)

252
00:19:38,644 --> 00:19:39,702
(GROANING)

253
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Mr. Summers. I salvaged a transmitter
from your plane.

254
00:19:50,589 --> 00:19:54,286
-Some of your friends are on their way.
-Change of heart, Watchdog?

255
00:19:54,326 --> 00:19:58,126
You don't have to be no genius
to see how things were going.

256
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-How are you, Doctor?
-Happy!

257
00:20:05,971 --> 00:20:08,496
When the others get here,
we'll take Solarr and his friends

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to the authorities.

259
00:20:09,741 --> 00:20:14,007
No, Scott. They committed their crimes
here in Skull Mesa.

260
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We should take care of them.
That okay by you, Mr. X-Man?

261
00:20:17,749 --> 00:20:21,913
Yes, sir, Doctor. Oh, this is for you.

262
00:20:21,987 --> 00:20:23,716
What is it, Dr. Prescott?

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00:20:23,789 --> 00:20:25,450
It's kind of a symbol

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that humans and mutants
have much to offer each other.

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(CRASHING)

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I think this would be a good place for it.

267
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(ALL CHEERING)

268
00:20:35,467 --> 00:20:38,163
So, what shall we do
until your friends arrive?

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-Well, let's catch up on old times.
-Good idea. Do you still like ice cream?