1 00:00:01,534 --> 00:00:03,502 NARRATOR: Previously on X-MEN... 2 00:00:03,570 --> 00:00:06,505 Now he'll be able to control his powers. 3 00:00:06,606 --> 00:00:08,233 (BANSHEE AND MOIRA SCREAMING) 4 00:00:08,875 --> 00:00:10,536 What's happening? 5 00:00:11,077 --> 00:00:12,510 MOIRA: Charles! This is Moira! 6 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:15,477 - What is it? - Come quickly! I need your help! 7 00:00:15,515 --> 00:00:17,107 He's young and scared. 8 00:00:17,150 --> 00:00:19,812 And he has no idea how powerful he is. 9 00:00:20,120 --> 00:00:21,314 - Joe? - Moira? 10 00:00:21,354 --> 00:00:23,982 - Kevin's out! - Well, put him back! 11 00:00:24,024 --> 00:00:26,822 What haven't you told me about this mutant? 12 00:00:26,893 --> 00:00:28,258 I don't know how to... 13 00:00:28,328 --> 00:00:31,092 Kevin, please, you've got to come back with me! 14 00:00:31,164 --> 00:00:32,222 Never! 15 00:00:32,265 --> 00:00:35,098 - Who are you looking for? - My father! 16 00:00:36,169 --> 00:00:40,333 - Don't touch him! He is my son! - Your son? 17 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:46,943 Charles, I'm sinking! 18 00:00:49,315 --> 00:00:51,306 Hey! Stop it! 19 00:00:57,624 --> 00:01:00,650 He's down there somewhere. They can't stop me. 20 00:02:02,489 --> 00:02:03,751 (WOLVERINE MOANING) 21 00:02:05,191 --> 00:02:07,659 ROGUE: Wolverine! What did he do to you? 22 00:02:07,927 --> 00:02:10,122 I'm fine. I don't need your help! 23 00:02:11,764 --> 00:02:13,755 (WOLVERINE VOMITING) 24 00:02:14,367 --> 00:02:19,669 - You wanna talk about it? - No. Not now, not ever. 25 00:02:19,873 --> 00:02:22,842 It's just a matter of time before someone gets hurt. 26 00:02:22,876 --> 00:02:24,639 Moira, don't worry. 27 00:02:25,211 --> 00:02:27,577 We will stop Kevin before that happens. 28 00:02:27,647 --> 00:02:31,242 Might I suggest we find Proteus' father, Joseph MacTaggert, 29 00:02:31,284 --> 00:02:33,309 and prepare to confront him there. 30 00:02:33,353 --> 00:02:39,451 Yes. And if needed, we can try to afford Mr. MacTaggert some protection. 31 00:02:39,526 --> 00:02:44,122 - Joe won't accept your help. - He's the least of our worries. 32 00:02:57,043 --> 00:02:59,273 (PEOPLE CHATTERING) 33 00:03:03,216 --> 00:03:05,514 Father! Who are those children? 34 00:03:06,186 --> 00:03:08,120 I'm a lad on the way up, Maeve. 35 00:03:08,154 --> 00:03:10,520 I think we should save Wales, 36 00:03:10,557 --> 00:03:13,117 even the whole of Britain, if that's what it takes. 37 00:03:13,159 --> 00:03:15,354 Oh, it's a keen mind you have, Thomas. 38 00:03:15,395 --> 00:03:17,386 You'll go far in politics. 39 00:03:17,430 --> 00:03:19,955 With me, however, you'll not get far at all. 40 00:03:19,999 --> 00:03:21,694 Good night to you. 41 00:03:25,805 --> 00:03:27,102 No! 42 00:03:30,410 --> 00:03:33,379 XAVIER: MacTaggert's campaign office should be in the next block. 43 00:03:40,353 --> 00:03:43,083 He's here. Over there! 44 00:03:43,990 --> 00:03:45,287 Proteus! 45 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:54,696 (THOMAS SCREAMING) 46 00:03:57,670 --> 00:04:01,401 - What is that? What's that? - Oh, no! 47 00:04:03,810 --> 00:04:07,302 Kevin! It's time to come home! 48 00:04:07,347 --> 00:04:10,714 Can't you understand, Mother? I'm going to see him! 49 00:04:10,750 --> 00:04:13,913 Your father can't help you. He won't help you. 50 00:04:13,953 --> 00:04:16,513 That's not true! You never gave him a chance. 51 00:04:16,556 --> 00:04:20,117 It'll be okay, Kevin. Just listen to your mama. 52 00:04:20,159 --> 00:04:24,061 No! No one can keep me from him! 53 00:04:31,804 --> 00:04:33,032 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 54 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:37,002 - Just leave me alone! - I wish I could! 55 00:04:55,194 --> 00:04:56,422 (ROGUE GRUNTING) 56 00:04:56,963 --> 00:04:59,261 This kid has some temper. 57 00:05:11,077 --> 00:05:12,704 He won't listen. 58 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,076 And if Kevin does reach Joe, 59 00:05:15,114 --> 00:05:18,140 he's going to find out that Joe left me because of him! 60 00:05:18,217 --> 00:05:22,017 Joe didn't want a mutant for a child! It's gonna make him crazy. 61 00:05:22,088 --> 00:05:23,885 There'll be no way to stop him, short of... 62 00:05:23,923 --> 00:05:27,086 Destroying him? We will find another way. 63 00:05:29,796 --> 00:05:32,060 KEVIN: He'll know where my father is. 64 00:05:44,510 --> 00:05:47,741 Moira wanted custody. Kevin is not my problem anymore. 65 00:05:48,114 --> 00:05:49,979 What do you want me to do? Put him on telly? 66 00:05:50,049 --> 00:05:53,985 No, Mr. MacTaggert. Just talk to the boy. 67 00:05:54,053 --> 00:05:58,080 He doesn't know why you left him. Tell him the truth. 68 00:05:58,124 --> 00:06:02,322 Are you nuts? The vote's tomorrow. There are cameras everywhere I go. 69 00:06:02,362 --> 00:06:05,195 I don't want people to remember I'm divorced, 70 00:06:05,231 --> 00:06:07,563 much less find out I'm the father of some sort of... 71 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,900 Son, Joe! He's a boy. And he needs his father. 72 00:06:11,971 --> 00:06:16,032 Well, tell him that Xavier's his father. You always wanted it that way. 73 00:06:16,075 --> 00:06:17,872 You fool, MacTaggert! 74 00:06:17,910 --> 00:06:20,344 He's coming for you, whether you like it or not! 75 00:06:20,413 --> 00:06:24,747 Don't you think I want to help the lad? Remember, Moira, he's mine too. 76 00:06:24,817 --> 00:06:29,015 I appreciate your offer of protection, but I have my own. 77 00:06:38,364 --> 00:06:39,388 (DOORBELL RINGING) 78 00:06:55,648 --> 00:06:57,081 (FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING) 79 00:06:57,517 --> 00:06:58,745 (CHILDREN LAUGHING) 80 00:07:16,202 --> 00:07:17,965 Where is my father? 81 00:07:26,379 --> 00:07:27,607 Father? 82 00:07:36,956 --> 00:07:37,980 (GASPS) 83 00:07:43,830 --> 00:07:45,354 JOE: If the boy shows up, 84 00:07:45,398 --> 00:07:47,992 keep him out of sight until after the vote. 85 00:07:48,034 --> 00:07:51,834 If you don't, all our work will be for nothing. 86 00:07:51,871 --> 00:07:53,031 MAN 1: How bad is he? 87 00:07:53,072 --> 00:07:55,597 How should I know? I haven't seen him since he was crawling. 88 00:07:55,641 --> 00:07:56,699 (ROGUE SCOFFS) 89 00:07:56,776 --> 00:08:00,712 Ought to just let Proteus get a good look at dear old dad. 90 00:08:00,847 --> 00:08:04,647 - How much trouble can one boy be? - And don't get careless. 91 00:08:10,523 --> 00:08:12,388 Professor, we got to change shifts. 92 00:08:12,458 --> 00:08:15,359 I need a shower after babysitting this slime. 93 00:08:28,140 --> 00:08:30,040 (SUPPORTERS CHEERING) 94 00:08:35,314 --> 00:08:38,249 Joe MacTaggert. Appreciate your support. 95 00:08:39,552 --> 00:08:42,180 Hope you'll be with me on election day. 96 00:08:42,255 --> 00:08:45,019 MacTaggert, how you doing? Good man. 97 00:08:46,859 --> 00:08:48,554 It's in the bag, Bill. 98 00:08:49,996 --> 00:08:52,760 I don't go along with abandoning kids. 99 00:08:52,798 --> 00:08:55,665 BEAST: "Political campaigns are designedly made to paralyze 100 00:08:55,735 --> 00:08:59,466 "what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster." 101 00:08:59,539 --> 00:09:01,063 James Harvey Robinson. 102 00:09:01,140 --> 00:09:04,268 Just remember to report the least sign of a disturbance. 103 00:09:04,343 --> 00:09:07,005 - Is that understood? - BEAS T: Certainly, Professor. 104 00:09:07,046 --> 00:09:08,604 Logan, are you there? 105 00:09:08,814 --> 00:09:10,907 Are you all right? 106 00:09:10,983 --> 00:09:14,919 Yeah. Yeah, I'm here. No angry boy clouds in the basement. 107 00:09:14,954 --> 00:09:16,251 Hold it! 108 00:09:20,159 --> 00:09:23,993 - All clear. - Are you holding up okay, Logan? 109 00:09:24,063 --> 00:09:26,588 Worry about that kid if I find him first! 110 00:09:33,372 --> 00:09:34,839 (SUPPORTERS SCREAMING) 111 00:09:41,881 --> 00:09:48,150 Thank you! I take that as support not just for me, but for my platform 112 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:52,623 for every family in Scotland, for our children! 113 00:09:52,692 --> 00:09:57,720 Guess he likes children if they ain't his. I've seen that happen before. 114 00:09:58,464 --> 00:10:03,197 - My own flesh and blood, a mutant! - Daddy, please! 115 00:10:03,235 --> 00:10:06,568 You're a disgrace! I'm ashamed to be seen with you! 116 00:10:07,340 --> 00:10:10,901 You ain't my daughter! Not anymore! 117 00:10:12,578 --> 00:10:16,810 Daddy! Daddy, please! 118 00:10:22,888 --> 00:10:25,823 I wonder, Professor, if Proteus might not wish 119 00:10:25,891 --> 00:10:29,952 - to avoid so public a location... - He's here! Proteus is in the hall! 120 00:10:31,564 --> 00:10:36,763 I know that without my children, I would simply cease to exist. 121 00:10:36,802 --> 00:10:41,364 They're my life. Our children are more than our future. 122 00:10:41,407 --> 00:10:42,806 They are... 123 00:10:47,613 --> 00:10:49,478 Father, it's Kevin! 124 00:10:51,517 --> 00:10:52,745 Careful, sugar. 125 00:10:52,818 --> 00:10:55,343 Mr. MacTaggert may not recognize you. 126 00:10:57,890 --> 00:11:00,552 I told you, stay away! 127 00:11:02,695 --> 00:11:06,153 Moira, stay back! I'll help them. Where are you, Logan? 128 00:11:06,599 --> 00:11:07,964 XA VIER: Wolverine! 129 00:11:11,270 --> 00:11:13,067 I can't! 130 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:23,706 (ROGUE GRUNTS) 131 00:11:26,318 --> 00:11:27,376 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 132 00:11:27,720 --> 00:11:29,017 Where are you, Logan? 133 00:11:29,288 --> 00:11:31,119 Blast it! 134 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,786 I paid you to keep this from happening! 135 00:11:35,828 --> 00:11:37,352 That's no boy! 136 00:11:39,031 --> 00:11:43,798 Talk to me, Kevin. Stop fighting us and I'll listen. 137 00:11:43,836 --> 00:11:45,531 Where is my father? 138 00:11:45,604 --> 00:11:48,937 You frightened him, Kevin! He ran away because... 139 00:11:49,008 --> 00:11:51,568 Shut up! You kept him from me! 140 00:11:55,614 --> 00:11:56,774 Stop! 141 00:12:10,563 --> 00:12:11,689 (ROGUE SCREAMING) 142 00:12:11,964 --> 00:12:13,761 Get them off of me! 143 00:12:18,804 --> 00:12:20,066 (XAVIER SCREAMING) 144 00:12:29,215 --> 00:12:30,739 Hold on, Chuck! 145 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:37,146 BEAST: A set of claws would be extraordinarily useful right now. 146 00:12:37,189 --> 00:12:39,555 ROGUE: You ain't going anywhere, Beast. 147 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:46,593 Better talk to your boy, Professor. 'Cause he ain't listening to any of us. 148 00:12:50,202 --> 00:12:53,433 XA VIER: Kevin. Kevin Mac Taggert. 149 00:12:54,907 --> 00:12:56,602 ROGUE: (SIGHS) That's more like it. 150 00:12:56,642 --> 00:12:59,668 - Kevin, please listen. - Why? 151 00:12:59,712 --> 00:13:04,342 I sense that beneath your anger there's a yearning, a reaching out. 152 00:13:04,383 --> 00:13:05,748 I am a doctor. 153 00:13:05,785 --> 00:13:09,516 Let me help you understand what it is you seek. 154 00:13:09,555 --> 00:13:14,049 What I want is my father. If you want to help me, bring him to me! 155 00:13:14,126 --> 00:13:17,186 My father wants me! Get out of the way! 156 00:13:17,396 --> 00:13:18,693 (X-MEN SCREAMING) 157 00:13:20,065 --> 00:13:21,623 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 158 00:13:25,871 --> 00:13:30,501 Fascinating. His power seems limited only by his imagination. 159 00:13:30,543 --> 00:13:34,445 - And that temper. - Stopping him is beyond our power. 160 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:37,677 We must continue to try to reason with him. 161 00:13:37,716 --> 00:13:42,483 No, Charles. You've tried. It is I that must do something now. 162 00:13:42,521 --> 00:13:45,854 - Moira! Wait! - Do you wish me to bring her back? 163 00:13:48,127 --> 00:13:50,960 If only I had more time with him. 164 00:13:52,631 --> 00:13:56,897 Even with more time, Professor, what could we possibly accomplish? 165 00:13:56,969 --> 00:13:59,062 Proteus attacks with the speed of thought. 166 00:13:59,104 --> 00:14:02,767 Though a young man, he has the immature emotions of a child. 167 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:06,300 - I say we nail him. - What are you talking about? 168 00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:08,336 And by the way, when he was tossing us around, 169 00:14:08,414 --> 00:14:09,881 where were you hiding? 170 00:14:09,915 --> 00:14:14,409 - Back off, cornpone. - Your anger serves no purpose, Rogue. 171 00:14:14,486 --> 00:14:16,647 Wolverine could not prevent his hesitation. 172 00:14:16,722 --> 00:14:18,986 What's that supposed to mean? 173 00:14:19,024 --> 00:14:23,358 Only that there's no emotion harder to control than a paralyzing fear. 174 00:14:23,395 --> 00:14:25,090 We have all experienced it. 175 00:14:25,164 --> 00:14:28,827 But it must be even worse for you, who has never felt it before. 176 00:14:28,868 --> 00:14:33,271 - You saying I'm a coward, Blue Boy? - Stop it, both of you! 177 00:14:33,305 --> 00:14:36,900 We cannot afford petty fights among ourselves! 178 00:14:36,942 --> 00:14:40,343 Moira feels responsible for Proteus' actions. 179 00:14:40,412 --> 00:14:46,544 And she's gone to do something. She may try to destroy her own son. 180 00:14:46,585 --> 00:14:50,214 Do you know what that means to her? To me? 181 00:14:50,289 --> 00:14:53,315 Help me make sure that it doesn't happen. 182 00:14:53,926 --> 00:14:56,292 ...where, earlier this evening, 183 00:14:56,362 --> 00:15:00,196 MacTaggert was victim of a vicious physical attack. 184 00:15:00,232 --> 00:15:04,635 An attack he says was instigated by his opponent, Bill Wallace. 185 00:15:04,670 --> 00:15:07,639 While the opposition denies any involvement, 186 00:15:07,673 --> 00:15:10,904 sources close to the MacTaggert campaign tell me... 187 00:15:11,243 --> 00:15:12,574 (AUDIENCE MURMURING) 188 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:15,981 MAN 2: What is this? What's going on? WOMAN 1: What's happening here? 189 00:15:16,048 --> 00:15:18,915 MAN 3: What's going on? MAN 4: What's happening here? 190 00:15:18,951 --> 00:15:22,409 Good evening. Thank you all for having me here tonight. 191 00:15:22,488 --> 00:15:26,754 Of course, after this afternoon, I'm thankful to be anywhere tonight. 192 00:15:26,892 --> 00:15:28,883 (EVERYONE LAUGHING) 193 00:15:30,863 --> 00:15:34,026 Now where was I? Oh, yes. 194 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:38,662 Telling you what you already know and pretending I just thought it up. 195 00:15:38,704 --> 00:15:41,468 That boy's slick as hog fat. 196 00:15:41,507 --> 00:15:46,274 The only real hope for a solution to all this is there, behind that podium. 197 00:15:46,312 --> 00:15:48,780 But MacTaggert decided long ago 198 00:15:48,847 --> 00:15:52,010 that his career was more important than his son. 199 00:15:52,084 --> 00:15:53,676 A real prince. 200 00:15:53,719 --> 00:15:56,586 And I have a personal stake in that future, 201 00:15:56,622 --> 00:15:59,216 my love for my children! 202 00:15:59,825 --> 00:16:00,985 (AUDIENCE CHEERING) 203 00:16:01,026 --> 00:16:02,425 (PROTEUS SCREAMING) 204 00:16:02,461 --> 00:16:03,553 (PEOPLE EX CLAIMING) 205 00:16:04,463 --> 00:16:07,660 KEVIN: Father! Everybody says you don't want to see me. 206 00:16:07,700 --> 00:16:11,397 But that's not true! It can't be true! 207 00:16:12,104 --> 00:16:14,299 Here now. A joke's a joke. 208 00:16:15,908 --> 00:16:17,500 (WOLVERINE STRUGGLING) 209 00:16:20,045 --> 00:16:23,537 You're not real! You're a trick to ruin me! 210 00:16:23,716 --> 00:16:25,149 (AUDIENCE SCREAMING) 211 00:16:26,185 --> 00:16:28,517 MAN 5: Look out! MAN 6: Let me out of here! 212 00:16:35,461 --> 00:16:36,689 (PROTEUS SCREAMING) 213 00:16:37,396 --> 00:16:40,490 - Get away! - Rogue! Beast! Stand aside! 214 00:16:40,566 --> 00:16:43,535 - Say what? - Let them talk. 215 00:16:48,340 --> 00:16:50,433 Don't you know me, Father? 216 00:16:51,510 --> 00:16:53,375 Somebody do something! 217 00:16:54,513 --> 00:16:56,879 - Does this help? - What on earth... 218 00:16:56,915 --> 00:17:01,215 - It's me, Father. It's Kevin. - It can't be! 219 00:17:01,286 --> 00:17:04,778 - Father, I need you! - No, no, get away! 220 00:17:04,823 --> 00:17:05,847 But, Father... 221 00:17:05,924 --> 00:17:09,951 Guards! Darnley! Security! Somebody get him! 222 00:17:10,829 --> 00:17:15,095 - No! Don't! - Kevin! Kevin, listen! 223 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:22,700 (PEOPLE SCREAMING) 224 00:17:30,649 --> 00:17:36,417 Come on, kid, your old man's no saint, but that's no reason to trash this dump. 225 00:17:36,488 --> 00:17:40,185 If you don't like Xavier, maybe you can talk to me. 226 00:17:41,727 --> 00:17:42,955 (WOLVERINE SCREAMING) 227 00:17:44,329 --> 00:17:46,729 Charles. Banshee's brought the one thing that 228 00:17:46,799 --> 00:17:48,130 seems to affect Kevin. 229 00:17:48,200 --> 00:17:50,634 Used at low power, it helped control him. 230 00:17:50,669 --> 00:17:53,229 At full power, it might... 231 00:17:53,272 --> 00:17:55,832 If you can't stop him, I'll have to! 232 00:18:00,946 --> 00:18:06,782 - Moira, there's no choice! - Moira, wait! I have to try one last time. 233 00:18:06,819 --> 00:18:08,946 Charles, no! It's too late! 234 00:18:11,023 --> 00:18:16,757 Kevin! Kevin, listen to me. My name is Charles Xavier. 235 00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:18,796 You know me now. 236 00:18:18,831 --> 00:18:23,825 I've come to help you face your rage, and face it you must! 237 00:18:23,869 --> 00:18:26,337 Possess me as you have others, Kevin. 238 00:18:26,405 --> 00:18:31,433 Look inside my mind and see that I know your pain. 239 00:18:31,477 --> 00:18:33,809 Otherwise it will consume you. 240 00:18:33,879 --> 00:18:37,975 I can get you through this, if that's what you want. 241 00:18:41,153 --> 00:18:43,121 It is what I want. 242 00:18:43,155 --> 00:18:46,488 Give me your hand, son, and come here. 243 00:18:52,598 --> 00:18:55,032 I have helped many like you, Kevin. 244 00:18:55,067 --> 00:18:59,834 With time, you will learn to master your powers, and this rage. 245 00:18:59,872 --> 00:19:05,970 But only if you learn to trust those who love you, mother and father. 246 00:19:17,222 --> 00:19:21,352 - Kevin? Darling. - Kevin? 247 00:19:24,129 --> 00:19:29,089 - Son, is that really you? - It is, Father. 248 00:19:29,168 --> 00:19:32,695 Aye, child, though I've no right to the name. 249 00:19:32,738 --> 00:19:36,731 - Can you forgive me? - Go ahead, Kevin. 250 00:19:58,096 --> 00:20:00,064 (PIECES BEEPING) 251 00:20:01,667 --> 00:20:02,691 (BEEPING) 252 00:20:10,142 --> 00:20:12,303 His progress is remarkable. 253 00:20:12,477 --> 00:20:14,877 BANSHEE: Aye. Though it's hard-fought, indeed. 254 00:20:15,113 --> 00:20:17,411 I feel much better with him fighting his teacher 255 00:20:17,482 --> 00:20:19,382 than taking on the whole world. 256 00:20:19,418 --> 00:20:23,411 I am sure Mr. MacTaggert is equally thankful, and relieved. 257 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,259 Whatever Chuck did in there, it worked. 258 00:20:29,328 --> 00:20:33,492 I don't know how he faced that thing. He never loses his cool. 259 00:20:33,565 --> 00:20:35,089 Forget it, hon. 260 00:20:35,167 --> 00:20:38,295 In our business, we all get shook up every now and again. 261 00:20:38,337 --> 00:20:39,565 I don't.