Scott: last time, on x-men: evolution...

A whole little montage of clips from the last episode.

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Opening Credits

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Outside.

Toad: I don't get it. I'm strong. I'm agile. I got this killer tongue. How could I be left behind? Twice?

Kurt: All right, spill it, Toad! What just happened? Where'd the others go?

Toad: Ok, ok! Unh! Yeah, I don't owe that crummy Magneto nothing no more, that's for sure.

Kitty: Who?

Toad: Magneto- one major megamutant. He's screening out the best from the worst, and we lost. Guess what that makes us. Losers!

Kurt: What happens to the winners?

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Up at the asteroid.

Professor X: Scott, I- I don't understand.

Scott: Professor, wait! We're just here to listen, that's all.

Professor X: What about them? Are they here to listen as well?

Scott: Ohh! Hey, what is this?

Magneto: Simply a precaution, Scott. Not everyone has the maturity to accept the need for change as you do, not yet.

Scott: Let them out! Now!

Magneto: I will. We just need to proceed cautiously. Trust me. they are perfectly safe.

Professor X: *telepathically* Are they safe, Scott? Are any of us safe? I know this man well. His motives cannot be trusted. He's bitter- *Magneto takes him down and puts him in a tube* unh! Logan! Logan, lose the battle! Magneto is-

Scott moves to blast the tube.

Magneto: No! Do that, and he'll not survive the decompression.

Scott: Yeah? Well, odds aren't that great for you, either.

Alex: Hey, hey, hey, Scott, come on, man! This is no good. They're having a little time-out. So what? Look, I don't get it either, but no one should be getting hurt here. You can't blame Magneto for being careful. And all I know is he just wants to help, and I need his help. So, come on, holster that thing, would you?

Scott: Ugh. I don't like it.

Magneto: But your brother is right, Scott. I'm not your enemy, nor am I Charles'. Very soon, you will see the truth.

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Down on the beach with Logan and Sabretooth.

Logan: Argh! Lose the battle? I don't get it, Charles. *fights with Sabretooth* Rargh! Grr! I know about Magneto.

Sabretooth: Huh! Then you know I'm the one who belongs at his side, not you.

Logan: You're right. Not me. *Logan retracts his claws and Sabretooth knocks him over a cliff* grraah! Ah ha ha ha!

Sabretooth goes off in a sphere.

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Over to the mansion.

Kurt: Whoa! What happened here?

Kitty: Oh, my gosh!

Evan: This place is trashed! Aw, man!

Toad: You guys live like slobs.

Kitty: Storm? Storm! Hey, are you in here?

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Kitty: Storm? Storm!

Mystique: She's out. Can I take a message?

Toad: Hey! If you're still here, then that means you're a loser, too!

Mystique: Don't ever call me that!

Kurt: What are you here for...mother?

Mystiquel Simple truth. Nobody discards me, especially not Magneto after all I've done for him. So, I'm paying him a visit. We can go together, or I can go alone.

Logan: oh, you won't be alone. If Magneto's got our friends, then we're going after him.

Mystique: Good. But I know the man, so I'm calling the shots.

Logan: Heh! Then get your own ride. X-men, let's go.

Mystique: Oh, all right, fine! But I expect to be consulted.

On a new aircraft.

Logan: Welcome to the first test flight of the xm-velocity.

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Up on the asteroid. Scott is reminicing about the crash that killed his and Alex's parents.

Alex: Scott...

Scott: Ahh!

Alex: Are you ok?

Scott: I'm just... I don't know, remembering.

Alex: Yeah. Still wakes me up at night.

Scott: I hit the ground pretty hard, and I spent a month in a coma. The hospital said I was the only one who made it. I wanted to be there for you, Alex. Really, I did. I'm sorry.

Alex: Hey, don't sweat it, you know? I got along all right. My foster parents are pretty nice.

Scott: What's wrong?

Alex: Ah, man, joints are on fire. I've been to a bunch of doctors, but nobody could tell me what it was. Until today, when I met Magneto. Now I know what I am.

Scott: How has he promised to help you, Alex?

Magneto: not just Alex, Scott, you as well, everyone! Together, we shall embark upon a wondrous renaissance. I invite you to be a part of it. I built it right into the asteroid. Behold the next step in mutant evolution.

Scott: What is it?

Magneto: A genetic enhancer. Perhaps you've heard of the legendary gems of cyttorak. Well, they do exist. Once believed to possess mystical properties, these stones actually emit a very distinctive radiation.

Alex: Hey, wait a minute! You mean you're gonna nuke us?

Magneto: I'm going to evolve you! To finish your growth. No more pain, Alex, and no more hiding behind that visor, Scott. Your powers will be fully realized, giving you complete control.

Scott: What about them? I want 'em released.

Magneto: They will be, but only after you've gone through the transformation. I want them to see what I'm offering. And it is an offer, Scott. I won't force you to go through it.

Scott: We're supposed to just trust this thing works? You go through it, then. I have. I'm fully advanced. But why don't I provide you with a real firsthand demonstration. Sabretooth. *he enters the machine* In a few moments, he'll emerge...reborn.

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Over to the plane.

Logan: Hh! Oh, yeah! This thing cooks!

Toad: Hear that metal straining? We're breaking up, I know it!

Logan: Couldn't be. This crate's built without an ounce of metal.

Toad: None? That means we're flying in what, cheap plastic? I need an airsick bag.

Mystique: I've got something huge on scanners. Asteroid m... 463 miles and closing.

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Back to the asteroid. Sabretooth comes out looking rather buffed and beasty.

Magneto: Boys... it's time to reach your full potential.

Alex: What do you think, Scott? I want to, but... but not without you. *Scott nods*

Magneto: And now for an appreciative audience. *he releases everyone*

Jean: Scott, no! Don't!

Professor X: Scott, I know what Magneto is doing. This thing will alter your mind. Get out of there, please! *Scott moves to leave the macine, but Magneto slams the door*

Magneto: Too late, charles. He's mine now.

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The machine kicks in.

Magneto: Come... The world awaits you.

Alex: Pain's gone.

Magneto: And you shall be called... Havok. Go on, Scott. Show us the colour of your eyes. *takes off the glasses* Another benefit to your enhancement... your minds... they're purged of useless emotion. You should have a clearer perspective of our dominant roles here on earth. *alarm*

Sabretooth: Aircraft!

Magneto: Really. Let's see who it is. No metal! Boys... defend us!

Scott and Alex fire up at the plane.

Logan: Scott?

They hit the plane, it crashes into te asteroid.

Jean: Scott! Scott!

Mystique: Knock, knock.

Magneto: Mystique! You never could take no for an answer.

Logan frees everyone in the tubes.

Logan: Where's the x-jet?

Professor X: Observation deck, that way!

Logan: Gather there--oof! *things collapse*

Professor X: Storm, Rogue, prepare the jet. Jean, let's get to Scott and Alex.

Kurt: A body in motion stays in motion!

Fred: Huh?

Magneto: *Mystique flues to the enhancer* No! My enhancer! Get out of there!

Sabretooth figts Logan.

Pietro: Came back for more, eh, Evan?

Evan: Hey, been here, done this. New game!

Pietro: Whoa! Tire hazard! *Rogue drops him*

Fred: Enough with the tremors, man!

Lance: That ain't me. this rock's cracking up!

Professor X: Scott, are you all right?

Jean: oh, please, Scott.

Toad: Now let's make like a toad and hop to it.

Lance: Hey, which side are you on, toad?

Toad: The side that lives! Come on!

Fred: Coming through!

Storm: Get aboard the jet! Quickly!

Rogue: Scott and his brother are still buried, and Wolverine's got his hands full.

Storm: Go!

Logan and Storm still fighting. Rogue uses Pietro's speed to get rid of him.

Scott: You and the others... you're ruining everything! This was our chance to unite, all of us.

Jean: Unite? For what, Scott? And at what cost? Look what Magneto did to you!

Scott: He's helped me! I'm evolved. No more training, no more hurdles. My powers are now at my mercy. Yeah. So you blasted your friends with it. I mean, how united is that?

Alex: You don't understand. We are the future!

Jean: Really, Scott? I mean, are you the future? Because if you are, I don't want any part of it.

Professor X: You're right. Mutants shouldn't be divided, but we didn't draw the line. Magneto did, and it's still there. You've just crossed over it.

Scott: Man, what was I thinking?

Logan: What about the boys?

Professor X: They'll do what they must.

Mystique comes out of the enhancer looking really butch.

Professor X: They'll do what they must. we couldn't force them. They're too powerful.

Jean: Ohh! Here they come!

Logan tries to land the plane to get them but the asteroid is too unstable. The blackbird is out of control. The guys fall through the air towards the ground. This time they grab each other's hand where they couldn't before. They use their powers to soften the ground.

Jean: Scott!

Scott: Ready, bro?

Alex: Ready!

They use their powers to blow up the falling asteroid. Big explosion. Scott goes back to his pre-enhanced state.

Jean: Easy, Scott. I'm here.

Scott: Jean... is everyone ok?

Jean: See for yourself. I'm sorry, all of you. Professor, I just... you know, I... I made some bad choices.

Magneto: More like misinformed choices. But we owe you our lives, both you and your brother.

Toad: Huh! I wonder what's gonna happen to us?

Lance: 2 metal spheres shot out of that asteroid before it blew. Mystique is out there. Believe it. And she'll be back.

Alex: So much for Havok, huh?

Scott: Yeah. Ah, the white hair looked lousy on you, anyway.

Alex: Hey, Scott, if nothing else, at least I have my brother back, and that's what really matters to me.

Scott: Yeah, me, too. And I promise, nothing is ever gonna split us up again.

Professor X: With time, Alex, your powers will emerge on their own. And if you'll allow, we will be there to help you along the way- all of us, together, unified- because we are the x-men.

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