We open at this prison-type place. A guard enters, clears the security measures. He stands in front of someone held in a containment unit. Suddenly, the guard changes into Mystique.
Mystique: Wake up, Cain. It's time you had a long-overdue family reunion With your brother, Charles Xavier.
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Opening Credits.
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Sergeant Hawk: You will not be making wallets, necktie racks, or paperweights. You will not be engaging in potato sack races, water balloon tosses, or pony rides. You will be taking 20-mile hikes, repelling 200-foot cliffs, and crossing treacherous water with no more than a rope and all the courage you can muster. Do you read me?
All: Yes, Sergeant Hawk, Sir!
Sergeant Hawk: I Said do you read me?
All: Yes, Sergeant Hawk, Sir.
Sergeant Hawk: Welcome to Iron Back Survival Camp, a name you won't soon forget. Now. Here we have a young man, Scott Sumner...
Scott: Summers.
Sergeant Hawk: Whose scholastic achievements at Bayville High have earned the rank of group leader. You will be following his lead. You've got 10 minutes to stow your gear and report to the training field. Dismissed!
[Everyone grumbles]
Kitty: Oh, I'm going to be dead in, like, 2 days.
Evan: What about me? I'm a city kid.
Kurt: What did we ever do to deserve this?
Rogue: I'm going awol. Anyone know how to hot-wire a school bus?
Scott: Whoa, whoa! Slow down, private. Come on. We're not washing out in front of the whole school. Besides, Professor X endorses this place.
Jean: Yeah. At least he gave us a choice. Survival training here or with Wolverine.
Rogue: Some choice.
Scott: Come on, we can do this.
[Everyone grumbling]
Evan: Man, Sergeant Hawk should really be told that I'm a city kid.
Fred: Group leader, scholastic achievement. That should have been me.
Pietro: You can't even spell "scholastic achievement," Blob.
Fred: But I can spell "doomed," which is what that goody-goody gang is, after I get them alone in the woods.
Toad: Yeah, I can hear it now. "Search and rescue efforts abandoned for missing teens. No traces found."
All: Ha ha.
Lance: Hey, easy, guys. We'll beat them where it hurts most, in public, in front of everyone. Let's go.
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Back to Mystique at the prison place.
Mystique: Cellular paralysis biofluid. Amazing. It actually stopped the unstoppable. It'll take a few moments before you can move. Then I'll sneak you out of this horrible prison where... Now, who was it that locked you away? Oh, that's right. Your brother. Charles Xavier. *Juggernaut growls* Sore subject?
Juggernaut: Who...are you?
Mystique: A deal maker. I arrange your early release, and you deliver to me one item in your brother's possession, his mutant detection system known as cerebro.
Juggernaut: And, uh, my brother?
Mystique: *Chuckling* I leave his fate in your capable hands. *She snaps on his helmet* You are, after all, the unstoppable Juggernaut. Now, I have a plane waiting. It will take you— uhh! Uhh! Ohh!
Juggernaut pushes Mystique out of the way and walks out.
Juggernaut: No one! No one takes Juggernaut anywhere, and nothing gets in my way.
Mystique: Charming.
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Back to summer camp. Everyone is climbing ropes. Lots of grunting and groaning.
Fred pulls the rigging down.
Fred: I'm not built for this kind of stuff.
Lance and Scott are racing.
Lance: You swim?
Scott: Yeah.
Lance: Pity.
And he causes a tremor which knocks Scott into the water.
Scott: Aah!
Evan: Uhh! Hey! Hey, that cheating chump!
Jean: Listen. We agreed not to use any powers out here, remember? You know, just man against nature.
Evan: That guy needs his boat popped.
Jean: Yeah, well, scott's cool. He's handle it like a group leader should.
And Scott blows Lance out of his boat with his powers.
Scott: Aah!
Jean: Or not.
Scott wins, everyone cheers.
Fred: That loser Scott should have lost, and you know it.
Pietro: Yeah. Just because he slipped and took a bath, the guy went ballistic.
Kurt: Slipped? More like avalanched!
Toad: He stole that first-place ribbon.
Kitty: He did not!
Rogue: You want that ribbon so bad? I'll pin it to your forehead, freak
Lots of grumbling and arguing.
All doing pushups.
All: 58, 59, 60.
Sergeant Hawk: Now on your feet. [all complaining] Here at Iron Back, We got ways to weed the loudmouths from the tough guys. We fight it out in the wilderness against the wilderness. You grunts want to prove how tough you are, fine. First team to snatch a flag I planted up there on mount humiliation and brings it back to me, wins.
Pietro: Cakewalk. Our team can take a sauna. I'll get it myself.
Kurt: Not if I beat you there.
Sergeant Hawk: The whole team or no one! As proof, I want a snapshot of every member right there at the top. Are we clear?
All: Sir, yes, sir!
Sergeant Hawk: You leave in 5 from opposite trails. Be ready.
Lance: Better say your farewells, Sumner, 'cause you guys aren't coming back.
Scott: Oh, you got something in mind, rock tumbler? 'Cause i– *starts to tip the shades*
Jean: Scott! What do you think you're doing?
Scott: What? Nothing! I'm just fed up with those delinquents getting away with everything while we're stuck playing by the rules.
Lance: Hey! We don't need our powers to beat you.
Scott: Aw, fine, then! We'll all play it straight, and you know what? We'll wave to you from the top.
Jean: Good! That's the deal. We're all competing fairly. No powers. And I personally am very proud--
Scott: Come on, Jean.
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Over to the mansion.
Logan: Is Cerebro locating new mutant sigs?
Professor X: No, just our students up at Iron Back. They've been a little active.
Logan: Hmm! Did you tell them not to use their powers?
Professor X: No. I was hoping they'd make that decision themselves.
Logan: Well, I still say you should have let me handle their survival training.
Professor X: I gave them that choice, Logan. They felt they had a better chance of surviving the camp.
Alarm sounds.
Professor: Well, well. Seems we have a new mutant on the scene, after all.
Cerebro: Discovery. Enhanced mutant signature. Identity confirmed and matched to archive file.
Professor X: Archive file? Who would--
He gasps.
Cerebro: Name: Cain Marko. Residence: Stokes County Maximum-security Prison. Current Location: in Transit. Upstate New York.
Professor X: No!
Logan: Cain Marko? Who's--
Professor X: My half brother. Somehow, he's escaped. But that's– that's impossible.
Logan: What's an enhanced mutant signature?
Professor X: He possessed an x-gene at birth, but it was dormant most of his life, so he awakened it with mysticism.
Logan: Hmm! What kind of powers does he have?
Professor X: He's become a Juggernaut, invulnerable.
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Flash to Juggernaut walking down the road pushing cop cars out of his way.
Cops: Whoa!
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Everyone is running up the mountain.
Scott: Come on! Let's pick it up! We're almost to the base.
Rogue: What's with Mr. Decathlon? He's as bad as sergeant hawk.
Kitty: All he cares about is winning this thing. Hey, kurt, can't you, like, make yourself useful and just teleport us up to the top?
Kurt: This trip is of the power-free variety, I'm told.
Jean: Come on. Just follow Scott's lead on this. We'll win. You'll see.
Evan: The mosquitoes here are the size of pelicans. No bugs like this in the burg, man. Why are we here again?
Toad grunting as he hops up the mountain.
Toad: What's taking you boys so long?
Fred climbs the mountain, pulling Lance and Pietro behind him.
Pietro: Man, if he slips and falls, we are history. Death by blubber bomb.
Lance: Fastest way to the top is a straight line, Pietro. We are winning this race. Make no mistake.
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Flip to the Blackbird.
Storm: Engage autopilot.
She gets out of the Blackbird and creates a fog cover.
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News reporter: And efforts to locate this powerful convict have been hampered by the unexpected appearance of dense inland fog. Let's go to Haley Taylor for more on this strange weather.
Professor X: [telepathic] Very good, Storm. Keep it up. [Out loud to Logan] If no one can see Cain, then no one will be foolish enough to try and recapture him.
Logan: If I can't stop him, Charles, your best protection will be in the danger room. I've got it ready.
Professor X: Yes. It may slow him down, but it won't stop him.
Logan: Do you have any defense against him at all?
Professor X: Just one, my mind. With enough psychic blasts, I can disable him, unless he's wearing his helmet.
We see Juggernaut push a moving train out of the way.
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Then back to the boys on the mountain.
Lance: Hey, Freddy. A helpin' hand?
Fred pulls Lance and Pietro up the mountain.
Both: Aah! Aah! Stop! Aah!
Lance: An abandoned mine?
Fred: Toad's checkin' for a shortcut.
Toad: Hey. There's a tunnel in there that's, like, a stairway to the top.
Lance: now you're talking. That flag is ours.
Over to the X-Men.
Kurt: Spot the flag?
Scott: No. Pop up top and see if it's still there.
Kurt: But I thought– what about Jean?
Scott: Hey. You wanna win or not?
Kurt: Ok. Fine, but she's not going to like this. I can tell you that. *poofs up and then back* It's there. We are very close, and no sign of the enemy.
Scott: Forget the pitons. Evan, spike a rope up there. Time is wasting.
Evan: You sure? You look pretty sure to me, man.
Scott: That flag is ours.
Jean: Humph. *and then climbs up herself*
Back to the Brotherhood.
Lance: You bonehead! We can't get through there! We've probably lost 'cause of you!
Toad: I kinda figured you could, you know, avalanche it loose a little bit.
Pietro: He's right. Give it some more juice, Lance, and you'll unclog it.
Lance: All right. Stand back.
Rumbling and there is a cave-in.
Fred: No! It's comin' down!
[all yelling]
Up to the X-Men.
Scott: There it is! Victory!
[rumbling]
Evan: *as he falls over the edge of the cliff* Whaaah!
*Jean grabs him and levitates him back up*
Evan: Whoa. I don't recommend that.
Scott: Nice move. That tremor had to be lance, so they gotta be close. Jean, levitate us all to the top.
Jean: No way. Forget it.
Scott: What? You just used your powers. What's the difference?
Jean: That was life and death. This contest isn't. Seems like x-men oughta know the difference.
Rogue: Over here! It's them.
Todd: Yeah. No. We're caved in! Aw, come on. Don't leave us down here, man, not for some stupid flag.
Scott: We won't.
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Back to the mansion.
Professor X: Cain's failed relationship with our father and his resentment of me fueled his anger, but after he was empowered, that anger became destructive and dangerous. He had to be locked away. I had no choice.
Cerebro beeping.
Logan: He's here.
Juggernaut: Lay out the welcome mat, brother. I'm comin' home.
Logan attacks, growling all the way.
Juggernaut: You can't stop the juggernaut.
Logan: Forgive me for tryin', bub!
He can't hit Juggernaut and then is backhanded through the wall of the mansion.
Mystique: Hmm. I expected better.
Logan roars as he is knocked through another wall.
Mystique: No! That muscle-head! You lumbering imbecile. What did you do, sit on cerebro? You've smashed it. What happened to our deal?
Juggernaut: I don't make deals.
He knocks Mystique across the Danger room.
Juggernaut: Charles. Aren't you gonna welcome me home?
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Back to the mountain.
Scott: Hang on to my back. I'll pull you up.
Lance: Forget it. I'll pull myself up.
Scott: See ya at the top.
Fred: Pietro?
Pietro: I'm there.*races to the top*
Kurt: Hey! *ports up there*
The two reach the flag at the same time.
Suddenly, the Blackbird appears.
Storm: X-men, Professor X is in danger, and so is Mystique.
Scott: Up to it?
Lance: Let's go.
Sergeant Hawk: Huh? Unh! *as the Blackbird flies over, dropping a photo of everyone at the top*
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In the Danger Room
Mystique: You ungrateful thug.
Professor X: Cain, this doesn't have to end badly. This house, it's about new beginnings.
Juggernaut: You're right, Charles. This is the beginning for me and the end for both of you!
Professor X: You've learned nothing. You never will. Activate: Logan's run x-13.
Things start flying around attacking him but he brushes it all off.
Logan tries to rise.
Cyclops: Take a break, Wolverine.
Lance: We'll take it from here.
Mystique: Well, now. This is a surprise.
Jean levitates Juggernaut.
Juggernaut: Huh?
Logan: Cain's helmet. Remove it.
Fred: Unh! Unstoppable? Meet the unmovable.
They all go at him with their powers.
Rogue: Get the latch.
Juggernaut: Aah! *Toad pulls off the helmet* No!
Professor X: I'm sorry, Cain.
He hits him with a bunch of mental blasts. Juggernaut drops.
[all cheering]
Mystique: Now, there's something you won't see every day.
Professor X: I agree, that's a shame.
Mystique: Come on, boys. Let's get out of here before you're invited to a slumber party.
Lance: Hey, Summers. As a group leader, you're only half bad.
Scott: Well, then, next time, you can call the shots.
Lance: Trust me. There won't be a next time.
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Back to the prison.
Logan: You can't control the will of others, Charles. They do what they want.
Professor X: And we do what we have to do.
Logan: Yeah. Well. Ready? The repairs on cerebro are waitin'.
Professor: Yes.
They leave.
Scott: It felt kinda right, didn't it?
Jean: What did?
Scott: You know, us and them fighting alongside. I mean, why can't they just stop drawing battle lines in the sand?
Jean: Well, it's like Logan said. You can't control the will of others.
Scott: Yeah. I know... and maybe they'll come around. Hey, and you can be their conscience. You're pretty good at it.
Jean: Oh, shut up! Hey. Even good guys need a nudge once in a while.
Scott: Jean... whenever you think I need it, nudge away.
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