CAN'T YOU SEE?
WE ARE LOOKING AT THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT.
FOR YEARS, I'VE BEEN TRYING TO WARN YOU.
LONDON '93, MILLIONS IN DAMAGE.
THEIR NUCLEAR ASTEROIDS SLAMMING INTO OUR PLANET.
MUTANT "FREEDOM FIGHTERS"
LEVEL A TOWN IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
I'VE SEEN WHAT THESE MONSTERS CAN DO.
DON'T BE FOOLED
BY BLEEDING-HEART MUTANT APPEASERS.
WE ARE AT WAR!
THE HUMAN RACE MUST TAKE MEASURES TO SURVIVE.
WE MUSTRATIFY
THE MUTANT CONTAINMENT BILL!
"CONTAINMENT," MR. GYRICK?
YOUR PRECIOUS BILL SPEAKS
OF TAKING INNOCENT AMERICAN CITIZENS...
AND TREATING THEM LIKE PRISONERS OF WAR.
THERE HAS BEEN MUCH STRIFE BETWEEN MUTANTS
AND TRADITIONAL HOMO SAPIEN HUMANS
WITH MUTANTS USUALLY THE VICTIMS.
MR. GYRICK'S TERRORISTS
WERE ACTUALLY HEROES, RISKING THEIR LIVES
TO SAVE HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT HUMANS.
THEY AREN'T LIKEUS.
THEY DON'T WANT RIGHTS.
THEY WANT TO DESTROYUS.
LET THEM FINISH.
WE SHOULD NOT HAVE COME.
BATTLING THIS LEGISLATION ALL OF THESE WEEKS
HAS COMPLETELY EXHAUSTED HIM.
MUTANTS ARE HUMAN BEINGS...
THEY WISH ONLY EQUAL PROTECTION UNDER THE LAW
TO BE ACCEPTED AS...
I'VE ALWAYS WONDERED WHY YOU'RE SUCH A MUTANT LOVER, XAVIER.
XAVIER THE GREAT PEACEMAKER
FRIEND OF POOR, MISUNDERSTOOD MUTANTS.
COULD CHARLES XAVIER BE A STINKING MUTANT HIMSELF?
LET'S MOVE IT.
NO!
A MUTANT RINGLEADER— AND IREVEALED HIM.
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE US, BUT HE ISN'T!
NONE OF THEM ARE!
I CAN'T... STOP.
YOU SEE?
THEY'RE EVERYWHERE! TRUST NO ONE.
NORMAL-LOOKING PEOPLE WHO DEFEND MUTANTS ARE MUTANTS THEMSELVES!
PROFESSOR, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
IT SEEMS TO BE SOME SORT OF ENERGY DISRUPTER
IT MUST BE ATTUNED TO THE PROFESSOR'S BRAIN WAVES.
WE MUST GET HIM TO THE BLACKBIRDIMMEDIATELY.
CYC...
WE'RE TOO LATE.
WHAT'S GOING ON BACK THERE, MES AMIS?
IS HE GOIN' BE ALL RIGHT?
JUST FLY THE PLANE.
STEP ON IT.
WHAT'S THE POINT, HANK?
I'M PLEASED TO SAY LOGAN, THAT FOR ONCE
YOUR EXTRAORDINARY SENSES WERE WRONG.
THE PROFESSOR'S DETERMINED MIND IS FIGHTING TO KEEP HIM ALIVE.
WHY DIDN'T WE SEE THIS COMING?
GYRICK HAS BEEN AFTER US FOR YEARS.
WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN THE SCUM WOULD TRY SOMETHING.
BLACKBIRDTO MANSION.
COME IN. EMERGENCY.
WE SAW IT TELEVISED, CYC.
HOW'S HE DOING?
LISTEN CAREFULLY. PREP THE INFIRMARY AND MED LAB.
GET A VIDEO PATCH DIRECTLY FROM THERE
TO MOIRA McTAGGERT ON MUIR ISLAND.
- EVERY SECOND COUNTS. - (coughing)
THEY ATTACKED XAVIER ON TV.
MAGNETO WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG.
THE HUMANS WON'T REST UNTIL WE'VE ALL WIPED OUT!
HE WAS JUST ONE DERANGED GUY.
WE DON'T EVEN KNOW IF XAVIER WAS HURT.
IT DOESN'T MATTER. DON'T YOU GET IT?
XAVIER WAS AS ABOUT AS NORMAL
AS WE MUTANTS GET.
HE WAS FAMOUS, RICH, AND HUMAN-LOOKING
AND SOMEONE WENT AFTER HIM IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE WORLD.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO ABOUT IT?
WAR! I SAY WE FINALLY GIVE THE HUMANS
A TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE.
I'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH MUTANTS AROUND THE GLOBE.
THEY'RE READY TO FIGHT.
WHO IS WITH ME?
YEAH! WE'RE WITH YOU!
LET'S GET THEM! SMASH THEM! CRASH THEM!
YEAH! LET'S GO GET THEM!
JUBILEE, THE PROFESSOR COULD NOT BE IN BETTER HANDS.
HANK AND MOIRA WILL SURELY PULL HIM THROUGH.
DON'T TREAT ME LIKE A KID, STORM!
I CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH.
EASY, SUGAR.
STORM'S JUST SAYING WHAT WE'RE ALL HOPING.
YOU CAN'T IGNORE OUR READINGS, HANK.
IT'S A MIRACLE WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO KEEP HIM GOING THIS LONG.
YES. WE ARE ONLY HUMAN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER EXPRESSION.
HE'S SIMPLY BEYOND THE HELP OF MEDICAL SCIENCE.
BUT, OF COURSE.
BEYOND OURMEDICAL SCIENCE
BUT NOT BEYOND THE AID
OF THE SUPERIOR TECHNOLOGY OF THE SHI'AR.
LILANDRA.
HOW DO YOU PROPOSE TO GET A HOLD OF LILANDRA
WITHOUT CHARLES' HELP?
SHE'S NOT JUST ACROSS THE STREET, YOU KNOW.
JEAN, PERHAPS IN CONJUNCTION WITH YOURPOWERS.
SORRY, HANK.
LILANDRA AND THE PROFESSOR SHARE
A UNIQUE PERSONAL TELEPATHIC BOND.
IT ALLOWS THEM TO COMMUNICATE ACROSS THE GALAXY.
THAT'S ONE TRICK I DON'T HAVE UP MY SLEEVE.
WHY DOESN'T HE SPEAK TO US?
HE WILL WHEN HE'S READY.
HE JUST SITS UP THERE ALONE IN THAT HUGE, EMPTY FORTRESS.
WHY WON'T HE LEAD US?
LOOK! UP ON THE BALCONY.
IT'S HIM! IT'S MAGNETO!
LEAD US! MAGNETO, LEAD US!
LEAD US.
LEAD US. LEAD US.
FRIENDS, OUR MOMENT IN HISTORY HAS ARRIVED.
WE ALL HAVE FELT THE STING OF HUMAN HATRED
SEEN THE DISGUST SMOLDER IN THEIR EYES.
WE HAVE GROVELED AND HIDDEN LIKE BEATEN ANIMALS
ANXIOUS FOR A CRUMB FROM A MASTER.
WE HAVE LIVED TOO LONG IN DARKNESS AND FEAR.
NO MORE!
NATURE HAS MADE US SUPERIOR.
WE ARE THE LIVING FUTURE OF THIS MIGHTY PLANET.
THIS WORLD IS OUR WORLD NOW.
TAKE IT!
IT HAS BEGUN.
THE RECENT GLOBAL OUTBREAK OF MUTANT UPRISINGS
HAS PROVOKED AN ANGRY LOCAL REACTION.
MUTANTS HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS IN DETROIT
WHERE MOTOR CITY POLICE HAVE CALLED ON THE NATIONAL GUARD
TO HELP PUT A STOP TO THE RIOTING.
IN HONG KONG, HUMAN/MUTANT CLASHES
HAVE CAUSED AUTHORITIES TO IMPOSE MARTIAL LAW.
STILL NO OFFICIAL WORD FROM THE MUTANT-OCCUPIED CITIES
OF TEHRAN, ENSENADA, AND DULUTH
BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT THESE
ARE SPONTANEOUS, UNORGANIZED EVENTS.
EXPERTS SAY THE MUTANT REBELLION WILL QUICKLY DISSIPATE
UNLESS IT FINDS A LEADER—
SOMEONE ABLE AND WILLING TO TURN ANGRY RIOTERS
INTO DISCIPLINED TROOPS.
MEANWHILE, A CONVALESCING CHARLES XAVIER
HAD THESE WORDS FOR HIS MUTANT BROTHERS.
MY FELLOW MUTANTS, IF THE ATTACK ON MY PERSON HAS IN ANY WAY
PROVOKED YOU TO VIOLENCE, I BEG OF YOU, STAND DOWN.
THERE ARE ALWAYS PEACEFUL ALTERNATIVES.
LASHING OUT LIKE THIS
YOU BECOME AS BAD AS YOUR OPPRESSORS.
SO FAR, PROFESSOR XAVIER'S HEARTFELT MESSAGE
OF PEACE HAS HAD NO EFFECT ON THE WIDESPREAD HYSTERIA.
FOR WJVK, THIS IS TRISH TILBY.
YOUR PERFORMANCE WAS TRES MAGNIFIQUE, PROFESSOR.
THE TRICK TO COMING OFF WELL ON TELEVISION IS TO BE YOURSELF
OR THEN AGAIN, MAYBE NOT.
NICE TIMING, PAL.
THANKS, MORPH.
YOU BOUGHT THE WORLD SOME TIME.
HEY, WHEN THE PLANET'S FALLING APART
WHO'D WANT TO BE ANYWHERE ELSE BUT WITH YOU GUYS?
WE ALL KNOW WHO WE HAVE TO TAKE ON NEXT.
OH, RIGHT...
ONE MORE LITTLE DETAIL TO TAKE CARE OF.
WHAT ABOUT OUR TRANSMISSION TO LILANDRA?
IT WOULD TAKE NINE MONTHS TO REACH HER.
THE PROFESSOR MAY NOT HAVE NINE HOURS.
YES. THESE MACHINES WILL KEEP HIM ALIVE FOR A TIME
BUT I KNOW OF NO TREATMENT THAT CAN OFFER ANY HOPE.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
I NEED YOUR ADVICE.
FIRST TIME FOR EVERYTHING.
JEAN JUST USED CEREBRO TO DO A PSYCHIC RECON OF THE WHOLE SITUATION.
MUTANTS ARE STREAMING TO GENOSHA.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
MAGNETO. IT'S THE CHANCE HE'S BEEN WAITING FOR.
IF WE STOP HIM OR EVEN SLOW HIM DOWN
HIS FOLLOWERS MAY LOSE HEART.
WITH NO LEADER, THERE'S NO WAR.
YEAH. IT'S WHAT XAVIER WOULD HAVE DONE.
YEAH. SO?
SO, WE HAVE TO FIGHT OUR WAY
THROUGH A FEW THOUSAND ANGRY MUTANTS.
OR USE MY FORCE FIELD.
JEAN!
I WAS XAVIER'S FIRST STUDENT, LOGAN.
I WON'T LET ALL HE WORKED FOR FALL APART WITHOUT A FIGHT.
OUT OF THE QUESTION!
WE'RE NOT PLANNING TO MAKE IT BACK FROM THIS ONE.
CYC, TELL HER SHE AIN'T GOING.
DIDN'T DO ME ANY GOOD.
I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING.
BELIEVE IT, CHERE.
IT GONNA BE A LONG DAY.
REMEMBER, WE CAN'T LET OURSELVES GET SIDETRACKED.
WE ONLY NEED TO PERSUADE ONE MAN.
THESE'LL PERSUADE HIM.
IT WILL BE BETTER FOR ALL OF US
IF A LIVE MAGNETO CAN HELP CALM THINGS DOWN.
ALL RIGHT... FOR NOW.
WE'RE OVER GENOSHA.
LOOKS LIKE STANDING ROOM ONLY.
ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO PLAY IT THIS WAY?
I'M SURE.
X-MEN.
RIGHT ON TIME.
THEY WERE WORTHY ADVERSARIES
BUT THEY COULD NEVER BE PART OF OUR WORLD.
ANY TIME NOW.
YOU SURE WE HAD TO DO THAT?
YOU KNOW HE WAS EXPECTING US.
NOW, HE WON'T BE.
OH, MAN.
COULDN'T WE HAVE JUST PAINTED THE PLANE OR SOMETHING?
HEY, TOUGH GUY, I THOUGHT
YOU LIKED GETTING KNOCKED AROUND.
I PREFER TO DOTHE KNOCKING.
ONE MUTANT ARMY... THATAWAY.
WHO'S THERE?
YOU THERE.
I HAVEN'T SEEN YOU THREE AROUND HERE BEFORE.
HEY, IT'S A BIG ISLAND, BUB.
WHAT? ARE YOU ON THE YEARBOOK STAFF OR SOMETHING?
WHO'S YOUR SQUAD LEADER?
WAIT A MINUTE.
I KNOW YOU.
YOU'VE BEEN TO THIS ISLAND BEFORE!
HE SPEAKS.
MY PEOPLE, IT IS TIME.
I HAVE HEARD YOUR CRIES FOR JUSTICE
AND I NOW ANSWER THAT CALL.
COEXISTENCE WITH HUMANS WAS A DREAMER'S DELUSION.
THE STRONG MUST FLOURISH.
YOU ARE THE NEXT STEP IN MAN'S EVOLUTION.
THERE MUST BE SOME HIDDEN ENTRANCE AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
FOUND IT.
TOO LONG HAVE WE WAITED.
FROM THIS DAY FORWARD, WESHALL BE RULERS!
THIS IS OUR RIGHTEOUS DESTINY.
THIS IS WHY...
HOPE WE DIDN'T COME AT A BAD TIME.
WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU.
I APPLAUD YOUR MIRACULOUS RESURRECTION
BUT NOTHING YOU COULD SAY
WOULD INTEREST ME.
AFTER WHAT THEY DID TO XAVIER
WHY DO YOU STILL FIGHT ME?
HE'D WANT US TO.
THE HUMANS HAVE CONDEMNED US ALL.
WE MUST STRIKE FIRST WHILE WE CAN!
XAVIER WOULDN'T STRIKE FIRST.
HE DIDN'T GIVE HIS LIFE SO THAT YOU COULD DESTROY
EVERYTHING HE HELD SACRED.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
XAVIER'S DYING.
BUT I SAW HIS TELEVISED MESSAGE.
THAT WAS MORPH.
XAVIER ONLY HAS HOURS LEFT TO LIVE.
XAVIER...
DYING?
OH... WHAT DID YOU HIT ME WITH, JEANIE?
I'M NOT SURE.
HIS MAGNETISM INTENSIFIED MY PSYCHIC FIELD.
A SAD ENDING TO A GREAT LIFE.
OUT OF RESPECT FOR CHARLES XAVIER
I WILL LET ALL OF YOU LIVE.
NOW, GO BEFORE I CHANGE MY MIND.
WAIT A MINUTE.
I JUST REALIZED SOMETHING.
HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE CHARLES XAVIER?
HOW DARE YOU ASK ME SUCH A QUESTION?
HE WAS MY ONLY EQUAL. I OWE HIM MY LIFE.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO
IF YOU KNEW THAT YOU WERE THE ONLY ONE ON EARTH
WHO COULD SAVE HIS LIFE?
DO NOT PLAY GAMES WITH ME!
LISTEN TO ME.
A TELEPATHIC MESSAGE TO LILANDRA
IS XAVIER'S ONLY HOPE.
YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SUPERCHARGE HIS MIND
JUST LIKE YOU DID MINE.
HIS BRAIN WAVES ARE ELECTROMAGNETIC.
YOU LIE TO TORTURE ME.
MY LEGIONS AWAIT MY COMMAND
PLEDGING BODY AND SOUL TO ME.
WITH A SINGLE WORD, I CAN REMAKE THE WORLD.
I CANNOT LEAVE.
YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SHOULD DO.
WHY NOW?
MY GREATEST ENEMY
AND PERHAPS MY ONLY FRIEND.
BUT I HAVE WAITED ALL MY LIFE FOR THIS MOMENT!
WOULDN'T HE DO IT FOR YOU?
YOU'RE BACK.
THANKS, KID.
I MISSED YOU, TOO.
HOW IS HE?
WEAKENING.
THE PROFESSOR MAY GO AT ANY TIME.
IS OUR UNLIKELY SAVIOR PREPARED TO TRY?
TELL ME WHAT TO DO, McCOY.
XAVIER MUST MAKE CONTACT
WITH THE SHI'AR EMPRESS, LILANDRA
BUT HIS MIND IS TOO WEAK.
FOCUS YOUR MAGNETIC POWERS ON HIS BRAIN WAVES
AND INCREASE THEM IN GRADUAL INCREMENTS.
THOUGH BEWARE...
IF HE SHOULD PASS AWAY WHILE CONNECTED TO YOU
THE PSYCHIC STRESS MAY DESTROY YOU AS WELL.
I UNDERSTAND.
HELLO, MAGNUS.
SURELY YOU HAVE MORE PRESSING BUSINESS TO ATTEND TO
THAN NURSING AN OLD FRIEND.
NOTHING MORE IMPORTANT.
THANK YOU.
IT SEEMS I HAVE QUITE AN AUDIENCE.
THANK YOU ALL.
I'M GRATEFUL TO... HAVE THE CHANCE...
TO SAY... GOODBYE.
MORPH, IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU HOME.
IN FACING YOUR FEARS
YOU HAVE PROVEN YOURSELF TRULY AN X-MAN.
GAMBIT,
HOW OFTEN MUST THE SCOUNDREL PROVE HIMSELF A HERO
BEFORE HE BELIEVES IT HIMSELF?
JUBILEE,
YOU ARE THE FUTURE.
WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR FACE, I SEE HOPE.
STORM...
MY BEAUTIFUL STORM, MIGHTY AS A HURRICANE.
GENTLE AS A SUMMER RAIN.
YOU HONOR ME WITH YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
WOLVERINE, LONER, YOU HAVE FOUND A FAMILY.
WILD SAVAGE, YOU HAVE FOUND DIGNITY.
CYNIC, YOU HAVE FOUND FAITH.
ROGUE, UNABLE TO TOUCH, YET LOOK AROUND YOU.
YOU WILL FIND YOU HAVE TOUCHED US ALL.
JEAN, FIRST IN MY HEART.
YOUR COURAGE ALLOWED YOU TO SEE THINGS
NO OTHER HUMAN EVER HAS
YET REMAIN THE SAME INNOCENT CHILD
I MET SO VERY LONG AGO.
IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO, CHARLES?
THE FRIENDS THOU HAST, AND THEIR ADOPTION TRIED
GRAPPLE THEM TO THY SOUL WITH HOOKS OF STEEL.
SCOTT...
WERE I YOUR FATHER, I WOULD TELL YOU
THAT NO TRUER SON COULD EVER BE.
I AM PROUD...
PROUD OF YOU ALL...
MY... X-MEN.
OH, MY POOR CHARLES.
YOU ARE TOO LATE, LILANDRA.
FOR HUMAN SCIENCE, YES.
YOU WERE CORRECT, HOWEVER
IN ASSUMING THAT WE SHI'AR HAVE TECHNIQUES
BEYOND YOUR COMPREHENSION WHICH WILL BE OF USE.
THEN, HE WILL SURVIVE?
YES, BUT ONLY UNDER SHI'AR CARE.
I KNOW YOU CANNOT BEAR TO SEE HIM GO
BUT IT IS THE ONLY WAY.
CAN HE EVER COME BACK?
PERHAPS NOT IN BODY, MY CHILDREN
BUT MY SPIRIT SHALL REMAIN AMONG YOU
WHERE IT WAS ALWAYS MEANT TO BE.