Ororo Munroe Where are you from?
A time before man lost his way.
Ororo Munroe Well, welcome to the '80's.
This world needs to be... [in Egyptian] purified.
Ororo What?
Saved.
Ororo You can't save the world... just going around, killing people. There's laws. Systems in place for that kind of thing.
Ororo What are you doing?
Making you stronger, my goddess! [imbues Ororo with power, turning her hair white.]
Jean Grey Watch where you're going.
Scott Summers I can't.
Alex Summers Who are you talking to?
Jean Me.
Scott What? I just heard you in my head.
Jean I'm a telepath. I read minds.
Scott Well, stay out of mine. I don't need some weird girl creeping around in there.
Jean Don't worry, Scott. There's not much to see. [walks away]
Scott Hey, wait. I... I didn't tell you my name.
Jean No, you didn't.
It's human nature, Charles.
I still have hope.
I was right about Raven. I was even right about you.
What about the rest of the world? Doesn't it ever wake you up in the middle of the night? The feeling that one day they'll come for you and your children.
It does, indeed.
What do you do when you wake up to that?
I feel a great swell of pity for the poor soul that comes to my school looking for trouble. [Erik nods.] You sure I can't convince you to stay?
Goodbye, old friend.
Good luck, Professor. [leaves]
Moira MacTaggert Ever since the world found out about mutants in '73, there have been cults who see them as some kind of second coming or a sign of God. I was tracking one of them, they call themselves "Ashir En Sabah Nur". Named after an ancient being they believe to be the world's first.
Alex "World's first..." what?
Moira The world's first mutant.
Alex I thought mutants didn't evolve till this century.
Moira That's the common theory, yes, but these guys believe that the first mutant was born tens-of-thousands of years ago and they believe he will rise again. [shows the evidence] They've been searching ancient sites all around the world for clues. These hieroglyphs describe the specific set of powers greater than any man can possess.
Do you think he lived in all that time?
Moira Yes and no. They believe that he had the ability to transfer his consciousness from body to body and whenever he was close to death, he would just take on a new body. Some of these made with the bodies of mutants, enabling him to take their powers amassing various abilities over the years.
An all-powerful mutant?
Moira Exactly. And wherever this being was, [shows the picture of the Four Horsemen of Apocalypse] he always had four principle followers, disciples, protectors he would imbue with powers.
Alex Like "the four horsemen... of the Apocalypse?" He got that one from the Bible?
Moira Or the Bible got it from him? And wherever he ruled, eventually it would end in disaster. Cataclysm, some kind of... "Apocalypse".
The end of the world.
Hank McCoy After what happened in Washington, I thought we're gonna come back to start the X-Men. I could always use to talk about but...
Charles wants students, not soldiers.
Hank He thinks the best of people. He has hope.
And you?
Hank Well, I think we should hope for the best. And... prepare for the worst... I think the world needs the X-Men. Maybe now you're back, you could help me convince them start a new team.
I'm here about Erik.
Hank Right. Yeah, of course. Of course...
I think he might be some kind of trouble. Real trouble.
Hank Isn't he always...?
Mutants: born with extraordinary abilities, and yet still, they are children stumbling in the dark, searching for guidance. A gift can often be a curse. Give someone wings, and they may fly too close to the sun. Give them the power of prophecy, and they may live in fear of the future. Give them the greatest gift of all, powers beyond imagination, and they may think they are meant to rule the world.
Always the same, and now all this. No more stones. No more spears. No more slings. No more swords. No more weapons! No more systems! No more! No more superpowers... So much faith in their tools, in their machines... You can fire your arrows from the Tower of Babel... BUT YOU CAN NEVER... STRIKE... GOD!!!!!
' IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME?! Is this what I am?! Is this what I am?
You will reach down, my son, deep into the earth. Rip everything they've built from the ground. Wipe clean this world, and we will lead those that survive into a better one.
Forget everything you think you know. Whatever lessons you learned in school, whatever your parents taught you, none of that matters! You're not kids anymore, You're not students, You're X-Men! [glances to Beast to start their training session, with Sentinels appearing; Professor X watches as the Danger Room doors close.]
Elohim, Pushan, Ra – I've been called many names over many lifetimes. I am born of death. I was there to spark and fan the flame of man's awakening, to spin the wheel of civilization. And when the forest would grow rank and needed clearing for new growth, I was there to set it ablaze.
My name isn't Henryk, My name is Magneto.
