X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003): Season 1, Episode 9 - Survival of the Fittest - full transcript

Wake up, Kane.

It's time you had a long overdue
family reunion with your brother...

...Charles Xavier.

You will not be making wallets,
necktie racks or paperweights.

You will not engage in potato-sack races,
water-balloon tosses, or pony rides.

You will be taking 20-mile hikes,
rappelling 200-foot cliffs...

...and crossing treacherous water
with no more than a rope and courage.

- Do you read me?
- Yes, Sergeant Hawk, sir.

- I said, do you read me?
- Yes, Sergeant Hawk, sir!

Welcome to Iron Back Survival Camp.
A name you won't soon forget.

Now, here we have a young man,
Scott Sumner.



- Summers.
- Whose scholastic achievements...

...at Bayville High earned him
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!

- Oh, I'm gonna be dead in, like, two days.
- What about me? I'm a city kid.

- What did we ever do to deserve this?
- I'm going AWOL.

Anyone know how to
hot-wire a school bus?

Slow down, private.

We're not washing out
in front of the school.

- Besides, Professor X endorses this place.
- Yeah. At least he gave us a choice.

- Survival training here or with Wolverine.
- Some choice.

Come on.
We can do this.

- Oh, man.
- This is gonna be hard.

Man, Sergeant Hawk
should really be told that I'm a city kid.



Group leader, scholastic achievement.
That should've been me.

You can't even spell
"scholastic achievement," Blob.

But I can spell "doomed. "

Which is what that goody-goody gang is
after I get them alone in the woods.

Yeah. I can hear it now:
"Search-and-rescue efforts abandoned...

...for missing teens.
No traces found. "

Hey, easy, guys.
We'll beat them where it hurts most.

In public, in front of everyone.
Let's go.

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 prison, where...
Now, who was it that locked you away?

Oh, that's right.
Your brother, Charles Xavier.

- Sore subject?
- Who are you?

A dealmaker.
I arrange your early release...

...and you deliver to me
one item in your brother's possession.

His mutant detection system
known as Cerebro.

And my brother?

I leave his fate in your capable hands.

You are, after all,
the unstoppable Juggernaut.

Now, I have a plane waiting.
It will take you...

No one...
No one takes Juggernaut anywhere.

- And nothing gets in my way.
- Charming.

I'm not built for this kind of stuff.

- You swim?
- Yeah.

Pity.

Hey!

Hey!
That cheating chump!

Listen, we agreed not to use any powers
out here, remember?

- You know, just man against nature.
- That guy needs his boat popped!

Yeah. Well, Scott's cool.
He'll handle it like a group leader should.

Or not.

- Yeah!
- You got him!

Way to go, man!
Yeah!

That loser, Scott, should've lost
and you know it.

Just because he slipped
and took a bath, he went ballistic!

- Slipped? More like avalanched.
- He stole that first-place ribbon.

- He did not!
- You want that ribbon so bad?

I'll pin it to your forehead, freak.

How about I ventilate that ego of yours,
Pietro, just like old times?

Go ahead and try, slow-mo.

- 58, 59, 60.

Now on your feet.

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.
- Cakewalk. Our team can take a sauna.

- I'll get it myself.
- Not if I beat you there.

The whole team or no one!

As proof, I want a snapshot
of every member right there at the top.

- Are we clear?
- Sir, yes, sir!

You leave in five from opposite trails.
Be ready.

Better say your farewells, "Sumner. "
Because you guys aren't coming back.

- You got something in mind? Because I...
- Scott, what do you think you're doing?

What? Nothing.
I'm just fed up with those delinquents...

...getting away with everything
while we play by the rules.

Hey, we don't need our powers
to beat you.

Fine, then.
We'll all play it straight.

Know what?
We'll wave to you from the top.

Good. That's the deal.
We're all competing fairly, no powers.

- I personally am very proud of...
- Come on, Jean.

- Is Cerebro locating new mutant sigs?
- No. Just our students up at Iron Back.

- They've been a little active.
- Did you tell them not to use their powers?

No. I was hoping they'd make
that decision themselves.

Well, I still say you should have
let me handle their survival training.

I gave them that choice, Logan.

They felt they had a better chance
of surviving the camp.

Well, well. Seems we have a new mutant
on the scene after all.

Discovery:
Enhanced mutant signature.

Identity confirmed
and matched to archive file.

Archive file?
Who would...?

Name: Kane Marko.

Residence:
Stokes County Maximum Security Prison.

Current location:
In transit, upstate New York.

- No!
- Kane Marko? Who's...?

My half-brother.
Somehow he's escaped.

- But that's impossible.
- What's an "enhanced" mutant signature?

He possessed an X-gene at birth.
But it was dormant most of his life.

- So he awakened it with mysticism.
- What kind of powers does he have?

He's become a juggernaut.
Invulnerable.

Come on. Let's pick it up.
We're almost to the base.

What's with Mr. Decathlon?
He's as bad as Sergeant Hawk.

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?

This trip is of the power-free variety,
I'm told.

Come on, just follow Scott's lead on this.
We'll win, you'll see.

The mosquitoes here
are the size of pelicans.

No bugs like this in the burg, man.
Why are we here again?

What's taking you boys so long?

Man, if he slips and falls, we are history.
Death by blubber-bomb.

Fastest way to the top
is a straight line, Pietro.

We are winning this race,
make no mistake.

Engage autopilot.

Efforts to locate this powerful convict
have been hampered...

... by the unexpected appearance
of dense inland fog.

Let's to go to Haley Taylor
for more on this strange weather.

Very good, Storm. Keep it up.
If no one can see Kane...

...then no one will be foolish enough
to try and recapture him.

If I can't stop him, Charles, your
best protection will be in the Danger Room.

- I've got it ready.
- Yes. It may slow him down.

But it won't stop him.

- Do you have any defense against him?
- Just one. My mind.

With enough psychic blasts I can
disable him, unless he's wearing his helmet.

Hey, Freddy.
A helping hand?

- Freddy! Freddy, stop!
- Yeah, stop!

- An abandoned mine?
- Toad's checking for a shortcut.

There's a tunnel in here
that's like a stairway to the top.

Now you're talking.
That flag is ours!

- Spot the flag?
- No.

- Pop up top and see if it's still there.
- But I thought...

- What about Jean?
- Hey, you want to win or not?

Okay, fine.
But she's not going to like this.

I can tell you that.

It's there.
We are very close.

- And no sign of the enemy.
- Forget the pitons.

Evan, spike a rope up there.
Time is wasting.

You sure?

You look pretty sure to me.

That flag is ours.

You goonhead!
We can't get through there!

We probably lost because of you!

I kind of figured you could, you know,
avalanche it loose a little bit.

He's right. Give it some more juice
and you'll unclog it.

All right!
Stand back.

Look out!
It's coming down!

There it is!
Victory!

Earthquake!

- I don't recommend that.
- Nice move.

- Steady, dude.
- That tremor had to be Lance.

So they gotta be close.
Jean, levitate us all to the top.

- No way. Forget it.
- What? You just used your powers.

- What's the difference?
- That was life-and-death!

This contest isn't. Seems like X-Men
ought to know the difference.

Over here.
It's them.

Yeah.
We're caved in.

Come on, don't leave us down here, man.
Not for some stupid flag.

We won't.

Kane'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.

He's here.

Lay out the welcome mat, brother.
I'm coming home.

You can't stop the Juggernaut.

Forgive me for trying, bub.

I expected better.

No!

That musclehead!

You lumbering imbecile!
What did you do? Sit on Cerebro?

You smashed it!
What happened to our deal?

I don't make deals!

Charles,
aren't you gonna welcome me home?

- Hang on to my back. I'll pull you up.
- Forget it. I'll pull myself up.

See you at the top.

Pietro?

I'm there.

Hey!

X- Men, Professor X is in danger.
And so is Mystique.

- Up to it?
- Let's go.

- You ungrateful thug!
- Kane, this doesn't have to end badly.

- This house, it's about new beginnings.
- You're right, Charles.

This is the beginning for me.
And the end for both of you!

You've learned nothing. You never will.
Activate: Logan's Run X-13.

- We'll take it from here.
- Well, now. This is a surprise.

Kane's helmet.
Remove it!

Unstoppable, meet the unmovable.

Get the latch.

No!

I'm sorry, Kane.

- Yeah!
- Good job!

Now, there's something
you won't see every day.

I agree.
And that's a shame.

Come on, boys. Let's get out of here
before you're invited to a slumber party.

Hey, Summers, as a group leader,
you're only half-bad.

- Then next time you can call the shots.
- Trust me. There won't be a next time.

You can't control the will of others,
Charles.

- They do what they want.
- And we do what we have to do.

Yeah. Well, ready?
Repairs on Cerebro are waiting.

Yes.

- It felt kind of right, didn't it?
- What did?

You know, us and them
fighting alongside.

Why can't they just stop
drawing battle lines in the sand?

Well, it's like Logan said.
You can't control the will of others.

Yeah, I know.
Hey, maybe they'll come around.

You could be their conscience.
You're good at it.

Oh, shut up!

Hey, even good guys
need a nudge once in a while.

Jean, whenever you think I need it,
nudge away.