X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003): Season 4, Episode 1 - Impact - full transcript

Nightcrawler tries to revive his mother Mystique who is still trapped in stone, much to the dismay of Rogue.

DON'T DO IT, MAGNUS!

I...MUST!

DESIGNED TO PREVENT
APOCALYPSE'S RELEASE.

Xavier: PREVIOUSLY
ON X-MEN: EVOLUTION...

Magneto: THE GIRL IS UNDER
MESMERO'S CONTROL, CHARLES.

SHE ATTACKED US
TO ABSORB OUR POWERS.

Xavier: FIRST WE MUST
PREVENT ROGUE FROM
SECURING THE FINAL KEY,

AND IN THE LIKELY EVENT
WE FAIL...

WE FIND THE DOOR FIRST
AND DEFEND IT.

HOW IS
YOUR ANCIENT EGYPTIAN?

I DO RECOGNIZE
SOME OF THESE MARKINGS,



ESPECIALLY THAT ONE.

Magneto:
APOCALYPSE.

Beast: APOCALYPSE
DISCOVERED THE VESSEL,

AND INSIDE THE VESSEL,
A DEVICE CALLED
THE EYE OF AGES.

HE MASTERED THE SECRETS
OF THIS STRANGE TECHNOLOGY

TO RESHAPE THE WORLD
IN HIS OWN IMAGE.

HE WAS GOING TO TURN
HUMANS INTO MUTANTS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
I'M THE KEY?

YOU TOLD ME ROGUE WAS!

YOU ARE BOTH NEEDED
IN ORDER FOR APOCALYPSE

TO CROSS THIS THRESHOLD.

UNH!

AAH!

[SIGHS]



UHH! AAH!

AAH! AAH!

UNH...

[GASP]

UHH!

WE...

FAILED.

OUR GREATEST BATTLE...

IS JUST BEGINNING.

[RUMBLING]

[PARROTS SCREECHING]

AAH!

[ROAR]

RARR!

[GASPS]

[PANTING]

APOCALYPSE?

NAH. BUT THAT
IS THE MAGIC WORD.

[SCREAMING]

LET'S HAVE US
A CHAT, SHALL WE?

AAH-AAH!

YOU ARE GOING TO TELL ME
ABOUT APOCALYPSE.

UHH! SEE IF HE
KNOWS ANY MORE THAN
THE OTHER LOCALS.

PROPHECY ABOUT
AN ANCIENT WARRIOR

WHO'S GONNA
RETURN ONE DAY

TO RULE THE LAND.

THEY KNOW NOTHING!

APOCALYPSE WILL NOT
RULE THIS LAND!

NOT AS LONG
AS I'M ALIVE.

Beast: ANY LUCK?

THOUGH CEREBRO
IS DETECTING
MANY NEW MUTANTS,

THERE'S BEEN NO SIGN
OF APOCALYPSE.

I'VE CHECKED
EVERY NEWS REPORT

OF EVERY UNEXPLAINED
PHENOMENON.

BUT SO FAR, THEY'RE
ALL DEAD ENDS.

I CAN'T HELP BUT THINK
HE'S GOT QUITE AN AGENDA

AFTER 5,000 YEARS.

AND I BELIEVE THE KEY
TO THAT AGENDA

IS THE EYE OF AGES.

MMM, WHEREVER IT IS.

YES, WELL,
UNTIL WE FIND IT,

WE CAN'T EVEN GUESS
AS TO ITS PURPOSE

OR THE EXTENT
OF ITS POWER.

I'M AFRAID THERE'S
NOTHING MORE WE CAN DO.

BY THE WAY, HOW ARE
THE STUDENTS FARING
UNDER THIS PRESSURE?

THEY ALWAYS
FIND A WAY TO
BLOW OFF STEAM.

[BOTH LAUGHING]

[INDISTINCT
EXCITED CHATTER]

ROGUE, STILL NOT UP
TO JOINING THE OTHERS?

TRY NOT TO LET
THINGS GET TO YOU.

NOTHING GETS TO ME
ANYMORE.

WHAT APOCALYPSE
AND MYSTIQUE
DID TO YOU--

THAT WASN'T YOUR FAULT.

ROGUE?

I'M FINE, LOGAN.

WHY DOES THE PROFESSOR
HAVE TO KEEP MYSTIQUE
AROUND HERE, ANYWAY?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT THAT
ANYMORE, ROGUE.

SHE'S GONE.

HE TRIED EVERYTHING
TO HELP HER,

BUT SHE'S JUST
SOLID STONE NOW.

SO WHAT DID THEY
DO WITH HER?

GAVE HER
TO THE BROTHERHOOD.

CHARLES
KNEW HOW MUCH
IT AFFECTED YOU

HAVING HER AROUND.

HA! GOOD RIDDANCE.

Toad: COME ON, BABY.
LET'S DANCE!

I'LL LEAD
THIS TIME, OK? HA HA!

BUT LET'S TRY AND BE
A LITTLE LIGHTER ON OUR FEET,

SHALL WE?

I'M CUTTING IN!

I THINK
SHE'D LOOK COOL

STRAPPED TO THE ROOF
LIKE A GARGOYLE.

[LAUGHING]

HEY, I RESERVED HER
FOR 3:00!

PIETRO!

WHAT DO YOU
THINK YOU'RE--

OH, COME ON.
WOULD YOU GUYS GET A LIFE?

AAH!

UGH!

Freddie: LANCE!

YOU GOT NO SENSE
OF HUMOR, MAN!

Todd: YEAH,
NOW OUT OF THE WAY!

SHE OWES ME A TANGO.

[SIGHS]

[GASPS]

THE PROFESSOR
GAVE OUR MOTHER
TO THE BROTHERHOOD.

SO WHAT? AND STOP POPPING
IN FRONT OF PEOPLE.

IT'S ANNOYING.

WAIT A MINUTE.

SERIOUSLY,
IT DOESN'T BOTHER YOU

THAT THE BROTHERHOOD
BOYS HAVE HER?

WHY WOULD IT?

SHE BELONGS HERE
WITH US.

WHY DOES IT EVEN
MATTER TO YOU?

IT MADE ME FEEL BETTER,
THAT'S ALL.

Freddie: YOU KNOW,
THERE AIN'T NO DISRESPECT

IF SHE'S JUST A BIG
OLD CHUNK OF STONE.

YEAH. AND I READ SOMEWHERE

THAT STONE DON'T HAVE
ANY FEELINGS.

HELLO?

McFLY? SEE?

YOU IMMATURE CLODS.

WHAT DO YOU CARE?
SHE'S JUST A STATUE.

IF NOTHING ELSE,
YOU SHOULD AT LEAST TAKE HER

TO SEE AGATHA HARKNESS.

MAYBE SHE COULD HELP HER.

TOMORROW,
I SAY WE MAKE HER
INTO A FOUNTAIN.

BRILLIANT. THAT WAY
SHE CAN SCARE AWAY
THE CROWS, TOO,

AND THE GARBAGE MEN.

OHH.

YOU'RE IN
THE WRONG HOUSE, X-MAN.

WAIT! SHE'S--
SHE'S MY MOTHER.

[SIGHS]

UHH!

WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

I HAVE CONTINUED
THE SEARCH FOR INFORMATION

I TOLD YOU
I WANTED REPORTS

EVERY 30 MINUTES.

TIME IS RUNNING OUT,

AND YOU
ARE FAILING ME!

NOW, IF YOU
EVER WANT TO SEE
YOUR FAMILY AGAIN,

YOU WILL FIND ANSWERS.

YOUR WOUNDED PRIDE
DRIVES YOU TO MADNESS.

[GROANING]

AAH! UHH!

I WILL CRUSH YOU
LIKE A CAN.

WITHOUT THE AID
OF MAGNETISM.

LET US SEE HOW WELL
YOU FIGHT LIKE A MAN!

UHH!

EASY NOW, MUSCLES.

THIS DOES NOT
CONCERN YOU.

LIKE IT OR NOT,
IT CONCERNS US ALL.

WE GOT ONE BAD MUTANT
OUT THERE,

AND MAGNETO
IS OUR BEST CHANCE

OF BRINGING HIM DOWN.

Kurt: WHY WERE YOU
SO FULL OF ANGER?

YOU DARE BRING
THAT THING BACK
INTO THIS HOUSE?!

ROGUE, SHE CAN'T
HURT US ANYMORE!

SPEAK FOR YOURSELF!

I KNOW YOU HAVE
EVERY REASON TO HATE HER.

I MEAN, LOOK WHAT
SHE'S DONE TO US.

BUT STILL,
SHE'S OUR MOTHER.

EITHER YOU GET HER
OUT OF HERE,

OR I WILL!

ANGER AND HATRED
DESTROYED HER.

IF YOU DON'T
GET RID OF YOURS,

IT WILL
DESTROY YOU, TOO.

IT ALREADY
DESTROYED ME.

I'M AFRAID
THAT WHAT YOU
THOUGHT WAS A TEAR

WAS PROBABLY
JUST CONDENSATION.

NO! IT WAS
MORE THAN THAT,
I KNOW IT.

NOTHING
HAS CHANGED, KURT.

I'M STILL UNABLE TO SENSE
ANY SPARK OF LIFE.

YOU SAID YOURSELF
THAT KEPT YOU FROM
PENETRATING HER MIND.

MAYBE THAT'S
THE PROBLEM.

EVEN IF
BY SOME MIRACLE

SHE STILL
IS CONSCIOUS INSIDE,

I HAVE NO IDEA
HOW TO TAP INTO IT,

LET ALONE RESTORE HER.

IT WAS HER OWN
MORPHING ABILITY

USED AGAINST HER.

THERE'S NOTHING
WE CAN DO.

I AM NOT GIVING UP!

APOCALYPSE HAS
MADE HIS FIRST MOVE.

TV announcer:
A HUGE DOME OF ENERGY

ENVELOPING THE OLDEST
OF THE MAYAN PYRAMIDS.

NOTHING CAN BE SEEN WITHIN IT,

AND APPARENTLY,
NOTHING CAN PENETRATE IT.

MEXICAN AUTHORITIES
HAVE POSTED MILITARY UNITS
AROUND THE PERIMETER.

ONCE AGAIN, 2 ARCHEOLOGISTS
HAVE DISCOVERED A--

I KNOW. I DON'T
SENSE HIM ANYWHERE.

PROFESSOR, SHOULDN'T
WE BE INCLUDING SOME
OF THE OTHERS,

THEY'D BE A BIG HELP
IN THE ATTACK.

Xavier: NO. THIS IS
A FACT-FINDING MISSION ONLY.

AS WAS QUITE EVIDENT
2 WEEKS AGO,

WE ARE SIMPLY NO MATCH
FOR APOCALYPSE.

Gambit: WHOA,
WAIT A MINUTE.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN
YOU DON'T NEED US?

THIS IS BETWEEN
HIGHER EVOLUTIONARIES.

AND I GUARANTEE YOU,
ONLY ONE OF US WILL SURVIVE.

WHAT'S THE PROGRESS?

THEY'RE LEERY OF US,

AND I DON'T BLAME THEM.

THEY'RE NOT GIVING US
A LOT OF TIME.

HUNH! UNH!

I'M NOT SENSING ANYTHING.

THAT'S BECAUSE
WE'RE BEING BLOCKED.

SO LET'S SHOOT
SOME PARTICLE BEAMS
THROUGH THIS THING

AND GET
A FEW READINGS.

UNH!

WELL, ON TO PLAN B.

AAH!
WANDA!

UNH!

AIEEE!

YOU SHOULDN'T POP
IN FRONT OF PEOPLE
LIKE THAT!

YEAH, IT'S ANNOYING,

BUT I NEED A FAVOR.

WHAT?

CAN YOU ARRANGE A MEETING
WITH AGATHA HARKNESS?

AS YOU PHASE
YOUR ARMS THROUGH,

THESE SHOULD PROTECT YOU

FROM ANY KIND OF
ENERGY DISCHARGE.

JUST RELEASE THE PROBE
AND WITHDRAW.

DO NOT TRY AND PHASE
ALL THE WAY THROUGH
UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES.

OK.

HUNH-AAAAH!
UNH!

UHH! I'M OK.

NO. WE MUST AVOID
ANY ACT OF AGGRESSION.

YOU MEAN LIKE THAT?

UNH!
LOOK OUT!

AAAH!

UNH!

NO! MAGNUS.

UNH!
AAH!
RUN AWAY!

AAH!
AAH!

AAH!
NO!

UNH! AAAAAAAAH! UNH!

UNH!
LOOK OUT!
AAAH!

UHH! UNH!

WHOA-AAAAAAH!

UNH-AAAAAAH!

[WHIMPERS]

[GASPS]

NO.
NO.

I WAS AFRAID
YOU WOULDN'T SHOW.

WELL, CAN YOU HELP HER?

NO...

BUT SHE CAN.

WHAT?

ROGUE?

WHY ARE YOU HERE?

SHE'S COME
TO END THE TORMENT.

ISN'T THAT RIGHT,
CHILD?

IF YOUR MOTHER
IS ALIVE,

ONLY YOU HAVE THE POWER
TO SAVE HER.

REST YOUR HAND
AGAINST THE STONE

AND ABSORB
THE MUTATION.

IS THAT EVEN SAFE?
WHAT IF SHE--

A MOMENT IS
ALL IT WILL TAKE.

IT WILL FREE MYSTIQUE
ENOUGH TO UNLOCK
HER OWN POWERS.

YOU'RE SERIOUS?

I'M THE ONLY ONE
THAT CAN SAVE HER?

ROGUE, IT'S
THE RIGHT THING.

YOU KNOW IT IS.

NO, I--I WON'T
DO IT.

IF YOU DON'T HELP HER,

THIS WILL HAUNT YOU
FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

PROVE THAT
YOU'RE NOT LIKE HER.

AAAAAH!

[GASPS]
[GASPS]

NO!

UNH!

UHH! HUH!

[SOBBING]