X-Men: Evolution (2000–2003): Season 4, Episode 8 - Ascension: Part 1 - full transcript

MESMERO
WILL HELP RELEASE
THE MOST POWERFUL MUTANT

THE WORLD
HAS EVER SEEN.

YOU'LL KNOW HIM
AS...APOCALYPSE.

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

Charles:
HE MASTERED THE SECRETS
OF THIS TECHNOLOGY.

HE WAS GOING TO TURN
HUMANS INTO MUTANTS--

THE CHINESE MILITARY
HAS EVACUATED EVERYONE

SO THEY CAN DROP
EXPLOSIVES ON THE DOME.

YOU'RE COMING
WITH ME, TRASK.

I'VE BEEN ORDERED
TO RELEASE YOU,

SO YOU CAN REINSTATE
YOUR SENTINEL PROGRAM.



AAH!

[GASPS]

NO!

Mesmero:
"THIRD MYSTERIOUS DOME APPEARS."

HEH HEH HEH HEH!

[GASPS]

[GASPS]

I CAN READ PALMS,
TOO, BUB,

AND YOUR FUTURE
AIN'T LOOKIN' TOO GOOD.

[PANTING]

UNH!

[GASPS]

AAH! UNH!

HELLO, MESMERO.



YOU'RE TOO LATE.

EVOLUTION IS UPON US,

AND THERE IS NOTHING
YOU CAN DO TO STOP IT!

BUT FROM WHAT
I CAN TELL,

APOCALYPSE
ABANDONED HIM.

NO. HE...HE WILL
BE BACK FOR ME.

YOU WERE DISCARDED,
MESMERO.

SO, PLEASE, TELL ME
WHAT APOCALYPSE
IS PLANNING.

I CAN TAKE THE KNOWLEDGE
BY FORCE IF YOU PREFER,

BUT I WON'T BE
AS GENTLE AS MISS GREY.

APOCALYPSE WILL TRIGGER
THE DORMANT X-GENES

IN THE NORMAL POPULATION

SO THAT MOST WILL TRANSFORM
INTO MUTANTS.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"MOST"?

MANY WILL NOT SURVIVE.

HOW WILL THIS BE
ACCOMPLISHED?

WHAT DOES IT HAVE TO DO
WITH THE PYRAMIDS?

I HAVE SAID TOO MUCH.

THE WRATH
OF APOCALYPSE IS...

IS NOT
YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN,

NOT AT THIS MOMENT.

[GASPS] HAH!

[MESMERO GASPING]

UNH! [GASPS]

[GROANS]

[GASPS]

UNH!

YES...YES,
3 PYRAMIDS.

THEY'RE...THEY'RE
POWERED BY THE SPHINX,

AND APOCALYPSE...

HE IS NOW READY.

PROFESSOR?

YOU'RE GOING TO CONFRONT
APOCALYPSE, AREN'T YOU?

YES, I AM.

AFTER WHAT HAPPENED
TO MAGNETO?

THE SAME COULD HAPPEN
TO YOU!

MAGNETO ATTACKED HIM.

I SERIOUSLY DOUBT
APOCALYPSE IS INTERESTED
IN OUR POINT OF VIEW.

BUT OPENING A DIALOGUE
IS THE FIRST STEP TO
A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION.

THEN...MAYBE I SHOULD
GO WITH YOU.

I MEAN, 2 TELEPATHS
MIGHT HAVE A BETTER CHANCE

OF GETTING THROUGH TO HIM.

JEAN, IF SOMETHING
SHOULD GO WRONG,

I NEED YOU HERE
ALONGSIDE THE X-MEN.

YOU'RE NOT COMING BACK,
ARE YOU?

WHATEVER HAPPENS,

YOU MUST BE STRONG...

FOR EVERYONE.

Storm: WE'RE ENTERING
EGYPTIAN AIRSPACE.

CHARLES, IT'S NOT TOO LATE
TO FIND ANOTHER WAY.

I'M AFRAID IT IS.

THE LONGER WE WAIT,

THE HARDER IT WILL BE
TO STOP THIS.

UNH...AAH!

AAH!

[GROANING]

UNH!

AAH!

YOU'LL BE STAYING
IN HERE, STORM.

CHARLES, PLEASE,
I CAN'T JUST--

I WANT YOU TO GET
OUT OF HERE FAST.

I AM NOT LEAVING
WITHOUT YOU,

SO DO NOT ASK ME TO.

HE'S ACTIVATED
THE CEREBRO HEADGEAR.

RELAYING SIGNAL TO YOU.

PROFESSOR, YOUR POWERS
ARE AT FULL AMPLIFICATION.

OH, AND PLEASE KEEP
THE CHAMBER CLOSED
TO THE STUDENTS.

I'M AFRAID WE'RE
A LITTLE LATE FOR THAT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA LET YOU
GO THROUGH THIS ALONE,
PROFESSOR.

NOW, LET'S SEE IF I CAN GET
APOCALYPSE'S ATTENTION.

[GASPS]

OH, MAN!

LOOK AT HIM!

[TELEPATHICALLY]
I AM CHARLES XAVIER.

[TELEPATHICALLY]
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

THEN YOU KNOW I'VE
MERELY COME TO TALK,

TO DISCUSS
WHAT YOU'RE PLANNING, AND--

I HAVE PLANNED NOTHING.

I AM BUT AN INSTRUMENT
OF DESTINY.

BUT IT'S A DESTINY
OF DESTRUCTION.

THE FUTURE CAME TO ME
IN THAT CRAFT.

I HAVE EMBRACED IT

AND MERGED
WITH ITS TECHNOLOGY

SO THAT I MAY LEAD
THE EVOLUTION
OF THE HUMAN RACE.

THE HUMAN RACE
DOES NOT NEED YOUR HELP!

SINCE WHEN HAS MANKIND
EVER KNOWN WHAT IT NEEDS?

YOU HAVE TO KNOW
THAT SOMEHOW
YOU WILL BE STOPPED.

WHAT I KNOW IS...

[GASPS]

IT WILL NOT BE BY YOU.

OHH!
[GASPS]

UNH!

LEAVE HIM ALONE!

[STRAINING]

OHH!
[GASPING]

[BOTH GASPING
AND GROANING]

[ALL GASP]

OH, NO.

[CRYING]

HE KNEW
THIS WOULD HAPPEN!

I KNEW
THIS WOULD HAPPEN!

HOW? JEAN, THE PROFESSOR
WAS GOING TO DO WHAT
HE THOUGHT WAS RIGHT,

REGARDLESS OF THE RISKS.

AND STORM WOULD
NEVER ABANDON HIM.

THERE WAS NOTHING
YOU COULD HAVE DONE.

[CRYING]

Logan: WHAT'S
THIS ABOUT, FURY?

WE'RE IN
THE MIDDLE OF DEALING
WITH SOMETHING.

I KNOW.
WE WITNESSED IT AS WELL.

I NEED TO KEEP YOU
FROM IMMEDIATELY
TRYING TO RETALIATE.

HMMPH! FAT CHANCE!

LOGAN, WE'RE ALREADY
TAKING MEASURES,

AND OTHER MUTANTS WILL ONLY
COMPLICATE THE OPERATION.

WHAT KIND OF MEASURES?

BRING UP A VISUAL
ON THE SPHINX.

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
HANK.

UHH! YOU RESURRECTED
THE SENTINEL PROGRAM?

YOU'VE JUST MADE
A BIGGER MESS OF THIS!

IT WAS NOT
MY CHOICE TO MAKE.

[GRUNTS]

BUT THEIR MUTANT SENSORS
WILL TARGET APOCALYPSE,

SO THEY JUST HAPPEN
TO BE OUR BEST DEFENSE
AT THE MOMENT.

[GROANS]

[GRUNTS]

THAT'S YOUR BEST DEFENSE?

ACTUALLY,
THEY'RE OUR DIVERSION.

MEANING WHAT?

SHOW THE 3 DOMES.

THE NEW SENTINELS HAVE
HAD SOME MODIFICATIONS.

THOSE FLAK CANNONS NOW
RELEASE ATOMIC SUBDIVIDERS

SO THAT THE DOMES CAN
NO LONGER REPEL THE ATTACKS.

WE SHOULD ACTUALLY
BE ABLE TO BREACH THEM,

AND THEN DESTROY
THOSE PYRAMIDS.

BRILLIANT!
SOMETHING TELLS ME

IT AIN'T GONNA
BE THAT EASY.

UHH!

[GROWLS]

MY HORSEMEN, YOU ARE NEEDED.

[ALL GASP]

OH, NO!
THEY'RE ALIVE?

WHAT'S HE DONE
TO THEM?!

I DON'T BELIEVE IT!

GO!
DEFEND MY PYRAMIDS.

[ALL GASP]

[GASPS]

IF THEY FAIL, LOGAN,
I'M OUT OF OPTIONS.

EXCEPT FOR MAYBE
ONE--YOU GUYS.

I'M WAY AHEAD OF YA.

NOW ORDER US
SOME HELIJETS.

WE NEED 4 TEAMS.

ONE AT EACH DOME
AND ONE AT
THE SPHINX.

WE ABSOLUTELY MUST
GAIN CONTROL OF
THOSE LOCATIONS.

SO SHADOWCAT,
START WITH
THE BROTHERHOOD.

CYCLOPS AND JEAN,
ROUND UP ANYONE ELSE
YOU CAN THINK OF.

AND ROGUE,
YOU COME WITH ME.

I'VE GOT A SPECIAL
ASSIGNMENT FOR YOU.

COME ON, LANCE.
AT LEAST ASK THE OTHERS.

HEY, YOU GUYS FEEL LIKE
GOING TO MEXICO AND
FIGHTING MAGNETO?

FORGET IT.

ARE YOU SERIOUS?
AFTER EVERYTHING
I JUST TOLD YOU?

LOOK, IF MAGNETO
COULDN'T STOP THIS GUY,

WHAT CHANCE DO WE HAVE?

SORRY, KITTY. JUST
LET APOCALYPSE TURN
THE WORLD INTO MUTANTS.

MAYBE HE'S
ON TO SOMETHING.

WHAT? DON'T TELL ME
YOU WANT TO GO FIGHT
YOUR OWN FATHER.

LISTEN, EVERYONE,
OUR OPPONENTS HAVE HAD
THEIR MUTANT POWERS

GREATLY ENHANCED,

SO MAKE NO MISTAKE.

WE ARE IN FOR THE FIGHT
OF OUR LIVES.