X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997): Season 3, Episode 4 - Phoenix Saga, Part 2: Dark Shroud - full transcript

A psychic probe in the form of a beam of light causes Professor X's to emit a psychic projection of his dark side which then attacks the X-Men. Professor X retreats to Muir Island for rehabilitation but is visited by Lilandra.

NARRATOR:
Previously onX-Men...

LILANDRA: Help me,
Charles Xavier.
Help me.

They're coming!

XAVIER: The space shuttle
Starcore is scheduled for
launch tomorrow.

You must find a way
to get aboard that
shuttle.

And go to the Eagle One
space station.

All I can tell
you is that an event
of immense importance

is about
to occur in space.
You must be ready.

CORBEAU: Docking
sequence initiated.

-What is it, Jean?
-I don't know.

A trap! Quickly!
Back to the shuttle!



(GROANS)

My purpose
here is to intercept
an enemy of my emperor,

the rebel Lilandra.

Agent!
Has Lilandra's
ship been stopped?

Not as yet, Excellency.

But her agents
will soon be
destroyed.

Back to the shuttle!
It's our only chance!

CORBEAU: We're going to
fly right through the
energy contrail!

Look like there gonna be
a barbecue and we gonna
be the main course.

(GROANING)

I must hold on!

(SCREAMS)

Course correction!
I must...

Scott! Logan!



Someone, help me.

(GRUNTS)

(EXCLAIMING)

(ALL SCREAMING)

(GROANING)

The capsule
appears to have lost
its watertight integrity.

(GRUNTING)

The hatch is jammed!

Not for long.
Hold your breath.

(GRUNTS)

(GASPING)

(COUGHING)

Jean!

Jean!

(COUGHING)

Jean!

(PANTING)

I can't find her!

(COUGHING)

Jean!

Jean!

I am Phoenix!

Fascinating.

JEAN: Help me.

CYCLOPS: Jean!

(GASPS)

(COUGHING)

Jean! Jean!

FEMALE NEWSCASTER:
And the investigation
continues

on what went wrong
with the shuttle's
flight plan--

CYCLOPS:
I thought
we'd lost you.

Then you rose up
out of the water.

You said something,
and then you lost
consciousness.

I don't remember.

How did I survive?
Did I survive?

You're here,
aren't you?

Yes,
but I feel strange,
like I'm someone else.

Like I could reach out
and touch the moon
and crush it in my hand.

Jean,
who is Phoenix?

Phoenix?
Am I Phoenix?

You claimed her identity once
before, Jean, when you rose
not from the ashes,

but from
the depths of
New York Harbor.

I flew?

XAVIER: Yes, Jean.

Some sort of transformation
has taken place that none
of us yet understands.

Until we know
what has happened,

it will be best that you
do not leave the hospital.

I spoke privately
with Dr. Corbeau.

He informed me that NASA
cannot explain the existence

of the alien spacecraft
or the strange readings
we registered

or,
for that matter,
how we survived.

All is being denied to
prevent a public panic.

He also said a number
of governments are
concerned

over new activity
within the vortex.

Another
alien ship
coming through?

So it seems.

It's time you told us
everything you know,
Professor.

I've told you all I can.

All that makes any sense.

That's not good enough!

Jean's lying in there
because you sent us
in blind

against something that
almost destroyed us!

Because you
failed to warn us!

You had all
the information
then available.

A good leader doesn't
have to be warned to
be on his guard!

Are you saying it's my fault
what happened to Jean?

If I might interject.

Concern over Jean's condition
has rendered both of you
irrational.

Neither preparation
nor leadership could have
prevented what occurred.

And now,
if you will excuse me,

I'm eager to examine
the mind-control
implants

removed from the
space station
astronauts.

Fascinating.

(CLATTERING)

(YELLING)

I share your concern,
Wolverine.

Jean seems to be
feeling much better.

Why don't you go
see for yourself?

Maybe I don't like hospitals.

Last time I was
on an operating table,
it didn't turn out so well.

Science can wait.

Perhaps a sojourn
to a Manhattan nightspot
might help clear your mind.

Maybe.

(WHISTLES) Taxi!

Driver, my friend and I...

(SCREAMS)

Why is it
always so difficult to
get a cab in New York?

Thanks, Hank.
I think I'll just
spend some time alone.

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(GROANS)

Not again!

(SCREAMING)

Who are you?

What--

What are you
trying to tell me?

My mind.
Must keep control.

(SCREAMING)

Yuriko!

Locked.
Good thing
I brought a key.

What's going on here?

(SCREAMS)

(SNARLS)

(YELLING)

(GROANING)

Professor? Walking?

(EXCLAIMS)

(GRUNTING)

You're an animal.
Always causing trouble.

You never follow orders.
It was a mistake to save you.

I'm sick of your selfish,
undisciplined arrogance!

I ain't too fond of you
right now either, Professor!

(JUBILEE SCREAMS)

-What?
-Wolverine!

(JUBILEE GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING)

(SIGHS)
Next time I'll walk.

Hey, chere,

where can you and me go and
get some good Cajun food
in this town, huh?

Hey! You said you'd take
me to this Broadway show!

This show not gonna last
night, petite,
but I still be going.

DARK XAVIER:
I have a ticket for you.

(SNIFFS)

(SNARLS)

One way to oblivion.

(SCREAMS)

(HORN BLARING)

Professor Xavier is walking!

'Cause that
ain't Xavier.

Wolverine!
What's happening?

Silence!

(EXCLAIMS)

Don't worry, Monsieur Ghost.
Plenty more
where that came from!

This is not a game.

(SCREAMING)

Where'd he go?

I said
distract him, Jub,
not disintegrate him.

Fools!
Your puny mutant powers
cannot harm me.

I created the X-Men!

And what I created,

I can destroy!

-JUBILEE: Storm!
-Yes, Jubilee?

Come to
Times Square! Hurry!
The Professor's going nuts!

With the speed of the wind.

(XAVIER GRUNTING)

No, Storm!

I can't control it.

Will hurt you, too.

You cannot be trusted, Gambit!

So you must be eliminated.

(SCREAMING)

Freeze, mutants!

Arrest him, not us!

Arrest who?

Can't see him
'cause he ain't there.

Then how come
he hurt us so bad?

How should I know, Cajun?
But I know he ain't real.

'Cause I can't smell him.

Silence!

He's gone!

Way to go, Wolverine.

POLICE OFFICER:
I said freeze!

Shut up and get
your hands up now!

How you gonna explain
we been fighting somebody
who ain't there?

I won't.

Wolverine! Allow me.

Let mist cover your retreat!

Come on, let's
get lost in the fog.

I can't see a thing.

She's at a small
private hospital
on the East Side.

A colleague
of Beast's is
looking after her.

And, Rogue, get back
as soon as you can.
We may need you.

DARK XAVIER: Ingrate!

Incompetent fool!

Professor, you're...

(SCREAMING)

I am here to destroy you.

-Scott!
-Why are you doing this?

I don't want to hurt you.

But I want to hurt you!

JEAN: No, Scott!

(GRUNTING)

I can't fight it!

He's making you imagine
that a force beam's
affecting you.

It's all in your mind!

He was just
a psychic projection
from the Professor's mind.

-But why?
-Something's wrong.

His mind seems to
be out of control.

See if
you can reach him, Jean,
while I contact the X-Men.

Professor Xavier.
Professor...

JEAN: He's on the roof.

Professor?

It was here.

What was here,
Professor?

I don't know.

I felt a psychic probe
of enormous power.

The same one that
has been haunting me,

that warned me of the trouble
aboard the space station.

Only this time
it dug deeper.

The probe overwhelmed
all of the safeguards

I have built to control
the surging powers of
my mind,

including the dark side,

the destructive urges
that live within us all.

With the shroud that
conceals it ripped away,

that dark side
of my nature lashed out,
without reason or compassion,

trying to
destroy what I care
about the most, the X-Men.

Xavier is the key.

We shall be ready.

Until I regain
+control of my subconscious,
my orders cannot be trusted.

Cyclops will
be in command of
the X-Men until I return.

Return from where?

So good to see you,
Charles.

I'd like you to meet
Sean Cassidy, my fiance.

Moira's told me
a great deal about you,
Mr. Xavier.

How fortunate.

Now if you'll
show me my quarters,
Moira, I need to rest.

I've not seen him
like this, Sean.

It may be even worse
than he told me.

Are you out there?

I fear you, yet I sense
you may be the answer
to my loneliness.

Does he not still
love you, Moira?

I dunnae think so,
but he needs me.

Charles has given everything
for his students, his X-Men.

But friends, aye,
that's different.

Sometimes I think
I'm the only one he has.

(SCREAMING)

You are driving me insane!

But I must not fight you.

Who are you?

My name is Lilandra.

I come from a world unknown
to you. A world called Shi'ar.

Why have you come
here, to the Earth?

Charles Xavier.
Let me show you.

I am the sister of D'Ken,
the emperor of the Shi'ar.

I served my brother loyally,

until I learned that
he sought to control

the greatest
power in the universe,

the ancient
Crystal of M'Kraan.
Immeasurably powerful.

My brother
hopes to harness
the crystal's power

to use it as a weapon.

My brother is mad.

It is written that
if the crystal is
breached,

both of our galaxies
could be at risk.

(SCREECHING)

To keep the crystal
from my brother,

I violated its
ancient sanctuary,

the most sacred temple
of Shi'ar.

I stole the M'Kraan Crystal.

I escaped aboard
a star cruiser,

but my brother pursued me,
with the warships
of the Imperial fleet.

They attempted to destroy
me and my ship
to get the crystal.

I managed to reach
your solar system.

But D'Ken will
follow me here,
in time.

That is why you must help me.

What led you here, to me?

The Shi'ar
believe that two
minds can be linked

from the moment
of their creation,

destined to
seek each other out
in their time of need.

It's a bond like
love, only deeper.

Do you also
believe this?

I do now.

I have seen your face
a thousand times,
in my mind.

(DOOR ALARM BEEPING)

It's all right,
Moira.

The name's Juggernaut,
dear brother!

(GROANING)

And you must be Lilandra!

(LAUGHING)