(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
MOIRA: Try to remember, Jean.
You were possessed by the Phoenix.
You took the M'Kraan Crystal into the sun.
What happened to you, Jean, inside the sun?
Why hasn't the Phoenix left you?
(SCREAMS)
Jean, it's Charles. You're going to be all right.
We are here with you on Muir Island.
PHOENIX: So am I.
Phoenix, why do you still inhabit Jean's body? Your work is done.
You do her harm by remaining!
(PHOENIX LAUGHING EVILLY)
(GROANING)
MOIRA: I'm sorry, Charles. I've done all I know to do for her.
The psycho-neural therapy calms her, but the root problem remains.
It's time to take her home.
Help me, Scott.
(UPBEAT SONG PLAYING)
Hey, Cyke, loosen up. How about that Dazzler, huh?
Didn't I tell you she's something?
Help me, Scott.
(GROANING)
What's wrong?
It's Jean.
I can feel it. She needs my help.
I have to put in a call to Muir Island.
It's all in your head.
If there was trouble, Xavier'd be contacting us.
You've been worrying too hard about Jean. You need to relax.
You're probably right, but I need to be sure.
Go back and enjoy the rest of the show.
PIERCE: There she is! Grab her!
(GRUNTING) Let go of me!
Get her in the car! Hurry!
Hands off the lady.
Meddling fool!
Don't you know who you're dealing with?
(WHIRRING)
No, should I?
Whoa!
Not bad shooting.
But not good enough!
Goodbye!
(EXCLAIMS)
I'm blind!
Are you all right?
I'm fine.
Thank you for saving me.
I should be thanking you.
(TIRES SCREECHING)
Who was he?
Some big shot who won't take no for an answer.
I hope you'll be here tomorrow night,
in case they come back.
Well, I...
Looks like my car has seen better days.
I would like to talk to you about your mutant powers.
Tomorrow night then. It's a date.
Where's that blasted salami? I can smell it!
Ah!
All it needs is slicing!
While you're at it, fix one for me.
(EXCLAIMS APPRECIATIVELY)
Looks like you've been having fun without me. Where's the Cajun?
He's still back at the club.
I met an interesting woman there, a mutant...
Save it. I must be seeing things!
Jean!
I... How are you?
The therapy helped. I'm better.
Scott, the trip has tired her.
Jean will be better after some rest.
Storm, will you take her back to her room?
Professor Xavier is right, Jean.
You and Scott can have a long talk in the morning.
Jean seems so distant, Professor. What can I do?
All those weeks of therapy and she still isn't any better!
The Phoenix is still inside her, that's the problem.
Moira thought it best to continue her treatment here.
What treatment? It's hopeless!
How can anyone live possessed by another being?
Especially one with the power of the Phoenix!
I will continue to do what I can, Scott.
But if Jean is to have any chance of survival,
she needs to draw strength from you.
Through your unique psychic rapport, you may be her only hope.
PIERCE: She was not right for us.
Through the centuries, only the most gifted and the most powerful
have been allowed to join the Inner Circle!
(SCOFFING)
Excuses!
So, Pierce, your failure with Dazzler makes me wonder.
Were you trying to recruit her for the Inner Circle or for yourself?
I warned you, Shaw,
not to send a cyborg to do a man's job.
Being half machine makes me no less a man, Leland.
(EXCLAIMS IN PAIN)
I'll see you never lift that hand against me again!
Leland! Save it for our enemies.
You have sworn an oath of allegiance to this club and all its members.
Remember it. As for you, Pierce,
the cost of that crystal will be added to next quarter's dues!
Forget Dazzler, Shaw!
A far greater prize awaits recruitment to our circle!
My psychic abilities have discovered a creature with more power
than even you can imagine!
(CHUCKLES)
Do tell.
They call her the Phoenix.
She was the guardian of the fantastically powerful M'Kraan Crystal.
To protect the crystal, she inhabited the body of Jean Grey.
(GROANS)
JEAN: I must hold on!
FROST: With her energy focused by Jean's empathic abilities,
the Phoenix flew with the crystal into the burning heart of the sun!
(CAWING)
JEAN: (GASPING) The light!
Oh, Scott, if only you could see it.
The Phoenix destroyed herself?
No! It lived!
After depositing the crystal in the sun, this primal force returned to Earth.
There, a still-possessed Jean Grey
was found by Professor Charles Xavier, her mentor,
and leader of the X-Men.
How is it you know so much about these matters, Frost?
What is the source of your information?
Xavier's own computer!
LELAND: (LAUGHS) Impossible!
PIERCE: Leland is right, for once.
Even your psychic powers are no match for Xavier.
I wish I could tell you more.
But the visions I have seen these past days,
make me feel as if I'm losing control.
Even I don't know what they mean.
(MOANING)
Phoenix, now we are one!
(MOANING)
Jean Grey's plight has put Xavier under great pressure.
Some sort of transformation has taken place that none of us yet understands.
FROST: He's been distracted.
Until I regain control of my subconscious,
my orders cannot be trusted.
FROST: And he's been away for weeks.
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!
(YELLING)
You are driving me insane!
Still, it took great skill to breach his computer's security
and remain undetected.
Shaw, listen to me.
The Phoenix could be the source of limitless power!
Tradition demands that such power be wielded by us,
the Inner Circle.
If this Phoenix is so powerful,
how can she be brought under our control?
Tell them, Wyngarde.
The Phoenix is only as strong as the mind that controls her.
The mind is the place to attack.
Tell us about the Phoenix, Jean.
What does she want, now that the M'Kraan Crystal is safe?
JEAN: Phoenix hungers!
PHOENIX: Yes! I hunger!
CYCLOPS: Professor, help her!
XAVIER: Control her, Jean. Control the Phoenix!
JEAN: Professor...
Relax, it's over.
Relax.
What is it, Professor? What did you see in Jean's mind?
It's not what I saw, Beast. But what I felt.
Phoenix's mind is becoming dominant.
There is turmoil, frustration, anger, yet an excitement.
Perhaps through Jean's body, the Phoenix is experiencing sensations
she has never felt before. That may be why she refuses to leave.
The man who tried to kidnap that mutant Dazzler might return.
I have to go back to that club tonight.
You would leave me to be with another woman? Go then!
Jean! There is nothing to be jealous of!
Maybe you'll have to protect her from me!
You don't mean that.
No, of course not. But I'm afraid the Phoenix does.
Don't worry, my darling! I'll stay a while longer.
We will find a way to help you.
Hmm?
Cyclops, it's late. You should be going. I'll stay with her.
Thank you, Storm.
I'll be back soon.
She's asleep. I'm in her mind. Her defenses are down.
You may now enter.
And once I'm in her mind,
I can use my power of illusion to create whatever reality I choose.
I believe you will find her very susceptible.
WYNGARDE: Jean.
Jean.
(GASPS)
(PANTING)
This is all wrong!
I don't belong here!
Shh. Darling, you're safe. That's all that matters.
But this isn't my time, my world.
Of course it is. But you're upset. You nearly drowned.
Rest, my Venus. All is well now.
You don't remember stowing aboard my ship,
desperate to sail to America?
My thoughts are all jumbled.
I seem to remember another life, a strange one,
full of unusual people who were somehow my friends.
It was a dream, nothing more.
Don't you remember how frightened you were when I found you?
And I took you in my arms...
And you told me how beautiful I looked! Yes, yes, I do remember!
Don't let those dreams of another life trouble you.
Remember, my sweet, I will always be here when you wake.
(EXCLAIMS IN ALARM)
What is it, Jean? A nightmare?
No, just a dream.
It's just that it felt so real. I'd love a glass of water.
Could you...
Of course.
It was not enough!
This is a delicate business.
I had to break contact. Someone began to intrude.
There is one with whom she has a psychic rapport.
Jean's troubled mind may reflexively seek his protection.
In my presence,
she will succumb to my illusion, despite her protector.
Hurry! We must find her tonight!
(THUDDING)
(GLASS SHATTERING)
Jean, I hope this...
Jean! Jean!
No! Stay back!
♪ Love you ♪
(UP-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYING)
Scott, am I here looking for you?
I knew you'd be back.
(GASPS)
No!
(TIRES SCREECH)
Jean Grey is inside. And I...
That's odd. Her mood suddenly shifted dramatically!
That's because her mind has drifted into my world, to be with me.
Jean, let me introduce you to, to Dazzler.
Who's that? The inevitable girlfriend?
Hello, my dear.
Darling.
I don't believe it!
Looks like ex-girlfriend now.
Something's wrong. I'm going after them!
Some guys just can't take a hint!
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)
Jean! Jean!
(CYCLOPS GROANS)
(CAR DEPARTS)
(GROANING)
Thanks, Dazzler.
Those are the same guys who tried to kidnap me!
Are you sure
this is where they've taken her, Wolverine?
(SNIFFING)
The nose knows, tough guy. I don't make mistakes about Jean.
It still bothers me that Professor Xavier wasn't able to find Jean telepathically.
Is her mind altered beyond recognition?
It pains me to say this, Cyclops,
but perhaps Jean does not want to be found.
What are we all waiting for? Invitations?
(GROWLS)
I got invitations right here.
Enough for everybody!
CYCLOPS: Wait a minute!
We can't just charge in the front door!
There may be innocent bystanders.
Rogue, see if there's any way we can get in quietly.
My pleasure, sugar!
Well, well. What do we have here?
And do you, Jean, take Jason as your lawfully wedded husband,
till death do you part?
I do.
SHAW: I now pronounce you man and wife! You may kiss the bride.
Storm! Get us up there, quick!
Swirl, mighty winds, and carry us to Jean!
Snap out of it, darling! They got you hypnotized or something?
Forget it, X-Man!
She's in a world where you're nothing but a dream!
I'll send you off to dreamland!
Go ahead!
My mutant power absorbs the energy you use against me!
The more you fight, the stronger I become!
ROGUE: Hey!
(SCREAMS)
Good work, Shaw!
(GROANS)
PIERCE: Just flipped your last ace, ace!
GAMBIT: Everyone a comedian!
Drop him!
Gladly!
(GROANS)
Next?
I hope you're into recycling.
My arm! Blast you!
I believe that pleasure is mine!
(SCREAMS IN PAIN)
The bigger they are, the more pieces they make.
What? What's happening?
(YELLING)
(EXCLAIMS)
Thanks for the recharge, Cyclops!
(CYCLOPS GROANS)
Cyclops!
Begone!
I summon the cold of the Arctic winds!
(SHRIEKS)
No! Jean! Why?
Not Jean. Only her body.
Only her delicious senses!
I am Phoenix!
Good work, my love.
Thank you, my husband!
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)