1 00:00:01,708 --> 00:00:03,875 NARRATOR: Previously onX-Men... 2 00:00:03,875 --> 00:00:05,833 My psychic abilities have discovered a creature with more power 3 00:00:05,833 --> 00:00:08,458 than even you can imagine! 4 00:00:08,458 --> 00:00:10,166 Do tell. 5 00:00:10,166 --> 00:00:12,625 FROST: They call her the Phoenix. 6 00:00:12,625 --> 00:00:16,958 She was the guardian of the fantastically powerful M'Kraan Crystal. 7 00:00:16,958 --> 00:00:21,458 The Phoenix flew with the crystal into the burning heart of the sun! 8 00:00:21,458 --> 00:00:23,833 The Phoenix destroyed herself? 9 00:00:23,833 --> 00:00:26,500 No! It lived! 10 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:31,708 After depositing the crystal in the sun, this primal force returned to Earth. 11 00:00:33,083 --> 00:00:36,458 XAVIER: Phoenix, why do you still inhabit Jean's body? Your work is done. 12 00:00:36,458 --> 00:00:38,833 You do her harm by remaining! 13 00:00:38,833 --> 00:00:41,333 The Phoenix could be the source of limitless power! 14 00:00:41,333 --> 00:00:47,250 Tradition demands that such power be wielded by us, the Inner Circle. 15 00:00:48,166 --> 00:00:51,875 She's asleep. I'm in her mind. 16 00:00:51,875 --> 00:00:53,875 You may now enter. 17 00:00:53,875 --> 00:00:56,333 WYNGARDE: And once I'm in her mind, 18 00:00:56,333 --> 00:01:00,375 I can use my power of illusion to create whatever reality I choose. 19 00:01:03,291 --> 00:01:04,583 (GRUNTS) 20 00:01:06,083 --> 00:01:08,083 No! Jean! 21 00:01:08,083 --> 00:01:12,083 Not Jean. I am Phoenix! 22 00:01:12,083 --> 00:01:14,583 Good work, my love. 23 00:01:14,583 --> 00:01:18,333 Thank you, my husband! 24 00:01:20,583 --> 00:01:22,000 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING) 25 00:02:28,958 --> 00:02:33,875 Xavier to Cyclops. Do you read? Over. Come in. Over. 26 00:02:35,458 --> 00:02:37,833 His communicator must be down. 27 00:02:39,083 --> 00:02:40,333 Scott. 28 00:02:52,250 --> 00:02:55,166 Respond if you sense my presence. 29 00:02:56,250 --> 00:02:59,958 Who would know how to block my psychic probe? 30 00:02:59,958 --> 00:03:02,458 Cerebro, help me break through. 31 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:24,458 Cerebro, why can we not contact the X-Men? 32 00:03:24,875 --> 00:03:28,458 CEREBRO: Dual barriers, one human, one electronic. 33 00:03:28,458 --> 00:03:31,708 Together they are confusing, impenetrable. 34 00:03:31,708 --> 00:03:35,708 Keep probing. I need a moment's rest. 35 00:03:38,708 --> 00:03:41,458 All right, Shaw. You have them. 36 00:03:41,458 --> 00:03:43,458 Now what are we going to do with them? 37 00:03:43,458 --> 00:03:45,583 Whatever you like, Leland. 38 00:03:45,583 --> 00:03:49,333 You doubted my work. Admit it, you were wrong. 39 00:03:49,333 --> 00:03:51,000 I admit nothing! 40 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:54,208 Why not just dispose of them and be done with it? 41 00:03:54,208 --> 00:03:58,458 The mighty X-Men? Are you mad? 42 00:03:58,458 --> 00:04:01,583 They'll make nice lab rats, don't you think? 43 00:04:01,583 --> 00:04:05,000 Xavier has been trying to contact the X-Men psychically. 44 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:08,958 I blocked the probe, but I don't know how long I can hold it off. 45 00:04:08,958 --> 00:04:10,958 If your power fails us, 46 00:04:10,958 --> 00:04:12,000 (DOOR OPENING) 47 00:04:14,166 --> 00:04:18,875 we can give the job to someone else. Jean, my dear. 48 00:04:21,166 --> 00:04:23,625 Or should I say, Phoenix? 49 00:04:23,625 --> 00:04:25,500 Get away from her! 50 00:04:25,500 --> 00:04:28,833 You cannot escape. Nor can you hope to be rescued. 51 00:04:28,833 --> 00:04:32,000 The Circle Club is an impregnable fortress. 52 00:04:32,000 --> 00:04:34,583 You X-Men were allowed to enter, 53 00:04:34,583 --> 00:04:37,458 so that I could have the pleasure of introducing you 54 00:04:37,458 --> 00:04:40,458 to the Inner Circle's newest member. 55 00:04:40,958 --> 00:04:42,166 Jean? 56 00:04:44,083 --> 00:04:47,250 MERCENARY 1: No one could have lived through a fall like this. 57 00:04:49,500 --> 00:04:51,708 MERCENARY 2: Shaw said to bring back the body. 58 00:04:51,708 --> 00:04:53,000 Yeah. 59 00:04:53,875 --> 00:04:57,375 Well, come on. Let's find an easier way down. 60 00:04:59,125 --> 00:05:00,125 (WOLVERINE GROWLING) 61 00:05:02,875 --> 00:05:04,708 MERCENARY 1: Can you see anything? 62 00:05:04,708 --> 00:05:07,208 I don't want to have to go swimming around in there. 63 00:05:07,208 --> 00:05:08,750 What was that? 64 00:05:09,583 --> 00:05:14,083 Guess you found the body. Go on in! The water's fine. 65 00:05:14,083 --> 00:05:15,291 (MERCENARY 2 SCREAMS) 66 00:05:19,750 --> 00:05:20,750 (SNIFFING) 67 00:05:21,583 --> 00:05:23,375 I know what you're thinking, punk. 68 00:05:23,375 --> 00:05:26,000 Question is, "Can I get Wolverine 69 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:29,083 before he turns me into shish kebab with those claws?" 70 00:05:29,083 --> 00:05:32,166 Well, bub, seeing as how these claws are adamantium, 71 00:05:32,166 --> 00:05:34,083 the strongest metal known, 72 00:05:34,083 --> 00:05:36,125 and can slice through vanadium steel 73 00:05:36,125 --> 00:05:38,625 like a hot knife through butter, buddy, 74 00:05:38,625 --> 00:05:42,125 you got to ask yourself, "Do I feel lucky?" 75 00:05:43,000 --> 00:05:45,083 (SCREAMS) 76 00:05:45,083 --> 00:05:48,625 Now where are the other X-Men? And you better have an answer. 77 00:05:49,125 --> 00:05:50,083 (GROANS) 78 00:05:51,416 --> 00:05:54,125 We appear to be at the mercy of our hosts. 79 00:05:54,125 --> 00:05:57,875 Your power and beauty are awe-inspiring. 80 00:06:00,125 --> 00:06:05,416 Look at him, sniffing after her like a mongrel dog! 81 00:06:05,416 --> 00:06:09,375 Don't worry, my love. I can control him, too. 82 00:06:09,375 --> 00:06:12,708 SHAW: Why don't you freshen up in here, while I order dinner? 83 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:18,000 You say she loves you, Wyngarde. 84 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,208 Is that real, or just another illusion? 85 00:06:21,208 --> 00:06:22,208 (SIGHS) 86 00:06:23,000 --> 00:06:24,416 Jealous, Shaw? 87 00:06:24,833 --> 00:06:26,375 (LAUGHS MOCKINGLY) 88 00:06:26,375 --> 00:06:29,000 Of you and your cheap tricks? Never! 89 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,750 Would you two geniuses think for a second? 90 00:06:31,750 --> 00:06:35,000 We can't deceive and control the Phoenix forever. 91 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:39,500 Some day she'll discover the truth, and turn against the Inner Circle. 92 00:06:39,500 --> 00:06:41,875 You worry too much, Ms. Frost. 93 00:06:41,875 --> 00:06:45,333 You saw how easily she became one of us. 94 00:06:45,333 --> 00:06:51,250 Something inside her hungers for new sensations, yearns to feel. 95 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:56,750 I've introduced her to dark emotions she had never dreamed of! 96 00:06:56,750 --> 00:06:59,583 She wants more! 97 00:06:59,583 --> 00:07:03,000 And you're sure we can control that power? 98 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:04,333 I can. 99 00:07:04,333 --> 00:07:06,458 We'll see. 100 00:07:06,458 --> 00:07:08,083 Bring her back in. 101 00:07:08,083 --> 00:07:09,583 Order dinner. 102 00:07:15,375 --> 00:07:18,875 Where's my Chateau Calamari '59? 103 00:07:18,875 --> 00:07:20,083 (DUMBWAITER DINGS) 104 00:07:20,083 --> 00:07:21,208 Finally! 105 00:07:29,291 --> 00:07:30,708 Lousy year. 106 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:39,291 Turkey! 107 00:07:40,750 --> 00:07:43,000 Where do these guys do their shopping? 108 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:46,166 Don't move, mutant, or I'll blast! 109 00:07:47,333 --> 00:07:48,333 (MERCENARY SCREAMS) 110 00:07:52,708 --> 00:07:55,333 Now to find the fat slob who dunked me! 111 00:07:56,291 --> 00:07:57,291 Uh-oh! 112 00:08:01,333 --> 00:08:04,000 Here! Go play pick-up sticks! 113 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:06,000 (ALL GRUNT) 114 00:08:10,333 --> 00:08:12,708 To our new queen! 115 00:08:13,291 --> 00:08:15,333 ALL: Our new queen! 116 00:08:17,333 --> 00:08:20,708 CYCLOPS: Jean. Jean. 117 00:08:21,708 --> 00:08:23,166 Thank you. 118 00:08:28,083 --> 00:08:31,625 Wyngarde! Quickly! Engage her mind! 119 00:08:42,375 --> 00:08:45,000 CYCLOPS: Jean. Jean. 120 00:08:45,708 --> 00:08:48,958 Can this dark place be your mind? 121 00:08:55,583 --> 00:08:59,458 I thought it was time we ended our little game, Mr. Summers. 122 00:08:59,458 --> 00:09:03,375 A duel! No quarter asked, none given! 123 00:09:04,875 --> 00:09:07,875 My eyes! What happened to my power? 124 00:09:07,875 --> 00:09:09,375 (LAUGHS MOCKINGLY) 125 00:09:09,375 --> 00:09:12,250 Your mutant powers won't work here. 126 00:09:12,250 --> 00:09:14,958 You're in my world now. 127 00:09:14,958 --> 00:09:20,416 A mental arena of my creating. Inside Jean's mind. 128 00:09:21,583 --> 00:09:23,625 Jean, talk to me! 129 00:09:24,500 --> 00:09:26,375 What is this? 130 00:09:26,375 --> 00:09:30,583 My world, my rules, my choice of weapons. 131 00:09:31,125 --> 00:09:32,291 Peasant! 132 00:09:48,125 --> 00:09:49,166 (WYNGARDE LAUGHING) 133 00:09:50,166 --> 00:09:53,208 You can't fight a whole world, 134 00:09:53,208 --> 00:09:57,458 you pathetic little ex-X-Man. 135 00:09:58,875 --> 00:09:59,875 (CYCLOPS SCREAMS) 136 00:10:02,458 --> 00:10:04,833 (WYNGARDE LAUGHS) 137 00:10:07,458 --> 00:10:11,458 Don't go so soon. It's very rude. 138 00:10:18,750 --> 00:10:21,458 Stop your illusions and fight like a man! 139 00:10:21,458 --> 00:10:25,000 It's not me that's doing it, you blind fool! 140 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:28,875 Jean's own mind is helping me to destroy you. 141 00:10:28,875 --> 00:10:30,833 No, I don't believe it! 142 00:10:36,458 --> 00:10:38,333 You did this to her! 143 00:10:41,333 --> 00:10:42,458 Wyngarde! 144 00:10:44,375 --> 00:10:46,333 Jean, I've come to free you! 145 00:10:46,333 --> 00:10:48,458 I've already been freed. 146 00:10:48,458 --> 00:10:51,458 Set free from the constraints of sympathy and morality 147 00:10:51,458 --> 00:10:54,458 that bind ordinary human beings. 148 00:10:54,458 --> 00:10:58,458 The Phoenix force inside me aches for sensation. 149 00:10:58,458 --> 00:11:01,500 Jason Wyngarde has shown us the way. 150 00:11:01,500 --> 00:11:04,333 Can't you see it all around you? 151 00:11:04,333 --> 00:11:06,458 There's only darkness. 152 00:11:06,458 --> 00:11:10,500 This is not your mind! Wyngarde is deceiving you! 153 00:11:10,500 --> 00:11:12,583 (PHOENIX LAUGHS) 154 00:11:12,583 --> 00:11:16,500 The dark joy of destruction! 155 00:11:16,500 --> 00:11:19,875 The end of Scott Summers! 156 00:11:25,458 --> 00:11:26,583 (CYCLOPS GRUNTS) 157 00:11:32,083 --> 00:11:33,750 What? (SCREAMS) 158 00:11:38,333 --> 00:11:39,500 No! 159 00:11:39,500 --> 00:11:41,000 My friend, what's wrong? 160 00:11:41,000 --> 00:11:42,125 ROGUE: Scott! 161 00:11:43,250 --> 00:11:45,291 Is he alive? 162 00:11:45,291 --> 00:11:48,875 When the mind is destroyed, the body cannot live. 163 00:11:48,875 --> 00:11:52,000 As my loving new bride has helped to demonstrate. 164 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:54,000 Yes, my queen. 165 00:11:54,500 --> 00:11:58,000 You are everything I had hoped you to be. 166 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,250 (CYCLOPS GROANING) 167 00:12:04,875 --> 00:12:06,875 Cyclops lives! 168 00:12:08,291 --> 00:12:10,000 How could he have survived the shock 169 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,125 of the destruction of his psychic image? 170 00:12:12,125 --> 00:12:13,708 I must know! 171 00:12:15,875 --> 00:12:19,458 He's still psychically connected to Jean Grey! 172 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,458 That's why he lives! 173 00:12:22,458 --> 00:12:28,125 So, Wyngarde, your powers over our guest are less than absolute. 174 00:12:28,125 --> 00:12:32,458 They are sufficient. Test them, if you doubt me. 175 00:12:32,458 --> 00:12:34,750 Agreed. 176 00:12:34,750 --> 00:12:38,083 I offer you the pleasure of annihilating this useless X-Man. 177 00:12:38,083 --> 00:12:40,083 Do not do it! 178 00:12:40,083 --> 00:12:42,500 I don't want... 179 00:12:42,500 --> 00:12:44,000 For me... 180 00:12:44,000 --> 00:12:46,750 Correction. For the Inner Circle. 181 00:12:46,750 --> 00:12:49,375 For new sensations, my love. 182 00:12:50,166 --> 00:12:54,500 PHOENIX: For this new sensation, the rapture of destruction, 183 00:12:54,500 --> 00:13:00,083 for the pleasure of the Phoenix! The unbound joy of evil! 184 00:13:01,166 --> 00:13:04,166 Leland! You unmitigated fool! 185 00:13:04,166 --> 00:13:07,083 You swore to me that Wolverine had drowned. 186 00:13:07,083 --> 00:13:08,875 Here's Johnny! 187 00:13:08,875 --> 00:13:11,000 WYNGARDE: Stop him! Now! 188 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:14,875 (WOLVERINE SCREAMING) 189 00:13:16,000 --> 00:13:17,000 (GRUNTS) 190 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:19,583 Get up, Wolverine! 191 00:13:22,458 --> 00:13:24,833 WYNGARDE: You see, Sebastian. 192 00:13:24,833 --> 00:13:29,416 Our new queen is more powerful than the rest of the Inner Circle combined! 193 00:13:29,416 --> 00:13:32,166 And I control her. 194 00:13:32,166 --> 00:13:38,291 Will you yield your place as chairman or do I have to take it? 195 00:13:38,291 --> 00:13:40,125 Don't make me laugh. 196 00:13:40,125 --> 00:13:42,125 The Inner Circle will never follow a mutant 197 00:13:42,125 --> 00:13:45,708 whose only power is circus trickery! Leland! 198 00:13:45,708 --> 00:13:49,125 You've called me a fool once too often. 199 00:13:51,083 --> 00:13:53,083 Pierce? 200 00:13:53,083 --> 00:13:56,208 What Wyngarde says about our new queen's power is true. 201 00:14:01,583 --> 00:14:04,416 Will you turn against me, too, Emma? 202 00:14:04,416 --> 00:14:09,166 You wanted a new queen. Now you have her. 203 00:14:11,166 --> 00:14:14,208 You think you people can get away with this? 204 00:14:14,208 --> 00:14:16,750 I'll destroy you all! 205 00:14:24,708 --> 00:14:27,833 JEAN: Wolverine, you're supposed to be resting. 206 00:14:27,833 --> 00:14:30,000 Even you can't heal this fast. 207 00:14:31,083 --> 00:14:32,875 Don't bet on it, Redd. 208 00:14:32,875 --> 00:14:34,708 Sabretooth nearly killed you. 209 00:14:34,708 --> 00:14:37,000 Someday I'll learn not to let my guard down. 210 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:38,083 (GROANS) 211 00:14:38,083 --> 00:14:39,208 Oh, no! 212 00:14:40,875 --> 00:14:42,375 Jean? 213 00:14:42,375 --> 00:14:45,208 I've got to go. 214 00:14:46,208 --> 00:14:48,083 Cyclops is waiting for me. 215 00:14:48,083 --> 00:14:49,208 So am I. 216 00:14:50,583 --> 00:14:51,708 Oh, no! 217 00:14:52,583 --> 00:14:53,833 Logan! 218 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,458 What have I done? 219 00:14:57,458 --> 00:15:00,375 What have I let the Phoenix do to Scott? 220 00:15:00,375 --> 00:15:04,708 My queen, I have a more important job for you. 221 00:15:05,416 --> 00:15:08,458 Destroy Sebastian Shaw! 222 00:15:08,458 --> 00:15:10,208 Now wait a minute! 223 00:15:10,708 --> 00:15:13,166 (PHOENIX LAUGHS MANIACALLY) 224 00:15:13,708 --> 00:15:16,875 Wyngarde, you've lost your hold over her! 225 00:15:16,875 --> 00:15:18,458 No, I couldn't have! 226 00:15:18,458 --> 00:15:22,250 No one can control the power of the Phoenix. 227 00:15:22,250 --> 00:15:24,458 (CYCLOPS GROANING) 228 00:15:25,250 --> 00:15:27,250 Jean, it's you. 229 00:15:28,250 --> 00:15:30,250 Talk to me! Help me! 230 00:15:32,208 --> 00:15:37,208 PHOENIX: I tire of your squabbling. Amuse yourselves. 231 00:15:44,250 --> 00:15:46,208 (LELAND SCREAMING) 232 00:15:48,250 --> 00:15:52,250 I need no help from a woman to destroy the X-Men. 233 00:15:52,250 --> 00:15:57,375 I can absorb all their powers. Go ahead. Try it. 234 00:15:58,250 --> 00:15:59,250 (SHAW SCREAMS) 235 00:16:02,083 --> 00:16:05,125 Thanks, mon ami. Leave the others to Gambit. 236 00:16:05,125 --> 00:16:07,291 I'll hang on to this one. 237 00:16:07,291 --> 00:16:08,291 (GAMBIT GRUNTS) 238 00:16:12,291 --> 00:16:14,291 She play rough! 239 00:16:14,291 --> 00:16:16,291 (GRUNTING) 240 00:16:19,291 --> 00:16:21,208 You're half bronco! 241 00:16:23,333 --> 00:16:24,708 Stop them! 242 00:16:26,333 --> 00:16:27,958 What in the world? 243 00:16:27,958 --> 00:16:28,958 (ROGUE GRUNTS) 244 00:16:30,750 --> 00:16:34,500 I'll get my queen. I can still control her. 245 00:16:50,333 --> 00:16:55,250 Winds, rise and sweep the thorns from our path! 246 00:16:57,333 --> 00:16:59,333 (MERCENARIES SCREAMING) 247 00:17:01,958 --> 00:17:04,833 People, mop up in here. I have to find Jean. 248 00:17:07,166 --> 00:17:11,583 Forgive me, Mr. Shaw, for dropping in uninvited. 249 00:17:11,583 --> 00:17:15,000 There's the fat pig who dumped me in the sewer. 250 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:16,458 Let's dance. 251 00:17:16,458 --> 00:17:18,500 Keep away! Uh-oh! 252 00:17:22,291 --> 00:17:24,000 SHAW: Stop it! 253 00:17:24,000 --> 00:17:26,958 You cannot absorb what is not focused upon you. 254 00:17:26,958 --> 00:17:29,375 Clever, but ineffective. 255 00:17:29,375 --> 00:17:33,166 My mutant power absorbs the energy you use against me. 256 00:17:36,875 --> 00:17:40,208 The Inner Circle is not so easily defeated! 257 00:17:40,208 --> 00:17:44,291 Ice, snow, vent your fury! 258 00:17:44,291 --> 00:17:47,500 (STUTTERING) You can't do this to me! 259 00:17:50,500 --> 00:17:52,208 (PEOPLE CLAMORING) 260 00:17:52,208 --> 00:17:53,875 FROST: Get out of my way! 261 00:18:00,416 --> 00:18:03,416 Jean? Jean, where are you? 262 00:18:05,750 --> 00:18:09,708 Lowlifes, pretenders! I'll show you! 263 00:18:10,458 --> 00:18:11,458 (STORM GRUNTS) 264 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:18,333 No one can defeat Sebastian Shaw. 265 00:18:22,416 --> 00:18:26,000 You couldn't manage a heat wave, by any chance? 266 00:18:37,583 --> 00:18:39,625 Thanks for the hand, sugar! 267 00:18:39,625 --> 00:18:43,416 I bet these cybernetic things cost an arm and a leg. 268 00:18:49,458 --> 00:18:51,166 This way! 269 00:18:51,166 --> 00:18:53,500 We've lost because of Wyngarde's incompetence! 270 00:18:53,500 --> 00:18:59,250 But the Inner Circle lives. We will get our revenge. 271 00:19:05,458 --> 00:19:09,500 GAMBIT: Look like the hotshot Inner Circle high-tailed it out of here. 272 00:19:09,500 --> 00:19:11,833 But where's Jean and Cyclops? 273 00:19:16,750 --> 00:19:20,208 My dearest, you have succumbed to your nightmare again, my darling. 274 00:19:20,208 --> 00:19:22,208 But fear not. 275 00:19:22,208 --> 00:19:24,583 I have come to rescue you, to take you back to your real life. 276 00:19:24,583 --> 00:19:27,250 To our life together. 277 00:19:28,583 --> 00:19:33,583 Your pathetic attempt to use me has opened my eyes! 278 00:19:34,458 --> 00:19:38,291 No! Please! I cared for you! I... 279 00:19:40,458 --> 00:19:44,208 You had me do evil to gain you power. 280 00:19:44,208 --> 00:19:47,750 But through this body, I felt the thrill of that evil. 281 00:19:47,750 --> 00:19:51,125 Now I thirst for more! 282 00:19:52,208 --> 00:19:53,583 (CHOKING) 283 00:19:54,291 --> 00:19:57,583 I am too powerful for your illusions. 284 00:19:58,458 --> 00:20:03,208 Let the world see how truly ugly you are. 285 00:20:04,208 --> 00:20:09,000 Would you like to see me as I truly am, 286 00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,708 my love? 287 00:20:20,500 --> 00:20:22,500 Jean? Jean? 288 00:20:23,958 --> 00:20:28,000 The mortal Jean Grey is no more. 289 00:20:28,000 --> 00:20:31,583 I am fire made flesh! 290 00:20:31,583 --> 00:20:34,125 Power incarnate! 291 00:20:34,125 --> 00:20:38,875 I am the Dark Phoenix! 292 00:20:38,875 --> 00:20:41,500 Jean? No! 293 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:47,875 (THEME MUSIC PLAYING)