Previously on X-Men: Evolution:
You did this. You destroyed it all.
Fear wins the day as a national paranoia grips the country.
Neighbor versus neighbor, friend against friend,
entire families afraid to even step outside their doors
for fear of the mutant menace.
-What are you doing? -Where is Professor X?
Let me pass or you'll never see him again.
What were they doing in here?
Excuse me.
Have you uncovered any new evidence that the mutants are threats?
-Come on, step back. -It's for your safety.
I think we have our answer, Frank. Back to you.
Thank you, Kim. Authorities are continuing their search throughout the Bayville area,
seeking both known mutants and those yet to be revealed.
But they have a difficult and dangerous task before them.
For despite their fearsome powers, most mutants look like normal citizens.
Normal? Look at me. I look fat. Do I look that fat to you?
Shh! Pipe down, would you? We're trying to keep a low profile.
Well, I am not buying these cupcakes.
-You, hold on. -Uh-oh.
Take them down.
Low profile, huh?
Logan.
This is unit six. We need air support. Now.
We have just received word of a mutant sighting outside Bayville.
As authorities cordon off the area, we take you now to Washington
where a Congressional hearing is underway on the mutant menace.
And I say to you that these mutants are concealed weapons of the most dangerous sort.
And as such, they--
What is the meaning of this? Who are you?
We are mutants. And this witch hunt is going to stop now.
See? Told you.
Jumped on in Roseburg. Look at the size of him.
All right. Step on out here, big guy. Nice and easy.
-You do not want to do this. -Get out of there now and identify yourself.
You want to know who I am?
Juggernaut.
Better call the sheriff. We've got a mutant on our hands.
-Spyke's trying to get his little TV working. -So? Same thing's on every channel: us.
Maybe they're showing the hearings.
I wanna see how Storm and Beast are doing.
-If they're able to-- -I'll tell you how they're doing. Terrible.
Who's gonna listen to them anyway. Everyone's made up their minds about us.
Would you stop already? It's not like we didn't expect this kind of reaction.
And your sulking isn't helping.
Jean, I'm sorry. I'm just--
We should be out looking for the professor instead of hiding.
Scott, we'll find him.
Why hasn't he made contact using his telepathy?
Wherever Mystique hid him, I really believe he's all right.
Thanks, Jean. I don't know how I'd get through this without you.
How's the reception from here?
Lousy, like your timing.
Don't move a hair. That's as good as it's gonna get. Everyone, the hearings are on.
-Oh, man. I'm trapped here. -I'll take care of it. Bobby?
-Guys, be quiet. -I can't see.
-Turn up the volume. -Get out of the way.
Okay, here we go.
Do you mind? You're invading my personal space.
Back up. I got it covered.
We mutants have lived among you for years without incident.
Why do you persecute us now?
-We are peaceful. -Peaceful?
Or just biding your time?
From what we've discovered in the Xavier Institute, you seem to be preparing for war.
Oh, man.
Not good.
Throttle back.
Watch the paint.
-Duck. -What?
Would you relax? I know how to ride.
I'm taking it from here.
Hang on. We're shifting into overdrive.
The Sentinel robot attacked us. We had no choice but to defend ourselves.
But how do we know you didn't build that robot yourselves?
What? That's ridiculous.
You built it but couldn't control it, endangering innocent lives.
I told you to hang on.
-What happened? -Military choppers.
And it won't take them long to find us.
Correction. Didn't take them long.
Heads up. We've got multiple bogies.
That cave is crawling with muties.
All right. We've got a fight on our hands.
-No, we don't. -What?
Attention, mutants. This will be your only warning.
Surrender peacefully or we will take action.
You hear that? They're getting ready to attack.
They don't know what they're getting into.
Iceman.
-Listen, kid. -No.
We're the X-Men, Wolverine. We're not kids anymore.
You trained us. And you know something?
We're good.
-We're very good. -Let me get this straight.
You're defying me.
Any one of us could smack down those choppers.
But we're supposed to be heroes, not thugs.
If they're after us, then they're the enemy.
No. But they think we are.
The last thing we need to do now is prove them right.
Well, what else are you gonna do? Run?
Yeah. If the professor were here, that's what he'd have us do.
You wanna take charge, then you're on your own.
Ready a pepper gas salvo.
Mine.
And mine.
Gain altitude, chopper two. Get to clear air.
They're going airborne. Switch to Hydras. Target their engine system.
Hi, I'm Nightcrawler. This is Shadowcat.
And this is your weapons system.
-Bye. -Bye.
We're following the police cars right now.
Still need to confirm it's really a mutant they're after though.
I'd say it's confirmed.
Dispatch, I think we're gonna need some backup.
How many units?
Well, let's start with the Army, and then we'll go from there.
Look at the evidence. The wake of destruction. You are to blame.
We are people, Mr. Chairman, not monsters,
regardless of what we can do or what we may look like.
You are atrocities.
Let's see it.
Not monsters, Mr. McCoy?
Tell that to the 63,000 innocent people living in the valley below that dam.
It's Juggernaut. He's loose.
-And without the professor... -There's no way to stop him.
It appears that the military has run up against a mutant even they can't handle.
It seems nothing short of a catastrophe will satisfy this mutant.
So are we getting involved or not?
It'll be the Sentinel disaster all over again. Somehow they'll blame us.
Scott, what would the professor have us do?
Don't worry. I've got you.
Mutant kids now.
Too bad you don't have your papa to help this time.
Yeah?
Where are you?
-Jean, the dam. -On it.
That's enough!
What are you trying to do? Embarrass me to death?
Come on, give me your best shot.
You know, that's just what I had in mind.
You think that fancy visor's gonna stop me?
Nothing stops me. I'm raw power.
Yeah? You want it raw, tough guy?
Then take it raw.
You can't stop the unstoppable.
Party's over and lights out.
-Uh... What did they just do? -What they were trained to do:
use their powers for good.
-They can't find him. -Should we go hunt him down?
No. My guess, he's long gone. We're done here.
Hey, are you all right?
Yeah, I'm okay.
But I got a big piece of his mind.
And-- And I know where the professor is!
Professor.
-Is he all right? -Yes. He'll be fine.
-We had no idea. -Just get him out of there.
I don't understand how anyone could get Juggernaut out,
let alone get Professor Xavier in.
That's Mystique.
We've learned never to underestimate her.
Good job.
Easy, Professor. Everything is gonna be okay.
My fellow Americans, all my fellow Americans, human and mutant,
I stand before you now to clear the X-Men of all wrongdoing
in the giant Sentinel robot disaster.
The real criminal suspect behind the Sentinel weapon has been arrested and charged.
This has caught us all by surprise.
But that isn't reason for any of us to judge people solely by their differences.
To put it as simply as I can,
we need to learn more.
We need to be open-minded.
And we need to give this mutant question more time.
And there you have it.
The president's position that the mutant population should be free from persecution.
But will it work?
That remains to be seen.
This is Frank Lee speaking. Good night.