X-Men (1992) s02e07 Episode Script

NARRATOR: Previously on X-MEN You rebels have a working time portal? We rebels have a theory.
If the assassination of the '90s never occurred Then none of this misery would have happened? None of the Sentinels, none of the terminations? SENTINEL 1: Halt, mutants! Go in peace.
(GRUNTS) Mr.
Terminator here claims that an assassination's gonna take place that's gonna ruin the world.
It starts with a single death, in Washington, D.
C.
All mutants get blamed.
If you prevent this assassination, will the future you describe be averted? Averted Averted (GUNS FIRING) Apocalypse's forces are too strong.
We're being overrun.
Then counterattack.
We're not retreating.
It's victory or death! Come on! Follow Cable.
(CABLE ROARS) APOCALYPSE: You only delay the inevitable.
I, who am eternal, can never be defeated.
Exterminate the vermin.
What's this? A temporal storm? (SCREAMING) Cable! Help me! What's happening? What's Apocalypse doing? COMPUTER VOICE: It is not Apocalypse.
Time is changing.
Somehow, the past is being changed and the time stream is realigning.
Our present is altering itself in response to a new past.
What can I do? There is nothing you can do.
As soon as the time stream has realigned, you and your world will cease to exist.
Computer, what do I have to fix in the past to preserve this future time? The past as you know it is being replaced.
The disruption has started the creation of a new past.
Show me this disruption.
What was changed? It begins with a time traveler from the 21st century.
We did it, Forge! FORGE: What do you mean? Nothing has changed.
But I didn't fail, Forge.
I stopped the assassination.
Then something else must have happened afterwards, something that has made the future still turn out like this.
The plague still rages.
What plague? There was no plague when I left.
Have you forgotten this? Sickness everywhere.
Millions dying.
After Senator Kelly survived the assassination attempt, he became president and dedicated his efforts to mutant rights.
That was what I went back for! Don't you remember? If what you say is true, my memories would have changed to adjust to the new timeline.
Unlike you, I have not been outside time.
I only know what the record shows now, a backlash of hatred, a plague virus genetically engineered and released.
At first, people sickened, but they lived, and then the first mutant victims appeared.
Then it's all our fault.
I never should've gone back.
FORGE: Inside mutant victims the plague mutated, accelerating, turning deadly.
Mutants were blamed, but they were innocent.
Couldn't the X-Men find a way to stop it? X-Men? What are the X-Men? Get me back there! FORGE: The temporal coordinates are set to the time of the outbreak of the plague.
BISHOP: I'll stop it, Forge.
FORGE: There are many possible futures, and we never know to which our actions will lead.
Here we go again.
It's started.
Here, pops.
What kind of money is this? Hey, mister! You owe me three bucks.
They're just blaming mutants 'cause they're afraid.
The X-Men, they've gotta be told the truth.
I need to get my CD player fixed again.
Someday, you will learn to fully control your powers.
I shall wait for you in the bookstore.
Mutant.
-Not again.
-Can it be fixed? I'll have to check it out in the back.
What's with that girl? (SNIFFING) (COUGHING) Your player can't be fixed.
-Are you okay? -I I'm just not feeling very well.
Hey, you're one of those plague-carrying mutants.
I didn't do anything.
MAN: The girl's a mutant.
Get her! -Jubilee.
-JUBILEE: It's not my fault! Plague carrier! Bring forth a mist to blind their hatred.
It's another mutant trick! We must leave before the fog dissipates.
I've run every test, but there's no sign of infection.
Other than the fact that you need to eat more vegetables, you're perfectly healthy.
Then why did that store clerk get sick? And why did everybody blame me? The plague has people frightened.
They're looking for someone to blame.
We're an easy target.
Only scientific inquiry can overcome the hysteria that's gripping the country.
I wonder Sometimes science needs a little assistance.
The file on the store clerk.
Interesting.
But this is fascinating.
(DOOR OPENING) What's up? I thought you all should see this.
City officials have begun the quarantine of mutants in an effort to control the mysterious illness which is sweeping the country.
Those moss-brains can't do that.
They got no proof mutants have anything to do with it.
The mayor has asked all citizens to cooperate Get rid of the mutants! It's the only way to stop the plague! so the quarantine can be conducted in an orderly manner.
MAN: Send them back to where they came from! I've seen that man before.
He was at the mall where Jubilee was attacked.
Come on.
Let's go.
(ALL CLAMORING) Plague carriers! You won't infect anybody else! Don't try it, fool! Go home! The plague isn't caused by mutants.
He's one of them.
He's a mutant.
Don't make me hurt you.
What the I do not believe it.
It is Bishop.
Cyclops, that mob is attacking Bishop.
Bishop? What's that time-jockey doing back? We read you, Storm.
We're almost there.
WOMAN: Do something about them! We've got to calm that mob down before somebody gets hurt.
WOLVERINE: I'll take care of old scar face.
You won't listen till somebody makes you.
They're both mutants.
Don't let them get away! Storm! We gotta disperse that mob.
Rain, quench their thirst for violence.
Don't run from these mutant freaks! (STORM GROANS) Are you all right, girl? Disarm him before someone's injured.
I'm getting tired of putting up with garbage like you.
You really did it this time, Bishop.
You turned this situation into a riot.
I was trying to save lives.
Yours and millions in my future.
Again? In my future now, it's like you never existed.
You all must have died in the plague.
Mutants will get the blame, but someone else cooked up this virus in a laboratory.
We've gotta stop whoever's behind it before it's too late.
Bishop is correct.
The virus was genetically engineered.
It doesn't appear to be lethal now, but it is dangerously unstable.
But once the virus spreads to the mutant population and combines with mutant DNA, it theoretically could become incredibly deadly for everyone.
It's no theory.
We'll find who's responsible, but until then, we need to calm the plague hysteria.
Maybe President Kelly can help with that.
(BIRD CHIRPING) TV ANNOUNCER: A spokesman for President Kelly has announced that noted mutant scientist Henry McCoy will take part in the Senate Committee hearings on this public health emergency scheduled for tomorrow in Washington.
This fits our plans perfectly.
Your plague scheme has worked well.
I only hope to serve the cause, but we must act quickly.
In a few months, those humans we've infected will begin to recover.
Yes, it's time for stage two, to begin the infection of mutants.
When they see this McCoy freak infected on television, everyone will be convinced mutants are responsible for the disease.
Prepare the vials for shipment to our agents.
How fitting.
(LAUGHING) A disease to cleanse the Earth of the plague of mutants and humans.
Mutant rights are a threat to humanity and to the survival of this great republic.
There is indisputable evidence that mutants are the cause of this plague.
I have here the names of 5,OOO people who have been infected through contact with mutants.
Mr.
Creed.
According to information I received today from the President, there have been no reported cases of infected mutants.
That ought to put that peckerwood in his place.
Somebody should.
It's a government cover-up! Everybody knows Kelly's a mutant lover.
He even pardoned that hairy freak, their so-called scientific expert.
(CLAMORING) Order! Order! We've heard enough from this witness.
The chair now calls Dr.
Henry McCoy.
Thank you, Senator Goode and members of the committee.
Beast! Look out! Order! Order! Don't you rednecks know how to treat a lady? Order! Order! Security, clear the chamber.
You've caused enough trouble for one day.
See what they've done? Let the world see that mutants carry the plague.
But you don't understand! Get him to the Blackbird before he starts another riot.
(CREED GROANING) If you can't keep your head, then you're no good to the team.
What did you think you were doing, attacking Creed on national television? Saving Beast's life.
Creed had some kind of a weapon.
I heard it go off when we were fighting, and then he got sick.
A viral weapon could be easily concealed.
I set the computer to record the broadcast from the committee hearing.
Computer, image scan mode.
Closer.
Stop.
Scan left.
Closer.
Diabolically clever.
An ingenious delivery system for an airborne virus.
Thanks to Bishop, he infected himself trying to get to you.
They'll take Creed for treatment.
Let's follow them.
Show me everything.
I gotta know what to do.
Who is Creed? COMPUTER VOICE: The mutant named Bishop remains the key.
Jean, see if you can locate Creed in the mansion.
JEAN: Not in the mansion.
Beneath it.
A secret laboratory.
And something else is in there, something with incredible power.
(JEAN SCREAMS) Jean! What is it? Hurry, Scott, before it's too late.
Don't worry, we'll stop them.
Let's stop all the yapping and get to it! (ROARING) (BOTH EXCLAIMING) How do we get down to the lab? Leave that to me.
I'm sick.
I need help.
CYCLOPS: Your game's up, Creed.
We're here to put an end to your plague.
You led the X-Men here.
You deserve to suffer for your mistake.
You can't talk to me that way.
I am your leader.
(MAN LAUGHING) -Fool! -Apocalypse! APOCALYPSE: You dare to claim dominion over me? A mutant.
I am as far beyond mutants as they are beyond you.
I am eternal.
Your powers are useless against me.
JEAN: Scott! Annoying insects! Nothing can stop the Apocalypse.
I cannot be harmed.
Watch me and tremble, for I bring the purity of oblivion to your world.
BISHOP: Look out! We'll stop this plague or die trying! CYCLOPS: Get out of here before the whole thing blows! CREED: Put me down.
Remember, Mr.
Creed, a mutant saved your life.
APOCALYPSE: My beautiful virus! The mutant filth have destroyed everything! (ROARING) X-Men.
No! Not Apocalypse! COMPUTER VOICE: Because of Bishop, the plague never infected mutants.
Millions were spared.
As a result, antibodies key to the future stabilization of the mutant genetic code were never created.
Over time, uncontrolled mutations developed, destroying the mutant race, radically changing our time.
If our future is to survive, the mutant plague must occur.
What do I do? To save my world, I have to help Apocalypse destroy a past one.