-[thunder rumbling] -[gasp]
-[maniacal laughter] -[gasps]
Ah!
[evil laughter]
[gasps]
[evil laughter continues]
[gasps]
Ah!
Huh?
[sighs]
-[thunder rumbling] -[tinny music playing]
[gasps]
[Jean screaming]
[theme music playing]
-[Scott] Jean! -[Kitty] Jean?
[Evan] Jean.
[Kitty] Jean!
[Kurt] Jean!
Cars are all still in the garage.
[Xavier] And this jack-in-the-box,
I wonder if it has any significance?
What? That? It's nothing.
Just a toy jean won at the carnival last week.
We combed the mansion.
I'm afraid there's no sign of her.
Then sometime during the night,
Jean simply vanished.
[Xavier] Hank, how's your progress?
Eh, nothing yet.
I've begun scanning news and police sources
for the entire east coast.
What about Cerebro?
Pick anything up?
No. It won't detect her
until she uses her powers.
[sighs]
Well, let's hope that if she does use them,
it's not because she's in danger.
[beeping]
[Scott] Hey, Duncan,
Is jean over there?
Oh, have you heard from her at all?
All right, thanks.
No, no. Nothing to worry about.
Bye.
[beeping]
Teran, hi.
Listen, have you seen Jean around?
[explosion]
[Kitty] Oh, relax, 'Lanche.
I never said you guys kidnapped her. Sheesh.
As if one of you hadn't tried it before.
[ding]
Clear.
You know, we really ought to be
out looking for jean with the others.
Hey, last I heard,
we're supposed to have class.
Yeah, but, without an instructor?
When has that ever stopped us?
[Iceman] Today's lesson:
The Danger Room.
[Multiple] Hey, guys, wait up.
Oh!
Nobody told me we were having a session down here.
Wow, what an oversight.
Imagine that.
Forget it, Multiple.
You can't handle the danger room.
No way.
If you can, I can.
Sorry, Jamie.
We're just more experienced at this stuff than you.
Aw!
[grunts]
[man] Yeah, she was in here.
When?
About four this morning.
Bought a ticket to Boston.
Hmm.
[Xavier] It's confirmed.
She's in Boston.
So, she's using her powers?
Most decidedly.
[police sirens]
[crash]
The jet's prepped. Let's go.
[Hank] There's no point.
After stealing that ring, she obviously left.
How do you know?
Because Cerebro has detected
a fleeting use of her powers
near the train tracks.
I believe she's on the move.
[sighs] Man, what is going on with her?
This doesn't make any sense.
Scott, we'll find her, I promise.
But we simply must wait for another lead.
[all grunting and screaming]
This is going well.
Oh, the other X-Men make it look so easy.
Come on. We can do this.
Everyone, combine your powers on mine first.
Whoa!
Now Berzerker's.
[Berzerker] Whoa!
[Cannonball] Ah!
[Jubilee] Ah!
Yeah! That was cake! We rule.
What are you talking about?
I'm totally chaffed.
[sighs] Class dismissed. I'm out of here.
Hey, what gives?
Uh, I think we got
Some extra credit coming our way.
[chuckle]
[all moaning]
[Multiple] So, still think it was cake?
You did this?
Let's get him.
Oh! Ah!
We'll get him tomorrow.
Uh, yeah. Tomorrow's good.
[computer] Identity confirmed.
Welcome, Jean Grey.
Security system is disabled.
Jean?
Jean!
Jean, what are you--
Ah!
[grunting]
[gasps]
[Scott] Professor, wake up.
Jean! She was here.
And now, Kurt's gone.
We got a match on one of the face recognition scans.
-Where? -Airport surveillance.
Where were they going?
[Hank] Cross-referencing ticket sales
with the exact time that image was recorded.
It looks like New York City.
[Xavier] Scott, you and Logan.
We're already gone.
[hissing]
[Xavier telepathically] Wolverine,
Cerebro has detected their powers
at Fifth and Byram.
The township bank.
[Wolverine telepathically] We're on it.
[sniffing]
[Wolverine] They're in the vault.
And I got the combination right here.
Jean.
It's us. Take it easy.
[both grunting]
[Wolverine] This is starting to get me
seriously upset.
[Hank] There are three of them.
Tibetan artifacts.
Early Han dynasty, if I'm not mistaken.
The second ring has been kept
in a safety deposit box.
Hmm. Let me guess.
In the township bank.
Until now.
Where is the third?
[Hank] Still looking.
Jean. She's here.
Uh!
-[grunting] -[banging]
[Hank] We're sealed in.
[Rogue] Is that the guy you saw in jean's head?
It is.
Now, I'll have Cerebro scan its mutant profiles
to find a match.
Don't bother. I know that face.
[Rogue] The Mind-bending Mesmero.
He was in Bayville last week
with that circus of mystery.
Then, we need to attend their next engagement.
[Hank] Professor.
The last remaining ring?
It resides in Washington, D.C.
At the Museum of Eastern Antiquities.
-[turbine] -huh?
Security, go to amber alert.
Something's going down.
[alarm]
[guard] You can't land that here.
Who are you?
[guard] All right, speak up.
What are you doing here?
Hey!
Intruders on level eight!
Hold it right there.
[Wolverine] 'Bout time.
We aren't exactly dressed
for socializing with the general public.
That's OK.
We'll all fit right in
at the circus.
[wind blowing]
[thunder rumbling]
[helicopter whirring]
There they are.
Try to keep them occupied.
I've got an appointment
with a mutant named Mesmero.
I don't like this.
They're our friends.
[Wolverine] We just gotta subdue 'em.
No one has to get hurt.
Yeah? Tell that to them.
[thunder rumbling]
[growling]
[grunting]
[Beast] come on, Kurt.
Don't fight me.
[grunts]
[Cyclops] Look out.
[Rogue] Would you knock that off?
Uh!
Whoa!
[Cyclops] Jean!
[screams]
Aw, twerp.
You know I could never hurt--
Ow!
This is why I don't like to play nice.
Oh!
[Xavier] Jean, stop.
Fight it.
I'll deal with Mesmero,
just don't give him what he wants.
[thunder rumbling]
[Rogue] Oh, no, you don't.
This ain't gonna be easy on either of us.
But mostly you.
[evil laugh]
[Xavier] Mesmero.
You may have been able to control their minds,
but can you handle mine?
[screaming]
[grunting]
[Mesmero telepathically] You have no idea
who you're messing with, Xavier.
[thunder rumbling]
Whoa. What's going on?
How did we get here?
Yeah, sure.
Now you're all better.
-[groaning] -[Cyclops] Easy, Jean.
Scott?
I'm right here.
Everything's OK.
Hey, where'd he go?
Are you all right?
Did Mesmero hurt you?
Not Mesmero, Hank.
Mesmero was just another puppet.
Like Jean.
There was someone else pulling the strings.
A mind more powerful than anything I've ever encountered.
What could he possibly want with those rings?
I really don't know,
but I doubt we'll like the answer.
[chanting]
I have done as commanded.
The first door has been opened.
I await your instruction
on the location of the other two keys.
[groaning]
Understood.
I will find them
and the world will, once again,
tremble at the presence of...
Apocalypse.
[theme music playing]