The future.
A dark, desolate world.
A world of war... suffering... loss...
on both sides.
Mutants... and the humans who dared to help them...
fighting an enemy we cannot defeat.
Are we destined on this path?
Destined to destroy ourselves like so many species before us?
Or can we evolve fast enough to change ourselves?
Change our fate?
Is the future truly set?
They're here!
Time's up !
Sentinels!
Sunspot.
Let's go!
Blink!
No!
It's too late, assholes!
Come here!
Get your hands up!!
- Get down !! - No!!!
No!!!
So few of us left.
Professor?
I found them.
Professor.
- Bobby. - Hi, Storm.
Hey, kid.
Professor.
You made it.
Whenever the sentinels attack,
Warpath spots them
and I send Bishop back to warn us of the attack,
before it happens.
Blink scouts the next site and...
well, then we leave, before they ever know we were there.
Because we never were.
What do you mean, you were never there?
She projects Bishop back in time a few days,
to warn the others of the coming attack.
She sends Bishop back in time?
No, just his consciousness, into his younger self,
his younger body.
Wow!
This... might just work, Charles.
What might work?
The sentinel program was originally conceived by Dr. Bolivar Trask.
In the early '70s, he was one of the world's leading weapons designers.
But, covertly, he had begun experimenting on the mutants.
Using their gifts to fuel his own research.
There was one mutant who had discovered what he was doing.
A mutant with the ability to transform herself into anyone.
Mystique.
I knew her as Raven.
We met when we were children... grew up together.
She was like a sister to me.
I tried to help her.
But only succeeded in driving her away.
She hunted Trask across the world.
And, at the Paris Peace Accords, in 1973, after the Vietnam War...
she found Trask...
and killed him.
It was the first time she killed him.
Wasn't her last.
But killing Trask did not have the outcome she expected.
It only persuaded the government of the need for his program.
They captured her that day...
tortured her... experimented on her.
In her DNA, they discovered the secrets to her powers of transformation.
It gave them the key they needed
to create weapons that could adapt to any mutant power.
And in less than 50 years,
the machines, that had destroyed so many of our kind, were created.
And it all started that day in 1973...
the day she first killed.
The day she truly became, Mystique.
You wanna go back there?
If I can get to her, stop the assassination,
keep her out of their hands,
then we can stop the sentinels from ever being born.
And end this war, before it ever begins.
I-I can send someone back a couple weeks.
M-Maybe a month, but, you're talking about going back decades.
You have the most powerful brain in the world, Professor.
But the mind can only stretch so far before it snaps.
It would rip you apart. I'm sorry.
No one can survive that trip.
What if someone's mind has a way of snapping back.
What if someone can heal, as fast as they're ripped apart.
OK, spread out.
Take your positions.
So, I wake up in my younger body, God knows where... then what?
You'll need to go to my house, and find me...
convince me of... all of this.
Won't you be able to just read my mind?
I didn't have my powers in 1973.
Logan, you're going to have to do for me, what I once did for you.
Lead me, guide me.
I was a very different man then.
You'll have to be patient with me.
Patience isn't my strongest suit.
You're need me, as well.
What?
After Mystique left Charles, she came with me
and I set her on a dangerous path...
darker path.
It's going to take the two of us, side by side,
at a time when we couldn't be further apart.
Great.
So where do I find you?
Well... it's complicated.
Basically, your body will go to sleep while your mind travels back in time.
As long as you're back there, past and present will continue to coexist.
But once you wake up....
whatever you've done will take hold and become history.
And for the rest of us, that will be the only history that we know.
It'll be like the last 50 years never happened.
This world, this war.
The only person who will remember it...
is you.
Alright Logan, I need you to clear your head and to stay as calm as possible.
What do you mean?
If your mind gets rocky, it will be harder for me to hold you.
You could start to slip between past and future.
What if I need to get a little rocky?
Think peaceful thoughts.
Peaceful thoughts.
Do you have any good news?
Well...
you don't really age, so you'll pretty much look the same.
You won't have much time in the past.
Sentinels will find us... they always do.
And this time, we won't be able to run, we'll have no escape.
This is our last chance.
Do you really think this will work?
I have faith in him.
It's not him I'm worried about. It's us.
We were young. We didn't know any better.
We will now.
See you all soon.
It might sting a little.
Holy shit!!
It worked.
Hey, what's going on?
Gwen! Get dressed! Who are you?
Hey, I don't know what's going on.
What's going on is, you were supposed to be guarding the boss's daughter, not screwing her.
I didn't sleep with her.
- No? - No.
I mean, yes, I slept with her, many times, but...
Jimmy!
That wasn't me. That was the old me.
- I just got here, like, 20 seconds ago. - Really?
- Yeah. - And what happened to your clothes?
My... oh...
Would you believe me if I told you I was sent here from the future?
- Get out of here, sweetheart. - Yeah,
we're gonna take care of this comedian.
No, you're not.
You're gonna give me the keys to your car and some money for gas
or you're gonna wake up in a hospital.
Trust me, I know how these things play out.
- Oh, because you're from the future? - No,
because of these.
What the hell!!
Ahhh... damn it.
Peaceful thoughts.
We are reviewing all of our defense expenditures
and all the black books are being opened.
We can't support a weapon that targets our own citizens.
If these mutants, as you described,
are already living among us, then they are living here, peacefully.
We haven't had an incident in over 10 years.
After what happened in Cuba?
It was never confirmed.
We have very real enemies out there.
The Russians, the Chinese.
We are talking about a 10th, of a 10th, of a 10th, of our population.
- Allow me to read something to you. - Please.
This was acquired by our friends at the CIA.
Its a dissertation,
written by a mutant at Oxford University.
And I quote:
To Homoeanderthalensis, his mutant cousin, Homo Sapiens...
Which is us.
was an aberration.
The arrival of the mutated human species: Homo Sapiens,
was followed by the immediate extinction of the their less evolved kin.
Well.
Now...
we are the Neanderthals.
Speak for yourself, Dr. Trask.
You know, when you sent our soldiers to Vietnam
without the weapons they needed to win the war
you underestimated your enemy.
Yah... you do that with this enemy, hmmm
it won't be some border skirmish, halfway around the world.
This time, the war will be for our streets, our cities, our homes.
And by the time you see the need for my program...
it'll be too late.
And you will have lost two wars in one lifetime.
We're sorry, Dr. Trask.
But your sentinel program?
It ain't gonna fly.
Can I help you, Colonel?
Just here to give our boys a proper sendoff.
Sorry, sir, but we have orders. This is a quarantined area.
Stand aside soldier. That's an order.
Attention!
At ease.
What is all this?
Lab reports, blood tests. It's all getting packed up and shipped back.
Where is it going?
Same place they are.
Trask Industries.
Let's go, gentlemen.
Taking you out of this shit show.
Shipping home?
Not just yet.
What are you doing with those?
It's something to make the ride a little smoother.
We are transferring you to a private facility, where we can...
run a few more tests.
You men are not military.
Private outfit. We're authorized to remand these men.
These troops are going home.
Well, Colonel...
I don't believe you have jurisdiction in this matter.
I'm afraid I do, son.
I'm sorry, who are you?
The question is, Major...
Who are you?
Raven!
That's not my name.
- I had that. - I know.
Let's move out. Come on, let's go.
Where's Erik?
I'm on my own, now.
Let's go. Move it.
- Hold that plane! - Let's go! Keep goin'!
I don't wanna leave these boys in this God forsaken country.
Yes, sir.
You're not coming with us, are you?
My war is not over. The enemy is still out there.
Where'd they go?
The four privates, where'd they go?
They went out towards the tarmac.
Can I help you?
Ahh... yeah, what happened to the school?
School has been shut for years.
Are you a parent?
Sure as hell hope not.
- Who are you? - I'm Hank.
Hank McCoy, I look after the house, now.
You're Beast?
Look at you, I guess you're a late bloomer.
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm gonna have to ask you to leave.
- Where's the Professor? - No 'professor' here.
You're pretty strong for a scrawny kid. C'mon...
sure there's not a little Beast in there?
- Come on Beast. - Beast is not here.
- Come on Beasty. - Go!
Hey! Hey!
I said the school is closed. You need to leave.
Not until I see the Professor.
There is no professor here. I told you that.
Look kid. You and are I gonna be good friends.
You just don't know it yet.
Professor!
Hank, what's going on here?
- Professor? - Please don't call me that.
Why, do you know this guy?
Yeah, he looks slightly familiar.
Get off the bloody chandelier, Hank.
You can walk.
You're a perceptive one.
I thought Erik...
What's just slightly perplexing is you managed to miss our sign on the way in.
This is private property, my friend. I'm gonna ask him to ask you to leave.
Well, I'm afraid I can't do that, because... uh,
because I was sent here, for you.
Well, tell whoever it was that sent you, that I'm... busy.
That's gonna be a little tricky, because the person who sent me...
was you...
- What? - about 50 years from now.
50 years from now, like in the future, 50 years from now.
Yeah.
- I sent you from the future? - Yeah.
Piss off.
If you had your powers, you'd know I was telling the truth.
How do you know I don't have my...
- Who are you? - I told you.
- You CIA? - No.
You've been watching me.
I know you, Charles.
We've been friends for years.
I know your powers came when you were 9.
I know you thought you were going crazy when
it started, and all the voices in your head.
And it wasn't until you were 12 that you realized
all the voices were in everyone else's heads.
Do you want me to go on?
I never told anyone that.
Not yet, no, but... you will.
Alright, you've piqued my interest. What do you want?
We have to stop Raven.
I need your help.
We need your help.
Think I'd like to wake up now.
What does she have to do with this?
So, you're saying that they took Raven's power and what?
They... weaponized it?
Yep.
She is unique.
Yes, she is, Hank...
In the beginning, the sentinels were just targeting mutants.
Then, they began to identify the genetics in non-mutants
who would eventually have mutant children, or grandchildren.
Many of the humans tried to help us. It was a slaughter,
leaving only the worst of humanity in charge.
I've been in a lot of wars.
I've never seen anything like this.
It all starts with her.
Let's just say that, for the sake of...
the sake, that I-I choose to believe you, that I choose to help you.
Raven won't listen to me.
No, her heart and soul belong to someone else, now.
I know.
That's why we're gonna need Magneto, too.
Erik?
You do know where he is?
Yeah.
He's where he belongs.
So that's it, you're just gonna walk out?
Oh, top marks! Like I said, you are perceptive.
The professor I know would never turn his back
on someone who lost their path...
especially someone he loved.
You know...
I think I do remember you, now.
Yeah, we came to you a long time ago, seeking your help.
And I'm gonna say to you what you said to us, then...
Fuck off!
Listen to me, you little shit. I've come a long way.
And I watched a lot of people die, good people, friends.
If you're gonna wallow in self pity and do nothing
then you're gonna watch the same thing, you understand?
We all have to die sometime.
I told you, there is no 'professor' here.
What the hell happened to him?
He lost everything. Erik, Raven, his legs.
He built the school, the labs, this, this whole place.
Then, just after the first semester...
the war in Vietnam got worse.
Many of the teachers and... all the students were drafted.
And it broke him.
He retreated into himself, I...
I wanted to help, do something so...
so I designed a serum to treat his spine,
derived from the same formula that helps me... control my mutation.
I take just enough to keep myself balanced, but...
he takes too much.
I tried easing him back... he just couldn't bear the pain...
voices...
The treatment gives him him his legs, but
it's not enough.
He's...
he's just lost too much.
You're not... scared of me?
I always believed I couldn't be the only one in the world.
Charles Xavier.
Raven.
You're hungry, and alone?
Take whatever you want.
We've got lots of food. You don't have to steal.
In fact, you never have to steal again.
And that's a promise.
I'll help you get her.
Not for any of your future shock, but for her.
Fair enough.
I'm telling you this... you do not know Erik.
The man is a monster. A murderer.
You think you can convince Raven to change?
To come home?
Splendid.
But what makes you think you can change him?
Because you and Erik sent me here back, together.
The room they're holding him in was built during the
2nd World War, when there was a shortage of steel,
so the foundation is pure concrete and sand, no metal.
He's being held 100 floors beneath the most
heavily guarded building on the planet.
Why is he in there?
What, you forgot to mention?
Ahhh, JFK.
He killed him?
What else would explain the bullet miraculously curving through the air?
Erik's always had a way with guns.
Are you sure you want to carry on with this?
This is your plan, not mine.
- We don't have any resources to get us in... - Or out,
it's just me and Hank.
I know a guy.
Yeah, he'd be a young man now, grew up outside of DC.
He could get into anywhere.
Just don't know how the hell we're gonna find him.
Is Cerebro out of the question?
We have a phone book.
I thought you'd be getting ready for your trip, sir.
I just came to grab a couple files.
Is that a new scarf?
It's nice.
Thank you.
Dr. Trask.
One second.
We added some names to the Paris meeting.
Thank you.
I-Is something wrong, sir?
No.
It's nothing.
Would you mind typing up my itinerary?
I don't wanna miss anything.
What's he done now?
I'll just write you a check for whatever he took.
We just need talk to him.
Peter, the cops are here...
again.
Guess what, I didn't do anything.
I've been here all day.
Just relax, Peter, we're not cops.
Of course you're not cops. If you were cops you wouldn't drive a rental car
How'd you know we got a rental car?
I checked your registration when you were walking through the door.
I also had some time to kill, so I went through your
rental agreements, saw you were from out of town.
Are you FBI?
No, you're not cops. Hey, what's up with this kid's school place?
That's an old card.
- He is fascinating. - He's a pain in the ass.
What, a teleporter?
No, he's just fast.
When I knew him he was so... young.
Young? You're just old.
So you're not afraid to show your powers?
Power? What power? What you talking about?
You see something strange here?
Nothing anybody would believe if you told them.
So, who are you? What do you want?
We need your help, Peter.
What?
Break into a highly secured facility
and... get someone out.
Prison break?
That's illegal, you know.
Well, only if you get caught.
So, what's in it for me?
You, the kleptomaniac, get to break into the Pentagon.
How do I know I can trust you?
Because we're just like you.
Show him.
It's cool, it's just disgusting.
Built in 1943, the Pentagon is the world's largest office building,
housing more than 25,000 military and police, stretched over 6 million square feet.
Where is the bathroom? I need to pee.
Well, lucky for you, you'll have plenty to choose from.
The building was constructed during segregation, so...
Thank you.
Yeah, we're getting broadcast signal down here! What's going on?
Damn it !! Call maintenance! Get them down here.
from a Japanese empire.
This month-long battle...
included some of the most fearsome fighting, during World War II.
In 3 seconds, those doors are going to open
and 20 guards will be here to shoot us.
I know, that's what I'm waiting for.
What are you doing?
I'm holding your neck, so you won't get whiplash.
What?
Whip..la..sh
They're in.
You're good. It'll pass.
It happens to everyone.
Must have done something pretty serious.
What'd you do, man? What'd you do?
What'd you do? Why'd they have you in there?
For killing the President.
The only thing I'm guilty of is, fighting for people like us,
You take karate? You a karate man?
I don't know karate.
I know crazy.
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this is a code red situation.
We are evacuating the entire floor so that we, my, uh, associate, and I can, uh...
- secure the prisoner. - Who are you?
We are Special Operations CB FE CID. Look,
perhaps you didn't hear me, when first I spoke.
But, it's imperative that you understand we are in complete lockdown situation.
We have to get you to the 3rd floor...
Oh, I'm sorry, were you finished?
They told me you control metal.
They?
You know, my mom once knew a guy who could do that.
Sorry, I'm just not very good with violence.
Charles.
Good to see you, too, old friend.
- And walking? - No thanks to you.
You're the last person in the world I expected to see today.
Believe me, I wouldn’t be here if I didn't have to.
If we get you out of here, we do it my way,
no killing.
No helmet.
I couldn't disobey you even if I wanted to.
I'm never getting inside of that head again.
I need your word, Erik.
Nobody move!
Hold it, right there!
- Charles. - Don't move!
Hands up, or we will shoot!
- Freeze them, Charles. - I can't.
Hands up!
No!
Thanks, kid.
Peter, thank you very, very much.
You take care.
Hey, I saw the flight plan in the cockpit. Why you goin' to Paris?
Imagine if they were metal.
- Do me a favor and return it for me? - OK.
And, Peter...
take it slowly.
Where did they dig you up?
You're gonna find this hard to believe but, uh...
you sent me.
You and Charles,
from the future.
How did you lose them?
The treatment for my spine fixed my DNA.
You sacrificed your powers so you could walk?
I sacrificed my powers so that I could st...
What do you know about it?
- I lost my fair share. - Hah.
Dry your eyes, Erik.
It doesn't justify what you've done.
You've no idea what I've done.
I know that you took the things that mean the most to me.
Well, maybe you should have fought harder for them.
- Do you want to fight, Erik? - Settle down! - I'll give you a fight!!
- Let him come. - You abandoned me!
You took her away and you abandoned me!
Angel.
Azazel.
Emma.
Banshee.
Mutant brothers and sisters, all dead!
Countless others,
experimented on, butchered, Erik.
Where were you, Charles?
We were supposed to protect them!
Where were you when your own people needed you?
Hiding!
You and Hank, pretending to be something you're not.
Erik.
You abandoned us all.
So, you were always an asshole.
I take it we're best buddies in the future.
I spent a lot of years trying to bring you down, bub.
How's that work out for you?
You're like me.
You're a survivor.
You wanna pick all that shit up?
General, maybe you should go slowly, we have a long day tomorrow.
We are celebrating, Captain.
It's not every day that we win a war,
much less against the damn Americans.
I'll get another bottle.
- My apologies. - I assure you, it was my fault.
- Do you speak Vietnamese? - I'm a performer.
I speak many languages.
Let me buy you another drink,
unless you are accompanied.
I'm alone.
A bottle of Johnnie Walker, please.
You go to the Dome tomorrow?
A beautiful girl, interested in politics...
Appearances can be deceiving.
Maybe, show me more... baby?
Clothes... off?
What's the matter, baby? You don't think I look pretty like this?
Fancy a game? It's been awhile.
I'm not in the mood for games, thank you.
Haven't had a real sip in 10 years.
I didn't kill the President.
The bullet curved, Erik.
Because I was trying to save him.
They took me out before I could.
- Why would you try and save him? - Because he was one of us.
You must think me so foolish.
We always said they would come after us.
I never imagined they'd use Raven's DNA to do it.
When did you last see her?
The day I left for Dallas.
And how was she?
Strong.
Driven.
- Loyal. - How...
how was she?
She was...
I could see why she meant so much to you.
You should be proud of her, Charles.
She is out there fighting for our cause.
Your cause.
The girl I knew, she was not capable of killing.
You didn't raise her, you grew up with her.
She couldn't stay a little girl forever. That's why she left.
She left because you got inside her head.
That's not my power.
She made a choice.
But now we know where that choice leads, don't we?
She's going to murder Trask. They're going to capture her
and then they're going to wipe us out.
Not if we get to her first.
Not if we change history tomorrow.
I'm sorry, Charles.
For what happened, I... truly am.
It's been a while since I played.
I'll go easy on you.
Might finally be a fair fight.
You have the first move.
The diplomats from all around the world are arriving here today at the
Hotel Royale.
It's an historic day as the, uh, official ending of
the United States' military involvement in Vietnam.
There we have the South Vietnamese Foreign Minister
with other South Vietnamese dignitaries.
The Summit doesn't begin for another hour.
The hotel has arranged a private room upstairs, for your special guest.
That'll be fine.
Good afternoon, everyone, hello.
Thank you for coming.
Congratulations on winning this war.
Now, I know you all have hands to shake and photos to take, downstairs,
so I will get right to the point.
There is a new enemy out there.
An enemy that will render your arsenals useless,
your armies powerless, and your nations defenseless.
You'll need a new weapon for this war.
I call them, "sentinels".
Named after the ancient guardians that stood at the gates of the citadel,
they have the aeronautic capabilities of a Harrier Jet,
armed with guns that can fire off
more than 2,000 rounds per minute, with thermoceramic ammunition.
But size, power, speed...
you can find that at Lockheed or Boeing. No,
what makes the sentinels so special
is the ability to target the mutant X gene.
The genetic guidance system that can lock onto a mark, a half a mile away
and won't trigger, unless it's identified the target.
With this weapon, there'll be no human collateral damage.
If I turn it on, the system couldn't even activate in here.
Unless...
there's... a mutant.
There has to be some kind of mistake.
My machines don't make mistakes.
What are you?
I assure you,
I...
No. Don't shoot him.
I assure you.
Do not arrest him.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Raven!
Raven.
Raven!
Raven?
Charles?
We've come for you. Erik and I.
Together.
I never thought I could see you again.
I made you a promise, a long time ago, that I would protect you.
I didn't. And I know...
Wolverine!
I'm going to keep you safe. I'm going to keep you out of their hands.
Erik.
What are you doing?
Securing our future.
Forgive me, Mystique.
As long as you're out there, we'll never be safe.
Erik.
Use your powers Charles. Stop him.
He can't.
He's slipping. He's slipping back.
I'm losing him.
Striker!
Someone will finish what we started, Wolverine, won't they?
Kitty!
Restrain him.
Erik!
Where am I?
Ahh.
How the hell did I get here?
What? You came to us.
- Who are you? - Charles.
Charles Xavier.
- I don't know you. - Huh?
What the hell is that?
Wha, whoa, whoa, I can deal with this.
Just go. Stop Erik.
Erik.
I'm sorry.
Erik.
You are Logan. That's Hank McCoy.
I'm Charles Xavier.
You spent the last couple of days with us.
You're on acid?
Somebody gave you really bad... acid.
Yeah?
Just hold on tight, we'll get through this together.
- Oh, God! - Kitty.
She's wounded pretty bad.
I got him.
Professor.
What happened to you?
I just saw someone who's going to bring me a lot of pain, someday.
Where's Raven?
Gone.
- What? - We have to get out of here.
Yesterday, the Paris Peace Summit was rocked
by the appearance of unidentified assailants.
The likes of which, the world has never seen.
Mass hysteria has gripped the nation as people ask
where did they come from? Will they be back?
And most importantly...
are they friend, or foe?
That was London responding to the earlier
reporting from the Paris Peace Summit, yesterday.
What the hell are we dealing with, here?
Off the record.
Two days ago,
this man, Erick Lehnsherr, escaped from a
maximum security prison, inside the Pentagon.
We believe that this 'woman' is a former associate of Lehnsherr's.
They were together, in Cuba, the day of the crisis, in '62.
He was also implicated in Kennedy's assassination.
What about that thing?
We do not know what that thing is, sir.
Actually, we really don't know what any of them are.
Yes.
Yes, we do.
They're mutants.
He... has... the power to control metal.
Last I checked, that's what most of your weapons were made of.
And she can transform into anyone.
A General.
A Secret Service man.
Even you, Mr. President.
She could walk into this office and order a nuclear strike,
if she was in the mood.
And that's only two of them.
Well, do we have any countermeasures, any defense?
I was waiting for you to ask me that question.
That's an experimental program, sir. Strictly off the books.
You're telling me these mutants are out in the world
and our best defense are these giant metal robots?
Many of the mutants look like us.
My sentinels can tell the difference.
I have 8 prototypes ready to go.
They're built out of a space age polymer, not an ounce of metal on them.
I wanna make a demonstration.
I want the world to know that we can protect them.
What do you need to get these things operational?
I already gave that number to Congress.
Unfortunately, they elected to shut me down.
It's going to cost a bit more to turn them on.
Whatever you need.
Oh, and one more thing, if we do manage to capture them
I would like her, for research purposes, of course.
How terrible?
What?
I mean, to be like that?
Like that?
Can you imagine?
How can she even look in the mirror?
Yes, I can.
From where did she come?
You think she has any family?
Yes, she does.
If I see so much as a screw, I'll jam this into your throat.
How did you find me?
You taught me well.
It's been a long time since we were this close.
I missed you.
You tried to kill me.
So the rest of us could live.
What do you mean?
I received a message from the future.
Don't lie to me.
I never have, and I never will.
Humans use your blood, your genes, to
create a weapon that wipes us all out.
I was only doing what I thought necessary to secure our future.
So, what's to stop me from killing you, right now, and securing my future?
Nothing.
It doesn't matter anymore.
They have your DNA. Your blood was on the street.
Whose fault is that?
Mine.
I've seen their plans.
They're creating a weapon
and now they have what they need to take it further.
We have to strike now, while we still hold the upper hand.
I've seen too many friends die, Eric.
I don't want a war.
I only want the man who murdered them.
This is war.
What happened to you?
Did you lose your way, while I was gone?
Are you still Charles' Raven?
Or are you Mystique?
Trask... is the enemy.
Killing one man isn't enough.
It never was, for you.
Goodbye, Erik.
What happened?
Can he walk?
He needs his treatment.
Hank, I can hear them.
It's OK. I'll make it stop. I'll get it.
Hey, hey. Pull yourself together.
It's not over yet.
You don’t believe that?
How do you know?
As these go...
this... comes back.
They all come back.
Look, you know.
I'm still here.
And she's still out there.
But we need your help, Charles.
Not like this, I need you.
We can't find Raven...
not without your powers.
I added a little extra, 'cause you missed a dose.
Charles.
Hank, do me a favor.
Would you help me to my study, please.
Gonna get you.
Are you sure about this?
Absolutely not.
This creature is extraordinary.
Her genes could hold the key to mutation itself.
I need more.
That's all they were able to scrape off the pavement in Paris.
More than blood.
I need brain tissue.
Spinal fluid.
Bone marrow.
Imagine... sentinels that could transform, adapt to any target.
If I just get my hands on her.
This girl could lead the program forward years, decades, into the future.
How old is your son now, Major?
Jason?
He's coming up on 10 now, if you can believe it.
Eight years from fighting age.
And how many of our sons and brothers did we just ship home in body bags?
Maybe 50? 55,000?
How many more in the other side?
Never before,
in all of human history,
has there been a cause which could unite us, as a species.
Until now.
You really hate mutants, Doctor, don't you?
On the contrary, I rather admire them... the things they can do.
I see mutants as our salvation.
And common enemy.
Common struggle... against the ultimate enemy.
Extinction.
I believe our new friends are going to help us usher in a new era, Bill.
A new era... of genuine, and long lasting peace.
Attention! Attention!
Transport departure in two hours.
Repeat.
Transport departure in two hours.
When was the last time you were down here?
- Last time we went looking for students. - A lifetime ago.
Welcome, Professor.
Raven's wounded... she won't be moving fast.
These are muscles I haven't stretched in a long time.
God!
- No! - Who are you?
Charles!
Charles, it's alright.
I'll go check the generator.
It's not the machinery, is it?
- I can't do this with my mind... - Yes, you can.
- N-n-n-n... It won't take it. - It's just a little rusty.
You don't understand, it’s not a question of being rusty.
I can flip the switches, I can turn the knobs.
But my power comes from here, comes from...
and it's broken.
I feel like one of my students.
Helpless.
It was a mistake coming down here. It was a mistake freeing Erik.
This whole thing has been one bloody mistake.
I'm sorry, Logan, but they sent back the wrong man.
You're right.
I am.
Actually, it was supposed to be you,
but I was the only one who could physically make the trip.
And, uh, I don't know how long we've got here.
But I do know that a long time, actually...
a long time from now.
I... was your most helpless student.
And you, unlocked, my mind.
You... showed me what I was. You showed me what I could be.
I don't know how to do that for you.
You're right, I don't.
But I know someone who might.
Look into my mind.
You saw what I did to Cerebro.
You don't want me inside your head.
There's no damage you can do, that hasn't already been done, trust me.
Hey.
- Hey, Logan. - Hi, Jean.
- Kill me. - I love you.
You're a...
poor man.
Look past me.
I don't want your suffering! I don't want your future!
Look past my future.
Look for your future.
That's it.
Charles.
So, this is what becomes of us?
Erik was right.
Humanity does this to us.
Not if we show them a better path.
You still believe?
Just because someone stumbles, loses their way,
it doesn't mean they're lost forever.
Sometimes we all need a little help.
I'm not the man I was.
I opened my mind,
and it almost overwhelms me.
You're afraid.
And Cerebro knows it.
All those voices..
So... much... pain.
It's not their pain you're afraid of.
It's yours, Charles.
And as frightening as it may be,
that pain will make you stronger.
If you allow yourself to feel it,
embrace it.
It will make you more powerful than you ever imagined.
It's the greatest gift we have,
to bear their pain without breaking.
And it's born from... the most human power,
hope.
Please.
Charles, we need you to hope, again.
Find what you were looking for?
Power is back on.
Yes.
Yes, it is.
She's lost too much blood.
- She can't keep going like this. - We have no choice, Bobby.
We can wake him up.
No.
They need more time.
I had... a glimpse into the past.
If we wake Logan now, we may set our fate on an even darker course.
They need more time.
Raven, stop.
Stop running.
Charles?
Where are you?
Back at the house.
Where you should be.
I need you to come home.
I know what I need to do.
If you kill Trask,
you'll be creating countless more, just like him.
Then I'll kill them, too.
Those are Erik's words, not yours.
The girl I grew up with wasn't capable of killing.
She was good, fair, full of compassion.
I have compassion, just not for Trask.
He's murdered too many of us.
Shut her down, Charles, get in her head.
She's not letting me in. I'm barely holding on.
I'm not strong enough, yet.
I know what Trask has done.
But killing him will not bring them back.
It will set you on a path from which there is no return.
An endless cycle of killing... us, and them...
till there is nothing left.
But we can stop it, right now,
you and I.
You just have to come home.
I have to.
You haven't changed at all, Charles.
Like I said.
I know exactly what I have to do.
Where is he?
He's at an airport, boarding a plane.
A plane to where?
Washington, DC.
Hey, guys!
There's something I need to show to you.
We're going backwards in time.
This is the system I designed to record any news about Paris,
over all 3 networks and PBS.
All three? Wow!
Yeah, and PBS.
Look what I found.
Tomorrow, in front of the White House, the President will make his announcement.
He'll be joined by Secretary of Defense Laird,
and has even sought the help of renowned scientist, Bolivar Trask,
his special adviser, to combat this mutant issue.
The White House has asked....
Raven doesn't realize, that if she kills Trask at
an event like that, with the whole world watching...
Then I came a long way for nothing.
And there's more bad news I saw in a report.
They found traces of her blood, in Paris.
And for all we know, they already have her DNA.
Which is all they need...
To create the sentinels, in the future.
Now, there's a theory in quantum physics, that time is immutable.
It's like a river. You can throw a pebble into it,
create a ripple, but the current always corrects itself.
No matter what you do, the river just keeps flowing, in the same direction.
What are you trying to say?
What I'm saying is...
What if the war is inevitable.
What if she's meant to kill Trask.
What if this is just simply who she is.
Just because someone stumbles, loses their way,
doesn't mean they're lost forever.
No, I don't believe that theory, Hank.
And I cannot believe that that is who she is.
Ready the plane, we're going to Washington.
You alright?
Getting there.
Whatever happens today, I need you to promise me something.
You looked into my mind and you've seen a lot of bad, but
you've seen the good, too.
The X-Men.
Promise me you'll find us.
Use your power, bring us together.
Guide us. Lead us.
Storm.
Scott.
Jean.
Remember those names.
There's so many of us.
We will need you, Professor.
I'll do... my best.
Your best is enough.
Trust me.
There's 12 carriers inbound, 10 miles.
They found us.
Thousands of people will be gathered here, today. They
come from all over the world to witness history,
along with news crews from at least 50 different countries.
Thank you.
Can I see your invitations, please?
Yes, you may...
These two are with me.
- Go ahead. - Thank you.
Logan.
Please, this way, sir.
It's fine...
I haven't found her, yet, but she has to be here.
President of the United States.
My fellow Americans,
today... we face the greatest threat in our history.
Mutants.
I'm pregnant...
We have prepared for this threat.
In the immortal words of Robert Oppenheimer.
Behold...
the world will never be the same again.
Can I help you?
No, you can't.
Here they come.
This is for you, brothers and sisters.
Raven!?
I have her!
Let me go, Charles.
There. You see?
Secret Service man, left of the stage.
Got it. Go.
What the hell are you doing?
I didn't tell you to activate them.
I didn't.
Raven, please, listen to me.
We've been given a second chance to define who we are.
Don't do this.
Gentlemen, you cannot pass this point.
We can't stop that many.
No.
But we can slow them down.
Erik!
Move it ! Come on, let's go!!
Storm!
Take us to Def-Con 3. Mr. President, we are Code Red.
Air defense ready now.
What the hell happened out there?
I will fix it.
You said that before.
I wanted to make a statement.
Now the whole goddamn world knows we can't protect them.
I will fix it.
Damn well better.
Charles!
Is everybody OK?
Storm!
Behind you!
Now!
I'm probably not supposed to ask this kind of a thing.
But, in the future, do I make it?
No.
But we can change that, right?
Do what you were made for.
Where are you?
I got this. Go!
Oh, dear God, no.
So much for being a survivor.
One of them is in here.
No! No! No! No!
Don't kill it.
I need it alive.
What the hell has happened?
You built these weapons to destroy us.
Why?
Because you are afraid of our gifts.
Because... we are different.
Humanity has always feared that which is different.
Well, I'm here to tell you, to tell the world.
You're right to fear us.
We are the future.
We are the ones who will inherit this earth.
And anyone who stands in our way
will suffer the same fate as these men you see before you.
Today was meant to be a display of your power.
Instead, I give you a glimpse of the devastation my race can unleash upon yours.
Let this be a warning to the world.
And to my mutant brothers and sisters out there,
I say this:
No more hiding.
No more suffering.
You have lived in the shadows, in shame, and fear, for too long. Come out.
Join me, fight together in the brotherhood of our kind.
A new tomorrow...
that starts today.
All those years wasted fighting each other, Charles.
To have a precious few of them back.
Mr. President.
Stand down! I said stand down!
You want to make a statement?
Kill me... fine,
but spare everyone else!
Very heroic, Mr. President.
But you had no intention of sparing any of us.
The future of our species begins now.
You used to be a better shot.
Trust me, I still am.
Get out of my head, Charles!
Raven,
please do not make us the enemy today.
Look around you, we already are.
Not all of us.
All you've done so far
is save the lives of these men.
But you can show them a better path.
Shut her down, Charles.
I've been trying to control you ever since the day we met.
And look where that's got us.
Everything that happens now,
is in your hands.
I have faith... in you, Raven.
He's all yours, Charles.
If you let them have me, I'm as good as dead.
You know that.
I know.
Goodbye, old friend.
Goodbye, Erik.
You sure you should let them go?
Yes.
I have hope for them.
It's going to be a time, Hank.
When we're all together.
And what about Logan?
Good morning, Logan. Late start. Ha, ha, ha, ha.
Have a good lunch time. Good job.
- Thank you. - Very good job.
Storm.
Jean.
Hi, Logan.
Are you okay?
You're here.
Where else would I be?
Whoa.
Easy, pal.
Some things never change.
Good to see you, Scott.
Uh, huh.
See you later, Jean.
Professor.
Logan.
Is everything alright?
Yeah.
Yeah, I think it is.
You did it.
Did what?
Logan, don't you have a class to teach?
A class...
to, teach. What?
History.
History?
History. I could use some help with that.
Help with what?
Pretty much everything after 1973.
I think the history I know is... a little different.
Welcome back.
It's good to see you, Charles.
It's good to see everyone.
Well...
I had a promise to keep.
You and I have lot of catching up to do.
Yeah.
What is the last thing you remember?
Drowning.
The past.
A new and uncertain world.
A world of endless possibilities...
and infinite outcomes.
Can we?
Oh, my, he's alive!
He's breathing!
Countless choices define our fate.
Each choice, each moment, a ripple, in the river of time.
What do you want us to do with him, Major Stryker?
Enough ripples, and you change the tide.
I'll take him from here.
For the future is never truly set.