SCENE: LOGAN'S DREAM - WEAPON X

[Logan is floating in a tank filled with green liquid. He opens his eyes and looks around. Logan clenches his fist and his claws pop out. He uses them to cut through the glass and free himself. He walks away, ripping the electrodes from his skin.]

[Flashes of Logan running through the woods. Logan in the tank. A man with goggles. The adamantium claws. Breaking through the glass. Logan getting ready to attack Sabretooth. The screen flashes red.]

END DREAM SEQUENCE

[Logan falls out of bed. He gets off the floor and sits on his bed, rubbing his head.]

CREDITS

SCENE: XAVIER INSTITUTE - KITTY/ROGUE'S ROOM

[Kitty mutters in her sleep as her alarm clock rings. She apparently has hidden talents and can play the electric guitar leaning against the door. Or maybe it's Rogue's.]

Kitty: *whining* Oh.

[Kitty sticks her hand out and phases it through the alarm clock, shorting it out. She groans again and gets out of bed. Kitty walks down the hall to the bathroom. She phases through the closed door, not registering the 'OCCUPIED' sign hanging from the doorknob.]

Kitty: Uh!

Rogue: Hey! D'you mind?

[Kitty phases backwards through the door. Rogue opens it in her evil neon pajamas. Her hair is sticking up in clumps, though she already has her makeup on.]

Rogue: *pointing* The sign says 'occupied'.

[Rogue points her hairbrush in Kitty's face.]

Rogue: The door was locked.

[Kitty shrugs helplessly.]

Kitty: W-well, who can read at this hour?

[Rogue slams the door.]

Kitty: Sorry.

[She walks away with an irritated look on her face. Later, Kitty has gotten dressed. She sits on her now made bed and types an email on her laptop.]

Kitty (V.O.): Dear Mom and Dad, today started out just like all the other school days, with everyone feeling a little.. crowded. Me included.

[Kitty watches as Rogue stomps into their room, hair still a mess. Rogue rummages through her drawers.]

Kitty (V.O.): Especially with a roommate like Rogue. Though, it's not real easy to get close to her, or healthy either.

[Rogue finds her battery-operated hair dryer and blow-dries her hair. Kitty, annoyed with the noise, closes her laptop and phases into the hall. Scott walks by in his boxers, wearing sandals, followed by Jean, Kurt, and Evan, all in their sleepwear, holding toothbrushes and identical bright yellow hand towels. They talk and bicker amongst themselves.]

Scott: Did you guys hear all the noise comin' from Logan's room last night?
Jean: Don't use all my shampoo.
Kurt: I need to shower!
Jean: *bumping into Kitty and ignoring her* Make sure you put the cap back on.
Evan: I'm serious, it takes so long to do your hair.
Kurt: I'm covered in fur! What did you expect?
Scott: We gotta check on that math test thing.
Rogue: *walking out of her room and following them* People.

[Kitty just stares after them.]

SCENE: KITCHEN

[Kitty sits at the table, continuing her letter.]

Kitty (V.O.): Finding a place to be alone around here is really.. a matter of timing. Sometimes you have to settle.

[Kitty glances at Logan. He's sitting by the large bay window, drinking coffee and reading the newspaper.]

Kitty (V.O.): Like when Mr. Logan's around, but that's okay because he doesn't want to talk to anybody.

[Logan shifts one eye to Kitty. Kitty smiles sheepishly.]

Logan: Hmm. What's the matter, half-pint? Am I readin' to loudly for ya?

Kitty: Uh, no. Just enjoying how quiet it is.

[The rest of the X-Men burst through the kitchen door, eyeing the food. Kitty has an 'I spoke too soon' expression.]

Evan: Okay.
Scott: Alright, breakfast.
Rogue: I'm starving.

[Jean grabs an orange. Scott takes the cover off some yellowish substance, possibly scrambled eggs. Evan pours himself some moo juice.]

Kurt: Eggs!
Scott: I got dibs on the T.V.!
Kurt: Well balanced meal. I like it.

[Scott flicks on the television. Rogue bites into a pastry of some sort.]

Rogue: Yum.
Scott: What happened to all the milk?

[Evan scoops some eggs into his plate. Kitty pouts, head in her hand.]

Rogue: Kurt, why'd you have to leave the lid off the toothpaste?
Reporter (on T.V.): -a bigfoot like creature-

[Logan turns up the volume on the television. He walks up to the screen.]

Reporter (on T.V.): -in the Canadian wilderness.
Rogue: -toilet seat down, please?

[Everyone stops talking.]

Kitty (V.O.): It's like sometimes Mr. Logan can be so incredibly rude, you know?

[On the television, there is a police tape line around a section of woods.]

Reporter (on T.V.): As a result, authorities have closed Mt. McKenna National Park until further notice.

[A camper is shown overturned and battered.]

Logan: Mt. McKenna.. Uh!

[Logan tosses the remote to the floor and stomps out of the kitchen.]

Scott: Hey, Logan, you okay?

[Logan doesn't answer. Kurt looks at the door, seemingly concerned, munching on a donut. No one goes after Logan.]

Kitty (V.O.): I mean, Professor Xavier is always saying that we're kind of like a family here-

Evan: Incoming!

Kitty (V.O.): -and we all have to get along.

[Evan hits Kurt in the back of the head with a cupcake. Kurt smiles and chucks his donut remains at Evan.]

Kitty (V.O.): But Mr. Logan doesn't act like it.

SCENE: LOGAN'S ROOM

[Logan stumbles into the room, holding his head.]

Kitty (V.O.): He's always going off doing this lone wolf thing. I mean, it's not like his life is so much tougher than ours.

[Logan practically collapses by a chair, then growls and flings the chair across the room. He growls some more and slices about with his claws. They poke through the door just as Kitty walks by. She looks somewhat alarmed.]

Kitty: *cautiously* Mr. Logan?

[Logan slams open the door, growling.]

Kitty: Hi. Sorry, I, are, are you okay?

[Logan grabs his head and growls.]

Logan: Yeah. Fine, fine. Just *closes door* redecorating.

SCENE: FOYER

[Evan is lounging on the couch, shooting spikes into the ceiling. Kitty walks in behind him. Pan up to the ceiling. Evan has been nailing a poster of The Festering Boils into the ceiling.]

Kitty: *whining* Evan! What are you doing?

Evan: Didn't have space for this in my room.

[He fires some more spikes into it.]

Kitty: We all share this area, you know. What if some of us don't like The Festering Boils?

Evan: You could, um, deal with it! See ya.

[Evan bounds over the couch and walks off. Kitty takes his place. She opens her laptop.]

Kitty (V.O.): Evan is the youngest and he is so immature, you know? It's like he has no idea how his actions effect the rest of us.

[Wood splinters start falling on her. Kitty raises an eyebrow and looks at the ceiling. The poster falls on top of her.]

Kitty (V.O.): Then again, like, maybe he does.

SCENE: OUTSIDE THE GARAGE

Kitty (V.O.): Some of the kids around here are pretty nice-

[Kitty is sitting with her computer on a high tree branch, watching Scott check the oil in his car.]

Kitty (V.O.): Like Scott. Sometimes he tries to be so totally responsible for Professor Xavier and the other students. Then, other times, he acts just like a regular high school kid.

[Scott turns on his blaring radio. It startles Kitty and she almost falls out of the tree. Scott drives away.]

Kitty (V.O.): Today, he's definately a kid.

[Kitty smiles at a butterfly as is flies past her. She looks down into a stone circle with benches where Xavier and Logan are talking.]

Kitty (V.O.): Thank goodness for Professor Xavier. He keeps a lid on things around here. Not an easy job somtimes.

[Logan paces around. Xavier watches.]

Kitty (V.O.): Especially with Mr. Logan. I bet he really gets after him for trashing his room.

Logan: *sighs* Hmm, somethin' in that news story, *rubbing his head* I-I don't know what, set me off.

Xavier: Let's, uh, let's talk about it. Sit down.

[Logan sits on one of the benches. He sighs again.]

Logan: Charles, there's somethin' in my head. Buried there. How's about you get inside and see if you can't pry it loose?

Xavier: Alright, but first, you need to relax.

[Logan laughs sarcastically.]

Logan: Huh. Yeah. Easy for you to say.

[Xavier puts his hand on Logan's head. There are flashes of Goggleman and Logan in the tank.]

Logan: Uh, tell me that was a dream or somethin'.

Xavier: *shaking his head* No, a memory long forgotten or rather, supressed. I believe that was a glimpse of how you came to acquire your unusual implements. Do you wish to continue?

Logan: Go for it.

[Xavier touches his head again. Flashes of Logan in the woods, Goggleman watching, Sabretooth jumping at him.]

Xavier: Are you alright?

Logan: *clutching his head* Whatever happened to me, that's where it started. With that ghoul in the black coat. He's the guy who did this.

[Logan pops his claws out of one hand. He gets off the bench and walks away.]

Logan: I gotta go.

[Xavier reaches out and grabs Logan's arm.]

Xavier: You're going to that mountain in Canada, aren't you? The one you saw on T.V. and in your nightmares.

Logan: Happen to pick that up while inside my head?

Xavier: Do you want company?

Logan: *walking away* Do I ever?

SCENE: X-JET

[Kitty is inside the cargo hold, typing yet again.]

Kitty (V.O.): Well, I guess I better sign off before Kurt pops in here and finds me. He's always doing that.

[Kitty shudders and rubs her arm.]

Kitty (V.O.): Totally freaks me.

[She checks her watch.]

Kitty (V.O.): Besides, I'm about late for school.

[Kurt pops in.]

Kitty: Eugh!

Kurt: There you are. Why are you in here?

Kitty: *scowling* Out of like, necessity.

Kurt: *shrugging* Whatever. Come on, Scott's giving us a ride to school.

Kitty: *dejected* All I wanted was just one minute alone in this whole stupid mansion.

[Kitty shuts her laptop.]

Kurt: Ooh, touchy. Sounds like someone's got an astro-physics test today.

[The door slides shut and the engines turn on. Kitty and Kurt fall to the floor. The jet leaves the hangar. Wolverine presses a couple buttons in the cockpit, glowering out the windshield. Kitty and Kurt open the cargo door and peer out.]

Kurt: It's Logan.

[Kurt starts to go to Wolverine, but Kitty grabs his shoulder.]

Kitty: I wouldn't. He's been acting like, mega-weird all morning.

[Kurt goes anyway. Kitty cowers in the doorway.]

Kurt: Oh, don't be so dramatic.

[Kurt grabs Wolverine's shoulder.]

Kurt: Hey, man, what's happening?

[Wolverine turns around, growling and almost slices Kurt's head off. Kitty does her Kevin McAllister impression, but without the screaming. Wolverine grabs Kurt and growls some more.]

Kurt: I-is this seat taken? Uh, sorry, uh, my mistake.

[He teleports back to Kitty.]

Kitty: Still think I'm being dramatic?

Kurt: *backing away* Uh, actually, no, I don't.

Wolverine: Argh.. engage.. autopilot.

[He staggers over to the kids, growling and holding his head.]

Wolverine: Why are you following me?

Kitty: *shaking her head* We're not following you. We're just-

[Wolverine growls and extends his claws. Kurt grabs Kitty and they teleport a few feet away.]

Kurt: Now you made him angry.

Wolverine: Argh.. I gotta take you back before.. Argh! You gotta get away. There's somethin' in my head.. I can't control it.. Can't be trusted.

[Wolverine shuts the door, growling some more and extending his claws again. He slices through part of the door as is closes.]

Kurt: *pointing* He locked us out.

Kitty: No, he shut himself in so we'd be safe.

Kurt: *pointing* There's a crazy person flying the plane! You call that safe? We gotta get outta here.

[Kitty rubs her neck in thought.]

Kitty: Can you transport us to the ground?

Kurt: *sarcastically* Uh, yeah, right. L-like, picture this: *motioning* bumpety, bumpety, bumpety, bumpety, *slamming his finger into the palm of his other hand* splat! Too high up and way too fast.

Kitty: Then I guess we're stuck on this flight. Question is, where are we flying to?

[The X-Jet flies over the ocean to Mt. McKenna. The jet has landed in the middle of nowhere, near the mountain. Wolverine walks away from the plane. Shadowcat phases through the bottom of the jet and watches him from her crouching position, raising an eyebrow. She follows Wolverine. Nightcrawler appears beside her.]

Shadowcat: Did you get into the cockpit?

Nightcrawler: Yeah, but something's jamming the transmitter way out here. I couldn't reach the Institute.

Shadowcat: *sighing* Oh, looks like we're on our own, then.

[Nightcrawler shrugs. they continue following Wolverine.]

SCENE: LABORATORY

[Goggleman is watching a monitor of Wolverine's brain. Sabretooth is standing in the shadows behind him.]

Goggleman: Excellent. You see, the chip in his brain is still active after all these years. Oh, I did such good work in those days.

[He claps his hands together, resembling Bizarro-Xavier. He giggles.]

Goggleman: And yet, through shear force of will, he's managed to subdue it until now.

Sabretooth: Why now?

Goggleman: Oh, I suppose he just got too comfortable with Xavier. Let his guard down. *pointing* Certain news footage did the rest. Isnt that right, bigfoot?

Sabretooth: *walking into the light* Don't call me that.

Goggleman: Tell you what, Sabretooth, why don't you go greet our old colleague?

[Goggleman grins. Sabretooth growls and lifts his arms in the air like King Kong. He turns around and leaves. Goggleman cranks up the power on Wolverine's chip.]

SCENE: WOODS

[Wolverine grabs his head. He sniffs. Sabretooth comes leaping out from behind a fallen tree. He pounces on Wolverine.]

Sabretooth: Wolverine.

Wolverine: Sabretooth. I thought somethin' stunk about this forest.

[Sabretooth jabs at Wolverine. Wolverine dodges and flips backwards. Sabretooth pounces again. Wolverine is knocked into a rock. He dodges Sabretooth's hand. Sabretooth's claws get stuck in the rock. Wolverine leaps over Sabretooth and kicks him in the stomach. Sabretooth slams into a tree. He growls, picks up a the rock, and chucks it at Wolverine. Wolverine dodges and tackles Sabretooth. Wolverine gets off. Sabretooth lays on the ground.]

Wolverine: Alright, [?] bub, playtime is over. Now I want some answers!

[Wolverine pops his claws and looks ready to kill Sabretooth. Goggleman appears.]

Goggleman: You'll get your answers, Wolverine, but you'll wish you hadn't.

[Goggleman turns up the dial on his remote. Wolverine retracts his claws, growls, and clutches his head. He drops to his knees. Sabretooth pounds on his back.]

Sabretooth: Huh. Welcome home.

SCENE: LABORATORY

[Goggleman stands nonchalantly in front of Wolverine, fiddling with his remote.]

Goggleman: You've aged remarkably well, Logan, if at all. Your recuperative powers have served you well. Now, it's time they serve me. Escpecially, since your enhancements represent quite the financial investment.

[Wolverine looks at the tank. He has a flashback of himself in it, scientists gathered around.]

Wolverine: Who.. uh, who ordered it?

Goggleman: What? That adamantium skeleton of yours? I can hardly believe you haven't figured that out by now.

[Sabretooth enters the compound.]

Goggleman: Ah, bigfoot.

[Sabretooth growls.]

Goggleman: Are we ready for training?

Sabretooth: We are.

[Goggleman pushes buttons on his big computer thing. Four monitors turn on, showing various camera angles all focused on Shadowcat and Nightcrawler.]

Goggleman: Yes, and I see our test subjects are in position as well.

Wolverine: *growling* No!

[Sabretooth and Goggleman turn around at look at him. Goggleman presses a button on his remote. Logan growls and falls to his knees.]

Goggleman: It's time we resume Project: Weapon X. Your development as the ultimate mutant slayers.

SCENE: FOOTHILLS

[Shadowcat and Nightcrawler walk around aimlessly.]

Shadowcat: Man, it's like he just dropped out of sight somewhere.

Nightcrawler: Well, he's back.

[Shadowcat waves to Wolverine. He's standing on top of a small cliff.]

Shadowcat: Mr. Logan! Over here!

[Wolverine turns to look at them. Sabretooth walks out of the mist behind him. Shadowcat gasps.]

Nightcrawler: Uh-oh. He's brought a friend!

Shadowcat: *backing away* Sabretooth, but.. They're like, mortal enemies!

[Sabretooth and Wolverine leap down off the cliff.]

Nightcrawler: Yeah, ours!

[He and Shadowcat run off.]

Nightcrawler: Faster! They're gaining on us.

[Wolverine pops his claws and tries to pounce on Shadowcat. She dodges him, then falls off the side of the gorge.]

Shadowcat: Ah!

Nightcrawler: Kitty!

[Shadowcat slides down the side.]

Shadowcat: Whoa, oh!

[Back up top, Sabretooth leaps at Nightcrawler. He teleports out of the way. He reappears on a hill behind Sabretooth. Sabretooth growls and jumps up the hill. Shadowcat tumbles the rest of the way down. Wolverine follows her. He growls and advances on her.]

Shadowcat: Mr. Logan, it's me! What's the matter with you?

[His claws are dangerously close to her face. Wolverine growls, fighting the chip's control.]

Wolverine: Kitty! Grr.

Shadowcat: I know you're not yourself, but at least you recognize me. We've, uh, we've always been friends?

[Shadowcat holds her hands out in front of her, trying to convince him. He growls and she starts backing away.]

Shadowcat: Okay, maybe not friends, but, uh, close enough.

SCENE: LABORATORY

[Goggleman is watching Wolverine and Shadowcat on his monitor. Wolverine growls some more. Goggleman turns up the intensity on the chip.]

SCENE: FOOTHILLS

[Wolverine screams and then glares at Shadowcat. She shouts and runs. Wolverine extends his claws again and chases her. Shadowcat trips.]

Shadowcat: *looking back* Whoa!

[She gets up and runs off, Wolverine at her heels. Shadowcat swerves around a tree. Wolverine slices through it and jumps over the stump. Shadowcat shrieks. They run through the woods. Wolverine slices random branches. Shadowcat phases into a rock wall. Wolverine shoves his claws in. Shadowcat comes out the other side and almost falls off a ledge. She leans against the stone. Elsewhere, Nightcrawler teleports into a clearing. He looks around.]

Nightcrawler: *whispering* Kitty? Kitty?

Sabretooth: Meow.

[Nightcrawler turns around. Sabretooth jumps out of a tree. Nightcrawler runs. Sabretooth growls and gives chase. Nightcrawler jumps on Sabretooth and then onto a tree branch. He swings up other branches. Sabretooth starts jumping from tree to tree.]

Nightcrawler: Right, I forgot that cats could climb.

[Nightcrawler leaps away as Sabretooth reaches his branch. Nightcrawler lands on top of the next tree. Sabretooth slices the top off. Nightcrawler falls. Sabretooth jumps after him.]

Nightcrawler: Ah!
Sabretooth: Argh!

Nightcrawler: Later, dude.

[He teleports. Sabretooth snatches at the smoke. Cut to Wolverine looking around for Shadowcat in the rain. He's in the same spot she last was. He looks down into the gorge, thinking she fell in.]

Wolverine: Kitty. No.

[He looks sad, then turns his face up to the sky.]

Wolverine: NO!

[He clenches his fists as Shadowcat phases up from the muddy ground behind him. She cautiously walks to him. Wolverine shouts incoherently. He senses her and tuns around with his claws extended.]

Shadowcat: Ah!

[Wolverine fights with himself not to kill her. Nightcrawler teleports in behind them and grabs Shadowcat's arm.]

Nightcrawler: We are popping out of here.

Shadowcat: No! Wait! I'm reaching him!

[She removes Wolverine's mask.]

Wolverine: No!

Shadowcat: It's me, Kitty! Remember? Half-pint?

[Wolverine growls, looking quite insane.]

Shadowcat: Please! Try. We had breakfast together just this morning. Kinda.

[She reaches up and grabs his hand.]

Shadowcat: Look, whatever they did to you, you're fighting it. You can win. Don't give up. Do you really want to hurt me, Mr. Logan?

[Wolverine has stopped growling. He looks at her for a second, then retracts his claws and kneels. Shadowcat hugs him.]

Sabretooth: Wrong move.

[He tackles Wolverine and they go flying off the cliff, growling yet again. Wolverine flings Sabretooth off of him and into a tree. He breaks through it and rolls on the ground. Wolverine runs off. Sabretooth follows. Shadowcat and Nightcrawler watch from the cliff.]

Shadowcat: He's taking control!

Nightcrawler: That seems to be Sabretooth's plan too.

Shadowcat: *grabbing Nightcrawler* Not if we stop 'em.

[They teleport.]

SCENE: LABORATORY

[Goggleman is watching his monitors.]

Goggleman: Sabretooth, where is Wolverine?

[Cut to Sabretooth. He's looking into a hole.]

Sabretooth: He's entered the lab.

[Cut back to Goggleman. He has a worried look on his face.]

Goggleman: No! Get down here and protect me!

[Goggleman looks over his chair into the dark room. Wolverine's claws slice through the door.]

Goggleman: Don't make me do this, Logan. You're too valuable.

[He has his hand on the chip power dial. He cranks it up again. Sabretooth makes his way into the lab. Nightcrawler teleports in front of him.]

Sabretooth: Grr, get out of my way!

Nightcrawler: Touch me, and you'll find yourself transported two miles into the woods.

[Shadowcat phases through the wall behind Nightcrawler and runs to the lab.]

Sabretooth: Then that's where you'll drop!

[He lunges at Nightcrawler. Nightcrawler leaps over his back. Cut to the lab. Wolverine is still slicing through the door. He kicks it open.]

Goggleman: I warned you!

[He cranks the dial all the way up. Wolverine grabs his head and growls. Goggleman presses a button. The little screen flases in red: 'ACTIVATE SECURITY DRONES'. A panel on the wall slides open and spiderlike robots come out. They make their way to Wolverine. He slices at them, getting two. A third one wraps tentacles of some sort around him. Goggleman looks pleased with himself. Wolverine growls. Shadowcat comes running through the wall. She assesses the situation.]

Shadowcat: Okay! I see the problem.

[She runs by the spider, shorting it out. It explodes as she runs for the computer. Goggleman is confused. Shadowcat destroys all his equipment. She emerges from the keyboard. Fires have broken out all over the place.]

Shadowcat: Woo! It's about to get totally hot around here!

[Goggleman watches as Wolverine stands over him, claws out.]

Wolverine: You caged the wrong animal, bub.

[Goggleman backs away.]

Goggleman: Stop! This place is going to blow!

Wolverine: Let it! Kitty, leave.

Shadowcat: *running up to him* Not without you!

[Nightcrawler teleports in and grabs Shadowcat.]

Nightcrawler: No argument this time.

[They disappear. Sabretooth arrives.]

Wolverine: Project: Weapon X has been terminated.

SCENE: FOOTHILLS

[The lab on top of the mountain explodes, sending a shock wave down the mountain. An avalanche follows. Nightcrawler and Shadowcat appear right in front of it. They get buried in snow. Later, they sit on a fallen tree and look at the devastation. Wolverine lumbers out of the mist, his clothes torn, even through he had no shirt before.]

Shadowcat: Mr. Logan.

[She and Nightcrawler get off the log.]

Nightcrawler: Oh, man.

[Wolverine collapses at their feet.]

SCENE: XAVIER INSTITUTE - INFIRMARY

[Logan wakes up in the infirmary.]

Xavier: Relax, my friend. You're back at the Institute. You're safe.

Logan: *sighing* What about the kids? Are they-

Xavier: Both fine. Kitty's been in here every hour checking on you after the surgery.

[Logan grabs his head.]

Xavier: We removed the chip. Is there pain?

Logan: Yeah, but, uh, not from the wound.

[He lays back down.]

Logan: Someday though, I'm gonna find out who had this done to me. That's a promise.

SCENE: HALLWAY

[Scott, Jean, Evan, and Rogue are badgering Holo-Kurt. They complain about being hungry and that Kitty shouldn't have the kitchen to herself.]

Kurt: Just relax. Give her a minute. Nobody's gonna starve to death!

SCENE: KITCHEN

[Kitty is sitting at one end of the table, continuing her email to her parents.]

Kitty (V.O.): So, like I said this morning, it's just been another normal day here at the Xavier Institute. Funny, I've been complaining about not having enough time alone, right? But I think I'd like, miss bumping into everyone. It's just part of the deal when you're a part of a family.