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Storm In A Teacup
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EXPANDED/ALTERED DIALOGUE:
When Jean is in the infirmary:
Xavier explains the mental blocks, then...
WOLVERINE: But what broke these blocks? How has she become dangerous, unstable?
STORM: Cyclops said she hadn't been the same since she was exposed to radiation from Magneto's machine at Liberty Island
XAVIER: That might have fully reactivated her mutation again, switching on the part of her I've been keeping suppressed, so that it started to break through the blocks. The Phoenix saved her, and now she's back. Like some kind of rebirth
STORM: Just like the Phoenix of myth.
XAVIER: And the Phoenix always wanted to be, that must be why that part of her personality chose that name, it knew it would one day be free
STORM: Then you knew ALL this?
XAVIER: I didn't know exactly what was going on. Jean and I have been working together for many years on giving her more more freedom with her powers, one step at a time. I felt Jean's presence after we thought she died - the impressions i got were jumbled, distant, like someone sleeping, dreaming, but the Phoenix hid itself well from me, it's incredibly powerful
When the cure is announced:
STORM: We're not a disease. etc
ROGUE; Is it true?
STORM: We don't know for sure Rogue. Look, I know it hasn't been easy for you, but don't get your hopes up yet. We don't know anything about this so-called cure. We don't know if it will work, what effects it might really have.
STORM (addressing everyone): We've fought so hard for our acceptance, not just to be at ease with ourselves but for society to allow us to exist. Surely they can't just do this, make us feel like we are an illness that has to be cured?
BEAST: You're right Ororo but it's not the same for all of us. I remember the days before I was like this (gestures at himself); life was much easier then.
STORM (to Rogue): There's nothing WRONG with you, nothing wrong with any of us for that matter. Give it some time and let's find out more before you go rushing in.
When Wolverine returns from the mutant army encampment and says he know where they are going.
Next scene - the X-Men hold a briefing
WOLVERINE: Magneto and his army are going to Alcatraz to destroy the source of the cure - the mutant boy they call Leech
STORM: And Jean is going with them?
BEAST: Almost certainly she will. Now that Charles and Scott are gone she will be looking for anyone who accepts her, she must believe she is as dangerous as Magneto and his brotherhood.
STORM: Jean's been my friend, at times she's been like a sister to me. WE need to be the ones who are willing to help, not Magneto. We must try to reach her, see if there's anything left of the Jean we once knew.
WOLVERINE; Part of her wants to be with us, part of us thinks she no longer can. We need to reach her - or stop her.
BEAST: You've seen what she can do. I'm not sure any of us can stop her.
WOLVERINE; But it's worth a shot, and we need to stop Jean and Magneto or mutants will be something they really DO want to cure.
STORM; Let's go. Suit up, I'll get the others
ANGEL (turns up as they approach the X-jet): If you are going to Alcatraz, i have to come. They are going to kill everyone there, including my father.
STORM: Okay, then come, but we need to go now...
When Jean is in the infirmary:
Xavier explains the mental blocks, then...
WOLVERINE: But what broke these blocks? How has she become dangerous, unstable?
STORM: Cyclops said she hadn't been the same since she was exposed to radiation from Magneto's machine at Liberty Island
XAVIER: That might have fully reactivated her mutation again, switching on the part of her I've been keeping suppressed, so that it started to break through the blocks. The Phoenix saved her, and now she's back. Like some kind of rebirth
STORM: Just like the Phoenix of myth.
XAVIER: And the Phoenix always wanted to be, that must be why that part of her personality chose that name, it knew it would one day be free
STORM: Then you knew ALL this?
XAVIER: I didn't know exactly what was going on. Jean and I have been working together for many years on giving her more more freedom with her powers, one step at a time. I felt Jean's presence after we thought she died - the impressions i got were jumbled, distant, like someone sleeping, dreaming, but the Phoenix hid itself well from me, it's incredibly powerful
When the cure is announced:
STORM: We're not a disease. etc
ROGUE; Is it true?
STORM: We don't know for sure Rogue. Look, I know it hasn't been easy for you, but don't get your hopes up yet. We don't know anything about this so-called cure. We don't know if it will work, what effects it might really have.
STORM (addressing everyone): We've fought so hard for our acceptance, not just to be at ease with ourselves but for society to allow us to exist. Surely they can't just do this, make us feel like we are an illness that has to be cured?
BEAST: You're right Ororo but it's not the same for all of us. I remember the days before I was like this (gestures at himself); life was much easier then.
STORM (to Rogue): There's nothing WRONG with you, nothing wrong with any of us for that matter. Give it some time and let's find out more before you go rushing in.
When Wolverine returns from the mutant army encampment and says he know where they are going.
Next scene - the X-Men hold a briefing
WOLVERINE: Magneto and his army are going to Alcatraz to destroy the source of the cure - the mutant boy they call Leech
STORM: And Jean is going with them?
BEAST: Almost certainly she will. Now that Charles and Scott are gone she will be looking for anyone who accepts her, she must believe she is as dangerous as Magneto and his brotherhood.
STORM: Jean's been my friend, at times she's been like a sister to me. WE need to be the ones who are willing to help, not Magneto. We must try to reach her, see if there's anything left of the Jean we once knew.
WOLVERINE; Part of her wants to be with us, part of us thinks she no longer can. We need to reach her - or stop her.
BEAST: You've seen what she can do. I'm not sure any of us can stop her.
WOLVERINE; But it's worth a shot, and we need to stop Jean and Magneto or mutants will be something they really DO want to cure.
STORM; Let's go. Suit up, I'll get the others
ANGEL (turns up as they approach the X-jet): If you are going to Alcatraz, i have to come. They are going to kill everyone there, including my father.
STORM: Okay, then come, but we need to go now...