"(cracking)" "Okay, really high, really high!" "That's it!" "I didn't sign up for this!" "(SCREAMS)" "Let me go, you bucket of bolts!" "I just started, I can't die yet!" "Oh, come on!" "You don't really wanna do this, it's fake anyway." "It's just like my dream." "(screaming)" "Up and at 'em, kiddo." "If that had been the real thing, you'd be just a skid mark." "Sorry, Emma." "I really blew it." "You're still learning to use your powers, don't be so hard on yourself." "Just curious, what exactly have you been teaching her?" "Every one of us has to come to grips with who we are, Frost." "And learning the extent of her mutant powers should have been first on the list." "Yeah, not to mention working on her guns." "If you misperceive that, you'll fall prey to the temptations of an evil organization." "Hold on a minute!" "Do you mean Emma?" "I don't know what you think, but Emma Frost saved my life!" "And she risked her own to do it!" "You hear me?" "You owe her an apology!" "That's enough, Hisako..." "Why are you always so hard on her?" "is that the type of teamwork I can expect from the X-Men?" "She isn't a member of the X-men, and I don't owe her a damn thing." "Before you criticize others, you'd better quickly prepare yourself to be a full-fledged mutant." "A full-fledged mutant?" "What exactly are you?" "He told you." "Don't get so worked up." "BEAST:" "The later risk of outbreak of Damon-Hall Syndrome due to secondary mutation is quite high." "It's just like we saw in that boy." "Speed up the vaccine production." "The secondary mutation is already developing in Emma." "We must vaccinate her immediately." "I understand." "I'll need the team to pay another visit to northern Japan to get to the bottom of this, once preparations have been made." "HlSAKO:" "Is that the type of teamwork I can expect from the X-Men?" "I've brought you all here for Hisako, nothing else." "We shall welcome her as a junior member of the X-Men." "No objections, I assume?" "I think she'd fit in well with the X-Men." "And we shall welcome Emma as a member of the X-Men." "She will be Hisako's instructor." "What's there to argue about?" "She did a hell of a job protecting Hisako in Japan." "How about it, Emma?" "CYCLOPS:" "I'm against it." "EMMA:" "You still have doubts about me?" "I didn't have anything to do with Jean's death." "If that's so, let the Professor perform a telepathic probe." "Let's prove you're not lying." "I refuse." "If that's what it takes for you to believe me, I don't need to be a member." "What?" "I'm not sharing my private thoughts with anybody, is that clear?" "HlSAKO:" "Hey, has Cyclops always been so nasty?" "BEAST:" "Who?" "Scott?" "He always has such a stern look on his face!" "He said, "Before you criticize others," ""you'd better quickly prepare yourself to be a full-fledged mutant."" "He's the one who goes around judging everybody!" "I know Emma feels bad about being part of the inner Circle." "Yet, isn't it just like a man to throw salt into an open wound?" "Scott harbors deep wounds in his heart." "He won't be rid of them easily." "Even now, he's struggling to find an answer." "Just like you, Hisako." "I'm struggling?" "If Emma refuses, I don't intend to perform a telepathic probe against her will." "Thank you, Charles." "Scott, Emma's joining us has been decided." "I will abide by your decision, but..." "But?" "Should Emma double-cross us, I will not be responsible." "I don't think Emma is tangled up in Jean's death." "But, for a guy like Scott, he's sure persistent in keeping an eye on Emma." "If it wasn't Emma, who was the woman he saw a year ago?" "EMMA:" "For a leader in the inner Circle, projecting my likeness would be a fairly simple matter." "Do you mean Mastermind?" "Yes." "I heard that even a year later, there's no trace of him to be found." "The lnner Circle have, in fact, suspended their activities." "If Mastermind does live, those activities will no doubt resume." "(DOOR opening)" "What's wrong, Scott?" "Hisako has been made a junior member of the X-Men." "We'll begin intensive training immediately." "I'm in the X-Men?" "is Emma joining us as Hisako's trainer?" "Yes." "Emma, too?" "Hisako, let's get going!" "I don't want to be taught by you." "Emma's my instructor." "That doesn't cut it." "I lead the X-Men." "You follow my orders." "Who's my training opponent?" "A giant robot again?" "A combat machine?" "Bring it on." "Even Frankenstein's fine." "You'll be fighting me." "What?" "When you're fighting imaginary enemies, there's no real risk." "If you know in the back of your mind that there's no danger, you'll hesitate." "But..." "Take me as your enemy." "Do not hold back, because I won't." "That kind of..." "We begin." "HlSAKO:" "Hold on!" "I can't think of you as my enemy!" "What are you doing?" "This is dangerous!" "This isn't a joke!" "Sorry. I'm not the joking type." "I think he really means it." "(GASPS FEARFULLY)" "You!" "Are you really trying to kill me?" "I thought I told you." "I'm not going to hold back." "Stop it!" "Help me!" "Emma!" "Hey, hey!" "I don't mind tough training, but she's still just a child!" "This is overkill!" "I'm stopping this." "EMMA:" "Wait." "Just a little longer." "We'll be too late by then!" "I know." "But..." "The child hasn't yet released her true power." "Help me!" "Please!" "Stop already!" "Cyclops!" "Your enemy isn't going to let up because you ask him to." "If you fall into the enemy's hands, you'll suffer the same fate as the mutants who died." "Don't..." "I don't want to..." "You better try to overcome this situation with your own power." "No!" "(screaming)" "(GASPS)" "What the hell is he thinking?" "He's trying to provoke Hisako into unleashing her power." "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Don't hold back your power!" "Hold back my power?" "Let go completely!" "Try to focus." "Control your power, don't let it control you!" "That son of a..." "He's talking about Jean." "Don't come near me!" "Don't give in to it!" "Don't lose sight of yourself!" "It's no good." "Get back." "Clear your mind!" "Focus your power!" "Hisako." "She stopped it." "Nicely done." "There was nothing nice about it!" "This power is turning me into a monster!" "(crying)" "wolverine:" "It's no use." "We've already seen what happens when symptoms of Damon-Hall arise." "It's only natural that she considers herself to be a ticking time bomb, a potential monster." "Then, if her heart breaks, she'll be of no use to the X-Men." "Ororo." "Hey there." "Got a minute?" "These powers..." "Like you, I didn't understand how to use them at first." "Everything around me was eerie." "I was worried, very worried." "If I hadn't met Charles, I don't know what would have happened." "He protected you, didn't he?" "He didn't just protect me." "He showed me the way, and guided me on how to be true to myself, how to use my powers." "Humans and mutants are different." "But they have one thing in common, a heart." "A heart." "The X-Men are a bridge between the hearts of mutants and of men." "Now, take pride in your powers and in your role as an X-Man." "I want to lead a normal life." "I want to forget about my powers." "You're only running away from your future and your fate." "EMMA:" "That's right, Hisako." "That's your weakness." "If you don't learn to master it, you'll succumb to it, just as Cyclops fears." "Whether you want it or not, you were born a mutant." "You can't run away from your destiny." "Destiny?" "If you accept everything, you have to have a strong heart and toughen up." "I don't have confidence." "I'm not a confident person like Emma." "I'm a weak-hearted person." "It's no use." "Come with me, Hisako." "Are you sure, Emma?" "Yes, but I have one condition." "Condition?" "Yes." "I want you to project everything you see inside my mind to the entire team." "Everyone?" "Yes." "Hisako, as well, of course." "Emma." "Understood." "Let's begin." "CHARLES:" "This is Emma as a young child." "WOMAN 1 :" "That girl gives me the creeps." "It's like she can read your mind." "WOMAN 2:" "What's worse is her icy stare." "They say she's a mutant." "Mutant?" "That's creepyI" "CHARLES:" "This is around high school." "girl:" "Why did your boyfriend suddenly change his mind?" "girl 2:" "It's her fauItI" "BOY:" "You're a great girl, but I can't forgive you for deceiving me with telepathy." "CHARLES:" "And Emma on her 20th birthday." "MAN 1 :" "Miss Frost is wonderful." "MAN 2:" "Yes." "She's the perfect woman." "CHARLES:" "Then that man appeared." "Mastermind." "mastermind:" "You're bored with human society, aren't you?" "I want to provide you with the perfect place." "welcome to our Inner circle." "But, Miss Frost, I think I'd Iike to proceed cautiously with this investment." "actually, it's a brilliant proposal." "Let's draw up the contract just like you said." "well done." "His fortune now belongs to us." "We'II ask for your help again." "CHARLES:" "Not understanding the significance of her power, she made mistake after mistake, until finally, she drove a man to his death." "mastermind:" "Do you feel guilty?" "The man lost all hope, and threw his own life away." "EMMA:" "I am the one who has lost all hope." "Enough of this, already." "Wait." "Are you trying to act seIf-righteous?" "You fooII" "CHARLES:" "And a year ago, on this same day," "Emma was with a boy who had a wounded heart." "A mutant boy." "EMMA:" "Go ahead and cry." "Let it all out." "But someday, you'II understand the true significance of that power." "CHARLES:" "This is what happened on the day of the battle." "When Jean died, Emma was not there." "Emma." "You innocence has been proven." "Emma!" "You understand now, don't you, Hisako?" "I may be a strong person, but I'm not a pure one." "I now see that I made mistakes and I regret them." "If I can change, so can you." "I'll be your strength." "I believe you, Emma." "I'll do my best as an X-Man." "I'm sorry for everything." "From now on, we're allies, aren't we, Cyclops?" "Or should I call you Scott, perhaps?" "It's Cyclops." "Well, nice to meet you again." "CHARLES:" "This vaccine is for all of you, of course." "Distribute it to Hisako's parents and to the mutants in the Tohoku area." "Make sure to have them all vaccinated." "We understand." "Nice duds, ladies." "STORM:" "You both look marvelous." "I think so, too." "Now that we're all here, take a look at this." "So far, here is where mysterious events thought to be mutant phenomena have occurred." "Here is the center point, a remote mountain region." "Most likely the causes of the mutant detection interference and the secondary mutations are to be found there." "That's correct." "lnvestigate it thoroughly." "Okay." "Departure time." "Here we go, Hisako." "Charles, is that all we should investigate?" "What do you mean?" "The woman, Sasaki Yui." "You read my thoughts." "When you performed the probe, our minds were linked." "Even if you try not to see something, sometimes you do." "That's okay." "If you want to hide it, I won't pursue it any further." "CHARLES:" "Yes, I was anxious about what I was hiding." "What we are attempting to go up against may be an existence beyond our imagination." "EMMA:" "At the behest of Professor X the X-Men fly to northern Japan once again." "With their two new members, the X-Men soon find themselves facing the remnants of the U-Men, hungry for revenge." "With the U-Men's high-tech capabilities giving them the upper hand, the X-Men find themselves fighting an uphill battle." "Backed into a corner, their chances of survival appear grim." "Next time on X-Men.:" "conflict."