X-Men

       Toad darts around the room.

       FLASH -- Reptile eyes -- DARKNESS.

       FLASH -- A WEBBED CLAW -- closer -- DARKNESS.

       FLASH -- leaping body -- closer -- DARKNESS.

       Silence.  Darkness.

       The heat lightning continues to expose the room in

       rolling flashes.

       Silence.  Darkness.

       Suddenly, behind Storm the sound of ELEVATOR DOORS

       OPENING.  Storm spins and unleashes a BOLT OF LIGHTNING.

       The lightning strikes an empty GLASS HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR

       SHAFT.  No TOAD.

       INT. OLD TORCH ROOM - NIGHT

       ANGLE ON: The map of the statue.  Cyclops watches as the

       dim red glow turns brighter and brighter.  He turns to

       look up at the old torch -- it glows FIERY RED HOT.

                           CYCLOPS

                 Get down!

       THE TORCH EXPLODES.

       A RING OF FIRE wipes across the room.

       Cyclops and Jean duck behind the marble map pedestal as

       fire whips around them.

       Move up through the CEILING OF FIRE to reveal Pyro at the

       center of the old torch.  His eyes wide, manipulating the

       fire like an orchestra conductor.

       INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM - NIGHT

       Rogue runs down the hallway, she stops.  The sound of

       footsteps echo from behind her.  The footsteps quicken

       from walking to running.  Rogue runs to get away as the

       footsteps of her pursuer get closer.

       INT. MUSEUM - NIGHT

       Darkness.  Silence -- except for the sound of Stormís own

       breathing.  Stormís eyes dart around the room, her senses

       are in overdrive.

       Suddenly, SLIME drips onto her cheek.  A low guttural

       CROAK.  Storm looks up -- TOAD clings to the ceiling.

       WHAM.  Webbed feet slam into Stormís chest sending her

       flying into the elevator shaft.  She crashes helplessly

       to the bottom -- stunned.

       Toadís head peers through the open elevator doors to the

       level below, looking down on the helpless Storm.  Toad

       SMILES.  His webbed finger presses the elevator button.

       The elevator doors above her close, sealing her in the

       glass tubular shaft.

       The ROAR of the hydraulic engine coming to life, the

       elevator begins its crushing descent down toward Storm as

       she lies at the bottom of the shaft dazed.

       INT. OLD TORCH ROOM - NIGHT

       C.U. on Jean and Cyclops both pinned down.

       Fire sweeps around the map pedestal.  Cyclops turns.

       BOOM -- He fires a series of OPTIC BLASTS blindly through

       the fire, blasting the ceiling.

       Chunks of debris from the ceiling shower down onto Pyro.

       The inferno stops.

       Smoke fills the room, Jean tries to catch her breath.

       Cyclops stands and heads toward the old torch trying to

       draw a bead on Pyro.  Cyclops doesnít see him.  When:

       A COLUMN OF FIRE erupts from the thick smoke, rocketing

       at Cyclops.

       Cyclops dodges, flipping a heavy wood table with flaming

       pamphlets on it -- using it as a shield against Pyroís

       fiery onslaught.

       EXT. TORCH - BACK - NIGHT

       ANGLE FROM DIRECTLY OVERHEAD:

       Magneto on the side of the torchís flame raises the huge

       machine -- while on the other side -- LOGAN PUSHES

       HIMSELF THROUGH THE HOLE -- his hands still bound behind

       his back, and slams against the outer railing of the

       torch.

       Logan looks around in shock.  He realizes where he is.

       He looks out at all the activity on Ellis Island, drawing

       a greater understanding of Magnetoís plan.

       EXT. TORCH - FRONT - NIGHT

       With a MAGNETIC RIPPLE of the air Magneto drives the

       machine right up through the bottom of the torch like

       batteries in a flashlight.

       EXT. TORCH - BACK - NIGHT

       Logan turns his back to the hole he has just emerged from

       and braces his cuffs against the rising machine.  The

       machine pushes against Loganís wrists driving his cuffs

       up against the top of the hole.

       CRACK.

       The pressure leaves the cuffs apart.

       INT. ELEVATOR SHAFT - NIGHT

       Stormís eyes open, looking straight up.

       ANGLE ON: The elevator continuing its crushing descent.

       Storm struggles to her feet.  Her hand presses against

       the thick glass elevator shaft, it surrounds her like a

       coffin.

       LIGHTNING strike the glass -- to no effect.

       Storm frantically searches for a way out.  She looks up

       to see the elevator closing fast.

       Storm raises her hands above her head.  WIND begins to

       lift Stormís hair.  The wind picks up and starts swirling

       violently against the sides of the elevator shaft.

       Wildly, the wind whips around causing a CYCLONE within

       the glass shaft buffeting upwards against the elevator.

       The elevator groans as the hydraulics fight the

       unrelenting vortex of wind.  Smoke begins to pour from

       the hydraulics, which whine in protest.  At the center of

       the tornado stands Storm, a force of nature.

       As the elevator continues its descent the cyclone pushes

       outward.  Small cracks start to appear on the glass

       walls.

       She is now forced almost to the ground.  The elevator is

       now inches from Stormís head.  The floor is made of a

       thicker version of the same Plexiglas and we look up

       through it, the massive elevator looming over Storm.

       BOOM.

       The glass walls explode outward, showering the museum.

       Storm partly rolls and is partly blown from the shaft to

       safety.  The pressure of the cyclone released, the

       elevator SLAMS to the bottom.

       INT. OLD TORCH ROOM - NIGHT

       Jean, having caught her breath, looks over to:

       C.U. on Cyclops.  Heís pinned down as fire wraps around

       the table -- the fire is burning through.

       Jean, seeing Cyclops defenseless, stands up from behind

       the marble podium.  She quickly scans the room and spots,

       on opposite walls near the old torch, TWO LARGE FIRE

       EXTINGUISHERS.

       Jean stretches out her fists and focuses her telekinesis.

       Pyro spots Jean -- with one hand continuing to blast

       Cyclops, he uses the other to unleash an ARM OF FIRE

       toward Jean.

       Jean focuses as she brings her outstretched fists closer

       together.  Suddenly -- the two fire extinguishers crash

       through their glass holders.

       Like two gunslingers in a showdown.

       The extinguishers bullet toward Pyro.

       The arm of fire rockets closer to Jean.

       Suddenly, the EXTINGUISHERS COLLIDE EXPLODING in front of

       Pyro.

       Inches from Jeanís face, the ARM OF FIRE disappears.

       The COLUMN OF FLAMES against Scott VANISHES.  The flames

       once covering the room are gone, a choking smoke is all

       that remains.

       Through the smoke, at the center of the old torch, Pyro

       lies dead, covered in a sea of white foam.

       Jean starts choking on the smoke.  Cyclops stands and

       motions for her to get out of the smoke filled room.

       EXT. TORCH - FRONT - NIGHT

       The machine finally locks into place.  Magneto raises a

       walkie talkie to his face.

                           MAGNETO

                 Lights on.

       INT. POWER STATION - NIGHT

       Sabretooth grabs a hold of the lever for the ìLiberty

       Displayî power breaker and pulls up.  Turning it on.

       INT. ELLIS ISLAND - GREAT HALL - NIGHT

       The lights of the Statue come back on.  The crowd of

       dignitaries burst into enthusiastic applause as if it is

       part of the proceedings.

       INT. SECURITY CONTROL CENTER - NIGHT

       The Statue now lit up in the monitors.

                           OPERATION COMMANDER

                 Roger.  We see the lights.

       EXT. TORCH - FRONT - NIGHT

       Magneto turns and opens the hatch.  Magneto sees the hole

       -- Logan is gone.

       EXT. TORCH - BACK - NIGHT

       Magneto walks over and stares at the hole, clearly out by

       Loganís claws.

       Magneto looks at his fingers after wiping the edge of the

       hole.  Loganís blood.  Magneto looks down and sees

       Loganís claw marks down the arm of the Statue, marking

       his escape.

       Magneto scans the island from his high perch.  He does

       not see Logan.

       EXT. STATUE - MAIN ENTRANCE - NIGHT

       The doors to the old torch room burst open -- SMOKE

       BILLOWS OUT.  Jean runs out coughing violently.

       Suddenly, Toad lands in front of Jean, grabs her head and

       before she can react, his tongue launches at her face.

       His tongue covers her face with an ADHESIVE SLIME.  Jean

       falls to the ground.  Toad looks back at the main

       entrance, sees Cyclops emerging and LEAPS up, out of

       frame.

       ANGLE ON:

       Cyclops stumbles out of the smoke filled building.

       Seeing Jean lying on the ground, he runs to her.

       Cyclops turns Jean on her back, ready to perform CPR.  He

       is shocked, the slime has now hardened to Jeanís face.

       She is suffocating.  He desperately tries to pry it off.

       ANGLE ON:

       The camera quickly pulls higher and higher revealing --

       TOADíS P.O.V.

       EXT. OBSERVATION DECK - NIGHT

       Toad looks down, perched on top of the railing

       surrounding the base of the Statue -- the same position

       he had before crushing the Secret Service agent.

       Toad arches his back ready to spring downward.  He will

       kill two birds with one crushing leap.

       The sound of WIND.

       C.U. Toadís face static, his eyes slowly look to the

       side.  His head twists, looking over his shoulder.  Storm

       stands behind him.

       Toad turns and hops off the railing towards Storm.

       C.U. on TOADíS FACE.  Which is horrible.

                           TOAD

                 Donít you people die?

       Suddenly the wind picks up violently.  Toad moves closer

       -- fighting the wind.

       Storm is MAD.  A face we remember seeing on a young girl

       in Africa.

       Toad fights the gale force winds, his webbed feet

       adhering to the ground.  He inches closer to Storm.  Toad

       bares his FANGS.

       EXT. STATUE - MAIN ENTRANCE - NIGHT

       On the ground Cyclops notices the wind howling with rage

       above him.  He frantically pulls on the encrusted slime

       suffocating Jean.

       EXT. OBSERVATION DECK - NIGHT

       Stormís eyes widen.  HURRICANE force winds blast Toad.

       Try as he might to use his sticky feet to hold on, Toad

       is blown back off his feet, catching the deck with his

       hands.

       The piece of the deck TEARS LOOSE still attached to

       Toadís hands.  He flies off the deck, past the metal

       railing.  Toadís tongue LASHES OUT AND ATTACHES TO THE

       RAILING.  For a moment, Toad just flaps there like a

       flag.

       Storm RAISES HER ARMS.

       CRASH -- A huge BOLT OF LIGHTNING strikes the railing.

       Toad is blown off the railing in a flash of electricity

       and --

       EXT. HARBOR - NIGHT

       Toad lands in the water.  He disappears below the surface

       leaving nothing but bubbles.

       EXT. OBSERVATION DECK - NIGHT

       Storm moves to the railing.  She looks down at Cyclops

       and Jean.  Suddenly, the metal railing on which her hands

       rest BEGIN TO BEND TOWARD HER.

       EXT. STATUE - MAIN ENTRANCE - NIGHT

       Cyclops continues to pull on the slime.  Jeanís struggles

       are becoming more panicked.

       Cyclops stops and puts his hands on Jeanís shoulders,

       pinning her down.

                           CYCLOPS

                 Jean.  Jean stop.  Stop moving.

       Jean continues to struggle for a moment.  She starts to

       calm down, her chest still hitching involuntarily for

       air.

                           CYCLOPS (contíd)

                 Jean, trust me.  Donít move.

       He takes a hold of her chin and grips it tightly.  He

       FIRES A THIN, FOCUSED OPTIC BEAM INTO THE ENCRUSTED

       SLIME, splitting it in half.  He pulls the remains away

       from her face.

       Jean GASPS for air.  Then she looks up.  Her face turns

       to horror.  Behind Cyclops, towering over him is --

       Sabretooth.

       WHAM!  Sabretooth smashes down.

       BLACK

       INT. HALLWAY OUTSIDE THE MUSEUM - NIGHT

       Rogue turns the corner of the hallway and trips, tumbling

       to the ground.

       Rogue watches from the floor as the shadow of her pursuer

       bends around the corner.  The sound of their footsteps

       get closer.  The shadow is upon her, turning the corner.