X-Men

       It is LOGAN.

                           LOGAN

                 I didnít mean to scare you.

                           ROGUE

                 Thank God.  Logan... we have to help

                 Storm we have to.

       Logan looks around to make sure itís clear.

                           LOGAN

                 Iíll go back, but first let me find

                 you a safe place.

       Logan extends his hand.

                           LOGAN (contíd)

                 Here, take my hand.

       Rogue looks at Logan confused.  Logan grows impatient.

                           LOGAN (contíd)

                 Take it!

       ANGLE ON: Over Loganís shoulder.  On the back of his neck

       we see some BLUE SCALES.  Logan is not Logan, Logan is

       MYSTIQUE.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       E.C.U.-on Magnetoís belt, which is lined with METAL

       STRAPS.  Magnetoís hand comes into frame holding CYCLOPSí

       VISOR and places it against one of the straps.  The strap

       WRAPS ITSELF BACK AND AROUND, pinning the visor to the

       belt.  He brings a radio to his mouth.

                           MAGNETO

                     (into radio)

                 Mystique...  Mystique, where are you?

       Magneto turns to Sabretooth.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 Find Logan.

       Sabretooth exits as Magneto turns to reveal --

       Jean and Cyclops, without his visor, are trapped in a

       hideous tangle of metal (taken from the Statueís steel

       bracing) forcing the two to face each other.  Two sharp

       points of metal rest on either side of Cyclopsí head,

       locking it in position.  Cyclopsí is close enough to feel

       Jeanís breath -- if he opens his eyes, he will destroy

       everything in his path, including Jean.

       Storm is also encased in a myriad of sharp metal bands,

       pinning her to the wall.  Razor sharp pieces of metal

       warp and close on her throat.

       All in all, they are completely disabled.

       Jean struggles to free them with her telekinesis, to no

       avail.

                           CYCLOPS

                     (whispering)

                 Jean... can you?

                           JEAN

                     (whispering)

                 Iím sorry.  Iím not strong enough.

       Magneto stands next to Storm.  Close.

                           MAGNETO

                     (whispering)

                 If the temperature changes a single

                 degree...

                     (looking at Jean)

                 I only need one hostage.

       Magneto stares icily at Storm.

       As if to accentuate the threat, a piece of metal pokes

       ever so slightly into the side of Stormís throat.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                     (raising his voice)

                 Now if you can hear me Logan...

       EXT. SEAWALL - NIGHT

       We find Logan -- The real Logan.  He has made it off the

       Statue and is about to jump off the seawall.  He stops

       suddenly.

       E.C.U. of his ear.  His powerful hearing enables him to

       hear Magneto.

                           MAGNETO (V.O.)

                 ... and I know you can -- It is a five

                 minute run from the furthest distance

                 on this island.  If you are not back

                 in this time...  I will kill these

                 friends of Xavierís.  Including the

                 young lady from the gymnasium.  I

                 think they came here to ìrescue you.î

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       Magneto looks to his hand -- the CHIP from Cerebro.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 I also have a small piece of Cerebro

                 that might be of interest to you, if

                 you hope to save Charles Xavier.

       EXT. SEAWALL - NIGHT

                           MAGNETO (V.O.)

                 Xavier is dying you know.  Five

                 minutes Logan.

       Loganís face shows the frustration.  Again, he is forced

       to make a decision.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       Magneto pulls out the chip taken from Cerebro and walks

       over to Jean.

                           MAGNETO

                 Here -- Xavierís life.

       He tucks it in an exposed part of her uniform.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 If I get what I want, you can try and

                 save him... for old times sake.

       Magneto turns to Storm.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 Now... shall we talk about the

                 weather.

       INT. ELLIS ISLAND - MAIN ENTRANCE - NIGHT

       The President addresses the audience.  We move across all

       the worldís leaders sitting with their families.  Men,

       women and children of every race, color and creed that

       the planet Earth has to offer.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

                           JEAN

                 Magneto.  Iíve seen the results of

                 your machine.  Iíve seen Senator

                 Kelly.

                           MAGNETO

                 Ahhhh, so the good Senator survived

                 his fall?  And the swim to shore?  He

                 is stronger than I ever could have

                 imagined.

                           JEAN

                 The experiment was a failure.  Kelly

                 didnít make it.  Yes, you were

                 successful in activating his mutator

                 gene, but you failed to take into

                 account the rest of his body -- it

                 wasnít ready for the strain.

                 Kelly was dead within hours.  Your

                 machine kills.

                           MAGNETO

                 Quiet...

       Magneto pauses.  Shock registering on his face that he

       could be wrong.  Thinking.  Considering what Jean is

       telling him.  His mind races and calculates the

       possibility.  Then:

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 I donít believe you.

                           JEAN

                 You donít understand.

       Magneto gets angry -- squeezing the metal surrounding

       Jeanís head.  Jean gasps.  This drives Cyclops crazy, but

       he is helpless to stop it.

                           CYCLOPS

                     (yelling)

                 Stop it!

                           MAGNETO

                 Why canít you see what I am trying to

                 do?  Why do you stand in my way?

       Magnetoís anger is boiling over.

       THUD -- the sound of footsteps, then another and another.

       The faces around the room look at the stairs as the

       footsteps get closer and louder.

                           MAGNETO (contíd)

                 Check and mate.

       PAUSE.

       SUDDENLY:  SHOOK -- Loganís claws shoot up through the

       floor, and through Magnetoís feet.  Magneto howls.  The

       claws retract and Magneto falls.

       Magneto, writhes in pain, rolling onto his stomach.

       Logan quickly comes up the stairs and into the Statueís

       head.  He stands over the crippled Magneto.

       Logan turns to Jean who is still pressed eye to eye with

       Cyclops.  He is relieved to see her alive.

       ANGLE ON: Storm.  She sees something.  Several of the

       steel bands that support the top of the Statueís head

       begin to move.

                           STORM

                 Logan!

       THREE METAL BAND peel off the ceiling, coming to life

       with magnetic energy.  They leap across the room and wrap

       around Logan.  Forcing his fists to press against his

       chest.

       Should he so much as extend his claws, he will rupture

       his own vitals.  The metal bands wrap behind his back.

       Magneto raises his hand and MAGNETIC WAVES RIPPLE.  Metal

       groans as Magneto peels open a gaping hole in the top of

       Lady Libertyís head.  Magneto looks up at the torch.  The

       wind howls.

       The AIR RIPPLES again as Magneto levitates the steel

       bands holding Logan, lifting Logan off the ground and out

       the hole in the Statueís head.

       EXT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       MAGNETIC WAVES thrust Logan through the air and --

       INT. TORCH - NIGHT

       WHAM -- THROUGH the metal skin of the flame.  Logan lands

       in the center of the sphere on top of the machine.

       Inside the sphere is a metal structure resembling the

       model of an atom.  Its rings expand as it receives Logan.

       Logan looks through the hole in the frame, down into the

       hole in the Statueís head, at Magneto.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       Magneto struggles to his feet, pulling himself up by his

       hands.  Magneto stares at Logan, impatient.

       Magneto stands with a hand raised up toward the machine.

       Then a slight motion of his wrist --

       INT. TORCH - NIGHT

       The rings start revolving just as it did with Kelly, back

       at the lair.  Spinning slowly, then gaining in speed.

       The air around it RIPPLES, gaining in intensity.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       MAGNETIC ENERGY POURS from Magnetoís hands toward the

       machine, behind him Jean and Storm watch helplessly.

       INT. TORCH - NIGHT

       The rings are spinning around Logan at such a speed, the

       rings themselves are no longer visible -- merely a blur

       around the stationary Logan.

       Logan yells.  Unthinkable pain, his skeleton beginning to

       glow through his skin.

       His eyes look down, through the hole in the torch, into

       the Statueís head, searching for Jean.

       The deafening whine builds louder and louder.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       Magneto looks at the incredible displays as MAGNETIC

       ENERGY flows from his hands continuing to charge the

       machine.

       Mystique emerges from the stairwell behind Magneto.  Her

       eyes widen in awe.

                           MAGNETO

                 Ahh, there you are.

       Mystique walks slowly toward magneto.  Storm and Jean

       watch the torch in horror.

                           JEAN

                     (to Mystique)

                 You have to stop him, the machine...

                 it kills people...

       Mystique ignores Jean.  She stops behind Magneto.  She

       looks up and sees Logan staring back in agony.

                           JEAN (contíd)

                 ... Please do something.

       Magneto tilts his head slightly, acknowledging Jean, but

       not moving from his task.

                           MYSTIQUE

                 Donít listen to her... itís a trap.

       Magneto turns.

                           MAGNETO

                 What is?

                           MYSTIQUE

                 This is.

       And she grabs the sides of his face and kisses him

       deeply.  There is an awkward moment.  Until:

       MAGNETO CONVULSES.  Once, then again.  Then he struggles

       to be set free.

       And MYSTIQUE TRANSFORMS INTO ROGUE.

       It has been her all along, using SHAPE SHIFTING powers

       borrowed from the real Mystique.

       Magneto fights to get free, but his power is being

       drained from him.

                           JEAN

                 ROGUE, DESTROY THE MACHINE!

       Rogue goes to pull away, BUT MAGNETO WONíT LET HER GO.

       Magneto grabs hold of Rogueís throat -- CHOKING HER.

       INT. TORCH - NIGHT

       Logan looking down, through the hole in the Statueís head

       for Jean, sees Rogue and Magneto struggle.

       Logan watches helplessly as MAGNETO STRANGLES ROGUE.

       LOGAN YELLS -- THE WHITE LIGHT BEGINS TO EMANATE FROM HIS

       BODY.  His flesh starts to SMOLDER.

       INT. STATUE - HEAD - NIGHT

       Magneto is strangling Rogue, who clings to his face --

       drawing his powers.

       The walls GROAN as magnetic energy RIPPLES through the

       Statueís head.

       ANGLE ON:

       Rogue, choking to death, looks frantically at Cyclops for

       help.  She raises one of her hands and uses Magnetoís

       stolen power to BEND BACK THE METAL POINTS so that

       Cyclops is able to move his head again.  Without his

       visor however, he is still unable to open his eyes.

       Magneto, feeling the last of his power draining from him,

       grabs Rogue tightly and SLAMS her into the wall.  Rogue

       slumps in Magnetoís arms and the two collapse to the

       ground.

       INT. TORCH - NIGHT

       The sound from the machine is DEAFENING.  SUDDENLY --

       SILENCE.

       ABSOLUTE SILENCE.

       At the silence, all eyes turn to the torch.

       It is too late -- THE MACHINE IS FULLY CHARGED.

       Loganís eyes tense.  He clenches his teeth.  Logan does

       the unthinkable.

       SHOOK.

       The glowing white claws extend through Loganís chest and

       out his back cutting three metal straps binding him.

       Logan ROARS in pain as he --

       Pulls his claws from his chest.

       SLASH -- his claws rip through the inside of the machine -

       - cutting apart the rings spinning around him.

       The translucent torch of the Statue is CUT TO PIECES BY

       THE FLYING METAL.

       INT. ELLIS ISLAND - GREAT HALL - NIGHT

       The President and the dignitaries turn.  Secret Service

       rush to the window.  A wave of panic sweeps the crowd.

       INT. SECURITY CONTROL CENTER - NIGHT

       The flaming torch lights up one of many screens.

                           OPERATION COMMANDER

                 Liberty one this is Horizon...  I

                 repeat... do you copy?  Liberty one

                 this is Horizon ... I repeat... do you

                 copy?

       EXT. STATUE - TORCH - NIGHT

       Where the flame of the torch once stood, now stands

       Logan, his skeleton cooling down.

       Logan leans on the torchís railing, his chest bleeds from

       the six claw wounds.  Logan is exhausted.  He looks down

       at his comrades still trapped by the metal bands.  And

       Magneto lying powerless on the floor.  SUDDENLY, from

       below --

       A MASSIVE CLAWED HAND strikes Loganís chest.  The blow

       sends Logan sailing back to the far end of the torch.

       Logan lies against the railing.  Opening his eyes he sees

       --

       TWO CLAWED FEET following upward to a very angry, very

       large Sabretooth, towering over him.

       Sabretooth leaps at Logan.  Against the New York skyline

       THEY GO AT IT, SLASHING AND HOWLING.

       EXT. MANHATTAN HARBOR - NIGHT

       Several Coast Guard cutters head full-speed toward

       Liberty Island.

       ANGLE ON: Their decks covered with armed Secret Service.

       EXT. TORCH - NIGHT

       Sabretooth picks up Logan over his head and throws him

       like a rag doll into the railing on the other side of the

       torch.