X4: Evolution

Start with the history of SINISTER showing what happened to him.

GAMBIT as a child.

A view of the gravestones of JEAN, SCOTT, and the XAVIER. LOGAN stands before JEAN’s grave and sets a rose down for her. He turns and walks away.

KITTY and COLOSSUS are playing table tennis in one of the billiard rooms. COLOSSUS hits the ball a little too hard and it slams it BOBBY who is passing by with a bunch of roses.

COLOSSUS: Sorry, Bobby!

BOBBY turns the ball to ice and throws the ball back at him.

BOBBY: Who’s winning?

COLOSSUS: Kitty was.
COLOSSUS passes by BOBBY. KITTY notices the flowers.

KITTY: They’re beautiful.

BOBBY: Thanks.

KITTY: They for Rogue?

BOBBY: Yeah, I was just going to head over and—

LOGAN steps in.

LOGAN: Roses? You shouldn’t have.

BOBBY: Sorry, Logan. Not for you. (Heads out)

LOGAN: Don’t want to be late for another date. You know you missed two danger room sessions this week.

BOBBY: I’ll make them up, I promise!

BOBBY heads out. KITTY laughs.

LOGAN: What?

KITTY: You sound like Scott.

LOGAN: I will expel you if you ever say that again.

A bar late at night. ROGUE is working at the bar filling up glasses for the rowdy men. She’s dressed in a pair of shorts and a tank top. BOBBY walks in and surprises ROGUE.

BOBBY: Hey there.

ROGUE: Bobby, what are you doing here?

BOBBY: I wanted to surprise you.

BOBBY pulls out a dozen roses from behind his back. ROGUE gasps and takes them from him.

ROGUE: They’re beautiful. Thank you.

ROGUE kisses BOBBY on the lips. BOBBY takes a seat at the counter. ROGUE pours him a beer.

BOBBY: The kids at school have been asking about you.

ROGUE: What about?

BOBBY: They’re wondering when you’re coming back.

ROGUE: Bobby, I’m not a… (whispers) mutant anymore. The school is for mutants.

BOBBY: Storm would always welcome you back. We need teachers.

ROGUE: I have a job.

BOBBY: But if you were back at school we’d be able to spend more time together.

ROGUE: I know.

Cut to a mysterious old warehouse. MYSTIQUE, sits in a chair, as her normal human self. Across from her sits SINISTER. His face is hidden.

SINISTER: So has there been any progress?

MYSTIQUE: I was able to change twice yesterday. It’s getting much better.

SINISTER: I look forward to seeing you again as your former self.

MYSTIQUE: As do I.

SINISTER: When the time comes I’ll need you there to assist with the process.

MYSTIQUE: Anything as long as you keep up your end of the deal.

SINISTER: Of course.

SINISTER hands MYSTIQUE a sheet of paper. She looks over the paper.

MYSTIQUE: Xavier was always so concerned about his other students. He never paid much attention to this one. I think attention was all she ever needed.

LOGAN is downstairs in the infirmary. He stares out at one of the tables (where Jean lay before). STORM enters.

STORM: Logan, you have a class waiting for you.

LOGAN: I’m sorry. I was just thinking.

LOGAN passes by her.

STORM: Thinking about her.

The night passes. LOGAN is having a nightmare about killing JEAN. He wakes up shouting her name. The next morning, KITTY and BOBBY are watching TV together with some other students.

KITTY: Did you convince her to come back?

BOBBY: No. She says she doesn’t belong here since she isn’t a mutant anymore.

STORM enters from behind.

STORM: She’ll always belong.

NEWS REPORT- saying the cure is temporary.

STORM: Oh my God.

KITTY: It can’t be.

BOBBY: Rogue.

BOBBY gets up and heads for the door.

A shot of MAGNETO watching TV from inside his new home. He laughs. The TV is floating.

At the bar. GAMBIT steps inside. He steals a wallet out of a man’s pocket and secretly hides it inside his coat. In the corner MARROW (MARROW) sits drinking a beer. He glances at ROGUE for a moment and then makes his way over to MARROW.

GAMBIT: Sarah.

MARROW: I go by Marrow now.

GAMBIT: Sorry, my mistake. Marrow.

MARROW: That’s better. What have you got for me, chere?

GAMBIT: Mystique’s getting her powers back.

MARROW: I thought she was cured.

GAMBIT: Cure don’t work. Only temporary.

MARROW: Figures. Nothing works these days. So what are we supposed to do?

GAMBIT: Sinister has this island or something. He wants us to bring some mutants there for an experiment.

MARROW: Anyone in particular they want us to bring?

GAMBIT: I happen to have a list.

GAMBIT pulls out a folder from his jacket and hands it over to MARROW.

MARROW: There’s only four.

GAMBIT: That’s all he needs.

MARROW: Sounds easy enough. It says here that we’re also supposed to pick up some girl for Mystique. Nineteen year-old, Marie D'Ancanto. Has the ability to absorb the memories, abilities and physical characteristics of anyone with whom she comes into flesh-to-flesh contact. Sounds like the perfect woman for you, Remy.

GAMBIT: Yep, and she’s standing right over there.

GAMBIT points across the room at ROGUE who is pouring a drink for a customer.

MARROW: So, what are we supposed to do with her?

GAMBIT: Get her on the next train up north where our lady Mystique will meet her in disguise.

MARROW: So do it.

GAMBIT: Now, doesn’t look like the right time. Boyfriend’s here.

BOBBY walks in the bar.

ROGUE: Bobby, what are you doing here?

BOBBY: I have to talk to you, Rogue. It’s important.

ROGUE: Can’t it wait? I only have an hour left.

A news report flashes above on the TV set.

NEWS REPORTER: It has just been reported that several individuals who were fortunate enough to receive the mutant cure have mutated once again.

ROGUE looks at BOBBY.

ROGUE: It can’t be.

BOBBY: Everyone at school knows. Storm’s going nuts thinking Magneto’s going to start causing trouble again when his powers fully regenerate.

ROGUE: How much time do you think I have left?

BOBBY: I don’t know.

BOBBY places his hand on ROGUE’s. He leans in to kiss her.

Quick shot to XAVIOR, who is asleep in MOIRA’s laboratory, wakes up suddenly.

XAVIER: Don’t touch him.

Back to the bar. ROGUE’s powers return and she starts sucking BOBBY’S energy. BOBBY pulls away and falls over unconscious. Very similar to her first kiss. Several people scream. Catastrophe erupts.

MARROW: (to GAMBIT) Definitely the perfect woman for you.

Several people gather around BOBBY.

MAN: Somebody call 911!

WOMAN: (Points to ROGUE) She did it. She’s a mutant!

ROGUE: No, I’m not! I…I was cured.

MAN: Get her!

The MAN jumps over the bar and grabs ROGUE by her shirt and throws over the counter. She turns around and freezes him into the wall. The rest of the people step back in amazement. They all back away for a moment. ROGUE runs out of the bar in tears.

MARROW: Now’s the time. Come on.

GAMBIT and MARROW run after ROGUE. She’s heading down the street to her car.

GAMBIT: Hey, petite, hold on.

ROGUE: Get away from me!

GAMBIT: No, it’s okay. We’re mutants too. We come to help you.
From behind a bunch of people are beginning to gather outside. An ambulance siren is heard in this distance.

ROGUE: Bobby…

MARROW: Come with us. We’ll take you some place safe.

Shot to a hospital. BOBBY is in a coma. STORM stands beside him. LOGAN enters.

LOGAN: I came as soon as I heard. How is he?

STORM: Coma.

LOGAN: Damn. The first boy she ever kissed was in a coma for three weeks.

STORM: Bobby’s strong. He’ll pull through. We’re hoping to get him back to the mansion as soon as possible. The doctors here aren’t the friendliest people to mutants. I was I had Hank here, but unfortunately he’s out of the country doing work in Egypt.

LOGAN: Egypt?

STORM: He’s studying pyramids.

LOGAN: Great. Where’s Rogue?

STORM: We don’t know.

LOGAN: Did you check her apartment?

STORM: Kitty and Peter did earlier. Her closet was emptied. Warren has flown over the whole city looking for her. We can’t find her anywhere. And if her powers are coming back…who knows where she may go.

LOGAN: So, how do we find her?

STORM: We always used cerebro in the past.

LOGAN: Well, we don’t have that option anymore.

STORM: Then, what do you propose? Dig up Jean and ask her?

LOGAN turns away. STORM realizes she’s upset him.

STORM: I’m sorry. I don’t know why I said that.

LOGAN: It’s fine. I’ll look for her myself.
STORM: She could be anywhere.

LOGAN: Or she could be trying to runaway again.

LOGAN gets an idea in mind.

The train station. GAMBIT, MARROW, and ROGUE are waiting for their train to arrive. ROGUE is sandwiched between them hugging her suitcase. GAMBIT is playing with a deck of cards. MARROW is asleep.

ROGUE: Is that your power? Shuffling cards?

GAMBIT: Gambit can do more then that.

ROGUE: I thought you said your name was Remy.

GAMBIT: Some folks call me that. That’s my real name, but I prefer Gambit. This here is Sarah, but folks call her Marrow.

ROGUE: Marrow? Nice. Is her power sleeping?

GAMBIT: You a funny gal, chere.

Their train arrives. GAMBIT taps MARROW. She wakes. They stand.

GAMBIT: We take you to our friend. She’ll help you out. She’s a human, but she’s helped mutants before. She’ll be waiting for us.

ROGUE: I could always go back to school. I used to go to a private school just for mutants, but after what I did to Bobby…

GAMBIT: Now don’t you fret. Wasn’t your fault.

ROGUE: I still feel him inside of me. That coldness. The ice. The memories. It didn’t use to be this strong. I feel so out of control.

GAMBIT: Our friend will help you, chere.

ROGUE looks into his eyes and smiles. They step in to the train.