EPISODE 4:

Sniff. Sniff. We fade in to exploding playing cards thrown by Gambit and acrobatic moves from Beast. Cyclops is controlling his visor to enable blast beams in Gambit's direction and there's all sorts of commotion as the Canadian government complex floods out with staff. It seems like Cyclops, Beast and Gambit are fighting one another.

/

In the security office of the building we see the fight being played out on their monitors. We are zoomed in on a grizzly face, recognisable from the comic books. Even the hair is scruffy enough to stand out, revealed as the camera zooms out. He's smartly kitted in dark ops government military gear. No camouflage, but grey, tight to the skin and almost with a metallic shine.

"You don't have a way out of here," he says. "Are you going to show yourself or shall I gas this room and smoke you out?" No movement nor response in the room.

Back outside, Cyclops, Gambit and Beast continue their skirmish.

In the security office; "I don't have a lot of patience lady."

He looks at the monitors and squints his eyes as he sees his former friends fighting on the lawn.

Security guy: "Sir. Shall we" –

"Quiet… look, whoever you are, they're not trying to kill each other, they're looking to get everyone's attention so that you can find a way out. But it's not going to work, so why don't you stop wasting my time and theirs and we can go out to stop this nonsense."

In a swift motion Dust forms into her normal state, out of the sand and gravel that had been crawling around the security office. The guards and the hairy man look almost mesmerised by her beauty.

"The Wolverine" states Dust.

"Ain't no 'the' about it. What am I a red London soccer team that used to be good? What the fuck do you want here? Why have you snuck in?"

Dust: "I think it may be better for you to get your answers from our friends?"

Back outside; Gambit: "This ain't working homme. I'm gonna end up hurtin' one of you here."

Beast, laughing: "On the contrary Gambit, for you to strike me down would be quite a surprise as you haven't gotten within millimetres of me yet."

The camera pans to Cyclops and over his shoulder we see Wolverine and Dust emerge on the steps outside the entrance of the Canadian government complex.

"Hey!" James Logan barks, "why don't you all get back to work?" to his colleagues.

A number of them walk past and around him and Dust as the two of them step down toward the lawn. The skirmish stops as Cyclops and Wolverine acknowledge one another.

/

We cut to Pietro and Raven on their plane journey to Australia. Raven is still covered in a jacket and Pietro is sat flicking through radio stations via the plane's on-board entertainment system. He looks toward Raven, seeing the blue of her shoulder. Restless, he skips out of his seat and speeds through the alley all the way to the cockpit. Everything's in slow motion for the viewer to emphasize how fast Pietro is going. He looks pleased to see the various lights and buttons, seemingly with an expression telling us that he'd never thought of wandering into a cockpit before. He notices a pack of Jelly Beans in the pilot's hand. In an instant we see him zoom back to his seat, smiling as he puts a Jelly Bean in his mouth. He has a hand full of them and seems pretty pleased with himself.

/

We're inside the Canadian government building with Scott, Hank, Remy, Sooraya and Logan. They're in a large office with a board-room-type table in the middle. Remy is sat with his feet up, Sooraya on a chair next to him. Beast is stood looking out a window. Scott and Logan converse the most.

Logan: "So you come here looking for what? Footage?"

Scott: "Look Logan it's not like that. We were after the footage to try and track you down. We figured you'd been here on your search, for whatever it was you were looking for."

Logan: "So you found me. You found a newbie too?" He walks around the table. "Sooraya was it? You been with this lazy schmuck and already he's taught you to steal?"

Remy: "Actually mon ami, she be de one dat stole my heart."

Logan shakes his head and walks over to Hank. They give a look to one another as Logan then swiftly turns back toward Scott.

"Can somebody please get to the fucking point and tell me what you want here?"

Scott: "You Logan. We need you. There was an incident with Quicksilver where he almost stole vibranium."

Logan: "Vibranium, from where?"

Scott: "The source. Wakanda."

Logan: "How did that damn well happen. Storm, is she still there?"

Hank, turning away from the window and toward the table: "Ororo's there and she's ok. She'll want you at the wedding you know."

Logan: "Wedding, what wedding?"

Remy: "You hadn't heard?"

Logan: "I've been working, here, undercover."

Scott: "You might've heard if you'd ever keep in contact with any of us."

Hank: "Ororo is set to marry T'challa. The Black Panther."

Logan looks surprised, but then eyeballs Scott. "So? Storm's fine. What do you need me for?"

Scott: "We need to find Erik."

Logan immediately shakes his head and turns away.

Scott: "We need to find Magneto, if we do, it could lead to answers as to where Quicksilver is, what his plans are and why he needed vibranium."

Logan: "And what, I'm supposed to sniff him out. Track him down?"

Scott: "That's exactly why we need your help, yes."

Hank: "It's an easy enough mission James."

Logan, looking at Scott: "Is that it? Just the mission? I notice you're all here as a team. So what, you don't want me on the team, you only wanna use me for your mission? You know how many times I been used in my life Scott?!"

Scott stands up and fronts up to Logan: "You obviously have a life here. I didn't think you'd want to give this up and move back to the mansion with us."

Logan: "That's a load of bull. You made that conclusion in the few moments that you been in this room? You're up your own ass, but you're not that fuckin' smart."

Sooraya: "Shall we leave the room?"

Hank: "That might be a good idea."

Logan: "Stay! I won't be held accountable if rip this dick's head off."

Remy takes his feet off the table and takes Sooraya's hand. Hank addresses them: "Go. I'll referee here." Remy and Sooraya leave the room as Scott and Logan are pretty much nose to nose.

/

We join Sooraya and Remy walking down the hall. We notice they have lanyards on, with Visitor Passes to the building. Sooraya hurries along, keeping up with Remy.

"Where are we going?"

Remy: "Food. There gotta be a canteen in this place."

They walk and talk, but still a little fast. Sooraya pulls on Remy's hand.

"Can you slow down? Are you alright?"

Remy stops. He turns to her and loosens his grip on her hand. They walk, much slower now.

Remy: "One of the things that had the X-Men so far apart is de fact that there always be someone thinkin' they right. It was all much simpler back in the day." They walk and find the entrance to the staff canteen.

/

In the office, Scott and Logan are in a heated argument.

Scott: "You left us and went your own way. What did you find, what did you discover huh? Everything that you already knew?!"

Logan: "See, see that's the biggest difference between you and Charles. Charles had compassion."

Scott: "And I had a mission. The mission was to get humanity to accept mutantkind, in order to build a cohesive and tolerant world."

Logan: "And Charles wanted the exact same thing, but he looked after those of us that were with him, including you!"

Scott: "I know that, but I always made sure we completed our tasks in the field. There were tough calls, but we all have the right to live Logan."

Logan: "Live? Live, is that what you call being an X-Man? In your perfect world, there is no living. You're with Emma fuckin' Frost. You don't have who you said was your true love!"

Scott waits and ponders what Logan's said. "Jean? This is about Jean? That's why you're angry?"

Logan: "She wasn't in the alternate universe or world or whatever the fuck Wanda put us in. You were with Emma. Why? Why weren't you with Jean? Why wasn't she alive? You both professed your love for one another, so in your perfect world you'd be with her and in her perfect world she'd at least be alive!"

Hank, much calmer: "We had no say in how we lived under Wanda's universe James."

Logan: "Yeah, so?"

Hank: "So you weren't with Jean in that world either. Our beloved Jean was a danger. And even in a perfect world, she had no place in it."

Logan, points his finger at Scott: "And you're fine with that?!"

Scott: "What do you expect me to do about it? I miss Jean, of course I do, but what should I do? Rot? Be miserable and bitter like you?"

Logan: "Hey bub, I have a purpose here. I travelled and walked and talked to a lot of people, some had answers, some didn't, but then I found my way back here and they gave me a job, a purpose, a life. I get paid and I have my independence, so fuck you with your selfish move-on-and-fuck-a-blonde intentions."

Scott rushes toward Logan and throws a punch. Logan hits him back and the two of them wrestle over the table and onto the ground. Hank comically shakes his head: "Oh come on you two, stop it."

/

In the canteen Remy and Sooraya are sat with sandwiches and hot beverages.

Remy: "That's why Scott was so mad at Xavier. He always thought that with Xavier's power, he should have known a way of protecting Jean from becoming the Phoenix. They argued thereafter and the Prof' was continuing as normal. I think that irked Scott. Wolverine always had a crush on Jean and he knew Charles was right, but he didn't take it easy. The X-Men were torn apart, some staying local and others going far away. When everything happened with Decimation Day, Charles was gone. We still don't know if he is alive, anywhere, but Scott took on the responsibility and while the partnership with the government didn't work, he's now putting the team back together. But I worry. I don't know if we'll ever follow him as we did Charles."

Sooraya: "He is trusted?"

Remy: "Yeah. But personalities like Wolverine don't help. De animal is impulsive, whereas Scott thinks things through. It's probably why he ain't askin' Wolvie back on the team. Maybe he don' trust him enough to take orders. A guy like Scott doesn't want to have to babysit a loose canon as well as worry about a war."

Sooraya moves her chair closer to Remy's. "You're not certain you want to be here?"

Remy: "It's not that. I buy the team, I like the idea of being home. But if James and Scott can't get along then we yeah, we may be better off without'm."

Sooraya puts her head to Remy's temple. "From what I can see, it's two brothers, with egos. But from your affection to them, and Beast's, I think we allow them to prove worth to themselves. I believe the rest of the group will benefit."

Remy sighs, worried still. "Charles was the balance. He knew when to attack, when to hold back. If anything happens on the fly and those two try overrule each other" –

Sooraya: "Hey. It's ok. Give them time. A chance. A team of leaders is stronger than a one man team."

/

Scott and Logan are in a full-on grapple-fest, with neither of them using their powers, but they do much to damage the office (conference room). Hank, having watched them for a little while, finally gets between them.

"Enough!" he throws Wolverine toward the wall and chokeslams Cyclops to the table. "Enough! Both of you. James you're making issues out of things in the past that we cannot control. And Scott, we cannot outcast anybody no matter how hot-headed they may be."

Logan gets up and dusts himself down: "Who are you callin' hot-headed blue Jesus?"

Hank helps Scott up.

Scott: "Look, he's right. I'm sorry Logan. We do need you, for the mission and for the team. We've never gotten along and we barely ever agree with each other, so there was a part of me that thought you'd say no to coming back because I'm calling the shots. And I would understand that."

Logan: "I never said I wanted to come back!"

Hank: "Easy, James, calm."

Scott: "I would welcome you if you did. And you'd be an asset in living and teaching at the mansion again. God knows we haven't had the school up and running since Decimation Day."

Logan: "So what do you do? How do you make ends meet?"

Hank: "I have access to Charles' finances. He set up an account in my name many years ago. There's enough in it for hundreds of mutants' welfare, growth and well-being. Including ourselves. But some of us do work outside. I myself have been employed by schools, research foundations, charities and even Tony Stark believe it or not."

Logan: "And what are you?"

Scott: "I've been in and out of jobs. Personal Trainer most recently. I get bored doing the same routines every day."

Logan: "And Emma?"

Scott: "Psychiatrist."

Logan: "'course she is."

Scott: "The point is we have enough financially and no one is stopping you from having a job, if that's what you want. But you're an X-Man, you always have been. I propose a clean slate. I'm asking you to help us in finding Magneto. Pietro's up to no good and Erik's the only one that would know what he may be thinking. Whether you stay or leave thereafter is totally up to you. I won't encourage you or stop you either way. Fair?"

Logan looks at Scott and steps toward him. The two shake hands as Hank nods in approval in the background.

/

Back on the plane it's dark and the journey has some turbulence. Raven wakes up, (as Australian star Iggy Azalea) and asks Pietro if "the wine trolley had passed yet."

There's more turbulence and all the seatbelt signs are on. All of a sudden a man in the middle isle stands and pulls a backpack out from under his seat. "Everybody, this is where the journey ends!"

Pietro watches the guy reach into his backpack and pull out a trigger, but as the guy is about to push the button, Pietro is over to him (we see him at full speed while everything else is slow motion) and he snatches the backpack away, putting the trigger back in the bag, kicking the guy to his seat and then rushing around the plane to come back with wire and rope and scarves to tie the guy to his seat. Then he punches him to knock him out.

Pietro zooms to the cockpit to talk to the pilot. Everything returns to normal speed and we watch as Pietro tells the pilot that there was a disturbance on the plane and that the pilot should radio for police as they land. The pilot asks what's going on, but Pietro says that the passengers are fine and unaware of anything except turbulence. The pilot nods, taking Pietro's word for it.

Pietro speeds back to his seat and hands Raven a miniature bottle of wine. She opens it as the turbulence eases.

"What the hell was that? Why's that guy tied to his seat?"

Other passengers murmur around the guy and the people who were sat either side of him move elsewhere on the plane. Pietro smiles and holds his cup out to Raven, but she's already finished the miniature bottle. Pietro has the guy's backpack in his lap. He opens it to show Raven, who consequently spits out her wine in shock.

"What the fuck!?"

Pietro: "Shhhh, shhh, relax. It's what the guy had. I snagged it and told the pilot to call the cops as we land. It's fine."

Raven whispers loudly: "Fine? Fine? Does the pilot know there's a b" –

Pietro: "Bird! Yeah a bird got swallowed by the thrusters, that's why the turbulence, you're right there my lover. Hey how about a smooch?"

Pietro leans over Raven with his tongue out. She pushes him off sternly saying "fuck off… get that thing away from me." Pietro sits back, relaxes and opens a bag of pretzels. Raven shakes her head.