NEW YORK CITY APARTMENT, LIVING ROOM - MORNING
Dawn light falls on a certain blue furred Beast, who is asleep on a couch. Xavier still sits motionless. Then, he releases from the trance with a gasp. The nearby device, comes to life, flashing and beeping.
"Henry... wake up. Wake up." Beast sits up, awakening as Xavier wheels over to the windows and throws them open. Xavier looks down to the empty streets.
"He's here. He's very close."
NEW YORK APARTMENT BUILDING, FIRE ESCAPE - MORNING
Beast comes out a window to the fire escape, leaps up and climbs. Higher up and not far away, on a nearby building, Magneto watches as Beast climbs the fire escape and springs onto the opposite rooftop. Beast looks around. He notices something at the roof-access door, walks... Beast sees, in raised letters on the metal surface of the roof door: "CENTRAL PARK. THE POND. WEST END. 11:00pm TOMORROW."
Beast looks to surrounding buildings. No one in sight. Magneto's gone.
CENTRAL PARK, THE POND - NIGHT
The park is peaceful. Beast, in overcoat garb, crouches by the pond, makes quacking sounds to the ducks on the water. Away from Beast, on a path across the lawn, Xavier sits in his wheelchair, looking out into the park, waiting, pensive. At the pond's edge, the ducks are suddenly frightened, flying away in a group, quacking loudly. Beast watches them, curious, stands and looks around. Suddenly, THWAP! a DART slams Beast's chest. Beast twists, roaring in pain. Xavier looks towards Beast, engines are heard coming to life.
Three Range Rovers, in camo paint, burst from the surrounding wooded areas, tearing across the lawn. Xavier wheels towards Beast.
"Henry!" Xavier's moving quickly. THUNK! A drug dart hits him in the shoulder. Xavier grips the dart, cringes as his wheelchair jerks to one side. The chair topples, throws Xavier. Beast is pinned down by headlights as the Range Rovers slide to a halt. Heavily armed, military troopers leap from the vehicles. Gyrich, in protective medical garb (surgical mask and rubber gloves) is amongst them. Beast turns, snarling.
"He's still standing, boys!" He yells. Troopers level a huge barreled weapon at Beast.
"Fire in the hole!" POOT! POOT!
The weapon fires two mega taser contacts trailing wire. They hit Beast. He roars as the charge races through him. Xavier's trying to crawl towards the attack, losing consciousness. Gyrich watches as Beast tries to pull the tasers out.
"Hit him again! Gyrich calls. They fire again. Beast tries to get up, tries to run, but he falls forward, out cold. Troopers immediately gather to lift him, carrying him to one Range Rover. The Sharpshooter runs to Xavier's body. Xavier's unconscious. Sharpshooter pulls and pockets the dart, whistles. Across the lawn, Gyrich looks, then runs towards Sharpshooter.
"Who's Kojak here?" A unnamed trooper asks. Gyrich arrives, eyes Xavier. Shakes his head.
"Do we take him?"
"What good's a cripple do us? Leave him where he lays. Let's go."