Charles quotes from X-Men: Evolution

[To Mrs. Leech] Mrs. Leech. I realize this will be difficult times. [Hands Mrs. Leech a business card. Mrs. Leech takes it] But there is a place where you can find help. The Xavier Institute for Gifted Children will welcome Dorian, when you feel he's ready.

Nightcrawler

What is going on up there?

Shadowcat

Yeah, is Jean all right?

No, she's not. Her powers are evolving too rapidly for her too control.

Spyke

[Starts walking towards Beast] [To Beast] Show his eyes, and grieve his heart.

Storm

[Lands] [To her nephew] Evan, no! Stay back!

Spyke

[To Beast] Come like shadows, so depart. Sleep shall neither night nor day. Hang upon his penthouse lid. He shall live a man forbid. Weary s'nights nine times nine. Shall he dwindle peak and pine.

[Puts his hand on Beast's head, telepathically] [To Beast] Hank, listen to me. [Puts his other hand on his own head] You're still in there. You know what's happening to you, so take control. You're stronger than the beast. Don't give up.

Spyke

[To Beast] Though his part cannot be lost, yet it shall be tempest tossed.

Beast

[Sighs, then turns to Charles and Evan] [To Charles] I still look like a monster.

But you're now in the one place where that doesn't matter.

Beast

I can still feel it, though, inside.

And you probably always will.

Beast

The worst part is– the very thing I feared most has happened. My teaching days are over now that I look like this.

[To Hank] Not so, teach. The prof can outfit you with an image inducer like Kurt's.

Beast

To look like whom? Hank McCoy? He's a wanted fugitive.

But you can be anybody.

Beast

With a beast inside trying to claw its way out, I just can't risk it.

[To Hank] What you need, Hank, are students who know your secrets, who have secrets of their own, and who need a man of your compassion to teach them.

Rogue

[To Charles] The mind-bending Mesmero. He was in Bayville last week with that Circus of Mystery. [Hands Charles the Jack-in-the-Box]

[Takes the Jack-in-the-Box from Rogue] Then we need to attend their next engagement.

[Enters] [To Charles] Professor. The last remaining ring? It resides in Washington D.C., at the Museum of Eastern Antiquities.

Shadowcat

[Relieved] Whoa. [Confused] What's going on? How did we get here?

Wolverine

[Massaging his injured shin while sitting] Yeah, sure, now you're all better.

Cyclops

[Crouches down to help Jean up] [To Jean] Easy, Jean.

Jean

Scott?

Cyclops

I'm right here. Everything's okay.

Rogue

[Realizes that Mesmero is gone] Hey! Where'd he go?!

Beast

[To Charles] Are you all right? Did Mesmero hurt you?

Not Mesmero, Hank. Mesmero was just another puppet like Jean. There was someone else pulling the strings: A mind more powerful than anything I've ever encountered.

Wolverine

[To Charles] What could he possibly want with those rings?

I really don't know, but I doubt we'll like the answer.

[Sighs] [To Charles] First Rahne, now Jubilee. I can't believe parents are pulling their kids out of here. Do they really it'll any better for 'em at home?

I hate to admit it, Logan, but I would probably do the same thing.

After all, I promised them their children would be safe here. Obviously, that hasn't been the case.

This is my fault. [Zips up his jacket and tugs it] I shoulda caught Mystique's scent when she was here posing as you.

And I should have sensed her in Wanda's hospital room before she abducted me. But the fact is, with her advanced shape-changing abilities, she's now able to conceal herself completely from us.

Yeah, well- [Walks away from Charles] I still shoulda known. I'm going for a ride, Charles.

Logan, let's go home. [Buckles his seatbelt]

[In the driver's seat wearing the driver's hat, shocking Charles] [To Charles] Logan said I could drive. Hang on, we'll be there in a jiffy!

[Approaches Charles] [To Charles] How long has he been in there?

He's never left her side.

But she is recovering, right?

Yes- slowly. However, having all of those personalities driven out has left her very fragile. And her toughest challenge still awaits her: Coming to term with who Risty really was, and who Mystique really is.

[To Rogue] Hmm. I won't lie to you, kid. Getting over this ain't gonna be easy. Something about– betrayal always sticks with you, but trust me, you'll learn to deal with it. [Takes Rogue's hand] You move on, and– you let your real friends be there for you.

[To Danielle] Hi. Feeling better?

Yes.

Good, because your grandfather will be here soon.

Kitty, thank you for believing.

Hey, how could I not believe?

When you projected yourself into my mind, everything was so real. It was like- we actually became friends.

We did.

[To Charles] But- how did she survive down there?

It was her mutant abilities. They put her into a form of hibernation.

[To Charles] And she connected with Kitty through, what, some kind of out-of-body experience?

Exactly, Logan. A psychic connection that made for a most unusual friendship.

Jean

Professor.

Thank you, Jean.