03x08 - Savage Land, Savage Heart: Part 1

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Animated superhero television series follows Professor Charles Xavier and his band of courageous mutants.
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03x08 - Savage Land, Savage Heart: Part 1

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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

(SCREAMING)

(SQUAWKING)

Cowards! Fools! Come back!

Faster! Sauron is weakening.
Our people shall be free
once more!

(GROANS WEAKLY)

(EXCLAIMS)

Not yet!

It is over, Sauron.

Your reign of terror over
the Savage Land ends now!

Never!

(SHOUTING)

Ka-Zar, I warn you!

(GROANS)

Who are you?

Quickly! Before he revives.

You must leave this place.

I am Zaladane,
High Priestess of
the Sun God, Garokk.

I know you must absorb
mutant life-energy

to retain your
powers as Sauron.

SAURON: But how did you know?

Garokk is wise.

Garokk doesn't exist!

He is a fairy tale,
made up to scare children.

Garokk is life.

I live to serve him.

The outlander called Magneto
brought this vehicle to
our valley. Use it!

They hate Sauron.
I am Karl Lykos now. I am safe.

With no mutants left here,
I will never become
Sauron again.

Ka-Zar won't take that chance.

For your recent tyranny,

Ka-Zar and his Fall People
will hunt you down
and destroy you.

You must flee.

Quickly, before
Ka-Zar finds you!

The power of Garokk
will protect you.

I must leave
this place at once.

(ENGINES BLASTING)

It is as you commanded.

(HORSE NEIGHING)

(ROGUE EXCLAIMING)

(EXCLAIMING)

Whoa!

(HORSE NEIGHING)

I'll take riding
over flying any day!

At your pace, Rogue,
I'm surprised you can
tell the difference.

A gal's got to let
loose now and again.

You ought to give it a try.

I admire your spirit, Rogue.

But unlike you, I must keep my
emotions in check,

lest my powers
rage out of control.

I don't know, Storm.

A little raging
every now and again
might just do you some good.

(EXCLAIMING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Don't fight me. I'm not going
to hurt you.

No, I mustn't...

(GRUNTS)

I'm no better than a vampire.

Why did I come here?
What am I searching for?

My friend, why the foreboding
countenance?

Staring at skeletons
makes me nervous.

Well it makes me bored!

What could be more
yawn-inspiring than a
zillion-year-old canary?

So, whither now?

How about the Guggenheim,
for the Magritte exhibit?

How about a chili dog
with the works?

Last one there's
a fossilized canary!

(SIGHING) As Shakespeare
knew so well,

"How sharper than a serpent's
tooth it is to have
a thankless child."

Those two...
I sense overwhelming power!

I just need a little to live.

Help me.

Sure, pal. You look like
you can use a hand.

(SCREAMING)

It's mutant energy. No!

Wolverine, you OK?

No!

Dear Lord.

(SCREAMING)

Uh-oh.

(YELLS)

Free again!

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Sauron is reborn!

Lay off, lizard lips!

Rogue! Storm!
We have a problem!

I believe
the appropriate aphorism
is a blast from the past.

Holy cats!
Beast wasn't kidding!

Must have taken a wrong turn at
Albuquerque.

That is the creature
we encountered in
the Savage Land.

Whoa!

SAURON: The weather witch!

I summon the Arctic winds!

(SCREAMS)

ROGUE: What's the matter,
bird-brain?

Look into my eyes, child.

Open your mind to me.

No! Resist his gaze, Rogue!

That being calling out to you.
What do you see?

Do not let him control you!

(SHRIEKING)

Wind! Rise up! Protect me!

Storm! Watch it!
You're stomping
your own people!

(SHRIEKING)

ROGUE: Monsters!

Beware! Sauron has
manipulated Rogue's mind.

She is not herself.

(GROANS)

Thanks for the newsflash.

Look into my eyes, wind rider.

No! I shall not!

You grow tired.

You must sleep.

No!

(GROANS)

Somebody stop bird-boy.
He's making off with Storm.

I suggest you pursue them,

whilst I intercept
our agitated colleague.

Sincerest apologies, Rogue.

But to employ
a time-honored cliche,
you'll thank me for this.

(COUGHING)

Where am I?

WOLVERINE: All right, flyboy,

I'm clipping your wings!

Due south.

Give you one guess
where he's heading.

I was unable to contact
our compatriots on Muir Island.

Studying Jeannie
like a lab rat.

Move it, kid!
We ain't got all day.

Who d*ed and made him Cyclops?

ROGUE: I had my fill
of that Savage Land
the first time around.

WOLVERINE: Well, next time
Storm is kidnapped,

I'll make sure they take her
someplace nice.

ZALADANE: What is
this treasure you bring?

You've done well, Sauron.

Deep within this weather witch
lies untold power.

What do you mean?

ZALADANE: One need only release
her self-control,

and boundless life
energy will surge.

Energy to make you
powerful beyond
your darkest dreams.

A limitless source
of mutant life energy.

Do you have the courage to try?

Step aside, woman.

(GROANS)

Where am I? Sauron!

Do not resist me,
weather witch.

-No!
-The fury of the elements

beats within your heart.

No! I cannot allow it!

I must keep my
emotions in check,

lest my powers
rage out of control.

Release the tempest within.

Set it free.

Free!

Free!

No!

(GROANS)

Is she...

(STORM EXCLAIMS)

STORM: I am free!

(THUNDER CRACKING)

(EXCLAIMS)

Now, Sauron!

I've never felt such power!

She shall sustain me forever!

Are we really gonna
see dinosaurs?

Dinosaurs are the easy part,
so keep your guard up.

Who's the zit case?

That's Garokk.

Some goofy legend
Ka-Zar told us about
last time we were here.

His worshippers
believed his soul

inhabited the very
soil of this land.

If you ask me, that's a good
place to leave.

All right, people,
eyes open, minds sharp.

My scanner is set
to Storm's genetic frequency.

She is unquestionably nearby.

I'll take a look-see.

(SNIFFS)

I'll take a "smell-see."

You picking up anything?

(SNIFFING)

I'm getting a scent,
but it sure ain't Storm.

What is it?

BEAST: Your taste
is excellent, but your
manners are appalling.

(GRUNTS)

Beast!

Don't worry, darling.

BEAST: Oh, dear.

WOLVERINE: No blue plate
special today.

JUBILEE: Beast!

BEAST: Deft maneuver, my dear.

ROGUE: This critter just don't
know when to quit!

(SCREAMING)

Quickly! Drive him
toward the clearing!

JUBILEE: You heard
the man, Barney.

(GRUNTS)

Gross!

(GROWLS)

That should hold
him for a while.

Welcome, my friend.
What brings you
back to my valley?

Long story.

Hey, guys! Aren't you
forgetting something?

Yeah. A babysitter.

I'm perfectly capable
of taking care of myself,

thank you very much.

Help.

Can I please have a scorecard

so I can tell the
good extinct animals
from the bad ones?

WOLVERINE: I didn't know
your people went in for
that Garokk stuff.

It started shortly
after your first visit.

Sauron raised an army
and captured many of my people.

He used them as
sl*ve labor to rebuild
Sinister's fortress.

We mounted a rebellion,
but my people
were overmatched.

They had all
but given up hope.

Then a strange thing happened.

One night, the statue
appeared in our village.

No one knows
where it came from
or how it got there.

Though I was suspicious,
to my people it was a sign.

They rallied,
destroyed Sauron's army,
and overthrew his tyranny.

They believe Garokk
gave them the strength.

What do you believe?

I do not know.

My people are liberated.
I do not ask how.

It'll take more than
an old hunk of rock to
lick Sauron this time.

JUBILEE: Not one word!

It's bad enough I gotta smell
like a driveway.

Come on, guys.
It's not that bad.

Shh. They hear something.

Heads up, people. Incoming!

(SCREAMING)

ROGUE: Buzz off, you buzzards!

Beast, mix me up
a Fastball Special.

Happy to oblige.

WOLVERINE:
Thanks for the lift, bub.

(WOLVERINE EXCLAIMS)

(MAN SCREAMING)

To paraphrase Sir Isaac Newton,

that which goes up
must invariably come down.

(SQUAWKING)

(MAN SCREAMING)

So, anyone else
want to wrestle?

(GRUNTS)

I defeated you
in your own land, mammal.

You have no chance
in my domain.

You can't b*at me
if you can't catch me.

(SAURON SCREAMS)

What's wrong, bird-boy?
Forget your overcoat?

Look into my eyes, child.

Oh, no. You ain't pulling
that trick twice.

Very well.

Getting weaker.
Must re-energize.

The only place you're
going is down, bub!

Pity you can't fly.

I sense a recurring motif.

OK, Jubilee,
you're the only one left.
No problem.

Chew on this!

(SAURON SCREAMING)

Wow!

Impudent whelp!

No! Not now!

Your plan is reaching
fruition, my lord.

Soon the Savage Land
will be cleansed of
all disbelievers,

and the Age of Garokk
will begin anew.

(RUMBLING)

GAROKK: The time has come.

Release the weather witch.

(SCREAMING)

ZALADANE: Allow me to help you.

You are now free,
weather witch.

You are no longer
food for Sauron.

You can revel in
the power of the elements!

(STORM SCREAMING)

Garokk's will be done!

So, what about that babysitter?

Wolverine, no! Karl?
Is it really you?

You know this creep?

I know him to be a good man.

I was. Until Sauron took over.

But how?

Mr. Sinister used me
as a guinea pig
in his experiments.

Now I need to drain energy

from innocent victims
just to stay alive.

If I absorb it from a mutant,

I become the abomination
you just defeated.

I have no control
over him, but I must
answer for his crimes.

I don't deserve to live.

Do not despair.

The X-Men have vast
experience in studying
human mutation.

Professor Xavier
and I will combine
our knowledge

to aid you in your quandary.

Meantime, how about showing us
where you got Storm hid?

On the other hand...

It can't be.

(STORM SCREAMING)

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)
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