04x17 - Family Ties

[bunniefuu]

[theme music playing]

I've made a sweep
of that sector.

No hostile activity
that I can...

Quicksilver! It's your sister!

I told you never to use
X-Factor override frequencies

except in an emergency!

It's father!
The hospital called.

Father is very agitated.
He wants us to come immediately.

He must be getting worse!

Worse? Last week they said
he was out of danger.

I'll pick you up
in the Hummingbird.

Rest now.

We can speak later
when you have more strength.

No, Wanda.
For 20 years I kept a secret.

Now you must know
so I can be at peace.

Go on.

My children,
you mean everything to me.

And though Marya and I
raised you as our own,

we are not your natural parents.

What are you saying?

I had sworn never to reveal
the truth to you,

but now I have been
released from this vow.

That is why I called you.

[footsteps approaching]

[Django] You were newly born
when brought to our home
by a midwife.

Her name was Bova.

The most wondrous creature,
part human, part animal.

She knew how much
we wanted children of our own.

It was she
who swore us to silence.

Who are our real parents?

I do not know.

To find out more,
you must seek the midwife.

Legend has it

that she lives beyond the mists
of the highest mountain,

in a place known as Wundargore.

I shall be fine, children.

But now, I must rest.

Do you buy all this?

Be quiet.

We have to check it out,
if only for him.

Magneto.

Very good, Charles.

I see that old age
hasn't dulled your powers.

Nor your flair for the dramatic.

Should I ask how you got in?

It seems your
security systems have
electromagnetic vulnerabilities.

Vulnerable to me anyway.

Wolverine was on sentry duty.
What have you done to him?

[grunting]

Was all this necessary, Magnus?

Maybe not.

But I have to
speak to you privately.

I don't suppose you are here
to help us with security.

I am traveling
to the Balkans, Charles.

It is Magda.

I have received news
that she may be alive.

Your wife alive?
After all your searching?

You have enemies, Magnus.

This could be a trap.

Of course it could be a trap!

You know
that would never stop me.

I need you and Cerebro
to make sure

there is no unusual
mutant activity in the area.

Normally, I wouldn't.

But I understand
why you must do this.

And Charles,
should this be an ambush,

no matter what happens to me
or those who stand in my way,

please do not interfere.

[shouting in rage]

Where is he?

Gone.
He wanted to talk to me alone.

For some reason,
he felt you might object.

[growls]

You bet I would.

How can you listen to him
after all he's done?

I understand your suspicions.

Follow him. Notify me
immediately if there is trouble.

Why? I love trouble.

Who trespasses in Wundargore?

Pietro and Wanda Maximoff.

[Scarlet Witch] We have come
in search of a midwife, Bova.

Can it be the twins?

How do you know us?

I am the High Evolutionary.

But how do I know that
you are Wanda and Pietro?

You could be spies,
sent to steal my secrets,

to destroy
all that I have built.

We don't care
about your secrets.

Just let us talk to Bova
and we'll go.

First, I must be sure.

There is a way
to know the truth.

Come with me to my citadel
and I will show you.

[High Evolutionary]
Every living thing in Wundargore
begins here in my laboratory.

Impressive. But how does it
help prove who we are?

Place your arms here.

The genetic records
of the infant Wanda and Pietro

are stored in my databanks.

This machine will extract
a sample of your DNA.

[electronic beeping]

It's true.
You have returned to us.

Can you forgive my suspicions?

Of course.
But now take us to Bova.

I shall notify her at once.
Come with me.

[Bova] Pietro, Wanda!

Django said you might come.

This is the midwife you seek.

Django said
you knew our natural parents.

Only your poor mother.

It was a stormy night
when I discovered her,

half frozen,
fleeing in terror from a mutant

who had just destroyed
an entire village nearby.

We brought her here
and cared for her,
until she gave birth.

But your mother's
great fear persisted.

She left you two in our care
and fled Wundargore,

still certain that the mutant
would track her down.

In her weakened state,

she did not survive
the bitter winter that followed.

How horrible.

We'll never know her.

The mutant who did this,

tell me his name.

No, it can only bring suffering.

We must know.

His name is Magneto.

That m*rder*r.

Magneto will pay with his life.

Bova is right. This can
only lead to more bloodshed.

I don't care.
Where do we find him?

Where he is
every year at this time.

At a loved one's mark,
at the cemetery
just outside the village.

He's here? We're going.

Wait. If we cannot dissuade you,
let us help.

My most powerful creatures
will go with you.

So much has been
accomplished this day.

Soon the world will know
the peace and joy I can give it.

Surveillance update, Beast.

Maybe Magneto
wasn't lying after all.

Just when you think
you know a dirt wad.

[woman] Magnus?

Magda? Is that you?

Can it be true?
Can you really be alive?

Yes, but please, come no closer.

You have hurt me enough.

I was such a fool then.

Filled with hate,
with no room for love.

I have changed.

I'm just so frightened.

Don't be, please.

[gasps]

[laughing]

You are still the fool.

[Quicksilver] Magneto!

Who are you?

What do you have to do
with this desecration?

We are here
to get revenge for one
who has fallen in your path.

You will need
to be more specific.
There have been many.

It was our mother.

[grunts]

Professor was right.

Magneto stepped into a trap
set by Quicksilver
and the Scarlet Witch.

[both grunting]

You try my patience.

Tell me why you lured me here.

[grunting]

You ought to see it, Hank.

It's the blasted
Island of Doctor Moreau.

I hate to see piling on,
even on Magneto.

[grunts in pain]

He's ours.

Finish him quickly.
The world will thank us.

What are you doing?

Well, well, well.
The worm turns.

Oh, man,
I'm probably gonna regret this.

[shouting]

No!

For some stupid reason,
Xavier was worried about you.

Go figure.

[grunting]

I told Xavier not to interfere!

[grunting]

Don't go overboard
thanking me, dirtbag.

[coughing]

Wolverine... Gas.

[all coughing]

Somebody's idea of a joke?

[coughing]

[Magneto] Not a very funny one.

[Xavier] [over radio]
Wolverine, what is happening?
Wolverine!

Why would Quicksilver
and Scarlet Witch
att*ck Magneto?

Perhaps all of
X-Factor is involved.

Alone, the twins
would never stand a chance
against Magneto.

Get the Blackbird.

Triangulate on his communicator.

We're going after them.

[lightning crackling]

[groaning]

[Wolverine]
Well, it's about time.

Now, maybe you can tell me
what this circus is all about.

I am not sure.

Balkan legend has it
that a mystical valley,
known as Wundargore,

flourished amidst
these mountains.

If this is that valley,

then I know
who is behind these att*cks.

An excellent memory, Magnus.

As a young man, you sought
but never found my world.

Now you shall number
among its saviors.

Explain yourself.
Why did you bring us here?

Were you responsible
for Magda's death?

One question at a time.

Although I hold
the key to evolution,

creation is painstaking work.

It has taken me decades

to create this small colony
of enhanced creatures.

Wake them.

The Scarlet Witch possesses
the mastery of probability,

which will increase my chances
of matching genetic codes
a thousand fold.

Together with the
speed-enhancing powers
of her brother's DNA,

I am now able to complete
a year's work in seconds.

But you, the most powerful
mutant on this planet,

are the final piece
to the grand design
of earthly salvation.

Samples of your DNA,
taken while you slept,

have bonded with
that of the twins,

to make every one of my flawless
ideal creations

vital and strong.

For it is
the blood of the father

that gives life
to that of his children!

What do you mean?

Wanda, Pietro,

allow me to introduce Magnus,
husband of Magda,

and your father.

What? This madman is our father?

You are insane!

Behold! A family
reunited in my service,

lives dedicated to
remaking the world.

And now, let there be life.

First, the genetic codes.

[grunting]

New beings,
perfect, without sin,
to populate a new world.

The recreation of life on Earth.

[Wolverine] [growling]

Soon, there will be
enough of my children

to bring enlightenment
to a dark, troubled world.

-[alarm blaring]
-What's this?

[Beast] Amazing!
The creatures are as
Wolverine described them,

neither man nor beast!

Much as I have been described,

though I doubt
we will have time to discuss it.

We must convince them
that we did not
come here to fight.

Your mother was a gentle woman.

The world I fought for
frightened her.

I frightened her.

She left without telling me
that you two were to be born.

So it's true. You destroyed her.

I suppose your unhappiness
makes everything all right.

No, Pietro.
I'm afraid nothing ever will.

Now that I know
what this is all about,
I shall hold back no longer.

We shall not perish at the hands
of a psychotic biologist!

Come on!
We have a score to settle!

Subdue the savages!
Bring me the blue one!

[electricity crackling]

[screaming]

[grunting]

I thank you for
an unlikely deliverance.

Save it! Where is he?

[grunting]

[screaming]

Professor!

[grunting]

[growling]

Wolverine!

They're getting away!

This is not over!

Son!

[screaming]

Look!

There is no place on this planet
for him to hide from me.

[Scarlet Witch]
What is happening?

[screaming]

[groaning]

I know you're gonna have
a good explanation
for this, Hank.

But right now,
how about giving me some air?

Fascinating!

A world created, sustained,
then lost by a single man.

Knowing you two,
my life can never be the same.

Perhaps, in time,

we could get to know
one another better.

After what you did
to our mother?

I have no excuses.

Losing Magda is
the greatest regret of my life.

Not a day goes by
that I don't think
of my love for her.

But as for the two of you,

I swear
I would have come for you

if I had known you were alive.

We'll never know, will we?

How can they ever
forgive me for what I did
to their mother?

Give them time.
Perhaps their wounds will heal.

To quote Isaac Watts,

"Time, like an
ever-rolling stream

bears all its sons away

"They fly forgotten,
as a dream dies
at the opening of day"

I have lost her twice now.

You don't know.

None of you will ever know.

Goodbye, my friend.

[theme music playing]