X-Men 3: The Phoenix Rising WIP

[spazkitten]

Disclaimer: The following characters are property of Stan "the Man" Lee @ Marvel Comics. I am making absolutely no profit from any of this. All characters are impersonated...poorly. The following may contain strong violence, adult language, some sexuality, substance use and abuse, and other disturbing imagery. And therefore should not be viewed by...anyone.

Title: The Phoenix Rising
Written by: Angie
Tagline:
Genre: Fanfiction, Science Fiction, Script
Summary: A strange "fire bird" has been haunting a lake in Southeastern Canada, until a team of scientists, led by Dr. Nathaniel Essex, sweep in and capture it. He is accused of disturbing the balance of nature, but Dr. Essex has far more Sinister plans. Meanwhile, Scott Summers is having trouble coping with the loss of Jean.
Spoilers: MAJOR!!
Dedication: For Byan Singer. I'm gonna show you what a real script looks like.
Note: Steal this movie!


EXT-LAKE SE CANADA-EARLY MORNING

TWO FISHERMEN take boat out into water. Poles are and equipment already in the boat. Both men are Canadian locals.

MAN#1
You ever fix that motor?

MAN#2
Ssh, keep your voice down. You'll scare the fish away.

MAN#2 starts stepping back on land while he's talking and ends up stepping on loose soil and trips.

MAN#1
You're the one making all the noise.

MAN#2
(glares)
Muppet.

They row out to the middle of the lake. Everything is eerily calm. Both men wear an expression of concern, but niether says a word. Cue suspenseful music. MAN#1 looks over edge, water bubbles, so he turns away briefly, but the noise causes MAN#2 to look too. Steam rises around lake.

MAN#1
Maybe it's the fire bird.

MAN#2
Bah, that's just gossip. For old ladies and Tabloids. Not rational men like us.

Looks over to see something move in the water. Quickly turns back.

MAN#1
Ha, you saw it, didn't you?

MAN#2
No, course not, probably just a small tremor, releasing small amounts of molten rock. Nothing to worry about.

MAN#1
A tremor? In these parts? Are you daft? Something's up.

MAN#2
You have any ideas what it could be?

MAN#2 looks at other man, MAN#1 looks down, indicating floor. Suddenly, rubber soles melting, the men lift their feet up off the floor of the boat. Rest on bars. The water/acid, starts eating through the boat. Men start to panic.

MAN#1
We have to get off this lake.

MAN#2
Thank you, Captain Obvious.

MAN#1
Does the motor still work?

MAN#2
I'll check.

MAN#2 pulls it up, or tries to.

MAN#1
What's the matter?

MAN#2
It's stuck.

MAN#1
Well, unstick it!

MAN#2 pulls harder. Puts all his strength into it. In a moment of forgetfulness, puts knee down in boat for leverage. Screams bloody murder, lifting it back up as the motor comes up too. A blaze of fire shoots out from under it and flies into the nearby forest.

THE PHOENIX(VO)
You released me.

MAN#2 stares wildly at MAN#1 for a second.

MAN#2
Did you say something?

MAN#1
Yeah, I said get us off this lake.

CUT TO:

EXT-FOREST LAKE BANK-SAME

Bird of fire crashlands into what at first appears to be a bush, leaves shaken off as large crane that picks it up from behind reveals it to be a large admantium cage. Several men and women in field-oriented sciencewear enter, gather around cage. They begin to stun it with tranks and electric shock right away to subdue it. Until and older gentleman, who appears tall having the higher ground, with a goatee and slicked back black hair into a long ponytail, wearing a grey-blue business suit, with a red in-line. Everything about him is both very extravagant and overdone, but natural. All activity ceases upon his entrance. As they yield to him. This is DR. NATHANIEL ESSEX.

ESSEX (British)
Well, we've all gotten very lucky, haven't we? Now, let's see what exactly we have here?

ESSEX descends to lower ground revealing that he is actually not that tall at all. A FEMALE SCIENTIST#1 approaches, quite taller than him.

FEMALE SCIENTIST#1
Hey, Dr. Es-

He seems uncomfortable letting her address him by name.

ESSEX
What is it you want?

FEMALE SCIENTIST#1
Oh, nothing, I mean, I just wanted to say what an honor it is to work with such a reputable scientist such as you.

ESSEX
What do you know about my reputation?!

FEMALE SCIENTIST#1
Uh, only that you're like the greatest geneologist since, like, ever.

ESSEX
Oh, that's it? Well, I guess that's alright. Look, uh, you-

FEMALE SCIENTIST#1
Brittany.

ESSEX
Ah, I don't need to know your real name anyway. Look, I run things here, and around here, we have rules.

FEMALE SCIENTIST#1
Am I in trouble?

ESSEX
No, just don't wear heels to work anymore. They make me look short.

ESSEX approaches a single opening in the cage. A very panicked bird inside. Burning red eyes seem to entranse him. Dawn approaches, the shadows inside seem to change as if the bird is changing.

MAN#3 (OC)
Essex!

ESSEX turns around, hastily, reaching right hand into left pocket, mad to hear his name spoken, his eyes have a strange red hue to them for a second. When he sees the man, he relaxes, abit.

ESSEX
Shutup, you fool.

MAN#3
Sorry, sir, but there are, uh, witnesses here.

ESSEX
Oh, bloody hell. Civilians?

MAN#3
Apparently.

ESSEX
Sigh, alright, alright I'll handle it.

ESSEX ascends the hill, keeping hand in pocket.

CUT TO:

EXT-OTHER SIDE OF HILL-SAME

The two fishermen wait as ESSEX, still with hand in pocket, descends over the hill, approaches them.

ESSEX
Yes, apologies for any inconvenience, but you see, we've been quite busy-

MAN#2
Oh, no inconvenience, we just want to tell-

ESSEX quickly pulls out a gun from his coat and fires into MAN#2's ribs. He goes down, blood dripping out from wound and mouth. MAN#1 rushes to his side.

MAN#1
Eh, what'd you do?

ESSEX shoots MAN#1 in the forehead. Fires a couple more shots until certain both are dead.

ESSEX
Answer your question?

ESSEX looks around, self-conciously making sure no one is around. Satisfied, he turns back toward the hill. GFX: FLAMING PHOENIX EYE.

CUT TO:

EXT-INT-OPENING TITLES-MONTAGE

GFX PHOENIX EYE, USED TO INTRODUCE EACH NEW TITLE

1. XAVIER (PATRICK STEWART)'S OPENING
2. CYCLOPS (JAMES MARSDEN)'S OPENING
3. WOLVERINE (HUGH JACKMAN)'S OPENING
4. ROGUE (ANNA PAQUIN)'S OPENING
5. ICEMAN (SHAWN ASHMORE)'S OPENING
6. NIGHTCRAWLER (ALAN CUMMING)'S OPENING
7. GROUP OPENING
8. VILLIANS OPENING
9. HEROES V. VILLIANS OPENING
10. X-MEN TITLE

CUT TO:

[Agent Fisher]

What the fuck I''m confused

[spazkitten]

INT-X-MANSION-LIVING ROOM-MORNING

SCOTT wakes up, suddenly, in a chair. His hair is all matted and oily, and his facial hair - he has facial hair? - unkempt. He's also very thin and pale. In short...

KITTY
Christ! Scott, I didn't see you there!

SCOTT
That makes two of us.

KITTY
Well, atleast I still look the same. You, you look like Hell.

SCOTT
(sarcastic)
Thanks for your concern.

KITTY
Anything I can getcha?

SCOTT
No, I'm fine. Really.

KITTY
'Kay!

KITTY smiles, skipping through another wall.

CUT TO:

INT-SAME-KITCHEN-SAME

KITTY enters by wall, hears giggling and other peculiar noises, and finds BOBBY and MARIE in corner, taking advantage of a few loop-holes in the "no touching" rule.

KITTY
Geesh, would two get a room?

BOBBY
We did, but then Cyclops kicked us out.

MARIE
Yeah, he is being a tightly wound pain in the ass lately.

KITTY
Lately?

BOBBY
Lighten up on her, Kitty. She's hasn't been going here as long as us.

MARIE
Hey, this is my third year.

BOBBY
And look how far you've come.

MARIE blushes, lost in his eyes.

KITTY
I don't get why he didn't just take off for a while like Storm - Hello? Are you even listening? (Beat) Whatever.

KITTY exits.

CUT TO:

INT-SAME-DORM-SAME

KITTY enters, through a mirror, scaring the pants off LOGAN while he's dressing. Claws pop out instinctively.

KITTY
Oh, my God, I'm so sorry. This room's usually empty.

LOGAN
Shit, you came through the mirror and all you can say is "sorry?!"

KITTY
It's what I do.

She turns and walks out the doorside wall.

LOGAN
Kid's gonna get herself killed.

CUT TO:

INT-SAME-HALLWAY-SAME

KITTY enters and runs into XAVIER going past in his chair.

KITTY
Oops, sorry, Professor.

XAVIER
Kitty, what have I told you about wandering through walls?

KITTY
Try to cut back a little?

XAVIER
Sigh, if only they made leashes for teenagers. Where are the others?

KURT bamfs in between them.

KURT (German accent)
Sorry, am I interrupting something?

XAVIER
And where do you think you're going?

KURT
(smiling)
Wherever my Lady goes.

KITTY
I'm not your lady.

KURT
Who said I was talking about you?

KURT holds up rosary, St. Mary's seal on end. KITTY rolls her eyes and exits downward.

KURT
Got that sinking feeling, M'Lady?

XAVIER glares.

XAVIER
You two should be tethered together.

KURT bamfs out.

CUT TO:

[Crazedwraith]

Ok this seems to be a bizarre cross between the X-Men movie, X-Men: Evoultion. Movie Kurt fancies Storm not Kitty.

It's alright not as good as X2 or X1 but then they were proffesional scribts so its not suprising.

[Sarevok]

This is confusing. I believe it should have been written in a story format.

[SpecWar826]

I am still scratching my head from when it was first posted

[Crown]

Ok this seems to be a bizarre cross between the X-Men movie, X-Men: Evoultion. Movie Kurt fancies Storm not Kitty.

I agree! I don't know in which 'X-verse' I am in here!

[spazkitten]

Okay, so the reviews are bad enough, people are confused. time to close this out.

Neway, I'm not saying Kurt fancies Kitty, he's just sarcastic. I'm a byos kinda girl. "Bring your own subtext."

And yeah, I do get kinda camp sometimes. and the ots were meant to be a tribute to the Original cartoon series (of which I have every episode on tape).

And the only reason he ain't fancying Storm is cos I heard some reliable rumors that Halle Barry won't be in the third one. I actually had her written in, but honestly, she didn't really do anything, so it was no problem for me to just pluck her out when I heard the rumor.

but if I'm confusing you, I'll stop.

Do something in story format. 'k.

[SpecWar826]

It was ok but it was just to confusing.