During the Nazi holocaust in Poland, a young jewish boy is separated from his parents in an extermination camp. In an attempt to re-unite with his parents, he starts bending the metal gate using his mind while Nazi soldiers unsuccessfully try to stop him until one of them beats him with a rifle, making him fall unconciuos. In the year 2000 at the Congress, Senator Robert Kelly attempts to pass a "Mutant Registration Act", which would force mutants to publicly reveal their identities and abilities. Magneto begins his plans to level the playing field between mutants and humans. Meanwhile, a girl named Marie (a.k.a Rogue) runs away from her home in Meridian, Mississippi. She meets Wolverine in Canada. Suddenly, both of them are attacked by Sabretooth, a mutant and associate of Magneto. Cyclops and Storm arrive and save Wolverine and Rogue and bring them to the X-Mansion. Professor Charles Xavier runs the facility, and leads a group of mutants who are trying to seek peace with the human race, educate young mutants in the responsible use of their powers, and stop Magneto from starting a war with humanity.