The pirates surprise-attacked theDauntlessand conniving Captain Jack became temporarily ""undead"" when he stole a coin." Mickey was fearful Rocky wouldn""t "go out in one piece" while training by "fighting in a zoo." In contrast with cross-cut scenes, "Clubber" Lang was seriously sweating and working out by himself in a run-down building.The straight-forward narrative is told and seen mostly hrough the eyes of the young impressionable hero, who idolizes a mysterious, gunslinging hero from the wilderness who appears from nowhere - a man without a past or a future.At CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, visiting Professor Charles Xavier lectured a small group of CIA officials on mutation to convince them of the threat of evil mutants, led by Shaw - who was interested in turning the Cold War into World War III:"The advent of the nuclear age may have accelerated he mutation process.In the midst of weeding in the back, Annie Hayworth (Suzanne Pleshette), characterized by a reddish-maroon sweater and marked by dirt on her face, appears hrough a side gate.