Poland, 1944: A young boy discovers his powers as his mother is ripped away from him. He is tortured as Dr. Klaus Schmidt attempts to discover the root of them. Massachusetts, 1951: A young girl's powers are forced into the light as she falls from a tree. She's taken from her family and tortured for 8 years as they tried to discover what, exactly, created mutants. London, 1961: They meet with one common goal: defeat Sebastian Shaw. Follows the plot of X-Men: First Class