Lions and tigers and Wandas, oh my!

[Emma Frost]

Emma and Scott had just gotten back to the base and were on their way to Madison's lab to talk to him about the WandaBot or whatever Doom wanted to call it. "I swear that whole event gave me a migraine," Emma said under her breath as she and Scott got to the lab door. "I'm glad Sean is going to have tests run. That...unnerved me. I am happy he is back with us. Don't get me wrong. But something about it seems...too easy..."

Truth be told, Emma was not certain that Banshee's return was all it seemed to be. All the magical energy that was zipping around at that gala would likely bring about a lot of bad things before everything was tallied up. She gritted her teeth as she opened the bottle of Imitrex in her hand and downed two of the pills. "Cecilia said this will actually work. I hope she's right."

Before they entered the lab, Emma looked at Scott and sighed deeply. "And once we have spoken to Madison, I guess we need to address that other 800 pound gorilla in the room. And I do not mean the appearance of your ex-wife at the party. What the hell was Shaw up to, and why did it feel like we were in a party scene in the not-yet-available ninth Harry Potter film? You know the one, right? Harry Potter and the Goddess of Death. She will be the death of us, and we both know that. But I would like to forestall that as long as possible. Any party where Loki and Doom and any number of villains rub elbows and drink bad Champagne gets my hackles up. And what did you make of Cain Marko being there? That has me mystified."

[Madison Jeffries]

Madison rushed out of the lab and nearly knocked Scott and Emma over in his hurry to get wherever he was headed. "Why did I have to find out from Tony Stark's butler that there was a robotics problem last night? I knew I should have gone to that party, but I hate wearing a tux!"

"Hello to you, too, Madison," Emma said as she crossed her arms and stared at the Canadian scientist. "That is exactly why we're coming to see you. There really was nothing you could have done until now anyway."

"Stark is probably ripping that poor AI to shreds! He doesn't think about the sanctity of life sometimes--human or mechanical!" Madison added as Emma looked toward Scott.

"Madison, I know Tony Stark can be a twit, but he is a genius twit," Emma said as she looked at the bottle of Imitrex again and was sorely tempted to down two more pills for good measure. "Scott, if you need me to chat with Madison while you do other things, we can get back to that other topic later. I don't mind."

"I need to get to New York now, before he dismantles that robot," Madison muttered as he checked his belt to make sure some tool or other was attached to it.

[Emma Frost]

Emma started to say something but then stopped and scowled. "And here I thought this place was hidden!" she shrieked as she turned on her heel and started to pace. "Madison, go take care of Stark, but please do not try to date the synthetic Wanda Maximoff. It is bad enough I will have to see the real one eventually. I do not need to see the life-size Barbie version every single day!"

"Excuse me?" Madison asked as Emma took a deep breath and looked at Scott. "I don't just pick up robots and..."

"We need to go, Madison. Keep us in the loop," Emma said as she hustled Scott to the area near the front gates. "We have to go deal with Omega Red."

TBC Scott & Emma at the Gardens thread Arrival of Arkady

TBC Madison at Avengers Tower in the Fembot thread

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