The X-Base, Utopia-Which-Is-Totally-Not-Alcatraz, Earth 616

[glacial_queen]

After a brief pit stop at the other island off the coast of San Francisco (look, Alcatraz loomed large in Karla's recollections; there was a lot of trauma associated there), Karla and the others made their way to Utopia--which, truth be told, probably should have been their first stop, consider how utterly ridiculous it looked. Was there some kind of side effect of the X-gene that drove them towards horrific ostentation?

...Okay, someone was feeling a little bitchy right now. Short of sleep and long on worry did not make for a particularly charming Karla.

But hey! No one here would be surprised when Karla stormed in and threatened to rip everyone and everything apart until they brought her to Jono. They'd dealt with her before. That was okay, though. She wasn't here to make friends.

The doors to the base slammed open and Karla strolled inside, totally not spoiling for a fight at all, thank you. She collared the first mutant she could see, a pink-haired girl with wings, and pleasantly snarling, "Where is Jono? Now, please."

That was a friendly smile, Pixie. Really.

[NFB, for folks who wanted in on the yelling!]

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[glacial_queen]

When did Karla ever stop talking? Especially when it was for the best?

"It would be much better if you showed us in," Karla assured him. "For everyone. And the building."

Not a threat! Just a statement of fact! They weren't leaving without Jono and anyone who got between them and Jono were going to be dealt with accordingly.

"Though, if you wanted to tell us what the bloody fuck happened here, I'll be much too busy listening to make snide commentary."

And people still doubted her diplomatic skills.

[furnaceface]

Somehow, Logan doubted that she'd be able to keep her mouth shut all the same. Call it a hunch.

"A kid with daddy issues and too much power had his way with the fabric of reality," he grunted, turning without a second thought and starting toward the door. Much as he wanted to pop his claws here, nobody was necessarily up to fighting fit, and now wasn't the time. "Left a few hundred people with an extra lifetime sitting in their brains. No damn clue what to make of what happened to Starsmore, though. Most of us changed back, physically."

[trigons_child]

Raven was struggling to keep her fear under control, for it was feeding into anger, and the last thing she wanted right now was to let her temper get out of control. Hard as it was to shunt her emotions aside, she was determined to keep calm, unlike someone.

"Please," she said, "take us to him. He called for us. And if there are any others in need of healing, I will gladly help them as well."

[furnaceface]

Sorry, Raven. Logan really didn't want to give Karla you guys a reason to stick around longer than absolutely necessary.

"We've got most of our own handled," he replied, pushing open the door and waving them inside. "Most of the damage at this point is on a mental scale, and we've got our strongest telepaths dealing with that mess."

The Stepford Cuckoos, Emma Frost, Professor Xavier... The worst came from the memories left behind, for the most part. And those five were good and capable of handling that.

[glacial_queen]

Karla sighed quietly and offered, "I'm a Black Widow. Which means that I'm trained to deal with mental trauma and injury."

Which, you know, Jono would also need. In spades. But for all that she was pissed at whatever had happened to the X-Men that had swept him up with it, she owed it to him to offer her services as well.

He cared about them, for whatever idiotic reason he had.

[trigons_child]

"Jono is our primary concern," Raven said, stepping through the doorway. "But I will help in any way I can, as I have done in the past. I can help calm any who are too upset, so that your telepaths can do their work more easily."

She still had no idea what had happened. An extra lifetime? A few hundred people?

[furnaceface]

Logan actually gave the girls trailing after him a thoughtful glance over his shoulder.

"You did help a lot after that fiasco with the Church of Humanity," he noted, though grudgingly. "We'll see how our own are handling the situation, and go from there."

He... didn't suspect Scott was going to want these people sticking around for long, either.

[glacial_queen]

Karla's lip curled. "Yeah," she echoed dryly. "'Helpful.' And before then, too."

You know. When they'd literally wrested their friends back from the very jaws of death. But sure they'd just 'helped a lot.'

[trigons_child]

"Karla," Raven said gently. "We do not know what happened here, and there is no reason to cause trouble. Mr. Logan is a friend to Jono. He was the only one who looked for him after...."

After he'd changed before.

[glacial_queen]

Karla ground her teeth and looked away. "Fair enough," she agreed, which was as close an apology as Wolverine was going to get.

Look, this one had tried to murder her over a glass of water and another one had decided that their best formation was a straight line while fighting against a vicious horde. Wolverines were not her favorite people in the multiverse. "I'm just concerned about Jono. I'm sure Wolverine here understands what it's like to needlessly lash out at someone because you're worried."

[furnaceface]

Logan was not going to pop his claws. Logan was not going to pop his claws. Logan was not--

"Second thought, we can probably hold our own around here," he growled, eyes narrowed on the hallway before them. "Sooner you get your friend and go, the better."

Really. They could not be out of here quickly enough. And if they happened to get all the way to the infirmary without meeting Slim along the way, even better. Logan was always up for a good fight, but an argument with Cyke on top of these crazy people was not something he was in the mood for.

[glacial_queen]

"Aww, it's a shame you don't want us to stay, really," Karla assured him. "In that case, why don't you finish bringing us to Jono and we can get out of your oddly pointy hair."