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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[furnaceface]

From his place back against the wall, Logan made a snorting sound.

Scott, meanwhile, lifted his arm to knock Karla's away before it could get anywhere near his face. It wasn't as though he knew she was going for his cheek, as opposed to his glasses.

"You do not touch me," he informed her, stiffly, before turning his attention to Raven. She seemed to strike him as the saner person in the room at the moment. "And maybe you can comprehend how marching in here and informing me of anything might be counter-productive."

Where Logan got the beer he was opening while he enjoyed the show, Scott didn't want to know.

"If Jonothon wants to leave, I can't keep him. But Dr. Rao would rather be positive he's in good hands, first."

[glacial_queen]

Karla was soooooo tempted to prove to Scott that she didn't need to touch him to remove his glasses. So tempted. But that was crossing the line between petty and outright antagonistic and since Jono wasn't in any danger from the X-Men, it was a line Karla was loathe to cross.

"If I remember rightly, the last time we faced one another in an infirmary, I had to inform you of things then, too," she said, arching an eyebrow just so. "And I'm fairly certain you can inform Kavita of our healing abilities, considering you've seen them for yourself in the past."

[trigons_child]

Raven sent a pulse of calm at Karla. She understood her anger; she was angry herself, but she was keeping it tightly under wraps.

"We helped heal many of your people after the attack by the Church of Humanity, Mr. Summers," she said. "Surely you know of our skills. And it seems to me that what Jono is in the most need of right now is his friends. Please."

She fixed Scott with a sterner gaze. "The last time Jono was affected by a transformation, he was left alone. He is family to us, and we cannot let that happen again. Surely you can understand that."

[furnaceface]

For every word Karla said, it took three or four decidedly more reasonable ones from Raven to keep Scott from informing them both that it was time for them to leave. He took a deep breath.

Logan took a deep swig.

"Believe it or not, we X-Men do have some idea of the concept of 'family," Scott noted, his tone dry. "Especially after what we've just been through."

He gestured toward the infirmary, on the other side of the pane of glass that divided them from where Jonothon was sitting.

"I know you're both adept healers. But Jonothon also needs to be around someone with a calm head, and one of you doesn't seem to be capable of demonstrating that she knows the meaning of the word."

He'd actually look into the other room eventually and realize that Jono wasn't alone in there. In the meantime, Logan was going to keep drinking his beer, enjoying the show. Karla was much more amusing when it wasn't him who had to deal with her.

[glacial_queen]

Karla was just going to laugh outright at that. Because, yes, Wolverine was the Warlord Prince of Calm and the first time she'd met Scott, he was screaming his head off at Kurt in the infirmary. The hypocrisy was bloody priceless.

"I'm being remarkably calm," she said, chiding him the way she would a very small child who was also very stupid. "You'll notice, I haven't attempted to go through you yet, or used any of our myriad powers that would enable us to just go get him and be gone. But, yes, I'm going to continue to be snide while you're take your turns in this pissing contest."

[trigons_child]

"Karla!" Raven said. "That is enough, please. We are not here to fight. We are here to take Jono home. There is no place for anger in the sickroom."

[furnaceface]

Please everyone, excuse Logan while he makes a sound into his beer that could very well be laughter.

Scott would have to talk to him about that later.

[glacial_queen]

"Darling, you can tell I'm not angry--I'm not shouting," Karla pointed out. "I'm very patiently waiting for Scott to realize he can't stop us from bringing Jono home, to his family and stand aside. The sooner he does that, the sooner he can get back to doing whatever very important job that I'm sure he was right in the middle of when we showed up."

She gave Scott her very bestest cheerful smile.

"I think what you actually mean to say is, 'Karla, be nice.' And, you see, niceness isn't actually required here. It might be polite, but I don't really feel like being polite right now. If Scott wants to continue to stonewall us and keep Jono from getting the best care possible because he doesn't like my tone, well then I have a few choice, not-very-nice-or-calm comments for him. But we're not here as supplicants or to boost his leadership feelings, so he'll do what's right, his personal feelings aside, isn't that right, Scott?"

[trigons_child]

Raven was mentally facepalming. Diplomacy was never going to be one of Karla's strengths, was it?

"Mr. Summers, please just let us go to Jono, and we will leave this place quickly. I think we will all be much happier then."

[furnaceface]

Scott wasn't facepalming, mentally or otherwise, but he couldn't help but agree that the sooner Karla was out of his hair, the happier he'd be.

"The more she opens her mouth, the less I believe she's good for anybody," Scott noted, eyebrow raised. "And I don't take well to people forcing their way into my home and throwing their weight around to get what they want. I've fought too damn hard to--"

Logan's laughter was actually distracting enough, now, to have Scott taper off and throw a dirty look in the Canuck's direction.

[glacial_queen]

Oh, Raven. Did you really think this was still about diplomacy...?

"Don't worry," Karla said brightly to Scott. "You'll understand why he's laughing in just a moment. In fact, if you wanted to turn around now, you'll probably understand immediately."

Probably being key, here. Karla didn't think much of Scott's powers of perception--and that wasn't an eyesight joke.

"Thank you, gentlemen. We've got Jono now, so we'll be on our way. Your hospitality has been most...well, let's not go into details. Ready, Raven?"

[heromaniac]

Sorry to contradict you, Karla, but he didn't need to look behind him any more.

"Excuse us, please!" Blossom carried Jono in her arms past the strange man and towards her team, floating rather higher than normal so that the long coat of Jono's that she was wearing wouldn't drag the ground.

...

"Thank you for your hospitality."

What? Blossom was raised to be polite.

[glacial_queen]

"Kiss kiss," Karla said, batting her eyes at Scott before nodding to Raven.

[trigons_child]

Raven didn't say anything. She wasn't going to lie and politely thank Scott for anything, because she was still bitter about what had happened before. So she merely nodded, summoning her Soul-Self. Its wings swept around Karla, Blossom, and Jono, and she transported them all to Karla's chambers in Glacia.