After promising to equip Iron Fist with a fantastic computer, Brad said goodbye to the two of them and left Kamar-Taj with the Stone Stele in his arms.
The Ancient One clearly had no intention of providing transportation both ways. Brad could only fly high into the sky, get his bearings, and head toward the United States.
Inside X Academy, Brad rose from his chair, his face deathly pale, then turned and caught Emma Frost as her eyes closed and she passed out.
I'd have to trouble Mr. M again.
Carrying Emma Frost in his arms, Brad left the laboratory, stopping for breath every couple of steps.
Along the way, he also dealt with Howard's accusatory email, saying he would explain where all that biotechnology far ahead of its time had suddenly come from when he had a moment.
As he passed the grass beside X Academy's lake, Brad unexpectedly spotted Logan.
The man had a cigar between his lips and an elbow propped against a tree trunk, watching a red-haired girl sitting by the lake with her knees drawn up.
Brad tilted his head slightly and recognized Jean Grey from behind.
Logan noticed Brad too. Seeing the unconscious Emma Frost in his arms, his gaze shifted from confusion to contempt.
Brad scoffed, glanced at Cyclops beside the red-haired girl by the lake, and gave Logan a disdainful look.
The two passed each other without a word. Logan bit through his cigar with a savage expression, extended a single bone claw, and angrily started shaving bark off the tree.
Brad carried Emma Frost to X Academy's dormitory, hesitated, and stayed.
When Emma Frost groggily woke up, she saw Brad sitting upright by the door, his electronic eyes glowing faintly blue, looking as though his mind was somewhere far away.
Clearly,