At the Baxter Building, Sean looked helplessly at the sulking Mindy. The little girl had grown rather resentful of him lately. As his career gradually took off and work became increasingly busy, their lives were no longer as relaxed and leisurely as before.
"Sean, you've changed." Mindy pouted as she curled up on the sofa, hugging a Peppa Pig plush pillow. "I've been eating pizza delivery for ages. Do you know that constantly eating such high-calorie food will make me fat?!"
Sean silently glanced at the empty ice cream container she had just finished, ignoring the little girl's complaints. Today, he still had to prepare to board a spaceship bound for space with the future Fantastic Four and spend a brief vacation there. After handling the miscellaneous matters at hand, he handed over the laboratory's internal work to Dr. Connors.
Elektra had successfully returned from San Francisco, bringing back the Mutants' deadly nemesis: a twelve-year-old boy named Jimmy. His serum could be used to develop drugs that suppressed mutant genes. Most interestingly, the boy himself was a Mutant.
The unexpected gains from this trip also included plenty of mutant genetic data, giving Sean a deeper understanding of this special group instead of limiting him to the memories in his mind.
"Guard the house properly. When I get back from outer space, I'll bring you... uh, aside from debris and trash floating around the universe, there doesn't seem to be anything worth bringing back as a souvenir."
Sean rubbed the little girl's head. Of course, he knew Mindy was angry because she was worried about his safety. This was no sightseeing trip. Going into outer space to gather data on cosmic energy sounded dangerous just by itself, so her concern was entirely understandable.
"I've already lost my last family member, so