Penemue and I were sitting on her couch in Penemue's office. Emma Frost was sitting across from us looking nervous. She was under Penemue's scrutinizing gaze after all.
"So, you wish to come under my sister's banner? To escape from your current organization?" Penemue asked her.
Emma nodded. "Yes…the Hellfire club is a powerful organization. But at the end of the day, they were just a good old boys club. Even if I hold the rank of Queen there, I barely have any power. On top of that, the current leader of the Club, Sebastian Shaw, keeps trying to make me his woman." Emma said with disgust in her voice. "I would like to join Layla. She seems like she's actually going to make a difference in this world….And she's strong." Emma added on.
"Tell me about him?" My sister asked.
"He's a mutant like me. With a strange power that makes him hard to hurt. Somehow he's figured out how to stop aging. He was a Nazi scientist back in World War 2 and yet he still looks like he's only in his 40s." Emma explained.
I scoffed when I realized who she was talking about. Sebastian Shaw. The Nazi scientist who set magneto down the path of becoming a villain. "So he might be a member of Hydra?" I asked Emma. Shaw could be a lead that I needed to find them. Hydra had completely gone to ground and we had no idea what they were planning. Fury would be happy to know I'd found a potential lead.
Emma looked thoughtful. "I suppose that could be the case."
"Let's get to it now. What are your powers as a mutant and why should I let you work under my Younger sister?" Penemue asked Emma.
"I consider myself to be a pretty powerful telepath and I can shift my body's molecules to a diamond like structure. In that form I become much tougher and stronger." Emma demonstrated this form a second later. Her pale skin quickly morphed into a crystalline diamond. It was strange to see in real life and not in a movie. Even her hair and eyeballs turned to diamond! How did she even see? She still looked amazing though.
"You look stunning in that form." I said to Emma.
She shifted out of her diamond form and had a small blush on her cheeks. "Thank you. The truth is, I get nervous about displaying that form openly. I've read many minds over the years. Most people don't like mutants at the moment. If it got out in public that I was one, I could lose control of the company."
"Aren't you the majority shareholder and CEO of Frost Industries?" Penemue asked.
I knew that Penemue was impressed with Emma over that. Hardly any women ever reached positions like that in most major companies.
Emma shook her head. "Yes, but it wouldn't matter. The other majority shareholders are all my fathers old friends. They all expected him to hand the company off to my older brother. Too bad for them that he and my father are currently behind bars. Someone exposed their darkest scandals to the media." Emma said and she actually smiled there.
[That someone was obviously her.]
No doubt your telepathy helped you out there. I said. "Did it help you out today?" I asked. I wondered how many people she could even have read the minds of in that meeting.
Emma shifted uncomfortably. "I'm not used to working with people whose minds I can't read. The only person's mind I could read in the shareholder's meeting was Harry Osborn." She scoffed. "Everyone else was shielded, like you two, or just too difficult to read. Stark's mind was almost operating completely in code. Same with the Wakandan Princess actually..." Emma noted with a look of intrigue.
If she did come to my side, I could inform her about Wakanda later. At this point in time, most people in the world thought it was another poor country where the royal family stole all the people's money.
"I'd be careful about reading the minds of Supernatural beings if I were you." I warned Emma. "Penemue is over 1000 years old and you're what, 25?" I asked her.
"I'm 24." Emma stated, with an inquisitive look.
I nodded. "Just the sheer scale of her memories could destroy your mind." I warned her.
Emma's eyes widened at the warning. "I hadn't considered that but I'll keep it in mind for the future. I usually just listen to people's surface thoughts though. Delving into people's memories can be unpleasant. Especially the minds of terrible people like my father."
We spent the next 30 minutes talking to Emma. My sister wanted to be thorough in assessing Emma's character. I caught Penemue smiling at a few of Emma's stories which was a good sign. That meant that she liked her.
Our short meeting came to an end and the 3 of us stood up. Penemue and I walked Emma to the door.
"Alright then, Emma. I feel like you're trustworthy enough. Or you won't immediately backstab my sister, at least." Penemue said while shaking Emma's hand.
Emma pouted and let go of her hand. "I won't backstab Layla ever!"
I laughed. "She'll be too busy practicing her poor seduction attempts."
Emma blushed and sputtered. "My seduction wasn't 'poor!' I'll have you know that I'm amazing at it!" She said while stamping her foot. She pointed her finger at my face. "Just you wait, next time we meet I'll show you!" Emma swung open the office door and walked out. She was blatantly swaying her hips as she walked down the Hallway.
Penemue was going to be staying on Earth Marvel for a few days to manage the company. With my work there done for the day, I decided to portal back home.
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