To: The Headmistress

[Narrator]

An e-mail arrives with the subject line: "From a Concerned Friend"

The body just says "Looks like some old habits die hard."

Attached are pictures of Tereza talking to an older woman with a shock of blond hair. Some pictures show them walking together. By all appearances they seem to be old friends.

[Ashlie Minamida]

Ashlie, wherever she might be at the time, checks her email and pulls a closeup of the blonde woman from the pictures to see if she can identify her. She starts by checking the X-Men's database of known criminals and villains, considering the way the message was worded.

[Narrator]

It doesn't take long to find her.

Name: Allison Masters
Alias: Brand
Known Associations: Mutant Brotherhood (European branch), last known activity two years ago
X-Corp Power Threat Analysis: Brand has the ability to telekinetically infuse substances through skin by touch. Range limitation make large scale threat unlikely.
X-Corp Overall Threat Analysis: Brand has been seen handling transport for the Brotherhood, so her knowledge of their safehouses and methods are probably of more concern than her powers. Still, X-Corp determines that her threat category is low per our normal analysis guidelines.

[Ashlie Minamida]

Ashlie frowns and drafts up an email of her own, asking Tereza to come see her at her earliest convenience.