Dropping in.

The look from Jessica caused Midori to pause, as did the HYDRA symbol on her shirt. In that moment, she became aware of a few other things: that her mother was not moving, not towards her nor towards the desk drawer that usually held a pistol. They were both staring at her as if they had no clue who she was and the building was quiet. No noise, no familiar hum or murmuring voices as they pass by the outside door. "What is this? What's going on? Why the hell are you wearing a HYDRA symbol? Either you decided to be a damn little suck up bitch because either your powers are on the fritz again or the government's going after your little ass and you're afraid." She then got in the woman's personal space.

"I don't care what is going on, Jessica. I don't care who is after you or that the fact you're wearing that," she said, poking the symbol on her shirt. "You are not dragging my mother into this. Get it through your thick head; my mother doesn't love you anymore. She had an epiphany a while ago, when she had me. She learned that I'm her daughter and that you are a psycho who would hurt a child," she growled. "Now get out of here before I shove my hand through your chest." As she spoke, her hands took on the same glow that covered her body earlier.

Getting Jessica out of the way would allow Midori to figure out what the hell was going on. She was not about to play these games. If James was behind this, it was a low blow, even for him. She would make sure he would learn not to fuck around with her family.

Viper stood in stunned silence as she watched the two women argue. Two daughters? Both from different worlds? It was almost laughable. She was unable to conceive now, due to her extended life from Chthon, so the idea that two different versions of herself had a family, she felt as if she were the odd ball in the Viper multiverse. She saw much of herself in the new girl; the shape of her eyes, the curl of her lips, even the way she was seemingly unafraid of going against unfair odds, but whether that was an inherited trait or just plain stupidity, she wasn’t sure. But Viper could read body language and both women were ready to kill each other.

Stepping between the two of them, she pushed them apart, holding them both at arms length. “Stop it, the both of you!” Almost immediately, she felt the tension leave the girl’s body as the glow on her hands dissipated. Obedient. She recognized Viper’s authority. That was always a good thing. Looking between the two of them, her gaze finally settled on Jessica, wanting to deal with the known variable first. “A quiet assassin, hmm? Tell me, do you assassinate all of your targets with lightning bolts? Quick and deadly, yes, but it is hardly subtle. She was inches from you and you did not use your pheromones on her to disarm her? No, you go for the direct approach. I suppose a sledgehammer is easier than a scalpel, but still… she goaded you.” She then turned her attention to the stranger.

Looking at her properly, the signs of relation between them was even more obvious. She had that same sharp cruelness in her eyes, that calculation, as if weighing the options in her situation as new variables arose. “Don’t. Do not think yourself that good, because you are not. I know what Jessica was capable as a young HYDRA agent. You know her as the soft superhero she became. Do not test your luck. You may have been trained well, Harada is better than Taskmaster in many ways.” The girl’s pale eyes widen ever so slightly and Viper’s guess had been right. Though they looked alike, her skin was slightly paler and there were other influence that showed who her father might be, including the way she moved. “And Jessie may be more like the one I know, not having mastered the fighting techniques she knows, but don’t be stupid and take that chance. She was named Madame HYDRA on her world.” The girl’s visage then collapsed, as if heartbroken to hear that. Eyes downcast, she stepped back out of Viper touch and found a chair on the opposite side of the room to sit in. “What is your name, girl?”

“Only once to keep a man from crushing my skull between his hands and that was after stabbing him and emptying a clip into the mutant.” He wasn’t the target but a bodyguard one that was so new they didn’t get a chance to get any information on him before going into the field. After taking him down the target was pretty easy but she didn’t much like the recovery time from that one. “It’s called lying make her think I was going to do that when really she would have had a knife her gut before she could do anything.” she said as a blade came out of the underside of her wrist well that’s what it looked like it didn’t actually come out of her body but it was hidden from view because she almost always had them on no matter what. “Made of Adamantium her powers wouldn’t stop it and it’s one of many I carry on me at all times.” Only two of the blades on her body was made out of Adamantium all the rest were just normal blades. “I don’t use my best trick right out the gate that would be foolish. Besides she isn’t worth using it on.”

Unknowingly to them Jessica hadn’t just been by Taskmaster she also had training by Richard Dragon not as well as say Black Canary but she wasn’t that bad either. Plus she picked up some things from Harada as well kind of hard not to when the two of you live in the same house at the time. But no one here knew that and she was going to keep it that way. “If only you knew.” she muttered to herself when Viper began talking about her training. The blade disappeared back into her wrist while she watched Midori react to the news of finding out Jessica was Madame HYDRA on her earth. Jessica didn’t say anything more she stood there with her arms crossed over her chest with an impassive look on her face one she wore a lot. Midori? Her mother named her after the color green? Jessica tried not to laugh at that.

While the two were talking something caught Jessica eye walking over to the wall she grabbed a remote and brought up a larger image of what she had saw on a camera from another part of the island. There were a lot of Ultron’s in the sky over an area of Lowtown but why? She knew the area but nothing there came to mind as to why they would be there that would draw that many Ultron’s there mostly rubble there a few buildings still stood but it didn’t look like it’d be anything that’d draw so many to that area.

Jessie was already starting to dislike being here at first it wasn’t so bad but then when Midori showed up everything went to shit and now she just wanted to get out of here and go some place else far away from either both of them or just Midori who seemed about as useful as a box of rocks but just sat there like a sack of potatoes. Probably expecting everyone to kiss her feet or some such. Even if Keniuchio had trained Midori her whole life she looked like she couldn’t do anything without someone holding her hand. Like a lost little girl. “Understood.”

The Ultron’s on the screen had their arms stretched out to the sides like a child would when it pretended to fly only slightly higher than normal “Those things are in the air over an area in Lowtown they haven’t do-” she was cut off as the group of Ultron’s fired off a wide blueish white beam at the area below them everything began to shake including the camera until it fell. Even though they weren’t that close to Lowtown they still felt the effects of the sonic attack. Jessie looked around as things raddled and some fell as the lights flickered. After what seemed like forever it finally stopped like nothing had even happened.

Just as things were settling down and getting back to normal when the doors were opened and Wolfgang von Strucker and a group of HYDRA agents walked through the door. Surprised to see Viper wasn't alone like he had thought she would be. He did find it amusing Jessica was there and wearing a HYDRA shirt no less but hadn't a clue who the other woman was. That didn't stop him from giving out orders to his agents to have Jessica locked up. Doing what they were told they took Jessica to a cell locking her up and guarding her.

Midori kept her mouth shut as Jessica threatened her with the hidden blade. Likely she had a matching twin on her other wrist. Looking the girl over, Midori estimated where these other could be kept. Boots, thigh straps, small of the back, spine sheath, crossdraw or shoulder holster style, pants pocket, and a small stiletto hidden in her hair were the design done properly. Two adamantium blades, the rest were likely steel. The girl was postering, making threats, showing bravado, and letting on that she apparently knew the extent of Midori's powers. She was cocky. That would be her downfall.

When the Ultrons struck, Midori watched their tactics and flight patterns, not that it would help much. They were machines and able to calculate and adapt to situations rather quickly. They were something she would prefer to avoid rather than confront.

When the rumbling subsided and Strucker entered, Midori was just as surprised as Viper. But, when Jessica was led out and jailed, she had to hide a small smile. It wasn't every day that you were given an opportunity like this to show someone the error of their ways. Strucker gave her a passing glance. Due to her odd attire, he probably thought her to be someone rather ordinary who had been caught up in the attack. Why Viper had decided to take her in, who knew, but that was why she used the fabrication that she was an envoy of Clan Yashida, originally here on business dealings.

Seemingly satisfied with that, Midori politely excused herself from the office, taking her purse, and casually made her way to the holding cells. Before turning the corner, she made sure to freshen up her make-up, applying a fresh coat of lipstick. After all, she wanted to look her best when gloating at Jessica. The men guarding her were sweet, or that's what Midori told them as she flirted, playing up the role of being coy, yet happy to see a man. They were eager as well, especially the one who was so willing to kiss her. She was kind enough to slip him a bit of tongue and let him grab a bit of thigh before the toxins in her lipstick killed him. The other guard didn't die so happily. He ended up bleeding out as the veins in his throat were slashed.

As she fingered the keys to the cell, for a brief moment Midori did consider leaving Jessica in there. After all, she knew how HYDRA constructed their jails. She could get out eventually, it was always a possibility, but it wouldn't be any time soon. "I'm curious what you think of me now, Madame HYDRA? Would you like this stupid, useless child just to leave you here? Or would you like to get out? I'll need you to say please first."

Midori sighed as she saw Jessica pop a blade out and started carving out a little exit hold for herself. Clearly those HYDRA agents were rather inept in their searches, and it either showed how bad things were that Strucker's own handpicked men were ignorant of proper procedures, or that they were just stupid in general. It sort of made Midori sick to her stomach. When or if they remade HYDRA, she would have to make sure that their standards were raised quite a bit.

The pat on the head was the last straw. Grabbing Jessica by the arm, Midori yanked her back. "A simple thank you would have sufficed, you ungrateful bitch. And before you say anything, yes, I know that you would have escaped eventually. I could have left you in there to escape at your own leisure, but I don't trust Strucker. How as it he got here so easily and with little to no apparent damage? If your mother is Supreme HYDRA, the Strucker on your world is dead, likely killed by you if I guess correctly. I say we let the same thing happen here and make sure our only other ally is safe. Good idea?"

Midori didn't even wait for a reply. Instead she simply started to make her way back to Viper's office, feeling foolish for leaving the woman she would have called mother there by herself. Yes, Viper could take care of herself, but Midori was feeling paranoid on this world and she wanted to keep what allies she had.

Midori smirked at the news of advanced technology. “HYDRA really does improve the world. It’s just sad that no one seems to realize this. Perhaps where the Avengers failed in defeating Ultron, we will succeed.” The look in her eyes said that not even she believed her own words. “A pipe dream, I know, but how long did our own mothers live on such ideals?” Even if there was a chasm of differences between the two of them, Jessica’s and Midori’s upbringing had to share some similarities, even if there were only one or two. Then she realized what pronoun Jessica used. "Wait, she? Your Tony is a girl? Or did Anthony Stark have a daughter and is just that egotistical to name her after him?"

“Regrouping HYDRA is always a possibility, but I was actually thinking more along the lines of that not really being Strucker. I don’t know how advanced those robots are, but I recall reading about an incident where one of the versions mimicked the form of Janet Van Dyne. Strucker just seems like another good choice. Maybe.”

Upon being yanked back, Midori gave Jessica a look. Unlike her, she was not about to just slaughter everyone in that room, not unless they gave her a good reason to. Hell, part of her was toying with the unlikely idea of keeping Strucker alive, on the odd chance that there were more agents on whatever vessel he arrived in and they needed a bargaining chip, but the two girls were likely of the same mind and each wanted what was best for their own mother. So, that left Strucker as being expendable. “I will keep the killing to the minimum. I will even let you go first, if you like. You’re faster and more agile.” Plus, she could be used as a meat shield. "We eliminate Strucker, retain the crew, and get off this island.” Open seas might not be safer, but Madripoor was clearly not a haven.