Emma had been tracking the movement of her son across the world ever since she'd heard about Sinister's attacks. She told herself she worried mostly because he wasn't a mutant. He didn't have the powers that the other children did. But it was more than that. She was concerned because she saw him as another one of her children.
The door opened at Darius' second knock. She'd sensed him nearing the house and had gone downstairs to receive him. She stepped aside to let him in after looking him over. He seemed tired but well. The haunted look in his eye was familiar. Emma knew he'd been through a lot the past few days. "Welcome back," Emma said as he walked inside.