Stein Mansion

The Stein Mansion was the place of living of Victor, Janet and Chase Stein in Los Angeles.

Tense Family Life
While he was training in his room, Chase Stein was asked by his mother Janet Stein to come for breakfast. Chase joined his father Victor Stein at the table, who blamed his for his mediocre grade in a Spanish exam. Victor claimed that Chase should fear him more so he would have better school results. Later, Chase and Janet talked about Victor in the former's bedroom, and Chase fully expressed how much he disliked his own father.

Janet went down to find Victor in his lab, where he worked on the Dematerialization Box, attempting to fix it for the upcoming Rite of Blood despite his violent headaches. When Janet suggested that Victor could ask for help, he abruptly rejected such an idea before apologizing to his wife.

Following the failed sacrifice of Destiny Gonzalez, Victor spent a whole night in his lab, occasionnaly hallucinating on Gonzalez who he had murdered. Janet then came to tell him that they were late for a dinner and suggested that Victor had more problems that he disclosed, but Victor once again rebuked his wife, claming that she had to fully support him.

Investigation
"They found her body on the beach, not in that weird box which we found in Victor's garage, empty."

- Gert Yorkes

Having witnessed the Rite of Blood, Chase Stein and Gert Yorkes went to the Stein Mansion in order to find clues explaining what they had seen. They searched through Victor Stein's lab and found the hidden Dematerialization Box. As it was empty, Chase and Yorkes decided to leave the mansion and to carry on their investigation in the Yorkes Residence.

Later, Chase returned to his bedroom and had a video call with the rest of the Runaways where they shared the tiny results of their investigation and the recent discovery of Destiny Gonzalez's corpse. Chase then ended the call and kept working on his Fistigons, as he wanted to use them to prevent their parents to harm anyone else.

Paternal Bonding
In order to further develop the Fistigons, Chase Stein decided to use his father Victor Stein's lab. Victor got back home and found his son working in his lab. Victor took the still not functional Fistigons and briefly inspected them before dropping them. Chase expected his father to blame him, but much to his surprise, Victor asked his son to explain his idea and began giving him advice to achieve his project.

While they worked together on the Fistigons, Victor admitted that he had been tough to Chase but that he was convinced that his son could become someone truly important. Although surprised, Chase was glad to be able to bond with his father by working with him in the mansion's garage. However, Chase left the mansion with the Fistigons when he was informed of the Kidnapping of Alex Wilder.

Victor and Janet Stein also left the mansion to perform a final Rite of Blood. Victor then returned to the garage, soon followed by Chase. Deciding to further work with his son, Victor told him about an invention he had been developing for years: a time machine able to show images of the future or the past.

However, their first trial with the machine failed, triggering another anger spike associated with a headache for Victor. Deciding that he could no longer keep the truth for himself, Victor revealed to his son that he suffered from a brain cancer. After they shared a hug, both Victor and Chase left the garage, unaware that the machine dropped on the ground displayed images of a future destruction of Los Angeles.

Despite Victor's reveal, he and Chase kept working on the Fistigons in the mansion' garage. Once his son left to prepare for the upcoming PRIDE gala, Victor remained alone in the lab and listened to a conversation between Janet and her lover Robert Minoru, as he had begun to spy on his wife's phone.

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Appearances
In chronological order:
 * Runaways
 * Season One
 * Reunion
 * Rewind
 * Destiny
 * Fifteen
 * Kingdom
 * Metamorphosis
 * Refraction
 * Tsunami
 * Doomsday