If Scarlet is trying to use knowledge she learned at Thrumanova, maybe she is trying to get some sort of Twinning Effect to happen elsewhere. The Crystal Cavern in Iron marches suffers from effects that occurred at the reactor, maybe she is trying to use whatever is under LA to effect something else.
What? I don’t know. But it is a though.
some men aren’t looking for anything logical…
some men just want to watch the world burn.