[b] The Lab [/b] 

Fontana nodded and drew a knife, motioning his men to follow them. La Sombra nodded at Sixgun, "Your assistance is appreciated Ross. No doubt I would have killed the brujo anyway but it is appreciated." La Sombra entered the building leaving Sixgun to rifle through Santana's corpse. All he found was a vial filled with gold liquid labeled "Apex" and a modern day smart phone. Sixgun heard Binary say, "Give me a sec to copy all the data." Using Sixgun's implant as a wireless booster and hacking device, the technopath speedily downloaded all of the phone's files and immediately began reading through them. 

La Sombra exited the building and held up a paper, "It's a note about a place called the Den. It's in the Red Light district, but its not any place I ever heard of. It talks about "experiments" and I believe its where we should make our next stop. Perhaps do some surveillance yes?" 

[b] Maroni's [/b] 

Upstairs, Stalker found her hands caught by Zaphkiel. However at that moment Shrieker fired a sonic scream at Zaphkiel, causing his grip to loosen. Stalker took advantage and wiggled out before she would have been slammed into the roof. Shrieker who had been dazed but not knocked out continued to shatter wood and glass while screaming at the angel. Stalker knew when the situation was hopeless and flipped on a table before jumping up the ceiling and out of the very hole Zaphkiel had made.

Outside the police blinked collectively and shrugged to themselves before one officer cuffed Salvation. His partner stared at Joe, "Are you alright sir?" Meanwhile Ghost grunted in pain when MC blasted him, spinning in the air while the conjured spiders fell through his body. He reoriented himself and snarled, "Fuck you!" Before diving at MC and punching through his chest in rapid succession, making MC feel sharp stabs of pain. 

That's when Stalker appeared and found the building surrounded. A helicopter flew above her with the door open and a man with a rifle pointed at her. The helicopter's PA said, "Stop or we will fire." Stalker threw her knife right when he finished and caught the marksman in the chest before leaping at the open door. Bullets pounded the space she just vacated as she landed inside the helicopter and stared at the pilots who were in shock. Blood splattered the windshield as the helicopter temporarily lost control before righting itself and the amateur pilot began flying away. 

Inside the restaurant, the trio of heroes managed to off-balance the henchmen opposing them. The counterattacks took them by surprise and they could barely react as the heroes attacked them. Across the room, Pariah flicked an object out behind cover. Villa shot it in mid-air, allowing Pariah to swing around and put a bullet in her chest. She fell to the floor and Pariah turned, firing at the henchmen around his team. Anyone that wasn't already disabled by them was taken down in rapid succession. 

Locust snarled and was pushed back against the wall as the trident hit him. It cracked his front chest plates and blood poured from the wounds. Locust shrieked and pulled out Killshade's sword before throwing it at Ocean Warrior's face, the swing aided by Locust's mutant strength. Bishop cried out as the Bat embedded itself in his shoulder a few inches, "Motherfucker!" 

He pulled it out with a wet squelch sending blood pouring down his now ruined suit. He snarled and shouted out, "Belladonna! We're leaving! Give us cover!" Belladonna nodded and threw her tablecloth at Killshade, Shifter, and Break Neck. If they were caught they'd find themselves suffering an electric shock courtesy of the runes Belladonna had been drawing on it. Pariah leveled his pistols at Belladonna but Bishop stepped in front of her and his rounds impacted the man with no effect. Bishop easily picked up Belladonna and ran over to the Marconi table where Flasher reappeared. Bishop nodded and Flasher touched the two of them and a few more of Marconi's family before they all disappeared. 

[b] Prison [/b] 

In the infirmary the nercomancer bristled under Sonja's touch, "I suppose probable death is better than certain death." She said nothing until she was asked about her name and then she laughed, "Ha. As if I would give another practitioner my own name from my own lips. I know better. But you may call me Styx." Styx smiled grimly and said, "And seeing how our new relationship is progressing I feel obliged to tell you that your teammates may want to hurry themselves to the maximum security wing." 

Volt's aim was perfect and the three men fell to the ground in spasms as his electric attacks shocked them into submission. The last man however, drew his pistol and shot at Volt, his aim steady and measured as he pumped three bullets at his torso. Apogee cried out, "NOOOOO!!" Before launching forward and punching the man in the face. Hard. His head didn't just snap back. It flew off his neck and impacted itself in the wall. She barely paid any mind to her first kill, as she flew over to Volt and looked down at him, "Oh my god! Volt!" She frantically ripped off Volt's uniform to assess his injuries.