[b] The Sewers [/b] 

The breathing stopped and for a second it was dead silent before a deep voice grumbled, "Go away man. Get the fuck outta here. Don't come any closer or I'll fucking kill you man." It was Howard alright, but this wasn't the confident street metagangster. Howard was almost another person right now. 

[b] The Estate [/b] 

"Roger that Sixgun, I'll pass it on" Binary chirped in his ear before continuing, "Soonest chance you can put the vial in the covert drop. An agent will retrieve it." The drop happened to be in a storage locker in a place nearby. Binary hummed before saying, "La Sombra is a grade-A hitman. Cartels love using him for their wet work. Never quits until the job is done, he'll be a tough one. Witchfinder is a merc, but all he cares about is killing Sorcerers. Blames all magic-users for the murder of his son. You might be able to use that to your advantage." 

The hallway was empty, all the hires in their rooms at the moment. The guest house had a moderate guard and a pair of soldiers would pass by every so often, keeping an eye on the new hires. Fontana happened to be staying in the largest room in the guest house as he was responsible for the mercenaries. Fontana himself was still in the main house. His room was on a different floor and had two guards in front of the doors, the men themselves barely paying attention as they talked among themselves. 

[b] The Den [/b] 

Binary cheerily piped up, "Thanks for the view Morningstar. We're getting clear feeds. IDing the suspects now," after a few seconds of mangled Poker Face the Technopath spoke up, "Hmm basically all of them belong to small street-gangs that paid up to the Outfit. Looks like Legion took over more turf than we thought. All of these guys have priors for assault, burglary, dealing, and other cheery stuff like that. Watch your step, they probably have a few Superhumans there too." When she entered the building nothing happened. The hallways were dark, dirty, and dank with detritus and debris littering the hall. Light barely peeked in through the shutters and on this floor the hallway had several doors. Five were on each side and they were all closed. 

[b] Marconi's [/b] 

Pariah stared at E-Vyle, "Just Pariah to you." He looked him over and said, "I know you. E-Vyle. Well we'll need all the help we can get with what's been going on. Get on the vehicle, we'll fast-track your membership when we get back to the Hall." Permafrost, Shrieker, Villa, Ghost, and Salvation were all bolted into seats with cuffs and power inhibitors on their necks. Locust had to have a cage lifted in for him which the VTOL would lift back to the Hall. Once all of the members were onboard the craft left to return to the Hall of Heroes. 

The Hall of Heroes was mostly deserted, only the support and security staff left after the prison riot. The VTOL touched down and a security team arrived to take the captured villains into custody. Pariah exited and said, "I'll begin interrogations of the suspects. Anyone that wants to help is free to accompany me. E-Vyle and Rift Hound, see Anima at the front desk. The rest of you are free to do what you wish. You can use the R and R, we'll be busy again soon enough." 

[b] The Prison [/b] 

The Lightning bolt burst through the window and hit in the middle of the room between the two parties. As Volt fell to the ground, the room erupted in chaos as glass flew everywhere and the bolt of lightning threw up a massive wave of sound, light, and fury. The part of the wooden floor that was hit enflamed and the small fire slowly spread. The flying glass shards shredded the man's back and he howled in pain. Combined with the light, noise, and sudden force he was taken completely off guard. His gun was unsteady in his hand and Apogee fired a tight beam of heat vision, the laser heating the gun until the man dropped it in a reflex of pain. The Warden was just as surprised as his captor and shouted in surprise. This was the moment to act. 

In Maximum Security, the situation accelerated. Realizing his powers were almost useless, Sanguine decided to retreat through the portal as well. Copycat, Knightmare, and Polaris still stood next to the portal watching the action, Polaris picking up a discarded rifle from a dead guard. Copycat was anxious to leave but he didn't wish to draw the ire of his much more powerful and numerous associates. The bullets flew right through Sarin and impacted against Sarco. The pistol rounds bounced right off of his plates and he snarled ignoring Sonja completely to look around for the shooter, followed by Behemoth and the Growth all in their superpowered forms. 

Sarin paused before the yellow gas turned into a woman again. Sarin stared at Sonja, "You're right hero. No glory in an easy victory. I might enjoy killing you with my own bare hands even more," She screamed in a primal battle cry and ran towards Sonja with fists upraised. Xaxx and Reaper each picked up assault rifles and strapped on body armor before turning to watch the brawl. Xaxx and Reaper watched the two fight with a certain animalistic hunger. The Diluvian leaned on a nearby wall and idly played with a ball of water as he watched them.