Atrium
Pariah glanced at One and said, "Psion gave me a brief statement about your abilities before she had to leave and I believe you are best served in a rear position with myself and the assault team. This team includes Ocean Warrior, Rolling Girl, MC, and Zaphkiel. Any present who wish to participate may follow if they are quick." The man nodded at Shifter, throwing another implant and pack of mini-explosives, "I recommend you take a less pitiful form. We need to maintain credulity with our members, if you look too weak they'll be suspicious. You have to hit a balance between being too imposing and too obviously pathetic. Regardless we've spent enough time here."
Pariah looked at MC, "I need you to open a portal to the coordinates I give you for myself and the main operatives. Everyone else you will arrive as soon as you can on alternate modes of transport. Our presence is essential now." The League Founder waited for the supernatural creature to open his portal and then entered, exiting onto the street outside Maroni's presumably with the rest of his team in tow. He turned towards Shifter and Killshade, "Present yourselves to the villains. We will observe from higher ground." The restaurant was surrounded by the police and Pariah lead his team into a high-rise overlooking the besieged establishment. Pariah created a holographic display showing Killshade's and Shifter's perspectives. Pariah cocked a gun and turned to One, "Can you see inside?"
Maroni's
Screams and gunfire erupted from upstairs and then the troop of villains returned with their minions in tow. Bishop arched an eyebrow and Permafrost smirked, nodding minutely. Bishop snorted and said, "Alright then. Let's get these people sorted. No phones, under guard. Oh and take what money you can. No sense in letting it go all to waste." The thugs dispersed and started taking any and all valuables from the customers, smashing phones beneath feet while their comrades watched vigilantly, looking for any sign of resistance. One man screamed and ran for Bishop with a steak knife, but the young woman next to Bishop raised her gun in a flash and put a bullet cleanly between his eyes. He stopped suddenly as his brains splattered the young woman he had sat with eliciting an endless round of shrieks. He feel to the ground. The woman aimed her gun at the young man and fired again. Bishop nodded, "Thanks Villa. Hopefully that discourages any other supposed heroism."
Villa nodded and twirled her gun in a showy manner holstering it on her belt. Bishop smirked and gestured to a few nearby thugs, "Start searching around for any stragglers. Don't want anyone spoiling this party." They nodded and a man with an assault rifle started walking through the restaurant searching for hidden customers. He was stepping closer and closer to Rift Hound's hiding place, gun at the ready.
The Lab
Witchfinder said nothing and departed to find a good vantage point, the Road King boss in tow. La Sombra and the rest of the thugs dispersed around the hill, taking positions and drawing weapons while remaining out of plain sight. Chunk followed the modern day Cowboy, drawing a beretta and walking quietly next to Sixgun. He whispered back, "Used to be IRA. Bombs, hits, y'know the fun stuff. Then the IRA starts letting in all the superpowered freaks. As if freaks like them would want a free Ireland. More like replacing the English. Couldn't stomach it and now I'm out here doing jobs to get by."
"No luxury job but it keeps me in the hookers and blow. Nice job with Bender by the way, hopefully the Bosnians don't shank you in your sleep." Chunk kept casting his eyes around to spot anyone as they approached the Lab but it was quiet and empty. Maybe a bit too quiet and empty. He sidled up the door and put his ear against it. He thought he might have heard a slight shuffling but couldn't be sure. He listened further and heard a faint bubbling sound, little wisps of mist drifting from beneath the door occasionally. Chunk whispered, "What now?"
The Prison
Abaddon saved the National Guardsmen from being overrun, then they almost shot him for his monstrous appearance but thought better of it at the last second. The League members on the field were holding themselves well enough, the mindless and chaotic horde of beasts no match for a coordinated effort by the experienced and trained heroes. Suddenly a rumbling could be heard on the ground beneath Abaddon's feet. A guardsmen looked down but was then pulled under the ground, screaming his screams choked by dirt as he fell in. His comrades cursed and backpedaled away, when a form dove from the dirt and slammed into another guardsmen the man screaming like his friend as he was pulled under. Suddenly Abaddon felt the ground give way beneath him and he started sinking down in the ground, feet first as it swallowed him.
Brick roared as he missed Sonja then his eyes bugged out when Doppler latched onto him, Doppler then copying his strength and durability. Brick roared and then slapped Doppler the hit sending him flying through the air. Brick then turned away, trusting Doppler to turn into paste on the pavement if his bones weren't already broken. Quite the opposite as Doppler slammed into a large group of charging inmates, the same charging at the Team, killing four instantly and injuring even more. The rest of the men, about two dozen in all started hitting him with clubs, stomping him with boots, and shooting him with pistols. Swarmqueen's insects and the efforts of the other heroes had thinned out the herd quite well.
Brick turned in time for Sonja's bat to catch him in the groin. His scream of pain rumbled the ground around him and damaged eardrums from it's high pitch. Suddenly Daredevil jumped on his back, latching his whipcord arms around him and beginning to choke him. Brick may have had durability but it didn't protect him from needing air. Normally the bruiser could have flexed his neck muscles but in his current state he was ill-prepared to do so. The suddenness of both attacks panicked him and he tried to reached behind him to grab Daredevil, huge arms unable to bend to grab the thin man. He started choking and growing sluggish as Daredevil shouted, "Get a Home-run!"
Vacuum laughed in psychopathic glee as Hot Rod choked on his last breaths, he kept laughing in anticipation until he was punched by Light. He grunted and fell on the ground, his control shattered and the air rushing back into Hot Rod's lungs. The man snarled and said, "You'll have to do you ugly bitch!" He punched at her with a concentrated burst of air in front of his fist hitting Light in the jaw and slamming her to the ground. He gathered another ball of air and prepared to slam it down into her head.
Swarmqueen's bugs managed to catch the utter chaos inside as fire burned in several cells and smoking corpses were everywhere, the inmates howling and fighting each other as well as guards and guardsmen. They caught a fleeting glimpse of a human fireball walking along, burning bodies alive and dead as she went, before she disappeared from view, rounding a corner. And the insects felt something in the air. An odd unnatural sense of distortion that reverberated throughout the prison, though the feeling was stronger in some places than others, the hint of a trail vibrating in the air.
Guards were screaming as an unseen assailant painted the walls with their blood, arteries bursting out blood and eyes being gouged out by someone who couldn't be seen. No doubt the work of Shade. Another yellow-skinned woman in an orange jumpsuit called Rot was spitting acid everywhere, melting through the concrete walls in a matter of minutes and through flesh in even less. Another man, an african-american prisoner named the Surgeon, whistled as his razor nails pierced through the hearts of wounded guards, a whimpering female guard his next patient. The people inside needed help.