[b] Rainmaker's Team [/b] 

The now disarmed thugs were ensnared by Arachnid's web and they struggled to no avail to escape. The rest of the superhero team took care of the remaining henchmen in the vicinity and SWAT officers arrived to detaIn them. Rainmaker noticed Blast Girl running off and she scowled, "On me!" She flew after the young heroine with the team in tow. Meanwhile said heroine was running after Twister and Shade, who were making good their retreat. They passed several stores and rounded a corner. 

Blast Girl followed and she saw Shade, grinning. Suddenly she felt herself be lifted in the air as one of Twister's tentacles wrapped itself around her wrists. He smiled, "Lookie here Shade. A little hero who lost her way. Thanks for following us girlie, we needed a hero hostage." Shade laughed with a nasty gleam in his eye. Twister picked up Shade with his free tentacle. Then he ran deeper into the mall, signalling another group of around ten henchmen to take cover and level their rifles, hoping to catch the heroes in a crossfire. And yet, as tight as Twister's hold was, perhaps there was a way for the young heroine to escape his grasp.

[b] Olympia's Team [/b] 

Volt's gambit had remarkable success in confusing all the villains. His shocks managed to incapacitate Burnout and Boomer, sending them to the ground seizing in pain. But the rest were not so easily disabled. Shank had instinctively teleported away at the first sign of danger and Bouncer had backflipped behind a nearby desk. Sarin had morphed into her gaseous form and the grenade's effects were mostly averted. 

A second later the other heroes appeared in the lobby. Graviton altered gravity to hold Burnout and Boomer to the ground and sent several henchmen to the floor as well. Sonata emitted a sonic shriek that incapacitated the other henchmen in the lobby. Bouncer flipped back over the desk and leaped at the nearest hero who happened to be Wenchang, ready to slam her foot into his face. Shank had reappeared behind Volt and raised his knife to stab the lightning slinger in the back. Sarin had tried to suffocate the two hostages before Sonja rescued them and now the sentient cloud of poison made it's way to her intent on murder.