[b] Lab [/b] 

Chunk smiled and lifted his Beretta, "You're smarter than you look Ross." Chunk slinked off to the far side of the building, completely unsuspecting of his suppose ally's true intentions. Chunk raised his gun at the door and readied to follow through with Sixgun's plans, anxious to unload some rounds. The sound of bubbling and shuffling of feet continued. 

[b] Maroni's [/b] 

Pariah silenced them with a hard look, "We wait." His gaze went back to the monitor, his eyes taking in Bishop for a few moments longer. Taking in the handsome black man's features and manner, listening to his voice. Suddenly he stiffened for the briefest of moments before it was gone. Pariah whispered through the implants, "You need to tread carefully. You're in more danger than we thought." Pariah turned to his team, "Slight change of plans. When we go I want Zaphkiel to go through the upper story and Ocean Warrior through the ground floor. You're both strong enough to go right through. Once Break Neck is through the portal she speeds around and knocks down everyone she can in the chaos. We need to take them down fast and hard if we want this to be clean." 

Bishop nodded, "Charmed. Well if you're not having anything..." Bishop snapped his fingers, the sound more like a firecracker than a snap, and one of the thugs retreated. He returned several moments later with a bottle of wine and a plate of steak, pasta, and mashed potatoes. Bishop laid a napkin on his lap, straightened his tie and started to tuck in knife and fork cleanly and precisely assaulting the medium-rare steak. The thug poured a glass of wine for him. Bishop swallowed his first bite of beef and pasta, smiling, "Good stuff. You're missing out. I would pay my compliments to the Chef.... but unfortunately he's dead. Oh well. Suppose I'll have to leave a larger tip then." 

He drank the wine, "You're sure you don't want any? This isn't prepackaged crap, this is genuine." Bishop grinned at the two of them, Villa snorting in the corner behind them while Permafrost leaned on a wall, Locust standing in place several yards behind Bishop and Belladonna cheerfully drawing on a table near them. Upstairs they could hear the sounds of others moving around and down here they could see around ten thugs all armed and watching the customers. Bishop dabbed at his mouth, "Straight to business, I see. What's the rush? I think we have time to have a nice meal no? Why not try and get to know each other?" 

Bishop kept eating, chewing and swallowing before he talked, "I have to say Killshade, you could have picked another name. It just sounds so.... gauche. If you know what I mean. Shifter isn't bad though, though I have to wonder if you normally look as lovely as you today. I suppose I already knew the answer. You're the big heroes, looking to save the day." Bishop grinned at Killshade, "I just want to have a nice chat, get to know the people I'll be working with talk about our future together." This time his eyes turned red for the briefest of moments, "But if you don't sit down and be polite, I will have someone killed this instant. Right in front of you two and messily. And if you try anything you'll be dead before you can blink. Now please sit." 

His manner didn't change at all, it didn't turn harder or colder. It had stayed in the exact same genially polite and somewhat charming attitude. He went back to eating, "Now, why don't you tell me a little about yourselves? No secret identities or anything like that. But how did you come to join your little League? What made you go into this work? Last chance for food too. Feel free to ask questions yourselves, no good conversation is one sided." 

The woman had been whimpering and holding herself, tears streaking down her face and mixing with the blood of her date. She sniffled and blinked when Rift Hound called to her. She dried her tears and whispered as quietly as she could, "What should we do? They're everywhere." 

[b] Prison [/b] 

Outside the Prison the battle raged on and the League had the upper hand, the enemy's losses approaching over a third of their numbers. The ground had almost swallowed Abaddon to the hip until he flew out and a strange brown furry creature was latched onto his legs. The creature, who may have been a mutant, hissed and with surprising strength started pulling Abaddon down back to the ground, flipping Abaddon's weight and body so that he would land face first when they hit the ground. 

Bullseye blinked, her eyes fluttering for a few seconds as she just processed what he said, she arched a brow at him and she grinned a little and nodded not saying anything. She put a new arrow in her bow and set about securing the area, Morph and Magnetar joining her. Other heroes joined them and on the comm channel multiple teams reported they had subdued their own areas. There were a few casualties however and it was reported that three members besides Bluegrass had been killed, several more injured. Redeye closed Bluegrass's eyes and carried his body in her arms, seeking to place him respectfully away from the fighting until they could get him out of there. 

Meanwhile Sonja's baseball bat hit Brick right in the gut, knocking what wind he had left out of his already choking lungs and driving him to his knees. He saw stars and Daredevil used his weight to push Brick forward onto the hard pavement. Brick's face cracked the ground and he blacked out. Daredevil jumped off his back and grinned at Sonja, "And he's outta there! Looks like you're more than just a spellslinger Sonja. Drinks at the Fortress on me." He laughed for a second before sobering, the thoughts of his passed teammates hitting him, and flipped through the air to join his teammates. 

Silvertongue's efforts paid off. The direction where Volt was heading revealed where the Surgeon, Shank, and Rot were terrorizing the guards the scream coming from a female guard as the Surgeon pierced her leg with a razor sharp nail. Suddenly Apogee appeared and hit the Surgeon hard sending him flying. She dodged Rot's acid attack and clapped her hands sending a shockwave that rocked the acid spitter onto her back. Her eyes flashed white and she smacked the air sending an unseen shape into a wall. Suddenly a stream of ice appeared and caught her in the leg sending her down to the ground, her leg's frozen. She cracked the ice and looked up to see Frost another villain Volt took down raise his hands and suddenly Emily started turning blue, Frost's attacks lowering her inner body temperature to dangerous levels. 

Another camera feed showed the guard barracks which also featured an armory, the last one that hadn't been raided by the inmates. A squadron of guards were locked inside and pointed guns at the door while a mob of inmates tried to bash their way in. Another feed showed burning hallways and a walking fire in human shape, slowly advancing to what seemed to be the medical area. Another feed showed a man walking past before suddenly changing into an armored guard. The rest showed scenes of chaos as inmates fought each other, the guards, and the League throughout the indoors and outdoor areas of the prison. A few monitors were almost completely static though on one bright flashes of light could be made out. 

What was clear was that the team needed to act and fast.