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Mantis drove through downtown Denver deep in thought. After deciphering the true meaning of the intelligence they acquired at the warehouse, Mantis took it upon himself to make use of it. What good was information if it was never acted upon? The others decided to go after the Community through a different avenue..

The other villains of the city were gathering together to formulate a plan to take on The Community. What annoyed him the most was not that they were meeting together, but that they actually invited him. Lethal Force wasn't following many arbitrary rules certainly, but they weren't villains. Vigilantes? Definitely. So Mantis reasoned. His team wished to go to the meeting and Mantis truly wished them well. Perhaps some good would come of it. Bad guys fighting bad guys was a win-win situation in his book.

The PRT was meeting the very day of The Jack's meeting, which was no coincidence. Mantis did think at one point to inform the authorities of the time and place of this meeting, but decided against it. If anything it would only weaken the heroes and villains who were not under Patriarch's control. Which was the last thing they needed right now.

No, what Mantis wanted, what he strived for, was to take the organization out. From the top down. Patriarch was the focus of all his energy, and nothing would get in his way. Not other villains, not the PRT, not anybody. If he died in his pursuit, so be it. He had already lost too many of his close friends and allies. Zach being the latest of them. Now was the time to act, and if the rest of his team wasn't there to encounter the villain as well it was for the best. He didn't want everyone to die along with him if it came to that.

Mantis eyed his rearview mirror remembering the contents in his trunk. His standard MP5 submachine gun, silencer, flashbangs, teargas, and this time...fragmentation grenades. They hadn't come cheap, but Mantis was able to manipulate some black market dealer into giving him a case of his stash out of town for a reasonable price. Mental and emotional mind games as he liked to describe them. Using his powers against criminals didn't faze him one bit. If the encounter with Patriarch occurred, Mantis was sure that the only way to take him down for good was to use the most lethal of force.