[color=FFC300][center][h1][i][b]P[/b]aige[/i][/h1][/center][/color]
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Paige didn't notice the arrival of the last two heroes. The gunfire outside easily masked the sound of mannequin limbs scrambling across the floor, and even if she weren't staring at Thundercloud, Rosaria would have been impossible to see until she chose to appear. Kane, she noticed. Thundercloud looked like he was about to speak when the cheery, out-of-place ding of the elevator bell drew his stare, and Paige's own. 

Kane delivered his catchphrase, or what she had to assume was his catchphrase. She just stared, at an angle to stare past Olivia and Robin into the elevator. [i][color=FFC300]That ... doesn't make any sense.[/color][/i] Thundercloud recovered and spoke, turning his attention from the new arrival back to the heroes who had so blatantly stepped into his path. Heroes right? Not just idiots? Or did that depend on how this turned out ...

Thundercloud's racism almost made her feel ... deflated. Being a super villain was no excuse for being ignorant. It might have been meant to offend, but it was enough of a distraction that Paige was caught off-guard when the large, cotton-ball clad man then spread his palms in their general direction and opened fire. Bolts of electricity shot forward with terrifying speed.

With only Robin and Olivia between her and kajillion volts, she decided to forget for a moment that she had super-powers, and instead threw her hands uselessly up in front of her face. Thankfully someone with more presence of mind cast protective barriers around the room, and by the time the little speedster opened her eyes the bolt was already dissipating across the surface of one in front of her, Olivia and Robin no longer standing between her and the bulbous man. 

[color=FFC300][i]OMG MOVE STUPID![/i][/color] She scolded herself, trying not to think about what would have happened if not for that barrier. 

Slipping into super speed, she took a look around to assess. Thundercloud's Storm Troopers were rushing the front door, they must have been finished whatever they'd been planning, getting ready to leave. The big man himself was just throwing lightning around the room wherever he pleased, knocking down those invisible barriers with each hit. Most of the people who appeared to be opposing the heist were taking cover behind barriers, except the man from the elevator who was ... pouring over a mannequin ... where had he even gotten a mannequin ...

Her brow furrowing further, Paige turned to look at Thundercloud again. Robin could throw his talismans, someone could cast barriers, the others she had yet to size up ... but how many of them could get close? 

Paige could get close.

She tried to lower herself into a stance from which she might get a running start, but she'd slowed down too much, her legs pulling up under her and hovering there. She wouldn't be able to get a running start at this rate. This was going to be tricky. 

Lowering her feet back onto the ground, time returned to normal around her, Thundercloud looking like he could throw another attack at any moment. Paige didn't have a moment to loose, ignoring the sound of Troopers starting to fight behind her, the sound of Olivia's justified outrage at being carried, of Robin's outrage at being mocked. Taking off at a sprint toward Thundercloud, she knew she would be making herself a target ... an easy target. As soon as she had a bit of speed she slowed time, not to a stand-still, just enough to get an edge.

Launching herself into a jump, she planted a kick against his chest, surprised by how much resistance the large man provided against her foot. Landing in place, another kick to his gut helped her create backward momentum, and she darted back to cover, returning to normal speed to see if she'd accomplished anything, or if her strikes had gone unnoticed.

Peeking out, though, the first thing she noticed was the set of headlights bearing down on the villain from behind. A look of dire confusion spread across her face as, from behind her mask she stammered [color=FFC300][b]"O-optimus?"[/b][/color]

... this was becoming such a strange night.