John has to realize Psylocke is one of the most powerful telepaths in the world. She could mind wipe all the nameless NPC's without issue, and even the named ones here don't have much resistance to her powers(for example she's blasted Juggernaut<em>through</em>his helmet. Also her Psi-Knife/Psi-Sword is by default non-lethal. It usually just overloads your neural network. Instant, several hour knockout...or memory loss. No death unless she wills it. And she also knows how to follow orders since she's a Hand Assassin, which she'd do if told to keep it PG-13.<br/><br/>Laura is the same way, a wildcard but trained well by Weapon X and Logan. She might need a bit of a heavier hand, but she can do as told for the good of the mission. And since she knows too much trouble could endanger the hostages, she wouldn't go that far unless absolutely necessary. Besides, in that group she is hands down the best melee fighter due to her increased stats and literal lifetime of hardcore training. She'd definitely be able to take people down quickly, quietly, and non-lethally. Since she is Logan, she is technically a ninja.<br/><br/>As good as her powers are at infiltration, Kitty doesn't know the layout. Laura could sniff out the hostages, and Psylocke could take the information directly from an enemy without them even knowing.<br/><br/>So the three of them together can basically be invisible to all the goons(Psylocke makes them invisible to their minds), can quickly take any they come across down(psi-blade and Laura beating them unconscious and probably having a great time of it), and can find the hostages quickly and get them out just as quickly through a wall or the floor once they've located them. The three of them would do best together, as each of them has strengths that play to the weaknesses of the other. And essentially they could get all the hostages and be out before anyone knows they were even inside. Psylocke on a good day could even leave a psychic afterimage to make them believe the hostages are still safe and sound while they make their escape.<br/><br/>An IC version of this assessment will probably happen, just had to write it down before I forgot it all lol.<br/>