Voltaje stands toe to toe with Rachel staring into those sky-blue eyes.  Toe-to-toe, breast-to-breast, and nose-to-nose.  She doesn't like to be told that she<i>can't</i>do something, especially when it would lift the morale of the other people in their troupe.  There are at least two that are non-soldiers so it would do them some good.  Though there are good points in Rachel's explanation of not building a fire.  They did have extra protection against animals and bugs that she's not used to having without a fire.  The fire would also stick out the same way as that eerily glowing red light down in the jungle.<br/><br/>She leans in to whisper to Athena's ear.<span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 7pt;">"Who needs fuego when we have you?"</span>She pulls back sneaking a little<i>peck</i>to the woman's cheek opposite of where it'd be painfully obvious to everyone.  Just in case Athena wants to confirm or deny any such flirtatious actions.  Voltaje locks eyes, or at least tries to, with the other superheroine as she draws away, allowing the Captain to speak to the rest of her people.  Most of which she catches, there are certain words that escape her like "lias" and "foremost" even "sitrep" and "dicey" make her think for a little bit longer.  She still got the gist of the message though.  Get back to civilization for the doctor and Mr. Talpert, whom she assumes is the guy holding a gun like it might be a snake, and then assess Ramac.<br/><br/>"If government is not paid by Cartel I may be able to help with talking." She's almost completely positive that didn't come across in the way she'd wanted it to.  It would help to know what lias meant in this case.  If they're not getting funds under the table, then they probably<i>like</i>the only hero willing to take on the Cartel.  However if they are paid by the Cartel, the one heroine that is taking them on is probably a huge thorn in their sides.  It could go either way.  So apparently she's going next, speaking up like that.<br/><br/>"I will start with fact, then move into ah--" She thinks for a moment coming up with a word. "Fiction by talk?" Rumors, she couldn't think of the translation though so she went with the meaning instead.  "Facts are few.  Ramac showed up about six months ago, the Cartel and even I thought he would just disappear one night like everyone else.  But he didn't.  He recruits men, mostly paid men for violence, then he starts to take over territory.  He marks territory with poles." She points out towards the red dot in the distance.<br/><br/>"The Cartel does not like this, so they push back. Then their lieutenants all end up with head on pikes.  Very violent. Bodies ripped open like from inside out, and their men just....gone." She makes a motion with her hands as if to show that they'd disappeared from thin air.  "Every one that opposes Ramac disappears mysteriously.  So I have been investigating.  Not much to be found.  Then red light go off and..." She points to the sky.  She saw their plane go down.<br/><br/>"Talk says they have unlimited money, pay in stones and gold," that'd be<i>precious</i>stones, "That he has army of paid men, some maybe even super like us, and no one knows what he's up to.  Not even me." She frowns a bit at that last bit of information.   Every time she thinks she's getting close to something someone winds up dead, or the lead just vanishes into thin air as if it never existed.  Though now knowing that the totems could be more than just totems, that could be the reason her leads always evaporate before she gets anywhere with them.<br/><br/>"I agree with Captain Keyes.  We get civilians to civilization then come back to investigate further."