Oscar was ready to reply to Voltaje telepathically, but his attention was snapped up by the monster's sudden movement towards Jane. He somehow managed to stretch his earthy appendages far enough to grab her, and reel her in like a fish. "Jesu Christo," Oscar said once again, still thinking in Spanish. The battle seemed to slow down for a minute; Athena and Elemental traded barbs and remarked on the doctor's helplessness.<br/><br/>The mutant was expecting JD to come dashing by at any minute, his paternal instinct to protect a pretty, fertile woman stronger than his logic. Or at least, that was what Oscar was predicting. He took a few cautious steps towards the mud man, and spoke up boldly. "Listen up, dirtball. We're with the United States military; this place is going to be swarming with SEAL's and anti-mutant soldiers within an hour. We're here to put an end to your livelyhood; put the doctor down, and I never saw you. Comprende?" A bluff, all of it. By now, the brass had probably figured out that they had gone missing, and now they would hold meetings to ask for the appropriate materials to launch an investigation into their disappearance...