Pointing his weapon for him, Happy received from Talpert a tight frown, but the PR man didn't say anything. Even if he had wanted to retort to Happy's angry tone, Talpert looked too scared to speak, his eyes fixed on the jungle as he looked out the open window.<br/><br/>Dr. Wilson listened to JD as he spoke, and she seemed about to say something when he surprised her with the peck on the cheek. He had time to see her face blush, but he was gone before he could interpret that as a good sign, or a bad one.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, Athena, Voltaje and Oscar had fanned out into the jungle, moving as swiftly and silently as possible. They didn't have to venture far before they encountered soldiers on the return. The men were swaggering back, speaking loudly to each other without a concern in the world. As far as they figured, the fight was over for the day and everyone had fled.<br/><br/>Athena came upon a pair of men as they passed by. She broke a jaw before the other man even knew what was happening. When he turned to see what that snapping noise had been, he met a fist to his nose, and it was lights out for him as well. Voltaje caught three men as they happened to step through a muddy puddle, the electrical charge she sent into them frying them all at the same time. They dropped to the ground, smoke wisping from the singed ends of their hair.<br/><br/>The mercenaries were taken by surprise, and the three heroes did a lot of damage before an inevitable scream alerted the other gunmen. Gunfire returned as the remaining thugs began shooting at random, not sure where the attacks were coming from. Athena, Oscar and Voltaje began to fall back, taking out combatants where they could. A lucky bullet caught Voltaje on the shoulder, but the off target round zinged off her body armor, leaving a small bruise underneath.<br/><br/>JD, Jane and Talpert heard the gunfire from the jungle, a few yells, and a couple of screams. One mercenary made it out of the trees and came running into town, panicked. It took Happy less than a second to deal with him.<br/><br/>The jungle fell silent, there were no more mercenaries left to drop. Athena, Oscar and Voltaje emerged from the cover, seeing JD standing with his one catch. Talpert released a heavy sigh, and he and Jane came down out of the building to join the others.<br/><br/>"That just leaves the mud-man," Oscar said. They hadn't encountered him in the jungle, but it stood to reason that he had been to the rear of his men, moving slower. At the moment, there was no sign of him.<br/><br/>