<em>Meanwhile...</em><br/><br/>Sick to her stomach with dread, Hellcat stared up at the viewscreen.  A long table with several seated figured was portrayed, but only one was illuminated enough to be visible -- a large, burly man, in a costume of earth-toned browns and greens, wearing an implausible-looking iron crown set with uncut gems.<br/><br/>"There wasn't anything I could do, boss!" she protested, against her employer's scowl.  "He took out Tension and Tin Man like they were<em>nothing</em>.  No way could we finish --"<br/><br/>"Yeah, great," the man on the screen interrupted.  "And how'd<em>you</em>make it back so easy?"<br/><br/>"Well..."  Hellcat paused, thinking about it.  "He pretty much let me go.  I don't know why, but what else --<em>ulp</em>!"<br/><br/>"Shut up," came the casual response, not that Hellcat had much choice, thanks to the two humanoids made of solid rock that had stepped out of the walls to pin her arms and hold her mouth shut.  "Get back to base, I'll figure out how to deal with you later."  The viewscreen winked out, as the hapless villainess was dragged away.<br/><br/>...<br/><br/>"Good help's so hard to find," the villain grumbled, as the lights came back up in the LoVE council chamber.  "So, this Spoiler guy.  What the hell is his deal?"<br/><br/>"Don't look at me, Rex," replied a stern, more cultured-sounding man, dressed in an Armani suit.  "He hasn't shown himself much so far.  Although if it's true that he can travel through time --"<br/><br/>A figure in a full, sleek suit of armor leaned forward.  "Video footage confirms Hellcat's story, as to broad details," a feminine voice interrupted softly.  "The Spoiler is confirmed to display supra-human levels of strength, resilience, and velocity, as well as the ability to deploy 'webbing' similar to that used by Arachnerd.  Long-range DNA scans have identified him as probable human, but...<em>highly</em>mutagenic.  No further data is available."<br/><br/>"Huh.  Well, if he keeps makin' trouble, I'll have to arrange a little surprise.  While we're at it, Martin, can you get my boys out of jail?"<br/><br/>"...very well."<br/><br/>----<br/><br/>The news still refused to mention what the villains might have been after, but praised the Spoiler for his quick response in preventing theft and any serious casualties.  (Whiplash's tardy arrival wasn't even mentioned.)  The fact that many people were still a bit uncertain about the Spoiler's position was rapidly being glossed over.<br/><br/>The blogger was still blaming LoVE, although it was starting to make sense why: the League did boast the world's most powerful (and possibly least cunning) known geokinetic, the imaginatively named Rex Terrae.  Something or someone powerful had definitely opened the way for the thieves to get into SPECTRUM.