Apex shudders as Moldpatch's power heals some of her bruises, though she immediately gasps. "Idiot!", she shouts and dives back to Bendpole, who is choking again, now that the opening she cut into his windpipe is closed again.<br/><br/>With some deft moves, she cuts him open again, reapplying the hollow bolt.  Then she turns to Moldpatch: "You could have choked him to death with that! Think first, please!" Just then, her cellphone goes off and she picks it up.<br/><br/>"Huh? Yeah, boss, we did- Yes, we could use someone to pick them up and us both, but you need to know, Null-Plus, Red De- They did<strong>what</strong>? Alright, we're going back to base!... A new member? Well, at least that's good news!" She puts the phone away and turns to her teammates. "Alright, trucks are coming to pick them all up! And one for us, we need to get back to HQ. We get a new member for the team, and we know what happened to our wayward villains."<br/><br/>Barely a minute later, three trucks arrive and several MRP-members swarm out of them to take the villains in. "Ma'am, Sirs, that truck's for you", says their commander before she turns back to coordinating clean-up.<br/><br/>"Alright, let's go guys! Seems like we already have our first great mystery to solve!"<br/><br/>_________________________________________________________________<br/><br/><em>meanwhile, back at HQ:</em><br/><br/>The non-descript black car drops the striking young woman off in front of the HQ, where she is awaited by an equally non-descript, sixty-something woman, stick-thin and dressed in an unflattering pants suit, her snow-white hair tied in a severe bun.  "A good day to you, Miss Mitchell," she says with less warmth than a glacier. "I am afraid that neither Severance nor mission control can great you right now, as we have something of an emergency on our hands. My codename is Dead-On and I usually just do the bookkeeping. Please follow me to the common room for the team."<br/><br/>Without waiting for a response or even a greeting, she leads her into the building and into an elevator. She makes no attempt at even smalltalk and her general disposition makes it clear that she wouldn't appreciate any.<br/><br/>Soon they arrive in the common room, where she promptly deposits the young woman with a simple order to wait for her new teammates.<br/><br/>_________________________________________________________________<br/><br/>The truck quickly drops the team off at the HQ and Apex storms off, eager to meet the new team member - who'll add some estrogen to the team dynamic - and also eager to hear what exactly happened with the other three villains.<br/><br/>Once they reach the common room, she pulls off her mask and walks to their new member. "Hello, you must be Bramble. Nice to meet you," she greets her, looking the older woman up and down. "My name is Apex. I am - or rather, was - the point man for all of one mission. Hopefully, you can take over that particular duty." She extends a hand towards her new teammate.