Good thing Anna's not watching them, she would resist extremely violently (and she's capable of far more violence than Tandi is). Visionary's kids are the first human children she's become very attached to.








Ask Lara Night that question sometime. She "retired" from superhero work back home because there were so many costumed avengers out there she felt like it didn't mean anything anymore. And with the police developing ways to deal with them, that made her feel even more redundant.

The first small step is always the biggest - a long while ago, the Zoot Suit Gang started hosing down heroes with this sticky glue-like foam that shows a lot of promise.





In that case I only have 5 possible predictions:

1. Since Lara isn't going to herself or the others die, she may take a chance and blindly transport all of them to somewhere random and far away...where they'll become stranded for a few days while she waits to recharge (or until Liu Xi is strong enough to get them out). This possibility will most likely be motivated by one of them becoming badly hurt, i.e. the "We have to get out now!" scenario. (P.S. that kind of panic reaction would sort of be like "collapsing the bubble", the one protecting them from the hard atmosphere, so a handful of zombies and some ground dirt would probably go with them)

2. Ms. Peel either stops to gloat, or the Psychic Samurai had a few seconds to focus and figure out she's behind it all. Chiaki pulls a last second switch and seems to abandon the others while she goes after Ms. Peel. At least until Ms. Peel defends herself by sending all the zombies after Chiaki - but by then, the distraction will free Liu Xi to work her void magic.

3. There will be outside rescue - either from the Hooded Hood (protecting his investment, of course - erasing Lara's memory and making plans for her was hard work!) or Vinnie, since they're the only two I can think of that are available. Unless someone is in range of Anna's broadcast telemetry, like that alien bounty-hunter, piloting a stolen Shee-Yar cruiser.

4. The point isn't to kill them, but to disable and capture them for later. That's a classic villain mistake (locking up the heroes instead of killing them) but a highly possible one, since the original point may be to keep them from alerting and rescuing the Lair Legion.

5. Liu Xi finally remembers spells that Vinnie told her about while she was up late at night with him, and she turns the zombies - or their ghostly souls - against Ms. Peel by telling them she was responsible for their genocide.

Anything other than that would probably involve factors or characters I'm not at all familiar with.