Elastic Supergirl stretched out both arms and swung at Steppenwolf. A little surprised that she was unharmed, he snorted, dodged her fists, and suddenly appeared beside Syndrome.
Then Steppenwolf grabbed Syndrome, opened a teleportation channel, and escaped. The entire process took less than ten seconds.
Elastic Supergirl hesitated, but did not follow him into the teleportation channel. She had children, after all, and could not take risks recklessly.
A dozen seconds later, Mary flew back. "Andrew, that bastard Steppenwolf just showed up again," she cursed. "Hurry up and see if there are any leads!"
Andrew's voice immediately rang out. "No luck. Steppenwolf left too quickly for me to catch his trail. That guy really is good at lightning blitzes. By the way, what did he do?"
"He abducted a villain."
Mary said, "That villain is really smart. I almost fell into his trap."
"Uh, well, being able to trick you doesn't mean he's really smart," Andrew said. "After all, you know..."
"Are you calling me stupid?" Mary demanded.
"Of course not. You're much smarter than Hancock."
Andrew's words made Mary grit her teeth in fury. Now I'm being compared to Hancock?
Hancock was not there. If he had been, he would certainly have asked, "Do you two have any manners?"
"Just you wait. I'll get you one of these days."
After cursing him, Mary said, "Enough nonsense. That villain really is smart. Steppenwolf must have a reason for taking him. We need to take this seriously."
"I've already sent Raven and Zatanna over."
Andrew said, "They'll use the things that villain left behind to divine his location, but no one knows whether it'll work."
"We have to try."
Mary nodded. Soon, Zatanna and Raven arrived. Syndrome had left plenty of things at his base. After searching around, the two women