Su Ming and the others had actually arrived quite a while ago.
There were no traffic jams when speeding through the sewers. They reached the underside of Zola's laboratory building, had Godslayer dig a tunnel into the building, and then came up to find Zola. It could not have been easier.
Natasha had an implanted tracker precisely to avoid accidents like this. As long as Deathstroke could contact Sepulk, he could naturally receive her location data and a report on her physical condition.
She was probably asleep. All her vital signs were normal.
Zola was not after her. The ones with a grudge against that dwarf were Steve and Bucky. After all, they had captured the scientist back then and even stolen his glasses.
Well, although it had been Deathstroke who snatched the glasses and put them on Bucky, allowing him to evolve into the new Bucky, Zola had probably put that debt on Bucky's head.
Based on general observations of scientists' habits, a laboratory was usually next to a preparation room for convenience.
It was not as though you could run out of alcohol halfway through an experiment, take the elevator downstairs, and rummage through the underground storeroom for supplies.
By the same logic, since Zola had specifically ordered the Skrulls to capture Steve for a deal, he must have wanted something.
There were only a few things about Captain America that had broadly valuable significance.
First was his influence and advertising appeal. He was practically the living totem of Stars and Stripes.
But none of that propaganda power was useful to Zola. When it came to charisma, Hydra had a baffling degree of confidence.
Second was Steve's American ass.
But Zola was not gay, so that clearly could not have been the reason.
Last was the Super Soldier