Edgar had laid the bait, arranged for a teleporter, and prepared the Red V test subjects. He had done everything he could, but in the end, he had lost because the two sides were on entirely different levels of power.
First came Soldier Boy's inexplicable chest cannon. Although the Russians had shown Edgar the extent of the damage to the military base back when Soldier Boy escaped, he had instinctively assumed conventional weapons had caused it.
Then an enraged Homelander had displayed strength completely unlike anything he had shown before.
Vogelbaum smiled bitterly. "What now? Do we run?"
"It's too late." Edgar slowly closed his eyes.
"Fuck, I can't believe I actually said that." Dr. Vogelbaum gave a self-mocking chuckle. He knew Homelander's abilities all too well.
Once Homelander had a specific location, there was no way for anyone he wanted to find to escape him, unless they had alien technology to conceal them.
Seeing that all was lost, the laboratory staff tried to leave, but the door was locked tight, and only Edgar had access.
"Sir, please let us go..."
The staff were practically begging. Edgar let out a bemused laugh. What was the point of taking a few others down with him before he died?
A trace of acceptance arose within him. Leaving just two old men doomed to die waiting in despair would be enough.
Edgar handed over his ID badge.
Just then, a muffled boom suddenly came from above the laboratory. The entire room shook, and dust kept falling from the ceiling.
A staff member who looked remarkably like The Deep cried out in alarm, "Was that an earthquake?"
Edgar merely straightened the collar of his suit. "He's here."
The next second, an even more terrifying boom rang out. The laboratory alarms blared wildly, and the