"So. . .all you want is Baxter?" Grimm asked, looking very thoughtful.

"Are you stupid as well as ugly? That's what I said." Nadia responded.

Grimm pondered for a moment, before shrugging his shoulders and saying, "Take him."

Nadia and Ozzy both looked at Grimm in surprise.

"Yeah, take him. He's useless. All he does is whine and cry and slow the rest of us down. Shit, I've been thinking about dumping him for days now." Grimm kept going.

"Grimm, you sonuvabitch!" Baxter began screaming obscenities at his teammate.

"And you won't interfere?" Nadia asked cautiously.

"Not a bit." Grimm responded.

"Perhaps you are not so dumb after all, then. I will take Baxter n-urk!" Nadia found herself unable to move. She tried to press the button on her phone, but found herself unable to move. Her eyes darted around, looking for answers as Grimm approached with a wicked grin on his face.

"You set my balls on fire. Fuck you, you stupid cunt." Grimm reared back and clocked Nadia on the jaw, knocking her out, although her body still stood in place.

"Good work, Phil." Grimm said, as Smith stepped into view, offering Grimm his overcoat.

Grimm pulled the coat on, tying it over himself before walking over and pulling Ozzy loose. "Dammit, Grimm! Why didn't you tell me you were bluffing?!"

"How was I supposed to do that without letting her in on it, Baxter? Or giving away Archangel here?"

"She was totally checking out your package, Grimm." Phil remarked as he telekineticly lifted the three up to the hole where Reilly and Sidewinder waited for them.

"She must been looking for the burn marks. . ." Grimm answered.

"What about the phone? The call? The sirens? The cops?" Baxter asked again.

"Icarus?" Grimm asked.

Sidewinder looked up, a light over his left ear shining green, before giving the high sign. "No cops on the way. She was bluffing. The fire engines will be here any moment, though."

"You knew. You asshole. You knew she was bluffing the whole time." Baxter punched Grimm on the shoulder.

"Watch the coat!" Phil exclaimed. "White leather is expensive!"

"How did you know she was bluffing?" Baxter continued.

"I didn't." Grimm responded. "She'll be out for a while. But I don't want her coming after us again before we get a good lead. Phil, bring her up here along with what's left of her restraints."

"Dammit, Grimm--" Ozzy was continuing.

"Look, Baxter, we don't have time to sit down and explain everything right now. You guys might be more familiar with each other than I am, but it's obvious to every flipping body that you guys have a lot to learn about teamwork! Now chill the fuck out and sit down for a while!"

Baxter fumed a bit, before sitting down in a chair. After a moment, he held a hand in front of his face.

Reilly continued to feed Icarus what to say to keep the authorities running in circles for the time being.

Smith and Grimm began checking Nadia for any concealed weapons or devices before jury rigging the restraints she'd used to hold Ozzy earlier and her tying her to one of Merrick's chairs.

"Baxter," Grimm offered, briefly looking up from his work.

"What, you jackass? What the hell do you want now?!" Ozzy screamed. "You want to make another smartass comment? Huh? You want to ridicule me some more? Because I have just about had enough-"

"I'm sorry about Marshall." Grimm responded, finishing his work.

"Yeah, me too." Ozzy said.

Reilly lifted an eyebrow at this but decided to hold off on following up on it for the moment.

"We all done here, then?" Phil said, finishing up with Nadia.

"Yeah, get us out of here, Phil. Icarus, see if you can locate Merrick and Ly-ly. We've got to get out of this damn place before anything else goes wrong."

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Forty minutes later, when Munich firemen made their way to Merrick's apartment, they found only an unconscious Asian woman in her underwear, tied down to a chair by metal restraints.

They would remember that picture for the rest of their lives.