Jace snapped awake to the touch of ice cold water splashing over his face.

"What the hell?" He was on an airplane. Zip ties bounds his hands to the armrests.

"Welcome, Jace Beleren."

"Tezzeret," Jace snarled.

"So during your lockdown, I did some thinking and realized, 'Hey! I recognize him!'"

"What?"

"Do you remember February 29, 2008?"

"It was you?"

"Oh, yes. I remember the feel of your sister as clear as day."

Jace tried to stand and struggled against his bindings. His eyes grew wide as his pupils shrunk in a fit of nightmarish madness, "Burn in hell, you damned psychopath! DIE! RRRAAAGH! I'LL KILL YOU! I"LL FUCKING END YOU! YOU'RE THE ONE WHO FUCKED ME UP THIS MUCH YOU DAMNED SHITHEAD!"

"You can try to break those things for the whole flight. I've injected you with a drug that weakens you, so if you want to save your energy, be my guest."

Jace sat back in his seat, "Where's Liliana?"

"She's safe. Different plane."

A phone rang, "Oh, that's for me." Tezzeret pulled out a phone and answered it, "Hello? Yes, we've got him right here. What did I say to him?"

Jace exhaled and closed his eyes in concentration. The pilot. Jace delved into his mind.

You. Help me.

He whispered under his breath, "C'mon, Teferi. Please tell me you let me use mind control."

Jace felt his mental grip tighten. And close. Yes!

Jace's perspective flew into the pilot, up front, looking through his eyes. He moved his hand and pressed the autopilot button. He then caused the pilot to tackle Tezzeret to the ground and restrain him. He used Tezzeret's metallic fingers to cut through the zip ties and escape. Jace delivered a kick to Tezzeret's head, punting the consciousness out of him and went to the front of the plane.

Liliana was on another plane, huh? For now, it's best just to act like nothing's happened. Maybe he could exit the plane guns blazing? No too risky. Speaking of risk…

Jace grabbed the bag with all his weapons and gadgets and held it in case Tezzeret woke.

He could follow them to their cell if he took over Tezzeret's mind. No. What if they found out.

Suddenly, Jace heard radio static. Shit.

"Tezz, this is Baltrice. You all good in there? You missed your hourly check in."

Jace panicked. Shit, shit, shit, shit. Okay, just try and make your voice like Tezzeret's. Jace pressed the button on his radio, "Uh, yeah. We're good. Sorry, I was just, uh...busy beating on this weakling they call an assassin!" Hopefully he didn't over do it

"Heh, nice. Yeah this bitch here was giving us trouble, but we shut her up. I'll hear from you in an hour."

Jace exhaled in a sigh of relief.

He heard something beeping on the radar. Missiles?!

"Nice try, Beleren, but Tezzeret doesn't break in his speech." Baltrice said over the radio, "See you in hell."

Jace turned off the autopilot and manned the controls. There were two of them. Jace let loose a handful of flares before descending and flying lower to the sea. Nothing the missiles were still on him. Despite all his maneuvers and attempts to shake them, they never lost sight of his signature.

Jace looped up and found Baltrice's plane. Maybe he could discourage her if she knew she would die as well.

"If you don't call off those things, you're going down with me!"

"That's fine. My purpose is for the Consortium. If this is one of my duties, then I will gladly accept."

"Are you kidding me? The hell's wrong with you fanatics?"

Jace abandoned the wheel and grabbed his bag and a parachute. He slammed himself against the emergency exit, but it didn't budge. He swore under his breath and punched a roofing panel out with all his might and got on top of the plane.

He cocked his pistol, loaded with the gravitational rounds and put on his telekinetic gauntlets. He let himself slide off the plane as he shot the hull of Baltrice's plane. A field of gravity extended to a large radius surrounding him. Jace was suddenly pulled closer to the other plane. He used his gauntlets to cover the rest of the distance and attach himself to the plane. He carefully and slowly traversed the hull and reached an emergency exit door. He yanked it open with his mind and slipped inside, closing it behind him.

Liliana was unconscious in a chair and Baltrice was standing over her.

The enemy looked at him strangely, "How the hell'd you get here?"

"I punched out a panel, fell shot a gravity bomb and telekinetically attached myself to the hull."

"Cool." Baltrice nodded. She quickly reverted to her murderous nature. She threw a punch, caught by Jace. He pulled her in and delivered a blow to her ribs.

Jace wrapped her up in a lock before shooting down her escort of Infinite Consortium agents.

Baltrice's elbow collided with Jace's head. She grabbed him by the throat and slammed him into the side of the plane. She opened the emergency exit and shoved him out.

Jace grabbed on the edge of the door and swung himself back inside the plane, kicking Baltrice with both feet in the gut. When he landed inside, he shut and locked the door. Baltrice recovered and socked Jace across the jaw.

Jace scurried behind the front bar as Baltrice grabbed a fallen bottle of wine, smashed it the wall and wielded it as a weapon. Jace went around the other side of his hiding spot as Baltrice approached and telekinetically slammed her into the opposite wall. He grabbed a glass shard and started cutting through Liliana's restraints. Baltrice swung her bottle into Jace's head from behind.

Jace, angered, stood up and charged at Baltrice, only for her to step aside as Jace collided with the emergency exit. His full bodyweight smashed the lock and sent him barreling into oblivion.

Jace screamed as he sped towards the ground. He fumbled with the parachute he had almost forgotten he was wearing. He pulled the ripcord. A billowing piece of polymer inflated like a balloon and slowed Jace's descent. He sighed in relief. Luckily, they had already been over Italy when Jace unknowingly threw himself off the plane.

He aimed himself for a taxi that had stopped on the side of the road. Once he was close enough, he released the parachute and crashed through the roof of the car. The driver had a small heart attack.

"Prelievo a Roma!" Jace shouted.

The driver didn't respond.

Jace sighed, drew his pistol and cocked it, "Step on it."

The driver slammed his foot on the gas and sped towards Rome.

Liliana's vision cleared soon after she opened her eyes.

"What the hell? Where am I?"

"Welcome to Infinity, Miss Vess." A figure shrouded by darkness spoke across from her, "Please leave us, Baltrice. I'd like to have a chat with Liliana in privacy."

"As you wish, master." Baltrice bowed and exited the room.

"How do you know my name?"

"Is that really a question, Miss Vess?"

Liliana struggled to move. She was shackled.

"Please understand that your restraining is for the safety of us and you."

"Somehow, I don't believe the part about me."

"Listen, Liliana. We are not your enemy. We are trying to help you."

"Bullshit."

"Alright, well what about Jace? You've been locked up for days, but Jace hasn't even attempted to come after us."

"I'm certain he's trying."

"He's probably long gone by now."

"I'm not an idiot. I know when people are just trying to convince me of something."

The man in the shadows waved his hand. Liliana squinted. She didn't believe what she saw. His hand...glowed? It glowed electric blue as Liliana felt something prying at her temple. She shook it off.

"He abandoned you. He's a coward."

"No! He isn't the kind of person who would leave a comrade behind."

"Whoever said he considered you his comrade."

"What?"

"To him, you're a piece of a puzzle, a pawn in his game."

"You're lying."

"Oh, no. We watch him all the time. He uses people. He's a manipulative, cowardly, sinful killer."

"You're the manipulative one."

"Untrue! My followers are devoted to me because they truly believe in my cause. I am always honest with them."

"Are you shitting me?"

The figure sighed, "You don't know me, Vess. Those who threaten the existence of my Consortium are normally killed. But I will break you. I will make you mine. You have no idea what I'm capable of and what I'm going to do to you. May I introduce my caretakers for troublesome prisoners of war such as yourself. Kothophed, Griselbrand, Razaketh and Belzenlok."