Tobias was sitting in his new office eating dinner when the doors opened and Syonide walked in.

"Well?" Tobias asked her.

"As requested." Syonide said as she moved out of the way to reveal Dr. Helga Jace behind her.

"Well done. Not that I expected anything less from one of my best operatives." Tobias said and Syonide smiled.

"Especially one you created and trained yourself." Syonide added.

"Of course. But, would you mind leaving us? I have some private matters to discuss with the good doctor here." Tobias said and Syonide nodded in agreement as she walked out.

"Well Tobias, I have to say I am surprised. Not that you left me to rot in prison for so long, but that you bothered to break me out." Jace said.

"I'm surprised you haven't asked me why I had you broken out of prison in the first place." Tobias said.

"I'm fairly certain it wasn't out of kindness, so why don't you tell me what you need from me." Jace said.

"Actually, you are what I need." Tobias said.

"What do you mean?" Jace asked.

"It's my understanding that you have some unfinished business in Markovia." Tobias said.

"Wait what?" Jace asked.

"I want the Markovians to help me take over Freeland and by extension, take out Black Lightning. But to get them to come to the bargaining table, I need something to bring them to the bargaining table and if my information serves me right, you are exactly what I need." Tobias said.

"Tobias, please, don't." Jace begged, but Tobias wasn't listening to her pleas.

"I'd say I'm sorry about this, but we both know that's a lie. Don't take it personally though Jace. It's just business." Tobias said.

"You forget that I'm the reason you have any power at all. Without my serum, I doubt you'd even be alive right now." Jace said.

"I know and while I may be somewhat indebted to you, you also know I don't care about any of that. All I care about is getting what I want and right now, what I want is an army of Markovian metas putting the crown of Freeland into my hands." Tobias said as he waved his hand for Joey Toledo to escort Jace out.

"Tori, have you confirmed our travel arrangements?" Tobias asked his sister.

"I have. Still not sure why I had to be the one to do it." Tori asked.

"Because you're the only one I know will get that sort of job right and considering what we're doing, there is no margin for error." Tobias said and Tori nodded.

"I understand. But what if Black Lightning somehow manages to get wind of what we're doing?" Tori asked.

"Just another reason we're going to Markovia. The neon negro won't be able to follow without causing a major international incident. I can't see him risking himself just to follow little old me." Tobias said.

"I hope you're right." Tori said.

"Don't worry, I am." Tobias said.

"So, Dr. Jace has been broken out of prison. Do we have any motives or ideas by who?" Jefferson asked.

"There are only two parties that we know would have an interest in her. Tobias and the Markovians." Gambi said.

"Do we have any clues on which one it could be?" Jefferson asked.

"Not yet. TC is still working on unscrambling the security footage from the break in, so we don't know who it was that abducted her, but honestly, I have a feeling that she's not going to be happy about whoever it was that sprung her." Gambi said.

"Wouldn't surprise me. While we wait for TC to do his thing, we need to figure out a motive for it, since that might help us determine who took her." Jefferson said and Gambi nodded.

"Well, the Markovians have an obvious motive. They want her to stabilize their metas." Gambi said and Jefferson nodded in agreement.

"But what about Tobias. What motive could he have for abducting Jace?" Jefferson asked.

"I don't know, but knowing him, it can't be anything good." Gambi said as TC joined them.

"You said that the Markovians have a teleporter right?" TC asked.

"Yeah why?" Gambi asked.

"Because considering the reports I've been intercepting, it sounds highly unlikely that they're the ones who took her. While I haven't been able to recover the security footage yet, I have been able to access police reports." TC said.

"And what did you find?" Gambi asked.

"Reports of a single breaking in, killing all the guards, breaking Jace out of her cell and then disappearing before anyone could stop her." TC said.

"Sounds more like Tobias's style. We need to figure what he wants with Jace and quickly." Jefferson said and Gambi nodded in agreement.