The Other World.

"Bad things?" Scarlet asks. She shrugs and holds her hands up to her sides. "I'm from outta town. I don't know a thing. We were here visiting our grumpy old Grandpa Strange." She holds a hand to her chin for a moment. "Maybe she found one of those cards and used it to go somewhere around here. I'll just look around, some more. I mean, it's not like she just got snatched up by aliens or ghosts or something, right?"

Scarlet pouts. "Hide somewhere. When he makes a move, tail him," Stranger says through the necklace.

"Yeah, yeah," she mumbles, walking off. She leans against the wall just outside of the door, crossing her arms.

"Follow him."

Scarlet peers into the doorway as the boy disappears into the stairwell. When he's gone, she pursues, quietly. "You know, you're really bossy."

"Scarlet, focus."

"Just sayin'."

Scarlet forces open the elevator doors once Jo disappears down the stair. She grabs holds of the ladder and descends. Soon she's on top of the elevator, opening the latch and sneaking into the first basement level. Be on-

"Be on your guard, Scarlet. Yes, mother! Scarlet, now is not the time. You need to- Concentrate. Focus. Yes, I know, mom."

Stranger sighs through the charm. "Just do what you can to figure out what's going on."

Scarlet wanders for a bit until she hears what sounds like people talking. She hides around a corner and listens. That kid from before is talking to some guy. But the dialogue quickly seems to turn confrontational. Scarlet peaks around the corner, witnessing as the big lug begins dragging Jo off someplace. "I think I've seen enough," Scarlet says to herself, ducking back around the corner.

"Wait, Scar-"

"Krakow!" A violent explosion rattles the halls. V-Girl steps out of the smoke, hands on her hips. "Two seconds, grim! That's how long I'm givin' ya to put him down." Suddenly she's across the room, body checking the guard after snapping his hand from around Jo's arm. "Time's up!" She hovers back over to Jo and tilts her head, sizing him up for a moment. "So, are you... yeah, you're okay. Hold that thought." Then she turns back towards the big lug. "That was a love tap, tiny. Stay down, if ya know what's good for ya."

As Jo thanks her, her ears perk up. "Wait, how do you know my-" WHAM! "Oof!" Skip, skip, slam! V-Girl skids down the floor like a pebble across a pond surface and caves in a wall. She picks herself up as the dust clears, flipping her cape over to the back again and blowing her hair out of her face, revealing glowing yellow eyes. "Okay," Vee says. Her fists emanate with a similar aura and she gets up on one knee before charging forward like a bullet. She plows into the whatever that sucker-punched her then floats back. "And since you can take it." She snaps forward and unleashes a beam of Atomic Vision right into the chump before landing and looking around at al the other horrors. "I think it's a safe bet the missing people are in here, mystery man."

Scarlet dashes toward Jo then begins flying literal circles around him, acting as a human barrier, forcing minions to bounce back until they're far enough away that there's a little breathing room. "Waitaminute. I know that tone. That's that 'I'm totally not a superhero' tone I was using for like a month when I got like this! You little sneak!" V-Girl turns around and shoots off another beam of atomic vision to keep the horde at bay. "That's why they're after you, isn't it?! I oughta-!"

Vee stares at Jo for a beat. "What the heck kinda sense does that make?!" She suddenly turns around and lays one out with a punch straight to the... face? Then she floats up and flies straight down, tackling her way through the floor and leaving a hole large enough for descent. "They're not comin' from the cracks in the ceiling, so my guess is the rest of the missing people are that way. But by all means, 'Norman Guy', feel free to go that way," she says, pointing back up towards the lobby.

Vee gets ready to rush after Jo and the wraith when everyone and their mother decides now is a nice time to dog pile on her. "I do not have time for this!" she growls. From within the mass of limbs, teeth, horns, mandibles, and whatever else these things have there comes a glow. Suddenly V-Girl explodes, quite literally, out from beneath the pile up. "Living bomb. Maybe you'll remember that next time."

With that said, V-Girl bolts into the stairwell, following Jo and the Wraith to a lower level. She turns in the air and blasts her atomic vision up the stairwell to burn out any followers.