Tyler rushes to help when a woman, Skye, is grabbed and a captor threatens to kill her if anyone approaches. The kidnappers confirm over radio they have both targets. A commanding voice admits the intel was wrong and orders them eliminated, but a subordinate refuses, noting the girl's mother is chairman of a top hero agency and negotiating a bonus, to lay low, and to keep it clean. The operation ends with "we're too late"—Tyler and Skye are secured, and their fate now hinges on the captors' bargain.