Ambush on the Magistrate's Family

The Ambush on the Magistrate's Family was a plan executed by Xavin and Molly Hernandez in order to distract the Magistrate, his wife, and his daughter by luring them out of the Stein Mansion.
==Background==
During the Chase of the Runaways, the Gibborim Magistrate was able to capture three of his enemies: Chase Stein, Karolina Dean and Janet Stein, keeping them alive in the Healing Algorithm so that they could be consumed if necessary.Runaways: 2.13: Split Up The Runaways, who were also missing Gert Yorkes, knew that the Gibborim controlled several members of PRIDE, and decided to perform a reconnaissance mission at the Stein Mansion, since they hypothesized that this was where the Gibborim would have established their headquarters due to the Magistrate controlling Victor Stein.
Using the X-Ray Specs, Alex Wilder confirmed the presence of at least some of their teammates in the Stein Mansion. However, despite Nico Minoru insisting to initiate an assault, Wilder knew that the Runaways were no match for the Gibborim in their current state. He and Minoru thus returned to the Hostel, where Wilder hacked into the PRIDE Headquarters' systems to acquire the schematics of the Inhibitor Pods they could use against the Gibborim. However, since these pods were also kept at the Stein Mansion, the Runaways decided to lure their enemies outside so they could seize it.Runaways: 3.01: Smoke and Mirrors
==Ambush==
Using their powers, Xavin took the appearance of Gert Yorkes. They then contacted the Gibborim and pretended to be the Magistrate's Son controlling Gert, asking the Magistrate and his wife to come and meet him. The Gibborim family thus left the Stein Mansion and met with Xavin. Xavin was not able to maintain their cover for long, however, and revealed themself before running away, quickly being chased by the Magistrate and his daughter. Nevertheless, once the two Gibborim split up, Xavin transformed into Tina Minoru, who the Daughter controlled, and tricked the Magistrate into running away from them.
Meanwhile, Molly Hernandez confronted the Wife, who controlled her adoptive mother, Stacey Yorkes. She tried to appeal to Stacey's feelings, but initially failed and the Wife brutally attacked her. However, upon being shown Hernandez's hairpin, Stacey managed to resurface for a time, and fled so that the Wife would not endanger her daughter. However, Xavin and Hernandez could not reclaim the Inhibitor Pods the Gibborim had brought with them on this occasion.
==Aftermath==
Thanks to the distraction created by Xavin and Molly Hernandez, thus sending the Gibborim away from the Stein Mansion, Alex Wilder and Nico Minoru were able to safely infiltrate into the house. They found Janet Stein, Karolina Dean and Chase Stein held in their Healing Algorithm tubes, and managed to make contact with them. Wilder thus learned from Janet how to rescue them from the simulations, but was forced to hide with Minoru in a closet before being able to do so as the Magistrate and his daughter returned.
Although they were unable to steal the Inhibitor Pods during the ambush, Xavin and Hernandez had another opportunity to take them while hiding in the car driven by the Daughter. Xavin later used the Inhibitor Pods they had stolen from the Gibborim during the ensuing confrontation at the Stein Mansion, deploying several of them around the Magistrate after he had been subdued by the Runaways and leaving him for dead.Runaways: 3.02: The Great Escape
==References==
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