Ambush on Geoffrey Wilder

The Ambush on Geoffrey Wilder was an attack by Jonah in order to kidnap Wilder and use him as a sacrifice.
==Background==
For years, the Gibborim Magistrate had been possessing the body of an Australian doctor, Jonah.Runaways: 2.08: Past Life However, the host's body could only sustain the Magistrate for a time, which is why Jonah required from PRIDE that they carried out the Rite of Blood in order to revive him.Runaways: 1.01: Reunion Due to an intense use of his powers during a confrontation against the RunawaysRunaways: 1.10: Hostile, Jonah began feeling incredibly ill, a situation further worsened when Robert Minoru attempted to kill him.Runaways: 2.05: Rock Bottom
Jonah urgently needed a sacrifice, which is why he had tasked Victor Stein with designing another Dematerialization Box to replace the one which had been destroyed by Tina Minoru.Runaways: 2.01: Gimmie Shelter. However, he had to face another problem: PRIDE had turned their back on him and were actually plotting to have him killed, and even Leslie and Frank Dean refused to perpetrate another sacrifice for him. Therefore, Jonah could count on no one but himself, and targeted Geoffrey Wilder. Meanwhile, the Runaways were alerted by Janet Stein that Jonah might be looking for another person to be sacrificed.Runaways: 2.06: Bury Another
==Ambush==
Jonah secretly went into the gym where Geoffrey Wilder used to train with his coach, Jason. Using the last remnants of his strength, Jonah killed Jason by bashing his skull with a dumbbell. He then turned on the gym's showers with highly hot water, creating dense clouds of steam, and waited for Wilder to arrive. When Wilder entered, Jonah, still hiding in the steam, deployed thin tendrils of light and used them on Wilder, slowly incapacitating him so he could bring him to the Church of Gibborim Executive Office and put him in a Dematerialization Box.
==Aftermath==
Taking advantage of the fact that the Church of Gibborim parishioners were all distracted by a Coruscation ceremony, Jonah dragged the unconscious Geoffrey Wilder to the Church of Gibborim Executive Office and put him in a Dematerialization Box, before getting into his own Box and initiating the sacrifice. However, the process was interrupted by the Runaways, who had infiltrated the office due to Janet Stein having warned them that Jonah was looking for another sacrifice. The teenagers were able to stop the sacrifice, and were shocked to discover that the victim was the father of one of their members, Alex Wilder.
Catherine Wilder, noticing that her husband was missing since had been taken to the Hostel after being saved by the Runaways, searched for him everywhere she could, but to no avail. She correctly suspected that Jonah had attacked him in some way and confronted Jonah about it. Jonah admitted that he had planned on killing her husband, but that the Runaways had prevented him from doing so.Runaways: 2.07: Last Rites
==References==
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