 They pay a Bang Baby, called Tarmack, to steal a state-of-the-art cold fusion engine from Alva Industries (as they're also looking for revenge on Alva Sr.).They plan to hold the city for ransom.They turn on Tarmack out of greed (having rebuilt their former arsenal (Specs with energy-blasting (sun)glasses, and Trapper with gloves that produce and control flexible string able to entangle targets)), and in the middle of a fight with Static, Gear, and Rubber-Band Man, Tarmack makes off with the cold fusion engine.