(versias heyo hiyo revives this real quick)
As much as xe enjoyed the spotlight of a villain's battle, sometimes xe had to admit the merit of a quieter heist. Xe had heard some commotion over the scanner about a battle going on a block away- that was a sure enough diversion to accomplish xer own, tinier, freelance act of pure evil. Xe sets xer tools down, adjusting xer goggles to allow for x-ray vision into the side of the dentists office. It was the radiology equipment xe was interested in- xe didn't need to be here long, just long enough to blast a hole in the side, take what xe needed, and go. It was good this was a solo mission, these things were always easier to accomplish without finding ways to keep the radioactive aura around xerself to a minimum. Darn safety concerns of your fellow comrades with their vulnerable biomasses.
There's a crack, and xe turns xer x-ray goggles just in time to be baffled by an encroaching set of bones coming in- is that xer direction? No. Yes? No, don't be silly- Containment breach containment breach CONTAINMENT BREACH-
"W-Watch it, buddy-o, I'm decaying isotopes here!" Xe stammers out, eyes wide and horrified over the ricochet xer body just performed. It's somewhat of a miracle xe manages to form those words- but somehow, the urge to reciprocate the joke tramples all mortal dread in the kooky scientist, all mortification at being touched. Xe did not take the sudden loud noise, nor the sensation of being pinned lightly, though. In fact, if there's room for it under Alison, xe is twitching like a leaf, a caged wide-eyed animal trying to convince itself everything is safe. Xe forces an eye open, so that xe doesn't only have blackness and memory to try and understand what's just happened to xer.
Wait. No, wait. Is that that one villain xe was reading about earlier? It can't be. Xe unsqueezes an arm to adjust xer cracked glasses, blinking behind fishbowl lenses, making sure xer asymmetrical vision is seeing this right. Suddenly, amidst the flurry of flashback and terror, xe can't help but be a little star struck. Has xe been whimpering this whole time in front of another super!
"Gadzooks, you're Alison Mitty! Oh god. Oh my god, I love your work! Can you sign my death ray? W-Wait, no, first, you need to not be on top of me! You have a battle to win, and I'd hate to leave you wretching and poisoned about it!"
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The jetpack was not, actually, going superbly smoothly. The first half had gone grand! The liftoff was flawlessly balanced, launching the little atompunk serenely into the sky, to travel the cosmos without a care in the world. Xeno would later go on to proclaim the jetpack went perfectly right! None of xer calculations with the jetpack was the problem. It sailed beautifully after the straps snapped all off, sending Xeno careening downwards, still unfortunately very much in Earth's gravity.
At least something nice and soft broke xer fall? Xe bolts upright, lightly concussed, already flapping xer hands in the excitement of an experiment well done, barely noticing the person beneath xer.
"Egads, I've gotta do that again! "