Vaudevillain - VV4, 76 - Negative Positives

... ared no expense in making the contraption look evil, that was for sure. The sleek chrome cylinder in the middle contained a number of red lights that blinked ominously. Metal tentacles wriggled inside like live snakes, ready to grab whatever was tossed inside.

The heroes had already grabbed hold of the machine, their coordination apparently better than the villains. That made sense to Shizuka though, heroes were always more coordinated than villains.

Which was part of the reason ...