Five barely stays in place on the bike and he can't even understand the words coming out of his mouth, all high-pitched and in reverse. no gniog si kcuf eht tahw?"

That's when a laugh cuts through the air. One of the newly granted metas. She's saying something, surely taunting them in the way villains like this always do, but Five can't concentrate on that while he tries to think a way out of this. (It's not working so well at the moment).