When the Rejected Corps decided to take Abby, they made one critical mistake in all of their calculations.
It wasn't something major on the surface, but it was enough to tilt everything against them. A single misstep, something they had done a little outside the norm, forced by the situation they were in.
Cindy wasn't a gang member. She wasn't part of the Underworld at all. And usually, that meant something. Normally, the gangs, syndicates, and secret organizations of the Underworld left the police and government officials alone, keeping them out of certain matters.
For one thing, it was always expensive to deal with them, especially if a cover-up was required. For another, there was always the danger of pushing too far. Every now and then, the government decided to make an example of one group, crushing them to remind the others of where the true power lay.
There was always a chance that the Underworld could suddenly become a target of those kinds of "examples."
