You are the top villain and got forced to work a detective to get answer out of the hero. Instead of going straight to the hero you and the detective go to the sidekick. You both realize that flirting will be the easiest way to get answers and although you’re known to be highly charismatic the sidekicks a guy so the detective walks over to them instead

Detective: “I’ll handle this” As she flirts with the sidekick but the flirting doesn’t work at all and she groans walking back over to you “You try!” she says annoyed