Re: Weston FIrst national bank
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It was a good plan, a simple plan. Get in, wave guns around, disable the guards, grab the money from the vault and then get out. The total time was supposed to be less than 3 minutes. Everything had been going so well.
Up until the moment when they saw the woman in the slinky red dress standing in the doorway. She stood casually, hip cocked to one side causing the skirt of her dress to slide away to reveal a gorgeous leg in thigh high boots and seemed to be looking at her nails. She glanced up from her nails, her eyes seeming to sparkle beneath the thin veil of her hat.
Mirage smiled. It was pure bad luck that these guys had decided to rob a bank that she been in. Bad luck for them, good luck for her. The last two days had been wonderful if not a drought of ass kicking. Her sister had been released from the hospital and she'd spent a lot of time just talking with Dragon Fist. The man was getting to her and she didn't bother to fight it. He might be Fridays boyfriend but Mirage felt very close to him. Too bad he was still hung up on Friday or she might be tempted to make a play for him.
Four robbers and only one of her. It hardly seemed fair.
The robbers postured of course. Waving their guns at either Mirage or some innocent bystander, but it did little to phase her. Dark crimson knives flew from her hands as she whirled into action. The blades struck unerringly into the robbers guns, blocking their triggers.
Suddenly there were five Mirages, darting and flipping about the bank. Only one was real, the others illusions. The first robber Mirage dispatched with the classic sword through the head. He fell down unconscious. The second robber found himself tied up by a crimson whip and KO'd by a shapely foot to the side of his head. The third robber was cut into by three long crimson fans that first pinned his arms and then sliced through his neck.
The fourth robber aimed a machine pistol at some woman on the floor. His hand was steady and his voice was firm as Mirage sauntered up to him, her skirts flowing with the sway of her hips. He was saying something but Mirage wasn't listening. She was just enjoying this workout. A little bit of action after two days of nothing. The excitement, the thrill, flowed through her like a good scotch. Two days of good tidings and a bank robbery to entertain her on the third.
It was two days of happiness that filled Mirages head with blissful images. Her sister, Lucas, even her physiotherapy hadn't been as frustrating. So distracting were the images that her attention was split between them and the fourth robber.
Enough to miss the fifth criminal member of the band of thieves. She'd been the last one in the vault and had come out to see her companions taken out by this mysterious woman. The robber raised her shotgun and fired.
The fourth robber glanced over to the side and that was the only warning that Mirage had before the shot hit her. She staggered and then the second shot hit. Instantly, her side was burning with pain as she fell to her knees. Blood began to flow freely from her new wounds, seeping through her fingers and she winced in pain.
Mirage cursed. She'd screwed up, gotten distracted and this was what had happened. The robbers grabbed what they could of their stolen cash and ran for the door. No one was especially quick or accurate with buckshot in their side, but Mirage managed to teleport, her passage marked by the thick gouts of crimson smoke.
The two robbers collapsed to the floor along with Mirage, only they had long crimson daggers in their heads while Mirage merely bled all over the floor. The teleport had taken a lot out of her and she dropped to her knees once again. She could hear the sirens now, the shrill sound between her gasps of pain. She was not a registered superhero, she was a rogue vigilante and she could not afford to deal with the police.
Mirage gasped for air and managed to screw up enough strength for one more teleport.
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