I Just Wanted Some Money

It was another nice hot summer day in New York today. Women were in dresses, shorts, and tank tops and men were in shorts and various other shirts. There were the few who tried to escape the heat and get into a building and then there were the ones who stood out to enjoy the weather. Eli was used to this kind of weather, this was his weather. He was wearing jeans, boots, and a long sleeved red plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up and all the buttons undone revealing his white tank top underneath. Eli was also wearing a pair of sunglasses to block out the harsh sun and was chewing a nice piece of gum. Eli didn't have any of his weapons on him today because he only expected to be going out for a walk. Eli had stopped by a bank near Battery Park right now because he had noticed that he was a bit short at hand with cash. Eli was standing at the ATM machine that was inside the bank getting ready to make a withdrawal. It would seem all so quick that five men would come barging into the bank. Each had on ski masks and were armed with fully automatic weapons.

"Everybody get on the floor! Get on the floor now! Hands on your heads, and keep'em down!"

The lead man would say as he shot his gun up in the air. People would scream , hold there heads in shock, and start to panic. Eli would look back as one of the men grabbed him and threw him to the ground. This almost got Eli going at the guy, but this time he decided to keep his mouth shut and strategize on how to take out these five guys. Thankfully one of the bank clerks hit the silent alarm for the bank and soon the news would be out soon about the bank robbery. Three men would go to the back of the bank to go gather up the money and the other two would look over all of the people on the floor. Eli would peak up and look to where the two men were.

(Mind)
"I need one of these rookies to get close to me so I could take'em down."

Finally in the distance the police sirens could be heard coming closer to the scene. One of the crooks would turn his back to look out of the window and would see the cop cars make a perimeter around the building. The leader would walk quickly to the front desk of the place to call out to the boys in the back.

"Ey! Hurry your asses up back there!"

The lead crook would yell out to the three who were stuffing the bags with the money. Now was a more perfect time than ever for Eli to strike. Eli would quickly glance at the leader and see that he was still turned around. Eli would then get up off the ground and run towards the other crook who was looking out the window still. The leader crook would turn around and yell out for Eli to stop, who did not listen. The leader crook would shoot at Eli, but the bullets of course did not injure him. The other crook would be surprised because he saw the bullets hit, but not even slow the man down. Eli would then tackle the man right out of the large glass window, onto the sidewalk. The man that Eli tackled through the window was completely winded and could not get up at the moment. Eli would get up off him and pick up his gun. This of course got the police alerted as they then rose there guns at Eli.

"I wouldn't do that to the person on the same side."

Eli would say out to the cops as he walked through the opening that was present with the fully automatic gun pointed up. The leader crook ran to the back with the other three guys, probably to go think up of a plan. Eli would motion for the people that were held hostage to get up and out of there. One of the civilians would tell Eli as he were walking out that the man took a hostage to the back. Eli would think, but it would all be so short as two of the men from the back would come running out, guns blazing. Eli would run over and slide over a desk and take cover behind it, once again strategizing. Eli would blind fire a bit until he ran out of ammo.

"Ah... the hell I'm gonna do now."

Eli continued to hide behind the desk that was getting torn to shreds from the constant barrage of bullets that these crooks were firing. Eli was about to get ready and just go head on to attack the two guys, but then he heard something. His slightly more acute hearing heard one of the men drop to the floor. Eli was about to look over to see what had happened, but before he could Sean would prop himself next to him. Eli would look at the kid with a dumbfounded face. A few thoughts would run through Eli's head, but the first one that came up was, 'Why the hell is there a kid here?'.

"Help... help.. you're just a kid. I can't be protecting both of us. You should either split or just stay low here kid."

Eli would tell Sean. It's not like Eli was trying to be an a-hole or anything like that because he just thought something like this was no place for a kid. Also Eli had no idea of Sean's powers or anything of that nature. Eli would look Sean right in the eyes and then get up from his cover. He would slide right over the table. It would seem that things would slow down for Eli. he could hear his heart pumping and his adrenaline rushing. The crook that was still up on his feet would shoot at Eli. Some bullets would whiz pass Eli's head and others would hit him, but not penetrate him. The crook would take steps back and fired madly until he hit the wall and had nowhere else to go. Eli would jump over the counter that the man was behind and wind up a punch. The crook seemed to be stunned because he did not move or even try to move. He took Eli's punch straight in the face and his head whipped back and hit the wall, knocking the guy out. Eli would turn to look for the other guys to see if he was up or not.

"Where'd the other one go?"

Eli would say as he would look around. He would turn to see the other guy on one knee with his gun pointed at Eli. He was on the far other side of the room, more closer to Sean than himself. Eli would see that underneath the barrel of his gun was a grenade launcher. Eli knew that there was no way that he would be able to take a full on shot from that. Eli would quickly jump into the nearby hallway as the crook fired at him. The explosion would send Eli flying through the door of one of the offices there, laying face first. His back seemed to be steaming from the heat of the explosion. He would lay flat out as he tried to regain his composure and give his healing factor a chance to heal up his back.

Eli would grab onto one of the chairs that was in the room to use it has a bit of leverage to get up. The back of both his shirt and tank top were basically burnt off his back. Eli was able to get back to his feet. His ears were still ringing a bit from the explosion and his gum that he was chewing had dropped onto the floor. Eli would rip off what was left of his shirt, which was just the sleeves, and would look down at the ground. He seemed to be more disappointed about dropping his gum more than anything. He had his back faced to the door as he reached into his pocket for a new piece of gum. His back would heal pretty quickly as he stood there pulling out a new piece of gum. He unwrapped the new piece and threw it up into his mouth.

"First they stop me from getting money, they destroy my shirt, and then they make me drop my gum. C'mon now! I just wanted a normal day."

Eli would say to himself, complaining about what had happened. The daily life of a hero these days. Heroes seemed to be magnets for trouble nowadays, no matter where you go. Eli would look around the office for possibly a weapon or something he could use. The only thing that would be deadly were the pair of large scissors that were in the desk. Eli would grab the scissors and rip the two blades apart so that he had two weapons now. He would spin them like an old western cowboy would do with his revolvers and them stick them both into his pants pockets. Eli would finally go and walk out of the office and bump into Sean again.

"I thought I told you to get outta here kid."

"Don't get all ahead of yourself ki.. 'young man'. I was out for like two seconds over here and would've taken that guy out. But that's not the point right now cause we're wasting time. There are three more of them back at the vault and one of'em has a hostage with them kid."

The word kid would slip Eli's mouth once again at the end of his sentence and didn't realize it until after he said it. But Eli wouldn't pay much mind to it right now because he had to go save the hostage whether it was with Sean or not. Eli would grab onto the two pieces of the scissors he had now as he would get ready to head to the back to take out the three crooks. He would look back at Sean who was probably pretty angry right now. Eli would think about his words before he would speak this time.

"Before anything, you gonna help me get that hostage free?"

"Alright alright then Deluge."

Eli would say almost mocking the kid. Eli would not introduce himself like the kid did because he felt that it wasn't important right now. Eli would snicker slightly as he would turn to get ready to lead the way. He would snicker at the thought that Sean thought he was bigger than most people because he had powers. Eli was laughing because Sean was just like every other rebellious eighteen year old out there. The only thing that made him different was that he could take a bullet head on and could move a bit of water. Eli would lead the way to the vault carefully and then Sean would make his remark.

"Get in your way hah. I'm sorry I'm not as small of a target as you are."

Eli would say to Sean with a grin on his face. Eli gripped both the pieces of the scissors tightly as they walked down the hallway that was filled with offices and cubicals. The vault was in sight about fifty yards away and the door was slightly open. All the cubicals were in the center of the room and then surrounding them were the offices. Across from Sean and Eli, the two more armed men would appear with their gun loaded up and ready to fire. Eli would grab onto the back of the collar on Sean's shirt and drag him down to take cover. Eli would look over at Sean.

"Go and get the guy on the right side. I'll take the other one."

Once Sean got up and ran at the thug on the right side, Eli knew that they would both be distracted right now. Eli would get up and walk over around the cubicals. He was in no rush as Sean would go and slice his target in half. Sean would then talk to Eli's targeted guy further distracting him. Eli would come up behind the crook and tap him on the shoulder. The crook would turn around and all you would hear is him take a breath in shock as Eli would cut his throat with one of the scissors he had in his hand. The blood from the crook's neck would squirt out onto Eli's chest. The crook would drop onto the ground, holding his throat as the life slipped away from him slowly. Eli would bend over the guy and pick up his sidearm that he had. Eli preferred pistols over the big and bulky fully auto guns. Eki would look down at the guy who didn't bleed out just yet.

"You won't mind if I borrow this for a bit will ya?"

Eli would get up and walk over the guy. Eli cocked back the gun barrel to check for ammo in it, which there was. Eli would walk behind Sean, looking over him at the vault. Eli would take a deep breath. He knew that the last guy had to be on the other side of the door with the hostage in hand. Eli would look down at Sean real quick and then back up at the vault.

"Alright one more guy to go. This one has the hostage in his hand and is pinned to a corner. Once we open that door there's nothing stopping him from shooting his hostage in the head."

Eli would look around trying to think of something. The plan was to kill the thug and save the hostage unharmed. Eli would look up and see that there was a vent above them. He looked at how big the opening of the vent was and then looked at Sean. There was no way that Eli could fit his large frame into the hole, but Sean on the other hand should have no problem slipping in. Eli figured that Sean was able enough to take out the thug, or at least cause enough of a distraction so Eli could blow his head off. Eli would get a smile on his face and then slightly chuckle because he would think of how Sean was going to act at this request. Eli would put his hand on Sean's shoulder as he would look up at the vent. Again Eli would slightly laugh under his breath. Eli wiped his mouth with his free hand and then put his hand on his hip.

"Hey Deluge.. I think I have an idea and you're just the person for the job."