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Atom arrived at the R & T Bank in downtown Metropolis to a scene of controlled chaos. She lands unnoticed on top of a police car and sits next to the hood ornament shaped like a person.

She looks at it and asks, [B]"Come here often?"[/B]

 The police already had the area sealed off, but there was rampant speculation as to how many robbers there were, what kind of weapons they had, how many hostages there were, there was no luck in anyone hacking into the video feed, was there going to be any ransom demands, had there been anyone killed, and of course there was an unconfirmed rumor that Superman was in the bank.

[B][I]Well if Superman is here I can probably get back to grading my papers and let him handle this one. He gets a nice big picture on the front of the Daily Planet, people cheer, the bad guys look like they just watched their dates dump 'em at the prom, Superman tosses 'em to the cops, he smiles and takes off, Rinse, Lather, and repeat. There are times I wonder what in the world I'm doing here with Superman and Supergirl in town. [/B][/I]

Atom shook her head for a moment and said to the hood ornament, [B]"Sorry I just think it's hard to be taken seriously in this town sometimes when a Hoover Upright is a threat to me in comparison to two people who can lift the Metropolis Memorial Clock Tower without even breaking a sweat, but you know what I still can make a difference and I am Justice Leaguer, so time to get to it. Besides I gotta admit seeing Superman in action is really awesome."[/B]

Atom stood up and said to the ornament, [B]"You're a very good listener maybe after this is all over you and I could get together you know?"[/B] She shook her head and said, [B]"Yeah you're probably right besides I can only take the strong silent type routine for so long."[/B]

As Atom floated towards the bank she saw Inspector Maggie Sawyer and floated next to her and said,[B] "Hey Maggie what's the scoop?"[/B]

Maggie turned looking for where the voice was and saw Atom floating next to her. She shook her head and replied, "Seeing someone floating like Superman is one thing, but seeing someone your size and floating is something that I still am trying to get used to Atom."

Atom said, [B]"Well I would try ground level but getting stepped on tends to make me a bit grumpy. Which by the way like the shoes. You think they got some in my size?"[/B]

Sawyer said with a bit more tension in her voice, "I doubt it, but if you can get any kind of intel for us as to what's going on I'd be willing to fix up Barbie's Dream House for you."

Atom asked, [B]"Two things one why is MCU running point on a bank heist and two what about the rumors that Superman is in there?"[/B]

Sawyer looked around and said in an almost whisper, "One the Mayor's daughter-in-law and grand daughter are in there. If the robbers find out who they are they become very valuable bargaining chips. Two I saw Superman go in there.." she looks at her watch and says, "Three minutes ago."

Atom replied, [B]"That's about two minutes and thirty seconds longer than he should be in there."[/B]

Sawyer nodded and said, "Yeah and I'm starting to get worried. Any minute the Mayor is gonna be down here and things could get ugly real fast. We can't just storm the bank blindly and we can't the robbers know what we know. This was very well planned out and executed." She looked at Atom and asked, "Can you get in there and give us some intel or some kind of update as to what's going on?"

Atom replied, [B]"On my way."[/B]

With that Atom floated as quickly as she could to nearby air-duct and shrunk to two inches and slipped in. She could hear rumblings and a table break.

[B][I]Well looks like Superman has got this on just about done. [/B][/I]

Then she heard a couple of people gasps in fear and this made Atom feel uneasy. 

[B][I]Usually that gets people cheering when they see the Big Guy taking people out. Something is off here.[/B][/I]

The Atom gets to the front of the vent and sees a sight she never thought she'd see; Superman being choked and from the looks of it in great pain.

[B][I]What in the world? I don't believe it! This can't be happening to Superman![/I][/B]

Atom floated out of the vent and landed near a counter top. She hid behind a plant and noticed Superman's skin tone and the veins of the two robbers.

[B][I]Uh-oh this explains everything. Can't get back out to Maggie right now if I go by the time I get back in here Superman will be dead. [/I][/B]

Atom scanned the scene as quickly as she could and saw a cell phone nearby.

[B][I]Good thing I know Maggie's cell-phone number. Hope no one sees me and that she gets the message. [/I][/B]

Atom floated to the phone and activated it, She quickly hopped up and down on the key pad and sent the message: [B]Hostages fine for moment...If Supergirl arrives stop her! Two robbers with Kryptonite! Superman in trouble![/B]

After she sent the message Atom noticed that a shadow was upon her.

[B][I]Uh-Oh! At least I got the message out![/I][/B]

Atom looked up just in time to see one of the robbers standing over her with what appeared to be a large metal brick. He said, "Well well well if it isn't the littlest superhero. What ya gonna do? Kick me in my pinky toe."

He laughed as Atom began to float up, but she wasn't controlling her floating.

She asked, [B]"What's happening to me?"[/B]

The robber replied, "Oh simple this thing here is a special kind of magnet. At your size it's locked in on the iron in your blood. I can increase the pull.." He appeared to squeeze the magnet harder and Atom began to float faster to the magnet. While she felt as though her body was being torn apart the robber then said, "or I can decrease it." Atom began to float down, but at the rate she was going if she hit the ground she would be a splotch on the ground.

The Robber increased and decreased the rate of pull bringing her up and down. He said, "Check it out! A yo-yo with no strings." He laughed as Atom was in unreal pain. Finally he brought her up and she was flattened against the magnet as Atom struggled but to no avail.

The robber said, "Hey look here..." He walked over to a paper shredder and said, "I love that movie 'Fargo' the wood chopper scene. I get to act it out and as a bonus I get to kill a superhero! What a day for me!"

As the robber bent down to start the shredder Atom shifted her weight to her normal weight causing the robber to stumble. When he stumbled he let go off the magnet which released Atom. Who shifted her weight back to microsized and punched the robber in the jaw. Atom floated down to the desk and gathered herself.

She then floated up and looked at the robber choking Superman and said, [B]"Hey! He's my friend! Let him go before I drop you like I did your friend."[/B]

Just then Atom felt a weight drop on her and slam her to the desk. The other robber had gotten up and slammed a glass on top of Atom trapping her to the desk. 

He said, "Okay little one! Let's see how long it takes for you to suffocate."