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[b]Mentions:[/b] (Kyra Muller)
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	[b]“I could say the same to you, young lady.”[/b]

	Behind Kyra several aisles down Devil cocked the hammer of his revolver and pulled the trigger. A deafening crack split the air as a .500 S&W magnum match round was spit from the breech of the revolver. Instead of hurling towards Kyra however the round was aimed upwards towards the ceiling. The match head round sparked against one of the overhead sprinklers before punching through the insulation and clean through the roof.

	In an instant water began to fall across the store like a thick, heavy rain as the sprinkler system spread across the store kicked on. Devil, Hermit, Tower, the other robbers, and Gum quickly had their clothes completely soaked by the torrent of water. The tiled floors of the BB&B became slick and reflective as water pooled. 

	Following the start of the sprinkler system three other robbers [i](Five of Cups, One of Cups, and 8 of Swords)[/i] swung out into the central aisle and trained their sights on Kyra. The laser sights of their AN-94s showing like little red ladybug’s against the fabric of the fox girl’s costume, clearing marking the sensitive vitals they intended to shoot…

	“[b]Modern firearms and ammunition have long since been conditioned to withstand water.”[/b] Devil said calmly as he adjusted the neck of his tie. [b]“Being totally submerged in water may cause issues, but a little rain is nothing. I can’t say the same for [color=red][i]fireballs[/i][/color] and [color=red][i]extreme heat[/i][/color].”
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	Behind Devil in the main mattress display section the three remaining robbers finished packing up the drugs and money. They took their guns and sprinted over to the restrained hostages, tied up late night employees, and firmly grabbed ahold of them...

	[b]“You’ve shown you can burn us, rather badly,-”[/b]

	Not too far from where Kyra stood Tower got to his feet, smoke rolling off his clothes as the water extinguished the flames that had been set by the fox girl earlier. The palms of the giant’s hands were darkened by first degree burns.

	[b]“But with this much water you won’t be able to outright kill or incapacitate all us that easily. Especially not before we shoot you, and [i]certainly[/i] not before we kill the hostages.” [/b]Devil snapped his wet, gloved fingers together and the three hostages were quickly dragged out into view of Kyra.

	[b]“Anymore attempts at saturday morning cartoon heroics will result in the death of three innocent people, and possibly the death of yourself. So release my idiotic underling and we’ll be on our way. Unless of course you’re dead set on turning this into a bloodbath.”[/b]

	Hermit whimpered pitifully beneath Kyra’s bootheel, grabbing his own wrist and gritting his teeth at the pressure his hand was put under. All the while Devil stared at Kyra with calculating eyes, finger on the trigger of his revolver as the other three robbers stood ready to fire at any sudden movements. 
	
	Off to the side Gum blinked, uncovering his ears and breathing deeply as cold sprinkler water soaked him down to his bone. The end of the deafening roar of military grade ammunition and the shock administered by the cold water snapped the boy back to his senses. Peeking his head over the edge of the tub he quickly surveyed the scene before him.

	One fox women and nine armed robbers. Three aiming their guns at the fox women, and three more aiming their guns at hostages. 

	[i][color=48D1CC]"Part of me is really happy this is happening, the other part of me is...still pretty excited by this."[/color][/i] Gum's mind raced as his eyes flicked about. 

	The fox girl was obviously a hero, one who had jumped in and saved him from a deafening suppression of gunfire. As he thought about it Gum glanced around and realized that everyone had seemed to have forgotten him. In the excitement all eyes were trained on Kyra. Even the gatling gun wielding giant who moments before had been intent on murdering him, now stood staring at the fox girl with eyes burning with as much hatred as his clothes had fire. 

	[i][color=48D1CC]"Now's my chance to run out there and finally get to kick some butt instead of running! But...if I do that then the hostages will get hurt."[/color][/i]

	Gum's maroon eyes stared through the shelves partially blocking his vision, seeing the squirming figures of the hostages held at gunpoint on the central aisle.  

	[i][color=48D1CC]"It's a classic bad-guy trick! Holding innocent people out of arms reach prevents the heroes from simply turning their buttholes inside out. However that [b]only[/b] works if the hostages are in danger. The moment a hero rescues them then the bad guys are screwed and it becomes a free for all."[/color][/i]

	A Cheshire smile flashed across Gum's face as he ducked back down out of sight and crawled across the slick floor. His blue tail flicked behind him as he slipped behind a row of shelves and left the bathtub section, sliding across the water trenched tiles and gradually making his way backwards towards the hostages. The robbers were too preoccupied to notice his movements, but Gum assumed and hoped, the fox-girl would see him moving around to save the hostages.

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