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[center][b]Kyra Muller[/b][/center]
	Kyra watched as the robbers aimed their guns in her direction. Little red dots appeared on her costume, revealing where the laser sights were targeting. Then, one of the robbers began to give a little minacious monologue about water and Saturday morning heroics. She concluded that this man was probably the leader of this motley crew, since he was the one doing all the talking.

	“Killing those innocent people or me will do nothing but exasperate the situation,” Kyra declared while she still planted her foot on Hermit’s hand. Although she felt butterflies fluttering in her stomach because of all the firearms locked onto her, she knew that the robber’s demands were slightly ridiculous. It would be like street criminals making demands of the Avengers or the Justice League. “If you turn this into a bloodbath, all y’all would have accomplished would be a one-way ticket for a needle.”

	“Even if I let you guys go, you’re not getting out of this building without cuffs on your wrists. My teammates know I’m here. The authorities probably are already on their way here. I wouldn’t be surprised that y’all be receiving a call sooner than later.”

	“Also, you need to crack open a chemistry book sometime. While water can smoother certain fires, others are not as obliging. When you heat up water enough, it changes into a gaseous state.”

	Suddenly, in an area of a few feet around Kyra, the water that was poured down by the fire sprinklers boiled into steam, creating a think mist around the kitsune heroine. Since the mist obscured the robbers’ view of the girl, they blasted their bullets in her direction. Once the mist faded away, they discovered that the fox girl was no longer standing there. Only Tower and Hermit were there. Unbeknownst to the robbers, Kyra used the momentary cover provided by the mist to create a portal to teleport herself to the far-right side of the store.

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	Gajana panted as he tried to catch his breath. Since Talus had left him behind to find Firefox, he had to run the entire way to the Bed, Bath, and Beyond store where Firefox ported to. The Tri-PD had already created a perimeter around the store, while the SWAT was preparing to storm the building, if it turned out to be necessary. Talus, too, was already present. He was conversing with the commanding office of the operation.

	“Thanks for the ride,” Gajana sarcastically told his teammate.

	“A little exercise here and there is good for you, G-man!” Talus retorted. “You can’t stay angry at me, especially after I bought this giant bag of peanuts.”

	“Really? Isn’t that a little cliché, even for you?”

	“You know you want them,” Talus teased his teammate with the bag of peanuts. Gajana begrudgingly snatched them out of Talus’ hand, tore open the package, and started to munch on the snack.

	“So, what’s the situation?” Gajana asked while he took another mouthful of peanuts.

	“Before this guy showed up, no much,” one of the nearby officers stated. “Tinman here somehow hacked into the store’s security cameras to get some intel.”

	“Although I’m sure you guys have this handled, we’ll be here, just in case.” Talus offered the policeman.

	“Hopefully it does not come down to that.” The officer replied. He then dialed the store’s phone so that he could contact the store intruders to see if they could resolve this situation peacefully.