Anon Meme Part 2
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"Do not break the priceless, irreplaceable museum pieces!" yelled Brooks, as he kicked several of the thugs into the wall, where they fell in an unconscious pile.
"I know, Bunny," Wild Tiger said. The captain had recovered his balance, and was furiously lashing out at Wild Tiger with his laser cutlass. Wild Tiger was blocking with his arm guards, but the sword still left long gashes on the armour. There was a thud from behind, and Sarah saw the captain's eyes roll back in his head, leaving Brooks and his upraised leg standing behind them.
"I coulda done that on my own," Wild Tiger complained, kicking the cutlass out of the unconscious thug's hand. Its laser flickered off.
"And yet, you didn't," Brooks said, coming to stand by his partner.
Sarah felt a sudden rush of heat by her neck as the thug holding her activated the laser on his own cutlass. She could smell fabric singeing; she sincerely hoped it wasn't her scarf.
"You may have taken out our leader, but the Golden Beard Gang remains undefeated so long as one of us remains standing," said the man behind her. Wild Tiger and Brooks both turned to face them, both heroes instantly on guard. "If you come any closer, I will kill her, make no mistake about that."
As yet another criminal threatened to kill her, Sarah thought about just how right Padma had been. This was a terrible city full of horrible people that all wanted cause her harm and she just wanted to go *home* and leave this place and curl up in a nice ball where it was safe and warm and quiet and nothing hurt. If she somehow got out of this 28th attack on her, she was going to give all of her next paycheck to charity. This time she meant it.
Wild Tiger and Brooks inched slightly towards the crook, and he backed away from them towards the museum's glass wall. Sarah could make out the flashing lights of the Hero TV camera helicopters streaming behind, silhouetting her and her captor across the two heroes' armour. There was some other shadow that looked kind of like a mouse barely highlighted against the back wall, but the shape made no sense to her.
Suddenly, the man holding her shook like he'd been hit by a taser and dropped to the ground as a tiny glowing Chinese girl burst through the glass wall, kicking the thug in the head. The man and Sarah went down together, and Sarah kicked the heavy pirate off her. Dragon Kid pulled the unconscious man off to the side of the room, and waved to the camera with her capture.
Even without the constant threat of death in front of her, Sarah's heart was still pounding as she pushed herself up on her knees. Elsewhere in the room, Dragon Kid talked to some of the reporters who had rushed in for post battle analysis, as Wild Tiger checked on the other hostages, and police officers arrived to arrest the remaining Golden Beard Gang members. Sarah felt ignored and alone off at the side of the action.
So it was a total surprise to her when Barnaby Brooks Jr knelt down in front of her. He flipped open the faceplate of his suit and looked her over with a careful eye. This close, he was even handsomer than he seemed on TV. "Are you all right, miss?" he asked. He offered her his hand, and gently helped pull her back up to her feet.
"Oh, um, yes. I am now," Sarah managed to stammer out. "Thank you all for saving me."
He gave her one of those brilliant hero smiles she knew so well from his posters and TV interviews. She felt her cheeks redden in the heat of his focus on her. "Anytime," he said.
Okay, maybe there were *some* good parts to living in Sternbild.
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thanks for this, authoranon. it's a little gem.
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And yes, Barnaby Brooks Jr. makes everything alright!
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Do I detect a Road to El Dorado reference in here? When Barnaby and Kotetsu are arguing and then 'pow'! The mention of Mayan gold in the same sentence just made me think of that even more...
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