EWSG Superboy/Supergirl Volume 1, Issue #7: A Day at the Bank

I've been locked up in my room for a while now. Ever since my mother's death, I haven't had the energy to go anywhere. Nothing has helped to quell this pain in my stomach. Tamara has tried to cheer me up, and that didn't work. Music didn't help me either. So I've just sat here, and thought a lot. Thought about if I really deserve this second chance on Earth. To play the hero. All of it.. We stopped Assassin, and most recently Stinger, but is that enough? I didn't even get revenge on that psycho who killed my mother.. I can't even do that now even if I wanted to, as the Stinger got murdered in his cell earlier this week. I wanted him to suffer in prison for the rest of his life, but that didn't happen. They say that it was a guard, but I have a feeling that Pirate is behind this somehow. I hear a knock on my bedroom door as I sit up on my bed.

 

Chris: "Who is it??"

 

Tamara: "It's me, Tamara. You haven't been out for weeks.. C'mon Chris, you got to come out of that room sometime. Come with me and dad to the bank, please.. I miss hanging out with my bro."

 

Chris: "Even if I wasn't in here, you've been too busy with shifts at the diner."

 

Tamara: "Yeah well I've had to pick up some of the slack since you know.."

 

Chris: "Yeah... I know."

 

Tamara: "I even made some new friends there! I think you would like Lucy. She has a heart of gold."

 

Chris: "Trying to play matchmaker now sis? Woww.."

 

Tamara: "Oh I'm sorry, but it's not like you're doing yourself any favours. Anyways, would you please go with us? Please!!!!"

 

Chris: "Ugh, fine.. I'll be out in a few minutes."

 

Tamara: "Yay!! I'll go let dad know." I hear her footsteps getting quieter as she walks downstairs.. I put a shirt and jeans on, and walk downstairs. When I reach the last step, I stumble a bit, but I'm able to catch myself. That would've been embarrassing I mutter to myself as I head towards the refrigerator. As I open the door, I see there isn't much milk left in the jug. I grab it, take the lid off, and chug whats left.

 

Tamara: "Seriously?" I hear Tamara ask, as I finish the last drops.

 

Chris: "What? There wasn't much left anyway!"

 

Tamara: "Doesn't mean you drink straight from the jug! You ready to go? We're heading out soon.."

 

Chris: "Yea yea, I'm good." Not really of course. I still have morning breath, and I smell bad. I speed over to the bathroom, so I can gargle some mouthwash, and put on some deodorant. Not ideal, but it'll do. Oh right, forgot about the fridge door. After I finish cleaning up some, I close the fridge door, and head out to the car. We all hop inside, and drive. On the way there, my father and sister make small talk.. I'm not really sure what it was about cause I zoned out looking out of the car window. A few minutes later we arrive at Sky High Financial Group. We get out of the car, and walk into the bank. Once inside, I look around, and see the symbolic cloud with Sky High Financial Group in big font. I notice that the song Into You by Ariana Grande is playing in the background as I walk in. That songs my jam! I groove out a bit, but then I notice my father is already at the teller. Oh whoops, good one Chris. Trying to catch up to my father, I speed-walk. As I'm about to reach the teller, I hear a gunshot go off.

 

Tamara: "What was that?" As she's talking, I see 5 people dressed in black come from the entrance..

 

Robber #1: "This is a robbery!! All valuables and cash go into these bags that my associates have.." Oh great, just what I needed today.. Civilians start putting their valuables into the bag

 

Robber #1: "That would be NOW!!!" He yells at a blonde girl, who looks around my age. I look at her piercing blue eyes, and she looks at me, so scared for her life.

 

Chris: "Leave her alone!"

 

Robber #2: "Oh, you wanna play hero now, is that it? Well don't come any closer, or else I'll blow her brains out!!" the second robber says as he walks up to the girl and puts his gun to her head. One wrong move here, and she's dead.. Crap, I don't even have my costume on me.. Think fast Chris, think fast.. One of the others, that I'm gonna call Robber 3 whispers something to the reckless number 2. I focus my hearing to hear them.

 

Robber #3: "This wasn't part of the plan Landon! We had a plan, a simple plan, but a plan, and somehow, you've found a way to screw it up!" The voice sounds feminine.

 

Landon: "Oh relax Alexa, it's not like I've hurt anyone yet.."

 

I take that opportunity to fire off heat vision at this Landon's hand that's holding the gun. He screeches in pain, and drops the gun. In that moment, I sprint over, and punch him in the gut. Robber 3 has a look of shock on her face as she sees Landon go flying into the wall, with the impact of him hitting the wall knocking him out.

 

Robber #1: "Whaa-What the heck? One of those meta freaks? Here? Crap!!" He says as he freaks out. He shoots at some of the civilians, with one bullet heading my way. I catch it in mid-air, and try to jump in the way of the other ones. But it's too late, as one pierces through a man's hip, and another went through the shoulder of an elderly woman. Seeing this, the robber runs for it, but it's no good, as I hear sirens outside the building.

 

My father goes to help the wounded, and Tamara takes care of the other two robbers that are on the other side of the room. She does it with ease, with a smile on her face. Three down, two to go. I grab the robber named Alexa, and go towards the robber that tried to get away. I drop her beside him.

 

Chris: "I suggest you surrender now."

 

Alexa: "Ok ok, I give in.."

 

Robber #1: "I can't go back, I can't do it. Prison is hell. Curse you, meta scum." He yells at me, as he unloads the rest of his clip into me. The bullets drop down to the floor, and he faints, most likely due to shock.

 

Alexa "You win this time, Superboy. That is your name right? I've watched the news.. So strong, and powerful.. Maybe I chose the wrong side here. May our next encounter be even hotter than today. I look forward to our relationship blossoming further Superboy." She blows me a kiss, as I open the door to let the police take them away.

 

I walk up to the girl I saved beforehand, to make sure she's ok. I notice the wounded civilians get taken out of the building, and put into ambulances.

 

Superboy: "You ok?"

 

Girl: "Yeah, I'm good. Thanks to you that is."She leans in and kisses me right on the lips. I step back, with a look of surprise on my face.

 

Superboy: "Wha-What was that for?" I say, as my cheeks start to redden.

 

Girl: "You saved my life.. Without your bravery, I would've probably died."

 

Superboy: "It was nothing, really. Right place, right time kinda thing ya know?"

 

Girl: "You're a hero, and for that, I figured you deserve a heroes reward."

 

Superboy: "Well I guess I have to save beautiful girls more often..." I say with a grin on my face.

 

Girl: "Haha maybe. What's your name, hero boy?"

 

Superboy: "Chris.. Chris Danvers." I say nervously.

 

Girl: "Nice to meet you Chris!"

 

Superboy: "Nice to meet ya too... I'm sorry, what's your name?"

 

Girl: "Alicia.. Alicia Baker"

 

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So, this issue is my longest issue to date. Sorry in advanced. It was necessary for setup. Hope you liked the issue, as I liked writing it. :)

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