Kord; Ted Kord (beetleinblue) wrote in newalliance, @ 2012-03-22 15:21:00 |
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Entry tags: | blue beetle ii |
Who: Blue Beetle (Narrative / Open.)
Where: NYC
When: Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
What: Blue Beetle Saves The day! If by saving the day you mean one of the crooks gets away and a TV gets broke. RIP TV, Ted feels really bad about that
Rating: Safe for Work
Moving through the alley, Ted was proud of his ability to be stealthy and sneaky and one with the darkness! Or as one with the darkness as he could be when he was wearing various shades of blue, and yellow goggles. To the right of him there was a apartment building, and looking over towards it, he watched as a window on the first floor opened and a man wearing a black ski mask emerged. Seconds later a TV was passed out the window, by a second man in a black ski mask.
Something was afoot!
Ted pulled his Beetle Gun from his holster, and made sure it was set to emit bursts of light. That done, he stepped out of the shadows and in his most commanding voice spoke; "Halt! Stop what you're doing!"
(When he played things over in his head later, he would think that yes he had said halt.)
The guy who was on the outside of the window dropped his end of the TV, and Ted winced in sympathy as one side of the TV hit the ground. That sucked that looked like a really nice system, and totally didn’t deserve to be treated like that! After having let go of the TV the first guy in a ski mask (really wasn’t it too warm for ski masks?) took off down the alley towards the street.
That left the TV, and the guy who was half in and half out of the apartment. Ted hesitated for a moment, then darted forward, while the guy who had been half in and half out of the apartment seemingly froze in the spot, looking like he was debating between going back into the apartment and coming out. Ted reached the window, had to step on the TV (and he winced again, that TV was now truly on it’s way to the great appliance graveyard in the sky) and went to grab the guy.
Ted being right there seemed to make the would be TV robber realize he had to make a decision. Back into the apartment or out into the street, and despite Ted standing right there he chose to head out of the window, swinging as he did so. As the man swung his fist out, he caught Ted right on the chin. Ted's teeth clanked together, and he was very thankful that his tongue hadn't been stuck between his teeth.
“Watch the face!” Ted snapped, because man he had a not a date, but maybe a date tomorrow and he didn’t want to show up to it with one hell of a shiner.
The crook took another swing, and Ted dodged that. Then they guy made a grab for the Beetle Gun. Honestly Ted hadn’t been expecting that and he dropped the damn thing to the ground. Clue a scuffle between Ted and Ski Mask Man, one that ended up with Ted back in possession of his Beetle Gun, and with it being pointed at the Ski Masked One.
“Okay so halt. Because -- your.”
The guy lunged forward. Ted pulled the trigger, causing the alley to be lit up by a very bright, very strobing light. It didn’t hurt his eyes, the goggles in his mask adjusted to light and dark like those cool glasses Ted had seen advertised on TV - but the light sure distracted Ski Mask, as he dropped to his knees, clutching at his eyes and whining about not being able to see.
“Maybe next time you’ll wear sunglasses.” Ted informed him, thinking that as far as witty banter went, that really got a C. A C- if he was being generous with himself.
Now he had to restrain the would be TV thief, call the cops and then-? Then Ted was going to call it a night. He did have plans for tomorrow after all, and he figured he should try and get some sleep.