Defenders of Destiny Bk 1: Destiny Begins

Fun Summer Pastimes: Robbing Banks

Warning ⚠️: This book contains graphic content. Viewer discretion is advised.

"Let the people go and let's get this over with so I can go home! My wife will kill me if I miss dinner again tonight. You freaks are starting to get on my nerves!" A male with a thick, brown mustache yelled through a loudspeaker. Sweat drenching his balding head as he gave a hefty sigh at the annoyance of having to miss out on a delicious pot roast just to get outshined by a rock in a black costume.

"Obsidian will be here soon so just wait, Mall Cop! Better call your wife because you'll be missing dinner for the rest of your life!" A dark voice cackled from within the bank, the blue flames that surround the building, keeping the cops from entering blazed higher as the female within taunted the cops outside.

"Did she just call me mall cop?" The heavier set male turned his attention to the shorter, ginger male beside him who kept an emotionless face to hide the laughter that threatened to escape.

"I believe she did, Detective Stump." The male looked down to hide a grin as he avoided his elder cop's intense gaze which earned a scandalized gasp from the male beside him.

"Obsidian can't come to the phone right now. I can take a message if you like." Nobody had even noticed Skinwalker appear in front of the building, seemingly unaffected by the heat as she stood closer than the cops had previously been willing to go.

"Ma'am! I'm going to have to ask you to step away from the building!" Detective Stump yelled over the loud speaker but she seemed to ignore him as she narrowed at her eyes at the woman within the building.

"Get out of here, lady! You're not who I want!" The female yelled as the flames burst up, but Skinwalker didn't step back despite the heat making her hair billow around her from the sheer amount of heat.

"And you have a lot of audacity for someone who's so scared of one woman that you're willing to stop me from entering." Skinwalker called in return, causing the woman to falter as Skinwalker watched the woman's blazing blue eyes narrow rather dangerously before the flames parted to create a path where Skinwalker stood.

"Sensitive, are we?" The woman seemed surprised as Skinwalker appeared in front of her in mere seconds, eyes glowing gold in the darkness as she focused her attention on the hostages.

"Where are your friends?" Skinwalker's gaze focused on the woman in front of her, not being able to help but snicker at the realization that the woman's blue hair reminded her of Hades from the cartoon Hercules.

"It's just me here, Ninja Girl. You're in here now. What do you want, then? You want in?" The woman smirked as her highlighter blue hair billowed around her face like flames, it would've been shoulder length if it wasn't for the fact it was constantly billowing around her head rather than laying straight down.

"No. I don't. I'm assuming by your lack of acknowledgement that you don't want me to know that there's others here. Let alone that they are also metahumans. So I'll ask again.... Where are they? I already know where they are but we need to establish trust early on in this relationship so it doesn't come back to bite us later down the line." Skinwalker smirked beneath her mask at the look of shock on the highlighter's face, her pale skin turning red beneath Skinwalker's eyes as the blue veins that coated the woman's face and neck seemed to glow brighter.

"You don't know what you're talking about, lady." The woman warned as her hands sparked before igniting with blue flames, eyes seeming to glow brighter as the fire outside roared loudly, casting a blue glow into the building to illuminate all seven of the captives the women held hostage.

"So there's not currently... Three- No four, people trying to open the vault with another hostage? And all four of those people aren't metas?" Skinwalker smirked as the woman seemed taken aback for a moment, the blue haired meta turning to glance over her shoulder as if to make sure her acquaintances weren't behind her before getting into a defensive stance.