What would they even use money for?

Leon yawned as he walked through the busy streets early in the morning. He found it a bit ridiculous that anybody would even be up at this hour. Then again... HE was up. It was his day off from the casino, and he hadn't quite decided to go visit his brother yet, so a early morning walk seemed to be in order. The people of the city seemed to be in a constant move forward, always heading to a destination. It didn't seem like they ever stopped simply to appreciate the world around them. Leon didn't think that was a real good way to live, but he couldn't judge them for it. It was their lives after all.

He was about to conclude his walk, when he heard a LOT of sound coming from a nearby bank. Several police cars were surrounding it, and there appeared to be something going on inside. He ducked behind a car close to the bank, but far enough from the cops he wouldn't be spotted. He could barely believe his eyes. Inside the bank were mechanical men, filling bags with money. Only two of them seemed to be armed, but they had hostages. The police were trying to contain the situation, but it didn't look like they were having a lot of luck. He noticed an alley way not far from the bank with a ladder to the roof. If he could hop from that roof to the banks... he could get in side. No, what was he thinking, that was a crazy idea! He could get himself killed? If that was true though... why was he already climbing the ladder?

"Fever where did you run to" sang Blake as he got off the bus in New York. Manhattan specifically. He had move to New York considering his sister wasn't real. The other one didn't want him and the family that adopted them considered Blake their child and they wanted what was best for him. At the mutant school Blake didn't really fit in so he thought he should try New York. You know? New City new adventures. Hopefully there weren't any super powered ice queens out here like in California though. That still made no sense to the young hero. Now that he was 18 he knew he had to step up and fill the role his sister left vacant. He had to become an adult.. He needed to embrace his destiny. "You'll know not to leave her, Fever" said Blake. This was his newest favorite song sung by the Blake Keys. It was very catchy and lyrically sound.

As he continued to walk to his destination Blake heard a lot of commotion and noticed police cars piling up around a bank across the street. "Crap" said Blake as he took off his headphones and threw them in his coat pocket. He ran into the alleyway right next to him and clicked the ring with a lightning bolt on which was on his right ring finger. His suit came out of the ring and Blake began running around it at a high volume of speed. The longer he ran in this circle the more red and yellow you began to see as he was fully costumed when he came to a halt. "Time to make these guys feel the mode" Said Blake before he zoomed out of the alley and into the front door of the bank. stopping at a halt and Blake began thinking to himself "I've been here for like 4 freaking minutes and ALREADY someone tries to rob a bank? This better be worth my ti-" said Blake as he was cut off by the sight of robots. There were 7 in total and two had guns and hostages. One of the robots spoke "Kid Flash you are in the wrong state. Last time I checked you worked in California." The young hero moved his hands to his hips and smiled before speaking "Nope. I'm in New York now" saying that just before the two robots wielding guns would let fire off on him. Swiftly Kid Flash dashed throughout the bank grabbing people one by one as he did this. His speed was amazing and he was taking someone out of the bank every second it seemed dropping them off in front of the bank. There were roughly 10 people left and their positioning made it hard for Kid Flash to reach them. "So are you going to waste anymore bullets?" said Kid Flash as he smiled.

Leon had made it onto the roof when he heard the gunfire. He couldn't be sure what was happening, but he hoped the hostages were safe. He climbed into a nearby vent, and made his way into the building. It wasn't exactly slow going, but it wasn't terribly quick either. He finally made it to a vent overlooking the lobby. Below him were the two armed robots, and a guy dressed in yellow. What was that guy doing? He was gonna get shot! He attempted to move the vent so he could sneak down there, but his unnecessary shifting had a rather terrible effect. The ceiling really wasn't meant to hold too much wait, and broke under him. Pieces of the ceiling would cover one of the robots, and Leon would land on his butt next to the pile of debris. He shook his head and looked up, just to see a gun pointed at his head. His life flashed, but he forced himself to think. He needed to be somewhere else! He tried to jump forward, and suddenly he was at the far wall of the bank. He had barely moved.. what had just happened? He didn't have time to be stunned though, as he turned and would slam into the robot with his shoulder, knocking it into the pile of Debris. He turned to the man in yellow. "Did you come in here with a plan, because this is as far as I got!"
He wasn't proud of that fact, but it was the truth of the matter.

Man. What in the hell of Jesus just happened. Why were there robots in a bank this early in the morning? Kid Flash was looking at a map of his schools campus and suddenly all of this happened. He wasn't pleased to say the least. Now how was he going to dispose of these robots. As he was thinking about how to dispatch these robots something weird happened. A part of the ceiling caved in and came through it was some teenage kid. Kid Flash looked at him with all the confusion in the world as to why a teenage kid would want to be in here right now. It was a little mind boggling to him honestly. Though something did happen. When he came down some of the debris fell on top of one of the robots. Another robot who was positioned right next to the downed robot pointed his gun at the young teenager. As Kid Flash braced himself to zip over there the kid tried to jump forward he popped up near the far side of the wall. "That was crash" said Kid Flash with a smile on his face. The kid turned and knocked another robot over into the debris. Now both robots with the guns were in that pile. The kid looked at Kid Flash and asked if he had a plan because he pretty much winged this.


"NO! And if I don't come up with one pretty soon we'll be feeling the mode" said Kid Flash before he dashed over to the two downed robots as they were getting up he grabbed one of their rifles and began shooting them both repeatedly in the head and back until their wiring was showing. That is when Kid Flash realized they had chips in their head that made them work. Quickly removing the chips Kid Flash returned over to the teenage kid and spoke really fast "Okay dude we got two options. Aim for their heads and remove these chips or we just punch until we break them. I like option #1 better" said Kid Flash as he zoomed away yelling at the kid "Dude do that teleport thing clear the hostages. I'll get the robots" before dashing even faster into one of the robots behind the money desk dragging it into the wall and ramming its head against it repeatedly until it caved in causing the chip to fall out. "4 more to go" said Kid Flash as he observed the area.

Ignoring the mans strange speech, he focused on his task. Had he really just teleported? He didn't really have time to think about the implications of this, as he had to get to the hostages. There were ten hostages, and he didn't think he could carry them all, but the man was making an adequate distraction. he also appeared to be capable of super speed, which was nice.Leon teleported to a position above a robot, and cracked his elbow down on its head. While he wasn't strong enough to smash it, it gave him the opportunity to wrench its control chip out, disabling it. He managed to get to the hostages, Two of the bots were focused on the speedy guy, while one came for Leon. From what the 19 year old understood about his power so far, was that he could only go the direction he was looking. What if he did something like hold his arm out though? He ran like he was aiming a punch and appeared in front of the robot, his arm through its head. He was also in a lot of pain, as the hole he made wasn't ver clean, and sharp metal stuck into his arm. He managed to wrench his arm out, the robot collapsing. He turned to the hostages and gestured towards the door. "I would seriously recommend leaving."
They complied with urgency.

"These guys are totally going to feel the mode" said Kid Flash as he zoomed into a 3rd robot punching it in the head 10 times in the span of a second causing its head to cave in and an explosion happened. Quickly Kid Flash grabbed about two of the 10 hostages and dropped them off outside near a cop car where the rest of the hostages whom Kid Flash freed awhile back waited with the cops. One cop looked alarmed about this man in tights helping the situation. Quickly and carefully one by one Kid Flash cleared out the hostages until it was just him the teenager and the robots. Around this time Kid Flash began to sweat. He hadn't worked this hard in awhile... Since he was working with his older sister Tara. Fueling himself with an image of her in his mind Kid Flash ripped each and every robot in half with a flurry of lightning fast strikes that the human eye couldn't keep up with to the point the strikes actually caused afterimages. With every robot out Kid Flash would zoom around and gather up their brother parts placing them in the center of the bank before he looked at the teleportation kid and zoomed over to him. "So.. Whats your story dude?"

"My story? Well I just moved here. I saw what was happening and couldn't help myself I guess. I just got lucky. Although this weird power is definitely odd. Do you think they somehow caused it?"
He wasn't all that sure why he could use this strange ability or why it had suddenly activated. Maybe he had simply never needed it before? Whatever the case, he had it now and wasn't sure what to do with it.

The teenager began explaining he just moved here which was pretty weird considering this was Kid Flash first day in town and he went on to say he couldn't help but help and Kid Flash thought that was cool. "Only if more kids were like you" said Kid Flash before the teenager said he thinks the robots had something to do with his ability and instantly Kid Flash began shaking his head no. "See you probably activated your ability. My sister is like that too. She activated her powers when she was a teenager so this was your own thing. But I went to a school that helped people like us. If you ever wanna speak give me a call man and for future reference wear a mask." said Kid Flash before he wrote his number down really fast at the counter before he dashed the kid out the bank and around the corner and swiftly back into the back "Okay guys its clear come in" towards the cops.

Leon sighed as he was somehow out of the bank faster than he could see. He was also sighing at how much he had enjoyed helping those people. His thoughts were drifting to a dangerous place, that he knew he kind of wanted. He would need a mask of course. No what was he thinking, he couldn't become some kind of masked vigilante. It wouldn't be something he couldn't do however. He had a bit of training, so he could hold his own. He would need a outfit to disguise himself. He couldn't have his brother hurt as collateral. Doubts completely leaving his mind, he headed home, his thoughts filled with ideas.

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Kid Flash was honestly interested in that kid but he didn't know what to make of it. Hopefully the kid decided to give Kid Flash a call so he could help him choose the best path. Going down that road with no guidance could end bad. As he came outside for good this time Kid Flash looked at the media and spoke two words "My town" before vanishing.

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