Kid Flash crept slowly around the corner of the bank, and peered through a crack in the side. A moment later he held up three fingers and motioned for her to follow him behind the back. Crouching down close to each other, he whispered, "There's three robbers, two in the front and one in the back. They're all heavily armed and they've got a group of hostages behind the front desk. I'll distract the first two if you can take out the third guy and protect the hostages until it's safe to get them out."
She nodded and felt the tingle of dark energy crackling at her fingertips.
The past few days she had been just itching for some type of action, feeling the hex energy slowly building up inside her until she felt as if she was going to burst.
When she turned around, Kid Flash was gone.
She stealthily crept through the back door. At the front of the building the two frustrated robbers shot aimlessly at a blur of red and yellow, until finally there was only a clicking noise signaling that they had run out of bullets.
Sneaking up from behind, she knocked out the third criminal with a swift blow to the back of his head, hexing the other two robbers for good measure. She watched as they were enveloped in a flash of purple light, their limp bodies instantly lifted off of the ground and slammed into a marble column.
"C'mon! Quickly!" she yelled at Kid Flash. They both untied the ropes that had been tied around the dozen or so hostages hands and ankles, motioning for the terrified victims to exit through the back door.
"Um I think we have an issue…" She pointed towards a bomb that had been placed behind the counter.
"Okay, I'll try to deactivate it, just get these lumps out of the building…"
He opened a back panel on the steel canister, sorting through a maze of wires as she dragged the unconscious robbers outside, tossing them unceremoniously on top of each other in a pile.
"Do you have it?" She ran over noticing the small beads of sweat on his forehead.
"This bomb is much more complicated than the ones I've seen before- I can't find the wire that attaches to the timer!" He said with a worried glance at the flashing red numbers on the clock.
Jinx bit her lip.
"Stand back." She instructed, then feeling the energy flowing from beneath her eyelids and through her glowing palms directed a beam of light towards the canister. In an instant the clock died and the bomb broke apart.
"Okay, its dead." She said, still trembling slightly.
At that moment she heard the wail of sirens from outside.
"Um Wally? I don't really think the police seeing me here would be a good idea…" she pointed to the flashing lights outside the building and he understood, scooping her up in his arms and sprinting out of the building before anyone could see them.
When they arrived back at the apartment she had to remind herself to calm down and breathe. Her eyes were shining and her cheeks were flushed with excitement.
What a rush!
Kid Flash nearly lifted her off of the ground with a giant hug.
"That was incredible! I'm so proud of you!" he gushed.
She smiled at him as they walked into the apartment.
"No wonder there are always superheroes around…I mean is it always that much fun?!"
He just laughed.
"Yeah it is. And you know what? It gets even better. That was just a simple bank robbery- wait until you take on some real villains!"
The corners of her lips tilted upwards and she couldn't help but grin.
"Bring it on!"