Chapter Three: Bulletproof

Two days later, Beca put on her hoodie, jeans, and sunglasses, told the other Bellas that she was going to get out of the house for a while, and made her way into town, looking for criminals. Her first few hours were unsuccessful, and nowhere she went had a hint of crime going down. "Damn it. Why is no one committing crime? Come on, people! Who am I supposed to stop, jaywalkers?" She thought to herself. Suddenly, her stomach growled. She then realized that she was really thirsty, and quite hungry.

Luckily, a cafe called 'Cafe Lotus', which Beca thought was a stupid name, was in plain sight. So, she went to the cafe, ordered herself a mango smoothie and a muffin, and sat next to a window. As she drank, she wondered, "Am I ever gonna get an opportunity to do the right thing, or help those in need?" At that moment, she felt the urge to use the bathroom. "Well, I guess I can help myself by peeing." She muttered to herself, as she got up to use the bathroom.

When she got done washing her hands in the bathroom, she heard a guy outside, threatening what sounded like the friendly cashier. "Finally." She said, before pulling up her hood, and stepping out of the bathroom. What she saw was a perfect opportunity: four guys, all armed. "Hey, dumbass." She called out to the robber holding the cashier at gunpoint, causing him and his friends to turn around and look at who was talking to him.

"You know, if you're gonna rob someplace, don't you think you should do it at a place that's a little more loaded? Like, a bank, perhaps?" She said to them, with a condescending tone of voice. The four robbers looked at one another, and laughed amongst themselves, until the guy holding the cashier at gunpoint said, "Who are you supposed to be?" Beca stepped forward. "Just a girl demanding that you put your guns away, and get the hell out of here, before I really get pissed off." She threatened, no longer joking.

The robbers continued to laugh, unintimidated by Beca. "Listen, sweetie. Why don't you go play superhero somewhere else, before we blow your hoodie and head off, okay?" The guy holding up the cashier, whom Beca assumed was the leader, threatened back. However, Beca was less afraid of them than they should have been of her, and smirked confidently. "Listen, lady. We don't want to hurt anyone. So why don't you just-" The leader began, until he and Beca's focus were interrupted by one of the robbers firing his shotgun directly at Beca's abdomen, knocking her off her feet, unexpectedly.

"Damn. That nearly took the wind outta me." She thought to herself. She looked down at her abdomen, and saw a hole in her hoodie and T-shirt. "Oh, shit." She said to herself, before getting up, all the while hearing the robbers squabble over the guy who shot Beca's accidental pulling of the trigger. "Okay, boys." She said, startling the robbers and alerting them to her. "It's showtime, and I can't say I didn't warn you." She said, as she cracked her knuckles.

Then, she proceeded to disarm all of the robbers, unloaded the weapons, and hit them in the noses with them. Then, she broke their wrists, and dragged them by the backs of their shirts, to an alley, where she proceeded to kick the crap out of them, until three of them were unconscious. Realizing that one of them was still awake, she went over to knock him out, only to be shot multiple times in the upper body by him with a hidden handgun. "Two guns, bitch!" He said. Unfortunately for him, he hadn't realized what he was getting himself into, and was shocked when the bullets, despite leaving holes in Beca's shirts, bounced off her. "But, how? How is this possible?" He asked, as Beca walked slowly over to him. "Because sometimes, the impossible is possible." She said, before kicking him in the face, knocking him out.

After that, she tied them all up, and then went back into the cafe, went up to the cashier, who was clearly terrified, and said, "Your establishment is under my protection, as of today. And you can quote me on it."

As she turned to leave, she went back to the table, and grabbed her smoothie and muffin from the table she sat at. "Almost forgot about it." She said to the cashier, with a smile.

When she left the establishment, she heard a woman cry out, "Help, please! Somebody help me!" Hearing this, she sighed, and went to the parking lot where she had heard the voice coming from. When she got there, the men mugging the woman whom the voice belonged to almost automatically noticed the girl with the hoodie. "Go away, kid. This don't concern you." One of the muggers said. The girl stood her ground. "Alright, kid. You asked for this." The other mugger said, as he took out his pocketknife. As the two muggers approached, Beca could only smirk, and say, "No, You asked for this."

She proceeded to do wonders then, as well, but only after being cut multiple times by the guy with the knife, who only realized that he made a bit of a whoopsie-daisy when Beca, who was half his height, picked him up, and threw him at a car, which set off the alarm of the car. This was enough to scare the other mugger, who immediately gave the purse he was trying to steal back to its owner. The owner thanked Beca with a hug, and continued walking, but only after Beca said, "Make sure to watch out for yourself when you're walking the street. You never know who will try to mess with you."

The rest of the day, Beca was out, and she 'took care' of seven more crime cases. And by ten thirty, her clothes, sans her glasses, were damaged, and she was pretty damn tired. She decided that it was time to call it a day, and headed back to Casa Bella. "God, I hope no one's awake at this hour."

Author's Note: Chapter Three, everybody! I know that this is mostly just 'The Girl With The Hoodie' told from Beca's perspective, but I wanted to show her first patrol, and I thought that this would suffice! The next chapter will show a little bit of conflict for both Beca and her new secret identity, but not in the way you would expect. Anyways, read, review, and take care! Thank you for checking this out, and I'll see you next time! Also, there's a reference to Batman: Arkham City in this chapter. If you spot it, tell me, and I'll congratulate you on it!