Vigilantes On Patrol... Coming to a Theatre Near You ((Open to street-level types))

[vesper_verde]

Vesper was out on his nightly patrol. This time he actually had an area to look into as opposed to most nights. His enhanced hearing had caught him a tip the night before. One of the more careful and low key local gangs was looking into quietly bringing some drugs in from South America since a couple of other distributors had backed away from the trade. While Vesper was glad to stop some of the gangs, he always found more were willing to step up and take their place. Profit outweighed the stories about the man dressed like a bat.

The Brazilian vigilante was flying across the city toward a part of toward not known for gangs or the drug trade. There would likely be more innocent civilians there, so he was going to have to be a bit more careful. He looped carefully around to land on an apartment building's roof.

His wings folded in as he cast out his sense of hearing along the neighborhood. He tuned out couples arguing or having sex. He had overheard enough of that for ten lifetimes since he got these powers. He was looking for calm discussions. Especially ones with an undertone of bravado.

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[ngm_villains]

The gang members burst out the door with their guns drawn. They're looking for whoever shot their men, even if the Escalade is long gone.

There is a girl running away, but she is secondary to the costumed hero they see standing nearby.

"Hey! It's Vesper!" All guns are turned toward the vigilante.

[vesper_verde]

In this quiet neighborhood, the police would be here sooner than the normal areas Vesper patrolled. The urgency to get out of there was held back by the need to make sure the innocent bystander got away. While the young lady ran away, Vesper stood where he was. Too close to the door the gang members came out of for comfort.

Vesper reached into a pocket and pulled out his smoke bomb. He activated it and threw it down in front of him as gun barrels swung in his direction. He gave the gang members a cheery wave before turning and running like hell as a jet of smoke started to cover up his exit.

He hoped they followed him instead of going after whoever that lady was. He was the more valuable target after all.

[dazzle_daybreak]

And of course it's at a moment like this when a cat runs in front of her and Josephine has to vault over it to keep from colliding with the poor creature. She doesn't quite stick the landing, and she's tumbling forward along the sidewalk, looking like she's going to fall.

[ngm_villains]

One of the gang members spotted the girl running, jumping, and starting to fall. He raised his gun to shoot then lowered it with a shrug. She didn't look like someone who shot his buddy. Mostly because she wasn't wearing the colors or carrying a piece.

The rest were doing their best to try to shoot holes through Vesper. They had heard about his meddling in other gangs' affairs and wanted him to stop thinking about them here and now. Spent shells were flying everywhere despite the oncoming sirens as a couple guys checked on the downed two. Though the smoke jetting up was making it hard for them to aim.

Once they emptied their clips, they scrambled to get out of there before the cops got there.

[vesper_verde]

Vesper used a bit of ginga to have his movements throw off the thugs' aim more. Even with his movement and the smoke, a couple bullets hit his armor. They did not penetrate, but the shots made him stumbled. He ducked down an alley and wheezed.

Damn. Those hurt.

He stumbled down the alley a bit before partially extending his wings to get the wing pack's jets started. Vesper wrapped himself in a bubble of silence and rose from the ground. When he was in enough space to extend his wings and get out of there, he did that.