Looting time! (open 2-3)

Marley currently was standing in line at the bank in-between an elderly looking man and a husky woman. He was at present waiting to withdraw some money for life’s little expenses which included a cell phone bill, some Jamaican court costs which he needed to send via money order, and he needed some money just to carry around in general. Getting adjusted to the U.S. way of living was proving to be a rather easy transition since most U.S. citizens seemed for the most part laidback, but there were the fast paced hard working individuals as well. Either way the majority of the population was decent. Although when it came to being a mutant in America the people were a lot more prejudice and Marley being so large garnered plenty of attention from everyone else’s eyes. He at times felt like a goldfish in a fishbowl.

”Sir….” Marley’s train of thought was broken when the bank clerk spoke up and was looking dead at him.

”Oh soh-ray. Meh mind was sumwhere else.” The massive mutant said shaking his head slightly before making his approach to the counter like booth that separated the customer from the clerk with a pane of Plexiglas.

”It’s ok. ID please?” She said her eyes staring the giant Jamaican up and down.

Marley saw her staring out the corner of his eyes as he was rummaging through his wallet, but he chose to ignore her since it was no harm no foul, ”Ah, ear yah goh.” he said as slid the ID through a small opening, ”Thanks.”

Looking back Marley for some reason felt weird. A odd feeling crept into his being, but when he looked back all he got was blank stares from human specters. Marley just shook his head again and turned his attention back to the bank clerk.

Then suddenly a loud crashing noise followed by airborne debris and dust as something entered the bank from underneath crashing through. Marley first instincts were to duck as he did so and random screams could be heard through out the bank from the startled women. Those that were near the bursting body that flew out the ground hurled through the air banging into nearby walls and objects.

’What the f***? Marley had cursed inwardly. He had no idea what was happening. Then when the dust cleared and the unknown assailant spoke up he perfectly understood the situation then.

>>“Ladies and gentleman if you would be so kind get down on the floor and don’t move, this is a robbery…” The eleven foot tall body yelled.

Marley complied with the demand, but his mind began to run through different scenarios and outcomes. What should he do the man wasn’t harming him and as long as he didn’t mess with him he didn’t feel obligated to do something, ’F***!!! Marley cursed in his head. He should do something and finally prove he wasn’t all bad. He would just have to wait it out and see what happened, ’Why dohes dis hahppen today…….. The colossal mutant thought to his self while he shook his head reluctantly as he laid on his stomach .

Reaching his hand into his pocket and pulled a toothpick out and stuck it in his enlarged chin and looked around, ‘That was easy…’ thought Bacchus as he looked around half expecting to have some sort of resistance. ‘Not even a rent-a-cop?’ slightly Bacchus sighed and gave off a look that he was disappointed, but that also meant that he could quickly get out of there before anyone hit the ‘We’re screwed button’ that all banks have for robberies. Looking around Bacchus thickened his skin as he started to whistle, ‘I shot the Sheriff’.

As he continued to whistle he looked over to someone who had the stones to remain standing, by the exit at least which was fine by him, but the bloke wasn’t leaving. Turning his body to face him completely as the man twitched his fingers by his side the tooth pick slightly got larger as Bacchus reached up for it to throw it like a spear but before he could the cow poke was knocked over.

Bacchus started to chuckle slightly as the ‘Shard’ from the Thunder Dome knocked the “Cow Boy” over, “Rematch?” Bacchus asked, as he looked at the spinning shards of red that looked pretty sharp in the shape of a cube, “Not really up for a fight, here on business, need to make a withdraw actually.” Grinning and lifting the toothpick into his hand and making it grown in size and density, “Don’t really feel like getting all these nice people involved in our rematch.” He let out a small laugh and put the six foot toothpick on his shoulder as he walked to the vault and set the toothpick down, “You remember how the Ring looked after we were done right?”

Grinning slightly Bacchus grew another few feet up and out as he grabbed the vault doors and let out a small grunt as he tore the giant vault off the hinges. With a grunt Bacchus set it down and leaned it against the wall as he walked into the vault with the giant toothpick and giant tube sock, “I love Looting, I love stealing!” sung Bacchus as he ignored “The Shard” for the time being. Bacchus figured if Shard really wanted to fight, he’d clear the people out of the bank so they could bash the place to hell… if only this was a DMV building.

“Wow, I just got blew off…” Shin sighed, looking around the room at the people cowering in fear as the Giant sung a little tune and went about with his planned robbery, completely ignoring him. “Well, they say ignorance is bliss… he must be pretty blissful~” Shin muttered wistfully, then snapped his attention to the people in the bank like the crack of a gunshot. “Now anyone who can get out, do get out! It sounds like he’d rather have cash than hostages and I wouldn’t think twice about making a run for it if I were you!! My eyes are narrowing here, people. That means I’m serious… you too, Marley. I appreciate the help, but unless you’re a mutant you’d just get in my way…” Or get hurt. Couldn’t have that.

The bank quickly emptied as would-be hostages made a break for it. On her way out, a teller pressed the silent alarm button. As the final person other than Marley burst out the doorway and into the sun, a red triangle sliced through the tube sock letting loot spill out onto the floor. Shin waggled his finger from the doorway.

“Ah ah ah, I gotta stop you there. And the hostages are all gone, so… crap.”

“Um… can I be gone too please?” A snivelly man with a twisted mustache wearing a black Zorro mask muttered, cringed up into a ball in the corner of the vault beyond Giant’s Bane. A bag of money was clutched in his arms. Seems someone had planned to rob the place before the giant had burst in. Shin sighed, raising a barrier of triangles around the man with gaps in it just big enough to let in air. “I’ll have you know, this is my first gig as ‘hero.’ I’ll never forgive you if you mess it up!”

“Whaaaaaaa!!!!” The would-be thief wept.

“Pathetic.”

>>“Now anyone who can get out, do get out! It sounds like he’d rather have cash than hostages and I wouldn’t think twice about making a run for it if I were you!! My eyes are narrowing here, people. That means I’m serious… you too, Marley. I appreciate the help, but unless you’re a mutant you’d just get in my way…”

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A blank expression is all Marley gave Shin. The behemoth felt disrespected for a minute by the smaller man, but maybe he shouldn’t take it to heart since he really didn’t inform the Asian that he was a mutant, ”Oh yah I’m ah moo-ant, speh-ciahlty is meh strength.” Marley then looked over to the large frame body and then back over to Shin, ”Yah show yah dohn’t want meh help? He is ah prehty big bahdy.” Even if Shin refused the help he would assist him anyways with or without his permission. Plus doesn’t every superhero need a sidekick? Its standard code for a hero to have one, not saying Marley necessarily was a sidekick, but in this particular situation he was.

Marley was finding this all too funny. He was a massive body, but even the guy with the Australian accent ignored him. Well the Jamaican knew he wasn’t exactly the most known mutant in the mutant world. He probably didn’t even make a ripple when it came to the other names that were out there. Perhaps today though would be his day where he could at least establish his self somewhat. Marley then responded to Bacchus, ”Yah haven’t seen whah I cahn do mon.” Marley said cracking his knuckles then next his neck before he spoke again,”Yah Dohn’t wahnah beh like Steve Irwin ahn mehss wit ahnimahls yah cahn’t F*** wit.” Marley looked at the gargantuan dead in his face adding a smirk to his facade for the hell of it.

Dropping the large paperclip Bacchus’s jaw dropped as his hand let go of remaining paper clip that would have been the perfect size for a Bo-staff. He was utterly speechless, he didn’t know who he was and he didn’t care he didn’t like him. Bacchus was one of the few that had the pleasure of meeting the ‘Crocodile Hunter’ and ever since that meeting Bacchus had become infatuated with animals. That happened to be a few years ago before his powers showed up and before this whole bank robbing mess started.

As he was being force back and not fighting it Bacchus let out a small chuckle, “This the company you keep Shard?” he knew from where they were standing that Bacchus was the ‘bad guy’ and Shard the ‘good guy’ all he knew was if the Good guys hung out with people like this may Bane be a ‘Baddie’ forever. “Careful there cupcake!” Bacchus said to the Jamaican, through gritted teeth as he looked over to him.

“Big talk for a man who hides behind Shard!” Bacchus said as his temper began to rise with his body. His shirt blew off into little bits as his muscles started to get bigger and bigger. “I could say something about Bob Marley easily, but seeing as I happen to be a fan of his I wouldn’t dare insult him to get a rise out of some Ignorant Bogan…” now standing at twenty feet tall Bacchus could reach the ceiling with his hand raised.

“I suggest you all leave before I take this place down…” Bacchus said as he raised his fists into the ceiling and pushing up with his massive legs. Causing the entire building to shake. At this point he didn’t even care much about the money it was more on getting the bigger bloke of he two, all he wanted to do was rip the grin from his face.

Judging from the man’s reaction Marley had struck a nerve. He had hit a sensitive spot. What do you call it? A soft spot. Granted the Jamaican was incredibly rude by poking fun at a world renowned icon such as Steve Irwin especially when a citizen of his country graced his presence at that moment. So it probably was only natural for the Giant to react in such a manner. What he didn’t expect though was to be standing some fifteen feet away from a mutant Godzilla.

Snapping out of his amazed state for how Bacchus had just grew into a Giant. Marley had quickly went into action making a dash for the Zorro looking character, ”Ahhh, please don’t hurt me.” The man with the twisted mustache had said as the Caribbean born native was now standing over him, ”Whahevah mon.” Marley had snatched up the man swiftly placing him over his shoulder. His eyes had focused back on the gargantuan mutant for the sake that he didn’t want to be squashed like a bug.

With his attention back on Bacchus he was unaware of the danger that had just made its way through the back entrance. As Marley had rushed back over to Shin and was going to make his way through the entrance he had stopped abruptly in his tracks, ”Uh Shin.” Marley had nudged the Asian to look behind him. A freakishly large behemoth now stood before them blocking the way out for the hostage.

They had to be in the twilight zone as an overly large human stood before them and now they were confronted by an overly large lion-like creature or was that the huge mutant’s pet? Putting the man down Marley immediately devised a way for the man to escape though it was a simple distract and you go for it. Hopefully Shin could handle his own as Marley was going to take on the huge catlike beast. While facing the beast Marley had begun to make his way away from Shin and the Zorro look alike location, ”HEY! Cohm ear Kihtty, Kihtty, Kihtty.” Marley continued to make noises and hope the huge cat would focus on him. He wasn’t even sure if he was capable of fighting such a beast as he didn’t really know if he had the strength to, but as of right now his main concern was getting the hostage out alive and with any luck once this huge living thing is distracted the guy will make a go at the exit.