15531/A Little Bit of Trouble

A Little Bit of Trouble
Date of Scene:	02 August 2023
Location:	Staten Island (NYC Parks and Isles)
Synopsis:	Booster gets an assist from Glamour on fighting the crime, and a big ol block from Glamour on reaping the rewards.
Cast of Characters:	Glamour, Booster Gold

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Glamour has posed:
Tongiht is the night.

They had planned it for months. No one knew about it. How could anyone know? They'd kept their mouths shut, their timeline planned well in advance. They were going to execute, and execute perfectly, the robbery of a lifetime. The handful of thieves, armed with their high-tech equipment borrowed from god only knows and on god only knows how bad a loan condition would make short work of the security -- non lethally to begin with -- and then they'd gain access to the security vault in the warehouse which they had slipped into.

The handful of darkly dressed, masked thieves and their big science-fiction guns and tactical outfits.

Yeah, they knew what they were doing.

Unfortunately for them, this robbery made the history books. Given the tech they stole falls into the Worst Hands and causes a whole gang-wars worth of damage before it gets contained. And right now? Right now, they're working on breaching the vault with their drills. Not juset ordinary drills, either. The fancy kind that'll make mince meat of even the strongest metal barriers. And cellular jammers and electronic interference they're running? Just enough to keep the alarms from going off. Nobody should know.

Except Booster Gold, anyway.

Booster Gold has posed:
This is definitely one he had been waiting for. When Booster Gold made his return to the past, there were admittedly some things that were a bit fuzzy. Had it been accurate, he would have been nowhere near Doomsday and his march across the continent. But lessons learned.

This robbery, though, was playing out exactly as he suspected. And no weird gray boney aliens coming along where he was not expecting them. He hoped.

Floating down towards the warehouse, he watches the thieves begin to try to break through. He debates letting them get through, just because that might make some of this easier, but he decides to avoid as much property damage as possible.

"You're a bit late for Al Capone's vault. There was nothing in it."

Glamour has posed:
There's a bit of surprise. No one was supposed to know they were in here, let alone a superhero. How did he know? Months of planning down the drain.

... they raise their weapons, those sci-fun guns, and open fire with them. Energy bolts, of courwse. It's always energy bolts in the future. Just enough of a punch to make him need to avoid them, even if they're not a *serious* threat of any kind.

Clearly, they none too thrilled for the interloper. There was some obvious hesitance -- they were thinking hard abort -- but decided to at least try shooting him down first.

Also, they don't say anything except a lot of befuddled 'what the fucks?' before doing so.

No fun at all.

Booster Gold has posed:
"Come on, now." Booster weaves this way and that as they fire their bolts at him. "Get a bit more creative, would you. At least, say something back to me, so it sounds good and dramatic."

He starts to fly down towards them. "'Booster Gold! We're sunk!'" he offers. "Or how about, 'We want to STEAL Gold, not fight--'" He shakes his head. "Ok, that's not a very good one, I admit it."

He aims his forearm quickly and fires an incapacitating blast at one of them, as he drops down to stand on the ground.

"Ok, who's next?"

Glamour has posed:
"Shit!" says one of them as he witnesses his companion get dropped by a blast.

They're professional. Possibly ex miltiary, if how they move as a group for cover is any indication.

... what happens next, however, is pretty weird. Why, one of them is suddenly swarmed with rats! New York City rats! Climbing all over him!

He's screaming and flailing and --- is that ...

... caually floating beside Booster, now, is a fairy. Life-sized, to be sure, but she definitely came out of nowhere and is cackling at the paniced reaction of the rat-swarmed fellow. This isn't good for the cameras, really.

"'Sup? It's a team up! Hiiiii," she announces, happily.

She would never have noticed this if it weren't for Booster being so showy.

Booster Gold has posed:
There is a bit of confusion on Booster's face as the man starts screaming. "What in the..."

When the voice appears beside him, Booster nearly loses it entirely. He leaps up, clutching at his heart. "Who the --"

Whether or not he was about to drop the F-bomb or not is unclear, as one of the more seasoned thieves takes advantage of the distraction to train a shot, blasting Booster directly in the chest with the weapon.

It knocks him clear back about ten feet, and Booster lands with a thump on the floor. His forcefield takes most of it, but he still gives off a slow groan.

Glamour has posed:
... a giant life sized tinkerbell makes an annoyed growl. The rats vanish, leaving a very confused looking soldier who picks his gun up after a halting mokment.

"... hey! No hurting my hero buddy!" They're buddies now. She's pronounced it -- and that's why she's zipping down towards Guy With A Gun who looks bemused by the fact that Tinkerbell -- leaving a cloud of fairy dust behind her -- is charging him. He raises his gun to fire, but she's faster than he is and a punch sends him sprawling into some crates. Crates, always so conveniently nearby.

Now *she's* taking fire, but at least it gives Booster a moment to recover.

Booster Gold has posed:
Sitting up and rubbing his head, Booster is convinced that he is not seeing what he is seeing.

But despite that, he hops to his feet and charges at the thieves, not content to allow them to take shots at anyone. Buddy or not.

"No hurting my hero fairy, either!" He fires a blast from his wrist at another one of them, trying to cover for Glamour.

"What even is going on," he murmurs.

Glamour has posed:
"FAIRY THEMED!" corrects Glamour, as if that's helpful at this moment. She's, ahem, winged by one of the blasters and spun around to the ground for a moment, groaning.

Still, she did incapacitate another, and with Booster Booster-Blasting the others, it buys her enough time to get back to her feet and help finish them off.

They're not fast enough to get away, by any stretch of the imagination, and soon the last of them are correctly disposed of, laid out on the ground with their guns kicked away, as is proper. IT's just the natural course of things.

Glamour looks proud of herself. Smug, even.

"We did it! Thanks, buddy!"

One of tbe civilians who was laying down on the ground at the order of the thieves -- a security guard -- is recording this on his phone now.

"What'd you say your name was? Old Booster?" She asks, having been barely paying attention at that part.

Booster Gold has posed:
With a surprisingly small amount of effort, largely because Glamour is doing most of the work, the thieves are dispatched. Booster looks around to confirm, before looking back to his spontaneous partner.

"Booster Gold, idol of millions. And you are...?" He tilts his head, studying the fairy. "My apologies if I missed the correct term. What exactly are you?" He flashes that million dollar Booster Gold grin.

Glamour has posed:
"... Booster Gold? What kind of name is 'Booster Gold'? Are you trying to boost some gold or something? That sounds like a thief's na-"

One of the civilians, a site manager of some kind, coughs once to interrupt. "I.. thank you bot4h, so much! I don't know what would've happened without you two. I'm sure corporate will authorize some kind of reward for services rendered if --"

"No," says Glamour, loudly, "That'd be against the hero's code! The only thing we need are your thanks! Isn't that right, Brewster?"

She asks turns towards Booster with a HUGE smile. She's so excited. Proper-heroing.

Booster Gold has posed:
There is a large, broad smile on Booster's face as the topic of a reward comes up, enough to ignore the misunderstandings about his name. His mother gave him that name!

But then his mouth snaps shut as Glamour declines the reward. He looks at her. He looks at the guard. He looks at her again. And then he sighs, shoulders slumping.

"Yes, that is against the hero's code," he says, with an utter lack of conviction.

Glamour has posed:
"That's right," says Glamour, giving Booster a firm pat on the back. "Even my companion agrees!" She is completely oblivious, very obviously, to the emotional tenor of his reaction. It's utterly sailed over her head in a way that's very clear. "Our reward is a job well done and lots of property damage. Wow, I sure hope you guys have good insurance."

.. there are holes, after all, and plenty of damage to go around.

Booster Gold has posed:
There is nothing else that Booster Gold can do but sigh, nodding in agreement. And hope that they do not come after him to pay to have the holes fixed.

"Thanks for the assist. As I said, I'm Booster Gold. Who are you?"

Glamour has posed:
"Oh! Glamour -- superhero, obviously. Fairy themed. Also obviously!" She glances around, slowly, then turns her attention back to Booster. She gives him a big thumbs up. "Great team up," She announces.

Booster Gold has posed:
"Yes, of course," replies Booster, giving Glamour the thumbs up back. "Although, you know, next time..." He leans over and whispers a bit. "We can tell them about the Hero's code _later_, so we don't give away our secrets, ok?"

Glamour has posed:
"...but everyone knows the hero's code. It's in all the stories!" Glamour looks so confused. "That's where I got it. I just ask myself 'What Would Captain America do? Or Superman. They're, you know ... Well.. okay." She scratches her head. He's the hero. He'd know better than her, protest aside. She blinks owlishly at him.

Booster Gold has posed:
Booster smiles. He has to. She is just a bit too adorable to lead astray. "Yes, precisely. But sometimes, the Hero's code has to stay with us heroes. That's all." He glances to the guards, and then back to Glamour. "Are you a part of a team of heroes?"

Glamour has posed:
"Oh, naw. I'm an independent! And an independent who REALLY ought to be going before the cops get here. It always leads to a whole lot of questions and I hate those. They're /boring/ with all their paperwork anyway." Her wings flutter.

"Gotta keep the sparkles alive, you know!"

Dust gets everywhere.

Booster Gold has posed:
Dust. Glitter. Booster knows some heroes who would love this.

Not so much him.

"Yeah. Good call." He glances around, and then starts to float up. "Well, I appreciate the assist. And the reminder about the hero's code."

He gives her a thumbs up. "Stay in touch, Glamour?"

Glamour has posed:
"Uh, yeah! Sure! Bye!"

Glamour is going to get out of here.

... she vanishes. /Maybe/ someone might notrice the little puff of light fluttering away, thoiugh. In any event, she's gone.