He stands over the man as he pukes up his last meal at his feat.
"There's a good chance that i gave you internal hemorrhaging even with my pulling that punch so i recommend going to a hospital." He said but as he finished he ducked as a crowbar flew over his head.
His legs push off the ground and his fist slams into the mans face launching his head back before turning his attention to the third man. The man lunged forward throwing several wild haymakers but Vance weaves through them and throwing a light jab through an opening connecting squarely with the mans jaw. The man stumbled around in circles as the world spun around him.
"Come on... i expected more from people who thought it was a good idea to break into someones house, what if the homeowner has a gun?" He said as he stood their with exaggerated worry.
The next moment the houses door opened and an old woman followed by a little boy stepped out.
"Please go back inside ma'am it's dangerous." He said as he held his hand out.
He turned back to find the two men flip open two pocket knives.
"Oh no my weakness!!! Small knives!" He said as he playfully began to grovel.
"Die Meta-Human freak!" The first man lunged forward stabbing his knife forward.
"Ow." Vance said as he sidestepped the attack and slammed his fist into the mans face again knocking him out cold.
The third mans hands shake as he watched a boy take out two grown men with ease. The man thought about how he fought countless fights as a kid and overtime developed a superior combat sense.
"Come on! Im not some common joe like them!" He said before closing the distance.
Vance kicked the knife out of his hand and into the air as he flipped backwards on his hands before jumping up into the air. He spun rapidly in the air before kicking the knife down flying past the mans face and leaving a shallow cut before burying itself in the ground.
"Hah i kept seeing that in movies and always wondered if it was possible... guess it was." Vance said as he laughed at his mary sue like achievement.
"Freaking Meta's!" The man said as he ran away leaving his partners in crime behind.
"Huh... this was eas-" He fails to finish his sentence as he feels a knife attempt to bury itself in his back.
He turns around to find the second man knifeles with his hands trembling.
"Where's the knife." He looks around in the yard for the knife before feeling a warm sensation on the lower left side of his back.
He reaches back and finds the tip of the knife barely lodged inside his flesh.
Seems it penetrated about an inch give or take...
He reached back and yanked the knife out of himself throwing it to the ground. He turned to look at the man that stabbed him who is now trembling in place. Just as he was about to knock out the final guy red and blue lights lit the surroundings as some cop cars skid to a stop in front of the house.
"Must be my time to dip!" He ran away into an alley flipping up the side of the fire escape and onto the roof escaping relatively easily.
"It's a Meta-Human!" One of the cops yelled as he saw Vance flip over the fire escapes and onto the roof.
He rushed across the rooftops grabbing his items as he passed by and dropped down into an alley half way across the city. As he was about to change into his casual clothes he noticed a blur in the corner of his vision. His head snapped in that direction and he searched down the alleyway but when he reached the end he found a little girl in the middle of the road as a truck was speeding and the driver was looking down at his phone. He rushed forward narrowly pulling the little girl out of the way of the truck.
"Next time make sure you look both ways alright?" He asked as her mother rushed over pulling her away from him.
The girls mother's gazed fell to his blood stained hoodie as she and her daughter ran away.
Good thing my hoodie is absorbing all the blood, it would be bad if my blood was left at the crime scene...
He slipped back into the alley changing into his civilian clothes and beginning his walk home. As he is walking he thinks about how little he has accomplished and already gained an injury.
I only stopped a burglary and a little girl from getting ran over and im already injured... i mean, im happy i was able to save that little girl but i dealt with less than 1% of this cities problem, i can't deal with 199 more of these injuries.
He gets home throwing his vigilante gear in the dirty clothes and grabbing some fresh clothes before stepping into the shower.
Should take a couple weeks for this cut to heal... in the meantime what should i do for money...
He looks down at the bloody water streaming down the drain and then to the wall between the bathroom and his siblings room and imagines them both sleeping with hungry stomachs hoping their older brother will be able to feed them. He leans against the wall guilt riddling his mind as he shuns himself for being unable to throw away the last bit of his dignity for their well being.
He steps out of the shower before grabbing a towel and drying himself off. He grabs some toilet paper and tape and patches himself up before getting dressed for bed. As he steps out of the bathroom the steam spews forth against the ceiling and the tempuratures between the hallway and the bathroom equalize.
Don't worry... I'm going to make sure we don't have to worry anymore.