" Ash! How was it!?" Lily shouted as she ran up to her older brother with her sister trailing behind her.
Ash chuckled as he stopped recording and placed his phone back into his pocket.
" It was wonderful, you two did great." He replied as he patted their head.
" Alright, let's head home."
The girls nodded as they followed their brother back home to find their mother preparing the dinner table.
" You're back, how was the recital ?" She asked.
" it was nice, I should've sent you the recording." He replied as he sat at the table.
" Thank you Ash, sorry I couldn't make it girls." The mother smiled wryly as she patted the girls heads as they began eating.
" Hey, where's my chips?" The eldest, Alex, asked suspiciously as he didn't see Ash arrive with his request.
" Ask the girls." Ash replied as he started eating.
" What!? And you let them!?" He shouted as Ash lifted his hands up.
" Hey, they threaten me."
" With what?" His brother asked raising left brow.
Ash looked around the kitchen to not see his mother as he looked back at his elder brother.
" The college fund." He whispered as Alex face grew pale glancing at the two little smug girls in the corner of his eyes before consoling himself.
" Forget it." He sighed in defeat as he finished his plate before placing it in the sink and just as he was about to leave the kitchen he looked at Ash.
" But your cleaning the dishes." But before he could leave the kitchen, Ash stopped him.
" I don't think so." Ash argued.
" Why? " Alex asked suspiciously.
They both locked eyes as Ash smirk grew.
" I think we both know why." He answered as Alex frowned and tried to argue.
" But wouldn't you also get in trouble? After all, you were there as well."
" Yeah, but who would have it worse than the two of us?" Ash smirked before chuckling as he placed his plate in the sink before walking to his room.
" Night, I'm going to shower then sleep." Ash said before heading to his room leaving his fuming brother.
***
10:39pm, Monday. Everyone's asleep except my brother who is too busy playing a game, and dad just so happened to be at work which makes sneaking out a bit easier.
Once I made some distance from the house I went to an abandoned apartment to change my clothes to my vigilante outfit.
A black zipper hoodie, a balaclava with gloves, two collapsing batons, smoke pellets, flash pods, zip ties and gas filters.
The batons are held by a thigh holster and the smoke and flash pods were held in a pouch attached to my belt along with the zip ties and the gas filter was attached behind him on the belt.
" Alright, that's everything. Now the grapple." I whispered to myself as I pulled the new item from my inventory.
[ Compact Grapple Launcher ]
( 12-18m effective radius with a magnetic tip tri-claw anchor.)
( Uses Co2 cartridges for every 12 launches.)
" Nice! This is awe-."
< Warning! Malfunctioning probability: High."
"Never mind." I sighed as I walked towards the window that hasn't been placed and looked up at the edge of the next building.
The launcher looked like a grenade launcher the anchor sticking out of the barrel.
Aiming the launcher upward as the sights hovered just above the edge of the buildings I pulled the trigger as the launcher let out a large pop before hissing through the air and sooting over the edge.
I looked up for a second before the launcher started reeling the rope back as I quickly gripped the launcher as it quickly pulled me out the window.
' Ah shit!' I cursed as I quickly used my legs to stop my body from crashing into the other building.
' Okay, how do I make myself go down?' I thought as I looked at the launcher which finally brought me to the rooftop.
It was a simple switch but the question still remained on how I should get down before glancing at the other building.
" Sigh, alright, let's get it over with." I muttered as I aimed the launcher once again.
An hour later, I made it to my destination by hiding on top of the train.
I looked down to my phone to see that I'm currently at the right location.
[ Mission issued: Human trafficking operations]
[ Stop the transfer, rescue the hostages. ]
[ Difficulty: Hard ]
A hard mission, the first time I've ever come across this type which made me feel a little excited but soon died down as I read the mission title.
Human trafficking, by capturing and enslaving a person against their own will that are sold and transferred to be used as slaves.
I felt the heat burning in my chest as I observed the warehouse from across the street. The anger in me still burned as I climbed my way up on top of the a few shipping containers.
I looked at my hacking phone to see that it couldn't connect to the cameras in the area.
' They must've turn them off, but I could still control the lights.' I thought as I observed the guards down below as I pocketed the phone.
A guard wandered close to the container I hid on as they patrolled the area. I grabbed my baton and flicked it open before jumping on the lone guard.
The guard, hearing something above him widen his eyes as I jabbed the electric baton into his neck making him unconscious.
[ defeated armed guard, +15xp ]
I moved quickly, sticking to the shadows picking the guards off one by one.
[ Defeated armed guard, 15xp ]
[ Defeated armed guard, 15xp ]
" Hey, Oliver's not answering his comms." One guard looked towards his partner only to see him on the floor.
" Oh shi!" Before he could lift his weapon, I quickly smacked it out of his hand before elbowing his face and following up with a quick jab to his face.
[ Defeated armed guard, 15xp ]
' That was close… I need to catch my breath.' I thought as I leaned against the wall as I glanced at the unconscious guard and decided to tie his arms behind his back with a zip tie.