[h2]Rucker Estes - A Different Alleyway[/h2]

"Macavity, you sly dog," Rucker chuckled to himself, binoculars placed firmly upon his eyes as he was scanning the rather shady warehouse district. He had gotten very vague hints and clues about the operation at hand, and after staking the place out, he figured there was something important going on but didn't exactly know much about goods the Bratva were transporting. It was a mystery to the thief, but something this hush-hush had to be something very valuable to the syndicate. He had guesses, experimental drugs, dangerous weapons, priceless jewels, or maybe even something more than everything combined! It was tantalizing for the criminal, stealing from big names was always exhilarating even if those big names were infamous crime syndicates or PRT protected facilities. It was all the same to him, using his newfound powers to steal from people that he could've never imagined from stealing without his hands being lobbed off in the process. Though, it was just the waiting game at this point for Macavity, he was waiting for these members to pack up the cargo and leave for the drop-off point. He was going to hitch a ride on the transportation vehicle, make a huge commotion by using high-grade explosives at the drop-off, and then in the confusion steal as much as he could carry off into the night. It was a horribly thought out plan, but it was the only plan that Rucker could salvage with the very limited time after learning the location and time of the transaction. And, it was around the time to enact this horribly thought out plan.

Reaching the location of the transaction, walking plainly through the area as no one seemed to mind his hidden presence in the facility, a loud crash was heard among the cargo area. "Ouch, that is coming out of their paycheck," Rucker snarked, chuckling at his own joke. Picking up the pace, he was just about to reach the area before someone else opened the door to the outside before him! Stopping directly in his tracks, it took just a moment for his eyes to catch that the stranger was just some young girl. This confused him, was this some sort of bring your daughter to work day? Though, on closer inspection it seemed that the girl was physically exhausted by the sunken eyes and wobbly jog. Peaking his head through the closing door, Macavity saw the workers frozen in place with shattered wood and a rather strange looking pod in the middle of the mess. The door closed upon Macavity ending his view upon the strange situation, and he looked back to the girl escaping the frozen people. It didn't take long for Rucker to piece together that the girl was parahuman, and that she was the cargo that was supposed to be sold. "Huh... This makes things... Interesting," Macavity muttered to himself, scratching his chin as he followed the path of the runaway. His current plan scrapped all together and replaced with his curiosity of the business going on around the Bratva and little parahuman children. 

It didn't take too long for Macavity to catch up, it was quite easy to reach a little girl with severe exhaustion and malnutrition. Though, he didn't seem to reveal himself right away. It could be some sort of convoluted trap to capture the curious thief, so Rucker silently followed the girl inspecting everything on the surface level. She would seem like an average cute little girl if it wasn't for the severe ailments that faced her, and the red track suit wasn't doing any good for her look as well. However, it seemed that she didn't have any sort of weapons or curious objects on her body, all she really had was that unappealing red tracksuit. Continuing his appraisal, her random movement led the two into an alleyway, he inspected her just a bit more before deciding that she was relatively safe. Though, he wasn't just going to materialize right before her and potentially be zapped by whatever freezing power that the girl possessed, he was going to play it cool. Reaching into his tote bag, he pulled out several things that would most likely calm her nerves. Sprinting ahead of the girl, he let go of his powers hiding the various objects in his hands, the items materializing in "mid-air", it would take a moment before her mind recognize these items, and it would help quite a bit in her condition. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich, 12 ounce Gatorade bottle, and a slightly mushed chocolate muffin appeared out of thin air. After recognizing the food, Macavity materialized into her vision as well, showing that he was the one holding all the "flying" objects in his hands. "Hello, pleased to meet you! I'm Macavity, and please don't kill me." Rucker said, politely smiling at the most likely bewildered girl.