The night was quiet. It was relaxing to say the least. Back in Texas it was even quieter, but I wasn't complaining with the slight change in how quiet it could get.

I was in a crouched position on a lamp post. I surveyed the street. It was filled with peace. I put my mask on, and prepared to leave this neighborhood.

I jumped and dived down. I grabbed onto the top of the lamp post and spun around. When I let go, I was launched to the other side of the neighborhood. I broke into a web swing as I searched for anything that required my attention.

I was let go of my current web and performed a back flip. I dived down and web zipped towards a nearby telephone pole. The chip in my brain started to Blare. I jumped to the other side of the street as a large explosion broke through a bank wall.

There were two men, and two females. They all weren't wearing masks. What exactly was their plan if they got caught? I zipped back to the telephone pole. The four robbers each carried bags of money. "way to go gang.". The leading female said. She took a few steps forward. "that was easier than I thought.". She continued.

They started walk towards a van that was accross the street. I used my webbing and hit the robber in the back of the group. The webbing hit him in the mouth, while a second strand came by and hit his leg. I pulled hard and the man was heaved into the air with light muffles.

The group must have heard him though. They had turned around and we're shocked to see their comrade missing. I jumped into an alleyway next to the leader and shot another strand of webbing. It hit her square in the face, and I pulled her towards me. She mostly flew towards me. I punched her several times before she past out.

There were only two people left and they had just realized that they were alone. "cut our losses and run?". The woman said. Her voice was trembling with fear. The man nodded several times. I was back on the telephone poles as I watched the two run away in different directions. I jumped and landed on the first one. I landed on her shoulders, and I leaned backwards. I used some webbing to pull her hard to the ground.

The moment she had collided with the ground, she looked up only for me to land feet first on her face. The impact killed her. It's not like I care. People die all the time, but there are those like this woman who truly deserve to die. People like her only want to take and take, and leave everyone else with nothing.

Though deep down I did have a twinge of guilt. I have killed before. Mostly during experiments to see if I was useful for combat, but this was different. I pushed that guilt away and I leapt off into the air to find the last bank robber.

Two hours later
He had gotten a head start but I caught up with him. He even ended up leading me to his base of operations. It was a rundown wrestling ring. I entered through the sky light and saw a cat walk, hanging above the ring and the audience seats. The entire place was rundown and covered in dust. There were old posters from 1997 in here.

I placed myself on the catwalk but noticed how loosly it hung from the ceiling. It creaked as my weight was added to its own. It still looked like it would come down at any moment.

I looked down and noticed the bank robber came into the room. Other people walked in with him. One of them was big and bulky with a sledge hammer. The other eight figures had crowbars, pipes, or a gun of some kind.

They all had started to gather around on top of the wrestling ring, and started to converse about how they were going to get caught.

"the big man will kill the others.". The escapee robber said. I could take them down one at a time or I could just jump down there and take them all down faster.
"I don't think we are gonna get caught for a while.". The big buff man said. He was plenty sure that they picked the perfect place to hide.

They think that they are safe in here. They don't know that they trapped themselves here with me. I dropped down, and shot two stands of webbing. I pulled the moment I shot them. When I zipped, my feet collided with a thugs head. A loud crack indicated a broken skull. I got up and quickly took advantage of the shocked criminals. I ran forward and I performed an uppercut. The man was launched into the air. I jumped and I started to punch and kick the man in mid air. His bones were broken and I could tell by a loud snapping noise.

"RRRRAAAAAGH!!!!". A crazed scream almost caused me to go deaf. The giant burly man tried to strike me with his sledge hammer but I quickly dodged it. I jumped and landed on the man's back. I performed a series of punches on the back of the man's head, until he was able to grab me and throw me on the ground. I got up and unsheathed my claws. I charged and dodged another strike meant for my head. I ended up behind the man, and using my claws, I began to claw my way up to the massive man's back ant towards his head.

He screamed in agony until I dug my claws deep into his head. I sheathed my claws and ran forward to deal with the rest of the criminals. They barely had put up a fight after the large man fell, and one of them even surrendered to me. I knocked him out quick as a reward for surrendering.

After dealing with the criminals I dialed 911 on my phone. As I was about to leave one of the thugs spoke. "what are you?!". He shouted. I thought for a moment.

"I'm your big man's worst nightmare.".

Author's Note

Hello everyone. How was stopping bank robbers for a chapter? I thought that the story needed a little more action and a feeling of spider man noir. So from here on out, every other chapter will consist of Ivan playing the role of noir. You will get to help by giving me a crime for Ivan to solve.