Renegade, Rebel, Rogue, & Riley: Assignment for Today

Oh this is going to be FUN!

Renegade assignment for today is to create a short story where Renegade, Rebel, and Rogue are prisoners of the bad guy. 

He's got them locked up with him in the men's room of a mall.

Renegade's weapons are taken and Rogue's strength is tied up in knots, leaving it to Rebel to think their way out of trouble.

Luckily for them, Riley had been temporarily delayed by the huge mirror and a wide open space in front of it in the empty ladies room; practicing her leaps and finessing them every chance she gets is a mixed blessing.

This time it's a true blessing as it leaves her free to come flying to the rescue of the others. 

They may be unarmed and all tied up but the bad guy isn't smart enough to gag them so they're hollering to beat the band. Since Riley is right next door she hears them and comes running.

There's a crowd gathering due to the hollering but the bad guy has locked the door so everyone's just standing around trying to figure out what to do.

The door's locked?

Oh well.

Here!

Take THAT!

The bad guy has a gun?

Hmmm ...

Here comes that most charming of all smiles.

While the bad guy is disarmed by the smile he is also disarmed by the swift kick to his gun hand.

Rogue throws herself on top of the guy to hold him down and Riley unties the rope that's been holding Rogue's strength in check to use it to tie up the bad guy while Renegade and Rebel cheer them on from the sidelines. 

Renegade retrieves her weapons from the bathroom stall where the bad guy has stashed them, and is good to go again. Rebel doesn't have to retrieve anything; he carries his weapon inside his head  - it's called a brain.

The crowd outside the door is cheering too and as they leave Renegade suggests that someone in that crowd call the cops and tell them where the bad guy is so they can come and get him.

They stop at the food court on their way out and make their choices. Rogue goes for a pasta salad; Rebel wants a burger, fries, and strawberry shake (he orders seven extra to go as he's got a wife and six kids waiting for supper at his house), Renegade feels like having crab cakes and green salad; Riley goes for a banana split and Rogue gets to take two bites of it. Only two as any more gives her a belly ache.

And so they turn the tables on the bad guy and turn him over to the authorities, not a bad day's work.

If there's a bit of a swagger in their walks who can blame them?

Of course the bad guy will be back - he's got more guises than you can shake a stick at and they've been turning him over to the cops for longer than anyone can guess - and he always comes back.

It keeps them busy so they're never bored at least.

There.

A general idea is not a bad thing to accomplish in a very few minutes, as a very few minutes is all I've got at the moment.

Yep.

This is gonna be fun I think.