Chapter 41 - Heist.

 

Under the barrage of bullets that rained down on all the participants, Loki used his small frame as an advantage and moved over the shadows until he reached the shack unnoticed.

As soon as he did, something bulged within Loki's coat and escaped through his sleeves, it was Sunny, the Niffler.

Leaving Sunny to complete his part of the plan, Loki waited quietly in the shadows, his heart beating like a drum yet hidden under the barrage of gunfire that had been unleashed.

People began to die once again, but Loki looked at the door coldly. His eyes focused, not registering the gunfire that was only growing louder.

'Come out Mr. A.'

'I have a gift for you.'

Loki waited for a minute counting time in the shadows behind the bench, away from all prying eyes, until the door in the shack opened, and a robbed hooded figure stepped out into the light.

The figure looked around and noticed the shoot-out that was going on among the participants and then the body of the man in the shack collapsed on the floor. 

But before he could move or speak, Loki shouted and dragged his attention to him with a simple sentence.

"Do you know the True Creator? A more apt name for him would be the Fallen Creator, isn't that right Mr. A!?"

His words had the unintended effect of dragging the attention of everyone fighting towards him, but Loki only rejoiced.

*BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG* *BANG*

Gunshots began to echo and bullets pierced Mr. A's head and his other vital organs, a few from the crowd seemed to have fired at him, but he didn't collapse.

'Damn, I knew he wouldn't be affected by bullets but isn't this a bit too much? There are half a dozen bullets burrowed into his body.'

Mr. A kept standing looking at Loki through the robe with his piercing red eyes, making Loki feel queasy in his stomach. Blood leaked from his body turning his already dark robe even darker.

It was slow, but everyone around the shack spotted the bullets that were stuffed into Mr. A's body wriggling out of his skull and other parts dropping onto the wooden deck *clattering* as they tumbled.

"Damn, you really are immune to bullets huh?" Loki mumbled in shock, but the confidence in his eyes gave off a different assurance.

He had something else planned for just this case.

Before anyone could take a step or shoot another bullet, Loki found himself face-to-face with Mr. A.

In the time it took Loki to blink, Mr. A had moved to be right in front of him.

But before Mr. A could take another step forward or raise his hand to grab Loki's face, he shouted pouring spirituality into the golden charm in his hand. "LUX!!".

The charm began to shine, like a flashlight at first but slowly like the sun! It was the Flaring Sun Charm.

Loki didn't understand why such a powerful charm from the Sun domain was in the Black Family house, but he grabbed it to use since this was the only thing he was sure couldn't be countered.

'After all even the True Creator descent vessel because of it.'

'But even though this charm doesn't seem as strong as that, it'll probably be enough to take down a sequence 6 Beyonder.'

A pillar of sunlight that could be seen from miles away was created in but a moment.

The pillar of light pierced the sky through the rain clouds that did their best to cover it looking like the divine light of a god's retribution.

From its centre escaped an unholy scream, no doubt from Mr. A who felt his flesh burning up.

*AAAAAAGAHHHHHHHHGHGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!*

Loki immediately dove deeper into the pillar of light that did not harm him but made him feel warmer and better and moved closer to the tattered steaming body of Mr. A. 

Loki's target was clear. He dipped close to Mr. A's hands and tugged on the finger with the ruby ring.

Loki's eyes widened when despite the hellish pain he was probably going through Mr. A gripped his hands tight to protect the ring from being taken away.

'What!? He can withstand the Flaring Sun Charm?'

'How's this possible!?'

Suddenly Mr. A's hand twisted as it moved to grab Loki's hands and crush them to paste before he could move.

But Loki's mind turned, shifting his questions to the back of his mind, and created a solution for the situation.

Pulling out his loaded gun from his holster, Loki brought it right at the finger with the ring and shot at it!

*BANG!!!*

The finger was blown to smithereens and Loki finally got what he wanted.

The ruby ring on Mr. A's finger.

'Got it!'

Loki had gotten the item containing the Beyonder characteristic of the Hanged Man Pathway.

'Ha! I'm a genius.'

Ducking low at the punch that Mr. A threw at him, Loki dipped out of the range of the flaring sun charm and began to run through the streets ignoring the chaos that had ensued behind him.

'No one can stop me!!'

Taking advantage of the bright light that had blinded everyone, Loki rushed through the streets and moved into the most crowded area he had planned to enter.

The tube station!

The evening rush of people returning home was the perfect crowd for Loki to blend into as he pulled out his mask and binoculars and stowed them away into the pouch of his handy Niffler who had just arrived after completing its task.

He would send them to the Sefirah Castle once he was somewhere safe.

He quickly removed his coat and changed it with another in the Niffler's pouch, a deep blue diamond-patterned coat.

He then pulled out a bow tie and a bowler hat along with a silver cane to look professional as he stuffed away his gloves into the Niffler's pouch.

Sunny then vanished into the spirit world and began to run through the deepest corners that could block attempts at divination, not that he had to do this since Loki had given it the Darkness pathway Blasphemy card but any precaution was welcome.

Once all of it was done, Loki stepped out of the tube station, moving with the crowd crossing to whatever street the person in front of him was crossing into.

Loki continued this theme for a while, only stopping when the time on his pocket watch struck eight in the night.

When Loki was satisfied that no one was following him, he finally turned towards 12 Grimmauld Place.

As Loki walked towards home, he looked up at the dark starry sky and performed a short prayer by tapping his chest four times.

'To whoever is the Evernight Goddess in this era. I thank you for keeping me safe today.'

Finally reaching home, Loki was greeted by a warm hug from Elane who had come down for dinner with Kreacher.

"Big Bwother!!!!" Elane shouted while Loki laughed and hugged her back.

"What happened Elane, you look like you had a good day today?" Loki asked but Elane's response only made him happier.

"Because you're smiling today big bwother!!!"

"Aww~~ come here. Who's the best sister in the world!!??"

"Elane!!!"

"Yessss!!! Elane is the best little sister in the world!!!!" Loki cooed and spun Elane around the house while thanking his stars mentally for the good life he had been given in this crazy world.