The Guy In Green

With bullets flying all around me I increased the density of my skin more than the normal ¼ I did to exorcise my ability. After all I wasn't sure what kind of ammunition he was using. Normal magazines for an assault rifle was 30 rounds and he should be reaching that very soon. As soon as there was a pause in his firing after what I assumed was the end of his magazine, I bolted out confident I could take or dodge any rounds he had remaining. Moving as quickly as I could I saw the guy hesitate a second and that was all the time I needed. 

  Logan, "I really don't like being set up like that!" I said after grabbing the arm that held the rifle. I twisted his forearm until I felt his elbow pop out of socket and then I pulled with a sharp tug to remove his right shoulder from his socket. I had to give it to this guy, he was kind of tough. He screamed out with pain at what I did to his right arm, but his left hand still went for a knife at his belt. As soon as I saw that I caught his hand and squeezed it until I heard several fingers break. 

  He still would not drop the knife, so I decided to break his upper arm (Humerus) and then one of his forearm bones, specifically the Ulna. I left the Radius just in case he pissed me off some more. He finally passed out so I quickly stripped him of any rounds I could find and threw them into the water I could see from the roof. 

  I checked the sky windows to ensure the children were not being threatened and was relieved to see the guards had actually taken a protective formation around them instead. This did however raise my suspicion that this was not as cut and dry as a simple case of kidnapping possible meta humans. I did a quick reach out with my mind and felt Devilgirl approaching. I filled her in with what I have seen so far and suggested she standby just in case. After all, I had no secret identity to hide if I was caught like she did. 

  I used the Red to change into a tabby cat form as I heard a couple people rushing up to the roof from an access door. Once they burst through the door looking for the person responsible for attacking one of their own, I darted down the stairs they had come up. The dexterity and burst speed of a cat is much more significant than I had thought initially. I suddenly realized I have gotten so lost in using big and fancy animal forms to push through most obstacles that I was ignoring so many more subtle uses. I honestly felt like I was not using my powers to their fullest, just using them to react to situations. Continuing to act like that would be a waste of potential and defiantly reduce my future growth. 

  I felt a bit like Medoriya Izuku from My Hero Academia; because I had so many years as a normal human, I felt like my powers were something I had to force around or let in me and then after using I shut myself off from it. Ironically, it was the current case that broke me loose from the box I was making around myself. Meta humans did not have the ability to shut off their powers at will, they were genetic and mine were as well. I think I had better bury this line of thought for now and look at it again after my current task. I could almost feal my mind slipping away from a revelation, but I just could not stop and ponder right now. I cursed my timing and started to skulk around the warehouse to learn what I could about this situation. 

  From what I can gather, there were 13 kids and 7 men in the building. Count the one out for his brittle bone and loose joint episode, and I need to take down the other 6 without permanent damage while making sure the kids do not get caught in the crossfire. Going by the standard tactics, with the two that went to the roof to check on the guy that set me up. The most likely scenario was that they would bring the unconscious guy down for whatever medical attention they could and then return to the roof to stay in over watch. But before returning to the roof, they would sweep the warehouse to see if the intruder was still present. I decided to wait by the stairway to the roof and wait for them to come down. My reason being that at least one of them would be occupied with their wounded comrade and hesitated a few precious seconds before reacting to my ambush. 

  Knowing it was time for some brute force I waited until they came through the door then changed into a gorilla and grabbed one guy and slammed his head into the wall knocking him out. The other guy was stuck in the indecision of dropping his comrade, grabbing his gun and luckily that meant he did not even think about alerting the rest of the guys in the warehouse. I reached out and slammed him into the wall as well and knocked him out. He dropped his comrade from the roof and that caused him to start stirring. I bounced his head off the concrete floor to knock him back out, still al little pissed he tried framing me I wasn't as gentle with him as the others. 

  4 left. Now I need to pull at least one more away from the kids, but if they are trained at all I should get two more. Trying to think of a sound that would alert them enough to look into but not something that would scare them, I came up with a dog. I shifted into a Beagle shape, their bark wasn't as threatening as a bigger dog like a pit bull or a German Shepard and it being distinct would be a good touch. 

  I barked a couple time and made sure to add the howl at the end of the bark that any dog owner knows is a beagle. I heard "You two go check it out, shoot anything that moves including that dog if you see it." I turned back into my small cat form o move around easier and waited for the ones that were sent out to look around. One I saw them I circled around and got behind them, turning Gorilla again I slammed their heads together knocking them out. 

  I checked on them and finally drug them next to their knocked-out partners then I went for the last two guys. This time I got to a dark corner and changed into an owl so I could get up in the rafters. I had the weird feeling I was being watched, and I wondered if Devilgirl ignored me and was trying to play backup in case I needed it. I reached out with my mind for her, but she wasn't nearby. All I felt was the two guards below me as well as the 13 kids. Making a note of the feeling I decided to take care of the guards and then investigate. 

  I used the owls silent flying ability to get above the heads of the two remaining guards as they go together to discuss options and changed into my gorilla form. As I was falling to the floor I reached out and slammed the guard's heads together and quickly changed to my human form, so I didn't scare the kids. 

  Logan, "Hey kids, its ok. I'm not here to hurt you, some friends told me you had gone missing, and I came looking for you. Is everyone ok?"

  One of the kids that looked about 10 years old spoke to me. "Why are you hurting them? They said they were taking us to a place where we could learn and make the weird things I do stop."

  Logan, "What weird thing could you do? I can change my shape." I was trying to be friendly and changed to the Beagle form and back to show them I had abilities. 

  Kid, "When I get happy, I can glow. But it only woks sometimes."

  Logan, "Did these guys tell you where you were going? Did they treat you ok or like you were a bother?"

  Kid, "They were ok, the guy in green said we would learn to do good things for the world. Would people not make fun of us anymore if we do what they said?"

  Logan, "Guy in green?"

  Kids, "Yeah the one behind you with one of his sticks pointed at you."

"That would be me kid, names Clint Archer." The Green Arrow said.