I pulled into my garage after a long night with family celebrating Christmas. The first thing I noticed was my dogs in the backyard. I'm positive that I closed the back door when I left. Although it was an enclosed back yard and I never locked the back door, I certainly closed it each time. Second, I noticed more lights on indoors than I left on, having intentionally only left on the kitchen light for the boys. Something was amiss.
I had a webcam installed in the kitchen but my phone had died during the early evening so I wasn't prepared for what was waiting at home for me. Unfortunately for whoever my guests were, I wasn't what you'd call 'normal.'
I walked into the backyard and greeted my boys. They were excited to be outside. The warmer weather this year prevented them from any danger and I was pleasantly surprised that my intruders had opted to let the dogs out versus harm them. They'd get some slack from me for that.
I kept the boys outside as I entered the kitchen through the back door. I paused for a second to listen for them and didn't hear anyone. I searched my house and found nobody. Many things were missing including my computer, a few TVs, and lots of clothes which I found strange but I guess could make a small amount of cash on the right market.
Calling the cops should have been my next action, but as I said, I'm not exactly normal. Over the past 10 years or so I had discovered and honed some extraordinary abilities to say the least. This was one of the many times I got to exercise these powers for my own vigilante justice.
It wasn't hard to detect the energy in the house. There had been three intruders about 4 hours ago, just after dusk had settled. They were pretty quick and had been in-and-out within 30 minutes. I could feel their aura and detect their movements, into the car in route to their hideout.
I quickly let the dogs in, fed them, and made sure they were content before pursuing my new toys for the evening.
I should say now, that although I try not to play jury and judge in everyday circumstances, I'm human. This means that my need for justice sometimes get the better of me, especially when I've been drinking and am, embarrassingly admittedly, horny. While I didn't intend on pursuit to do anything sexual, catching the 'bad guy' is satisfying in it's own merit.
It didn't take me long to find the men involved. A 30 minute drive with my supernatural GPS leading the way was all it took. The men were holed up in an apartment downtown. Before knocking on the door, I cast a spell to enclose the barriers of the apartment in a soundproof shield. I wasn't yet sure what the night would be involving, but I was guaranteed privacy to do-so as I felt fit.
I should also call out that as I'm writing this I'm binging on Fireball. While the events may be true, I'm apt to miss some details on the evening and maybe exaggerate some events. I'll try not to, but whiskey and happy memories cloud my writing skills.
I knocked on the door.
Muffled conversation from beyond the wooden door muted and I heard footsteps approach the door. Someone clearly looked the the peep-hole and whispered, "It's the guy from the house!"
My pictures with family and friends must have given me away. I should have worn a mask, wig or conjured a disguise. Oh well.
I raised my hands, clenched my fists, and the door evaporated. The guy who whispered was still walking towards his friends when I stepped into their hideaway. I released my fists once I was through the threshold and the door re-materialized behind me, sealing the sound-proof barrier I created originally.
The next events happened pretty quickly. Basically the two men further in the apartment saw me come through behind their friend. They both reached for guns near them and told their friend to duck. He did, not quite knowing why, and bullets burst from their guns towards me. I only titled my hands towards them and each bullet turned into fun confetti spraying the room in Christmasy cheer.
It only took a couple bullets from each before they paused in shock from what was happening. That's when I got to get a good look at what was before me. I did notice my stuff in the background, but I focused on the men. Again, there were three of them. The two 'shooting' at me were clearest to me since I saw their faces. One was a skinny little thing, wearing whatever, and the other was a quite defined hunk of 5'10 ish. He was wearing dark black jeans and a gray wife beater on top (classy, I know).
I looked down towards the man who was still in the process of dodging all the shots and he was a bit thicker. Still had muscle below the girth, I could tell, but not as ripped as his friend in black jeans. This chubbier man had light blue jeans on and that was all, no shirt.
I wasn't really in the mood still and wanted to get down to brass tax.
"You all robbed my house tonight."
"No, it wasn't.." the muscly guy started to say. He was unable to speak once I drew my hand up.
"That wasn't a question. You robbed my house tonight. However, you only stole material items from me, which I will be taking back. You didn't hurt my dogs. I really do want to thank you for that. Whose idea was that?"
There was a few seconds of silence in the room before the chubbier guy spoke up from the ground a few feet ahead of me. "That was me."
"Good, I'll find a way to pay you back for that tonight. Let's start with names. Who are you all?"