Blitz' punches fell down like rain, and slammed into all the thugs incredibly hard.  The men by the door were overwhelmed by the assault, and fell to the ground, clutching their weak, vulnerable bodies.  The man in the teller area was quicker on the uptake, and managed to draw away from the blows enough to keep himself conscious, sweeping his shotgun around to fire a useless shot against the untouchable zephyr assaulting him.<br/><br/>Up on the roof, Stone Devil took a moment to take stock of his position, using his finely honed tracker's senses, and quickly realized that there was some kind of giant creature hiding behind the water tower on the roof; it was obvious from the scratch marks on the ground, and corresponding patterns of dirt and dust on the roof that the creature had climbed up and down the bank roof several times in the last couple of hours.  A secondary examination of the alley behind the bank, where the police stood carefully examining the area, showed signs of recently installed wiring trailing into the bank...  a bomb, perhaps?<br/><br/>(Bottom of the order)<br/><br/>While the hostages nervously breathed a sigh of relief, and those closest to the door ran out, the door to the vault room opened, and a man in a cinched up lab coat and Karloff mask swaggered out, holding a black briefcase in one hand, and an advanced technological gun in his other hand.  "I must  complement you, heroes, for your speed in opening up that door for me.  You will find that the bank is rigged to explode, and if I have not left in 90 seconds, this structure and everyone in it will be destroyed!"<br/><br/>The usual pleasantries out of the way, Dr. Frankenstein raised his gun and fired a lancing burst of black lightning directly into blitz, catching one of his minions and a hostage in the wave of energy, knocking them both unconscious as they fell to their knees, and the weapon threatened even Blitz' usual invulnerability.<br/><br/>(Blitz needs to roll a DC 18 dodge check; if successful, she must make a DC 19 toughness check.  If failed, she needs to make a DC 23 toughness check.)<br/><br/>A transmission arrived on the Blitz radio, received by Eddy as well:<br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote from: Polygram</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote"> <tt class="bbc_tt">Police spotter described Frankenstein Gun.  Meltdown will have explanation soon.</tt></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><br/><br/>(there are two hostages remaining in the second hostage group, with one unconscious after being shot by Frankenstein's gun.  Frankenstein is standing to the side of the vault room door, which is likely where his explosives are planted.)<br/><br/>Initiative Order:<br/><br/><strong>00:00:90</strong><br/><br/>Blitz: 30+<br/>Nightshade: 17<br/>EATHUSU: 17<br/>Stone Devil: 16<br/>Dr. Frankenstein: 14<br/>Hostage group 2: 0