[ WP ] You are a superhero by the name of Groundhog . For example , you can relive a fight with a villain thousands of times until you beat them etc . That 's your ONLY power .

I came back into the moment before he walked through the door as I had 543 times before. It might have been 544. Keeping track is tedious, but I find it pretty important because I have little else to give my world any structure. I am still unsure as to whether I discovered this ability of mine or it discovered me, but since the first jump back, I have stopped noticeably aging. It's only been a few linear years when you look at it through the general terms of time relativity, but it must have been at least two decades of time spent in jumps. 
 
 In this moment, I knew what to anticipate. The doorhandle clicks, enter Mondeau, same look of surprise on his face, the reach for the gun on his belt as his cronies enter behind him, the same expletive when the gun is mysteriously out of bullets. 
 
 `` How-?'' 
 
 I shrug, trying to look alive beyond the tediousness. `` Yeah, none of you have any ammunition. And Sharon, you can just shut your goddamn mouth before you open it.'' 
 
 Sharon looked stunned, `` I was n't going to-'' 
 
 `` Yes, you fucking were. And it will not come out witty and evil like you think. So shut up.'' I began to slowly circumnavigate the room towards the metal filing cabinet by the fake ficus. 
 
 Mondeau holsters his gun, as he did each time before. I hear the ceiling creak. `` What is the plan, Groundhog? How do you plan on stopping us? We're on the brink of this now and I really ca n't see how-'' 
 
 `` I have heard this, Mondeau. No need to continue.'' 
 
 `` Well, then enlighten us.'' 
 
 I had reached the filing cabinet by now. `` It'd be my pleasure-'' I quickly ripped open the bottom drawer of the cabinet as the small group of my foes scattered in reaction. Knowing exactly where each went in the room, I put my plan ( 543 or 544 times practiced by now ) into motion. I threw the dusty mulch in to Sharon's face as a distraction then grabbed the ficus and blocked my face from the ungainly, hairy fists of the burly brute hired as Mondeau's chief security and swiped the pot underneath his feet to knock him over at just the right angle. He was down for the count when his head collided with the heavy metal drawer of the cabinet. Again, the ceiling creaked with a deeper sound. Sharon was desperately scratching at her eyes and spitting up dust and dirt as Mondeau and his two other lackeys grouped up again. 
 
 I made a few strides toward them and they disbanded with some pointless sense of purpose. Dan went to Sharon and the other, an older man took the same solemn stance in front of Mondeau. Every time I had to fight back the urge to laugh. He looked like the British guard in this position and knowing what was coming next was too funny. 
 
 `` Just try it, punk.'' Mondeau spoke from behind his hired help. 
 
 On cue, the paneled ceiling caved in and crushed Sharon and Dan under a pile of sheetrock, rubble and dust. 
 
 Mondeau cried out to Sharon and the older guy was distracted enough for me to pull my own gun from my waistband and sweep behind him to grab Mondeau. With the gun against his head, I called the room back to order. `` Back the hell up and go help Sharon. She is still alive.'' 
 
 The man laughs, like he does every time and grabs his pistol like a blunt weapon. `` You think I care about them? You act like you know everything-'' 
 
 Another section of the ceiling falls in and crushes his leg. As he lets out an animal screech, I shrug as I make my way out of the room with Mondeau. `` You had a chance to avoid that. I warned him, did n't I?'' 
 
 I walk us through the door Mondeau entered in. `` Now, I know you're thinking of a way to get away from me. I'm going to tell you now to cut that shit out. For your sake, not mine. You're going to pull the plug on this project. And there is not any'if you do not' in this scenario. Are we clear?'' 
 
 His voice was thick in response, `` Yeah. Okay. You win, Groundhog.'' 
 
 `` Sharon is still alive, Mondeau. All of them are, not that you care. But I know you care about Sharon and she'll be okay.'' I feel him slightly relax in my hold. `` If, of course, you shut this down. It will save the lives of millions of people. If you do not, your company will poison the water supply and create a war in the northern African nations. As this quickly spills into Europe and Asia and eventually into the entire world, it will be a bloodbath run by profit, the thirst for power, and the subsequent pent-up aggression built on this thirst. It is not worth the money, Mondeau. Learn from this and start listening to your research teams instead of quieting them with threats and violence.'' 
 
 `` I, I- Okay-'' His words catch in his throat. He looks at his watch. `` I can stop the launch right now. I just need to call Dr. Manne.'' 
 
 `` Mondeau, I know you have the self-detonating cell phone. And I do n't know why you plan on blowing us both up. But I do n't care. Just go over to the computer and cancel the launch and delete the program files, including the backups.'' 
 
 `` How many times have you done this, Groundhog?'' 
 
 `` None of your business. This better be the last.'' 
 
 Mondeau disables the program and deletes it. It takes all of two minutes with my gun pressed at the base of his skull. I flip my gun around and knock him out. As I drag him back into the room with his fallen comrades, the big burly comes barreling at me, slipping in a pile of rubble. I dash out back the way I came, barricading the door behind me ( something I added into the plan just this last time around ). I set the building on fire and use Mondeau's cell phone to detonate the main hard drives. 
 
 Escaping out the fire exit, I call 911. Sharon will live, so, too, will Mondeau and Dan. The other two will die of smoke inhalation in the hospital. But I'll jump back and call for help just a little sooner. 
 
 This is hard fucking work. But what else can I do with this ability? Go back and give unsuspecting people wedgies? That's only fun for the first few years. 
 

