Platinum Rescue!

'So, what's the plan here, Platiknight?' SK asked as soon as he felt his mental connection with the superhero knight reactivate.

He was given the run-down on how this worked last night in the form of a massive surge of information directly to the brain, but he didn't really think about the implications until he actually summoned Platiknight for real again.

Once he was out, it felt oddly nice being able to communicate with someone at the speed of thought. Even if that speed was mildly marred by the ongoing danger of death.

'I'm going to use my shield to block the cablecar! It may get destroyed in the process, but the damsel in distress will no longer be in distress!' Platiknight mentally declared as he began to slam his shield into the ground.

At a glance, this was a fine idea, but SK had a better one in mind.

'I mean, that makes sense, but I also don't want that to leave too much of a trail...I have an idea, but it's going to sound weird and probably require a lot of finesse on your part. Think you can do it?'

At this question, SK soon felt a great surge of confidence coming through his connection with Platiknight.

'Gladly!'

...Now to the actual rescue...

As Platiknight slammed his shield into the ground, he didn't jam it straight down into the ground to have it act like a wall.

Instead, he had jammed it into the ground at an angle and into the grooves of the cable car's tracks.This action made his giant shield act like a ramp instead of a wall.

So, instead of the cable car crashing into Platiknight's shield and causing massive property damage in exchange for someone's life, Platiknight's shield was used to lift the entire vehicle off of the ground and into the air.

However, it would be foolish for a hero of Platiknight's caliber to merely leave it at that.

As the cable car went up Platiknight's shield, the shining knight proceeded to lift his shield off in the ground in that same moment and began to spin the shield around while the cable car was still atop it!

The purpose of this action wasn't just for Platiknight to show off, but as a means for him to disperse all of the momentum that the cable car gained while it was barreling down the hill. However, this was an incredibly delicate dance on his part.

If he spun his shield too or too quickly, the cable car atop could spin out of control and fly away in a wild direction, impacting a building, a car, or worse.

Back and forth, Platiknight spun the shield and cable car, moving it in a way that mimicked movement upon a flat surface. This caused the vehicle to rapidly lose increasingly more energy until it eventually came to a stop. 

It should be noted that while this was happening, Rachel was staring at Platiknight with a starstruck look and feeling as if the whole world was moving in slow motion.

"And...done!" Platiknight declared before turning his attention to Rachel, who was still staring at him in that way people with puppy crushes stare at the ones they like. "Young lady, I suggest you go towards one of the sidewalks now."

"Huh? Oh. Right," Rachel replied once her brain finally caught up to the fact that she was rescued by a literal knight in shining armor.

Once the cable car was completely still on Platiknight's shield and Rachel walked back to the sidewalk she had initially stepped away from to rejoin, the shining knight of a man proceeded to place the cable car down on the ground as delicately as one would place a dried flower into a teapot, making sure that the car was positioned in such a way that there was no risk of it suddenly running loose again. 

...

'The task is done, my liege. Should I return to your side now?,' Platiknight asked after saving the day.

'Not yet,' SK answered. 'Got to keep up appearances and hide my identity for now, so... do what they do in the comics and fly away.'

'At once.'

[Ding! User has completed the Quest: Perform a Heroic Deed. Rewards has been sent to user's inbox; please review at your earliest convenience.]

'Oh shit, that counted? Sweet.'

...

"What the..."

"Holy shit..."

"Who...who the heck is that?"

Now that the crisis had past, passerbys who initially stopped to record the possible tragedy were now recording the fact that a literal superhero had manifested out of nowhere and pulled off a feat of heroics that put most movies and comic books to shame.

However, they didn't have a chance to record for much longer.

Without saying another word, the knight-like superhero with a massive shield suddenly leaped into the air and away from the scene, disappearing over the city skyline and away from prying eyes and recording camera phones.

Some of the people who were recording attempted to chase after the armored hero, only to realize that they're legs were not conducive for such activities and that the crowd of people they had to go through wasn't worth the effort.

As for the damsel in distress who just got rescued, she was currently still in "shock and awe" mode.

After listening to the knight's instructions and getting off the street, Rachel was simply standing stunned out of her mind. Evidently, she hadn't even realized that she had recorded the whole thing and that her phone-gimbal combo was still in her hands.

Granted, that little fact was about to change real fast.

"Rachel! Rachel! Are you okay?"

At this point in time, SK had "managed" to finally reunite with the still-frozen Rachel so that he could ask whether or not she was actually okay.

"Rachel? Are you cognizant?" SK asked as he was about to reach towards her and mildly shake her.

Only to be beaten to the punch by her suddenly turning and grabbing his shoulders instead.

"Whoa!"

"Did you see that?!" Rachel asked in a manic voice. "Did you see that?!"

"The fact that you got rescued by an eight-foot slab of meat, metal, and chivalry?" SK asked in his best attempt at a deadpan voice. "Yes, yes, I did."

"A superhero! A real superhero just appeared and—WAIT A MINUTE!"

After shaking SK for a solid minute, Rachel proceeded to release the poor man before switching back to her phone.

"Please tell me I-YES!"

It took about ten seconds for Rachel to confirm that she had managed to record the whole incident on her phone and even less time to skip through footage to get to the part where Platiknight was spinning the cable car over his head like it was a pizza.

"Uh... Rachel? Are you okay?"

It was also at this moment that SK saw Rachel show an expression he had only seen on rabid K-pop fans during a world tour concert.

"Oh, I am more than okay, SK. Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Because I'm about to go viral as the first ever person to be saved by an IRL superhero!" Rachel exclaimed. "Meaning I need you to drive me back home. Now!"

After making this declaration, Rachel began to walk back towards the car like a woman possessed.

That is, until SK pointed out something rather important.

"Wait, but what about lunch?"

"...oh yeah."

And with that reminder, SK and Rachel began to walk back towards the ramen shop.

"Man, almost dying really makes one forget about their appetite," Rachel commented as they walked.

"I thought it was the other way around."

"Bah! You know what I mean."

...Meanwhile, in the inner sanctum of a certain fortune-telling shop of a certain psycho bitch...

[Beep! Beep! Timer for weekly quest has expired; refreshing now.]

"WHAT THE FUCK?!" Miss Myster shouted as she slammed her hands against her fortune-telling table in protest to her System's turnover. "This should've been in the bag!"

After she had sent Gamble the Gremlin to go and ensure little Miss Journalist was on a collision course with destiny, she had sent out Fletcher the Strix to go and spy on the inevitable conclusion.

At least, it was supposed to be an inevitable conclusion.

Instead, she got to witness through the eyes of her pet demon owl as some shiny metal do-gooder appeared out of nowhere, saving the day and ruining her weekly quest streak.

And making things even more annoying, that same shiny metal asshole disappeared so quickly from the scene that she couldn't even send Fletcher to tail him.

Meaning she had to do things the old-fashioned way.

"Alright, fucker, you want to ruin my quest streak, huh? Well, I'm about to ruin your whole damn life," Miss Myster bitterly vowed while activating the Familiar section of her System.

Through a series of prompts, she quickly dismissed Fletcher and Gamble from the material plane in order to summon one of her bigger and more dangerous familiars. One that had the ability to track, no less.

"Alright Mortis, time to make mama proud..."