A convenience store, Pittsburgh, 2018
Jordan had been traveling for the last few hours across the country. He had set off from Cleveland, a place he had temporarily resided in for a month before, and had made two stops to rest over the last two days before arriving here.
While being a superhuman he still had necessities, like eating, so he stopped at a convenience store in Pittsburgh. He had a few dollars on him and had to use it wisely. While Jordan walked down the aisles of the store he witnessed three men, covered entirely except for their eyes and mouth, entered. Each had a handgun.
Jordan, and almost every person in the store, knew what was happening. Two men went through the store to get the locations of everyone, and the third remained at the front, ordering money from the cashier.
“Put the damn money in the bag!” The third robber shouted, holding a paper bag in front of the cashier and pointing a gun at the cashier.
From Jordan’s left came the second robber who was sweeping the shop to make sure no one was not where they were before.
“Sleep.” Jordan said, the nerves in his head pulsating.
The passing robber stopped, blinked three times, and then collapsed. Obviously this collapse wasn’t quiet, the first robber came around to find his collapsed compatriot.
“What the...” The robber said, then noticing Jordan, “what the hell did you do!?”
The robber aimed his handgun at Jordan.
“Sleep.” Jordan whispered, and this robber fell too.
Jordan got up, walked up to the third robber, who fired at him. These bullets were repealed by a telekinetic forcefield. Jordan took the robber by his collar and whispered, “sleep.”
The third robber collapsed. Obviously a lot of people had seen Jordan’s ability, and Jordan was aware of this. Some people had their phones out, recording him, others were just staring at him, some were trying to sneak out.
“This is going to hurt like hell.” Jordan said to himself, focusing on the minds of everyone in the store and making them pass out.
One by one the people fell and Jordan made his way into the security room. He turned of the camera and wiped its footage from the last five minutes, removing all evidence of his presence. He then went to the phones of everyone in the store, read their minds to get their passcodes, and deleted their photos and videos. In his concluding act he put everyone in upright positions, altered their memories to no longer remember him or the robbers, and he put the robbers outside in their cars. Oh, he also stole what conveniences he needed (everyone was passed out, what would they do?).
In under five minutes the store was clear of any evidence of Jordan and the robbery, and two minutes after Jordan left the shoppers and staff awoke. They felt slightly dazed, but it was only shortly, they felt like something was missing, but they ignored this feeling, and they continued about their business.
Jordan was going down 5th Avenue, a few goods in hand, and was making way for Manhattan, where the UN Security Council meeting was ongoing. This was an event Jordan had to slip into and see unfold, and it inspired him to make the cross-country escapade from Cleveland to Manhattan. At this pace, Jordan was set to arrive by nighttime.
