Jane in peril entry

Jane crept silently through the large factory, her black clothing gave no reflection and barely made a sound as she moved, her dagger and pistol strapped in place making no noise as she snuck into the hideout of a mafia boss, unusually she had only to find him and get a recording of him, he client this time, the FBI no less wanted to snatch him and put a doppelganger in place to see what they could get on his syndicate.

Jane stiffened as she heard rough laughter ahead and some muffled screams coming from the back of the old factory. She snuck forward and looked on at the scene in front of her.  A girl with slightly Asian features was tied up with red chromed chains, it was wrapped around her legs in a cross shaped pattern an in thick bands around her ankles and thighs, her hands were bound to her sides and she was hanging upside down on a length of chain attached to a winch.

The laughter stemmed from the fact that, apparently the prisoner had head-butted one of the thugs as she was winched up into the air leaving him on the floor and clutching his groin.  Jane watched as he picked himself up in obvious pain from the blow and he staggered off to one side.

Jane tried to understand what was going on, this girl hostage was wearing some kind of superhero getup; a green bodysuit and boots with a gold insignia on her chest but it was obscured by the chains that were holding her fast even as she struggled desperately.

"You really thought you could sneak in here and try to steal all my profits from the drug deal?  You think you are a hero?"

Alfonso stared at her, an evil smirk on his fat lips as he watched her struggle.  The girl just grunted and continued trying to break free from the chains with all her strength.

Jane pulled her 9mm auto and checked the load before slipping the safety off and aimed at the lights, three rapid pops signalled the warehouse going dark as the old bulbs blew out, she ran towards the gang of thugs and knocked them flying, relying more on surprise and speed of her attacks to take them down quick and hard.  She grinned as the last thug dropped to his knees after a few seconds of fighting.

"Huh hardly even a challenge for me."

Jane turned to where the tightly bound girl was still struggling, she whistled impressed, the girl had writhed her way free nearly, and was now hanging the right way up but her arms were pinned behind her by a section of padlocked chain.  Jane searched through some pockets and found a key ring on one of Alfonso's thugs; she moved behind the young Asian girl and unlocked the padlocks.
The Asian girl shook herself and massaged her limbs, then pulled the gag from her mouth and looked at Jane with a curious expression, evidently sizing her up.

"Thanks for that, I'm Jade"

"Jane"

Jade nodded and turned towards the office at the back of the warehouse, "Please excuse me, I need to get what I came for and escape".
Jane smiled as this 'Jade' ran off and quickly grabbed a briefcase from under a table, and popped the lock on it, She smiled with satisfaction. "Pay dirt, there is my info on the syndicate".

As Alfonso stirred, Jane slipped into the shadows, followed moments later by Jade, the mafia thugs all picked them sleeves up bruised and embarrassed by what had happened.  Alfonso grimaced and picked up the phone...

2 days later…

Jane crept into the syndicates headquarters, blending into the shadows as she moved towards her target, he client had asked her to deal with the top man in the syndicate, she was to trap him and The FBI would make the switch.

She moved silently as a cat towards the penthouse suite the Mafia don used, her senses alert, she was wondering where all the security was, when the lights in the corridor went out suddenly, she felt a strong pair of hands grab her.  She grunted and kicked out but someone else grabbed her legs she struggled as her hands were cuffed behind her back and she was dragged to the floor, fighting as best she could.

She felt her ankles being bound together as she struggled, and a strip of cloth was pulled over her mouth then wrapped around her head a few times to make a thick gag.  Jane continued to struggle as she was picked up and carried towards a dim light emitting from a door at the end of the room.

Jane looked on in amazement as she was dumped into a chair and tied to it, on the other side of the room lying on the floor was Jade, securely bound and gagged and being man handled into a chair like hers.

"You thought you would catch me? I am not as dumb as Alfonso".

A large man entered the girls' viewpoint, as mask obscuring his face and distorting his voice to some degree.  He smiled as he looked at the girls struggling even as they were bound tighter to the chairs.

"Take them down to the basement".

The two captives screamed into the gags and continued to fight their bonds as they were dragged to an elevator, Jade seemed to be trying to get one guard to look at her to Jane's thinking, but was having no luck with it.  The elevator soon reached the basement and the girl's chairs were dragged into the huge room, water dripping from the ceiling and the air smelled heavily of salt.

"Get them off the chairs, and take them to the special guest area."

Jane grunted as she was untied from the chair, and dragged over to a metal ring set into the floor, her cuffed wrists were attached to another set of handcuffs locked to the ring and she was left to struggle against the handcuffs and her ankles bindings. She watched as Jade was dragged kicking and struggling to a ring set in the wall and restrained in a similar fashion, laid on the floor her wrists cuffed to the ring and her ankles bound, like Jane a thick band of cloth wrapped around her face to gag her.

"This chamber floods pretty quickly, you have 10 minutes, maybe less to live."

The mob boss and his men laughing roughly, Jane twisted her head, she could see the water was already lapping around her ankles, she started to breathe slowly, clearing her head so she could think, across the room, Jade was struggling and fiddling with her cuffs, where she was positioned she was just out of reach of Jane's legs, but as she was smaller in size, she would very likely be consumed by the dark waters of the chamber at the same time unless they escaped.

Jane grunted as she felt the rising water cover her feet and start to rise gradually against her calves.  She looked again at Jade who seemed to be fiddling more determinedly with the lock of the handcuffs, Jane frowned and squinted in the dim light, and Jade seemed to be holding a small clipping of wire and was trying to pick the lock.  Jane felt hope surge as the lock clicked and rattled but puzzled as to where Jade had gotten the wire from.

Jane grunted and twisted at the handcuffs holding her to the ring, she felts something shift slightly and twisted her head, the ring was thick metal, but it was old and rusty, and the mortar holding it into the stone floor seemed to be cracked.  Realising this was a slim chance Jane strained her hands as best she could, hearing the ring creak and the mortar crack but it still didn't break.

The captives grunted every now and again as the continued their private struggles to escape s the waters continued to rise, the cold water made them shiver and lose focus but they kept on trying to find a way to free themselves. As the water reached their waists, Jane heard a grunt of satisfaction as Jade managed to pop the lock holding her hands to the ring. Jade reached up and pulled at the gag, realised she couldn't move it and instead bent to her bound legs apparently trying to pick at the knots in the rope.

Jade moaned in frustration as she lifted her head, she obviously could not work the knots with her hands still cuffed.  Instead Jade started to stare at Jane, her eyes glowing with a pale jade colour that got more intense after a few seconds.  Jane felt something flip from her waist, and saw her hidden dagger fly across the room to Jade, who caught it in her hands and bent down again, holding her breath as her head went under water.

Jade sliced at the ropes, she kept coming back up for air, glancing at the water level around Jane and bending down again.  Jane sighed, she couldn't put enough leverage on the ring to break it free from the old mortar, but she had managed to raise her body to give herself more time, she looked across at Jade, feeling their time was running out.

Jade grunted and snorted into the gag as she finally started to wade towards Jane though the water, she reached up as she do so, cutting the gag from her face.

"Don't give up! I will get us out of here!"

Jade took a deep breath and ducked under the water and Jane felt her hands fiddling with the lock, she groaned and shook her head, the water was nearly under her chin, but she tilted her head back as best she could until suddenly

Jade exploded from under the water with a grin.

She reached down and struggled through the water carrying Jane, and headed for the emergency exit sign she could see.  When they got there she reached up and pulled at the ladder, eventually dropping it down, then cut at the thick bands of duct tape around her fellow captives' legs.

Jane nodded to her and they slowly climbed the ladder, both of them thanking their training which allowed them to cope with the climb even with cuffed hands until they got to a landing clear of the water.  Jade cut Jane's gag away, and started to pick the lock on Jane's handcuff's soon defeating them and then handed the spar of wire to her to pick Jades handcuffs.

"Thanks Jade, that was way too close for comfort."

"Hey don't worry about it, now let's go find our gear, and get Alfonso."

Jane looked at her confused "What the hell do you mean?"

"He may have been disguising his voice and appearance, but he couldn't hide his body language or the way he walks."

Jade smiled as she stood up and gestured down a pathway, "Shall we?"

Jane nodded and smirked slightly, there was no way Alfonso was going to get away from the two girls now…