The two woke up several hours later, bound and gagged, back-to-back. A man was asleep on the couch on the other side of the room. Joker started struggling for a minute. Sunshine would have told him to stop, and that he'd waste all his energy but she was gagged. She felt cold metal against her hands and would have sung with happiness if she weren't gagged. Their bonds soon fell to the ground. They quickly untied their gags. Ryan put the knife back up his sleeve. Sunshine gave him a questioning look and he rolled up his sleeve. The switchblade fit perfectly into a leather holder. It unclipped with a swift jerk of his hand and he caught it effortlessly. It amazed Sunshine until she realized that he'd probably practiced that for hours. He unrolled his sleeve and buttoned it up. The pair looked around. Aside from the couch and the door, there was nothing else in the room. They went to the door and tried to ease it open. It wouldn't budge. Ryan slipped his knife out again and flicked it open. He slid it into the lock. After a few minutes of struggling he realized it was a lost cause. He replaced the knife and looked around again. They heard footstep coming. Sunshine dashed over to the chair and grabbed her gag. She smelled it to make sure it didn't have any more chloroform on it. She loosely ties it over her face and motioned Ryan to do the same. They sat down in the same positions they had been it, minus the ropes. Sunshine had just pushed them out of sight and sat back down when the door swung open. They pretended to still be passed out. It was working because the people who came in the room didn't start a commotion. There were two of them, Sunshine could see through her mostly closed eyes. She felt Ryan's hands grab her own. She was confused at to why when it hit her: leverage. The two men stood in front of them, one in front of Ryan and one in front of Sunshine. She tapped Ryan's wrist in a steady beat *3 – 2 - …* On one both of them kicked out. Both hit they target. However, their victory was short lived when they were both grabbed by their ankles and landed with a splat of the ground. Sunshine's thug got on top of her and tried to hold her down. He pinned her wrists to the ground and was trying to pull them together but she kicked her legs up and wrapped them around his neck. This left her sitting on top of him, and she stood on his hands. He tried to kick her, but failed. She then dropped on her knees so that they were on his wrists. He tried to kick her again, but again failed. She laughed.

"Now come on. You have to be able to do better then that. So, since you can't, tell me where the ring is."

"Never."

"Hmmm…no. You're going to tell me now or I'll make sure you never have children. She moved to drab behind her. This obviously scared him.

"I'll tell you."

"Wimp. Spill it"

"Mr. Gabrilelli has it. He's wearing it"

"Shit" By this time, Ryan had taken care of his own demon and was in the same position she was in. He felt in the guys jacket and pulled out a gun. Sunshine did the same. They emptied the chamber and pocket the bullets. They tossed the guns aside. Ryan cursed and pointed to the couch. The person was gone. They jumped up and ran out the still open door. They found themselves in an elaborate building. It was ornate, with red and gold carpeting. The two looked a little conspicuous in their street clothes, so they wanted to find their way out as soon as possible. They noticed a bank of elevators and jumped into one. They didn't realize that it was going up. They ended up on the top floor, a good 6 stories up. There was no fire escape. There was another building to the right, and they went over and looked at it. There was no way to jump across it…Sunshine grabbed a 10 foot wooden pole from a pile lying nearby. She gripped the top and stood about 20 feet from the edge. She started to sprint towards the edge. She got closer and closer. She jammed the stick in the lip of the building an went flying across the open expanse. She landed clumsily on the other side. She tripped and somersaulted to the other edge of the smaller building. Ryan grabbed his own stick and did the same, landing a bit more gracefully. They heard a "Stop!" from the other building. There were three men with guns drawn on the other side of the roof. Thyme gripped their sticks tighter and ducked into the staircase of the building. They heard them yelling, "They went on the other building! Come on, let's go!" and the footsteps of retreating figures. The slam of the door confirmed they were gone. Ryan stepped out from the doorway and heard several gun shots.

"Come on, Lenora!" he yelled and vaulted to the other building. Lenora did the same. They continued to vault the buildings until the reached an apartment building. They javelin tossed the sticks back a building. If they thought they had gone to the previous building, they wouldn't search this one. They disappeared into the building, not noticing the person watching them.