"Isn't this just perfect?" Nora asked happily, letting her legs dangle off the edge of the infinity pool. She was only wearing her bikini as she looked over the low, snowy mountain range. Yet the heat and steam of the pool water were enough to keep her there. Her skin was turning red, at this point.

"Mhm..." Ninja made and leant her chin on the edge. She preferred staying inside the warm water, herself.

"If this is just the break between jobs, what will the actual job look like?" Nora pondered.

"Who knows..."

Nora sighed and let herself fall backwards, into the water. She came up next to Ninja and looked at her meaningfully. "Ok, what's going on?"

"Nothing." Ninja said immediately and looked away from her wet hair onto the view over the mountains.

"Oh, really? You've been moping ever since we left. Aren't you excited?"

She snorted. "About what? We're just swapping one prison for another."

"Don't be so dramatic," Nora waved and leant back, letting herself float onto the water surface. "Look around, b."

Ninja looked around. She had to admit, it was a gorgeous hotel, made of smooth stone and glass, offering any kind of modern service a hotel could possibly provide, from the spa to the room service. It was located somewhere on the cliffside of a mountain range, somewhere in Europe. Where, no one would tell them.

"This is a step up." Nora insisted. "Doesn't feel a bit like prison to me."

"Oh, într-adevăr?" Ninja ironically asked in Romanian.

Nora's eyes widened and she almost went under as she sat up quickly in the water. "Pssht!" The hissing sound ended in blubbering until she was on eyelevel again. "Keep it down!"

Ninja lifted her head to mustered her derogatively.

"Ok, fine!" Nora gave in discontently. "We can't just do whatever we want now, I get it. We still belong to Hench. Why do you have to remind me? Can't we just enjoy getting up to fruit and coffee in the morning, and go to the spa all day, while we have the chance?"

Ninja sighed.

"It's better than the club with Carry's gross cigar smoke."

She had to snort bemusedly at that.

"See? You know it." Nora nodded contently, a smirk on her lips egging her on to join in.

Ninja felt a smile grow on her own face.

"There you go, that's better." Nora grinned contently. "Now, let's get pretty and go to dinner." She swam off and Ninja followed her with a snicker.

They put on their best dresses, which meant the red dress for Nora, and a navi blue, very short, velvet wrap dress for Ninja. They put on black heels, makeup, and lipglos, and Ninja braided her hair to a French plait.

They joined their bodyguards outside the door. Really, they were just two goons who had accompanied them on the way here. Bellsinger and Colossus, Ninja thought to remember their names. But calling them her bodyguards felt much better.

"Mister Hench is awaiting you by the car."

Nora frowned. "I thought we're eating at the restaurant?"

She was ignored. The girls followed the men down the elegant stairs of the hotel, over giant carpets, underneath the giant chandelier in the seating area, and to a back exit. They entered a staff area with grey, bleak walls and LED lights, which looked sad and empty in comparison to the rest of the fancy hotel. The hallway lead to another back door, which lead out into a back alley outside.

They broke out into the night and joined another two men by an unmarked van.

"Hello, Ladies." Bax Hench smirked.

He was wearing an exquisite suit made from a grey, matt material, with a silky, amber shirt. Ninja noted that was wearing no tie to strangle him with. The shirt complimented his eyes. Maybe, she could scratch those out...

"Hello," they smiled politely.

"I hope you had a good stay?" He asked interestedly.

They nodded.

"It was very relaxing, thank you." Nora said.

"That's exactly what I like to hear." Hench replied positively. "Because you two are about to embark on your way to your new home. And I need you sharp and ready to go."

He looked back and forth between them.

"So? Are you ready?"

"Ready." They both said.

Hench nodded and waved at Bellinger and Colossus behind the girls' back.

Suddenly, there was fabric in Ninja's mouth.

She jumped and bucked, but a long piece of fabric was holding her head in place, cutting into the corners of her mouth.

Ninja screamed but her voice was muffled by the gag. She looked over to Nora, who was currently being brutally held by her neck by Colossus' bulky arm, choking her, while he forced the gag into her mouth.

Ninja kicked back, hit something hard, and heard Bellsinger grunt in pain behind her but he did not let go, just increased the pull on her gag, forcing her to move backwards.

She spotted Hench. He was standing there, watching.

She tried screaming again, longer and louder, but to no avail. No one would hear her like this.

In the meantime, Nora was being dragged violently to the unmarked van by Colossus, while the third guy started tying her wrists and ankles together. She was crying, and twisting, and kicking, but one skinny girl against two grown, trained men was futile in the least.

This was it, Ninja understood. Whatever chance she might have had to do some bad, to hurt some of them, it was gone. She was dangerous; knew too much, Nora was dangerous; too close to the men. They would lock them in somewhere so that they would never be able to utter the truth.

A wave of boiling hatred bubbled up in her. As Bellsinger dragged her to the van, she seized her last opportunity. Ninja spit out, pushed her lips out, moved her chin up, and then side-to-side.

"Hold still, slut," Bellsinger growled as he struggled with her.

She spit, jut her lips out, moved her chin up, moved it side-to-side. The gag was starting to slide now.

Hench turned and started walking away. Ninja growled into her gag. She would not let him get away that easily.

Spit, lips out, chin up, side-to-side. The gag slid into her lower lip. One more time. Spit, lips out, chin up, side-to-side...

The gag slid out of Ninja's mouth.

"HENCH!" She barked.

Hench stopped walking. Turned around to her. Bellsinger stopped dragging her to see what he would do. Hench looked at her quietly.

"I will end you!" Ninja yelled at him.

Hench started smirking.

"Mark my words, you monster! I'll get out and I'll destroy you!" She screamed on, all her hatred pouring out at once, from her mouth, her eyes, her nose.

He started laughing.

"You'll never see it coming but, one day, I'll be there to look you in the eye as you END! Mânca-mi-ai pizda! Proxenet! NENOROCITULE!"

Hench sniffed bemusedly and gave her a benevolent smirk. "I can hardly wait, darling."

Ninja screamed her frustration out at him but he just chuckled and continued walking away, and Bellsinger forced the gag back into her mouth. A moment later, a blunt pain shot into her head, then the world turned to darkness.