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Ada didn't seem to really care about any provocations the two heroes made - she simply stated that they would not be leaving the study if they wanted Mr. Peterson in one piece, and that any reinforcements would be gunned down by invisible guards.

It was a little surprising - usually in the movies the villain transported the captured heroes to their lair, monologued a bit about their evil plan, and then activated a laser or slowly dipped them into a tank of sharks. Not just leave them in the room they got caught. Kinda took the fun out of things...

On the plus side, it was probably a good thing. The villains would have killed them if they could do it, not use a hostage and leave them on their own. They almost certainly had some supers, but were probably outnumbered or outpowered.

As soon as Ada left, Rupa breathed a sigh of relief.

[color=00a99d]"Damn, that lady is way less hot when she's threatening our lives..."[/color]

There was no guarantee that one of the guards didn't just stay in the room considering they could become invisible, but just the fact that Rupa couldn't see anyone was enough to let her relax a little. The situation was pretty fucked. They would have to leave stealthily to avoid Ada's attention, and even if they did manage to get out, there was almost certainly a guard that would check in on them occasionally and notice they were missing.

There were options though - sneaking out the window was the most obvious, but if heist movies taught Rupa anything, it was that air vents were surprisingly large and can take you anywhere you wanted to go. Hell, she could probably tear a hole through the floor or ceiling if she really wanted to...

[color=00a99d]"What we thinking? Leaving could put Peterson at risk, but-"[/color]

Before Rupa could finish speaking, the sound of grunting and struggling could be heard behind the door. Seconds later, it fell silent and the door slowly opened, with Wireframe poking her head in to look at the pair. 

[color=00a99d]"Jesus th- [i]Jesus, that was fast![/i]" [/color]

Rupa cut herself off mid sentence, dropping to a whisper when she noticed that Wireframe was trying to keep silent. She kept the whisper, relying on the earpiece to communicate more quietly.

[color=00a99d][i]"Thanks for the save. Ada's got a kill switch in her ring for Mr. Peterson - says she'll take him out if we leave."[/i][/color]

As she spoke, Rupa was grabbing the burgers and tray resting on the desk, transmuting them into steel cable. The thought of tying up Mr. Peterson crossed her mind, in case Ada or whoever else was controlling him decided to do it again, but she was more likely to just kill him than use him like that again. The cable was more for escaping through the window, or if they didn't go that route, for restraining any guards they take down.

[color=00a99d][i]"You see where she was headed when she left? Or Gematria, can you hack into the cameras or something with Peterson's laptop?"[/i][/color]