Shiori could hear the faint sound of radio feedback coming from outside the door. Her targets fierce, yet futile struggles were the least of her concerns. Escaping would've been hard enough with just one girl in her stomach. There was a window in the room, however Shiori had no way to scale down 27 stories. Her only option was to take a more direct route, which meant she would have to fight her way out. Shiori recalled the layout of the floor and the only way Mantis could’ve gotten in the jacuzzi area was through the elevator or past the security outpost. Seeing how panicked she was defeats the latter theory. Which means the elevator is her ticket out.

Her stomach clenched down on her prey as hard as possible to reduce the size and resistance of her belly. It would mean hurting them a little, but she didn't have much choice.

Sarah’s struggles ended abruptly as the fleshy walls clamped down on them from all angles, tightly squeezing her and Kellie against each-other - so much so that they both struggled just to breathe, much less move. The tight confines proved enough to jolt a bigger response from Kellie, though there was little she could do beyond gasp out a question as she and Sarah were pressed together as though vacuum-packed. “W-what’s… happening?!”

Sarah didn’t answer, though. Her mind raced in fear as to whether their abductor had enough of their protests - was she just going to crush them or… or was she going to digest them? Either idea frightened her, but she didn’t want to panic Kellie by voicing them. All she could do was try to hug her friend as best she could for what little reassurance it could give.

Shiori’s escape meant she had to get rid of the security guard before he could since her occupied stomach meant she couldn’t just hide and sneak out. Which meant she only had one option. She took a deep breath and did something unexpected.

S-Security, help!" Shiori screamed in a fake girlish voice. "There's a woman with a knife here! She's going to kill me!" Her voice was nearly identical to Sarah's. It wasn't due to her powers, but she has a natural talent for mimicking voices; a skill she learned and perfected from her sister Hinoka.

Despite the humid confines, Sarah felt a chill run down her spine when hearing what sounded a lot like her own voice - from *outside* her captor's belly. Squeezed together as they were, Kellie hadn't heard her friend speak and could feel Sarah go tense, quickly realizing what was wrong.

"W-who was that?"

It was the same question running through the mind of the guard, Ben, as he jolted around in shock. The alarmed tone of the voice had him drawing a handgun from his side before the words even registered, the unaligned camera completely forgotten as he aimed towards the door.

"Sarah??" he called out cautiously, taking several cautious steps towards the door until he could press up against the wall beside it. Firearm pointed downwards, he slowly leaned towards the edge of the door to the Jacuzzi room, caution fighting against his anxiety. "Sarah?" He waited a moment for some kind of response, taking one hand off his gun to reach for his mic and call the disturbance in before he entered the room, however all of a sudden his body froze for a moment as his gun was forcefully ripped from his grip. Shiori manipulated his shadow for a moment before bursting through the door and lands a devastating high kick to his head, smashing him into the wall and knocking him out instantly. She had no desire to kill anyone on this mission, though the kick she just used would've been lethal had she not held back. She already confirmed the cameras weren't equipped with audio devices so there wasn't a concern for immediate reinforcements. Shiori left the concussed guard and made her way into the elevator. There she could possibly find clues as to where Mantis might've come from.

Art by MrMetroid107
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