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”Probably wasting my breath, but... do you give up?” Emily asked.

”So soon?” Natalia grunted, trying to pull herself free of flip Emily over her... no luck.

”You only have a few seconds to try and get out.”

”You haven't given me much options...” Natalia growled.

”I'm sure you'll think of something...”

Natalia paused a moment, then smiled lightly. ”Suppose I have no other choice then...” she said, then tried to pull herself closer to Emily. Being in the position she was in... she had one of two options to try and make Emily loosen her grip. Her head being the closest... Natalia pulled her own dirty little move.

Emily yelped and jumped up, letting go of Natalia completely.

Nat. rolled onto her feet, grinned up at Emily, then sprang forward.

Emily shot to the side, avoiding Natalia and keeping out of her range. The two moved across the room. Every time Natalia would strike or kick at Emily... she would block the attack, or grab onto the striking limb and force Natalia to try and get out of the hold.

Emily let this continue for a few moments, then seemed to decide that time was up again. Natalia tried to strike her head again, in which case Emily dodged her. And... again... in seemingly one fluid motion... had the other woman pinned to the ground in front of the window again. This time bent in such a way that the only thing Natalia had to work with were her hands.

But... luck was on her side this time.

”Are you satisfied yet?” Emily asked, standing next to the bed. One arm held one of Nat's hands against her side,while the other arm held one of her legs in the air. One leg was next to the bed post, using the bed for support in standing. The other was pressed against Nats back, keeping her from moving.

”Not quite yet...” Natalia grunted. With her free hand, she reached out for something under the bed. Whatever it was she pulled out from under the bed, she pressed it against Emily's leg. The woman yelped again, let go of her, and jumped back onto the bed.

The next moment, Natalia jumped up, grabbed one of Emily's legs, and yanked her down towards the edge of the bed. She had dropped whatever it was she had used on Emily, and now had a shackle in her hand. One end was attached to the bottom of the bed post, while the other end she clamped around the woman's ankle.

THAT didn't go over too well with Emily. The minute Natalia had her leg secured, she was met with a kick to the side of the face that sent her tumbling backwards.

Natalia grunted, then rolled to her feet and stood again. She looked up, and grinned wickedly as she watched Emily try to yank her ankle free of the shackle. ”There...” she said, wiping the side of her mouth. ”Zis might be a little easier if you're not moving around so damn much...”

”Why the hell do you even HAVE one of these here?” Emily growled, looking back up at her.

Natalia grinned. ”One? Oh, sweetie....” she purred.

Emily frowned. She didn't like the way the other woman had said that. ”.....well... congratulations. You got my leg. Good luck getting the rest of me pinned.” The woman may have gained an upper hand... but Emily was FAR from being in check just yet...

”Hmmm... Natalia mused. ”Ve will see.” With that, the woman began circling the bed.

Emily kept her eyes on the woman like a hawk, turning her body as she moved so that she could block or strike when needed. Natalia quickly made her move. Emily blocked her, grabbed her, and tossed her onto the other side of the bed. Natalia held onto her this time though, and tried to pin her to the bed. Emily's foot was strained against the shackle, and she grunted in pain.

Having enough, she pulled another move. Kicking the woman with her good leg, Natalia's head snapped back. Emily then reached up and grabbed what she could of Nat's costume, and flung her across the bed. Natalia tumbled to the floor. While Natalia was getting back up, Emily pulled a pin from her hair, and hid it behind her back. Obviously to use to try and pick the Cuff open.

Natalia stood again, and gave the other woman a contemplative look. ”Hm... I suppose just forcing you to submit isn't going to vork... you are stronger than you look. Fast. Flexible.” she said... then grinned wickedly. ”Lets just see how flexible you are...”

Emily watched her and the moment her back was turned, she began trying to pick the lock behind her back. Natalia moved to one of her dressers next to the closet, and began pulling a few... things... out of it. A cat of nine tails... another pair of cuffs.... Emily's eyes grew wider as she pulled her little prizes out of the drawer. ”What? You have some ranged weapons in there?” she asked, picking a little quicker at the lock.

”No...” Natalia replied, then picked up the cuffs, tape, and a rope. ”But binding those hands of yours should be just as good."

The cuff quietly snapped open, and Emily used her hand to open it slightly... leaving it appear as though she were still bound. Natalia smiled and walked towards her, not noticing. The moment she was close enough, she used that leg to give Natalia another surprise kick to the face.

That bit of curiosity didn't take long to answer. While Natalia was momentarily dazed from the strike, Emily followed it up by lunging forward. Tackling the other woman to the ground and away from the bed completely. Natalia seemed to have reached the end of her patience level as far as Emily having the upper hand each time, and tossed Emily off of her. Natalia rolled to her feet again, then sprung forward, tackling Emily to the ground.

The two women rolled about on the floor for a bit, both growling and grunting as they tried to keep the other pinned... only to be rolled ontop of themselves. Natalia managed to roll her back towards the bed, and grabbed something else that was under it. Then she brought her hand back, and struck Emily across the face with a pair of brass knuckles.

Emily grunted in pain, and the force of the strike left her dazed. Natalia took the opportunity to jump up and grab the rope again. By the time she turned around, Emily was on her feet again. Blood running down over her lips and dripping from her chin.

The two stood there for a long moment, staring at each other and trying to figure out what to make of their next move.

The two women stared at each other for a long moment before either of them made so much as an attempt to move. Natalaia moved back, resting her hands on the dresser behind her. Emily watched her hands, then watched as one hand grabbed a small weight and tossed it at her. Emily easily moved out of the way, and Natalia sprang towards her again.

Emily moved to the side as Natalia struck at her. The two fought for a moment as Natalia tried to get the rope around Emily. The blonde woman simply was not allowing that to happen, and soon had the rope ripped from Natalia's grip, tossing it back towards the dresser.

Emily grabbed her arm again, and once again, had it pinned to her side. This time, however, she hooked her leg around Natalia's, bent her to the side, and had her pinned in an Abdominal Stretch hold. Natalia hissed something very nasty in her own language, then fought though the pain to use her free arm to attack Emily. Her nails caught the other woman in the side, and dug into her skin. Emily hissed, but didn't let go. So... Natalia tried to play dirty again.

The fingers ripped downward... tearing her skin and... creating a wardrobe malfunction. The pain, and exposure was just enough to make Emily loose her grip on the other woman. Natalia managed to free herself from Emily's hold, but found herself on the floor. No thanks to a rather enraged kick Emily that was aimed at the other woman's face.

Emily shoved herself back into her uniform, then moved forward to try and pin her again. Natalia growled, and kicked her legs out from under her. Emily yelped and fell nearly on top of Natalia. Given her position, Natalia took the opportunity to put Emily in a Triangle Choke hold. She managed to keep her there for a moment or two. But.... once again... Emily managed to twist her way out of the hold.

The two tussled about on the floor again. Natalia trying to roll her closer to the bed, and Emily tossing Natalia away from the bed every time. Fortunately, Emily had tossed her closer to the dresser. Natalia reached over as Emily went to strike her again, and took Emily's feet out from under her with a whip that had been hiding under the dresser.

Emily grunted as she hit the ground hard. Grabbing the rope that had been knocked out of her hands before, Natalia sprung at her opportunity. She grabbed Emily's legs and yanked her closer to herself. Then she stepped between Emily's legs and twisted her around so that she was now on her stomach. With her legs still gripped tightly in her hands, Natalia bent down, nearly sitting on the other woman.

Emily let out a cry of pain as she tried to twist and push herself free, finding no relief. Natalia immediately went about trying to bind the woman's feet with one hand as they were crossed in front of her. Mentally complimenting herself as she did so. This was the first time she'd ever been able to successfully pull of that 'Sharpshooter' move that her last little lover had tried to teach her how to do. Perk of Cobblepot having dealings in all sorts business... sometimes she could get a temporary fling to show her a thing or two. He wasn't very good wrestling of course... or he'd still be around. But... he had been good at teaching her the basic concepts of how to preform certain moves.

Once Emily's legs were securely tied in an 'x', Natalia reached back to try and grab her arms next. She was met with a sudden yank at her braid. Emily had struck at the only thing she could... and it just happened to be the long braid of Natalia's. The woman yelped and fell backwards. Emily's legs were freed and fell to the ground... just as Natalia fell ontop of her.

Angered, Natalia struck her in the face again with the brass knuckles that was still on her hand. Then she put her knees in the other woman's back and yanked the rope hard, yanking her feet back. Emily yelped in pain, and tried to fight Natalia off of her. The other woman only dug her knees onto her back, then went about hog-tying the woman under her. It didn't take long for her to have the woman's hands and feet bound by the rope.

When she was finished, Natalia stood and backed up away from Emily, panting. Emily grunted and growled as she tried to free herself, but the woman had made sure to knot the ropes several times.

”Bad girl...” Natalia panted. ”You... broke your own rule....you.... you need to be punished for that von....”

As Emily tried to pull herself free from the ropes, Natalia moved away from her and back over towards her dresser. Breathing heavily, trying to catch her breath. ”Although... I'm glad you did zat.” she continued. ”After zis little tussle... I'm too vorked up to simply play nice vit you now.” she said, then began retrieving the items scattered around the ground and putting them back onto the counter. Then she turned around and leaned against the side of the wall with her arms crossed. She watched the other woman struggle with the ropes for a moment, then shivered and turned back to the table behind her. ”Zis is going to be fun... But I suppose I vill still play fair even though you did not.”

”Play fair?” Emily growled.

”Yes. You gave me a few moments to try and get out of your submission hold earlier... so I vill return the favor.” Natalia said, then moved towards Emily again. She bent down, then grabbed her leg in one hand, and the back of her corset in the other. With a grunt, she lifted Emily off of the ground and planted her on the bed, facing the hidden window. ”I am going to go check in on our guest. If you can get out by ze time I get back... we can tussle again if you'd like. If you are not...” Natalia said, then grinned and licked her lips. ”Zen I should have decided upon a punishment for you by zen.”

With that, the dark haired woman turned and walked back to the door. She walked through it, then out through the closet, leaving Emily alone in the room. Once she was out, she closed the doors to the closet and leaned against them, giving a very deep, shaky sigh.

”Well I was going to take it easy on her...” Natalia spoke to Vandal, switching back to her native tongue since it was easiest for her. ”But after that, I'm too worked up to even begin trying the gentle approach. If you want any play time I suggest you go about it now or keep me occupied for a moment while I try to calm down. She won't be very coherent for long if you do not.”

Emily, meanwhile, was busy fussing with her bonds. At a much more subtle manner now though. She was doing less twisting and pulling, and more... well moving her hands around. Like she was trying to reach for her heels or take them off.

Natalia watched the screen... watching and listening carefully. As the little detail was revealed, and Savage explained what he had found, the woman's eyes widened and she moved closer to the screen. She stared at it, and whenever Vandal mentioned that Emily must have been a spy... Natalia's expression changed. Likely a different reaction than what Vandal would have expected.

Natalia's eyes widened a fraction more, her pupils dilating slightly. She drew in a slow and deep breath of air, her chest rising as she did so. And when she let the breath out, she shivered, releasing the air shakily. A smile formed around her lips, far more sadistic than it probably should have been.

"Calm me down?" she asked. Poison dripping from her tone. "Oh... darling... if anything, this has made me even MORE worked up. Do you realize what this means?" she asked, her eyes still fixed on the image of Emily on the screen. "This means she needs to be punished... and it means I don't have to give a damn about what condition she is in to return to work." she said, then looked to Vandal. "Unless you have something else in mind... you need to go and have your fun while you can. There won't be much left of her when I'm done with her... and there won't be anything left, period if Cobblepot finds out." she said. It was quite clear from her expression that she was convinced that she had the ability to do anything she wanted to the woman now. And that she was going to enjoy every moment of it.



Emily... meanwhile... still had no idea that the mirror was a window. She struggled a bit more with the ropes, managing to reach one of her heels. There, she began pulling at the heel portion of her shoe. After a moment, black tape began to strip away from the long rectangle. She pulled about half of it away from the heel, then tried to reach for something shiny that had been hidden thanks to the tape. A small x-acto blade that she had taped to her shoe, and camouflaged with black tape.

With the blade between her fingers, she set about quickly trying to cut the ropes around her feet. If she could get her legs free... then she could worry about undoing the ropes binding her limbs together. She'd also have the range of movement needed to fight back if needed.

Emily had just enough time to cut through the rope that bound her hands and legs together. She groaned as her legs fell back, relieving the stress that had been put on her back and stomach. Not wasting any time, she began slicing through the rope that bound her wrists together.

She had gotten halfway through the rope when Vandal burst through the door. Here eyes widened, and in her surprise she did stop cutting the rope as she stared up at him. She layed there still on the bed for a beat, staring at the man.

For a few seconds, she began to wonder if he had barged in on Natalia's account. She had said she was going to punish her... was the punishment to have the man beat her into submission?

Whatever the case, fight or flight was definitely beginning to set in. And for someone who's been around as long as Vandal had... it was clear in her eyes that she wasn't going to just let him walk up to her. Not with that kind of a look on his face.

Vandal Savage slowly walked towards Emily, saying, "Go ahead. Size me up. Try to fight me. I just finished telling Natalia to not break you, but..." Vandal knelt down and whispered, "But I will do it myself if you try me."