Kat neared the door to the room Eric had been taken to as quietly as she could. There was a lot of noise inside, and it worried her. They were not going easy on Eric at all.  It was good that she had seen the men carrying him otherwise she probably would have found him dead. She was more than ready to storm in and get him out of there, but discovered the door was locked. Of course it would be locked. No, it couldn’t be easy for her, now could it? She sighed inwardly and ran a hand over her face, feeling her patience diminish even further. The locked door, admittedly, was something that almost took her by surprise. She was hoping these men would not have been smart enough to lock the door. This whole day has been unlucky and she really hoped that would change really soon.<br/><br/>“Damn it… The door is locked,” she relayed to Tony, looking at him out of the corner of her eye. “We’ll have to either kick it in or find a way to unlock it.” Tony nodded slowly to say he agreed. He remained a little further away where he was hopefully keeping a lookout. To be honest, she was still half expecting him to just throw her to the wolves. She continued to keep her guard up around him just in case. There was still something missing, something that didn’t really seem to make sense. She had said she was willing to talk, sure, but she was still wary. This far, everything has been driving her up a wall. Her hope was that whatever Tony had to say, would bring them one step closer to ending this whole thing. She could use a nice hot shower, a cup of coffee, and some rest.<br/><br/>When Tony didn’t say anything, Kat added, “I’m in favor of kicking the door down. We don’t have time to look for a Key.<br/><br/>“Yeah. Well, let’s get to it then.” He replied.<br/><br/>He moved in closer to Kat, standing on the opposite side of the door. “On three.” She murmured. Once again, Tony gave a nod. “One… two…” There was a brief pause as if she was preparing herself. Everything seemed so silent just then. In that moment, she thought not only about whether or not two people could break down the door, but also about the condition Eric would be in. He had taken quite a beating most of the time they had been here. She knew that his side had been bothering him, and prayed that it was not worse now. If he wasn’t in the condition for a quick getaway they might be in a bit of trouble. For once, she was hoping that things would go smoothly and ensure a quick escape, even if Eric proved to be in bad condition. Hopefully they wouldn’t have too much trouble getting out of here.<br/><br/>“Three!” Pushing all of her thoughts aside, she and Tony broke through the door.<br/><br/>-------------------------<br/><br/>“Oh, we’re going to make this quick alright. Boss doesn’t like when we take too long” The man without the limp said, grinning a toothed grin. He cracked his knuckles and grabbed Eric by the collar of his shirt. “You’ve picked the wrong building to try to sneak into, you little shit. It’s a shame you’re wanted alive. I guess I’ll have to take it easy.” He laughed and punched him hard in the gut. The other man punched him as well. For a little, they took turns. From the looks of things, this man had taken a beating before; this was easy, he was pretty much a target.<br/><br/>He was about to strike again when two people came crashing through the door. “What the..?” Hadn’t they locked it? “Damn! It’s the woman and that other guy! They’ve escaped!”