" Spa " by Sleepy Abbie and Dogfish
Posted: Sun Jun 19, 2016 7:17 am
The Spa
By Sleepy Abbie and Dogfish
1
The waves murmured in the distance, the early morning sun bathing the exclusive beachside spa with a warm, comforting glow. Outside all was peaceful. Inside, the large number of staff and small number of early clients were feeling even more serene.
Mona glanced at the van's clock and then at her three companions. Pristine white latex hugged the quartet's bodies, revealing their toned, athletic and downright gorgeous figures. Every inch of skin from neck to toe was covered with the slick, gleaming material. She settled her hood in place, the tight gas mask with its tinted lenses giving her an almost alien appearance. Beth, the sadistic, eager young woman beside her was similarly hooded. Jess and Nat's headgear revealed more of their features through the clear full-face visors; Natasha’s large brown eyes sparkled in anticipation.
With another glance at the clock, Mona nodded and the four women jumped from the van, striding purposefully across the parking lot. Reaching the door they confirmed their plan had gone into motion perfectly. The gas cylinders they'd installed late the previous night and activated minutes ago had worked their insidious magic, contaminating the air and rendering everyone inside unconscious or helplessly weak. Easy prey.
Mona, Beth and Nat walked through reception, sweeping past the moaning young woman behind the desk without even acknowledging her presence. They disappeared deeper into the spa. Jess peeled off towards her though. She said nothing, pushing a pawing hand away as she searched the receptionist's desk for the keys. She soon found them and, still ignoring the weak, mewling receptionist, she walked calmly back to the front door and locked it. Only after she had returned the keys to the drawer did she look at the receptionist.
“Amanda,” she said gently, reading the nametag pinned to the red silk blouse, “My name is Jessica. There's been a gas leak and I'm here to clean up,” Her visor gave her voice an ethereal, otherworldly resonance. “I need to check your vitals,” she said, kneeling by the woman's chair.
Amanda was a raven-haired beauty, her red lips perfectly contrasting her pale skin and dark eyes. Her silk stockings whispered as she tried, and failed, to stand.
“Shh,” Jess soothed, “Don't try to move. Let me help.” She smiled warmly and started to unbutton the blouse, as if this it were the most natural thing in the world to do at that moment. Amanda's look of confusion was soon replaced by one of drugged happiness as the cool latex clad fingers slipped her breasts free from her bra. Jess cupped Amanda’s breasts in her gloved hands, squeezing them gently, “Very nice,” she whispered. “Now, let's check those vital signs, shall we?”
The receptionist knew something wasn't right, but the gas was making it so hard to think. She smiled dreamily and pressed her thighs together.
Jess moved her right hand to Amanda's neck, two fingers finding the weak but steady pulse there. She smiled once more and then increased the pressure by a tiny amount. “Just relax,” she said, staring straight into Amanda's half-lidded eyes. “Good girl,” she cooed, her fingers manipulating the pressure point perfectly. Amanda's brain began to shut down as the restricted blood-flow took its toll. Within moments her whole body relaxed completely, her eyes rolling back as Jess took her consciousness from her. Now all that remained was to take her life.
Gently, almost reverently, she lowered Amanda to the floor and pressed her hand to her mouth, pinching her nose shut. The pretty young thing didn't wake. She barely even twitched as her oxygen-starved body began to expire. Jess held her down through her last spasms, idly stroking the dying woman's exposed breasts. Soon Amanda was still. Jess laid her hand on her left breast, feeling for a pulse. Nothing. The first kill of many.
2
Beth moved rapidly and silently down the corridor, bypassing her first intended target, pressing on further into the building, leaving her partner Natasha somewhat confused.
“We’re going the wrong way,” hissed Nat after a moment. She wasn’t sure if Beth’s reply was a sigh of frustration or shushing through the air filters of her mask, but she got the message either way and followed on in silence.
Suddenly Nat heard the sound which had caused the usually implacable Beth to stray from the plan, somebody was calling for help. The sound was coming from the staff room. While Beth knew there was nobody who could provide help from the outside within earshot, the place was very well isolated which was part of the appeal; she knew there were likely to be people sunbathing on the roof, people who might have cell phones. Whoever was making all that noise must be silenced.
The door to the staff room was closed, but unlocked; Beth opened it and stepped inside, no longer even trying to hide. Beth had learned that if you could not be sure to be concealed then it was better not to try, it was easier to convince people you were meant to be in a place if you hadn’t been caught sneaking through it.
Looking around the room it was easy to see why the door was kept closed. While most of the spa was kept immaculately clean the staff room was a different story. A line of old lockers, some sporting dents where employees had taken out their annoyances at clients, took up one side of the room with a shower block at the far end. With a fridge, table and chairs on the opposite side the place seemed to be some sort of hybrid of a kitchen and a changing room, as though the management had considered all the needs of the staff for about five seconds and crammed all those items into one room that badly needing repainting. Beth was looking forward to taking up this matter with the management later, but first she had more pressing matters to deal with. And those pressing matters were wielding a baseball bat.
The girl was the sort of understated yet striking beauty that wouldn’t so much stop traffic as cause a crash further down the road as drivers craned their necks around for a second look. Long soft dark hair tumbled down her back in that way that hair is supposed to but almost never does for most people. It wasn’t her beauty that got the attention of Beth and Nat as they entered the room however, it was the fact that she was perched on top of the lockers like a cat, clinging to a baseball bat which she had used to break a window, through which she was now yelling for help.
Beth and Nat exchanged frustrated glances; they’d taken pains to ensure all the windows were sealed from the outside the previous night, but they hadn’t planned for somebody to react to the gas with that much initiative, or that the person would have a bat handy. A few minutes more and the girl might have tried to climb out.
“Hello!” called Nat, advancing across the room towards the girl. She opted to take the lead because her gas mask had a full face visor, giving her a less sinister appearance than Beth, “Are you all right?”
Beth watched Nat at work, her protégé was learning fast, but it was never easy to bluff somebody out of a corner. Come on too strong and they panic, give them too much space to think and they might get suspicious. To assist in Nat’s deception Beth set about doing her best impression of a caring medical professional. She could see that there was a girl in the white uniform of the spa staff on her hands and knees near the door, awake but just barely, and that past her in the shower area there was a dark skinned woman lying face down on the tiles. She went to the nearest girl first, crouching down next to her.
“I’m fine,” replied the girl from on top of the locker, “How did you get here so fast? I didn’t hear a siren.”
“There was a chemical spill,” Nat lied, reaching the bottom of the lockers, “We didn’t get word this place was even at risk at first, by the time we knew it was too late to get a warning.”
Nat reached up to the girl as if trying to coax a cat out of a tree. Behind her Beth had placed the girl on the floor into a close approximation of the recovery position, still trying to look as convincingly medical as possible.
The girl put down the bat and turned, her legs hanging down from the side of the locker, about to drop into Nat’s arms. Nat looked up at her expectantly; her big brown eyes and wide smile helping her to seem every bit the angelic rescuer.
The girl looked set to drop into her arms, then she paused, and a frown crossed her face.
Even as she’d said it Nat had known her bluff made little sense, why would the air outside have been untainted if there had been a spill outside? It was foolish on its face. She chalked her lack of imagination up to difficulty breathing in the mask and also to the fact that from the moment she’d walked into the room she’d really wanted to do what she was about to do now. Before the girl could voice her doubts Nat moved.
She grabbed the girl’s legs and pulled, hard, dragging her down from the locker with a yelp. She landed badly, having fallen several feet onto the tiled floor, and Nat was on top of her in an instant. Quickly Nat pressed a gloved hand over the mouth of her victim, muffling her cry of alarm as she climbed on top of her.
“That looked painful,” remarked Beth softly to herself as the fight unfolded, before returning her attention to the feebly moaning girl before her. With the need for deception at an end she calmly pulled a polythene bag from her belt and slipped it over the head of the girl, gathering the loose plastic at the bottom in her hand. The girl whimpered as Beth starting to unbutton her uniform.
Before her opponent had even begun to recover from her fall Nat drew back her free hand and punched her in the neck, right on the jugular. The cruel blow sent a wave of disorientation through her, like a brown-out in an electrical system, and the girl relaxed, stunned. Nat smiled and moved her other hand up to the girl’s face, covering both her mouth and nose completely.
Beth ignored the muttered protestations of the girl as she opened up her uniform to reveal her rather unflattering and mismatched underwear, glad that this was one part of the uniform they wouldn’t be stealing. She could see that the plastic was steaming up nicely and starting to get very tight around the girls face as she struggled to get enough oxygen. She moved her other hand up to the girls face and began to softly smooth the air out of the plastic, helping it cling more tightly to her skin, sucking in tightly over her mouth.
“Look at me,” she told the girl firmly, meeting her gaze. As the lack of oxygen really began to take hold she moved her knee onto one of the girl’s hands, pinning it against the hard tiled floor, putting as much of her weight onto it as she could. Though she lacked the breath to cry out Beth could see the girl’s eyes widen with pain, tears welling within. The girl was struggling but only weakly, the gas and the suffocation had taken the strength out of her, she had nothing to fight back with. Beth stroked her prey’s face gently as she ground her knee down harder, watching as the pain and suffocation both reached their crescendo.
Nat, her first victim now finished, walked over to the unconscious girl in the shower. She unwrapped her from her towel and turned her face up, admiring her lovely features as she slept soundly. Seeing that Beth was nearly finished she went into the shower and turned it on for a moment, giving the towel a good soaking and folding it up into a thick wad. She then returned to the sleeping girl and firmly pressed the wet towel down onto her face. She sat next to her and watched the girl’s magnificent chest rise and fall as she inhaled water. Nat smiled as she started to cough and quickly to drown in her sleep. It never ceased to amaze Nat how it was ever possible for people, even sedated, to sleep through their own drowning, but this wasn’t the first time she’d seen it happen.
“Like waterboarding, without asking all those pointless questions,” Beth observed, having completed her kill and wandered over to Nat to watch.
“I wonder if she’s having a wet dream,” replied Nat with a wicked grin as the breathing of her victim slowed to a stop. Nat gave one of the glistening wet boobs a playful slap to check for a response, there was none. She carefully twisted the nipple between her fingers, as if she were tuning in a radio to detect signs of life, still nothing.
“Did you just think of that or were you saving that one?” Beth helped Nat to her feet, “In fact, don’t tell me, I’m just going to hope you’re witty.”
They headed out of the room and silently headed off toward their original target.
3
Jess joined Mona after taking care of the receptionist. The taller woman, her face hidden by the sinister mask, tapped a schedule on the wall, “Two customers in aromatherapy. We'll take them on the way to the pool.” She didn't wait for an answer before heading off down the hallway.
A row of doors lined the corridor outside their destination, each one leading to a different treatment room. They were all locked, the ‘vacant’ sign revealed, except the one at the far end. Mona opened it and stepped inside, Jess following close behind.
Three women took up most of the space. All were conscious, to a degree. A vision of perfection looked up at the rubber-clad pair from her position at the foot of one of the massage tables. Her white uniform was fresh and spotless, her dark hair pulled back in a tidy, professional style. Subtle make-up enhanced her beauty. She tried to speak.
Mona ignored her, turning her attention to the two women lying face-up on the massage tables, eyes open but blank. She was about to approach when Jess laid a hand on her arm.
“I'll deal with these ones,” she said. Mona shrugged and knelt beside the aromatherapist.
The two customers didn't react when Jess moved to stand between them. She appraised each and confirmed her suspicions: hypnotised by the aromatherapist. She didn’t know why this has been done, perhaps the aromatherapist was running a scam on the side, or perhaps simply putting the customers under was easier and more effective than actually doing her job, but whatever the reason Jess was impressed. She'd used the technique herself, finding it very useful in obtaining information before quietly eliminating her foe.
“Can you hear me,” she whispered, bending low between the two women.
“Yes,” they answered in unison.
Jess smiled and turned her attention to the girl on her left. She was blonde, the black one-piece swimsuit rising and falling slowly with each breath, her small perky breasts a pleasing contrast to her busty friend. The assassin reached out, fingers tracing slow, gentle circles on the blonde's temples.
“Relax,” she soothed, leaning close, “Just let your body go limp and loose for me. Let the strength leave your body, taking your conscious mind with it. Breathe in and out, letting out all that strength and energy and free will. Good girl...Relax...Relax...Sleep.” Jess reached up and gently closed the blonde's eyes. She sighed and slid into a deep trance, completely oblivious to the outside world.
“Good girl,” Jess whispered in her ear. “Deep asleep now, where nothing can disturb you. Deeper and deeper. Now open your eyes but remain deeply asleep.”
A pair of blue eyes slowly fluttered open, vacant and glassy. “Take this,” Jess said, taking a length of rubber tubing from her belt and pressing it into the blonde's hand. “Stand up,” Jess commanded, her voice suddenly firm and authoritative. The blonde obeyed, allowing Jess to guide her into standing at the head of her friend's massage table.
“Now, when I touch your forehead I want you to take the tubing and wrap it twice around your friend's neck. Then you will pull hard and your muscles will lock in place, like steel, until I tell you to stop. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
“Good,” Jess smiled a sweetly wicked smile and gazed down upon the other woman.
Mona, meanwhile, was dealing with the therapist. She freed the woman's hair, shaking it free and ignoring the pathetic protests. Then, breath hissing through the filters in her mask, she ripped her top open, sending buttons skittering away into the corners of the room.
“You little minx,” she remarked upon seeing the designer silk bra and panties and lace-top stockings. “So little Miss Prim-and-Proper is a dirty girl, is she?” Mona slid a hand inside the silk panties. The aromatherapist drew in a sharp breath and nodded dreamily. Mona withdrew her fingers, pushing the glistening glove into the half-naked woman's mouth. She licked hungrily.
It took very little manipulation for Mona to shift forward, wrap her legs around the woman's body and start to squeeze. Her mouth gaped open at the sudden pressure and Mona withdrew her fingers, only to use them to yank the bra down to reveal full breasts, nipples erect. “Slut,” she teased, increasing the pressure with her thighs.
Jess gently lifted the second woman's head up, her glazed eyes barely acknowledging the presence of the killer. The customer was blonde, her dark roots betraying her natural colour. The tan was all natural, though. “Just relax,” Jess said with a merciless smile. She reached out and tapped the standing woman's forehead and watched as she mindlessly began to garrotte her friend.
The act was enough to break the busty blonde's trance but the gas was still working its magic and Jess simply had to grab her wrists and hold tight as the woman's eyes bulged. Her face turned red, mouth hanging wide, tongue protruding, drool slipping down her chin. Jess glanced up at the programmed killer, seeing no recognition in her eyes at all. It was enough to get her very worked up. She felt her victim start to relax, this time thanks to death rather than drugs. A few gentle spasms rippled along her body, pulsing over the tight black swimsuit in pleasing little waves.
Mona had added her arms to the crushing embrace now, squeezing with every powerful muscle in her body. Even without the gas the smaller, weaker woman would have been helpless. As it was she simply pawed at Mona's back, fingers slipping over the smooth second skin. Mona could hear the woman's involuntary gurgles and groans and felt something click beneath her arms - probably a vertebrae popping out of place.
Jess's first victim was dead now - eyes even more vacant than before. She checked for a pulse and found none. The girl’s head hung against the rubber garrotte. Jess moved in behind the standing, hypnotised woman and spoke one word: “Stop.” She released her grip and Jess watched the head drop back with a soft thump against the table.
“Sleep,” Jess whispered and the entranced woman went limp, eyes closing with a sigh, falling into Jess's arms. She lowered her, covering her mouth with her hand and looking over to Mona.
The powerful agent was disentangling herself. The aromatherapist was ragdoll limp, her body moving in sympathy with her killer's movements. Eventually Mona let the body fall back and Jess could see the wide eyes and blue lips that signified a successful suffocation. Mona stood and Jess knew she was smiling beneath the mask. She stretched languidly while Jess finished off her second victim, holding her hand in place long enough to make sure this was one trance the unfortunate blonde would never wake from.
4
Beth and Nat retraced their steps swiftly to the stairs leading up to the roof, where the sunbeds were set up. They knew thanks to their earlier reconnaissance that there were two targets up there and they also knew that unless those targets had popped downstairs for any reason in the last few minutes they would be unaffected by the gas inside. Moving up the stairs the pair noted that the bar area leading onto the roof was deserted; the sliding door to the outside was open.
They crept forward, their feet making no sound at all on the soft carpet. They reached the door, crouching on either side of it as they spotted their targets on the sunbeds.
To the left of where they hid they could see a lightly tanned redhead laying on her front on a flat sunbed, her head was turned away from them and she seemed to be asleep. In front of them they saw a second occupied sunbed, angled to get the best possible amount of sun, and thus with its back to them. All they could of the occupant was a pair of feet with brightly painted pink toenails, the girl lying on her back. As they watched, a slender arm came into view, to place an almost empty drink onto a nearby table. A long, elegant finger lingered on the rim of the glass, running along the edge, the long fingernail flawlessly manicured in the same pink shade as the toes.
Beth motioned towards the redhead on the left and then began to crawl forwards on all fours towards the sunbed in front of her. The white rubber covering her lithe body shone in the sunlight though she made no sound, covering the ground slowly. As she moved Nat also broke cover, copying her comrade’s style of movement and heading towards the redhead. The gentle sound of the waves and the warm sun had lulled the two sunbathers but even the most alert security expert would have struggled to hear the two women approach.
Beth reached the target, taking an educated guess from the way that the figure was absently stroking the glass on the table that she was looking over at the red head. As she got closer she got a better look at her, taking note of the unnaturally large yet perky breasts, the perfect nose, bottle blonde hair and tanned yet unblemished skin. The girl was a walking cosmetic surgery brochure, but she wore it damn well. Beth could see that the girl was topless, and her guess had been right, the blonde was gazing longingly over at the redhead.
Just at the moment that Nat, approaching the redhead, entered the blonde’s line of sight, Beth struck. Reaching around the sunbed she grabbed the girl with both hands, one across her mouth, the other under her jaw, so that not only was her mouth covered she couldn’t open it. The girl let out a slight, “Mmph!” sound, but then went silent. Her hands moved up to her face, feeling Beth’s gloves as if trying to what they were made of, not resisting, merely exploring.
Nat watched that all happen as she reached the redhead. She then saw, to some frustration, that her stealth had been somewhat excessive, as her target was wearing earphones for a tiny MP3 player and probably wouldn’t have heard her coming if she’d been on horseback. In mild frustration she simply grabbed the girl by the shoulder, rolled her over quickly onto her back and pressed a finger firmly against her glossy peach-coloured lips. Taken completely by surprise like this she was too shocked even to cry out as Nat tugged the earphones off her and smiled triumphantly.
The redhead really was stunning, dressed only in a pair of shiny green bikini briefs and a big pair of sunglasses that gave her a sort of bug-eyed alien look.
“Wow,” said Nat, impressed, “I think I’m going to enjoy this.”
“Enjoy what?” the girl said indignantly. Nat ignored her question and grabbed her by the throat, pressing down hard on her windpipe with her thumbs. She pushed forward, climbing onto the sunbed atop the gasping girl, whose attempts to scratch and strike her were proving ineffectual as her hands couldn’t find purchase on her rubber clad opponent. Nat pressed against her victim, wrapping her legs around one of her thighs and grinding against her, bouncing up and down on the sunbed which groaned under the strain.
At the other sunbed, seeing the fate of the redhead, the blonde tried to make a break for it. It was a short lived effort however, Beth’s grip was strong and though the polished latex looked almost completely frictionless there was no escape. Beth shushed the younger woman again, moving her hands so that between them they created a complete seal over her mouth and nose, pulling her head back against her chest. She held the girl firmly, directing her gaze to the other sunbed.
“Relax and watch,” said Beth gently, “You might like it.”
Nat bounced and squeezed harder, watching with glee as her victim turned dark red, her moist pink tongue protruding slightly from her mouth. She had an almost overwhelming urge to kiss her and mentally cursed her mask for preventing it. The frustration gave even more strength to her hands as she heard the cartilage start to give way beneath her thumbs.
As Nat completed her kill Beth moved her hand slightly to allow the blonde another breath, just enough to keep her ticking over. She watched as Nat slowly lowered the body to the sunbed, the sunglasses still in place, and then walked back to her, visibly trembling with a mixture of arousal and adrenalin. She was breathing hard, savouring the giddy feeling she got from the mask not quite giving her enough oxygen for such exertions.
“She was nice,” sighed Nat happily, “How’s things with Pornstar Barbie here?”
“I think she’s about ready for her nap,” Beth allowed the limp girl another small breath.
“Aw, they’re so sweet when they can’t breathe,” crooned Nat.
Beth adjusted her grip, no more breathes of air for her victim. Nat watched her as the girl began to struggle, enjoying the futility of the blonde’s efforts. It didn’t take long for the struggles to cease and for Beth to let the body slump back on the sunbed.
With the girls dispatched Beth and Nat quickly dragged the bodies into the building, piling them on top of each other behind the bar.
“Time to have a word with the management,” said Beth grimly as they headed off back down the stairs.
5
The sounds of splashing and murmured voices filtered through the door into the tiled anteroom where Mona and Jess stood. Their masks removed the tang of chlorine from the air. Two bags sat in the corner, clothes neatly folded on top. At a nod from Mona the pair of agents moved forward, opening the door to reveal a small, warm room with a sunken pool in the middle.
Two women were in the water. A blonde was half out, pawing at the slick floor trying to escape the pool fully. In the pool a brunette was trying to pull herself out of the water but she was panicking and flailing and as much as she struggled she could not manage it. A small blonde in a skimpy bikini was trying to help the brunette and complaining at her to calm down. The bikini-clad blonde looked up as the two figures appeared.
“Help us!” she said, angrily pulling her arm away as the brunette grabbed it and almost pulled her into the pool.
Mona flicked a hand towards the blonde who had managed to beach herself half out of the pool and then advanced on the other pair. Jess quickly moved to the blonde, kneeling and grabbing her under the arms, hauling her all the way out. She turned her onto her side, patting her back to help her cough up the water she'd swallowed.
The brunette looked up hopefully as Mona reached the edge of the pool. The tall, imposing woman stood a moment, hooded head moving slowly from one woman to the next, the lenses reflecting rippling water. Then, decision made, she sat down on the edge of the pool next to the brunette. She calmly shoved her back into the water, ignoring the surprised blonde. Though drugged the brunette was a strong swimmer and she tried to surface again, but Jess was not allowing it. She clamped her rubber boots against the woman's neck to hold her in a solid grip, forcing her down under the surface and squeezing. Her eyes went wide, her face mere inches from the air above, hands clawing at the slick rubber encasing Mona's legs.
The blonde next to her reached out, pulling at Mona's shoulder. At first the sinister figure seemed to ignore her but then the head turned as if acknowledging her presence for the first time. There was a pause, a moment of calculation, and then Mona's hand lashed out, her open palm connecting with the blonde's chest, just above the shiny material covering her left breast. The woman tried to speak but no sound came out, instead she slumped forward, caught by Mona as she landed in her lap. Her eyes were bulging, just like the drowning brunette's. Mona dragged her across her lap, her hand now moving between the blonde's legs.
The second blonde saw nothing of this, Jess being sure to keep her attention focussed on her. A warm smile here, a lingering bit of eye contact there, the blonde was putty in her hands. “Can you breathe?” she asked, smoothing wet hair away from her face. The woman nodded, still coughing but now looking much less panicked. Jess continued her examination, noting the dilated pupils and slow muscular response. The gas had done its work, but not nearly as effectively as the therapy room.
“You're going to be OK,” Jess lied, her friendly smile reinforcing the trust between the two. She reached into a pouch at her belt and took out a small silver disc, peeling a plastic coating off one side. She tilted the woman's head and pressed the disc just behind her ear, where it stuck.
“What's that?” the woman tried to sit up but Jess gently pushed her back down.
“It's an experimental device,” the cute killer explained, “Once it reaches body temperature - in about twenty seconds - it'll deliver a thirty thousand volt charge directly to the brain stem. Don't worry; it's a painless way to die.” She smiled again and cut off the blonde's struggles by yanking down the straps of her swimsuit, trapping her arm and revealing her pert breasts.
The brunette was dead. Mona held her under effortlessly but she wasn't struggling anymore and even through the rippling reflections of the water her blank stare was clear to see. The blonde was almost dead too, she just didn't know it yet. Mona worked the woman's pussy with practiced fingers, rubbing her through the shiny bikini briefs. Her blow to the chest had caused cardiac arrhythmia, interrupting the flow of blood around her body. As her expert ministrations elevated the blonde's arousal the extra stress on her body would cause her to arrest. The purple tinge to her lips told Mona it was working.
She stared down, detached, calculating and evaluating the status of her helpless victim. She saw the blonde's eyes widen, felt her body tense, the thighs clamping together. There was the familiar look of pleasure as endorphins flooded her system at the start of her orgasm and then the even more familiar look of pain and fear as her heart simply shuddered to a halt. Her death throes and twitches of ecstasy mingled, inseparable from each other. The blonde gurgled, reaching up towards her killer but only managing to gently paw the masked face before her body went suddenly limp.
Mona pressed two fingers to the blonde's throat. The weak pulse fluttered and faded. She regarded the corpse in her lap for a moment, taking in the beauty of the woman in a way she hadn't noticed before. She shrugged and pushed the limp body away before reaching down and hauling the brunette out of the pool, water cascading from her body.
“What?” the blonde beneath Jess suddenly came alive with fear, that fear lending her the strength the gas had taken away. She squirmed and bucked her hips but Jess was straddling her now and it was amazing how effective a swimsuit was at pinning her arms.
“Ten seconds sweetie,” Jess said happily, pinching one of the exposed nipples.
“No, please. Somebody help!”
“Everyone else is dead,” Jess explained patiently, looking over to where Mona was dragging the two bodies towards a store cupboard at the back of the room.
“Please, please don't do - ungh.” There was an electric crackle and the blonde spasmed viciously, going cross-eyed before relaxing beneath Jess. The killer smiled, patting the woman's face.
“Eighteen seconds,” she remarked, “Close enough.” She jumped to her feet and grabbed the blonde's legs, dragging her across to the pair of bodies Mona had stashed.
“It worked then,” the taller woman said as Jess arranged the body atop the other two.
“I told you it would, but the timing was a little off.”
“You and your gadgets,” Mona said, a hint of exasperation in her voice but Jess could tell she was smiling beneath the hood. She closed the door to the store cupboard and followed her partner out of the room.
6
The door to the offices stood open as Nat and Beth arrived and they walked in boldly, knowing that, if anybody was awake and aware in the room that they’d never be able to sneak past them given the single entry point. They spotted both of the occupants immediately, one, a brunette with her hair in a neat ponytail, slumped at her desk the other, a pale girl with jet black hair, collapsed on the floor, beyond these two gatekeepers was the manager’s office, the door firmly closed. While the girl behind the desk was quite conservatively dressed in a grey skirt suit and white silk blouse the other girl wore a short leather skirt, a red tank top and a pair of knee length boots. Nat took an immediate liking to these and decided she would deal with their owner.
The girl on the floor was struggling to remain conscious, or close to it, as she crawled towards her desk, under which was her bag. As she saw the two women enter the room she breathed a sigh of relief and rolled over onto her back, content that she was about to be rescued.
Nat approached her quickly and knelt next to the girl near her head, “Don’t worry,” she said, “We’ve come to help.” The girl smiled up at her in relief as Nat gently took her wrist and pretended to check her pulse. Nat studied the girl’s face intently; she had beautiful soft skin, almost deathly pale, with elegantly lined bright blue eyes and full lips sporting black lipstick. It was the first time Nat had seen anybody pull off such a gothic look so successfully.
“What’s happening?” asked the black haired girl sleepily, “Are you going to take us out of here?”
“Something like that,” replied Nat, beaming at the girl through the visor of her mask as she began to examine her. To the unfortunate girl it seemed as though this must be some sort of necessary medical check as Nat prodded and squeezed her, but she wondered why it was making her feel strange, as though her limbs were getting heavier.
Behind the desk the brunette turned and looked at Beth as the other assassin approached. She smiled, relieved at the thought of rescue, as Beth crouched down next to her.
“I’m here to help you,” Beth said calmly, meeting the girl’s eyes. As she spoke she pushed a hand gently but insistently up under the girl’s skirt between her legs. She felt her hand brush over the top of stockings on the way up before she reached the top and began to stroke the front of the girl’s lacy underwear with her fingers. The movement was so abrupt and bold that the girl couldn’t think of an appropriate response. Her eyes widened in alarm, her gaze still held by Beth.
“I’m here to help you,” repeated Beth, more quietly this time, her fingers stroking more firmly now and her eyes twinkling behind the mask.
The girl looked as if she was intending to reply, but though her mouth opened a little no words came out. Beth shushed her gently, moving her hand up to the girl’s face via her belt, slipping an object from one of the pockets as she went. The object was a small black rubber ball on the end of a narrow rubber tube, with a tiny valve and red squeeze pump on the other end.
Nat’s swift examination of the other girl had yielded an interesting find, some puncture wounds on the left arm, suggesting some sort of injection. She had also learned that the girl had amazingly shapely legs and that her breasts, while big, were extremely pert, and that she had sensitive nipples. While learning all this had been enjoyable for her, she had also used the free reign over the girl’s body to work on some pressure points, pressing her fingers in firmly, interfering with the flow of blood, with the result that the girl’s limbs began to feel exhausted, leaden.
“What are you doing?” asked the girl dreamily.
“Just checking you out,” replied Nat airily, noticing that on the other side of the room Beth was in control of her target, “It’s very important that you keep still.” She moved her hands to the side of the girl’s neck and firmly kneaded the muscles with her thumbs, soothing and wearying them in the same way as she had her arms and legs.
“Doesn’t that feel better?” she asked, smiling again, brushing a few strands of hair away from the girl’s face. The gothic beauty tried to nod, frowning as it dawned on her just how difficult it had become to move her head.
“I just have one more thing to down check here,” continued Nat in her friendly, business-like manner, climbing onto the girl, her knees on either side of her torso, facing towards her feet, “And then…” She scootched herself back a little way, pressing her smooth, latex clad backside down onto the mouth and nose of the girl.
“You’re all done,” she said finally, wiggling her bottom to get comfortable.
Beth continued to use her hand on the brunette under her skirt, in combination with the gas it was keeping her victim nice and docile. While she did that she fed the rubber ball into the unresisting mouth of the girl, pushing it to the back with her fingers.
“Swallow,” she commanded, holding the pump hidden in the palm of her hand as the girl did as she was told, believing this to be some sort of medication. The ball was difficult to get down, and it didn’t go all the way, it caught in her throat on the end of the tube.
“Swallow it,” repeated Beth, squeezing the tiny pump in her palm, “It’s good for you.”
The girl began to choke, her face reddening as Beth made soothing noises and gave the pump another squeeze.
“Is something wrong?” she asked tenderly, giving the pump yet another squeeze, “Let me help you.” She rubbed the girl’s neck firmly, as if trying to help the device down. The girl opened her mouth and tried to push Beth away, but Beth was much stronger and between the gas and her current situation the girl was utterly overmatched. As the struggles became more violent Beth sat on the girl’s lap, holding her in place as she expired quietly.
A swift glance to her side showed that Nat was achieving similar results. Her victim was motionless beneath her, even her moans for help had ceased. Meanwhile Nat was rummaging through her victim’s bag, which she had found in reach under the table next to her.
“What are you up to?” asked Beth, ignoring the death throes of her captive now.
“I want her lipstick, I think it’d look good on me,” Nat retrieved it, and then saw something else in the bag, a small black case with a syringe and some phials in it. She pocketed them.
“What have you got there?” Beth asked, her victim spasming beneath her one last time.
“Not sure, my guess it’s whatever she sticks in her arm for fun while she thinks nobody can see the holes, I think her boss should see this.”
“I agree.”
Beth stood up first, leaving the device, which she had named the Frog, still trapped in the girl’s gullet, just to be on the safe side. Nat followed and they approached the office door.
“Ready?” asked Nat.
“Ready,” replied Beth, and they went into the manager’s office.
7
Heat blasted from the sauna, almost a physical presence when Jess opened the door, coating her latex suit with a thin layer of shimmering moisture. Along with the heat came an unconscious woman who had been leaning on the door, damp black hair clinging to her face, her body wrapped in a fluffy white towel. Jess bent and dragged the prone figure away while Mona moved inside. A second woman was struggling to stay conscious just inside the heavy door. She looked up expectantly at the ethereal figure, steam swirling around her. Mona ignored her. She'd spied two other women in the corner and beneath her mask a wicked smile formed.
“Please...” the woman said reaching out, her fingers brushing Mona's leg as she swept past.
Jess appeared beside her in a flash.
“It's OK,” she said, helping the woman to her unsteady feet and taking her from the room. “There's been a gas leak.” She eased her into a sitting position against the corridor wall.
The woman was naked so Jess could tell she was a natural blonde. Her blue eyes were clouded, her face unnaturally pale.
“You need oxygen,” Jess told her, unhooking a small canister and plastic mask from her belt. The mask covered the blonde's mouth and nose and she gently put it in place, hooking the elastic round her head and twisting the valve on the cylinder. “Deep breaths,” she said, nodding encouragement.
The blonde eagerly complied and only after the second breath did she realise something was wrong. It was too late by then. The concentrated sleeping gas took her under its spell. Jess watched her frightened eyes close and her body relax and left the mask in place. The girl would receive a fatal dose within minutes.
Mona approached the two naked brunettes she had spotted, seating herself next to them on the narrow bench and effectively trapping them against the wall. One of the women had her face resting on her partner's thigh. It didn't take a genius to work out what they'd been doing before the gas cooled their passions.
“Please, continue,” Mona said, her voice echoing from her tight mask. She placed a strong hand on the nuzzling woman's head and pressed her face into her lover's crotch. “Good girl,” she cooed. Mona’s other hand clasped firmly over the second woman's mouth and nose, the moist latex glove forming a perfect seal. “I wonder if you'll cum before you die,” she mused.
There was very little struggle. Hands flapped helplessly - mostly at thin air. Eyes widened, legs kicked, muscles trembled. A few weak grunts and squeaks were all the pair could manage. It was nothing Mona hadn't heard before. She pressed down harder, jamming her first victim's face deeper into her writhing partner's sex. There was a tremor and Mona's expertise and experience identified it as the first stirrings of sexual ecstasy rather than the final moments of a young life. Soon the two conflicting actions melded into one, both women shuddering, mewling, spasming.
They expired together, both bodies relaxing with a sudden resignation, eyes rolling back. Mona held both for a few moments, making sure of her kills with grim satisfaction.
While Mona was taking care of the two lovers Jess was making sure the unconscious woman never woke up. With the blonde slumped by the door, gas mask firmly in place, she knelt down and lifted the sleeping woman's head. Full lips parted with an involuntary sigh and Jess felt a strong pulse at her throat. Well, she could certainly sort that out. The young assassin liberated a syringe from a belt pouch, pulled the plunger back and inserted the needle with surgical precision just below the heart. She depressed the plunger, pumping air into the helpless woman's bloodstream.
The spasms were surprisingly violent and Jess had to hold her victim down until she surrendered to the inevitable, drool sliding from the corner of her mouth. Jess dragged her against the wall before entering the sauna to see if Mona had finished with her targets. She wasn't prepared for what she saw.
Two young women lay on a bench behind Mona in a parody of sexual bliss, lips blue and bodies slack. In front of Mona an Amazonian woman with rippling muscles and long, straight dark hair was advancing. Jess had seen her on the floor as the sauna door opened. Clearly the gas hadn't taken much of a toll on her strong constitution. She had adopted a kick-boxing stance and from the way she threw the first punch she was obviously not a beginner.
She wasn't a highly trained killer either, though. Mona swayed out of reach of the punch and stepped forward, blocking an attempted knee before delivering a blow of her own to the woman's muscular thigh. She stepped back, suddenly unsteady. Jess took her chance. She may have been no match for the sheer physicality of her target but she had the element of surprise and she had skill and knowledge too. She put all of that to good use.
The first the Amazon was aware of Jess was when a solid jab landed on her right bicep, numbing the arm instantly. She tried to turn but Mona's strike had weakened her stance and before she could face Jess two more blows struck pressure points on her right thigh and left arm. Then Jess brought her knee up hard onto the woman's left thigh and she dropped to her knees, limbs numb and useless.
Jess smiled sweetly while the woman gasped in shock and desperation. The smile turned to a mocking sneer. Mona stepped up behind the kneeling fighter, grabbed her head and snapped her neck with one twist of her powerful arms. The dull crack of shattering vertebrae was swallowed up by the thick steam and Mona released the body, allowing it to topple to the floor.
“Amateur,” she hissed, shaking her head.
There was a cleaning cupboard at the end of the hall. It took some effort but very soon all five bodies were stashed inside. Mona checked the clock as the last of the corpses was laid out. They were ahead of schedule and wondered if the other pair had kept up.
8
The manager’s office was clean and not particularly welcoming, designed to be intimidating for the staff and a safe haven for the boss, with a large desk and a very shiny new computer. It was this computer that had been the downfall of the spa, as hacking the climate control software that ran the air conditioning system had been vital in distributing the gas.
Behind the desk the manager herself dozed. She was an attractive, stern looking woman in her late thirties. Her long ash blonde hair was loose and her head was nodding forwards, as though she had planned to take a long morning nap. She wore a conservative grey suit with a neat silk blouse and a little too much makeup as she fought a rear-guard action against her approaching forties.
Nat loaded the syringe from the phial which she had taken from the gothic looking girl in the previous room and walked over to the desk. The manager didn’t acknowledge her, the room was not particularly well ventilated and the gas had concentrated her, leaving her out like a light. Nat took one of the manager’s arms, turned it over so the hand was palm upward, and then injected her in the vein. The manager moaned almost immediately, writhing slightly in pleasure.
“Do you even know what’s in that syringe?” asked Beth, ignoring both women and making a beeline for the computer.
“No idea,” replied Nat, “Looks like she’s enjoying it whatever it is.”
“Reckon it was a lethal dose?” Beth brought up the climate control software and began to run the air conditioning system on full power to purge the tainted air from the building. The place was going to get pretty cold, but at least they’d be able to breathe again.
“Not immediately,” Nat watched the manager as she smiled in her sleep, rubbing her thighs together.
As the air conditioners hummed into life Beth shifted her attention from the computers to the two women. The drug seemed to be having a potent effect on the sleeping manager, causing Nat to wonder just what it was, and if she could get herself some.
“Drugs are bad,” said Beth after a moment of watching, “You should punish her for enjoying herself so much.”
“I agree,” replied Nat hastily, making a mental not to hang onto the phial for later analysis. She reached over to the manager and carefully placed a hand on her mouth, pinching her nose delicately with the fingers of the other hand, the latex gloves forming an immediate perfect seal. With the subject unable to resist the effect was almost immediate.
“That ought to do it,” said Beth, casually moving behind Nat, watching the manager impassively over her shoulder. She absently raised a hand up under Nat’s arm, sliding it gently across her breasts, seeking out one of her comrade’s nipples through the soft white latex of her catsuit and rubbing it with her fingers. Nat trembled a little, but managed to remain focussed on her task, dispatching her prey as dispassionately as she was able.
“You can’t put me off,” she said finally, as the woman in her grip stopped breathing.
“If I wanted to put you off, believe me, you’d be off,” replied Beth matter-of-factly, stepping away to head back into the lobby, “You’d melt like a snowball in a sauna.”
Nat laughed and hoisted the dead manager out of her chair, carrying her over her shoulder to the cold storage area at the back of the spa where the bodies were being stashed.
The team worked quickly, collecting up the corpses from their work, dropping them off in storage and finally, when all the bodies were cooling nicely, stripping those that were still clothed to their undergarments and helping themselves to anything that took their fancy for the next phase of the plan, where they were to be disguised as staff.
While they worked the air conditioners cleaned the air, so that by the time they were finished they were able to remove their gas masks. They then headed to the staff room to get dressed, ready for the afternoon’s scheduled visitors.
9
The gigantic stretched limo might almost have qualified as a bus by some measures. By weight it was more of a tank however, the chassis, windows and bodywork of the huge machine having been armoured against bombs and bullets. An outrider on a motorcycle preceded it as it swept into the parking lot like some great black ship.
Doors opened at the front and rear, disgorging a handful of very serious looking bodyguards and behind them a veritable horde of immaculately groomed young socialites. From the vacant to the vicious this collection of ultra-privileged young women all had one thing in common, their connections to a certain corporate cartel; they were heiresses, trophy wives, mistresses, lovers and some even operators in their own right. To have them gathered together like this was a rare opportunity, an opportunity deemed rare enough to justify not only sending Mona, Beth, Jess and Nat to eliminate them, but to wipe out the staff and patrons of a spa just to prepare the trap.
The trap itself was well prepared. The group knew they had the run of the place and that only a small team of the most trusted members of staff would be on hand to tend to their needs. As the girls and their security detail dispersed throughout the premises the four agents, dressed in uniforms borrowed from the deceased employees, would seek them out and dispatch them.
Nat watched the group pass through the lobby where she was posted as receptionist. It was hard to count the number of targets and guards, she reckoned at least a dozen, but they were so noisy and irritating and animated that she couldn’t be sure if she counted some twice or missed a few. Either way she felt sure the world wouldn’t miss them, but she tended to think that way about everybody.
By Sleepy Abbie and Dogfish
1
The waves murmured in the distance, the early morning sun bathing the exclusive beachside spa with a warm, comforting glow. Outside all was peaceful. Inside, the large number of staff and small number of early clients were feeling even more serene.
Mona glanced at the van's clock and then at her three companions. Pristine white latex hugged the quartet's bodies, revealing their toned, athletic and downright gorgeous figures. Every inch of skin from neck to toe was covered with the slick, gleaming material. She settled her hood in place, the tight gas mask with its tinted lenses giving her an almost alien appearance. Beth, the sadistic, eager young woman beside her was similarly hooded. Jess and Nat's headgear revealed more of their features through the clear full-face visors; Natasha’s large brown eyes sparkled in anticipation.
With another glance at the clock, Mona nodded and the four women jumped from the van, striding purposefully across the parking lot. Reaching the door they confirmed their plan had gone into motion perfectly. The gas cylinders they'd installed late the previous night and activated minutes ago had worked their insidious magic, contaminating the air and rendering everyone inside unconscious or helplessly weak. Easy prey.
Mona, Beth and Nat walked through reception, sweeping past the moaning young woman behind the desk without even acknowledging her presence. They disappeared deeper into the spa. Jess peeled off towards her though. She said nothing, pushing a pawing hand away as she searched the receptionist's desk for the keys. She soon found them and, still ignoring the weak, mewling receptionist, she walked calmly back to the front door and locked it. Only after she had returned the keys to the drawer did she look at the receptionist.
“Amanda,” she said gently, reading the nametag pinned to the red silk blouse, “My name is Jessica. There's been a gas leak and I'm here to clean up,” Her visor gave her voice an ethereal, otherworldly resonance. “I need to check your vitals,” she said, kneeling by the woman's chair.
Amanda was a raven-haired beauty, her red lips perfectly contrasting her pale skin and dark eyes. Her silk stockings whispered as she tried, and failed, to stand.
“Shh,” Jess soothed, “Don't try to move. Let me help.” She smiled warmly and started to unbutton the blouse, as if this it were the most natural thing in the world to do at that moment. Amanda's look of confusion was soon replaced by one of drugged happiness as the cool latex clad fingers slipped her breasts free from her bra. Jess cupped Amanda’s breasts in her gloved hands, squeezing them gently, “Very nice,” she whispered. “Now, let's check those vital signs, shall we?”
The receptionist knew something wasn't right, but the gas was making it so hard to think. She smiled dreamily and pressed her thighs together.
Jess moved her right hand to Amanda's neck, two fingers finding the weak but steady pulse there. She smiled once more and then increased the pressure by a tiny amount. “Just relax,” she said, staring straight into Amanda's half-lidded eyes. “Good girl,” she cooed, her fingers manipulating the pressure point perfectly. Amanda's brain began to shut down as the restricted blood-flow took its toll. Within moments her whole body relaxed completely, her eyes rolling back as Jess took her consciousness from her. Now all that remained was to take her life.
Gently, almost reverently, she lowered Amanda to the floor and pressed her hand to her mouth, pinching her nose shut. The pretty young thing didn't wake. She barely even twitched as her oxygen-starved body began to expire. Jess held her down through her last spasms, idly stroking the dying woman's exposed breasts. Soon Amanda was still. Jess laid her hand on her left breast, feeling for a pulse. Nothing. The first kill of many.
2
Beth moved rapidly and silently down the corridor, bypassing her first intended target, pressing on further into the building, leaving her partner Natasha somewhat confused.
“We’re going the wrong way,” hissed Nat after a moment. She wasn’t sure if Beth’s reply was a sigh of frustration or shushing through the air filters of her mask, but she got the message either way and followed on in silence.
Suddenly Nat heard the sound which had caused the usually implacable Beth to stray from the plan, somebody was calling for help. The sound was coming from the staff room. While Beth knew there was nobody who could provide help from the outside within earshot, the place was very well isolated which was part of the appeal; she knew there were likely to be people sunbathing on the roof, people who might have cell phones. Whoever was making all that noise must be silenced.
The door to the staff room was closed, but unlocked; Beth opened it and stepped inside, no longer even trying to hide. Beth had learned that if you could not be sure to be concealed then it was better not to try, it was easier to convince people you were meant to be in a place if you hadn’t been caught sneaking through it.
Looking around the room it was easy to see why the door was kept closed. While most of the spa was kept immaculately clean the staff room was a different story. A line of old lockers, some sporting dents where employees had taken out their annoyances at clients, took up one side of the room with a shower block at the far end. With a fridge, table and chairs on the opposite side the place seemed to be some sort of hybrid of a kitchen and a changing room, as though the management had considered all the needs of the staff for about five seconds and crammed all those items into one room that badly needing repainting. Beth was looking forward to taking up this matter with the management later, but first she had more pressing matters to deal with. And those pressing matters were wielding a baseball bat.
The girl was the sort of understated yet striking beauty that wouldn’t so much stop traffic as cause a crash further down the road as drivers craned their necks around for a second look. Long soft dark hair tumbled down her back in that way that hair is supposed to but almost never does for most people. It wasn’t her beauty that got the attention of Beth and Nat as they entered the room however, it was the fact that she was perched on top of the lockers like a cat, clinging to a baseball bat which she had used to break a window, through which she was now yelling for help.
Beth and Nat exchanged frustrated glances; they’d taken pains to ensure all the windows were sealed from the outside the previous night, but they hadn’t planned for somebody to react to the gas with that much initiative, or that the person would have a bat handy. A few minutes more and the girl might have tried to climb out.
“Hello!” called Nat, advancing across the room towards the girl. She opted to take the lead because her gas mask had a full face visor, giving her a less sinister appearance than Beth, “Are you all right?”
Beth watched Nat at work, her protégé was learning fast, but it was never easy to bluff somebody out of a corner. Come on too strong and they panic, give them too much space to think and they might get suspicious. To assist in Nat’s deception Beth set about doing her best impression of a caring medical professional. She could see that there was a girl in the white uniform of the spa staff on her hands and knees near the door, awake but just barely, and that past her in the shower area there was a dark skinned woman lying face down on the tiles. She went to the nearest girl first, crouching down next to her.
“I’m fine,” replied the girl from on top of the locker, “How did you get here so fast? I didn’t hear a siren.”
“There was a chemical spill,” Nat lied, reaching the bottom of the lockers, “We didn’t get word this place was even at risk at first, by the time we knew it was too late to get a warning.”
Nat reached up to the girl as if trying to coax a cat out of a tree. Behind her Beth had placed the girl on the floor into a close approximation of the recovery position, still trying to look as convincingly medical as possible.
The girl put down the bat and turned, her legs hanging down from the side of the locker, about to drop into Nat’s arms. Nat looked up at her expectantly; her big brown eyes and wide smile helping her to seem every bit the angelic rescuer.
The girl looked set to drop into her arms, then she paused, and a frown crossed her face.
Even as she’d said it Nat had known her bluff made little sense, why would the air outside have been untainted if there had been a spill outside? It was foolish on its face. She chalked her lack of imagination up to difficulty breathing in the mask and also to the fact that from the moment she’d walked into the room she’d really wanted to do what she was about to do now. Before the girl could voice her doubts Nat moved.
She grabbed the girl’s legs and pulled, hard, dragging her down from the locker with a yelp. She landed badly, having fallen several feet onto the tiled floor, and Nat was on top of her in an instant. Quickly Nat pressed a gloved hand over the mouth of her victim, muffling her cry of alarm as she climbed on top of her.
“That looked painful,” remarked Beth softly to herself as the fight unfolded, before returning her attention to the feebly moaning girl before her. With the need for deception at an end she calmly pulled a polythene bag from her belt and slipped it over the head of the girl, gathering the loose plastic at the bottom in her hand. The girl whimpered as Beth starting to unbutton her uniform.
Before her opponent had even begun to recover from her fall Nat drew back her free hand and punched her in the neck, right on the jugular. The cruel blow sent a wave of disorientation through her, like a brown-out in an electrical system, and the girl relaxed, stunned. Nat smiled and moved her other hand up to the girl’s face, covering both her mouth and nose completely.
Beth ignored the muttered protestations of the girl as she opened up her uniform to reveal her rather unflattering and mismatched underwear, glad that this was one part of the uniform they wouldn’t be stealing. She could see that the plastic was steaming up nicely and starting to get very tight around the girls face as she struggled to get enough oxygen. She moved her other hand up to the girls face and began to softly smooth the air out of the plastic, helping it cling more tightly to her skin, sucking in tightly over her mouth.
“Look at me,” she told the girl firmly, meeting her gaze. As the lack of oxygen really began to take hold she moved her knee onto one of the girl’s hands, pinning it against the hard tiled floor, putting as much of her weight onto it as she could. Though she lacked the breath to cry out Beth could see the girl’s eyes widen with pain, tears welling within. The girl was struggling but only weakly, the gas and the suffocation had taken the strength out of her, she had nothing to fight back with. Beth stroked her prey’s face gently as she ground her knee down harder, watching as the pain and suffocation both reached their crescendo.
Nat, her first victim now finished, walked over to the unconscious girl in the shower. She unwrapped her from her towel and turned her face up, admiring her lovely features as she slept soundly. Seeing that Beth was nearly finished she went into the shower and turned it on for a moment, giving the towel a good soaking and folding it up into a thick wad. She then returned to the sleeping girl and firmly pressed the wet towel down onto her face. She sat next to her and watched the girl’s magnificent chest rise and fall as she inhaled water. Nat smiled as she started to cough and quickly to drown in her sleep. It never ceased to amaze Nat how it was ever possible for people, even sedated, to sleep through their own drowning, but this wasn’t the first time she’d seen it happen.
“Like waterboarding, without asking all those pointless questions,” Beth observed, having completed her kill and wandered over to Nat to watch.
“I wonder if she’s having a wet dream,” replied Nat with a wicked grin as the breathing of her victim slowed to a stop. Nat gave one of the glistening wet boobs a playful slap to check for a response, there was none. She carefully twisted the nipple between her fingers, as if she were tuning in a radio to detect signs of life, still nothing.
“Did you just think of that or were you saving that one?” Beth helped Nat to her feet, “In fact, don’t tell me, I’m just going to hope you’re witty.”
They headed out of the room and silently headed off toward their original target.
3
Jess joined Mona after taking care of the receptionist. The taller woman, her face hidden by the sinister mask, tapped a schedule on the wall, “Two customers in aromatherapy. We'll take them on the way to the pool.” She didn't wait for an answer before heading off down the hallway.
A row of doors lined the corridor outside their destination, each one leading to a different treatment room. They were all locked, the ‘vacant’ sign revealed, except the one at the far end. Mona opened it and stepped inside, Jess following close behind.
Three women took up most of the space. All were conscious, to a degree. A vision of perfection looked up at the rubber-clad pair from her position at the foot of one of the massage tables. Her white uniform was fresh and spotless, her dark hair pulled back in a tidy, professional style. Subtle make-up enhanced her beauty. She tried to speak.
Mona ignored her, turning her attention to the two women lying face-up on the massage tables, eyes open but blank. She was about to approach when Jess laid a hand on her arm.
“I'll deal with these ones,” she said. Mona shrugged and knelt beside the aromatherapist.
The two customers didn't react when Jess moved to stand between them. She appraised each and confirmed her suspicions: hypnotised by the aromatherapist. She didn’t know why this has been done, perhaps the aromatherapist was running a scam on the side, or perhaps simply putting the customers under was easier and more effective than actually doing her job, but whatever the reason Jess was impressed. She'd used the technique herself, finding it very useful in obtaining information before quietly eliminating her foe.
“Can you hear me,” she whispered, bending low between the two women.
“Yes,” they answered in unison.
Jess smiled and turned her attention to the girl on her left. She was blonde, the black one-piece swimsuit rising and falling slowly with each breath, her small perky breasts a pleasing contrast to her busty friend. The assassin reached out, fingers tracing slow, gentle circles on the blonde's temples.
“Relax,” she soothed, leaning close, “Just let your body go limp and loose for me. Let the strength leave your body, taking your conscious mind with it. Breathe in and out, letting out all that strength and energy and free will. Good girl...Relax...Relax...Sleep.” Jess reached up and gently closed the blonde's eyes. She sighed and slid into a deep trance, completely oblivious to the outside world.
“Good girl,” Jess whispered in her ear. “Deep asleep now, where nothing can disturb you. Deeper and deeper. Now open your eyes but remain deeply asleep.”
A pair of blue eyes slowly fluttered open, vacant and glassy. “Take this,” Jess said, taking a length of rubber tubing from her belt and pressing it into the blonde's hand. “Stand up,” Jess commanded, her voice suddenly firm and authoritative. The blonde obeyed, allowing Jess to guide her into standing at the head of her friend's massage table.
“Now, when I touch your forehead I want you to take the tubing and wrap it twice around your friend's neck. Then you will pull hard and your muscles will lock in place, like steel, until I tell you to stop. Do you understand?”
“Yes.”
“Good,” Jess smiled a sweetly wicked smile and gazed down upon the other woman.
Mona, meanwhile, was dealing with the therapist. She freed the woman's hair, shaking it free and ignoring the pathetic protests. Then, breath hissing through the filters in her mask, she ripped her top open, sending buttons skittering away into the corners of the room.
“You little minx,” she remarked upon seeing the designer silk bra and panties and lace-top stockings. “So little Miss Prim-and-Proper is a dirty girl, is she?” Mona slid a hand inside the silk panties. The aromatherapist drew in a sharp breath and nodded dreamily. Mona withdrew her fingers, pushing the glistening glove into the half-naked woman's mouth. She licked hungrily.
It took very little manipulation for Mona to shift forward, wrap her legs around the woman's body and start to squeeze. Her mouth gaped open at the sudden pressure and Mona withdrew her fingers, only to use them to yank the bra down to reveal full breasts, nipples erect. “Slut,” she teased, increasing the pressure with her thighs.
Jess gently lifted the second woman's head up, her glazed eyes barely acknowledging the presence of the killer. The customer was blonde, her dark roots betraying her natural colour. The tan was all natural, though. “Just relax,” Jess said with a merciless smile. She reached out and tapped the standing woman's forehead and watched as she mindlessly began to garrotte her friend.
The act was enough to break the busty blonde's trance but the gas was still working its magic and Jess simply had to grab her wrists and hold tight as the woman's eyes bulged. Her face turned red, mouth hanging wide, tongue protruding, drool slipping down her chin. Jess glanced up at the programmed killer, seeing no recognition in her eyes at all. It was enough to get her very worked up. She felt her victim start to relax, this time thanks to death rather than drugs. A few gentle spasms rippled along her body, pulsing over the tight black swimsuit in pleasing little waves.
Mona had added her arms to the crushing embrace now, squeezing with every powerful muscle in her body. Even without the gas the smaller, weaker woman would have been helpless. As it was she simply pawed at Mona's back, fingers slipping over the smooth second skin. Mona could hear the woman's involuntary gurgles and groans and felt something click beneath her arms - probably a vertebrae popping out of place.
Jess's first victim was dead now - eyes even more vacant than before. She checked for a pulse and found none. The girl’s head hung against the rubber garrotte. Jess moved in behind the standing, hypnotised woman and spoke one word: “Stop.” She released her grip and Jess watched the head drop back with a soft thump against the table.
“Sleep,” Jess whispered and the entranced woman went limp, eyes closing with a sigh, falling into Jess's arms. She lowered her, covering her mouth with her hand and looking over to Mona.
The powerful agent was disentangling herself. The aromatherapist was ragdoll limp, her body moving in sympathy with her killer's movements. Eventually Mona let the body fall back and Jess could see the wide eyes and blue lips that signified a successful suffocation. Mona stood and Jess knew she was smiling beneath the mask. She stretched languidly while Jess finished off her second victim, holding her hand in place long enough to make sure this was one trance the unfortunate blonde would never wake from.
4
Beth and Nat retraced their steps swiftly to the stairs leading up to the roof, where the sunbeds were set up. They knew thanks to their earlier reconnaissance that there were two targets up there and they also knew that unless those targets had popped downstairs for any reason in the last few minutes they would be unaffected by the gas inside. Moving up the stairs the pair noted that the bar area leading onto the roof was deserted; the sliding door to the outside was open.
They crept forward, their feet making no sound at all on the soft carpet. They reached the door, crouching on either side of it as they spotted their targets on the sunbeds.
To the left of where they hid they could see a lightly tanned redhead laying on her front on a flat sunbed, her head was turned away from them and she seemed to be asleep. In front of them they saw a second occupied sunbed, angled to get the best possible amount of sun, and thus with its back to them. All they could of the occupant was a pair of feet with brightly painted pink toenails, the girl lying on her back. As they watched, a slender arm came into view, to place an almost empty drink onto a nearby table. A long, elegant finger lingered on the rim of the glass, running along the edge, the long fingernail flawlessly manicured in the same pink shade as the toes.
Beth motioned towards the redhead on the left and then began to crawl forwards on all fours towards the sunbed in front of her. The white rubber covering her lithe body shone in the sunlight though she made no sound, covering the ground slowly. As she moved Nat also broke cover, copying her comrade’s style of movement and heading towards the redhead. The gentle sound of the waves and the warm sun had lulled the two sunbathers but even the most alert security expert would have struggled to hear the two women approach.
Beth reached the target, taking an educated guess from the way that the figure was absently stroking the glass on the table that she was looking over at the red head. As she got closer she got a better look at her, taking note of the unnaturally large yet perky breasts, the perfect nose, bottle blonde hair and tanned yet unblemished skin. The girl was a walking cosmetic surgery brochure, but she wore it damn well. Beth could see that the girl was topless, and her guess had been right, the blonde was gazing longingly over at the redhead.
Just at the moment that Nat, approaching the redhead, entered the blonde’s line of sight, Beth struck. Reaching around the sunbed she grabbed the girl with both hands, one across her mouth, the other under her jaw, so that not only was her mouth covered she couldn’t open it. The girl let out a slight, “Mmph!” sound, but then went silent. Her hands moved up to her face, feeling Beth’s gloves as if trying to what they were made of, not resisting, merely exploring.
Nat watched that all happen as she reached the redhead. She then saw, to some frustration, that her stealth had been somewhat excessive, as her target was wearing earphones for a tiny MP3 player and probably wouldn’t have heard her coming if she’d been on horseback. In mild frustration she simply grabbed the girl by the shoulder, rolled her over quickly onto her back and pressed a finger firmly against her glossy peach-coloured lips. Taken completely by surprise like this she was too shocked even to cry out as Nat tugged the earphones off her and smiled triumphantly.
The redhead really was stunning, dressed only in a pair of shiny green bikini briefs and a big pair of sunglasses that gave her a sort of bug-eyed alien look.
“Wow,” said Nat, impressed, “I think I’m going to enjoy this.”
“Enjoy what?” the girl said indignantly. Nat ignored her question and grabbed her by the throat, pressing down hard on her windpipe with her thumbs. She pushed forward, climbing onto the sunbed atop the gasping girl, whose attempts to scratch and strike her were proving ineffectual as her hands couldn’t find purchase on her rubber clad opponent. Nat pressed against her victim, wrapping her legs around one of her thighs and grinding against her, bouncing up and down on the sunbed which groaned under the strain.
At the other sunbed, seeing the fate of the redhead, the blonde tried to make a break for it. It was a short lived effort however, Beth’s grip was strong and though the polished latex looked almost completely frictionless there was no escape. Beth shushed the younger woman again, moving her hands so that between them they created a complete seal over her mouth and nose, pulling her head back against her chest. She held the girl firmly, directing her gaze to the other sunbed.
“Relax and watch,” said Beth gently, “You might like it.”
Nat bounced and squeezed harder, watching with glee as her victim turned dark red, her moist pink tongue protruding slightly from her mouth. She had an almost overwhelming urge to kiss her and mentally cursed her mask for preventing it. The frustration gave even more strength to her hands as she heard the cartilage start to give way beneath her thumbs.
As Nat completed her kill Beth moved her hand slightly to allow the blonde another breath, just enough to keep her ticking over. She watched as Nat slowly lowered the body to the sunbed, the sunglasses still in place, and then walked back to her, visibly trembling with a mixture of arousal and adrenalin. She was breathing hard, savouring the giddy feeling she got from the mask not quite giving her enough oxygen for such exertions.
“She was nice,” sighed Nat happily, “How’s things with Pornstar Barbie here?”
“I think she’s about ready for her nap,” Beth allowed the limp girl another small breath.
“Aw, they’re so sweet when they can’t breathe,” crooned Nat.
Beth adjusted her grip, no more breathes of air for her victim. Nat watched her as the girl began to struggle, enjoying the futility of the blonde’s efforts. It didn’t take long for the struggles to cease and for Beth to let the body slump back on the sunbed.
With the girls dispatched Beth and Nat quickly dragged the bodies into the building, piling them on top of each other behind the bar.
“Time to have a word with the management,” said Beth grimly as they headed off back down the stairs.
5
The sounds of splashing and murmured voices filtered through the door into the tiled anteroom where Mona and Jess stood. Their masks removed the tang of chlorine from the air. Two bags sat in the corner, clothes neatly folded on top. At a nod from Mona the pair of agents moved forward, opening the door to reveal a small, warm room with a sunken pool in the middle.
Two women were in the water. A blonde was half out, pawing at the slick floor trying to escape the pool fully. In the pool a brunette was trying to pull herself out of the water but she was panicking and flailing and as much as she struggled she could not manage it. A small blonde in a skimpy bikini was trying to help the brunette and complaining at her to calm down. The bikini-clad blonde looked up as the two figures appeared.
“Help us!” she said, angrily pulling her arm away as the brunette grabbed it and almost pulled her into the pool.
Mona flicked a hand towards the blonde who had managed to beach herself half out of the pool and then advanced on the other pair. Jess quickly moved to the blonde, kneeling and grabbing her under the arms, hauling her all the way out. She turned her onto her side, patting her back to help her cough up the water she'd swallowed.
The brunette looked up hopefully as Mona reached the edge of the pool. The tall, imposing woman stood a moment, hooded head moving slowly from one woman to the next, the lenses reflecting rippling water. Then, decision made, she sat down on the edge of the pool next to the brunette. She calmly shoved her back into the water, ignoring the surprised blonde. Though drugged the brunette was a strong swimmer and she tried to surface again, but Jess was not allowing it. She clamped her rubber boots against the woman's neck to hold her in a solid grip, forcing her down under the surface and squeezing. Her eyes went wide, her face mere inches from the air above, hands clawing at the slick rubber encasing Mona's legs.
The blonde next to her reached out, pulling at Mona's shoulder. At first the sinister figure seemed to ignore her but then the head turned as if acknowledging her presence for the first time. There was a pause, a moment of calculation, and then Mona's hand lashed out, her open palm connecting with the blonde's chest, just above the shiny material covering her left breast. The woman tried to speak but no sound came out, instead she slumped forward, caught by Mona as she landed in her lap. Her eyes were bulging, just like the drowning brunette's. Mona dragged her across her lap, her hand now moving between the blonde's legs.
The second blonde saw nothing of this, Jess being sure to keep her attention focussed on her. A warm smile here, a lingering bit of eye contact there, the blonde was putty in her hands. “Can you breathe?” she asked, smoothing wet hair away from her face. The woman nodded, still coughing but now looking much less panicked. Jess continued her examination, noting the dilated pupils and slow muscular response. The gas had done its work, but not nearly as effectively as the therapy room.
“You're going to be OK,” Jess lied, her friendly smile reinforcing the trust between the two. She reached into a pouch at her belt and took out a small silver disc, peeling a plastic coating off one side. She tilted the woman's head and pressed the disc just behind her ear, where it stuck.
“What's that?” the woman tried to sit up but Jess gently pushed her back down.
“It's an experimental device,” the cute killer explained, “Once it reaches body temperature - in about twenty seconds - it'll deliver a thirty thousand volt charge directly to the brain stem. Don't worry; it's a painless way to die.” She smiled again and cut off the blonde's struggles by yanking down the straps of her swimsuit, trapping her arm and revealing her pert breasts.
The brunette was dead. Mona held her under effortlessly but she wasn't struggling anymore and even through the rippling reflections of the water her blank stare was clear to see. The blonde was almost dead too, she just didn't know it yet. Mona worked the woman's pussy with practiced fingers, rubbing her through the shiny bikini briefs. Her blow to the chest had caused cardiac arrhythmia, interrupting the flow of blood around her body. As her expert ministrations elevated the blonde's arousal the extra stress on her body would cause her to arrest. The purple tinge to her lips told Mona it was working.
She stared down, detached, calculating and evaluating the status of her helpless victim. She saw the blonde's eyes widen, felt her body tense, the thighs clamping together. There was the familiar look of pleasure as endorphins flooded her system at the start of her orgasm and then the even more familiar look of pain and fear as her heart simply shuddered to a halt. Her death throes and twitches of ecstasy mingled, inseparable from each other. The blonde gurgled, reaching up towards her killer but only managing to gently paw the masked face before her body went suddenly limp.
Mona pressed two fingers to the blonde's throat. The weak pulse fluttered and faded. She regarded the corpse in her lap for a moment, taking in the beauty of the woman in a way she hadn't noticed before. She shrugged and pushed the limp body away before reaching down and hauling the brunette out of the pool, water cascading from her body.
“What?” the blonde beneath Jess suddenly came alive with fear, that fear lending her the strength the gas had taken away. She squirmed and bucked her hips but Jess was straddling her now and it was amazing how effective a swimsuit was at pinning her arms.
“Ten seconds sweetie,” Jess said happily, pinching one of the exposed nipples.
“No, please. Somebody help!”
“Everyone else is dead,” Jess explained patiently, looking over to where Mona was dragging the two bodies towards a store cupboard at the back of the room.
“Please, please don't do - ungh.” There was an electric crackle and the blonde spasmed viciously, going cross-eyed before relaxing beneath Jess. The killer smiled, patting the woman's face.
“Eighteen seconds,” she remarked, “Close enough.” She jumped to her feet and grabbed the blonde's legs, dragging her across to the pair of bodies Mona had stashed.
“It worked then,” the taller woman said as Jess arranged the body atop the other two.
“I told you it would, but the timing was a little off.”
“You and your gadgets,” Mona said, a hint of exasperation in her voice but Jess could tell she was smiling beneath the hood. She closed the door to the store cupboard and followed her partner out of the room.
6
The door to the offices stood open as Nat and Beth arrived and they walked in boldly, knowing that, if anybody was awake and aware in the room that they’d never be able to sneak past them given the single entry point. They spotted both of the occupants immediately, one, a brunette with her hair in a neat ponytail, slumped at her desk the other, a pale girl with jet black hair, collapsed on the floor, beyond these two gatekeepers was the manager’s office, the door firmly closed. While the girl behind the desk was quite conservatively dressed in a grey skirt suit and white silk blouse the other girl wore a short leather skirt, a red tank top and a pair of knee length boots. Nat took an immediate liking to these and decided she would deal with their owner.
The girl on the floor was struggling to remain conscious, or close to it, as she crawled towards her desk, under which was her bag. As she saw the two women enter the room she breathed a sigh of relief and rolled over onto her back, content that she was about to be rescued.
Nat approached her quickly and knelt next to the girl near her head, “Don’t worry,” she said, “We’ve come to help.” The girl smiled up at her in relief as Nat gently took her wrist and pretended to check her pulse. Nat studied the girl’s face intently; she had beautiful soft skin, almost deathly pale, with elegantly lined bright blue eyes and full lips sporting black lipstick. It was the first time Nat had seen anybody pull off such a gothic look so successfully.
“What’s happening?” asked the black haired girl sleepily, “Are you going to take us out of here?”
“Something like that,” replied Nat, beaming at the girl through the visor of her mask as she began to examine her. To the unfortunate girl it seemed as though this must be some sort of necessary medical check as Nat prodded and squeezed her, but she wondered why it was making her feel strange, as though her limbs were getting heavier.
Behind the desk the brunette turned and looked at Beth as the other assassin approached. She smiled, relieved at the thought of rescue, as Beth crouched down next to her.
“I’m here to help you,” Beth said calmly, meeting the girl’s eyes. As she spoke she pushed a hand gently but insistently up under the girl’s skirt between her legs. She felt her hand brush over the top of stockings on the way up before she reached the top and began to stroke the front of the girl’s lacy underwear with her fingers. The movement was so abrupt and bold that the girl couldn’t think of an appropriate response. Her eyes widened in alarm, her gaze still held by Beth.
“I’m here to help you,” repeated Beth, more quietly this time, her fingers stroking more firmly now and her eyes twinkling behind the mask.
The girl looked as if she was intending to reply, but though her mouth opened a little no words came out. Beth shushed her gently, moving her hand up to the girl’s face via her belt, slipping an object from one of the pockets as she went. The object was a small black rubber ball on the end of a narrow rubber tube, with a tiny valve and red squeeze pump on the other end.
Nat’s swift examination of the other girl had yielded an interesting find, some puncture wounds on the left arm, suggesting some sort of injection. She had also learned that the girl had amazingly shapely legs and that her breasts, while big, were extremely pert, and that she had sensitive nipples. While learning all this had been enjoyable for her, she had also used the free reign over the girl’s body to work on some pressure points, pressing her fingers in firmly, interfering with the flow of blood, with the result that the girl’s limbs began to feel exhausted, leaden.
“What are you doing?” asked the girl dreamily.
“Just checking you out,” replied Nat airily, noticing that on the other side of the room Beth was in control of her target, “It’s very important that you keep still.” She moved her hands to the side of the girl’s neck and firmly kneaded the muscles with her thumbs, soothing and wearying them in the same way as she had her arms and legs.
“Doesn’t that feel better?” she asked, smiling again, brushing a few strands of hair away from the girl’s face. The gothic beauty tried to nod, frowning as it dawned on her just how difficult it had become to move her head.
“I just have one more thing to down check here,” continued Nat in her friendly, business-like manner, climbing onto the girl, her knees on either side of her torso, facing towards her feet, “And then…” She scootched herself back a little way, pressing her smooth, latex clad backside down onto the mouth and nose of the girl.
“You’re all done,” she said finally, wiggling her bottom to get comfortable.
Beth continued to use her hand on the brunette under her skirt, in combination with the gas it was keeping her victim nice and docile. While she did that she fed the rubber ball into the unresisting mouth of the girl, pushing it to the back with her fingers.
“Swallow,” she commanded, holding the pump hidden in the palm of her hand as the girl did as she was told, believing this to be some sort of medication. The ball was difficult to get down, and it didn’t go all the way, it caught in her throat on the end of the tube.
“Swallow it,” repeated Beth, squeezing the tiny pump in her palm, “It’s good for you.”
The girl began to choke, her face reddening as Beth made soothing noises and gave the pump another squeeze.
“Is something wrong?” she asked tenderly, giving the pump yet another squeeze, “Let me help you.” She rubbed the girl’s neck firmly, as if trying to help the device down. The girl opened her mouth and tried to push Beth away, but Beth was much stronger and between the gas and her current situation the girl was utterly overmatched. As the struggles became more violent Beth sat on the girl’s lap, holding her in place as she expired quietly.
A swift glance to her side showed that Nat was achieving similar results. Her victim was motionless beneath her, even her moans for help had ceased. Meanwhile Nat was rummaging through her victim’s bag, which she had found in reach under the table next to her.
“What are you up to?” asked Beth, ignoring the death throes of her captive now.
“I want her lipstick, I think it’d look good on me,” Nat retrieved it, and then saw something else in the bag, a small black case with a syringe and some phials in it. She pocketed them.
“What have you got there?” Beth asked, her victim spasming beneath her one last time.
“Not sure, my guess it’s whatever she sticks in her arm for fun while she thinks nobody can see the holes, I think her boss should see this.”
“I agree.”
Beth stood up first, leaving the device, which she had named the Frog, still trapped in the girl’s gullet, just to be on the safe side. Nat followed and they approached the office door.
“Ready?” asked Nat.
“Ready,” replied Beth, and they went into the manager’s office.
7
Heat blasted from the sauna, almost a physical presence when Jess opened the door, coating her latex suit with a thin layer of shimmering moisture. Along with the heat came an unconscious woman who had been leaning on the door, damp black hair clinging to her face, her body wrapped in a fluffy white towel. Jess bent and dragged the prone figure away while Mona moved inside. A second woman was struggling to stay conscious just inside the heavy door. She looked up expectantly at the ethereal figure, steam swirling around her. Mona ignored her. She'd spied two other women in the corner and beneath her mask a wicked smile formed.
“Please...” the woman said reaching out, her fingers brushing Mona's leg as she swept past.
Jess appeared beside her in a flash.
“It's OK,” she said, helping the woman to her unsteady feet and taking her from the room. “There's been a gas leak.” She eased her into a sitting position against the corridor wall.
The woman was naked so Jess could tell she was a natural blonde. Her blue eyes were clouded, her face unnaturally pale.
“You need oxygen,” Jess told her, unhooking a small canister and plastic mask from her belt. The mask covered the blonde's mouth and nose and she gently put it in place, hooking the elastic round her head and twisting the valve on the cylinder. “Deep breaths,” she said, nodding encouragement.
The blonde eagerly complied and only after the second breath did she realise something was wrong. It was too late by then. The concentrated sleeping gas took her under its spell. Jess watched her frightened eyes close and her body relax and left the mask in place. The girl would receive a fatal dose within minutes.
Mona approached the two naked brunettes she had spotted, seating herself next to them on the narrow bench and effectively trapping them against the wall. One of the women had her face resting on her partner's thigh. It didn't take a genius to work out what they'd been doing before the gas cooled their passions.
“Please, continue,” Mona said, her voice echoing from her tight mask. She placed a strong hand on the nuzzling woman's head and pressed her face into her lover's crotch. “Good girl,” she cooed. Mona’s other hand clasped firmly over the second woman's mouth and nose, the moist latex glove forming a perfect seal. “I wonder if you'll cum before you die,” she mused.
There was very little struggle. Hands flapped helplessly - mostly at thin air. Eyes widened, legs kicked, muscles trembled. A few weak grunts and squeaks were all the pair could manage. It was nothing Mona hadn't heard before. She pressed down harder, jamming her first victim's face deeper into her writhing partner's sex. There was a tremor and Mona's expertise and experience identified it as the first stirrings of sexual ecstasy rather than the final moments of a young life. Soon the two conflicting actions melded into one, both women shuddering, mewling, spasming.
They expired together, both bodies relaxing with a sudden resignation, eyes rolling back. Mona held both for a few moments, making sure of her kills with grim satisfaction.
While Mona was taking care of the two lovers Jess was making sure the unconscious woman never woke up. With the blonde slumped by the door, gas mask firmly in place, she knelt down and lifted the sleeping woman's head. Full lips parted with an involuntary sigh and Jess felt a strong pulse at her throat. Well, she could certainly sort that out. The young assassin liberated a syringe from a belt pouch, pulled the plunger back and inserted the needle with surgical precision just below the heart. She depressed the plunger, pumping air into the helpless woman's bloodstream.
The spasms were surprisingly violent and Jess had to hold her victim down until she surrendered to the inevitable, drool sliding from the corner of her mouth. Jess dragged her against the wall before entering the sauna to see if Mona had finished with her targets. She wasn't prepared for what she saw.
Two young women lay on a bench behind Mona in a parody of sexual bliss, lips blue and bodies slack. In front of Mona an Amazonian woman with rippling muscles and long, straight dark hair was advancing. Jess had seen her on the floor as the sauna door opened. Clearly the gas hadn't taken much of a toll on her strong constitution. She had adopted a kick-boxing stance and from the way she threw the first punch she was obviously not a beginner.
She wasn't a highly trained killer either, though. Mona swayed out of reach of the punch and stepped forward, blocking an attempted knee before delivering a blow of her own to the woman's muscular thigh. She stepped back, suddenly unsteady. Jess took her chance. She may have been no match for the sheer physicality of her target but she had the element of surprise and she had skill and knowledge too. She put all of that to good use.
The first the Amazon was aware of Jess was when a solid jab landed on her right bicep, numbing the arm instantly. She tried to turn but Mona's strike had weakened her stance and before she could face Jess two more blows struck pressure points on her right thigh and left arm. Then Jess brought her knee up hard onto the woman's left thigh and she dropped to her knees, limbs numb and useless.
Jess smiled sweetly while the woman gasped in shock and desperation. The smile turned to a mocking sneer. Mona stepped up behind the kneeling fighter, grabbed her head and snapped her neck with one twist of her powerful arms. The dull crack of shattering vertebrae was swallowed up by the thick steam and Mona released the body, allowing it to topple to the floor.
“Amateur,” she hissed, shaking her head.
There was a cleaning cupboard at the end of the hall. It took some effort but very soon all five bodies were stashed inside. Mona checked the clock as the last of the corpses was laid out. They were ahead of schedule and wondered if the other pair had kept up.
8
The manager’s office was clean and not particularly welcoming, designed to be intimidating for the staff and a safe haven for the boss, with a large desk and a very shiny new computer. It was this computer that had been the downfall of the spa, as hacking the climate control software that ran the air conditioning system had been vital in distributing the gas.
Behind the desk the manager herself dozed. She was an attractive, stern looking woman in her late thirties. Her long ash blonde hair was loose and her head was nodding forwards, as though she had planned to take a long morning nap. She wore a conservative grey suit with a neat silk blouse and a little too much makeup as she fought a rear-guard action against her approaching forties.
Nat loaded the syringe from the phial which she had taken from the gothic looking girl in the previous room and walked over to the desk. The manager didn’t acknowledge her, the room was not particularly well ventilated and the gas had concentrated her, leaving her out like a light. Nat took one of the manager’s arms, turned it over so the hand was palm upward, and then injected her in the vein. The manager moaned almost immediately, writhing slightly in pleasure.
“Do you even know what’s in that syringe?” asked Beth, ignoring both women and making a beeline for the computer.
“No idea,” replied Nat, “Looks like she’s enjoying it whatever it is.”
“Reckon it was a lethal dose?” Beth brought up the climate control software and began to run the air conditioning system on full power to purge the tainted air from the building. The place was going to get pretty cold, but at least they’d be able to breathe again.
“Not immediately,” Nat watched the manager as she smiled in her sleep, rubbing her thighs together.
As the air conditioners hummed into life Beth shifted her attention from the computers to the two women. The drug seemed to be having a potent effect on the sleeping manager, causing Nat to wonder just what it was, and if she could get herself some.
“Drugs are bad,” said Beth after a moment of watching, “You should punish her for enjoying herself so much.”
“I agree,” replied Nat hastily, making a mental not to hang onto the phial for later analysis. She reached over to the manager and carefully placed a hand on her mouth, pinching her nose delicately with the fingers of the other hand, the latex gloves forming an immediate perfect seal. With the subject unable to resist the effect was almost immediate.
“That ought to do it,” said Beth, casually moving behind Nat, watching the manager impassively over her shoulder. She absently raised a hand up under Nat’s arm, sliding it gently across her breasts, seeking out one of her comrade’s nipples through the soft white latex of her catsuit and rubbing it with her fingers. Nat trembled a little, but managed to remain focussed on her task, dispatching her prey as dispassionately as she was able.
“You can’t put me off,” she said finally, as the woman in her grip stopped breathing.
“If I wanted to put you off, believe me, you’d be off,” replied Beth matter-of-factly, stepping away to head back into the lobby, “You’d melt like a snowball in a sauna.”
Nat laughed and hoisted the dead manager out of her chair, carrying her over her shoulder to the cold storage area at the back of the spa where the bodies were being stashed.
The team worked quickly, collecting up the corpses from their work, dropping them off in storage and finally, when all the bodies were cooling nicely, stripping those that were still clothed to their undergarments and helping themselves to anything that took their fancy for the next phase of the plan, where they were to be disguised as staff.
While they worked the air conditioners cleaned the air, so that by the time they were finished they were able to remove their gas masks. They then headed to the staff room to get dressed, ready for the afternoon’s scheduled visitors.
9
The gigantic stretched limo might almost have qualified as a bus by some measures. By weight it was more of a tank however, the chassis, windows and bodywork of the huge machine having been armoured against bombs and bullets. An outrider on a motorcycle preceded it as it swept into the parking lot like some great black ship.
Doors opened at the front and rear, disgorging a handful of very serious looking bodyguards and behind them a veritable horde of immaculately groomed young socialites. From the vacant to the vicious this collection of ultra-privileged young women all had one thing in common, their connections to a certain corporate cartel; they were heiresses, trophy wives, mistresses, lovers and some even operators in their own right. To have them gathered together like this was a rare opportunity, an opportunity deemed rare enough to justify not only sending Mona, Beth, Jess and Nat to eliminate them, but to wipe out the staff and patrons of a spa just to prepare the trap.
The trap itself was well prepared. The group knew they had the run of the place and that only a small team of the most trusted members of staff would be on hand to tend to their needs. As the girls and their security detail dispersed throughout the premises the four agents, dressed in uniforms borrowed from the deceased employees, would seek them out and dispatch them.
Nat watched the group pass through the lobby where she was posted as receptionist. It was hard to count the number of targets and guards, she reckoned at least a dozen, but they were so noisy and irritating and animated that she couldn’t be sure if she counted some twice or missed a few. Either way she felt sure the world wouldn’t miss them, but she tended to think that way about everybody.