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All the more so as she heard that stair-top door thud open, and the hurried clunking sounds of the villain hustling down the steps. TK whimpered in frustration, starting to make a break for the stairs, striving to at least make it partway up before he made it down... But a sharp pain lanced up from her lower back, and her tired, rubbery legs betrayed her, and all she managed was a staggering scuffle...before her hated captor sprang from the bottom of the stairway, a heavy baseball bat in hand. He planted himself to block her way and smiled at her, like a parent who has caught a rebellious child in the middle of committing some semi-anticipated bit of mischief.

TK drew up short and dropped into a crouch, aching legs chambering as she glared up at the towering fiend with a fierce snarl. "Nmmmph..." she muffled softly, unable to completely quell the sharp stab of aggravation and despair that lanced through her heart. She'd been so close...and to have her rising tide of escape - and hope - cut off so abruptly was heart-wrenching. Fortunately, her even more quickly-rising wellspring of righteous anger and loathing for the creep who stood before her squelched the despair quite effectively...

"You know...that's the problem with cats..." the demented, grinning kidnapper sneered wickedly. "They never stay put..."

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