Shade: Abduction
"Okay kid, you know what to do. We'll secure the area, you move in, take the mayor's daughter, then get out. Some of us are creating a diversion elsewhere, to distract police presence."
"I don't even see why I'm doing this with you guys. I could solo this job."
"You won't get away with it without backup. And I've got plenty of contingency plans if you've got cold feet."
"Fine."
"Glad to hear it. Now get in there."
S (or 'Shade' as the others had started saying) stepped out of the car, and quietly shut the door. The dark figure dematerialized to get through the fence, and drifted along the lawn. Soon, the gaseous shadow hit the wall, which it began to scale. It flowed around the building, homing in on the site it had been instructed to reach. Finding a crack in the building, the substance flowed in. It noted the lack of any security cameras, and rematerialized into a human figure.
Shade pulled out a thin rope from a deep trenchcoat pocket, tying it around the brass door handles at the only entry to the room. This would serve, Shade noted, for two things: providing support for the escape line, and preventing their easy opening should something go wrong.
With this set up, the dark figure awakened the sleeping girl in bed, stifling a shout with a hand on her mouth.
"Quiet, and I don't need to use the knife."
The terrified girl, eyes wide, nodded.
"Good, with any luck you will be coming back here soon."
Tightly gripping the hostage, Shade stepped out the window and slid down the line. Shade winced at a strained arm, and noted that the glove which was doing the sliding was probably going to be irrevocably ruined. Upon hitting the ground, Shade half dragged the mayor's daughter towards the designated point in the fence. A hole had been cut through a few bars, widening them just enough. The hostage was passed through, and Shade followed. They rapidly filed into a car, and drove off into the night.
"Nice job." commented the driver, "Smooth as a well-oiled machine."
Shade responded with silence.