Tense negotiations..

The sight of your poor comrade being tormented by Queen excites the scum so much that he actually misses his final shot, the cue-ball bouncing uselessly aside after making the one he was targeting spin in place. "Ohhh damn it don't tell me..."

However, the voluptuous raven-haired temptress, Queen of Spades, simply gives a little click of her tongue and pulls her cuestick away from Dr. Rainbow's crotch, letting the teal-haired heroine sigh in relief and hurriedly cross her legs to hide the wet spot.

Queen leans over the table and gives Tony an ostentatious wink. She very deliberately lines up her stick and, unlike her previous clumsy performance, perfectly sinks her shot. Unfortunately it is one of her opponent's balls that she dropped into the pocket... the last one that he needed to win, in fact.

"So," Queen says casually, "shall I presume that this is an adequate trade-off for the fact that I myself, and the two young ladies in my gang, are off limits?"

"You kidding? No offense, but Spade and Diamond Nine hardly compare to pin-up material like this. Especially the acrobat. I can't wait to find out if she's a contortionist too."

You shoot him an irate glare. "So," the sneering crime boss continues, "can we go ahead and get that gag off of her? Heheheh... Don't worry," he says, turning to you, "I'm gonna treat you real gentle, honey..." Ironically, the way he says that last bit is even more creepy than if he had said something more overtly perverted.

To your unexpected relief, the nipple clamps set on your breasts loosen themselves... but then they begin vibrating at a high frequency, making you squeeze your eyes shut and ball your fists in frustration. The buckles on your ball-gag undo themselves and it falls away - Dr. Rainbow is likewise unencumbered. Even the shackles around your hands are released.

Finally taking an unencumbered breath, you silently monologue to yourself. "I remember the night before last, I was reading up on this group and I was saying to myself... 'Don't worry Rikki! This one has a superpower of throwing metal around! It's not one of those weird, skeevy, sexual-power-having villains like Spunkmaster or something!'

"Oh," Queen says, noticing your reaction. "You like that, dear? Just wait until you see what I do with these." She dangles a string of thick metal beads menacingly.

"You, uh," Mr. Signoria says, unbuttoning his collar, "not going to give us any privacy here, Queenie?"

"I'm afraid not." she says matter-of-factly. "Let's speak plainly. I hold these two heroines' lives in my hands, and that is the only reason they'll cooperate." she shoots you and Doc a smoldering, superior glare. "Perhaps they might think that I wouldn't really go so far as to **** them with those 'necklaces' of theirs. Maybe, just maybe, they'd be right. But I think they know that I have a few more cards up my sleeve when it comes to unpleasant new sensations. They know that I've been in this a long time, and they don't want me to have to get really creative."

"Hmph! We'll never surrender to you OR the likes of these icky bad guys! If either of you lay another finger on us you'll really regret it!" Dr. Rainbow says defiantly, puffing out her chest.

Gulping, you narrow your eyes and play your last card. "Listen, Queen - you don't really need to give this dirtbag all of what he wants." You decide not to mention all the stuff about '****' as that might make Queen strangle-happy, but take a different tack.

"Hey, that's en-" before the mobster can cut him off you mute him with your powers. Your superpower might not be the greatest but immunity to anyone ever talking over you is one perk you never get tired of.

"You've got me and Dr. Rainbow here, and yes, we have to do anything you want. Not anything he wants. You, uh, hold all the cards, right? So let us take this turkey and all of his guards down, and get whatever information you need that much faster. What do you say to that? If you want to profit off of our captivity, why not that way?"

Queen of Spades raises an eyebrow at you. She seems amused by your audacity if nothing else.