White Noise vs. Blind Spot

by Imperator

"Come on in, Hiroko, we have a lot to go over," said Sandra Gates.

"What is it, Sandra?" asked Hiroko Inoue.

"The Wodehouse Estate is rumored to have at least fifty million dollars hidden inside somewhere in house. Maxine Wodehouse, the sole heir, is holding a type of scavenger hunt to find it, even though she herself doesn't know where it is. She's left all of the details to her lawyer, Stacy Crane." briefed Sandra.

"Any reason you want me to participate?" asked Hiroko.

"Yes. Stacy Crane has sent this scavenger hunt offer to various high-profile persons, including myself. I am unable to attend, so I wanted to send the most thorough person on my staff in my place," said Sandra.

"It sounds fairly simple," replied Hiroko.

"True, but there is rumor that Blind Spot is on the loose, and may crash the scavenger hunt looking for the fifty million dollars."

Hiroko's eyes suddenly lit up. Feigning ignorance, she asked, "Blind Spot, who's that?"

"A certain Dr. Satomi Matsuda that went insane some time ago. She's taken some type of formula and can turn invisible for short periods of time. She's very dangerous, and has nothing to lose. I want you to be careful. If necessary, abandon the scavenger hunt if you don't feel safe," said Sandra.

"Don't worry, Sandra, I'll bring home the cash," smiled Hiroko confidently.

That night Hiroko stayed extra late to study the dossier on the others invited. "Let's see now," said Hiroko to herself as she read the dossier aloud. "There's Camille Presto, the Vegas escape and S&M artist; Jennifer Cox, one of the female leads on the hit TV show Buddies; and Arianna, the enigmatic billionaire. This is quite the star-studded list; it should be interesting."

The following night, the guests entered the Wodehouse mansion. All of the contestants sat in the living room while Stacy Crane went over the rules.

"Good evening. This should be a very profitable weekend for one of you. Each of you will receive a copy of Maxamillian Wodehouse's will, the first owner of the house. In it are clues that Maxamillian himself wrote concerning where he hid his personal supply of gold. We believe its value is estimated at least fifty million dollars, based from his will. Anything goes." said Stacy.

"Well, if you need me, I will be in third floor bedroom. Good night." said Stacy Crane as she handed out copies of Wodehouse's will.

"Well, I don't know about you, but I'm starting first thing in the morning," smiled Hiroko as she went upstairs to her room.

"I think I'll enjoy the jacuzzi in my room." giggled Arianna.

"You do that..." whispered Camille Presto sarcastically.

"I think I'll start looking now..." smiled Jennifer Cox.

Hiroko entered her room and started to undress down to her white nightie. It was late, around eleven o'clock, and she wanted to get some rest. Her door knocked.

"Hello?" asked Hiroko as she opened the door. It was Camille Presto, dressed in a white shirt and black miniskirt, boots, and gloves.

"Hi, I'm Camille. Can I use your phone? The one in my room is broken."

"Sure. Come on in," said Hiroko as she let Camille in. Camille closed the door as the instant Hiroko turned her back on her, Camille Presto lunged in, tackling Hiroko onto the floor.

"What are you doing?" exclaimed Hiroko as she started wrestling against Camille.

"Shut up, and I'll make this quick!" sternly said Camille as she quickly bound Hiroko's hands behind her back with some rope.

"Why are you doing this? Let me go!" yelled Hiroko as Camille tied up her feet with the rope. Despite her struggling, Camille quickly tied up Hiroko, wrapping up Hiroko's legs at her knees and wrapping it around her arms and chest. With a piece of duct tape, Camille gagged her mouth.

"Mmff!" yelled Hiroko as she struggled against her bonds.

"Well, I'd love to stay and chat, but you look tied up at the moment. Ta-ta, I have fifty million dollars to find," said Camille Presto as she left Hiroko bound on the floor.

Meanwhile, Arianna was ready to unwind in the jacuzzi. Changing into a neon green two-piece bikini, Arianna sat into the jacuzzi and let her blonde hair hang over the edge.

Unbeknownst to her, a mysterious powder appeared out of nowhere and fell into the water. The powder and water mixed instantly, forming a sticky gelatinous trap that held Arianna motionless from her armpits down.

"I can't move! What is this stuff?" cursed Arianna as she struggled against the mixture.

Suddenly a piece of duct tape appeared out of nowhere and clamped itself over Arianna's mouth. Moments later, two more pieces had followed the first's example.

As Arianna tried to escape, she thought she heard someone laughing and walking out of the room.

Hiroko rolled around the floor and managed to open her purse. Removing a small knife, Hiroko began to slowly cut her hands from the rope.

At the same time, Jennifer Cox was searching the study. It was an old and decrepit room, filled with old books, linens, and drapes. Searching through some of the bookshelves, Jennifer didn't hear the footsteps behind her. Turning around, Jennifer saw nothing.

"Just my imagination," she said to herself.

Suddenly a book flew from its shelf, striking Jennifer in the back of the head and knocking her unconscious.

Blind Spot emerged in visible form. "I strike again!" she cackled.

Quickly, Blind Spot went to work tying up Jennifer's wrists, elbows, knees, and ankles.

Jennifer stirred. "Oh, my head... Hey! What the hell?" exclaimed Jennifer as she struggled against her bonds.

Blind Spot merely smiled evilly.

"You knocked me out and tied me up? What kind of weirdo are you?" yelled Jennifer.

"The kind of weirdo who does whatever she wants!" laughed Blind Spot. "Now, I want you to be quiet!"

Blind Spot pulled a leather gag from her costume. She stuffed it in Jennifer's mouth, then and fastened it tightly around her head.

"That should keep you out of my way for a while," said Blind Spot, leaving the room.

"God damn it, of course, now my nose itches, and I can't move!" thought Jennifer as she squirmed to get loose.

Hiroko Inoue, after several minutes, managed to cut herself free. Changing into her costume and donning the Static Bands, she became White Noise once again.

Suddenly, the door opened and a voice filled the room.

"Hello, White Noise, I've been expecting you..."

"Blind Spot? Dr. Matsuda?" asked White Noise as she scanned around the room trying to trace the sound of the voice.

"At your service. I've captured Jennifer Cox and Arianna, so I believe you're next..."

"Dr. Matsuda, I don't want to fight you. You're very sick and need help. Let me help you," said White Noise calmly.

"Like I haven't heard that one a million times," said Blind Spot as she sneaked behind White Noise.

As White Noise turned to try and find Blind Spot, she got a cloud of anesthetic gas sprayed into her face. Seconds later, she was on the floor unconscious.

"Now, let's remove these troublesome Static Bands and make sure you stay out of my way," said Blind Spot.

Ten minutes and fifty feet of rope later, Blind Spot had tied White Noise's wrists behind her head and her ankles to her thighs. She added a few more ropes for good measure. She then added strip of electrical tape to keep the heroine silent. As she stood back to admire her handiwork, White Noise woke up.

"White Noise, so glad you could join the waking world again!" sneered Blind Spot. "Those ropes should keep you busy while I finish hunting for the treasure. You'll also notice your precious Static Bands up on the top shelf over there. I'm sure you'll be better off without them, at least, from my perspective!"
White Noise struggled to no avail against her bonds, mmff'ing in defiance.

Blind Spot just laughed and lackadaisically walked out of the room.

Camille Presto continued with her diabolical plans, reaching the room of Stacy Crane whom was just starting to undress, and was wearing her white bra, panties, and stockings. As soon as Stacy's back was turned, Camille Presto wasted no time in striking.

Camille quickly tackled Stacy onto the bed, grabbing her hands and holding behind her back. Grabbing some rope, she quickly tied Stacy's hands behind her back and bound her feet.

"Hey! What're you think you're doing?" exclaimed Stacy. Camille Presto didn't say anything, and finished binding Stacy with the rest of the rope.

"Okay, Miss Lange, you're gonna answer me some questions... Where's the fifty million dollars?" sternly asked Camille.

"I don't know! I was simply hired by Maxine Wodehouse to go over Maxamillian Wodehouse's will, that's all!" said Stacy innocently.

"Wrong answer, bitch," replied Camille as she started to tickle Stacy's feet, forcing her to giggle.

"Please, I don't know where the money is!" laughed Stacy.

"We'll see about that..." replied Camille.

"Mmff! Mmff!" moaned White Noise as she tried to free herself. "I have to stop Blind Spot... " thought White Noise as she inched her way over to the shelf where her Static Bands lay. After what seemed like an eternity of pounding the shelf with her elbows, the Static Bands finally fell to the floor, where White Noise grabbed one and used its power to free herself. Once she recovered her strength, she set out to stop Blind Spot.

White Noise arrived in the jacuzzi room, where Arianna remained struggling to get out of the goo holding her prisoner. "Mmff! Mmff!" screamed Arianna through the duct tape. Using her Static Bands, White Noise easily pulled Arianna out of the trap.

Leaving Arianna to clean herself off, White Noise continued her pursuit of Blind Spot.

Meanwhile, Blind Spot had returned to the study where she had immobilized Jennifer Cox.

"Ms. Cox, we need to talk. I'm going to take your gag off, so you'd better be quiet. We can do this the easy way or the hard way," said Blind Spot as she removed Jennifer's gag.

As soon as the gag was removed, Jennifer screamed loudly.

"The hard way it is, Ms. Cox," said Blind Spot.

"I'm gonna ask you one more time, Stacy, where's the money?" angrily said Camille as she tickled Stacy's feet again.

"Ah! Ah! Stop it! Please! I don't know..." giggled Stacy.

"Well, I'm getting nowhere with this..." said Camille bitterly as she gagged Stacy with a piece of tape. Camille Presto then left the room searching for the money.

White Noise heard Jennifer's scream and ran into the study finding Blind Spot and Jennifer Cox.

"You! You escaped!" said a shocked Blind Spot as she turned invisible. White Noise's eyes lit up, and she prepared herself for a fight. Suddenly, books from the shelves started flying at her, left and right. White Noise easily deflected them at first, only to be caught by surprise with handkerchief coated with chloroform from Camille Presto.

"Damn! Someone else is after my money! That should take care of you!" said Camille evilly as she left the study.

Blind Spot reemerged in physical form. "What a pleasant surprise!" she said, as she stood over the unconscious White Noise. "I'll have to thank her later!" as she dragged White Noise out of the room.

"Hey! What about me?" shouted Jennifer as she struggled against her bonds.

Blind Spot dragged White Noise down several flights of stairs, reaching one of the sublevel basements; an old torture dungeon that hadn't seen the light of day in several decades. Filled with cobwebs, chains, torture racks, and other items, the dungeon had eerie presence.

"My, my, my!" grinned Blind Spot. "This must have been Maxamillian Wodehouse's art collection! I think I'll make myself at home right about here." She said as she laid White Noise on a table filled with leather straps. Placing White Noise's arms at each side of the table, Blind Spot strapped her down at the wrists. Afterwards she placed White Noise's legs together and strapped her down at her ankles, knees, and thighs. Finally, Blind Spot draped three straps across White Noise's chest and waist to firmly tie her down.

"I almost forgot!" exclaimed Dr. Matsuda as he removed White Noise's Static Bands and placed them on a table next to her.

"Wake up, White Noise. Wake up," chided Blind Spot.

" What..." said a groggy White Noise. Quickly assessing her situation, she began struggling furiously at the leather straps. "Untie me right this instant!" she threatened.

"Or you'll do what?" teased Dr. Matsuda as he held up her Static Bands. Sinisterly giggling, Dr. Matsuda began poking White Noise in the ribs. "Come on, superheroine, make me pay for my vicious crimes!"

"Stop that!" pouted White Noise, realizing her struggling was getting her nowhere.

"Hmm, I think you're right. There's still that Camille Presto person roaming about. I will need to neutralize her. You look comfortable enough; I'll be back soon enough!" laughed Blind Spot as she turned invisible.

"I can hardly wait..." replied White Noise sarcastically.

Camille Presto searched high and low around the house looking for the fifty million dollars with no luck. Arriving at an antiquated child's playroom, Camille started yet another search there, unaware of the extra presence within the room.

"My, my, isn't kind of dangerous to go prancing around by yourself?" said a voice.

"What? Who's there!" shouted Camille. "Show yourself."
In response, Blind Spot began throwing various toys and stuffed animals at Camille. Camille tried to escape, only to fumble backwards and fall to the ground stunned. As Camille sat up, she saw ropes twirling in the air in front of her.

"Huh?" said Camille as they quickly hogtied her.

Blind Spot turned visible. "I wanted to thank you for helping me out with White Noise earlier," she said. "Consider this a 'repayment in kind!'"

With that, Blind Spot gagged Camille with a handkerchief and walked out of the room.

A confused Camille Presto could only struggle in frustration.

Meanwhile, White Noise managed to slip a hand free from the straps. Grabbing her Static Bands, White Noise instantly broke free of her bonds and made her way upstairs, finding the bound Stacy Crane.

"I want some answers, NOW!" threatened White Noise, pulling off Stacy's gag.

"Okay, okay. I was hired by the local mob to lure all those famous people here and eliminate them as a show of force. There's no fifty million dollars. It's all a ruse!" said Stacy Crane.

"A ruse? All of it?" said White Noise in shock. Leaving the room with a look of grim determination, White Noise entered the main hallway.

"So, you escaped! No matter! I overheard your little conversation with Stacy Crane! I'm out of here, and you can't stop me!" cackled Blind Spot.

Quickly, White Noise created an energy construct as large as the hallway's opening and propelled it down the hallway after Blind Spot's voice. Hearing a "thump", White Noise dissipated the construct and saw Blind Spot's unconscious form fading into view.

An hour later, White Noise had rounded up Stacy Crane and Blind Spot, leaving them tied up and gift-wrapped when the police arrived.

"Amazing! How did you capture Blind Spot?" asked the investigator in charge.

"Well, it was tough at first, but as it turned out, I just had to think on a larger scale," smiled White Noise as the police took them away.

Epilogue

"Excellent work, Hiroko. I'm sorry there wasn't really a hidden fortune, but the publicity alone was worth the trouble," complimented Sandra.

"Well, White Noise did play a role in this," smiled Hiroko modestly.

"Don't sell yourself so short," replied Sandra.

"But, what will happen to them?" asked Hiroko.

"The government injected Dr. Matsuda with an anti-serum to counteract her ability to turn invisible — so she's currently powerless and in protective custody. Ms. Crane is giving us tons of information about her criminal organization. Thanks to you and White Noise, a good part of organized crime will get shut down!" smiled Sandra.

The End