I was yelling my head off, tied up and sitting in a foldout chair…

"WOMAN! WOMAN, HELP!"

When I heard the Boss say to me,

“Stop yelling, you were all alone when you came here.
I can’t believe you thought you could free Audrey by yourself.”

I growled in an angry response before Audrey glanced over to me.

“Grant, why’d you come?”
“I can’t tell you that, Audrey.”

And then came a scream. I whipped my head around fast as I could, in time to see the woman being disarmed. She punched a guard right in the face, whirled around to kick another in the throat, and pulled my pocketknife from her sneaker. She slashed out, cutting a guy right down his face.
I was gaping at this when she threw me my pocketknife.
Somehow I managed to catch it. I leaned down with my bound hands and cut the cords ensnaring my legs. With a loud, ripping snarl, I leaped at the guard threatening to kill Audrey with the woman’s switchblade..
I lunged, the woman slashed, and Audrey kicked. Maroon liquid flew… Blood…