Chapter 520 - The Cold (9)

"You don't even let me visit them without your permission anyways," I pointed out.

Although their denial was strong, all my kidnappers looked the same to me. In fact, my other kidnappers were much nicer than them, giving me the freedom to do whatever I wanted. It made me want to go back to the criminal organization again, filled with subordinates waiting to fulfill my every need. I missed the power I had in commanding them, the respect I received. It was more exciting to look over the various projects they proposed to me than using the club room.

"We're visiting your parents for the next holidays," Luke reminded me.

"It doesn't apply for the weekends," I wanted to visit them more often.

"Do you think we can let you readily visit them?" Alex found this conversation absurd.

"You get sick every time," he heard from Luke.

"You kidnappers are all the same," I couldn't accept that excuse.

"You don't ever let me leave the school and confine me in your mansions when we're out of the school," I mumbled.

"That's because you get kidnapped all the time when we go out," Luke pointed out all the criminals chasing me down.

"Luke is right. We left the school and we all got kidnapped," Charles seemed to pity him.

"I don't mind getting kidnapped. It's fun!" I recalled all the times.

"Are you serious Rika?" Alex was about to get a looming headache.

"I'm just getting handed around all you fellow kidnappers," I shrugged.

"See, you're the same as us to her," my fan smirked.

"So let me finish the rest of my episode," I tried to push them to the side.

"You can call us kidnappers, but we're still leaving this place," Luke started to drag me to the door.

"Let her go," My fan site master blocked the door.

"Do your usual thing Charlotte!" My fan yelled.

Charlotte nodded her head, sliding the gloves off her hand. My eyes widened when she froze the entire door with a single touch. I slightly shivered from the temperature drastically decreasing, resembling the winter storm. All routes of escape were covered by thick sheets of ice as she touched each window. My unfinished cakes turned into ice cream along my milkshake. Was she even human?

"Please let her go," she smiled.

"We won't harm her," Charlotte walked closer to us.

"Actually, I think we will be leaving now," I didn't want to be touched by her.

"Let's go," I tugged on Luke's shirt.

Not wasting any time, Luke teleported all of us to the buildings that classes were held in the high school section. The school didn't seem like a safe place anymore, only separated by a weak barrier from the middle school campus. This was when I realized Luke was saving his mana to potentially teleport us once we encountered a dangerous situation. I knew he expended a large amount, potentially more than what I currently possessed.

"But can't she summon us to the same place again?" I knew how my missing hair was being used.

"We're leaving the school to stay in an anti-mana room," Luke called Lucius.

Lucius' face appeared on the video screen, showing worry for us from disappearing in front of his eyes. As Luke started to explain the situation, he stepped into a hover car, pressing the acceleration buŧŧon to pick us up. Staying on the call, I watched him come to us in around a few minutes, much faster than when we escaped from a swarm of monsters. I started to wonder if the hover car he used was different from the other ones.

"Shouldn't we be there already?" I found it strange when more than an hour passed.

"The storm is getting worse," Charles frowned.

"That's only if we're near that shack!" I began to yell when I noticed we were above it.

Luke sighed as he checked the scenery outside the window. We were in the exact situation that we wanted to avoid. With the snowstorm battering the hovercar, I knew it wouldn't last for a long time. I frantically shook Luke when I found an incoming tornado of snow headed towards our direction. It viciously twisted and swirled, destroying everything around them like a drill. The sounds of the howling wind became larger and larger while the windows were completely frozen. Puffs of fog appeared whenever I breathed, showing how doomed we were.

"We should abandon the car," Lucius knew it was our only option.

"We should teleport out of the car," I pointed out it would be risky to jump down.

"Do you know the safest place closest to here?" Luke turned to him.

"This part isn't well known," Lucius wasn't familiar with this area.

I screamed when the car hysterically shook, starting to crash towards the ground without running into the tornado. My eyes went large as the car tipped, angling to make me slide towards the window. Hot stream filled the air, making me cough in the process before producing smoke. Luke tried to open the door, finding it frozen like the windows. The handles were broken, making us have no route to escape.