Chapter 26 - Sniper Magic

Eun Ha wasn't having a good night either, chasing the couple on a delivery scooter.

Riding a scooter and aiming at the car wasn't an easy task, and she missed the target several times. Even when she casted a spell on a manhole instead of upon the giggling couple.

As Dr. Flamingo was a skilled driver, dodging every pothole that popped in his way to puncture his car's tires, she gave up doing it. Also, she decided to act on them with the car stopped at a traffic light, avoiding major accidents. Much better than her trying to zigzag between cars while pointing a magic wand at a car.

If it wasn't a serious mission, she thought it looked a lot more like a crazy video game_ one where she tried to hinder a moving target in front of her while trying to win the race.

Finally, she saw luck finally smiling at her as he slowed to a red light. The street was empty, and it would be easy to aim at the car. She figured that was better to get off the scooter and do it with both feet on the ground. It was her last chance, because they were about a kilometer away from the classy restaurant where they were going to dinner.

Even as the car drove away, Eun Ha got off the scooter in the sideway, several meters away from them and stared intently at Dr. Flamingo's expensive car model:

"AAAAAND… Go!"

She felt the magic vibrating through her arm this time, as every time this strange energy she didn't quite understand was about to "happen" in a special and intense way. Her entire arm tingled and the magic swirled around the pen-shaped wand, bolting toward the vehicle.

It didn't take long and she saw the taillights of the car go out.

"Oh yes!" She cheered in delight. She crouched behind the scooter, excited, hiding herself from view. "Omo, omo, I did it! I got it!"

Then she peeked from behind the scooter, and saw the tall man getting out of the car; followed almost immediately by Ye Rim. Eun Ha then, covering her own mouth out of childish excitement, cast a spell to make sure the driver's door wouldn't open even if he tried with the key. And before Ye Rim got back in the car, she did the same with the passenger-side door.

She was sure this had totally ruined the mood of the night out. Now all she had to do was just wait for Ye Rim to call a taxi to get her home, while Dr. Flamingo waited for the insurance's tow truck.

But of course, now that she was in a good place to aim and cast at will, she could "finish" the doctor and make him never get to look in Ye Rim's face again.

"What if I… make his pants tear apart, huh?" Again she covered her mouth, stifling the burst of laughs the mischievous thought took from her. That would be too easy for her to do. She just needed him to come to the back of the car. The fashion designer was slowly getting up, calculating her movements, still fearing to be spotted by the couple. If Ye Rim could see her, and even from far away recognized her, it would be her end.

It looked like Dr. Kim was coming to the back of the car, and she jutted over the scooter seat_ sniper feelings_ completely focused on find the perfect timing to toss her magic onto that s.e.xy arse of him.

When Eun Ha raised her arm to make the magic concentrate on the tip of her wand, something stopped her movements. Not something. Someone. Someone grabbing her forearm firmly enough to hurt.

She looked over her shoulder, startled.

…

Ye Rim put both hands to her mouth, fully realizing the gravity of what had happened. She saw the tall man put his hands on his head, and ran his fingers past his hair in a rude and nervous motion.

"I ... I ... It wasn't me!" She wondered what it must have looked like to him, but to her, it was as if a strong gust of wind had suddenly blown and slammed the door shut_ and she wasn't fast enough to stop it. "Im serious!"

He had lowered his head again, and when he got up, he looked very angry. Ye Rim was intimidated. 'What this man can do?' She wondered in distress. At this moment she recalled Eun Ha and all the advice on the 'omens of the day'. It seemed fateful that it would end like this.

"What can we do?"

"Well ..." he said, in a harsh tone of who just didn't want to say anything at that moment. "Maybe you could call my secretary to get the insurance sending a tow truck or whatever. And then you can call a taxi back home." He patted his back pockets, even though he knew his wallet wasn't there, just to be sure. It was on the dashboard, along with his cell phone. "I'll refund your taxi tomorrow."

"It would be great." She almost wrung her hands before speaking, knowing that would be the last straw in tonight's cup of tragedy. "But my cell phone ... my stuff ... It's on the seat, inside the car."

The expression on Jun Hyeon's face was the epitome of frustration mingled with the effort to not outburst.

"I swear. I didn't slam the door. It was the wind. "Ye Rim tried to explain, but she didn't think she could be more convincing than that. At that moment, she really took pity on the doctor. "Listen, are we too far from the restaurant? We could go there and ask to use the phone. But we have to put the warning triangle… Didn't you open the trunk instead of the hood?" She hoped.

He went by the other side of the car, apparently even avoiding passing near her. "Seriously, it wasn't me!" She grunted at herself, upset.

Kim Jun Hyeon went to the car's trunk to check, but had no luck. It was locked. Checked all the doors. Locked. He remembered the biker, maybe he could help them, and looked back; but didn't see him anymore.

"Can we try to stop a car? Or maybe, like I said, walk to the restaurant?"

"Forget it. The restaurant is over a kilometer from where we are, and I won't make you Ms. High-Heeled walk all the way there. Nor can I leave you here alone. "

Ye Rim waved at a car that passed beside them, but the car didn't stop to them. She was surprised. "Wow, I understand that people don't stop in certain places, but we're in a fancy neighborhood. Rich people have no solidarity!"

He shrugged, and muttered, "With luck, they'll call the police."

Ye Rim looked at the doctor with interest, but said nothing for the moment. Then she burst into laughing out of nervousness, but sounding crazy made up her mind: she had to take action.

Ye Rim then said to the doctor, "I wasn't excited to go out with you; but I was tempted by the musical. It is a pity."

She took off her shoes, and he looked with curiosity as she did that.

"What are you doing?" He said in an annoyed tone.

"I'm going to walk somewhere to get a phone. The restaurant or whatever." She shrugged, and turned around looking for the right direction to find help.

The doctor stopped beside her. "You're right. Although I worry about leaving the car here, without any warning sign, I'll worry more about this crazy barefoot woman walking around alone at night. So let's go. But first put on the shoes. I think I know someone who lives a few blocks from here. "Kim glanced at the house up the hill about 400 meters from where they were.

"Now that's good! What are we waiting for?"