Rescue: Part 2

In a few hours she landed in Russia, where all bad things happen. Why you ask? Two words, Russian ninjas. Amelia landed the plane in a large plain of snow. In front of her loomed a huge stone castle, a beacon of doom in the snow; the headquarters of the Russian ninjas. She hiked towards it and finally reached the west wall. She drew her gun and pulled the second trigger. The hook grabbed onto the top of the wall and Amelia scaled the side of the building.

She got to the top, panting slightly. Her past injuries were taking their toll on her abilities.

Amelia crept across the roof; halting at every sound. When she reached the air vent she bent down and opened up her jacket, exposing the weapons and tools on the inside. Amelia reached in and took out her laser and used it to cut a perfect square in the air vent, just big enough for her to shimmy through. She placed the laser back into its small compartment and climbed into the air vent.

She turned on her glasses and it showed a map of the fortress. The young ninja started moving in the direction of the throne room, hoping it would lead her to her companions.

She slunk through the air vent, wincing every time it creaked. Finally, after a lot of crawling, the map showed she was right above the throne room. Amelia cut a hole with her laser in the side of the air vent and slid out carefully. She was now directly on the ceiling. Amelia found a loose tile and moved it so she could see into the throne room. It was completely empty except for the ninja king sitting in his throne at the head of the room.

Amelia replaced the tile after sizing up the room and moved ten feet to the right. When she reached what she hoped was the far side of the room she loosened another tile. Once it was removed she hooked her grappling hook to a pipe above her head and slid down silently. She kept to the shadows until she reached the king.

She drew her sword quietly, the beautiful blade glinted in the moonlight. The king’s head twitched and he stood up and drew his sword.
“Who’s there?” he called out into the seemingly empty room.

“It is I,” Amelia announced stepping out of the shadows.

“Ahhh, my young ninja nemesis returns!” And at that he jumped at her. He flourished his sword making a grand swipe that aimed for her neck. Amelia reacted quickly and parried the attack. She hooked his sword with hers and twisted. His sword flew out of his weak grip and slid across the room, coming to a halt at the far wall.

He gazed at her in utter amazement at how quickly the fight had come to an end. She took a threatening step forward but he did not back down. He glared at her figuring out his next move, but before he could act she used her advantage. Amelia hooked the heel of his boot with her sword and pulled. He was wavering on falling and she flew at him. He fell to the ground and she stuck her knee into his groin; pinning him to the ground.

“Where are they?” Amelia asked accusingly.

“Who?”

And his utter confusion threw her off. It was pure confusion, so pure that she got up, turned on her heel, and went back into the ceiling. She retraced her steps back to her airplane.

Amelia took off and thought as she flew. Where could they be?

She needed help and though she hated to admit it, she knew it was time to call in some back up.

When she landed back in her hanger she took out her phone and dialed Maggie’s number. 1-4-1-7-7-5-6-1-2-7-8-6. It rang and after the second ring Maggie picked up.

“Hello?”

“Hi Maggie!”

“Hello Amelia! What’s up?”

“Summer, Susan, Katie, and Lauren are missing. I went to Russia and looked there and couldn’t find them. I need help. You want to help?”
“Yeah sure, I’ll teleport to your hanger right now.”

“Thank you.”

And with that they hung up. Within seconds Maggie appeared at Amelia’s side.

“Hello again,” Amelia said cheerily.

“Hi.”

“Ok, so any ideas?”

“No.”

They sat there and thought, bouncing ideas off one another but none of them fit. A few minutes into their brainstorming Amelia’s cell phone buzzed. She had received a text from a private number.

Amelia opened it and it read, “I bet by now you have noticed that Katie, Summer, Lauren, and Susan are missing. I have them neener neener. To save them you must turn yourself over to me within the next three days.”