It's been two weeks and Honoka was able to walk again. It took her some time to balance on her feet again but she was able to get the hang of it. The girls decided to celebrate Honoka's recovery by having a sleepover at her house. They helped her with the chores around the house since she was still a little shaky from her injuries. When everyone was asleep an unknown figure entered Honoka's room through her bedroom window unannounced. The intruder tried to stay as quiet as possible because the intruder didn't want to wake anyone up. The figure was right above Honoka's bed. The intruder took out a knife had it in a stabbing position. Just as the intruder was about to stab her Honoka woke up. Honoka noticed that there was a shadow that was on her. She looked up and woke up completely when she saw that it was someone that she didn't know was over her bed.
She saw that the intruder had a knife. Honoka did what anyone else would do in this situation. She screamed. The others members of muse were down stairs. Eli was the closest to the stairs and she woke up when she heard the sound of Honoka screaming. Eli got up and dashed up the stairs as fast as she could. She reached Honoka's bedroom and opened the door. She found that there was an unknown assailant in her room.
"Honoka!" Eli shouted
"Eli!" Honoka shouted
The intruder saw Eli and quickly grabbed Honoka. The intruder had an arm around her neck while the other arm had a knife and held it near Honoka's face. Eli realized that Honoka was just taken as a hostage of someone who wanted to rob her. The intruder spoke and Eli heard the voice of a woman. She couldn't see her face because she was wearing a ski mask.
"Get any closer and I will kill her" The intruder said
Eli wanted to help Honoka but what could she do if she was being held captive by the intruder
Eli could tell how scared Honoka was. She was even crying. Eli wanted to comfort her but there was nothing that she could do right now. Eli tried to negotiate with the intruder. Maybe she could bribe her into letting Honoka go.
"What do you want?" Eli asked
"Just this sweet girls that I have in my clutches right now" The intruder said
"What do you want with her?" Eli said
"Why should I tell my plans to you?" The intruder said
"I'm her friend and I have a right to know what you're planning to do with her" Eli said
"That's a poor excuse. I'm just gonna leave with this little girl here while you stand there helpless. If you try stop me then I'll kill her and then I'll kill you" The intruder said
Eli had to think fast or Honoka was going to be taken away. Eli noticed that she was standing right next to Honoka's bookshelf. Eli needed to grab a book and throw it at the intruder as a distraction. She could use that time to dash over to Honoka and rescue her.
"Please let me go!" Honoka begged
"Not gonna happen. You're coming with me whether you like it or not" The intruder said
Honoka tried to struggle out of the intruder's grasp but the intruder's hold on her was too strong. She still struggled because she wanted to be free.
"Stop struggling kid if you know what's good for you" The intruder said
Honoka bit the intruder's arm causing her to scream in pain. She even head butted the intruder with the back of her head. The intruder's grip on her tightened even more and Honoka was finding hard to breathe.
"I'll make you pay for that kid" The intruder said
Eli finally had the chance that she needed to free Honoka from her assailant. She grabbed a book off the shelf and threw at the intruder. The book hit the intruder in the face and that gave the time she needed to rescue Honoka. She dashed over at the dazed intruder and was able to pry Honoka away from the intruder's grasp. When the intruder recovered she was that she was empty handed. She looked over and saw that Eli had Honoka in her arm. Eli arms were wrapped around Honoka in a protective embrace.
"You're gonna regret doing that" The intruder said
Eli grabbed Honoka's hand and dashed out of the room and went downstairs.
"Everyone wake up!" Eli said
Everyone woke up and Umi was about to lose it but she was completely awake when she heard the next sentence that left Eli's mouth.
"Someone broke in and she's after Honoka! We need to get out of here and find a place to hide!" Eli said
The other girls acted immediately. They ran out of the house and down the streets. They found an alleyway and hid over there. They hid behind a dumpster and waited until the intruder was truly gone. They heard footsteps and Honoka was so scared that she let out a small yelp. Eli put her hand on Honoka's hand to keep her quiet. The footsteps were near the dumpster and after a while the intruder left. When they were sure that the intruder was gone the girls came out and one by one.
"Honoka are okay?" Eli asked
Honoka finally broke down and started sobbing. Eli couldn't blame her for crying ether. If she was in the situation that Honoka was just in she would've cried too. Eli embraced Honoka in a comforting hug. She rocked her back and forth. She told her that everything was gonna be okay. The other girls demanded an explanation. Eli told them what happened and the girls couldn't believe that someone else had tried to kill Honoka.
"Who wants Honoka dead and why?" Umi asked
"Well they obviously want her dead for some reason" Maki said
"Why anyone want to kill Honoka? She very kind and energetic" Rin said
"Well I think we should be on the lookout for Honoka from now on since she's already been targeted twice" Nozomi said
"Each of us should try to be with her as much as we can" Hanayo said
"We can keep her safe from harm. We'll be her bodyguards" Kotori said
"And hopefully we can catch the creep that wants her dead in the first place.
Eli agreed with the plan. She wanted Honoka to be safe. She didn't want a repeat of what happened when they won love live.
