POV Narrator:
Friday, 20 December 2019, Luna Nova
The days went by in Luna Nova, so far pretty normally without many events other than Akko's success that was progressing to the second term by getting a very good score, but things were starting to worry with Louis coming, on what would be the weekend before the short winter break started between them. And started a little of the countdown for Louis Blackwell to start kidnapping Kagari, or else he would never be able to join the so desired The Council that so much wants to join to cause chaos to the witches, but during this he was already starting to act, already staying in the middle of the woods observing the behavior of Akko and her friends that had gathered on the day to celebrate a little in the blue team's room.
POV Louis:
Damn, how can I capture this girl if they are all with her at this time, I swore that her friends wouldn't show up this weekend, I could perfectly enjoy a weekend here, but apparently I'll have to act, but I don't know how, the boss couldn't postpone a little, I can't just go in there, those girls know how to hit hard.
I keep watching with my binoculars, trying to see if there is any activity in the room, it's so late at night, the lights are still on, I only see some heads moving, but soon I have my spying interrupted by a hand.
"You only have two days, don't just stand there watching, hurry up, I'm waiting" said the boss and I nodded my head.
"I will act, there is no need to pressure me, I was just observing, there is no way I can act now that they are active and awake"
"A member of The Council knows how to act in all situations without complaining about being pressured, is that how you want to be known? As a coward that pressures himself for little things? Be a man and act like one, I will leave here and wait for you to start acting soon" He said and I just went feeling even worse, I want to finish this soon.
"Okay, I'll do it, but it's not the best time to get out of here and start acting, I don't even have the equipment for that" I tell him that I'm getting out of there and when I realize that even a backpack was left on the floor so I could pick it up.
I go to the bag, I notice that it has clothes, even some gas bombs, perfect to put them to sleep soon, I was needing that, besides also having a witch's outfit to put on top, weapons and all the equipment so that I can immobilize the witches and the employees, but it seems that outside the situation is complicated, I'm seeing and there are some minotaurs circulating around here, I don't know if it will be possible to really reach the upper room, the window is quite big, but I can be found, well I better start disguising myself here.
Meanwhile in the blue team's room...
POV Akko:
Relief that I finally passed the year, I thought I wouldn't make it, but it all worked out in the end, thanks to Diana who picked up my foot these days I could get a score until it was comfortable, I think now it's time to clear my head a little, soon I'll spend Christmas and New Year with Diana's family and it will be wonderful, now that everyone knows she's my girlfriend, I can only imagine how it will be... I even go to the window, kind of to reflect a little, I really wanted to take Diana to Japan in the spring, but it's complicated to arrange tickets, we still have to find the sounds left over from the bizarre flute, gee there's so much I can't even imagine how to start.
"Baby, ye've been sae quiet today, I thought ye'd be as agitated as ever, what's wrong?" asks my girlfriend.
"I was almost losing hope that I would fail, but now that everything is solved it's a relief, I just keep thinking about what's next, there are so many things on my mind" I say looking at the Arcturus forest.
"Surely let's start with the most important ones, let's enjoy this Christmas and New Year's Eve with my mother Laura and my family, who knows also spending some days at home, let's use these days tae relax whatever we can, without having tae think about classes, the sounds of the flute, The council, the boss and other things, let's just think about us" she said and I even give a smile on my face.
"You're right love, I think I've been too full of worries these days, it doesn't even seem like we're in a less worse situation than when Daryl was around, well at least now the truth is coming out" I tell Diana and then we start kissing, exchanging more caresses, so I get less tense.
"Hey girls, let's play a little game there, I just turned on the Switch here" Marianne said.
And we go to the sofa, from there Mari was taking some controls and assembling the whole thing, it's bizarrely interesting, I don't know why, but anyway, this is fun to see, she gave us the control all broken in the middle with a little part on top, it's strangely cool the control, she put it for us to play some random 2D game, I had never seen something like that.
"Now let's celebrate, there could be something else around here, don't you think?" Mari said and I have no idea what that something extra would be.
"Like a shot game?" Amanda said.
"Ohhhhhh, that would be interesting" Leclerc said.
"You do it, I would never touch alcohol once in my life" Hellene said.
"Interesting, we could get really crazy here" I say with my eyes shining.
"That's already too crazyAkko" Said my girlfriend and Amanda was already appearing with a bottle of Whisky.
"Oh come on Cavendish, tell me you wouldn't enjoy that, we could get really crazy around here, it'll be fun" said O'Neill teasingly.
"I've never tried it, it must be fun love, let's try to get drunk just this once, then we'll see if it's worth it, life is only one" I say to my little Cavenboring who keeps turning her face in denial, but I try to beg her for a bit more.
"All right, all right, all right! Alright, alright! Let's do it, but I only say one thing, dinnae come tae vomit all over my room, control yourself, I'll participate too, but it's only out of curiosity and dinnae even think about touching alcohol Hellene, ye're still too young fae these things" said my little love and I'm even celebrating.
"Sis I'm only a year younger dan you, besides you said I can't touch a 'and, good ding I can use my right den, since I don't have it heh, but I'm kidding, I'm out of dis drinking game" Hellene said and she's going to be the sobriquet of the group.
"Only you anyway, I'm going to drink along with the girls" Mari said getting in the middle and McLaren just shrugged.
"I just prefer not to drink, I don't want to get close to it, not even when I'm an adult, besides it breaks my diet" said the one who is eating crisps and soda, go figure, it seems that consistency is not Hellene's strong suit hahahaha.
We start to fill a little glass, just to start the game, me, Diana, Amanda, Marianne, Sucy and Hannah are starting the drinking game, so much that we started to feel it, this whisky going down my throat seems to have burnt everything inside, but the taste is actually quite sweet, it's like a syrup but much stronger.
Some hours went by, the girls were getting more and more drunk as time went by, Louis wasobserving what he could and noticing some things he found himself in an opportunity to act...
POV Louis:
Perfect, they decided to make a Drinking game, from what I could notice, this way it will be easy to infiltrate me in Luna Nova, what a bunch of losers and empty girls, for this I didn't expect, it's not for nothing that witches are so low, they make these drinking games, if I was them I would make a game of push-ups that is much more chad than that, as a sigma man I feel it's just an inferiority of these beings, good that I'll soon capture the target.
"Keep it up, I'll soon get to you and have my award" I tell myself.
I start to put on the minotaur costume, so that I can pass quietly, no one will realize that I'm invading, I'll pretend to be a window cleaner and with that I'll arrive quietly there, now yes, this outfit besides that is warm, it's getting cold here, this night is freezing, I even forgot that winter has just started, come on, I put on my backpack now it's just acting, I even wrapped myself in magic and looked at myself in the mirror, this costume is more convincing than it seems.
I walk to the other side of the wall, I wave to the other minotaurs and notice that there is a scaffolding nearby with some kangaroos cleaning the windows.
"Hey, you can let me clean up after you" I say to the two Kangaroos.
"A minotaur cleaning windows? That's strange, that's not something one does" he said.
"You can leave it to me, I'm bored, I'll finish it here, I have stronger arms and can get the dirt out faster" I say rubbing at the window and the two just shrug.
"Whatever, thanks for the guaranteed time off John, we'll be elsewhere around here" They both said.
And now I have the way clear, but I still have to pretend very well, this tactic will guarantee me more espionage, I clean one of the windows and notice that it gives me a view from the inside, which is perfect, now I just have to find a way to get to the window I want, but it seems that it will take a long time, I have to start at the bottom until I reach the top, it's already one o'clock in the morning and so far the girls are awake, well I think it might be enough, at dawn it will be quiet.
"Damn witches..." I can't wait to finish all this, become a millionaire, a member of The Council, have women kissing my feet, but I'll show them that I am the sigma and they'll eat out of my hand seeing what I have, that will be interesting to see.
I keep looking around and notice that it's quiet, no one suspects my presence, all I need is to get to that window, after all that I'll be able to get in, they'll be all drunk, they'll barely be able to use magic, it was just perfect that they started making a drinking game at this time, hahaha, I'm really genius, I'll be able to accomplish a job that would be complicated, now getting too easy.
A little later...
I'm arriving, the window is getting closer and closer, how wonderful, just one more window and I get to the room where they are, it's impressive that they are still awake, it seems that the drink didn't make them fall asleep, they must be really crazy, wonderful like that, I can't wait to wreak havoc in their room, I'll only need a few things, I'll finish the window next door and wow, their room is quite luxurious, not bad.
"Now yes, time to cause" I say cheering myself up and moving the scaffolding to the side.
Arriving at the side window I could catch a glimpse, they are laughing a lot, I can see that some of them are even half playing, they seem to be having fun, but it will be the last time that they will have fun like that, when I start acting things will change, I start cleaning the window and I make a point of pretending well, until I notice that the girls are looking at me, one of them comes to the window and keeps poking the glass.
"Look there's a minotaur cleaning the windows, how weird" Said the girl with brownish red hair, I think I've seen her at some of the high class meetings.
I just keep pretending well, but soon I'll get it, she then closes the curtains, what I'm breathing with relief, now it's time to act, I'm taking a glass cutter from my bag, the window will have enough space for me to pass, I start to put that and I'm cutting the glass in the diameter for me to pass to the other side, nobody will notice my presence, I open the zip of my costume, leaving it with all the support to pretend there's someone.
I get out of the costume, close the front zip and go through the hole I made in the window as well as my pocket, now I have the ideal costume, I'm going dressed as Sarah Bernhardt, this student is a little taller than me, so maybe they won't notice that I'm a little different, so it will be perfect, a disguise that no one expected, luckily the curtain was there, I can pass with the backpack and everything, luckily no one noticed.
I take advantage that no one is watching and I use some magic to repair the cut I made and no one notices that I'm in this room, perfect, so no one will notice.
"HeyAkko, kiss Diana again just to make her crazier" Said one of the half drunk girls.
"Hey you guys have to see this, there's a minotaur at the window, it's the craziest thing you have" Said the same one that saw me, I go starting to sneak, staying in a space where I saw a book shelf, perfect to hide.
"Minotaurs dinnae clean the window, that's nae their job, that's a lie Hannah" Cavendish said, that voice I recognise.
"Ah yes then come with me" said the brownish redhead.
I stay hidden, just waiting for them to come, a whole group came to the window, where they pulled the curtain and stared at the minotaur, he is all static and still, which they are quite curious looking at the creature, this is quite tense indeed, I even think of using my gas bombs to make them sleep, but I'll cook a bit yet, I'll just watch the action more closely.
"A minotaur indeed, how weird" Said the platinum haired Scot.
"Didn't I say so? I wasn't wrong, there's a minotaur cleaning the window" Hannah said in a very drunk voice.
"I don't want this strange creature looking at us through the window" Said the same one that appeared the day they invaded Appleton, what a thing.
"Oh little bull, clean that up properly" Hannah said, tapping on the glass and then closing the curtain.
After that they were leaving and I remained well hidden, now yes this could be my chance, I'm starting to look more as soon as they leave, to notice the presence of both of them and how they are behaving up close, how come I never went to think of this idea before? I could disguise myself as one of the students here and just stay close, these skin textured trousers hide it well, it even makes me look like I'm a woman, now very well, time to take a closer look, I go sneaking around the room, trying to find a more hidden place.
"A minotaur in the windows, in all these years in Luna Nova, I've never seen one doing that, it's the work of the herons and the kangaroos, there must be something quite suspicious about it" Cavendish said half drunk.
"I think it's the effect of the drink, we're already hallucinating things, it can only be that" Target said.
"Drinks dinnae cause hallucinations, unless Sucy has been giving us mushrooms on the sly all this time" Her girlfriend said.
"I didn't do that, I wanted to, but the mushrooms that cause hallucination are not with me, I used them last time to make a potion for Akko who must have dreamt about some very strange things hahahaha" Said the strange Asian.
"Hey, is that why I had that nightmare on Monday? I almost couldn't do the test because my mind was filled with so much stuff, I could have failed if that happened Sucy!" Said the target girl.
"Sorry, but can you tell me it wasn't an amusing dream?" asks her friend.
"Ah yes, I started having hallucinations in the dream that everything was very much in a gorefield vibe and that you were becoming abominations, even Diana, that was horrible, you wanted to devour me and I was running for my life, I wasn't safe anywhere, I remember to this day the vision I had of your mouth, that thing full of teeth inside, the black eyes, ahhhhhhh, better not even remember" Kagari said, better I think here how to act.
I put the mask on, the good thing is that it will compromise Sarah Bernhardt and not me if I'm seen, then I can change to my last disguise, I'll take advantage that they are all crazy and drunk, you can feel from here that they are in pure alcohol, I start to get the grenades from my backpack, I'm positioning some going slyly through the room, where I'm already taking the pin and I'm leaving the scene, just watching the smoke coming out.
"What's that? Did you light a fire?" asks one of the girls.
"This smoke, someone threw something in here" said another and I will throw more of these grenades, I will empty the backpack and generate the most smoke around here, they will all be sleeping.
"Who is there?" Target asks.
"Akko dinnae open your mouth or breathe, this could be a toxic gas that will put us tae sleep" said her girlfriend.
"I've got an idea here" Kagari said and I'm just going to keep causing chaos.
That's it, sleep, sleep, you can't resist so much, I'm going to show up soon and mess everything up, I'm sure, here's enough for five minutes, they can't hold their breath for that long, I'm going to wait, they're going to be coughing, now they're going to fall all faint, I'm going to succeed in this, I imagine, for the first time I do a kidnapping, I can only imagine in a few minutes leaving with a suitcase full of money and the boss allowing me to enter The Council and I will prove my worth, I won't arrive to obey orders but to do those orders, they don't ask for waiting, I won't be just a servant.
I finish playing the last one, now I just have to get up and make my triumphant entrance, they'll think I'm Sarah Bernhardt and with this voice modification it'll be wonderful to use it for something, the smoke clears, I see that they were all already lying down, you can't hold your breath for five minutes like that, they'll surely be asleep.
"That's right go to sleep, now you will never see your friend again for a long time, first it was Mary Brooks, now it will be my next target" I say to them lying on the floor.
I walk towards the target and soon someone appears, one of the redheads Cavendish's sister, she looks at me with a smile on her face, and I get all freaked out, how come she held her breath for so long, that's humanly impossible.
"What? It's impossible to hold your breath that long, it's five minutes" I tell her and she shrugs.
"Oh, dat part was borderline right, boeht dat thing you used wasn't even sleeping gas, if it was, gee, what a weak lettle ding I'd say" she said teasing me, this little girl won't intimidate me again, today I'm stronger than before.
"Don't think that I came here unprepared" I say, taking out a pistol with a silencer and pointing it at the girl.
"Oh no you came armed, what a surprise" she said debauching the situation.
"Don't move or I will shoot, I will get my target and you better keep quiet or I will kill you, don't try to make fun of this situation" I say seriously to her still pretending to be Sarah.
I aim the gun and get close to the target, now it's just dragging, but just as I was going to grab her arm I'm shot by a spell that catches me in the face, then she tries to punch, but drunk she missed and I was aiming the gun to intimidate her.
"Don't try to escape I am armed" I say until I feel my hand being hit and my gun falls from my hand.
"Not anymore" Said the redhead who hit my hand, I then stand up and see her suddenly appearing in my face.
"What?" I get scared.
She simply hits me with an air current that pushes me backwards and all the others are getting up, they are not fainted, but that's strange, I threw grenades like that until I can't do it anymore, I even take off my mask while the others just stare at me and I get up full of pain, still with my backpack, I will not be intimidated by some witches, I am stronger than them.
"What? You thought your smoke bombs were for real? We realized as soon as it had no effect other than coughing, which we took advantage of to trick you, that was our plan" said the target.
"Ye wanted tae kidnap our friend? Sarah Bernhardt, sae ye're the one who works fae The Council?" Said her very drunk girlfriend.
"Yes, I work for The Council and I won't let it go cheap" I say throwing a flash grenade on the ground and starting to run towards them, with a knife in my hand, now let's see if armed they will dodge me.
I go trying to give stabs, but they go away in the air, I can't look at anything, only them a bit stunned, still very drunk, but one of them seems very sober, the redhead that with her eyes closed even gets very close to me and dodges the stabs in a very stupid way.
"I don't need eyes" She said taking the knife from my hand with one punch, she's not afraid of that, still hitting it with her right hand.
"Damn her!" I say trying to hit back with punches but she dodges them, the others just cheer, with the drunken tones of their lines.
"Go Hellene break her face" said the target.
Shit I need more resources, I'll get the hell out of here and hide as I need to, I take out another flash, stunning the redhead, who narrowly misses my collar, grabbing the tie I let go and go running, I need to get to the bathroom and get this outfit off, remain hidden, so no one notices me, that, I get to the bathroom door and simply see the redhead in front of me, she kicks to push me back with a few steps, I get a little dizzy.
"Did you really dink you were going to run through de bathroom? I don't need to see what's in front of me, you should worry about what you're dealing with" She said, but luckily I fell close to where my gun is.
"Did you really think I was just going to leave it at that" I start to shoot and she simply moves her hand with enormous calmness using it as a shield for the bullets, even creating a shield where they hit and I get scared.
"Guns? Cool, I 'ave some too" She said, simply showing her hand and starting shooting some things that hurt when they hit me, they weren't bullets, but they looked like little balls.
"What's that?" I say scaring myself and getting weaker.
I go getting more things from my bag, I find another flash, this time I throw it, but I also use a flare, as well as some explosive grenades that I throw in the direction of the redhead that jumps in my direction and gives a kick that makes me be thrown against the shelf, giving me one of those pains in my ribs, I don't know if I can stand it, I have to get out of here, I keep looking at the window and the door, both were with the drunk ones blocking the passage.
"You thought you would run away from here, you will open your mouth for us" Target said.
"I think you better open up" I say throwing an explosive grenade towards the door, they jump to avoid being hit, I run towards the door, the redhead simply hold me by my clothes preventing me to walk forward, I had forgotten about that bitch.
"Where do you dink you're going?" I try to elbow her, but she holds back, I try to struggle, but she goes on holding me back and throws me against the door that opened with that.
I thought I had escaped, she was too stupid to throw me towards the door, but at that moment I am hit by a kick in my back, which makes me go all the way inside again, now broken and weak I couldn't move properly, I went trying to get up, but I was grabbed by the short girl who simply threw me on a couch.
"Damn them, The Council will hear about this" I tell them.
"You're not Sarah Bernhardt, she's taller dan dis disguise of yours, but luckily I'm not stupid either" Said the redhead taking off my mask and wig, revealing who I was.
"Louis Blackwell!" They all said in shock.
"Yes it's me, did you think it would be someone else? I'm the only one up to doing these things, you witches are disgusting" I tell them almost spitting in their faces.
"Look it looks like incel wants to do everything to get into De Council, but he got fake gas grenades, dat was just smoke grenades, I 'ave to say... Dey set you up to get caught" said the redhead and I can't believe it.
"This is a lie, it can only have been a mistake, I'm not going to open my mouth anyway" I say already tied up and pinned to the sofa.
"And who says I want to 'ear your scandalous voice? You can keep whining, you're going to open your mouth to agent Rosemary Morris of de WCI, or else you're going to end up in de men's cell of Arcturus prison, I guarantee it's not a very friendly place, especially since you won't have a friend dere for a while, until we capture your lettle friends who set you up" said the redhead and all the others teased.
"That's it Hellene" said the target.
"Show this dickhead who's the boss" said her girlfriend.
"You lassies behave yourselves, you look like a gas station with so much alcohol around 'ere, now we just 'ave to wait for de presence of agent Morris, I'll keep an eye on the incel sigma male around 'ere" she said teasing me.
"Oh pretty one, you could make an exception, 500 thousand each, let me do the mission, take advantage that they are all drunk, take the target for me, I guarantee a life that you will never have, look it's only half a million pounds, we can negotiate" She even smiles.
"You think you're going to buy me? My friends are more important dan any money, stick dat money up your arse and walk away" said the damned resisting.
"How about the bit all yours, do it to me go, I won't upset them, I'll give you every chance in the world, it's a million quid, think, think, think, it'll help your mum and sister a lot, we just really want a temporary target, then we'll give it back, do it for me" I beg to get out of this straight away, I have to buy it somehow.
"You deal with de boss. Dat's right, your boss is not a man, de same one who is behind De Council, was behind de rest of de dings, you were all de time obeying a woman, 'ow does it feel knowing dat your male ego was hurt by having to obey orders from a woman?" She doesn't tease me with that.
"That's a lie!" I shout and she just laughs.
POV Narrator:
Louis Blackwell tried everything, but he could not escape and neither could he accomplish the mission of kidnapping Akko, by having all his tricks being set up so that he would be caught, what things will get worse for the situation of the boy who was used as a mere object to cause terror and in the end only turned out to be a big joke.
See you, kidnapper witches...
Louis Blackwell
Date of birth: 20 September 1999
Place of birth: Bradford, England (English)
Height: 1.77m
Weight: 60 kg
Sexuality: Hetero
Gender: Male (cis)
Occupation: Law student (Appleton 2018)
Measurements (bust/ waist/hip): 82/76/83
Hair colour and appearance: Blond, straight 1B, long, reaching shoulder length, usually parted in half with a ponytail
Eye colour and shape: blue
Physical appearance: Defined body, pale Caucasian skin, rectangular nose
Likes: Submissive women, secretly of witches, training, power
Dislikes: Witchcraft, beliefs, LGBT's, women who refuse him
Louis is someone who is interested in having the power to be the greatest, for this he wanted to get into The Council by any means necessary, this includes doing the dangerous missions requested by the boss to solve this issue, he is a person who considers himself too good for everyone and feels better than the rest, being quite narcissistic, much of this coming from his own father who mirrored much of this personality in his son. Louis wants to have everything in hand to conquer his most absolute desires, even if to do so he has to do questionable acts, which they care little about.