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kelkyag‘s prompt to my orig-fic card. This fills the “Cunning Plan” slot.
Juniper, Kelkathian, and Azdekious are part of my Dragons Next Door setting; its landing page is here.
“What… what the seventeen different sparks?” Kelkathian and Azdekious stared at each other, and then at the van they had suddenly found themselves in. “This isn’t team C.”
“This isn’t Team B.” Kelkathian gave a headshake, and wormed out of the backpack. Juniper was unconscious, looking for all the world as if she was napping at home in her bed. “Can’t be team A.”
“You’re telling me we were guarding against three teams of kidnappers…”
“And a fourth one came out of nowhere. I am indeed telling you that.” Kelkathian dropped carefully to the floor. The back of the van was filled with plumbing supplies, all of it with the appropriate level of wear for an actual plumber, but something about it still felt wrong to Kel.
“Is she waking up back there?” The voice came from the driver’s seat; Kel ducked into Juniper’s jacket while the passenger turned around. “I thought I heard something.”
“Must be dreaming, then, ’cause she’s still out like a light.”
“Hunh. Thought a rich kid would be harder to grab than that.”
Kel peeked over Junie’s pocket and saw the driver’s face – nothing exciting, nothing important, and her othersight told her he was nothing but human. Very human, strong and tough and so normal it was almost painful, but this wasn’t a dweomer or an elf or an elkin or really anything but a normal human kidnapper…
…who thought Juniper was a rich kid.
“You’re sure her parents have money?” The passenger seemed to have the same qualms about this plan that Kelkathian did.
“They live in Smokey Knoll. You tell me a human that could afford a house there who wasn’t filthy rich.”
The car screeched to a halt. “This is a Smokey Knoll kid?” The passenger’s voice was a hiss. That was your cunning plan? To grab a kid from Smokey Knoll?”
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O_O How did they get her? … I guess they were not in Smokey Knoll at the time, or the driver would have noticed that wrinkle earlier?
They weren’t being expected? And yes. Out of Smokey Knoll somewhere.
For some reason I’m getting the feeling kidnapper #2 is now trying to quickly decide whether simply running or abject apologies will have the greater chance of survival.
*couhglaugh* yes.
Gripping Hand: Find a friendly police officer and turn himself in, in the hopes of gaining badly needed protection.
/googles Gripping Hand/ oh! “…on the third hand…”
I think Kidnapper 2 knows more about Smokey Knoll than Kidnapper 1.
Yes. Just a lot ;-D
Well, her parents may or may not have money. What they do have is dangerous, and someone just figured that out…. “Cunning plan” indeed. They need a lot of cunning to get out of this in one piece.