Toothless

After leaving Ashton a message, she looked around the warehouse and found just one guard outside.

'So full of themselves just because they never got caught.'

If they succeed then this would be there tenth case of kidnapping. This became a big case because of the fact that not one child have returned, of course they ask for ransom first, if the child was well loved then they'd get a lot of money.

But despite all that, no matter what the parents and police do, they still couldn't catch the culprits and much worse the children were not returned as well. After the ransom was taken, the children were sold somewhere else. Though the selling part was just a speculation.

On the exchange, the child would be left tied in a chair but once the parents took a closer look, it was actually just a doll. These group was good at running away and hiding as well.

And if it were Amber, she knew that something big is behind this group.

She looked inside the warehouse and saw Ashley, she was pale and obviously scared but she was not showing it either, 'Acting tough as always.'

There are five other men inside and after waiting a few more minutes, those five left Ashley and went to another room inside the warehouse, Amber can see that despite it having a window to see what was happening outside, there are blindspots everywhere.

She looked around and found no CCTV inside, 'Careless. Their achievements got through their heads. At the same time this was just a stop over for them.'

She silently walk to the entrance, a window beside it was her only access inside and at the same time it was in a position that is a blindspot of that room.

"Yo."

The man who looks like he was in his mid thirties but was thin heard a voice, as his body turned to the side, he felt a strong force on his stomach as he coughed up blood and lost consciousness.

'Damn, that hurts. I really hate this hand to hand combat,' Amber thought as she shook her hand.

What was fascinating about this was the fact that, the distance from the side to where that man stood was around twenty steps, and he was walking back and forth surely he would have caught her if she didn't run towards him.

Her surprise wouldn't have worked. But if she run then he would have heard her movements unless she was trained well enough to be able to successfully cause a surprise attack.

She looked at her pained hand before she grumpily puffed her cheeks, 'I guess I need to get back to practice.'

Without lingering any longer, she went inside, her laptop still in her arms.

She swiftly evaded the view from the window and arrived right behind Ashley, who was also placed in another blindspot, 'Truly, truly careless. I find them stupid already.'

She was able to arrive behind Ashley without getting much attention. The place where the room was on the opposite left side corner upon entering. Ashley was tied in a chair right in front of the door of that room.

And the most stupid thing, the window was on the other side of that room. They were confident enough that no one was able to follow them and was truly lacking so much security.

Amber tapped Ashley's shoulder, "Hey."

"WH-"

"Shhh, don't make a sound or do you want to get caught on escaping?" Amber covered her mouth just in time before she shouted.

When Ashley turned her head, she was shocked to see that it was actually Amber.

She saw Amber opening her mouth before her eyes grew wide, without continuing what she was about to say, she looked around and found a ventilation duct a few steps away from them.

It was not high enough and with her height of 5'3" she can carry Ashley over.

Without wasting time she stood up and opened the lid, she untied Ashley and carried her inside. It is a bit difficult, despite Ashley being thin she was still just half her age.

"Listen carefully, whatever happens don't make any sound, whatever you see, don't come out. I have sent your brother this location and he would surely arrive in less than ten minutes. Just text him and never give him a call."

"But what about you? We could just runaway."

Amber shook her head, "Ten minutes is still long and these people have guns. Adding to that my body would be in the worst condition in another five minutes. So stay here, just keep texting your brother. And hold unto my things properly, okay?"

Ashley was holding back her tears.

"Do you understand, brat?"

The young girl could only nod her head. Amber smiled and ruffled her hair before closing the lid properly and covering it so that those guys wouldn't notice it. After doing so she sat down in the chair with her right foot resting in her left knee, she looks like a gangster with her posture.

Well it's a good thing she was wearing a jeans and lose black shirt, she didn't have to think about exposing anything with her posture.

She even turned the chair so that she could prop her head with her hand using the back of the chair. Knowing that it wouldn't be long now, she threw something in the door causing a loud sound.

When the kidnappers came out they were shock to see a doll looking person sitting like a gangster in front of them.

"Who are you? Where's the kid?"

"It is still me though, I used magic to turn older," she replied with a grin.

"Yeah right bitch."

Each and everyone of them have different body builts, two were burly ones, two were mid sized and one who was the same as the one she knocked out outside. They all looked like people who could fit in in prison.

"What, don't you know about time travelling? The young me couldn't handle this event so she summoned her older self," she replied and her looks were provoking.

As if she was saying: Come on, believe me you stupid idiots.

The first burly man with a missing tooth in front, slapped her hard enough.

"Bitch, do you think you can escape here? Even that young one, no one have ever been able to escape us."

Amber's face harshly turned to her side, even her posture was changed, both feet stepping on the ground and her hand that was propping her head was hanging on the back of the chair.

She knew with that slap her lips was obviously bleeding, still she turned to look at him, "How weak, did an insect bit my lip?"

Her eyes looked at him with more provocation, "I'm amazed you call yourself strong but your teeth was not even complete, did someone pull it out for you? With a punch..."

Just as she said that, catching all of them off guard, she punched him straight in the face causing another two teeth to fly out of his mouth. She then kicked the one closest to her, who was a mid sized guy with shoulder length hair, in his precious gem.

After that she stood up shaking her hand, "Damn, hand to hand is truly painful. Are you going to pull a gun now?"

Her sentence caused the thin one to stop taking out his gun.

"What? Can't even handle a girl like me with your barehands? Just how weak could you be?" she smirked seeing him contemplate whether to pull his gun or not.

Returning to his senses, the other burly man who was bald, grabbed her hand before giving her a punch in the stomach. She coughed up a mouthful of blood before she dropped in the ground.

'Damn,' she thought as every ounce of strength disappeared from her body.

The toothless guy wiped the blood from his mouth before giving her a kick, "You damn bitch. I'll make sure I won't give you a peaceful death."

Amber looked at them and her eyes was still dancing with mock as if she was not feeling any pain at all, "Toothless."

She still managed to reply weakly.

Toothless's face turned red with anger as he kept kicking her, in her stomach, in her thigh, he didn't care where he just keep kicking her body.

Seeing as she was completely battered, he grabbed her hair and pulled her up, "Where's your arrogance now?"

Her eyes was still the same, a mocking look as she stare at him, "Tooth-"

Without allowing her to finish he threw her on the ground.

Amber, on the other hand, was counting the time, she knew they would arrive before this guy kills her.

She could have just kept talking to them but she chose to provoke them instead. If they were provoked surely all their attention would be on her and they would forget about Ashley. So she was buying time as much as possible.

'I suppose it's a good thing that I am numb to pain. I can atleast endure these beating, but I should make him pay for this.'

As she was being battered her mind was actually somewhere else.

'Come to think of it, could it be that their parent's arrival was earlier? For her to be waiting with that eager look a while ago?'

She saw Ashley waiting in the past days but today she had an eager look on her face. Excitement was there as well.

*BANG*

Just as toothless grabbed her hair again ready to slam her head on the ground, a loud shot rang inside the warehouse.