Chapter Fifty Four

Valerie Books' POV

"My baby's been what!?" I yelled as Rachelle told me what happened to them this morning.

"Blueth... She's been... Kidnapped..." Rachelle said as she was catching her breath. She was running non stop until she reached me.

"Who kidnapped my baby!?"

"I-it was a guy... Wearing a cloak and a mask... Raymund... I think..."

My eyes widened as I started clenching my fists. "Oh, Raymund now huh? Stay right here." I told Rachelle as I waved my finger, changing my clothes into my tattered violet dress. "Hey, Cathy! Come with me! We've got some hunting to do."

"W-wait, let me go with..." Rachelle said as she held my arm, still out of breath.

"Rachelle, it'll be dangerous. Stay here and watch the house. I'll come back with my baby. Don't worry."

Cathy jumped in front of me and I waved my finger, turning Cathy into the winged tiger beast. You guys like that name? I just thought of that name right now. Cathy let out a roar as she spread her wings, getting ready to take off.

"Watch the house, Rachelle, I'm going to get your sister back."

Cathy then started flapping her wings and not long, we were now airborne. "I'm coming for you Blueth!"

Blueth Mendoza's POV

"Let me go!" I said as I kept squirming in the chains which were tied around me. "You'll regret tying me up in these chains! When I get out of here, I'll make sure you'll regret it!"

"Don't make me laugh child. What can a mere human do to me? Kick me to sleep?"

"Well, actually, yes. That was my plan." I looked at him for a second and I went back to squirming myself free from the chains.

"Squirm all you want child. Those chains are made with magic, they can't be broken easily."

"I'll break you easily!"

"Ah, this amuses me so much." Raymund said as he sat down and looked at me.

"Hands off my Blueth! Raymund!"

"Huh?" I stopped squirming as I heard Ms. Val's voice. "Ms. Val?"

"Ah, turns out that Val is dumber than you thought child."

Raymund stood up from sitting and the walls in front of us suddenly burst and I saw Ms. Val on top of a tiger. That's probably Cathy.

"I'll just say this once Raymund, let Blueth go and it'll all be over."

"I'll let the human go if you return to your book."

"Don't do it, Ms. Val! I can save myself!"

"Can it Blueth! I know you and your weak body! You can't even do one push up!"

Hearing Ms. Val say that to me, that kind of hurt my self-esteem.

"Don't worry Blueth! I'll get us out of here in no time! There's no way that Raymund here can make me go back to that book, he doesn't even have my book. And as far as I know, you need to have my book before you can make me return. This fool doesn't even have my book, he doesn't even know where it is for that matter."

"Are you sure about that?" Raymund said as he let out a laugh. "Then how do you explain this?" Raymund snapped his fingers and a book appeared in thin air, surrounded by shadows.

"W-what... My book... H-how did you...?"

"How did I find your book? Well, I wasn't the one who found it. It was someone familiar to you. Someone who retrieves items."

Someone who retrieves items? Wait, he can't mean. No, Rachelle will never do that.

"What's that look on your face child? Is it that face of denial? Is it the face of worry?"

"Don't listen to him Blueth! What he says are nothing but big fat lies!"

"Ah, but I think you will believe this lie child. This book here was retrieved by your friend. What was her name now? Ah right, Rachelle."

"W-what?" My eyes widened as I try not to believe in what he's saying. I can't and I won't believe it. Rachele won't do that! He's lying! "Your lies won't get to me! I know Rachelle! She won't do anything which would put us in harm's way!" I yelled as I tried kicking my way out of the chains.

"Ah, but she did put you in harm's way. All I had to do was say that I'll hurt her friends, that I'll hurt Blueth and I get to make her fetch things for me. She's so easy to manipulate."

"Okay, I've had enough of this!" Ms. Val said as she started waving her finger, then, a beam of light came out of her finger and came rushing towards Raymund.

Raymund sees the beam and casts a shield made out of shadows, protecting himself from the beam of light.

"Pathetic. You're becoming weak Valerie!"

"You're becoming weak!" Ms. Val replied as she made the beam of light grow even brighter. Raymund didn't do anything, he just stood still with the shield of shadows protecting himself.

"Return to the book realm and this won't have to go down even worst!"

"Ms. Val! Don't!"

"Ah, don't worry Blueth! I won't make him return me to that book realm! It stinks there! Plus! I still need to teach you how to do cutouts properly!"

"Fine, if you won't go with me. Then I have no choice but to force you to come with me!"

"Newsflash, you're already forcing me to come with you!" Ms. Val said as she stops the beam of light from her hands.

Raymund then started chanting some words which I don't know what kind of language they are. All I know is that the words he's chanting are making Ms. Val's book glow all dark and spooky.

"Val! He let his guard down!" Cathy said as she pointed at Raymund.

"Yeah, yeah. I see it." Ms. Val then waved her finger around and a big shining bazooka appeared.

"Woah." I said as I looked at Ms. Val. She can do that? She can summon things like a bazooka!? What else am I not knowing from Ms. Val!? WHAT ELSE!? I won't lie though, Ms. Val looks so cool with that bazooka on her shoulder.

"Light's out Ray!" Ms. Val fired the bazooka towards Raymund and a huge beam of light went flying towards Raymund.

As the light was about to reach Raymund, it got deflected by the shadow surrounding him.

"Huh, that was, anti-climactic." Ms. Val said as she made the bazooka disappear. "I really thought that that would work."

I looked over at Raymund and he was done with his chanting. Then, Ms. Val's book suddenly started shaking and a beam of white light quickly filled the room we were in. The next thing I know, we are not at home.

-End of Chapter-