After those 2 disappear, heading towards their own destination, Mikan took one of the long metal pipes at the corner of the room and stand in front of Natsume. She tightened her grip around the metal pipe- trying her best to shake off her nervousness.

Natsume pushes himself to sit against the wall. When he saw the two left, he changes his attention towards Mikan. The usual peppy mikan is quiet. He knows- he knows that she is nervous. He tried to push himself up but unable to. Then they heard the voice of shouting outside.

Natsume has no idea what happened outside, but he knows that at least one of them needs to get to safety. He needs to make sure, at least... at least he needs to save mikan.

"Oi, polka dots. Just leave"

At his words, mikan quickly turns around. Her face puzzled,

"Eh?"

"If it's just you... If you're alone and run further from here, you will definitely safe. So just run"

"Huh?? What are you talking about? And you're still so weak, stop pushing yourself. Don't you hear what Amy said"

"Whatever! Just go ugly! Don't make me say it again"

"Whaa...No! How mean!"

At this point, the two of them already annoyed with each other and shout

"Can't you hear me telling you to leave? Idiot!"

"I won't go! Can't you hear me? Retard!" Mikan took a deep breath and continued,

"When.. when I saw you and amy being kidnapped, the only thing I knew is to save you. To save amy. I... I mean we, already went this far. It's absurd to just leave you. Everyone worked so hard to bring us back safely. Amy trusts us too. And... And even if I ignored all that, I still couldn't just leave you behind!"

Natsume's face was shocked. Mikan who, ignoring that, recalled about those words about Natsume she heard from Reo and others. Something about...

...The dark operatives...

...The murderer.

She was upset, but just grit herself and continued "I have no idea how serious your situation is. But.."

Natsume suddenly covered her mouth, preventing her from continue and shush her,

"Did you hear that?"

Voice shouting and searching were getting louder. It seems that they are closed by. Mikan pulled away Natsume's hand and stand up. Facing the entrance to the stairs while holding the pipe tightly. She looked behind once more and say,

"I-I'll do what I can do. I will go back to school. There's still a lot of things I wanted to do. I haven't participated in the cultural festival yet...a happy future must be waiting for us. So, Natsume, let's go home together!"

One last thing before she ready to fend off the incoming kidnapper, she said,

"Hey, let's go back together cuz everybody is waiting for us, ok" and smile.

Huff, huff.

Sumire activates her Alice, increasing her constitution so that she can run faster and avoid unwanted people. She runs and runs, desperately searching for help. She turns to one corner.

It's another dead end. She turned back to find another way when a strong force suddenly gripped her. Shocked, she struggled and started to scream.

"Let. Me. Go!"

"Sumire. Shh, it's ok, it's sensei"

Sumire shocked and turn her face to the one holding her,

"Narumi-sensei?!"

"Yes, it's me. Thank god you're safe."

Sumire almost teared up. She was glad. So glad they finally safe. And the others..

Wait, the others!

Sumire pulled Narumi's hand and directing him towards the store, where Mikan and Natsume were hiding.

"Quickly sensei! Natsume and Mikan are hiding there! And he is sick! And amy went to another direction to find help! And!"

"Ok, ok! We're going. Let's go"

Narumi quickly runs with Sumire to the store when suddenly an explosion occurred. Shocked, they speed up.

Sumire silently pray,

'Please, please, everyone be safe'

"Natsume! Mikan!" Sumire shouted followed by Narumi. Both of them fainted with Natsume holding mikan as if protecting her.

There were 2 other- the kidnapper. At the sight of Narumi, who is calling other teachers, they fled. Sumire helps both Mikan and Natsume to lay down in a much comfortable position.

"Sumire, where's amy?"

"Amy... amy is heading to another direction. Should I use my Alice to detect her?"

"No, just stay here. Makihara sensei will soon arrive with an ambulance. They will bring you three straight to Alice medical center for treatment."

Sumire nodded. Relief showed on her face.

"I will go and save amy now, ok. Stay here."

Then, Narumi heads off to the direction, where amy was supposedly headed to.

"Arghh!!!" amy finally scream. It was so painful. Casting one shield after another while simultaneously guard against teleporter proof to be too much for 11-year-old. Even more, since just now, she keeps on feeling sleepy.

She bites her lip to help her focus. To wake her up. She needs to remind herself that currently in front of her, Silver who relentlessly tried to hurt her so that he can take her away. And the teleporter is nowhere to be seen. Probably ready to sneak on her.

"Hey! Shield brat. How long do you think you can stand this, huhh?"

She just smirked and replied "Why? Too weak already? Well, you're an old man so that's understandable" - hoping that he will get angry and careless. She can use that opportunity to run away.

"Why you! I thought that I wanted to go easy on you brat. But they say it's ok as long as you're still breathing, and that's how you will be once I'm done with you!"

Amy sighed. He talked too much. To be honest, she wanted to push one of the shields forward so that it crashes Silver and halted his attempt to continuously attack her to drain her energy. But the extend her shield can move is 1.5m. And they seem to figure it out, hence staying out of the range while attacking her.

She wanted to go to shell mode. This will drain her a lot, but it will create a large enough shield covering her only in a dome shape. But she will be unconscious in 3 minutes.

It's risky. But his attack is increasingly aggressive, and the explosion occurred just now. The teachers should be heading here now.

She was ready, ready to cast the dome when the Teleporter appears beside Silver, whisper something.

Her eyebrows knitted together. What are they talking about?

She could only hear Silver shout in disbelief.

"What?!! ---- No --- hostage-- "

"It's --- order"

"Cehh!"

They both then disappear, leaving amy who was puzzled by the sudden turn of event. Then, she heard someone shouting her name. She turned to her side and saw a figure ran towards her.

She was glad.

Ahh, finally. Now I can sleep.

Narumi holds the stone given by Sakurano secretly before he heads out. He says this will be useful to find Amy's location. He held tight the stone and feel the pulse, showing him an image of a warehouse with number 7 and 2 figure with silver hair and red hair.

He speeds up.

5...6A... 6B..7!

He immediately stopped and peek in. He saw the 2 men, albeit for a few seconds before they disappear. Those 2 were the ones he saw in the image. Then, he saw amy, with a cracked shield, leaned forward.

He ran and catch her from falling. Then the last thing he heard from her was,

"I'm sleepy..."

She then closed her eyes. He just sighed and listen to her silently breathing, relaxed as she was sleeping.

"You guys are really... haaa. Thank god you're safe."

He just shooked his head and carried her in his arm, heading towards the Academy's car that waits for them not far from here.

It was tiring but he was glad, that his students are safe. He smiled.

Thank god.