Twisted-Wonderland: Our Precious Treasure (Part 2)

(157) PoD: And All of Her Friends will Work Together

To say the unfrozen student was in panic was an understatement. Azul knew Jonah was important to many of them or at least had a connection for a reason to join this rescue. He was very sure that most of them stayed for Jonah and not Idia (at least he and Ortho are on the boat of saving Idia as well, there was no way he would take Idia's companionship for granted).

The moment Jonah stepped into the wedding venue, the first years (he couldn't pick up who, it was like there were in a choir) screamed his name. He was quick to grab the laptop before Deuce dropped from standing up abruptly. Riddle was ready to march to the door if it weren't for Cater restraining him. Malleus was sparking but this was the first time nobody was afraid of him since all of them are 'brothers in suffering'. The only reason why he hadn't exploded was Lilia and Silver were here. Even Crowley had to be grabbed by Sam was telling something about how important Jonah was. The ones being calm were Ruggie, Jamil, and Kalim. Ruggie and Jamil were understandable (the hyena was laughing at the smacked Leona) and Jamil was complicated. Kalim hadn't said a thing, but he was also worried. Well, until he stepped up just now.

"Guys!" Kalim screamed. "Stop it!" That gained everyone's attention and Azul's respect toward the Scarabia's prefect rose. "We won't be able to save Jonah and Idia if we waste our time panicking!"

"Young al-Asim is right," Lilia said, eyeing at the older men. "I expected better from all of you."

Malleus glanced at Lilia, but seeing how his vice prefect looked like a disappointed father, he looked down to the ground and no longer sparking like an electric yellow rat. Crowley meanwhile took a deep breath, as if trying to subdue his anger. Sam loosen his grip on him, but never really let go. "Crowley, please. Reconsider. You don't want to destroy the school."

"Yeah, but," Ace hissed, "what if we just, you know, burn it lightly?"

"What are you? An arsonist?!" Cater yelled, still restraining a fuming Riddle.

"But-But we can flood it afterward!" Deuce suggested, cracking his knuckles. "That way the fire won't spread too far!"

"The others would sink! They can't move let alone swim!"

"How about we freeze it too after that?" Epel snickered. "Just to be sure no ghost remains."

"Can we please stop with the murder attempt?!"

Ruggie whistled. "This is fucking amusing." He leaned over Azul's shoulder to see the recording. "Wow, she really decided to tell her whole background story."

"And we're just gonna waste our time here squawking like parrots?" Jamil asked out loud before glancing at Ruggie. "No suggestion of what should we do from you?"

Ruggie shrugged. "If they pay me, I would suggest something. No guarantee it'll work though."

Jamil smirked at this. "What a bad friend you are."

Ruggie snickered. "Hey, I don't want to hear that for someone who planned for a takeover for a long time."

"I'm just saying," Ace spoke up again. "Listen. If we just destroy the school, they will have to build the wedding venue again. It'll stall their time!"

Azul was about to roll his eyes, but something about what Ace just said sparked something in his head. "Stall their time... Build the wedding venue again..."

Kalim was the one who noticed him. "Azul?"

Ideas rolled in his head like a brewing storm, connecting the dots like flashes of lightning. Azul's eyes widened and he slammed his fist into the palm of his hand. "That's it! Ace Trappola, you're a genius!"

"Eh?"

"We can stall the wedding." Azul stepped forward, arms wide as he turned around to look at everyone and ideas bubbling inside. "The princess is stubborn, so we have to stop her from kissing Jonah and turning him into a ghost. I bet she'll do whatever it takes to get this marriage. If we can't use violence, we can do tactical moves. We can make her follow our game."