I'm Stuck in a House Full of Girls!

Chapter 17: Two Days Before Christmas Part 2

"Aww!" Lily shouted as she was pushed inside a car forcefully by the kidnapper.

"Shut up and get in!" Mr. Blaze shouted to her as he entered the vehicle as it quickly sped away.

"Where are you taking me?!" The Leafeon demanded answers, seeing how he and his gang suddenly got riled up and hurriedly left their hideout along with her.

"Somewhere… safe." The Blaziken responded in a calm tone.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

"Let's just say we are keeping a close eye at your family, to make sure they won't do anything funny."

"You mean you have someone spying on them?" A shocked Lily asked him but the only response she got was a smirk.

'I hope you guys will be all right…'
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At the suspected hiding spot where the kidnappers' are, Agent Gus' squad surrounded the building, acting as if they're a professional SWAT team in special missions, doing weird hand motions that were alien to our group.

"Here's the plan, we will go ahead and check the building first, you guys follow behind, okay?" The Gengar told the group as they stared at him blankly, since when did he became the one ordering them around.

"But-" One of them tried to talk but they quickly went inside the building, without giving any chances for them to talk, and simply followed them behind.

"Clear." "Coast is clear." This place is secured." They all talked on their radios, communicating with other squadmen as they checked all rooms on the first floor.

"Guys…" Esper called their attention as they all stared at her, then she suddenly did hand signals similar to what those policemen are doing.

A few attempts later, the group still stared at her blankly, still not getting what she was telling them. Esper sighed by their failure to understand her hand language, but she suddenly remembered that she was a psychic-type as well.

'Let's go to the third floor!' She told them in their minds; it was there where they finally understood her plan.

Quietly, the group made their way towards the staircase towards the third floor where the kidnappers' were suspected to be hiding at., without any one of Agent Gus' squad knowing that they've already gone ahead.

They made their way towards a room which was the only one on this floor. Feelings of uneasiness dwelled inside their minds as Esper slowly reached for the doorknob while the rest positioned themselves around the door.

"Get ready…" Esper said to them as she twisted the doorknob and swung open the door as they all charged in, expecting to find the kidnappers off-guard, but… there was no one inside, its just an empty room with a single mattress on the middle.

"What?" They were all surprised when the kidnappers weren't there as they inspected the room.

"Shouldn't they be here?" Vanessa asked them while scratching her head, now they don't have a lead as to where they are.

"…Strange. Did they know we were coming?" Esper added, as they all stared at each other, concerned and frightened.

"L-Lily…" Flannery and Vanessa started to cry, their hopes in finding her sister… gone.

"HEY! HEY!" A loud voice called out to them as they all looked towards it.

"Didn't I tell you folks to stay behind us?!" An angry Gengar shouted at them.

"They're gone…" Lucas told them.

"What?"

"The kidnappers, they're not here anymore."