We can easily guess that the H-country leader come to Shine Metropolitan not just to sign a deal with the empire. After all, the space channel is a big thing that could affect everyone on Earth.
We were about to ask Reed more about what's going on when we saw an soldier running towards the visitor's room, looking very worried.
"Big trouble! Someone from the delegation got kidnapped! How's everything here?" the soldier asked the guard at the door urgently.
"How can that be!" the guard was shocked, "Who got kidnapped?"
"That elf girl, the one who was with you earlier!" the soldier went inside with the guard to check on Reed.
Just before they came in, Adrian and I turned invisible. They only saw Reed sitting quietly in a chair.
"Your friend had a bit of trouble! Very sorry, but it's not safe here now. To be careful, we must leave and go back to the base right away!" the guard told Reed, ready to take her away.
But Reed said no. "The elf girl you're talking about must be Irene, right? Can you tell me more about what happened? Maybe I can help?" She knew Irene was quite strong, at least fourth level if not fifth. How could someone on Earth be powerful enough to kidnap her?
"One of our guards turned out to be a traitor. It might be outside forces at work, or maybe he got infected by those creatures ... like vampires from your world! When none of us were looking, he made Irene faint somehow, then took her and ran past the police blocking the walking street." the H-country soldier explained.
He tried to make Reed feel better, saying, "But don't worry! We're working with Shine Metropolitan Police Department to catch the culprit. He can't run much farther! It looks like the kidnapper only wanted Irene, so she should be okay for now. We promise we'll find her soon! But to make sure no other incidents happens, you need to come back to the base with us right away. Katarina and her people are probably in the car already!"
"Since I brought Irene here, I can't just let bad things happen to her," Reed said. She still wanted to save Irene herself, giving a good reason: "Plus, I'm an angel. You know how strong I am! Even if it's some evil creature, I might be more useful than the police!"
"But... we can't let you do that..." the soldier and the guard looked very troubled. They knew Reed had a point! But their bosses only told them to protect Reed and take her away quickly. They didn't know if they should break the rules.
"How about this?" Adrian and I stopped being invisible and offered to help. "Reed, you go back with them first. I'll take care of saving Irene. I might be better at this mission!"
"Who are you? How did you get in here?" the two guys were so shocked they could barely speak. After a while, one of them asked, "Wait... you look like an angel too, but why do you have so many wings?"
They probably only knew about angels with two wings like Reed, and had no idea about high-level angels.
"This is my job, I should handle it myself," Reed said. She seemed stubborn about this. "Kalati the elf leader entrusted Irene to me before we left. Of course I'm responsible for helping save her!"
"But we can't make things too hard for these two," I tried to convince her. "If you run off, they'll get in trouble. It might even cause problems for the whole delegation!"
I kept trying to persuade: "Also, Irene is actually stronger than you. If even she got caught, it might be dangerous for you to get involved. This might have to do with high-level evil creatures, so it's better if you go along with them for now. I'll have Adrian go with you!"
It's always better to chase culprit without other worries. Adrian understood and quickly said:
"No problem, we'll wait for news from you at the Earth's base! But be very careful!"
This wasn't hard for me at all, that's why Adrian was okay with me going alone.
"If that's how it is, then I'll trust you!" Reed said. This is what's good about her - she understands what's important and listens to reason! .
After asking the H-country soldier which way the kidnapper ran, I flew up right away to start chasing.
From what they said earlier, they told the police outside the controlled area to block things off, so the kidnapper should still be hiding inside for now.
There were military and police cars patrolling everywhere in the controlled area. But the city center is really big and the layout is complicated, so it's hard to make sure the bad guy doesn't find some way to escape. Also, since the kidnapper might be a spy pretending to be a guard, he probably already knew how everything was set up!
All of this shows that this might have been a carefully planned trick. So I had to bring Irene back quickly!
Luckily, the one who got kidnapped was Irene! Light elves give off a very clear light energy in Earth's environment, making them easy to find! If it was Katarina or other humans who got taken, I might not be able to find them easily.
Finally, near the edge of the controlled area in an empty alley, I found where the culprits were.
But besides Irene, who was still unconscious and being carried on someone's back, there were two kidnappers instead of one. What's more surprising is that one of them was wearing H-country guard clothes, but the other one clearly looked like a foreigner!
After looking carefully, I figured out that this foreigner must have snuck in to help.
"Put down that elf girl, and I might let you live!" I warned them, coming down from the sky right in front of them and pulling out my sword.
"High-level angel! Run!" their reaction was not what I expected. Even though they're both Earth people, it's like they already knew how powerful I was. They dropped Irene right away and turned to run back.
"How is this possible?" I didn't chase them right away because I needed to check on Irene. After getting close to them for a bit, I could clearly feel a tiny bit of dark energy coming from them. This told me one thing:
They're vampires! From how strong the energy felt, the foreigner should be the boss of the other one!
But the question is, wasn't the vampire ancestor already killed? How can vampires still spread? Even humans who got turned before should have gone back to normal after the ancestor died. All of this makes me wonder if there's maybe a second vampire ancestor?
At least Irene was okay. She was just made to faint, and would probably wake up soon. The kidnappers must have known that the light energy in light elves' bodies makes it harder for drugs to work on them. So they used way more than they would on normal people.
Anyway, no matter what the reason is behind all this, the rescue mission is finished now!
As for those two vampires, if they hid in some building, I might not be able to find them right away. But those idiots panicked and ran back the way they came, which was a really dumb decision.
There are H-country soldiers and police all over every street, and it's not even night time yet! As soon as they came out of the alley, they were surrounded. They had no choice but to give up and get caught.