"We have been kidnapped,"
The blonde girl trembled in fright, exclaiming, "Fua-fua-fuadachi! Céard atá a rá agat?"
—"Kid-kid-kidnapped! What are you saying?
I placed my index finger on her mouth to silence her, gesturing for her to be quiet.
"Shhh... Don't be too loud, Lexi. You need to stay calm in situations like this."
Like any ten-year-old, my future wife was terrified. However, after a tear escaped her blue eyes, she composed herself.
She nodded and asked, "Are you going to take care of me and bring me back to my papa?"
Just as she had researched me, I had also done my research on Lexi Kronos. I knew why she was so scared of the term "kidnapped."
In the previous year, Lexi was supposed to go on a safari expedition with her mother, but their car was hijacked by their own driver.
He had drugged them both to sleep. When young Lexi woke up, she found the driver sexually assaulting her mother.
In a brave attempt to protect her daughter, Lexi's mother fought back, biting the driver and tearing his skin. Sadly, she lost her life after being stabbed in the gut by the driver. However, she managed to save her daughter from the attacker before her death.
I knew this information beforehand, and Lexi later told me the story. But at that moment, it didn't matter.
"Yes, it is my duty to make sure you are safe."
Lexi believed that someone her age wouldn't hurt her, so she tightly hugged my right arm with closed eyes. To reassure her, I had no choice but to give her my plain metal wristband.
While pretending to be unaware, I kept my golden eyes fixed on the window and sent a message to the driver.
{The young lady is feeling bored. Please play some music to keep her entertained.}
{Okay.}
Due to the black tint on the windows, I couldn't see much outside the Maybach. However, my cellphone informed me about the activities happening around me, thanks to hacking into almost every alien satellite near Earth.
"Huh, we are surrounded by six SUV cars. Well, they would need a tanker to defeat me."
A smile covered my face as I hid my phone from Lexi's view.
My smile turned into a grin as the car headed towards a construction site.
The music playing in the background stopped, and the Maybach came to a halt. The doors opened, and someone pointed a gun at my head.
"Get away from the car if you don't want to die."
My eyebrows raised slightly under my mask as I replied, "Scusa, non capisco l'inglese ."
Sorry, I don't understand English
Of course, I did. By that time, I knew seven languages, including English.
Click!
The green-eyed man dressed in black pulled the trigger, but nothing happened.
The blood veins in his eyes spoke more than his words. "Huh?! What did you say, you little piece of shit?! How did you know I was speaking English?"
I simply looked at him with narrowed eyes, waiting for his next move, my hands wrapping around Lexi's waist.
"Just who the fuck are you, kid?! Can't you read the room?!"
"Yes, I can't read the room," I replied nonchalantly in English, triggering his actions.
As the man raised his hand to slap me, I swiftly grabbed the electric gun from his hand and struck him between the legs with my knee.
"Ahhhh!"
Thud!
As the man fell to the ground, screaming in pain, I calmly walked out of the back of the Maybach instead of running.
"What the hell?!"
"Just who is that crazy kid?!"
I stopped when I heard the group of robbers exclaiming in astonishment. I tightened my grip on Lexi, causing her to shriek, as I pointed the pistol at her head.
"Why are you all looking at me like that?"
Seeing the puzzled faces of the fourteen robbers, my expression became even more serious, hidden behind the mask.
But none of it mattered.
"If any of you make a move, this girl dies. Unlike a certain group of robbers, I'm not afraid of the Kronos family. All blame will fall on you by the way."
I could hear a few of the men grinding their teeth, but when the sedan car parked in the back flashed its lights, they had no choice but to let me do as I wished.
They had planned to forcefully take Lexi away from me, but they had forgotten about the yellow machine blocking the Maybach.
Bang!
Shooting the robber on his knees, I quickly ran towards the backhoe loader, pulling Lexi along.
The door was already open, and with a tap on my phone, I began operating the machine.
Vroom! Vroom! Vroom!
"Hehehe, Distruggiamo alcune cose."
Let's smash some things