The alarms rose across the Academy battleship. The staff members, initially focused on the robbery, now scrambled in panic and disbelief. The casual looting had escalated into murder and kidnapping right under their noses.
"They took a student! They killed Meyers and Chen!" someone shouted over the comms in terror.
Inside their room, Elias remained by the window, watching the pirate battleship that had started to depart, growing distant with each passing second.
He hadn't moved, and his expression remained unreadable as he finished the last of his chips.
Astralious materialized beside him again, his spiritual form flickering slightly. "They are leaving."
Elias crumpled the empty chip packet. "I told you. Not our problem. They got what they came for."
"You know, sometimes the smallest stone could create the biggest ripple in the water. I hope that child isn't one such stone," Australia mumbled.
