an artist and angel

[flightlessangel]

Nadia nodded. "The car should be here any moment," she scanned the street for the car, then continued "And they should have a jacket for me, so I won't stand out as much..." She muttered under her breath about her wings and how people would give her looks. She went back to scanning the street, hoping that the car would be there soon so she could cover her wings. She wasn't fond of leaving them in plain site around people she didn't know, and having her wings showing around Theo was making her nervous.

Nadia stared at Theo. "You don't know what plays are going on? Then how do you know that there are any good ones going right now?"

Nadia stopped talking and turned slightly pale when Theo mentioned making this a date. A date? How could this possible be a date? She barely knew Theo. Sure she thought him nice, but only as a possible friend. Besides, wasn't she too young to date? Nadia thought back to what her parents had mentioned about dating. She shook her head and sighed. She couldn't remember what they had said other than describing what a date was. She blinked in confusion and stared at Theo. "This is a date?"

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo just smiled as Nadia spoke and then became all flustered as he mentioned the word date. He wasn't sure why she was reacting like that, but she seemed to be really torn about the mention of it being one. He guessed his idea of what a date was and what she thought it was were different. Maybe it was just the cultural difference or even his mother's strange ideas about that kind of things showing through, but he needed to think of a way to tell her how he meant that. He looked at her for a moment as he thought of the best way.

" It is funner to pick a play at random if you ask me, although that can also get you into trouble. This is what I would call a date though. A guy and a girl are going out to go do something together, which is what I think a date is. Doesn't mean it is romantical or lead to anything romantical, just that two people of the opposite gender are doing something together. You know, like a casual date between friends or even a play date if you will?" Theo said to her. " I hope that makes sense. I was told what a date was by my mother and I wouldn't call any of her ideas on dating, romance, or any of that kind of thing normal."

Theo waited to see what Nadia would do now. He hoped that cleared up whatever the problem was. He really wanted to go see a play with her and was kind of joking when he called it a date to begin with.

[flightlessangel]

Nadia nodded, still slightly confused. "A playdate?" Nadia shrugged. "Ok, as long as you don't expect anything...." She shrugged again and went back to scanning the street, shifting from foot to foot nervously. Her wings shifted a bit, as if too echo her nerves. She wasn't completely sure about this 'playdate' but she had decided that she trusted Theo enough.

Nadia stopped her shifting and stood still as she watched a black car turn the corner. She waited until it had pulled to a complete stop in front of her before she opened the passenger door and pulled out a jacket with two holes in the back. She held it up and examined it for a moment before closing the door. The jacket was designed to make her wings look as if they were a costume. The holes that her wings would go through would fit snugly around her wings. There were elastics that went from the center of the wings and around her shoulders, just like the elastics for any kind of costume wing. Nadia pulled the jacket on and sighed comfortably. Her wings would pass as costume now. She felt much better.

Nadia motioned to Theo. "This is our ride." She opened the back seat door and climbed in, leaving the door open for Theo.

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo watched as a black car pulled up and Nadia went to go grab a jacket. She visibly seemed to calm down and be in a more relaxed attitude now, although he did think the way she was kind of panicing before was cute in a scared rabbit kind of way. He looked at the jacket and then at the car and, while not frowning, he wasn't smiling anymore. The car was completely normal and wouldn't draw attention what so ever. He had thought about what he had heard Nadia talking about her parents before and then what he had seen just now and didn't like it at all. He rarely ever frowned, but he was close to doing it right now. She was the shame of her parents, even if they called it 'protecting' her, and he just thought it was wrong to do it to a girl like her. None of his thoughts about this showed on his face other then the lack of a smile.

Theo followed Nadia into the vehicle after a moment and closed the door after he had gotten in. The car was moving again before he had gotten his seat belt on. He wondered how long it would take them to get to the play, but wouldn't mind if it took some time since that would just give him that much more time to talk with Nadia. He looked over at her and began to smile once more.

" So my little angel, why don't you tell me what your parents do for a living? I would imagine it is something important or profitable if they can hire someone to drive us around." Theo said to her in a friendly tone. " Be great if my parents could do that, but then again my dad is a horrible driver and mom makes dad look like he is good. Be nice to not have to worry about dying when I'm riding with them all the time for once. Oh sorry, started talking about my parents right after asking about your's. Well go ahead and tell me all you fell up for sharing!"

Theo just smiled at Nadia as he waited for her to reply. He wasn't sure what she would tell him, but he figured it didn't really matter all that much what they did. Knowing what her parents did wouldn't change what his parents did for a living, but he wouldn't want to change what his parents did for a living for anything. He liked his goofy, artistic dad and somewhat odd, touchy-feely mom.

[flightlessangel]

Nadia reached to the front of the car and started messing with the radio while she waited for Theo to get in. She finally gave up on finding a station as Theo closed the door and the car started to move.

Nadia sat back and pulled two water bottles from a cooler under the seats. She handed one to Theo and shrugged when he asked about her parents. She listened in awe as he described his parents. She was slightly jealous. her parents wouldn't drive her anywhere, they had always had someone else drive her.

Nadia shrugged. "It's ok, You seem to have nice parents. My Mother is a Lawyer, I don't really see her much. She's either working or off shopping." She thought back to her last shopping trip with her mom and grinned, that had been an interesting day. Nadia continued, "My Father owns a jewlery company. He's frequently away, but when he does come home, he always brings mother and I something nice." She shrugged. "I spend most of the time out of the house, Just cause it's so empty. Sure the Help is there, but I always seem to get underfoot." Nadia turned and looked out her window, watching the buildings pass, and sighed. She hated being home alone now days. But she figured there wasn't really much she could do. She knew her parents cared, But work kept them both busy.

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo listened to Nadia tell him about her parents and while it wasn't exactly what he thought that is what they did, it didn't surprise him either. He just kept smiling at her as she talked. He could tell it bugged her that her parents were never around because of work, even if she didn't want to admit it. He wasn't sure how lonely it got for her, but he knew that he would be sad if his parents were never around, although they were always there ALWAYS.

" Your parents do some important stuff then. I wonder if your going to follow in their shoes when your older? If you do take over your dad's jewelry company, let me design some of your stuff for you. I promise to do it cheap!" Theo said to her in a friendly way. " Although, I'd be glad to do anything for you cheap really, but that is just because your my muse and an artist must always be good to their muse. Sorry if my constant refrencing you to angels, muses, and fairies is odd, just a bad habit from my mom. She is an odd one, although she did grow up in Iceland so she might believe half that stuff from fairy tales."

Not long after Theo had finished talking, the driver pulled the car into an alleyway and into an empty lot that was blocked on three sides by buildings. The driver stepped out of the car and went over to the door that Nadia was sitting next to. He opened it up and roughly pulled her out. Theo was about to do something himself, when some guy in a hoodie opened up the door he was next to and pulled him out. They moved the both of them up against one of the corners of the lot. There were several more men there then the two who had grabbed Theo and Nadia.

"This would be Nadia Serefene alright. Not sure who the guy is, but I'm guessing he is a foreigner by the way he was talking in the car. Didn't think she had any friends, let a lone ones over seas. Doesn't change anything though, so go ahead and make the call." the driver said to the rest of the men. " Don't harm the girl though, will only make things worse for the deal. The guy you can do with as you like."

The guy with the hoodie nodded to the driver and then pulled out a cellphone. He dialed in a number and then put the phone up to his ear. He stood there quietly until whoever he had called answered the phone.

" Mr. Serefene I presume?.... Who am I? That isn't important, but what is important is the fact that I have your daughter and if you want to get her back safe and sound, your going to have to meet our demands..... How much you ask? How does 30 million sound to you?..... Yes I know that is alot of money, but we are also talking about the life of your daughter here....... Oh don't worry about where we will meet just yet, I want to give you some time to get the money in order before we make our little trade....... Sounds like we are in business then. Oh, and don't even think about calling the police or anyone else. If I even think there is the slightest chance that you did contact someone about this, then I'm going to kill your daughter and her friend and vanish before you can sneeze twice..... I forgot to mention your daughter's friend? How thoughtless of me. How about we throw on another 5 million for her friend?..... No, well I guess we will just do whatever we please with him then........ Well it has been a please, until next we speak." the hoodie guy said as he spoke into the phone.

The hoodie guy hung up the phone and put it away in his pocket. It wasn't hard to tell what was going on after listening in on the guy's call. Nadia and him had been kidnapped and now they were ransoming her back to her father, while who knows what was going to happen to Theo since her father wasn't about to pay to get him back as well. He didn't like the sounds of things or how confident these men were about everything and began to think of a plan of escape.

[flightlessangel]

Nadia turned away from her window and grinned. “Sure you could design some stuff! I think that would be very nice.” She blushed slightly when Theo started talking about her being his muse. She wasn’t used to compliments like that. Sure she got the occasional ‘You look nice today’ or ‘That’s a very pretty dress you have on Nadia.’ But for all the compliments she got, no one ever complimented her wings. Her parents tried to not see them, she knew that. The people who worked at the bakery ignored them, and when they didn’t, it was to tell her to watch where her wings were going. She stopped her thinking for a bit and finished listening to Theo. “Your mom sounds interesting.” Nadia said smilimg.

Nadia looked away from Theo as the car came to a stop. “Are we- HEY!” She yelled loudly as she was pulled forcefully from her seat. Nadia struggled to get free of the hold of the driver. “What are you doing?! OW!” Nadia protested loudly as they forced her and Theo into a corner of the empty lot. She muttered under her breath and reached for one of her wings. “That was my wing you just bent the wrong way morons….” She stroked the feathers of her injured wing slightly. It wasn’t hurt really, some of the feathers had been pushed the wrong way. The best way to describe it was like bending your fingers the wrong way for a second.

Nadia stopped moving as she listened to the man on the phone. They were kidnapping her and Theo! Nadia went pale as she heard the price for her rescue, she turned even whiter when the man on the phone mentioned Theo. Her father wouldn’t bother to pay for anyone else, kind as he was to her, he was also tightfisted with his money. Nadia just hoped her mother was hearing the phone call with her father. She would make sure Theo was paid for as well. Her mother had a soft spot for people.

Nadia glared at the kidnappers. “What exactly is going on? Why are you kidnapping us? What do you want? What did my father say?” Nadia had a million questions she wanted answered, She wasn’t sure how many she would get to ask, but she was going to ask as many as she could. “Where are you going to take us? When will my father come for us?” She glanced over at Theo, worried at what would happen if her father didn’t pay for his freedom.

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo listened to what the guy had to say as he looked at Nadia. They had roughed her up a bit, but from what he could see, the damage to her wing was probably just a bruise at best. He didn't like what he was hearing though about what the kidnappers were going to do. He was annoyed at how Nadia was being treated before, but this was enough to actually anger him. These guys had kidnapped her and were asking for a price that would be hard for all but the richest to pay in a ransom, and all for a girl who is only 15. They didn't care about her life and would likely take it if they thought they weren't getting their money. Theo was frowning as the guy finished talking. Nadia said something, but before they could answer her, Theo moved so the focus was on him and clapped, loudly.

" That's one high price for a ransom. I must say that 30 million for a 15 year old girl is impressive, but I'm more amazed by the price of 5 million you guys asked for me. I'm a no name foreigner after all." Theo said to them in a very sarcastic tone. " You guys sure are some SMART ones by asking such high prices and saying not to get any law enforcement involved. How do you think of such a brilliant plan? You all are just geniuses!"

Theo had moved while he was talking so that he was shielding Nadia, just in case things didn't go as planned. While it couldn't be seen by anyone looking at him, Theo had also begun to release out some of his wasps that were now just sitting under his shirt waiting. He just began to clap sarcastically again after he had finished talking.

Theo had obviously angered the kidnappers since the guy in the hoodie almost lunged at him, grabbing Theo's collar. He had a mixture between a snarl and a wicked smirk on his face as he looked at Theo. He seemed about to say something, when he suddenly jerked his hand away from Theo. He backed up a few steps and looked at his hand. There was a red bump on it from where his hand was touching Theo's shirt. He looked at it confused for a moment before looking back at Theo.

" That was a bad idea buddy. My girls are riled up now, and I'm not in the mood to calm them down. I suggest you start running, NOW." Theo said to the guy in the hoodie with a serious look on his face before turning to look at the other kidnappers. " You all should really start to run as well. I can tell you right now that things aren't going to end well for you otherwise."

The men just looked at Theo with a confused look for a moment before a swarm of wasps suddenly burst forth as if Theo had exploded into a cloud of stinging devils. They flew forward faster then a wasp naturally should be able to fly, which is already fast to begin with, and began to swarm people and stinging them before they were even safely landed. They went after every single person but Theo and Nadia without any signs of mercy or fear. The closest men didn't even have time to react before the swarm was upon them, but the farthest could only make it a few steps before they were over run by wasps as well.

Theo waited a short time after the wasps had been released before he walked over to the guy in the hoodie, who was now on the ground, and took the cellphone out of his pocket. He redialed the most resent number and listened as it rang until a man picked up.

" Oh no I'm not one of those kidnappers from just now.... I'm Theo, that friend of your daughter's they mentioned before..... She is perfectly fine, no need to worry about that.... They have a different problem to deal with right now..... Don't worry about the details and just know that your daughter is safe and that she will be with me until we get done having our date.... Not a date date, more of two friends hanging out.... I think it is fine if she still goes.... So your saying it is better to lock her away then let her have some fun when she is perfectly fine?.... Yes I will bring her back by then, oh and I'll bring back your car as well.... I'll get your number from her and let you know whats going on.... ok bye then." Theo said in a friendly voice over the phone.

Theo dropped the phone on the ground as the call ended and walked over to the driver from before. The guy was also on the ground, so Theo waited until one of the wasps brought the car keys to him before he made a weird sound that caused all the wasps to come flying back to him. Any of the wasps who had gotten injured were brought back to him by a healthy wasp. They all crawled over his arms and disappeared as if they just melded into his skin. He turned to Nadia and smiled at her warmly.

" So, ready to go see that play now? I'm driving." Theo asked Nadia.

[flightlessangel]

Nadia watched confused as Theo started moving. She tried to grab for his sleeve but was unable to do so because just then her knees gave out. She slumped to the ground and sat there trembling. It had finally happened… She was being kidnapped. Her family had received threats before, but they had always hired someone to deal with things like that. (DP maybe? Lol)

Nadia watched, somewhat disconnected from reality as Theo positioned himself in front of her…. as if her were protecting her. She flinched as he clapped, the noise seeming extremely loud to her detached mind. She pulled herself together enough to watch Theo and listen to what he said. $30million? Was that how much her ransom was? She hadn’t really caught it the first time. She had been going into shock then, granted, she was completely in shock right now. Nadia watched Theo silently, wanting to cry. She didn’t want to die here, and she didn’t think her family had enough money to pay her ransom. She had finally made a friend too….

Nadia flinched at every clap, each one bringing her closer and closer to the cruel reality in front of her. She continued to tremble and started rocking herself as the man in the hoodie grabbed Theo. She didn’t want her only friend to get hurt because of her, but she was too afraid to do or say anything. Nadia was too busy worrying about Theos life and wanting to escape reality to notice when the man in the hoodie backed away looking at his hand.

Nadia shrieked as a cloud of wasps appeared from Theo. Sure when he had showed her before they had been sweet looking insects, but now they only served to terrify her. Nadia broke down into tears and curled up, making herself into as small a ball as she could. She didn’t want to risk getting stung. Nadia covered her ears so that she wouldn’t have to hear the screams of the men being stung.

Nadia looked up when she heard Theo walking away. She wanted to follow hime, just so she wouldn’t be left alone. She watched as Theo picked up the phone that had just been used to call her father, the one he was now using to call him back. Nadia whimpered and stood up, cautiously making her way over to Theo. She avoided the bees, not wanting to be stung. Nadia stopped next to Theo and listened to the rest of the phone call. They were still going out to a play? After this? Nadia looked around nervously, and imidiatly wished she hadn’t.

Nadia watched sadly as Theo ended the call and dropped the phone. She wanted to talk to her father, to have him tell her that she was ok. A childish want, but one she wanted none the less. She looked up from the phone just as Theo made the last of his bees dissapear. She looked up at Theo, still slightly in shock.

“We’re still going?” Nadia asked nervously as she sat down on the ground again, her legs refusing to hold her any longer. She sat and thought for a moment. “You can drive?”

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo looked at Nadia and frowned as he listened to her. It was fairly obvious that she was in shock right now after what happened. He was going to have to do something to calm her down and get her more relaxed before she started to have problems from too much stress. He gave her a smile after a moment and walked over to her. He bent down so that he wasn't standing over her so much.

" Yup, I for one don't want to let those guys get away with ruining our fun. Your father already gave me his consent to let you stay out and yes I know how to drive. I would be dead by now from my parents driving otherwise." Theo said to Nadia in a calm and soothing voice. " Now then, this will sound weird, but I need you to take your jacket off, turn around, and then lift up your shirt so as much of your skin is showing as possible. It's not anything bad, I'm just going to give you a back message to help relieve some of the stress of what happened. It's for your own good, so lets get things started."

Theo smiled at her as he began to run his hands together. He began to produce a special wax that was loaded down with stuff that would help Nadia feel less stressed and more relaxed as well as easing out any and all tension she was feeling. It was the most powerful relaxing wax he could make and it would kick in quickly as soon as it touched her skin. He just waited for her to do as he asked her to do, even though he knew it sounded very odd.

[flightlessangel]

Nadia looked up at Theo, thankful that the bees were gone. She was still trembling, but she was calming down a bit. It was amazing the effects a friendly voice could have. She concentrated on Theo, trying to ignore the men suffering from multiple bee stings. She glanced over at them then back at Theo. “shouldn’t we call the cops?” She asked in a quiet shaky voice.

Nadia looked down at her jacket slightly puzzled. “Take off my jacket? Ok…” She took her jacket off, carefully making sure her wings didn’t get caught on anything. She paused when Theo said to lift up her shirt. “My shirt?” She looked at him blankly. She looked down at her tank top, then over her shoulder at her wings. If she tried to pull the shirt up, all he would be able to reach would be her lower back, because her wings would be in the way. Nadia shrugged and pulled the back of her shirt up a few inches. “Is this ok?” She tried to keep her wings out of the way, but she was too nervous to do more than shift them slightly out of the way. She wasn’t very comfortable with what Theo was suggesting, but she trusted him to be good.

[Theo Eishaus]

Theo just smiled at her as he listened to what she had to say to him and watched her take off her jacket carefully and somewhat reluctantly lift up her shirt. He was a little surprised that it took less then what he thought it would take to get her to do as he asked. He wasn't sure if that was a sign that she trusted him or if the shock was making her do things she normally wouldn't, so he was hoping and telling himself it was the first option. He inched closer to her and got so that he could easily do what he needed to do from behind her.

" The police are on their way as we speak. Your father should have called them after I finished talking to him and he said that there was a tracking devise in the car so they will know the location of this spot." Theo said to Nadia in the same calm and soothing voice as before. " Now then, just a warning, but it is going to feel warm, more on the hot then the luke warm side of things, and should quickly cool off and harden. Try not to squirm around until I tell you it is ok to move. Oh one more thing, this will make your skin on your back smoother, remove any blemishes that may or may not be there, and with lose some of it's signs of aging, although I doubt you need any of that being an angel."

Theo said that part about her being an angel in a lightly joking kind of way. He placed his hands as low on her back as he could go without getting too close to her behind and then began to message. The warmth of the wax seeping into her skin and the good quality of the message were easily enough to be able to make her feel a large sense of pleasure. He slowly messaged up her back from his starting point, making sure to also message out her tension as he applied the wax, until he got to her wings. He messaged around them, putting the wax so close that it literally touched the base of them, and then moved up and over her shoulders and the back of her neck. He had to get under her tank top's straps to do so, but by this point did it matter that he had?

" Alright, you can move now." Theo said to Nadia in a friendly tone as he pulled his hands off her. " How do you feel? Was it good?"

Theo just smiled as he waited for Nadia to reply to him. He hoped she at least enjoyed it even if it didn't work for whatever slim chance.